August 5, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22671 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS GILMAN AGAIN URGES COL­ colleagues who have not yet done so to co­ and do not intend to provide double tax bene­ LEAGUES TO GRANT COMBAT sponsor H.R. 1235. fits, but we can help by freeing up IRA funds MERCHANT MARINERS OF without tax penalty for the purpose of pur­ WORLD WAR II VETERANS' chasing a first home. STATUS THE HOMEOWNERSHIP Mr. Speaker, this bill does not cost the OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1987 Treasury or the American taxpayers any money. We already defer taxation on these re­ HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN HON. TOM LANTOS tirement funds. All this legislation does is OF NEW YORK OF CALIFORNIA make it possible to use these funds, without IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES penalty, in order for more Americans to have Wednesday, August 5, 1987 Wednesday, August 5, 1987 a part of the American dream. Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, having a home take this opportunity to bring to the attention of one's own is-and remains-the quintes­ LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM of my colleagues a recent landmark decision sential symbol of the American dream. Noth­ THE IRAN-CONTRA HEARINGS by U.S. District Court Judge Louis F. Ober­ ing typifies our American way of life more than dorfer who overturned the refusal by the De­ the ability of normal, working people to house HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO partment of Defense to approve veterans themselves and their families in a decent OF CALIFORNIA status for our merchant marines. home at a reasonable cost. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES During the 95th Congress, an act was In recent years, however, it has become in­ adopted which gave the Department of De­ creasingly difficult, sometimes even impossi­ Wednesday, August 5, 1987 fense authority to confer veteran status on ble, for middle-class Americans to purchase a Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, now that groups that participated in the war effort. Al­ home-especially a first home. Inflation, a the public phase of the Iran-Contra hearings though several groups, such as the Women's period of high interest rates, and demographic has ended, I think there are a number of pre­ Army Auxiliary Corps and the Women's Air factors have all contributed to this situation. liminary conclusions which can be drawn. Force Service Pilots, were granted such Nowhere is this more evident, unfortunately, As my colleague, DICK CHENEY, the ranking status, merchant marines, who had a casualty than the San Francisco Peninsula which I rep­ House Member on the committee, has noted, rate comparable to the Marine Corps, were resent. There skyrocketing costs of housing the hearings show us several things. First, as denied their request on very technical have simply priced many people out of the the President himself has said, mistakes were grounds. After exhausting the application pro­ housing market. made. Selling arms to Iran was a mistake. The cedure, the merchant mariners brought their As chairman of the Subcommittee on Em­ diversion of funds from the arms sale to the case before the courts. Judge Oberdorfer ployment and Housing of the Government Op­ Contras was a mistake. The delay in notifying ruled that the Defense Department has failed erations Committee, I recently chaired a hear­ Congress was a mistake. to substantiate its ruling against them. The ing in White Plains, NY, the home of the rank­ At the same time, there are some mitigating judge could declare World War II merchant ing minority member of the subcommittee, my factors, which, while they don't justify the mis­ marines active duty veterans or he could friend and colleague, Congressman JoE DIO­ takes, do help in understanding them. For ex­ order the Pentagon to reconsider their request GUARDI. There we examined whether the FHA ample, there is the need, still evident today, to within explicit guidelines. Lawyers from both mortgage program, which has been the back­ develop better relations with moderate, or sides will submit further arguments in early bone of the Federal effort to help middle more accurately, less radical, factions in Iran. August. America buy affordable housing, is effective in Another mitigating factor is the President's Judge Oberdorfer is to be commended for high-cost areas. In Westchester County, as in continuing concern over the fate of the Ameri­ his decision. Unfortunately, this is long over­ my own congressional district, the average can hostages. And finally, there is the fact due and had to occur because Congress has cost of a home is at least twice the maximum that classified information given to Congress neglected its duty for about 40 years. More­ amount available through an FHA-insured in confidence, often winds up becoming public over, while the judge's decision seems to mortgage. Average home buyers, especially knowledge. have paved the way for recognizing combat first-time buyers, young families, find it impos­ I think it is also important to note that the merchant mariners as veterans, the issue is sible to get started in a home, and they are President has cooperated fully and completely still not even resolved. I believe that we in falling farther behind with each passing year. with the select committee. He ordered admin­ Congress should send a clear message to the A number of policy changes can help make istration witnesses to cooperate fully with the Department of Defense and the American it possible for first-time home buyers with committee, never claiming Executive privilege. people that we consider those brave mer­ middle-class incomes to take part in this He provided thousands of pages of docu­ chant mariners who risked their lives in de· aspect of American life. The legislation which I ments, classified and unclassified, including fense of our Nation to be veterans. am introducing today is one step in that direc­ even access to his own personal diary. He Accordingly, I would like to again bring to tion. created the Tower Commission, cooperated the attention of my colleague H.R. 1235, a bill H.R. 3076 will amend the Internal Revenue with their investigation, and took their criti­ introduced by my colleague from New York, Code to make it possible for first-time buyers cisms to heart. He supported the call for an Mr. BIAGGI. While this bill is not perfect, it to transfer funds from their IRA accounts or independent counsel. He replaced the top does send a clear message to the Defense other annuity accounts for use as a down pay­ staff of the National Security Council. It takes Department in support of the merchant mari­ ment on a first home, without a tax penalty a strong leader, confident of his own actions, ners. Furthermore, should further delays occur which would be required if they withdraw to willingly subject himself and his administra­ in granting merchant mariners veterans' funds for other reasons. tion to thorough investigation, which he did. status, H.R. 1235 would be a viable legislative The legislation includes appropriate safe­ Also, I think it is important to point out what vehicle to accomplish that goal. These men guards to prevent abuse: The maximum these hearings did not show. There was no simply want to be recognized for the vital con­ amount which may be used in this way is evidence that the President knew of the diver­ tribution they made to the war effort. It is $1 0,000; and the tax basis of the house will sion of profits from the arms sale to the Con­ about time that our merchant marines receive be adjusted accordingly so that, upon sale or tras. There was no evidence that the Presi­ this due recognition. Accordingly, I urge my rollover, tax will be collected. We do not need dent tried to conceal the diversion; in fact, it

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. 22672 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 5, 1987 was his Attorney General who discovered and TRIBUTE TO GENERAL CHAPTER GORBACHEV Is GOING OVER KOHL'S HEAD To announced the diversion. 64 OF THE DISABLED AMERI­ Woo NEw GENERATIONS oF GERMANS So what lessons can we draw from the CAN VETERANS available to aid only 79 this year. partment of Education's proposal to create WASHINGTON.-A Reagan Administration Department officials expressed surprise at "significance panels" that will determine proposal to screen applicants for the Na­ the large number of comments on the pro­ which programs shall be included in the na­ tional Diffusion Network on the basis of posed rules. More than 300 educators, public educational "appropriateness" has stirred officials, and parents responded during a 10- tional diffusion network. I would like to submit strong opposition from teachers, school ad­ day comment period. About two-thirds of the following article from the August 4 issue of ministrators, and members of the Congress. the comments opposed one or more of the Education Week which provides additional in­ This screening committee, one of several proposed changes; of 79 received from formation. controversial changes in the network that school districts, 78 were critical. August 5, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22675 Opinions, both pro and con, focused most "I don't know how [the reviewer] got on the reasons we have extensive teacher train­ often on the proposed program-significance the panel," he added, "but I'm sorry [she] ing," she said. "If they think this is just panel. A number of writers, including some did. That's the best I can say. We will try to teaching horror, they haven't looked at our identifying themselves with the Eagle have people who are a little more a part of program. They've looked at something in Forum, an organization that promotes the the mainstream. But people exercise indi­ their imagination." conservative viewpoint on social issues, vidual judgment ultimately, and you don't praised the idea. know what one reviewer is going to say. The "We especially favor the inclusion of par­ point is, there's always more than one re­ IN MEMORY OF DR. WILLIAM H. ents on the P.S.P.," wrote a group calling viewer." DU~ARIV itself Western Pennsylvania Parents to Pro­ He added that the content-review process tect Our Youth from Propaganda, Brain­ has been improved-for example, soliciting washing, and Subversive Textbooks in Our nominations for the panel from a variety of HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO Schools. sources to ensure balance. Also, he said, last OF CALIFORNIA Opponents, including several organized by year's program-significance panel was not Mr. McConkey's group, criticized the panel used to make funding decisions. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES as a departure from the Reagan Administra­ But according to informed sources, there- Wednesday, August 5, 1987 viewer who believed that "Facing History" tion's stated preference for local control. lacked objectivity, Christina Price, also Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, it is with "I, as one educator, am incensed that my government does not believe that I or my served on the "technical review" committee deep sadness but with respect and a certain colleagues have the good sense to [distin­ whose low marks resulted in a denial of sense of pride that I want to comment on the guish] appropriate from inappropriate ma- funding. She made similar comments on passing of a man of distinction from Santa both panels. Barbara, CA, Dr. William H. Dunbar IV . . terials," said the director of an N.D.N. Ms. Price, a political scientist at Troy project in Mobile, Ala. state University in Alabama, last week said Though only 45 years old, he had accom- In May, as part of a sweeping school-im­ the department had instructed her not to plished so much in his dedicated service to provement proposal, H.R. 5, · the House comment on the specifics of any N.D.N. ap- others. voted to block most of the changes in the plicant. But she agreed to comment in gen- Dr. Dunbar was a surgeon, scientist, inven­ network that the Administration had pro­ eral terms about the issue of historical bal- tor, U.S. Navy veteran, pilot, sportsman, family posed. ance. man, and a friend to many. His achievements The bill's "report language" instructs the "I'm concerned, when we use federal and the lives he touched are innumerable. A department to retain the one-stage review money, that an interest group not be used process: "Selection of projects based upon to promote one point of view," she said, chronology of his life reflects a continuing their content, or 'program significance,' noting that her objection would apply to quest for knowledge, service to others, and shall remain the decision of local schools, educational programs on "the Civil War improving the quality of life. not the federal government." from the point of view of the South or the Born October 4, 1941, in Hershey, PA, Wii­ Congressional sources last week predicted Spanish Inquisition from the point of view liam Dunbar graduated from Mercersberg that the United States would approve simi­ of Catholics." Academy and Cornell University. While at Cor- lar restrictions as part of the omnibus reau­ Ms. Price, who said she had been a sup- nell, Dunbar was a member of a varsity light­ thorization of elementary- and secondary­ porter of Eagle Forum since her days in weight rowing crew that represented the education programs, but not until next year. "the anti-E.R.A. movement," said she had United States at the Henley Royal Regatta. Because H.R. 5 does not yet have the been selected for the panels by Shirley force of law, the department plans to pro­ Curry, director of the department's recogni- He received his medical degree from ceed with the significance panel, according tion division. According to sources, Ms. Temple University in 1968. While an intern at to Ronald P. Preston, a deputy assistant sec­ Curry also has close ties to Eagle Forum the Presbyterian Medical Center in Denver retary in the office of educational research and its leader, Phyllis Schlafly. Ms. Curry from 1968 to 1969, Bill married the former and improvement. did not return phone calls last week. Janet Larson, who remained through his life Two other changes that the House has barred-a "private-school facilitator" to in­ PROCESS UNDER WAY as his closest friend, confidante and staunch crease private-school participation in the Although the department is not expected supporter. N.D.N. and "dissemination process projects" to issue final regulations until mid-August, Dr. Dunbar served a residency in surgery at to distribute curricula by such organizations it has already begun to assemble a program- the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Roch­ as National Geographic-will also go for­ significance panel and to screen N.D.N. ap- ester, MN, from 1969 to 1970, and another ward, Mr. Preston said. pl~~eeks ago, "Facing History" again re- residency in orthopedics at the University of But for now, the department will drop plans to limit eligibility for N.D.N. funding ceived low marks in the content review. One Utah in Salt Lake City from 1973 to 1978. to six years and to use part of its budget for panelist's complaints included the following: During the Vietnam war, Dunbar studied the Secretary's "school recognition pro­ "Profoundly anti-Christian bias, inappropri- flight surgery at the Naval Aerospace Medical gram," he said. ate discussion of scripture in ways profound- Institute in Pensacola, FL, and was a naval ly offensive to fundamentalists and evange- flight surgeon for 2 years. He served as a lieu­ NO 'RIGHT-WING IDEOLOGUES' licals . . . selective use of leftist authorities, tenant commander and flew with pilots in the Mr. Preston denied that the Administra­ e.g., Kurt Vonnegut, A.J.P. Taylor, Tom VX-5 Experimental/Test Squadron at China tion has any intention of censoring N.D.N. Driver, Flora Lewis. . . . Accounts of vio- CA programs or imposing its own political view­ lence should be R-rated ... overt and con- Lake, · point. sistent bias-anti-war and anti-hunting." An active pilot, Dunbar served on the board "We don't want a stilted panel of right­ Other reviewers found the curriculum of directors of the Aerostar Owners Associa­ wing ideologues," he said. "That would be guide "unbalanced, simplistic," "overly emo- tion. As a competitive golfer, he won the dangerous for conservatives. What goes tional," and likely to "induce a guilt trip" by Porter Tournament at the La Cumbre Country around comes around in this town." students. Club in 1982. He argued that the federal government One argued that the presentation of the Dr. Dunbar, who began orthopedics practice has an obligation to determine whether Holocaust would be disturbing to junior- in Santa Barbara in 1976, helped pioneer N.D.N. projects are worthwhile before ap­ high-school students. Another said that "8- . video surgical demonstrations for medical proving financial support, likening the proc­ 12 weeks is far too long to spend on this his- ess to Food and Drug Administration proce­ torical period." education programs for the Arthroscopy Asso- dures for determining that new drugs are Martot Strom, who directs the "Facing ciation of North America. He was elected to both "safe and effective." History" project, which is affiliated with the board of directors of the organization in A content review is needed to ensure that the Brookline, Mass., public schools, said March of this year. programs that are racist or ethically she was saddened by the reviewers' reac- He served on the editorial board of Arthros­ "beyond the pale" do not receive "the feder­ tions-especially the implication that Holo- copy, the Journal of Arthroscopic and Related al imprimatur," he said. caust education is a "Jewish program." s · .. 985 Mr. Preston characterized last year's ex­ "The Jews did not create this history," urgery Since · · periment with the program-significance she said. "You don't look at the history of Dr. Dunbar presented numerous scientific panel-and specifically the criticism of the victims in order to practice prevention. You papers around the world. He served on the holocaust project as unfair to the Nazi view­ find out what the victimizers were up to." faculty of the Summer Institute of the Ameri- point-as "a disaster.... So, it was a mis­ The panelists' fears that the curriculum can Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and the take; so, we bungled it; we were dumb." could be traumatic for children "are exactly UCLA Operative Arthroscopy Seminar. 22676 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 5, 1987 He recently applied for a patent for an arth­ A CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE TO It gives me great personal pleasure to join roscopic drill guide system developed and MADAME MARIA JERITZA in celebrating the centennial of the birth of made locally by surgeons to repair knee liga­ Maria Jeritza. I had the distinct privilege of ments. HON. PETER W. RODINO, JR. calling Madame Jeritza my personal friend for The recent passing of Dr. Dunbar is a great almost 30 years. She was the godmother to loss to the many whose lives were affected OF NEW JERSEY my granddaughter who bears her name. At both directly and indirectly. However, he left IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Madame Jeritza's home in New Jersey, it was for all an example of a patriotic American that Wednesday, August 5, 1987 my privilege to meet many of the luminaries of the music world. Among my most valued pos­ utilized his talents to the fullest, as our free Mr. RODINO. Mr. Speaker, on October 6, society allows, to improve the quality of life of sessions is a photograph she gave to me 1987, Madame Maria Jeritza, one of the leg­ showing Puccini presenting her with a com­ man. endary figures in the opera world and a long­ It is without doubt that the energetic, cre­ plete score of one of his works. I extend my time resident of the north ward of Newark, NJ, warmest wishes to Fran Adubato and the ative and selfless efforts of Dr. William H. would have been 100 years old. To celebrate North Ward Center as they host this special Dunbar IV have benefited many, and will con­ this important milestone in the history of tribute to Maria Jeritza, a great artist and hu­ tinue to assist countless others in the future. music, the North Ward Center of Newark and manitarian whose work and spirit brought joy Dr. Dunbar is survived by a family that was the New Jersey Council on the Arts will spon­ to the world. always supportive of his work; his wife, Janet; sor a special musical tribute later this month. a son, William Dunbar; and a daughter, Jill The evening, organized by Fran Adubato of Dunbar, all of Santa Barbara; his mother, Har­ the North Ward Center, will feature operatic ADMINISTRATION POLICIES riet Siegrist Silberman, of Lebanon, PA; and highlights by the New Jersey Opera Institute "SOAK THE POOR" two sisters, Betsy Dunbar Rouse of Euphala, in honor of Madame Jeritza. (e AL, and Anne Dunmire of Harleysville, PA. Maria Jeritza was born in what is now HON. GEORGE MILLER Czechoslovakia. After studying singing at the OF CALIFORNIA Brno Musikschule, she made her debut in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH SANNA 1910 at the age of 17 with the Olmutz Opera. The following year Madame Jeritza sang with Wednesday, August 5, 1987 the Vienna Volksoper, appearing in a special Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, the HON. JOE KOLTER performance before the Emperor, before join­ administration is claiming great significance in OF PENNSYLVANIA ing the Vienna Royal Opera. She remained a the news reports that the proportions of Amer­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES star of the Royal Opera until 1932 and icans living in poverty has dropped to the achieved public acclaim singing the works of lowest level since 1980. Wednesday, August 5, 1987 Puccini, Korngold and Richard Strauss. That is hardly a statistic to be proud of, be­ Mr. KOLTER. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to Madame Jeritza's large, glowing voice, in­ cause what it really says is that we have honor Joseph Sanna for his 22 years of dedi­ stinctive acting style and · nforgettable stage made no progress, as a nation, in reducing cation to the welfare of the people of western presence made her the personal favorite of our unacceptable level of poverty in the 7 Pennsylvania. Mr. Sanna has indeed proved to many composers. When an assistant com­ years of alleged economic revitalization under be a model citizen of my Fourth Congression­ plained to Richard Strauss that Jeritza was Reaganomics. al District. departing from the score of his "Ariadne," Despite a return to the pre-Reagan poverty level, nearly ·14 percent of all Americans­ Mr. Sanna has served on numerous coun­ Strauss replied, "leave her alone, she knows what she's doing." She was most closely over 32 million people-are living in poverty cils, committees, and commissions to help the identified with the great composer Giacomo today. This is barely below the recent high local community. For example, he was the Puccini. Puccini considered Madame Jeritza poverty rate of 15.2 percent in 1983, during chairman of the board of supervisors in East his favorite "Tosca," a role which was her the Reagan recession, the peak of a growth in Wheatfield Township, served on the Tri­ most famous, and she also appeared in his poverty which began in 1980 and co ~tittued County Private Industry Council, was vice "Turandot" and "Girl of the Golden West." for much of President Reagan's first terntt11 chairman of the Development Committee of Madame Jeritza's American debut was de­ It is a staggering realization that despite the the American Heart Association of the Indiana layed by World War I. But on December 1, much touted economic strategy of this admin­ Chapter, and was a member of: the Indiana 1921, she created a sensation at New York's istration, despite all of the talk about revitaliza­ County Association of Township Supervisors, Metropolitan Opera in ''Tasca." The New York tion and competition, despite all the emphasis the Prosper Review Committee of Indiana World reported the next morning that "Maria on trickledown and growth, despite all the tax County, the Indiana County Economic Devel­ Jeritza gave a performance that left a packed concessions to the wealthy and the corpora­ opment Commission, the Pennsylvania Asso­ house alternately breathless and cheering. tions to promote business expansion-despite ciation of Township Supervisors, and the She gave a performance of thrilling beauty all those so-called initiatives, we have made Pennsylvania Rural Economic Development and intensity with authority and imagination." no progress on reducing poverty. Coalition. Mr. Sanna was also elected Demo­ She continued to sing at the Met for the next In fact, the policies of this administration cratic Committeeman of East Wheatfield 10 years, scoring striking successes in new have made a bad situation worse. As I pointed Township. roles and revivals. She pubilshed her auto­ out on the House floor last week, poverty Mr. Sanna has served on numerous union biography, "Sunlight and Song," in 1924. At among children rose 37 percent during the positions and has been a dedicated member the height of her career, Madame Jeritza was first years of this administration, and among of the Pennsylvania State Electrical Workers mobbed on the streets and treated like royal­ two parent families, poverty increased more Association. He has been locally acknowl­ ty. than 50 percent. edged by the community in receiving the After Madame Jeritza retired from a full-time Two and a half million children have been Labor Movement and Community Award in opera schedule, she moved to the north ward thrown into poverty since 1979 in this country, of Newark. Her home became the gathering and today, one-fifth of all children-and far Johnstown and was voted the Democratic place for the great artists of our time and she more minority children-are growing up in a Man of the Year in Indiana County, both in continued to sing in concert. Although hailed culture of poverty. 1984. throughout the world, she considered her The fact is that actions of this administra­ It is with great pride that I honor Joseph Newark residence as her only home and was tion-in slashing job training programs, reduc­ Sanna today. I know that my colleagues will much loved ~Y her friends and neighbors. ing educational opportunities, and failing to join me in thanking Mr. Sanna for his 22 years Madame Jeritza devoted her later years to provide adequate child care-have greatly dis­ of faithful service to the community and in charity activities and on her 90th birthday she couraged many from seeking the jobs they wishing him many prosperous years to come. became the first recipient of the New Jersey would far prefer to public welfare. State Council on the Arts' Distinguished But even when men and women do find Award. employment, the evidence is that they labor August 5, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22677 too often for poverty wages, and therefore ate distinction for Terry. He will be formally Handicapped children do not all speak Eng­ remain impoverished. recognized later this month at a special cele­ lish. When a limited-English proficient [LEP] Recent studies by the Center on Budget bration in his honor in Redwood City being child has a learning disability, the child is often and Policy Priorities show that over 40 percent hosted by Bill and Marie Addiego. placed in a special education class conducted of all poor people-nearly 9 million Ameri­ Mr. Speaker, Terry Anderlini is a person in English. In effect, a handicapped LEP child cans-were employed in 1986. While we can who exemplifies the qualities and virtues that is often placed in "sink or swim" immersion be pleased that these men and women are are important to all Americans. Terry was born course in English. A growing body of research working, despite the paucity of their wages, it in Arizona, received his B.A. degree from suggests that handicapped language minority is clear that millions of others will be discour­ Tulane University in 1965, and earned his J.D. students should receive instruction in their aged from freeing themselves from public de­ degree from San Fransciso Law School in native language in order to facilitate cognitive pendency to enter the labor market if all they 1969. He has been a partner in the firm of and academic development. Handicapped can look forward to is continued poverty. Monaco, Anderlini, & Finkelstein in San children don't need the additional artificial The evidence indicates that the Reagan ad­ Mateo. handicap of being thrown into courses con­ ministration's economic policies have pro­ Terry has been devoted to the legal profes­ ducted in a language that they do not under­ duced an odd variant on an old theme-soak sion. In 1975 he was named president of the stand. the poor. The center's research also indicates San Mateo Barrister's Club. Two years later, Mr. Speaker, many normal American stu­ that the income gap between the wealthy and he became president of the San Mateo Trial dents are being misdiagnosed as "learning the poor is at its widest point ever recorded. Lawyers Association. Over the intervening disabled." A minority child is far more likely to The income of the average poor family in years, he has continued to serve as a leader be placed in a class for the learning disabled 1986 was further below the poverty line­ in many professional organizations. He was a than an Anglo student. A minority child is also $11 ,200 for a family of four-than at any time member of the San Mateo County Lawyers less likely to be identified as gifted or talented since 1963, with the exception of the Reagan Referral Committee and the San Mateo Pri­ than his Anglo counterpart. Clearly students recession years from 1982 and 1983. vate Defender Committee. He has been a are not receiving the services they need­ Those who are categorized as the "poorest member of the Board of Governors of both whether they are misdiagnosed or handi­ of the poor" -with incomes less than half the the California Bar Association and of the Cali­ capped. One suspects that there is something poverty line-is now at the highest level in fornia Trial Lawyers Association, and he was wrong in the process by which students are over a decade-nearly 40 percent of all the president of the San Mateo County Bar Asso­ identified, evaluated, and classified as eligible poor. ciation and vice president of the State bar as­ for special education programs. Nor are the poor the only ones feeling the sociation. PROTECTION IN THE ABSTRACT Although Mr. Anderlini has devoted much effects of changes in income distribution. In principle, current law should already be time to his profession, he has also been ac­ Middle-income Americans, according to the eliminating these abuses. Mandates aimed at tively involved in serving our community in center, are receiving the lowest share of na­ assuring that handicapped LEP students re­ San Mateo County. He is a past director of tional family income recorded since 1947. ceive an appropriate education are embodied the Poplar Center for retarded adults and chil­ Meanwhile, those with the highest levels of in policy, law, and judicial decisions. These in­ income have recorded the largest increase in dren and a current member of the Service clude the Education of the Handicapped Act, income since 1979. League of San Mateo County. He is a leader the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of These findings have profound implications of the Peninsula Social Club, the Italian-Ameri­ 197 4; section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of can Federation, and the San Francisco Bay for a wide range of policy matters. We are all 1973, and title VI of the Civil Rights Act of Knarr Sailing Association. aware that most of the new jobs which have 1964; Diana versus State Board of Education, Mr. Speaker, Terry Anderlini is a distin­ been created in recent years, and about which 1970; Lau versus Nichols, 197 4; and regula­ the President boasts, are really service sector guished citizen and an exemplary member of tions written by the U.S. Department of Edu­ jobs, many of which pay very low wages. As the legal profession. It is a great pleasure and cation. Currently, the process requires, but is an honor for me to pay tribute to him today. the statistics I have cited today indicate, these not limited to- jobs in many cases cannot replace the higher The parents or guardian to have the oppor­ wage manufacturing jobs, and families which CREATING ARTIFICIAL HANDI­ tunity to be knowledgeable participants in the fall back on service sector jobs often suffer CAPS FOR HANDICAPPED AND identification, evaluation, and educational significant loss of income and increasing de­ LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENT placement of the handicapped child. This in­ pendence on Government support of one CHILDREN volves taking whatever steps are necessary to form or another. ensure that the parents understand the pro­ It is evident that we must focus on more HON. MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ ceedings; than just the unemployment rate to appreciate The States to establish testing guidelines the impact of Reaganomics on the economic OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and utilize evaluation materials that are not ra­ security of the American family. Creating jobs cially or culturally discriminatory. The materials which pay a nonliving wage, and restoring the Wednesday, August 5, 1987 and procedures are to be provided and admin­ poverty level to the level at which you found it Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, President istered in the child's native language, unless it 7 years ago is hardly a record of economic Reagan told the National Governors' Associa­ is not feasible to do so; achievement which is likely to improve Ameri­ tion on March 26 of this year: A process by which no single procedure can productivity or restore our economic pre­ I met one young man who had graduated shall be the sole criterion for determining edu­ dominance in the world. there in East Los Angeles from high cational placement or program for the child; school-top in his class. He had spent sever­ A free and appropriate education for every TRIBUTE TO TERRY ANDERLINI al years in a class for the mentally retarded child classified, and an individual educational because teachers had just decided that that plan to address the student's needs; and is what was wrong. And then along came­ HON. TOM LANTOS God bless her-a teacher who went a little A comprehensive reevaluation of the child every 3 years. OF CALIFORNIA deeper and found out it was the language problem. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PROBLEMS IN PRACTICE The President is fond of anecdotes, but in The Devil is in the details. Despite protec­ Wednesday, August 5, 1987 this case he seems to have succeeded in tions in the abstract, assessment and referral Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I wish to pay identifying a real problem. Throwing students, techniques are frequently flawed in practice. tribute today to my very dear friend and fellow like this young man, into special education Are the safeguards built in to the process Peninsulan-Terry Anderlini, the first person classes where they don't belong drains the working for LEP handicapped children? Are from San Mateo County to be elected presi­ limited resources of special education pro­ parents knowledgeable about the implications dent of the California Bar Association. This is grams. The students are forced to do time in of the testing and classification? Are ade­ a great honor for San Mateo County, but even courses that are not designed to meet their quately trained translators being provided so more, it is a well-deserved and most appropri- needs. that limited-English proficient students and 22678 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 5, 1987 . their parents can fully participate in the proc­ National statistics presented in a GAO GUY DE VRIES ON A EUROPEAN ess? Are educators often relying on particular report indicate that approximately 30 percent COMMON MARKET IN DEFENSE 10 tests that are invalid or that have not been of the language minority students in special normed for the population being tested? Are education are classified as communication HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN the other utilized measures also racially unbi­ disordered and receive therapy for articulation, OF NEW YORK ased? Are the students being tested in their language disorders, stuttering, and/ or voice IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES native language? Are there enough bilingual .impairment. The percentage of Hispanics and Wednesday, August 5, 1987 evaluators to provide valid and reliable as­ other minority language students is actually sessment? Do school districts administer com­ much higher when students who receive Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to prehensive language assessments to LEP bring to the attention of the House a com­ children? The answer to these questions speech therapy as a related service are in­ cluded in prevalence counts. mendable article by a member of the Europe­ seems to be "no" in far too many of our an Parliament, Mr. Guy M. de Vries. Elected States and communities. In one study of Spanish speaking children, the sounds that have been identified as most by a Dutch constituency, Mr. De Vries has re­ Available evidence is troubling. The fact that cently written a column for the International problematic for Spanish speakers learning State and local school authorities are, in many Herald Tribune on the Common Market's need English were those identified as troubled in cases, paying little more than lip service to the for a common defense market in order to in­ legal safeguards is reflected in the dispropor­ the referral documentation. For example, a crease the effectiveness of Europe's military tionate number of Hispanic students in learn­ study of Texas schools reports that the major­ posture. ing disabled classes and gifted programs. The ity of LEP students in the sample has at least Mr. De Vries asserted that Europeans must National Coalition of Advocates for Students one language-related referral reason-a ratio take increased responsibility to adequately recently released a special report, with infor­ far higher than for native English speakers. protect themselves. While acknowledging the mation gathered in 1984 by the Office for Civil Very few students were tested in a minority political limits of increasing European defense Rights, U.S. Department of Education, analyz­ language or bilingually; only 25 percent of the expenditures, Mr. De Vries has offered other ing the percent of Hispanic enrollments in eligibility folders contained evidence of current options which would help prepare Europe to 3,312 school districts selected to be repre­ language testing. For some students signifi­ counter the considerable conventional sentative of all the Nation's schools. The find­ cant discrepancies between intelligence and strength of the Warsaw Pact countries. He ings confirmed the disproportionate percent­ achievement-the operational definition of a has called for the elimination of protective age of placements in educable mentally re­ learning disability-may have been an artifact measures against many arms sales within the tarded [EMR] and gifted classes in the 15 of testing conducted in English. European Community which would increase States with the highest concentrations of His­ When students are misplaced by schools, the competitive nature of the arms industry, panics. In Colorado, Hispanics comprise 16 the consequences may be substantial. These decrease the duplication of defense efforts, percent of the total student enrollment, yet and thereby enhance the cooperative nature they represent 30 percent of the EMR chil­ students may never reach their full potential because teachers are likely to demand less of the defense within the European Communi­ dren and 1 0 percent of the gifted. In New ty. Jersey, 9 percent of the children in schools from "learning disabled" students then from normal students. There is evidence that IQ A 1985 amendment to the EC's founding are Hispanics, while in the EMR and gifted treaty, the Single European Act, pointed the classes they are 18 percent and 4 percent re­ scores may actually drop as a result of mis­ placement. For example, Wilkinson and Ortiz way to removing some of the remaining trade spectively. The figures are also alarming in barriers in the civilian sector of the arms in­ report in the fall 1986 issue of the Bilinqual California, where Hispanics make up 32 per­ dustry; Mr. De Vries has emphasized the need cent of the EMR and 11 percent of the gifted Special Education Newsletter that limited-Eng­ to implement this change. A more efficient Eu­ students, while the total enrollment is 29 per­ lish proficient students' scores on WISC--R 10 ropean arms industry will not only help cent. The fact that the Freedom of Information tests actually declined after 3 years in a pro­ Europe, but has the potential, if the competi­ Act had to be used to get these facts out into gram for the learning disabled. Moreover, mis­ tion is fair, for spurring a more efficient U.S. sunlight is also troubling. The Office of Civil placement of normal limited-English proficient arms industry. Rights has been woefully neglectful in uncov­ students in special education courses can Mr. De Vries' article contains no anti-Ameri­ ering and correcting these problems. have the effect of stigmatizing these students can overtones. On the contrary, Mr. De Vries In other evidence of the inadequate imple­ as "learning disabled" for life. This combina­ is a leading member of the American-Europe­ mentation of congressional intent, Salend and tion of lowering performance expectations, an Community Association who has participat­ Fradd recently reported in the Journal of Spe­ providing inappropriate course work, and stig­ ed in meetings between the U.S. Congress cial Education that in a study of 49 States, matizing students is particularly troubling when and the European Parliament. While I am not only 5 had established a definition for the cat­ we recall that this is done at the cost of dilut­ in a position to endorse the suggestions made egory of bilingual handicapped and only 2 had ing the special education resources for the here, I am inserting them in the RECORD so a specific funding category for bilingual spe­ students who really do need them. that my colleagues may have the benefit of cial education. None of the States reported a reviewing Mr. De Vries' article of June 11, REFORMS ARE NEEDED statewide curriculum to guide the instruction 1987: In brief, America is putting many normal stu­ of LEP handicapped students. [From the International Herald Tribune, Ignorance of the problems associated with dents in special education classes they don't June 11, 19871 learning a second language is not bliss when need. We are wasting millions and millions of IT'S TIME FOR A COMMON DEFENSE MARKET it comes to assessing students. Researchers dollars by putting minority language children in in bilingual special education at the University special education courses where they don't of Texas at Austin, are playing a leading role THE HAGUE.-The current debate on the belong and stigmatizing them in the process. role of nuclear weapons in protecting West­ in identifying the nature and scope of these At the same time, these processes are con­ em Europe has again highlighted NATO's assessment problems. Dr. Alba Ortiz of the suming the resources that are badly needed weakness in conventional defenses. University of Texas stated: by our Nation's handicapped students. There An East-West agreement to eliminate The greatest concern which emerged from is a critical need to upgrade the procedures longer-range intermediate nuclear weapons the data is that procedures used in diagnos­ used to identify students with learning disabil­ and to significantly reduce shorter-range ing communication disorders virtually ig­ systems will leave the West more vulnerable nored students' limited-English proficient ities, and to insure that minority language to the Warsaw Pact's conventional superior­ status. Studies have found that data in eligi­ handicapped students are not forced to "sink ity. Even under a pact made conditional on bility folders were generally insufficient to or swim" in English immersion courses. Our Moscow accepting uneven cuts in its conven­ determine whether limited-English profi­ Nation's educational programs must work tional forces, NATO would have to pay cient students were in the process of normal better for both minority language students and more attention to its non-nuclear needs. second language acquisition, or whether the handicapped. But with the notable exception of France, their speech and language behaviors were which has just agreed on a $71 billion five­ symptomatic of a speech or language disor­ year military spending plan, European arms der. budgets appear to have reached political August 5, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22679 ceilings at the same time as technological the Province of Chontales, only 2 hours drive tive underground fronts in towns across the innovations are pushing up the costs of from Managua. province-something they have failed to do modem weaponry. With costs multiplying At this point I wish to include in the almost everywhere else. and budgets stagnating, the European allies In the gold-mining town of Santo Domin­ risk engaging in structural disarmament. RECORD, "Contras Find a Haven Inside Nica­ go, Contra collaborators assembled a make­ Cost cutting through multilateral produc­ ragua," by Clifford Krauss, in the Wall Street shift radio transmitter in the local ceme­ tion programs has been only a modest suc­ Journal, Monday, August 3, 1987: tary. The radio, used to signal Sandinista cess. National military markets remain [From the Wall Street Journal, Aug. 3, troop positions to the Contras, was put out highly protected. The European market is 1987] of action a year ago in a Sandinista roundup fragmented and economies of scale are hard CONTRAS Fnm A HAVEN INSIDE NICARAGUA of 20 underground members. to achieve. CHONTALES PROVINCE THWARTS SANDINISTAS, The Santo Domingo ring was discovered It is time the 12 nations of the European AIDS REBELS because a member who was wounded and Community embarked on an ambitious pro­ captured following the rocketing of a Sandi­ gram to create a common arms market. A nista-build school, fingered the other 19. strong case for such was made recently in a JUIGALPA, NICARAGUA.-Throughout most One of the captured collaborators, Migalina report commissioned by the Independent of Nicaragua, the U.S.-financed Contra Jeronina, age 36, who admits to having European Program Group, or IEPG, the rebels haven't won much popular backing. nursed wounded Contras, says the front still forum in which NATO's European members But less than two hours drive from Mana­ operates, though she doesn't participate. discuss arms collaboration. It found that gua, in the center of the country, the Con­ Although she will remain close by as a should be read, reread and pondered by ev­ It was a rare, good fortune for the people guardian for the site, we of the Adaxns eryone concerned about our future. of the United States, when in 1920 Wilhel­ family will miss her. The family and the Conservation is to a democratic govern­ mina Sellers came to the Old House in American public can be grateful that her ment by free men as the roots of a tree are Quincy to act as Brooks Adams' private sec­ successor Marianne Peak has pledged to to its leaves. We must be willing wisely to retary and to assist in the management of follow closely the indomitable Mrs. Harris. nurture and use our resources if we are his household. The health of Brooks' wife, going to keep visible the inner strengths of my great aunt, was failing, her memory was democracy. faulty, and the elaborate machinery of late H.R. 2309 "For as we have and hold dear our prac­ 19-Century life, town houses, country tices of conservation, we say to the other homes, servants, horses and the new and peoples of the world that ours is not an ex­ fearful invention of the motor car were an HON. RON de LUGO ploitive society-solely materialistic in out­ invitation to chaos. Miss Sellers took quiet OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS look. We take a positive position-conserva­ charge for the arrangements, leaving IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion means we have faith that our way of Brooks the happy illusion that ht: was run­ life will go on and we are surely building for ning everything. Wednesday, August 5, 1987 those we know will follow .... There is no doubt that Brooks' remaining Mr. DE LUGO. Mr. Speaker, I am very "There is a spiritual value of conservation years were made happier, very much hap­ and wilderness typifies this. Wilderness is a pleased with the response that the Christo­ pier, by the presence in his household of pher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Act, demonstration of our people that we can such a capable person. The details of organi­ put aside a portion of this which we have as zation appall a modern mind. The twice H.R. 2309, received here on Monday, August a tribute to the Maker and say-this we will yearly trip to and from Quincy to Boston, a 3. It passed the House almost unanimously leave as we found it. distance of a dozen miles, required the and I thank my colleagues for their support. "Wilderness is an anchor to windward. effort of Napoleon preparing to invade H.R. 2309 will enable the National Commis­ Knowing it is there, we can also know that Russia. Fresh eggs and milk, home-grown sion, which currently operates on a staff of we are still a rich nation, tending our re­ strawberries, and flowers were the expected three and receives a relatively small amount sources as we should-not a people in de­ comforts of life. So were perfect service at spair searching every last nook and cranny of Federal moneys, to increase their staffing table, polished woodwork, good cooking and and fundraising capabilities. It will also extend of our land for a board of lumber, a barrel well-raked garden paths. This meant cooks, of oil, a blade of grass, or a tank of water." housemaids, gardeners, coachmen, and that the life of the Commission through December Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New most dangerous of metamorphoses-a 31, 1993, to allow for the appropriate observ­ Mexico in "American Forests," July 1983. coachman turned chauffeur. All this Miss ance of Columbus' second voyage during I suggest that it is not too late to save Sellers managed. · which he landed on both St. Croix and Puerto something rare, beautiful and irreplaceable But unless some Proust can recapture Rico. that cannot be priced in Adam Smith's mar­ such a past, it has little interest to modern ketplace. I wish to note that three of my colleagues, Americans. What does have interest is the Messrs. LAGOMARSINO, MARTINEZ, and history of the Old House itself, the develop­ FUSTER, expressed interest in cosponsoring RETIREMENT OF SUPERINTEND­ ment of the minds that made it famous and the influence of its spaces and its artifacts this bill. However, due to an unfortunate cleri­ ENT OF ADAMS NATIONAL ms­ on those minds, and the study of these ob­ cal error, these gentlemen were omitted from TORIC SITE jects as reflections of the tastes of their pos­ the list of additional sponsors. I thank them sessors. Brooks Adaxns spent a great deal of for their support and request at this time that HON. BRIAN J. DONNELLY thought along these lines. What he thought they be associated with this legislation. OF MASSACHUSETTS and what he remembered would be lost were it not for the fortunate chance that brought IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Miss Sellers to the Old House. With an in­ REV. ELDRIDGE V. CULLOM: 19 Wednesday, August 5, 1987 telligence as sharp and retentive as James YEARS OF SERVICE Mr. DONNELLY. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Boswell, she registered in memory the char­ acter, the quirks, and the wisdom of the last the Adams National Historic Site in Quincy, family member to inhabit the place. HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN MA, witnessed the end of a tradition. Wilhel­ Through her, we are linked to a living past. OF TENNESSEE mina Sellars Harris-the superintendent of the After Brooks Adaxns died, Miss Sellers IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES site since the 1940's-retired at the age of became the wife of Colonel Frank Harris 91. She is the longest serving superintendent and the mother of three sons. For 20 years, Wednesday, August 5, 1987 and the oldest in the National Park Service, as the old place did not know her. It struggled Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, July well as the first woman to work as a Park along, falling more and more into disrepair 26, members of the Grace Baptist Church Service superintendent. as the depression bit into the finances of the Adams Memorial Society. Then came honored retiring pastor, Rev. Eldridge V. In 1920, Mrs. Harris came to the Adams the Second War, with its shortages of every­ Cullom, after 19 years of service and ministry. House in Quincy as Brooks Adams' private thing old houses need, such as caretakers, Reverend Cullom has served Southern Baptist secretary. In 1946, when the home became a carpenters, and the materials of building. A churches for 38 years as a full-time minister, a national historic site, it was clear that Wilhel­ solution was found in 1946 when the Nation calling E.V. himself readily admits he would mina Harris should take over the home's man­ accepted the responsibility for maintaining welcome again if given the chance to relive agement. the Old House as a National Historic Site. his life. Most importantly, her knowledge of the But it would have been a barren solution E.V. is originally from Knoxville, TN, attend­ family and the home made her a logical without Mrs. Harris. She returned to take charge of the site for the Government. She ed Carson Newman and subsequently South­ choice. In the words of a member of the insisted on working closely with the family. ern Seminary in Louisville, KY. Parishioners family, "she brought a knowledge and integrity To the preservation of the traditions of the laud his ability to see the good side of any absolutely unique * * * as nearly as possible, place, she brought a knowledge and integri­ person and situation. He has always been the house and its furnishings, the library, the ty absolutely unique. Under her care, noth- happy to help those in need, and has led the August 5, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22683 church through years of consistent growth and radon levels down to four, their job has been SOUTH ST. PAUL CENTENNIAL outreach. completed and the health of residents of The special service, which I was honored to these buildings is adequately protected. attend, poignantly highlighted E.V.'s own feel­ Well, the unfortunate reality is that the HON. BRUCE F. VENTO ings about his ministry to God. He encouraged guideline EPA is using does not protect the OF MINNESOTA his congregation to be faithful and trusting in public from radon risks of lung cancer. Rather, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES God's mercy, depending on God to provide the magic number four provides such a high Wednesday, August 5, 1987 for their needs. Those who have followed E.V. cancer risk that, even under EPA's best esti­ over the past 19 years will greatly miss his mates, 1 person out of 100 will fall victim to Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, this year marks personal ministry and message. lung cancer as a result of radon exposure. Es­ the 1OOth anniversary of South St. Paul, MN. Through E.V.'s efforts, the church devel­ timates have also put the cancer risk as high In a time when this country seems evenly di­ oped and presently maintains a mission and vided between those who wish to tum the as 1 out of 20 or 1 out of 65. There are 8 mil­ comprehensive program of service for resi­ clock of history back and those who wish to lion homes which are affected by indoor radon dents in a mobile home and trailer park locat­ abandon history entirely, the citizens of South pollution. The consequences of allowing such ed in the surrounding community. St. Paul provide both a breath of fresh air and I would like to personally commend E.V. for a high cancer risk and defining it as safe can a timely reminder that the struggles of the his many years of service and the countless be shattering. past can provide fortitude for the future. As good deeds he has performed over the last EPA's safe guideline of four is equivalent to South St. Paul celebrates its 1OOth year with a 19 years. The members of Grace Baptist receiving 200 chest x rays per year. EPA's vast array of festivals and community activi­ Church will greatly miss his loving nature, and own testimony at various committee hearings ties, one needs only examine its history to see will always remember his deep faith and his admits that there is no safe level of radon. A why the city has cause to celebrate. And an ability to share it with others. radon concentraion of 1.5 PCi/1 is equivalent inspiring history it is. to 300 millirems of radiation per year; this South St. Paul was founded on the sight of figure is much higher than the 5 millirem per an old Dakota Indian village named Kaposia. NATIONAL STANDARD TO year level allowed for nuclear powerplants. CONTROL EXPOSURE TO RADON Because of its unique location on the banks of EPA's allegedly safe guideline of four pro­ the Mississippi River, the small community vides almost five times the average risk of a quickly prospered. Its early success can best HON. JAMES J. FLORIO nonsmoker of getting lung cancer. We need to be attributed to the foundry industry and the OF NEW JERSEY remember that the risk posed by radon is in stockyard which sprung up in 1886. During its IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES addition to the cancer risk we face from other heyday, South St. Paul's stockyard was the Wednesday, August 5, 1987 sources such as smoking. largest of its kind in the entire United States. Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the It has been said that EPA's guideline is so Due to the enormous growth the city experi­ Environmental Protection Agency released a much lower than the standards adopted by enced in the developing years, the residents survey that indicated that more than one other countries-certainly the action levels in of South St. Paul decided to incorporate in house in five has high levels of cancer-caus­ Sweden and Canada are at 20 Picocuries 1887. Soon after, the city's extensive indus­ ing radon gas. EPA has estimated that up to while England has set it at 10. I want to point tries, most notably the meatpacking industry, 20,000 Americans die each year from lung out to my colleagues that, even through these lured bankers and investors to the city. cancer caused by radon. Yet, despite this seri­ countries have set these high levels as stand­ During the years from 1895 to 1960, South ous threat to our health, there are still no Fed­ ards, their standards for construction of new St. Paul enjoyed unusual distinction as a so­ eral regulations that would limit the exposure homes are much lower. In England, the level phisticated banking and livestock trading of humans to radon and adequately protect for new dwellings is 3 Picocuries per liter­ center. Literally thousands of heads of cattle millions of Americans. below EPA's guideline. Just to give you an were bought and sold. It was during World War II that South St. Radon is a naturally occurring gas which idea of what risks we would be allowing if we Paul experienced its greatest period of eco­ has been linked to lung cancer when it is were to adopt the standards of these foreign nomic success. The Federal Government trapped within a home or a building. As a nat­ countries-the level of 20 is equivalent to urally occurring substance, it is perhaps more needed food to feed American soldiers. The smoking two packs of cigarettes a day. The local meatpacking industry was of vital impor­ difficult to regulate than a pesticide or a level of 10 is equivalent to smoking one pack chemical contaminant. However, technology tance in facilitating this effort. Products like per day. the now famous Spam and other canned has already been achieved and demonstrated Most contaminants EPA has been regulat­ to reduce radon levels to a guideline that EPA meats that could be efficiently shipped were ing have provided cancer risks in the range of has designated as safe. crucial. I would like to express concern not only 1 in 10,000 or 1 in 100,000. It is irresponsible At the end of World War II, many of the with the fact that there is no national standard policy to be issuing a guideline that will be young men who had left to serve their country for radon but also with the guideline that is held as safe by the average homeowner when returned to the city because of the ample being held as a safe level by EPA. it means that 1 out of 65 people will be vic­ supply of jobs. Indeed, by this time South St. The EPA has set as a guideline a level tims of lung cancer caused by radon. Paul was a totally self-sufficient community, equivalent to 4 Picocuries per liter (PCi/L). My legislation calls upon EPA to set a na­ unlike many other suburban areas. States are using this level as an informal tional standard and to set a standard that will By the mid-1950's, all residential land in and standard. Homeowners are under the impres­ be based on health and not solely on cost immediately surrounding South St. Paul was in sion that, if they can reduce radon levels in and currently available technology. Recent use. There were simply no vacant lots. And their homes to the magic number four, they court cases have upheld the notion that the city continued to enjoy its prosperity for and their families will be adequately protected standards should be based on adequately pro­ the remainder of the decade. from the risks of radon exposure. Home build­ tecting human health and not solely on the All of this changed suddenly in the 1960's. ers are under the impression that, if they can cost involved in saving lives. The meatpacking Industry began to diversify build a home with enough protective meas­ I urge my colleagues to join me in sending a and build smaller plants at dispersed loca­ ures to keep radon levels at four or below, clear message to the EPA to set this standard tions. For the first time in its history, the city of then the homes they build are safe. and provide a firm level that can truly be South St. Paul experienced an unemployment Realtors are under the impression that, if called safe without misleading the public into crisis. the homes they sell have levels measured at a false sense of security. The Federal Government offered assistance 4 PCi/1, then those homes pose no significant to the city, providing funds for an urban re­ risk. Finally, the engineers and contractors in­ newal project. The South St. Paul Housing Au­ volved with developing the technology to thority, in conjunction with other local units of reduce radon levels in homes are under the government, seized the initiative and began a impression that, if their techniques can bring major facelift on Concord Street. 22684 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 5, 1987 The citizens of South St. Paul also respond­ Mary Phillips, who will be celebrating their MARCH 23, 1987. ed extraordinarily. Rather than relocating, they 50th wedding anniversary August 19, 1987. Hon. G.V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY, sought employment opportunities in other Mary A. McDermott and Walter H. Phillips Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, parts of the Twin Cities metro area. South St. House of Representatives, Washington, met in 1934. Three years later, on August 19, DC. Paul citizens chose to commute rather than 1937 they were married at St. Monica's DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I have just learned abandon their community. The city has notal­ Catholic Church in Santa Monica, CA. They of the possibility that funds for continu­ tered its residential structure and has made built a home in West Los Angeles and lived ation and enhancement of the Veterans Ad­ determined efforts to promote economic de­ there until 1973 when they moved to Harbor ministration's Decentralized Hospital Com­ velopment. City, CA. puter Program are at risk. As Chief Today, the mayor and city council are en­ of Staff at the San Francisco Veterans Ad­ Walter worked for the United Parcel Service gaged in a sweeping effort to diversify the tax ministration Medical Center, I have more and Harvel Tool Die Co. before being draft­ base of the city in order to lure companies & than a passing interest in this unwelcome ed into World War II. He served in the U.S. development, and as a citizen I feel obligat­ and private investment. These measures are ed to pass on to you my concern. I plead sparking hope and if hard work is any meas­ Navy and was stationed aboard the U.S.S. Hydes before his tour of duty took him all over that this program not be dismantled or dis­ ure success can be attained. continued. As the citizens of South St. Paul gather to China from 1945 to 1946. Upon returning to I can certainly appreciate, and in fact I celebrate this 1OOth year of their city's history, the United States from the war, Walter went applaud, your desire to help the Veterans they serve as an excellent example of what to work for a short time in his father's plumb­ Administration to have the best system at can be accomplished when a community joins ing business. He then spent the next 20 years the lowest cost to meet the needs of the together and pursues a common goal. Literally working for Bob Stoltz Plumbing near Century Me last year claiming formance, worries that too much of our crop puter records a smoker's habits from the first that the ethanol industry basically cannot production may be diverted to fuel produc­ week, then displays the number of days it will survive without massive government subsi­ tion, intense oil company lobbying against take the user to quit, as well as the minutes dies. mandated alcohol fuel use, and continued between cigarettes. As the quit date ap­ Many question the report, saying that all Reagan Administration opposition to even proaches zero, the minutes between ciga­ the subsidies given to oil need to be consid­ the current level of federal involvement in rettes lengthens into hours and finally, at the ered, from generous oil depletion allowances gasohol. end, the users are completely off nicotine. to the costs of defending oil tankers in the I view positively the renewed national at­ Middle East. In response to criticisms, tention to gasohol. Although gasohol still Dr. Prue is now offering New Yorkers the USDA is undertaking another study, due may not be justified on economic grounds, · opportunity to quit smoking by coming to the late August. Yet overall, most experts are we need to weigh carefully its costs against offices of the American Health Foundation not optimistic about the prospects of gaso­ its very important, long-range benefits of and partaking in the Life Sign Program or hol making it in the market. They believe improved national security, cleaner air, and using it in the privacy of their homes. that it would take a major breakthrough or a stronger agriculture. The decision to With 54 million Americans still smoking and a very sharp rise in the price of oil to make embark on a major alcohol fuels program risking serious disease or even death by this gasohol competitive. The idea being pushed will not be made overnight, but I am pleased habit, I commend Dr. Prue in his efforts to in the 1970s of putting money into gasohol that the debate is going forward. research and development so it could even­ educate and train our citizens to rid them­ tually make it on its own seems unlikely to selves of this devastating habit. be fulfilled. McDONALD'S ACTS TO PROTECT So why the renewed interest in gasohol? THE OZONE LAYER GASOHOL Gasohol is being pushed for reasons other than economics. Proponents are arguing that even if gasohol remains more expensive HON. NORMAN F. LENT HON. LEE H. HAMILTON than gasoline, we should encourage it be­ OF NEW YORK OF INDIANA cause of its benefits for air quality, energy IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES security, and farm policy. They argue that just as government often legislates the use Wednesday, August 5, 1987 Wednesday, August 5, 1987 of certain products or services even though Mr. LENT. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to an­ Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to they might cost more get their way. Many U.S. corporations still increase. If we could only have a Mr. Dedera MANAGUA, NICARAGUA.-When the Sandi­ do business here ; they slip through the embargo shipments over last year to fuel their war by importing spare parts and other supplies Mr. Dedera began his efforts in the local effort against the U.S.-supported Contras. from overseas subsidiaries. Western sources schools in Madison County, IL, convincing Moscow's reply was an embarrassing "nyet." here estimate the embargo caused a mere teachers of the need for accurate information It was one of a number of signals the $30 million in damages from its inception in about drug dependency. Mr. Dedera devel- Soviet bloc has sent lately to show displeas- May 1985 through 1986. 22694 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 5, 1987 "U I were President Reagan," says Mario Don't the exploited and enslaved children of Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. TRAXLER, Mr. Jose Alegria, a private-sector economist, "I'd the world's sweatshops deserve the same WAXMAN, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. WILSON, and Mr. eliminate the Contras because the Sandinis­ level of protection that we afford to whales, WOLPE. tas don't have the capacity to govern a country at peace." He adds: "The economic elephants, and rhinos? Can't we, in effect, add H.R.- collapse won't come from the war, but from "exploited children" t.o the list of "endangered species," so that the fruits of that exploitation A bill to prohibit the importation into the the government's administration and direc­ United States of iteins made by child labor tion of the economy." and abuse are prohibited from importation to which is in violation of internationally To be sure, better world coffee, cotton and the United States? So that our commercial de­ recognized child labor rights sugar prices would help the economy. And mands do not foster, promote and underwrite Sandinista pragmatists led by President Be it enacted by the Senate and House of that enslavement? Representatives of the United States of Daniel Ortega and Vice President Sergio We are also told that unless these children Ramirez are trying to change the more irra­ America in Congress assembled, tional policies. But market absurdities are allowed to work, they will starve. Such ar­ guments have served to justify exploitation for SECTION, SHORT TITLE FINDINGS remain: It costs more to import the fertilizer (a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited to grow a bushel of bananas than the price centuries. like the slaveholders who justified as the "Child Labor Exploitation Prevention that bushel fetches in Managua. It costs less slavery on the basis that slaves were better Act of 1987". to import a Soviet tractor on credit than to fix one child labor laws say they offer work to 11- (1) at least 88 million children-and per­ that is broken. A college professor can make year-old boys out of compassion. The truth is haps as many as 200 million children-be­ a better living selling car parts on the black that these companies prefer to hire children, tween the ages of 11 and 15 currently serve market than teaching class. in the world's workforce, "We must be realistic. Undoubtedly, we rather than some of the millions of unem­ ployed adults, because they can work them <2> child workers frequently labor under don't have an ideal price structure," con­ extremely hazardous conditions at virtually cedes Industry Minister Emilio Baltodano. long and pay them little. Children are a cheap resource and they provide a good return. no pay and in excess of the hours allowed The Sandinista cabinet minister adds, "We by law for adults, must improve relations with the U.S. The By putting economic pressure on these ( 3 > the use of child labor is growing in U.S. has to be our best market. That's fun­ countries, we can force them to change their many developing countries as industries in damental for us to recuperate economical­ child labor practices. We must not support, by those countries seek to meet the demand ly." That also isn't likely soon. importing millions of dollars of their products created for their products by developed na­ each year, illegal labor practices that inflict tions, CHILD LABOR PREVENTION ACT grave damage on children as well as the soci­ (4) the exploitation of child labor does OF 1987 eties in which they live. As child labor stunts grave physical, mental, and moral harm to the mental and physical growth of children, it children and severely weakens the society's future capacity for economic growth, and HON. GEORGE MILLER also stifles a nation's potential for develop­ (5) there exist recognized international OF CALIFORNIA ment. child labor standards, including the mini­ To ensure compliance with its provisions, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mum age for admission to employment, my bill would allow any person to initiate legal which are intended to assure the fullest Wednesday, August 5, 1987 action to prohibit the importation of items pro­ physical and mental development of young Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, duced in violation of internationally recognized persons. today I am introducing a bill to help stop the child labor rights. In addition, the Secretary of SEC. 2. PROHIBITION. worldwide exploitation of child labor. My legis­ Treasury would be required to maintain a list I:MPORTs.-There may not be entered, lation would ban the importation into the of banned products and notify the manufactur­ or withdrawn from warehouse for consump­ United States of any item produced in viola­ er that its products are subject to this prohibi­ tion, in the custoins territory of the United tion of internationally recognized child labor tion. States any item which was made by child rights. We can also help stop child labor by view­ labor which is in violation of internationally recognized child labor rights. According to the International labor Organi­ ing child labor rights as we view human PuBLICATION.-The Secretary of the zation, 88 million children between the ages of rights-as inviolable standards accorded to all Treasury shall maintain and revise annually 11 and 15 are in the world's labor force. Mil­ individuals in a humane society. To evaluate a list of iteins which may not be imported lions more children, younger than 11, also respect for child labor rights abroad, my bill under subsection . The Secretary of the work in dismal and dangerous conditions would require the State Department to include Treasury shall publish a notice in the Fed­ which threaten their health and their lives, a full assessment of child labor conditions in eral Register of any item which may not be often around dangerous equipment and mate­ its annual country-by-country report on human imported under subsection (a) and which is rials, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Their rights, and to identify both the countries which not included in the list required by this sub­ employers control their lives, paying them vir­ enforce child labor rights and the producers section. (C) NOTIFICATION.-The Secretary of the tually nothing and forcing them to work for that fail to comply with them. Treasury shall notify any foreign person weeks without rest. A bipartisan group of 52 Members have al­ who is manufacturing iteins with child labor These conditions exist in large part because ready joined in cosponsoring my bill. I am very which is in violation of internationally rec­ Third World countries are racing to meet the pleased at the strong show of support for this ognized child labor rights that such iteins demand for their products created by Western effort to stop the exploitation of children in the may not be imported into the United States. nations. We create the demand, but do noth­ world's work force. SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT. ing to ensure that the world's children are not The list of original cosponsors and a copy The district courts of the United States sacrificed to meet it. It's time to use our eco­ of the Child Exploitation Prevention Act of have jurisdiction of a civil action brought by nomic strength to protect the children of the 1987 follows: Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ATKINS, Mr. any person to enjoin the importation of an world rather than allow our commercial de­ BATES, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BIAGGI, item in violation of section l. mands to underwrite their enslavement. Mr. BILBRAY, Ms. BOXER, Mr. BROWN of Cali­ SEC. .t. STUDY. When concerns about international exploita­ fornia, Mr. BUSTAMANTE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CON­ The Secretary of State, in consultation tion of labor are raised, we are frequently told YERS, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. DE lUGO, Mr. ED­ with the Secretary of Labor, shall fully that we cannot affect labor conditions abroad. WARDS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FAUNTROY, Mr. FAZIO, assess the status of internationally recog­ nized child labor rights as part of its annual We are told we cannot mandate remedies, or Mr. FLORIO, Mr. FORD of Michigan, Mr. FRANK, country report on human rights. The Secre­ that foreign governments do not even respect Mr. GARCIA, Mr. GRAY of Illinois, Mr. HALL, Mr. tary shall identify which countries identify their own fair labor standard laws, let alone HENRY, Mr. HOWARD, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KOST­ and enforce, and which producers fails to our own standards. MAYER, Mr. LANCASTER, Mr. lEVINE, Mr. lEWIS comply with, internationally recognized Yet I note that we frequently prohibit the im­ of Georgia, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. MCCLOSKEY, child labor rights. portation of products which are derived from Mr. MOODY, Mr. MORRISON, Ms. 0AKAR, Mr. SEC. 5. DEFINITION. endangered species, such as whales, ele­ 0BERSTAR, Mr. OWENS, Mr. RODINO, Mr. SI­ For purposes of this Act, the term "inter­ phants and rhinos, and in doing so, attempt to KORSKI, Mr. SOLARZ, Mr. SMITH of New nationally recognized child labor rights" influence the policies of foreign governments. Jersey, Mr. STARK, Mr. STOKES, Mr. TORRES, refers to rights which, at a minimum- August 5, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22695 <1> establish and enforce a minimum age Whereas Tamil leader Velupillai Prabha­ merely prohibit Toshiba Corp.'s products from for the employment of children, karan is also to be commended for agreeing being sold on U.S. military bases, while a <2> prohibit the employment of individ­ to extend his cooperation in implementing Senate bill calls for a ban on all imports from uals below the age of 18 at night, in hazard­ this agreement; ous occupations, or in occupations that jeop­ Whereas all other parties in Sri Lanka Toshiba. ardize the health, safety, or morals of such who support this peace accord are to be The recent sale of militarily significant tech­ individuals, commended; nology to the Soviet Union by Japan's Toshi­ (3) establish and enforce standards for Whereas the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka ba Corp. has rightly appalled our Nation. As minimum wages, hours of work, and occupa­ has taken more than 6,000 lives since 1983 my colleagues know, the sale of technology tional health and safety for such individ­ and caused more than 200,000 Tamils to flee that allowed Soviet submarines to operate uals, and Sri Lanka as refugees; more quietly has likely done irreparable <4> prohibit any form of forced or compul­ Whereas the Congress and the American sory employment of such individuals. people have a deep commitment to the pro­ damage to our national security; many ques­ SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. motion of human rights; tions whether and at what cost the Western This Act shall take effect upon the expira­ Whereas in the course of the conflict, allies will once again enjoy the security lost tion of 180 days after the date of the enact­ human rights abuses including torture, de­ through this sale. .ment of this Act. tention without trial, extra-judicial killings, This Member believes that extremely tough and disappearances have caused serious con­ sanctions must be placed against Toshiba in cern in the Congress; COMMENDING LEADERS OF SRI order to show firms in all countries that the Whereas the July 29 agreement offers the costs of such an action are too high to bear. LANKA AND INDIA FOR hope of dramatic improvements in the REACHING PEACEFUL AGREE­ human rights situation in Sri Lanka; and Without a tough stand against Toshiba, other MENT Whereas a solution to the civil war in Sri firms may in the future believe that the finan­ Lanka based on the July 29 agreement is in cial rewards of selling secrets to the Soviets the interest of all concerned parties and will are worth the risk of getting caught. The con­ HON. MERVYN M. DYMALLY bolster the stability of the region: Now, ference committee version of the bill should OF CALIFORNIA therefore, be it resemble the Senate version, not the weaker IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Resolved by the House of Representatives House version. Wednesday, August 5, 1987 (the Senate concurring), That the Con­ gress- I commend to my colleague's attention the Mr. DYMALLY. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I ad­ <1 > supports the full and strict implemen­ following insightful editorial on this subject dressed the House on the peace agreement tation of the July 29 agreement between Sri that appeared in the Omaha World-Herald on reached between India and Sri Lanka. At the Lanka and India, and calls on all concerned July 31, 1987: end of my speech, I urged my colleagues to parties to promote its implementation; [From the Omaha World-Herald, July 31, join me in commending both Sri Lanka Presi­ (2) urges the President to express his full 19871 dent Jayewardene and Indian Prime Minister support for the agreement, and also urges other leaders to convey their encourage­ SALE OF DEFENSE SECRETS MERITS U.S. Rajiv Gandhi for accomplishing this historic ment; IMPORT BAN landmark in Indo-Sri Lankan relations. (3) declares that, upon the successful im­ Tough penalties are a proper response to Today I am introducing a resolution that plementation of the agreement, the United foreign companies that illegally sold secret commends both leaders for reaching an States should, in concert with other donor defense technology to the Soviet Union. accord that serves as the basis for a just and nations, consider the appropriation of addi­ The covert sales were so outrageous and long-lasting settlement. I call on my col­ tional funds for assistance for Sri Lanka; have such devastating effects on the nation­ leagues to join me in sending a message, that (4) declares that, in the allocation of such al security of the United States that Con­ we, in Congress, appreciate the courage and supplemental and future assistance, priority gress should impose a ban on all imports leadership exhibited by both leaders. should be given to- from Japan's Toshiba Corp. and Norway's people of all communities who were Kongsberg Vapenfabrikk. This peace agreement hopefully would be most seriously affected by the civil war, and A Senate bill calls for such a ban, but a an effective assurance that the human rights the reconstruction and development of House bill, which was passed Monday, of the Tamil minority, long grossly ignored, will areas most seriously affected by the civil merely would prohibit the companies' prod­ at last be respected. It also will assure the war, namely the northern and eastern prov­ ucts from being sold on U.S. military bases. Sinhala community which constitutes the ma­ inces; A conference committee, which will try to jority of Sri Lankan society of peace and har­ <5> expresses the sincere hope that the work out differences between the bills, mony for the whole country. That atmosphere July 29 agreement will mark a new era of should push for the tougher Senate provi­ of peace will bring them the economic devel­ openness in Sri Lanka; sions. opment which their country so desperately (6) encourages the Government of Sri Toshiba sells a variety of goods in the needs. Lanka to reflect in its domestic policies the United States, including televisions, video letter and spirit of the July 29 agreement; cassette recorders, stereos, copy machines, H. CoN. RES. - (7) in order to facilitate the reunion of microwave ovens, home appliances, medical Whereas the agreement signed on July 29, families, encourages the activation of the equipment, telecommunication systems, 1987, by Sri Lankan President Junius Sri Lanka central registry listing all those electronic components and small business Jayewardene and Indian Prime Minister arrested, detained, or otherwise displaced computers. Kongsberg, primarily a weapons Rajiv Gandhi represents an historic land­ during the civil war; manufacturer, exports some auto parts and mark in Indo-Sri Lankan relations and in ef­ (8) calls on all parties and sections in Sri industrial computer equipment. forts to find a solution to the Sri Lankan Lanka to support this peace accord and Toshiba and Kongsberg officials have civil war; assist in its implementation; and apologized for the Soviet sales. Some com­ Whereas the July 29 agreement provides a (9) urges the President to publicly com­ pany executives have resigned. But the sound basis for ending the civil war, and as mend both President Junius Jayewardene of damage has been done. The Soviets now the agreement provides a basis for the just Sri Lanka and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi have the technology to allow their subma­ treatment of both the minority and majori­ for their act of statesmanship and their con­ rines to operate much more quietly. In un­ ty groups, it represents the best opportunity tribution to peace in Sri Lanka. dersea warfare, the noise generated by a for a just and lasting solution to the ethnic submarine can mean the difference between conflict; stealth and detection-and life and death. Whereas this peace agreement demon­ BAN ALL IMPORTS OF TOSHIBA In addition to putting U.S. submarines strates once again Prime Minister Rajiv PRODUCTS and their crews in greater danger, the illegal Gandhi's ability at conciliation and pacific sales to the Soviets could end up costing the settlement of seemingly intractable prob­ United States billions of dollars. In the past, lems; HON. DOUG BEREUTER the United States has operated less than Whereas President Jayewardene and OF NEBRASKA half as many attack submarines as the Sovi­ Prime Minister Gandhi are to be commend­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ets do. The United States relied on superior ed for their bold initiative, despite political Wednesday, August 5, 1987 submarine technology. Now that the tech­ risks, in reaching this agreement and in nology gap has been reduced, the United moving forward with its strict implementa­ Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2948, States will probably need to increase the tion; which passed the House on July 27, would number of its submarines. 22696 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 5, 1987 Members of Congress are correct to take still sat by my side. I handed him a ciga­ I knew I would be covering the war as long steps ag~inst Toshiba, Kongsberg and any rette. as I was needed. I suddenly recognized an­ other company that illegally sells defense "The poor son-of-a-bitch never knew what other piece to the pattern of my life had secrets to the Soviet Union. If the United hit him." he said, in tones of grief, "I keep fallen into place. I was not in Viet Nam by States refused to do business with Toshiba sayin' why all this blood and guts? I keep chance. and Kongsberg for a period of time, other sayin' if I'm gonna get it let me get it fast, Japanese and Norwegian firms might hesi­ just like him." tate before letting greed overtake their obli­ The soldier inhaled the smoke from the TRIBUTE TO FORMER gations to the Western alliance. cigarette and looked at me, "You wonder CONGRESSMAN BILL MOORHEAD why God lets this mess go on. I never was one for church at home, but I sure get to VIETNAM CENTER-FRONT ROW thinkin' a lot about God out here. I've been HON. MARY ROSE OAKAR CENTER scared shitless at times, and after it's over I OF OHIO keep thinkin, Thanks God for this 'one HON. CHARLES E. BENNEif more day'. He continued to stare and talk, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "Now why the hell did that guy have to die, Wednesday, August 5, 1987 OF FLORIDA Ma'am? IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I made a quick petition to the 'Man Up­ Ms. OAKAR. Mr. Speaker, I was saddened Wednesday, August 5, 1987 stairs' asking for help in answering this to learn that former Congressman Bill Moor­ young soldier. He was seeking an answer. I head of Pennsylvania passed away on Mr. BENNETT. Mr. Speaker, perhaps the had to say something! I let the words flow Monday, after a valiant struggle against greatest blessing we are given is friendship. from my mouth without thinking, "I've lost cancer. I want to extend my deepest condo­ One of my treasured friends, "Patches" Mus­ everyone in my family, son. I always try to lences to his lovely wife and four children. look at it that the Lord has a real special grove, recently published an excellent two­ I served with Bill for 4 years, both in the volume work, "Vietnam-Front Row Center." I task for all of us. When we've done our work we can go on to a pleasant place; no war, no House and as a colleague on the Banking recommend it as a great literary and historical illness, just peace and friends and love. Committee. In fact, I now chair the Subcom­ work. It tells in an inspiring way of events in Those of us left behind have to apparently mittee on Economic Stabilization which Bill the Vietnam war witnessed by Patches, as get a certain task completed before we can chaired while he served on the Banking Com­ she wrote as an able war correspondent. She be liberated." mittee. As chair of the subcommittee, he dis­ describes war life as it really is, and she also The kid looked at me for several seconds tinguished himself with his command of diffi­ depicts troublesome byproducts of that par­ and asked, "Then how do you explain a cult issues and his ability to move complex ticular war, a corruption in high places which I buddy of mine? He got mortared in the back. He's paralyzed. Twenty-one years old legislation through the legislative process. helped her to fight to the best of my ability. I and he ain't never gonna walk again. He's While serving as chair of the Subcommittee quote here a passage from the first volume, gonna be paralyzed and a burden on his on Economic Stabilization, Bill was instrumen­ which shows her compassion and insight. folks and hate himself for it. Can you give tal in providing loan guarantees to New York I heard a cry for help. "Medic, Medic." me the answer to that one, Ma'am?" City and the Chrysler Corp. that enabled each I glanced over to my left and saw three "I can only tell you what I believe. I look to return to economic and financial health. wounded lying down in a gully. Looking fur­ upon illness, stroke, paralyses, all defects as The record will show that, at the time, many in ther out I noticed that there were many being part of God's test. This world we live wounded lying in the area. The Medics were in is a place of testing. You know, Son, in the House disapproved of the legislation to rushing to give first aid. the Bible it tells us about Job being tested provide Chrysler Corp. the opportunity to re­ Two more Dust-Off choppers had brought for years. Perhaps your friend will be the cover with the assistance of Federal loan in more wounded. Two men were calling out test for his parents, or perhaps a test to a guarantees. Time has proven Bill correct. The for help as they bent over the form of a friend, or perhaps God is testing the boy. rebirth of the Chrysler Corp. is a tribute to young man. I ran to their side. Taking off When he's passed the test he will be reward­ Bill's foresight and legislative skill. my steel pot I got on my knees in an effort ed." Bill was a kind, decent, and intelligent man. to help the wounded soldier. His flak jacket The soldier was carefully searching my He served the people of Pennsylvania with had burned. Blood seeped through the sooty face. I calmly returned his gaze. He swal­ black char of the jacket. lowed twice and then asked. "Do you believe honor and distinction in the House for 22 I opened it. "Oh dear God!" I exclaimed, in there being a Heaven and a Hell, years until his retirement in 1981. His wisdom as I examined his shattered and exposed Ma'am?" and kindness will be missed by all who knew chest. I hesitated before fording the stream. him. We elevated the young man and I held "Again to tell you how I personally believe; him in my arms. There was nothing I could every night when the first evening star do but wait until a medic could be free to comes out I silently say, "Hi Pa," and I pic­ REQUIREMENT FOR PRESIDEN­ come to him. ture my husband turning on the porch light TIAL APPOINTMENT AND As I held him he opened his eyes. he at our house in heaven." SENATE CONFIRMATION OF gazed at me through glazed eyes. A smile "A star?" EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NU­ crossed his lips and he whispered, "Ah "Yes, the first star, son. That's my signal Mom, I didn't know you were here!" The from Heaven." CLEAR REGULATORY COMMIS­ smile faded from his lips. He relaxed. The He shifted his position, "You know Lady, SION boy died in my arms. you're number one. Now who'd have I whispered to the others hovering over thought about a star bein' a porch light! HON. SAM GEJDENSON him. "He's gone! The boy is gone." Hell, my dad died when I was twelve. He was A Medic came running towards us. I a good man. Yep, I sure missed my Dad a OF CONNECTICUT glanced up at him through tear-filled eyes. lot." He threw down his cigarette and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "He's gone, Doc." stepped on it, "Now how about that! I can Wednesday, August 5, 1987 The Medic quickly checked him and con­ say 'hi' to my old man each night now ... firmed it. How about that?" Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, I am "What happened?" I asked. • • • • • pleased to be introducing an amendment to The Medic looked at me. There was anger A boy had died in my arms, another be­ the Energy Reorganization Act of 197 4 to re­ in his voice, "They were booby-trapped." lieved his Dad would be turning on the quire Presidential appointment and Senate Then he reached down and removed the sol­ confirmation of the Executive Director for Op­ dier from my arms and asked me to go up to porch light in Heaven for him tonight. the tent. Death was no stranger in this war. He had erations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commis­ walked across the bridge of life and claimed sion . • • • • • many men on Hill 445. The dead went on to The Executive Director for Operations I glanced down the hill. The boy was now Peace; their weary travels over. Only the [EDO], by law and practice, has a great deal wrapped in a green plastic shroud. A chop~ living must bear the tests of time. per would fly him off the hill. He would be God did indeed work in strange and mys­ of authority to make and influence policy home in time for Christmas. terious ways . . . a boy had momentarily within the NRC. Unlike many other agencies The boy from Big Bear was called into the smiled and crossed the bridge of life, at the and regulatory commissions, at the Nuclear tent. The soldier with the gunshot wound foot of Hill 35. Regulatory Commission the EDO is not limited August 5, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22697 to administrative functions. He can and does Christmas parties and is beloved of children. GLORIETA BATTLEFIELD exert considerable policymaking discretion. He is a committed member of the volunteer NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE BILL The position of EDO more closely resembles fire department and helps at local football that of an administrator or assistant adminis­ games. HON. BILL RICHARDSON trator at a regulatory agency than it does an Phillip works long hours and never asks for OF NEW MEXICO administrative officer of an independent com­ compensation. He gives his all and expects mission. It is those administrators in policy­ no reward. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES making positions that the Congress has tradi­ But, Mr. Speaker, recognition is due, and I Wednesday, August 5, 1987 tionally required be appointed by the President am pleased to extend my thanks and con­ and confirmed by the Senate. Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I am very gratulations to him for all he has done, and all In recent hearings before the House Interior proud to introduce a bill to designate the Glor­ Subcommittee on General Oversight and In­ he has yet to do. ieta Battlefield as a national historic site. The vestigations, which I chair, we identified two Battle of Glorieta near Sante Fe, NM, was a notable instances of policy formulation by the pivotal battle of the Civil War in the West and EDO, one involving fire safety standards at JOSEPH A. THOMAS, SR. this historic site truly deserves national recog­ nuclear powerplants, and the other involving REMEMBERED nition and protection. protection against drug and alcohol abuse at The Battle of Glorieta, often called the Get­ nuclear plants. We cannot allow decisions of HON. DON SUNDQUIST tysburg of the West, occurred on March 28, this type, which are so basic to the operation 1862, at Glorieta Pass in northern New of nuclear power in this country, to be influ­ OF TENNESSEE Mexico. Confederate Gen. Henry H. Sibley led enced and made by an individual who has not IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1,000 Texas Confederate troops against 850 been nominated by the President and con­ Wednesday, August 5, 1987 Union soldiers in a pitched battle beside Glor­ firmed by the Senate. Critical decisions con­ ieta Creek. Sibley hoped to take Fort Union, a cerning the regulation of commercial nuclear Mr. SUNDQUIST. Mr. Speaker, not long major Union supply point near Las Vegas, NM. power affect the safety and lives of far too ago, a man I considered a friend and many re­ Although the Confederate forces eventually many people to be made by an individual bu­ garded as a pioneer passed away. I would won the battle, the Union forces were suc­ reaucrat with no accountability. like, with your permission, to tell my col­ cessful in their attack on the Confederate There has recently been discussion of reor­ leagues in this House something about the life supply train and the Confederates had to re­ ginizing the NRC to replace the Commission of Joseph Andrew Thomas, Sr. treat down the Rio Grande back to Texas. with a single administrator. The purpose would Mr. Thomas truly was a leader in education. The Battle of Glorieta prevented the expan­ be to improve the decisionmaking process From humble beginnings in the town of sion of the Confederates who were bound for and increase accountability. The down side Linden, TN, he worked to educate himself, the rich mining fields of Colorado and possibly would be a loss of the open exchanges first at Tennessee A&l State College, then at California. among commissioners on policy matters. By Fisk University and Peabody College. The significance of the Glorieta site was re­ having the EDO appointed by the President He served as a principal in Savannah and cently underscored by the discovery of a and confirmed by the Senate, we would be then in Lawrenceburg, where he organized the mass Confederate gravesite. The gravesite making this chief executive officer accounta­ first high school for blacks. His teaching contains the remains of at least 34 Confeder­ ble without losing the openness that we seek career took him to Nashville, where he quickly ate soldiers and numerous Civil War artifacts. to maintain. The director of the Museum of New Mexico became a leader in various black professional This bill will increase the confidence of the described the gravesite as "extraordinarily sig­ organizations. American people in the NRC, a vital step for nificant and very, very important historically." the success of the nuclear industry in this In a career that spanned five decades, he This discovery will greatly increase our knowl­ country. served as president of the Tennessee Educa­ edge of this pivotal battle and facilitate a tion Congress, and the American Teachers greater appreciation of the site by the general Association before those groups merged with A SALUTE TO PHILLIP ROSS· public. their white counterparts. In the latter years of My bill would designate the site of the HON. DOUGLAS APPLEGATE his career, he became president of Tennes­ Battle of Glorieta as a national historic site to see's State Vocational Teachers Association, be administered by the National Park Service OF OHIO was active in the Metropolitan Nashville Edu­ as a part of the nearby Pecos National Monu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cation Association, and served as a delegate ment. Designation as a National Park Service Wednesday, August 5, 1987 to the National Education Association conven­ historic site will ensure the battlefield is pro­ Mr. APPLEGATE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today tion. tected and interpretive programs are devel­ to commend a citizen who "just says no" to Even after his retirement from teaching in oped so visitors can better understand the the selfishness and short-sightedness so 1971, Joseph Thomas retained his interest in significance of the site. The bill authorizes the sadly common today. Mr. Phillip Ross of teaching and in helping young people utilize Park Service to acquire the necessary lands Cadiz, OH, is a fundraiser extraordinaire for their potential. He remained active in several through purchase, exchange or donation. We the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, Easter retirement organizations for teachers. have asked the National Park Service, the Seals, Christmas Seals, March of Dimes, and Joseph Thomas passed away earlier this Glorieta Battle Preservation Society, and the Multiple Sclerosis. summer at the age of 80. State historic preservation officer to make a A person of limited means himself, Ross It is hard to briefly describe the enormous recommendation as to the proper boundaries has worked tirelessly to help those less fortu­ impact he had on those who knew him well for the site. nate than most of us. He walks from place to and on the thousands of young people he Mr. Speaker, this bill not only recognizes and protects the historic site of the Battle of place, many times for hours on end, collecting taught in the course of his long career. money and delivering it to charitable organiza­ Glorieta, but adds an important national at­ There is no greater reward we can hope for tions which are themselves extremely fond of traction to the region. The Battle of Glorieta is him. Last year he was brought by ambulance in this life than the respect of those who know well known in the Southwest and the annual to a telethon, having recently had an oper­ us best. Joseph Thomas had that, and from a reenactment of the battle continues to draw ation. He was too committed to helping others great many people who were enriched by his increasingly large crowds. I had the pleasure to sit in a hospital room, however, and influence and made poorer at his passing. He to attend the reenactment this summer along showed up just like he always has. He was will be missed. with over 4,000 spectators from 20 States. awarded a Citation of Merit from the Muscular This historic site added to Pecos National Dystrophy Association, having raised over Monument under this bill will give the Battle of $33,000 in 14 years. Glorieta the national status it deserves and His enthusiasm lifts the spirits of those in will increase tourism at Pecos and throughout his community. He plays Santa Claus at northern New Mexico.

91-059 0-89-36 (Pt. 16) 22698 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 5, 1987 Through our efforts today we can ensure celebration of the 1OOth Reunion of the Sons DARK DAYS AT FOGGY BOTTOM that the site of the Battle of Glorieta receives and Daughters of the 103d Regiment of the the recognition and protection it deserves as Ohio Volunteer Infantry formed with men from the pivotal battle in the Confederate effort to Ohio's Cuyahoga, Lorain, and Medina Coun­ HON. DOUG BEREUTER expand into the Western States. I urge my ties. During the Civil War, this regiment fought OF NEBRASKA colleagues in the House to review this legisla­ with distinction and honor and immediately fol­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion and to join our effort to recognize this sig­ lowing the end of the war, permanently en­ Wednesday, August 5, 1987 nificant historical site. riched a site of their own near the original en­ campment in a place called Sheffield Lake, Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, recent testi­ THE 25TH YEAR OF THE INCAR­ OH. mony by Secretary of State George Shultz CERATION OF NELSON MAN­ In 1867, the veterans began their first before the Iran Contra hearings forces Con­ gress to focus on the troubling relationship DELA annual reunion. Some 21 years later, the Sons that has existed between the Department of and Daughters of the 103d Ohio Volunteer In­ State and the National Security Council. This fantry formed a company and began their HON. MERVYN M. DYMALL Y Member finds of great interest the following OF CALIFORNIA yearly reunion, a tradition upheld for decades editorial that appeared in today's Omaha IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES by the sons and daughters in each subse­ World Herald. I identify with the concluding Wednesday, August 5, 1987 quent generation. On August 18, 1987, these statement: "But presidents and the country fine Americans will once again meet at Shef­ Mr. DYMALLY. Mr. Speaker, today marks would be better served if the erosion of the field Lake for the 1OOth time to remember the 25th year of the incarceration of Nelson State Department's authority were stopped." their ancestors and pay tribute. It is an honor Mandala. Mr. Mandala was arrested in 1962 Mr. Speaker, I insert the full text of the edi­ on charges of sabotage and conspiring to for me to bring this group of Americans span­ torial in the CoNGRESSIONAL RECORD: ning generations, men and women from all overthrow the Government of South Africa. At DARK DAYS AT FOGGY BOTTOM walks of life and corners of our country, to the the time of his arrest, he was the commander The job frustrations described by Secre­ of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the fighting arm of the attention of the 1OOth Congress. They de­ tary of State George Shultz at the Iran­ African National Congress, which had been serve our attention and our tribute. contra hearings are not new. Other secretar­ formed after years of peaceful but futile ef­ The dictionary defines a patriot as someone ies have had to compete with national secu­ forts to gain freedom and equality for the ma­ who loves, defends, and supports his country, rity advisers and members of the National jority black population. He was subsequently makes being an American patriot entirely ad­ Security Council for the ear of the presi­ given a sentence of life imprisonment. mirable and makes acts of patriotism some­ dent. thing to be commended and celebrated. In recent years, sharp policy disagree­ Today, Mr. Mandala is 69 years old and has ments have developed between the State spent the major portion of his adult life sepa­ American patriotism is both humanitarian and Department and the NSC. In one instance, rated from his family and from the people of humanistic and is highly moral because this the national security adviser, Henry Kissin­ South Africa, who acknowledge him as their country exists as a means of guaranteeing ger, continually upstaged Secretary of State leader. Twenty-five years is a long time and rights and protecting individuals. William Rogers and more or less assumed would have tested most men. Mandala, on the Early American patriots were successful in Rogers' authority. Eventually, Rogers quit, contrary, has only grown in stature and integri­ influencing the minds of their countrymen and, and Kissinger became secretary of state in name as well as function. ty. When offered his freedom in 1985, but told thus, the minds of men everywhere. They had that he must renounce the use of violence, his The rise to power of the NSC and its chief a cause to fight for and their determination to is a recent phenomenon. Strong secretaries response was that his freedom and that of the fight was a signal that America would battle of state such as George C. Marshall and South African people were intertwined and he for its independence and its ideals. Dean Acheson were vigorous shapers of for­ could not be free until they were free. He de­ These soldiers of the Civil War were patriot­ eign policy, strong executives who acted as manded an unconditional release. ic in the truest meaning of the word * * * independent arms of the presidency. In recent years, there has been international President Eisenhower depended heavily pressure for the release of Mandala, who is loyal to a system that was loyal to them as on John Foster Dulles to create a foreign seen as one of the most respected symbols human beings, a system that did not merely policy agenda and to manage that policy. of resistance against the system of apartheid. offer them a chance to be subservient to privi­ President Kennedy chose a more pliable sec­ It is an indictment of the South African Gov­ leged leaders but to dignify all citizens with retary of state in Dean Rusk with the result ernment that it refuses to release Mr. Man­ privileges of their own, due them as children that Kennedy has a stronger voice in for­ of God. eign policy matters. Rusk was more a serv­ dala, as a crucial step toward ending the ant of the president than an innovator and unrest and strife and negotiating an end to the Their devotion and their sacrifices gave leader. · apartheid system. It is clear, therefore, that them victory and gave us freedom as people. In recent years, the situation has contin­ Mr. Botha's government intends to continue This was just the beginning of our fight for in­ ued. Cyrus Vance, who often played second its intransigence and its brutal repression of dependence. It has gone ever since and the fiddle to National Security Adviser Zbigniew the South African people. struggle will never end. Brzezinski, resigned from the Carter admin­ Mr. Speaker, in 1986, Congress enacted the istration. Alexander Haig quit after only a Mr. Speaker, let us take a moment today to year as President Reagan's secretary of Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act. One year pay tribute to the members of the 103d Regi­ state. Shultz has revealed that he tried to has passed and there is no progress. Stronger ment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. resign three times. measures are called for if there is to be a Let us also take a moment today to pay One of the problems is that both the Na­ peaceful solution to the South African crisis. tribute to the 1OOth anniversary of the Sons tional Security Council and the CIA have and Daughters of the 103d Ohio Volunteer In­ taken foreign policy initiatives. The NSC is made up of people close to the president, THE lOOTH REUNION OF THE fantry. These fine Americans are today's patri­ many of whom lack the broad, international SONS AND DAUGHTERS 103D ots, today's loyalists, today's victors. We have training of career diplomats. The State De­ REGIMENT OF OHIO VOLUN~ done well in our quest for freedom and in our partment has been given to news leaks and TEER INFANTRY climb toward a more dignified and noble exist­ is notorious for its sluggish bureaucracy. To ence for all of our people. But the promise make matters worse. Congress has aggres­ continues to be greater than the performance sively asserted its role in making foreign HON. BOB McEWEN policy. OF OHIO and we must continue to reduce the margin The smaller NSC staff may seem to offer IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES between what we are and what we can be as a president a more secure forum for policy Wednesday, August 5, 1987 a nation * * * as a people. It is comforting to discussion as well as a more efficient policy~ know that the Sons and Daughters of the making body than the secretary's Cabinet Mr. McEWEN. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues. 103d Ohio Volunteer Infantry will continue this department. But presidents and the country Allow me to take this opportunity to share with Nation's quest for freedom. would be better served if the erosion of the you a very special and joyful occasion-the State Department's authority were stopped. August 5, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22699 NELSON MANDELA FREEDOM take on this matter, I am convinced that on inside and telephoned for an ambulance. CALL the moral principles and convictions of our Then he called his wife. belief in democracy, this Congress must go on "I said 'Patrick?'" she recalled yesterday. "He said, 'Yeah, I'm going to the hospital.' I HON.CHARLESB.RANGEL record in opposition to the incarceration of asked him where the baby was and he didn't OF NEW YORK Nelson Mandala. I hope all of my colleagues want to answer me. Then he started crying IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES will join me in support of my resolution. and said the baby's throat had been cut." When rescue workers arrived moments Wednesday, August 5, 1987 later, they found Donahoe with several stab Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, 25 years ago HEROISM ON THE EASTERN wounds in the chest, back and head, includ­ today, in South Africa, Nelson Mandala was SHORE ing one wound to the left temple that par­ jailed for his opposition to the unjust and im­ tially pierced his skull, according to a doctor moral system of apartheid. A man who, in HON. HERBERT H. BATEMAN who later examined him. 1963, embodied the hopes and aspirations of OF VIRGINIA Based on directions from Donahoe, the rescue workers found his son, Patrick Jr., a free and equal South Africa, is still being IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lying unconscious in an isolated field a short held on charges of sabotage under South Afri­ Wednesday, August 5, 1987 time later. The boy had been stabbed four ca's security laws. On that day the anti-apart­ Mr. BATEMAN. Mr. Speaker, every now and times in the back and twice in the chest, in­ heid movement in South Africa, Jed by Nelson cluding one wound that pierced his lung, ac­ then we learn of an example of heroism and Mandala's organization the African National cording to his mother. Congress, added yet another reason to its endurance in a life-or-death crisis which Both father and son survived the ordeal in fight against apartheid. Since that time, the renews our faith in the resilience of the human rural Accomack County, Va., where resi­ movement has spread across the oceans to spirit. dents were still marveling yesterday at their include people from all nations. And, today Just such a case was brought to our atten­ remarkable escape and trying to raise tion last Friday when the media reported the money to cover their hospitals bills. the principles of Nelson Mandala and his Arrested and charged with abduction, rob­ movement are stronger and more viable than story of Patrick Donahoe of Lee Mont, a small community on the eastern shore of Virginia bery, attempted murder and grand larceny ever. was 25-year-old poultry worker Dean Mr. Speaker, today I will introduce a resolu­ which I am privileged to represent in the Con­ Edward Crowell, according to a spokeswom­ tion calling for the immediate release of gress. an for the Accomack County Sheriff's De­ Nelson Mandala. I hope that all of my col­ Suffering from multiple stab wounds and left partment. leagues will join me in my efforts opposing the for dead in a field, Patrick Donahoe crawled Accomack Commonwealth's Attorney unreasonable and unjust detention of this for 13 hours to get help for himself and his 3- Gary Agar declined to elaborate yesterday year-old son, who also had been stabbed sev­ on the circumstances surrounding Crowell's great man. arrest, saying the matter was still under in­ From the beginning of his career as an at­ eral times. The attack on Donahoe and his child took place on the evening of July 24, vestigation. But he confirmed the essential torney, Mandala struggled against the restric­ details of the account sketched by Michelle tions imposed by apartheid: His early efforts and Donahoe's incredible trip to summon aid Donahoe. against apartheid lead him on an inevitable took all night. Patrick's ordeal was attended The ordeal began Friday evening when collision course with the leaders of the white by lapses into unconsciousness as he strug­ Donahoe, a 25-year-old crabber and lifelong regime. However, the principle of his fight gled to obtain assistance for his son and to resident of the Eastern Shore, left his home controlled his destiny. To quote from Nelson identify their assailant. in Lee Mont with his son, Michelle Donahoe His mission was successful. When he finally said. The two were headed for a laundromat Mandala, "* * * there comes a time, as it in Onancock, about 10 miles away, where came in my life, when a man is denied the reached an empty house, he was able to call his wife and summon rescuers both for him­ Michelle Donahoe works. right to live a normal life, when he can only Driving down U.S. 13, Donahoe spotted live the life of an outlaw because the Govern­ self and his son. The boy has been released Crowell, whom Donahoe has known for ment has so decreed to use the Jaw to from a hospital and Patrick Donahoe is in sat­ about seven years, his wife said. Crowell was impose a state of outlawry upon him. I was isfactory condition at Norfolk General Hospi­ on his way to visit his girlfriend, Michelle driven to this situation, * * . * other people will tal. A suspect in the attack has been arrested Donahoe said, and her husband offered to be driven in the same way in this country." and charged. go out of his way to give him a lift. Residents of Accomack County, where the Michelle Donahoe said she has not asked It is this type of profound wisdom and in­ her husband what prompted the attack, sight of this great man that keeps him alive in Donahoes live, have taken up a collection for the family, who do not have health insurance, which, she said, occurred in a field near the the minds of black South Africans. And, it is girlfriend's house. "I don't know if it was in the depth of his perception into the nature of and are trying now to raise more money to aid the car or not," she said. human beings that has made the white South them. "He saw him going for the baby and he Africans so threatened by the possible release Mr. Speaker, I wish to call to the attention tried to stop him but he couldn't," she said. of Nelson Mandala. of my colleagues the dramatic and inspiring "He told me that he just lay there and he In 1963, Nelson Mandala, knew that unless account of Patrick Donahoe's ordeal which heard the car go off and he got up and there was change in South Africa, the amount was published in the Washington Post last started going towards this house." It was an all-night trip. "He said he tried of bloodshed would be greater than any ever Friday, July 31, 1987. The article follows: to stand but he couldn't stand so he crawled known to man. As we watch the conflict be­ most of the way," Michelle Donahoe said. tween the white racist regime and the anti­ STABBED VIRGINIA MAN CRAWLS 13 HOURS TO Making his way through a cherry orchard, apartheid freedom fighters, the visions of GET HELP FOR WOUNDED SON "he counted every cherry tree along the Nelson Mandala become extremely clear. for all, irrespective of and even rarer for them to have reason to tion of the people who look like me • • •. race or religious belief. complain. I am sure the Social Security Ad­ The world has made being black a crime ministration can come up with a few • • • and instead of making it a crime I "horror stories" out of the tens of thou­ hope to make it a virtue. That was all I had SOCIAL SECURITY ATTORNEY'S sands of cases they review each year. I hope in mind when I traveled from one part of FEES you perceive the hypocrisy in the Social Se­ America to the next." curity Administration's concern over disabil­ Like all great leaders who attempt to ity claimants welfare. Check into the change the social order for the betterment HON. CARROLL HUBBARD, JR. number of EAJA fees which are awarded against the persecution, chicanery, sabotage, misrepre­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Secretary of Health and Human Services. sentation and ridicule; he suffered imprison­ Each and every one of those constitutes a ment, escaped an assassination attempt and Wednesday, August 5, 1987 case in which the Secretary's conduct was faced repeated betrayals by people he trust­ Mr. HUBBARD. Mr. Speaker, I recently re­ "without reasonable justification." If the ed. Yet, his determination never wavered. ceived a letter from my longtime friend Craig Social Security Administration would utilize This unrelenting pursuit of his mission is in Housman, an outstanding attorney and con­ the time and energy they are currently ex­ itself an inspiration. stituent from Paducah, KY, regarding Social pending reviewing agreed upon attorney's Marcus Garvey had a tremendous impact, fees which are subject only to occasional not only on the civil rights movement in the Security attorney's fees. I believe my col­ abuse, and redirected that energy toward United States and on socio-political ad­ leagues in the House of Representatives will rendering a better quality decision on the vancement in the Caribbean but also on na­ agree Craig Housman's letter is timely and merits before the ALJ hearing stage -is still today in the forefront of the DEAR CONGRESSMAN HUBBARD: As you the system would work far better for all struggle for human dignity and justice in know, I have devoted substantial profession­ concerned if the Social Security Administra­ that troubled country. al effort to assisting people in Western Ken­ tion's fee review process were limited to As I intimated earlier, it was chiefly in the tucky who have difficulty establishing enti­ cases in which the fee requested was a large United States that Garvey was able to put tlement to social security disability benefits. one or in cases in which there was some into practice the tenets of his philosophy, This is not a lucrative practice. I know you complaint from the client. We recently ex­ and experience the gratification of the number many attorneys among your friends perienced a delay of over eight months in spontaneous response by black people to his in this constituency. Ask any of them. obtaining fee approval. Delays of several exhortations. His arrival on the United There are no law firms waxing wealthy on months are common. No interest is paid. We States scene in 1916 was propitious. He drew social security disability claims. are never paid for the substantial amount of on, and advanced the work of distinguished It is my opinion, and I think one widely time it takes to give the Secretary an item­ black leaders before him. As such, he was shared by people in our profession that the ized listing of the hours involved. merely a link, albeit a very important one, current administration wishes to eliminate I would very much appreciate any assist­ in the continuous chain of black activism­ lawyers from representing social security ance you can render in reversing the admin­ reaching through time to another great disability claimants. The available figures istration's latest drive to reduce the num­ leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. document that attorney representation bers of Social Security disability recipients August 5, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22703 by depriving them of competent, effective crease coordination of ozone-related re­ a ground-based campaign at McMurdo Bay, counsel. Without the help of Congress I search; and third, increase the exchange of in­ obtaining a great deal of valuable data which think you will find in the future even fewer formation on all scientific, economic, techni­ have demonstrated that the chemical compo­ attorneys who are willing to handle this type of work. cal, and legal issues relevant to the ozone sition of the Antartica atmosphere is highly Sincerely, problem. Thirty nations have signed the Con­ perturbed. High levels of active chlorine and WILLIAMS, HOUSMAN, vention which provides that measures taken low levels of oxides of nitrogen were ob­ SPARKS & FRANKLIN. under the Convention be based on scientific served. These observations support the chlor­ and technical considerations and that the na­ ofluorocarbon theory but cast significant doubt tions collaborate on scientific assessments. on the solar therapy. It is widely believed that ANTARCTIC CAMPAIGN '87 Scientists in the United States and abroad a combination of the effects of theories one have moved to collect, share, and report data. and three will prove the likely cause of ozone HON. RALPH M. HALL A number of congressional hearings have depletion. However, experiments now being OF TEXAS been held on the subject of atmospheric readied have been designed not only to test IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES changes, specifically, ozone depletion and the existing theories but to provide a wide base of Wednesday, August 5, 1987 "greenhouse" warming effect. high-quality data in the event that none of the Ozone, a form of oxygen, occurs naturally in hypotheses proves to be adequate. Mr. Hall of Texas. Mr. Speaker, one of the the upper atmosphere, 15-50 kilometers This year, beginning in mid-August, a com­ many benefits of my serving as chairman of above the Earth's surface in the stratosphere, the Subcommittee on International Scientific prehensive campaign will be mounted which where it acts to absorb the Sun's ultraviolet will include the use of aircraft to obtain meas­ Cooperation of the Committee on Science, radiation, effectively preventing large amounts Space, and Technology, is the opportunity to urements in and near the "hole," as well as of harmful radiation from reaching Earth's sur­ the use of satellite and ground-based meas­ hear testimony from noted scientist, engi­ face. Since the mid-1970's scientists have neers, education, and others relating to at­ urements. Two NASA research aircraft, an been concerned about chemical destruction, ER-2-(for high-altitude measurements)-and mospheric changes brought about by both specifically by chlorofluorocarbons, of atmos­ natural and man-made chemistry changes, a DC-8-(for measurement at middle and pheric ozone. Ground, balloon, and satellite lower altitudes)-will serve as platforms for in­ and how such changes appear to them. measurements have indicated that since 1975 Astronauts viewing Earth from space de­ struments which will measure a wide range of the ozone layer in a wide region around the gases. The aircraft data will be coordinated scribe a beautiful tranquil sphere in a vast South Pole-from .the South Pole to 45 de­ black sea. From space a global sweep of with real-time satellite observations. Spon­ grees south-has become much thinner-a sored by NASA, NOAA, NSF, and CMA, the clouds dominates Earth's surface. The atmos­ 50 percent reduction within 10 years-during phere is unbounded by national or State bor­ cooperative program also involves scientists the Austral spring, from mid August to Novem­ from Harvard University, the University of ders and appears unaffected by events above ber, with the deepest "hole" occurring in or within its circumference. Yet, as we have Denver, and the University of Washington, the 1985. The thinning of ozone over Antarctica is United Kingdom, and France, and the Govern­ discovered, the Earth is indeed fragile, its at­ particularly disturbing because it was com­ mosphere affected by a wide range of natural ments of Chile, Argentina, and New Zealand. pletely unanticipated. Scientists do not know and human-produced events. On the integrity Panama, Peru, and Ecuador also are cooper­ whether it is caused by human activities or of this thin envelop all life depends. ating by allowing aircraft .overflights of their whether by natural phenomena; whether it will Earth's atmosphere is a complex chemical countries. Chile provide the operations base always be localized over Antartica due to spe­ structure which has evolved over several bil­ for NASA aircraft at Punta Arenas Airfield. cial atmospheric conditions or whether it is a lion years. Changes in its composition are a Among the imperatives in protecting Space­ precursor of future global changes. Reduc­ cause for serious international concern. For ship Earth is certainly the need for internation­ tions in the ozone layer of even a few percent several decades, as acquisition and compari­ al cooperation in understanding, monitoring, son of data have vastly improved, significant are a cause for serious concern: the thinning and controlling insofar as possible the atmos­ changes in the atmosphere have been ob­ of the ozone layer would result in a greatly in­ phere on which we all vitally depend. In keep­ served, alerting scientists worldwide to poten­ creased risk of melanoma and nonmelanoma ing with the critical nature of the problem, and tial trends and threats. cancers. The Environmental Protection with the expectation that this comprehensive As long ago as 1975, when it became ap­ Agency estimates that a 1-percent decrease campaign will yield decisive data, the investi­ parent that understanding atmospheric com­ in global ozone could annually cause 20,000 gators have decided to report the preliminary position, specifically the effects of natural and additional skin cancers in the United States. In findings on October 1. This year's Antarctic man-made chemisty changes and the effects addition, ultraviolet radiation can cause sup­ campaign will greatly increase knowledge of of dynamical air transfer, were critically impor­ pression of the immune response system, atmospheric processes and lead toward an tant, the Congress directed the National Aero­ affect crop yields, disrupt the aquatic food assessment of potential ozone depletion nautics and Space Administration [NASA] to­ chain, and cause climate changes. The extent trends. Let us wish the explorers setting out develop and carry out a comprehensive pro­ of the potential effect is unknown. on Antarctic Campaign '87, "God Speed". gram of research, technology, and monitor­ Theories to explain the decrease in ozone ing of the phenomena of the upper atmos­ over Antarctica essentially number three, phere so as to provide for an understanding within the framework of natural variability and DUBLIN WORLD TRADE CENTER of and to maintain the chemical and physi­ human activities: cal integrity of the Earth's upper atmos­ First, the chlorofluorocarbon chemical HON. JOSEPH M. McDADE phere. theory: destruction of ozone catalyzed princi­ OF PENNSYLVANIA Accordingly, NASA implemented an upper­ pally by halogens-chlorine and bromine. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES atmosphere science research program to ac­ Many countries, including the United States quire an organized base of knowledge which have banned the use of chlorofluorocarbons Wednesday, August 5, 1987 would permit an assessment of change and as spray-can propellants. Mr. McDADE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to an understanding of causes. Because Second, the solar-cycle theory: production take this opportunity to bring to your attention changes in the upper atmosphere affect of ozone-destroying nitrogen oxides by the an outstanding example of how the Irish global well-being, many national and interna­ Sun's rays. This theory has been generally people are striving to become important play­ tional scientific groups have implemented re­ downgraded with the findings in 1986 of low ers in the international economic marketplace. search programs aimed at developing compre­ amounts of nitrogen oxides in the region. I am pleased to be able to highlight the efforts hensive knowledge of atmospheric processes. Third, the dynamical theory: changes in air of our democratic friends across the globe as The United Nations Environment Program circulation patterns over the South Pole. they undertake badly needed domestic eco­ Governing Council, in 1981, decided to initiate During the Antarctic Spring-August-No­ nomic initiatives. work on a Global Framework Ozone Conven­ vember-of 1986, NASA, National Oceanic The Irish Government is currently embark­ tion which would: First, harmonize regulatory and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA], Na­ ing on the development of a world trade control actions on ozone-modifying sub­ tional Science Foundation [NSF], and Chemi­ center in Dublin. This project would be the stances at the international level; second, in- cal Manufacturers Association [CMA] mounted largest private development in Irish history, 22704 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 5, 1.987 and would represent at least $240 million in Given the interest in and concern over the [From the Wall Street Journal, Aug.!;, economic development to a nation in the Kickapoo River Valley Improvement project in 1987] midst of domestic recession. Almost 11 ,000 my congressional district, I am now reopening WIPED OuT: AIDS VICTIMS FIND THAT A new jobs would be created in a country be­ debate on this project on the Federal level. DEATH SENTENCE LEADS FIRST TO POVERTY sieged by chronic unemployment. I laud Prime . habits to minimize the risk. If the experi­ an asterisk to the left of the name of SR-428A mental testing works well, the Bell Atlantic the unit conducting such meetings. SEPTEMBER 17 Corp. unit "would consider" using it in pre­ Meetings scheduled for Thursday, employment screening, a spokesman says. 10:00 a.m. Some increased protection against finan­ August 6, 1987, may be found in the Small Business cial ruin from health costs may be on the Daily Digest of today's RECORD. To hold hearings on S. 818, to provide way. In the past several years, 13 states permanent authorization for White have started "risk pools" that provide MEETINGS SCHEDULED House conferences on small business. health insurance-at premiums between 150 SR-428A and 400 percent customary rates-for people AUGUST7 who would otherwise be uninsurable be­ 9:00a.m. SEPTEMBER 18 cause of pre-existing medical conditions. A Appropriations 9:30a.m. bill in Congress would encourage other Foreign Operations Subcommittee Commerce, Science, and Transportation states to establish such pools. Other bills To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Consumer Subcommittee would give the elderly greater protection timates for fiscal year 1988 for foreign To hold hearings on product liability. against catastrophic illness, alleviate assistance programs. SR-253 "spend-down" requirements for nursing­ SD-192 SEPTEMBER 22 home care and require companies to provide 9:30a.m. health insurance. But the proposals all face Joint Economic 10:00 a.m. political opposition. To hold hearings to review the employ­ Small Business Meanwhile, millions of individuals simply ment/unemployment statistics for To hold oversight hearings on the Small don't bother buying insurance. Often they July. Business Administration small busi­ don't see the need until it is too late. Says SD-628 ness development center program. Peter Pryor, the New Yorker who ran into 10:00 a.m. SR-428A debt caring for his dying brother: "I have no Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs heath insurance, either. That's what's Securities Subcommittee SEPTEMBER 29 scary." To hold hearings on a proposal to define 9:30a.m. insider trading. Commerce, Science, and Transportation SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS SD-538 To hold hearings in conjunction with Joint Economic the National Ocean Policy Study to Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, To hold hearings to examine the effects review coastal zone management con­ agreed to by the Senate on February of the Office of Management and sistency provisions. 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a Budget's proposal to reduce the SR-253 August 5, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22707

SENATOR. STATE. AND CAPITOL OFFICE SuitrNo. CommitlrP 011 thr Judi.cia.ry c NoTE.- Suite numbers prf'l·f'dt•d by SD art> in the Stafford. Robert T. cVt.l ...... SH-133 Mr. Biden crllairmanl, Mr. KeTinedy, Mr. Byrd. Dirksen Senate Officl' Buildin~ ; by SIJ, in thf' Hart Stt>nnis, John C. ...... SR-205 Mr. Mf't:~.enbaum, Mr. D;•<;oncini, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Senate Office Building; and by SR, in thP RussPll Sl('t>ellS, Ted U\laska)...... SH-5:.!2 Hdlm, Mr. Simon. Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Hatch, Mr. SPnate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510.> Svmms, Stct>en D. ...... SH-509 Simpson. Mr. Grassli'Y. Mr. Specter, and Mr. Hum· phrey. !Democrats in roman «54>. Rl'publicans in italic Thurmo11d. Strom cS.C.> ...... SR-218 Trible, PaulS.. Jr. 17 C46J) Committee on Labor and Huma11 Resourc.•s Wllllop, Malcolm cWyo.> ...... SR-206 Mr. KPntwdy . Mr. Pell, Mr. Mt>tz· Suite No. Wamf'r, Joh11 W. ...... SD-202 Wrirla•r. Lowf'll P .. Jr. ...... SR- 225 Harkin. Mr. Adams. Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Adams. Brock ...... SH-513 Wilson, Pete ...... SH-706 Commil/r(' on Rules and Admi11istration Bentsen. Lloyd iTex.>...... SH-703 STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE Mr. Ford . Mr. Pell, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Bidcn. Joseph R., Jr. cDel.)...... SR-489 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForPstry Inouye, Mr. DeConcini. Mr. Gore, Mr. Moynihan. Bingaman, Jeff ...... SH-502 Mr. Dodd. Mr. Adams. Mr. Stevens, Mr. Hatfield. Bond, Christopher S. cMo.>...... SH-321 Mr. Leahy . Mr. Melcher, Mr. Pryor, Mr. McCime. Mr. Helms, Mr. Warner, Mr. Dole. Boren. Da\·id L. cOkla.>...... SR-453 Mr. Bort>n. Mr. Heflin. Mr. Harkin. Mr. Conrad. Mr. and M1·. Garn. Boschwitz, Rudv ...... SH-506 Fowler. Mr. Daschle, Mr. Breaux. Mr. Lugar, Mr. Bradlc•y. Bill cN.J.>...... SH-731 Dole. Mr. Helms. Mr. Cochran, Mr. Boschwitz. Mr. Committee on Small Busin.f'ss BrPaux. John B. ...... SD-104 McConnell, Mr. Bond. Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Karnes. Mr. Bumpers . Mr. Nunn, Mr. Sasser. Mr. Baucus, Mr. Levin, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Boren, Mr. Bumpers, Dale cArk.> ...... SD-229 Committee on Appropriations Burdick. Quentin N. ...... SH-511 Harkin. Mr. Kerry. Ms. Mikulski. Mr. Weicker, Mr. Mr. Stennis cchairman>. Mr. Byrd, Mr. Proxmire. Boschwitz. Mr. Rudman, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Kasten. Byrd, Robert C. cW. Va.>...... SH-311 Mr. Inouye, Mr. Hollings. Mr. Chiles, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Pressler. Mr. Wallop, Mr. Bond, and Mr. Chajee, John H. tR.I.> ...... SD-567 Mr. Burdick, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Sasser. Mr. DeConcini, Karnes. Chiles, Lawton ...... SR-250 Mr. Bumpers. Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Hark.in, Ms. Mi· Cochran, Thad ...... SR-326 Committee on Veterans' Affairs kulski. Mr. Reid, Mr. Hatfield, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Mr. Cranston . Mr. Matsunaga, Mr. Cohen. WilliamS. ...... SH-322 Weicker. Mr. McClure, Mr. Gam, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Conrad. Kent IN. Oak.>...... SH-825A Dt>Concini, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Kasten. Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Rudman, Mr. Specter. Graham, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Thur­ Cranston. Alan ...... SH-112 Mr. Domenici. Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Nickles. D'Amato. Alfonse M. ...... SH-520 mond. Mr. Stafford, and Mr. Specter. Danforth, John C. cMo.> ...... SR-497 Committee on Armed Sen.>ices Daschle. Thomas A. IS. Oak..> ...... SH-724 Mr. Nunn . Mr. Stennis, Mr. Exon. Mr. 0n'ICERS OF THE SENATE DeConcini, Dennis ...... SH-316 Glenn, Mr. Gore. Mr. Wirth, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Secretary of the Senate-Walter J. Stewart. Dodd. Christopher J. tConn.>...... SH-324 Warner, Mr. Thurmond. Mr. Humphrey, Mr. Sergeant at Arms of the Senate-Henry Kuualoha Dole. Robert aiiS, Daniel J. . Mr. Cranston, Mr. Riegle, Mr. Sarbanes. Mr. Dodd, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Fowler. Wyche, Jr. ...... SH-320 UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT Gam. Jake ...... SD-505 Sasser. Mr. Sanford, Mr. Sht>lby, Mr. Graham, Mr. Glenn. John ...... SH-503 Wirth, Mr. Garn, Mr. Heinz, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Chief Justice Rehnquist. of Arizona. Gore, Albert. Jr. ...... SR-393 D'Amato, Mr. Hecht, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Bond, Mr. Justice Brennan, of New Jersey. Graham. Bob ...... SH-313 Chafee, and Mr. Karnes. Justice White, of Colorado. Gramm, Phil ...... SR-370 Justice Marshall, of New York. Committee 011 the Budget Justice Blackmun, of Minnesota. Gra.!slcy. Charles E. ...... SH-135 Mr. Chiles . Mr. Hollings. Mr. John­ Justice Powell, of'Virginia. Harkin, Tom ...... SH-317 ston, Mr. Sasser. Mr. Riegle. Mr. Exon. Mr. Lauten­ Justice Stevens, of Illinois. 1/a(ch. Orrin G. ...... , ...... SR-135 berg, Mr. Simon, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Wirth, Mr. Justice O'Connor. of Arizona. Halfi('/d, llfark 0. ...... SH-302 Heflin. Howell ley, Mr. Kasten, Mr. Quayle~ . Mr. OFFICERS OF THE SUPREME COURT Danforth. Mr. Nickles, and Mr. Rudman. ll~>lms. Jesse ...... SD-403 Clerk-Joseph F. Spaniol, Jr. Hollings, Ernest F. ...... SR- 125 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Librarian-Stephen G . Margeton. Humphrey, Gordon J. I N.H.>...... SH-531 Transportatio11 Marshal-Alfred Wong. Inouye, Daniel K. ...... SH-722 Mr. Hollings , Mr. Inouyt>, Mr. Ford, Reporter of Decisions-Frank Wagner. Johnston. J. Bennett ...... SH-136 Mr. Riegle. Mr. Exon, Mr. Gore, Mr. Rockefeller, Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice-Noel Kames, Durid K. !Nebr.)...... SR-443 Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Adams, J. Augustyn. KaiSPbaum, Nancy Landon ...... SR.-315 Wilson, and Mr. McCain. Public Information Officer-Toni House. Kerry. Jolm F. ...... SR-362 Laulenberg. Frank R. ...... SH-717 Committee on Energy and Natural Rt>sources UNITED STATES JUDICIAL CIRCUITS Leahy, Patrick J. . Mr. Bumpers, Mr. JUSTICES ASSIGNED Ford, Mr. Met:tenbaum. Mr. Melcher, Mr. Bradley, Levin, Carl IMich.l ...... SR-459 TERRITORY EMBRACED Lugar, Richard G. ...... SH-109 Mr. McClure, Mr. Hatfield, Mr. Weicker, Mr. Do· District of Columbia judicial circuit: Chief Jus­ McCain, John ...... SH-210 menici, Mr. Wallop. Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Nicklt>s. tice Rehnquist. McClurr. James A. ...... SH-309 · Mr. Hecht, and Mr. Evans. First judicial circuit: Justice Brennan. Maine, McConnell, Mitch ironment and Public Works Rhode Island. Melcher. John ...... SH-730 Mr. Burdick . Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Mt>tzenbaum, Howard M. ...... SR-140 Second judicial circuit: Justice Marshall. Con· Mitchell, Mr. Baucus. Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Breaux, necticut. New York, Vermont. Mikulski. Barbara A. cMd.>...... SR-387 Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Reid, Mr. Graham. Mr. Stafford, Mitchell, George J. ...... SR-176 Third judicial circuit: Justice Brennan. Delaware. Mr. Chafee. Mr. Simpson, Mr. Symms, Mr. Duren­ New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin Islands. Moynihan. Daniel Patrick ...... SR-464 bergcr. Mr. Warner, and Mr. Pr~ssler. Murkowski, Frank H. ...... SH-709 Fourth judicial circuit: Chief Justice Rehnquist. Nickles, Don ...... SH-713 Committee on Finance Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virgin­ Nunn. Sam ...... SD-303 Mr. Bentsen . Mr. Matsunaga, Mr. ia, West Virginia. Packwood, Bob tOreg.)...... SR-259 Moynihan. Mr. Baucus, Mr. Boren, Mr. Bradley, Fifth judicial circuit: Justice White. Louisiana. Pel!, Claibomt' cR.I.> ...... SR-335 Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Riegle, Mr. Rockefcl· Mississippi, Texas. Pressler, Larry ...... SR-407A ler. Mr. Daschle, Mr. Packwood, Mr. Dole, Mr. Sixth judicial circuit: Justice Scalia. Kentucky. Proxmire. William ...... SD-530 Roth, Mr. Danforth. Mr. Chafee, Mr. Heinz, Mr. Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee. Pryor. Da\·id ...... SR- 264 Wallop, Mr. Durenberger, and Mr. Armstrong. Set>enth judicial circuit: Justice Stevens. Illinois. Quayle, Dan ...... SH-524 Committee on Foreign Relatio11s Indiana, Wisconsin. Reid, Harry ...... SH-708 Eighth judicial circuit: Justice Blackmun. Arkan­ Riegle, Donald W., Jr. , Mr. Biden, Mr. Sarbanes, sas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Rockefeller. John D .. IV cW. va.>...... SD-241 Mr. Cranston. Mr. Dodd, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Simon, Dakota, South Dakota. Roth, William V., Jr. ...... SH-104 Mr. Sanford, Mr. Adams. Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Helms. Mr. Lugar. Mrs. Kassebaum, Mr. Boschwitz, Ninth judicial circuit: Justice O'Connor. Alaska, Rudman. Warrf'n ...... SH-530 Arizona., California, Idaho. Montana, Nevada, Sanford, Terry ...... SD-332 Evans. and Mr. McConnell. Mariana Islands. Sasser. Jim nn.) ...... SR--363 Committee on Got•emmenlal Affairs Tenth judicial circuit: Justice White. Colorado. Shelby, Richard C. ...... SH-516 Mr. Glt>nn . Mr. Chill's, Mr. Nunn, Mr. Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming. Simon, Paul I Ill.>...... SD-462 Levin, Mr. Sasser. Mr. Pryor. Mr. Mitchell. Mr. Elet•enth judicial circuit: Justice Powell. Ala· Simpson. Alan K . ...... SD-261 Bingaman. Mr. Roth, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Cohen, Mr. bama, Florida. Georgia. Specter, Arlrn ...... SH -303 Rudman. Mr. Heinz. and Mr. Trible. Federal jwHcial circuit: Chief Justice Rehnqui~>t. 22708 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 5, 1987

REPRESENTATIVE. STATE. AND CAPITOL 0/ftceNo. Office No. OFFICE Conyers, John, Jr. ...... :...... 2313 Gregg, Judd ...... 2458 Cooper, Jim ...... 125 Coughlin, L4wrence ...... 2467 Gund.er&on, Steve ...... 227 ...... 236 Cannon House Office Building, 4 digits beginning Coyne, William J. ...... 424 Hall, Tony P. ...... 2448 with 1 are in the Longworth House Office Bulldin&, Craio, Lar111 E. ...... 2187 and 4 digits beginning with 2 are In the Rayburn Crane, Philip M. Crockett. Oeo. W., Jr. ...... 1531 Han~en, Jamea .V. ...... 2308 Harris. Claude ...... 1009 [Democrats in roman <257>. Republicans in italic . Hcutert, J. Den nil . vacant <1>, total435J Hatcher, Charles ...... 1330 Hawkins, Augustus F. ...... 2371 Of/ice No. Davb, Hal ...... 1019 Ackerman, Gary L. ...... 1028 Davu, Jack ...... 1234 Hayes. James A. (La.)...... 503 Akaka. Daniel K. ...... 2301 Davil, Ro~rt W. ...... 2161 Anderson, Glenn M. ...... :...... 2329 de Ia Garza, E ...... 215 DeL4JJ, Tom ...... 1039 Hert}er, WaUJJ ...... 1630 Annunzlo. Frank ...... 2303 Delluma, Ronald V. ...... 2136 Anthony, Beryl, Jr. ...... 1111 Hertel, Dennis M. ...... 218 de Lugo, Ron• ...... 2238 Hiler, John ...... 2183 Derrick, Butler ...... 1008 Archer. BiU ...... 1135 DeWine, Michael ...... 1705 HollowaJJ, Clyde C. ...... 1201 Armey, Richard ...... 514 Dickimon, William L. ...... 2406 Hopkin&, L41TJI J. ...... 2431 Aspin, Les ...... 2336 Dlcka, Norman D. ...... 2229 Atkins, Chester 0. ...... 504 Dingell, John D. ...... 2221 Houghton, Amo ...... 1217 AuCoin, Les ...... 2421 Dixon, Jullan C. ...... · 2400 Hoyer. Steny H. ...... 1513 Baker, Richard H. ...... 506 Donnelly, Brian J. ...... 438 Hubbard, Carroll. Jr. ...... 2182 Ballenger, Cll31 ...... 116 Dorgan, Byron L. ...... 238 Huckaby, Jerry ...... 2421 Barnard, Doug, Jr. ...... 2221 Dornczft, Ro~rt IC. ...... 301 Hughes, WilliamJ. ...... 341 BarUett. Stew ...... 1709 Dowdy, Wayne ...... 240 Hunter, Duncan ...... 1225 Downey, Thomu J. ...... 2232 Hutto, Earl ...... 2435 Bateman, He~ H. ...... 1521 Dreier, David ...... 410 Hyde, Henry J. <111.>...... 2104 Bates, Jim ...... 2206 Inho/e, Jamea M. ...... 1025 Durbin, Richard J. ...... 411 Ireland, Andy ...... 2431 Bereuter, Doug ...... 1711 Jenkins, Ed ...... 203 Dyson, Roy ...... 131 John~on, Nancy L. ...... 119 BPvill, Tom ...... 2349 Johnson, Tim ...... 2428 Eckart, Dennis E. ...... 1210 Jones. Ed ...... 108 Bilbray. James H. ...... 241 Biliraki1, Michael ...... 1530 Ed.warrtl, Mickey ...... 2434 Jontz, Jim ...... 1005 Blaz, Ben• ...... 1130 Emerton, BiU ...... 2235 Kaptur, Marcy ...... 1228 Boehlert, Sherwood L. ...... 1&U Erdreich. Ben ...... 439 Kasich, John R. ...... 1133 Boggs. Lindy ...... 2353 Espy, Mike ...... 216 Kastenmeier, Robert 11. ...... 2328 Boland. Edward P. ...... 242t Evans, Lane <111.>...... 328 Kemp, Jack F. ...... 101 Faacell, Dante B. ...... 2354 Kennedy, Joseph P., II ...... 1631 Bonior. David E. ...... 2242 Fauntroy, Walter E. 3 ...... 2135 Kennelly, Barbara B. ...... 1230 Bonker. Don ...... 434 Fa~u. Ham. W. ...... 314 Fazio, Vic ...... 2433 Kleczka, Gerald D. ...... 226 Bosco. Douglas H. ...... 408 Feighan, Edward F. ...... 1124 Kolbe, Jim ...... 428 Fieut., Jack ...... 413 Kolter, Joe ...... 212 Konnyu. Ernest L. ...... 511 Boulter, Beatt ...... 124 FiJh, Hczmilton, Jr. ...... 2269 boxer. Barbara ...... 1421 Kostmayer, Peter H. ...... 123 Flippo, Ronnie G. ...... 2334 Kyl, Jon L. ...... 313 1\rennan. Joseph E. ...... 2361 Brooks, Jack ...... 2449 Florio, James J. ...... 2301 Pogltetta. Thomu M. ...... 231 Foley, Thomu S. ...... 1201 Lancaster. H. Martin, 3d ...... 1632 Brown. George E., Jr. ...... 2258 Lantos, Tom ...... 1101 Brown. Hank Fonl. Harold E. ...... 2305 ...... 1424 Latta, Del~rt L. ...... 2309 Bruce. Terry L. ...... 419 Ford, William D. ...... 239 Prank, Barney ...... 1030 Leach, Jim ...... ;...... 1514 Bryant. John ...... 412 Leath, Marvin ...... 336 BIU!C.'hner. Jack ...... 502 Frenzel, BiU ...... 2459 Lehman, Richard H. ...... 1319 Bunning, Jim ...... 2347 nurton. Dan ...... 421 Leland, Mickey ...... 2236 GaUegly, Elton ...... 1020 Bustamante. Albert G. ...... 1118 Lent, Norman F. ...... 2408 B:•ron, Beverly B. ...... 2430 GaUo, Dean A. ...... 1318 Levin, Sander M. ...... 323 CaUahan, H.L. "Sonny"...... 1232 Garcia. Robert ...... 2338 Levine, Mel ...... 132 Campbell. Ben Nighthorse ...... 1724 Gayda., Joseph M. ...... 2186 Lewu, Jer111 ...... 326 Cardin. Benjamin L. ...... 501 Gejdenaon, Sam ...... 1410 Lewis. John ...... 131 Gekcu, Geo~ w. (Pa.) ...... 1519 Lewil, Tom ...... 2439 Gephardt, Richard A. ...... 1432 LtghtJoot, Jim Rou ...... 1609 Chandler, Rod. ...... 2204 Lipinski, William 0. ...... 1032 Chapman. Jim ...... 429 Gilman, Be?Uamtn.A. ...... 2412 Chappell, Bill, Jr. ...... 2438 Lloyd, Marilyn ...... 2266 Cheney, Dick ...... 104 Glickman, Dan ...... 211 Gonzalez, Henry B. ...... 2413 Lowery, Bill ...... 2470 Goodling, William F. ...... 2263 Lowry, Mike ...... 2454 Clinger. William F., Jr. ...... 1122 Gordon, Bart ...... 1323 Coati, Dan ...... 1411 Graduon. Willu D., Jr. ...... 2311 Luken, Thomas A. ...... 2368 Coble, Howard ...... 430 GrandJJ, Fred ...... 1711 Lukenl, Donald E. "Buz" ...... 117 Coelho. Tony ...... 403 Grant, Bill ...... 1331 Lungren, Dan ...... 2440 Coleman, E. Thomcu ...... 2344 Gray, Kenneth J. ...... 435 Coleman, Ronald D. ...... 416 Gray, William H .. Ill ...... 204 McCloskey, Frank ...... 121 Colllns, Cardias <111.) ...... ~ 2264 Green, BiU ...... 1110 McCollum. Bill ...... 1501 Com~at, L41TJI ...... 1529 McCurdy, Dave ...... 2300 McDade, Jo1eph M. ...... 2370 • Delegate from the VIrgin Islands. McEwen, Bob ...... 329 'Deletate from the District of Columbia. McGrath. Raymond.,. ...... 205 ' Delegate from Guam. • Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. McHugh, Matthew F. ...... 2335 August 5, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22709

Office No. Office No. Office No. McKinney, Stewart B. ...... 237 Sabo. Martin Ola\' CMinn.>...... 2201 Wise. Robert E., Jr. ...... 1421 McMillan. J. Alez ...... 401 Saiki. Patricia F. !Hawaii>...... 1407 WolJ: Frank R. ...... 1508 StGermain. Femand J. ...... 2108 Wclpe. Howard ...... 1535 Mack. Connie ...... 228 Savage, Gus ...... 1121 Wortley, George C. ...... 229 MacKay. Buddy ...... 330 Sawyer. Tom COhlol...... 1338 Wright. Jim ...... 1236 Madigan, Edwanl R. ...... 2312 Saxton, Jim ...... 324 Wyden. Ron ...... 1406 Manton. Thomas J. ...... 327 Schaefer. Dan ...... 1317 Wylie. Chalmers P. ...... 2310 Markey, Ed11.·ard J. ...... 2133 Scheuer. James H. ...... 2466 Yates. Sidney R. ...... 2234 2465 Marlenee. Ron ...... Schneider. Claudine ...... 1512 Yatron. Gus ...... 442 Schroeder. Patricia ...... 2410 Young, C. W. Bill ...... 2407 Martin. Lynn <111.> ...... 1208 Martinez, Matthew G. ...... 109 Schuette, Bill ...... 415 Young. Don ...... 2331 Matsui, Robert T. ...... 2419 Schulze. Richanl T. ...... 2369 Manoules. Nicholas ...... 126 Mazzoli. Romano L. ...... 2246 Sensenbrenner. F. Jame1. Jr. ...... 2444 Meyers, Jan ...... 2452 OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE Mfume. Kweisi ...... 1107 Shaw. E. Clar. Jr. CF'la.l...... 440 Speaker-Jim Wright. Mica. Dan ...... 2455 Shumwar. Norman D. ...... 1203 Clerk-Donnald K. Anderson. Michel. Robert H. ...... 2112 Shuster, Bud ...... 2208 Sikorski. Gerry ...... 414 Doorkeeper-James T. Molloy. Miller, George ...... 2228 Sisisky, Norman ...... 1224 Skaggs. David E. ...... 1723 Chaplain-James David Ford. Mineta. Norman Y. ...... 2350 Skeen. Joe ...... 1007 Moakley, Joe ...... 221 Skelton. Ike ...... 208 Slattery, Jim ...... 1440 516 Mollohan, Alan B. ...... 2184 Slaughter. Louise M. ...... 1313 1721 SENATE Moody. Jim ...... Smith. Chriltopher H. ...... 2346 0. Russell Walker. Editor In Chief 1024 Smith, Denn]l g.)...... 1213 Morella, Constance A. ...... Official Reporters Morrison, Bruce A. ...... 437 Smith. LamarS. ...... 509 MoT"TUon. Sid ...... 1434 Smith. Lawrence J. ...... 113 William D. Mohr Ronald Kavulick Mrazek. Robert J. ...... 306 Smith, Neal ...... 2373 C.J. Reynolds Jerald D. Linnell Murphy, Austin J. ...... 115 E. Frances Garro Raleigh Milton Smith. Robert F. ...... 2372 Smith. Virginia ...... 2202 Nagle, David R. ...... 214 Sno'!Df!, Olympia J. ...... 2464 John M. Lacovara. Morning Business Editor Natcher. William H. ...... 2333 Solarz. Stephen J. ...... 1536 Scott M. Sanborn, Assistant Editor Neal, Stephen L. ...... 2342 Elizabeth Meyer, Staff Assistant Nelson. Bill ...... 2404 SJ)ence. Floret ...... 2113 Nichols, Bill ...... 2405 Spratt, John M., Jr. ...... 1118 Nielson. Howant C. ...... 1229 Staggers. Harley 0 .. Jr. ...... 1504 L.H. Timberlake. Editor. Senate Daily Digest. Nowak, Henry J. ...... 2240 Stallings, Richard H. ...... 1221 Thorn G. Pellikaan. Assistant Editor. Senate Daily Oakar, Mary Rose ...... 2231 Stan{lf!land, Arlan ...... 2245 Digest. Oberstar, James L. ...... 2217 Stenholm, Charles W. ...... 1226 1238 Olin. Jim ...... Stokea, Louis ...... 2365 Geraldine C. Lyda. Director. Ortiz. Solomon P. ...... 2205 Dennis A. Dinkel, Deputy Director. Owens. MaJor R. ...... 114 Edward White. Lead Clerk. Owens, Wayne ...... 1728 Studds, Gerry E. ...... 1501 Oxley, Michael G. ...... 1108 Stump, Bob ...... 211 Packard, Ron ...... 316 Sundquilt, Don ...... 230 Sunia, Fofo I.F. • ...... 1206 Panetta, Leon E. ...... 339 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE Parris, Stan ...... 1713 Pashayan. Charles, Jr. . Representative Ham­ Patterson, Elizabeth J. ...... 1022 ~windall, Patrick L. ...... 331 ilton . Senator Proxmire, Senator Pease, Donald J. ...... 1127 Synar. Mike ...... 2441 Bentsen. Senator Kennedy, Senator Melcher. Penny, Timothy J. ...... 436 Tallon, Robin ...... 432 Senator Bingaman, Senator Roth, Senator Pepper, Claude ...... 2239 Tauke, Thomcu J. ...... 2244 Symms. Senator D'Amato. Senator Wilson, Rep­ Perkins. Carl C. ...... 222 resentative Obey, Representative Hawkins. Rep· Petri. Thoma& E. ...... 2443 Taylor, Gene ...... 2134 resentative Scheuer. Representative Stark, Rep­ Pickf'tt, Owen B. ...... :...... 1429 Thomu, Robert Lindsay ...... 431 resentative Solarz. Representative Wylie, Repre­ Pickle. J.J. ...... 242 Thoma.. William Jl. ...... 2402 sentative Snowe, Representative Fish, and Repre· Porter, John Edwanl <111.>...... 1131 Torrea. Esteban Edward ...... 1740 sentative McMillan of North Carolina. Price, David E. ...... 317 Price. Melvin <111.> ...... 2110 Towns, Edolphus ...... 1726 Pursell, Carl D. ...... 128 JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING Quillrn. Jame1 H. ...... 102 Rahall, Nick Joe. II ...... 2366 Representative Annunzio . Senator Ford Rangel, Charles B. ...... 2330 Udall. Morris K. ...... 235 . Representative Gaydos, Repre­ Rat>e11el. Arthur, Jr. ...... ;...... 1730 Upton. FrederickS. ...... 425 Valentine, Tim ...... 1516 resentative Roberts, Senator DeConcini, Senator Regula. Ralph ...... 2209 Vander Jagt, GUJI ...... 2409 Gore. Senator Stevens. and Senator Hatfield. Rhode&, John J .. III ...... 510 Vento. Bruce F. ...... 2304 Richardson, Bill ...... 332 Visclosky, Peter J. ...... 420 Ridge, Thomas J. ...... 1714 Volkmer. Harold L. ...... 2411 JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY Rinaldo. Matthe1D J. ...... 2469 Vucanovich. Barbara F. . Representative Annunzic Ritter. Don (Pa.> ...... 2447 Walgren, Dou1 ...... 2241 . Senator DeConcinl. Senator Roberti, Pat ...... 1314 Walker, RobertS. ...... 2445 Moynihan. ·Senator Hatfield, Senator Stevens, Robinson, Tommy F. ...... 1541 Watkins, Wea ...... 2348 Representative Oakar. Representative Jones of Rodino, Peter W .. Jr. ...... 2462 Waxman. Henry A. ...... 2418 Tennessee. Representative Gingrich, and Repre· Roe, Robert A. ...... 103 Weiss. Ted ...... 2442 RO{I('rl. Harold ...... 206 Weldon, Curt ...... 2230 W~at. Alan ...... 1204 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION . Rostt>nkowski. Dan ...... 2111 Whittaker. Bob ...... 2436 Roth. Tob11 ...... 2352 Representative Rostenkowski . Senator Whitten. Jamie L. ...... 2314 Bentsen . Representative Gib­ Roukrma, Ma~ ...... 303 Williams. Pat ...... 2457 bons. Representative Pickle, Representative Rowland. J. Roy ...... 423 Wilson, Charles ...... 2265 Rowland. John G. ...... 512 Duncan. Representative Archer, Senator Matsu· Roybal. Edward R. ...... 2233 ~ Delegate from Am~rican Samoa. Senator Dole.