28366 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS DOBROSLAV PARAGA: PARAGON the Defense Forces, was fatally shot by Cro­ concerned with nationalism and dedicated to OF VIRTUE IN THE NEW CROATIA? atian police when, according to police, his human rights regardless of nation or faith. car ignored a roadblock. Now he heads the ultra-nationalist Cro­ Paraga said it was a government assassina­ atian Party of Rights (HSP) and its para­ HON. HELEN DEUCH BENTLEY tion. "Our vice president had accused people military wing, the Croatian Defense Force OF MARYLAND in the government of embezzling state funds (HOS). IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that were supposed to be used for buying " I haven't changed," he told Reuters in an Wednesday, October 23, 1991 weapons," he said. " We were informed by interview in his office in a huge baroque two unofficial sources that an assassination building in central Zagreb. Mrs. BENTLEY. Mr. Speaker, on October was planned, but we didn't know who it "I am still a pacifist. I care about the 16, during my special order on "Dobroslav would be or when." rights of individuals, the rights of my peo­ Paraga" the following articles were omitted. Paraga says his forces include a former ple." For the benefit of my colleagues, I wish to U.S. Army colonel, a man of Croatian origin He was speaking as HOS fighters, armed to submit them now: who retired a month ago from a U.S. base in the teeth and wearing camouflage gear, bus­ [From the Chicago Tribune, Oct. 7, 1991] Italy. He refused to give his name. Outside tled through the building's cavernous halls his office, reporters encountered a man in and wide marble stairwells. CROATIAN EXTREMIST SPOILING FOR WIDER uniform who said he was from Houston, but The soldiers, mostly unemployed youths or WAR did not identify himself. from families of blue-collar workers, carry (By Ray Moseley) The bespectacled, bookish-looking party submachineguns and search visitors before ZAGREB, YUGOSLAVIA.-There is more than leader said ethnic Croatians from the U.S. to allowing them into Paraga's office. one war being fought in Croatia. In addition Australia help finance his army and have Even fellow Croats and those who once to the official one, Dobroslav Paraga and his equipped it with sophisticated weaponry. championed Paraga's cause now consider armed followers are waging their own pri­ The arms, he said, include U.S. Stinger and him either a lunatic or a potential threat to vate struggle. Soviet Strela anti-aircraft missiles as well Croatian President Franjo Tudjman. Paraga, 30, who heads the extremist Cro­ as East German-made Armbrust anti-tank Croatian police shot dead Paraga's number atian Party of Rights, says he has 2,000 fight­ rockets. two, Ante Pradzic, last month. ers at the war front and another 10,000 armed Paraga said his forces also have tanks cap­ Paraga says the HOS has 10,000 men, all and ready to go. They include party mem­ tured from the army. "We are better armed volunteers, who joined the force because bers, ethnic Croatians who have come from than the Croatian regular forces," he said. they felt Tudjman and his ruling Croatian the United States and other countries to join The Party of Rights claims is history of 130 Democratic Union (HDZ) were incapable of the struggle, and some mercenaries. years. But critics say the original party of protecting Croats. Paraga's goal is no less than the creation that name, which favored Croatian independ­ More than 1,000 people have been killed in of a "Greater Croatia," restoring the repub­ ence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was Croatia since it declared independence in lic to borders it had until early in this cen­ a liberal party and Paraga has simply appro­ June and Paraga's men have been in the tury. priated its name. The party was banned in forefront of some of the bloodiest fighting. To achieve that, he would have to conquer 1929. Paraga founded his party in 1990. "The authorities were afraid of me when I sizable areas of Serbia up to the outskirts of He said there are party branches in several was a dissident and they are even more Belgrade, and parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina U.S. cities, including Chicago, and in Canada afraid of me now," said the tall, moon-faced and Montenegro. In short, he would have to and Australia. In Croatia itself, he said, the Paraga, who was jailed for four years under plunge all of Yugoslavia into war. party has more than 100,000 members. communism. Western diplomats and the Croatian gov­ Critics say the party is descended from the ernment view his activities with distaste. He was imprisoned in 1980 for alleged links fascist Ustashi movement that governed Cro­ with hostile emigre groups and for petition­ Diplomats said his army, which he calls the atia as a Nazi puppet state in World War II. Croatian Defense Forces, sabotaged a cease­ ing for the release of political prisoners in The party's last prewar secretary, Ante Yugoslavia. fire more than a week ago by capturing an Pavelic, founded the Ustashi and served as army barracks at Bjelovar. That prompted His accounts of the murder of political Croatian president during the war. prisoners and systematic brutality towards the army to renew its offensive against Cro­ Paraga denies that the Ustashi were fas­ atia. them in Yugoslavia cau.sed shock at home cists or ever under the control of Nazi Ger­ and abroad. The Defense Forces sometimes fight along­ many. He does admit that the Ustashi es­ side the Croatian National Guard, Paraga Serbs, who oppose Croatia's independence poused racial policies and sent many Jews to moves and make up a sizeable minority in said. But diplomats said they also pursue ob­ their deaths, but says his party does not jectives contrary to government policy. the republic, have branded Paraga a neo-fas­ share such racial views, nor does it consider cist. Paraga says President Franjo Tudjman is itself as a successor movement. guilty of "high treason" for having agreed to He dismisses the charges of extremism and "We are a democratic party, and dictator­ neo-fascism. cease-fires. He says there can be no truce ships are unacceptable for us," he said. until all of Croatia is liberated. Paraga claimed that, in the present war, "In some ways we are the most powerful Despite such statements, the government Croatian forces were on the verge of forcing party in Croatia," he said. "Many fighters in tolerates his activities. It would appear to the surrender of blockaded army bases when the Croatian armed forces are our boys, the have little choice, because any attempt to Tudjman recently accepted a ceasefire. members of this party." bring the Defense Forces under government Paraga said "many of our people will have His party wants an independent state of control probably would touch off a war to die" before Croatia is liberated. Croatia whose borders would include the among Croatians. neighboring republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Paraga is a former journalist and human­ [From Reuters, Oct. 10, 1991] Its borders coincide with those of a Nazi rights campaigner who was jailed under the puppet state during World War II run by fa­ CROATIAN NATIONALIST ONCE FOUGHT natical Croatian fascists called "ustashe," former Communist regime. He operates from COMMUNISTS-Now SERBS a downtown office building that bristles with who killed hundreds of thousands of Serbs, military activity. (By Andrej Gustincic) Jews and gypsies. Men armed with ancient-looking machine ZAGREB, YUGOSLAVIA.-Dobroslav Paraga "We recognize the validity of the wartime guns guard the entrance. A woman rushes in was once a mild-mannered dissident who en­ Croatian state but reject its regime," he and pleads for troops to be sent to her village dured imprisonment in formerly communist­ said. "We are not ustashe. We do not have to save it from the army. A young man hast­ ruled Yugoslavia. Now he leads Croatian ustashe ideology and we don't sing ustashe ily picks up two grenades, drops one on a ultra-nationalists branded as neo-fascist by songs." stone floor, then retrieves it and dashes out Serbs. But HOS uniforms bear the ustashe motto the door with her. While communists were in power in the "Za Dom Spremni" (" Ready to Serve the Two weeks ago Ante Paradzik, the Party 1980s, he became an international cause cele­ Homeland") and some of the soldiers wear of Rights' vice president and commander of bre as one of the few Yugoslav dissidents un- badges saying "ustashe renaissance."

•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. October 23, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28367 Paraga is dedicated to stopping the expan­ The word, he said, simply means "to rise up enemies than friends because it is the only sionism of Croatia's arch-rival, Serbia, and against.'' party fighting for the independence of Cro­ says that Serbs have enslaved non-Serbs in Mr. Paraga, 30, has an international rep­ atia." Yugoslavia. utation as an outspoken dissident and was The party's president blames Mr. Tudjman "The message is clear: the Serbian advance jailed several times by the Communist re­ for the killing. He claims that Mr. must be stopped forever," he said. gime. He is regarded as the first person to Tudjman's government includes high offi­ document human-rights abuses by the Com­ cials and cabinet members who were former [From Toronto Globe and Mail, Sept. 25, munist government in Belgrade, and was members of the Communist secret police 1991] cited in a 1989 U.S. congressional resolution who persecuted him when he was a dissident. CANADIAN DEFENDS SUPPORT FOR PRIVATE condemning human-rights abuses in Yugo­ "President Tudjman is responsible [for the CROATIAN ARMY-DONATIONS USED FOR slavia. Twice he was named a prisoner of killing) because he invited them into the CLOTHES AND FOOD, NOT WEAPONS conscience by Amnesty International. cabinet," Mr. Paraga said. "I know I am on (By Paul Koring) Mr. Paraga's party appears to be gaining the list for killing, too." support as Croatia struggles to avoid further The government appears unable to force ZAGREB, YUGOSLAVIA.-More than S2-mil­ loss of territory in a bitter civil war against the Party of Rights to follow its official line, lion raised in Canada has been funnelled to Serbian irregulars backed by Yugoslav fed­ both regarding military operations and the the Croatian Party of Rights, which runs its eral forces. Both parliamentarians and mem­ agreement to a ceasefire. But Mr. Paraga own, private, elite army and has been widely bers of the Croatian government's militia makes no excuses for maintaining a private associated with extreme Croatian national­ were arriving yesterday at the party's heav­ army whose loyalty oath is not to the gov­ ism. ily fortified headquarters to sign up. ernment but to the party's aims. The party is at odds with the Croatian gov­ "Only my party [has an army) because the ernment and President Franjo Tudjman, Mr. Paraga also said his party's uncompro­ mising stance and fierce Croatian national­ others do not have enough courage," he said. whom it accuses of failing to adequately de­ He says an increasing number of Croatians fend Croatia. It rejects the fragile ceasefire ism were winning adherents both inside Cro­ atia and without. He said it had received are fed up with the government and are turn­ currently in place in Croatia and demands ing to his party. that the war continue until Serbia is reduced arms from Albania: and Bulgaria and support from expatriate communities in Australia, Of the red berets with their whitefirst to its pre-First World War border. shoulder crests, Mr. Paraga said they were The Party of Rights also accuses Mr. Europe and the United States. "We have over 100 branches, [including ones in) Toronto, "not illegal," but added: "Primarily, they Tudjman's government of assassinating its are loyal to my party." vice-president, Ante Paradzik, three days Thunder Bay, Windsor, Vancouver and Ed­ monton," he said. ago. A prominent Croatian-Canadian busi­ [From the Washington Post, Oct. 10, 1991) nessman, Ivan Orsanic, was in the car, but One of Mr. Paraga's chief advisers is Milan was uninjured when a Croatian national mi­ Vokovic, another Canadian who lived in To­ CROATS FIELD MILITANT MILITIA-NATIONAL­ litiaman fired more than a dozen bullets into ronto from the age of six, studied at the con­ IST PARTY FIGHTERS INVOKE IMAGES OF Mr. Paradzik at a roadside checkpoint. servatory of music in Toronto and the Uni­ FASCIST PAST Mr. Orsanic had delivered $2-million to the versity of Toronto. (By Blaine Harden) party, according to its president, Dobroslav He accused Mr. Tudjman of "an act of trea­ ZAGREB, YUGOSLA VIA.-Besides bayonets, Paraga, along with a shipment of humani­ son" for neglecting to sufficiently arm the gleaming black hand grenades and late­ tarian assistance. republic. He also said the party's private model submachine guns, militiamen of the Mr. Orsanic claims the president was mis­ army-a force he says exceeds 10,000---was ultra-nationalist Croatian Party of Rights taken. "It was $2-million worth of clothes "continuing to conduct offensive operations, outfit themselves with Roman Catholic ro­ and food," he said. against Serbian and Yugoslav federal army sary beads. However, he also said, "I wish I did, I wish positions in defiance of the ceasefire agreed On the wooden stocks of their automatic I could [deliver money along with humani­ to by Mr. Tudjman and Yugoslavia's defence weapons, some fighters in the militia have tarian aid]. You can't defend yourself with minister, Veljko Kadijevic, on Sunday. carved the U symbol of Croatia's notorious food and clothes." Yesterday, the military commander of Cro­ Ustashi government that, on 1941-45, collabo­ He said the money was raised in the Cana­ atia's embattled eastern region of Slavonia, rated with Adolf Hitler and forcibly con­ dian-Croatian community, which he said Branko Glavas, called on Mr. Paraga-al­ verted Eastern Orthodox Serbs to Catholi­ numbers 250,000. A spokesman for the Cro­ though why he was not reporting to the Cro­ cism. Hundreds of thousands of Serbs not atian Committee for Human Rights in atian defence ministry was not clear. converted were expelled from the fascist Mississauga, Ont., put the community at The party regards Mr. Tudjman as a "trai­ state or murdered in death camps. 150,000. tor" for agreeing to the ceasefire. The par­ Television here has been preparing Croats Mr. Orsanic denies any knowledge of arms ty's policy, according to Mr. Paraga, is that for an all-out war against an enemy that it purchases. "I don't know how they do it," he Serbia must be reduced to the remnant state depicts as evil incarnate. In addition to mes­ said, but Mr. Paraga said funds from abroad that it was before 1914. sage about how to treat war wounds at home, are used "for buying instruments of defence "Croatia must occupy its ethnic and his­ Croatian television broadcasts video mon­ for Croatia." torical areas,'' Mr. Paraga said, an expanse tages of resolute-looking Croatian militia­ Although the Party of Rights rejects alle­ of land that would include not just the cur­ men, sinister-looking Serbian generals and gations that it is a reincarnation of the Nazi­ rent boundaries of the republic but also large bomb-damaged Croation churches. These backed Croatian nationalist movement swaths of Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. slickly produced videos are scored to classi­ known as Ustasha, at least some of its red­ "Tudjman must go now, he is not a good cal music, including Beethoven's Ninth Sym­ bereted members-festooned with grenades leader of the Croatian people," Mr. Paraga phony. and wielding sub-machine guns outside the said. As the war intensified, the initials of the party's headquarters-freely, and with ap­ The real strength of the Party of Rights wartime Ustashi regime were scrawled on parent pride, claim to be Ustasha. may become apparent today at the funeral of more and more buildings across Zagreb. They also wear, and the party has as its Mr. Paradzik. Mr. Paraga said he expected At a posh hotel wedding reception here on emblem, a version of the red-and-white the government, which has tried to ban Saturday night, at about the time Croatia's checkerboard crest used by the Ustasha, party demonstrations, to try to disrupt the president was ordering a mobilization of all which killed thousands of Jews and Serbs funeral. Croats to fight "the Serbo-Communist during the Second World War. The party has clearly become a thorn in hordes," two young men stood at a large "The white field first [in the upper-left­ the government's side. Last weekend, de­ table and raised their stiff right arms in the hand corner of the crest] signifies independ­ fense minister Gojko Susak, another Cro­ "Sieg Heil" salute of Nazi Germany. ence and the red field first [as is used by the atian Canadian, said the private army run by A member of the wedding party later ex­ government of the breakaway republic] sig­ the Party of Rights would be brought under plained the salutes, which were popular here nifies loss of independence," Mr. Paraga said control and that it had fewer than 1,000 during World War II, as a byproduct of the yesterday in an interview. fighters under its command. pressures placed on Croats by the advancing "We are against the persecution of Jews or A few hours later, the party's vice-presi­ Serbs. any people," he said. However, he acknowl­ dent was gunned down at a Croatian check­ "You have to realize how people feel. For edged that a former general secretary of his point on his return to Zagreb from a politi­ some, the Ustashi were fighting for a free party had founded the fascist Ustasha in cal rally. Croatia," said the woman, who did not want Italy. "I was talking to Mr. Paradzik [at the to be identified by name. The Catholic "We are not the same movement, not the time]," Mr. Orsanic, the Canadian business­ Church in Croatia has neither endorsed nor same party," he said. But he also added, man, said. "This guy backed up five steps dissociated itself from the militia. "Who are Ustasha? If someone who defends and started to shoot . . . Chicago-style. It Against echoes of the fascist past, the Croatia is Ustasha, then we are Ustasha." couldn't be an accident. This party has more independently armed and independently 28368 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1991 commanded militia of the Party of Rights No shots were fired from our car," said "I love being here with them," said Gon­ has been able to set up a Beirut-style mili­ Orsanic, although he did say the driver's zalez, 67. For two years, she has volunteered tary headquarters in the heart of old-town submachine gun was in the vehicle. The driv­ four hours every weekday at Centro Mater, Zagreb. er of the car also was shot and severely in­ taking care of kids in the infant program. The new office in a baroque 18th-century jured. "As the shooting started, our driver Little Havana's largest nonprofit day-care townhouse is equipped with sandbags and said, 'Don't shoot, don't shoot, we are one of center at 418 SW Fourth Ave. has operated as hundreds of boxes of ammunition. A six-foot­ yours.'" a family for 23 years, said Miriam Roman, high soviet-made antiaircraft missile was Paradzik, a passionate anti-Communist, Centro Mater director. "We establish very shown off to visiting reporters. Militiamen was frequently imprisoned during the Com­ personal relationships," Roman said. "We with grenades and rosaries guard the front munist era in Croatia. That era ended last try to maintain the family." door. year with the election of Tudjman. But WAITING LIST AT 1,000 With no authorization from the elected Paradzik viewed Tudjman, a former general That's why you will find four or more chil­ government, the militia has gone into action in the staunchly Communist Yugoslav army, here in Zagreb, where it helps other Croatian as a Communist disguising himself as a Cro­ dren from the same family attending Centro forces blockade barracks of the Serb-domi­ atian patriot. Mater, which tries to keep brothers and sis­ nated Yugoslav federal army. The militia Tudjman's government, Paradzik said in a ters together. Centro Mater serves 460 chil­ has participated in fighting across the repub­ September interview with the Zagreb weekly dren, ages 6 weeks to 14 years, and has a lic, particularly in the besieged eastern Globus, is "formed entirely of former and waiting list of almost 1,000. current Bolsheviks." Two weeks ago, President Bush praised cities of Vukovar and Vinkovci. Centro Mater for its work and named the "We are the front line of defense. Together Besides Tudjman, the head of Croatia's with the Croatian National Guard and the military cr1s1s command center, Josip center as one of his "daily points of light." police, we make this war," said a Party of Manolic, was a colonel in counterintel­ Six days a week, the president names a Rights militiaman, who would give his name ligence for the Communist federal govern­ point of light-people working to solve social only as Zelko. ment. problems. Other Dade honorees have in­ The elected Croatian government has been In the convoluted politics of Yugoslavia, cluded Camillus House, Charles Drew Ele­ at pains to dissociate itself from the geno­ assassinations have played a pivotal role. mentary School and Dade's Youth Crime cidal excesses of the Ustashi era and has That of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sara­ Watch program. shown itself to be uncomfortable with the jevo in 1914 sparked World War I. Fourteen Roman flew to Washington, D.C., to pick Party of Rights. The government is con­ years later, in Belgrade, a popular Croat na­ up the award. "It was a complete surprise," cerned that the party's highly visible militia tionalist named Stjepan Radie was murdered she said. will give the republic of Serbia, as well as on the floor of the legislature when he called HIALEAH CENTER CONSIDERED states outside Yugoslavia, an excuse to members of the Serb-dominated cabinet Centro Mater's board of directors has brand the leadership here as "fascist." "swine." talked about opening another day-care cen­ Croatia's defense minister has said any mi­ President Tudjman, who has a doctorate in ter in Hialeah, but nothing has been decided, litia that is not part of his normal chain of Yugoslav history, has referred to that assas­ Roman said, except that the center will command must be disbanded. Last month, as sination in explaining his need for a large never abandon East Little Havana. leaders of the Party of Rights addressed sev­ corps of bodyguards. "We have always wanted to stay here," eral thousand supporters at an evening rally An eerily similar killing to that of Roman said. "We are in the heart of the in central Zagreb, the governments switched Paradzik on Sept. 21 took place in Belgrade most needy area of Little Havana." off all the lights in the main square. on Aug. 4. Centro Mater is the first stop for many of The level of government discomfort with There, the number-two man in a para­ Little Havana's immigrant families. There the Party of Rights, however, took an expo­ military group that is independent of the are more than 20 nationalities represented at nential leap last month with the shooting Serbian leadership was gunned down near his the school. The majority are Cubans and death of the party's chief military com­ home. The top leader of that group imme­ Nicaraguans, but there also are Haitians and mander. diately accused the hard-line Socialist (for­ Jamaicans, Roman said. merly Communist) government of President Ante Paradzik, 48, a lawyer, was vice presi­ PAY WHAT YOU CAN dent of the party and had frequently accused Slobodan Milosevic of complicity. The gov­ Croatia's elected leaders of corruption, in­ ernment denied it. Fees are based on income and need. The av­ Charges that Croatia is a fascist state are erage fee is $15 a week per child, but 35 per­ competence and cowardice. cent of the parents have income so low that On the night of Sept. 21, a Croatian police­ common across Serbia. Many members of the 600,000-strong Serbian minority in this re­ they don't pay anything to leave their child man shot Paradzik 13 times in the chest, at the Center, Roman said. A staff of 50, in­ stomach and back at a police roadblock on public say they believe that an independent Croatia will repeat the anti-Serbian crimes cluding volunteers, runs the infant, pre­ the outskirts of Zagreb. school and after-school program. The center The death was branded an assassination by of the Ustashi. The federal minister of defense, Gen. is open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. the party's president, Dobroslav Paraga. He "It's their home away from home," said was scheduled to have been in the car in Veljko Kadijeciv, who is a Serb, has publicly characterized the Tudjman government as Digna Estrada, whose two sons are in Centro which his vice president was killed, and he Mater's after-school program. charged that Paradzik was killed on order of "fascistic." The symbols, rhetoric and terri­ the security apparatus of Croatian President torial ambitions of the Party of Rights pro­ HOW CENTRO MATER CAME TO BE Franjo Tudjman. vide ample reason for Serbian concern. The day-care center was established in 1968 The Party of Rights, which claims to have by Sister Margarita Miranda, a Cuban exile 10,000 men in arms, had convened a press nun teaching at a Catholic university in St. conference just 12 hours before the shooting. CENTRO MATER, CARING FOR Louis. She visited Little Havana and saw the During the meeting, party leaders-including MANY LITTLE HAVANA CHILDREN need for child care among the Cuban exiles. Paradzik-described Tudjman as a "traitor" "She was a dynamic woman," said for his reluctance to start an all-out war HON. ILEANA ROS.LEHTINEN Carmelina Viadero, a board member. against the federal army. With no funding, Miranda convinced the Croatian authorities have denied any polit­ OF FLORIDA county to lend her three classrooms for an ical motivation, saying Paradzik was killed IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES after-school program at the Ada Merritt Ele­ by police after the car in which he was a pas­ Wednesday, October 23, 1991 mentary School at Southwest Eighth Avenue senger failed to stop at two consecutive and Fourth Street. roadblocks. Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, the Miranda also recruited some of her former A surviving passenger in the car, however, Centro Mater Child Care Center provides students who lived in Miami and had at­ said that a Croatian policeman started much needed day care for children growing up tended Sagrado Corazon, (Sacred Heart), a shooting after their car had come to a full in the Little Havana community in Miami. The private school in Havana where Miranda stop at a roadblock. center serves 460 children from ages 6 weeks taught. "The particular guy who stopped us, in­ to 14 years. The Miami Herald recently "She started picking up kids from the stead of asking for our identity papers, he brought attention to the center's service to the streets and went knocking door to door look­ backed up five steps and started shooting. He ing for kids," Roman said. shot 40 or 50 times. It was a mafia-like shoot­ community in an article by staff writer, Ms. A few months later, Centro Mater moved ing, like in Chicago," said lvica Orsanic, 52, Marilyn Garateix. That article follows: to a one-bedroom home on land that is now a Croatian-born Canadian citizen from To­ The children of Centro Mater Child Care part of Jose Marti Park, 351 SW Fourth St. ronto, who is a fund-raiser for the Party of Center call Bertha Gonzalez, abuela, grand­ Two portable classrooms were added. The Rights. mother. lunch room has picnic tables on a roofed October 23, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28369 patio behind the house. There were 150 kids tends the benefit of these services to all na­ catalog of upscale gardening accessories enrolled. tionalities including: Cubans, Nicaraguans, which she sold to Williams-Sonoma. The proc­ NOW RUN BY CHURCH Haitians, Jamaicans, and others. Also to be ess of starting up Gardener's Eden is now a Miranda was reassigned by the church in recognized are the board of directors, staff, case study at her alma mater, Harvard Busi­ 1974 and now does charity work in Peru. A and volunteers for their contribution to the ness School. More recently, she developed year later, Catholic Community Services and good work of the Centro Mater Child Care Calyx and Corolla, a distinctive, one-of-a-kind the Archdiocese of Miami adopted Centro Center. Mater. Roman became director in 1976. catalog offering fresh-cut flowers and plants all In 1980, Centro Mater bought a two-story year round. Harvard Business School is giving apartment building across the street at 418 ACCEPTING A SEAT ON THE thought to turning this second highly success­ SW Fourth Ave. and renovated it. Apartment ful business startup into another case study. five is now a computer room, apartment HOUSE EDUCATION AND LABOR three, the office. COMMITTEE But more than Ms. Owades' creative ideas The lunch room is still picnic tables on a and success in business is her everpresent patio. "It's been like a puzzle," Viadero said, HON. RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM caring for others. In addition to providing jobs with one piece added at a time. OF CALIFORNIA for unwed mothers, Calyx and Corolla con­ Centro is run by an 11-member board of di­ tracts out most of its packaging of nonfloral rectors. It gets money from several sources IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES wares to the Jewish Family Services Program including the city of Miami, United Way, Wednesday, October 23, 1991 Head Start, the state and federal govern­ which provides important services for non­ ment, parent fees and private donations. Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, I'm hon­ English speaking immigrants. WORRIES ABOUT FUNDING ored to accept a seat on the House Education Ms. Owades has received numerous awards and Labor Committee. "Centro Mater has been blessed," Roman for her entrepreneurship and community serv­ For me, this new duty is a heavy respon­ said. "It has gotten help from a lot of ice. Cleveland Mayor Michael White has des­ places." It hasn't always been easy, she ad­ sibility. ignated October 9, 1991, "Ruth Owades Day." mits. "There have been many nights that America's young people are our future. And She was also honored as the "91st Woman of I've said 'There's no funding, we're going to the extent to which we invest our time, our have to close the programs' and it hurts be­ ideas, and our resources in the education of Achievement" by the Women's City Club of cause there are so many kids who need it." Cleveland for her leadership in the mail order Centro Mater has learned to make do re­ our children will determine the course of our great Republic. business and for being a role model for other peatedly. women. In addition, Ms. Owades has been The Centro's playground: Jose Marti Park. I welcome the opportunity and privilege to Several classrooms are used for preschool in work with Chairman FORD, and especially with named "Cataloger of the Year" by the Target the morning and after-school in the after­ Ranking Member GOODLING, with whom I have Marketing magazine which will be presented noon. Books are handled gingerly to make cooperated on the Republican Research Com­ to her at the United Nations in January of them last 5 or 10 years and longer. mittee Task Force on Education. 1992. "Always we have managed to grow," And I· also look forward to working with Roman said. But the Centro could use more I salute Ruth Owades for her tremendous of everything. More books, more room, more President Bush, his Secretary of Education creativity in the business world, and for her toys, more food for the babies, she said. Lamar Alexander, and Secretary of Labor special dedication to helping people in difficult But when one door closes, another always Lynn Martin. situations help themselves. Calyx and Corolla opens, Roman said. To my colleagues who made this possible, is a model of the partnership that can exist be­ HELP FROM UNEXPECTED SOURCES particularly our distinguished minority leader tween a business and the community it helps "One winter a couple of years ago a woman ROBERT MICHEL and the members of the Com­ support. San Francisco is fortunate to have showed up with $1,000 and said she wanted to mittee on Committees, I thank you. the benefit of such a business. buy toys," Roman said. "We asked her in­ I hear the committee has a bill to mark up, stead if we could buy sweaters for the chil­ so let us get to work. dren. She said yes. And that year everybody had a sweater." TRIBUTE TO ST. MARK'S CHURCH Irma Beltran, a single parent, is grateful TRIBUTE TO RUTH OW ADES for Centro Mater. It has allowed her to study to become a nursing assistant, she said. Beltran's four children, ages 3 to 14, go to the HON. NANCY PELOSI HON. JAMFS A. TRAF1CANT, JR. day-care center. "They've been raised there OF CALIFORNIA OF OHIO primarily," she said. "And they're not on the IN THE HOUSE OF.REPRESENTATIVES streets all the time." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Beltran's eldest son, now 14, started going Wednesday, October 23, 1991 to Centro Mater when he was 7. "I couldn't Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Wednesday, October 23, 1991 have done it without them," she said. "It's opened up paths for me." bring to the attention of my colleagues, Ms. Ruth M. Owades. On Thursday, October 24, Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise on this 'SPECIAL ATTACHMENTS' Ms. Owades will receive the "Women Who momentous occasion to pay tribute to St. Achille "Butch" Staiano has coached ath­ Make A Difference Award" from the Inter­ Mark's Church in my 17th District in Ohio as letics for the after-school program at Centro national Women's Forum. This prestigious it celebrates its mortgage burning on October Mater for 18 years. 26 and 27. "A lot of the things are very rewarding," award is being given for her San Francisco­ said Staiano, who also coaches at Columbus based, creative mail order business, Calyx This church pledged to educate its young High School. "At Columbus, I'm just another and Corolla, as well as for her ongoing com­ people and to promote understanding of the teacher. Here, I have something to offer the mitment to linking community service to busi­ Catholic faith in 1971. The progress St. Mark's kids. Here, I feel special attachments." ness. has made in this endeavor is commendable. Ofelia Medina, 23, was one of Staiano's stu­ In her effort to combine a successful busi­ dents. She attended Centro Mater for 9 This month marks the celebration of St. years. Now her son Giovanni, 4, goes to ness with community service, she has consist­ Mark's mortgage burning. Indeed, St. Mark's ently hired individuals who face difficulty find­ Centro Mater. has traveled a long, but loving journey since ing employment. For example, she presently "I like the way they treat people here. The the early days when Rev. Mark Campbell ad­ attention they give him is the attention hires women from a home for unwed mothers dressed the congregation. Today, St. Mark's, they gave me," Medina said. "I wouldn't in their trimester of pregnancy to handwrite the have my son anywhere else." gift cards which accompany the Calyx and Co­ under the leadership of the learned Pastor Mr. Speaker, I commend the efforts of the rolla deliveries. Daniel Rohan, continues on its mission to Centro Mater to meet the child care needs of Ruth Owades has created two tremendously serve its congregation with love and guidance. many in the south Florida community. It is en­ successful and pioneering mail order oper­ Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I couraging to see the leadership of Centro ations. In January of 1979, Ms. Owades start­ rise on this occasion to congratulate St. Mater director, Ms. Miriam Roman, as she ex- ed her first business, Gardener's Eden, a Mark's on its mortgage burning. 28370 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1991 HONORING LEWIS H. GOLDSTEIN to endure is something that I am unable to SALVADOR DIAZ-VERSON, JR.: accept; nor can I tolerate it from a nation TURNING HIS "CASTLES IN THE HON. ELIOT L ENGEL that is as powerful as ours. It is clear to me, AIR'' INTO REALITY as I hope it is to others in the education pro­ OF NEW YORK fession, that academic excellence will con­ HON. ILEANA ROS.LEHTINEN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tinue to be realized by only a small percent­ Wednesday, October 23, 1991 age of this nation's population unless we are OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great able to find solutions to the emotional, phys­ pleasure to pay tribute to Lewis H. Goldstein, ical, and social unrests that affect large Wednesday, October 23, 1991 my good friend and a dedicated community numbers of children in society today. Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I am leader. This week in the Bronx, the United We live in a generation where divorce has pleased to recognize, who recently was fea­ Jewish Appeal will be honoring Lewis in cele­ become the norm, as opposed to the excep­ tured in the Columbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer brating of his many years of service. It is an tion. Children are often left to take care of after his resignation as president of one of honor that has been well earned. themselves after returning from school, as America's fastest growing insurance compa­ Over the years, Lewis has been very active single parents work or are involved in out­ nies, the American Family Corp., to begin his in Jewish causes, community projects and side activities. Many children are often own global financial and investment firm. The educational improvement. His list of accom­ found homeless, abused, or coming from dys­ article, "Diaz-Verson Is Following His Dreams" plishments is long and impressive. functional surroundings. In very many in­ by Delane Chappell tells his story: An educator since 1967, Lewis currently stances there is little communication Salvador Diaz-Verson Jr. is following his works with special education children and their amongst family; guidance and involvement dreams, turning his "castles in the air" into families in the Bronx. His affiliations include from parents is often a rarity. reality, much the way the late John Amos, membership on the board of trustees of the How, then, is it possible to educate a gen­ his mentor and brother-in-law, did when he eration of children who will be ready by the founded American Family Corp. in 1955. Community Center of Israel and a founding "I've had those dreams up there-as John member of the Association of Jewish Profes­ year 2000 to compete in this global economy used to say, 'those castles in the air.' Now, sionals. He also serves as a member of the of ours? It is clear that our schools and its I've got to put something together and go New York Democratic State Committee. leaders can no longer take the position that with it," he said. All of Lewis' activities have a common our only responsibility lies with the pursuit That's one of the reasons Cuban-born Diaz­ thread running through them; he is continually of encouraging academic success amongst its Verson gives for resigning his posts Aug. 16 involved in projects that promote education students. as American Family Corp. president and first and fight discrimination. He is a tireless cham­ As we approach the year 2000, schools must executive vice president of American Family Life Assurance Co. pion for the people who often get lost in the begin working collaboratively with outside Now his "castle" is to develop a global fi­ process. agencies and businesses to find ways in nancial and investment firm of his own. It is in this spirit of community that the Unit­ which to better serve the emotional, phys­ The resignation ended a 17-year career ed Jewish Appeal is honoring Lewis Goldstein. ical, and psychological needs of our nation's with Columbus-based American Family, a I join them in personally thanking Lew for his youngsters. We must begin to provide early career that spanned a period of the compa­ many years of friendship and dedication. and rigorous home/school intervention pro­ ny's most rapid growth, when invested assets grams where parent training practices are rose from $45 million to $6.5 billion and the implemented as a means of providing care company became the first American insur­ A SALUTE TO ANDREA BUSHER, for all "at-risk" youngsters. ance company granted a license to operate in the Japanese market since World War II. THE MIAMI TEACHER OF THE When a child's self concept is intact, it is Not a bad track record for a man who fled YEAR possible for him or her to engage in higher from the Fidel Castro regime in Cuba with order thinking skills necessary to the attain­ his family in 1959, an eight-year-old with HON. DANTE B. FASCEll ment of academic success. Healthy children only the clothes on his back. are those who come from healthy environ­ OF FLORIDA Despite his success at American Family, ments. These are youngsters who most often Diaz-Verson said it was time to move on, a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES grow up prospering while finding academic, decision he thinks John Amos would have Wednesday, October 23, 1991 economic, and personal achievement in their approved. "John always told me, 'When you stop having fun, then it's time to leave,'" Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, earlier today, I lifetime. Our children are not villains as many in today's society are portrayed. They Diaz-Verson said. "I think he'd say, 'When attended the Burger King Honors Excellence you stop having fun, Sal, then go do some­ in Education luncheon and joined in honoring are simply children who are looking for a thing else.' " the 1991 teachers and principles of the year. way to belong. They should not feel com­ The fun had ended for Diaz-Verson. I am proud to salute my constituent, Ms. An­ pelled to experiment with drugs as a way of "My true loves are investments and poli­ drea Busher, the Miami area's 1991 "Teacher finding solace and acceptance. They should tics. I was getting further and further away of the Year." On a daily basis, Ms. Busher not have to turn to gangs for fulfilling fam­ from investments and more and more in­ volved in the administrative and political and her colleagues in the education profession ily rituals and feelings of connectedness that are not present within their own home. They sides of the business,'' he said. "I don't think are building a better and more secure future should not be forced to turn to violence as a it was my decision. I think it just evolved. A for our Nation. So their recognition is timely means of finding their identity. It must be­ problem comes in and you just handle it. and well deserved, but they also need help-­ "Somebody said 'life is not a matter of come the schools' responsibility and part of that is, smaller classroom size, and community chance, but choice.' I had a choice. I couldn't this nation's commitment to help our chil­ just sit here and wait forever. There are two understanding and participation. dren find themselves. In doing so, we might This morning, the Senate Labor and Human things I really love and I couldn't do them be able to break the cycle of mediocrity, ap­ while I still had the office (because of con­ Resources Committee conducted a hearing on athy and disparity that is evident in many of flicts of interests.)" the challenges facing U.S. schools. The solu­ our communities throughout this country Diaz-Verson said rumors that a rift be­ tion to improving our education system must today. The economic support that must be tween him and American Family Chief Exec­ involve teachers, administrators, parents, and given to our state legislatures, in order to utive Officer Dan Amos contributed to his teachers into the decisionmaking process. I properly fund these community intervention leaving are not true. "Dan and I have a very close relationship. We've had what I think would like to share with our colleagues the and mentorship programs, will, no doubt, be testimony of one of America's outstanding was a good relationship all along-and we costly. Even more costly will be the continu­ still do." teachers, Ms. Busher: ation of the antisocial behavior that exists Dan Amos, nephew of John Amos and son STATEMENT OF MS. ANDREA BUSHER among our youth and a nation doomed to ac­ of American Family Chairman Paul Amos, is As a teacher it is my deepest hope that by cepting an education system that has failed godfather to Diaz-Verson's 4-year-old daugh­ the year 2000 we will be able to eradicate the them. ter, Elizabeth. social injustice that so clearly besieges our "I told Danny, 'There are very few people communities and their schools. The condi­ I really trust in this world. I'd like for you tions that many of our youngsters are forced to be her godfather.'" October 23, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28371 Dan Amos, who said the company will miss anyone, I'd stay with American Family," he in October and sermons in Slovak. Such Diaz-Verson, describes the relationship as said, without hesitation. changes have increased its membership, says good. " If we weren't getting along, I don't But, the dream of his own investment firm Father Ronik. Yet, the truth about Holy Name prevailed, he said. think he'd still be across the hall. If it's a pervades the whole parish. It has made, in hostile environment, you don't stick Already his attorneys are incorporating around." his new business, Diaz-Verson Capital Invest­ these 75 years, a momentous contribution to Diaz-Verson will remain on the board of di­ ments (DVC), and he's closing a deal for the Youngstown area as both religious guide rectors of American Family Corp. and 3,000-square-feet of office space in and educational institution. AFLAC, and has signed an agreement to be a Brookstone Centre in Columbus that is ex­ consultant for American Family for three pected to open in two to three weeks. years. The business will make international in­ HONORING LAURA VALDES American Family also offered him an of­ vestments for individuals and institutions fice at the company as long as he needed it, and will probably launch one or two invest­ HON. ELIOT L ENGEL Diaz-Verson said. ment funds of its own, he said. Both Diaz-Verson and Dan Amos say they After he gets DVC in gear, Diaz-Verson OF NEW YORK are aware of a community perception that hopes to form an investment network with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES there has been rivalry and friction between some associates in New York and Washing­ Wednesday, October 23, 1991 them. Both deny it. ton, D.C. He'll also continue as financial ad­ "Danny and I have always gotten along," viser to the John Amos estate. Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, this week in my Diaz-Verson said. "We both have our own Diaz-Verson admits that he's a little nerv­ district, the Co-op City Branch of the NAACP fortes. We 've got different styles of manage­ ous about starting up a new company. But he is honoring Laura Valdes, a committed leader ment. That's what's made it interesting said he's experienced in international invest­ within the association and in the community. I ing. He's done it for the company. through the years." "I think I'm good. I think I can do well in wish to add my voice to this tribute. John Amos never wanted a wedge placed the investment field. It's something you've As a lawyer, Laura has used her extensive between the two men, Diaz-Verson said. really got to have a feel for and I think I've talents to help improve the community in "John always said 'Sal, you and Danny stay been able to do it well. I'm very sure of my­ which she lives and works. Her activities in­ together and make sure nobody gets in be­ self and what I can do," he said. clude serving as past president of both the tween you. You can't allow anybody to do "I think there will be tremendous growth that.' That's a promise we made to each Co-op City and Williamsbridge Branch of the in the next 10 years in the emerging mar­ NAACP, sitting on the local community plan­ other and we've never let anybody come be­ kets, especially in ... Spain, Portugal and tween us," Diaz-Verson said. Italy, and in the Americas. With my His­ ning and school boards, and participating in Another reason he wants to leave is that panic roots I think I could do very well in the work of the Bronx Bar Association and the company is not the same without John the Americas," he said. several other organizations. Amos, Diaz-Verson said. "It's really been a Diaz-Verson said he is looking for a re­ It is people like Laura Valdes, who never change without John. He kept the fun in it. emergence of the Americas as the world lose sight of the needs and aspirations of their You never knew what he was going to do or refocuses in 1992, and he's planning to be neighbors, who make our communities strong what kind of trick he was going to play on there to welcome them back, maybe with the and resilient. In this spirit, I join the NAACP you. And you could sit down and talk to him development of an Americas Fund, he said. about anything. So, fired by enthusiasm and the realization Co-op City Branch in thanking Laura for her "I've grown up with him. I traveled with that he's recognized professionally as some­ tireless efforts. him. John took me on every business trip. thing of a financial genius, Diaz-Verson sets Most of the politicians I know, I met off at age 39 to put substance in his "castle through John. He'd tell them, 'If you can't in the air." VFW JOSE MARTI POST CELE­ find me, call Sal.' I really miss that," Diaz­ I am happy to pay tribute to Mr. BRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY Verson said. While Amos may have considered Diaz­ Diaz-Verson by reprinting this article. DANTE B. FASCEll Verson his right-hand man, it was Dan Amos Mr. Diaz-Verson's story is typical of HON. who was handpicked by John Amos before the many successful immigrants who OF FLORIDA his death to run the company after he was have helped make America what it is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gone. Diaz-Verson said he was not upset today. Wednesday, October 23, 1991 when he was not chosen. "We had discussed it. We had talked about the fact that you Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, several weeks can't run the company as a committee. Even TRIBUTE TO THE 75TH ANNIVER­ ago the VFW Jose Marti Post of Miami, FL, though Dan and I were both together at the SARY OF HOLY NAME CHURCH observed and celebrated its 20th anniversary. same level, sooner or later somebody had to The post is composed primarily of Cuban refu­ be the one that made the final decisions. gees who volunteered to serve in the United "John said I would be the financial person HON. JAMF.S A. TRAFICANf, JR. OF OHIO States armed services. and I would be the chief financial officer of More than 500 people attended the anniver­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES all non-insurance operations. I felt very com­ sary dinner and Capt. W.C. Mccamy, Com­ fortable with that in that I liked the finan­ Wednesday, October 23, 1991 cial side and I enjoyed the non-insurance mander of the Guantanamo Naval Base in side," he said. Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise on this Cuba, was a special guest. Family responsibilities also helped him auspicious occasion to pay tribute to Holy The main speaker of the evening was the make the decision to leave American Fam­ Name Church of my 17th District in Ohio as it Post's original founder, Dr. Manolo Reyes­ ily. "I've been here almost 18 years. I've got­ celebrates its 75th anniversary serving the formerly a leading Cuban broadcaster, both in ten up every morning at 5:30 to be here be­ spiritual and educational needs of its con­ Cuba and, subsequently, in south Florida, and fore the London market opened. I've never gregation. now an administrator at Mercy Hospital in gotten my kids off to school or taken them In 1916, ground was broken for the con­ Miami. I commend to our colleagues Dr. to school. I haven't been home on Father's struction of this great church and school. After Day for the last three years because I've Reyes' moving remarks. been in Japan on business," he said. 2 years of prayer and service in the basement REMARKS BY DR. MANOLO REYES The hardest part of his decision to leave of the church, the first mass was dedicated by It is indeed a great privilege for me to ad­ American Family was deciding when to do it, Bishop John Farrelly. Since then, the Holy dress this gathering honoring the members he said. Name establishment has become a monument of V.F.W. Jose Marti Post. This post is very "I think it's better to leave when you're on of dedication to its over 800 families. close to my heart since I started to work on top-and we are. We've got one of the best The upcoming celebration features Bishop it's Foundation in mid 1970, 21 years ago. portfolios in the industry and I've built it. Benedict C. Franzetta who will offer Mass, as With a dream in my lips, I approached Jo­ It's the cleanest portfolio of any insurance well as rememberances to its founders and seph and Ann Grenesse who were already company in the United States. The company working in a VFW Post. With their support is doing well. It was a good time." current staff. These men include Msgr. Ste­ and help we began to make approaches and As Diaz-Verson's reputation as a financial phen Segalla, Father Michael Ronik, and Fa­ on May 16, 1971-20 years ago-this post was whiz has grown, other companies have tried ther Sebastian Fialko. officially chartered. to steal him away from American Family, Recently, Holy Name has returned to tradi­ I never dreamt that the Jose Marti V.F.W. but he wouldn't leave. "If I had to work for tional practices including Forty Hours Devotion Post was going to grow the way it has. You 28372 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1991 have to realize that even though we have ince with the cry of Baire. Several weeks Ironically, American expatriates enjoy been in this country for three decades, we later, the great Cuban leaders, General A. more rights than their fellow citizens living represent an early immigration starting in Maceo, General Maximo Gomez and Jose in the District and in the Territories. the sixties. At the time when we came, we Marti met in a farm called "La Mejorana" Through the absentee ballot, they remain believed we were going to be here only for 6 near Playitas where they landed. All of this fully enfranchised while, with the exception months, a year at the most, because a com­ was happening in Oriente Province. In La of the Presidential vote, the people of the munist regime not going to be able to sur­ Mejorana they formed the Cuban Govern­ District share with their counterparts in the vive 90 miles away from the United States. ment of the Republic of Cuba in arms. Territories the dubious status of being ab­ When we came at the beginning of the six­ If history repeats itself, I hope and pray sentees in their native land. ties, the U.S. had to face for the first time in that very soon the Cuban leaders in exile The inequities of Guam's current status U.S. history that it would be a nation of first will land in Cuba, in Oriente Province, to are perhaps best highlighted by this simple asylum. In previous years, the U.S. had the join our Cuban brothers and sisters and es­ fact. An American citizen living on Guam is Hungarian exodus, but the Hungarians went tablish a Cuban Government of the Republic disenfranchised from voting in Federal elec­ to a second country where they were of Cuba in arms at the Guantanamo Naval tions. In that regard, he has no more rights screened by U.S. authorities and then came Base. than a Green Card holder. Should he, how­ to America. ever, fly to California or Hawaii and estab­ In the case of the Cubans, more than lish residency, he miraculously gains all the 200,000 of them came in waves up until mid GUAM: EQUAL IN WAR BUT NOT IN rights of citizenship. He can be enfranchised 1962, and they were considered parolees. One PEACE by an airline ticket. And he can be way or the other, Cubans of all ages came at disenfranchised by a ticket as well, should he that time, and when the Vietnam war began HON. BEN GARRIDO Bl.AZ return to his birthplace. they were recruited by the U.S. On record, Currently, Guam is seeking to forge a clos­ we have more than 10,000 Cuban youngsters OF GUAM IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES er union with the United States through the that went to the jungles of Vietnam to de­ adoption of commonwealth status. When it fend freedom and democracy against com­ Wednesday, October 23, 1991 does so, it will mark the first time in the al­ munism. Mr. BLAZ. Mr. Speaker, on October 6, 1991, most one hundred years that Guam has been Some of those Cuban youngsters are here an American territory that the people will today. Would you please stand up and be rec­ the New York Times ran an editorial entitled, "Free the Government's Plantation," in which have determined for themselves what their ognized? relationship with the federal government They follow the Cuban tradition of joining it called for the granting of statehood to the should be. forces with the United States when our District of Columbia. Its reasoning struck a Even when Guam achieves commonwealth friend of the north had an international cri­ sympathetic chord, for many of the grievances status, the Federal Government will not give sis. of the people of the District are shared by my us the same constitutional rights enjoyed by There were Cuban volunteers in the U.S. constituents in the territory of Guam. These our brothers and sisters in the States. We Armed Forces in World War I, World War II, similarities led me to respond to the Times will still not have the Presidential vote; our Korean War, Vietnam War and in the Middle editorial, and the Times published it on Octo­ delegate will still lack a vote on the House East War. All of these started when Amer­ floor. Sadly, an old saying on Guam remains ican rough riders and Cuban freedom fighters ber 19 under the headline: "Guam, Equal in War but Not in Peace." I am submitting this as true now as ever: We are equal in war, but under the direction of General Calixto Gar­ not in peace. response, as it appeared in the Times, for in­ cia, joined ranks to fight for the Cuban free­ BEN BLAZ, dom in San Juan Hill, Oriente Province. clusion in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD for the Member of Congress, Guam. But in those initial wars and struggles we information of my colleagues. never had a VFW Post integrated by Cubans To THE EDITOR: I applaud "Free the Gov­ who went abroad to fight under the flag of ernment's Plantation" (editorial, Oct. 6), the stars and stripes. which called for statehood for the District of And now, we hope and pray that the next RECOGNITION OF JOSEPH Columbia. In essence, your paper seems to ABBONDONDELLO event of the VFW Post Jose Marti will be in argue that simple justice requires that the a free Cuba. And you, Captain W.C. Mccamy, legitimate desires of the people of the Dis­ as Commander of U.S. Guantanamo Naval trict for self-determination be met. I agree HON. GEORGE J. HOCHBRUECKNER Base, have a very special invitation for that wholeheartedly. occasion. I had just finished writing a message for OF NEW YORK I've said many times that the best speech­ the veterans' organizations in my Congres­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES es are the shortest ones. To that effect, I am sional District (Guam) in which I referred to going to finish my speech making reference two young Guamanians who had lost their Wednesday, October 23, 1991 to the person who's name is carried by this lives fighting for America during Operation Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise post. Desert Storm. I mentioned further that The V.F.W. Post carries the name of one of today to pay tribute to an outstanding citizen Guam's tradition of service to the United who has been a member of the American Le­ the most illustrious Cubans ever born: Jose States has seen it-in both the Korean Con­ Marti. Marti was not only recognized as a flict and the Vietnam War-suffer more cas­ gion for 16 years and is a Vietnam veteran. leader by the Cubans, but by all the nations ual ties on a per capita basis than any other Junior Post Commander Joseph (Jay) he visited in his pilgrimage. And, I say pil­ American community. Abbondondello has not only served his coun­ grimage because Jose Marti lived in exile Our casualties of war go far beyond those try when needed, he continues year after year more years than in his native country, Cuba. who have died in uniform. As the only Amer­ to serve his community, State, and Nation. Just as we have done, Marti lived many ican civilian population held by the enemy Mr. Abbondondello served as the Suffolk years in the United States and his places of during World War II, the atrocities and daily operation were New York, Tampa and Key humiliations of that time are burned forever County commander for the legion year 1990/ West, Florida. into our psyches. Yet the loyalty and love 91. He is also a member of the Veterans Advi­ He was born in 1853 while his country was my people feel for the United States remains sory Group that was very instrumental in help­ in slavery. He lived during slavery and died, unabated. ing to plan and erect the Long Island State in 1895 while Cuba was still in slavery. But, I can attest to this because first as a 13- Veterans Nursing Home, a 350-bed facility lo­ when his blood was spilled in the battle of year-old forced laborer during World War II cated in Stony Brook, Long Island. Dos Rios in Oriente Province, he planted the and later serving in both the Korean Conflict seed of freedom in Cuba forever. and the Vietnam War during the course of a A strong supporter of Suffolk County pro­ It has been said by scholars and intellec­ thirty year Marine career, I have seen the grams, Mr. Abbondondello has chaired the or­ tuals that history repeats itself. testimony of their faith in the United States atorical program for 6 years. As chairman, he In the last century, Cuba had two wars of written with their blood. has dedicated numerous hours to improve and Independence to be free from Spain, The first Yet the people of Guam- Americans all­ educate American Legion members and one lasted 10 years from 1868 to 1878, and the remain second-class citizens. Like the people school officials to participate in this program. second from 1895 to 1898. In both wars Cuba of the District of Columbia, they are denied Mr. Speaker. it is my great pleasure to rise had Cuban exiles representing the freedom the fundamental rights afforded their coun­ fighter patriots who were in the island strug­ terparts elsewhere. At least, the 23rd Amend­ today to recognize, along with American Le­ gling for freedom. ment gave the people of the District the gion Post No. 694, Joseph Abbondondello for On February 24, 1895, the second Cuban war right to vote for President. We on Guam his many years of dedication and service to of Independence was started in Oriente Prov- were not given that right. the American Legion. October 23, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28373 SALUTE TO HALLIE CRAWFORD Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate and not always popular with the majority of the STILLWELL thank Mr. Paul Asente for his commitment and community, but the rights he was defending service to Youngstown. Furthermore, I wish were intended for all, including those outside HON. AIBERT G. BUSTAMANTE him well as he retires on November 1, 1991. the majority. OF TEXAS His work enriched Dade County and his un­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES timely passing leaves an enormous void in our HONORING THE WESTCHESTER­ community. I wish to commend to our col­ Wednesday, October 23, 1991 PUTNAM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION league's attention Maurice Rosen's obituary Mr. BUSTAMANTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise PROGRAM which appeared in the Miami Herald. today to salute Hallie Crawford Stillwell, a re­ Jeanne-Marie and I extend our sympathy to markable and distinguished woman whose HON. ELIOT L ENGEL his wife and his two sons. contributions have given us Texans great [From the Miami Herald, Oct. 9, 1991) pride. On October 20, 1991 Hallie will cele­ OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAURICE ROSEN, CHAIR OF MIAMI ACLU brate her 94th birthday and the opening of CHAPTER Hallies Hall of Fame store, which will exhibit Wednesday, October 23, 1991 (By Lydia Martin) many of the great successes of Hallies won­ . Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay Maurice Rosen, a Miami lawyer who dedi­ derful life. This pioneering Texas ranchwoman tribute to the Westchester-Putnam Affirmative cated his life to ensuring others got a fair is the incarnation of all the properties that Action Program on the occasion of its 19th an­ shake, died Tuesday after suffering a heart make Texas and this country great. What en­ niversary. attack aboard a jetliner taxiing at Miami dears a woman like Hallie to us is her amaz­ International Airport for a flight to Talla­ More than ever before, it is important to hassee. He was 56. ing ability to overcome adversity and turn it take note of the accomplishments of organiza­ into something positive. Hallie Crawford mar­ Freddie Pitts, a man he helped free from tions that promote equal opportunity and fair­ Florida's death row in 1975, said he will al­ ried Roy Stillwell on July 29, 1918, when she ness in the workplace. These principles are ways be grateful to Rosen. was 20 years old. Together they ran a cattle under attack from people who fail to under­ "He was a very good attorney. Once he be­ ranch and when Roy died in 1948, Hallies true came involved, he didn't let his case go until character shined when she refused to give up stand the value of a diverse society. They the conclusion. But not only was he a good on herself or her family. She took any job she choose to deny the successes of affirmative lawyer, he was a very good person," said could, from journalism jobs to serving as jus­ action in a last-ditch effort to maintain the sta­ Pitts, a truck driver. tice of the peace. Hallie was determined to tus quo. Pitts and Wilbert Lee, now a counselor for But the status quo in America is changing, inmates at Dade County Jail, spent 12 years succeed. And success has certainly found her. and 48 days in prison for the murders of two Hallie has built a wonderful life for her and her as the members of the Westchester-Putnam Affirmative Action Program are well aware. We gas station attendants in Port St. Joe-six of family and has carved out a niche for herself those years after another man, a white man, in the ranching industry that has been tradi­ must continue to work toward the day when confessed to being the killer. tionally dominated by men. Mr. Speaker, today there is equal access to opportunity and a true "He probably is the lawyer most respon­ I take great pride in commemorating the 94th realization of the talents our Nation pos­ sible for the impetus that lead to the freeing birthday of Hallie Stillwell, a woman whose life sesses. I congratulate all the officers and of Pitts and Lee," said Irwin J. Block, who enriches the State of Texas and the United members of the Westchester-Putnam program served as co-counsel with Mr. Rosen and for 19 years of dedication, and I pledge my Phillip Hubbart, now a judge for the Third States. District Court of Appeals. commitment to furthering the principles of fair­ Mr. Rosen, chair of the Miami chapter of ness and equal opportunity. the American Civil Liberties Union, rep­ TRIBUTE TO PAUL ASENTE resented dozens of other defendants through the ACLU where fairness and justice were at HON. JAMFS A. TRAF1CANT, JR. A TRIBUTE TO MAURICE ROSEN issue. OF OHIO Three years ago he sued the city of Miami IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. DANTE B. FASCELI.. for mistreating the homeless. It led to a re­ lief effort for people living under the I-395 Wednesday, October 23, 1991 OF FLORIDA overpass. Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES There are talks of a settlement, said co­ to pay tribute to Mr. Paul Asente of my 17th counsel Benjamin Waxman. Wednesday, October 23, 1991 "The city was arresting and harassing the District in Ohio as he retires after 20 years Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay homeless," Waxman said. "Now it has service in the cable industry. tribute to a leader in my community, Maurice changed its entire attitude and posture re­ Mr. Asente served with Warner Cable for Rosen. As chair of the Miami chapter of the garding the homeless. Maurice was the first over 17 years in various positions. From American Civil Liberties Union, he was dedi­ to be optimistic that the city was coming 1971-76, he managed the New Hampshire around." cated to the protection of individual rights and Office System. On November 1, Mr. Asente Mr. Rosen, a Miami native who attended leaves the top spot in Warner Cable's Youngs­ liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. His undergraduate school and law school at the town office, which serves over 22,000 cable work in behalf of others, usually less fortunate University of Florida, joined the Miami viewers. then he, improved both his community and the ACLU when it was founded 35 years ago. Nation. He served as co-counsel in the Cuban Mu­ Mr. Asente's dedication and expertise in the seum of Arts and Culture case to protect the industry has not gone unnoticed. He received He had many triumphs, but perhaps Mr. Rosen's most notable victory came with the rights of Cuban artists to show their work in the "1990 Prize for Excellence in the Commu­ Miami. nity" awarded by Warner. Not long after, Mr. release of Freddie Pitts and Wilbert Lee. Pitts He defended the rights of three girls in­ Asente was awarded the Customer Service and Lee served 12 years and 48 days on fected with the AIDS virus to attend Dade Award from the National Cable Television As­ death row in Florida for a murder they did not schools. Colleagues say Mr. Rosen was a tireless sociation in 1991 . commit. Rosen worked tirelessly for their re­ lease, which came some 6 years after another fighter, giving up riches for fairness. The Aside from such grand achievements, this work he did for the ACLU was all pro bona. man has served Youngstown faithfully for a man admitted to the crime. In this historic and Said Gene Miller, who reported on the number of years. He volunteered his services symbolic case, Rosen clearly illustrated that Pitts-Lee case for The Miami Herald: to the city's school district as a tutor in the Lit­ one person can reverse an unjust conviction "It is a bit odd that Maurice Rosen, the eracy Program. In addition, Mr. Asente offered that could have led to the execution of two in­ personification of the 'nice guy,' died the day his services to the Muscular Dystrophy Asso­ nocent men. after Leo Durocher. For Rosen finished first, ciation, the Youngstown Catholic Diocese, the In addition, he fought the city of Miami over not last, in one race we too often ignore. The Adopt-a-School Program and the Better Busi­ its treatment of the homeless, the Dade Coun­ human one, the plight of the unfortunate. ty School Board so that three girls infected Rosen made a difference, an important dif­ ness Bureau. ference.'' Such dedication does not end, however. with the AIDS virus could go to school, and for Mr. Rosen's wife, Virginia, is a Dade public Currently, Mr. Asente serves on the board of the rights of Cuban artists to show their work schools executive and former state legisla­ directors of the Youngstown Kiwanis Club. in Miami. The causes he championed were tor. 28374 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1991 In addition to his wife of 32 years, Mr. lieve are produced in a manner harmful to tude to approve insurance plans that allocate Rosen is survived by sons, Alex and Lee; the global environment and world wildlife: health benefits among recipients-including mother, Miriam; sister, Jacqueline Rosen; Now, therefore, be it spouses and children-perhaps taking into ac­ and aunt, Martha Russcol. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the count the special needs of retirees who are Services are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Thurs­ Senate concurring), That it is the sense of the day at Riverside-Gordon Memorial Chapel, Congress that the President should- not yet eligible for Medicare. Equal payments 1717 SW 37th Ave. (!) encourage the Contracting Parties to to former employees for health benefits prob­ the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ably is inappropriate; medical needs vary to support the global environment and world greatly, and retirees may or may not have ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS wildlife by discouraging trade in goods and family members entitled to protection. THREATENED BY GATT services produced in a manner harmful to This legislation establishes a new priority for the global environment and world wildlife; the payment of retiree benefits in chapter 11- and HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK (2) oppose any action under the General the reorganization chapter-cases involving OF CALIFORNIA Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which im­ plans that provide for liquidation. The objective IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pinges on the ability of the United States to of adequately protecting retirees in liquidation protect the global environment and world cases requires addressing liquidating chapter Wednesday, October 23, 1991 wildlife through the nondiscriminatory ap­ 11 cases as well as chapter 7 cases. Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to in­ plications of trade laws. The protection this bill extends to retirees in troduce a resolution to express the sense of liquidating chapter 1 cases does not disrupt Congress that the President should encourage the balance Bankruptcy Code section 1114 the GA TT members to protect the world envi­ INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION strikes between retiree needs and the exigen­ ronment and should resist actions under THAT PROVIDES PROTECTION cies of successful reorganization. The legisla­ GA TT which discourage the protection of the FOR RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS tion establishes a new priority for retiree environment and wildlife by the United States. IN BANKRUPTCY LIQUIDATION health benefit claims where reorganization In August, a GA TT panel determined that CASES does not succeed-without limiting any priority the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1990 treatment of such claims in successful or un­ which was passed to protect the unnecessary HON. BILL McCOLLUM successful reorganizations under other provi­ killing of dolphins is an illegal restriction on OF FLORIDA sions of law, including section 1114. Any re­ free trade. The Marine Mammal Protection Act IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tiree benefits in the Eastern Airlines bank­ requires that U.S. fishermen buy new equip­ Wednesday, October 23, 1991 ruptcy case, for example, that may be entitled ment and take certain precautions to avoid the to administrative expense treatment under cur­ incidental taking of dolphin. Recognizing that Mr~ MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, today I am rent law will continue to be entitled to adminis­ the United States fishing industry would be at pleased to introduce legislation that provides trative expense treatment if this bill is enacted. a disadvantage relative to foreign competitors protection for retiree health benefits in bank­ The experience of Eastern Airlines-and if tuna caught by foreign competitors using ruptcy liquidation cases. Although the impera­ broader concerns for the health care of retir­ cheaper methods could be imported, Con­ tive to help Eastern Airlines retirees is the ees and their families-justify an initiative that gress imposed an import ban on tuna from original impetus for this legislative effort, I rec­ goes beyond Public Law 100-334. I urge my countries such as Mexico that did not enact ognize that retirees of a number of companies colleagues in both bodies to join me in seek­ similar protections for dolphins. will face severe hardships in the years ahead ing passage of this legislation during the cur­ Mexico objected to the import ban and the if our law fails to take proper account of the rent session. GA TT panel ruled that our law to protect dol­ special equities of many individuals and fami­ phins-which we apply at home and on im­ lies confronting health benefit terminations. ports-creates an impermissible trade barrier. Three years ago Congress, in the aftermath RECOGNITION OF THE POLISH The recommendation has not yet been ap­ of the LTV bankruptcy filing, established a SUBCOMMITTEE OF RHODE IS­ proved by the 108 nation GATT. If approved, mechanism for safeguarding retiree health and LAND HERITAGE COMMISSION the United States would be required to rescind life insurance benefits in reorganization cases. the mammal protection act or become an The Retiree Benefits Bankruptcy Protection HON. RONALD K. MACHTLEY international trade outlaw. There has to be an­ Act of 1988 accorded recognition to retiree OF RHODE ISLAND needs in a context where discussion focused other option. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We are part of an international economy on viable companies on the road to successful sharing international resources. As our Nation reorganization. Public Law 100-334, however, Wednesday, October 23, 1991 and others work to protect our natural re­ did not contemplate the importance of Bank­ Mr. MACHTLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today sources, we must be allowed to enact provi­ ruptcy Code changes specifically designed for to recognize the Polish Subcommittee of the sions which can be fairly applied to all parties. liquidating bankruptcies. Rhode Island Heritage Commission. The issue is much broader than the case at The consequences of losing health benefits President Bush has proclaimed October as hand. We now have many environmental trea­ can be disastrous for retirees, spouses, and Polish Heritage Month. The Polish Subcommit­ ties. We now have many environmental trea­ dependents regardless of whether a company tee of the Rhode Island Heritage Commission ties and conventions which protect tropical for­ ultimately reorganizes successfully or faces was established to commemorate the history ests, migratory and endangered species, liquidation. Medical care expenses can prove and culture and to preserve the traditions of ocean ecosystems, the ozone layer as well as devastating for people lacking adequate insur­ Poland and Polish-Americans. In addition they control of toxic wastes and chemicals. We ance coverage. A single illness, as we all study the economic, social, political, and reli­ must be allowed to challenge our trading part­ know, can wipe out a lifetime of saving. Those gious aspects of Polonia and foster brother­ ners to deal with these issues as we impose who lose their health insurance often cannot hood and understanding among their citizens. environmental discipline here at home. obtain replacement coverage because of pre­ The Polish Subcommittee of the Rhode Island The text of my resolution is as follows: existing medical conditions. The expectations Heritage Commission is celebrating Polish H . CON. RES. - of retirees-who have earned health benefit Heritage Month by sponsoring the first annual Whereas the global environment and world coverage-must be effectuated if at all pos­ Polish-American heritage awards reception on wildlife is threatened by massive changes sible even in situations where businesses are October 25, 1991. caused by world industrialization and energy forced to liquidate in bankruptcy. The Committee has chosen 1O citizens from use; My bill will amend chapter 7-the liquidation the State of Rhode Island who have promoted Whereas it is essential for future genera­ chapter-of the Bankruptcy Code to establish Polish heritage in some way. One recipient in tions and for economic growth that all the a new priority for retiree health benefits-lim­ particular is Theodore Chmura, of Cum­ nations do more to protect the environment; and ited to an aggregate amount of $10,000 multi­ berland, RI, who passed away this summer. Whereas the United States and other na­ plied by the relevant number of former em­ He will be receiving a posthumous award for tions will continue to try to restrict the im­ ployees. The flexible formulation in this bill is his long-running Polish radio program that portation of goods and services that they be- designed to give a bankruptcy judge wide lati- helped to promote the culture of Polonia. October 23, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28375 Other recipients of the Polish-American Herit­ Pall's engineering expertise has enabled rather than appear incompetent our money age Award will be given Genevieve Augun, of revenues to easily filter down to its bottom is thrown at the symptoms to demonstrate Pawtucket, Cheryl Babiec, of Pawtucket, Jean­ line. By applying its technological know-how how sensitive, compassionate and responsive Janina Babiec, of Pawtucket, Raymond to products ranging from airplane-fuel en­ congressmen and senators are. More often gines to bottled beer, the company has been than not, this makes the problem worse. It is Babiec, of West Warwick, Anne-Anya able to record 20 consecutive years of sales like a doctor telling someone that is in pain Blaszkow, of North Smithfield, Constance growth at an annual average rate of 18 per­ because they have a broken leg to take a Lamansky, of Woonsocket, Wanda Moskwa, cent. Earnings have been even more impres­ pain killer and go for a walk. of Pawtucket, Dr. Dorothy Pieniadz, of Provi­ sive, expanding by an annual average of 32.5 Secondly, Congress operates on the prin­ dence, and Frances C. Sobczyk, of Central percent over the past two decades. Al though ciple of "the squeaky wheel getting the Falls. In addition awards will also be given to it is headquartered in the United States, Pall grease". There can be no question that was two fifth graders who submitted essays on the is well on its way to becoming a truly global in the hearts and minds of our founding fa­ topic, "Why I am Proud to be Polish." The company. In fiscal 1991, for example, sales thers when they established the framework winners will be Agata Kozminski, of growth in Europe and Asia rocketed along at for our form of government. They were flee­ 18 percent and 31 percent respectively; in the ing tyranny. The words in our Constitution Woonsocket, and Diane Azepecki, of Paw­ United States, the figure was just 8 percent. we so hotly debate were meant to protect the tucket. Pall's ability to expand and dominate in majority (those governed) from the minority It is with great pleasure that I extend my both the United States and Europe has been (those governing). Those who have been de­ sincere congratulations to all the award win­ aided by duplicate manufacturing facilities nied their rights under the Constitution have ners, chairpersons of the event Walter and on both sides of the Atlantic. This has al­ suffered because of politics not as the result Edwina Piekarski, and to all the people in­ lowed the company to save roughly 10 per­ of a structural weakness in our Constitution. volved in the first annual Polish-American her­ cent on shipping and duty costs on European The granting or withholding of privilege, itage awards reception. I am pleased to join orders and has helped safeguard the firm rights, or powers based on age, sex, race, pol­ with the Polish Subcommittee of the Rhode Is­ against protectionist fever on the Continent. itics, economic status, sexual preference, land Heritage Commission, and the whole Pol­ Pall recently completed an accelerated, five­ etc, etc., is tyranny. The prostitution of year capital expenditure program, with most members of this body to special interests and ish community in celebrating Polish Heritage of the outlay being poured into six British minority groups whose interests are con­ Month. plants. trary to the Constitution or the majority of Because Pall has successfully spread its the electorate, is tyranny. corporate tentacles around the world, ana­ You are presiding over and legislating our PALL-BLEEDING ITS OPPONENTS lysts believe that the filter company is ex­ economic, moral, and spiritual decline. DRY tremely well positioned for the future. By Blaming a lack of leadership from the execu­ 1994, they say, Pall could easily be a Sl bil­ tive branch does not relieve you of the re­ HON.ROBERTJ. MRAZEK lion enterprise with healthy profits, the life­ sponsibility your authority entails. The so­ OF NEW YORK blood of any corporate body, surging through lutions to our problems do not lie in foster­ its veins. ing class envy or social polarization. Increas­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ingly repressive, punitive, and economically Wednesday, October 23, 1991 crippling taxation is fiscally irresponsible. Mr. MRAZEK. Mr. Speaker, this week, U.S. OPEN LETTER TO THE CONGRESS Redistributing wealth from those who earn News & World Report published an article on it to those who do not is indefensible. Free­ dom is not advanced by institutionalizing five U.S. businesses that are outworking and HON. DAN BURTON economic dependency. These common char­ outsmarting their foreign competition. I ~m OF INDIANA acteristics of legislation may build a con­ proud to point out that one of these firms, the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES stituency, but they will not build and sus­ Pall Corp., is located within my own congres­ tain a great nation. sional district. Wednesday, October 23, 1991 Hopefully the politically motivated at­ It has always been my sense that the future Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I re­ tempts to destroy Judge Thomas will so out­ of our economy lies in not closing our doors cently received an interesting letter from one rage, polarize and mobilize the silent major­ to competition but rather beating our trade ad­ of my dear friends who has expressed con­ ity in this country that you will no longer be versaries in the world arena. The Pall Corp. is cern about what's going on here in the Con­ able to rely on voter apathy to perpetuate your tenure. a shining example of just how that can be gress of the United States. Sincerely, done. Frank Cox is a very successful business­ FRANK M. Cox. I would ask that this article be inserted in man as well as a sound thinker, and I believe the RECORD. his thoughts express the views of many who P ALlr-BLEEDING ITS OPPONENTS DRY do not take the time to contact their Congress­ TRIBUTE TO ERNIE HARWELL Pall Corp. has vanquished two Japanese ri­ men to express their views. vals in a fierce battle over next-generation Because Mr. Cox' letter was so thoughtful HON. CARL D. PURSELL filters that drain blood of potentially harm­ and well written, I thought my colleagues OF MICHIGAN ful white cells known as leukocytes. The $657 might find it beneficial to read it as well. million Long Island-based firm has tradi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Therefore, I am submitting it to the CONGRES­ tionally commanded about 50 percent of the Wednesday, October 23, 1991 marketplace in overall blood filters, but SIONAL RECORD for all Members perusal. when it recently confronted Asahi, a $5 bil­ FRANK M. Cox, Mr. PURSELL. Mr. Speaker, a good friend lion chemical conglomerate, and Terumo, an Roseville, CA, October 14 , 1991. of mine broadcasted his final game October 6, $850 million medical products company, it OPEN LETTER TO THE CONGRESS OF THE 1991. For 30 years, this very special person was faced with one of the stiffest competi­ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Recent events has been welcomed into millions of Michigan tive challenges in its history. have highlighted how bankrupt, unethical, homes and he filled those homes with the ex­ Pall turned back the Japanese attack on immoral, and ineffective the institution, of citement of American baseball at its best. its market position with superior tech­ which you are a member, really is. I refer to nology. In the early 1980s, the company had the economy, the banking and restaurant When Ernie Harwell walked through the created a filter that removed roughly 90 per­ scandals, and the Clarence Thomas con­ doors of Tiger Stadium in 1960, it was evident cent of all leukocytes. Not satisfied, the firmation hearings (lynching). I am sick to that he was to become not only a Michigan firm's researchers improved this product and death of hearing your performance excused baseball legend, but an American baseball released a filter that was even more effective by the phrase, "that's politics". Politics is legend. His unique style of baseball broad­ than its predecessor. Terumo and Asahi, who about power, special interests, and votes. casting has earned him the designation of one were selling older-generation filters that Politics gets you elected to a position where of the greatest in baseball's 70 year history. I represented only a tiny fraction of their you are sworn to protect and defend the best will submit for the record an article from the product lines, hungered for a slice of the new interests of all of the people, not just those market. But Pall's focus on filters allowed it that elected you. New York Times which summarizes well this to build a better product and beat its ambi­ Congress is incapable of solving the prob­ icon. tious competitors to market. Says Asahi lems this country faces for two reasons. As an avid Detroit Tigers fan, I always Senior Vice President Takeyuki Miyamura, First, its members cannot even agree on looked forward to listening to Ernie's energetic "Pall is very tough." what the problems really are. Consequently, play-by-play. I have had the good fortune to 28376 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1991 meet and get to know Ernie. On many Some of his signature lines bear repeating. I can't allow myself to be bitter. We all have occassions we would discuss the pros and When a batter takes strike three, "He stood to move along." cons of new players, and the prospects of this there like the house on the side of the road." In moving around the American League year's Tigers. I am very lucky to have such a When a neat double play is executed, it's cities this season, Harwell has discouraged "two for the price of one." His soft Georgia making his travels into any kind of farewell friend. accent has inspired imitation from many a Through the many managers and players, tour, since he won't decide until the season loyal listener who trumpets an impending ends if he'll retire or continue working some­ the roads traveled and the changes in the rally with, "Here come the Tig-ahs * * *" where else. "I don't want to be one of those game itself, there has been one constant in If you ever heard Harwell during a rain guys who says goodbye and then comes back baseball, and that is Ernie Harwell. As we rec­ delay, you would know that nobody can spin next month." he said with perfect clarity ognize his special role in the great American better tales about the quirks and oddities of and, perhaps, a trace of humor. "That's kind sport, we know we will miss him, but we know the game's personalities. Maybe it's a gift of embarrassing." that evolved from the Southern upbringing even more that he will always be with us. he shares with Mel Allen and Red Barber, a SOUND OF THE TIGERS WILL LOSE PERFECT culture where families and neighbors would PITCH sit on porches at twilight and regale each (By Bruce Shlain) other with stories. BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL AW ARD FOR After 32 years as the voice of the Detroit He has collected favorite anecdotes in his BISHOP O'DOWD HIGH SCHOOL IN Tigers, Ernie Harwell will broadcast his final autobiography, "Tuned to Baseball," and in OAKLAND regular-season game for the team today in the recent "Diamond Gems," detailing some Baltimore. The historian Curt Smith, who of his memorable meetings with baseball's wrote "Voices of the Game," rates him as remarkable men, from Ty Cobb up to today's HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK "one of the three or four greatest announc­ stars. But during a broadcast he won't inter­ OF CALIFORNIA ers in the 70-year history of baseball broad- weave stories through an at-bat, which Vin casting." ' Scully has made into his specialty. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Most fans who identify Harwell with the "I only give myself 10 or 15 seconds for a Wednesday, October 23, 1991 Tigers don't realize he did play-by-play for story because I don't want to slop over into the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948, sharing the the next pitch," Harwell said. "People tune Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I wish to con­ "catbird seat" with Red Barber, nor that he in to hear a ball game, not the announcer. gratulate Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oak­ presided over one of baseball's-and New For the same reason, I don't like the empha­ land, CA, for receiving the Blue Ribbon School sis today on statistics, because it doesn't York's-most historic moments 40 years ago Award. This award is given out annually by this week. As the New York Giants' an­ allow the listener to breathe. I prefer not to nouncer, Harwell broadcast Bobby Thom­ clutter up the air with anything but the the Department of Education to elementary son's epic playoff-winning homer on Oct. 3, basic state." and secondary schools across the country 1951 on the first coast-to-coast live television For Harwell, the game's truly the thing, which have achieved a level of excellence in production. "Today nobody knows I was on and this credo, more than mere lip service, is education. the air that day," he said. "They made no what allows him to describe a ball game with These exemplary schools are judged by a such remarkable clarity. He knows that his tape of the game." panel of experts on a number of criteria, in­ But Harwell's mastery in the booth is not audience checks in and out during a game, so as much about historic moments as it is he always sets and resets the scene. cluding strong leadership, shared purpose, a about continuity. "I think what Ernie does literally better climate conducive to effective teaching and Somehow he brings the proper pitch and than anyone," said Jon Miller, the Orioles teacher growth and recognition, a shared con­ phrasing to a whole season, with a rhythm and ESPN announcer, "is to repeatedly give viction that all students can learn, evidence of and pacing that only a select few have ever you the score, the inning, the base runners, impressive academic performance and re­ commanded. In many ways a Harwell broad­ the count, how many outs. To me, that's his sponsible behavior on the part of students, a cast is profoundly musical, as befits a man genius." Harwell heard his first baseball broadcast high degree of involvement by parents and the who has published 55 songs with composers broader community in school affairs, and a such as Johnny Mercer. The poet and base­ on a crystal set when he was 8 years old-the ball author Donald Hall confesses to warm­ 1926 World Series when Grover Cleveland Al­ can-do approach to problem solving. ing himself in the winter by playing Harwell exander struck out Tony Lazzeri. "You had Since its inception, 40 years ago, Bishop tapes: "It's not to re-enter a game but to to hold a piece of wire-they called it a 'cat O'Dowd has long been recognized for its out­ hear the wonderful cadence in his voice, lull­ whisker'-in a small pool of mercury and you standing achievement as an educational insti­ ing and even hypnotic, but always compel­ had to hold it just right for the station to tution. A Catholic, coeducational high school come in," he recalled. "I sat there for two ling." administered by the Basilian Fathers for the Many an announcer has aspired to sound­ hours, not moving a muscle, listening to ing as if talking to a friend in his living every pitch." Diocese of Oakland, Bishop O'Dowd has room, but Harwell effortlessly establishes TREASURES COMIC MOMENTS achieved impressive results in the area of col­ the same rapport on the air as he does in per­ After a stint with the Orioles, he settled lege-preparatory education. Ninety-five percent son. As the crime writer laureate Elmore into the Tiger job in 1960. Further evidence of O'Dowd graduates go on to College and Leonard put it: "He goes out of his way to to an undertone of energetic good humor three times the number of O'Dowd graduates make contact with people, to touch people. that has always distinguished his style, complete bachelor's degree programs as do He's not the least bit aloof or taken with Harwell treasures the comic moments just as so nationally. The school also has an impres­ himself or his position." fondly as the dramatic game-winning hits. sive Advanced Placement Program which al­ Two generations of Tiger fans have grown There was the time, for instance, that Norm up listening to Harwell while mowing the lows students to earn college credit while still Cash brought a table leg to the plate in a in high school. O'Dowd also offers students lawn, on picnics, at the beach, in their cars, failed attempt to distract Nolan Ryan from or from their night stands. Any longtime an­ throwing a no-hitter in 1973. the opportunity to participate in a wide range nouncer begins to fit like an old shoe, but Harwell was never a "homer." There's no of sports and activities. Harwell has been accepted like a member of artificial hype of a game or play, no show-biz Besides striving for academic excellence, the family, everybody's Uncle Ernie. theatricality. But how much more of a O'Dowd also focuses in its mission to develop Indeed, Harwell has become such a habit in hometown announcer can you be than to say Michigan and the Midwest that many associ­ the moral character of its students and to help it's a beautiful day, there are seats available, them make a difference in their communities. ate him with the changing of the seasons, and you should come on out to the park? the signal that soon the weather will be Now 73, Harwell doesn't think that he has The school has a variety of academic and ex­ warmer and the days longer. Each year, on lost a step. "If you tuned me in during the tracurricular programs to help accomplish this the first broadcast from spring training, the 50's," he said, "It would sound pretty much goal. Each student at O'Dowd is treated as a devoutly religious Harwell has recited from the same." unique individual with particular needs and in­ the biblical Song of Solomon: He admits that his Tiger finale will be a terests. For the winter is past, somewhat melancholy occasion. Harwell still By achieving impressive academic stand­ The rain is over and gone; doesn't know how the decision to dismiss The flowers appear on the earth; him germinated in the Tiger organization. ards and creating a strong sense of commu­ The time of the song of the birds has come, "My main reaction has been one of puzzle­ nity within its student body, Bishop O'Dowd is And the voice of the turtle is heard in our ment," he said. "I've had so much support as deserving as any school in the country of land. from people, and that's been very gratifying. a Blue Ribbon School Award. October 23, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28377 AMERICANS SHOULD THANK GOD celebrated its 126th anniversary. Let me tell master. He served as the supervisor of the FOR THE DISINTEGRATION OF you just a bit of this church's history so you Shieldstown School on Linden Avenue . He COMMUNISM IN WHAT WAS THE can understand what a remarkable occasion helped form the Colored Mechanics of Knox­ SOVIET UNION this is. ville, and served as an officer. He was pastor of the church from 1856 to 1884, and died in The members of Shiloh have long been ac­ 1886. HON. C. CHRISTOPHER COX tive participants in the Knoxville community. A An outstanding charter member of the OF CALIFORNIA charter member of Shiloh, James Mason, was church was James Mason. Born a slave in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the city's first black taxpayer in 1866. Knox County, he bought his freedom by Shiloh's second pastor, the Rev. Job Child doing odd jobs, and was saving money to buy Wednesday, October 23, 1991 Lawrence, was a leader in the movement call­ his wife's freedom. In the meantime, slavery Mr. COX of California. Mr. Speaker, every ing for appointments for blacks. On January was abolished, so he bought a house with his American should thank God for the disintegra­ 26, 1888, he was elected by the Knoxville savings and became the city's first black taxpayer in 1866. tion of communism in what was the Soviet Board of Education to fill a vacancy on that Union and the great expansion of democracy In 1879, Mason established the first school body. for black deaf students in his home. He and in recent years. The reason I want to pay tribute to this fine his family trained them until the state ac­ Ms. Paula Dobriansky, Associate Director church is that I do not think our churches get quired property for them on Dandridge Ave­ for Programs for the U.S. Information Agency, the recognition they deserve. A church teach­ nue in 1883. He became a city policeman in recently offered some provocative insights into es its members some of the most important 1884 and served on the force for 18 years. the times in which we live. Excerpts were re­ lessons we can ever learn such as compas­ Shiloh's second pastor was the Rev. Job printed in the Washington Post on October 16. sion, honesty, integrity, morality, generosity, Child Lawrence, who came in 1884. He was a I submit those excerpts for the consideration and tolerance. native of Tennessee who attended Maryville of my colleagues and the readers of the CON­ College and graduated from Howard Univer­ Shiloh has been reinforcing these high sity in 1879. He spent much of his early ca­ GRESSIONAL RECORD. standards for 126 years. That is a remarkable reer establishing churches along the foothills [From the Washington Post, Oct. 16, 1991) contribution to our society, and I am grateful of the Great Smoky Mountains and the Ap­ FOR THE RECORD that the members of the Shiloh Presbyterian palachian range. (From an address last week in Washington Church are a part of the Knoxville community. In Knoxville, Lawrence became a political by Paula Dobriansky, associate director for The following is from an article about Shiloh activist and was in the forefront of demand­ programs for the United States Information that appeared in the Knoxville Journal: ing political appointments for blacks. On Agency:) Jan. 26, 1888, he was elected by the Knoxville WHITE CHURCH BALCONIES TO SHILOH In addition to the most recent stunning Board of Education to fill a vacancy on that geopolitical transformations, such as the PRESBYTERIAN body. The vote was 5--3. promising prospects for nuclear and conven­ (By Robert Booker) Because of the cries that Lawrence's elec­ tional arms reduction . . . the prospect of Shiloh Presbyterian Church, at 904 Biddle tion would eventually lead to the integration an end to the regional conflicts of the 1980s­ St., is celebrating its 126th anniversary this of schools, he was never allowed to take his in El Salvador, Angola, Afghanistan and year. Founded in 1865, its congregation was seat. The state Supreme Court, on Oct. 19, even Cambodia-and the diminution of the composed of some of the most influential 1889, ruled his election invalid because of a threat of war in central Europe, we are con­ black people in Tennessee. Some of its pas­ technicality. fronted by . . . unparalleled prospects for tors were quintessential leaders in fostering With the widening of Henley Street, Shiloh the expansion of democracy on every con­ race relations, participating in government, built a new church at the corner of Church tinent. and building racial pride. and Lithgoe in 1930. This edifice cost $40,000. Indeed, the universality of democracy ... In its existence, the church has survived a Because of an urban renewal project, the is demonstrated by the fact that democratic fire, relocation because of street widening, church moved to its present location on Bid­ appeal transcends geographic, racial and cul­ and uprooting by urban renewal. In its in­ dle Street. tural boundaries. In that respect, our Found­ fancy, it met on a lawn and a back porch. It Through the years its dynamic pastors and ing Fathers were right: All men are created met in homes, a school, and even the old solid members have played a great role in with certain inalienable rights. To be sure, Gem Theatre, until it erected a building. the development of Knoxville. democracy has ebbed and flowed in the past. During the period of slavery, both free Robert Booker is executive director of Respected political scientists, such as Sam­ blacks and slaves were allowed to sit in the Knoxville's Beck Cultural Center and a regu­ uel Huntington, have observed that following balcony of white churches on Sunday. Many lar Knoxville Journal columnist. the collapse of the Napoleonic Empire in 1815 were never comfortable and wanted their and in the aftermath of World War I, a num­ own churches. In May 1865, the General As­ ber of countries seemed to embark on a path sembly of the Presbyterian Church USA held RESULTS OF THE 1990 CENSUS of democracy- yet, most of these democratic a meeting to consider the desires of those gains proved fragile. Recently, in some coun­ who wanted to organize a church in Knox­ tries, like China, democratic revolutions ville. HON. LEE H. HAMILTON have been stymied, and in other states, like At the time, there were 12 blacks who reg­ OF INDIANA Haiti, we seem to be witnessing a pendulum ularly attended services at Second Pres­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES swinging between a positive move toward de­ byterian Church, and one who attended First mocracy and a return to the brutal past. I Presbyterian Church. On Sept. 4, 1865, a Wednesday, October 23 , 1991 believe firmly, however, that the current meeting was held at Second Presbyterian, Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to round of democratic revolutions is unique­ and Shiloh was organized. insert my Washington report for Wednesday, the advent of modern means of communica­ The Rev. George Washington Levere be­ October 23, 1991 into the CONGRESSIONAL tions combined with an innate human aspi­ came its first pastor on Feb. 9, 1866. Born in RECORD: ration for democracy means that all tyrants Brooklyn, and educated in schools there, he are living on borrowed time. These trends had served as a chaplain in the 20th Regi­ RESULTS OF THE 1990 CENSUS are reinforced by the fact that we and our al­ ment of the U.S. Colored Infantry. He had The Census Bureau has started releasing lies have made the pursuit of democracy a read theology under a Dr. Starrs, and served information from the 1990 census, and, while key part of our foreign policy. as a pastor and teacher in a day school under still preliminary, this information offers im­ the auspices of the General Assembly for portant insights into the changes that are Freedmen. taking place in this country. The census pro­ SHILOH PRESBYTERIAN CELE- It was during LeVere's ministry that a lot vides data on housing, employment, income, BRATES ITS 126TH ANNIVERSARY was purchased by Shiloh and a frame build­ education and other matters used widely by ing was erected on it at the corner of Henley the public and private sectors, and helps de­ Street and Clinch Avenue at a cost of $3,300. termine how Federal resources will be allo­ HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. By 1875 the congregation had outgrown that cated. It will also help guide policy decisions OF TENNESSEE building, and a new one was erected, with in the years ahead. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the corner laid on Aug. 28, 1875. Population Trends: The census shows that Wednesday, October 23, 1991 Levere was one of the most active men in the national population has grown by 9.8 per­ the state. In 1870, he was a charter member cent over the last 10 years to 250 million. The Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, last week the of the Meridian Lodge No. 4 of the Free and South and the West account for most of that Shiloh Presbyterian Church of Knoxville, TN Acepted Masons where he served as grand growth. Southern States grew by 13.4 percent 28378 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1991 and Western States by 22.3 percent. In con­ struggling to build consensus for a more di­ plishment for exposing once and for all the trast the Midwest grew by only 1.4 percent. verse population. link between Japan's closed corporate sys­ Political power and Federal resources will Families: The census shows that the Amer­ tem and the "success" of Japan's economy. follow these population trends from the Mid­ ican family is under stress. The size of the As an oil man, I've drilled my share of dry west and Northeast to the South and West. family contracted from 3.33 persons in 1960 to holes, but I've always prided myself in know­ Indiana has grown at a much slower rate 2.63 persons in 1990. Divorce is partially re­ ing when to plug them. I decided to sell than the rest of the country. The state's pop­ sponsible for this trend, and the number of Boone Co. 's 26 percent stake in Koito back to ulation has grown by 1 percent to 5,544,159. children living in single-parent homes con­ its former owner. I did not realize a profit, The 9th Congressional District gained 24 ,734 tinues to grow. Some households, however, but there is an eminently valuable moral to new inhabitants since 1980, a 3.6 percent in­ have grown in recent years as more unmar­ my story. One that if not heeded by all crease. Because Indiana's population did not ried young adults are staying home and more Americans, promises to profoundly alter the keep pace with the rest of the country, it aging baby boomers are now having children. very foundation of our economic system. stands to receive relatively less Federal Families face increasing financial burdens, I will continue to fight the battle on other funding than faster growing States. Indiana such as higher health care and housing costs. fronts. But the fight for a two-way economic will still have ten Members in the U.S. House These costs are driving both spouses into the street with Japan will ultimately have to be of Representatives. workplace. These problems are particularly waged and won by our policy-makers. That Suburbanization: The census also shows acute for single-parent families, as divorce will only happen when we accept the fact that Americans continue to move from rural tends to lower living standards for mothers that Japan's economic success is the result and urban areas to suburbs. After a renais­ and children. The census also shows that, of a rigged system. Then we must negotiate sance in the 1970's, rural America was hard over the last ten years, the rich got richer, with the Japanese accordingly. hit by the recession of the early 1980's. Rural the poor got poorer, and the middle class What I have learned as the largest share­ areas are growing only half as fast as the shrank in size at twice the rate as in the holder of Koito is that most of the popular country as a whole. Agriculture has contin­ 1970's. wisdom about the source of Japan Inc.'s in­ ued to decline as a source of jobs, and many Families are increasingly looking to gov­ credible success over the past few decades is manufacturing plants that had moved to ernment to help make ends meet. The fed­ pure myth. Japan Inc. is not smarter, more rural areas to find cheap labor in the 1960's eral government has responded by providing agile and more efficient than America-it is and 1970's, moved offshore in the 1980's. Rural tax benefits to defray child care costs and simply based on business principles that population has now slipped from 26 percent expanding benefits for low-income Ameri­ America spurned almost a century ago when in 1980, to 23 percent in 1990. cans with children. Congress is considering we outlawed trusts, monopolies and cartels. Perhaps most striking, though, is the exo­ tax relief and other proposals targeted to We never said those principles did not dus from U.S. cities to suburbs. Over 48 per­ American families. work-the question was, work for whom and cent of Americans now live in suburbs, while Aging Population: The census shows that at a cost to whom? the urban population has declined to 30 per­ America is aging. 12.6 percent of the popu­ Sure, I know why the Japanese prize their cent. Urban areas bordering on the 9th Dis­ lation is now 65 years or older. In Indiana's system of corporate cartels. Cartels are more trict reflect this trend. Over the last ten 9th District the median age has risen over efficient and give executives more control years Cincinnati suffered a 5.5 percent popu­ the last decade from 29.4 years in 1980 to 33.4 over everything from suppliers to the mar­ lation loss and Louisville shrank by 9.9 per­ years, and will rise higher if young people ket. On the downside, though, cartels ulti­ cent. The counties in Indiana outside these continue to move away in search of jobs. The mately limit consumer choices and increase urban areas have grown, however. Hoosier median age for the state is now 32.8 years. prices. Simply put, they are a beautiful way counties near Cincinnati grew by 11.4 per­ The aging of America will create new fi­ to get rich while squeezing out competitors cent, while those close to Louisville grew by nancial burdens, especially when the baby and exploiting consumers. Unfortunately, 2.7 percent. Brown and Monroe counties, boomers reach retirement age. Future work­ since the competitors have to be squeezed which lie outside of Indianapolis, have grown ers will have to pay more for entitlement out first, the consumers are the last to by 13.8 percent and 10.3 percent, respectively. programs for the elderly. There are now 3.4 know, and by then it is too late. Anyone who As the population of rural and urban areas workers for every Social Security recipient. reads the business section even once a week across the country continues to shrink, so By 2030 there will be fewer than two. A should know that is exactly what the Japa­ will their political clout and their access to smaller workforce may resent paying more nese are doing in America. Federal funding. These trends will place payroll taxes for relatively better-off retir­ In Japan, these cartels even have a special strains on rural areas as they struggle to ees. name. They call them "keiretsus." Keiretsus provide improved roads, schools and health Conclusion: The census tells us who we are are intricately interlocking webs of share­ care. Cities may have less resources in fight­ as a people, and how we are changing as a ownership and corporate board memberships ing drug abuse, crime, poverty, homeless­ country. It also affords us an opportunity to that give a handful of Japanese corporations ness, and failing infrastructure. Suburbs are look into the future and prepare for it. at the top of the pyramids virtual feudal the new power base of American politics, but control over vast networks of suppliers and face challenges of their own, including inad­ workers. equate public services and roads. BOONE PICKENS ON JAPANESE It's clear Japan Inc. is not just transplant­ Diversity: The census indicates that the KEIRETSU CARTEL SYSTEM ing factories in America but also its keiretsu country is becoming more diverse. Roughly 1 system. It's just a matter of time before in 4 Americans is now Hispanic or non-white. American consumers feel the keiretsu wrath Blacks are 12 percent of the population, His­ HON. LAWRENCE J. SMITII just as the Japanese have. panics 9 percent, Asian-Americans 3 percent, OF FLORIDA In a report due to be released in May, the and Native Americans 1 percent. Immigra­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mid-America Project identifies 61 companies tion, mostly of Asians and Hispanics, ac­ in Toyota's American keiretsu and 60 compa­ counted for more than a third of the overall Wednesday, October 23, 1991 nies in Nissan's American keiretsu. Data on population growth in the 1980's. Most immi­ Mr. SMITH of Florida. Mr. Speaker, in an more than 1,200 other Japanese companies grants settled in coastal cities, while States excellent opinion piece on October 21, noted operating in Mid-America continues to be in the interior of the country, including Indi­ American businessman T. Boone Pickens collected and analyzed by researchers and ana, remain largely dominated by whites of again warned the United States about the Jap­ evidence of other keiretsu activity is appar­ European origin. ent. Ethnic and racial diversity is having a pro­ anese keiretsu system. The success of keiretsu is its ability to found impact on our country. Immigrants I recommend Mr. Pickens' article to anybody lock Americans out of Japanese markets and minorities will play a critical role in who is concerned about our trade policy. while eliminating competitors in the United meeting future labor needs, but, in an econ­ [From the Washington Times, Oct. 21, 1991) States. According to Commerce Undersecre­ omy that places a premium on skills and tary for International Trade Michael Farren, education, these Americans may be at a dis­ POPULAR MYTHS OF CORPORATE JAPAN Japan has exported more than $11 billion in advantage in seeking higher-paying jobs. (By T. Boone Pickens) auto parts to the United States during the School systems, especially in New York and OK, Toyota. OK, Koito, I give. After more past two years, while allowing only $640 mil­ California, are educating more students than two years as the largest shareholder in lion worth of American parts into Japan. whose first language is not English. States Koito Manufacturing, it became clear to me This figure alone accounts for 11 percent of and communities are working to absorb im­ that you will never grant my request for rep­ our total trade deficit with Japan. migrant groups into their economies and ad­ resentation on Koito's board. I'll remain an outspoken critic of Japan's dress their social and cultural needs. Immi­ Yes, I was fed up with Toyota's keiretsu system. I've submitted testimony in grants are also seeking more representation stonewalling and moved on to other things. the U.S. Federal Trade Commission inves­ in political institutions, and legislatures are But I have moved on with a sense of accom- tigation of whether Japan is violating our October 23, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28379 antitrust laws by exporting its keiretsu sys­ Fred Merryfield, it is now the country's leading was selected to assist the U.S. EPA in identi­ tem to the United States. environmental engineering firm. fying hazardous waste sites, and in 1982 the I've urged Congress to continue pursuing During his tenure, Moyer helped to establish firm's role was expanded to manage the REM/ Internal Revenue Service reports that Japan CH2M HILL, Ltd., and the subsidiary compa­ is dodging up to $34 billion in U.S. taxes each FIT portion of the Superfund Program in 29 year by underreporting the earnings of nies that extend a range of environmental and Western States and U.S. territories. In 1984 keiretsu-member companies. Congress is also other services to Federal, State, municipal and CH2M HILL was selected to manage considering trade reciprocity legislation to private sector clients. CH2M HILL, Inc., the Superfund's REM-IV Program, and in 1988 close U.S. markets until Japan allows us ac­ original environmental consulting engineering the EPA chose CH2M HILL to manage Alter­ cess to its markets. company, remains the largest and primary native Remedial Contracting projects through­ Boone Co. encouraged U.S. Structural Im­ business in the family of corporations. Indus­ out the Nation. More recently, CH2M HILL has pediment Initiative negotiators to focus on trial Design Corp., Inc. [IDC] was established also been assisting the hazardous waste keiretsu, resulting in Japan's pledge to make to provide development services such as cleanup efforts of DOD, DOE, other Federal keiretsu "more transparent" by requiring disclosure of keiretsu ties. Now U.S. nego­ clean room design to private industry. Oper­ Departments and Agencies, State and local tiators must make them honor their pledge. ations Management International, Inc. [OMI] governments, and the private sector. We helped start the Mid-America Project was formed to provide water and wastewater Moyer's personal contributions to the field of that, with the support of unions representing facility management services to public and pri­ environmental engineering have included two 35,000 workers in a six-state region, is help­ vate clients. Now contracted to manage treat­ landmark achievements in design for ad­ ing communities better understand the eco­ ment facilities in more than 40 communities in vanced wastewater treatment and clean water nomic impact of keiretsu on Main Street. the United States and abroad, OMI has estab­ protection-the South Tahoe Public Utility Dis­ We also led the call for Japan's govern­ lished an exemplary record for improving treat­ trict Water Reclamation Project in Lake Tahoe, ment to pressure corporate Japan to increase CA; and the Regional Water Reclamation Plan the dividends paid to small shareholders and ment plant performance and adherence to encouraged other shareholder rights. local and U.S. EPA pollutant discharge limits. for the Upper Occoquan Sewage Authority in Based on my experiences in Japan, Amer­ Under Moyer's direction in the past year, northern Virginia. In each case, Moyer man­ ican policy-makers first will have to ac­ CH2M HILL, ltd. has expanded its operations aged the engineering and design of tertiary knowledge that the Japanese government by forming a subsidiary company to conduct wastewater treatment facilities that rep­ may be powerless in the face of keiretsu. All environmental engineering and consulting resented technical breakthroughs for their era. government officials we approached said work overseas. The new subsidiary, CH2M Harlan Moyer will continue on special as­ Toyota is a power unto itself. HILL International [CHIL], has opened offices signment to CH2M HI LL. The United States should resolve that our antitrust laws are not only essential to our in Denver, London, Taipei, Alexandria, and free enterprise system, but that they will be Cairo, and is teaming with Gutteridge, Haskins IN HONOR OF GLENN AND PAT enforced wherever American commerce is at and Davey, Pty., Ltd., of Sydney to jointly per­ OLEA'S 50TH WEDDING ANNIVER­ work. That means stopping cartels from sell­ form environmental projects in Australia. SARY ing products in our markets and halting the In addition to serving as president and CEO keiretsu invasion of our economy. of CH2M HILL, Ltd., Moyer held similar posi­ From a trade negotiating standpoint, we tions in CH2M HILL, Inc. He retired from those HON. LEONE. PANETTA should sit down with the Japanese, show responsibilities for the engineering subsidiary OF CALIFORNIA them a copy of the free trade agreement with in 1990 and was succeeded by Lyle G. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Canada, and tell them we have six months to Wednesday, October 23, 1991 negotiate something similar or we start Hassebroek. As President of CH2M HILL, Inc., erecting trade barriers to match theirs. In­ Mr. Moyer guided the consulting engineering Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to vestment reciprocity restrictions would be firm over 13 years into an enviable position of pay tribute to Glenn and Pat Olea on their the first place to start. They can't invest professional leadership in the environmental 50th wedding anniversary, which they will cel­ here until we can do the same there. That engineering community. During his tenure ebrate on November 2, 1991. Glenn and Pat should get their attention. Renaming Japan CH2M HILL, Inc., grew from a regional engi­ have been an inspiration and source of en­ as an unfair trader under Super 301 is an­ neering firm of 1,300 employees to a nation­ couragement to those who know them be­ other place we can start. But most importantly, the moral to my wide one of more than 4,500 individuals that cause of their understanding and dedication to story is that we should stop blaming our­ provide planning, design, operations and pro­ each other and the community. selves, see Japan's keiretsu for the unfair gram management services concentrated in Glenn Olea joined the Philippine Scouts in cartels that they are, and then threaten environmental protection and resource con­ 1936 at Fort William McKinley, Philippines. their very existence before it's too late. servation. From a base of 21 offices, mostly Glenn and Pat were married in 1941. One located in the western United States, CH2M month later they were faced with war as the HI LL has expanded to 60 offices across the Japanese invaded the Philippines. Glenn Olea HARLAN E. MOYER RETIRES AS continent and overseas during Moyer's presi­ fought at Bataan to prevent a Japanese take­ PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECU­ dency. CH2M HILL is involved in more than over of Manila, while Pat Olea was evacuated TIVE OFFICER OF CH2M HILL, 4,000 active projects across North America. with other families to the north side of the is­ LTD. One of those is the $1.7 billion Milwaukee land. In June, 1945, upon liberation of the Metropolitan Sewage District project. Philippines, Glenn was assigned to Japan with HON. MIKE KOPETSKI Under Moyer's leadership CH2M HILL has the 24th Infantry Division, and was joined in OF OREGON broken new technical ground in the areas of 1948 by Pat and their 3-year-old daughter, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES water and wastewater treatment, hazardous Judy. Soon after, Glenn received orders that and toxic waste management, water resource would send him and his family to the United Wednesday, October 23, 1991 management and environmental planning. States, where they would be stationed at Fort Mr. KOPETSKI. Mr. Speaker, I call to your Over the past decade, CH2M Hill's work in Carson, CO. Glenn was wounded in the Ko­ attention and that of my colleagues the retire­ these areas has earned more than 70 awards rean war and upon returning from Korea to the ment of a giant in the Consulting Engineering for engineering and environmental excellence. United States, Glenn and his family were sta­ Profession, Harlan E. Moyer of CH2M HILL, These honors have included national recogni­ tioned at Fort Ord, CA. After 30 years of dedi­ ltd., who is being honored at a company din­ tion from the American Consulting Engineers cated service, Glenn retired from active mili­ ner on October 30, 1991. In July of 1991 Council, the U.S. Environmental Protection tary duty. Moyer retired as president and chief executive Agency, and Canada's top engineering Throughout this military career, Glenn Olea officer of CH2M HILL, Ltd., the parent and honor-the Schreyer Award. In addition to received a number of commendations for his holding company for the CH2M HILL family of these honors Moyer earned a Presidential ci­ service and bravery. His decorations include companies. The largest of those subsidiaries tation for contributions to solving the Nation's the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, the Purple is CH2M HILL, Inc., which has its roots in Cor­ pollution problems. Heart, the Combat Infantry Badge, the Good vallis, OR, in my district. Begun in 1946 by During the 1980's, Moyer guided CH2M Conduct Medal, the Philippine Presidential four Oregon partners with a vision, Holly Cor­ Hill's entry into the field of hazardous and Unit Citation, and the Korean Presidential Unit nell, Jim Howland, Burke Hayes and the late toxic waste management. In 1980 CH2M HILL Citation. 28380 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1991 Since 1957, Glenn and Pat have been ex­ welcomed his offer. Subsequently, the church tation. On the basis of these hearings, I have tensively involved with the City of Seaside, was built and consecrated on October 29, developed a new bill which will be marked up and their commitment to that community has 1981. Present for the evening was Bishop by the Subcommittee on Aviation in the near been an inspiration. They were instrumental in Paret and a host of clergy and laypeople. future. the formation of the Fil-American Community Later in 1893, a bell tower was completed. In The decline in airline competition began in Club in 1957 and, while serving as president, the years to follow, thanks to the generosity of the 1980's when the Reagan administration's Glenn chaired the Seaside "Project Mercy", a Mr. Keyser, two additional lots were bought Department of Transportation approved all the community project that raised enough funds to and a beautiful stone entrance gate was con­ major air carrier mergers which were pre­ purchase an ambulance for the city of Seaside structed. sented to it. In addition, the Department re­ Fire Department. Pat chaired a committee that At the turn of the century, the congregation fused, and has continued to refuse, to deal organized the entry of a beautifully decorated took on the job of building the rectory and par­ with structural barriers to new entry and com­ car for the Fourth of July celebration in Sea­ ish house. Many years later, when the old par­ petition. These policies caused a great dispar­ side which won first place in the competition. ish house proved too small, an effort began to ity in market power between stronger and She has been active in providing for the needy build a new parish hall. Due to the great gen­ weaker carriers, and left the weaker carriers in the community, especially during the holi­ erosity of Mr. William D. Groff and others, the unable to withstand the poor economic condi­ days. At Thanksgiving time, Pat demonstrates funds became available to build a new, much tions of 1990-91, which included an economic the true meaning of giving thanks by sharing larger hall known as Groff Hall. recession, increases in fuel prices during the her time and energy with the people of the However, the parish buildings have not ex­ gulf war, and a decline in international travel community, and she has been effective in or­ isted for the sole benefit of the congregation caused by the war and terrorism. In the past ganizing the wives of the members of the Fil­ but for the community as well. In addition, the year, one major carrier, Eastern, has ceased American Club to become involved in this wor­ focus of All Saints' Episcopal Church has not operations, and four others, Pan American, thy cause. been upon its buildings but upon its diligent Continental, Midway, and America West are in Glenn Olea was appointed to Parks and faith and worship. All Saints' Episcopal Church Chapter 11 bankruptcy. With industry losses Recreation Commission and later served 4 has sought to serve the community and its pa­ totalling $4 billion in 1990, and estimated at years on the Planning Commission. He real­ rishioners through serving God. $1.5 billion for 1991, the survival of all but ized his ability to help the city of Seaside, and I have had the personal pleasure of being three or four major airlines is in question. If made the decision to run for the Seaside City acquainted with the church as I have held the industry is reduced to only a few airlines Council. Glenn was elected to the city council town meetings at the church hall which give it is doubtful that these airlines would compete for 3 consecutive terms, and served as the me the opportunity to meet with my constitu­ sufficiently to continue the low fares and other mayor of Seaside. Running for election and ents and discuss their needs and concerns. benefits of deregulation. serving on the city council would have been Such town meetings, or as they are also The hearings of the Aviation Subcommittee more difficult without the unwavering support known, community outreaches, are very im­ on competition legislation indicated that it of his wife. Pat worked on his campaigns, portant to me as they always are productive would be premature and probably ineffective often going door to door in the community, and beneficial. Whenever I ask to hold such a to give up on deregulation and try to re-regu­ and remained a pillar of strength throughout. meeting, the church always has been accom­ late service and fares. However, there is a Pat Olea is still active as a member of the modating and eager to assist. For this, I am role for legislation at this time. Legislation can board of both the Philippine Scouts and the very grateful and appreciative. facilitate new entry and competition by ensur­ Fil-American Club and spends her time as a As the proud author of House Joint Resolu­ ing that the limited facilities and rights which volunteer worker for the church. tion 325, "Religious Freedom Week," I take a are essential for airline operations are allo­ The Olea' union has always been one of special pride in the religious freedoms we cated in a manner which will maximize com­ mutual respect for the abilities each brought to enjoy in this country. Likewise, I consider the petition. the marriage. Their life together is character­ role of the church in our community to be of My original bill proposed changes in Gov­ ized by determination, hard work, and utmost importance. We would indeed be a ernment policies on the allocation of inter­ achievement. Mr. Speaker, I ask my col­ lesser Nation without the church. national routes and major blocs of slots and leagues to join me now in congratulating Mr. Speaker, my fellow colleagues, I ask gates, and changes in the regulations govern­ Glenn and Pat Olea on their 50th anniversary. that you join me in congratulating All Saints' ing the operation of computer reservations Glenn and Pat are not only outstanding citi­ Episcopal Church in Reisterstown, MD upon systems. The administration and the largest zens, but also good friends. It is a great honor its 1OOth anniversary of the church's dedica­ airlines strongly opposed this legislation. In the that I am given the chance to recognize the tion. It is with great respect and admiration interests of going forward promptly, I have de­ Clea's for their commitment to each other, as that I commend the parishioners on this mo­ veloped a revised bill, which focuses on the well as the community. mentous occasion. Through their faith, charity, most pressing problems facing the industry. and reverence for God, they have not only However, I do not intend to abandon the other issues dealt with in my original bill and I will ALL SAINTS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH made this a better community in which to live, continue to pursue separate legislation on CELEBRATES lOOTH ANNIVERSARY but a better Nation as well. these issues. COMPUTER RESERVATIONS SYSTEMS HON. HELEN DEUCH BENltEY INTRODUCTION OF AIRLINE COM­ The main provision in the new bill deals with OF MARYLAND PETITION ENHANCEMENT ACT problems created by the domination of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF 1991 computer reservations systems [CRS's] used Wednesday, October 23, 1991 by travel agents by two of the largest airlines, Mrs. BENTLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to HON. JAMES L. OBERSTAR American and United. congratulate All Saints' Episcopal Church, OF MINNESOTA CRS's are an essential facility for airlines. Reisterstown Parish, upon the celebration of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Department of Transportation has found the 1OOth anniversary of the dedication of its that in a recent year, 95 percent of all U.S. Wednesday, October 23, 1991 church building. travel agencies used CRS's and these sys­ The Reisterstown parish was organized for­ Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, today I am tems were used to book 92 percent of the mally in 1891 and worshipped in borrowed fa­ introducing a revised Airline Competition En­ agents' domestic sales and 77 percent of their cilities until 1884 when its first chapel was hancement Act of 1991. This legislation ad­ international sales. (Unless otherwise indi­ constructed on the All Saints' cemetery dresses the decline in competition in the air­ cated, the source of statements attributed to grounds. However, the chapel had become line industry which threatens the low fares and DOT is the notice of proposed rule making on overcrowded when the congregation quickly consumer benefits of airline deregulation. I in­ computer reservations systems issued on grew and by the fall of 1889, the vestry began troduced legislation on this subject earlier this March 26, 1991 ). On the basis of this and soliciting donations toward its enlargement. year, and the bill was extensively discussed in other data, the Department concluded: When Mr. William Keyser offered to build a hearings held by the Aviation Subcommittee of The [travel] agencies' importance, and church in memory of his mother, the vestry the Committee on Public Works and Transpor- their reliance on CRSs, mean that for almost October 23, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28381 all airlines their ability to sell their services substantial additional revenues for American the agencies using its system and thus will through CRSs has become essential for the and United to use in airline competition. be able to operate more efficiently on the successful marketing of their air transpor­ Incremental revenues. The 1988 DOT study route than any non-vendor carrier. Similarly the non-vendor must pay supracompetitive tation. showed that ownership of CRS's were giving Moreover, the high profit margins received booking fees that will increase its costs and on marginal passengers means that an air­ American and United additional airline reve­ thus its fares. Since airlines normally oper­ line's ability to operate profitably often de­ nues of $100 to $200 million a year. The De­ ate on a low profit margin, these fees (and pends on its ability to add a few more pas­ partment concluded that a primary source of the revenue diversions) can spell the dif­ sengers on each of its flights. As a result, the added revenues was "architectural bias." ference between profit and loss on many air­ each domestic airline must have its services As stated in the NPRM: line routes. displayed and saleable through each system The Vendors' incremental revenues result Anticompetitive provisions in CRS contracts. in order to reach the agencies using that sys­ in large part from their design of their sys­ An additional problem inhibiting competition tem (the only exception is Southwest, but its tems, that is, from architectural bias. Archi­ has been clauses in the contracts between ability to survive without full CRS partici­ tectural bias refers to system features that pation seems to stem from several special CRS owners and travel agents which make it make it easier and more reliable for an agent difficult for the agent to change CRS systems. factors not characteristic of other airlines). to obtain information and make a booking Investigations by the Departments of Justice American and United have imposed restrictive on the vendor than on any participating car­ provisions in their contracts with travel agents, and Transportation have concluded that Amer­ rier. Because vendors have chosen not to ican and United have monopoly powers in the make bookings on their competitors as easy including 5-year terms high liquidated dam­ CRS industry, and that they are using these and reliable as bookings on themselves, they ages if an agent terminates a contract, and powers to inhibit competition in the airline in­ obtain large amounts of additional airline provisions requiring minimum use of the CRS. dustry. American and United control more than bookings from their subscribers. These contractual provisions make it ex­ 60 percent of the national CRS market and A major reason that it is easier for a travel tremely difficult for competing CRS systems to these airlines control even higher percentages agent to make bookings on the carrier owning displace American and United, no matter how of a number of regional markets. The Depart­ the CRS system is that the owner or "host" of high the quality of the competitor's CRS sys­ ment of Justice has evaluated monopoly a CRS uses the same CRS computer for its tem. power in the CRS industry and its effects on internal reservations systems as is used for After years of delay in dealing with CRS problems, the Department of Transportation airline competition and concluded that: the CRS system. For other carriers, the CRS recently issued a notice of proposed rule­ [Each CRSJ has market power over air­ system and the internal system of the carrier lines, which are dependent on the CRSs for are separate. This means that bookings on the making on CRS. Although the notice of pro­ the distribution of their tickets. The CRS host can be made more quickly and reliably posed rulemaking contains some strong find­ vendors are able to use their market power because to book on the host airline there is ings on the competitive difficulties created by to charge airlines supracompetitive booking not need for communication between comput­ concentration in the CRS industry, DOT's pro­ fees. These booking fees, in turn, are passed ers. As DOT explained: posals to deal with the problem fall short of on to consumers in higher air fares. The CRS what is needed. In addition, it is not clear how vendors also use their market power to bias Because of [the) need for communications between computers, a CRS's information on long it will take the Department to issue a final their systems in favor of their own airlines' rule, and whether ths rule will include all of the flights. Both practices may impede entry and a participating carrier's service may be out­ expansion by competing airlines in air trans­ dated when a subscriber sees it on the dis­ proposals in the NPRM. For this reason,- the portation markets. In addition, the CRS ven­ play, while the information the vendor's dis­ Competition Enhancement Act includes provi­ dors may be engaging in contracting prac­ play will never be outdated. Similarly, book­ sions to deal with three major CRS issues: ar­ tices that impede entry and expansion by ings made on participating carriers will be chitectural bias, contracts with travel agents, competing CRS vendors into CRS markets less reliable than those made on the vendor and high booking fees. where the contracting vendor is dominant. because of communications delays. On architectural bias, the bill establishes Since effective entry into airline markets American and United have claimed that their two important requirements. First, effective dominated by a CRS vendor may be depend­ CRS's now include "direct access" functions 365 days after enactment, a CRS may not in­ ent upon simultaneous entry or expansion in which permit agents to interact directly with clude capabilities which are more functional, CRS markets, these contracting practices other airlines' internal system. DOT has con­ timely, complete, accurate or efficient with re­ also may impede entry and expansion in air­ sidered the availability of these systems and line markets. spect to one airline participant than with re­ Many airline markets have a small number concluded that "direct access" does not spect to any other participant. This require­ of actual competitors; the threat of entry produce functional equality between booking ment of functional parity or equality will reduce and expansion by competing carriers can be on the host and booking on other carriers. architectural bias. However, we do not believe critical in ensuring the competitive func­ While direct access has improved the time­ that these requirements will be enough. As tioning of those markets. Thus, the ability liness and reliability of CRS information, it concluded by the Department of Justice in its of CRS vendors to deter entry and expansion has not entirely solved the problems of unre­ comments on the DOT NPRM: by competing airlines may result in higher liable bookings ... Many routine functions fares or poorer quality service in those mar­ performed by subscribers are easier or It is unlikely, however, that functional kets. quicker to carry out when bookings are parity rules will eliminate all architectural I will not discuss anticompetitive CRS prac­ made on its flights. For example, obtaining bias. CRSs will continue to interact with tices in greater detail: quick confirmation on the original booking, participating carriers via communications High booking fees. As has been indicated, changing complex itineraries, changing the links that are unnecessary for the host car­ rier. Moreover, as CRS technology evolves, airlines have little choice but to participate in name of the passenger associated with the passenger name record, and issuing boarding vendors are likely to develop new functions American's and United's CRS's and to pay the passes are all slightly easier, quicker, or that become sufficiently important to travel fees charged for bookings made on the CRS. more reliable when the agent is working agents to result in passengers being diverted American and United have used this market with bookings on the host's flights. to the host carrier, thereby increasing archi­ power to charge their competitors booking In short, the greater ease of obtaining infor­ tectural bias. DOT would therefore be re­ fees well in excess of the cost of providing quired to monitor CRS services in order to mation and making bookings on the host air­ keep its functional parity rules up to date. service. DOT's 1988 CRS study concluded line encourages agents to book on that airline. that the booking fee for American's CRS was The inherent differences in the way CRSs The added bookings on the host airline divert function with respect to host and participat­ 2.3 times the average cost of providing the hundreds of millions of dollars to the host air­ ing airlines and the rapid changes in CRS service and on United's CRS the booking fee line and make it very difficult for non-host air­ technology may make evasion of functional was 1.9 times the estimated average cost. lines to compete effectively. As DOT ex­ parity rules difficult to detect and prevent. DOT found that these fees produced returns plained: To the extent functional parity rules do not on invested CRS capital of 50 percent for succeed in eliminating architectural bias, The incremental revenues obtained by the United and 75 to 90 percent for American-­ substantial potential benefits to competition vendors make it difficult for a carrier to will be foregone. without even considering so~alled incremental compete with a vendor on an airline route revenues, discussed below. These high book­ when the vendor has a large share of the CRS For this reason, the introduced bill adopts ing fees drain the financial resources of Amer­ market at one or both endpoints, since the the recommendations of the Department of ican and United's competitors, and produce vendor will gain significantly more traffic at Justice and requires, 3 years after enactment, 28382 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1991 that CRS systems be converted to "no-host" To deal with contractual provisions which re­ slots, the slot can be used only as a com­ systems, that is that no airline may use a CRS strict the ability of competing CRS vendors to muter slot. system as its internal reservations system. gain access to a travel agent, the reported bill ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE This requirement, combined with equal limits contracts between CRS owners and Finally, my revised bill includes the basic functionality, should eliminate architectural agents to 2 years, limits liquidated damages provisions of H.R. 2268, legislation designed bias. for terminating a CRS contract to amounts ac­ to ensure adequate air service between small The "no-host" requirement will impose one­ tually owed to the CRS owner, the damages communities and high density, slot limited air­ time costs upon American and United esti­ incurred from removing the CRS equipment ports. The bill is explained in detail in my re­ mated at $50-$230 million. Howver, the costs and the unamortized costs of initially installing marks in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of May of converting to no-host are a fraction of the the equipment. The bill also makes specific a 9, 1991 [E1711]. It will ensure that adequate incremental revenues which American and requirement already in DOT's CRS regula­ slots are available for service to small commu­ United have earned from architectural bias. tions, that a contract may not directly or indi­ nities which are entitled to service under Sec­ Moreover, as pointed out by the Justice De­ rectly require minimum use of a CRS. These tion 419 of the Federal Aviation Act. As I ex­ partment, the nc-host approach will save car­ prohibitions should facilitate the ability of other plained in my earlier statement, the legislation riers the costs associated with the continuing CRS's to compete with American and United. is necessary to overcome policies of the De­ regulatory disputes which would be likely to SLOTS partment of Transportation which has refused arise if we relied solely on a functional equality A second major issue dealt with my revised to exercise its authority under existing law to rule. In addition, the costs and disruption of bill is slots at high density airports. There are provide slots needed for essential air service, "no-host" are much less than those which four airports-LaGuardia, Kennedy, National, particularly in the case of certain communities would be associated with requirements that and O'Hare-at which the Federal Govern­ that lost their service during fiscal year 1990. airlines divest themselves of CRS divisions, an ment imposes hourly limitations on the rights Only a limited number of additional slots approach which has been suggested in other of airlines to take off and land. Slots at the should be required for this provision, and the legislative proposals. four high density airports were given free of provision should be administered so that there The purpose of the no-host and functional charge to the airlines using the slots in 1986 will not be a significant impact on any commu­ equality requirements provisions is to ensure and since that time, the airlines have been nity now receiving service to a slot-controlled that travel agents and their customers will be free to sell their slots. There have been fre­ airport. able to select and book the flight and fare quent complaints from new entrants and Mr. Speaker, the legislation I am introducing which best meets the customer's need; not the smaller airlines that the large incumbent car­ today can play a significant role in the devel­ one which is receiving the most advantageous riers have been unwilling to sell them slots at opment of airline competition. I look forward to display or is easiest for the travel agent to reasonable prices. having this legislation considered by the Com­ book. The original CRS rules adopted by the I have always been disturbed by the original mittee on Public Works and Transportation Civil Aeronautics Board in 1984 prohibited decision of the Reagan administration to adopt and then by the whole House. CRSs from discriminating among airlines in a so-called market solution giving incumbent the way schedules were displayed on CRS airlines a windfall of operating rights worth mil­ screens. This rule has basically been effective lions of dollars when incumbents had received TRIBUTE TO AURORA GONZALEZ in regard to CRS displays. But CRS vendors these rights free from the public. However, the quickly discovered they could replace the ef­ "buy-sell" system has now been in effect for HON. MARCY KAP11JR fects of the outlawed display bias in other several years and some airlines have paid OF OHIO ways, such as making their flights easier to substantial sums to obtain slots. An outright IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES book or re-book, as has been described termination of the right of airlines to sell slots Wednesday, October 23, 1991 above. The purpose of the provisions in my would be unfair to these carriers. bill is to prevent these newer forms of bias in Accordingly, instead of a complete ban, my Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, Toledoans lost the same way the CAB dealt with display bias revised bill includes a relatively modest provi­ a very respected and dedicated member of 7 years ago: we would be prohibiting discrimi­ sion allowing new entrant and small incumbent our community with the tragic death of Aurora nation in functionality, just as the CAB earlier airlines-which includes airlines operating L. Gonzalez earlier this month. Aurora gave so prohibited discrimination in display. If the con­ fewer than 12 slots at an airport-to provide much to all the citizens of our area; her efforts sumer's interest is to be properly served, com­ large aircraft service with slots which are now on behalf of northwest Ohio's Mexican-Amer­ petition among airlines must be on the basis reserved for commuter airline service. ican community will be especially missed. of airline fares and service, not on the basis This provision will furnish some added op­ Aurora Gonzalez was a long-time resident of bias and hidden advantages build into a portunities for new entrant airlines to obtain of Toledo. In 1928, Aurora and her family, computer reservations systems of which few slots from commuter airlines. I am not con­ which grew to include 16 brothers and sisters, customers are aware. vinced that in the long run this will free up suf­ arrived in Toledo as one of the first Mexican­ We want to achieve, as fully as we can, a ficient slots to facilitate the level of competition American families to move to the area. Aurora level CRS playing field on which airlines will we need, but I think it is worth trying this mod­ graduated from Toledo's Central Catholic High compete fairly and vigorously as airlines. No est approach before going to more sweeping School, attended the University of Toledo and airline which believes in its ability to provide measures. worked for 31 years as an executive secretary competitive airline service and fares should Several features of this approach should be at Libbey-Owens-Ford until her retirement in object to these provisions. clearly understood. First, it will not result in 1979. On the issue of the high booking fees any increase in total slots at an airport. It will Perhaps Aurora's most enduring accom­ charged to airlines participating in a CRS, the only permit a small number of commuter slots plishments were her contributions to Toledo's revised bill permits any airline which objects to to be used for large aircraft service. Second, Hispanic Community. In the mid-1970's, Au­ an increase in a participant fee to demand that under this approach no slots will be taken rora formed La Vaz del Barrio, a community such fee be reviewed by an arbitrator. Proce­ away from any airlines. A new entrant will be organization designed to encourage cultural dures for arbitration are established. Other able to obtain a commuter slot only by buying understanding and promote voter registration participants affected by the disputed fee are it from a commuter airline or obtaining it under and economic development. In 1979, Aurora entitled to participate in the arbitration. Under other procedures for allocating slots developed was instrumental in establishing Centro Unico, the bill, the arbitrator shall render a decision by the Department of Transportation, such as a recreation center in south Toledo that is still as to whether the disputed participant fee ex­ the awarding of unused slots. Finally, any enjoyed by Toledoans of all ages. As a result ceeds that which would be fair and reasonable commuter slot eligible for large aircraft use of all her efforts, Aurora Gonzalez was the first in light of the revenues and costs attributable under the bill will not be permanently con­ Hispanic inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall to the computer reservation system. In reach­ verted into a large aircraft slot. A commuter of Fame in 1985. ing this determination the arbitrator shall con­ slot can be used for large aircraft service only I know I speak for all of those who knew sider all revenues of the vendor including air by an airline operating fewer than 12 large air­ Aurora Gonzalez in expressing my most heart­ transportation revenues attributable to com­ craft slots at the airport. If the slot is sold to felt sympathy to her brothers, Anthony and puter reservation system. an airline operating more than 12 large aircraft Frank and Peter Gonzalez; sisters Maria Sue October 23, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28383 Compos, Ursuline Sister Maria Jose, Mrs. labs were locating in the rural areas because a live performance. The members of the Soci­ Ruth Garcia, Mrs. Salud Cortez, and Mrs. no one bothered them and they could supply ety of American Magicians that participate in Remedios Patlan; and many nieces and neph­ the metropolitan areas without detection. those shows find it a rewarding and worth­ ews. Through the work of the task forces in while activity. Mr. Speaker, Aurora Gonzalez was a valued Texas, almost 1 billion dollars' worth of illegal Each year Governors, mayors and other friend, a source of inspiration and guidance for drugs have been seized since January of governing bodies throughout the country are all who knew her. We all, and I for one, will 1988 with drug-related assets seized of over requested to issue proclamations declaring the deeply miss her. $15 million. The arrests of drug traffickers last week in October National Magic Week number over 10,000 and clandestine drug labs and encouraging magicians throughout the seized number over 300. country to participate in the activities. Many TRIBUTE TO DR. HENRY S. WIL­ I am pleased to be able to support the gen­ people enjoy magic shows during this week LIAMS OF THE CHARLES R. tleman from Missouri's amendment that will that otherwise would not be able to do so. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE both enhance the rural drug task forces in my For many years the Society of American AND SCIENCE COLLEGE OF AL­ district and will encourage and support similar Magicians has been encouraging the U.S. LIED HEALTH programs in other rural areas of the United Postal Service to issue a stamp honoring the States. I am confident that they will experience memory of Houdini. He is a person with an HON. MERVYN M. DYMALLY the same successes that the people in my dis­ international reputation and his name is almost OF CALIFORNIA trict have enjoyed. synonymous with magic. Magic displays can IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The continued efforts of metropolitan lead­ be found at libraries, stores and malls through­ ers to gain control of the task force funding Wednesday, October 23, 1991 out the country during National Magic Week. puts the rural antidrug programs in jeopardy. When Magic Week is over each local assem­ Mr. DYMALL Y. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay We must do all we can to prevent this. Mr. bly of the Society of Magicians is encouraged tribute to Dr. Henry S. Williams for his out­ Speaker, this measure goes a long way to­ to compile their Magic Week activities in a standing contribution to the Charles R. Drew ward the accomplishment of this task. book and submit them to the National Conven­ University of Medicine and Science. tion of the Society of American Magicians From December 1989 through September of where they are judged and awards are given 1991, Dr. Williams served as interim president THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN at the national convention held each year, of the university. Prior to assuming that posi­ MAGICIANS usually the following July. tion, Dr. Williams held several other posts in­ National Magic Week is the magical frater­ cluding the distinction of being the first chair­ HON. JOHN W. OLVER nity's way of sharing with others a great art man of the board from 1966 to 1973. OF MASSACHUSETTS form that is deeply loved by those that partici­ Mr. Speaker, Dr. Williams has not only been IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pate in it. an outstanding physician for 35 years, he has Wednesday, October 23, 1991 Mr. Speaker, at this time I would like you also been a positive influence in our commu­ and my distinguished colleagues to join me in nity. Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, the Society of recognizing October 25 through 31 as National We are truly fortunate to have Dr. Harry S. American Magicians Assembly No. 17 have Magic Week. I would also like to recognize the Williams as a member of the Los Angeles asked me to recognize October 25-31 as Na­ efforts of the Society of American Magicians community, students and staff of the Charles tional Magic Week. The following explanation Assembly No. 17 in their efforts to have Octo­ R. Drew University of Medicine and Science of the founding of National Magic Week is pro­ ber 25-31 declared National Magic Week. are equally blessed to have Dr. Williams as a vided by the National Chapter of the Society teacher and guide. of American Magicians: Before there was a National Magic Week TRIBUTE TO REPRESENTATIVE there was a National Magic Day. It all started CHARLES THOMAS STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE with a "Houdini Day" in the summer of 1927, SKELTON AMENDMENT THE OM­ less than 1 year from his death. A trophy in HON. GEORGE (BUDDY) DARDEN NIBUS CRIME CONTROL ACT OF honor of Houdini was presented by Mrs. Harry OF GEORGIA 1991 Houdini, to the winner of the underwater con­ test at the Miramar Pool in New York City. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. JOE BARTON There were many other "Houdini Days" fol­ Wednesday, October 23, 1991 OF TEXAS lowing, but it was not until 1938 that Les Mr. DARDEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Shotly, a member of the Society of American commend a Georgia legislator, Representative Magicians, in Chicago sought official sanction Wednesday, October 23 , 1991 Charles Thomas of Temple, for his efforts on for "Houdini Day." behalf of his hometown high school. Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I want A friend of Houdini's requested and ob­ One of the controversies going on in edu­ to bring to my colleagues attention the Skelton tained permission from Mrs. Houdini to pro­ cation, both locally and nationally, is whether amendment which was included in the Omni­ claim October 31 as National Magic Day in or not bigger schools are better schools. While bus Crime Control Act of 1991 which was honor of Harry Houdini. The plan was formu­ the jury is still out on this issue, Representa­ passed by this body yesterday. I strongly sup­ lated at that time to have free performances tive Thomas is leading his own district as well port the measure in this amendment which au­ for shut-ins and handicapped people. as the Georgia General Assembly to a better thorizes the establishment of rural drug en­ Harry Houdini served as the president of the understanding of the pros and cons of consoli­ forcement task forces. I was unavoidably de­ Society of American Magicians for 9 years dation. tained while this amendment was being con­ until his death on October 31 , 1926. As featured in the Atlanta Journal/Constitu­ sidered and was unable to rise in support. Many newspapers carried the story about tion, the following article describes the Carroll My congressional district offices work very National Magic Day and various magical soci­ County situation and Representative Thomas' closely with rural drug task forces through my eties kept the idea alive. The first radio broad­ role. staff antidrug program coordinator and the cast about National Magic Day occurred over [From the Atlanta Journal/Atlanta successes in the rural areas in Texas have radio station KQW on July 20, 1938. Mrs. Constitution, Oct. 14, 1991] been phenomenal. There are six such task Harry Houdini participated in that broadcast. STATE MAY STOP THINKING BIG ON SCHOOLS­ forces in my district. The original intent of the It was not long when National Magic Day CONSOLIDATION RULE SEEN AS COSTLY GOOF rural antidrug task force strategy to combat il­ became National Magic Week. The Society of (By Betsy White) legal drugs was to supplement the small, un­ American Magicians adopted the idea as a In the past five years, Georgia has spent trained, and ill equipped sheriff's forces with way of promoting the art of magic and at the hundreds of millions of dollars consolidating proficient, well equipped, mainly undercover same time performing shows at orphanages, schools, believing that bigger was better. forces to combat the distribution, sale and hospitals and nursing homes for those who Now some state officials are concluding manufacture of illegal drugs. Clandestine drug would have difficulty getting to a theatre to see that bigger is simply bigger. 28384 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1991 And, pressed by a Carroll County legislator efficiencies of scale that were supposed to For nearly five decades, the halls of whose son attends the same small high distinguish large schools didn't offer the Evander Childs High School have been school he did, policymakers are cautiously clear payoffs that planners had anticipated. graced by the presence of Dorthea Lombardo. Instead, research began to point to some weighing whether to embrace small schools As a former student, I can personally attest to again. clear costs: anonymity, apathy, withering "It seems like nationally, the trend seems parental involvement and a predilection for her love of knowledge and commitment to her to be going in that direction," said Rep. consigning students to rigid tracks. pupils, and there are thousands of other Charles Thomas (D-Temple). "It just doesn't Small schools, experts began to say, are former students who could join me in those seem like we should be spending state money the ones where greater innovation and excel­ sentiments. to build big schools in communities that lence are possible. Educators in many parts To her colleagues, Dorthea has also been a don't want them." of the country began to opt for small schools supportive friend and trusted adviser. As the To the theorists who argue that small or to create more intimate " schools within a school" to achieve the same effect. head of the science department at Evander schools cheat students out of a well-rounded Childs, she helped formulate programs that education, he offers a simple rebuttal: His But Georgia proceeded with i.ts bigger-is­ son Chris is taking Spanish, advanced math better plan. equally challenge the educators and the stu­ and two science courses this year at Temple Now that the funding-incentive program is dents. As a coordinator of the alumni associa­ High School-which is so small the graduat­ largely completed, however, a legislative tion, she has maintained the sense of commu­ ing class typically numbers about 60. study committee is poised to rewrite the nity that is unique to Evander Childs. plan. Not only is the panel weighing whether In addition to a substantial range of col­ As both a former student and a representa­ to discontinue the hard-to-refuse incentives lege-prep and vocational courses, the school tive of the people of the Bronx, I extend has some human characteristics that are to build bigger schools, it may turn the law on its head entirely and set maximum enroll­ thanks and best wishes to Dorthea Lombardo missing at many bigger schools: on this special occasion. An award-winning marching band in which ment levels. one-third of the student body participates. CARROLL PUTS ON THE BRAKES The frank re-examination of state incen­ A principal who knows every student by TRIBUTE TO FLUSHING HOSPITAL name. tives for school consolidation was prompted A teacher who can credibly claim to have mainly by the battle rending Carroll County MEDICAL CENTER helped ensure that every black Temple High and Mr. Thomas's efforts to keep the com­ graduate in the past six years has gone to munity schools intact. HON. GARY L ACKERMAN With five high schools-all but one of them college. OF NEW YORK When the blue-ribbon Education Review smaller than the state's recommended mini­ Commission drafted Georgia's Quality Basic mum-Carroll is, from a planner's point of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Education school reform law, they included view, perhaps the most obvious remaining Wednesday, October 23, 1991 generous incentives to propel districts to candidate for school consolidation. close small schools like Temple High and The local school board voted 4-2 in Novem­ Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today build big new ones. ber 1989 to do just that. Temple and Villa to recognize Flushing Hospital Medical Center But Mr. Thomas isn't the only one criticiz­ Rica high schools would be merged into a in Queens County, NY, on the occasion of its ing that decision. The commission's lead re­ new East Carroll High School. Bowden and second century ball, to be held on Saturday, searcher, Larry Gess, now says: "The main Mount Zion high schools would become West October 26, 1991. reasons we did it are no longer valid." Carroll Middle-High School. Elementary Great changes are taking place today in schools also would be consolidated, and alto­ A GOOD INCENTIVE: MONEY gether the state would pitch in more than medicine and in the health care delivery sys­ Mr. Gess' position marks a major turn­ $20 million. tem. Flushing Hospital Medical Center contin­ around from the commission's pro-consolida­ The plan was rolling full steam ahead, and ues to meet the challenge of adapting to these tion stance. that struck Mr. Thomas as ironic because changes by implementing new programs, Convinced that bigger schools were the Carroll Countians seemed staunchly against strengthening its commitment to the commu­ only way to provide Georgia pupils with a it. nity and responding to the dynamic demands well-rounded education at an affordable Less than two years ago, Carroll voters re­ of innovation and technology. price, the group made it clear to local school jected a school bond referendum to consoli­ boards that creating large schools was more date schools. The measure did not pass in a What began with 1 bed and a single staff important than high test scores, low dropout single Carroll precinct. nurse back in 1884 is currently a 461-bed inte­ rates or innovative instruction. Yet the state was prepared to pay millions grated health care complex. The medical cen­ The panel didn't explicitly say so, but it to proceed with the plan in Carroll County. ter is a voluntary not-for-profit institution gov­ didn't have to. It offered school districts But Mr. Thomas quietly inserted a provi­ erned by a 23-member board of trustees, each that agreed to build bigger schools some­ sion into the funding law that blocked Car­ of whom functions without compensation as a roll from getting the money. The law is thing that good test scores or great teaching public service. couldn't bring them: money. being challenged as having an illegal retro­ And it worked. Scores of school systems, active effect, but for now it has kept Carroll Annually, the center serves 150,000 patients closed small schools, expanded existing ones from getting the consolidation funds. through its various services, which include a and constructed even larger ones. School Meanwhile, Mr. Thomas also got a study Maternal Fetal Medicine Program as well as boards across the state signed on, from Ful­ committee established and has begun col­ high-risk obstetrics and neonatal care facilities, ton County to Burke County to Coffee Coun­ lecting-and preaching about-the latest re­ an extensive health maintenance service for ty. search debunking the glories of large, com­ the elderly, endoscopy suite, community medi­ Between 1986 and 1991 , the state paid more prehensive high schools. His fellow legislators seem to be taking cine, infant apnea program, peripheral vascu­ than $280 million for the effort, which fea­ lar lab, cardiac lab, dental clinic, and complete tured guidelines that all but screamed, him seriously. "Think big." Says Carroll Superintendent Tony Cook, "I range of out-patient services. The medical Elementary schools were to have at least think people are beginning to feel that there center continues to reach out to the commu­ 450 pupils, so teachers could teach high-, me­ is a genuine educational value to a commu­ nity, expanding and upgrading its services. dium-or low-ability children, not all three, nity school that may not be accounted for in October 26 truly is an important occasion for and to generate enough demand for full-time the formulas of QBE." Flushing Hospital Medical Center.se I have music, art and physical education teachers. had the pleasure of being acquainted with the Middle schools were to have 640 pupils so HONORING DORTHEA LOMBARDO medical center for a number of years and sin­ teachers in each grade could work in inter­ cerely appreciate the work of all those in­ disciplinary teams. volved. An important and established part of High schools were to have 970 students so HON. ELIOT L ENGEL the community, Flushing Hospital Medical there would be enough demand for full­ OF NEW YORK Center is a place of solace for a great many fledged vocational, general and college-prep IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES course offerings. people in the community. Wednesday, October 23, 1991 THE DOWNSIDE TO UPSIZING Mr. Speaker, my fellow colleagues, I wish to But the pro-consolidation rules were bare­ Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege commend the physicians and staff of the med­ ly in place before the tide began to turn to pay tribute to Dorthea Lombardo upon her ical center for their years of hard work and against big, factorylike schools. Researchers retirement from the teaching profession after generosity. I ask all my colleagues to join me began to report that the broad offerings and 48 years of dedicated service. now in wishing the medical center, its presi- October 23, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28385 dent and chief executive officer, Michael HOFFMAN-LAROCHE TO PROVIDE I ask my colleagues to join me in paying Kaminsky, and all those involved the best of VITAMIN A TO UNICEF CHILDREN tribute to the YMCA of Greater Sacramento, luck on the occasion of their second century board president, Jack Walker, and his board ball. HON. ROBIN TAU.ON and staff, on the occasion of their 125th anni­ OF SOUTH CAROLINA versary of service to the Sacramento commu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nity. THE UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION Wednesday, October 23, 1991 IN AMERICA IS WORSE THAN Mr. TALLON. Mr. Speaker, Third World H.R. 3566: JUST WHAT OHIO NEEDS STATISTICS INDICATE childhood malnourishment is a tragedy for us all. No one knows this better than the large HON. DAVID L HOBSON pharmaceutical company Hoffman-LaRoche OF OHIO HON. DENNIS M. HERTEL which has just announced a venture in provid­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MICHIGAN ing vitamin A to children served worldwide by IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UNICEF. Wednesday, October 23, 1991 Heeding the call of the World Health Organi­ Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Speaker, for the informa­ Wednesday, October 23, 1991 zation and the United Nations Children's Fund, tion of my fellow colleagues, I would like to Mr. HERTEL. Mr. Speaker, the unemploy­ Roche is supplying enough dosage sufficient enter into the RECORD a letter which I received ment situation in America is worse than statis­ to provide vitamin A through immunization to from Ohio Gov. George V. Voinovich regard­ tics indicate. Charles Osgood of CBS News 115 million children in 37 countries for a pe­ ing H.R. 3566: Radio summed up the status of the American riod of 3 years. Passage of the Intermodal Surface Trans­ worker this morning on the "Osgood File." The It is estimated that this donation could pre­ portation Infrastructure Act of 1991 is criti­ following is copyrighted by CBS, Inc., all rights vent at least 5,000 deaths per day worldwide. cally important to Ohio. This legislation reserved: I applaud Roche for their concern for the achieves the No. 1 Federal legislative prior­ global community. This effort is not just an ex­ ity of the Voinovich-DeWine administration, There are certain things you don't want to ample of corporate charity, it is an example of and a goal which I know each of you have see made: cheese, sausage, and Government how effective the business community can be long worked toward as well: an equitable, indexes to name a few. But if you don't know long-term reauthorization of Federal-aid what goes into an index, you can't possibly in addressing childhood hunger and malnourishment. surface transportation programs. understand what it means. A lot of people In addition to providing more than $4 bil­ think that the official jobless rate-the un­ I encourage other businesses to follow their lion to Ohio over 6 years, the Ohio Depart­ employment statistics-measure how many lead. ment of Transportation cites these positive people in this country are out of work. No, provisions of the bill: that's not it at all. Things are not as bad as Program restructuring for increased flexi­ the figures suggest. They're worse. TRIBUTE TO YOUNG MEN'S CHRIS­ bility; The official Government statistics are not TIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER Workable Federal-State matching require­ political in the sense that they're controlled SACRAMENTO ments; by politicians. They are true and objective as Emphasis on multimodal transportation far as they go, but they don't go anywhere HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI for cleaner air and fuel conservation; and near as far as most people think they do. If Better coordination of state and local plan­ you just look at the monthly unemployment OF CALIFORNIA ning efforts. figures put out by the labor department, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I am certain there is no governor who has you'd see that they haven't changed much in Wednesday, October 23, 1991 enjoyed better delegation cooperation in the a while. So you might think that while the Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to effort to win a more equitable distribution of employment picture isn't getting a whole lot highway funding than I. Our Delegation's better, it hasn't gotten a whole lot worse ei­ pay tribute to the Young Men's Christian Asso­ unity on this critical matter has helped ther, but that is not necessarily true. Associ­ ciation of Greater Sacramento on the occasion make today's opportunity possible. Also, the ated Press analyst John Cuniff says the re­ of their 125th anniversary. On October 25, bill would not be in its present form without ality is that things are much worse than the 1991, elected officials, community leaders, Ohio's three Public Works Members-Doug official jobless rate, which stands at 6.7 per­ and friends will gather to recognize and cele­ Applegate, Dave Hobson, and Jim Trafi­ cent; 8,400,000 people are officially out of brate 125 years of dedicated service to the cant-who worked directly with Chairman work. But that doesn't take into account the Sacramento community. Roe to end the unfair burden on Ohio tax­ 1,100,000 people out of work who have given In 1866, a small group of Civil War veterans payers and state transportation planners. up, stopped looking for jobs. They don't H.R. 3566, the product of sustained, effec­ count in the statistics. Neither do the people and Protestant pastors formed the Young tive Ohio Delegation involvement, makes who've taken part time jobs because they Men's Christian Association. From a modest sense for Ohio. It is a blueprint for economic can't find full time work. There are 6,400,000 structure with a small gymnasium at fifth and development which I hope you will support. of them. Last month alone, 500,000 workers J Street that was built in 1899, the YMCA of entered the part time worker category. That Greater Sacramento has grown into a modern number won't show up in the unemployment facility at 21st and W Streets. The YMCA RAPHAEL SANCHEZ figures. seeks to serve all persons enabling them to Also not included are the special struc­ achieve their highest potential through the de­ HON. WIWAM LEHMAN tural problems of blue collar workers being velopment of spirit, mind, and body. permanently laid off, of white collar jobs OF FLORIDA A listing of some of the many fine services IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES being eliminated, of teenage unemployment, provided by the YMCA will make clear the val­ which is now 18 percent, and especially Black Wednesday, October 23, 1991 teenage unemployment which is now 38 per­ uable contribution this outstanding organiza­ cent. All these are hidden from view, Cuniff tion makes to the community. They include Mr. LEHMAN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, af­ says, by an overconcentration on the jobless aquatic and physical fitness programs for all fordable housing and innovative tenant pro­ rate, which doesn't mean what people think ages including aerobics and weight training, grams have been a priority of the Hialeah it means. But out there in the real world, fitness testing for improved health, youth Housing Authority since 1983, when Raphael people who are out of work look at thin want sports leagues, day camps, resident camps Sanchez was appointed the executive director ad sections and wonder where the jobs went. and caravan camps, child care for infants up of the agency. Retailers look at their sales figures and won­ der where the customers went. Customers through sixth graders, youth in government, Since then, Raphael Sanchez has made the are holding on to their money-if they have teen conferences on topics of current interest Hialeah Housing Authority a vital part of our any money-because they're worried about to further develop leadership skills, and father­ community and local government. In addition their jobs-if they have jobs. child programs to enhance the relationship be­ to starting community development programs The point is that the official unemploy­ tween fathers and their children. Financial as­ such as affordable children's day care for pub­ ment rate doesn't count everybody. But even sistance is offered for all of its programs to en­ lic housing tenants, Executive Director the people who aren't counted, count. sure their diversity. Sanchez's extensive experience in administra- 28386 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1991 tive management has helped him to revitalize Audiophiles and country music historians INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION the agency. He has increased the public hous­ note that Joe Talbot was one of the best steel TO AID THE SUCCESS OF RE­ ing stock by 30 percent and the number of guitar players of his era. Not only did he play SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN certificates and vouchers by 42 percent. The country music, he lived country music. His OUR COUNTRY Hialeah Housing Authority, under Sanchez's years on the road traveling the country music steadfast direction, has received the Recog­ circuit, and his understanding of the sacrifices nized Performer Award 3 years in a row. required of a working musician and every as­ HON. DEAN A. GAilO In addition to these accomplishments, Mr. piring country star, contributed to his ability to OF NEW JERSEY Sanchez has been responsible for creating become a leader in this country music industry IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES avenues of expansion for present projects. years later. These projects include an affordable housing Throughout his 40 years in the country Wednesday, October 23, 1991 program which plans to make available 500 music business, Joe Talbot has been involved Mr. GALLO. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ additional housing units to low-income fami­ in every aspect of the industry. He managed ducing a bill to make permanent both the re­ lies. Sanchez also expanded the children's a music store in downtown Nashville-the search and experimentation tax credit and the day care center to include care for the elderly Hank Snow Music Center, worked as a travel­ research and experimentation allocation rules. as well as provide care for more children. ing guitar salesman and sold time for a coun­ Our colleagues, Representative JENKINS and These projects are currently underway. try radio station before becoming a successful Representative ANTHONY, have previously in­ Mr. Speaker, not only has Raphael Sanchez music publisher. troduced bills that would, individually, accom­ devoted his professional career to public serv­ Joe Talbot's initial involvement in the put:r plish what my bill seeks to accomplish. ice, but he has spent his personal life serving lishing business was from when he 1965-67, However, because I believe that these two our community as well. Mr. Sanchez is a past was a partner in the publishing company provisions of the Tax Code are so important to president of the Flamingo Kiwanis of Hialeah, Harbot Music, a business which he owns the success of research and development in vice president of the American Heart Associa­ today. tion, vice president of the community develoi:r our country, I have combined both provisions From 1967-71 Joe was manager of the into one bill. It is important that the research ment sector of the FAHRO, as well as a mem­ SESAC performing rights organization's Nash­ ber in the National Association of Housing and and development community in the United ville office. States understand that the House supports the Redevelopment Officials and Public Housing Today Joe owns several successful music­ Authorities Director's Association. Mr. Sanchez permanent extension of both of these impor­ related businesses including United Record tant incentives. is also a past president of the Hialeah Com­ Pressing, Inc., Peer-Talbot Music Group and The need for this legislation is clear. For our munity Baseball Association. Nashville Record Productions. He is also the country to compete in the international market­ Raphael Sanchez was also the first Cuban­ owner of a commercial office building on place we must encourage investment in re­ American to be elected as an at-large board Nashville's music row and other commercial search and development. This investment member of the Florida Association of Housing real estate. He has also recently, for the first adds to American competitiveness and pro­ and Redevelopment Officials [FAHRO]. time, become involved in artist management. Strong, committed leaders are the pride of ductivity, enabling us to reach our full eco­ Joe Talbot is a past chairman of the board, nomic potential. our community. Hialeah is fortunate to have past president and one of a few people to be Raphael Sanchez as one of them. accorded the honor of being named a lifetime In a global marketplace, companies in the member of the Country Music Association. United States must have an equal opportunity to compete with companies overseas. Rein­ Joe is a trustee and past chairman of the JOE TALBOT-A TRUE MASTER vesting money in their businesses will result in board of the Country Music Foundation. He is improvements to established technology. That a member of the board of directors of Third will lead to economic growth and jobs cre­ HON. BOB CLEMENT National Bank in Nashville. He has served on OF TENNESSEE the boards of the National Academy of Re­ ation. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cording Arts and Sciences, the Gospel Music Since the research and experimentation tax Wednesday, October 23, 1991 Association and the Nashville Better Business credit was first enacted in 1984, Congress has been renewing it on a short-term basis. Piece­ Mr. CLEMENT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Bureau. These memberships and positions indicate meal renewals are shortsighted. By making pay tribute to an icon in the country music in­ this credit permanent, my bill encourages dustry, someone who commands respect in a lifetime of achievement. But the greatest tes­ timonial to Joe Talbot is the respect and es­ long-term thinking. That is the only way com­ the business, political and civic community panies can effectively plan for the future. throughout middle Tennessee, a friend and a teem he commands among his peers, friends good man-Mr. Joe Talbot. and throughout our community. If asked to de­ The extension of the allocation rules is im­ Tonight the Nashville Entertainment Asso­ scribe this individual in one sentence, anyone portant to keeping future domestic R&D ex­ ciation [NEA] will honor this music industry who knows him would simply say, "Joe is a penditures here in the United States. If we do veteran, whose contributions go well beyond great man-one of the best people I know." not extend the allocation rules, the unintended the field of country music, as the recipient of Joe Talbot's word is truly his bon~it is as effect will be that companies will be encour­ their 1991 Master Award. This coveted honor good as gold. Through the years some of the aged to perform research and development is given to the individual or group who has most respected people in the music industry overseas, where they receive more favorable made a significant contribution to the "Nash­ have sought his advice and counsel. They tax treatment. Our Tax Code should not en­ ville Sound." value what he has to say. He is a quiet, easy­ courage the flight of research and develoi:r A true jack-of-all trades, Joe Talbot was going man who relies on a lifetime of experi­ ment dollars. born and raised in Nashville, TN. Joe grad­ ence and observation. Joe Talbot is one of Mr. Speaker, we need to enact these per­ uated from Vanderbilt University School of those rare individuals whose advice rings with manent extensions before the year is out, so Law in 1952 and successfully practiced law for wisdom, wit, insight and common sense. that those doing research and development many years. For most, this accomplishment William Shakespeare once said, "Some can be certain of the environment in which alone would be the highlight of a successful men are born great, some achieve greatness they will be planning and working. career. For Joe Talbot it is a lone chapter in and some have greatness thrust upon them." I urge my colleagues to cosponsor this leg­ a lifetime full of achievement. Joe Talbot personifies all three. islation and send a clear message that Con­ During and after the time Joe attended Van­ Mr. Speaker, today I ask my colleagues to gress supports the expansion of American derbilt, he played steel guitar. And Mr. Speak­ join me in paying tribute to Mr. Joe Talbot. I competitiveness through research and devel­ er, I mean he played the steel guitar. Joe re­ regret that I will be unable to participate in the opment. The passage of my bill will allow corded with the legendary Hank Snow on RCA ceremonies honoring Joe tonight in Nashville, American business to move forward with con­ Records from 1950 through 1954, appearing but I am honored to share these words of tril:r fidence into the future, keeping us on the cut­ on the Grand Old Opry with Snow from 1951- ute with my colleagues today. Most of all, I am ting edge of new technologies and global com­ 52. honored to call this great man my friend. petitiveness. October 23, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28387 CROSSROADS OF CIVILIZATION Staley as principal. It is composed of an ele­ In light of this award, it is most fitting that mentary school, middle school, and a high special recognition be given to the oldest ac­ HON. HENRY J. HYDE school. Notre Dame has maintained the strong tive Junior Women's Club in my home State. OF ILLINOIS traditions of Catholics in the North Texas area, Chartered on January 1 , 1935, and admitted IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and it has a reputation for high academic to the GFWC on January 1, 1936, the Salam standards and achievement for the youth of its Junior Women's Club has had a proud history Wednesday, October 23, 1991 region. I am proud to salute Notre Dame of community service for over 55 years. Mr. HYDE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call schools on the 25th anniversary of the dedica­ This dedicated service includes sponsorship to my colleagues, attention a significant event tion of their middle and high school buildings. of the Special Olympics, Big Brothers/Sisters, that took place this Sunday on the other side Dollars for Scholars, and many other pro­ of the world-the democratic election of a gov­ TRIBUTE TO ROLLIN KAPP grams. Their care, concern, and efforts on be­ ernment in the Republic of Turkey. half of children, the elderly, and people in Now, it would appear there should be noth­ need exemplify the true meaning of volunta­ ing special about such an election, but with HON. C. THOMAS McMILLEN rism. governments all over Europe and Asia strug­ OF MARYLAND Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join gling with fashioning representative systems, it IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES should be noticed that Turkey already has with me in congratulating this worthy organiza­ Wednesday, October 23, 1991 one-and has had it for decades. tion. The GFWC Salem Junior Women's And, astounding as it seems, the voter turn­ Mr. MCMILLEN of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, I Club's contributions to the quality of life in out was 90 percent. More than 26 million of rise today to congratulate and recognize an Salem, NH, is truly dedicated community spirit the 29 million eligible voters went to the polls. outstanding citation in my district, Mr. Rollin in action. We ought to study how they did that. Kapp, who has been named Citizen of the It was my pleasure and privilege to visit Tur­ Year by the Greater Odenton Improvement key this summer. I met with Government lead­ Association. ers and business leaders and learned much Mr. Kapp has been a resident of Odenton CITY RESCUE MISSION BOTH about the culture and history of Turkey, which for 30 years, having moved here in 1961 after ANNIVERSARY, NOVEMBER 2, 1991 is truly a crossroads of civilization. retiring from the Army with the rank of major. I can tell you that democracy and free enter­ After moving to Odenton, Mr. Kapp imme­ HON. JOE KOLTER prise are in evidence in that nation. .diately involved himself with volunteer work by Here are some important facts about Sun­ joining the newly revived Odenton Improve­ OF PENNSYLVANIA day's election: ment Association. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES First, the election chose 450 members to As an active member of the Association, Mr. Wednesday, October 23, 1991 the Grand National Assembly. Kapp has been instrumental in helping the Second, there are 18 political parties in the community adapt to its changing needs. One Mr. KOL TEA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to country and its constitution places no restric­ of his first projects was the formation of pay special tribute to the New Castle City tions on them other than that their platforms Odenton's clean-up campaign in the early Rescue Mission which has served the hungry, may not conflict with the state's national sov­ 1960's. Area residents formed cleanup crews homeless, and needy people in the New Cas­ ereignty and territorial integrity, human rights, to keep the community clean. Recently, Mr. tle, PA, area for the past 80 years. Started in or the principles of democracy and secularism. Kapp has been involved in Anne Arundel November 1911, under the direction of Rev. Third, women have had the right to vote County's rezoning effort, serving on the asso­ E.J. Berquist, followed by Rev. Benny Wat­ since 1927. Democracy is not an easy system ciation's Comprehensive Rezoning Task kins, A.W. Gibson, D.R. Wert, Cyril Smith, and to constrict. Turkey is making it work. Other Force. the present Executive Director F. Dickson countries who are trying to devise such a sys­ For the past 20 years, Mr. Kapp has been Marshall, this institution has performed serv­ tem would do well to observe Turkey. actively involved with programs at Arundel ices to this community which deserve special High School. Since 1975, Mr. Kapp has been recognition here today. involved with the high school wrestling team, For the past 42 years, Rev. F. Dickson Mar­ CELEBRATING THE ANNIVERSA­ acting as a coach and as an adviser to the shall has successfully directed this mission RY OF NOTRE DAME SCHOOLS students. Mr. Kapp also has been a member which reaches out and assists others less for­ of the Arundel High School Citizens Advisory tunate than ourselves in nine areas of min­ HON. BILL SARPAUUS Committee for 20 years, which advises the istry. Services are provided through their OF TEXAS board of education. men's department, family welfare services, a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thank you, Rollin, from myself and the citi­ crisis pregnancy center, family shelter, youth Wednesday, October 23, 1991 zens of Odenton for all you have done on be­ program, camping facilities, radio broadcasts, half of our community. We are all grateful to industrial center, and an elderly folks Bible Mr. SARPALIUS. Mr. Speaker, on October you for your exemplary service and your in­ 26, a quality group of schools in Wichita Falls, study. Each segment of this mission serves a volvement with the community, which is a very necessary and vital role in the lives of the TX, will celebrate an important anniversary. glowing example of all of the wonderful things Notre Dame schools will honor the 25th anni­ people who seek help through this very worthy that can be accomplished through active citi­ service. versary of the dedication of their middle and zen involvement. high school building. Men and women in all walks of life partici­ Catholic schools in the Wichita Falls area pate through contributions of time, energy, and have a long and distinguished history. The first TRIBUTE TO THE JUNIOR finances to assure that this invaluable con­ one was the Academy of Mary Immaculate, WOMEN'S CLUB OF SALEM, NH tribution to the humanitarian efforts throughout founded by the Sisters of Saint Mary. In 1964, the Lawrence County area are provided for the Brothers of the Holy Cross began a sec­ HON. DICK SWETI those who seek help through this organization. ondary education program for young men. In OF NEW HAMPSHIRE I ask my colleagues to join me today in ap­ 1966, the Sisters of Saint Mary and the Broth­ plauding this organization and its very dedi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ers of the Holy Cross jointly opened Notre cated leader who spends countless hours as­ Dame High School, with Sister Genevieve Wednesday, October 23, 1991 suring the success and continued growth of a Kirkpatrick, S.S.M.N., and Brother Harold Mr. SWETT. Mr. Speaker, the National community service which literally saves lives Young, C.S.C., as principals. Brother Richard Greater Federation of Women's Clubs [GFWC] of those for whom their services are rendered. Daly, C.S.C., the second principal of the boys' has designated October as Junior Women's May this most beneficial service be continued division, is now director of the Texas Catholic Club month. A few weeks ago, the GFWC and may Reverend Marshall, his staff, the vol­ Conference in Austin, TX. New Hampshire Junior Women's Clubs were unteers, and all supporters of this ministry be Today, Notre Dame is a diocesan school of the recipients of the 1991 Governor's Award blessed on this their 80th anniversary and the Diocese of Fort Worth with Ronald M. for Outstanding Volunteer Organization. each and every day hereafter. 28388 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1991 H.R. 2950-REAUTHORIZATION OF ing dollars at the State level. The State can much criticism on the grounds that their pro­ SURFACE TRANSPORTATION determine its priorities and use Federal dollars gramming is politically motivated. Last year, to meet its unique needs. for instance, PBS and CPB refused to show HON. STEVE GUNDERSON The establishment of a National Highway "The Greenhouse Conspiracy," a documen­ OF WISCONSIN System, a Scenic Byways Program, provisions tary that discounts the global warming theory, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES which will increase productivity for the trucking even though many stations wanted to air the industry, and emphasis given to research and program. It is an outrage that American tax­ Wednesday, October 23, 1991 technology which will enhance all modes of payers should be forced to fund a public orga­ Mr. GUNDERSON. Mr. Speaker, Gen. transportation will strengthen this Nation's fu­ nization that misrepresents important issues or Dwight D. Eisenhower after World War II rec­ ture mobility needs as it enters the 21st cen­ feels inclined to promote their own ideas and ognized the necessity for developing a Na­ tury. values over those of whom they were created tional Highway System for defense purposes. to serve. The wartime road system was inadequate for Public broadcasting is already thriving with transporting military equipment and personnel GOVERNMENT HAS NO BUSINESS minimal assistance from the Federal Govern­ to the Nation's east and west coasts for de­ IN BROADCASTING ment. With our country teetering on economic parture to the European and Pacific war collapse, it is essential to abolish those costly fronts. HON. PHILIP M. CRANE .and nonessential programs that are better To remedy this deficiency, President Eisen­ OF ILLINOIS suited for the private sector. I urge my col­ hower initiated the National System of Inter­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES leagues to take a step in reducing the deficit state and Defense Highways in 1956. The Na­ Wednesday, October 23, 1991 by supporting the abolishment of Government tion was to benefit from a unified network of in public broadcasting. roadways and Wisconsin became one of the Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ first States to complete construction of its por­ ducing a bill to abolish Federal funding for the tion of the Interstate System. Corporation for Public Broadcasting [CPB]. September 30, 1991, marked the official CPB, no doubt, is an organization that many SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS completion of the Interstate System. During Americans have never heard of, yet the Cor­ Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, the construction of the Interstate System, driv­ poration does exist at a cost to the American agreed to by the Senate on February 4, ers of Wisconsin and 19 other States have taxpayers of over $229 million last year alone. 1977, calls for establishment of a sys­ contributed excess funds to the unified high­ Created in 1934, and receiving 90 percent tem for a computerized schedule of all way trust fund for purposes of completing this of its operating income from the U.S. Govern­ meetings and hearings of Senate com­ National System. In fact, Wisconsin has con­ ment, CPB's official purpose is to foster the mittees, subcommittees, joint commit­ tributed more than $1 billion to assist other growth and development of public broadcast­ tees, and committees of conference. States in bringing this National Highway Sys­ ing. CPB does this through noncommercial tel­ This title requires all such committees tem to fruition. evision and radio programming as well as pro­ to notify the Office of the Senate Daily In this landmark legislation, the chall~nge viding monetary assistance to the Public Digest-designated by the Rules Com­ shifts from building a transportation system to Broadcasting Service [PBS] and National Pub­ mittee-of the time, place, and purpose maintaining and modernizing the facilities in lic Radio [NPR]. of the meetings, when scheduled, and order to support economic growth and meet . While I believe the goals of CPB to be ex­ any cancellations or changes in the the competitive demands of the international emplary, I feel strongly that with our country's meetings as they occur. marketplace. debt approaching $4 trillion, the Federal Gov­ As an additional procedure along An equitable distribution of highway trust ernment needs to abandon its policy of fund­ with the computerization of this infor­ fund dollars enables Wisconsin for the first ing extraneous programs without consideration mation, the Office of the Senate Daily time in 35 years to receive a fair rate of return of the country's financial capabilities. In addi­ Digest will prepare this information for in dollars it sends to the Federal Government. tion, many of these programs, like the CPB, printing in the Extensions of Remarks This is a dramatic increase over the average can flourish alone in the private sector without section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD $0.74 return for every dollar contributed to the the hand or wallet of Uncle Sam. on Monday and Wednesday of each fund that the State has traditionally received. No one can dispute that PNS and NPR offer week. Every aspect of our State's economy will ben­ many educational and cultural enriching pro­ Meetings scheduled for Thursday, Oc­ efit from the more equitable return of Federal grams. Indeed, my bill would do nothing to tober 24, 1991, may be found in the funds, creating hundreds of real jobs, and change this nor does it herald the death of Daily Digest of today's RECORD. meeting new requirements of the Clean Air public broadcasting. On the contrary, the vast Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act. majority of public radio and television stations agreed to by the Senate on February 4, Another important change in the legislation are already operated by private sources such 1977, calls for establishment of a sys­ is it will spend down the highway trust fund. as universities and nonprofit community asso­ tem for a computerized schedule of all The money in the fund belongs to the States. ciations. Federal funding of public broadcast­ meetings and hearings of Senate com­ It was established with gas tax revenue for the ing amounts to only slightly more than one­ mittees, subcommittees, joint commit­ purpose of building an Interstate System for seventh of the total industry income. Private tees, and committees of conference. which the States are responsible. The States support for public broadcasting is robust and This title requires all such committees build and maintain the roads. Returning these growing. Abolishing Federal funding of the to notify the Office of the Senate Daily dollars to the States over the next 6 years will CPB would do little to threaten its future. Digest-designated by A. Endicott, Jr., restore integrity to the highway trust fund. Although I offer this legislation as a small of Texas, to be General Counsel, Syl In the largely rural Third Congressional Dis­ step toward controlling our runaway deficit, Chavez Long, of New Mexico, to be As­ trict of Wisconsin, the recent recession has current controversy surrounding CPB and its sistant Secretary for Congressional Af­ had it economic impact. Dropping the 5-cents affiliate, PBS, could alone warrant action. A fairs, and Jo Ann K. Webb, of Virginia, tax increase at this time was appropriate. recent documentary titled "Tongues Untied," to be Assistant Secretary for Policy Those people hit hardest by it would have funded by PBS, CPB, and the National En­ and Planning, all of the Department of been rural residents, who account for greater dowment for the Arts, spurred hundreds of in­ Veterans Affairs. lane miles traveled and whose per capita ex­ decency complaints to the Federal Commu­ SR-418 penditure on motor fuel is higher than in urban nications Commission as a result of the 9:45 a.m. areas. show's graphic sexual depictions and lan­ Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs There are many other constructive provi­ guage. "Tongues Untied" was so offensive To hold hearings on the nominations of David F. Bradford, of New Jersey, and sions in H.R. 3566 for which I want to com­ that 206 of the 341 PBS stations refused to Paul Wonnacott, of Maryland, each to mend the House Public Works and Transpor­ broadcast it. be a Member of the Council of Eco­ tation Committee. Especially important is that In addition to this obscene abuse of tax­ nomic Advisers, and Susan Meredith this bill provides greater flexibility in program- payer money, CPB and PBS have received Phillips, of Iowa, to be a Member of the October 23, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28389 Board of Governors of the Federal Re­ Judiciary OCTOBER30 serve System. Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks Sub­ 10:00 a.m. SD-538 committee Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 10:00 a.m. To hold hearings on S. 1623, to revise To hold hearings on agricultural and Finance title 17, United States Code, to imple­ food assistance for the Soviet Union. International Trade Subcommittee ment a royalty payment system and a S~332 To hold hearings to examine how trade serial copy management system for Environment and Public Works policy may affect the environment, fo­ digital audio recording, and to prohibit To hold hearings on the nominations of cusing on S. 984, to impose countervail­ certain copyright infringement ac- E. Gail de Planque, of New Jersey, to ing duties under U.S. trade law on products from countries who fail to im­ tions. be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory pose and enforce effective pollution SD-226 Commission, and Herbert Holmes Tate, controls and environmental safeguards. 2:00 p.m. of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Ad­ SD-215 Conferees on H.R. 2707, making appropria­ ministrator of the Environmental Pro­ Foreign Relations tions for fiscal year 1992 for the Depart­ tection Agency for Enforcement and Terrorism, Narcotics and International Op­ ments of Labor, Health and Human Compliance Monitoring. erations Subcommittee Services, and Education, and related SD-406 To continue hearings to examine allega­ agencies. Foreign Relations tions of drug trafficking and money H-140, Capitol East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommit­ laundering activities in the United 2:30 p.m. tee States by the Bank of Credit and Com­ Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry To hold hearings to examine U.S. secu­ merce International (BCCI), focusing Agricultural Research and General Legis­ rity policy in east Asia. on narcotics and foreign policy impli­ lation Subcommittee SD-419 cations. To hold hearings on reducing foreign ma­ 2:00 p.m. SH-216 terial limits in official soybean stand­ Foreign Relations European Affairs Subcommittee OCTOBER29 ards. S~332 To resume hearings on consolidating 9:30 a.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportation free-market democracy in the former Labor and Human Resources To hold hearings on the nomination of Soviet Union. To hold hearings on S. 1622, to revise the SD-419 Occupational Safety and Health Act of Mary L. Azcuenaga, of the District of Columbia, to be a Federal Trade Com­ 1970 to improve the provisions of such OCTOBER31 missioner. Act with respect to the health and 10:00 a.m. safety of employees. S~253 3:00 p.m. Judiciary SD-430 Business meeting, to consider pending 9:45 a.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportation Select on Indian Affairs Consumer Subcommittee calendar business. Business meeting, to mark up S. 754, to To hold hearings to examine develop­ SD-226 provide that a portion of the income men ts in automotive fuel economy 2:30 p.m. derived from trust or restricted land technology. Foreign Relations East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommit­ held by an individual Indian shall not 8~253 be considered as a resource or income 3:30 p.m. tee To continue hearings to examine U.S. se­ in determining eligibility for assist­ Foreign Relations ance under any Federal or federally as­ curity policy in east Asia. To hold hearings on the nominations of SD-419 sisted program; to be followed by a Curtis W. Kamman, of the District of joint hearing with the House Commit­ Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Re­ tee on the Interior on H.R. 1476, to pro­ public of Chile, Michael G. Kozak, of vide for the divestiture of certain prop­ POSTPONEMENTS erties of the San Carlos Indian Irriga­ Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Re­ tion Project in the State of Arizona. public of El Salvador, Robert S. SRr-485 Pastorino, of California, to be Ambas­ OCTOBER24 10:00 a.m. sador to the Dominican Republic, and 3:00 p.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportation George F. Jones, of Texas, to be Am­ Foreign Relations Merchant Marine Subcommittee bassador to the Republic of the Co-op­ To hold a closed briefing on the Adminis­ To hold oversight hearings on Federal erative Republic of Guyana. tration's plan for military assistance shipbuilding chartering practices. SD-419 to Jordan. S~253 SD-415