June 15, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14745 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS RITALIN activity being present in many, but by no icit Disorder (314.00). Copies of these two ci­ means all such children. Second, we need to tations are enclosed. clarify that the FDA does not, in most cases, Clearly, additional work needs to be done HON. CASS BALLENGER conduct its own studies or even fund studies, in operationalizing and empirically validat­ OF NORTH CAROLINA and we have not conducted or funded any ing the constructs suggested by this diag­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES studies of ADD. However, we have surveyed nostic entity. However, from the standpoint Wednesday, June 15, 1988 the literature published since 1975, and we of selecting individuals for treatment, the have focused on approximately 50 papers re­ diagnostic category of ADD is adequately Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, Ritalin­ porting on adequate and well-controlled reliable and valid, and is widely accepted in methylphenidate hydrochloride-is a drug pre­ studies of children with this diagnosis, or the medical community (both pyschiatric scribed for children who suffer the symptoms some equivalent diagnosis . Consequently, we have learning. It should be noted that the cur­ indeed, often extends into adolescence and reexamined the available data regarding the rent labeling for Ritalin makes no claim for early adulthood Center for Drug Evaluation and Re­ and Therapeutic Index data base, it has disorders, diagnostic terms and practices been estimated that approximately 600,000 search has prepared the following answers have changed over time with regard to the to your specific questions. to 700,000 individuals are being treated with entity now identified as ADD. From the Ritralin as of 1987. An estimated 70 percent Question 1: Reports and studies indicate somewhat diffuse category of minimal brain that Ritalin is very useful in calming hyper­ of these prescriptions are for children or damage the hyperactivity syndrome was de­ adolescents. active children. Do your studies of this drug rived, and in more recent years the predomi­ indicate that this is true? Question 4: Have you received any com­ nantly used term has been attention deficit plaints about Ritalin? RESPONSE disorder. This term is used to identify a First, we need to clarify the disorder in group of children who are characterized by RESPONSE children for which Ritalin is indicated, i.e., impaired attention, impulsivity and often, The vast majority of adverse clinical attention deficit disorder. We will elaborate but not always, hyperactivity. The current events occurring in association with the use on the issue of diagnosis at greater length in edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical of Ritalin are reported to the sponsor, Ciba our response to your question No 2, but here Manual of the American Psychiatric Asso­ Geigy. Ciba Geigy is required by law to we simply state that the most prominent ciation distinguishes between transmit these reports periodically to FDA, features of this disorder are impaired atten­ Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and to our knowledge, they have fully com­ tion and impulsivity, with behavioral hyper- (314.01) and Undiffereniated Attention Def- plied with this requirement.

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. 14746 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 15, 1988 Question 5: Are there any side effects as­ pirical data. Thus clinicians' attempts to sociated with the use of Ritalin? If so, how place children into diagnostic categories of [In percent] many complaints have you recevived and ADD with hyperactivity ADD, without hy­ what should be done? No peractivity, or an ADD residual type may Yes No re- RESPONSE not be reliable. Therefore, prescription of sponse As is true of all effective pharmacological pharmacological treatment for ADD with agents, Ritalin has a number of adverse hyperactivity may not be made solely upon l. Would you support an increase in your Social diagnostic category. A discussion of the dif­ Security taxes to pay for a new long-term health events associated with its use. These events care program? ...... 38 61 are listed in the currently approved labeling ficulty in making the diagnosis of hyperac­ 2. Some are proposing a federal public works program

19-059 0-89-44 (Pt. 10) 14748 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 15, 1988 remain true to his vision of a just, compas­ forces: weak oil prices, increased exports ment, AFL-CIO, I am writing to ask your as­ sionate, and peaceful world. from , increased exports from Colom­ sistance in defeating any amendments to I would like to join Peter's thousands of bia and a widespread belief that the market the Treasury, General Government and friends and fans in conveying my deepest ad­ would remain stagnant. The authors pegged Postal Service Appropriations bill which the total decrease in revenue earned on U.S. would restrict the health benefits coverage miration for him on the occasion of his 50th coal sales between 1985 and 1987 at $1.5 bil­ of federal and postal employees. birthday celebration. I look forward to hearing lion, discounted $500 million for coal sold In the past year, the Federal Employees' more from him, both in song, in protest, and in under long-term contracts, and then divided Health Benefits Program has come advocacy for many years to come. the remaining $1 billion by four, for the under attack twice through measures spon­ four market forces at work. sored by Representative John Ashbrook CR­ This is voodoo econometrics, using a Ohio), which would have prohibited the WHARTON STUDY PLUS CHAM- methodology that lacks by a wide margin payment of administrative expenses of any BER OF MINES EQUAL the validity required for an intelligent as­ federal employee health insur­ VOODOO ECONOMETRICS sessment. ance plan which provides options for abor­ A useful analysis, at minimum, would re­ tion and related medical conditions. We be­ HON. NICK JOE RAHALL II quire extensive research into the volume lieve that this amendment represents an at­ and price of U.S. sales gains in markets tempt to inject the Congress into the collec­ OF WEST VIRGINIA closed to South Africa vs. losses in markets tive bargaining process by mandating the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES where diverted South African coal, offered elimination of a medical benefit which fed­ Wednesday, June 15, 1988 at low prices, displaced U.S. tonnage. eral and postal employees have negotiated It would need to include a careful assess­ as part of their total compensation package. Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, about 2 months ment of other key factors that shaped the Presently, the government has little in­ ago, the Wharton Econometric Forecasting world coal arena between 1985 and 1987. volvement in the Federal Employees' Association [WEFA] prepared a so-called That would include exchange rates, ocean Health Benefits program beyond negotiat­ study for the South African Chamber of Mines, freight rate swings, steel output and elec­ ing the level of benefits and administering a trade group representing South African tricity demand, to name a few. the Plan's funds. The Ashbrook amend­ mining concerns. The Chamber of Mine's report sheds no ment, as proposed in the past, represents an light on the impact of South African coal unwarranted injection of the Congress into It should come as no surprise that the embargoes on the U.S. coal industry. It report, entitled "Embargos Against South Afri­ this process-by authorizing the Congress to does, however, suggest that international decide what benefits will be offered. Under can Coal Exports: Their Impact on World Coal sanctions are bringing pressure to bear on the current system, federal and postal work­ Trade and Prices," reached the cozy conclu­ South Africa's apartheid system. Why else­ ers may choose from a variety of health sion that "trade embargos against South Afri­ in the world of international coal trade­ plans. We believe that this freedom of can coal cost the United States coal export in­ would South African companies hire a con­ choice in medical plans must be preserved. dustry about $250 million between 1985 and sulting firm to benefit their U.S. competi­ Over the past year, the Senate Appropria­ 1987 alone." tors? tions Committee has twice voted to delete I find this conclusion tenuous at best and the Ashbrook restriction from funding legis­ spurious at worst. This purported report based lation. I urge your support for following the FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' Senate lead and maintaining the current its accommodating conclusion on several con­ COMPENSATION PACKAGE standards in the FEHB program when the straints and assumptions, and surely we know Treasury, General Government and Postal what happens when we assume. Nowhere in HON. MERVYN M. DYMALLY Service Appropriations bill reaches the this document could I find any justification for OF CALIFORNIA House floor. the $250 million figure. Sincerely yours, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In support of my concern about this report JOHN F. LEYDEN, and the misinformation it construes, I wish to Wednesday, June 15, 1988 Executive Director. submit for the RECORD an editorial from the Mr. DYMALLY. Mr. Speaker, as a member FEDERALLY EMPLOYED WOMEN, May 5, 1988, Journal of Commerce entitled of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Washington, DC, July 14, 1981. "Voodoo Econometrics". This statement suc­ Service, I believe that our Federal employees DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: Federally Em­ cinctly highlights the flaws in the report and deserve fair compensation for their efforts on ployed Women shall be increased as specified in that Congressional Liaison. greatest number of cash seizures for money subsection. being transported via commercial airlines oc­ (b) SPECIFICATION OF INCREASES.-The enti­ curred at Los Angeles International Airport. ties and increases referred to in subsection SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DRUG In Los Angeles the twin problems of drugs Ca) are- TASK FORCE and drug related violence are now reaching a <1 > Coast Guard, not fewer than 100 posi­ critical level. Since March of this year, the Los tions; HON. MEL LEVINE Angeles police have made 4,000 narcotics ar­ (2) Customs Service, not fewer than 200 rests, seizing 212 guns used in drug traffick­ positions; OF CALIFORNIA (3) Immigration and Naturalization Serv­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing. These seizures of guns were particularly ice, not fewer than 50 criminal investigator ominous in light of the murder of two DEA un­ Wednesday, June 15, 1988 positions; dercover agents in February in a drug-related <4> Drug Enforcement Administrators, not Mr. LEVINE of California. Mr. Speaker, I am incident. Increased Federal law enforcement fewer than 124 positions: introducing, along with my distinguished col­ pressure is necessary now to prevent the situ­ (5) Office of the United States attorney, league, Mr. BERMAN, legislation creating a ation in Los Angeles from developing into a not fewer than 80 positions: Southern California Drug Task Force. This leg­ situation of lawlessness and violence similar (6) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Fire­ islation will establish additional Federal law to that in Florida which necessitated the intro­ arms, not fewer than 25 positions; enforcement support in the southern California duction of South Florida Task Force. (7) Federal Bureau of Investigation, not area to wage, and help win, the war on drugs. fewer than 50 positions; and Despite their role in the importation and dis­ (8) Marshals Service, not fewer than 20 Los Angeles is currently in the throes of a tribution of illegal drugs, Los Angeles and positions for asset seizure and forfeiture ac­ substantial increase in drug trafficking. The southern California are actually receiving less tivities and not fewer than 10 positions for success of the South Florida Task Force on Federal law enforcement assistance than narcotics-related investigation and arrest of Drugs, and the increased Federal law enforce­ areas with similar drug trafficking problems. fugitives in the United States and foreign ment presence it brought to Florida, has re­ For example, according to the DEA, the Miami countries. sulted in an increase in the flow of drugs en­ Office of the DEA has 341 special gents, and SEC. 3. BASE DATE AND EFFECTIVE DATE. tering this country through southern California the New York office has 301. The Los Ange­ The increases authorized by section 2 and Los Angeles. This drug trafficking is les office, covering all of Los Angeles, central shall be increases over authorized personnel having tragic consequences not only for California, Guam, Nevada, and Hawaii, has levels as of September 30, 1988, and shall southern California, but for the rest of the 169. The Los Angeles office of the DEA is apply with respect to fiscal years beginning Nation as well. doing an outstanding job, but they must have after that date. In 1985, the Los Angeles Police Department additional resources. seized 350 pounds of cocaine. In 1987, this The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles HOUSE CONCURRENT figure had jumped to 6.5 tons, which amount­ covers one of the largest districts in the coun­ RESOLUTION 260 ed to over 20 percent of the cocaine seized in try. However, it has one of the smallest staffs the United States. Other jurisdictions in south­ of assistant attorneys per case load of any ern California are making significant cocaine office in the country. Turn over and hiring HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI seizures as well-further demonstrating that freezes have further reduced the number of OF CALIFORNIA the traffic in this deadly drug is shifting to the attorneys available to prosecute drug-related IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES west coast. The increase in cocaine coming arrests. Increasing the staffing of the Califor­ through southern California is also confirmed nia Central District U.S. Attorney's Office is Wednesday, June 15, 1988 by a recent DEA study, which indicates that its one of the most important steps Congress Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, yesterday my street price is lower in Los Angeles than any­ can take to win the war on drugs on the west colleagues were given the chance to salute where else in the country, indicating that the coast. three dedicated and heroic Americans who supply of cocaine is most plentiful in the LA The legislation we are introducing today gave their lives so that the rest of us could area. provides for task force support to the Federal know the truth of what was occurring in war­ The cocaine coming into the country law enforcement agencies waging the drug torn Afghanistan. The devotion these men through southern California is not merely a war in southern California. The bill increases showed to truth and to all those values we local problem. The cocaine plague affecting the Coast Guard, Customs Service, INS, FBI, hold to be true are examples we should this country can best be fought by shutting off BATF, Marshals Service, U.S. attorney, and follow, and it was with great pleasure that I the supply of drug dealers and users. By con­ DEA offices in the Los Angeles and southern saw my colleagues unanimously approve the centrating resources in Florida and New York California area. sense of Congress to honor these heroes we have shifted the problem from one coast The South Florida Task Force on Drugs has posthumously with the Presidential Medal of to the other. proven that increased Federal pressure can Freedom. Los Angeles is also struggling with a glut of successfully scare drug traffickers out of their For more than 8 years, the Soviet Union phencyclidine [PCP], another problem with na­ chosen territories. But this initial success is has waged a bloody war against the people of tional consequences. Los Angeles is acknowl­ not enough. We must continue to challenge Afghanistan. It has been a cruel and tragic edged to be the production capital for PCP. drug traffickers wherever they attempt to net conflict and the Soviets have been intent on After manufacture, this deadly product is their profits. I urge my colleagues to support a preventing the rest of the world from learning shipped throughout the country. According to South California Drug Task Force. the truth. Undaunted by Soviet threats of re­ the National Narcotics Intelligence Consumers H.R. 4826- taliation, American journalists have risked their Committee Report for 1987, "the principal Be it enacted by the Senate and House of lives so the freedom loving people of the areas of PCP use in the United States are Los Representatives of the United States of world would learn of the struggle for liberty Angeles, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, America in Congress assembled, which was being waged on the mountainous New York, New Orleans, Baltimore, and in SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. terrain of Afghanistan. On September 19, particular, Washington, DC." The report fur­ This Act may be cited as the "Southern 1985, Charles E. Thornton, a medical reporter ther states that 43 percent of criminal arrests California Drug Task Force Act of 1988". for the Arizona Republic was killed by Soviet in Washington, DC tested positive for PCP. SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PERSONNEL IN THE LOS AN­ soldiers while writing a story on volunteer doc­ GELES, CALIFORNIA, AREA OF GOV­ Halting the manufacture of PCP is not a local ERNMENT ENTITIES INVOLVED IN tors in the country. Two years later, on Octo­ issue. Federal law enforcement efforts must THE WAR ON DRUGS. ber 9, 1987, Lee Shapiro and Jim Lindelof be brought to bear to the benefit of the entire Ca) IN GENERAL.-ln order to augment the were murdered in cold blood while filming a country. Federal antidrug effort and to assist State documentary on the war. An eyewitness ac- 14:750 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 15, 1988 count by their guide recounts being strafed by as a politician who's been dead fifteen years. finance abortion services in every circum­ helicopter gunships and then being ruthlessly By that measure, Don is an extraordinary stance under Medicaid. I cannot understand, shot by Soviet troops after their helicopter had statesman-a live one. This conclusion is the same by any meas­ however, how anyone could believe it is fair to landed. ure. Whether it be by his advocacy of inter­ deny Government assistance to poor women Mr. Speaker, these men died for what they national peace through law; or by his suc­ who become pregnant through rape and believed. They offered what was most dear to cess in helping stop trade in looted archae­ incest. Woman who are victims of sexual as­ them so that the rest of us could learn the ological materials; or by his efforts to con­ sault deserve our Government's compassion truth. My one real regret is that these brave vince our trading partners that without and support. The provision in this bill which and courageous men are not alive today to American workers there are no American denies Medicaid funding, even in cases of see the Soviets begin their long awaited with­ consumers. rape or incest, is insensitive and unfair. drawal from Afghanistan. Do not let their con­ is an extraordinary public serv­ ant. An ordinary public servant is some­ I am not alone in believing that a poor tributions to peace be in vain. I thank my times defined as a Democrat who holds woman who becomes pregnant as a result of House colleagues for giving their unanimous some office that a Republican wants. By rape or incest should have access to the approval to award these fine men the Presi­ that measure, Don is an extraordinary same range of medical treatment as a more dential Medal of Freedom, America's highest public servant who is interested in doing affluent woman. Among the organizations that civilian honor. I now urge my esteemed col­ more than merely holding on to his office. join me in urging that publicly funded abor­ leagues in the Senate to follow suit and And this conclusion, too, is the same by tions be available in such tragic cases are the reward these men with the recognition they any measure. Whether it be by extending benefits paid to workers who lose their jobs American Association of University Women, deserve. American Public Health Association, Institute Mr. Speaker, I again want to thank my because of unfair trading practices; or by consistently supporting the cause of higher for Women of Color, International Association House colleagues for their unanimous approv­ education, through his efforts to improve of Women Ministers, National Coalition al to honor these brave men. It is my lasting federal student aid programs and federal Against Sexual Assault, National Education hope that the President will also see the right­ programs in support of faculty research; or Association, National Federation of Business ness in honoring these heroes and recognize by reforming the federal tax structure, and Professional Women, Women's Equity their sacrifice by awarding them with the Pres­ making it more fair MAY sults for us." 20, 1988 employing more than 1,000 people that year. <5>. Congressman Kennedy thanked Gri­ After exchanging greetings Congressman goryants for standing up for his people, and More recently, he has been involved with real Kennedy posed several questions to Mr. Gri­ declared, "The people of Massachusetts estate acquisition and development. goryants concerning his recent arrest and through their Senate and House of Repre­ Mr. Johns has helped improve our commu­ the raid on the office of the independent sentatives will be passing a resolution to ap­ nity through his general contracting firm spe­ journal "Glasnost." plaud your courage, and object to your cializing in residential renovation since 1980. <1). Congressman Kennedy asked Grigor­ arrest. I will appeal to Soviet officials on the Mr. Johns has been active politically as yants to explain the events leading up to his question of office space for 'Glasnost' and well. He was an appointed member to the arrest, and to describe the general atmos­ on your arrest." phere in which he conducts his campaign to GRIGORYANTS: "It would be nice if the State Central Committee of the California Re­ promote "Glasnost." Soviet authorities could be approached with publican Party and director of the 32d Agricul­ GRIGORYANTS: "On May 9th the office was a request to get us some printing equip­ tural District, appointed by Governor Deukme­ ransacked by the KGB who hid behind the ment, even electronic typewriters with jian. backs of the militia and the procurator who memory or computers with printers. It is We in Orange County have been fortunate accompanied them. No warrant was present­ important. Even if they return the old com­ to have these fine citizens living in our com­ ed either for entry into the office or for the puter it is very primitive. We may even be munity. They are most deserving of the Volun­ search. A warrant is required to be obtained absolutely without it. Confiscated comput­ teer of the Month award they will receive and from the attorney general. Thus far the ers have been returned broken and unusua­ former office of 'Glasnost Magazine' re­ I am sure my colleagues join me in recogniz­ ble." mains sealed off with a noticeable portion Mr. Speaker, Mr. Grigoryants has paid a ing them here today. of the belongings removed. The location will not be able to be used again for producing high price for speaking up. Let us add our the magazine. Four of us who were present voice to his and call for a recognition in the THE TREATMENT OF SERGEY at the time were detained and sentenced by Soviet Union of the unalienable right to free­ GRIGORYANTS judge without any basis. There was no state dom of expression. attorney, defense attorney, or witnesses. I HON. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY II was not even asked any questions. In the OF MASSACHUSETTS time between arrest and trial I was beaten FRANCIS JOHN SANTANGELO, by the militia. Now in order to conceal the JR. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES event they claim it is I who attacked them." Wednesday, June 15, 1988 "In general the situation is difficult. What happened to the office of 'Glasnost' is not HON. STENY H. HOYER Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Speaker, the Moscow an isolated event. It is a reflection of a very summit has continued to pave the way for im­ uncertain situation in the country when a OF MARYLAND proved relations between the superpowers struggle between different political groups IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and provides the United States with many op­ becomes so intense it is impossible to predict portunities to work for peace and human what will happen next." Wednesday, June 15, 1988 rights. These opportunities should not be (2) Congressman Kennedy asked, "How Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, last week I lost a missed. was your time spent in prison?" dear friend and Prince Georges County lost an GRIGORYANTS: "I spent 7 days on a One case that I have been involved in is hunger strike as a protest against the un­ outstanding public official with the death of that of dissident publisher Sergey Grigoryants lawful detention. Everything was rather Delegate Frank Santangelo. and the independent journal "Glasnost." On calm. They moved me from a cell in one mi­ Frank and I were elected together to the May 9 Mr. Grigoryants was arrested in the litia office to another district militia office. Maryland General Assembly in 1966. Over our office of "Glasnost" while conducting an inter­ One high ranking Moscow police official friendship of more than 20 years, I came to view with members of the new unofficial politi­ told me that here nothing bad would know him as an outstanding elected official, cal party Democratic Union. Militia and KGB happen to me. The official himself felt that respected and loved by his colleagues and his authorities confiscated the magazine's ar­ in the old place I was in danger of further constituents. unlawful mistreatment even inside of the chives, computer, and funds for future issues. militia precinct headquarters." Frank Santangelo was born in Philadelphia, Grigoryants was convicted on a charge of <3>. Congressman Kennedy asked, "What PA, in 1919. He moved to the Washington "allegedly resisting the police" and served a are the measures and steps that I as a Con­ area in 1936 to work for the Civilian Conserva­ 1-week sentence in jail. While under arrest gressman could take to help you and your tion Corps. During World War II, he served in Grigoryants was severely beaten, and held a campaign for 'Glasnost'?" the Army. Following the war he worked for the hunger strike for the entire period of his im­ GRIGORYANTS: "We are really now in Pennsylvania Railroad and then adopted what prisonment. dire need of help. We will be doing every­ would be his lifelong profession, insurance On May 20 I telephoned Mr. Grigoryants thing to ensure that the editorial offices broker. will continue operating. We will try to find a from my office and conveyed the support of new place for the office. We will try to re­ Frank was a community activist involved in the people of Massachusetts for his struggle. place our confiscated equipment and try to Democratic politics, a founder of the Kentland In this effort I have been joined by several at least partially replace our confiscated ar­ Boys Club and the PAGA Italian-American Massachusetts local elected leaders. State chives. But, of course, it is very difficult Club. He also was a member of the Knights of Senator Michael LoPresti, State Representa­ under Soviet conditions where even before Columbus and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. tive William Galvin, and Boston City Councilor it was difficult to operate. For us it is very After serving one term in the Maryland Michael McCormack passed resolutions important to have support of international House of Delegates, Delegate Santangelo through their respective government bodies public opinion, especially political. We feel waged an unsuccessful campaign for Senate this support even now, but as always when protesting the treatment of Grigoryants and the thing is good you know that more is still in 1970. Given his outstanding record on calling for freedom of the press for independ­ necessary." behalf of his constituents, however, they were ent publications in the U.S.S.R. These officials (4). Congressman Kennedy asked, "Are eager for him to return to office and he was have shown that they understand the true there any specific officials to whom we reelected to the House of Delegates in 197 4, meaning of glasnost and the opportunities should express our concern, or any particu­ 1978, 1982 and 1986. provided by the improvements in United lar requests we should make?" Frank Santangelo was not only an outstand­ States-Soviet relations. GRIGORYANTS: "First, Soviet Ministers ing elected official, businessman, and commu­ At this point I would like to insert in the and Politboro Officials. I don't think that nity activist, he was a loving family man. He any organizations below this level could CONGRESSIONAL RECORD the text of my con­ help us. I'm not sure even they can or will leaves his beloved wife of 19 years, Thelma, versation with Sergey Grigoryants, as well as want to help. It is very important for us to and five sons: Louis, Frank, Jr., Richard, Mi­ the resolutions of support from the Massachu­ request that the authorities allow us to use chael, and Robert five stepchildren: Donald, setts House and Senate and the Boston City some vacant office space which is in abun­ Robert, Dale and Robert Poole, and Elmenia Council. dance in Moscow. This should be an item of Nelson. 14752 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 15, 1988 On Saturday, I had the privilege of deliver­ Frank Drozak began his career as a ship­ THE MEDIA'S EXPLOITATION OF ing a eulogy at the funeral of Frank Santan­ yard worker in Mobile, AL, at the age of 16. AMERICA'S VETERANS gelo: His role in union activities spanned a wide FRANCIS JOHN SANTANGELO, JR. range as he moved from being an organizer in Francis John Santangelo, Jr., was a son of Mobile to being a port agent in Philadelphia HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love. and then in my home city of San Francisco. In OF NEW YORK He was a servant in the House of the Lord; a 1980, Frank was elected president of the Sea­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES representative of his neighbors in the seats farers' International Union, the office he filled Wednesday, June 15, 1988 of power. For three decades and more, he until his untimely death. served; he cared; he counseled; he encour­ Frank's untiring personal and professional Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, as the ranking aged; he helped; he healed; he loved his member of the House Veterans' Affairs Com­ family; and he loved us. commitments to improving the lives of working He served his God, his community, his people were a theme in his life. The work of mittee, and as someone who has met and fellow officials, his children, his church and Frank Drozak will live on. worked with thousands of Vietnam veterans his beloved wife, Thelma. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to have been able over the years, I resent Dan Rather's pseudo­ He and I were elected together to the to call Frank Drozak my friend. I will miss documentary which aired last week, portraying General Assembly in 1966, and although we Frank. My heartfelt sympathy goes out to his Vietnam veterans as a group of pathological had known one another before, it was from misfits. that beginning that we became fast friends family and to his many friends in San Francis­ co, in Washington, DC, and all across the Mr. Speaker, I am inserting into today's and political partners. RECORD an excellent editorial by Richard Har­ He was a kind and loyal man, who was country. much larger than you would first suspect. wood, entitled, "Misplaced Pity for Vietnam Larger than his physical height, or quiet Vets." The editorial takes Dan Rather and the and temperate manner would let on. REMEMBERING ROBERT CBS network to task for their distortion of He served us in Prince George's County at KENNEDY America's veterans, especially Vietnam veter­ a time when our Country and our County ans. were struggling to better live out and make CBS's shameless exploitation of a few Viet­ reality the promises of our religious creeds HON. ROBERT GARCIA OF NEW YORK nam veterans who have had serious readjust­ and Constitutional precepts. ment problems is disgusting and irresponsible. Frank was a proud and humble person ... IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES [From the Washington Post, June 12, 1988] proud of his service to his Country in time Wednesday, June 8, 1988 of war; proud of his Italian roots; proud of MISPLACED PITY FOR VIETNAM VETS his church; properly proud of his role in the Mr. GARCIA. Mr. Speaker, 20 years ago this