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TRIBUTE TO COL. KAI E. THE NISEI SCHOOL By mid-summer 1941 I had interviewed RASMUSSEN ( 1902-88) must admit that I had set up my sights too high, in that I found only 3 percent fully OF CALIFORNIA When I'm speaking of the language school and its students during the period of 1941 to qualified and another 8 percent potential IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1946 I often use the term Nisei. It is not be­ students after a long training period. As a result of these discouraging findings, the Tuesday, May 3, 1988 cause I denigrate the other students or lan­ guage divisions but because, during my War Department directed the Fourth Army Mr. MINETA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tenure at the school it was truly a Nisei in San Francisco to establish a Japanese pay tribute to a great and noble American. school in which the staff and faculty as well language school, which was then informally as the great masses of students were indeed known as the Fourth Army Intelligence Col. Kai E. Rasmussen, who passed away on School. By November 1, when the school March 1O at the age of 85, had the vision and Nisei and the principle language taught was Japanese. The American people normally was activated, we were ensconced in the old courage to propose the establishment of a have never been linguistically gifted and the Crissy Field airhangers in San Francisco military intelligence school, relying on Ameri­ belief has sprung up accusing the United with sixty students, eight civilian instruc­ cans of Japanese ancestry as soldier students States of being a dullard where foreign lan­ tors and a commandant. We antedated Pearl at a time when they were regarded with suspi­ guages are concerned. This is, of course, Harbor by six weeks. We take great pride in cion and prejudice-indeed, at a time when clearly not supported by fact when we real­ it as an organization. Despite the care with which these initial 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry ize that the very country we live in has been settled by diverse ethnic groups, all speak­ students were selected, only 35 of the 60 were summarily removed from their civilian ing separate and different languages. This early students managed to finish the course homes and interned in distant, desolate belief, however, has some root in actuality of study. Even before the first graduation, camps. in that these diverse and polyglot groups commanders in Alaska and Guadalcanal Colonel Rasmussen knew this to be both were all seeking a common goal of rapid and were clamoring for Japanese language per­ unjust and wasteful of a key resource he complete Americanization and often pre­ sonnel, so the course had to be cut short knew the United States would need in fighting ferred not to speak the mother language though it had been planned for six months and the graduates were sent to the field the Second World War. He doggedly persisted with the result that a second generation fre­ quently actually had lost their bilingual commands immediately. in his proposal until the Military Intelligence heritage. Then, also, our budding nation During the planning and early operational Service Language School [MISLS] was acti­ quickly became an inwardly expanding phases of the school it was inevitable that vated at the Presidio of San Francisco on No­ nation and the only lingua franca accepta­ some negative minds should question the vember 1, 1941 . That school is now the De­ ble to them was that of English. In a need loyalty of the American Japanese in the war fense Language Institute [DLI], Presidio of for social intercourse between various na­ against Japan. However, as a result of the Monterey, CA, and continues as an invaluable tions of the world, languages have been the early intelligence successes of the graduates, asset toward the national security of the means by which this intercourse has been predictions of these doubters were quickly achieved.... I shall attempt to outline in stilled and the school work was pursued at United States. part the Army's role in satisfying national an ever-increasing tempo. As historical fact, The story of Kai Rasmussen is a uniquely linguistic needs during the last three-quar­ not one American Japanese nor one of his American one. He arrived in the United States ters of a century. alien parents was guilty of an un-American from Denmark in the late spring of 1922 with The requirements for Oriental language act at any time before, during or after the less than $10 to his name. He looked for any were recognized early by the Intelligence war with Japan. job to keep body and soul together and drifted Department and assignment to both U.S. As the first class of the school was coming up the Hudson Valley in New York. His first Embassies in Tokyo and Peking were made to a close, the relocation of all Japanese as on a regular basis in that one or two officers well as Americans of Japanese origin was or­ full-time job-which was 7 days a week, 12 were detailed each year to each embassy for dered and we had to select a new home. I hours a day-was as a dishwasher in Albany. a four year period as language students and was on the road once again, finally settling Not too much time passed before he was ac­ service attaches. I might point out that in Minnesota, where I received a great deal cepted into the U.S. Army for service in the in­ General Pershing, Class of 1886, was one of of help from, at that time, Governor Stas­ fantry with station in Scofield Barricks, HI. And those students as well as General Strong, sen. We resettled at Savage near St. Paul. in 1924, barely 2 years after arriving in the who was at G-2 at the beginning of World Later on, when we had outgrown the tempo­ United States, Kai Rasmussen entered the War II, Class of 1904. This system was kept rary camp at Savage, we took over the his­ in use until World War II. The require­ toric old Fort Snelling where we stayed U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY. ments for French and Spanish were largely until 1946, when we returned to California Through hard work, dedication, and a belief dictated by the need for language instruc­ to an equally historic fort, the Presidio of in excellence rather than expedience, Kai tors detailed to the Military Academy and Monterey. Rasmussen graduated from the Military Acad­ each instructor selected was afforded a one­ As time progressed, and as the war, the emy and went on to attain the rank of colonel. year study in Europe. With the addition of contact war, grew in all directions in the Pa­ In 1941, his level of expertise in military intelli­ German and Russian to the system, it had cific, all major commands and the chiefs of gence enabled him to create the MISLS. been enlarged to accommodate the added intelligence wrote highly commendatory let­ Thirty-six years later, on June 25, 1977, Colo­ requirements. In the meantime, World War ters back to the War Department and the II was raging in Europe and by the summer Commandant at the MISLS. These were ac­ nel Rasmussen addressed the graduating of 1941 the war clouds were hanging heavily companied with ever increasing praise and class of the school's successor, the DU. In over the Pacific Ocean area and it became requests for more and still more intelligence his address he spoke not only of why the clear that, in the event of open hostilities language specialists. school was created and how it was so impor­ involving American military forces, they In sending out intelligence teams we felt a tant to the war effort-but also how it proved would be fighting with the distinct handicap need for caucasian team leaders and we so invaluable to the acceptance of Americans of not having the necessary linguistic assets were authorized to secure and train those of Japanese ancestry as true patriots. in support. It also became apparent that the leaders. The main purpose of this was to only possible solution to the problem initial­ have an unmistakably caucasian officer as­ Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join ly would be utilizing bilingual Americans of sociated with Oriental faces in order not to with me in this tribute to Colonel Rasmussen, Japanese ancestry, known as Nisei. have some trigger-happy G.I. pop a gun. a great American whose wisdom was timeless At that time, I was detailed to conduct a The candidates for this detail were selected and still graces our Nation. rapid survey of Nisei language capabilities. on academic excellence. They were largely

• 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. 9794 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 3, 1988 taken from the national Phi Beta Kappa Gunars Astra first became seriously ill while did not die on the hands of his wardens. The rosters. After a year of ASTP training in visiting friends in Leningrad approximately a Soviets magnanimously granted him a little Japanese at a university, the candidates at­ month and a half after his release from a time with his family, but tragically, about 19 tended another year of Japanese at the Uni­ Soviet labor camp in February 1988. He had versity of Michigan before coming to Camp years too little. Savage or Fort Snelling for a six month spent over 19 years in Soviet labor camps as I am told that thousands of Gunars Astra's course in advanced language training and a result of trumped-up political charges. In De­ fellow countrymen attended his funeral in intelligence procedures. They were then cember 1983, he had been sentenced to 7 Riga, and that his coffin was wrapped in the issued their ten-man intelligence team, all years labor camp and 5 years internal exile flag of independent Latvia, while the mourners Nisei, as well as all the Pacific Theatre following conviction on charges of "anti-Soviet sang traditional Latvian hymns. equipment, including jeeps. That made agitation and progaganda." Among his Mr. Speaker, as Chairman of the Helsinki them very popular with the commanders "crimes," were his association with the state­ Commission, I wish to express my deepest wherever they went. ment signed by 45 Baltic dissidents calling for condolences to Gunars Astra's wife, Mrs. From time to time the War Department the annulment of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact laid new requirements on the school, which Livija Astra, to their two sons, and to the Lat­ unfailingly met the challenge satisfactorily. and the granting of self-determination to the vian people on the loss of a true patriot. Our special language requirements during Baltic States, presently occupied by the Soviet Gunars Astra's memory will surely live forever 1945 included Chinese and Korean, and our Union. He was also accused of disseminating in the hearts of freedom-loving Latvians every­ students included my favorites, a Nisei WAC sections of George Orwell's 1984, and ex­ where. platoon. As the war started to wind down in tracts from a book written by a Latvian living '45 and early '46, the demand for combat­ in the West. oriented training also lessened, we had to Gunars Astra first attracted the attention of A TRIBUTE TO BANGOR prepare ourselves for occupation and civil the police in 1961, when he escorted a group CHURCH functions. Even so, there was no diminution of American acquaintances around Riga, the in requirements for Japanese personnel and in excess of 6,000 graduates served in the capital of Latvia. Soon afterward, he was ar­ HON. GUS YATRON Pacific Ocean area before the end of the rested for allegedly having passed sensitive OF PENNSYLVANIA war. No training function, however well exe­ information to foreigners. Convicted of "trea­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cuted and brilliant in design can be success­ son" and "organizing activity against the ful unless serving as a useful end and I feel State," Astra was sentenced to 15 years labor Tuesday, May 3, 1988 that I must enumerate some of the uses to camp. Mr. YATRON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to which the graduate lent his efforts. But Gunars Astra was a man not easily in­ recognize and honor the congregation of It may be well to outline the geographical timidated or tamed by the Soviet police state. Bangor Church in Churchtown, PA. On May span of graduate assignments. MISLS per­ In 1977, he met with correspondents of Read­ sonnel operated with the U.S. and allied 22, 1988, the congregation will celebrate their forces from Alaska in the north, to Austra­ er's Digest, and in 1979 spoke with officials annual "Service of Rogation" as well as lia and New Zealand in the sou th, and from from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. By 1983, Bangor Church's recent listing on the National Hawaii in the east to China, Burma and when the KGB decided to crack down on na­ Register of Historic Places. India in the west. In addition to that, they tionalist stirrings in the Salties, it was inevita­ Bangor Church has a long and distinguished served with highly classified special oper­ ble that Astra would wind up in the dragnet. At history. It was founded in 1722 by Welsh set­ ations inside the United States. The diversi­ his trial, the prosecution attorney paid him tlers who arrived in our area prior to the Penn­ ty of assignments included all U.S. Army what was probably an unintentional compli­ sylvania Dutch. These settlers named the units, as well as Navy, Marine and Air Corps ment, referring to him as a "comrade in parish after their home church in Caernarvon­ organizations. Additional assignments were thought" of Dr. Andrei Sakharov. Mr. Speaker, to allied commands, such as Australia, New shire, Wales. Churchtown was a bustling com­ Zealand, Great Britain, India and China. As­ I would like to quote briefly from Gunars munity at that time, and it is reported that signments were also made to small special­ Astra's final statement to the court: George Washington worshipped at the Bangor ized units such as OSS, Psywar, Code Analy­ As a thinking entity, an individual must Church upon his return from the Battle of Fort sis, Radio Intercept, Camouflaging and OWi constantly receive information about the Duquesne. as well as to Merrill's Marauders. All in all, objective world, and the more varied, so The present church structure dates back to MISLS Nisei lent support to more than 130 much the better * * * 1832. It is among the earliest Gothic revival Lack of information makes a person in­ organizations. style churches located in a non coastal part of Finally, in conclusion of this detailed de­ capable of rational judgment, his mental scription of the planning for the establish­ processes are doomed to atrophy even if the United States. Soldiers of every war from ment of a language school, as well as they have managed to develop at all. A the French and Indian War to World War II are achievement of the graduates in these and person with atrophied mental processes is buried in the churchyard. As a result of its countless other operational situations, the an inferior, humiliated being, he becomes an great historical significance, Bangor Church MISLS and its Nisei accepted the highest object of manipulation, a toy, a slave. was recently listed on the National Register of order of bravery, courage and excellence in If the Soviet rulers of 1983 had understood Historic Places. execution of their assigned tasks. There can and heeded what Gunars Astra was saying The congregation plans to combine this be but little doubt that, except for the intel­ then, perhaps he would still be alive. And celebration with a traditional Service of Roga­ ligence teams in the Pacific, the war would without a doubt have lasted longer and re­ Soviet society itself-economically depleted, tion, or prayer for the harvest. This service sulted in hundreds of thousands of addition­ spiritually exhausted-would not be in such dates back to the fifth century A.O. and was al casualties. critical condition. originally employed to bless "new seed, young When the people of Latvia staged peaceful flocks and the husbandman of the vineyards." protests last year to denounce the Stalin Through the years, the Parish of Bangor ON THE DEATH OF GUNARS terror of the past and the Russification of their Church has continued this tradtional rite. For ASTRA country in the present, one of their demands this year's service, they are pleased to have was the release of Gunars Astra from labor the Rev. Canon Stanley Imboden as the guest HON. STENY H. HOYER camp. Even then, the authorities knew that his speaker. OF MARYLAND · life was in danger due to his poor health and The congregation of Bangor Church will be IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the effects of 18 years in the gulag. In Sep­ doubly blessed on May 22, 1988 with their tember 1986, Livija Astra, Gunars' wife, wrote celebration of the church's listing and the Tuesday, May 3, 1988 to General Secretary Gorbachev that she was annual Service of Rogation. They have truly Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, on April 6, desperately concerned about her husband's done an outstanding job of maintaining the Gunars Astra, one of the most prominent and condition at the Perm labor camp. "He is 54 Bangor Church as an active place of worship respected human rights activists of Latvia, years old," she said, "and his life is in danger, as well as an important historic site. Mr. died in a hospital in Leningrad. He was only as there are no doctors or drugs available in Speaker, I know that my colleagues will join 56 years old when he succumbed, according the prison." me commending the congregation on their to Soviet physicians, to a pulmonary embolism Eventually, Gunars Astra was released in fine work and in wishing them continued suc­ and heart disease. February 1988. Unlike Anatoly Marchenko, he cess and good fortune in the years to come. May 3, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9795 TOURISM IN MISSOURI AND more travel and tourism in the United States. In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, you can invest AMERICA The administration has, for the past number of in a sure thing. Travel and tourism is that sure years, tried to eliminate the Federal agency thing. HON. IKE SKELTON that promotes travel from foreign countries to OF MISSOURI the United States-even though it has been demonstrated that every dollar spent on travel FREE MEDICINE FROM THE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRIVATE SECTOR Tuesday, May 3, 1988 promotion is multiplied and returned manifold to the Federal Treasury. Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, for the past 2 In this time of the falling dollar overseas, HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL years, my Small Business Subcommittee on many Europeans and Japanese, who were OF NEW YORK Exports and Tourism has been holding hear­ previously unable to travel to America, can IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ings around the country to highlight and ex­ now afford to visit our country. But, instead of Tuesday, May 3, 1988 plore the economic importance of tourism. As taking advantage by increasing seed money to chairman, my task has been to discover how the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to the Federal Government can best assist [USTTA], we are cutting back. Trained per­ call the attention of the House to a wonderful American small businesses as they tap into sonnel have been reduced and offices over­ program administered by the G.D. Searle Co., the potentially endless market of international seas have been closed. Instead of opening which is providing free heart medications to travelers visiting the United States. our doors to international tourists, we are citizens who otherwise could not afford to buy My State of Missouri, and hometown of Lex­ making it more difficult for them to come here. them. ington, provides an excellent example of just Tourism is America's largest business I commend the people at G.D. Searle for what tourism can mean to a State and a com­ export. The United States is the country many their concern for those needy individuals who munity. During a hearing in Lexington, our people want to visit. In addition to promoting are afflicted with heart disease but who subcommittee was presented with a wealth of our larger cities and attractions, we must take cannot afford to acquire the medicines re­ local history and scenic attractions. Tourism the opportunity to promote and encourage quired to treat them. Our Nation needs more dollars bolster our restaurants, hotels, motels, instances of the private sector doing some­ recreational facilities, marinas, souvenir shops, travel to the heart of this Nation-our rural areas and small towns. Rural America has thing to help the less fortunate members of travel agents, and service stations, just to our society. much to offer foreign guests; it is only lacking name a few. In fact, 98 percent of the busi­ I wish to insert an article into the RECORD in the resources needed to encourage foreign nesses-businesses capable and prepared to which details the aforementioned program. guests. serve our foreign guests. [From the New York Times, Apr. 6, 1988) Mr. Speaker, we all know Missouri as the The U.S. Government now ranks on a par with Madagascar in the amount of money we NEEDY TO RECEIVE FREE HEART DRUGS­ "show me" State; well, on behalf of my State, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY To GIVE MEDI­ we would like to take this opportunity to spend as a country to promote travel from abroad. The USTT A has a budget of about CINE TO PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD IT "show off!" We want to show the homes of

PRAISE FROM A.M.A. SUPPORT A VETO OVERRIDE OF The American Medical Association compli­ THE TRADE BILL mented Searle on the program. "The A.M.A. A LETTER FROM NICARAGUA is certainly pleased to see a major pharma­ ceutical firm taking steps to make impor­ HON. DALE E. KILDEE HON.DOUG WALGREN tant drugs available free of charge to pa­ OF MICHIGAN OF PENNSYLVANIA tients who could not otherwise afford them, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and is also pleased that physicians are right­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ly being made a key part of the process," Tuesday, May 3, 1988 Tuesday, May 3, 1988 said Dr. James H. Sammons, executive vice Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Mr. WALGREN. Mr. Speaker, as a cospon­ president of the Chicago-based organiza­ bring to the attention of my colleagues in the tion. sor of the trade reform bill passed by the Any physician, clinic or hospital in the U.S. House of Representatives the following House almost 1 year ago, I am honored to United States may ask Searle for the certifi­ article "A Letter from Nicaragua,'' which ap­ support the conference agreement that has cates for the free drug plan by calling 800- peared in the column "Light One Candle,'' by now been approved by wide margins in both 542-2526. Searle will deliver $1 million Father John Catoir, director of the Christo­ the House and Senate. This legislation is long worth of certificates today to clinics and phers. The truth uttered in this article needs overdue and as critical today to American hospitals in a number of cities. no embellishment. workers, industries and communities as ever, Searle's sales last year were $820 million, including $130 million from the two forms LIGHT ONE CANDLE particularly as we hear monthly reports of our worsening balance of trade. of Calan. The seven drugs being donated ac­ (By Father John Catoir) count for 75 percent of sales volume, Ms. Under the Reagan administration, the U.S. Bruno said. Archbishop Dom Helder Camara once trade deficit has soared from $34.6 billion in said, "When I fed the poor, they called me a 1981 to a record high last year of $171.2 bil­ saint. When I asked 'Why are they poor?' lion. From 1980 to 1986, the buying power of they called me a communist." the dollar overseas jumped 40 percent, PHASEOUT OF THE MILITARY I can empathize with the archbishop, having received the same kind of accusa­ making American exports expensive for for­ EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR CI­ tions when a column of mine denounced the eign consumers while reducing the price of VILIANS OF THE NATIONAL murderous U.S. program of aid to the Con­ foreign imports for Americans. The strong GUARD tras. Having frequently denounced commu­ buying power of the dollar abroad can be tied nism as a rotten philosophy, I find it amus­ directly to the unprecedented Federal budget HON. JOE MOAKLEY ing to be called a communist. deficit that has grown from $29 billion in 1979 OF MASSACHUSETTS On Feb. 6, 1988, the U.S. Congress voted to a record $237 billion in 1986. The deficit is down the Contra aid program. Nevertheless IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES now hovering at $150 billion. This deficit has the very next day the U.S.-backed rebels been the result of administration tax cuts re­ Tuesday, May 3, 1988 mined a public road in Quilali, Nicaragua and destroyed a bus, killing 17 civilians, in­ ducing revenues from the budget and in­ Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to cluding one infant. It was a Claymore anti­ creased defense spending and has brought express my strong support for the amendment personnel mine which shreds people to havoc to Federal policymaking. Many worth­ offered by the gentleman from California [Mr. death. The 18 people who survived will face while efforts like health and science research, DYMALL v] which passed the House yesterday the prospect of endless operations during Medicare and education are strangled by in­ as a component to the en bloc amendments which tweezers will have to be used to sufficient funds because of the deficit. offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. remove clusters of shrapnel so that healing The penetration of imports into our econo­ ASPIN]. The amendment would essentially can begin. my has almost ruined some industries like phaseout the Military Education Program for Attacking innocent civilians to terrorize autos, textiles and steel. For every $1 billion civilian technicians of the Army National the civilian population is immoral, illegal and guaranteed to be counter-productive. increase in the trade deficit, 25,000 jobs have Guard and replace it with a new Reserve Pro­ Americans are now hated in Latin America been lost. Plant closings, farm failures and gram for civilian technicians in their State. more than ever. Bishop Salvador Berg of lay-offs in the 1980's have left an average of I have been quite concerned with the Mili­ Bluefields, Nicaragua, wrote to me on Feb. 2 million workers a year "dislocated,'' accord­ tary Education Program and the inconven- 3, "We need a lot of cheering up-with ing to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. May 3, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9797

The conference agreement that we have rights causes for over a decade now, Wonka ?f Sovie~ Jewry and other Soviet Jewry activ­ s~nt to the President provides a comprehen­ dedicated his life to securing for others basic ists are in Washington. I am pleased to wel­ sive and constructive package of trade revi­ fundamental freedoms. come them. sions designed to halt the deterioration of our Although the circumstances surrounding his The NCSJ and its 50 national member markets and promote fair trade internationally. death remain unclear, what is certain is that agenci~s and 300 local community councils, It h~s become painfully clear that many of our Mr. Wonka never should have been in prison federations, and committees, have, since trading partners do not abide by our standards to begin with and would probably be alive 1971, been in the forefront of the movement of fairness and open markets. today had he not been sentenced unjustly and on behalf of Soviet Jews in this country. This The Reagan administration has clearly not treated brutally. was the same group which coordinated the used the trade tools it has in law to stop Pavel Wonka was in good health prior to his spectacular showing of nearly a quarter of a unfair trade practices. The conference agree­ first imprisonment from 1984 to 1985. In 1986, million Americans who demonstrated on the ment would address this problem, requiring barely a year after serving his first 14-month Mall here in Washington last December 6, on the President to retaliate against violations of sentence, Wonka was rearrested and sen­ the eve of the third summit meeting between trade agreements, permitting him to waive this tenced to a catagory 3 prison facility-the President Reagan and General Secretary Gor­ requirement only in specific circumstances. In most brutal type of prison in Czechoslovakia. bachev. addition, the agreement would transfer from Wonka's crime consisted of attempting to run For two decades the NCSJ has worked dili­ t~e President to the U.S. Trade Representa­ for public office. For this he was charged with gently and tirelessly to help Jews leave the tive, authority to decide whether a foreign incitement under paragraph 100 of the Czech­ U.S.S.R. in accordance with international law practice is unfair under U.S. law. oslovak Penal Code. For this he was sen­ and to help those who choose to remain i~ The conference agreement would also tenced to 21 months in prison, to be followed the Soviet Union to live freely. NCSJ activists strengthen the Trade Adjustment Assistance by 3 years of protective supervision. are here this week at an important time in Program to retrain American workers who During his 21 months in prison, Wonka's United States-Soviet relations. The upcoming suffer trade-related unemployment. It includes health deteriorated dramatically due to the Moscow summit will be a major world event plant closing legislation, requiring businesses severe prison conditions and the beatings for it marks the first visit of an American Presi­ employing 100 or more workers to give 60-day w~ich he suffered there. Unable to carry out dent to Moscow in 14 years. These Jewish notice of plant closings that would result in job prison work because of his failing health, he leaders are here to lend their support to our loss for ~? or more workers. Plant closings rip Government for its stated commitment to communities apart, creating a downward eco­ wa~ re~ried .in. Sept~mber of 1987 for failing to fulfill his off1c1al duties. It was his physical ap­ human rights. They will continue to stress their no~ic ~pira.1 that leaves little but despair. pearance in court in the fall of 1987 which concerns until the U.S.S.R. grants basic free­ While ~his will not stop plant closings, it will at shocked his family and friends. Numerous ap­ doms and justice to Soviet Jews and other op­ least give workers notice and hopefully time to pressed religious groups in the Soviet Union. find a new job. peals on Wonka's behalf finally resulted in a transfer, first to a prison hospital, and then to As chairman of the Subcommittee on The legislation also places restrictions on Human Rights and International Organizations, steel imports from countries with which the ~ so~ewhat less harsh prison. Upon complet­ ing his 21 months, imprisonment, Wonka was I have worked closely with the National Con­ United States has no voluntary restraint released this February. ference for many years. Members of my sub­ agreement [VRA], if the steel was melted and committee and I, on countless occasions, poured in a VRA country in order to circum­ Less than 2 months after his release ~onka was rearrested on April 5. On April 22: have looked to this organization as an accu­ vent export restrictions. rate source for information and expertise on By e.nacting trade legislation this year, Con­ iust 3 days before his death, he was sen­ tenced to 5 months in prison for allegedly vio­ Soviet Jewry. The Washington office always gress 1s taking strong steps to enhance the provides us with reliable and timely informa­ long-term competitiveness of American indus­ lating the conditions of his so-called protective supervision-the euphemism used by the tion which assists us in combatting human try and turn back the ever-widening gap in our rights abuses. balance of trade. We are demanding from our Czechoslovak authorities to describe the ex­ Mr. Speaker, the struggle to help Soviet trading partners nothing more and nothing tension of one's imprisonment beyond the walls ~f t.he prison itself. Coincidentally, Jews has not been an easy one. There have l~ss than a level playing field. This legislation been successes and failures, tears and cele­ signals to our trading partners that we will no ~onka s t~1rd arrest came just after he ap­ p~1ed to emigrate, and his detention prevented brations. Yet, it is indeed a testament to the longe~ tol~rate closed markets for our exports him from attending the civil proceedings which nature of this country and to the Jewish and v1olat1ons of trade laws while permitting a people that an organization such as the NCSJ flood of cheap imports and Government-subsi­ he had initiated to sue the Government for wrongful arrest. continues to press forward with its concerns dized dumping in our domestic markets. for others after so many years of battle. I am Each of the monthly economic indexes Pavel Wonka, Charter 77 signatory, believed in the Helsinki Final Act-the act which the certain that my colleagues will agree that makes it more and more apparent that the Czechoslovak Government pledged to imple­ every advocate of a just cause should look to trade deficit is seriously affecting the basic ment. He believed he had the right to know the Soviet Jewry movement and the National and fundamental health of the American econ­ Conference when fatigue sets in and the omy. We have an opportunity to reverse this a.nd act upon his rights, as guaranteed in prin­ ciple VII of the Final Act. His dedicated efforts desire to forge on wanes. trend and toward that end, I urge my col­ to promote respect for human rights and fun­ leagues to support a veto override if, as he has threatened, the President vetoes the dam~ntal freedoms led to his wrongful incar­ trade bill. ceration and ultimately to his death at the age SOVIET REFUSENIKS of 35. His death is a tragic reminder of how much work there is yet to be done. HON. IKE SKELTON OF MISSOURI DEATH IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, May 3, 1988 WELCOME TO SOVIET JEWRY HON. STENY H. HOYER ACTIVISTS Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, knowing that OF MARYLAND so many of our colleagues are concerned IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES about human rights around the world, I would like to bring to their attention the plight of two Tuesday, May 3, 1988 HON. GUS YATRON OF PENNSYLVANIA Soviet refuseniks, Anna and losif Klebanov­ Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, Pavel Wonka, a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Lokshim. Charter 77 signatory, died last week while Both Anna and losif were fired from their being held in a Czechoslovak prison. As a Tuesday, May 3, 1988 jobs as engineers when the couple applied for member of Charter 77, the Czechoslovak citi­ Mr. YATRON. Mr. Speaker, today the distin­ exit visas in June 1984. The Soviet Govern­ zens' initiative which has championed human guished leadership of the National Conference ment denied this request on the grounds that 9798 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 3, 1988 Anna and losif were exposed to important achievements of the students of La Guardia Show?" No, Desert said yesterday, " I'm the State secrets. They were denied visas again High School. next James Earl Jones- I hope." in December 1987. Surely, such secrets are [From the New York Daily News, Apr. 14, The students at the High School of the outdated by now. 1988J Arts have the usual high-school academic losif has been unemployed since his original WE'VE GOT ARTS-LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL education, coupled with intensive study in application for religious freedom was denied. WIN PILE OF PRIZES art, drama, dance, instrumental and vocal The family's only economic support is Anna's music. Admission to the four-year school is

19-059 0-89-30 (Pt. 7) 9800 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 3, 1988 erence, sexually explicit graffiti and peep­ Gurion Culture Club and Brig. Gen. Joshua commodate all passengers riding on these holes in the women's locker rooms. Unequal Shani are exceptional in their own right. vessels. Current Coast Guard regulations re­ training and job-rotation opportunities also Brig. Gen. Joshua Shani is a typical Israeli quire only enough liferafts and life boats to plague the few women who finally are accommodate 36 passengers. Yet these ves­ hired. in the sense that he, like all other young Israe­ sels regularly carry up to 2,500 people. A California study shows that one-third of li men, was required to serve in the Israel de­ women who leave the trades do so because fense forces [IDF]. It is his achievements in When the Coast Guard originally developed of sexual harassment. In San Francisco, or­ the IDF and the degree of his commitment to these regulations, they assumed that a full ganizations have had to institute occupa­ the security of the State of Israel that sets him complement of liferafts was necessary be­ tional-stress counseling to help women stay apart. General Shani participated in one of the cause the vessels navigate relatively close to on the job. The 1978 Department of Labor most sensational hostage rescue attempts of shore. Although most of these vessels oper­ regulations required trade employers receiv­ all time-Israel's successful rescue of hos­ ate within approximately 4 miles from shore, ing federal funding to hire at least two tages in Entebbe, Uganda. The importance of the Coast Guard failed to recognize that if women when possible, and mandated a working environment free of harassment, this event transcends the value of saving passengers were forced into the cold waters intimidation and coercion. These regula­ Jewish lives. International opponents of Israel of Puget Sound, within 20 minutes they would tions, like the ones establishing goals and finally took note that the Jewish State would be suffering from advanced stages of hypo­ timetables, have never been enforced. not role over to terrorists. thermia. Hypothermia very rapidly causes the The Department of Labor's own studies Although the Entebbe mission might be the victims to lose consciousness. In addition, the prove that goals and timetables have most memorable mission General Shani has presence of fog, which is a common occur­ worked in the maritime and coal-mining in­ undertaken, his role as a wing commander in rence on Puget Sound, could substantially dustries and were exceeded on the Alaskan slow rescue eff arts. Without the protection of pipeline, where more than 2,500 women the Israeli Air Force and as an officer at the Air Force Headquarters in Tel Aviv, are equal­ a floatable platform or a liferaft, ferry passen­ worked as operating engineers, Teamsters gers, if in the water, would face an increased and laborers. Yet an official told the sub­ ly significant in terms of protecting the security committee the labor department still pre­ of the State of Israel. risk of death from hypothermia. ferred the "glove" to the "bat" approach. General Shani continues to serve the cause The legislation I am introducing will correct It's time to take the gloves off. The histo­ of Israel in his capacity as the air attache to this serious oversight by instructing the Coast ry of our equal employment opportunity ef­ the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC. Guard to develop and implement regulations forts shows that employers respond to seri­ requiring these vessels to be equipped with ous enforcement efforts, not to the kid­ I commend General Shani for his unwaver­ ing commitment to the security of the Jewish liferafts with sufficient capacity to accommo­ glove treatment. It is outrageous that the date all passengers and employees on such Administration is still not planning to en­ people and the professional manner in which force 10-year-old regulations. It is uncon­ he has performed these tasks. I welcome him vessels. scionable to ask women to wait any longer. to the city of Miami. The 20% goal for women in apprenticeship General Shani will be addressing a very should be implemented immediately and up­ special group of people on Sunday-the David dated annually. The 6.9% goal for women on A TRIBUTE TO MAXWELL RABB federally-funded sites must be raised. Ben-Gurion Culture Club. In 1975, a small Women should not have to put up with in­ group of Holocaust survivors, led by Carl Ro­ sulting interviews, poor-quality training or senkopf, banded together to form an organi­ HON. ROBERT K. DORNAN energy-draining harassment while on the zation of patriotic Americans who supported OF CALIFORNIA job. They should not have to choose be­ the State of Israel and humanitarian causes at IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tween a paycheck and freedom from intimi­ home. This was the genesis of the David Ben­ Tuesday, May 3, 1988 dation. It's been 45 years since Rosie the Gurion Culture Club. Mr. DORNAN of California. Mr. Speaker, Riveter was sent home. It's time to break Since its inception, this vital organization down the barriers that keep women from yesterday Maxwell Rabb became the longest has supported a number of philanthropic and full participation in the work force. They serving U.S. Ambassador to Italy in the history humanitarian causes in the Greater Miami need the work and the country needs them. of our diplomatic relations with that country. area-including hospitals, veterans groups, This is a record of truly outstanding service to blind children, universities, and scholarships our country. for needy students. With outstanding citizens I have known Max both personally and pro­ such as Rose Rotmench, Morris Laufer, Eddy fessionally for many years. His is one of the BRIG. GEN. JOSHUA SHANI-A Estrajch, and Max Wein involved in the organi­ outstanding careers in our U.S. Foreign Serv­ MODERN HERO zation, I am confident that the David Ben­ ice. As our longest serving Reagan ambassa­ Gurion Culture Club will continue to make val­ dorial appointee, he has worked on a new ex­ uable contributions to the city of Miami. HON. LAWRENCE J. SMITH tradition treaty with Italy which has permitted Mr. Speaker, on the occasion of Israel's joint action in prosecuting international drug OF FLORIDA 40th birthday, I am proud to congratulate Brig. traffickers and organized crime, and he was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Gen. Joshua Shani and the David Ben-Gurion involved in three multinational peace forces Culture Club. Tuesday, May 3, 1988 sent by Western powers to the Middle East. Because of his outstanding service, Ambassa­ Mr. SMITH of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the dor Rabb in 1982 was named "Cavaliere di State of Israel is in the midst of celebrating Gran Croce" by Italian President Sandro Per­ the 40th anniversary of its reestablishment as IMPROVING THE LIFESAVING tini, an honor awarded to foreigners for distin­ a nation-state. As we are all aware, a hallmark CAPABILITIES ON PASSENGER guished contributions to the Italian Republic. of those 40 years has been incessant Arab FERRIES In short, the Ambassador's career has been belligerence toward the Jewish State. Let distinguished by numerous diplomatic suc­ there be no illusions, the Israelis have sur­ HON. MIKE LOWRY cesses. vived six Arab-Israeli conflicts due to their OF WASHING TON In his term as Ambassador to Italy, Ambas­ burning desire to live free in a democratic so­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sador Rabb has been intimately involved in ciety. some of the most difficult and sensitive for­ Tuesday, May 3, 1988 1 This Sunday, an event will be taking place eign policy situations of the past 7 /2 years. in Miami, FL, that embodies the spirit of the Mr. LOWRY of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I For example, the decision to base nuclear Israelis. The David Ben-Gurion Culture Club rise to introduce legislation which will correct armed cruise missiles at Comiso, Sicily, the will be celebrating 40 years of Israeli inde­ a serious safety problem on passenger ferry kidnapping of Brig. Gen. James L. Dozier, and pendence by hosting a gala dinner. Delivering vessels operating on Puget Sound in Wash­ the Achille Lauro incident were all issues that the keynote speech at the gala will be Brig. ington State. That problem is the lack of ade­ had the potential to easily damage United Gen. Joshua Shani. Both the David Ben- quate numbers of liferafts and life boats to ac- States-Italy relations. Yet because of Ambas- May 3, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9801 sador Rabb's diplomatic skills and profession­ A home health care bill, H.R. 3436, is also ance, will constitute the new phone system alism, these incidents were satisfactorily re­ scheduled for floor consideration in the next and service for the Federal Government. The solved and our relationship with Italy remained several weeks. It proposes a 5-year, $24 bil­ estimated value of the contract is in the neigh­ solid. lion tax increase on workers and the elderly in borhood of $25 billion. Mr. Speaker, the United States is very fortu­ addition to the premium increases contained GSA has struggled for more than a year to nate to have a person the caliber of Max in H.R. 2740. And like H.R. 2740, it fails to construct a procurement that is competitive Rabb serving in one of our most important provide for nursing home care. and fair, that provides the highest quality ambassadorial posts. His keen intellect and The reason these two measures fail to pro­ phone service to the Federal Government at extensive business and diplomatic experience vide comprehensive long-term health care the best cost. Receipt of the bids last week by have made Mr. Rabb respected and admired coverage is obvious. According to a recent GSA represents a major milestone in this pro­ both within the Government of Italy and within Harvard study, folding long-term care into curement, and 1. am confident that an award our own. I hope that when Vice President Medicare could add $50 billion a year to the will be made this year. Bush takes the President's oath of office next program's $85 billion budget. To finance a Award of this phone contract is important. A January, he asks Maxwell Rabb to either stay long-term care program, a substantial increase new and more efficient phone system for the on as Ambassador to Italy or take on the in the Medicare payroll tax would be neces­ Government promises savings estimated at challenge of an equally important diplomatic sary because of projected deficits in both the more than $100 million annually. GSA recog­ post. Medicare Trust Fund and in the general treas­ nizes this point and has been tireless in its ef­ ury. Such a tax increase, which is proposed in forts to keep the process on track. The proc­ a limited form in H.R. 3436, would be devas­ ess has not been an easy one. On the con­ tating to workers and to the Medicare system. trary, it has been difficult, painstaking, and LONG-TERM HEALTH CARE A massive federally sponsored long-term sometimes frustrating. But we have now MARKETS DEVELOPMENT ACT care program is not necessary, and we should reached the bid evaluation stage, and, as the stop misleading the elderly by paying lip serv­ ranking minority member of the Government HON. DAVID DREIER ice to long-term care with hollow legislation. Operations Committee, I want to commend OF CALIFORNIA Instead, Congress should encourage a market the many men and women working at GSA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES solution to this serious and growing problem. who have made the process work. According to the Health Insurance Associa­ I also want to comment on the work of my Tuesday, May 3, 1988 tion of America, good private long-term care chairman, JACK BROOKS, in this procurement. Mr. DREIER of California. Mr. Speaker, insurance policies offering nursing home and The leadership he and his staff have shown in today I am introducing H.R. 4510 the Long­ home health services are available in all 50 ensuring a competitive procurement has con­ Term Health Care Markets Development Act. States. Also, in the last 6 months, employer­ tributed to sound public policy. This award will It is a comprehensive bill to facilitate private sponsored group products have entered the be constructed so that no one company con­ sector development of long-term health care market. Over time, long-term care insurance trols all Federal phone operations. A monopo­ insurance. products are sure to grow in number, and in ly is avoided. The procurement, which con­ Specifically, the legislation would allow for the services offered. tains a 60-to-40 split, also contains a recom­ tax-exempt withdrawals from IRA's for the pur­ Unfortunately, H.R. 2470 and H.R. 3436 petition provision that will keep quality service pose of purchasing long-term care insurance. combined would effectively destroy this grow­ and performance in the minds of those provid­ It would allow a company to offer a higher de­ ing private long-term care insurance market. ing services under the contract. ductible health insurance package and con­ Rather than duplicating and, consequently, At this point, FTS 2000 is moving forward tribute the premium savings to an employee wiping out this market, we should offer incen­ responsibly and in the best interest of the IRA, whereby the funds could be withdrawn tives for the industry to create efficient, com­ Federal Government and public. I commend tax-free to purchase catastrophic or long-term petitive, and cost-effective long-term care in­ GSA for its work to this point, and I look for­ health care insurance. surance products. The Long-Term Health ward to the award of this contract later this In addition, it would eliminate the Certificate Care Markets Development Act would provide year. of Public Need [COPN] Program, which many a number of such incentives. States use to limit competition in the nursing Mr. Speaker, it is unrealistic to believe that a massive, federally-sponsored program is the THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF home industry and keep nursing home costs THE PLAY-IT-SAFE GROUP artifically high. It would also allow for the con­ solution to the long-term health care crisis version of life insurance policies to long-term facing the elderly. That is evidenced by the HON. TONY COELHO care insurance, and provide preferential tax fact that neither H.R. 2740 nor H.R. 3436 pro­ treatment of long-term care insurance re­ vides for the most severe long-term care OF CALIFORNIA serves similar to the tax treatment of life insur­ needs, despite their enormous price tags. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ance reserves. Rather, any future solution must include a Tuesday, May 3, 1988 viable private sector delivery system. H.R. The availability and affordability of long-term 4510 would provide some practical incentives Mr. COELHO. Mr. Speaker, this month the health care is of great concern to older Ameri­ toward the development of such as system. I International Play-It-Safe group will be holding cans. With the elderly population increasing in urge my colleagues to cosponsor this bal­ its annual convention in Hawaii to discuss the numbers, efforts must be made to address the anced alternative to a major public policy past and future accomplishments of its com­ long-term care problem before it becomes a crisis. munity safety campaign. I would like to take national crisis. Unfortunately, some of our col­ this opportunity to commemorate the organizers leagues are proposing to fill the long-term and volunteers who have been instrumental in care void by expanding the Medicare program GSA DEVELOPS A MORE COM- helping to improve the safety and welfare of to provide expensive and unneeded health PETITIVE PROCUREMENT our Nation's children. I believe that this pro­ care benefits. POLICY gram should be saluted for its outstanding In the next several weeks, the House is ex­ achievements. pected to consider the conference report to HON. FRANK HORTON Play-It-Safe International is a nonprofit orga­ H.R. 2740, to so-called Medicare Catastrophic OF NEW YORK nization designed specifically to prevent Protection Act. If enacted into law, this meas­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES crimes that leave the children in our communi­ ure would impose massive premium increases ties victimized each year. This organization on Medicare beneficiaries for coverage most Monday, May 2, 1988 promotes and implements awareness pro­ of them receive through supplemental insur­ Mr. HORTON. Mr. Speaker, the General grams that focus on educating the youth of ance. In addition, it neglects the most cata­ Services Administration received three bids this country about proper safety and crime strophic costs associated with long-term last week on the largest civilian contract in the prevention techniques. Through the distribu­ care-expensive nursing home care or home­ history of our Government. The FTS 2000 tion of educational coloring books, the use of care for the chronically ill. contract, when awarded and under perform- parents, teachers, and educational video aids, 9802 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 3, 1988 Play-It-Safe has been able to bring together general, and to his community. Among his his father and other senior employees at community and law enforcement officials to many community activities, Mr. Nannis has Olan Mills from whom he learned the busi­ bring about a cooperative effort to deter served as director of the Small Business As­ ness. crime. sociation of New England [SBANE] and has "I've been very fortunate to have been Celebrating its fourth year, Play-It-Safe given generously of his time as an advisory able to work with a lot of very wonderful people," he said. "I had a leg up with a International has many reasons for its contin­ council member of the Small Business Devel­ great teacher like my father and a great ued success. The primary reason for Play-lt­ opment Center. supporter like my brother." Safe's success is the thousands of volunteers Mr. Nannis' service to small business is de­ Mills concedes h e had many political and that have been active in spreading this impor­ serving of our thanks. As we begin "Small philosophical differences with his father, tant message. Making a program work takes Business Week" I bring his accomplishments "but he taught me how t o work with people much time and devotion on the part of each to the attention of my colleagues as an exam­ which is still the most important thing." individual involved. Play-It-Safe International ple of the contributions that can be made. "This has always been a family-owned could never have realized many of its goals business and we've regarded it as a business without the help of those who have volun­ family here," Mills said. "But even if it A TRIBUTE TO MR. OLAN MILLS wasn't a family business, people expect to be teered countless hours of time and effort. To II treated as a part of a team. I t ry to make an those special prop le I offer my congratulations effort to know as many people as I can and I and thanks. think that recognition and close touch is im­ In addition to recognizing the volunteers HON. MARILYN LLOYD portant." within the program, Mr. John Waihee, Gover­ OF TENNESSEE Unlike his father-a consummate sales­ nor of Hawaii, has been instrumental in not IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES man who built the original business during only hosting the program's annual convention, Tuesday, May 3, 1988 the depths of the Great Depression in the but also providing endless resources for the 1930s-the younger Mills is more focused Mrs. LLOYD. Mr. Speaker, an article recent­ upon the upgrading the cameras and film program's implementation. Also, Mr. Eugene ly appeared in the Chattanooga Times which processing techniques used by the firm. Junette, the chairman of Play-It-Safe Interna­ commends an outstanding leader in business Olan Mills develops and builds many of the tional, responsible for the organization and the from my Third Congressional District of Ten­ cameras it uses at its Carter Street facility dissemination of all of the Play-It-Safe infor­ nessee, Mr. Olan Mills II, who is being hon­ downtown, while workers at the Amnicola mation programs, has contributed enormously ored as this year's Chattanooga Manager of Highway site prepare furniture and fixtures to the organization's continued success. the Year. Mr. Mills is an exemplary spokes­ used at Olan Mills' studios nationwide. Play-It-Safe International is definitely man for private enterprise whose achieve­ "We're a vertically integrated company spreading the message that the organization ments in business and community affairs will with a lot of operations, but this is still first intends to do all that they can to deter crime. and foremost a sales company," Mills said. continue to benefit our Nation for years to Olan's father started in the business by In fact, the program has been so successful come. I submit the aforementioned article to arranging engagements in advance by mail, that recently Play-It-Safe International expand­ the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD as an attest­ then setting up a temporary studio in hotels ed its role by providing educational materials ment to Mr. Mills' hard work and many fine across the South. to countries all over the world. Play-It-Safe accomplishments and wish him many more Today, Olan Mills derives much of its International can now claim over 1,900 chap­ years of continued success. sales through telemarketing. The company ters worldwide. The article is as follows: regularly sets up telephone banks to call on Through all of these efforts, the children of His name appears on millions of photo­ nearly every household in an area to solicit the United States, as well as those in several graphs a year, making Olan Mills II perhaps business. At the company's headquarters on countries throughout the world, are constantly Chattanooga's most famous resident. Amnicola Highway, giant IBM mainframe computers keep phone numbers of nearly made aware of potential safety hazards which But the soft-spoken head of the nation's largest portrait studio chain displays little every home in America. could be tragic without the proper attention. I Olan Mills operates some 900 studios hope that you will join with me in expressing celebrity status as he strolls t hrough the Chattanooga headquarters of his 15,000-em­ across the country and processes photo­ sincere appreciation to all of the players in­ ployee firm. Although the photography graphs at plants in Chattanooga, Spring­ volved with the Play-It-Safe International orga­ company has more than quadrupled in size field, Ohio, Waco, Texas, and Kingston, On­ nization. since Mills took over the family-owned firm tario. Recently, Olan Mills has expanded nearly two decades ago, Mills still regularly into the United Kingdom where the compa­ greets his home-office employees by their ny is preparing to open a photo processing ACCOUNTANT ADVOCATE OF first name and takes an active interest in all center. THE YEAR: LAWRENCE S. parts of the business. The company derives more than 10 per­ NANNIS Mills' approach reflects a management cent of its business today from church direc­ style he says he learned from his father tories and about 2 percent from school por­ who founded the business in 1932 in Selma, traits. Mills said about 60 percent of t hose HON. BARNEY FRANK Ala. The younger Mills, who has headed pictured in the church directories opt t o OF MASSACHUSETTS Olan Mills Inc. since the early 1970s, will be buy individual portraits while about 80 per­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES saluted for his management style by more cent of the students photographed at school buy the photos. Tuesday, May 3, 1988 than a dozen local management groups next month when he is honored as this year's "The bulk of our business continues to Mr. FRANK. Mr. Speaker, the economic Chattanooga Manager of the Year. come from our studios and our itinerant strength of our Nation owes much to the small " Olan knows his employees and knows his photographers," Mills said. business people who contribute their hard business, in all its forms," said Chattanooga Mills' business success differs from both work and entrepreneurial skills. Each year, the accountant Joseph Decosimo, a member of of t h e previous Chattanooga Manager of the Year recipients. H. Carey Hanlin, the Small Business Administration recognizes the team which selected Mills as the 1988 recipient of the Manager of the Year award. president of Provident Life & Accident In­ eight individuals from around the country who Mills. the 57-year-old chairman and chief surance Co. and the first award winner two have been particularly energetic in exemplify­ executive of Olan Mills Inc., will receive the years ago, manages one of Chattanooga's ing the role small business has to play in pro­ management honor during a luncheon June largest and oldest businesses whose owner­ viding jobs for our communities and stimulat­ 1 at the downtown Trade Center. ship is controlled by thousands of stock­ ing economic growth. "Businesses are always made up of person­ holders. Last year's manager of the year, During this year's Small Business Week al elements, but I think this honor reflects O.D. McKee, founded his own baking com­ ceremonies in Washington, DC, Mr. Lawrence the contribution of many people in this pany and built McKee Baking into the na­ S. Nannis will be among those recognized for company," Mills said. tion's largest independent bakery. With his name stamped on more than Like Hanlin, Mills took over a large and his outstanding achievements. A certified 16,000 photographs daily, Olan Mills is successful company when he became chief public accountant at the firm of Levine, Zeid­ easily identified with the company he executive of Olan Mills in 1970. But like man & Daitch, he has been selected as "Ac­ heads. But the second generation leader is McKee, Mills' company remains under the countant Advocate of the Year" for his contri­ quick to credit his younger brother C.G., ownership and control of the company's butions to his profession, to small business in with whom he now runs the company, and original family. May 3, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9803 Mills is similar to both of the previous been involved in the United Way, the Fernan­ Whereas, more than 90 percent of this un­ winners, however, in his active community do Awards, the YMCA, and many other non­ precedented growth takes place in nations involvement. Mills currently serves as a profit and charitable organizations. of the third world least able to accommo­ date such rapid expansion; and trustee for the Mccallie School and the Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have this op­ University of Chattanooga Foundation. He Whereas, rapid population growth over­ is also a member of the board of directors of portunity to recognize the accomplishments of whelms the capacity of human societies to First Tennessee Bank and Brock Candy Co., David M. Miller, who has truly been one of the provide food, housing, education, employ­ and serves on the board of associates of outstanding young men in America. ment and basic health services and under­ Chattanooga State Technical Community mines economic development as well as College. Mills is also chairman of RiverCity social, cultural and political stability; and, Co., the non-profit corporation formed to WORLD POPULATION Whereas, the massive proliferation of our redevelop Chattanooga's riverfront. AWARENESS WEEK human numbers places enormous strains on "I think these activities are part of the re­ the global environment, contributing signifi­ sponsibility all of us have in the community cantly to the depletion of natural resources, in which we live and work," Mills said. HON. NICK JOE RAHALL II the conversion of cultivable fields and for­ Olan Mills employs about 1,100 of its OF WEST VIRGINIA ests into wasteland and desert, the pollution 15,000 employees in Chattanooga at four IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the earth's land and waters, and the de­ different sites: the corporate headquarters Tuesday, May 3, 1988 struction of its ozone layer; and, on Amnicola Highway, the photo processing Whereas, the disastrous consequences center along Highway 153, the school finish­ Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, few statistics that unchecked population growth portends ing center on Brainerd Road and the from the international arena should trouble as for humankind and the natural environ­ camera repair and research and develop­ much as this one: the world's population grew ment can be averted by the extension of ment plant downtown. Olan Mills is current­ by an unprecedented 90 million people last family planning services to the more than ly building a 35,000-square-foot office build­ year, and nine-tenths of that growth is taking 500 million people in the developing world ing next to its Amnicola Highway headquar­ who need and want such services but lack ters to accommodate the continued growth place in the nations of the Third World. the means or access to obtain them. in the company. That development is disturbing because it Now, therefore, I, Arch A. Moore, Jr., Mills will not only be honored as Chatta­ portends serious trouble ahead in the struggle Governor of the State of West Virginia, do nooga's top manager next month, he will for economic development and political stabili­ hereby proclaim the week of April 17 also be a candidate for NMA's national man­ ty in the Third World. Ninety developing na­ through 23, 1988, as: "World Population agement competition. tions will double their populations within the Awareness Week" in West Virginia, and call "We feel like he is an excellent candidate upon all of its citizens to reflect upon the for the national manager of the year and next 30 years at present growth rates. Such rapid populations expansion overwhelms the consequences of world overpopulation and we're planning to submit his name," Deco­ the opportunities to contribute to a solu­ simo said. "I think it speaks very well for ability of developing economies to generate tion. our community that we have people like new jobs, build new schools and housing, and Olan who have had not just an important safeguard the environment against costly part in building their own company but also damage from short-sighted development FAIRNESS AND EQUITY FOR an important part in building our communi­ schemes. OUR RURAL HOSPITALS ty in a variety of ways." This situation seems even more stark when compared to that in the industrialized world, TRIBUTE TO DAVID R. MILLER where population growth has largely stabi­ HON. IKE SKELTON lized. Compare, for example, the population OF MISSOURI HON. ELTON GALLEGLY trends in my own State of West Virginia with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA those of a similarly sized Third World nation. West Virginia's population, now not quite 2 Tuesday, May 3, 1988 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES million, would take well more than 100 years Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased Tuesday, May 3, 1988 to double at current growth rates. The West­ to rise today to mark the reintroduction of Mr. GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ern African nation of Togo, on the other hand, H.R. 4511, my bill to bring fairness and equity honor one of the truly outstanding business although slightly smaller geographically than into the way Medicare pays our hospitals, spe­ leaders in southern California: Mr. David R. West Virginia, has a population considerably cifically our rural hospitals. Miller, the outgoing ,president of the United larger. And the disparity is growing wider each As we well know, under the prospective Chambers of Commerce of the San Fernando day. Togo's 3.3-million population will double payment system, rural hospitals are being pe­ Valley. over just the next 22 years if current growth nalized solely because of their location. This Mr. Miller has a long and distinguished rates continue. And the population pressures is an intolerable situation and fortunately, one career in Government and the private sector, faced by Togo are common throughout the that can be corrected. and a long list of civic achievements as well. Third World. To right this unjust wrong, my bill provides He graduated as a Cutler Fellow with a Given the real urgency of this world prob­ that Medicare eliminate the rural/urban differ­ bachelor's degree in economics and political lem and the need for wise and far-sighted ential and would pay hospitals on the basis of science from Ohio University, then moved on U.S. policies in response, it is encouraging a coefficient of variation that does recognize to Washington, where he served on the Hill as that Americans recently marked their third the intensity of services. In a nutshell, H.R. an administrative assistant to our former col­ annual "World Population Awareness Week." 4511 is based on a price blending mechanism league, the Hon. Victor Veysey. He also This is time set aside each year to consider that is more reflective of the care actually pro­ served as a White House staff member and the implications for all of us of rapid world vided to Medicare beneficiaries. as a national coordinator for a Presidential population growth. And yet, besides contem­ With the establishment of Medicare and campaign. plation, it is even more a time for action. This Medicaid in 1965, Congress confirmed a basic In the business world, he is the owner of year, Americans took part in activities and human dignity and brought forth a lasting David R. Miller & Associates, an economic educational events designed to promote a commitment: Access to quality health care and management development firm specializ­ wider understanding of the ways in which should not be limited by age or income. ing in governmental advocacy. Until recently, America can contribute to an eventual solu­ Equally as important, Americans must not when he returned to the full-time management tion. suffer because they live in rural areas. of his firm, he served as the advocate for the I am very pleased that West Virginians In these times of ever tighter Federal budg­ printing industry in California, representing played a leading role in these important ets, it is essential that Congress not allow ef­ more than 5,000 graphic art firms. events, and I ask that Gov. Arch Moore's forts to control Medicare expenditures to en­ But for Mr. Miller, career and civic responsi­ proclamation be printed in the RECORD. danger the ability of older Americans, espe­ bilities go hand in hand. He has served longer A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR cially those living in rural areas, to receive than any other person as president of the Whereas, the world's population of more high quality health care. United States Chamber, speaking for more than five billion will, at its present growth And, Mr. Speaker, for a refreshing change than 7,200 member businesses. He also has rate, double in the next 40 years; and, here in the House, my bill is budget neutral. I 9804 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 3, 1988 only propose to evenly redirect current Medi­ command high wages for their labor. These the schools of Ramsey where he has been a care spending-not add to it. workers deserve to earn decent wages. teacher for 13 years, an assistant administra­ As chairman of the congressional rural Anyone who is opposed to an increase in tor for 14 years, and superintendent of caucus and as a member of the Rural Health the minimum wage has not been forced to live schools for the last 11 years. Care Coalition my goal is to maintain and on it. The minimum wage worker earns $6,968 Mr. Speaker, Seelig Lewitz has served our strengthen the quality of care offered through a year. For a family of three, this is $1 ,800 people and our country with distinction. There our health programs while at the same time less than the 1986 poverty threshold of is much that can be said of his 38 years of work to reduce ever increasing medical costs. $8,7 44. The minimum wage earner for a family outstanding service to the borough of Ramsey I hope that all our colleagues will join me in of four makes $4,200 less than the poverty and the 2 years he served in the U.S Navy helping to raise the visibility of the unique situ­ threshold of $11,209. Throughout the 1960's during World War II. ation facing our hospitals and health care pro­ and 1970's the minimum wage kept a family He has served in many capacities in the viders in small town America. H.R. 4511 is a of three out of poverty. Now, it has fallen way community; the Ramsey Literary Commission, responsible approach to correct a flaw in cur­ behind. The gap between rich and poor is the the Recreational Commission, the Ramsey rent Medicare policy. greatest it has been since World War II. It Pool Commission, the Senior Citizens Housing seems odd that we continually tell the poor Commission, the Civilian Review Selective that hard work is the way out of poverty, yet Service Board, the Ramsey Rotary Club, the WHY THE MINIMUM WAGE many work 40-hour weeks and still live be­ SHOULD BE RAISED New Jersey Civil Defense and Disaster Con­ neath the poverty level. trol, three terms as president of the Ramsey Congress must take the initiative and show Baseball Association, a member of the Forti­ HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL the working poor that their hard work will bring tude Lodge No. 200 Free and Accepted OF NEW YORK them out of poverty. An increase in the mini­ Masons, and a founding member of the Beth IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mum wage will not only show people that Shalom Synagogue. Tuesday, May 3, 1988 work is better than welfare, but also will in­ During his career, he has been a member of crease workers productivity and morale. H.R. Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, there are sever­ many professional organizations as well. The 1834 is not as much an increase in the mini­ American Association of School Administra­ al myths which surface every time minimum mum wage, as it is a restoration. It is time to wage legislation is proposed. Opponents to tors, the Bergen County Administrators Asso­ reaffirm our belief that fair work should yield ciation, the Bergen County Coaches Associa­ H.R. 1834 have attempted to use the same fair wages. claims ever since the minimum wage was first tion, the National Council for Social Studies, proposed in 1938. The first minimum wage the New Jersey Association for School Admin­ was 26 cents an hour. Six times since 1938, THE HONORABLE SEELIG C. istrators, the National Science Supervisors As­ Congress has raised the minimum wage. Six LEWITZ RETIRES sociation, the Association for Supervision and times we have heard the prophesies of unem­ Curriculum, the New Jersey Schoolmasters ployment, inflation, and bankruptcy, and six HON. MARGE ROUKEMA Association, Phi Delta Kappa, Professional Education Fraternity of New York University, times it has not happened. The minimum OF NEW JERSEY wage has kept pace-until now-and the and a lifetime member of the National Educa­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES economy has neither collapsed nor has it tion Association. been distorted. Tuesday, May 3, 1988 Coaching occupied his extra time during his Only once, during 1975, did the unemploy­ Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, teaching career of 13 years. He was an as­ ment rate increase after an increase in the June 9, the residents of Ramsey, teachers, sistant football coach for 6 years, an assistant minimum wage, yet most economists blame and friends will join together in testimony to a baseball coach for 2 years and an assistant the unemployment increase on the recession most esteemed educator and good friend, the basketball coach for 5 years. He served as which accompanied the oil crisis. Actually, in Honorable Seelig C. Lewitz, who is retiring varsity baseball coach for 1O years and won 1966, the Secretary of Labor said that: from the high office of public trust as superin­ the New Jersey State sectional championship Following the original establishment of tendent of schools of the borough of Ramsey, group II in 1961. During his baseball coaching t he minimum wage • • • employment in t he NJ after 38 years of service to the community. career he became a member of the Bergen United States always went up. I know that you and our colleagues here in County Coaches Association "Century Club," In 1977, the Chamber of Commerce esti­ the Congress will want to join with us in ex­ 100 or more varsity wins. In 1961 he was All mated that 391,000 teenagers would lose tending our deepest appreciation to Superin­ Suburban Coach of the Year and in 1982 he their jobs if the minimum wage was increased. tendent Lewitz and share the pride of his was given an award for his outstanding contri­ In 1978, teenage employment increased good wife, Edna, his son, Allen, and his wife, bution to high school athletics. 382,000 after the minimum wage was in­ Susan, and daughters, Leigh Halvatgis, Lissa While serving as administrative assistant creased from $2.50 to $2.65. If the Depart­ Hanson, and her husband Bruce. Lynn Ritchie and superintendent of schools, the system ment of Labor claims that every 10-percent in­ and her husand Christopher, and their grand­ has expanded its facilities to provide an out­ crease in the minimum wage will lose 100,000 children, Jenna and Kara Halvatgis, Jessica standing learning experience for our young to 200,000 jobs, why hasn't it ever happened and Keith Hanson, Melissa and Leighann people. Eric Smith School was built in 1967 before? Ritchie and Matthew and Zachary Lewitz. and new additions to the high school were Many opponents of the minimum wage Mr. Speaker, when you reflect upon the fact built in 1967, 1975, and 1980. His work and claim that any increase will severely raise in­ that the cultural, historical, and economic efforts impact the lives of thousands of stu­ flation. The Wharton School has shown that a achievements-even the basic health as well dents. The school district of Ramsey was rec­ $5.05 wage would cause only a one-tenth of 1 being and longevity-of a State and Nation ognized by the New York Times for its prestig­ percent increase in inflation. All in all , infla­ depend in large measure upon how well we ious educational facilities and educational pro­ tion's role in the economy has declined, and educate each generation charged with the grams in November 1986. The educational certainly, the minimum wage is not the only trust of carrying out its responsibilities and tra­ system has been recognized by the Mathe­ factor. ditions, we can indeed be proud of Seelig matics Association of America for the quality The facts are that six times we have raised Lewitz' outstanding contribution to the quality of our mathematics program, exhibited suc­ the minimum wage and the evidence is clear of life and the way of life for all of our people. cess in the Johns Hopkins Talent Search, that there has been no significant employment Mr. Lewitz has indeed earned the highest placed in the top three teams in the past 3 and business disruption. respect and esteem of all of us for his leader­ years in the Odyssey of the Mind World H.R. 1834 is not purely a piece of abstract ship and standards of excellence in seeking to Finals, and recognized for student publications economic legislation. It affects real people in improve the quality of education for our by the Columbia Scholastic Press. real need. If this Nation is to be truly great we people. His personal commitment, diligence, Under his direction many new programs must invest in the human capital of the coun­ and endeavors as an educator and school ad­ were initiated. The gifted and talented pro­ try. This bill affects the 17 million or so work­ ministrator have brought excellence to the stu­ gram, the middle and high school reading pro­ ers whose skills are such that they do not dents and State and national recognition to grams, the child study team program, curricu- May 3, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9805 lum supervisor program, American field serv­ secretary-treasurer; and Vicki Crowley, manag­ residents who are directly involved in the pro­ ice program, the honors program, the Ramsey er for member services. duction, processing, and marketing of this swim team program, and many more pro­ product. In addition, this product is purchased grams too numerous to mention. A TRIBUTE TO JAYLENE and used by millions of consumers for snacks, Seelig Lewitz was the son of Martin and McMANUS in baking products, while cooking, in cereals Lena Lewitz. He was born on July 4, 1926, at and for a variety of other uses. Englewood Hospital and spent his school The California raisin industry benefits from a days in the Englewood public schools, grad­ HON. ROBERT K. DORNAN wide variety of efforts from various interests. uating in 1944 from Dwight Morrow High OF CALIFORNIA Among these, the Raisin Bargaining Associa­ School. From 1944 to 1946 he served on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion merits high commendation for bringing shipboard Southwest and Western Pacific in Tuesday, May 3, 1988 growers and packers together in a concerted the U.S. Navy. He received his B.A. from Mr. DORNAN of California. Mr. Speaker, effort to give them a better voice in marketing. Montclair State College in 1950, a masters rise today to pay tribute to a true hero, Jay­ The raisin growers and packers also deserve degree in administration and supervision in lene McManus, of Hacienda Heights, CA. Jay­ a great deal of recognition for their efforts on 1954, and an administrative externship from lene is responsible for saving the life of one of behalf of this vital industry. New York University during 1964-65. my constituents, Richard Lowman. In doing The California Raisin Advisory Board Aside from his educational interests, Seelig so, she risked her own personal safety in the [CALRAB]. founded in 1949, merits special Lewitz has a hobby of raising pigeons. He has process. recognition for its aggressive advertising and been president of the National Pensom Roller After being involved in a motorcycle acci­ research activities which have dramatically in­ Club for two terms, president of the National dent, Mr. Lowman was seen running down a creased raisin sales in recent years. CALRAB, Ideal Roller Club for three terms, and area di­ street engulfed in flames. The quick-thinking represented and funded by the State's raisin rector of the United Roller Club and South­ Jaylene McManus stopped her car and used growers and packers, is designed to promote west Roller Club. For his outstanding efforts her fire extinguisher to put out the flames, the sale and consumption of raisins in both he has been awarded the William Cowles Me­ saving the young man's life. This was done the United States and abroad. morial Award and the National Ideal Roller with little regard for her personal safety. It was The success of promotional efforts in Club outstanding service award. indeed an heroic act. Europe and Asia for California· raisins have Mr. Speaker, Superintendent Lewitz is an I understand, Mr. Speaker, that Richard brought continued support from the U.S. De­ outstanding administrator, educator, and good Lowman is now doing fine. He suffered partment of Agriculture and from the Foreign friend whose richness of wisdom and exper­ second and third degree burns on a third of Agricultural Service. The industry is now ex­ tise in his daily pursuits have touched the lives his body, but he has undergone treatment and panding its overseas markets to encompass of many, many people. As we gather together rehabilitation at the Whittier lntercommunity the Pacific Rim nations, including the People's on June 9 in tribute to his leadership endeav­ Hospital, USC Burn Ward. Richard is home Republic of China. ors and personal commitment dedicated to now, and according to his mother he is "alive On the homefront, the California Raisin Ad­ the education of our young people, we do and happy." I don't know if you can ask for visory Board's "Name the Raisin" contest, in­ indeed salute an esteemed educator, out­ more than that. troduced last year, has had much success. standing community leader, and great Ameri­ Jaylene McManus can be proud of herself. The contest has brought an astounding can-the Honorable Seelig C. Lewitz of Under tremendous pressure she reacted with 310,000 entries, all competing to name three Ramsey, NJ. skill and bravery to save another's life. She is of the famous dancing raisins: Ben lndasun a hero in very sense of the word. with the dark glasses; Tony Goodbites holding the microphone; and Justine X. Grape with the TRIBUTE TO COBB ELECTRIC hightop blue sneakers. The winning contest­ MEMBERSHIP CORP. SALUTING THE CALIFORNIA ants will each receive $5,000 in cash, and a RAISIN INDUSTRY trip to Hollywood and Vine-the Vine in this HON.GEORGE(BUDDY)DARDEN case being in Fresno, CA, which is the raisin OF GEORGIA HON. TONY COELHO capital of the world. In addition to the top IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA three winning contestants, 3,000 additional Tuesday, May 3, 1988 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES creative entries will also receive prizes. Tuesday, May 3, 1988 The raisin industry has proven to be highly Mr. DARDEN. Mr. Speaker, the provision of successful in both its efforts to protect the plentiful electrical power at a reasonable cost Mr. COELHO. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to future of an industry which has worked dili­ has-over the past half-century-revolution­ join my colleagues, Congressman RICK gently at producing a healthy and tasty food ized life in our Nation's rural areas, and LEHMAN and Congressman CHIP PASHAYAN in for American and overseas consumers, and in helped transform the lives of people there. saluting the California raisin industry during its dedication to improving its expertise in the Recently, I took part in the celebration of National Raisin Week, May 1 to May 7, 1988. areas of sales promotion and advertising, the 50th anniversary of the Cobb Electric This year the California raisin industry has which has lead the industry to achieve nation­ Membership Corp., one of many electric coop­ much to salute. Working to expand the indus­ al acclaim. For these reasons as well as for eratives which were begun to help provide try by using new promotional efforts and intro­ many others, the California raisin industry de­ power in rural residences and businesses. ducing new products, the California raisin in­ serves a special salute during National Raisin Over the years, as my home community of dustry has danced both California sunshine Week. Cobb County, GA, has grown, Cobb EMC has and good health into the lives of many Ameri­ grown along with it. Cobb EMC has been an cans with its renowned California Dancing Rai­ outstanding corporate citizen throughout its sins. THE lOOTH ANNIVERSARY OF history, and has been a major contributor to The California Dancing Raisin television THE GREATER LAWRENCE, MA, the economic prosperity we enjoy today in campaign, which will be highlighted this week, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Cobb County. has won national acclaim. In fact, the hit As we mark Cobb EMC's 50th anniversary, I record album "California Raisins" has earned would like to commend for my colleagues the the platinum rating by selling over 1,000,000 HON. CHESTER G. ATKINS efforts of its chairman of the board, Roy copies. OF MASSACHUSETTS Sanders, and its chief executive officer, Paul The California raisin industry is proud of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Weatherby. I also would like to recognize the being the world's largest raisin industry, re­ contributions of certain members of the Cobb sponsible for producing and marketing roughly Tuesday, May 3, 1988 EMC Women's Task Force, who celebrated one-third of the world's raisin supply. It is of Mr. ATKINS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased and the 50th anniversary last week at their annual no surprise then, that the success of the raisin honored to rise to inform my distinguished col­ dinner. They are: Carolyn James, president; industry is of great economic importance to leagues of the 1OOth anniversary of the Great­ Gayle Hayes, vice president; Edna Burnley, the future of many thousands of United States er Lawrence, MA, Chamber of Commerce. 9806 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 3, 1988 The Greater Lawrence Chamber of Com­ erans have sacrificed so much for-our Ameri­ PERSONAL EXPLANATION merce is an association of 700 businesses, can freedoms. My hope is that her efforts, and employing over 54,000 people, located in the those of the other young people who partici­ HON. WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR. communities of Lawrence, Methuen, Andover, pated in the Voice of Democracy contest, will OF PENNSYLVANIA and North Andover, MA. The chamber has a serve as a reminder to all of us the need to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES long and distinguished history of fostering be vigilant in guarding the liberties of our economic growth and prosperity among its people. Tuesday, May 3, 1988 business, industrial, and professional mem­ "When an American says he loves his Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, due to my ab­ bers. country, he means not only that he loves sence yesterday May 2, I was unable to cast The chamber has received the Nation's the New England hills. He means that he votes on three items. Had I been present I highest award in the President's Citation Pro­ loves an inner air, an inner light in which would have voted "yes" on H.R. 1811, the gram for Private Sector Initiatives. Some of freedom lives." Atomic Veterans Compensation Act of 1987; the chamber's recent innovative projects have The inner light Adlai Stevenson writes of "yes" on the Hunter amendment to the De­ involved establishing a coordinated drug and is freedom. For hundreds of years, men and fense authorization bill; and "yes" on the alcohol abuse education and prevention pro­ women have come from all over the world Foley amendment to the Defense authoriza­ gram among the five area public schools, initi­ just to bask in the light of America's free­ tion bill. ating an extensive business-education col­ dom. These people often came with nothing laborative in the city of Lawrence, conducting but the realization that, once in America, "adopt-a-school" programs in four area they had the freedom to make their own SALUTING THE OFFICERS AND schools, and sponsoring an Academic Olym­ lives and shape their own destinies. They CREW OF THE U.S.S. " BONEFISH" pics Program. These programs, and others, made this country theirs because they had contributed greatly to the decision by the the liberty to build it as they chose. HON. BILL CHAPPELL, JR. Anna B. Casey Foundation to award a $5 mil­ Our founding fathers began the building OF FLORIDA lion grant to the city of Lawrence to be used with the foundations of the Declaration of toward programs benefiting youth. Independence and the Constitution. The IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES American people took over from there, fin­ Tuesday, May 3, 1988 The chamber has also led in the develop­ ishing the building by demanding truth and ment of the region's Private Industry Council, justice and installing fixtures such as Mr. CHAPPELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to which has provided training for over 6,000 human rights that would let freedom's light recognize the officers and crew of the U.S.S. economically disadvantaged persons. For the shine over the land Bonefish for their courageous actions which past 15 years, the chamber has sponsored As our country grew, many traveled to the resulted in the prevention of a disaster which ACTION'S Retired Senior Volunteer Program, West to raise their families and live off the could have cost the lives of all aboard. which provides 350 senior volunteers to area land, to build something from nothing with More specifically, I wish to pay tribute to Lt. hospitals, nursing homes, and other nonprofit their own hands and sweat. No one told Ray Everts, Jr., P01 c Robert W. Bordelon, Jr., organizations. Moreover, the chamber has, in them where to build or when to go. Even and P03c Marshall T. Lindgren-who lost cooperation with the Building Trades Unions, the people who decided to stay in the par­ their lives in service to their country. sponsored the annual construction of a house tially settled East began building their own Today I am introducing a House concurrent by the students at the Greater Lawrence Re­ cities, their own churches and schools for resolution saluting these men and the other gional Technical High School; the proceeds their children. They built massive railroads officers and crew of the U.S.S. Bonefish for from the project, directed into the Revolving that would eventually connect the two their actions. I hope each of you will join me Loan Fund, have assisted low-income people worlds. These people were proud of what in cosponsoring this resolution, which I am in­ purchase homes. they had done. They were grateful freedom gave them the opportunity to build their cluding in the RECORD at this point. I salute the individuals whose century of own nation, and decided freedom was good, CONCURRENT RESOLUTION projects have clearly contributed to the better­ and all should have the chance to be free. It To recognize the heroic efforts of the offi­ ment of the Greater Lawrence community. It is was these people who left us a legacy-a cers and crew of the U.S.S. Bonefish. this type of volunteer community involvement country of freedom. Whereas the U.S.S. Bonefish submarine of the United States Navy, ment. It is my great pleasure to congratulate men died so that freedom could prevail. during exercises off the coast of Florida, the chamber on its 1OOth anniversary and to suffered an explosion resulting in a life­ Former President Woodrow Wilson said in a threatening fire, and wish them continued success in its next cen­ speech in Pueblo, Colorado in 1919: "These Whereas the men and officers of the tury. boys died for something that vastly tran­ U.S.S. Bonefish took brave actions to stabi­ scends any of the immediate objects of the lize the boat on the surface, contain the war. They saved the liberty of America." fire, and enable most of the crew to survive They fought so their children might be free. with minimal injuries, and They died to carry on the heritage of liber­ A TRIBUTE TO JULIE ANNE Whereas Lieutenant Ray Everts, Jr., Petty ty. Officer 1st Class Robert W. Bordelon, Jr., CHARLES We fiercely guard our liberty-even in and Petty Officer 3d Class Marshall T. Lind­ peacetime. Be he rich or poor, everyone is gren, following a long-standing tradition HON. JIM JONTZ allowed a voice in America. Some have de­ with the men and women of the American OF INDIANA voted their lives to making sure of this. The Armed Force, made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES voice speaks of liberty and the inner light in which it thrives. Whereas without the valiant deeds of Tuesday, May 3, 1988 There are no more shadows of repression these men and the other officers and crew, a Mr. JONTZ. Mr. Speaker, I would like to here. There is no dark gloom in which to much greater disaster could have occurred resulting in the loss of all crewmembers as take a moment to recognize one of my con­ weep alone. Instead there is a bright, bold progress for all. We pause to thank our an­ well as the loss of the U.S.S. Bonefish: Now, stituents, Julie Anne Charles, of White County, therefore, be it IN, the Indiana winner of the 1987-88 Veter­ cestors for the gift they so venerated- the Resolved by the House of Representatives ans of Foreign Wars "Voice of Democracy opportunity to cherish the sweet land of lib­ rthe Senate concurring), That it is the sense Program." erty. The opportunity to carry on the inner of Congress- light. Someone who understood the value of Over 300,000 secondary school students <1) that Lieutenant Ray Everts, Jr., Petty our liberty was former President John F. Officer 1st Class Robert W. Bordelon, Jr., throughout the United States competed in this Kennedy. I shall remember forever the program, whose theme this year was "Ameri­ and Petty Officer 3d Class Marshall T. Lind­ words he spoke in his inaugural address on gren should be appropriately recognized by ca's Liberty-Our Heritage." I am very proud January 21, 1961: "We shall pay any price, the Navy for their self-sacrificing devotion that the winner from Indiana resides in my bear any burden, meet any hardship, sup­ to duty; home county. port any friend, oppose any foe to assure (2) that the personnel of the U.S.S. Bone­ Ms. Charles' essay speaks to what our vet- the survival and the success of liberty." fish should be appropriately recognized for May 3, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9807 their efforts to save their fellow shipmates sack Medical Center have proven time and These young men under the able leadership and submarine; time again that they have the knowledge, the of Head Coach Paul Procopio, attained this (3) that all Americans should join in com­ skill, the facility and the will to serve the title against all odds. They were not supposed mending the courageous crew of the U.S.S. people of northern New Jersey. Over the to make it to the finals, let alone win the Bonefish for their commitment to military tradition and excellence in carrying out years, the efforts of the physicians, nurses, championship. Yet this hearty group known as their duty while in service to their country. staff, and volunteers of Hackensack Medical the Crusaders, led by senior Paul Culpo ad­ Center have immeasurably improved the lives vanced through the challenges of the western of millions of people. Beyond saving lives in Massachusetts tournament and into the State HACKENSACK MEDICAL CENTER time of personal or community emergency, the finals. The decisive victory over a fine team medical center has made residents of north­ from Cohasset at the Worcester Centrum, with HON. MARGE ROUKEMA ern New Jersey healthier and more produc­ a final score of 77-58, occurred with a stand­ OF NEW JERSEY tive. out performance from the members of this IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, I hope you will join me in ex­ team, and occurred on the feast of St. Tuesday, May 3, 1988 tending heartfelt thanks and congratulations to Joseph, which makes for an interesting twist Hackensack Medical Center for a century of of fate. Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, 100 years service to northern New Jersey. St. Joseph's will suffer a great loss this year ago, a disparate group of 24 northern New minus its six graduating seniors-most nota­ Jersey civic leaders came together, raised bly, Paul Culpo, and his fellow classmates, $4,000, and purchased a 10-room home in THE ANNUAL STUDENT Mike Carnevale, Peter Ochs, John Carroll, Hackensack, NJ. The building, renamed Hack­ TEACHING COMPETITION Marty Kruze and Chris Unsworth but the great ensack Hospital and complete with 12 beds, talent and energy displayed by these men will was the first full-fledged medical facility in HON.GEORGE(BUDDY)DARDEN not be lost for I am certain that many will go Bergen County. OF GEORGIA on to play basketball at the colleges and uni­ From those modest beginnings has grown IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES versities of their choice across this country. Hackensack Medical Center, a modern 500- Tuesday, May 3, 1988 Western Massachusetts is proud of these bed regional teaching complex that offers a champions, and I am certain that under the range of health care services. Over the years, Mr. DARDEN. Mr. Speaker, a teaching able leadership of Coach Procopio, and his Hackensack Medical Center has not only pro­ career in our Nation's schools presents some assistant coaches George "Red" Pleau, and vided dependable medical care to millions of of the most awesome challenges-and poten­ Matt Stracuzzi, along wlth the remaining mem­ New Jersey residents, it has also developed a tial rewards-of any profession. Teachers bers of the 1988 championship team: Dave national reputation for the quality of its physi­ open to our young people the whole world of Harte, Jeff Wilson, Shaun Heimann, Matt Ma­ cians, nurses, staff, and volunteers. knowledge, and help guide them along the siero, Bill Quadrozzi, John Mclaughlin, and This week, Hackensack Medical Center is path to their careers and their future roles, as Bryan Casuscelli, all of whom will be returning celebrating its 1OOth year of service to the adults, in our society. for their junior year in 1989, will undoubtedly northern New Jersey community. I ask my col­ Recently here in Washington, the National repeat its impressive "first-ever State Division leagues to join me in congratulating Hacken­ Education Association hosted its annual Stu­ Ill Boy's Basketball Championship" for St. Jo­ sack Medical Center, the chairman of board of dent Teaching Competition. Several of our Na­ seph's. governors, Stanley Engleman of Emerson, the tion's most outstanding new teachers took The support and encouragement this team center's president and chief executive officer, part in the competition, including Georgia has received from first year athletic director, John P. Ferguson. Among others, their com­ State University's Mary Jo Pratt, of Smyrna in Fred Barschdorf, and from Principal Sr. Julie mitted leadership has helped make Hacken­ the Seventh Congressional District of Georgia. Sullivan, the many members of the St. Jo­ sack Medical Center one of the premier facili­ Mary Jo, who won the right to compete in seph's family, as well as the many up-and­ ties in New Jersey. Washington as the finalist in the Southeastern coming members of Coach Stracuzzi's junior Today, Hackensack Medical Center is the Regional Student Teaching Competition, is varsity team, bodes well for the future athletic site of one of the State's largest open-heart committed to developing and nurturing the promise of St. Joseph's Central High School surgery programs. In fact, the program and its minds of our young people. She enters the as the defending division 111 State champions state of the art $2.4 million cardiac intensive teaching profession in an era when-more in the 1988-89 school year. care unit and its unique $1 .6 million cardiac than ever before-quality education is the key Pittsfield and Berkshire County is proud of catheterization laboratory recently saw its to success for both individuals and our Nation the 1987-88 boy's basketball team and so am 1,500th open-heart operation. as a whole. I. I find it encouraging and rare, indeed, to find Children suffering with cancer from across Christa McAuliffe, the New Hampshire such energy and devotion to the athletic New Jersey come to Hackensack Medical school teacher who died in the tragic explo­ ideals which the entire St. Joseph's communi­ Center for the largest and most comprehen­ sion of the space shuttle Challenger, knew ty has always strived to attain. sive pediatric oncology center in the State. In very well the importance of her job in the fu­ Again, congratulations on a spectacular fact, today over 200 young patients are being tures of her students, her community, and her season! treated in the Tomorrow's Children Institute country. Mary Jo Pratt and the other outstand­ for Cancer and Blood Disorders. ing student teachers who competed here can In addition to these outstanding facilities, say proudly, as Christa McAuliffe did, "I touch VERMONT VIEWS: ISSUES Hackensack Medical Center boasts a national­ the future-I teach." FACING THE lOOTH CONGRESS ly renowned Institute for Child Development; 55,000 children from 15 States and 6 foreign nations visit the program every year for eval­ CONGRATULATIONS ON A HON. JAMES M. JEFFORDS uation and treatment of learning disabilities, SPECTACULAR SEASON OF VERMONT behavioral problems and development disor­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ders. HON. SILVIO 0. CONTE Tuesday, May 3, 1988 In addition, Hackensack Medical Center OF MASSACHUSETTS continues to serve as the region's paramedic IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. Speaker, as I have in dispatch center and houses Bergen County's past years, I am reporting to my colleagues only burn unit and diabetic treatment facility. Tuesday, May 3, 1988 today on the results of my latest annual Ver­ Affiliated with the University of Medicine and Mr. CONTE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to mont questionnaire. And I do so with what I Dentistry of New Jersey, the center trains over take this opportunity to congratulate the St. freely admit amounts to a lot of pride. I think 250 medical students and 70 resident physi­ Joseph's Central High School Crusader Bas­ the opinions expressed by Vermonters are cians each year. ketball T earn upon its recent victory in the among the most considered and informed of From its earliest days as Bergen County's Massachusetts Division Ill State Basketball any, and all of Congress benefits when those first hospital in 1888, the people of Hacken- Championship. opinions are known. 9808 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 3, 1988 Here, Mr. Speaker, are the results of my The cease-fire between the Sandinistas and mise would be favored that would raise the 14th annual Vermont questionnaire this year, the Contra rebels was reached after Congress minimum wage but freeze it at its current level to which 10,885 Vermonters replied: had rejected proposals for more military aid to for new employees who are in their first 6 FEDERAL DEFICIT the Contra rebels, and after it began consider­ months in the work force. Some 43.6 percent For several years, the Federal deficit and ing a strictly humanitarian package-later ap­ of those responding favored this approach; tax reform issues have figured prominently in proved-providing medicine, food and clothing 56.4 percent did not. the annual surveys. Last year, I specifically to the Contras and money for medical help to AIDS TESTING asked Vermonters what actions they would children injured in the Nicaraguan conflict. The final question in the annual survey this take to lower the deficit, offering choices rang­ There is no way to predict how successful year concerned AIDS, Mr. Speaker. My own ing from cuts in domestic and/or defense pro­ the current negotiations will be in bringing home State of Vermont has been fortunate: it grams to tax increases. about real peace in Nicaragua. But Ver­ has seen very few cases of this tragic illness Although Congress and the administration monters who responded to the questionnaires compared to the many thousands in other have made some progress toward deficit re­ made it very clear that the road to peace parts of the country. Vermonters, however, duction, the issue remains one of the most im­ should not be paved with further military aid to are tremendously concerned about AIDS, and portant before us. Because of that, I decided the Contra rebels. When asked if the United that concern reflected itself in the question­ to ask the exact same question concerning States should pursue its past policy of military naire. the deficit this year, and the results were and economic support for the Contras, 30.3 The survey asked if AIDS testing should be almost identical to those offered by Ver­ percent said " yes" while 69.7 percent said mandatory for those applying for marriage li­ monters a year ago. "no." censes. Most experts now contend that such As they had last year, Vermonters who re­ INF TREATY testing is basically useless since most of the sponded to the survey made it clear that the The intermediate-range nuclear forces [INF] people applying for marriage licenses are not Federal budget should not be balanced on the treaty that President Reagan and Soviet Gen­ at high risk for AIDS. They point out, too, that backs of domestic programs. Some 35.3 per­ eral Secretary Gorbachev signed last year re­ because AIDS tests are not always accurate, cent, in fact, indicated they pref erred cutbacks mains, as of this writing, pending before the many people could be devastated if they un­ in defense programs but not in domestic pro­ U.S. Senate for ratification. The treaty, which dertook the test in order to get married and grams. Another large percentage, 20.8 per­ would eliminate American and Soviet interme­ ended up receiving incorrect, or "false posi­ cent, favored cutting •both domestic and de­ diate-range nuclear arms in Europe, repre­ tive" results. fense spending to help lower the deficit, while sents the kind of nuclear arms control meas­ Despite such reservations about mandatory 24.7 percent favored combining cuts in do­ ure that many Vermonters have long promot­ testing, most Vermonters who responded to mestic and defense programs with revenue in­ ed. The results of the questionnaire reflect my survey-70.7 percent-favored mandatory creases. that: an overwhelming 91.6 percent said they AIDS testing for those who apply for marriage Only 6.5 percent favored cutting domestic think the Senate should ratify the treaty, while licenses. Slightly more than a quarter of them, programs but not defense programs, and only only 8.4 percent do not want ratification. 29.3 percent, did not favor the mandatory 12.2 percent favored simply freezing spending PLASTIC HANDGUNS tests. for all programs at current levels. A scant 0.5 An equally large number of those respond­ percent said that the Federal Government ing to the questionnaire favored outlawing should continue deficit spending without cut­ handguns that cannot be detected by security WORLD FOOD DAY ting back any programs. machines such as those at airports. MEDICARE At issue is the potential advent of so-called HON. MICKEY LELAND Costs for Medicare, which helps elderly citi­ plastic guns, which law enforcement officials OF TEXAS zens pay for medical services, have increased fear will not be detectable by security ma­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES substantially over the last several years. As a chines. Congressional committees and the ad­ result, the program has not been entirely ministration currently are looking at proposals Tuesday, May 3, 1988 immune from the belt-tightening that has been to prevent the manufacture, sale and distribu­ Mr. LELAND. Mr. Speaker, World Food Day required of other government programs in the tion of undetectable guns-the ban many Ver­ is a symbol of national and international com­ effort to reduce the Federal deficit. Last year, monters would appear to favor. Asked in the mitment to preventing the hunger and malnu­ for instance, some Medicare spending was re­ questionnaire if undetectable handguns should trition that affects 500 million people in the stricted although not by nearly as much as the be outlawed, fully 91.1 percent said "yes," world. Children are dying every minute be­ administration had wanted. while only 8.1 percent said "no." cause they don't have enough food or water Given those prior restrictions, the survey MINIMUM WAGE or because they lack the basic medical care asked if Medicare should continue to share Yet another issue pending before the Con­ to recover from nutrition-related illness. part of the burden of reducing the deficit and, gress would increase the Federal hourly mini­ Although there is food enough to feed the if so, what areas should be affected by further mum wage, which at $3.35 has not been in­ world, people suffer from hunger on every cost controls. More than two-thirds of those creased since 1981 . continent. World Food Day brings together responding-70.2 percent-indicated they did Several variations of an increase have been Americans and people of all nations to con­ not think Medicare should be subject to fur­ considered. The one that the House of Repre­ front the multiple causes of the inadequate ther restrictions or cuts, while 29.8 percent in­ sentatives now has before it for action-ex­ nutrition endured by so many in the human dicated that it should be. pected sometime during May-would increase family. If further restrictions were required of the the hourly minimum to $5.05 over a 3-year For millions of landless poor from Bangla­ program, 27.4 percent indicated they should period. Alternatives that will be considered desh to Brazil hunger is a fact of existence affect only payments to doctors; 21 .2 percent when the issue comes before the House in­ exacerbated by economic problems remote said they should affect payments to hospitals; clude a slightly lower hourly minimum, of be­ from their daily lives. They may grow sugar, 6.6 percent said they should affect premiums tween $4 and $4.65, or increases in tax cred­ coffee, and other cash crops but they do not paid by the elderly; and 7 percent said they its for low-income workers. understand the issues of balance of payments should affect services and benefits. The larg­ At the time the questionnaire was written, and the debt crisis. The present system of dis­ est number of Vermonters, 37.8 percent, fa­ the most prominent proposal before the tribution denies them a plot of land for sub­ vored across-the-board cost controls in all the House would have increased the hourly mini­ sistence farming. categories, if controls were necessary. mum to $4.65 over 3 years. In Africa, war is more and more the cause CONTRA AID Asked if the Federal minimum wage should of hunger. In the wake of drought, sufficient Prospects for peace in Central America be increased, 73.2 percent of the Vermonters donations of food pour into Ethiopia and have improved significantly since the ques­ responding replied "yes," while 26.8 percent Sudan from other nations to prevent starva­ tionnaire went out early this year. We were said "no." tion but truck and airplane convoys are de­ hoping then for the very cease-fire we now The responses were much closer on an­ layed and destroyed. Civilians flee war zones have in Nicaragua. other related question of whether a compro- and farms are left untended. In the worst May 3, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9809 cases people flee to feeding camps where active in the Flushing Rotary and the Flushing AMNESTY PERIOD ENDS UNDER they are vulnerable to disease in crowded, un­ Boys Club. IMMIGRATION ACT sanitary conditions. Robert Weir also has been actively involved Even where there is food, nutritional defi­ in community affairs for many years. Robert ciencies exist that cripple and blind because has served as chairman of the Congressional HON. DON BONKER the diet is incomplete. Lack of vitamin A af­ Committee of the Queens Chamber of Com­ OF WASHING TON fects one-half of a million children a year merce, member of the board of directors for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mainly in south and Southeast Asia and the Queens County Builders and Contractors Tuesday, May 3, 1988 Africa; 200 million suffer from clinically evident Association, and has served on the board of disorders caused by iodine deficiency. Iron de­ directors for the Queens Museum. He also Mr. BONKER. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow marks ficiency affects roughly one-third of the popu­ serves as president of the board of the the end of the 1-year period during which ille­ lations of developing countries. Queens County Youth Development Corp., gal aliens may seek amnesty under the Immi­ In the face of these challenges, World Food member of the board of Queensborough Com­ gration Reform and Control Act. I remember Day enables us to respond locally, nationally, munity College fund, and a member of Friends back in 1986, when we debated the merits of and internationally. The day is more than a of St. Mary's Hospital for Children. Robert this legislation, there was a good deal of platform for sharing information about the skepticism and concern about the bill's am­ causes of hunger and its solutions through also devotes time to Weir Realty, of which he is president. nesty provisions. churches and community and private voluntary In approving the Immigration Reform and groups, although it does that very well. This Last year, both Dennis Donnelly and Robert Control Act, the Congress had several goals: year for the first time an international World Weir served as cochairmen of the dinner To regain control over America's borders by Food Day strategy meeting was held by na­ dance. This evening, these gentlemen are tional groups. The resulting report laid the being honored by the Queens Museum for making it illegal for employers to hire workers foundation for a more unified worldwide move­ their overwhelming commitment to the arts in who are not eligible to work in this country; to ment emphasizing the concepts of equity, jus­ Queens and their continued support of the ensure that there are sufficient numbers of ag­ tice, the right to food and world food security. Queens Museum. Mr. Speaker, I am sure that ricultural workers to pick perishable crops; and Regional World Food Day meetings are now all my colleagues would agree that this coun­ to legalize the status of the many illegal aliens planned. This year, emphasis is placed on the try needs more outstanding citizens like Bob who have resided in this country since Janu­ important role of nongovernmental organiza­ Weir and Dennis Donnelly. I know that the ary 1, 1982. I think we can safely say that this tions in rural development. families and many friends of both men are law has been successful on all three counts. World Food Day demonstrates the best im­ very proud of their accomplishments. I com­ According to the Immigration and Natural­ pulse of our society, the desire to alleviate mend their hard work in the community and at ization Service, the number of people appre­ hunger, and rallies the skills and knowledge of the Queens Museum and wish them continued hended trying to enter this country illegally is the public and private sector to this end. I success. down 30 percent. This decrease is in large commend my friend and colleague Congress­ part due to the fact that the word is out over­ man BEN GILMAN for introducing this bill and seas that if U.S. employers flout the law and for his leadership in forging solutions to end MOUNT BETHEL ELEMENTARY hire illegal aliens, they will be subjected to world hunger. I urge my colleagues to support COMMENDED sanctions. Thus, Mr. Speaker, IRCA is having this resolution. the desired deterrent effect. HON.GEORGE(BUDDY)DARDEN Also, fears that the law would breed dis­ THE ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNER crimination against people who look like for­ DANCE FOR THE QUEENS OF GEORGIA eigners, and that it would result in disastrous MUSEUM IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES agricultural labor shortages have proved Tuesday, May 3, 1988 groundless. Since last May, about 1.4 million illegal HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN Mr. DARDEN. Mr. Speaker, I want to call to OF NEW YORK aliens have come forward to seek legalized the attention of my colleagues the outstanding status under IRCA's amnesty provisons. How­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES record of achievement built by the students, ever, for several reasons, including administra­ Tuesday, May 3, 1988 staff, and parents of Mount Bethel Elementary tive delay in processing applications, fear of Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today School in Cobb County, GA, during the first the INS and inadequate public outreach ef­ to honor two outstanding citizens, Dennis decade of that school's existence. forts, many eligible aliens have not applied for Donnelly and Robert Weir, and their contribu­ In these 10 years, Mount Bethel has amnesty. tion to the Queens Museum. become an example of how cooperation Because implementation of the law's am­ This Wednesday, May 4, the Queens among those three basic elements of a school nesty provisions did not go as we had hoped, Museum will be holding its annual benefit community can build an outstanding educa­ this body 2 weeks ago voted to extend the dinner dance to honor Dennis and Robert, tional institution. The teachers and other staff amnesty deadline by 7 months. The legislation and to celebrate the museum's 15th anniver­ members of Mount Bethel Elementary work also would have appropriated $2 million for sary. Since 1973, the Queens Museum has with tireless dedication to provide quality edu­ additional public outreach efforts to ensure been bringing arts, culture, and educational cational opportunities for the students, who in that all of those who are eligible for amnesty opportunities to the people of Queens County. turn devote a marvelous amount of energy to could be aware that this once-in-a-lifetime op­ Dennis Donnelly and Robert Weir have played the learning process. The parents of the portunity is about to pass them by. Regretta­ a large role in the museum's success. I have Mount Bethel community have been unwaver­ bly, however, the measure was not approved known both of these men personally for many ing in their support for both their children and years, and I am pleased to bring their accom­ by our colleagues in the Senate. the teachers to whom they have entrusted the plishments to the attention of my colleagues. Mr. Speaker, the Immigration Reform and daily instruction of those children. Dennis Donnelly has been an active partici­ Control Act's amnesty provision is a generous pant in the Queens community for many Mount Bethel has won numerous awards for one, but I nonetheless feel that it is a great years. Besides being director of community re­ excellence at the State and national levels. tragedy that through fear or ignorance, thou­ lations at N.Y. Telephone, Dennis has found I urge my colleagues to join me in com­ sands of people will miss their opportunity to time to devote abundant energy toward many mending the students, staff and parents of come out from the shadows and live and work Queens civic organizations. In the past years Mount Bethel Elementary School, including Dr. in this country legally. he has served as chairman of the Queens Robin Pennock, the school's principal. To­ Festival Committee, president of the Queens gether, they have built a strong education pro­ Economic Development Corp., and vice-chair­ gram at a school which truly is the heart of man of the Flushing YMCA. He also has been the community it serves. 9810 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 3, 1988 POLISH CONSTITUTION DAY would also improve the United States dam­ ic sanctions, sends in more US troops, and aged reputation in Central America. heightens the rhetoric. These measures not HON. DONALD E. "BUZ" LUKENS I am inserting Mr. White's piece in the only make it harder to find an acceptable RECORD, and I commend it to the attention of compromise, they violate the principle of OF OHIO nonintervention so important to Latin my colleagues as we continue our work on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Americans. the issue of democracy in Panama. White House chief of staff Howard Baker Tuesday, May 3, 1988 [From the Christian Science Monitor, May Jr. implied the need to rethink US policy Mr. DONALD E. "BUZ" LUKENS. Mr. 2, 1988] when he noted that the sanctions hurt the Speaker, I would like to commemorate Polish GET NORIEGA, NOT PANAMA people more than they do Noriega. US mili­ Constitution Day, a day which has come to Panama Canal treaties. Noriega revolution came to an end when the Constitu­ speaks for all Panamanians and much of tion was accepted by the king and his govern­ cided to " put it on the shelf" until the con­ tras ousted the Sandinistas. Washington has Latin America when he casts doubt on the ment. now decided that General Noriega, himself intention of the US to turn over the canal Many of the provisions of the Constitution a Central Intelligence Agency asset for 20 defense to Panama in the year 2000, as the of 1791 resemble those found in our own years, must be ousted as chief of the Pana­ treaties provide. Constitution. It allowed for religious freedom, manian Defense Forces. Also, Noriega has pledged to resign before secret ballot elections, and a legislature simi­ The Reagan administration appears to be­ presidential elections in May 1989, but the lieve that Noriega will step down as a result nation cannot go without an elected leader lar to those found in modern democracies. for so long. Under the leadership of Arch­ Above all, this new Constitution gave Poland of United States economic sanctions. Diplo­ matic historians will record the uniqueness bishop McGrath, a consensus could well be hope for the future, a future of liberty and of a policy that depends for its success on reached to advance the elections to next freedom from Russia's tyrannical rule. the cooperation of its target. Enemies of fall. This could ensure Noriega's prompt de­ Tragically, these dreams of the future were Noriega accuse him of many things. Quali­ parture, restore constitutional democracy, crushed less than 1 year later when Catherine ties of renunciation and self-sacrifice are and give the US a face-saving rationale to the Great ordered an invasion of Poland. The not among them. end the economic and military intervention Russians conquered Poland and divided the It is vital to fight drug smugglers; it is also that is destroying both Panama and the US's reputation. land among Prussia and itself, thereby abol­ vital not to create chaos and despair inside a country of great strategic value to the U.S. the requirements of section 611.4 of town of Haverstraw all his life, and in fact has U.S.C. 1824(b)(7)) is amended- title 50, Code of Federal Regulations; and lived in his house at 30 Hewitt Street since <1) by redesignating subparagraph as the requirements of section 1939. Phil was 1 of 1O children born of Italian subparagraph ; and 204 Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Man­ the great wave of immigration that brought so the following: agement Act (as amended by this Act>. much talent to our Nation. As 1 of 10 children, "(F) The requirement that the master or (2) CERTIFICATION.-If a GIFA nation has Phil learned early the value of teamwork and other person in charge of the fishing vessel not agreed to amend its governing interna­ shall ensure that during all times while the tional fishery agreement for the purpose de­ cooperation. vessel is in an area of the exclusive econom­ scribed in paragraph ( 1) before the date Phil married Celmentine Felice in 1931. ic zone in which the vessel is not authorized which is 6 months after the date of the en­ Their happy marriage produced four children: to engage in fishing all fishing gear on actment of this Act, the Secretary of State Jack; Caroline; Philip, Jr.; and Diane. Phil and board the vessel is stored below deck or oth­ shall certify such fact to the President and Celmentine had 13 grandchildren and two erwise removed from the place where it is to the Secretary of Commerce. great-grandchildren. Celmentine's passing in normally used for fishing and placed where (b) INCREASED FOREIGN FISHING FEES.- it is not readily available for fishing.". 1981, after 50 years of happy marriage, sad­ 0) IN GENERAL.-Not later than 30 days dened all who had the pleasure of knowing (b) CIVIL PENALTY.-Subsection (a) of sec­ after receiving such certification, the Secre­ tion 308 of the Magnuson Fishery Conserva­ tary of Commerce shall issue a schedule of this fine family. tion and Management Act 06 U.S.C. increased fees under section 204(b)(10) of Phil was educated in the public school 1858(b)) is amended- the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and system of Haverstraw. Like many of his gen­ O> by inserting "0)" before the first sen- Management Act 06 U.S.C. 1824(b)(4)), for eration, Phil sprang to his country's defense in tence; GIFA nations certified by the Secretary of World War II, enlisting in the Navy and serving <2> by striking the second sentence; and State under subsection (a)(2) of this section. (3) by adding at the end the following: with distinction overseas. (2) EFFECTIVE DATE OF INCREASED FEES.-A Soon after returning from the battlefield, "(2)(A) Except as provided in subpara- schedule of increased fees issued under this graph CB), the amount of a civil penalty subsection shall take effect 30 days after Phil-who had been serving as general man­ under this subsection shall not exceed the date of the issuance of such schedule. ager of the Elastic Craft Corp., in Haver­ $25,000 for each violation. (C) CERTIFICATION FOR PURPOSES OF FISH­ straw-entered public service. He was elected "(B) The amount of a civil penalty under ERMEN'S PROTECTIVE ACT OF 1967.-Certifica­ a village trustee in the village of west Haver­ this subsection for a violation of the permit tion of a country by the Secretary of State straw in 1946. He earned such renown due to requirement set forth in section under this section is deemed to be certifica­ 204(b)(7)(F)- his hard work and dedication in that position tion of that country for purposes of section that he was soon elected town justice for the " (i) shall not exceed $50,000 for the first 8(a) of the Fishermen's Protective Act of such violation; and 1967 (22 U.S.C. 1978(a)). entire town in 194 7, a position to which he "(ii) shall not exceed $100,000 for each (d) DEFINITIONS.-For purposes of this sec­ was reelected seven times. While serving as such violation thereafter.". tion- town justice he simultaneously served as SEC. 2. FISHERY ENFORCEMENT FUND. 0) GIFA NATION.-The term " GIFA acting police justice for the village of west Ha­ (a) ESTABLISHMENT.-Title IV of the Mag­ nation" means a foreign nation with which verstraw. nuson Fishery Conservation and Manage­ there is in effect a governing international In 1963, Phil Rotella was elected to the first ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended fishery agreement. by inserting before section 402 the follow­ of many terms as town supervisor. His man­ (2) GOVERNING INTERNATIONAL FISHERY agement skills, his leadership abilities, and his ing: AGREEMENT.-The term " governing interna­ "SEC. -IOI. FISHERY ENFORCEMl<:NT FUND. tional fishery agreement" means an agree­ political conviction have ensured his reelection " (a) EsTABLISHMENT.- There is established ment which is a governing international to 12 successive 2-year terms. As supervisor, within the Treasury a fund to be known as fishery agreement for purposes of title II of Phil Rotella has become a living legend for the 'Fishery Enforcement Fund'