E182 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks February 3, 2009 development grants to state and local govern- centered in and, therefore, the re- So I wrote to Brenan, then living in ments, colleges and universities, and nonprofit search brought him to on a number Ma´ laga, to ask his advice on how to go about economic development organizations to further of occasions. His study was published in studying the anarchist movement in . He responded that I should see the head- enhance economic development. Of note, this Spanish, in Barcelona, in 1974 by Ariel under waiter of a Spanish restaurant in the West initiative would make those entities within the the title, ‘‘Anarcosindicalismo y revolucio´n en End of London, an anarchist, who in turn put five regional development commissions, au- Espan˜a, 1930–37,’’ in a translation by Dr. me in touch with the headquarters of the thorized in the Food, Conservation, and En- Joaquı´n Romero Maura. Confederacio´ n Nacional del Trabajo, the ergy Act of 2008 (P.L. 110–246) eligible to In presenting the degree, Professor Mer- anarcho-syndicalist organization, then in apply for such grants. It is important to note cedes Vilanova spoke of John Brademas’ exile in Paris. This was in 1952, I remind you, and Franco was in power. I was warmly re- that these recently created bodies are config- service in the U.S. House of Representatives ceived by the officials of the CNT in Paris. ured to encompass some of our nation’s poor- and of his legislative record there as well as Indeed, they arranged meetings for me in est areas. In addition to the Northern Border of his leadership at New York University, now, Toulouse and Bordeaux with Federica Regional Development Commission, which I she said, ‘‘one of the premier universities in Montseny, the anarchist leader, and Jose´ worked to create, the other commissions in- the world, a rival of Ivy League universities Peirats, the historian of Spanish anarchism. clude the Delta Regional Authority, the North- like Harvard or Yale’’. She added that John My interviews with Montseny and Peirats were immensely helpful to me and opened ern Great Plains Regional Authority, the Brademas had been named ‘‘one of the four doors to others here in Barcelona as well as Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, most important persons in American higher to an important collection of materials on and the Southwest Border Regional Commis- education’’. anarchism in Spain, located in The Nether- sion. Presiding at the ceremony was the Rector lands, in Amsterdam, at the International Madam Speaker, this legislation would not of the University, Dr. Dı´dac Ramı´rez i Sarrio´. Institute for Social History. only help increase America’s economic com- Said John Brademas, ‘‘To receive an hon- My supervisor when I wrote my disserta- tion was the British historian of Spain, Ray- petitiveness, it would also create new opportu- orary degree from one of the outstanding uni- mond Carr. nities in areas like Northern and Central New versities of Europe, indeed, the world, is pro- Here I must note, as you have been told, York, that are particularly in need of economic foundly gratifying. that my study of the anarcho-syndicalist opportunities. Accordingly, I ask my col- I am especially appreciative of this honor movement was published, in Spanish, in 1974 leagues to join with me as I work to enact the because of my interest throughout most of in Barcelona, by Ariel, under the title, Cluster-Based Economy Enhancement Act of my life in Spain and, in particular, Anarcosindicalismo y revolucio´ n en Espan˜ a 2009. Catalonia. (1930–1937). The translation was done by my friend, also a scholar at Oxford, Joaquı´n Ro- f Madam Speaker, I am sure that John mero Maura, descendant of the respected Brademas’ former colleagues and his many NYU’S JOHN BRADEMAS AWARDED Spanish leader, Miguel Maura. friends will be most pleased at this latest SERVICE IN CONGRESS HONORARY DEGREE BY UNIVER- honor he has received. SITY OF BARCELONA I like to say that although I studied anar- I ask consent to insert at this point in the chism, I did not practice it! For only months RECORD the text of John Brademas’ remarks after I completed my study and returned HON. JOE DONNELLY on receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of from Oxford to my hometown in Indiana, I OF INDIANA Laws from the on De- became the nominee of the Democratic Party for election to Congress from my na- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cember 1, 2008. His statement follows: tive constituency. I lost that first race, in Tuesday, February 3, 2009 Rector Ramirez, Professor Vilanova, mem- 1954, then served on the Presidential cam- bers of the faculty and students of the Uni- Mr. DONNELLY. Madam Speaker, I am paign staff of Adlai Stevenson in 1956, a year versity of Barcelona, and friends, to receive when both Stevenson and I lost a second pleased to take note of an honor received last a grado honoris causa from one of the out- time. But I ran a third time, and in 1958 was month by former Member of Congress, John standing universities of Europe, indeed, the first elected to the United States House of Brademas, who served for 22 years in the world, is, of course, profoundly gratifying. Representatives. I was then ten times re- House of Representatives from the then Third This honor comes from a country, Spain, elected and so served in Congress for 22 District of Indiana. and a region, Catalonia, to which I have de- years. voted considerable scholarly attention and He was awarded, by the University of Bar- A member of the Committee with responsi- so is particularly meaningful for me. bility for writing education legislation, I celona, the honorary degree of doctor of laws, You have been told, in the generous words took part in writing all the laws enacted his 54th honorary degree. of Professor Vilanova, about my life—my during those years, 1959 to 1981, during the A Democrat, John Brademas was, during education, my career as a Member of the Administrations of six Presidents—three Re- the Administrations of six Presidents of the Congress of the United States and as Presi- publicans: Eisenhower, Nixon and Ford; and United States, an active member of the House dent of New York University—and of my ac- three Democrats: Kennedy, Johnson and Committee on Education and Labor where he tivities in a variety of organizations dedi- Carter—laws to assist schools, colleges and authored or co-authored legislation to support cated to the arts and the humanities. universities; students who attend them; the But, of course, I am especially appreciative schools, colleges and universities; support for arts and the humanities; libraries and muse- of this honor because of my interest ums; and measures to help children, the el- libraries and museums; and programs for chil- throughout most of my life in Spain and, in derly, the disabled. dren, the elderly and the disabled. particular, Catalonia. You will not be surprised that as a member In his last four years in Congress, John I had the good fortune, as you have been of the Democratic Party in my country and, Brademas was Majority Whip of the House of told, of studying at two of the greatest uni- indeed, as a citizen, I rejoice in the election Representatives. versities in the world, Harvard and Oxford. last month of Barack Obama as President of Defeated in his campaign for reelection in While in grade school, I read a fascinating the United States and of Democratic majori- 1980, John Brademas was shortly thereafter book about Mayan civilization. I started ties in both the Senate and House of Rep- learning Spanish, then as a high school sen- resentatives. invited to become president of New York Uni- ior hitchhiked to Mexico and, as a Harvard Defeated for reelection in Ronald Reagan’s versity, the largest private, or independent, undergraduate, spent a summer with other landslide victory in 1980, I was shortly there- university in the United States. John college men working in Aztec Indian villages after invited to become president of New Brademas led the transformation of New York in rural Mexico. I wrote my senior honors York University, the largest independent, or University from a regional—New York, New thesis at Harvard on the Sinarquista move- private, university in the United States, ment, a far right-wing peasant movement with some 50,000 students. Jersey, Connecticut—commuter institution into Given my background I directed particular a national and international residential re- important in Mexico in the late 1930s and early ’40s. attention at NYU—as we call the Univer- search university. sity—to encouraging the study of other John Brademas graduated from Harvard ANARCHO-SYNDICALIST MOVEMENT IN SPAIN countries, and I established a Center for University, with a B.A., with high honors, in At Oxford, I wrote a doctoral dissertation Japan-U.S. Business & Economic Studies in 1949; then went on to Oxford University, Eng- on Spain and, by way of preparation, reading our School of Business; a Remarque Institute land, as a Rhodes Scholar, for three years, the seminal book by Gerald Brenan, The for European and Mediterranean Studies; a Spanish Labyrinth, on the origins of the 1951–1953. At Oxford he earned a Ph.D. with Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Spanish Civil War, I learned that Spain was Studies; with help from the Alexander S. a dissertation on the anarcho-syndicalist the only country with a mass working-class Onassis Foundation, a professorship in Hel- movement in Spain from the mid-1920s movement, based not on the ideas of Karl lenic Studies; and, with funds from CITGO, through the first year of the Spanish Civil War, Marx but of Bakunin and Kropotkin, the an- the U.S. branch of Venezuelan Petroleum, a 1936. The anarchist movement in Spain was archist theorists. chair in Latin American Studies in the name

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Barcelona has done me today. tending classes in , and par- In the first years of the Ca´ tedra, which I accept this honor not solely for myself ticularly important, New York University lasted from 1983 to 1986, NYU hosted, among but for my colleagues at New York Univer- now has a number of centers abroad—in Lon- others, Martı´ de Riquer, Xavier Rubert de sity who share my dedication to the study of don, Paris, Prague, Florence and Ghana. We Vento´ s, Eugenio Trı´as, Lluı´s Izquierdo, Pep Spain and the study of Catalonia. have just celebrated the 50th anniversary of Subiro´ s, Mary Nash and Jordi Llovet. De tot el que us he explicat es despre`n que NYU in , an opportunity that enabled Anthony Bonner offered a four-part sem- la nostra Universitat ha assumit un me recently to have the privilege of an audi- inar on Ramo´ n Llull to coincide with the compromı´s serio´ s i, de fet, profund amb ence with His Majesty, King of publication by Princeton University Press of l’estudi de Catalunya i d’Espanya. Spain. And we are now opening campuses in his groundbreaking translation, Selected Per tant, espero que entendreu, per tot el Abu Dhabi, Buenos Aires and Shanghai and Works by Ramo´ n Llull. There were also lec- que he dit, per que` em sento tan before long will do so in Mexico. tures by Miguel Roca, David Rosenthal and, profundament emocionat per l’honor que la I am pleased to say, Merce´ Vilanova. By the KING JUAN CARLOS I OF SPAIN CENTER AT NYU Universitat de Barcelona m’ha atorgat avui. way, I must here note an excellent article by Accepto aquest honor no nomes per a mi, But, of course, I take particular pride in Professor Vilanova, ‘‘Anarchism, Political sino´ tambe´ per als meus companys de la the creation at NYU of the King Juan Carlos Participation and Illiteracy in Barcelona Be- Universitat de Nova York, que comparteixen I of Spain Center, a Center for the study of tween 1934 and 1936’’, published in the Amer- la meva dedicacio´ a l’estudi d’Espanya i a modern Spain, a Center I dedicated just ten ican Historical Review. l’estudi de Catalunya. years ago in the presence of His Majesty, the The Catalan language classes at NYU also ¡Muchas gracias! King; Her Majesty, Queen Sofı´a, of the Greek bore fruit. One of the most prominent North Moltes gra` cies! Royal Family; and the then First Lady of American specialists in Catalan art, Pro- f the United States, Hillary Rodham Clinton. fessor Robert Lubar of the Institute of Fine Here I note that we have established a Arts at NYU, studied Catalan in his program. TRIBUTE TO SHANNON DYKSTRA foundation to raise funds to support the ac- He has been the mentor of a generation of tivities of the Center. I am President of the Catalan experts, including two NYU profes- Foundation; His Majesty, King Juan Carlos, sors, Jordana Mendelson and Miriam Basilio, HON. TOM LATHAM has graciously agreed to serve as Honorary and the curator of the current exhibition on OF IOWA President; Jesu´ s Sainz Mun˜ oz, of Promo Ma- Joan Miro´ at the Museum of Modern Art, Dr. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES drid, is Vice President. Anne Umland. Tuesday, February 3, 2009 In 1983, I had the privilege of awarding an Two years ago, the office of President honorary degree to His Majesty and an- Maragall of the Generalitat earmarked funds Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today nouncing the creation of a professorship in to establish the Catalan Center at New York to recognize the excellence in education in the his name under which we have invited lead- University through the Institute Ramo´ n 4th Congressional District of Iowa, and to spe- ing scholars of modern Spain to lecture at Lull, which also provided funds to teach cifically congratulate Shannon Dykstra of Nora New York University, including Raymond Catalan language and culture in our Depart- Carr, Francisco Ayala, Jose´ Marı´a Maravall, ment of Spanish and Portuguese. Springs-Rock Falls Community School District, Hugh Thomas, Jon Juaristi, Estrella de The Catalan Center at New York Univer- who earned the National Board Certification— Diego, Victor Pe´rez-Dı´az, Juan Goytisolo sity, led most ably by Mary Ann Newman, the highest level of certification in the teaching and Baltasar Garzo´ n. has proved to be a dynamic partner in the profession. The founding Director of the Center was NYU Center for European and Mediterranean National Board Certification is a voluntary Professor James Ferna´ ndez, who served with Studies and a close partner of our King Juan assessment program designed to recognize great dedication from 1995 until 2007; he was Carlos I of Spain Center. and reward great teachers. National Board For example, the Catalan Center, orga- succeeded by another outstanding scholar of Certified Teachers (NBCTs) have successfully Spanish culture, Professor Jo Labanyi. I nized two years ago, has sponsored the fol- here must also salute the Director of the lowing events: demonstrated advanced teaching knowledge, King Juan Carlos Center office in Madrid, ‘‘A Mediterranean Mirror,’’ an exhibition skills and practices. Certification is achieved John Healey, who has known Spain for many of books on Catalan law, an opening at- through a rigorous, performance-based as- years. tended by President Ernest Benach of the sessment that typically takes one to three Another distinguished leader who has lec- , and Director of the years to complete. Certification is offered in 25 tured at our King Juan Carlos I of Spain Cen- Institut Ramo´ n Llull, Josep Bargallo´ . different subjects, covering 97 percent of the ter is a longtime friend, someone well known The Catalan Center has also sponsored a symposium titled, ‘‘Exalted by the Old, in subjects taught in K–12 schools. to all of you and with whom I met only I congratulate Shannon Dykstra on her well- weeks ago in New York City, the distin- Love with the New’’, to accompany the exhi- guished former Mayor of Barcelona and bition at the Metropolitan Museum, ‘‘Bar- deserved certification, and I’m certain that she President of the Generalitat, Pasqual celona and Modernity: Gaudı´, Picasso, Dalı´’’. will continue to touch the lives of many youth Maragall i Mira. I also saw Mayor Maragall, The Catalan Center has collaborated as in her community. It is a great honor to rep- by the way, at the Queen Sofı´a Spanish In- well with the Museum of Modern Art in New resent Shannon in the United States Con- stitute, of which I am a trustee, where we York City on three events involving Catalan gress, and I wish her continued success. were hosted by another friend of many years, culture: a Pere Portabella film series; an ex- ´ f president of the Institute, Inmaculada de hibition on Salvador Dalı, ‘‘Art and Film’’; ´ Habsburgo. and the current exhibition on Joan Miro. HONORING THE WORK OF Last September, The Catalan Center also Pasqual’s contribution to the King Juan SUPERVISOR MIKE REILLY Carlos I of Spain Center was consolidated in co-hosted a conference on ‘‘The New Medi- 1998 when he spent a semester as Distin- terranean,’’ in cooperation with the Euro- guished Visiting Fellow at the Center. Under pean Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), HON. MIKE THOMPSON his direction, the Center organized an inter- an institution based in Barcelona that pro- OF CALIFORNIA national symposium, ‘‘A World of Cities,’’ at- motes research and dialogue on the North- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tended by mayors and other urban leaders South relationship in the Mediterranean. Only weeks ago, I add, Professor Vilanova Tuesday, February 3, 2009 from Latin America as well as Spain and the joined us in New York for a symposium on United States. Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam As you can see, my relationship with the distinguished Catalan novelist, Mercedes Speaker, I rise today along with my colleague, Catalonia does not end with my study of an- Rodoredo. And last month, by way of illustrating our Congresswoman LYNN WOOLSEY, to honor one archism. An important chapter revolves efforts to cooperate with other relevant or- of our districts’ most hard-working public serv- around the University of Barcelona, as I ganizations, the King Juan Carlos I of Spain ants, Mike Reilly of Forestville, California, who shall explain. Center hosted, with the Abraham Lincoln has recently retired from the Sonoma County CATALAN STUDIES AT NYU Brigade Archives, which promotes discussion Board of Supervisors. When in 1981 I became president of New of the Spanish Civil War, ‘‘La Despedida’’, an For twelve years as County Supervisor, York University, I was approached by Xavier event to recall how the people of Barcelona, Mike represented Sonoma County’s 5th Dis- Rubert de Vento´ s and the then new Mayor of in October 1938, bade farewell to the volun- Barcelona, Pasqual Maragall, together with teers from many nations who came to defend trict, a vast rambling, and fantastically beau- the Rector of the University of Barcelona, the Republic. tiful place that encompasses the entire 53 Dr. Antoni Badia i Margarit, and Mary Ann So you can see from what I have told you miles of Sonoma County’s coast, redwood for- Newman, at the time an NYU graduate stu- that our university has made a serious, in- ests, vineyards, the Russian River, and the

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