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2980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS A TRmUTE TO MR. BILL KING communities in a wide variety of ways. Ben appropriations, the President achieves the im Lowe, a close friend of mine from Belleair portant national security objective of a viable HON. ED JONES Bluffs, FL, was such an individual and his Nicaraguan resistance as a counterweight to death earlier this month will be a great loss to further Communist inroads in this hemisphere OJ' TENNESSEE the many people whose lives he touched. without taking new tax dollars in this time of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ben was a special help to me as an adviser tight budget constraints. Thus, the President's Wednesday, February 26, 1986 on senior citizen issues. He was my repre request does not raise any Gramm-Rudman Mr. JONES of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I sentative to the White House Conference on fiscal restraint issue. rise today to recognize a gentleman in my Aging, and served as my congressional senior The Congress will face only the simple and congressional district, Mr. Bill King. Mr. King citizen intern. straightforward issue of supporting the Presi was recently named Citizen of the Year for Before moving to Florida, Ben had a long dent of the United States on a vital matter of 1985 by the Union City, Tennessee Civitan and distinguished career with the Central Intel national security. The President's message of Club. It is an honor well deserved. ligence Agency. He was the Chairman of the February 25 makes clear that, if the Congress Bill has held the position of city editor for CIA Contract Review Board, an adviser to the rejects aid for the Nicaraguan democratic re the Union City Daily Messenger in Union City Director of th~ CIA for 20 years, and received sistance: for over 20 years. In that time, he has, of the CIA Intelligence Medal of Merit. The Nicaraguan Communists will steadily course, chronicled the many comings and Although he retired to Florida following his intensify their efforts to crush all opposi goings of his city over that period o• time. As CIA career, Ben's list of responsibilities did tion to their tyranny, consolidating their one might imagine, Bill's time of tenure at the not diminish. He served his community as ability to use Nicaragua, in concert with Messenger and his excellence at his work has deputy mayor and city commissioner of Belle their Soviet-bloc patrons, as a base for fur made him an institution, but the recent honor air Beach, was a feature writer for the Bee ther intimidating the democratic nations of Publications newspapers, and worked as a Central America and spreading subversion bestowed upon him by the Civitan Club goes and terrorism in our hemisphere. far beyond his service to the community member of the American Association of Re through the newspaper. tired Persons Legislative Committee. He also The discussions and debates in the coming He has also given of himself freely, as a gave his time to the State as president of the week which will precede the votes on aid for long time governor of Moose Lodge 1178, as Florida Senate's Silver-Haired Legislature. the Nicaraguan democratic resistance should a board member of the local United Way, and His list of deeds and accomplishments are make clear to the American people the Sandi as a cofounder and member of the local impressive, but I will especially remember Ben nistas' extensive repression of the Nicaraguan Crime Stoppers Program. When not busy at as being a warm and caring American who I people and the threat the Sandinista regime's work or in a local cause, Bill was raising his was proud to have known and called my activities pose to the security interests of the friend. His first concern was not for himself, three children and now relishes time with his United States and its allies. I urge my col but how he could help our Nation, our State, two grandchildren. So, Bill has not limited him leagues to give special attention to the Presi and our community. I share with Ben's wife self to being just an observer of his communi dent's request and the debates which sur Marydell the loss of this special man, but am ty as his career requires. He has been an inte round it. This vote will determine the fate of comforted in knowing that Ben's legacy will gral part of it making contributions to its im the Nicaraguan people and may well establish live on through the many people he helped provements as he saw the opportunities to do the course of the struggle between our way of during his lifetime of service to others. so. life and communism in the Americas. That is why I say that the Civitan Club's recent recognition of his work is well de SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT'S RE- served. Bill King has been and continues to QUEST FOR AID TO THE NICA- A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION RE- be an asset to his community. It was only 2 RAGUAN RESISTANCE QUIRES SUPPORT FOR THE weeks ago when he was presented the Citi NICARAGUAN RESISTANCE zen of the Year Award for 1985 that many of HON. BOB STUMP his neighbors recognized him for the many OF ARIZONA HON. DICK CHENEY years of work he has put in on behalf of Union IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF WYOMING City, apart from his position of leadership at Wednesday, February 26, 1986 the newspaper. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The many of us who have known Bill well Mr. STUMP. Mr. Speaker, the cause of free Wednesday, February 26, 1986 are proud of our friendship with him. We have dom and the security interests of the United known of his great contributions to his profes States and its allies require our support for the Mr. CHENEY. Mr. Speaker, the President sion as well as his city long before now. We President's request for aid to the Nicaraguan has asked the Congress to approve a transfer commend the local Civitan Club for its recog democratic resistance. Unless the Congress of $100 million in previously appropriated nition of Bill's work and applaud him for his approves the President's request, the only DOD funds to provide aid to the Nicaraguan unselfish devotion to his town, his family, and chance for a democratic Nicaragua free of democratic resistance. Without such aid, no his career. Soviet-Cuban supported Sandinista Commu realistic possibility will remain for diplomatic nist domination will disappear. The President's resolution of the conflict in Central America. request will restore the effectiveness of the Diplomacy and support for the resistance go A TRffiUTE TO BEN LOWE Nicaraguan democratic resistance, thereby together. Some opponents of the President's providing an incentive to the Sandinistas to Nicaraguan policy have attempted to convince HON. C.W. BILL YOUNG participate with the Nicaraguan opposition in a the American people that we face a choice OF FLORIDA church-mediated process of national reconcili between two mutually exclusive alternatives: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ation aimed at producing a legitimate demo either diplomacy or support for resistance. cratic government for Nicaragua which will They imply that those who truly believe in di Wednesday, February 26, 1986 honor the fundamental rights and freedoms of plomacy shun support for the resistance and Mr YOUNG. of Florida. Mr. Speaker, we the Nicaraguan people. rely exclusively on speeches exchanged by each know of those few special persons who By requesting authority to transfer funds for diplomats, and that anyone who supports the unselfishly contribute to our Nation and our the Nicaraguan resistance from existing DOD resistance cannot believe in diplomatic resolu-

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. February 26, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2981 tion of the conflict Nothing could be further [From the National Catholic Reporter, Oct. sewage into the Cedar Rapids River all suc from the truth. 11, 1985] cessfully used the Labor Department WHISTLE-BLOWERS PROTECTED, BUT LAws remedy. They were all reinstated, received Anyone who has ever handled a negotiation back pay and were awarded legal fees. of any kind-be it as big as a diplomatic nego REKAIN OBSCURE Employees and attorneys active in labor tiation between countries or as small as a car or environmental issues need to be familar sale negotiation between a buyer and a Last week, a California engineer called with these laws. A long as they remain ob and said he had been fired by Hughes Air scure and underused, the potentially explo dealer-knows that you don't get something craft for exposing faulty computer software for nothing. If the United States cuts the Nica sive effect of whistle-blowing on environ that could result in the release of poisonous mental protection will remain minimal-and raguan democratic resistance off at the knees, nerve gas. He filed a wrongful discharge the Sandinistas will have achieved precisely whistle-blowers will remain unprotected, complaint with the Department of Labor harassed and blacklisted. what they want from the United States. They and called my office, the Washington-based will have no incentive to negotiate a solution Government Accountability Project . to the problems in Central America because trying to find an attorney. Hundreds of thousands of American work SPEECH BY VERNON WALTERS they will have achieved exactly the solution ers may find. or already have found, them ON DRUG ABUSE they want-liquidation of their only effective selves in a position similar to the Hughes opposition in Nicaragua. Aircraft engineer. In factories, on construc Support for the Nicaraguan democratic re tion sites, at nuclear power plants and other HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL sistance is not an alternative to a diplomatic workplaces, employees are daily confronted OF NEW YORK solution, it is an essential precondition for a with, or are required to perform, jobs that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES diplomatic solution. United States support for potentially present real hazards to environ mental safety. Wednesday, February 26, 1986 the Nicaraguan democratic resistance pro The ability of employees to report poten Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, on December 9, vides the incentive to the Sandinistas to tial violations of environmental or nuclear 1985, Ambassador Vernon A. Walters, U.S. engage in external diplomacy through the safety laws is crucial for the future of envi permanent representative to the United Na Contradora process and internal diplomacy ronmental protection. Employees are in the best position to spot violations of such laws, tions, delivered a statement on the evils of through a church-mediated dialog between the drug abuse, and the need for international co Sandinistas and the opposition. Renewed full and their cooperation in enforcing public health and safety laws would have a revolu operation to make the 1987 World Conference support for the Nicaraguan resistance will pro tionary and profound effect on the enforce on Drug Abuse a success. vide leverage essential for persuading the ment of environmental and safety regula In the course of his speech, at a luncheon Sandinistas to negotiate in good faith toward tions. for the Secretary General and permanent rep achieving the objectives which the United For example, at three nuclear power con resentatives to the United Nations, Ambassa States, its allies in the region, and the Conta struction sites-Zimmer in Ohio, Midland in Michigan, and Comanche Peak in Texas dor Walters stated: dora nations have identified as essential ele Our common struggle no longer pits ments for resolution of the conflict in Central GAP has successfully worked with hundreds of employees. The health and safety allega "source" countries against "consumer" America. tions raised by these whistle-blowers were so countries. Narcotics abuse and trafficking If you truly believe in a diplomatic solution severe that both the Midland and Zimmer have invaded all nations. In addition to the to the situation in Nicaragua, vote to approve plants have been canceled. At Comanche incalculable health and social costs, the se the President's request for support to the Nic Peak, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission curity of nations is being undermined by the araguan democratic resistance. confirmed the accuracy of a substantial corrupting influence of the narcotic trade. number of the workers' charges, and con My government strongly supports the hold struction has been delayed indefinitely. ing of a world conference on drug abuse and But what of the workers, like the Hughes drug trafficking. The major objective of the PROTECTING ENVIRONMENTAL engineer, who are fired and often blacklist conference should be to strengthen, and, WHISTLEBLOWERS ed throughout the industry? where necessary, call for the political com Laws exist to protect almost all American mitment of all nations to fight the myriad workers who "blow the whistle" on environ and pernicious effects of drug abuse and HON. JAMES J. FLORIO mental law violations. These employee-pro drug trafficking. OF NEW JERSEY tection measures, which Congress passed as Ambassador Walters ended his speech on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES amendments to the main environmental a positive note saying: protection laws-the Federal Clean Air, Wednesday, February 26, 1986 Atomic Energy, Superfund, Water Pollu I am convinced that, with diligence and tion, Solid Waste Disposal, Safe Drinking cooperation, we can lead the way to that Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, the efforts to Water and Toxic Substance Acts-provide dream we all share-a world community free protect employees who assist in the enforce employees quick and effective administra of the scourge of drug abuse and drug traf ment of our Nation's environmental laws has tive remedies through the Department of ficking. been significantly enhanced by the publication Labor. Mr. Speaker, Ambassador Walters' state of Protecting Environmental and Nuclear Any employee who is fired or discriminat ment is one of the best I have ever read on Whistleblowers: A Litigation Manual, by Ste ed against because he or she reported poten the evils of international drug trafficking and tial violations of environmental protection abuse and the need for international coopera phen M. Kohn (Nuclear Information Resource laws can file a complaint with the Depart Service/Government Accountability Project: ment of Labor. The whistle-blowers' allega tion to combat it. I ask that Ambassador Wal Washington, DC, 1985). Congress has passed tions do not need to be verified, only made ters speech be inserted in its entirety in the eight laws to protect workers who "blow the "in good faith." CONGRESSIONAL RECORD at this point. whistle" on alleged violations of environmen The Labor Department's Wage and Hour The speech follows: tal and atomic safety law and subsequently Division must investigate the charges and I am pleased you were all able to come suffer employment discrimination. issue a ruling within 30 days. Either side can today to talk about one of the most serious appeal and obtain a new hearing before a moral challenges facing modem society: To avail whistleblowers of these remedies, departmental administrative jaw judge. The How we can work together as people and as Stephen Kohn has prepared this detailed and judge then issues a decision, which is for nations to erase the scourge of drug abuse comprehensive manual which shows both at warded to the labor secretary for a final and drug trafficking from our world. Drug torneys and workers how to use successfully ruling. abuse has become a common threat of the Federal worker protection statutes. It is an The range of employees covered under the criminal behavior for many of our nations; invaluable tool for environmental groups, law is vast. For example, a Pennsylvania and for many of the world's children, the unions, and labor lawyers. painter who furnished evidence of illegal future is blighted by the threat of drug toxic dumping, a union mechanic at New abuse and addiction. All nations, industrial The following article from the National York's Indian Point reactor who was fired ized or developing, large or small, are feel Catholic Reporter, by the author of the book, after complaining about radioactive con ing the effects of a narcotics epidemic. No provides a brief description of the information tamination of tools and a city water pollu society is immune from the suffering, the in the book. I urge my colleagues to read this tion control operator who was fired after he crime, and the human loss associated with article. told a reporter about the discharge of raw narcotics trafficking and abuse. 2982 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1986 The FlrBt Lady of Sri Lanka. Mrs. Prema Lara Bonilla. in 1984. they singled him out commitment at the national leveL I believe d&sa. during the FlrBt Ladies Conference on for hJs strong stand against the narcotics the conference can bring together both na Dru.e Abuse here at the United Nations thJs trade. In Peru. coca eradication workers tioiU!l and multilateral strategies to combat October said. "For us and those like us. the have been literally slaughtered by traffick thJs devastating problem in a more coherent drug menace Is a calamity!• This historic ers who respect no laws. In Mexico last and effective way. Conference. called by Mrs. Nancy Reagan. month. 21 policemen were ambushed by As you know. the resolution calling for brought together 30 FlrBt Ladies to share armed traffickers protecting their marijua the world conference requests that an out their views on the narcotics p~blem in na cache. These are not isolated incidents; line of future activities be developed to their countries. We were very pleased that they are essential elements in a pattern of guide the discussions during the conference Mrs. Perez de Cuellar actively participated lawlessness which has infiltrated all soci itself and to facllitate subsequent national in this important event. eties affected by narcotics trafficking and and international initiatives. The outline The FlrBt Lady of Sri Lanka Is not alone production. must. we believe. include concepts and pro in her belief that drugs bring national ~ Datuk Musa Hitam. Deputy Prime Minis posals to deal with all aspects of the threat: lamity. Few nations can afford a generation ter of Malaysia. has been an outspoken ad drug trafficking. demand reduction. edu~ of addicts. and I believe none can afford the vocate of harsh punishment for drug traf tion. and prevention. as well as tight curbs social and national security costs that ac fickers and for tough new government on the production and supply of narcotic company illicit narcotics production and action to halt trafficking and abuse. He has and psychotropic substances. As the plan use. Recognizing that all nations share the said. "Governments will only act against the ning for the conference gets under way. all responsibility for future generations. Secre traffickers if they realize that money de countries should take part and lead their tary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar has rived from the sale of drugs Is used to full cooperation to the United Nations Sec urged us to work cooperatively and to renew topple them... We here today recognize that retariat. Let us build upon the invaluable our commitment to help liberate the world drug traffickers are working to undermine work already undertaken by the UN itself from the growing burden of narcotics abuse. every aspect of _life that we hold dear. They especially by the Commission on Narcotic As we prepare for a 1987 World Conference are corrupting the young. creating a popula Drugs-and by other regional and interna on Drug Abuse. let us commit our energies tion of drug slaves; distorting fragile nation tional entities. to thJs common goal. al legal structures and eroding political This will be the foundation for a compre It Is heartening to see concrete actions guarantees. They then seek only to open hensive. realistic agenda for the conference. under way to unite the community of na new markets for their poison. Profits that We have a vast fund of experience from tions in this crucial struggle. During the do not find their way into the hands of ter which to draw regional efforts in Latin past year. we have all taken part in the rorists are corrupting the world•s financial America and Asia. the Economic Summit growing effort to internationalize our collec institutions and real estate markets. They Seven experts report on narcotics. and. in tive response to the drug threat. All of us corrupt the judiciary and media in many particular. the spadework already done by know that no nation Is immune from the parts of the world. When the traffickers the Commi88ion on Narcotic Drugs for a threat and that no government is able to buy a high-rise condominium. a radio sta new convention on drug trafficking. We also fight narcotics alone. That Is why so many tion. or a sports team. he Is disturbing the can draw on results of a series of UN-spon nations have become involved in a common financial structure of a country and making sored seminars on law enforcement and struggle to resist the traffic in drugs. Now Is a mockery of the work ethic that millions of drug abuse. In our view. several key issues truly the time for us to forge ahead with people have based their lives upon. must be addressed. We need to strengthen international cooperation. Malaysta•s Deputy Prime Minister Musa national legal tools to combat drug traffick Our common struggle no longer pits Hitam Is not alone in denouncing narcotics ing. we must improve prevention and educa ''source•• countries against ''consumer• abuse and profiteering. Prime Kin.ister Mar tion. All these programs need further re countries. Narcotics abuse and trafficking garet Thatcher. President Alan Garcia. finement. as do crop control initiatives that have invaded all nations. Traditional pro President Betancur. President Febres Cor will eliminate illicit narcotics production at ducing regions have been transformed into dero. and dozens of other leaders in Venezu its source. We also need new measures to consumer nations as excess drugs spill over ela. Thailand. and Pakistan have pledged strengthen national and international law into their societies. poisoning a burgeoning themselves to root out narcotics corruption enforcement efforts. These are some of the cadre of their young people. So-called tran and addiction. The seven Chiefs of State of areas that should be addrered at the world sit countries which once served as a bridge the Economic SUmmit nations have agreed conference. between grower and consumer countries are that narcotics will be on their next Summit Let me add a final note. This conference now infected by the spreading blight as traf agenda in Tokyo. These public statements confronts a spreading world scourge. All na fickers pay off expediters in raw drugs. ad have been backed up with concrete actions. tions are threatened. All must cooperate for dicting a widening group at each stage. illustrating the seriousness of the interna the common good. We should. therefore. all In addition to the incalculable health and tional commitment against narcotics. work to ensure that the world conference social costs. the security of nations Is being The United Nations has been a very posi remains free of politically contentious undermined by the corrupting influences of tive influence in the struggle against narcot issues. No one argues against the serious the narcotics trade. In Miami and Bangkok. ics. But its work Is Just beginning. The lead ness of the problem; no one disagrees over in Bogota and Karachi. and in Lagos and ership of the Secretary-General has been a the ultimate goal-a narcotics-free world for - London. narcotics traffickers bribe and in tremendous factor in advancing our anti our children. The UN"s work against drug timidate customs officers. pollee. and narcotics goals. We also appreciate the con abuse has been an inspiring example of judges. Terrorist and insurgent groups are tributions of Under-Secretary-General Wil international cooperation and a model for turning to drug deals to fund their oper liam Buffum. whose able leadership has im consensus-based international cooperation. ations in many parts of the world. Terror proved coordination among the United Na We must continue to strengthen the UN"s Ism and narcotics together are destabilizing tions narcotics agencies. Good coordination role in planning the conference and at the whole regions of the world and posing a sig Is paramount if the new initiatives now conference itself. nificant threat to duly constituted govern under way are to be successful. It will also Another key question before us concerns ments. be erential for all of us to work within the the drafting of a new convention on drug The heavy toll of victims of addiction was United Nations system to ensure the suc trafficking. I will not speak at length here bad enough. Now narcotics have become a cessful outcome of these worthy initiatives. on this subject except to say that here. too. source of hard currency for ideological I spoke of the Secretary-General•s call for member countries must work together to gangsters who •ramdnate officials and a world conference on drug abuse. Let me ensure a final convention strong enough to funnel more and more national wealth into say a few words about the world conference. sustain a vigorous multilateral effort to the hands of unscrupulous drug profiteers. which was unanimously endorsed by combat drug trafficking. We owe this to Narcotics trafficking has become a vast member states last week in the Third Com future generations. criminal enterprise dominated by murder mittee. Clearly. and for many reasons. as we ous gangs and corrupt entrepreneurs. My government strongly supports the launch into a new phase of international The very stability of nations Is threatened holding of a world conference on drug abuse commitment to fight drug abuse. the work by the lawlessner that attends narcotics and trafficking. The major objective of the of the United Nations and our own close co trafficking. Secretary of _ State George conference should be to strengthen and. operation are critical to the success of the Shultz has called narcotics trafficking the where necessary. call for the political com international effort. I am convinced that. "modern day version of piracy:• warning mitment of all nations to fight the myriad with diligence and cooperation. we can lead against the serious security threat posed by and pernicious effects of drug abuse and the way to that dream we all share--a world the armed. heavily financed traffickers. trafficking. These are problems of major community free of the scourge of drug When drug kingpins in Colombia assassi proportions and an international response is abuse and drug trafficking. Thank you very nated the Kin.ister of Justice of Colombia. required, but such a response demands firm much. February 26, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2983 PINELLAS CLASSROOM TEACH island after the brutal murder of Prime Minister He said Fidel Castro's tyranny "stnl ERS ASSOCIATION ESTAB Maurice Bishop and the growing danger there weighs heavy on the shoulders of his people LISHES CHRISTA McAULIFFE for the hundreds of American students study and threatens the peace and freedom of the ing at the medical school. The island was rap hemisphere." SCHOLARSHIP FUND "Doing the bidding of his faraway mas idly being transformed into another Cuba with ters," Mr. Reagan said, "he has shipped HON. C.W. BILL YOUNG hundreds of Cubans, Soviets, and others from Cuba's young men by the thousands to fight countries in the Eastern bloc. OF FLORIDA and die in faraway lands. When one recalls The citizens of Grenada turned out en IN THE HOUSE OF REPBESENTATIVES the tons of military equipment captured masse to thank President Reagan for taking a here, we can thank God things were Wednesday, February 26, 1986 difficult. but necessary, decision regarding the changed before young Grenadians, too, were Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the freedom of a nearby island nation which had sent off to fight and die for an alien ideolo gy. Pinellas County, FL, Classroom Teachers As fallen into the grasp of Cuba and other "inter nationalist" nations who are dedicated to ex "I will never be sorry I made the decision sociation has established a scholarship fund to help you," the president said in honor of Christa McAuliffe, who tragically porting their failed revolutions to nearby states Mr. Reagan announced a series of actions died aboard the space shuttle Challenger. by force. They want to establish sad and to help Grenada, including a tripling of the This is an ideal way to pay tribute to Christa dismal police states in this hemisphere with approximately 500 U.S. scholarships and McAuliffe, whose legacy embodies the quality failed economies and little to offer to the training grants now available to Grenadian of our Nation's teachers. She was dedicated common man other than empty promises. students. He also announced a special pro to her profession and cherished the opportuni There is a democratic tradition in this hemi gram to guarantee access to American mar sphere which is at this very moment being re kets of Caribbean-produced clothing made ty to teach our country's youth. Her enthusi from cloth produced in the United States. asm for teaching was shared by her students invigorated. More and more countries are turn ing to democracy and freedom. President Reagan also said Congress is who were just as eager to learn. In time, stu considering a change in the tax code to dents and teachers from throughout our Wrth these thoughts in mind, I commend the permit funds in Puerto Rico's Development Nation came to know Christa McAuliffe and following Washington Times article concerning Bank to be used for investment loans else awaited the opportunity to be a part of her the President's visit to Grenada to my col where in the Caribbean. lessons from space. leagues in the Congress. He also announced that the United States At a time when some are questioning the [From the Washington Times] will launch a five-year, $5.5 million program to help modernize legal systems in English quality of American education, Christa McAu 25,000 CBEI:RING GRENADL\lfS TIIANK THEm "UNCLE REAGAN" speaking Caribbean countries. liffe showed that there are dedicated ·teachers Grenadians by the thousands waved all across the United States with the desire to American flags and umbrellas as President encourage our youth, the future leaders of our ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada.-President Reagan motored to St. George's University country. The Pinellas Classroom Teachers As Reagan yesterday told a crowd of about Medical School, where U.S. troops had res sociation, like Christa McAuliffe, shares that 25,000 cheering Grenadians that he would cued American students in the invasion. not be satisfied "until all the people of the Islanders carried signs reading, "Thanks commitment to providing the best education Americas have joined us in the warm sun possible to Pinellas County students. to a Great Hero," and "Citizens of Grenada shine of liberty and justice." Thank President Reagan." One of the medi Through their scholarship fund, which they Speaking in Queen's Park, which was a cal students ra!sed a sign reading, "There's have started with a $5,000 grant and hope to U.S. military command post during the Oct. No Place Like Home. USA." build upon through contributions from the 25, 1983, invasion, President Reagan said People on yachts waved at the president community, the teachers will be able to help that in Nicaragua today "we see a chain of as his motorcade passed the harbor en route defray the cost of a college education for Pin events similar to what happened here. We to the governor general's residence. A Gren hear the same excuses made for the commu adian housewife was spotted dancing on her ellas County students wishing to follow the nists, while the people of Nicaragua see lead of Christa McAuliffe and make teaching porch with a picture of President Reagan in their freedom slowly but surely eaten one hand and a U.S. flag in the other. their career. away." The Pinellas County teachers are to be The president, who is called "Uncle commended for their efforts to help educate Reagan" by many of Grenada's 90,000 resi COBB COUNTY AFTER SCHOOL dents, explained his policy in terms of the next generation of America's teachers. PROGRAM Quality education opens the door to America's Edmund Burke's maxim: "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they future, and our Nation's teachers hold the key will fall one by one.... " HON.GEORGE(BUDDY)DARDEN to unlock that door. "That is why we came to your aid," Presi dent Reagan declared. "That is why the OF GEORGIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO United States must help those struggling for freedom in Nicaragua. In the cause of Wednesday, February 26, 1986 GRENADA liberty, all free people are part of the same family. We should stand together as broth· Mr. DARDEN. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, HON. 1nW.S.BROO~ ers and sisters. February 6, 1986, I had the pleasure of host "U we do, the Nicaraguan people will be OF IUCHIGAN ing a group of educators, school board mem able to free themselves from communist tyr IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bers and civic leaders from Cobb County, in anny and win liberty as you now enjoy in the Seventh District of Georgia. They came to Wednesday, February 26, 1986 Grenada." Nineteen American servicemen were killed Washington to meet with Secretary of Educa Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I want to and 116 were wounded in the battle for the tion William Bennett and discuss Cobb Coun commend our President for paying tribute to island with a mixed force of Cubans and ty's outstanding After School Program the brave American soliders who gave their Grenadian Marxist soldiers. Mr. Reagan The 14-year-old Cobb County program re lives in the struggle for Grenada As we all laid a wreath on a plaque at St. George's ceives no Federal dollars and is totally self know, they made the ultimate sacrifice so that University Medical School bearing the supporting. Student tuition pays salaries of the the citizens of Grenada and future generations names of the 19 Americans who died. 250 part-time employees, most of whom are He also conferred with the leaders of nine there would be able to enjoy the fruits of free of the English-speaking Caribbean democra teachers. There are approximately 3,000 kin dom. Their contribution will not be forgotten. cies, including Governor General Paul dergarten through fifth-year students served in As my colleagues know, President Reagan Scoon and Prime Minister Herbert Blaize of the 20 After School Programs, representing recently laid a wreath on a plaque at St Grenada. A senior administration official 12 percent of the 25,000 elementary school George's Medical School bearing the names said the session was dominated by discus students. of the Americans who died. In answering a sion of trade issues. The Cobb County After School Program call for help from the Governor General of Mr. Reagan received a tumultuous wel began in 1972 under the leadership of come from thousands of Grenadians during Grenada, Paul Scoon, President Reagan com his visit to the picturesque island which fea Graham Green who was then principal of mitted U.S. forces. Our Government was tures a nutmeg-the island's principal re Brumby Elementary School. One of the main deeply concerned about the instability on that source--on its national flag. reasons for the program's beginning at 2984 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1986 Brumby and its constant growth throughout In Taiwan, the lack of effective copyright of trade each year. By whatever gauge you the county is the enormous increase in "latch laws give film piracy free rein. Import quotas, use, this is an asset of considerable worth. It key" children who otherwise would be without discriminatory entrance fees, a box-office tax ought to be preserved That is, it ought not on foreign films, and restrictions on U.S. distri to be barred or constricted or diminished in supervision from the time school regularly foreign countries for reasons other than closes until their parents come home from bution offices are some of the many com lack of customers. work. plaints. A movie-goer in Taiwan would be If movies and television programs are the I am extremely proud of the Cobb County taxed 35 percent of the price of the ticket to U.S.A.'s most-wanted exports, it is not be After School Program and want to commend see an American film while paying a 6-percent cause of government subsidy, or because we those involved in it for their efforts. I am also tax to see a Chinese film. In Panama, film have a secret that we yearn to shield, or be pleased that this group, consisting of Mr. piracy has caused all but two of the eight cause our product is cheaper to make (in Murray Barber, Ms. Bonnie Bell, Mr. Rob MPAA members that dealt with Panama to fact, our movie and television production Bright, Dr. Robert Burke, Mr. John Davidson, pull out their operations. costs are the highest in the world>. We have The general frustration of the film industry is succeeded because we create a special magic Mr. Graham Green, Mr. Kenneth Moore, Ms. that citizens in other lands find bewitching. Beverly Murray, Mr. Nick Pedro, Mr. Don understandable. As chairman of the House The stories that we tell on film or tape are Porch, Mr. Bill Raybon, Mr. Pete Robertson, Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation sought-after because we tell stories better Mr. Bob Shaw and Dr. Thomas Tocco, was and Tourism, I have held a number of hear than most. able to come to Washington for this event ings exploring unfair trade practices on the Because of our success, a number of part of our trading partners. It is an area that friendly nations are affronted. They believe calls for strong and decisive action. that if they can restrict American films, FILM INDUSTRY VICTIMIZED BY Mr. Valenti's op-ed follows: their film industries will spring up full TRADE BARRIERS [From the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 19, 19861 blown, flourish and spread. That the theory is spurious makes it no less alluring to gov FAIR TRADE FOR THE F'n.M TRADE ernment officials. HON. JAMES J. FLORIO In Taiwan, for instance, there are no ef OF NEW JERSEY Congressional issues blow in and out of fective copyright laws. Pirates who steal our IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the capital, and few of them leave an im creative material have full and free rein. pression on the life of the nation more dura Bulky restrictions are inflicted on our films Wednesday, February 26, 1986 ble than the tracings of dry leaves in the in the form of import quotas, stem limits on Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, our Nation's spi wind. But there is one issue that has a le the number of films that we can re-release raling trade deficit has had an adverse impact gitimate claim to both longevity and urgen in the country, a large and discriminatory on a large number of our domestic industries. cy: "fair trade"-or, rather, the lack of it. fee imposed on each film, a squeeze on our During the last session of Congress, there distribution offices to force us to move our One of the primary roots of this disconcerting were more than 300 trade bills pending. films through Taiwanese distributors, and a situation is the large number of trade barriers Many of them were wrapped in generalities, hefty box-office tax that is levied only on faced by our industries when they attempt to and many of them will likely re-emerge next foreign films. All this from a country with export their products to our trading partners. session to ricochet noisily in the congres an anticipated trade surplus in 1985 of $13 While nearly every U.S. industry has been af sional corridors. But some go to the anxious billion. fected in some way by the trade deficit, the heart of the problem, which is the mainte In Colombia, we are saddled with onerous U.S. film industry has experienced many diffi nance of a fair trading level for those Amer taxes and burdened with quotas of all kinds. culties in exporting their products overseas. ican products that want to compete in the In Canada, U.S. television programs are world market but are faced with unscalable snatched from the air by Canadian cable Recently, an insightful op-ed written by Jack walls of non-tariff trade barriers. systems with zero payment to those who Valenti, the president of the Motion Picture One need not go into the details of the own the programs. In Quebec, regulations Association of America [MPAA], appeared in bleak state of our trading position, which are pending that would effectively seal off the Los Angeles Times. I wanted to share Mr. can best be described as miserable. Our the theatrical marketplace to U.S. film dis Valenti's thoughts on this important issue with trade deficit is like a rampant tumor that tributors in that province. In Spain, in Ino my colleagues. may be incurable unless we tend to first pri donesia, in India, barriers stand guard This past August, I visited MCA/Universal in orities: shrinking the value of the dollar, in against us. And the list goes on and on. California and was able to gain an under creasing American productivity and demol In short, one of America's most precious ishing trade barriers in other lands. trade assets is endangered. However, if we standing of the problems the film industry The first two of the priorities are difficult demonstrate, without hesitation, that our faces. Our Nation's film industry contributes and long-term goals. The third is attainable country will insist on fair trading principles, more than $1 billion in surplus balance of now. This means throwing down a spiked "competitive marketplace" will become trade annually. It is thus an industry which is gauntlet to all nations that roam our mar more than a phrase; it will be reality. not only economically viable but also one ketplace with freedom and profit but con which affords our Nation the opportunity to struct the most ingenious hedgerows bar allow other nations to experience American ring their marketplace to Americans who A HERO NAMED SHCHARANSKY art and culture. However, the lack of effective want to trade there. Unless these obstacles are dismantled, Americans will be feebly protection for this industry and the large and imperfectly represented in foreign mar HON. JIM COURTER number of trade barriers have adversely im kets, no matter how emaciated the dollar OF NEW JERSEY pacted the industry. becomes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The key complaints of the industry center By no means does this define "protection around South Korea, Taiwan, and Panama. ism." Protectionism throws up sandbags of Wednesday, February 26, 1986 South Korea is a major market for the film in tariffs and quotas to protect native indus Mr. COURTER. Mr. Speaker, the Soviet dustry with 41.4 million Koreans owning tries. prisons have broken many human beings. 553,000 VCR's and 6.9 million televisions. De "Fair trade" is different. Fair trade af Some do not resist, and are released. Some firms that the hospitality and lack of re spite this, trade barriers have made it impossi strictions that foreign business interests become famous for their resistance but die in ble for our industry to compete. Korea has not find so seductive in our country should be prison or labor camp. Others die unknown. only placed a ceiling on the amount of royal visible and active in theirs. But some survive, and Anatoly Shcharansky ties that can be earned but there is also a The American film and television industry has not only survived, he has emerged after 8 limit on the number of pictures that can be im is a prime example of a home-grown enter years of imprisonment with his head unbowed. ported into Korea. High registration fees, pay prise that asks for no special privileges-no On October 1 of last year I had entered into ments for every title that is imported, screen tariffs, no quotas, no barriers in this coun the CoNGRESSIONAL RECORD the words of quotas limiting the number of days a movie try-and wants no more than the right to Avital Shcharansky from the fine essay she compete fairly and energetically in those can play in a theater, and rampant piracy of countries that are afforded a notably attrac published in the New York Times about the films have impeded free trade with Korea and tive welcome here. plight of her husband. Today her efforts have have contributed to our Nation's inability to The American film and television industry been rewarded, her hopes realized, her hus find a balance of trade between the United has a global reach. We return to this coun band freed. I would like to take this opportuni States and Korea. try more than $1 billion in surplus balance ty to add two brief afterwords to the episode. February 26, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2985 The one is an excerpt from notes Shchar So, his release in exchange for three enhanced security consciousness, effective ansky's brother took at his trial in Moscow, Soviet spies is a transparent Soviet ploy to employee security education, motivation pro and records the defendant's closing words to persuade the world that he was a spy none grams. proven security practices and proce theless. the court following his "trial." The passage, He was, of course, nothing of the sort. He dures, and the ability to sustain progressive and especially its conclusion, rings with a sat inside a Soviet cell for 11 years, accused security systems. courage few human beings could muster on of espionage but guilty only of seeking to Helen Bateman, manager of Honeywell's the eve of long and perhaps unending con live in Israel. security program, her department, and all finement within the jails of the Soviet Union. Shcharansky will soon realize his dream 4,500 of Honeywell's employees can be proud The other item I wish to place before my the beneficiary of Moscow's latest effort to of this achievement. As Pinellas County's larg colleagues is a word of caution by the New convince the West it cares about human est private employer, Honeywell contributes rights. York Post: Our joy at Shcharansky's freedom Such gestures are welcome as far as they greatly to our local economy. Honeywell also must be tempered by the knowledge of how go. But they don't go very far. plays a major role in our national security ef many others have applied to exercise the There are many thousands of anonymous forts, and is to be applauded for this latest same right only to be flatly turned down, or Soviet Jews who suffer discrimination be recognition. The determination by these em left waiting for years. cause they have applied to leave for Israel. ployees to protect our Nation's most sensitive The two articles follow: Countless Russian Christians endure op secrets should be a model for our country's pression. entire defense industrial effort. [From the New York Times, Feb. 12, 19861 Soviet political dissidents, in groups like CLOSING WORDS AT 1978 TRIAL Helsinki Watch, are imprisoned and tor On July 14, 1978, Anatoly B. Shcharansky tured simply for asking their government to VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION was sentenced by a Moscow court to 13 live up to its promises. EMPLOYEES HONORED FOR years in prison and labor camp for treason, The most distinguished dissident of all, OUTSTANDING WORK espionage and anti-Soviet agitation. Here Andrei Sakharov, still languishes in Gorky, are his closing words to the court before tormented by the KGB when it pleases. The sentencing, as drawn from notes taken by Soviets excuse their refusal to release him HON. G. V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY his brother, Leonid. on the grounds that he possesses knowledge OF MISSISSIPPI of their nuclear physics research. In March and April, during interrogation, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the chief investigators warned me that in But Sakharov has been out of favor since the position I have taken during investiga the late 1960s. His knowledge is now 20 Wednesday, February 26, 1986 years old. If it constitutes a real threat to tion, and held to here in court, I would be Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, once threatened with execution by a firing squad, the Soviet nuclear program, scientific progress there must be even slower than again it is my privilege to bring to the attention or at least with 15 years. If I agreed to coop of my colleagues the efforts of certain Veter erate with the investigation for the purpose anyone had ever realized. of destroying the Jewish emigration move While Sakharov and the other dissidents ans' Administration employees who are pro remain behind bars, to release Shcharansky viding exemplary assistance to veterans. ment, they promised me freedom and a alone is measuring out mercy in teaspoons. quick reunion with my wife. John J. Schimpf, a service officer with the Five years ago, I submitted my application VA Regional Office and Insurance Center in for exit to Israel. Now I am further than HONEYWELL OF PINELLAS Philadelphia, and Edward J. Chattos, a voca ever from my dream. It would seem to be COUNTY RECOGNIZED FOR EX tional rehabilitation specialist with the Cleve cause for regret. But it is the absolutely the CELLENCE IN DEFENSE INDUS land Regional Office, have been honored by other way around. I am happy. I am happy the VA as the most recent recipients of the that I lived honorably, at peace with my TRIAL SECURITY conscience. I never compromised my soul, Sam Rose Awards. They were chosen from even under the threat of death. HON. C.W. BILL YOUNG nominations submitted by the VA's 58 regional I am happy that I helped people. I am OF FLORIDA offices located throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico and the Philippines. proud that I knew and worked with such IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES honorable, brave and courageous people as The awards are presented annually to VA Sakharov, Orlov, Ginzburg, who are carry Wednesday, February 26, 1986 employees who have distinguished them ing on the traditions of the Russian intelli Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, as a selves by going the extra mile, by giving that gentsia. I am fortunate to have been witness member of the House Appropriations Subcom extra effort to help veterans and their families. to the process of the liberation of Jews of the U.S.S.R. mittee on Defense who is involved with deci John Schimpf, who was selected in the gen I hope that the absurd accusation against sions relating to the expenditure of hundreds eral accomplishment category, was cited for me and the entire Jewish emigration move of billions of dollars for our national defense, I his outstanding supervision of the Veterans' ment will not hinder the liberation of my am tired of seeing the usefulness and value of Service Division, which serves 40 eastern people. My dear ones and friends know how many programs compromised when the Sovi Pennsylvania counties. He has also been par I wanted to exchange activity in the emigra ets acquire our military secrets through espio ticularly successful in implementing the Emer tion movement for a life with my wife, nage or technology transfer. gency Veterans Job Training Act of 1983 Avital, in Israel. Honeywell's Space and Strategic Avionics which, you may remember, was developed to For more than 2,000 years the Jewish people, my people, have been dispersed. But Division of Pinellas County, FL. which is in address the chronic unemployment problem wherever they are, wherever Jews are volved in the engineering and production of among Vietnam-era and Korean conflict veter found, every year they have repeated, "Next some of our Nation's most advanced and sen ans. year in Jerusalem." Now, when I am further sitive defense programs, has made a strong Edward Chattos was honored for his special than ever from my people, from Avital, commitment to prevent the loss of U.S. tech efforts over the last few years in helping two facing many arduous years of imprison nology to our adversaries, such as the Soviet disabled veterans overcome severe handi ment, I say, turning to my people, my Union. Honeywell's efforts have been recog caps. As a result of Mr. Chattos' concern and A vital: "Next year in Jerusalem." nized by the Department of Defense which re through his application of vocational training Now I turn to you, the court, who were re quired to confirm a predetermined sentence: cently awarded the firm's management and and use of specially-adapted equipment, To you I have nothing to say. employees the prestigious James S. Cogswell these house-bound veterans now have great Industrial Security Award. More than 14,500 er prospects for employment. £From the New York Post, Feb. 11, 19861 industrial security departments competed for The Sam Rose Awards, established in this award, named after the first Chief of the 197 4, bear the name of a man who was FREEDoM FOR SHCHARANSKY ONLY ANOTHER Office of Industrial Security. widely recognized for his own exemplary serv TEASPOON OF MERCY The award is presented in recognition of ex ice, carried out with compassion and concern. Soviet dissident Anatoly Shcharansky has cellence in industrial security, "thereby con The late Sam Rose served as the chief of waited a long time to walk across the Gli~ icke bridge from East Berlin to freedom. • tributing significantly to the security interests the VA's Department of Veterans' Benefits He refused an earlier Soviet offer to free of our Nation." The program requires "superi Contact Division for 27 years. The office today him in return for his admission that he was or performance in carrying out security obliga is known as the Veterans' Assistance Service a Western spy. tions on classified defense contracts" through and has responsibility for the hundreds of vet- 2986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1986 erans' benefits counselors across the country. DR. FLEMING BARBOUR OF that the Ethiopian Government is now con These counselors conduct personal interviews MICmGAN IS HONORED AS ducting. with veterans and their beneficiaries to assist HEALTH ADVOCATE OF THE For some time it has been well known that them in obtaining veterans' benefits. YEAR the Government of Ethiopia, the Marxist-Len Mr. Speaker, the work of these two gentle inist Dergue, accepts immense amounts of men is more than just noteworthy. It has done HON. DALE E. KILDEE food aid from non-Marxist countries around more than help veterans. It has earned a the world but does not necessarily use it to place among the high quality standards by OFIIICIUGAB feed the millions of Ethiopian hungry, as we which we should measure the work of all who IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES might expect Instead the food is being used administer and provide services to our veter Wednesday, February 26, 1986 as a political weapon and as bait for govern ans. ment resettlement campaigns, the same sort Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, it is my great John Schimpf and Edward Chattos have of resettlement campaigns which have char pleasure to call to the attention of my distin earned our respect and our admiration. I know acterized the worst of the Marxist-Leninist guished colleagues the outstanding contribu my colleagues will want to join me in offering governments, including Stalinist Russia, tions Dr. Fleming Barbour has made to health our deep appreciation for the manner in which Maoist China and Pol Pofs Cambodia. care servicss in Genesee County, MI. On they are serving veterans, the VA, the Nation, What has become clear is that Government March 1, 1986, Dr. Barbour will be awarded and mankind. of Ethiopia is interested in feeding its hungry the Health Advocate of the Year Award by the only secondarily; its more immediate attention American Lung Association of Genesee is the desire to consolidate its 11-year rule. As MAGGIE WILLIS TO RETIRE County. forcible collectivization of agriculture pro FROM MARnrrTA, G~ DAffiY Dr. Barbour, who received his medical ceeds, so too do systematic violations of JOURNAL degree from the University of Michigan Medi property and political rights. cal School, has had a distinguished career The West has tried to feed the Ethiopians. that has earned him the gratitude and esteem HON. GEORGE (BUDDY) DARDEN Their government resists our best efforts. It is OF GEORGIA of the people of Genesee County. Since he long past time for our State Department to began his medical practice in 1940, he has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES make the United Nations confront that ugly been recognized many times for his selfless Wednesday, February 26, 1986 fact, and issue a U.N. declaration condemning and devoted service in bringing about a better the governmental policies that are costing Mr. DARDEN. Mr. Speaker, Maggie Willis way of life for his community. Ethiopia a far higher price than is the drought. has been a fixture among the news media in He is currently the chairman of the board of my hometown of Marietta, GA, for more than the Mott Children's Health Center, where he [From the Wall Street Journal, Feb. 13, 15 years. She is a good friend to her journalist formerly served as the ophthalmologist for un 19861 colleagues there, and is respected by political derprivileged children. Dr. Barbour is also the SILENCE ON E'l'HIOPIA? and civic leaders throughout the State of past president of the Genesee County Medical Georgia The United Nations Human Rights Com Society and cochairman of the fund raising mission is holding its annual meeting in Maggie Willis will retire from the Marietta campaign for the new University Hospital in Geneva. The U.S. delegation arrived at the Daily Journal on March 5. I will miss her regu Ann Arbor. session with plans to introduce a resolution lar advice and criticism, and I am sure others Outside of his local community, Dr. Bar calling for U.N. action on the murderous re in public life in Cobb County, GA, will join me bour's service is just as impressive. He and settlement program that the Ethiopian gov in wishing her well. his lovely wife, Marion, have traveled to the ernment is now conducting. But some U.S. Over the past decade and a half, Maggie diplomats fear that pushing the measure Dominican Republic, India, Uberia, and has covered politics and government at the might not be worth the opposition it would Taiwan to provide medical care for those in city, county, and State levels-and made it provoke. Forgive us for thinking that we need. For the past 10 years, the Barbours sound interesting. have heard this reasoning a couple of times have also organized and implemented annual She has sat patiently through seemingly in before. trips to Honduras in which they tirelessly Since the fall of 1984, the U.S. and other terminable zoning board sessions and county worked to provide eye care for the people of Western countries have been making big ef commission meetings. She has endured the that nation. forts to stem hunger in Ethiopia. Last year, verbal excesses of forgettable politicians on Dr. Barbour's talent and energy are not con some of the relief workers there began to countless campaign trails. She has survived discover a horrifying fact: The Ethiopian numerous legislators, commissioners, Con fined to the area of health care. He has long government that was accepting this massive gressmen, and Senators-as well as several been a strong supporter of many fine organi food aid was also herding many of its people editors. zations that serve Flint area residents. He has from their homes in the north of the coun That is not to say that Maggie simply sits served as president of both the Flint Institute try to relocation camps in the south. of Music and the Genesee Council of Church This was not voluntary resettlement, but and watches the political world go by. When kidnapping. The government was forcing the speechmaker asks, "How did I do?" or es, and as chairman of the board of the Flint YMCA. people south without providing food, shelter the elected official wonders aloud, "What or rest on the way, and many were dying. should we do?", she always has an opinion. Dr. Fleming Barbour is an extremely deserv Sometimes people were transported under Sometimes, they do not even have to ask. ing recipient of this special award. He is truly eonditions so crowded as to be literally kill Often, they wish they had not. one of Genesee County's most valuable ing. In the relocation camps came starva Her opinions are valued. Maggie Willis assets. tion, disease and slave labor. knows Cobb County-from Austell to Acworth, Worse, the government used Western food from Kennesaw Mountain to the Chattahoo as bait to lure hungry people to feeding GENOCIDE sites from which they could be captured and chee River. She knows the history, the places, deported. and the people. When Maggie suggests a American officials have spoken out on the course of action, the listener ignores her at HON. JIM COURTER issue to the U.N., allies and the public. They his own peril. OF NEW JERSEY have tried to make sure that food aid does At the Marietta Daily Journal, Maggie is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES not become cheese for the Ethiopian gov ready with open arms and a warm smile for ernment's trap but have not always succeed anyone new to the staff. She is the dependa Wednesday, February 26, 1986 ed. ble resource for reporters seeking background Mr. COURTER. Mr. Speaker, I would like to The U.S. government also drew up a reso information on any story. And, on a reporter's direct the attention of my colleagues to a very lution for the Human Rights Commission ca1llng attention to the disturbing reports final day with the paper, she traditionally buys challenging editorial by the Wall Street Jour about the resettlement program and asking the drinks for the farewell toast. nal. It concerns the reluctance of State De for a special rapporteur to investigate. Such On March 5, I am sure there will be a long partment officials to carry through with plans a report is a prelude to action by the U.N. line of her friends ready to propose that fare to call for United Nations actions in response General Assembly. In recent years this proc well toast for Maggie Willis. to the near-murderous resettlement program ess has become more than a chande, as February 26, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2987 shown by the U.N.'s good report on human reason that we proudly honor Estonia and the the contra threat to justify both the mas rights abuses in Afghanistan. other Baltic countries. sive build-up of their armed forces and the But some State Department decision resumption of emergency powers. Despite makers do not want to go ahead with a reso unhappiness with the way the revolution lution. They have met opposition. They WE CAN'T BUY PEACE FOR has gone, most Nicaraguans have closed think it might alienate the Europeans. They NICARAGUA ranks against outside intervention. If most fear the Africans would bristle and refuse to of the contras had not repaired to Hondu cooperate with the U.S. on projects it ran sanctuary, they would have been defeat favors, such as getting the present rappor HON. MEL LEVINE ed by now. teur removed from El Salvador. They say OF CALIFORNIA The Reagan Administration apparently that to get what they want on El Salvador IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES believes that the contras' credibility as a they should be prepared to use Ethiopia as Wednesday, February 26, 1986 fighting force depends not only on addition a bargaining chip. al U.S. financial and material aid, but also This is an old, old argument. The U.S. Mr. LEVINE of California. Mr. Speaker, I on U.S. involvement in training the insur raises an issue that much of the world does want to call to the attention of my colleagues gents and in planning and directing the war. not want raised. It meets opposition. In re a concise and timely article by Peter Bell, ex What the Administration will not say is how action, State's best and brightest invent a plaining the fallacy of the administration's pro much U.S. involvement would be enough, or million reasons why the prudent thing to posal to provide military assistance to the what the United States would do if the con do-indeed, ultimately the most human Contras. tras still were unable to do the job. thing to do-is to beat a clever retreat. Peter Bell is uniquely equipped to provide Support for the contras signifies U.S. re As you listen to the pros and cons of each solve to stop Soviet expansionism in Central issue, you can never know how each pro insight on the subject. He is steeped in Latin America. Much of Central America is embit posed course of action will look in retro American knowledge and was the extraordi tered at the Leninist turn of the Nicaraguan spect. But it is clear that the U.S. does not narily effective president of the Inter-American revolution, anxious about Sandinista ties to advance its ideas in international circles by Foundation before becoming a senior associ the Soviet Union and Cuba, and concerned obfuscating quiet. And when U.S. ideas do ate of the Carnegie Endowment for Interna over alleged Sandinista support for other not advance, the nation's ability to get what tional Peace. revolutionary movements. Yet even the it wants in areas from high politics to fish His arguments definitely merit careful con most virulent opponents of the Sandinistas ing rights declines surely and steadily. sideration by all of us: are not much impressed by U.S. support for The department must decide in the next the contras as such. Still, it does nurture few days whether to go ahead with some WE CAN'T BUY PEACE FOR NICARAGUA their belief that the United States is so de version of the resolution. In the week when NO ARGUMENT FOR GIVING CONTRAS $100 termined to rout the Marxist that it ulti Anatoly Shcharansky walked over the llliLLION IS SUPPORTABLE mately will move directly against Nicaragua. Glienicke Bridge, the people charged with Ineluctably, and tragically, the Reagan This belief and pledges of more aid to the making that decision should be embarrassed Administration is pushing Congress down contras have reinforced passivity within the to even hesitate. the slippery slope leading to more direct internal Nicaraguan opposition, who are U.S. Inilitary intervention in Nicaragua. content to wait for "Uncle Sam." Only a year ago, Congress was reluctant to Sustaining the contras is widely viewed in ESTONIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY lift its ban on financial support for the anti Central America as a no-win proposition for Sandinista rebels. Eventually, it approved the region. It only prolongs a low-intensity $27 million in "humanitarian" aid, which war, contributes to a regional arms race, , HON. WILUAM J. HUGHES the Reagan Administration broadened to in draws Central America deeper into the East OF NEW JERSEY clude any "nonlethal" aid. Now, the Admin West struggle, and hampers regional trade, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES istration is brazenly seeking $100 million, in private investment and tourism. Such a war Wednesday, February 26, 1986 cluding outright military aid, for the con could always flare into a regional conflagra tras. tion, with deepening superpower involve Mr. HUGHES. Mr. Speaker, February 24, The Administration has four arguments ment. 1986 was the 68th anniversary of Estonia's on behalf of additional aid, none of which Upon starting his new job as national se Declaration of Independence. While we and really makes the case: curity adviser, Adm. John M. Poindexter all people throughout the free world com "By keeping the Sandinistas occupied, the traveled to Central America to assure the memorate this day, the people of Estonia contras help to distract them from adven region that President Reagan will fight for turism in El Salvador.'' President Jose Na more assistance to the contras. The coun cannot. poleon Duarte of El Salvador made this tries of the region, and of Latin America in Estonia, a Baltic country like Lithuania and point when I met with him on a recent trip general, hardly seek such assurance. Over Latvia, does not enjoy the independence it to Central America but he did so without wheliningly, what would reassure them is once declared long ago. Beginning in 1940, much conviction. When I pressed Duarte as evidence of progress toward a regional and during World War II, the Russians occu to whether he favored U.S. support for the peace, starting with cessation of aid to the pied these countries, and since then have contras, he demurred, saying that this was contras-if such a move were part of a never left. Estonia was empiricly annexed by an issue between the United States and larger set of accommodations on security the Soviet Union and declared by force a Nicaragua. The argument today that the issues between the Reagan Administration contras keep the Sandinistas from mischief and the Sandinistas. Soviet Republic. However, Estonians do not making in neighboring countries carries no The way might then be cleared for a full recognize themselves freely as a Soviet Re more weight than the old argument that scale, Contadora-sponsored regional settle public but, rather as an independent nation the contras interdicted Sandinista arms des ment, and the United States could concen being oppressed. tined for the Salvadoran rebels. Everyone trate its political energies on more produc Prior to being annexed, Estonia was noted knows that the contras have other reasons tive tasks, such as economic development as a land of freedom, justice, and prosperity. for being. and democratization in the countries neigh While Soviet domination has been present, The contras keep pressure on the Sandinis boring Nicaragua. Progress in these areas, Estonia has suffered great costs-politically, tas for internal political changes. This argu not stepped-up involvement with the con ment presumes that the Reagan Adminis tras, is the key to an effective policy of con culturally, and socially. The country is con tration would be satisfied with something taining Soviet ambitions. The success of trolled and run by Russians with Communist less than the Sandinistas' ouster. As long as Costa Rica's recovery and the search for party goals and ideas. Estonians have now the Sandinistas believe otherwise-and the social justice and self-determination in El become a minority in their own land which Administration keeps giving them every Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala offer makes the preservation of their cultural identi reason to do so-they have no incentive to the best hope for keeping the Sandinista ty terribly difficult. Furthermore, they have lost consider internal political accommodations. revolution within Nicaraguan bounds. their personal freedoms to a regime that does In fact, the contras' association with the So The alternative to support for the contras not advocate the rights of individuals. mocista National Guard and U.S. interven is not invasion or surrender, but negotia tionism has helped to consolidate and stif tion. The basis for a deal would be U.S. ac All these restraints created by Soviet en fen the Sandinista regime. ceptance of the regime in Nicaragua in croachment have sharply separated Estonia The contras will overthrow the Sandinis return for the Sandinistas' satisfying our from the freedoms we enjoy in the Free world. tas. Outside of Washington, hardly anyone most immediate security concerns. These in Still, their hopes are not diminished or lost in believes that the contras, as currently con clude attenuation of their ties to the Soviets despair to their oppressors. It is for this stituted, can win. The Sandinistas have used and Cubans, renunciation of support for in-