June 27, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13625 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS WISE INSIGHT FROM PRESI­ chances for further economic progress and were strangely quiet about the deafening si­ DENT NIXON ON EVENTS IN eventual political reform. They would not lence from Mikhail S. Gorbachev. He may CHINA be in the interests of the hundreds of thou­ have refrained from condemning the Chi­ sands of Chinese in China and all over the nese leaders because he fears that he, too, world who have demonstrated for political will continue to face pro-democracy and HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO reform. And they would not be in the inter­ anti-Moscow regional movements, such as OF CALIFORNIA ests of the United States. If, in anger, we the one in Georgia this spring where troops IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES drive China back into the shadows of the used shovels and poison gas against the Soviet Union and the oppressive economic Tuesday, June 27, 1989 people. In stark contrast to the massive cov­ system Deng Xiaoping has tried to reform, erage of tragedy in Tian An Men Square, Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, 17 years those who have died for freedom in China American television cameras and reporters ago history was made when President Richard will truly have d~ed in vain. were not present when 20 or more Geor­ Nixon traveled to the People's Republic of To see where we should go in our policy gians died, which is one reason Gorbachev's China and opened the door to relations with toward China, we should first look back to popularity rating in the West remains high see where we have been. this Asian giant. Since that time, Mr. Nixon while Deng's is plunging. But the Soviet When I went to China in 1972, I was criti­ leader cannot push his luck by condemning has closely monitored China's development cized by the far right and praised by the far and its relationship with both the United Deng for taking steps he has already taken left, both for the wrong reasons. The far and may have to take again. States and the Soviet Union. Today, as we right believed I had betrayed my anti-com­ Gorbachev also knows a freeze between focus on the aftermath of the brutal repres­ munist principles; the far left rejoiced be­ Washington and Beijing will hasten the sion of China's prodemocracy movement and cause it thought I had outgrown them. In thaw between Moscow and Beijing. Nearly formulate policy to address this very serious fact, my decision had nothing to do with my forgotten in the aftermath of Tian An Men and emotional issue, I bring the very insightful attitude toward communism. Square is an equally important event that The first reason I went to China was the commentary by President Nixon to my col­ Soviet threat. Both the Soviet Union and occurred there just days before: the normal­ leagues' attention. China had communist governments. Both ization of relations between Moscow and I believe we should carefully consider the were supporting our enemies in North Viet­ Beijing. Hard-line communist leaders in broader issues and implications of our actions Beijing, some of whom have been suspicious nam. But there was a crucial difference. of Americans to begin with, are probably as particularly advanced by Mr. Nixon. While The Soviet Union, as a nuclear superpower, saying today that if the United States there have been many commentaries and was a potential threat to the United States. China was not. China had broken away adopts further sanctions-in effect closing analyses on the situation in China and on the door to China that we opened in 1972- future Sino-American relations, Mr. Nixon's ar­ from the Soviets and was in the position to play a more constructive, international role. the Kremlin gates now stand open. ticle is the best and most intelligent I have It made both moral and strategic sense for China's leaders want to continue economic seen. I strongly urge my colleagues to careful­ the United States to have relations with any progress, and they know the best way to ly study the following insight from President nation that did not threaten our fundamen­ achieve that is through continued access to Nixon-someone who knows, firsthand, the tal interests. Western technology and investment. They realities of China and American national inter­ The second reason I went to China had neither like nor trust the Russians, and the Russians have little to offer them compared ests. nothing to do with the Soviet Union. Even if there had been no Soviet threat, it was es­ with the West. [From the Los Angeles Times, June 25, But political factors can override econom­ 1989] sential that we have relations with a govern­ ment that was a member of the nuclear ic realities. The Chinese got along without CHINA POLICY: REVULSION REAL, REPRISAL club. And today, how can we launch a world­ the West for a quarter-century, and they WRONG wide attack on the environmental crisis could do so again. If we force them back without the cooperation of a government into their angry isolation from the West, we NEW YoRK.-China's brutal repression of ruling more than one-fourth of all people on risk prompting a potentially disastrous en­ its pro-democracy movement has shocked Earth? tente between the two great communist the Western World. The Tian An Men Today, a strong, stable China is as vital as powers that would be in nobody's interests Square crackdown was shockingly cruel and ever to the security interests of the United but Gorbachev's. incredibly stupid. Last week's executions of States and to peace in the Pacific. A weak, Despite the fundamental national self-in­ activists and workers deepened our revul­ fractured China would leave the Soviet terest behind our rapprochement with sion, leading even China's friends to ques­ Union as the dominant military power in China, many Americans have gone over­ tion the rationality of a regime that would Asia and Japan as the dominant economic board and turned it into a romance. China go forward with such brutality in spite of power. has a limitless capacity to fascinate. But it the protests of Western governments, whose Whatever happens in the future, it is im­ is not Disneyland. It is, as it has been since future good will China needs to continue its perative that Chinese-American relations 1949, a communist dictatorship held togeth­ economic reforms. remain strong so the United States can help er by brute force. For now, China seems to have reverted to maintain the balance among China, Japan No one who knows China should be sur­ its old fanatical communist hard line. In the and the Soviet Union. · prised when its leaders turn to violence in light of this development, it is difficult to President Bush will be pressured to take pursuing their political goals. contemplate how continued normal rela­ harsher action by a strange coalition of They have done far worse before Tianan­ tions with China would be in our interests, China-bashers. Those on the far right who men Square. One overly excited journalist at least in the short term. But before adopt­ oppose any relations with China will wrote last week that the crackdown trans­ ing policies of reprisal that would again vir­ demand economic and diplomatic sanctions. formed "the Woodstock-like encampment of tually isolate the Chinese regime from the So will the human-rights lobby, which calls young students . . . into the bloodiest kill­ West, the Bush Administration must consid­ for punishing every regime that does not ing ground in communist China's history." er long-term stakes, for the United States live up to our standards, regardless of our He apparently was not aware that many and the people of China. interests or those of the millions living times more people died-hundreds of thou­ Lashing back with punitive policies would under those regimes whom sanctions would sands, some Chinese claim millions-in Mao be politically popular and emotionally satis­ hurt the most. The Bush Administration Tse-tung's Cultural Revolution. Twenty mil­ fying for the great majority of the Ameri­ should continue to ignore these extremist lion died in the wake of the brutal forced can people. Such policies would make us feel voices and stay the prudent course it has al­ collectivization known as the Great Leap better. But they would have no effect what­ ready set. Forward. Attacks on unarmed civilians are soever on China's hard-line leadership. In­ Many who criticized the President's meas­ never justified. But in condemning them, we stead, they could dash the Chinese people's ured response to the Beijing crackdown should not pretend that we did not know

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. 13626 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 27, 1989 that China's leaders were capable of using ments in public about what the Chinese plying with their present debt-service obliga­ violence for political purposes. leaders should or should not do. It would be tions, or noncompliance appears imminent. Since Tiananmen Square, some pundits far better to urge them, through private have noted with irony that the Deng who channels, to show restraint in dealing with Yet the Federal Reserve and other regula­ beguiled millions during his state visit to pro-democracy activists and eventually find tors have required the banks to reserve the United States in 1979 is the same man a way to accommodate dissent within the against only 3 percent of this total. who ordered the crackdown. What is more system. While there has been some progress over ironic is that many of the same pundits In 1972 I met with a group of congressmen the last 7 years, some banks are still danger­ were willing to believe that the dedicated and senators who opposed our new relation­ ously overexposed. For several money center communist who had fought his way ship with the Soviet Union because of its banks, Third World loans still comprise over through the Long March and the bloody policies against Jewish immigration. I said, 100 percent of equity. Mexican debt alone ac­ Chinese civil war was just a cuddly teddy "The walls of the Kremlin are very thick. It bear with a cute smile. Those who insist on is difficult to be heard even when you are counts for over 50 percent of equity of some romanticizing relations between nations will inside the walls. It is impossible to be heard of the major banks in this country. always be disappointed when the realities of when you are outside." When we opened If there is one lesson we have learned from national interest and survival inevitably in­ lines of communication to the Kremlin and the savings and loan crisis, it is that we must trude. made our views known privately, the require adequate regulation and reserves on But while we should be realistic about number of Jews allowed to leave the Soviet high risk loans. China, its leaders and the strategic reasons Union increased, from 600 the year before I My bill would help to confront the reality of our relationship must continue, we should came to office in 1969, to 37,000 in 1973. not lose sight of the benefits the Chinese We face a similar dilemma today. The the deteriorating economic conditions in the people have derived from that relationship, Great Wall of China is very thick. We may developing countries, conditions that continue particularly the economic progress that has not always be heard when we are inside. If to put at risk Third World loans. The bill's come along with it. If we can restore a close we withdraw outside the wall again, we will premise is simple: risky loans require ade­ relationship with China, the greatest bene­ not be heard at all, and the Chinese people's quate reserves. ficiaries will be the people of China them­ dreams of more democracy and a better life The bill essentially does three things: selves. will almost certainly die. First, reserves are required on loans to sov­ Some Beijing demonstrators carried ban­ ners reading, "In the Soviet Union they ereign borrowers whenever payment of inter­ est or principal is more than 90 days in ar­ have Gorbachev-who do we have?" They INTRODUCTION OF THE FOR­ rears. Reserves are further required on loans have leaders who have made life better for EIGN DEBT SAFETY AND hundreds of millions of Chinese. SOUNDNESS ACT OF 1989 that have previously been rescheduled be­ In the 10 years since Deng instituted his cause the borrower could not meet the origi­ economic reforms and an intensive cam­ nal terms. paign to attract Western investment, the HON. JOHN J. LaFALCE This step implements a recommendation of income of the average Chinese has doubled. the GAO that the financial system needs to be In the five years since Gorbachev came to OF NEW YORK better protected against defaults by debtors power in the Soviet Union, despite the rave IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES reviews for his political reforms, the income with an ongoing history of delinquency, that is, of the average Russian has stagnated or Tuesday, June 27, 1989 the highest risk debtors. even gone down. Mr. LAFALCE. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, I in­ Second, the amount of reserves would vary In 1972 there were no Chinese students troduced the "Foreign Debt Safety and on a country-by-country basis. Loans to from the People's Republic studying in the Soundness Act of 1989," H.R. 2747. This bill Mexico, in many ways a model debtor, would United States. Since that time, 62,500 have require fewer reserves than some of its neigh­ gone to school here. In that same period should greatly strengthen the financial sound­ only a few hundred Soviet students have ness of our banking system by requiring in­ bors who have failed to implement economic studied here. Gorbachev's glasnost notwith­ creased reserves on risky Third World debt reforms. standing, television and press coverage of portfolios. While I understand that the current second­ the events in Tiananmen Square has been Bank safety and soundness must be a para­ ary market may be too thin to precisely value far greater than that of comparable events mount concern to all Members of the House, Third World loans, and thereby provide a strict in the Soviet Union. especially in view of the harsh measures we "market-to-market" mechanism, it can act as On June 2, two days before the crack­ are being forced to take to deal with the sav­ a useful guidepost. Therefore, the bill sets re­ down, a Chinese student studying in New York City mailed a letter to my office. ings and loan crisis. serve levels at no less than 70 percent of the "Please tell President Nixon," he wrote, Mr. Speaker, if an ounce of prevention is discount reflected by secondary market "that we young people from China really worth a pound of cure, I believe my bill offers prices. appreciate what he has done to open up a pound of prevention. Given current circumstances, this means China to the outside world. Just look at the We are all familiar with the problem. After that reserves on Mexican debt would be ap­ Statue of Liberty that the Chinese students years of heavy lending to Mexico and other proximately 40 percent, while reserves on Ar­ carried when demonstrating on the streets Third World countries, banks found them­ gentine debt would be closer to 60 percent. for democracy. It would be impossible with­ selves holding many billions of dollars of Third, because safety and soundness is the out his courageous visit to China." As events later unfolded, I took little com­ shaky loans. For example, loans to Latin guiding light of this bill, the bill accommodates fort from his message. China's new fascina­ America by the nine largest United States the principles of the "Brady proposals." tion with the West and the dramatic eco­ banks totaled 175 percent of the banks' com­ I have long advocated the position that U.S. nomic reforms Deng adopted were both wel­ bined capital in 1982. banks with large exposures to developing na­ come developments. But they also entailed When it turned out that these debtors were tions would be on safer ground if those na­ great dangers. By giving their people a unable to pay, these U.S. banks faced bank­ tions would have the opportunity to grow and better life economically and permitting ruptcy. In response to this threat, the Con­ develop. However, this cannot happen as long their brightest young people to study in the gress passed the International Lending Super­ West, China's leaders ran a risk-that the as the debt burdens drain those countries of people's rising expectations would eventual­ vision Act of 1983 [I LSA). the resources they need for economic devel­ ly lead to demands for political reforms ILSA requires regulators to direct banks to opment. challenging the authority of the Communist reserve against these risky Third World loans. The Brady proposal reflects the understand­ Party. Unfortunately, reserves have not been built up ing that meaningful debt relief is a prerequisite The further tragedy is that the suppres­ adequately. to economic growth in the Third World. And sion of the pro-democracy challenge has A May 1988 GAO study requested by our economic growth is the best antidote to these dealt a massive setback to Deng's economic colleague Mr. LEACH showed that regulators threats to our financial system. policies. A fundamental goal of U.S. policy were requiring reserves on very small portions Therefore, my bill allows regulators to toward China should be to influence its leaders to get the economic reforms back on of risky loans. An update to that study that I reduce reserve requirements for banks that track and also to go forward with peaceful requested and released on June 6 of this year have participated in negotiating a meaningful political reforms. Our influence will be shows, in fact, that over $70 billion of foreign debt reduction and restructuring package that squandered if we make pious pronounce- loans held by U.S. banks are either not com- includes the exchange of existing debts for June 27, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13627 new instruments that are credit-enhanced by "(3) This Act takes effect 6 months from fighting to provide equal opportunity and hope the IMF, the World Bank, or other MOB's in date of enactment.". to blacks in Mississippi. accordance with the Brady plan. Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Mi­ This increases the creditworthiness of out­ SERBIAN-AMERICANS chael Schwerner gave their lives to that noble standing loans in two ways. First, it reduces REMEMBER KOSOVO cause. The tragedy of their deaths sent shock the debt burden of the borrowing country and waves across America. adds to the capitial inflows, thereby increasing Our country was in a state of sorrow and the resources available for investment in eco­ HON. JAMES J. FLORIO disbelief. The contribution these three brave nomic growth. Second, it exchanges unse­ OF NEW JERSEY men made went far beyond what any of them cured, highly risky debt for new, secured debt. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES could have imagined. Mr. Speaker, these are prudent steps. They Tuesday, June 27, 1989 They galvanized the conscience of the are preventative medicine. I hope that we can Nation and brought a taste of the pain and act on my bill with dispatch so that we can Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, June 28, 1989, suffering incurred by blacks in the South to shore up our financial institutions for the long Serbian-Americans from all over the United many American homes across the Nation. term. States will gather in Greyslake, IL, to com­ Twenty-five years later, they cast an ever­ The text of the bill follows: memorate the SOOth anniversary of the histor­ lasting light, symbolizing hope for all Ameri­ FOREIGN DEBT SAFETY AND SOUNDNESS AcT OF ic Battle of Kosovo. This battle for independ­ cans who strive to rid America of hatred, guar­ 1989 ence showed the determination of the Serbian antee equal rights under the law, and provide Section 905(a) of the International Lend­ people to remain free of imperialistic rule. Al­ hope to those who have been denied it. ing Supervision Act of 1983 is amended by though the Serbian Army was defeated by the inserting: Ottoman Empire, the soul and spirit of the "Section 905(a)(l) Each appropriate Fed­ Serbian people was not diminished. Their THE RETIREMENT OF MR. eral banking agency shall require a banking struggle for liberty and freedom showed the JAMES J. MOONEY institution to establish and maintain a spe­ cial reserve against possible future losses on same determination which was so vital to the any loan to a sovereign borrower if- founding and protection of our own United HON. SILVIO 0. CONTE "A. The loan has been rescheduled at the States. OF MASSACHUSETTS request of the borrower as a result, of diffi­ After 500 years of alien control, the Serbs' IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES culties in making payments due under the persistence finally prevailed in 1870, when a terms of the loan; or sovereign kingdom of Serbia was reestab­ Tuesday, June 27, 1989 "B. The borrower is more than 90 days in lished. However, some of the Serbian lands Mr. CONTE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to arrears in the payment of interest or princi­ pal under such loan; still remained under imperialistic control. Only take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt "(2) The reserve to be required under after World War I, when the central powers congratulations to a good friend and a com­ paragraph <1) to any loan shall be deter­ were defeated, did the people in all the lands munity leader, James J. Mooney, who is retir­ mined by each appropriate Federal banking inhabited by Serbians achieve unity and sov­ ing at the end of this year after 18 memorable agency, on a semi-annual basis, in light of ereignty. This dedication to reunite their cul­ years as executive director and 22 more on the particular circumstances of the borrow­ ture and beliefs is expressed best in the Ser­ the staff of the Boys Club of Pittsfield, MA. er, except that the amount shall not be less bian motto, "Better the Grave Than Be a For 40 years, the youth of western Massa­ than 70 percent of the discount on loans Slave." chusetts have benefited from the endless made to such borrower as established by loans to such borrower on similar terms Mr. Speaker, June 28 will be a day to cele­ labors of Jim Mooney. He is a man who never traded on the open market.". brate. A day to celebrate not only freedom, shirks responsibility and is always glad to get The International Lending Supervision but also the quest for freedom. To celebrate involved. Jim has always displayed great re­ Act of 1983 is amended by inserting after the ability of an entire people to overcome op­ spect for every individual with whom he has Section 905, the following: pression and demand democracy. To cele­ come into contact. Jim has always addressed "Section 905: The reserving require­ brate the astonishing plea for human rights and been sensitive to the needs of everyone, ments provided for in Section 905 may be that is being heard today all over the world, from the youngest child to the troubled ado­ waived by an appropriate Federal banking lescent to the respected businessperson. Jim agency if the agency determines, in a find­ and to celebrate the accomplishments of the ing transmitted to the Committee on Bank­ Serbian people. has made the Boys Club into a special place. ing, Finance, and Urban Affairs of the As this anniversary approaches, we realize His keen sense of organization and ability to House of Representative, and the Commit­ that SOO years ago people cherished the coordinate activities down to the most minute tee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs same ideals that we so dearly value today. detail are certainly characteristics which Jim of the Senate, that- This creates hope that in the future resistance has sharpened and utilized to the advantages "( 1) A sovereign borrower whose loans to oppression and dedication to freedom will of thousands of children. However, it is his would otherwise be subject to Section 905(a) still persist. So on this day of celebration, all strength of character and understanding has: the people of America can learn from their nature which has been the base for his suc­ "(A) Secured the approval of the Interna­ tional Monetary Fund or the International Serbian-American fellow citizens. By congratu­ cess and the reason that people that have Bank for Reconstruction and Development lating them on the SOOth anniversary of the been involved with the Boys Club come back an economic program designed to produce Battle of Kosovo, perhaps we all can better anrl give back to it. adequate rates of growth to support timely understand the principles which created these Always sensitive but demanding and tough repayment of external loan obligations; and United States. when necessary, Jim has built an environment "(B) Negotiated with all of its creditors a and institution which will survive after him. He schedule of future repayment obligations has taken an environment largely based upon the debtor is able to maintain without the IN HONOR OF CHANEY, the competition of sports, and has made it a need for future rescheduling of debt; and SCHWERNER, AND GOODMAN "(2) The banking institution has received place of bonding and character building for credit enhancements on existing debts in ex­ children of all ages. Jim has made the Boys change for debt or debt service reduction, or HON. JAMES H. SCHEUER Club a resource and an outlet for those who swapped existing debts for new credit-en­ OF NEW YORK desperately need a guiding hand. He has hanced debt carrying lower principal or in­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES added programs for mentally and physically terest burdens pursuant to agreements ne­ handicapped youngsters and has turned the gotiated among the banking institution, the Tuesday, June 27, 1989 Boys Club from an all-male organization into sovereign borrower, the International Mone­ Mr. SCHEUER. Mr. Speaker, 25 years ago one meeting the needs of a coed young com­ tary Fund, and the International Bank for many of us in the Northeast were caught up in Reconstruction and Development. Addition­ munity. The Boys Club has always been there al loans made as part of a package including the excitement of breaking through a new to help children in need and to provide com­ debt or debt service reduction shall be con­ frontier in civil rights. prehensive programs and activities for their sidered enhanced for the purposes of this Few of us, however, were aware of the seri­ enjoyment. Under Jim's leadership, the Pitts­ Act." ous dangers facing those who were actually field Boys Club has come to be widely recog- 13628 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 27, 1989 nized as one of the finest Boys Clubs in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in siles to numerically overwhelm a defense, or Nation. my congressional district, is home to these to develop missiles that get into space His concern for others and inherent feeling scientists and receives a large amount of the before interceptors can target them. research funding for SOl. Lawrence Livermore In any event, we would be locked into a for the community has led Jim to be an active spiraling offensive and defensive arms race participant in a variety of organizations, work­ is particularly prominent as a developer of the with no winner, no stability and no security. ing diligently and rising to the top in practically "brilliant pebbles" concept. Funds would be drained from more urgent every task he selflessly undertakes. His com­ Clearly, I have a good reason to support defense needs. munity involvement does not end at the walls SOl. But, I don't. The SOl Program has an Recently, the Joint Chiefs of Staff pro­ of the Boys Club but pervades the community outrageous history of spending huge amounts posed that the Administration drop its in­ in many ways. Still a young man at 58, Jim of money on unrealistic expectations. sistence, in the Geneva talks on strategic Mooney will remain thoroughly ingrained in the Congratulations to Mr. BENNETT for his ex­ arms reductions, on the right to deploy stra­ cellent work. tegic defenses. This note of skepticism fol­ community which bore him. lows their call, in April, for the lowest of My connection to Jim Mooney is special be­ [From the New York Times, June 17, 1989) the funding options presented during an of­ cause as a youngster, I belonged to the Pitts­ "BRILLIANT PEBBLES"? No, LOOSE MARBLES ficial review of Star Wars. field Boys Club. Every day I walked the rail­ (By Charles Bennett> Research, however, is a prudent hedge road tracks from my home in Lakewood to WASHINGTON.-With "brilliant pebbles," against unpleasent technological surprises. what we called "The Club." It is where I proponents of the Strategic Defense Initia­ Respected experts have told Congress re­ learned my manual training and made many tive may finally have gone off the deep end. peatedly that a vigorous research program close friends. I still remember the many hours After six years and $17.5 billion of re­ could be supported at $2 billion to $3 billion a year. We are spending more than that now that went into the bookcase and coat rack I search, the "Star Wars" program has pro­ duced lots of exciting ideas. Every time one because we have a program geared to de­ built under the instruction of Mr. Victorine. In of them gets shot down, the scientists ployment, not research. fact, I still have them today. The experiences I invent another. This time it's a doozie. If the Bush Administration wants to had at the Boys Club truly helped me through After a year of lobbying, Lowell Wood and spend some of that money on brilliant peb­ my childhood. The Boys Club was there for Edward Teller of Lawrence Livermore Na­ bles research, fine. Administration officials me when I needed guidance and structure, tional Laboratory have convinced the Bush may, in fact, know the idea is crazy but be just as it is there for those who need it today. Administration to embrace brilliant pebbles. using it to divert attention while they cut $1 The Boys Club I remember was similar to The idea is to encircle the globe with tens of billion from S.D.I. Since there has been thousands of rockets packed with so much little outcry at the cuts from the true be­ the Boys Club of today because of one main advanced technology that they could shoot lievers, perhaps we should concede the bril­ ingredient, leadership. The directors of the down about 30 percent of the first wave of a liance of their strategy. Boys Club of yesteryear, men like P.A. Jordan, Soviet nuclear missile strike. But for Congress to appropriate $4 billion James E. Keegan, and Fred S. Fahey, were We should not reject this idea out of or $5 billion for this scheme would look less fantastic leaders. Following in their footsteps hand. But for something swallowed uncriti­ like brilliant pebbles than like loose mar­ is Jim Mooney, a born leader who cares cally by educated adults who should know bles. dearly about the community in which he has better, this proposal has a remarkable number of problems. spent his entire life. Following Jim, no easy To start with, brilliant pebbles is the task, will be Greg Crosier, another exceptional TRIBUTE TO ELEANOR "ELLY" brainchild of the same two scientists who ROBBINS man. All of these leaders exemplify the work hatched the idea of shooting down missiles ethic and the idea of service for one's fellow in space with an X-ray laser. Mr. Teller's man. Heading into the 21st century, the Boys briefings to President Ronald Reagan about HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL Club is in good hands. this weapons concept are widely credited OF NEW YORK I cannot say enough about my friend Jim, with inspiring the S.D.I. program. Mr. Mr. Speaker. Literally thousands of children Teller claimed the laser was close to reality, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have been touched by Jim Mooney's pres­ writing that "a single X-ray laser module Tuesday, June 2 7, 198 9 the size of an executive desk could poten­ ence at the Pittsfield Boys Club. Nevertheless, tially shoot down the entire Soviet land­ Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, it is with great he takes his retirement in stride just as he has based missile force." The problem was that honor that I stand today to salute a truly out­ taken any problem or issue throughout his this claim wasn't true. standing, committed, and dedicated humani­ career. Pittsfield knows its champion will retire While Mr. Reagan believed Mr. Teller, tarian, Mrs. Eleanor "EIIy" Robbins. gracefully, not making his retirement an end, other S.D.!. scientists were less optimistic, Mrs. Robbins was recently honored with the but making it a beginning of a new life. Still a to put it mildly. George Maenchen, the senior scientist in charge of the X-ray laser 1989 Harriman Award for 50 years of "exem­ young man at 58, Jim Mooney will remain plary" service to the American Red Cross, thoroughly ingrained in the community which program at Lawrence-Livermore, said: "All these claims are totally false. They lie in and the League of Red Cross Societies. I bore him. Jim is a strong, caring, and devoted the realm of pure fantasy." Indeed, the X­ would like to share with you and my col­ man as well as a tireless worker and I am ray laser program that launched S.D.!. was leagues an article from the New York Daily truly honored to pay tribute to him today. I soon put on the backburner as "long-term News, which speaks of Mrs. Robbins' commit­ wish him the best in his retirement and am research." ted and dedicated service. I commend this ar­ confident he will continue giving to the com­ Mr. Wood and Mr. Teller also championed ticle to you, and ask that it be entered into the munity in the generous way he always has. ground-based lasers, and then space-based interceptors-hundreds of satellites, each CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. carrying a dozen rockets. Unfortunately, [From the New York Daily News, June 14, LOOSE MARBLES * * * INDEED brilliant pebbles looks no more promising 1989] than its predecessors. GRAVEL VOICE BEHIND RED CROSS GETS IN A The system requires technological break­ FEw PRIVATE WoRDs HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK throughs in dozens of areas. No "brilliant OF CALIFORNIA pebble" has been built yet. Mr. Wood talked To conserve the Association area as a evalute companies. In turn, that would en­ sive economic planning. It's a hodge-podge, single-family, detached residence district. courage CEOs to stress longer-term plan­ yet "it's all connected.'' Getting it together (2) To unite and encourage all homeown­ ning to curry Wall Street's favor. It would will be America's major challenge in the ers and residents to maintain and improve also help offset America's high cost of cap­ years ahead. the community of Broadway-Flushing. ital-now two to three times Europe's and community by appropriate representation reduce the federal deficit, a major contribu­ and other courses of action before the vari­ tor to high interest rates. ous governmental agencies of the city and Clearly, tax revenues would take a hit. ATV DEATH TOLL CONTINUES State of New York. But it might be temporary. "I'd be willing to (4) To keep the community informed with bet that you'd stimulate enough new domes­ HON. JAMES J. FLORIO respect to zoning and related contemplated tic manufacturing and jobs that taxes [from OF NEW JERSEY changes, and to alert the community regard­ those sources] would make up the differ­ ing apparent violations of current zoning ence-maybe more than make up the differ­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES laws. ence," says Romesh T. Wadhwani, chairman Tuesday, June 27, 1989 (5) To cooperate with other similar orga­ of Pittsburgh's Cimflex Teknowledge Corp. nizations in the furtherance of the above Some economists won't be pleased, Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, the death toll purposes. though. "Basically, you'd freeze a lot of from all-terrain vehicles [ATV's] continues. money for a long time," notes Christopher There have been over 1,300 deaths associat­ Throughout its 25 years, the Broadway­ N. Caton, director of long-term studies at ed with these vehicles since 1982. Following Flushing Homeowners Association has dili­ DRI/McGraw-Hill. "You'd make the flow of is a news report of a recent tragedy in Salem gently upheld its mandate through the con­ capital more sticky" and introduce ineffi­ County, NJ: certed effort of many devoted officers and ciencies that might make matters worse. ATV CRASH KILLS SALEM COUNTY BOY members. I commend this organization for its Others, however, believe that would be an devotion and help the Broadway-Flushing PILESGROVE TWP.-A 13-year-old Tansboro advantage. "This business of bouncing fi­ community. Happy 25th anniversary. nancial instruments from one mirror to an­ boy was killed Tuesday after he lost control other is not effective," says Michael L. Der­ of the all-terrain vehicle that he was driving touzos, chairman of the MIT Commission on private property off Lincoln Road, state on Industrial Productivity and director of police said. THE 225TH BIRTHDAY OF THE its Computer Science Laboratory. "It just Two juveniles, who were believed to be re­ TOWN OF WINCHENDON doesn't enrich the country's wealth." lated, were riding an unregistered, heavy­ While the antitrust laws have been modi­ duty vehicle when the Winslow Township fied to permit collaborative research, they boy lost control of the vehicle. The ATV, HON. SILVIO 0. CONTE should be further softened to permit joint which was a type that is used in farming, OF MASSACHUSETTS production as well-but without the govern­ landed on his chest, police said. ment footing the bill. Some lawmakers still Police refused to identify the juvenile but IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fret about cartel monopolies, but that only said that he was rushed to Cooper Medical Tuesday, June 27, 1989 betrays a lack of understanding of today's Center, Camden where he was pronounced global marketplace. U.S. markets are too at­ dead on arrival. Mr. CONTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tractive for just about any U.S. company or The other boy, whose age or name was not tribute to a great town in my district, Winchen­ group to control prices. That would only available, was thrown from the vehicle and don, MA. Nestled in the hills of central Massa­ invite foreign competitors to swoop in with sustained minor injuries, police said. chusetts and bordering on New Hampshire, lower-cost goods. Today, even if General The state police are continuing the inves­ the town of Winchendon stands tall in its own tigation. Motors owned Ford Motor and Chrysler, right. there's no way that GM could dictate prices. No one exemplifies the town of Winchen­ Other measures that ought to be explored as part of a comprehensive industrial policy: TWENTY-FIVE EXEMPLARY don more than Martin E. Converse. A man Tax breaks for debt incurred to increase YEARS with a deep desire to serve his community by productivity, especially in manufacturing. keeping its youngsters entertained and happy, Restructuring unemployment taxes to HON. JAMES H. SCHEUER Martin E. Converse's Toy Company built 'the boost penalties paid by companies that fre­ OF NEW YORK original Toy Town horse for Winchendon's quently lay off workers and provide tax IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 150th anniversary parade. That horse later credits to those that retrain displaced work­ was adopted by Winchendon as their town ers. Tuesday, June 27, 1989 symbol and Winchendon is still referred to as Curbing state aid to foreign companies that want to set up U.S. plants. "Job cre­ Mr. SCHEUER. Mr. Speaker, I would like to "Toy Town" today. ation through foreign ownership is unsus­ submit for the RECORD a history of the Broad­ Although June 14, 1764 is the official date tainable," says Arden L. Bement Jr., TRW way-Flushing Homeowner's Association for the incorporation of Winchendon into the Inc.'s vice-president for technical resources. [BFHA] located in the Eighth Congressional Commonwealth of Massachusetts, its past "It barters away our long-term future" be­ District of New York. This model organization stretches back much further than 225 years. cause design and other high-value-added is currently celebrating 25 years of dedicated Formerly the plantation of Ipswich-Canada, it functions remain close to the home office. assistance to households in one of the most was renamed by Governor Bernard to honor Finally, it may be possible to throw some stable and lovely residential areas in the city his family who came from Upper Winchendon, disincentives in front of managers who cling to short-term thinking. U.S. managers are of New York. England. Governor Bernard named Winchen­ usually rewarded on the basis of their com­ In its 25 years, the association has spon­ don to honor the family of which he was an pany's near-term profitability, so they are sored many successful projects, such as heir. Because he did so, Winchendon remains understandably prone to sacrifice long-term working with the parks department to arrange the only town in America to be named after considerations if these conflict with short­ tree pruning. It keeps in touch with the mem­ an area in England where the person naming range profits. One way to persuade manage­ bers of its community by sending out a news­ the colonial town had a personal interest. ment to bite that bullet, says Roy H. Pol­ letter and holding leadership as well as mem­ Mr. Speaker, this is no ordinary 225th anni­ lack, former executive vice-president of elec­ bership meetings. The area which the asso­ versary celebration. Winchendon has been tronics technology at RCA Corp., would be to offer tax benefits to companies that defer ciation has jurisdiction over includes 1,300 celebrating since June 14, and will continue at least 25% of executive pay for five or households. Membership includes 505 of celebrating through July 4. Their enthusiasm more years-until the results of long-range these 1,300. Membership also includes PTA springs from a pride in their history. They have plans can be assessed. "Obviously, this members, community board members and much to be proud of. Their consistent effort June 27, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13633 over the past 225 years has been an inspira­ During that time, Laurie said, "We're in cumstance of this pregnancy, we were ex­ tion and challenge to us all. our middle years and caught in an era of tremely concerned. Since that time, Winchendon has grown and rising expectations for women that we're Working in the medical profession, I was prospered through the hard work and the un­ not prepared for. What we need is help in fully aware of the effects of drugs, especial­ that transition period between dependency ly anesthetics, on a developing fetus in the dying optimism of its residents. From a small and self-sufficiency." first trimester. I consulted with my obstetri­ frontier town, it has grown and changed to During the 1970s, she worked with NOW cian, who strongly advised me terminating meet the needs of all who call it home. It is as coordinator for displaced homemaker or­ my pregnancy. This was a difficult decision home to historic landmarks such as the ganizations. for my husband and I to make, but we were Mellen Farm, the Ephraim Murdock, Jr., In 1980 she was an organizer of the White fearful, given all the medication that I had Estate, the Highlands, Marchmont, Mapleview, House Mini-Conference on Older Women. received. In May of 1980, I had an abortion. and many others. Winchendon has also been Laurie was the author of "Displaced For the record, we were responsible people a gathering point for distinguished people. Homemakers: Organizing for a New Life," using preventative measures that failed. We Over the years, basketball players Jerry West published in 1981, and co-author of were not using abortion for birth control "Women Take Care," a book about care­ purposes. I am a married, educated and pro­ and Jerry Lucas have stopped at the beautiful givers, published in 1987. fessional woman thankful that the option of Toy Town Tavern Golf Course, and among She is survived by her daughter, Christine a safe and legal abortion was available when others the late great John F. Kennedy made Shields, of Oakland, and a sister, June I found myself in such a dilemma. sure to come to Winchendon in 1958 when McVeigh, of Sarasota, Florida. I'd like to add that I worked as a nurses' campaigning for reelection to the U.S. Senate. aide in an Intensive Care Unit in 1972 in Today, the prestigious Winchendon School re­ Virginia, prior to Roe v. Wade. I can remem­ mains a learning facility for children of famous THE BASIC QUESTION ON ber caring for women with overwhelming parents. To name a few, the son of Victor ABORTION: WHO DECIDES? and lifethreatening infections of America, to the Nation's Capital. I know that Tuesday, June 27, 1989 a right protected by the Constitution. My constituents who have once decided, at my colleagues in the House share my eager­ Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to include various times in their lives, to have abortions ness to begin working with Abba on the many in the RECORD a newspaper excerpt highlight­ have been writing to me. They are concerned, important issues of concern to the Orthodox ing Laurie Shields, the cofounder of the Older as I am, that the Supreme Court will ignore Jewish community. Women's League [OWL]. Mrs. Shields, a Justice O'Connor's basic question and decide I have long enjoyed the benefit of the Agu­ woman of considerable personal strength, that it is within the purview of the government dath's wise counsel and insightful policy rec­ died this year. The article, which comes from to make decisions on procreation. And I ommendations. At this time, I would like to the OWL-CA News for spring 1989, reads as agree. The fear of the dark days of illegal pay particular tribute to the Agudath's beloved follows: abortions returning as a result are not un­ president, Rabbi Morris Sherer, and its es­ Laurie Shields . . . died March 3, of founded: Rights granted to the State usually teemed general counsel, Mr. David Zweibel. I cancer. She was at her home at 3800 Harri­ limits rights of individuals. That the rights am confident that Abba Cohen's presence in son Street in Oakland, which also served as under scrutiny are so fundamental is particu­ Washington will only enhance the work of the first OWL headquarters. these two outstanding Jewish leaders and of "Laurie was an indomitable woman who larly disturbing. was fired by concern for displaced home­ For the record, here is the text of a letter their organization. makers and older women-women confront­ from one of my constituents who wrote to ex­ Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend to my ed by widowhood, divorce and sex and age press her belief in the basic right to decide colleagues an article concerning Abba's arriv­ discrimination," said Lou Glasse, national whether to have children. I stand with her in al in Washington that was published in the OWL president. that belief. Jewish Press. "Women all across the country have lost a [From the Jewish Press. June 23, 19891 powerful force," Glasse said. "She will be LETTER FROM A THIRD DISTRICT WOMAN missed." (PORTLAND, OR) COHEN NAMED TO AGUDATH ISRAEL D.C. POST Laurie and Tish Sommers, who died in I am a 33-year-old woman and have been WASHINGTON, DC.-Abba Cohen, a rabbini­ 1985, founded the Alliance for Displaced married for fifteen years. I have one child, cal musmach and an attorney with a back­ Homemakers in 1975, and the Displaced age 10. I have had two "miscarriages", ground in both international relations and Homemaker's Network. OWL, which cur­ , the Supreme Court ruled that afford to lose what little we have left. nothing if these U.S. funds are used by foreign segregation of the races was justified, pro­ Since 1970, the U.S. has lost half of its nations to buy wheat from Canada or Argenti­ vided that these separate facilities were maritime capacity, and U.S. vessels now carry na, trucks from Japan, or tractors from equal. For many, it was evident that the facilities only about 4 percent of U.S. waterborne for­ Poland. for the blacks were inferior to the facilities eign commerce. The American maritime force Foreign aid doesn't have to be a handout. for whites. Although many protested locally has shrunk from more than 400 ships to under This country has to stop giving out freebies and nationally, little was done to rectify the 150. Not one major cargo ship has been built because American taxpayers deserve more situation. However, many continued their in an American yard in almost 2 years, and than that. We're our worst enemy if we think protests into the 1950s. At that time, in only half of our 14,000 active seamen trained that we can keep giving to other countries and Topeka, Kansas, one family was beginning in deep sea shipping are employed. not expect any of their markets in return. their struggle for racial equality. Linda We are dealing with unfair foreign shipping Brown was forced to attend an all black competition because of heavily subsidized school blocks away, while closer to her merchant fleets and their restrictions are hurt­ DECISION ON THE AMERICAN home was an all white school. In the 1954 FLAG SHOULD BE REVERSED Supreme Court decision, the Warren Court ing our shipping industry. It's only fair that we ruled that education is "the most important take action to protect our own industry. A function of a state and local government." recent report from the President's Commis­ HON. AUSTIN J. MURPHY Based on this, the judges ruled that "sepa­ sion on Merchant Marine and Defense also OF PENNSYLVANIA rate educational facilities are inherently un­ said that our sealift capacity is in a danger­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES equal." In this case, a section of the Consti­ ously inadequate state. tution was interpreted for a second time, Not too long before his death, Frank Tuesday, June 27, 1989 based not on racism, but justice. And now, Drozak, former president of the American Mr. MURPHY. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ Linda Brown and thousands of others were troducing a joint resolution that would add an able to attend desegregated schools. Seafarers Union, warned us about the state of So as we are here today, we see that many the U.S. Merchant Marine. He told us if we amendment to the Constitution of the United people, in all ages of American history, have had a national emergency today, we would States authorizing the Congress and the shared Kennedy's hopes in making America not be able to provide the manpower and the States to prohibit the act of desecrating of the a better place in which to live. Susan B. An­ American-made cargo ships to keep our mili­ flag of the United States. thony and the suffragettes did for their tary forces overseas supplied. I do so in response to the Supreme Court's country in guaranteeing the right to vote If we lived in an ideal world of free trade recent decision which allows the burning of for women. Clarence Earl Gideon, who and enterprise, there wouldn't be a need to the flag as an act of free speech. would not be intimidated to fight for his provide assistance to the U.S. fleet, but we The U.S. flag is not simply a piece of cloth. rights because of his age did for his country in gaining legal counsel for all accused. The don't. It is a symbol of the ideas on which this coun­ Brown family of Topeka did for their coun­ In years past and in more prosperous times, try is based. When you destroy the flag, then try in securing equal educational opportuni­ we were financially able to assist other na­ you are condemning the ideas of life, liberty, ties for all persons. And each one of us can tions with no guarantee of a return on our in­ and the pursuit of happiness. do for our country something that will help vestment. Today, this is no longer possible. How do our young schoolchildren begin to form a "more perfect Union." The world economy is much more competi­ their day? By reciting the Pledge of Alle­ When we do this, we will be understand­ tive. giance. How are our sporting events started in ing what Kennedy meant when he said, Under current law, there is no guarantee this country? By singing the National Anthem "The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our that countries receiving cash assistance from while we face the flag. How do we symbolical­ country and all who serve it-and the glow the U.S. have to be used to purchase U.S. ly honor the great Americans who pass before from that fire can truly light the world. goods or services. It should, and this bill re­ us? By lowering the flag at half staff. What do quires it under some circumstances. our servicemen do the first thing in the morn­ And if U.S. aid is to be used to purchase ing at military bases both here and around the FOREIGN AID SHOULDN'T BE A U.S. goods, it is also logical to require that a world? They raise the American flag? What HANDOUT fair portion of these goods be carried on U.S. one item do you find standing tall on all Fed­ vessels. We have set a 50 percent limit, a eral Government office buildings everywhere? modest one at best. The American flag. Do these acts show the HON. JOSEPH M. GAYDOS This requirement is a reasonable way of in­ tremendous value the flag has to the patriot­ OF PENNSYLVANIA creasing the vitality and protecting the future ism of our country? IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of our shipping industry. Our exports to devel­ The American flag should be revered by all oping countries have been expanding more U.S. citizens, and any good American would Tuesday, June 27, 1989 rapidly than exports to the developed world. not use the American flag as a protest Mr. GAYDOS. Mr. Speaker, while I have Their markets now account for about 40 per­ symbol. If the gentleman in Dallas felt that the always had concerns about America's foreign cent of U.S. exports, thus creating roughly 2 Republican Party was ruining America, then aid programs, this year's bill, H.R. 2655, the million jobs. why didn't he burn a picture or a model of an Foreign Aid Authorization for Fiscal Years Other major aid donors, including Japan, elephant? There are other items to use that 1990 and 1991, has some new requirements usually tie their foreign aid to subsequent pur­ will just as equally get the point across. that benefit our own country for a change. chases of their goods and services and also By simply stating that the burning of the flag The most important benefit for America, es­ require that goods be shipped in vessels car­ is all right, even if it may offend someone, is pecially in light of our trade picture during the rying their flags. In order to remain competi­ not justification enough. When you burn the past several years, is that countries receiving tive, we should follow the practices of our flag, you insult any serviceman who has U.S. cash assistance must spend the same competitors and establish a similar link be­ fought to keep our flag flying, any naturalized amount on U.S. goods and services, and must tween aid and exports. citizen who came to this country for the love transport 50 percent of those goods on U.S.­ We already have made provisions for coun­ of freedom and independence, and every flag vessels. tries, including Israel, receiving less than $10 American who appreciates the opportunity to As someone who has watched our maritime million a year in U.S. aid, to be exempt from live in the United States. industry, and that includes shipbuilding as well this requirement. Further, the bill gives the I am hopeful that my colleagues will enthu­ as our merchant marine, go steadily downhill, I President authority to waive the requirements siastically support me in this endeavor. Forty­ welcome these modest efforts to require "Buy for other recipient countries. eight States and the Federal Government al­ American" provisions, and I applaud my col­ I think that we should be able to see that ready have laws already in the books prohibit­ leagues, for defeating those amendments of­ this bill simply requires a guarantee that future ing the desecration of the American flag. fered to strip those modest "Buy American" U.S. foreign aid will now benefit the economy Justice Stevens was right when he said that proposals from the bill. of the U.S. as well as the economies of na- sanctioning the public destruction of the flag 13638 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 27, 1989 may tarnish its value for all Americans. Hope­ taught us to think the same, dress the same, continue his record of excellence. We ask our fully, we can indeed pass a law preventing and expect the same from everyone else. We colleagues to join us in congratulating Joshua this erosion of value from occurring. are stagnating the world of observation rather than participation. TV thinks for us. Mayesh on his success in high school, and in It creates for us. Instead of allowing our wishing him the best of luck in his future en­ VOICE OF DEMOCRACY: STATE view of the world to expand, we force it to deavors. OF NEBRASKA WINNER fit on one TV screen. But everyone has tal­ The article follows: ents. We must make the most of them we [From the Jewish Journal, June 9-15, 19891 must make our future a time in which ev­ HON. DOUG BEREUTER eryone's creative gifts are magnified and en­ TRIBUTE TO JOSHUA MAYESH OF NEBRASKA hanced, in which everyone can put creativi­ Joshua Mayesh, who is the valedictorian for his graduating class at the boy's high IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ty to use. To prepare for this future, we must begin ~chool of Yeshiva University of Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 27, 1989 with the youth of the nation. We must en­ IS a sports fan who roots for every Los Ange­ Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, each year the courage them to think critically, to think les team except the Clippers. ("I didn't like creatively, to think differently. In schools them when they were in San Diego and that Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States hasn't changed.") But his collegiate inter­ and its Auxiliary conduct the Voice of Democ­ fine arts and humanities studies must be im­ proved so that students will be exposed to ests lie elsewhere, in politics, law and Eng­ racy broadcast scriptwriting contest. This year the talents of others; and will develop their lish. more than 250,000 secondary school students own artistic gifts. Students must be taught But Mayesh is putting all of that behind participated in the contest. The theme for this different ways to approach problems so that him for a year of study at Yeshiva Bet year's competition was "Preparing for Ameri­ solutions can be reached faster and more ef­ Israel in Jerusalem. He doesn't see that as a ca's Future." ficiently. Students must be taught to use break in his education since he says that The winning contestant from the State of logic and instinct together to achieve re­ studying in a yeshiva teaches one a sense of sults. They must be challenged to be cre­ responsibility which will be useful whether Nebraska is from the First Congressional Dis­ he goes to UCLA . living in a General's House $175.00 an hour, and there's more to come. I is this FAIR? at Fort Baker with no financial problems. I don't know where we will get the money. I would like you to know that I whole­ have lost all of my financial resources sup­ I do most of the driving in our family and heartedly support your actions and I'm sure porting attorneys and my ex-wife. Now I am afraid of driving on the freeways; conse­ I can speak for all of the retirees. If there is must pay her part of my retirement and this quently all our business with the lawyer anything I can do to help this cause, please is putting us further and further in debt. must be done on the telephone and through let me know. This is not fair. There are so many who the mails. I am very bewildered and over­ JOHN D. KITE. have exhausted all of their financial re­ whelmed by all of this. I don't think my sources fighting this unfair decision. husband fully understands it all and the March 27, 1989. We are facing a bleak future, please do ev­ burden must fall on me to take care of it. It Hon. RoBERT DoRNAN, erything that you can to correct this injus­ looks like we will lose our home, most of our U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, tice by passing H.R. 572 and The Compan­ emergency money is gone and we will end DC. ion Senate bill. up on welfare. I told the lawyer that I did DEAR HON. ROBERT DORNAN: Please CO­ Thank you kindly, not think that any court would do this to us sponsor representative Dornan's no-cost ROSALIE A. CURTIS, but he said it is the law and the courts, par­ H.R. 572 and companion Senate Bill. Re­ RICHARD R. CURTIS, ticularly in California automatically give it lieve USFSPA retroactivity, remarriage, age Lt. Col. USAF fret'd.J to her since it is now called property with­ and time inequities suffered by military out regard to what it will do to us. members and innocent second families. In­ Your law is very unfair. My husband paid clude in FY-90 DOD authorization bill. Sup­ PERSONAL EXPLANATION his alimony, child support, give her their portive reply respectfully requested. home and all the furniture and the best car. Our family is one of the innocent victims He took his clothes and an old Studebaker. of the California Civil Code 5124 which HON. ROMANO L. MAZZOLI He had very little to live on from what was made USFSPA retroactive. Particulars: OF KENTUCKY left of his $350 a month pay check. He has My current wife and I have been married IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES paid enough. for eight years. I retired from the United I am sorry that she lost her second hus­ States Air Force on 1 Dec 88. My ex-wife Tuesday, June 2 7, 198 9 left me and took our only child in July 1979 band but I cannot understand why she is Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoid­ able to come back to the first husband of so after twelve years of marriage. The divorce many years ago. Are the military men judgment reference support and division of ably absent on Friday, June 23, 1989. Had I always responsible for the rest of their lives property was filed 5 Jan 1982. She remar­ been present, I would have voted: to an ex-wife and even if she remarries. ried a Physician PEACE IN ANGOLA anapolis, IN, and although he came from an Years ago, when the abortion controversy agricultural family that possessed minimal was only beginning in our nation, a promi­ nent legal scholar was asked whether oppo­ HON. MERVYN M. DYMALLY economic resources, Pile succeeded in edu­ sition to abortion would stop when enough OF CALIFORNIA cating himself. He later became a teacher and women have had abortions. "Yes", he con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ordained minister in his hometown. ceded, bowing his head, "and that will be Pile's career blossomed when he joined the the saddest day in the history of this coun­ Tuesday, June 27, 1989 U.S. Army during the Civil War. Known by his try." Twenty years later in the slow march Mr. DYMALLY. Mr. Speaker, I am happy to fellow soldiers as The Fighting Parson, Pile of time, it seems that this professor's de­ report an epochal event that, in the opinion of earned the rank of major-general. Following spair may have come too early. The best many, has significant implications for peace in the war, he was elected to the U.S. Congress laid plans of mice and men sometimes do go awry-in very painful Africa and, I dare to say, the entire interna­ as the representative from the First Congres­ ways. tional community. sional District of Missouri. He further served We now know that many women have suf­ I am referring to the formal cease-fire our Nation as Governor of New Mexico, as fered from an inability or damaged ability agreement that is destined to end the 14-year appointed by Ulysses S. Grant in 1865. to cope with life after experiencing abor­ civil war in Angola. The agreement, which is Toward the twilight of his career the general tion-what the average person would call a being dubbed as the beginning of a new era dedicated himself to serving as a foreign dip­ "nervous breakdown". These episodes of for Africa, was signed by President Jose lomat. In 1871, he was asked to represent the suffering are diverse and sometimes de­ Eduardo dos Santos and Mr. Jonas Savimbi United States as Minister Resident to Venezu­ layed, but patterns have emerged. Health professionals have named this group of on June 22, 1989. The nation is now ready for ela. General Pile ended his career as mayor symptoms "P.A.S."-"Post-Abortion Syn­ peace talks that will, hopefully, set the stage of Monrovia, a city in my Congressional Dis­ drome". for a national reconciliation. trict. What is PAS? First, it is important to note This development represents a concrete Because of his contributions to our Nation, that PAS is not the same as regret over step toward the culmination of a peace proc­ both at the local and national levels, General one's abortion, or the belief that one's past ess in southern Africa. Moreover, it attests to Pile has contributed much to our heritage. decision to abort was a clear mistake. the importance of communicating with allies of When one considers the difficult circum­ Women who regret their abortions often do the United States as well as those with whom stances and lack of economic resources that suffer from PAS-but women who hold that their abortion was the right choice for them we have sharp differences. General Pile faced in his early life, his accom­ at the time are also numbered among the Throughout my tenure in Congress, I have plishments become even more remarkable. victims of this affliction. Secondly, while espoused a philosophy of diplomatic contact He realized the American Dream, so dear to the basic definition of PAS is a damaged with leaders abroad. Because of my position, I all of us. General Pile stands not only as a ability to cope due to the abortion experi- June 27, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13647 ence, this syndrome may begin without the The complete answ.er involves a number of retired after a distinguished career in the U.S. victim realizing that her current and past factors. First of all, a victim's denial and Navy. suffering originated in the abortion. avoidance prevent others from learning The people of Savannah, GA, have reason Who gets PAS? During the past two dec­ about her problem. This natural response to ades, some fifteen million women have expe­ pain and suffering prevents a PAS victim to be proud of their native son, who in 1950 rienced over twenty-five million abortions. A from talking about her condition-especially went off to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annap­ conservative estimate based on the medical to those involved in causing it: members of olis. He became a naval aviator, and was a literature is that five to ten percent of these the medical profession. Secondly, most of combat flight instructor until 1961. In 1965 he women have suffered PAS at some time in the investigation into post-abortion psychol­ graduated from the Naval War College. Short­ their lives. This would calculate to roughly ogy has been done by abortionists, or by ly thereafter he received a master's degree in one million victims. those who cooperate in providing abortion international affairs. Certain women appear to be at a higher or making it available. Such people are nat­ After serving in Vietnam, where he was a risk for this condition, or for particularly urally inclined to investigate the positive re­ severe forms of it. Women who experience sults of the abortion experience, and their prisoner of war from 1967 to 1973, Admiral multiple abortions often get more severe subjects naturally do not want to face the Martin returned to the States to become a stu­ forms of PAS. Women who have coping painful aspects of their ordeal in front of an dent again, this time at the National War Col­ problems before the beginning of the abort­ involved authority figure. lege, where he graduated in i974. In 1987, ed pregnancy have a higher risk of PAS, as In addition, abortion enjoys a privileged Edward Holmes Martin was designated Vice do women who undergo immense stress position in contemporary "medical ethics." Admiral of the U.S. Navy and appointed Com­ during the time of the abortion decision. It is an "elective procedure" to an extreme mander of the Sixth Fleet. He also spent time Additionally, abortions may be more damag­ degree-the mother decides that the abor­ in London as Deputy Commander and Chief of ing to a woman's health when performed tion is medically indicated, and the physi­ late in a pregnancy; and physical health cian is ·equired to cooperate. This includes the U.S. Naval Forces in Europe. He most re­ problems and infertility following an abor­ the ethical duty of a family doctor to offer cently served at the Pentagon as the special tion may also complicate the mental health abortion as a reasonable alternative and to assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations. picture. refer for abortion, as well as the duty of a It is an honor to pay tribute to Vice Admiral When does this condition occur? The gynecologist to perform an abortion. The Martin. I extend my sincere wish that Ed and timing varies from immediately following physician is ethically "free" from the his wife Sherry find comfort and e'ljoyment in the abortion to very late in life, but a large "burden" of acting in the best interests of his retirement. percentage of the victims begin to suffer the patients

29-059 0-90-14 (Pt. lOl 13656 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 27, 1989 contest on the Constitution. Winners were se­ Mr. Speaker, the capital of Little League on the people and the events that have lected in nine regions, and from those, a na­ Baseball is located in Williamsport, PA. Haps shaped the city of Waterbury. I would like to tional winner chosen. Boyer, and all of us who love the State realize summarize for my colleagues his career and The national winner was Michael Rather, a the importance of having that capital within his achievements. senior at Nottaway High School, Blackstone, our borders, for the prestige of this outstand­ He was born in Waterbury on February 17, VA. His essay, titled "Our Responsibilities as ing program is matched only by the benefits 1922, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry London. 'We the People' " included this statement, that have been reaped by its participants He was graduated from Driggs Grammar "Our responsibilities as 'We The People' in­ throughout the past 50 years. School, Crosby High School, and Rider Col­ clude being aware of current events, acting as I am grateful to Haps Boyer for sharing with lege in Trenton, NJ, where he majored in jour­ law-abiding citizens, assembling peacefully our children the attributes of fair play, team­ nalism. and voting." He wrote that citizens must influ­ work, good sportsmanship, and an under­ After graduation in 1942, he joined the staff ence government "because their decisions in­ standing of the meaning of friendly · competi­ fluence us." The DAR honored Mr. Rather at tion. As those youngsters grew, he can be of the Waterbury Democrat. War interrupted its National Convention in Constitution Hall. sure they remembered the values they his journalism career when he joined the field Regional winners were: Olga Itkin, Brook­ learned on the playing field under his loving artillery and served in Hawaii and with the line, MA, Duane J. Corpis, Columbia, SC, guidance. Our society is in need of citizens Army of Occupation in Japan. He was honor­ Paula E. Edelenbos, Portsmouth, OH, Denise who possess these values: who seek fairness, ably discharged in 1946 with the rank of tech­ Kay Drudik, Grand Island, NE, Etien Frett, who place the interests of a group above their nical sergeant. He rejoined the Democrat and Friendswood, TX, Franz X. Wuerfmannsdobler, own, who can admit defeat with a grin. worked there until it folded in December of Salida, CO, Luke Wilson, Bozeman, MT, and Central Pennsylvania boys and girls have that year. He went to the Evening News in Emily Roberts, a student at a Department of had the finest role model in Haps Boyer. I join Southbridge, MA. Defense school in Heidelberg, West Germany. countless others when I say I am proud to call He quickly returned to newspaper reporting The winners, and their teachers, were him a friend. in Waterbury on February 17, 1947, and has awarded a trip to New York City April 29-30 remained on the staff ever since, serving as as guests of the Bicentennial Commission to general assignments reporter, police reporter, attend the celebration at Federal Hall of the IN SUPPORT OF VETERANS' SUP­ PLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION and political reporter. He covered the general 200th anniversary of George Washington's in­ assembly for many years before becoming di­ auguration as the first President of the United HON. JOHN BRYANT rector of the editorial pages of the Republican States. and the American in 1968. I met with these students in New York, and OF TEXAS In 1981 he received the Community Service as a former teacher of American history, I was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Award from Mattatuck Community College for gratified to learn how well informed these Tuesday, June 27, 1989 young people are about our history and insti­ work he did on committees at the college and tutions. I know my colleagues join me in offer­ Mr. BRYANT. Mr. Speaker, last Friday, June as a member of the Higher Education Center ing congratulations to ail of the winners of 23, the House voted on final passage of H.R. blue ribbon task force. He is a past president today, destined to be the leaders of tomorrow. 2402, the veterans' supplemental appropria­ of the Connecticut chapter, Society of Profes­ tions bill, making supplementary appropria­ sional Journalists, and has received awards tions for the Department of Veterans' Affairs from that society. In 1961, he won the nation­ TRIBUTE TO HAPS BOYER for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989. al first prize of the American Trucking Asso­ Unfortunately, I was called out of town last ciations for a series of articles on the need to HON. GEORGE W. GEKAS Friday and was unable to make the vote-Roll build Route 8 through the Naugatuck Valley OF PENNSYLVANIA No. 107. I would like now to go on record in and in 1976 he won a first place editorial writ­ support of the legislation which was cleared IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing award from the New England United Press for the President's signature. Tuesday, June 27, 1989 International for an analysis of the Waterbury As a member of the House Budget Commit­ Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, it is fitting that in tee on leave from the House Veterans' Affairs school system's problems. the year of the 50th anniversary of Little Committee, I was deeply involved in each For many years he has managed election League Baseball, I call the attention of my stage of the budget process. I am proud that news coverage for the newspapers and colleagues to the East League Midget Base­ the budget approved by the Congress earlier served as broadcast announcer for radio cov­ ball Team of Harrisburg, PA. And when central this year included a $1 billion increase for vet­ erage. For about 20 years, he has been a reg­ Pennsylvania residents think of this little erans' medical care above the inflationary ular panel member of Connecticut Public Tele­ league team, they think of a man whose dedi­ baseline-the funding level necessary to keep vision's "Fourth Estate Show." cation to children has been evidenced for peace with inflation. He was named as a founding member of nearly as long as there has been little I am proud to have been named "Legislator the board of directors of Crime Stoppers of league-Haps Boyer. of the Year" in 1988 by the Texas State Connecticut, is the head of the Waterbury Haps Boyer was raised in a tradition of Council of the Vietnam Veterans of America campership fund and has served in several dedication to children and sport. Many of my for my staunch advocacy of veterans' issues capacities with the United Way appeals. constituents can remember his father, also and concerns. This statement declares my He married Arlene Freedman in 1948 and Haps, attending every football game played at continued support for the veterans of America they have two sons, Michael and Steve, and the John Harris field. But this colorful charac­ through the consistent support for both veter­ ter did not just watch the game-he participat­ three grandchildren. ans' supplemental bills-H.R. 2402 and H.R. I know that my colleagues will join me in ed. Right before the kickoff, Haps Boyer, Sr., 2072. ) would run down to the field and throw a rab­ congratulating Sherman London upon his re­ bit's foot over the goal post. Even into his tirement from professional journalism and eighties, Haps would be seen trotting down to TRIBUTE TO SHERMAN D . wishing he and his family the very best in all that football field. A football game just was LONDON their future endeavors. Today, more than any not a football game without Haps, Sr. other day, proves that there is life after jour­ And the East League Midget Baseball Team HON. JOHN G. ROWLAND nalism. will not be the same with the retirement of OF CONNECTICUT Haps Boyer, Jr. For 40 years, Haps has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES helped instill in area children the values of teamwork, sportsmanship, discipline, and re­ Tuesday, June 27, 1989 sponsibility. He has lovingly and selflessly Mr. ROWLAND of Connecticut. Mr. Speak­ overseen the mental and physical develop­ er, Thursday, June 29, marks an end of an era ment of literally thousands of children during in journalism in Connecticut. For over 40 their most formative years. years, Sherman D. London has been reporting June 27, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13657 A TRIBUTE TO DAVID SULLINS, efforts by destroying coca processing labs The E-Star Award recognizes continued su­ JR. and clandestine airstrips used by the traffick­ perior performance by E Award recipients in ers in the major coca growing areas. More expanding a company's export share, in open­ HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. than 40 members of Peru's Civil Guard have ing new product lines, and in entering new re­ OF TENNESSEE been killed thus far during the course of anti­ gional markets. narcotics activities. Last month a State De­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES partment plane carrying the head of Peru's Tuesday, June 27, 1989 coca eradication program as well as a DEA CONGRATULATIONS AMBASSA- Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to agent and 7 others crashed. There were no DOR SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK pay tribute to a family friend and fellow volun­ survivors. teer from Athens, TN, Dr. W. David Sullins, Jr., Unfortunately, that is not the end of the HON. WM. S. BROOMFIELD death toll. We must also count our losses at who this week will assume the presidency of OF MICHIGAN the American Optometric Association. home: New York Patrolman Edward Byrne For over 20 years, David Sullins has com­ was shot in the head while he was guarding a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES piled a remarkable record of service to his witness in a drug case and DEA Agent Kiki Tuesday, June 27, 1989 country, his community, his profession, and Camarena who was tortured and killed for his efforts at combating drug trafficking and cor­ Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, President his patients. Shortly after graduation from Bush recenty announced the appointment of Southern College of Optometry in 1965 David ruption in Mexico. There have been others, in­ cluding Federal, State and local law enforce­ one of America's most distinguished citizens volunteered for service in the U.S. Navy and to be the new Ambassador to the Czechoslo­ Marine Corps. Upon his departure from active ment officers, who have been slain in the line of duty, casualties in the war against drugs. vak Socialist Republic. duty in 1969, David began a career in the Re­ Mrs. Shirley Temple Black is the only living serves and currently serves as a captain in We must also include the thousands who have lost thier lives or lost control of their Republican I know who has been a figure of the Medical Service Corps of the Naval Re­ great national prominence since the days serve. lives because of drug abuse. Both, throughout our country with the spread of crack cocaine, before Franklin Roosevelt was elected Presi­ At the same time, David rejoined his father dent. in the practice of optometry in Athens and and in Latin America with the increased use of cocaine and cocaine products, the losses A business reporter might say that Mrs. plunged into community service, serving for 4 Black was on a career fast track. She made years on the Athens City Council and as continue to add up. Mr. Speaker, too many Americans in the her first movie, "Stand Up and Cheer," when mayor for 2 years. Somehow David also found she was 3 V2 years old. time to devote to his profession. He has North and in the South, have already died be­ cause of illicit narcotics. Drug trafficking and As Ronald Reagan found out, achieving served as president of his local, State, and re­ such recognition at a young age can be a gional optometric associations and has also drug abuse is a plague upon our modern world. There is no easy cure for this disease, mixed blessing. When Mr. Reagan ran for the been active in the national association for but we must continue to combat it in every Presidency in 1980, some people still consid­ many years. David Sullins has rightfully earned way we know how. That means fighting this ered him a film star, even though he had a the reputation as the volunteer's volunteer scourge on our societies in the streets of New solid background in labor affairs, most notably and I am pleased his colleagues have shown York and Los Angeles and in the jungles of as president of the Screen Actors Guild for 6 the wisdom and foresight to choose him to Peru and Bolivia. It means dedicating our limit­ years, and a long and prominent career in lead them in the coming year. ed national resources toward educating our public affairs, as a two-term Governor of Cali­ youth to reject drugs and in treating and reha­ fornia and as a leading spokesman for the THE MOUNTING LOSSES IN THE bilitating those who have already become ad­ Republican Party. WAR AGAINST DRUGS dicted. We need a national and international Like President Reagan, Mrs. Black followed crusade against drugs. Nothing less would ap­ her film career with a distinguished career in HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN propriately honor the memory of the hundreds public service. For more than 20 years, she who have already sacrificed their lives in the has given her time and talents to public serv­ OF NEW YORK war against drugs. ice. She has served in such positions as Dele­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gate to the U.N. General Assembly, Ambassa­ Tuesday, June 27, 1989 dor to the Republic of Ghana, and cochair of THE MACBETH DIVISION OF Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, we recently read the State Department's ambassadorial semi­ KOLLMORGEN INSTRUMENTS nars. of another tragic drug-related murder in Co­ OF NEWBURGH, NY, WINS, E­ But most important, like everyone in this lombia. This time it was a reputable television STAR AWARD editor, Jorge Leon Vallejo, who was kid­ Chamber, she has run as a candidate for Con­ napped by gunmen and found shot dead out­ HON. HAMILTON FISH, JR. gress. side Medellin, home base of the drug cartel of I know that Mrs. Black's experience in so OF NEW YORK the same name. He is the fourth journalist to many areas of American life will make her an IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES be killed in Colombia since April 6, 1989. effective advocate for the ideals we all share, Of course, it is not only journalists who Tuesday, June 2 7, 198 9 and that her good judgment and graciousness have been killed in Colombia because of their Mr. FISH. Mr. Speaker, I take this opportuni­ will appeal to people throughout Czechoslova­ antidrug efforts. Over 50 judges, including half ty to commend the Kollmorgen Instruments kia. of the Supreme Court, have been assassinat­ Corp. of Newburgh, NY, in my district for win­ ed by the drug traffickers. The Colombian at­ ning the U.S. Department of Commerce's COMMENDING URI'S GREEK torney general as well as scores of other law prestigious E-Star Award. This award is given ORGANIZATIONS enforcment personnel, government officials in recognition of outstanding contributions to and private citizens also have lost their lives the increase of U.S. exports. in Colombia. The drug traffickers offer those This award will be presented to Kollmor­ HON. RONALD K. MACHTLEY who stand in there way either silver or lead, a gen's Macbeth Division for its color measure­ OF RHODE ISLAND bribe or a death sentence. For the drug king­ ment and management systems in a public IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pins, murder is just another form of doing ceremony to be announced in Washington. business. The E-Star Award goes to only a very few Tuesday, June 27, 1989 Still, the governments of Colombia, Bolivia, firms annually. To qualify, a firm must have Mr. MACHTLEY. Mr. Speaker, today it is my Ecador and Peru continue to try to combat been cited previously by the U.S. Commerce distinct pleasure to honor Jeff Britt, president drug production and trafficking. The Drug En­ Department for excellence in exporting U.S. of the Interfraternity Council at the University forcement Administration through Operation products and services. In 1986, Kollmorgen's of Rhode Island. I would like to recognize Jeff Snowcaps is working closely with the Boliv­ Macbeth Division was given the E Award for for his positive contributions to Rhode Island ians and Peruvians to disrupt drug production excellence in exporting. and to communities outside of Rhode Island. 13658 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 27, 1989 As president of the Interfraternity Council, probably less than 2 percent of the entire payments can be attributed to other regions of Jeff played an instrumental role in raising a 1987 crop. This is hardly a factor in the the country or nonirrigated practices. total of $114,000 for charities. A portion of budget and should not be reason for such leg­ These are incidences where reclamation this money was given to assist an important islation as is being proposed. water recipients grow Federal program crops. development project for the community of La The more pertinent factors in Federal out­ However, the 1982 Reclamation Reform Act Union, Guatemala. In addition, members of !ays for corn payments is the level of the applied strict acreage control to reclamation the fraternities and sororities performed 7, 700 target price and loan rate for corn. Several recipients. With these restrictions, and the evi­ hours of community service, delivered 25,000 studies document that corn target prices and dence I have cited above regarding the com­ pounds of food to the homeless, and donated target rates are far out of line with production parably minimal amount of program crops 600 pints of blood. costs and other commodity target levels. grown under reclamation irrigation, I urge my I am proud to commend Jeff, and his frater­ Laying that aside, let's look at the specifics. colleagues to reassess their interest in this nity and sorority colleagues, for their selfless According to the U.S. Department of Agri­ issue and consider the facts. actions which have positively affected the culture, there are 277,713 irrigated farms com­ lives of thousands of human beings. The work prising 48,647,729 acres in the United States. of these young people will doubtlessly have a PROTECT THE SOCIAL This amounts to only 11 percent of the 421 SECURITY TRUST FUND profound impact even beyond our national million acres of cropland in production in this borders. The compassion demonstrated by country. Of the 48.6 million acres of irrigated these students not only improves the life of land, 84 percent is in the 17 western reclama­ HON. RICHARD RAY others, but also sets an admirable example of tion States. More than a third of the irrigated OF GEORGIA human understanding and international coop­ farming units are livestock operations, 21 per­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eration. cent are cash grain operations, and approxi­ Tuesday, June 27, 1989 mately 19 percent are fruit and tree nut farms. Mr. RAY. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Morton A. Harris Less than one-third of reclamation State irri­ THE GREAT MYTH OF of the Third District of Georgia recently sent gated farms receive water from an off-farm SUBSIDIZED WATER me a copy of the "Special Supplement" on source, for example, reclamation or other the Social Security trust fund prepared by the water delivery systems. Even if all off-farm Employee Benefit Research Institute. This HON. RICHARD H. STALLINGS water sources are lumped into reclamation report explains the state of the Social Security OF IDAHO project sources, and livestock operations, fruit trust fund and projects its status for the future. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and nut farms and other nonprogram crop I want to submit a copy of this statement for farms are subtracted out, we end up with a Tuesday, June 27, 1989 the benefit of my colleagues. figure of about 11 percent of all irrigated Mr. STALLINGS. Mr. Speaker, I want to cor­ Mr. Speaker, I have long supported legisla­ rect some of the misunderstanding which cur­ farms in the West with reclamation water and tion aimed at keeping this, and other trust rently exists regarding western reclamation program crops. As earlier mentioned, few of funds, out of the Federal budget. Continuing projects. Recently, my colleague, Mr. GEJDEN­ these operations grown corn. The principal to do business as usual threatens these trust SON, introduced legislation which perpetuates farm program crops are winter wheat, spring funds and masks fiscal irresponsibility. We a tragic misconception-that western farmers wheat, barley, oats, and in the case of south­ must take the trust fund moneys out of the who receive water from Bureau of Reclama­ ern California and Texas, rice. budget equation, and face up to the true tion projects are the principal contributors to Of these crops, the bulk is grown in the annual deficit and national debt. surplus agriculture commodities. The bill, in Central Plains States. Even though these The report follows: States are classified among the 17 western simple terms, would mandate that a western SUMMARY OF THE 1989 ANNUAL REPORT OF farmer who receives reclamation water make reclamation States, most of their crops are THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FEDERAL a choice between that water and Federal farm not irrigated. Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Okla­ OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE AND program participation. homa, Montana, North and South Dakota, to DISABILITY INSURANCE TRUST FUNDS Unfortunately, I see that some of my fellow my knowledge, do not use extensive irrigation HIGHLIGHTS members of the Agriculture Committee are practices on winter or spring wheats. These As shown in the 1989 Annual Report, the now cosponsors of this legislation. I would seven States account for about 75 percent of assets of the Old-Age and Survivors Insur­ urge them, and all my colleagues, to consider winter wheat production and 65 percent of ance (OASI) Trust Fund increased by $40.7 the following facts and reassess what appears spring wheat production. What we typically billion in calendar year 1988, reflecting, in to be a red herring issue, floated to divert at­ think of as irrigated reclamation States raise part, the continuing growth in the economy. Including the increase of $0.2 billion in the tention from other problems associated with only about 20 percent of winter wheat grown in the United States and less than 10 percent Disability Insurance based on the intermediate alternative 11-B Long-range 75-year estimates for OASDI, assumptions. The ratio rises steadily and One and a quarter million of our American although sensitive to variations in the as­ reaches 547 percent in 2014. After 2014, the veterans fought and died throughout our histo­ sumptions, indicate the trend and general ratio declines until the combined funds are ry to defend this flag and what is stands for. range of the program's future financial exhausted in 2046. The importance of the The flag right here in this Chamber that we status. During this long-range period, trust fund accumulating reserves is empha­ pledge to, we can take it down, throw it on the income and outgo are greatly affected by de­ sized by Chart D. As the chart shows, the floor, step on it, defecate on it, do anything mographic, as well as economic, conditions. build-up in the reserves will be needed later we want, burn it, as long as we have a mes­ on to pay benefits to the increasing num­ Most of the beneficiaries during the next 75 sage, and the Court is going to say it is all years have already been born, so that their bers of retired persons who were born in the numbers are projected mainly from the high bith-rate years from the mid-1940s to right. present population. The numbers of workers the mid-1960s. The Court has humiliated the flag and al­ involved in these projections, however, The table below presents a comparison of lowed its desecration in the Chicago court depend largely on future birth rates, which the annual income and cost rates for the 75- case also. America should be outraged. are subject to more variability. year long-range projection period, based on Are there any limitations? Are they going to Several important demographic trends are the four sets of assumptions. The figures allow fornication in Times Square at high anticipated, which will raise the proportion are expressed as percentages of taxable pay­ noon? If one has a political and social mes­ of the aged in the population during the roll. next 75 years. First, because of the large sage to make, why not go ahead and do it? I am sure the Supreme Court will probably number of persons born in the two decades Income Actuarial after World War II, rapid growth is expect­ Assumptions rate Cost rate balance uphold it. ed in the aged population after the turn of If we change the Court, we change the de­ the century. Second, assumed declines in Optimistic ...... 12.90 11.16 1.74 cision. What we need is a constitutional death rates also would increase the numbers Intermediate 11-A ...... 12.98 13.08 - .10 Intermediate 11-B ...... 13.02 13.72 - .70 amendment. of aged persons. At the same time, birth Pessimistic .. 13.15 16.78 -3.63 In addition, Mr. Speaker, I wish to draw at­ rates, which began to decline in the 1960s tention to the fact that when I made the and are assumed to remain relatively low in Note.-lncome rate, cost rate. and actuarial balance are defined in the text. the future, would hold down the numbers of above statement on the floor of the House of young people. The long-range OASDI actuarial deficit of Representatives on Thursday, June 22, 1989, Chart B shows the long-range trend in the 0.70 percent of taxable payroll, based on the my exact words were not printed in total and number of covered workers per OASDI ben­ intermediate 11-B assumptions, results from were misrepresented by the House stenogra­ eficiary. and a cost that substituting even a single word of a beneficiaries.> Based on the intermediate as­ rate of 13.72 percent over the period. In the sumptions, this ratio is estimated to decline absence of other changes, the long-range ac­ Member of Congress should be the preroga­ gradually from 3.3 in 1988 to 3.0 in 2010. tuarial balance will tend to worsen slowly in tive of the stenographers. That is a right that I From 2010 to 2030, the estimated ratio falls future annual reports, as the valuation believe should be reserved for the Speaker of rapidly to 2.0 as the number of beneficiaries period moves forward and additional distant the House.