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HONORING HUGH B. ROBEY IN RECOGNITION OF DR. AMIR Jewel, the daughter of Russian-Jewish im­ BARON migrants, was born on a small farm in a remote part of Vermont where her parents had settled and established a small dairy HON. STENY H. HOYER HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN farm. She and her eight brothers and sisters OF FLORIDA attended a one-room schoolhouse, where she OF MARYLAND IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was singled out as particularly bright and Wednesday, June 6, 1990 eager to learn. When the family moved south IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, it.is with to Massachusetts, she attended a more great pleasure that I rise today to salute an modern school, and graduated from high Wednesday, June 6, 1990 outstanding individual in my congressional dis­ school at age 15. trict, who for 20 years, has shown dedicated After her graduation from North Adams Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to service as an outstanding educator in the Normal School, she applied for a job with the honor Mr. Hugh B. "Reds" Robey, who is re­ United States. Federal Government, and found herself at 18 tiring after 40 years of service as Prince I am speaking of Dr. Amir Baron, director of years old moving to post-World War I Wash­ George's County Director of Parks and Recre­ education at the Lehrman Day School of ington as a "yeomanette" -a clerk in the War ation for the Maryland-National Capitol Park Temple Emanu-El, who has recently received Department. Jewel began the family's emigra­ and Planning Commission. the Distinguished Jewish Educator Award of tion to urban life, and soon sent for her broth­ Mr. Robey's leadership has guided the park the World Zionist Organization. This award is ers and sisters. After her marriage to Bernard system through substantial growth and in­ one of the highest honors in Jewish educa­ Rosenberg, a French immigrant, she raised a creased services to the people of Maryland. tion. family of two children while working, first for Under Mr. Robey's direction, Maryland's parks Dr. Baron has provided 14 years of dedicat­ the Federal Government and later for the have grown from a few acres to over 16,000 ed leadership for Temple Emanu-El and its family business as the bookkeeper and a prin­ acres of parkland and a capital improvement Lehrman Day School. In addition, Dr. Baron cipal partner. budget of over $70 million. has provided leadership for numerous commu­ It was during this post-World War I period In 1973, 1977, and 1984, the National nitywide efforts benefiting south Florida Jewry that Jewel's business capability and unusual Sports Foundation Inc., bestowed its coveted and his native Israel. energy fully blossomed. She assisted her hus­ National Gold Medal Award upon the depart­ Prior to joining the school, Dr. Baron was di­ band and other family members in building a rector of education for the Zionist Organiza­ ment for "outstanding achievement in park successful business, assumed a position of tion of America, headquartered in Long Island, and recreation administration." In 1983, the leadership in an investment club of 15 NY. In 1970, the Israeli born Dr. Baron arrived department was further honored as the recipi­ women, and simultaneously helped a friend to in the United States as an exchange educator, ent of the foundation's Special Recreation and became an instructor of Hebrew and Ju­ establish a thriving business in interior deco­ Gold Medal Award in recognition of "outstand­ diaca at the College of Advanced Jewish rating by serving as a business adviser and ing community achievement for physically and Studies, in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Amir Baron has bookkeeper. Because of her extensive busi­ mentally handicapped citizens." This distinc­ become one of our country's greatest ambas­ ness experience, she was asked by a group tion as a four-time national gold medalist is sadors to the State of Israel. of prominent women to assist in developing a unparalleled by any other park and recreation Mr. Speaker, I appreciate this opportunity to new business venture in Washington-a bank, department in the Nation. present a brief profile of this most prominent to be run by and for women. Mr. Robey has made many significant con­ educator, Dr. Amir Baron. Hundreds of stu­ The Women's Bank of Washington, devoted tributions to the development of park and dents in the Lehrman Day School and Temple to helping women secure loans to establish recreation facilities in Prince George's County. Emanu-El have benefited from Dr. Baron's de­ their own businesses, ushered in a new era They include the Enterprise Gold Course, two votion to the teaching of the Torah. for women, since, before the bank's establish­ ice rinks, indoor and outdoor swimming and I wish him many more years of dedicated ment, it was difficult for women to get loans fitness centers, the Prince George's Equestri­ service to our community. approved unless the applications were co­ an Center, the Fairland Athletic Complex, 35 signed by a man. Jewel served as the bank's community centers, Harmony Hall Regional director until it was sold in the 1980's. When Center, indoor tennis facilities, and two expan­ TRIBUTE TO JEWEL SPITZER the Comptroller of the Currency questioned sive regional parks. ROSENBERG her ability to continue in that capacity for the Robey is a lifetime resident of Prince sole reason that she was in her late seven­ George's County. He is involved in many com­ ties, a letter from one of her children con­ munity organizations, serving on the Prince vinced him that Jewel was indeed still vigor­ George's County Chamber of Commerce, HON. CONSTANCE A. MORELLA ous and active. Prince George's County Arts Council, Prince OF MARYLAND Jewel Spitzer Rosenberg has been a role George's Travel Promotion Council and is a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES model for her children and grandchildren, and founding member and 5-year president of the Wednesday, June 6, 1990 even her great-grandchildren. Her Yankee ori­ Prince George's County Chapter of Ducks Un­ Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I join today gins and Russian roots, added to her own skill limited. with her family and friends in extending my and determination, have combined to make The communities of Prince George's County best wishes and heartiest congratulations to her a remarkable woman of wit, strength, and have grown and prospered through Mr. my constituent, Jewel Spitzer Rosenberg of conviction. I am proud to represent her in the Robey's many years of active involvement Silver Spring, MD, on her 90th birthday. U.S. Congress, and join with the Rosenberg and dedication. The county is truly a better Throughout her life, Jewel has been a role and Spitzer families, who will be gathering this place because of the commitment made by model for the immigrant family and the Sunday to help her celebrate her 90th birth­ Mr. Hugh B. Robey. modern woman. day, in saluting this woman for all seasons.

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. June 6, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13267 THE CENTENNIAL OF TUXEDO nity is located on what was once the estate of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 10 editorials E.H. Harriman, the railroad magnate. The Har­ written by Tom Hylton of the Pottstown Mer­ HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN riman family included the late E. Averell Harri­ cury in Pottstown, PA. OF NEW YORK man, who throughout his distinguished career These editorials on the subject of farmland IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES as Ambassador, as a Cabinet officer, and as preservation won this year's Pulitzer Prize for Governor of New York, served with the dis­ editorial writing, and I commend them to my Wednesday, June 6, 1990 tinction and the grace which have become the colleagues. Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, this weekend the hallmarks of Tuxedo, NY. These editorials address what is, in my town of Tuxedo, NY, in Orange County, will be The name Tuxedo is familiar to all in this view, a most pressing problem in southeastern celebrating the 1OOth anniversary of its incor­ chamber as well as to all Americans due to Pennsylvania. poration as a town. Appropriate ceremonies the article of formal clothing which was invent­ The House Interior Committee's Subcom­ will be held to commemorate this milestone ed there by Pierre Lorrilard in 1885. Tiring of mittee on General Oversight and Investiga­ centennial celebration. the old tradition of dressing in tails for dinner, tions, which I chair, is conducting a series of Although Tuxedo has been an incorporated Mr. Lorrilard cut the tails off of his evening hearings in Washington and around the coun­ town for only 100 years, the community dates coat and a new line of clothing-the Tuxedo­ try entitled "The American Landscape in the back much further than that. Part of the town was born. All of us associate wearing a 21st Century." of Tuxedo was mined for its rich iron ore de­ Tuxedo with the outstanding events of our Throughout the eastern United States, open posits as long ago as the Revolutionary War lives: the high school prom, the college grad­ space and farmland is vanishing from those era. In fact, the famous chain which stretched uation ceremonies, and our weddings. Thus, congested areas between Boston and Wash­ across the Hudson River to prevent British the lives of millions of people throughout the ington where it is most desperately needed. warships from ascending that waterway to world are linked to this fine community in New These editorials speak to the tragic destruc­ attack colonial communities was mined and York State on milestone occasions. tion of the American countryside and the ef­ forged in what is now the town of Tuxedo. Many residents of my 22d Congressional forts of a single community in southeastern That portion of the town was known then and District are confused regarding the upcoming Pennsylvania to slow it down just a bit. ever since as Sterling Forest. centennial celebration. After all, the road signs [From the Pottstown Mercury, Feb. 27, Residents started to refer to the area as greeting travellers about to enter the town of 1989] Tuxedo during the early 1800's. Some. histori­ Tuxedo indicate that the town was established SWIFT, STRONG ACTION NEEDED To PRESERVE ans contend that the name Tuxedo is an old in 1889. In fact, this was indeed the year that American Indian word meaning "land of the OUR FARMLAND the Board of Supervisors of Orange County There are 26 states east of the Mississippi bear." Other historians contend that it is approved separating what is now the town of merely a corruption of the words "duck" and River. Tuxedo from the town of Monroe. However, Many of these states are famous for agri­ "cedar". Most likely, the word was, indeed, an the first election of town officials and the first culture-from the cotton plantations of Ala­ Indian phrase which the earliest settlers sim­ town board meeting were held during the bama to the orange groves of Florida, from plified into "duck cedar" for simplicity sake. In spring of 1890. Accordingly, the State Histori­ the tobacco fields of North Carolina to the either case, this beautiful town certainly· was an's office has advised the town of Tuxedo plains of Indiana and the great dairy farms rich in ducks, cedars, and bears until well into that this year, not last, is the suitable time to on Wisconsin. the 1800's. But the greatest center of agricultural celebrate the town's centennial. production in the East is right outside our In the years following our American Civil And so, Mr. Speaker, we salute the more War, the wealthiest families in the Nation cre­ doorsteps. than 3,000 residents of the town of Tuxedo. In Of the 1,566 counties in the East, Lancas­ ated the community of Tuxedo Park along addition to residing in the aforementioned ter County is No. 1 in the total value of its Tuxedo Lake. These were the wealthy old communities of Tuxedo Park-which has been agricultural products. New York families who needed a retreat to an incorporated village since 1952-and the Chester County is No.8. get away from city life without having to hamlets of Sterling Forest and Arden, the Berks County is No. 22. hobnob in Newport, AI, with the upstart new Agriculture is the most important indus­ town of Tuxedo also consists of the hamlet of try in Pennsylvania, and the heart of Penn­ rich families such as the Vanderbuilts and the Tuxedo where the town hall, police depart­ Rockefellers. By choosing Tuxedo Park as the sylvania's agriculture is in the southeastern ment, and other governmental offices are lo­ Pennsylvania. site of their restricted community, they choose cated; the hamlet of Southfields which was But a great tragedy is unfolding before us. a location along the shores of Tuxedo Lake originally the business and cultural center of Our agricultural heritage-and our most which to this day is known for its style, grace, the town upon its first incorporation; and the vital industry-is being lost to uncontrolled and elegance. hamlet of Eagle Valley, one of the most beau­ development. Many great, influential persons spent their tiful locations in New York State. Thousands of acres of the finest farmland lives in Tuxedo Park. Members of the Roose­ in the world are being squandered for ram­ Mr. Speaker, Town Supervisor Annette A. bling housing developments and strip malls. velt and the Delano family for many years re­ Dorozynski, her town board, and the other sided there and looked down on their poor And in the mad scramble for dollars, de­ town officials have joined with the historical velopers are destroying the very quality of cousin from upriver, Franklin Delano Roose­ society, the fire departments, and with many life that has attracted new people and in­ velt, for the 12 years that he served as our other interested citizens of the community all dustry to our area in the first place. President. In fact, President Roosevelt's of which have worked hard to organize truly In recent years, Chester County has been cousin, the late Katherine St. George, repre­ memorable and appropriate centennial cere­ losing its farmland at the rate of four acres sented my 22d Congressional District in this monies. Accordingly, I invite all of our col­ a day. That rate is now accelerating to 10 chamber for many years. She was the epito­ acres a day. leagues to join with me in wishing the town of Since 1979, Chester County has lost 47,000 me of the typical resident of Tuxedo Park­ Tuxedo a happy anniversary and our heartiest devoted to helping others and to working for acres of farmland-an area more than five congratulations as they embark upon their times larger than North Coventry Town­ the benefit of our Nation without ever forget­ second century. ship. ting her sense of grace and charm. Berks County is now losing about 5,000 Perhaps the most famous resident of all at acres of farmland a year. Since 1978, the Tuxedo Park was the late Emily Post. She rec­ PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER county has lost more than 40,000 acres of ognized the need to explain the principles of WINS PULITZER land to development. etiquette to all Americans, while always under­ The creation of agricultural security dis­ scoring that the purpose of good manners is HON. PETER H. KOSTMAYER tricts is a step in the right direction-but it provides no guarantee that farms will be to make life easier and more convenient for OF PENNSYLVANIA others. Emily Post, throughout her lifetime and saved. Farmers can drop out of the districts IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and sell their land to developers at any long after her passing, was considered the ul­ Wednesday, June 6, 1'990 time. timate social arbitor of proper behavior. There is only one sure way to save farm­ Another portion of the town of Tuxedo is Mr. KOSTMA YEA. Mr. Speaker, over the land, and that is to buy the development the Hamlet of Arden. This historic old commu- next 10 legislative days I will be entering into rights. 13268 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 1990 Recently, the chairman of the Chester Ag­ Human Rights Foundation has been responsi­ Square that awoke people all over China. ricultural Development Committee said the ble for her agenda. By government counts, in 1989, there were county should set a goal of preserving at Mr. Speaker, on the anniversary of the Tian­ demonstrations in 84 Chinese cities. The least 50,000 acres of farmland by the year anmen Square massacre, Chai Ling delivered Spirit of Tiananmen Square has lit the Chi­ 2000. nese people's desire for freedom and democ­ He said it could cost $100 million just to an excellent statement on the significance of racy. save 20,000 acres by purchasing the develop­ the events of last year for the Chinese people Brutal force and terror can never win the ment rights. He hoped another 30,000 acres and for the future of democracy in China. I hearts and minds of the people. After last could be saved through private efforts. ask that her statement be placed in the June, the people have less fear of death, With each new farm that is developed, it RECORD, and I urge my colleagues to give her both physically and spiritually. This is true becomes that much more difficult to save remarks careful and thoughtful consideration. all over China. That is the reason I could the remaining farms. Development feeds SPEECH OF CHAI LING escape successfully. People were no longer upon itself. afraid to help me. So far, the Chester and Berks County THE MEANING OF TIANANMEN SQUARE commissioners have been temporizing about One year ago yesterday, the killing began THE CURRENT SITUATION . the issue, hoping that some politically pain­ in Tiananmen Square. The Massacre ended Today, we see all over China passive re­ less course of action will magically appear. the peaceful demonstration that had lasted sistance against the government. Since It won't. for over fifty days. For fifty days, we peace­ people no longer believe in the Government, If the farms are to be saved, the counties fully presented to our government our it has lost its legitimacy. This resistance is will have to spend money-lots of it-to buy hopes and dreams for China. The Govern­ very strong among workers and peasants. In the development rights. ment responded with martial law, tear gas, the ten months of hiding, it was the ordi­ It must be done if we are to save our envi­ bullets and tanks. nary Chinese people who helped me, shel­ ronment, our biggest industry, and our irre­ The major theme of the democracy move­ tered me, fed me and helped me to escape. placeable quality of life. ment last year was peace. The highest prin­ In my journey, I discovered a great There is no other way. ciple of peace is sacrifice. The people in number of people were listening to VOA and China, indeed all over the world, were in­ the BBC. The people of China know the spired by our belief in peace, and our will­ truth. They see the government without its CHINESE STUDENT LEADER ingness to make sacrifices for peace. skin. They see the evil, and feel the fear of During the hunger strike, all of Beijing the Chinese Communist Party leadership. CHAI LING DISCUSSES THE was full of the human spirit of peace and MEANING OF TIANANMEN After the massacre in Tiananmen Square, love which had never been felt in the forty the government of China can never be the SQUARE MASSACRE ON THE year history of Communist China. That his­ same. During last year's democracy move­ ANNIVERSARY OF THE SUP­ tory has been dominated by hatred, and ment, the majority of government officials PRESSION OF THE DEMOCRA­ class struggle. were sympathetic and supportive of the stu­ CY MOVEMENT IN CHINA One year ago, when the tanks came into Tiananmen Square, the students were dents and peaceful demonstrators. Now simply sitting there, facing the tanks peace­ some of them are helping us to escape. HON. TOM LANTOS fully. Outside the Square, thousands of These officials are just like us, eager for people blocked the tanks with their bodies. freedom and democracy. OF CALIFORNIA Their weapons were not guns, but human And the society of China can never be the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dignity. But that is the most powerful same. Today the underground resistance or­ weapon that people can have. That night, it ganizations are still alive. They are careful Wednesday, June 6, 1990 took four to five hours for the tanks to and waiting, but alive and determined. Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, this week, we move one hundred meters forward. Today is the day of sorrow. Thousands of Wang Weilin, the 19 year old student, mothers, teachers, and friends who lost have marked in sadness the anniversary of their loved ones last June have been griev­ the suppression of democracy in the People's blocked the tanks on Changan Avenue with this love, the love for the lives of peaceful ing for a year. There have been many tears, Republic of China with the bloody Tiananmen demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. That but the tears have not been in vain. The Square massacre in Beijing. That brief flower­ scene was captured by the photographers, tears have become the seeds of change, the ing of democracy in totalitarian China was and made known to the world. seeds of human rights, the seeds of freedom largely due to the efforts of students, the There was also a scene that wasn't so well and democracy. young generation of the Chinese people who known. A young woman, a student from an The Chinese Government didn't just want university in Beijing, also tried to block the to kill the people in Tiananmen Square. sought a better life for themselves and their They wanted to kill everything-the hope country. tanks from going into Tiananmen Square. She put one hand on her waist, and the for freedom, the brave call for basic human Mr. Speaker, Chai Ling was the primary other hand up in a stop sign in front of the rights, and the love deep in our hearts. But leader of the Chinese Students' Democracy tanks. But for her, the tanks did not stop. during my ten months of my escape, I saw Movement during the dramatic events 1 year She was crushed. Her young blood forever is that no one can kill hope. The hope for a ago in Tiananmen Square. She was the chair a stain on Tiananmen Square, and on our free life, the hope for a better future, and of the hunger strike committee which orga­ current government. the hope hidden deep in the hearts of every nized a freedom fast from May 13-20, 1989, Why was she willing to die? Because in Chinese man and woman. I am determined her heart she had the same beliefs as the to fight, to keep their hopes alive, and to see in which thousands of Chinese participated. the day when our hopes become reality. During the brutal massacre of the peaceful peaceful demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. The power of love, the power of Today as I stand in freedom, under the prodemocracy demonstrators on June 3-4 of peace, the power of hope, ruled in Tianan­ protection of democratic governments, I last year, Chai Ling remained in Tiananmen men Square those fifty days before the Mas­ plead to the people of the world that you Square with Li Lu and her husband, Feng sacre occurred. The people protected each must not forget those who gave up their Cong De. After the bloodshed, Chai Ling led other. lives for freedom and democracy. Please the survivors from the square at 4:45 a.m. on It would have been easy for the Chinese listen to the cries of China's prisons, and the morning of June 4. Following the military Government to arrest the unarmed stu­ the voices of students, workers and peasants repression, Chai Ling and Feng Cong De fled dents. They didn't need to kill us to stop the who are still deprived of basic human rights. peaceful demonstration. They certainly I say to the people of America, please do not from Beijing foir safety. After surviving some didn't need the tanks and machine guns and forget the people of China. Indeed, do not 10 months underground, they were able to other heavy weapons in order to kill us. The forget people everywhere who suffer at the escape China and arrived safely in the West. reason they were so brutal was because for hands of brutal governments. The economic Today under auspices of the Congressional forty years, the Chinese Communists party well being of our society is important, but it Human Rights Caucus, Members had the op­ had systematically killed many innocent can not be more important than the lives of portunity to meet with Chai Ling and discuss people. Their killing had made the leaders our people. Let your voices of support be her outlook on the future of human rights and of the government live constantly in fear, heard, for the road to freedom and democ­ fearful of the evils within their own souls. racy is long and difficult, and we must not democracy in China. She has been in the They feared the students' peaceful spirits, give up so soon after so much blood had United States for the past week and will con­ they feared the power of love, they feared been shed. tinue to speak and meet with groups through­ most of all, the awakening of the people. And I say to the governments of the out our country during the remainder of this It is peace and love which the students world, do not look at the Chinese people month. During her stay, the Congressional had found within themselves in Tiananmen with old eyes, for the people of China have June 6, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13269 been emboldened in their quest for freedom. "What American policy cannot do is to re­ president, Jack N. Grab; vice president, The struggle for justice is deeply felt by the solve the internal tensions in Soviet reform Robert P. Harrigan; administrative vice presi­ Chinese people. It is not imported from policy or stake everything on Gorbachev's dent, Daniel Rupp; administrative vice presi­ It abroad. is deeply rooted in our own cul­ personal success. dent, James L. Perry; and hundreds of other ture and history. It is our political leaders "With respect to the latter, up to now who now resist this idea. Bush has been able to clearly differentiate officers and stewards-the association has I am grateful to be in Washington, DC between the historically legitimate desire been fortunate in having men with the execu­ with all of you today. I appreciate all the for sovereignty of the Baltic states and the tive ability, good judgement, high degree of support so many people have showed to me violent disorder in the Caucasus. For the honesty and the faculty to lead their mem­ and to the Chinese people. But one day, I moment, he cannot do more than urge the bers. hope to return to my beloved China when it Kreinlin to exercise the same discrimina­ Branch 40 has come a long way from the is free. tion. original 11 men in 1890. They have been in "This makes American steps in the tradi­ tional realm of policy toward Western the forefront of every struggle to improve GOOD EASTER NEWS Europe all the more urgent. working conditions and wages of not only the "Bush's assurances that America intends letter carrier, but of every postal and Federal to remain a European power and Washing­ employee in the country. They now boast a HON. ROBERT K. DORNAN ton's increasing inclination to regard the membership of 1,231 retirees, 102 life mem­ OF CALIFORNIA single European market of 1992 as an oppor­ bers, and 2,670 active carriers. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tunity for intensified Atlantic cooperation, Mr. Speaker, I know that I speak for my col­ rather than as a threat to its own economy, leagues, present and former, from northeast Wednesday, June 6, 1990 reveal the present administration's prior­ ities. Ohio, when I say that we are proud to have Mr. DORNAN of California. Mr. Speaker, the privilege to represent this dedicated group though we have yet to consolidate our victory "Particularly under the impact of the moves toward unification of East and West of public servants. We have worked closely in over communism in Eastern Europe, many are Germany, Bush has filled the old American the past, and we will continue to work togeth­ nonetheless debating what America's role rhetoric about a unified Europe with con­ er toward the goals of branch 40 that we all should be in the post-cold war era. In that re­ crete political content. The role of NATO is share. spect, I would like to submit the following being reevaluated and the political compo­ The achievements of branch 40 were column by William A. Hearst and commend it nent always inherent in it is to be given gained through hard work and vision which to my colleagues. Mr. Hearst quotes exten­ greater importance. "As newly free Eastern European coun­ makes this centennial year a proud achieve­ sively from a brilliant editorial from Zurich's ment. preeminent newspaper. tries seek links to the economic power of Western Europe, and as the 'German ques­ GOOD EASTER NEWS tion' in a new form moves to the center of "Seldom in its brief history as a world all European thought about the future, LIBRARIAN RUTH SHIRE TO RE- power has the United States had more Europe once more becomes central to Amer­ CEIVE YOUTH SERVICES grounds for satisfaction than it does today. ican foreign policy. AWARD The principles of its national existence and "If, as it appears, America needs a new political nature-freedom, democracy, challenge, it may be found in strengthening HON. NITA M. LOWEY human rights-are spreading with explosive of old ties so that they can be made ready to force even to places where they have been take on new partnerships. From these, new OF NEW YORK most deeply despised by governments and international structures may grow. For the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bureacuracies. . . . foreseeable future, they are unthinkable Wednesday, June 6, 1990 "At this point, no one knows just where without American participation." the turbulent upheavals in the Soviet Mrs. LOWEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, on empire will lead. But the task which Amer­ June 17, 1990, the membership of the Mount ica assumed after World War II, that of con­ NALC BRANCH 40 CENTENNIAL Vernon B'nai B'rith will honor Ruth Shire with taining communist expansion and promot­ their annual B'nai B'rith Youth Services ing democratic, pluralistic, market-oriented Award. For 17 years, the group has chosen to values, appears to be culminating now in HON. MARY ROSE OAKAR OF OHIO receive this award an outstanding member of historic triumph. the community who has shown a strong com­ "What, then, is America's next task? IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mitment to helping our youth to receive this "There are some understandable argu­ Wednesday, June 6, 1990 ments on the side of America's 'coming award. Ruth Shire is certainly well-deserving home.' The question is raised, for example, Ms. OAKAR. Mr. Speaker, branch 40 and of this prestigious honor. of whether it is worthy of a great power to Cleveland, OH have contributed a large share The library is the backbone of our Nation's trouble itself about the small details of his­ of the pages that have gone into the making educational system. Local public and school li­ tory, once it has so splendidly fulfilled its of postal history. I am proud to announce the braries offer resources and services to stu­ over-arching mission of facilitating the 1OOth anniversary of the William C. Doherty dents, as well as "safe-havens" -places to go breakthrough of democracy? Given all the domestic, social and economic challenges Branch 40 of the National Association of after school and on weekends that are non­ facing it, would it not make more sense to Letter Carriers on the 24th day of July 1990. threatening and promote a positive self-image. strengthen itself and prove itself at home? The real birth of branch 40 took place in a The House of Representatives, in approving "There is as yet little justification for iso­ gas lit reception room of a private home on the Library Services Act, has evidenced its lationist idylls or triumphal cries about the the morning of October 6, 1889. Eleven men strong understanding of the importance of li­ end of history. One central reality in today's who dared to oppose the sentiments of a rest­ braries to our Nation's well-being. Realpolitik is that America remains a factor less and politically dominated system, were Ruth Shire has, for many years, been in­ of magnitude, a superpower (perhaps, the jeopardizing their jobs by forming the Cleve­ volved in our library system. She has served only one deserving of the name at this point> with a definite place in the structure land Letter Carriers Association. A few months as the head of the children's department of of the world. later, carrier F.S. Trafton went to a conference the Mount Vernon Public Library since 1986. "America's role today must be less a mis­ in Milwaukee and upon his return, carriers de­ She has also served as the children's librarian sionary one, as Reagan saw it, than that of cided to apply for a charter. on the Mount Vernon Bookmobile, which trav­ a force for order, pacification and security. The earliest and perhaps the greatest con­ els to schools and neighborhoods throughout President Bush appears to have grasped this tribution was made by a postal employee and Mount Vernon, and with the Yonkers Public Li­ fact quite clearly. When there is great agita­ Clevelander William Briggs. He not only con­ brary, bringing story hours and books to the tion on one side, it is surely better for the ceived the idea, in 1863, for inaugurating children of inner city day care centers. other side to remain calm and clear-headed. Bush may be just the sober, realistic-minded "home delivery service" but also designed the The value and influence of our libraries can helmsman needed to steer America on its first letter box and carrier uniform. never be overestimated. Mrs. Shire has shown new course between the trumpets of the From its infancy-with a handful of ambi­ an unceasing commitment to education and to crusaders and the siren song of the isola­ tious, heroic, dedicated men, under the lead­ literacy. She has served as a shining example tionists.... ership of John L. Green up to the present of community service for the benefit of our 13270 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 1990 youth. Her involvement has given young of our U.S. Military Academy-a long gray line today is far different than when I began my people hope. Her activities have made the re­ which soon will be 200 years old. military career. Let me take you back 32 sources available for these young people to "Duty, honor, country" is the motto by years and tell you a little about the world I which the West Point student lives, and by entered. expand their horizons and broaden their op­ My first tour was overseas in Germany as portunities. She is to be heartily congratulated which he or she is prepared to die. a second lieutenant in charge of forty infan­ for receiving this well-deserved honor from Mr. Speaker, I was especially proud of our trymen guarding a place called the Fulda B'nai B'rith. four constituents who graduated as part of the Gap, on the massively armed border be­ 1990 class at West Point. Three of them­ tween East and West Germany. The year Sean M. Kilkenny of New City: Victor G. was 1958. TRIBUTE TO THE WARREN­ Garcia of Tappan; and Terence E. Mclinskey NATO was less than a decade old, West TRUMBULL COMMUNITY SERV­ of Pearl River-were selected by our 22d Germany had been in the alliance less than ICE AGENCY Congressional District Service Academy three years. Two years earlier the Soviets had poured 200,000 troops and 4,000 tanks Review Board during the fall of 1985, and I into Hungary to stamp out the dreams of HON. JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR. was pleased to have nominated them for ad­ the Hungarian people for freedom. OF OHIO mission to West Point. A fourth student, The Berlin Wall had not yet been built. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Joseph N. Dejulius of Valley Cottage, was One year earlier the Soviets had launched nominated at about the same time by our col­ Sputnik, shattering our notions of intellec­ Wednesday, June 6, 1990 league in the other Chamber, the junior Sena­ tual superiority and ushering in a period of Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today tor from New York, Mr. D'AMATO. missile-rattling diplomacy on the part of to pay tribute to the Warren-Trumbull Commu­ The President had initially agreed to ad­ Premier Khrushchev that culminated in the dress the class of 1990 at West Point, but he Cuban missile crisis. nity Service Agency [WTCSA] of my 17th One month after I arrived in Germany Congressional District of Ohio, which celebrat­ was forced to cancel these plans due to the Premier Khrushchev announced that the ed its 25th anniversary on April 7, 1990. Since intervening scheduling of the summit confer­ Soviet Union was committed to putting an its formation, WTCSA has been devoted to ence with President Gorbachev. The President end not only to the Western presence in breaking down the barriers of poverty and ig­ designated Gen. Colin L. Powell, our Chair­ Berlin, but in all of Germany. None of us norance. man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to represent knew if war might be imminent. It was a The WTCSA has been on the forefront of him at West Point's graduation. troubled time. assisting members of our community in The President could not have made a more And now, today, the world you inherit is making a better life for themselves. WTCSA appropriate choice. Having been commis­ quite different. It is a world fundamentally has been particularly active in the areas of sioned in 1958-ROTC, city college of New re-shaped by the revolution of 1989. welfare rights, minority health, and the York-General Powell throughout his long The Berlin Wall-symbol of oppression-is homeless. The agency has a variety of de­ down and now being broken up by the East military career has come to personify the Germans to sell as souvenirs. partments, which include a youth depart­ words: "Duty, honor, country." ment, a transportation department, a In Czechoslovakia, a playwright is now weatherization department, a client service Following the graduation ceremony, General President. department, an education department, and Powell invited me to accompany him on a visit In Poland, a shipyard worker has welded a nutrition department. All of these depart­ to our Reserve units at nearby Stewart Airport. the idea of freedom onto the mast of the ments are devoted to enriching the lives of His remarks upon the visit were extremely gra­ new Polish Republic. the citizens of our community. cious and well received by the 105th Air Na­ The menacing Red Army I have watched tional Guard. for 32 years-designed to sweep westward­ The WTCSA takes great pride in the many is retreating as the forces of democracy programs and services that it offers. These in­ Mr. Speaker, I would like to share General sweep eastward. clude a youth assistance and guidance pro­ Powell's graduation speech with our col­ The prospect of a World War is no longer gram modeled after the "Big Brother/Big leagues by inserting it into the CoNGRESSION­ a fear. The world is still troubled, but the Sister" approach. A weatherization program AL RECORD at this point: prospect of peace is now more than a dream. helps people decrease their home heating REMARKS BY GEN. COLIN L. POWELL, And what of Fulda where I started? It's bills. The agency also offers a preemployment CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF still there-waiting for one of you. But by It's impossible for me to attend a commis­ the time you get there it may not be an training program that is designed to assist armed border camp. It may well be a place people in their job search. These are just a sioning ceremony without my thoughts drifting back to my own commissioning 32 inside a now unified Germany where you few of the many programs that the WTCSA years ago next week. will be insuring the peace rather than deter­ offers. Although you and I are separated by more ring a war. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this oppor­ than a generation in age and an epoch in And when next I visit Fulda I'll reminisce tunity to congratulate the WTCSA on their terms of the world you are entering com­ with the German farmers who still bring 25th anniversary. I would also like to com­ pared to the one I did, I suspect the old 2d hot coffee to young American lieutenants mend the agency on the outstanding work Lieutenant Powell's standing here and the on cold winter days. Our nation has won two great victories in they have done for our community. I am hon­ new 2d Lieutenant Powell's sitting out there have more in common than you might my lifetime. One on the battlefield 45 years ored to have this exceptional organization in expect. ago; the other without firing a single shot in my district. First of all, an overwhelming sense of ac­ combat. complishment in meeting the challenge that In the first victory we defeated facism by was set before us. The satisfaction of a work the force of our arms; in the second we de­ WEST POINT'S 1990 well done. feated communism by the strength of our GRADUATING CLASS I'm sure there is also a feeling of excite­ arms. In both conflicts our democratic ment as you anticipate the future-leaving system of values made the difference. the world you have known here at West At the end of the first confict, General HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN Point for the world you will discover in your Omar Bradley-who was to become the first OF NEW YORK first assignment. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We share the same pride of following in spoke from where I am speaking now. He the footsteps of countless others who went looked back on the sacrifices and the blood­ Wednesday, June 6, 1990 before us and who dedicated their lives to shed, the pain and the triumph. Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, on May 31, preserving our nation's heritage. He thought of D-Day when we began our 1990, 895 outstanding young men and women And of course, we both share beaming mission of liberating Europe. And he said, were graduated by our Nation's Military Acad­ parents and family smiling on with a mix­ " ... this was not an army, not a navy, but a emy at West Point, NY. I was pleased and ture of pride, surprise, and in some cases nation sailing to war. Our ships were filled outright disbelief. with the achievements and hopes of the proud to be on hand as these sterling young And, finally, without question we share American people." citizens became a part of the defense forces the intense desire for the speech to end and Today, I stand before you at the threshold of our Nation. I was moved again, as I am for the party to begin. of our second victory. In this second strug­ every year, by the solemn ceremony at West If our experiences on the day we received gle we had no D-Days. There were no great Point which carried forward the grand tradition our commissions are similar, the world naval battles, no invasions, no grand armies June 6, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13271 sweeping across a continent devastated by ry over aggression, our armed forces were a ill-will. To the contrary, our presence is tyranny. shell. viewed as a bulwark of stability in an area But, in this second struggle we too were In the blind hope that they will not be of the globe inhabited by a third of human­ filled with the achievements and hopes of needed again, let us not repeat the mistake ity. We must not shrink from our Pacific re­ the American people. We too stood at the of the past by dismantling our armed forces sponsibilities. outposts of liberty. We too paid the price, when danger seems to be gone. That will And finally, a fourth enduring reality; one we showed resolve, we showed the will of not serve the long-term interests of the that highlights not how far we have trav­ free people united, and we prevailed. United States or our friends throughout the elled in the course of history, but how much We Americans are a pragmatic people. world. We must maintain a strong defense further still we have to go. War, fundamen­ When we set out to meet the Soviet chal­ to maintain a strong America. - talism, drugs, and terrorism are all still with lenge, our goal was not to achieve worldwide The language of my generation-Cold us. They were not spawned by Commu­ domination, but to make it clear to all that War, confrontation, containment-is disap­ nism's birth; they will not end with Commu­ we would never acquiesce in the destruction pearing in the wake of revolutionary nism's demise. of all that was dear to us and to our friends change. But, revolutions do not blot out his­ In the Middle East, regimes have scarred and our allies. tory. Our task therefore is straightforward. Isaiah's prophecy and are beating their In this struggle, our institutions sustained We must recognize what has changed and swords into missiles. In Central America, we us, our values nurtured us, and our armed what has not. We must identify what had to call upon our citizen army to over­ forces protected us. In this struggle we were threats have receded and which have not. throw a despot and return Panama to its not alone. We were joined by allies who We must also remember what is constant, people. shared our belief that peace and security what endures. Sixty years ago a treaty was signed declar­ cannot be obtained at the expense of free­ The first enduring reality we must face is ing war to be an illegal instrument of diplo­ dom. the Soviet Union itself. President Gorba­ macy. Fifty million casualties later we un­ In 1945, Clark Clifford, one of President chev has not embarked on his breathtaking derstand that good intentions and declara­ Truman's closest advisors, wrote to the revolution to relegate the Soviet Union to tions alone will not suffice to ensure the President telling him what needed to be the status of a second ranked power. Nor peace. Ready armed forces are the answer done to meet the Soviet challenge. He said should we expect him to. I believe he is as for the crisis no one ever expects. we had to make the Soviets change their sincere in wanting to reform his country as We will remain joined together with our minds. Instead of thinking that war was in­ he is in making sure it continues to play a friends and allies; united by the common evitable, we wanted them to join with us in dominant role in world affairs. bonds of values and interests. We will do settling our differences peacefully. Clif­ Gennady Gerasimov, the Soviet spokes­ what is required of us to support the peace. ford's hope was that the Soviets would come man at their Ministry of Foreign Affairs, American power and American leadership around when, he said, "they realize that we spoke recently to a group of American col­ are still essential. We are a superpower. We are too strong to be defeated and too deter­ lege graduates. He outlined a litany of must lead as a superpower. We must retain mined to be frightened." Soviet failures, all in service to an ideology the strength of a superpower. Today, under President Gorbachev we see which he said just didn't work. It was a re­ A strong, trained, ready, and proud Ameri­ dramatic changes that bear out the wisdom markable admission. But he ended his talk can Army is the key to our continuing su­ of Clifford's advice. by saying, "But we haven't done everything perpower strength. An Army sure of its Today, at this hour, President Gorbachev wrong, there are some things we have done roots. An Army proud of its past. An Army is in Washington meeting with President right." And what topped his list of Soviet unafraid of the challenges of the future. An Bush to continue their efforts to fundamen­ successes? Nuclear weapons. Military power. Army that will be as needed in the future as tally reshape our relations in the way we He reminded his listeners, "We are a mili­ it has been in the past. An Army to insure have prayed for, worked for and stood guard tary superpower." the peace and to protect the nation against for. The Soviets are withdrawing their forces risk and uncertainty. Today, President Gorbachev is here be­ from Eastern Europe. But, they will still An Army that will be smaller but with cause he has taken a measure of our maintain the largest, most modern military each passing year will be better. An Ameri­ strength, and the challenges facing his own force on the Eurasian landmass. can Army deserving of the very best soldiers people: a people striving to come to terms Neither will the Soviets dismantle their and leaders the nation can provide. with their past, to reform their present, and impressive and modern nuclear arsenal. What you are about to enter is the finest to plan for their future. Whatever the outcome of Mr. Gorbachev's peacetime American Army we have ever Who among us even a year ago could have revolution, one fact remains: the Soviet had. imagined that today the Soviets would be Union will still possess thousands of nuclear I want to strike a bargain with you. Let implementing controlled market policies or warheads that can destroy America in thirty the old General Powell worry about the de­ that in the Russian Republic an opposition minutes. We must never allow ourselves to fense budgets, peace dividends, and geopo­ leader would be voted in after a raucous be at a nuclear disadvantage. litical trends. The young Lieutenant Pow­ election campaign with all the earthiness of The Soviet threat has receded. And that is ell's, the one's out there today, you go and a Chicago primary. good. But the Soviet Union is a country that do what West Point second lieutenants have The way of the future is clearly democra­ has demonstrated throughout its history been doing since 1802-lead your soldiers. cy. Why? Because it works. That's why it is that it will pay the price to remain a great Keep them fit, and hardy, trained and sweeping Eastern Europe. But it goes power. That is the enduring reality behind ready. Keep them proud. beyond Europe. It is light reaching into the the Soviet revolution today. And so while You and your soldiers are the guardians darkest corners of oppression in the world. we applaud the Soviet revolution, let us not of the nation. You are the nation's life in­ It works. It works because it frees the lose sight of the enduring reality of Soviet surance. The American people understand human mind and the human soul to reach military power. this and appreciate your service and com­ their full potential. There is a second enduring reality, one mitment. They know the world is still a And so we are at a watershed in our histo­ that lies across the ocean in Europe. We are place of turmoil and danger. ry. Strength, determination, resolve-all in and will remain an Atlantic power, tied to Two hundred years ago, as the Constitu­ service of our ideals. It is the coming togeth­ Europe politically, economically, militarily, tion was being debated, one of its drafters er of American power and American pur­ and culturally. This is accepted on both suggested a numerical limit of 2,000 troops pose. It worked in 1945. It worked in the sides of the Atlantic. Shared values brought on the U.S. Army. George Washington revolution of 1989. It works today and will the U.S. and Europe together for collective agreed, "An excellent idea-if only we can work tomorrow. In our struggles we have defense. Unlike the Soviet Union, we did not convince our collected enemies to maintain learned a valuable lesson: in a democracy, impose an ideology on clients. We shared a no more than an equivalent amount." power without purpose is morally unsustain­ heritage with allies. That is why none of our Did Washington have a keen appreciation able; purpose without power is militarily in­ allies and friends across the Atlantic wish us of imminent danger to the fledgling repub­ defensible. to disengage from the future evolution of lic? Or did he appreciate that the clash be­ On the threshold of our first great victo­ Europe. And that is why we must remain in tween good and evil, between conflicting in­ ry, General Bradley looked to the future. Europe. terests or competing ideologies, makes it He looked to a time when our citizen army A third enduring reality lies across that dangerous to impose limits so arbitrary as to would no longer be engaged in combat, but other great ocean, the Pacific. While we deny the U.S. the wherewithal to defend had to remain ready to defend our interests. kept the peace in Europe for forty years we itself and its values? Bradley wanted a foundation stone of fought two bloody wars in Asia. When I was Washington understood what it took: sen­ military strength to preserve and insure the not defending collective security in Europe, tinels at the outposts of liberty. The enemy peace. We know what happened to General I was fighting in Vietnam or standing guard is incidental. The sentinel-well-trained and Bradley's request. One year after our victo- in Korea. Today, few nations in Asia wish us ready-is not. 13272 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 1990 You and your soldiers will be those senti­ people put forth in the National Holocaust done. If their endeavors with the fund are suc­ nels. You will be the ones on whose shoul­ Awarness Student Organization is extraordi­ cessful, I am sure they will have set a stand­ ders fall the responsibility for taking our Anny, training it, nurturing it, preparing it nary. I commend their courage and strength to ard to be followed by many other organiza­ for war, even as we seek the promise of an realize the importance of educating and fos­ tions nationwide. unprecedented peace. tering and awareness of the horrors of the Words like "leadership," "resolve" and Holocaust. It is my hope that this organization "determination" are just words until they will continue through generations to come. TRIBUTE TO DR. JOHN are brought to life by men and women who These young people strive to make the world ALEXANDER dedicate themselves to the profession of arms and the security and well-being of the a better place to live. nation. This is as true today as it was in 1802 when this Academy opened its doors for the first time. HON. DONALD M. PAYNE General Bradley spoke of a nation sailing GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS OF NEW JERSEY to war. We are a nation sailing toward peace-a peace that offers us more hope for AARP COMMUNITY TRUST FUND IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES security than at any time over the last half century. We will need our values to guide Wednesday, June 6, 1990 us, our elected officials to lead us, and our men and women in uniform to protect us. HON. RICHARD E. NEAL Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, a deep cloud of sorrow has descended upon my And so as you leave here today, be OF MASSACHUSETTS strengthened by the 188 years of heritage community. One of our most accomplished that is now passed on to you by the "Long IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and generous leaders died suddenly this past Gray Line." Remember the beauty and Sunday. Perplexed by God's wisdom in calling strength of this place and let it always be an Wednesday, June 6, 1990 inspiration to you. Remember the solid, him to peace at this critical time, we wonder gray granite of these walls and how these Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, through our tears just how we will carry on stones have stood against countless seasons, today I pay tribute to a group of outstanding without him. a symbol of America's strength around the senior citizens in my district: the members of John Alexander was born in 1919 in Nash­ crucible of her military leadership. And re­ Chapter 3237 of the American Association of ville, TN to Dr. Royal C. Alexander and Esther member this simple charge-love your sol­ Retired Persons AARP of Gardner, MA. Re­ Tilden Alexander. He spent his childhood in diers with all your heart and soul and mind and body. And selflessly serve your grateful cently the members of Gardner's association Orange, NJ and graduated from Lincoln Uni­ nation. of retired persons epitomized the ideals of versity in Pennsylvania and Meharry Medical Welcome. Congratulations. God bless you. hometown commitment and community serv­ College in Nashville. Dr. Alexander served his ice by creating the Greater Gardner Communi­ internship in St. Louis, MO where he met and ty Trust Fund. Chapter 3237 is the first and married Emily Louise Pierce. Upon completion only of more than 4000 AARP chapters na­ of his studies, he returned to Orange and es­ THE NATIONAL HOLOCAUST tionally to have started this type of trust fund. tablished a general practice. AWARENESS STUDENT ORGA­ The AARP chapter members in Gardner, Dr. Alexander was a hard working and NIZATION with an average age of 70 years old have set loving leader to my community. Throughout a new standard of concern for future genera­ his outstanding and distinguished career he tions that AARP chapters and other organiza­ provided for our daily needs in so many ways. HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN tions in this and other communities the Nation As a physician he maintained an extensive pri­ OF FLORIDA are going to find difficult to duplicate. By rais­ vate practice for over 45 years that provided IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing $1 ,000 each year for the next 100 years, basic health care to untold thousands of chil­ Wednesday, June 6, 1990 the local AARP predicts the trust fund will pay dren. As a public health administrator, he de­ Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I want to out over $1.9 million to the Greater Gardner veloped the Children's Hospital of New Jersey share with you information on the National area over the next one hundred years. where he served as chief of staff. As a scien­ Holocaust Awareness Student Organization, The senior citizens involved with this project tist, he was the first to recognize the need for an outstanding group which initiates Holocaust have expressed concern not only for their neonatal intensive care units to save critically awareness programs to inform students. neighbors in Gardner today, but for the gen­ ill newborns. He established the Nation's first The National Holocaust Awareness Student erations of people who will reside in their intensive care unit for newborns at Babies Organization raises the consciousness of stu­ community years and years from now. They Hospital in Newark. As an educator, he served dents by alerting them to the dangers of preju­ have worked diligently to create a fund that as a member and president of the Orange dice. Through the guidance of speakers and they themselves will never benefit from. Board of Education. His good work put an end survivors, students will be exposed to the Mr. Speaker, I salute the 867 members of to gerrymandering that created racially segre­ atrocities of the Holocaust and the implication the Gardner Chapter of the AARP on their gated school districts and brought about the of prejudice. effort to better the community in which many construction of a new high school. As a politi­ The National Holocaust Awareness Student of them lived their entire lives. I applaud the cal and community leader, he counseled and Organization will communicate directly with efforts of all the members, including the trust­ financially supported the first generation of the students so that they may become acutely ees of the trust fund; John Hunt, chairman; black politicians in our area. aware of the intolerance, bigotry, and inhu­ Hugh Hunter, vice chairman; Rod Preliasco; Dr. John Alexander is a large cornerstone in manity that existed in the 1930's and 1940's Alice Pacocha; and Albert Landry. The mem­ our community's foundation. His good works and which continues to exist in the world bers of chapter 3237 have demonstrated that have allowed so many of us to realize our po­ today. Nine months ago, in Miami, FL, Sam and they have a vision for the future not common tential as human beings, to lift our heads up Ben Rogatinsky, along with two other friends, to most people of this country. They have dis­ with dignity and claim our rightful place in a formed the National Holocaust Awareness played a generosity for people whom they white dominated society and to point with Student Organization to fight anti-Semitism. may never know because many of the benefi­ pride to this great man as an example of what They started recruiting in the Hillel group on ciaries of the trust fund are yet to be born. blacks can contribute to society. He was our many campuses and now have over 400 I congratulate the members of chapter 3237 trailblazer on so many uncharted paths. At members. Anyone is welcome to become a of the AARP of their commitment to their this time we sing loud praise for the many leg­ member, even though the organization was community. On behalf of the people of the acies he left behind and pray that he joins started with just students in mind. Greater Gardner area in this and future gen­ God for the glorious rewards that he de­ Mr. Speaker, the efforts that these young erations, I thank them for all that they have serves. June 6, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13273 A BILL TO MAKE APPLICABLE Progressively stronger mine safety laws a mine shuts down, and from operators who TO MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH have been passed in every decade since the don't want to lose profits from coal that re­ INSPECTORS CERTAIN PROVI­ 1940's, culminating in the passage of the Fed­ mains unmined and unsold when the source is SIONS WHICH ARE CURRENT­ eral Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, shut down. LY APPLICABLE TO LAW EN­ bringing metal and nonmetal-noncoal­ AR's then not only have duties requiring FORCEMENT OFFICERS miners under the same general procedures. them to make immediate and independent The Mine Act requires that every under­ professional judgments to identify potential HON. NICK JOE RAHALL II ground mine be inspected four times a year, life-threatening safety and health hazards in providing for mandatory training for all miners, our Nation's mines, but must also exercise im­ OF WEST VIRGINIA with increased emphasis on protection of the mediate and sound judgment in determining IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES miners' health, and created stringent inspec­ whether to close a mine. They must be always tion requirements for especially gassy mines. Wednesday, June 6, 1990 alert mentally, and physically capable of in­ The act also improved the procedures for im­ stant action, for example to detect a small Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, I am today intro­ posing civil penalties for violations, and pro­ crack in the mine roof which could come ducing a bill to make certain provisions that vided for the actual closure of mines in cases crushing down on the workers, as well as on are currently applicable to law enforcement of imminent danger or failure to correct viola­ the inspectors. They must be intensely aware officers also applicable to mine safety and tions within the time allowed. of faulty electrical conditions which could health inspectors, under chapters 83 and 84 MSHA is responsible for promulgating legal­ cause a flash fire raging out of control in min­ of title 5 of the United States Code. ly enforceable mine safety and health stand­ utes. Ambient coal dust and moderate meth­ Under the provisions of my bill, mine safety ards, which standards may require the exist­ ane levels may in isolation not create an immi­ and health inspectors, are defined as any ence of certain safety conditions, or the adop­ nent danger-but AR's must make sure that person appointed as an authorized represent­ tion or use of one or more practices, means, those conditions are moderate, and not imme­ ative of the Secretary of Labor, as described methods or processes reasonably necessary diate dangers-or that the concurrent exist­ in section 505 of the Federal Mine Safety and and appropriate to protect mine workers. ence of those conditions will not cause a Health Act of 1977. To ensure and enforce these standards, sudden violent, and nearly always fatal explo­ Mr. Speaker, in this body we hear and we over 1, 100 MSHA employees are designated read a lot about the adverse affects of job-re­ as authorized representatives, or AR's, of the sion. And if it happens, that AR, the trained lated stress, and particularly we hear it about Secretary of Labor. The AR's include certain and designated representative of the Depart­ law enforcement officers. I know that what I coal mine safety and health inspectors, spe­ ment of Labor, that MSHA inspector, must live here and read about that subject is true. We cialists, and engineers. with the emotional agony, if he lives at all, of have only to look at the statistics on the loss These employees are responsible for con­ believing, whether it is true or not, that he was of life among customs inspectors of border ducting inspections in mines throughout the not alert enough to prevent the devastation States, for example, to realize that they need Nation to ensure that mine operators are in that took human lives, and left children and our help. I have read the statistics on assaults compliance with the Mine Act and with MSHA families behind. That somehow, he was totally and actual loss of life among DEA, FBI, and standards. All AR's enter the mine unan­ to blame. the U.S. Marshals Service; I have read similar nounced. They interview employee represent­ That is job-related stress. And so we are statistics about those who serve with the Im­ atives and employers, and inspect the mine able to see that if an AR is tired, stressed out, migration and Naturalization Service, the Judi­ operation and equipment. Normally, a single and getting older on the job, it is possible that cial Branch, the U.S. Postal Service, Depart­ AR must inspect the mine, and he alone must they could one day be so impaired mentally, ments of Justice and Interior-and yes, even detect safety and health violations and haz­ physically, and emotionally that they are not our own Capitol Hill Police. ards. clear headed enough to make the critical, on­ But what we haven't been reading about or Every day the men and women who work in the-spot decision to shut down the mine. hearing enough about is the effects of similar the more than 20,000 U.S. mining operations Lives can, and do, hang in the balance­ job-related stress on Mine Safety and Health face a variety of unique dangers on the job. based upon whether an AR is alert, and has Inspectors. The Mine Safety and Health Ad­ Explosive methane gas, unstable ground and the physical and mental stamina to detect ministration is responsible for ensuring the roof, poisonous atmospheres, radiation and health and safety hazards, and to take appro­ health and safety of half a million workers at harmful dusts-are only a few of the hazards priate action. approximately 20,000 mines and mineral proc­ they encounter as part of their jobs. A representative of the MSHA inspectors essing plants in the United States. There are If after inspecting a mine an AR determines sent me a copy of the physical they must approximately 2,743 total employees who par­ that the hazards are of such nature as to war­ pass in order to qualify and stay qualified for ticipate in a nationwide coal and noncoal rant closure of the section of the mine, or to their jobs. His comment to me was: mining inspection program, conducting mine shut down that piece of machinery, that AR "This is our physical. To pass it is hard at accident investigations, providing technical as­ has full authority, along with the full responsi­ age 18; at age 55 it is impossible." sistance and training to employees and to em­ bility, without approval of his or her supervisor, ­ Much of an MSHA inspector's duties in­ ployee and labor organizations. Of that total, or without the need to seek injunctive relief in clude regular, continuous and strenuous physi­ there are 1,497 MSHA Inspectors, directly in­ the courts, to order an immediate evacuation cal activity. Much of their time is spent walk­ volved in the enforcement of mine safety and and shut down of the hazardous portion of the ing, crouching, and standing; carrying heavy health laws, who work cooperatively with mine, or to issue an order preventing the use sampling and testing equipment for long peri­ States through assistance and funding for of dangerous equipment until the hazard is ods of time-from 50 to 80 pounds of such mine health and safety activities. abated. equipment. They often must climb high lad­ Mr.' Speaker I have been associated with Needless to say, Mr. Speaker, there are ders to examine shafts and other facilities; coal mines, the miners who work them, and both employees of mines, and their owners/ when coal seams are narrow and low, inspec­ the inspectors who are responsible for the in­ operators who, regrettable as it may be, have tors must stoop for much of a whole day in lo­ spection of those mines for most of my life. a lot more on their minds than safety and cations no more than 3 or 4 feet high, with Based on my years of experience and first­ health when it comes to shutting down a much time spent on their knees, crawling for hand observation, MSHA employees who are mine-and it concerns the job of the employ­ miles. empowered to investigate and shut down a ee on which he depends for a living, and on All this is done with the added stress of un­ mining operation should have their positions the profit margin of the owner/operator. In derground mine inspections which are per­ included on the list of those individuals with other words, mine inspectors can be, have formed in the dark, where it is wet, and often jobs of high physical and mental stress, and been, and continue to be in at-risk situations, cold, in a stooped or cramped position most the Congress should give immediate thought not only from the safety and health hazards of the time. Combine that with the fact that to the high risk to public health and safety themselves, such as mine explosions from these underground mine inspectors are often which could result should any one of these methane gas, roof cave-ins, and the like, but surrounded by noxious gases and fumes that employees be impaired or become impaired also from the cumulative effect of hostile em­ are potentially explosive, that they are breath­ due to job related stress. ployees who can't afford the loss of wages if ing coal dust, and are subject to electrical 13274 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 1990 fires and rock falls, and you should have a We cannot arm them against the threat of DR. HELLER NAMED UNIVERSI­ very realistic picture of job-related stress. death except to train them to use their knowl­ TY OF MARYLAND DEAN In fiscal year 1988, there were 111 ,944 cita­ edge, and their wits in times of danger. tions issued in the coal mine industry, 6,559 There is no weapon they can fire, either as closure orders, 792 imminent danger orders, a first or a last resort, to save themselves. HON. CONSTANCE A. MORELLA and 68 percent of the citations were deter­ None whatever. OF MARYLAND mined to be significant and substantial. Mine Inspectors, like the miners they serve, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In metal and nonmetal mines, there were live every working day in extreme danger of Wednesday, June 6, 1990 44,799 citations issued, and 1,055 closure sudden death, and it is the young, the strong orders, 434 imminent danger orders and 36 and the most alert who are able to keep fatali­ Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I am delight­ percent of the citations were determined to be ties to a minimum in that dangerous arena of ed to advise my colleagues that Dr. Barbara significant and substantial. mining. But like other stress-filled jobs, many A. Heller, a constituent who served in my Between fiscal years 1985 and 1988, there inspectors grow weary and suffer the same office last year as a legislative fellow, has were 701 fatalities and 114,556 injuries report­ stress-related job burnout as those involved in been named dean of the University of Mary­ ed in our Nation's mining industry. other high-risk positions of responsibility. land School of Nursing. The AR-or the MSHA inspector finds him If any of my colleagues desire to cosponsor Dr. Heller, a Rockville, MD resident, has or herself in a potentially dangerous environ­ this early-out bill on behalf of Mine Safety and more than 20 years of administrative experi­ ment on a daily basis. If not alert and unim­ Health Inspectors, I urge them to call me at ence at public and private institutions in Mary­ paired by job-related stress, they are not only 225-3452. land, New York, and Pennsylvania. She has placing the miners in great danger, but also been professor and chairman of the depart­ themselves. ment of education, administration and health Since 1943, there have been 9 AR's killed THE LUBUMBASHI INCIDENT policy in the nursing school. on the job, and from 1986 to 1989 there were Recognized for her work in developing a 848 on-the-job injuries to MSHA inspectors. HON. DAN BURTON number of innovative projects at the school of Let me just repeat, Mr. Speaker, for my col­ OF INDIANA nursing, Dr. Heller is credited with establishing league's benefit: MSHA inspectors, in order to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the graduate level program of study in Nursing be certified and recertified as mine inspectors, Informatics, the first of its kind in the world. must have the ability to crawl for up to 4 Wednesday, June 6, 1990 She is particularly concerned with sociopo­ hours and to kneel continuously for up to 3 Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, Zaire litical trends and issues in health care delivery hours each day, while inhaling silica, asbes­ has recently embarked on a historic drive and has been a member of the Commission tos, fumes, smoke or gas, solvents, radiant toward democracy. President Mobutu an­ on Health of Montgomery County since 1987. energy, electrical energy, while walking on nounced free, multiparty elections to be held Last year she held a Congressional Fellow­ slippery and uneven walking surfaces, carrying within a year, in response to the popular will ship in Health Policy and Education in my backpacks of equipment weighing up to 80 of the people of Zaire. There are those who, office. pounds, while working around dangerous unfortunately, are determined to discredit The school of nursing currently enrolls more moving objects such as loading vehicles and President Mobutu at all costs. Some of these than 1,000 students in programs at the Uni­ machinery. radical leftists, known as the "Rainbow versity of Maryland at Baltimore, University of The bill I have introduced today will allow Lobby", are virulently anti-Semitic. They have Maryland, Baltimore County, and statewide MSHA inspectors the opportunity to retire vol­ now taken to smearing their opponents. My outreach sites. untarily at age 50 with 20 years of service, distinguished colleague from California, Mr. Founded in 1889, the school has graduated based on the physical, mental, and emotional DYMALL v has been singled out for specific more than 10,000 students during its first 100 stress and strain of their jobs, jobs that for the criticism for his courageous support of Zaire years. most part consist of working underground, in and democratic reforms there. I want to note A nationally and internationally known nurs­ the dark, in work places often no higher than for the RECORD that, while I may differ from ing educator and scholar, Dr. Heller has au­ 26 inches, standing or kneeling for hours in time to time with my good friend Mr. DYMALLY, thored numerous papers and publications that water, inhaling noxious death-causing fumes, I have the highest regard for him personally, have significant implications for clinical prac­ gases and dust, with the potential that a roof and for his integrity. I absolutely resent this tice, nursing education, informatics and geron­ will cave in or a violent explosion can occur at ugly vendetta against an honorable man. tology. Dr. Heller's experience includes the any given moment. In addition, Zaire has recently been subject­ development and direction of over $3 million My bill, Mr. Speaker will provide early retire­ ed to a spate of innuendo and misinformation in funded research and training grants. ment rights for Federal mine inspectors due to about events surrounding student unrest in Dr. Heller served as director of Research the physical and mental stress related to their Lubumbashi. Our State Department confirms and Education for the Nursing Department of working conditions and the jobs they must one death in that unfortunate incident. Howev­ the Clinical Center at the National Institutes of perform on behalf of miners, themselves and er, wild press reports in Europe irresponsibly Health while on intergovernmental personnel the general public in keeping with safety and allege hundreds of deaths. None of these re­ assignment in 1984. She also served as as­ health standards. ports are based on hard evidence, but Zaire's sistant dean of the College of Nursing at Vil­ I would like to leave my colleagues with an­ reputation is being sullied needlessly. lanova University from 1978 to 1981, and other thought in regard to the real job-related Mr. Speaker, for the sake of accuracy, I chairman of the Department of Nursing at the stress experienced by mine safety and health would like to enter into the RECORD the offi­ State University of New York at Farmingdale inspectors, one that is a bit more graphic, but cial State Department position on the Lubum­ from 1968 to 1978. which will perhaps make my point. bashi incident. Dr. Heller holds a B.S. in nursing from Mine Inspectors are up against an enemy [U.S. Department of State, Office of the As­ Boston University (1962), an M.S. in nursing every bit as lethal, every bit as deadly, as the sistant Secretary /Spokesman, May 21, from Adelphi University (1966), an Ed.M. drug trafficker at our borders, armed with an 1990] (1971) and an Ed.D. in nursing (1973) from AK-47, ready to use it against a customs in­ ZAIRE/SITUATION IN LUBUMBASHI Teachers College, Columbia University. spector, or a DEA, FBI, or other law enforce­ Q. Do you have anything on reports of Dr. Heller is the recipient of the Outstanding ment officer. massacres at the University of Lubumbashi? Young Women of America Award, the Out­ The difference is that mine inspectors are A. The evening of May 9-10 three stu­ standing Educator of America Award, the not armed with a similar weapon of defense dents suspected of being government in­ Alumni Award for Excellence from Boston Uni­ against sudden death. formers were attacked by other students at versity, and the Alumni Award for Nursing There is often no place to run in a dark un­ the University of Zaire at Lubumbashi. The evening of May 11-12, men in plain clothes Practice from Teachers College, Columbia derground mine, and if there were, the inspec­ entered the university, ransacked rooms and University. She was elected to the American tor may be trying to run while in a kneeling po­ attacked students. One death has been con­ Academy of Nursing in 1981 . sition that allows him at best to crawl toward firmed. No subsequent incidents have been Dr. Heller is married to Dr. Fredrick Walsh, safety. reported. chief administrative officer of Montgomery June 6, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13275 College. They have five children and one His notion embodied a high ideal, indeed, most-favored-nation treatment for an addition­ grandchild. for the intelligence officer "must be able to al year to products of the People's Republic I was honored to have an individual of Dr. empathize with true believers of every of China. This incomprehensible decision flies stripe in order to understand and analyze Heller's stature serve on my staff, and, of them. • • •. He must, like Chairman Mao's in the face of decades of United States for­ course, am delighted that she has been guerrillas, be able to swim in foreign seas. eign policies on human rights, and it is totally named the next dean of the school of nursing. But then he must be able to pull himself to inconsistent with the policies that we have shore, and look back calmly, objectively, on pursued toward a number of other countries. It the waters that immersed him." THE PASSING OF ARCHIBALD is a violation of our own principles, and it is as Most important, he said, the intelligence self-defeating as it is wrong. ROOSEVELT, JR. officer "must not only know whose side he is on, but have a deep conviction that he is Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a few re­ HON. MARY ROSE OAKAR on the right side. He should not imitate the marks about the administration's short-sighted and contradictory policy toward the People's OF OHIO cynical protagonists of John Le Carre's novels, essentially craftsmen who find their Republic of China on the occasion of this an­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES side no less by his own account, the product niversary. Wednesday, June 6, 1990 of a "conventional, Waspish, preppy world" I hope my colleagues will forgive me if I and was destined for a conventional career begin my very brief comments far from China. Ms. OAKAR. Mr. Speaker, I was saddened on Wall Street. He managed to escape this by the recent passing of Archibald Roosevelt, fate, he said, because he "lived in another But I think this has some relevance. I've had a Jr. Mr. Roosevelt lived a full life and spent 27 world of my imagination." long-standing interest in Albania, reaching years as a public servant to our country. I in­ Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Jr. was born back to my childhood. Albania was a very ex­ clude in the RECORD his obituary, which re­ in Boston on Feb. 18, 1918. He graduated citing place to me. As a boy, I read about cently appeared in the Washington Post. from Groton School and then went to Har­ Skanderbeg, the legendary hero of the Albani­ The article follows: vard, where he graduated in the class of ans, who detained the Turks for a number of 1940. While an undergraduate, he was years in their invasion of South and Central ARCHIBALD B. ROOSEVELT JR., RETIRED CIA chosen as a Rhodes Scholar, but was not OFFICER, DIES able to accept because of the outbreak of and Eastern Europe. World War II in Europe. His first job was I have attempted for decades to go to Alba­ Archibald B. Roosevelt Jr., 72 a retired in­ working for a newspaper in Seattle. nia. As you know, since 1946 no American of­ telligence officer who served as chief of the During the war, he became an Army intel­ ticals have visited there. Since coming to Con­ Central Intellgence Agency's stations in Is­ ligence officer. He accompanied U.S. troops gress, I have occasionally renewed an Albani­ tanbul, Madrid and London, died yesterday in their landing in North Africa in 1942 and an visa application, which was never turned at this home in Washington. He had conges­ soon began to form views on the French co­ tive heart failure. lonial administration and the beginnings of down but also never granted. It was not even A grandson of President Theodore Roose­ Arab nationalism. Later in the war he was a responded to, until about 10 days ago when I velt and a soldier, scholar, linguist and au­ military attache in Iraq and Iran. received a call indicating that I would now be thority on the Middle East, Mr. Roosevelt In 1947, he joined the Central Intelligence welcome in Albania. The next day I was on a viewed his calling-and its faceless, anony­ Group, the immediate forerunner of the plane for the area, drove in from the Albanian mous half-world of nuance and seemingly CIA. From 1947 to 1949, he served in Beirut. region of Yugoslavia, the Kosovo, along the random fact-with a hard-headed realism On that and on all of his subsequent assign­ same route that Skanderbeg took in the 15th leavened by a kind of romanticism that that ments abroad, he was listed in official regis­ has echoes of an earlier time. ters as a State Department official. century. I spent 5 wonderful days in Albania. After retiring from the CIA in 1974, he From 1949 to 1951, he was in New York as I traveled through much of the country-it's became a vice president of Chase Manhat­ head of the Near East section of the Voice a small country. During my stay, I met with the tan Bank and director of international rela­ of America. From 1951 to 1953, he was sta­ President of Albania, Mr. Ramiz Alia, who tions in its Washington office. Well known tion chief in Istanbul. From 1953 to 1958, he asked me to bring a message to President in Washington social circles in his own had several jobs at CIA headquarters in Bush suggesting the resumption of diplomatic right, he was particularly active on the dip­ Washington. In 1958, he was made CIA sta­ relations between Albania and the United lomatic circuit during the Reagan adminis­ tion chief in Spain. From 1962 to 1966 he tration, when his wife, Selwa Showker held the same job in London. He finished States. I expect to see our President in the "Lucky" Roosevelt, was chief of protocol at his career in Washington. near future to convey this message and to the State Department. Through it all he pursued an interest in share with him and with the Secretary of State In 1988, he published a memoir called languages. A Latin and Greek scholar when my impressions of Albania. "For Lust of Knowing: Memoirs of an Intel­ he was a boy, he had a speaking or reading I mention this because one of the cliches ligence Officer," in which he adhered so knowledge of perhaps 20 languages, includ­ about the current crumbling of the Communist strictly to this oath to keep the CIA's se­ ing French, Spanish, German, Russian, crets that he did not even identify the coun­ Arabic, Hebrew, Swahili and Uzbek. empire in Central and Eastern Europe is that tries where he had served. And although he Mr. Roosevelt's marriage to the former Albania is the exception, that Albania will try was happy to tell interviewers that they Katherine W. Tweed ended in divorce. to retain its hermit-like existence with no con­ could figure it out from his entry in "Who's In addition to Selwa Roosevelt, to whom tact with the United States and much of the Who in America," he also was quick to ex­ he was married for 40 years, survivors in­ West, because that way it can maintain its plain that some Americans have forgotten clude a son by his first marriage, Tweed structure. That is apparently no longer true. what an oath is and that he would not Roosevelt of Boston, and two grandchildren. break his even if the government told him Albania-as of 4 or 5 days ago-is ready to to. open up. Instead, he gave his views on such ques­ ONE YEAR AFTER THE MASSA­ There are many, many things in Albania that tions as the nature of the CIA and why it CRE AT TIANANMEN SQUARE­ I am sure Will be changing and will need to attracted him, and on what intelligence offi­ THE UNITED STATES MUST change over the course of the next few years, cers should be and how they should see NOT EXTEND MFN TREAT­ and the more it opens up, the more I hope themselves in relation to their own country this change will be rapid. I welcome this de­ and the rest of the world. MENT TO CHINA "We in the CIA were always conscious of velopment because, clearly, contact on many having a special mission, of being the recon­ HON. TOM LANTOS levels will contribute to the opening up of Al­ aissance patrols of our government," he OF CALIFORNIA banian society. And if there is anything we wrote. Despite such vicissitudes as the Bay IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES here in the United States and the democratic of Pigs disaster in Cuba in 1961, he said, the world are committed to, it is the concept of agency kept its esprit de corps even though Wednesday, June 6, 1990 the open society. with the passage of time it "was no longer a Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, this week we With respect to China, let me indicate that band of pioneers, but an organization." mark the first anniversary of the bloody mas­ there is no one in the Congress who is more As for intelligence officers, Mr. Roosevelt said he thought of them in "the old-fash­ sacre at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. It is in favor of the most complete set of relation­ ioned sense, perhaps best exemplifed in fic­ tragic and ironic that on the eve of the anni­ ships with China. And there is no one in the tion by Kipling's British political officers in versary of that event, the administration an­ Congress who has greater admiration for Chi­ India." nounced that the President was extending nese civilization, literature and art, and the 13276 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 1990 Chinese contributions to our collective wealth I have thought through the various argu­ pressive and depressive regime become more as a global community, than I do. It is clearly ments that proponents of continued concilia­ open and democratic. one of the great civilizations on this planet. tion with China have tendered. These argu­ On the basis of the evidence that this In recent weeks I have expressed myself ments are no longer valid. regime is providing, its overwhelming preoccu­ forcefully against the administration's decision The strategic argument for conciliation pation is to keep itself in power in order to to continue most-favored-nation [MFN] treat­ toward China has lost any weight that it might continue its repressive policies. By providing ment of Chinese trade with the United States. have had in the past. Quite frankly-given the enormous economic benefits that MFN Much of the argument on this issue has really what is happening in United States-Soviet re­ treatment offers China, I predict that this re­ been irrelevant. No one favors severing rela­ lations, particularly in the wake of the summit gime's life expectancy will be extended. This tions with China. We have full diplomatic rela­ just concluded-! find it incomprehensible that regime will be strengthened. This regime will tions with China. I obviously favor continuing these ritualistic incantations can continue with­ gain legitimacy, and U.S. foreign policy will be full diplomatic relations with China. I am in out serious challenge. Previously, it was adversely affected. favor of the maximum amount of cultural and argued that China was a counterweight to an The final question which I would like to academic and educational contacts with aggressive Soviet Union. The last thing that pose and answer is perhaps the fundamental China. Because all of these are clearly in the Mr. Gorbachev is thinking about in the spring question. If 2 years ago, someone had recom­ line of opening up what is still a very closed of 1990 is aggression. From Boris Yeltsin to mended that the United States line up with Ni­ society. Lithuania, to the economic crisis permeating colae Ceausescu and not with the democratic What I believe, however, to be a matter of Soviet society, Mr. Gorbachev has plenty on forces in Romania, if 2 years ago, someone fundamental principle with respect to United his plate. I personally believe that any aggres­ has suggested that the United States line up States policy is that-in the wake of Tianan­ sive Soviet designs for the time being are not in Czechoslovakia with the brutal dictator men Square, in the wake of the most recent realistic in any strategic discussion of our for­ Milos Jakes and not with Vaclav Havel who outrages both with respect to Western corre­ eign policy. was in prison at the time, if someone had sug­ spondents, in the wake of the arrest of Chi­ Second, the bulk of our imports from China gested that throughout Central and Eastern nese citizens who with enormous courage are singularly nonessential consumer goods, Europe the proper policy course of action for tried to commemorate the bloodbath of a year ranging from toys to shoes. It is very difficult the United States was to strengthen the re­ ago-we must not lend legitimacy to a regime to argue that toys and shoes cannot be gimes of oppression and suppression and dic­ which has undermined its own legitimacy with bought elswhere-conceivably even in the tatorship, rather than make a common cause policies that are preposterously stupid and un­ United States. It is true that, given the pathetic with the democratic forces which have in the principled. It is obvious that the Chinese lack of cohesion on the part of the West and last year came to the fore, in retrospect those regime is desperately anxious to see MFN Japan in many such policy matters, it is per­ policies would have looked very foolish. treatment continued. fectly possible that some Western European Mr. Speaker, at the risk of making a predic­ Now, in wake of the tragedy of Tiananmen countries and Japan might fill some of the tion, I predict that if the administration prevails Square, the administration has really one of markets that we provided. This is unfortunate, and we line up with the forces of Dung two options. First, they could take the option but that is to be dealt with by bringing about a Xiaoping and those people who masterminded that many of us favor, namely the option that greater degree of cohesion among our West­ the bloodbath at Tiananmen Square, it will not very clearly recognizes that doing business as ern allies and Japan, rather than saying that be many years before the consensus emerges usual is unacceptable. On the other hand, the since others do it, we might as well do it our­ that the United States-despite clear warn­ administration could take the option that a selves. ings, including ones made here in the Con­ conciliatory and friendly and cooperative ap­ Moreover, I am not sure that China will be gress this week-has lined up on the wrong proach might change the minds of the Chi­ able to find the markets for the vast quantity side, supported the wrong people, supported nese leadership, so that they will in fact of toys and textiles and shoes that it is selling the wrong regime, supported the wrong cause. loosen up, improve human rights conditions, in the United States. They may find their ex­ Mr. Speaker, we will end up with an enor­ and relegate the tragedy of Tiananmen ports plummeting-which I fully expect if MFN mous long-term loss because the democratic Square into an isolated episode. treatment is denied-which will put precisely forces that will come to power in China-and I A year ago, rational arguments could have the kind of pressure on the Beijing regime that am certain that they will come to power in been made for either of these two options. In denial of MFN treatment is designed to ac­ China just as they have through Central and view of what has unfolded during the course complish. Eastern Europe during this past year-will of the last year, it is very difficult to find ration­ The final argument is that denying most-fa­ long remember how the United States acted al arguments for a policy of continued concila­ vored-nation treatment harms the very people at this critical crossroads of history. tion with a repressive regime, whose human we would most like to encourage and help. rights policy is worse today than at any time in This is a very tricky argument, because it is the last decade except during the bloodbath always invoked when the a priori assumption is BLACK WOMEN'S POLITICAL of Tiananmen Square. made that the MFN status should be continued, CAUCUS HONORS TWO OUT- There are no nuances that will be registered that sanctions should not be imposed. What­ STANDING WOMEN in China. If MFN treatment continues, that fact ever sanctions we use-and denial of MFN will obliterate all the rhetoric that may sur­ treatment is a sanction-the people who are HON. NITA M. LOWEY round it. It is the facts that dominate-the against imposing sanctions always say that OF NEW YORK rhetoric will fade into insignificance. By grant­ this will hurt the people. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing most-favored-nation treatment to China, The administration strongly advocated and the United States will give-perhaps inadvert­ imposed stringent sanctions against Nicara­ Wednesday, June 6, 1990 ently-enormous legitimacy to a regime which gua, although the people of Nicaragua were Mrs. LOWEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, in is despised and detested by the vast majority the ones who suffered. The Congress im­ just a few days the Yonkers Chapter of the of the urban, knowledgeable, informed Chi­ posed sanctions on South Africa. Those of us Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus nese citizens. who were in the vanguard of trying to impose will honor two extraordinary women. Each None of us knows precisely what preoccu­ those sanctions were not attempting to hurt has, in her own way, committed herself to pies the people of China, and changes are the people, but to put pressure on the govern­ issues affecting women in Westchester and overwhelming that they are preoccupied with ment. And clearly in these cases-in Nicara­ across the country. their day to day lives, as are people every­ gua and in South Africa-the imposition of Cheryl Brannan will receive the Champion where throughout the globe. But I also think sanctions led to change. of Women's Rights Award. As a sales plan­ that there is little doubt in the minds of any of Admittedly economic hardships, by defini­ ning manager for Xerox Corp., Ms. Brannan us in this room that the thinkers, the opinion tion, hurt people. The purpose of sanctions of has focused her attention on urging corporate makers, the opinion leaders-however sup­ whatever type is, invariably, to change govern­ America to accept women in top management pressed they may be-are overwhelmingly mental policy. I must say that I have difficulty positions. She has worked hard to encourage concerned to see a greater degree of open­ understanding why an additional year of MFN women to set high goals in management for ness and respect for human rights. privileges would make this increasingly sup- themselves, and to achieve them. June 6, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13277 She has been particularly inspirational as a the House subcommittee on health, praises ist, energetic government seem unbothered vocal advocate for other African-American the bishops' strong support for expanded that similar arguments have been used women struggling against the barriers of Medicaid funding to help those suffering against laws requiring auto seat belts, out­ racism and sexism. She has served in many from AIDS. Waxman singles out for special lawing the use of heroin and registering credit on the issue Cardinal John O'Connor, matchine guns. The 1973 Roe v. Wade deci­ positions of influence, including the Yonkers the archbishop of New York, whom the Planning Board, the County Executive's Afri­ sion, which pro-choice groups so ardently California legislator with a 100 percent defended, involved just such intrusion. can-American Advisory Board, and as the offi­ rating from the American Civil Liberties As long as the Catholic bishops were "sen­ cial representative to Ngor, Senegal on behalf Union calls "a stalwart." tencing" Catholic politicians to hell (and of the Westchester Black Women's Political Until recently the meddling of the Catho­ shooting themselves in the foot politically), Caucus. lic bishops had played to positive reviews from the secular left of American politics. few pro-choice voices were critical. Now the Elizabeth Hemingway will receive the May bishops seek to persuade the electorate of Morgan Robinson Community Service Award. Earlier, in spite of their acute church-state sensibilities, liberals had embraced the civil the wisdom of their position. In our coun­ May Morgan Robinson was a remarkable rights leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. try, that is their right and may be theiir ob­ woman of unceasing dedication to political ac­ In case anyone has forgotten, that was the ligation. Meddling is as American as apple tivism and community service. She served as Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., and he pie and baseball. a role model in Westchester County for many founded the Southern Christian Leadership years, until her death earlier this year. Follow­ Conference. One of King's closest colleagues ing in May Robinson's tradition, Elizabeth then was the Rev. Andrew Young, and to­ Hemingway has an extraordinary record of gether they were completing a historic mis­ service to the Westchester community, and sion that had been begun in the 19th centu­ ARAFAT: THE ONLY RESPONSE ry by other meddling Protestant ministers CAN BE ACTION she is well-deserving of this award. Whether of the Gospel who were called abolitionists. as the president of the NAACP, the president But now it is May in Washington, and the of the Black Women's Political Caucus, the di­ problem is not so much the heat as it is the rector tor volunteer service at a State health hypocrisy. The Catholic bishops, obviously HON. PETER H. KOSTMAYER facility, or as an active community leader, Ms. upset by the success of the pro-choice Hemingway has been an exemplary model of groups, have retained Hill and Knowlton, OF PENNSYLVANIA commitment and public service. Inc., the public relations giant and formerly IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES President Ronald Reagan's pollster, to help Mr. Speaker, I strongly admire these two design a campaign to persuade both Catho­ Wednesday, June 6, 1990 outstanding women for the work they have lic and non-Catholics to support their pro­ done and the goals that they have worked to life position on abortion. And for this single Mr. KOSTMAYER. Mr. Speaker, it was with achieve. I am confident that they will continue transaction, the bishops have been publicly great horror that we received the news of the to serve the Westchester community with the denounced as everything but moral lepers attempted terrorist attack in Israel on the same vision and purpose that they have for so and ethical eunuchs. morning of May 30. This attack was carried many years. Kate Michelman, exeuctive director of the out by the Palestine Liberation Front, led by National Abortion Rights Action League, ac­ Mohammed Abbas, and was directed at the cused the bishops of violating the doctrine THOSE MEDDLING BISHOPS of separation of church and state. "It's out­ crowded beaches of Tel Aviv during the rageous," she . said, "that the Catholic Jewish holiday of Shavuos. Fortunately, the Is­ HON. ROBERT K. DORNAN Church, whose main mission is to minister raeli Defense Forces were vigilant and arrived to the needs of parishoners, is spending $5 in time to prevent the bloodshed of innocent OF CALIFORNIA million to try to impose their religious civilians. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES teachings through law on a pluralistic socie­ Such attacks fuel the mistrust that sustains Wednesday, June 6, 1990 ty." First, such a definition of pluralism appar­ the conflict. It is now up to those who claim to Mr. DORNAN of California. Mr. Speaker, all ently excludes the voice of religion from represent the Palestinian people-Yasser I can say is nice, nice, nicely done. There is those voices to be heard in a pluralistic soci­ Arafat and the PLO-to condemn and take such a creature as an honest liberal after all. I ety. Does not pluralism mean a free inter­ action against Mohammed Abbas and the Pal­ have been looking tor one for years and it play and exchange of voices and values, in­ estine Liberation Front. cluding the values of the church? Religion, looks as if I may have found one in columnist There is much criticism of Israel when acts Mark Shields. His column of May 1 concerning as Martin Luther King, Jr., taught, is "not the master or the servant of the state but of violence against Palestinians occur that the right of Catholic bishops to hire a public rather the conscience of the state." have no connection to the Israeli Government. relations firm to help spread the church's pro­ The bishops have been widely criticized In such circumstances, Israel is said to be an life message is right on the mark; Mark is for committing $5 million over five years to obstacle to peace. Thus it was when an Israeli without peer on the responsible lett. I com­ this project. Why not spend the money in­ with a history of emotional problems went wild mend it to all my colleagues and enter it into stead on the hungry and the homeless, it is and shot and killed seven Palestinians on May the RECORD. asked. In 1988 Catholic Charities provided 20, despite the fact that the individual was im­ [From the Washington Post, May 1, 1990] services to 2 million families and more than 7.8 million individuals. Those helped includ­ mediately arrested and despite the fact that THOSE MEDDLING BISHOPS ed the victims of violence and abuse, the Israeli President Herzog and Prime Minister (By Mark Shields) out-of-work and people with AIDS. Resettle­ Shamir strongly condemned the killings. In 1886, Cardinal James Gibbons, whom ment, education, reunification, housing and In contrast, the attack on Tel Aviv was a President Theodore Roosevelt was later to health care benefited more than 243,000 in­ honor as the nation's most respected and dividual refugees and immigrants. To shel­ highly organized, well armed military effort di­ venerated citizen, was the Catholic arch­ ter the homeless, to comfort the lonely, to rected against innocent civilians by an organi­ bishop of Baltimore. That year, Gibbons in­ feed the hungry and to provide other social zation that is led by a member of the PLO ex­ vited controversy by openly supporting the services, Catholic Charities spent $850 mil­ ecutive council. Since 1988, when the Reagan cause of transit workers who were striking lion last year. administration accepted representations that against a 17-hour workday. The New York The contest up to now has been one-sided. Times criticized Cardinal Gibbons for med­ The pro-life side has been on the defensive the PLO had renounced terrorism and com­ dling in non-church affairs. over the issues of rape and incest and gener­ menced a dialog with that organization, Arafat The nation's Catholic bishops have con­ ally in disarray. The pro-choice groups have has given us a number of excuses which at­ tinued to meddle in non-church affairs. shrewdly cast the abortion debate-after ex­ tempt to explain why he and his organization During the 1980s, the bishops blamed Presi­ treme polling and market testing-in terms cannot be held responsible tor terrorism inci­ dent Reagan's economic policies for mis­ of who is deciding rather than what is being dents against Israelis. This time, there can be treating the poor. They endorsed a nuclear decided. freeze, and by most accounts were influen­ The argument-keep the government out no excuses. The PLO cannot continue to talk tial in limiting United States military aid to of a personal decision-is politically attrac­ peace if it is turning its back and winking at the Nicaraguan rebels. Today Rep. Henry tive as well as philosophically libertarian. acts of war. Waxman Italy in 1912, and came to C.R. SMITH-A MAN OF VISION teers are working to lessen those massive America via Ellis Island in 1922. In 1932, she costs for all of us. opened a beauty shop, which she ran until HON. RICHARD K. ARMEY Those individuals who have volunteered 1986. After becoming naturalized in 1943, she OF TEXAS their time and their energy to this important served as a Salem, OH committee person for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cause have helped their neighbors develop 45 years, receiving the "Salem's Most Out­ self-confidence and independence. The elimi­ standing Democrat of the Year" in 1981. She Wednesday, June 6, 1990 nation of adult illiteracy is critical to the future also ran for mayor of Salem in 1984. In 1986, Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, the airline indus­ of our Nation. It is the focus of legislation Ohio Governor Richard Celeste honored her try lost a giant a few weeks ago with the pending in the Congress which should be en­ as one of Ohio's most outstanding naturalized death of C.R. Smith, the founder and long­ acted to give our support to dedicated individ­ citizens. time president of American Airlines. He died uals like those of the Mount Vernon Literacy Hilde represents some of the best things on April 4 a:t the age of 90 after a long and Volunteers. r want to express my deepest ap­ about the American dream: a relatively poor full life of achievement. preciation for all those who have worked so immigrant who came to America and through C.R. Smith was truly a man of vision, who hard for so many years with the Literacy Vol­ hard work and perseverance made a name for joined the airline industry at a time when it unteers of Mount Vernon. herself. Her involvement in politics further June 6, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13283 served to make her a model for others in the As a member of the House Committee on WEBSTER GROVES LIONS CLUB community. Post Office and Civil Service, I commend and MARKS 65 YEARS OF SERVICE Again, I would like to pay my respects to thank Martha McSteen and the national com­ TO THEIR COMMUNITY Mrs. Hilde C. Layton. I am proud to have been mittee for joining our effort to get this mes­ privileged enough to represent such a model sage out to all Americans, particularly to our HON. RICHARD A. GEPHARDT citizen. older Americans. It is through this cooperative OF MISSOURI spirit that we can assure an accurate and fair IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRIBUTE TO STUART A. census. Wednesday, June 6, 1990 BERNSTEIN "SENIORS: STAND UP AND BE COUNTED": AN OPINION BY MARTHA A. McSTEEN, PRESI­ Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, it is appropri­ HON. C. THOMAS McMILLEN DENT, THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRE­ ate at this time to recognize an organization OF MARYLAND SERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE that has given generously and continuously to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We've all heard the old saying: "Stand up improve the quality of life in the St. Louis and be counted." This year, seniors need to area. I am referring to the Lions Club of Web­ Wednesday, June 6, 1990 take that old adage literally. ster Groves, MO, and the substantial impact Mr. McMILLEN of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, I The early returns on the 1990 census are the Lions Club members have had on the his­ would like to take this opportunity to congratu­ in-and, unfortunately, they're not encour­ tory of the area. late Mr. Stuart A. Bernstein in receiving the aging. Though more than 63 million house­ For 65 years, this Lions Club has contribut­ Mitchell S. Cutler Achievement Award. This holds have returned their completed ques­ ed money for humanitarian projects locally, award was created in memory of Mr. Cutler's tionnaires, millions of others have gone un­ statewide, nationally, and internationally. The longstanding concern and service in communi­ answered. A lot of senior citizens and others simply Webster Groves club is 1 of 39,412 Lions ty affairs. Clubs in 166 different countries and geograph­ Mr. Stuart A. Bernstein has certainly lived shrug off the situation and say: "It's the government's problem." That may be true. ic areas. Internationally, the Lions Clubs are to up to this standard. He is a great leader in the But it's your problem and my problem, as be acknowledged and commended for the real estate and business community. This is well. Here are a couple of reasons why: funding of a disaster relief and emergency clearly demonstrated by his leadership of the About $39 billion will be distributed to the fund program, the fostering of fellowship Bernstein Co. by successfully guiding them to states this year by the federal government among people, and the serving of people less a strong position in industry. Mr. Bernstein is to fund a variety of programs essential to fortunate than themselves. also very active in community affairs as board older Americans. The money goes for senior Locally, the Webster Groves Lions Club has member of the Weizman Institute of Science; centers, nutrition and health programs, in­ been the driving force behind countless com­ Cochairman of the Washington Committee for home services, job training, housing pro­ munity projects such as an annual college the Endowment of the John F. Kennedy grams, day care centers and other crucial scholarship fund, park and recreation improve­ Center for the Performing Arts; and as a programs. Your state's share of this money ments, the recent construction of a Webster board member of the Anti-Defamation League is determined by population figures ob­ Groves History Center, and much, much more. tained during the most recent census. With­ of B'nai B'rith. In total, the club has donated approximately It is with great pleasure that I congratulate out an accurate census, your state could lose out on its rightful portion of this important $1 million to a wide-ranging list of community Stuart Bernstein for his years of dedicated money. projects, civic improvements, and charitable community service. He has truly demonstrated In addition, the census helps determine needs during the organization's distinguished the ability to achieve great goals in both busi­ your state's representation in Congress. history. ness and community affairs. During next year's reapportionment, some In this day and age where the world seems states will lose seats in the House of Repre­ to be everchanging, it is refreshing and en­ PROMOTING THE CENSUS sentatives, while other states will gain new couraging to see the continuing commitment AMONG SENIOR CITIZENS ones-all based on the results of the 1990 and conviction of an organization like the census. Your state's voice in the House Webster Groves Lions Club. Our communities, HON. MERVYN M. DYMALLY could be muted simply because some people our States, our Nation, and our world benefit couldn't take the time to complete their from groups like the Lions Club because OF CALIFORNIA census questionnaire. these tireless volunteers care enough to do IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A number of folks feel that the forms are confusing and intimidating. I can under­ something today about the problems and Wednesday, June 6, 1990 stand this. But the people at the Census needs our society will face in the future. Mr. DYMALL Y. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleas­ Bureau have a solution to this problem. If ure to bring to the attention of my colleagues you call them toll-free at 1-800-999-1990, in the House of Representatives one group's they'll walk you through the form over the CHEMICAL WEAPONS BAN A SIG­ efforts to encourage participation in the 1990 telephone. Or, if you prefer, they'll send a NIFICANT BUSH ACHIEVEMENT census. census taker to your home to help you com­ Realizing the importance of an accurate plete your form. And it won't cost you a HON. JOHN EDWARD PORTER penny. census on federally funded programs that As former acting commissioner of the OF ILLINOIS help older Armeicans, the National Committee Social Security Administration, I realized IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to Preserve Social Security and Medicare has the importance of my role, not just as a Wednesday, June 6, 1990 launched a public service information cam­ leader, but as a participant. This holds true paign to inform its membership of the necessi­ for the census as well-the more I learn Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, the chemical ty of completing the census forms in a timely about the census and its crucial role in im­ weapons ban signed in Washington last week­ manner. The national committee is an effec­ proving the quality of life in America, the end was the summit's most shining achieve­ tive grassroots lobbying organization repre­ more convinced I become of the need to ment. President Bush deserves the unqualified senting over 5 million senior citizens nation­ have an accurate census. praise of everyone in this House and the Con­ wide. The National Committee to Preserve gress for completing what is a truly historic Through public service announcements and Social Security and Medicare is joining hun­ agreement. op-ed pieces across the county, the national dreds of organizations such as the Boy While the media focused on the START ne­ committee has sent the message that it is cru­ Scouts of America and the American League of Women Voters and corporations such as gotiations, commercial agreement, and the cial for our senior citizens to stand up and be Citicorp and J.C. Penney to ask all Ameri­ grain pact, I believe the most important out­ counted. The following opinion editorial, enti­ cans to complete their census questionnaire come of the Washington summit was that it tled "Seniors: Stand Up and Be Counted," today. marked the beginning of the end of chemical was written by Martha A. McSteen, president Please take a few minutes to "Stand up weapons. of the National Committee to Preserve Social and be counted." Don't be a no-show in the The agreement commits both countries to Security and Medicare. 1990 census. destroy their chemical stocks. That will result 13284 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 1990 in the destruction of over 100 million tons of CONGRESSIONAL INTERNSHIP housing and fuel will increase, and more chemical weapons. The two countries will also COMPETITION WINNERS people will be unemployed. The Western countries, committed to the end all production of new chemical weapons ideals of democracy, have more than just an upon entry into force of the bilateral agree­ HON. MARCY KAPTUR opportunity to help these Eastern European ment without waiting for a multilateral ban to OF OHIO countries adopt democractic systems; they take effect. The Soviet Union and the United IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have an ideaological obligation to foster lib­ States agree to reduce their stocks of chemi­ eral political values and to encourage demo­ cal weapons to 5,000 tons. Destruction would Wednesday, June 6, 1990 cratic practices. To a large extent, the key begin in 1992. One half would be destroyed Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, it is with great to Western influence will lie in the use of by the end of the century, the rest by the year pleasure that I place on the official RECORD, economic leverage to promote economic 2002. The agreement states that on-site in­ excerpts from this year's winners of the changes which will in turn foster significant social and political progress. The West can spections during and after the destruction Lyndon Baines Johnson Congressional Intern­ help them develop strong economic bases, process would be undertaken. The complete ship Competition. Applicants from my district but investment, not handouts, is the answer. verification regime will be presented by the for this respected internship were asked to These countries need a long-term commit­ end of this year, and I urge the administration describe "The Promise of Democracy in East­ ment, not just a quick-fix solution. Western to ensure that these further arrangements ern and Central Europe: Major Challenges governments can provide capital, low-inter­ guarantee a fully verifiable treaty. Ahead." Papers were chosen for there origi­ est loans, credit, and technological assist­ Destruction technology will be shared so nality, creativity in presenting views, writing ance. the Soviets can go forward with their destruc­ style and clarity of expression, quality of re­ No one knows the future of Eastern tion program. After signature and entry into search, and reference documentation. The Europe, but many agree on one thing: the struggle for democracy will be a long and force of the multilateral ban, both sides agree Lyndon Baines Johnson Congressional Intern­ treacherous one. As Petre Roman, the new that they could reserve the right to maintain a ship Competition has enabled numerous prime minister of Hungary, predicted, 2-percent stockpile, 500 agent-tons, after con­ young men and women to experience first­ "From a democracy to a dictatorship, some­ tinuing to destroy chemical stocks past the bi­ hand the legislative branch of our Nation's times you need a day. From a dictatorship lateral SO-percent level if all CW-capable Government. Each year college-aged students to a democracy, the way is very much states had not yet signed the chemical weap­ and teachers with a keen interest in social longer." ons convention. studies across our Nation are selected to par­ This year's second place winner, Christo­ Secretary Baker has rightly called this new ticipate in the day-to-day operation of a con­ pher H. Blanchard wrote, "A Renewed Mar­ chemical weapons ban "a trailblazing agree­ gressional office. shall Plan and Participatory Planning for East ment." He is absolutely correct. The United This year's first place winner, Jennifer Europe". Mr. Blanchard graduated from Miami States can go forward in a position of leader­ Jenks wrote, "The Way That Is Very Much University with a bachelor of arts in interna­ ship and work to complete the multilateral ban Longer". Ms. Jenks will join my staff on June tional studies in May 1987 and is currently a now being negotiated in Geneva. We can also 18, 1990, for 2 months. She is a student at graduate student at the American University in put to bed once and for all our unnecessary, the University of Cincinnati, majoring in politi­ the School of International Service. ill-fated, budget-busting binary chemical weap­ cal science and history and expects to gradu­ Mr. Blanchard stated, ons program. ate in June 1992. The transition from a centrally planned President Bush has recently celebrated his Jennifer stated, economy with an extensive welfare appara­ SOOth day as President of the United States. I Like Frank Reed, the countries of Eastern tus, to a Western style market economy believe one of his most crowning achieve­ and Central Europe are former hostages re­ could promote instability and bad choices ments to date is the chemical ban with the discovering freedom. Democracy is a con­ for these countries. Most theorists in the Soviet Union. It may not receive front page at­ cept to which they will have to be intro­ West view this period as one of necessary tention, but when the history of this era is writ­ duced gradually. In attempting to establish discomfort and a vehicle to effect the great­ ten it will be seen as a highly significant arms durable democratic institutions, the new est possible good. The quick transition leaders of these countries face a myriad of period widens the gap between haves and control agreement. individual and country-specific obstacles. have nots on a daily basis. However, there are at least two critical chal­ What these governments might consider is lenges common to all: ethnic unrest and the a transition period in which a working so­ ALESSANDRO MANZONI LODGE introduction of market economy • • •. cialist program is implemented. The solu­ CELEBRATES 75TH ANNIVERSA­ There is a desperate and immediate need tion for the economic sphere could be found RY for progress, overly ambitious attempts to in a different kind of democratic planning, reestablish equilibrium in the economy capable of expressing collective economic could be dangerous. In order to prevent the self-management, and thus compatible with HON. NITA M. LOWEY spread of economic chaos and severe social the development of democratic political cul­ OF NEW YORK unrest, it will be better to gradually com­ tural and personal relations. bine an increased private and communal On the consumption side of the economy, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES market with some government controls and consumer's councils could be formed at vari­ Wednesday, June 6, 1990 protections. Czechoslovakian economist Ota ous levels-neighborhood, city, region and Sik talks of a "third option" to capitalism or so on. To promote democratic decisionmak­ Mrs. LOWEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, command economies: "The old directive ing that is socially responsible, outcomes rise today to join the Westchester County plan must disappear and in its place should would be decided by the people at the level community in celebrating the 75th anniversary be introduced a macro-plan which would most affected, but reviewed by councils at of the Alessandro Manzoni Lodge. This lodge, provide the framework for the long-term more inclusive levels. What sort of con­ No. 258, has 180 active members and is goals of the economy. These goals can be sumption decisions would arise? Individuals achieved with the help of an income policy, would have to choose between different backed by the Order of Sons of Italy in Amer­ a policy of public spending, a monetary ica which was founded in 1905. kinds of relatively private goods and services policy, all of which can be combined with while neighborhoods would ask for things The lodge has played an important role in the market mechanisms without actually Mamaroneck and throughout Westchester like parks, schools and hospitals. Regions limiting them. might request new transportation systems, County in encouraging individual involvement The emerging democracies will likely in­ housing centers, etc. The structure of lay­ in community activities and public service. In volve more central planning similar to that ered councils would allow all concerned at addition, the lodge has worked diligently to in many Western countries, with the nation­ each level to participate equally in the de­ promote. a sense of cultural heritage among al government controlling such things as bates and voting on options. A similar ar­ Italian-Americans in the Westchester commu­ the telegraph, railroads, mining, public utili­ rangement could be used on the production ties and financial institutions. The stable, side. Workers would propose outputs based nity. highly predictable way of life to which East 1 want to thank the members of the Ales­ on a comparison of capabilities and con­ Europeans have grown accustomed will give sumer demand. sandro Manzoni Lodge for all of their hard way to a lifestyle that will become increas­ work and community service, and congratulate ingly p1·ecarious as the existing safety nets This year's third place winner, Sherry Akers, them on their 75th anniversary. are gradually lowered. The price of food, wrote "The Promise of Democracy in Eastern June 6, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13285 Europe" Ms. Akers is a student at Tulane Uni­ can Expeditionary Force in Europe. Saint Mi­ A TRIBUTE TO JACK 0. versity, majoring in political science and ex­ chael, Belleau Wood, Aisne, Aisne-Marne, and HAMPTON pects to graduate in June 1992. Meuse-Argonne are battles synonymous with Sherry stated, courage and devotion to duty. The five veter­ HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. Ambassador Jacques Andreani believes ans honored today lived by those same pre­ that the Soviet domination of Europe in the cepts: Courage and devotion to duty. As they OF TENNESSEE postwar years was highly unnatural. Europe share their reminiscences of combat service, I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was obliged to conform to a single model. am reminded that patriotism and love of coun­ Under the crust of ideology, the people of Wednesday, June 6, 1990 Eastern Europe kept alive a vivid memory of try are indeed alive and well in America. Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased their national past and their national identi­ I commend the association, and its presi­ today to pay tribute to the Kiwanis Division fy, remembering the clost relationship they dent, Art Beltrone, of Keswick, VA, for orga­ Five Layman of the Year, Mr. Jack 0. Hamp­ had maintained over the centuries with the nizing this program and the other bimonthly ton of East Knox County, who lives in my con­ rest of Europe. Hence, Andreani is suggest­ programs which are put together and spon­ ing a resurgence of ideals; not a creation of gressional district. new ones as implied by many scholars. He sored for the Militaria Collectors and the gen­ Mr. Jack Hampton was named 1990 claims, "We can see an outline of the new eral public. Many of these programs are vi­ Layman of the Year at a prayer breakfast on system, but we can't yet see it in detail • • • deotaped by the association as a community May 7, in Knoxville. He is an outstanding man all in all, it will bear little resemblance to service in anticipation of curriculum use by in the community, and he has long served his the traditional Soviet-type political regime." students in public school systems. fellowman. Furthermore, he doesn't think that the new Today is indeed a special day in central Vir­ This distinguished award is made on the political systems of Soviet Russia and East­ basis of one's spiritual concern and love for em Europe will be truly democratic. There ginia. It is a day when all Americans will re­ will simply be "elements" of democracy. Ste­ member and understand that when their coun­ others. Jack has a big heart that naturally in­ phen White suspects that prospects for try called, these patriots responded and went clines him to "do unto others as you would Soviet democratization are "open, changing over, and did not come back until it was over, have them do unto you." His acts of kindness and ambiguous". For example, a national "over there." and unselfish service to others in the name of poll discovered that 75 percent of public life God are countless and often untold. was necessary. However, only 30 percent Mr. Speaker, we need more Jack Hamp­ were actually willing to take an active part tons. Our children and youth are looking for in such a process. There is popular support examples to follow, too often choosing the for political reform-but not necessarily if it POW PRAYER appears to lead to economic hardship. wrong kinds of role models. If they would follow the example of Jack Hampton, our soci­ ety would reap the benefits of kindness and HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO care from their great service. SPECIAL DAY FOR OF CALIFORNIA It is obvious to those who know him that CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA Jack Hampton deserves this award. I com­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mend him on his selfless devotion to mankind Wednesday, June 6, 1990 and on his being named 1990 Layman of the HON. D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR. Year in the Division Five Kiwanis Clubs. Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, during Mr. Speaker, I insert the accompanying arti­ OF VIRGINIA the Memorial Day ceremony in Ventura, CA, in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cle from the East Knox Area News in the my district, Mr. Lloyd Vancil, an officer of the RECORD: Wednesday, June 6, 1990 Vietnam Veterans of Ventura County, offered [From the East Knox Area News, May 21, Mr. SLAUGHTER of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, the following prayer for American prisoners of 1990] war and those still missing in action. As chair­ today is a special day for Charlottesville and JACK 0 . HAMPTON-DIVISION 5 LAYMAN OF man of the House POW/MIA task force, I join for all of central Virginia. It is a day that a THE YEAR with the long-suffering families of these miss­ group of special Americans will be recognized ing men, their comrades-in-arms, and con­ for their contributions to American military his­ On May 7th the Eighth Annual Prayer tory. Theirs were contributions of personal cerned citizens in seeking the fullest possible Breakfast for Division 5 Tennessee-Ken­ dedication, loyalty, sacrifice, and in some accounting of our POW/MIA's from World War tucky District was held at the First Baptist cases, life's blood, more than 70 years ago in II, Korea and Southeast Asia. I would like to Church in Knoxville. (Division 5 consists of what history books describe as the Great share this prayer with my colleagues: 16 clubs with 907 members.> The program opened with a Welcome from Lt. Govenor War-World War I. POW PRAYER Five American patriots will be recognized Jon G. Roach, Bo Shafer led the singing of today by the Virginia Militaria Collectors' Asso­ Father, America, Frank Borbeck led the Pledge of Your own son was a prisoner. Condemned, ciation for their service in World War I. I have Allegiance and Jerome M. Allen gave the In­ He died for us. Victorious, He returned to vocation. The program continued with the been told that this assemblage of five World bring us the gift of life everlasting. introduction of special guests, scripture War I veterans is the largest central Virginia Comfort us now in our longing for the reading and special music. President-Elect gathering in recent memory. An estimated return of the Prisoners Of War and those Dr. W.J. "Wil" Blechman of North Miami 90,000 Great War veterans survive across the Missing in Action. Beach, Florida, was featured speaker. Nation. Help us Father; The Division 5 Layman of the Year Award Luther Bell of the 92d Infantry is 94 and Inspire us to remove the obstacles. was next on the program. The Selection from Charlottesville; Hobert W. Clements of Give courage to those who know the truth Committee had reviewed the submitted the 28th Infantry is 92 and from Charlottes­ to speak out. nominations and narrowed their selection Grant wisdom to the negotiators, and down to five members. ville; David M. Cohan of the 2d " Indian Head "In keeping with the First Object of Division, " U.S. Marine Corps, is 94 and from compassion to the jailors. Inspire the media to speak out as loudly Kiwanis International, To give primacy to Charlottesville; Carl G. Kruger of the 78th In­ the Human and Spiritual, rather than to fantry is 94 and from Palmyra; and Gleason as they have in the past. the material values of life, the 1990 Layman Thoms of the 802P Infantry is 97 and from Protect those who seek in secret and help of the Year Award is presented annually to them to succeed. , Faber. Each is an American patriot and each the person selected from nominees submit­ Show us the tools to do your will. ted by Division Five Kiwanis Clubs." will participate in the Virginia Militaria Collec­ Guard and bless those in captivity, their tors' Association Program that will review the "These nominations have been selected on families, and those who work for their re­ the basis of their outstanding and dedicated development of trench warfare in World War I. lease. spiritual aims service within and without The program will also detail the dramatic Let them all come home soon. the Kiwanis Family. They truly exemplify a personal sacrifices made by the soldiers who Thank you Father, spiritual concern and love expressed out­ fought in the many campaigns of the Ameri- Amen. wardly by unselfish devotion of their life's 13286 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 1990 blessings to improving the opportunities for TRIBUTE TO WLEN RADIO OF and a dedicated young leader in the Jewish happiness and perfection allowed us all." LENAWEE COUNTY, MI, ON ITS world. Kentucky-Tennessee District Governor 25TH ANNIVERSARY He sold the Nuggets franchise in Novem­ John W. Gorrell, from Lexington, Kentucky ber 1989, in order to devote his time and reviewed the accomplishments of the vast expertise to the Great American Pyra­ Kiwanian chosen as Layman of the Year. HON. JOHN D. DINGELL mid-the planned sports arena, commercial Dr. Blechman presented the Division Five, OF MICHIGAN and shopping complex which promises to be Kentucky-Tennessee District Kiwanis Inter­ a major new attraction in Memphis, Tennes­ national Layman of the Year Award 1990 to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES see. He is also overseeing the exciting plans Jack 0. Hampton, a member of the Holston Wednesday, June 6, 1990 for the redevelopment Memphis' Mud Kiwanis Club. Island district. Jack is a friendly, considerate, religious in­ Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Born in Monroe, Louisiana, he attended dividual who always has time for an encour­ pay tribute to WLEN Radio of Lenawee Tulane University, and worked first at the aging word, a smile and a hand shake. He County, Ml, on its 25th anniversary. Through­ Houston National Bank, before beginning a has been a dedicated member of Holston out its 25 years of service, WLEN has proven highly successful career in the communica­ Kiwanis, with perfect attendance, for 16 to be a vital communications link for my con­ tions and entertainment industry. years. He is presently Co-Chairman of the For over three decades, Sidney Shlenker Head Start Project. Jack served three terms stituents in Lenawee County. A leader in Michigan radio, WLEN has served the has created, produced, packaged and pro­ as president and received the "Distin­ moted a dazzling array of entertainment guished Award" for all three terms. He also Lenawee community by offering a wide variety spectaculars in this country and abroad, in­ served three terms as Chairman of the Com­ of programming from news and sports to talk cluding Broadway musicals, television spe­ mittee on Support of Spiritual Aims. In shows and music. cials, stadium concerts, heavy-weight cham­ 1978, as President, he originated the Hol­ WLEN's longevity demonstrates its ability as pionship fights, closed circuit television ston Annual Prayer Breakfast. His visits to a radio station to succeed in a medium that broadcasts, pay-per-view contests, and major hospitals and nursing homes are representa­ has become increasingly competitive over the league baseball, all in addition to profession­ tive of Kiwanis and his local church. He al basketball. served in the United States Navy as a Lieu­ years. The station has remained a distin­ guished leader in Michigan broadcasting He is a founding partner and has a major tenant in the Air Corps and as a veteran, he interest in PACE Management Corporation, is a Life Member and Past Commander of through its commitment to innovative and one of the largest and most respected enter­ the Disabled American Veterans Chapter quality programming. tainment companies in the nation. Under 24. Jack is a member of the Sons of the Rev­ The station's contributions to the community his guidance, PACE has grown from a start­ olution, Tennessee Society, serving on the are unparalled. WLEN has been recognized up organization to one that owns theaters Americanism and Marshall Committee. He and given awards by such groups as the or amphitheaters in more than 30 cities. Its assisted in organizing youth football and annual production of touring shows covers a coached Little League baseball in the Carter March of Dimes, Lenawee United Way, and Muscular Dystrophy Association. market of some 200 cities. Community. While building PACE, Sidney Shlenker Much of Jack's time is given to the Huck­ Mr. Speaker, the citizens of Lenawee was appointed President and CEO of Hous­ leberry Springs United Methodist Church County, Ml, are fortunate to have a station ton's Astrodomain Corporation. In this ca­ and the Knoxville District United Method­ such as WLEN. I urge my colleagues to join pacity, he was responsible for the manage­ ist Church. An average of 10-15 hours me in honoring WLEN on its 25th anniversary weekly are spent visiting the sick and home ment and operations of Astroworld Hotels, bound, at nursing homes and hospitals. A and to extend wishes and hopes that it enjoys the Astrohall convention Center, the 6,000 minimum of two weeks during the year are continued success for another quarter centu­ seat Astroarena theme park, the Astrodome spent attending conferences, retreats and ry. stadium and the Houston Astros baseball training sessions. Among his duties at the team. His involvement in professional sports Huckleberry Springs United Methodist took a new turn in 1985 when he became Church are teaching Adult Sunday School A WELL-DESERVED TRIBUTE TO majority owner of the Denver Nuggets fran­ Class, Church Lay Leader, Certified Lay SIDNEY SHLENKER chise in the National Basketball Associa­ Speaker, Chairman of the Administrative tion. In his capacity as owner, he played a Board, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, pivotal role in transforming Denver's McNi­ and Secretary/Treasurer of the United HON. DON SUNDQUIST chols Arena from an anonymous venue into Methodist Men's Association. Jack also pro­ OF TENNESSEE a glittering showcase attraction. Sidney Shlenker has been an unwavering vides transportation for elderly people each IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sunday to the Huckleberry Springs United supporter of Jewish service and philanthro­ Methodist Church. Wednesday, June 6, 1990 PY, and of the aspirations of young people. He has earned his reputation as one of the His activities in the Knoxville District Mr. SUNDQUIST. Mr. Speaker, B'nai Brith Methodist Church include filling the pulpit most dynamic young leaders in United requests for laity speakers in the 61 church­ recently selected Sidney L. Shlenker to re­ Jewish Appeal fundraising. He sits on the es and planning for the training of certified ceive its Distinguished Service Award for board of Denver's National Jewish Hospital lay speakers. He is active as Past President 1990. There is much I could say about this dy­ for Immunology and Research and Rose of the United Methodist Men and Past namic individual and his contributions to the Hospital Foundation. President of the Layman's Association. He Memphis area, but let me instead offer for the B'nai B'rith is pleased to present its 1990 had attended annual conferences for 13 con­ RECORD B'nai B'rith's own testimonial. Distinguished Achievement Award to this secutive years and has been elected to innovative and creative businessman and attend, as a member-at-large, in June of THE SIDNEY L. SHLENKER DISTINGUISHED outstanding community leader, Sidney 1990. He is presently serving the Districts as ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SCROLL OF HONOR Shlenker. Associate Lay Leader, Local Lay Speaker It might be said that B'nai B'rith, our Coordinator and Certified Lay Speaker. oldest homegrown service organization, has Jack is Treasurer of the United Methodist been a movement ahead of its time. TRIBUTE TO ELIZABETH Men of Holston Conference; this Confer­ For, while striving to build a strong sense GASQUE VAN EXUM ence is made up of 12 Districts. He has an of Jewish identity among its members, it active leadership role in the National Con­ has also worked unceasingly to achieve for gress of United Methodist Men which meets all mankind a world free of bigotry and HON. ROBIN TALLON at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indi­ hatred, a world committed to human rights OF SOUTH CAROLINA ana. and human values. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In January 1989, Jack retired after serving Among the most impressive of B'nai for 40 years with the United States Postal B'rith's accomplishments has been its cre­ Wednesday, June 6, 1990 Service. Jack and his wife, Ruth reside in ation of a wide network of youth services. Mr. TALLON. Mr. Speaker, in November, East Knox County; they have three chil­ B'nai B'rith regards its commitment to the South Carolina mourned the passing of the dren, Dawn, Dale and Dean. Their grand­ young people of today as a legacy to the children are Seth and Christopher. men and women of tomorrow. first women to represent the Palmetto State in Jack Hampton is admired and respected B'nai B'rith is honored to present its 1990 the U.S. Congress. Mrs. Elizabeth Gasque by all who know him and we congratulate Distinguished Achievement Award to Van Exum was elected in September 1938 to him on receiving the 1990 Layman of the Sidney L. Shlenker, former majority owner the seat left vacant when her husband, Con­ Year Award. and chairman of the NBA's Denver Nuggets gressman Allard Gasque passed away. She June 6, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13287 won a special election in which she received The Lithuanians are an odd tribe: they guage writer. I am in a position similar to over 5,200 votes compared to a combined are an example of a modern nation born out that of a German who was forced to leave total of 225 for two male Democratic oppo­ of philology. Their language has made a the land of his ancestors, because that land, comback after surviving for centuries only after 1945, became a part of the Soviet nents. Representative Gasque has spent 15 among the peasantry. Archaic, closest to Union, Poland, or Czechoslovakia. And I un­ years as the wife of the popular Congressman Sanskrit of the Indo-European linguistic derstand those Germans who cannot forget, Allard Gasque, who represented South Caroli­ family, Lithuanian, because of its conserva­ for the magnetic needles of their hearts na's Sixth Congressional District. Her time in tive features, has been both a misfortune point eastward. Washington as an elected representative was for its speakers and their protection against Thus I do not speak as a Lithuanian, but short however. Her term lasted just under 3 encroachments by their Slavic neighbors. as a refugee. And yet I wish well the coun­ months, and she did not run for reelection in The Lithuanians have proved their attach­ try of my birth, and I do not dream of 1938. She did enjoy her days in Washington ment to their tongue, and in doing so they changing borders in our part of Europe, as, as a Congresswoman, however, maintaining have revealed a peculiar trait of their na­ unfortunately, do some Germans. In Poland tional character, a bullheaded stubbornness. I have found many people for whom the her social contacts and throwing a birthday Today Vilnius is predominantly Lithuani­ loss of their cities has been a permanent party in honor of President Roosevelt's birth­ an. Few traces remain of what was called tragedy, but they realize that what is past day. the "Jerusalem of the North," a great belongs to the past, even if those cities, Although she moved back to South Carolina center of Jewish learning. The Jewish popu­ Wilno and Lvov, were more important for and later married her second husband, J.F. lation was wiped out by the Nazis. As for the Polish sensibility, in many respects, Van Exum, she was never cured of her case the Polish-speaking people, one example of than Warsaw or Krakow. of Potomac fever, always calling Washington a family I knew suffices: the father was de­ Lithuanians deserve to have an independ­ ported by the Russians to Siberia, one son ent country. For Fifty years they preserved her natural home. was executed by the Nazis, his brother and an unflinching will to be free, and there is Mrs. Van Exum is fondly remembered by sister migrated to Poland after 1945. Many not the slightest doubt in my mind that the family and friends as quick to smile and thousands emigrated to Poland rather than sooner or later they will achieve this goal. with an infectious laugh. She died last year at wait for deportation to the east. Some They ate a disciplined and unified people, 103. 100,000 Poles remained in Vilnius. The familiar with democratic ways and the use number of those in Lithuania today who de­ of the popular vote. Like their neighbors, clare themselves Polish is around 300,000, the Latvians and the Estonians, their cul­ LITHUANIANS DESERVE TO but there is a reason why their complaints tural roots bring them closer to the Scandi­ HAVE AN INDEPENDENT COUN­ of discrimination, to an extent justified, navians than to the Slavs, and they would TRY find little echo in Poland: Solidarity sympa­ probably be economically helped by the thizes with the Lithuanian independence family of Scandinavian nations. movement, while the lack of enlightened The United States has never recognized HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL leaders among the Lithuanian Poles makes the annexation of the Baltic states, and this OF ILLINOIS them an ideal tool for Moscow against Lith­ brings honor to the American tradition of uania. It is true that the three Polish lan­ opposing European tyrannies. Today the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES guage deputies to the Lithuanian diet, from foreign domination over the Balitc republics Wednesday, June 6, 1990 Vilnius, voted for independence, but those is a vestige of the ominous era we all would from other regions remained aloof. like to leave behind. If the American admin­ Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, Czeslaw Milosz, In the miraculous year 1989, I nearly be­ istration is now ready to compromise on this awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1980, lieved in the beginning of a new era in inter­ principle, even at the price of self-contradic­ has written a thoughtful analysis of the crisis national relations. Yet the memory of a cer­ tion, we, of whatever nationality, who are of Lithuanian freedom. I believe our col­ tain event, incessantly vivid, cannot but not primarily concerned with the game of leagues will benefit from his insights in the induce me to skepticism today. On June 15, superpowers, should keep alive the sense of history and the hopes of the Lithuanian 1940, on a street in Vilnius, I heard the what is just. It is not rare that insisting on people. As is so often the case, an artist has clanking of Soviet tanks entering the peace­ elementary justice is the most fruitful diplo­ ful city to the frozen stupefaction of its in­ matic policy. given us the kind of perspective on a geopo­ habitants. The occupation of a neutral little Czeslaw Milosz won the Nobel Prize for litical issue that a mere stateman could never country by a powerful neighbor was a bla­ literature in 1980. dream of. tant violation of international law. Nobody At this point I wish to insert in the RECORD, realized then that the tanks were imple­ "For Vilnius," by Czeslaw Milosz, in the New menting a secret clause in the Molotov-Rib­ IN HONOR OF RUTH KEARNEY Republic, June 18, 1990. bentrop pact of August 23, 1939, but the timing was perfect: France was falling and FOR VILNIUS the Germans were entering Paris. HON. ROBERT G. TORRICELLI SHIP EXPERIMENTAL) that are "off-the-books" in our great Ameri­ vantaged minorities do not enjoy the same can enterprise called USA Incorporated. The SSX is being called the Iron Horse, health status as other Americans. The 1985 Our problem is that Queen Isabella now has about 535 ladies-in­ er's delight-a notable achievement in re­ and minority health revealed that: Life expect­ waiting who get into the federal ducing to under $100 the Cost per pound to ancy of blacks is nearly 6 years less than budget process. So, unlike Columbus, you space, compared to those systems we how whites; infant mortality among blacks occurs face an even more complex challenge in get­ see on the pad at the Cape, with a price tag at a rate twice that of whites; and, blacks ting your simplified Santa Maria into orbit. between $5,000 and $10,000 for each pound. suffer disproportionately higher rates of Anyhow, I enjoyed your briefing and was The SSX is no dream! The Pentagon's cancer, cardio-vascular disease and stroke, impressed by the technical know-how of SDIO office has allotted $12 million to de­ your associates. Your concept rang a bell velop a prototype by 1995. chemical dependency, diabetes, homicide, with me as an old Air Force systemist-who The SSX will be the first ever vertical and accidents. has lectured and written on the need for takeoff and landing spaceship. It A national center for health statistics shows System Simplification in many of will takeoff and land on rocket power. that the life expectancy for blacks in this our billion dollar federal programs. Your The SSX is flexible. It can launch from country actually declined between 1984 and SSTO idea is a classic example of what my and land almost anywhere. It is a savable 1987. Another study commissioned by the as­ managerial sermon is all about. This kind of spaceship it can abort fully intact at virtual­ sociation of minority health professions thinking can save the American taxpayer­ billions of dollars. ly any point in its flight it operates despite schools revealed that: While blacks represent Taxfully, failures, instead of failing to operate. approximately 12 percent of the U.S. popula­ SID TAYLOR, Properly managed, three prototype SSX tion, only two-thirds percent of physicians, Research Director (Systemist). vehicles can be built and tested in five years dentists, pharmacists, and veterinarians are at a cost under $450 million each. black; only a few health profession schools The aerospace industry has created the have more than 12 percent black enrollment; lightweight materials and structures needed Attention: Mr. Sid Taylor. to build the SSX, in large part from Nation­ black health professionals are approximately High Frontier, "The organization that pio­ al AeroSpace Plane technology de­ twice as likely to serve in medically under­ neered the idea behind the Strategic De­ velopments. served areas than their white counterparts; fense Initiative." The SSX breakthrough will radically and, without the contribution of historically You are cordially invited to an exclusive reduce the cost of Moon and Mars missions, black health professions schools, the shortage luncheon briefing on the single-stage-to­ the Mission to Planet Earth, the deploy­ of service to the underserved communities orbit: A revolution in space transportation, ment of Phase I SDI, and space station Free­ would be more severe, and the health status featuring Lt. Gen. D. Graham director of dom. Indeed, we can have it all with no new gap much wider. High Frontier, Steve HOeser, senior re­ taxes! Mr. Speaker, I envision these institutions as search scientist, Washington, DC, Max With SSX, commercial space ventures will Hunter, aerospace engineer. playing a leading role, not only in the past but finally burgeon. The American entrepre­ in the future, of our health care systems in the DEAR ---, ---. Next week the United neurial spirit will be unleashed in space. United States. I urge this Congress to give full States will take the first concrete steps For more SSX information: toward the development of a craft that consideration at the earliest possible date to Lt. Gen. Daniel 0. Graham, USA space ship. we Maxwell Hunter, Space Guild, President & CEO, 3165 La Mesa Drive, San Carlos, CA demonstrated success in the recruitment, en­ have awaited this event for some time, rollment, and graduation of underrepresented Indeed, High Frontier has spent the past 94070. year working aggressively to bring the Steve HOeser, Space Systems Analyst, minority students and limiting debt incurred by SSTO concept to fruition, Specifically, we 5826 Apple Wood Lane, Burke, VA 22015. minority students through adoption of scholar­ have advocated the development of a vehi­ A.O.Panama Canal Pilots Branch, Interna­ tial legislation forward since the Congress fimt tional Organization of Masters, Mates The need for a return capability has been received the Secretary's report in 1985. and Pilots, Republic of Panama. demonstrated on at least two occasions by Mr. Speaker, this bill is a major step in ad­ DEAR CAPTAIN HOLDER: As past and present events on the Soviet Mir station. Both a pro­ dressing the health problems facing our mi­ members of the Subcommittee on Panama pellant leak and a micrometeorite striking a Canal of the House Committee on Merchant nority populations. When we begin to address window forced the station crew to flee into Marine and Fisheries, we would like to take their Soyuz module until the extent of the critical health needs of our most disadvan­ this opportunity to congratulate you on taged populations, we will have taken the first your long and distinguished career with the damage was ascertained. Luckily, they were able to correct the problems they encountered step toward improving the overall well-being Panama Canal. in space, but what would have happened if of our society. For "wellness" is the first step I am sure that your father, who came from Barbados in 1911 to work on the con­ the situations had been critical? What if there in enabling the individual to reach their full po­ struction of the Canal, would be proud to had been a leak of toxic fumes or a station tential. When each member of society has know that over the course of fifty years, his depressurization? that ability, then America wins as a nation. Let son has progressed from working on a labor We know that any operations in space carry us further this goal by supporting the institu­ gang in 1940 at a wage of 13 cents an hour with them a certain amount of risk, but why tions that have made significant steps toward to becoming a pilot in 1986. The job of a Panama Canal pilot calls for a high level of should we jeopardize the lives of our crew­ addressing the health needs of America's skill, motivation and professionalism. This members when they need not be jeopardized? neediest population. professionalism and dedication to the job Crew return capability has always been a pri­ was particularly evident during the difficult ority for NASA's ma.nned space exploration years when you and your fellow pilots kept activities. Skylab employed a similar vehicle the Canal open and operating smoothly de­ during the 1970's, so there is nothing novel in HALF A CENTURY OF SERVICE spite the political unrest in the Republic of this idea. A preventable accident or medical Panama. TO THE PANAMA CANAL Again, we congratulate you for your fifty emergency resulting in loss of life aboard the year career with the Panama Canal and we space station would be a horrifying and wish you and your wife a long and happy re­ shameful result or our negligence. HON. ROY DYSON tirement. A preventable death in space would certain­ OF MARYLAND With best wishes. ly be a tragedy. Not only that, it might also IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sincerely, spell doom for the entire space industry. Can Walter B. Jones, Billy Tauzin, Helen you imagine the implications such an accident Wednesday, June 6, 1990 Delich Bentley, Jack Field, Norman D. Shumway, Bob Davis, Roy Dyson, Car­ would have on NASA's credibility in the eyes Mr. DYSON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to roll Hubbard. of the American public? The very existence of take this opportunity to call attention to Capt. NASA would be threatened. Earle H. Holder, who is retiring from the Mr. Speaker, the ACRV program is a rea­ Panama Canal Commission after a half centu­ ACRV AND THE NEED FOR sonable, cost-effective way to keep our astro­ ry of service. SPACE SAFETY nauts safe. In Houston, Johnson Space Captain Holder's father, James Holder, Center is working hard with local space tech­ came from Barbados in 1911 to work on the · HON. MICHAEL A. ANDREWS nology companies to build a reasonable pro­ construction of the canal. James Holder re­ OF TEXAS gram for Congress to review. The risks to as­ tired in 1955 after 44 years of service in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tronaut security and the integrity of America's Dredging Division. In 1940, Earle Holder start­ Wednesday, June 6, 1990 space program as a whole are too great a cost to these efforts. I hope you will join me in ed work on a labor gang at a wage of 13 Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support of assured crew return capability on cents per hour. He attempted to join the U.S. express my support for a program which is ab­ this and future space missions. Army in World War II and was not permitted solutely vital to the continuation of our coun­ because of his citizenship. Instead, he worked try's exploration of space-the assured crew his way through the ranks of canal employ­ return vehicle [ACRV]. The ACRV is a reliable, INSURANCE FIRMS: PRIVILEGED ment. In 1978, he was promoted to pilot in space-based vehicle-a lifeboat of sorts­ CLASS training at the age of 54, completing his pilot's which can safely deliver crewmembers back training in 1986. Captain Holder, like all to Earth in the event of an emergency. Such HON. DON EDWARDS Panama Canal pilots, is a member of the emergency escape capabilities are critical to OF CALIFORNIA International Organization of Masters, Mates the establishment of the permanently manned IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES space station currently scheduled for 1997. and Pilots Union, which has a long and proud Wednesday, June 6, 1990 history of involvement in ensuring that the I fear that once again, efforts are being canal operates smoothly, both prior to and made to eliminate funding for the ACRV pro­ Mr. EDWARDS of California. Mr. Speaker, since the Panama Canal Treaty. gram, and the prospect of this cut upsets me as we know, the insurance industry-one of Captain Holder played professional baseball greatly. We must continue to fund this integral the largest and richest industries in America­ element of the space station Freedom project. is exempt from our antitrust laws. I believe this as a pitcher in the Canal Zone League from Opponents of ACRV say the price is too is an outrageous situation which, in the com­ 1948 to 1952. In 1949, he was offered a high. Yet, NASA has mandated that the ACRV pelling interest of the consumers of this career opportunity with the Southwest Pacific program emphasize low-cost development op­ Nation, simply must be corrected. League but decided instead to stay with the tions and proven reliable technologies. Yesterday, the New York Times published Panama Canal. During World War II in NASA's request for $16 million to begin phase an op-ed piece written by Ms. Linda Lipsen, Panama he played with baseball stars such as B research keeps that requirement in mind. legislative counsel for Consumers Union. Ms. Ken Layman of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Mickey Those who argue against the system do so at Lipsen eloquently makes the consumer case Harris of the Red Sox and Terry Moore of the the expense of giving crewmembers a viable for this change, and I commend her thoughtful St. Louis Cardinals. His all time favorite team return capability. article to all of our colleagues. is the Detroit Tigers. Critics seem to suggest that astronauts Pending before the House Judiciary Com­ I wish Captain Holder a long and happy re­ should have the "right stuff." In other words, mittee's Subcommittee on Economic and tirement and would like to at this point insert a they know the dangers of working in space Commercial Law is a bill which would address letter of congratulations from myself and other and shouldn't be afraid to risk their lives in this concern of consumers by bringing the in­ past and present members of the Subcommit­ doing so. While this was the attitude in the surance industry back under the Federal anti­ tee on the Panama Canal. early days of the Mercury program, our objec- trust laws. Congressman BROOKS and I intra- June 6, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13291 duced that bill, H.R. 1663, the Insurance Com­ insurance industry and passes the Brooks Viet Nam-"a war we couldn't win", some petitive Pricing Act of 1989. bill, consumers will be the beneficiaries. say-"a war we could have won in days" say H.R. 1663 simply says that insurers cannot others. It matters not. Once again, freedom was the cause and we fought to maintain engage in the four most egregious anticom­ PLEASE DON'T BURN MY FLAG petitive violations known under our antitrust freedom in the world. We fought in a coun­ try where human life was not important, laws-price-fixing, tying arrangements, territo­ where it seemed our leaders did not want to rial division, and monopolization. With the in­ HON. JAMES M. INHOFE OF OKLAHOMA win, something none of us understood. terest of consumers in mind, I invite the sup­ Thousands of us died in this God forsaken port of our colleagues for this modest propos­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES country, but for the many who returned to al. Wednesday, June 6, 1990 our precious free country, it was a continu­ [From the New York Times, June 5, 1990] ing hell, scorned by those very countrymen Mr. INHOFE. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure who we died for, or worse, ignored. Again, INSURANCE FIRMS: PRIVILEGED CLASS to share with my colleagues this inspirational there are many who did not die, and remain theme about the Amercian flag. This composi­ as prisoners and all but fogotten by those tion, written by Mr. Ken Jeffries of Broken WASHINGTON.-If you discovered your who should care. neighborhood butcher was trying to fix the Arrow, OK, embodies the emotions that all I died in Viet Nam, for America's symbol, price of meat with other butchers, carve up Americans, not just those who fought for our and my name is on "the wall." the market and tell you you couldn't buy country and for international freedom, should I came home this time. I left my Mom and fancy cuts unless you bought soup bones, feel about our country's most sacred Dad dressed in Marine green. I returned you'd call the authorities. But because of an symbol-the American flag. dressed in red, white and blue. antiquated law, the insurance industry has JULY 4, 1989. I know none of this will be understood by been given the privilege of rigging the DEAR AMERICA: As a boy of 14, I left my fa­ those who would burn our country's flag-it market comparably. ther's farm to fight for the freedom of all will be understood by those who never see This special treatment stems from the people, in the Union army. I marched across Ol' Glory flapping in the breeze, or see her McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945, which the southern states, scared, knowing I leading a parade held high by young men allows the insurance industry, unlike any might never see my Mama again. I faced who would never let her dip low, who see it other American industry, to escape the scru­ boys in battle no older than I was; old men, neatly folded after being draped on the tiny of Federal anti-trust laws. This law is who really only wanted to grow cotton, yet casket of a brave son who has gone on to be an Edsel. took weapon in hand for a cause they with the freedom fighters of the past, who Consumers pay a steep price for this spe­ thought was just. As our troops marched smile when seeing a young child waving his cial privilege, for, after food and shelter, in­ across Georgia, I found my final resting tiny flag, knowing someday that child will surance is the single largest annual con­ place, a lonely hill, far from my northern be called upon to defend what that flag rep­ sumer investment. roots, where my bones still lie. resents; yes, understood by those who never The exemption, which for 45 years has I died for a cause, a symbol-! died for see these things with out chill bumps crawl­ never been based on any sound public-policy Ol'Glory, the stars and stripes. ing across our skin, whose eyes fill with principle, has created a marketplace hostile In World War I, I went to a far off land tears, no matter how manly we think we to consumers. When consumers pay more where men were trying to conquer the are. We grew up honoring that flag; drawing for car insurance than their cars are worth, world, to take freedom from all men. No in our school books Nazi and kamikaze something is very wrong with the market­ "doughboy" I met wanted to be in this hell­ place. When nurse-midwives, day care cen­ foresaken place, yet we had a choice; fight planes going down in flames, sent to their ters, municipalities and others suddenly the war in Europe or fight the war in our deaths by American pilots in planes embla­ found in the '80's that they could not get in­ precious country. No one wanted our fami­ zoned by the Stars and Stripes. We went to surance at any price, supposedly because of lies to suffer like those we saw in that war, movie theaters where we learned of the a law-suit crisis, something is very wrong. so once again, we did what we had to do. latest war news and stood up and cheered at Shopping around for a better price was a My remains are buried on a hillside, over­ every victory. We are the ones, who even fruitless exercise for these interests. Often, looking a quiet, peaceful, German village, today, stand silently at attention when our they couldn't find any insurer willing to surrounded by God's beauty. How I wish flag is displayed and the Star-Spangled cover them. A healthy, competitive insur­ this place was in my homeland. Banner is played before a sporting event on ance market would not have produced such I died for Ol' Glory and what she repre­ television, wondering why there is any horror stories. sents. movement in the crowd. We cheered and Over the years, many in Congress have A man named Adolph decided to build a hugged at the end of World War II and tried to repeal the McCarran-Ferguson Act. super race, eliminate those in the world he thanked every Mother's son when he re­ Yet the insurance industry has always been did not like, and was joined in battle by the turned to try to pick up his life as he had able to throw its considerable weight around land of the rising sun. left it. and prevent such efforts from taking hold. We came in throngs to don a uniform rep­ Oh yes, this young country has made her So politically powerful is the industry that resenting our country, to take up arms, to share of mistakes. We haven't been working in 1980 it succeeded in convincing Congress insure freedom was there for those who de­ at this thing called freedom for long, but we to bar the Federal Trade Commission from sired it. We left our women to run the facto­ will make it; and for those of you who would even studying the insurance business. ries and provide the needs of the armies. burn 01' Glory, the symbol of right, look But consumers are blowing the whistle. I am buried on an island, unknown to me around at the rest of the world. In fact, I When the issue of whether the industry before World War II and one which I could invite you to leave this great country of should be allowed to fix prices was put to not pronounce, Iwo Jima. ours and take your view points elsewhere. Texas voters in a March referendum, 90.6 I died for Ol' Glory, long may she wave. Our country is the greatest, but perhaps it percent said no. Californians rescinded the The next call of duty came, once again, to will take life in China, Russia, Cuba or a state antitrust exemption for the insurance a place where men wanted to be free, and "free" Europe to see how great she is and to industry when Proposition 103 was adopted other men wanted to take that freedom­ in 1988. Last March, New Jersey subjected South Korea-a country that once again we cause the "tears in your eyes" that I was the auto insurance market to state antitrust seldom had heard of, but we would defend. talking about. scrutiny. We all did understand one word in a I died for 01' Glory, the Red, White and Congress is beginning to take heed. There common language-freedom. Blue, to give you time to discover what that is significant activity in the Hquse Judiciary Once again, we left loved ones, not know­ piece of cloth stands for. Committee on a bill sponsored by Jack ing if we would ever see them again. There Call me doughboy, call me flyboy, call me Brooks, Democrat of Texas. It would hold are those still alive, long forgotten, some­ gyrene, dog-face or swabbie-it doesn't the industry accountable for antitrust viola­ where in communist jails as POW's most of matter. I died for you. tions like price fixing, dividing markets, the dead in this "police action" were re­ And for those of you who fought for that linking the sale of one product to another turned to be buried in a family plot. piece of cloth, who have gone on before, rest and monopolizing the market. I rest in a rice field, with no market assured there are those of us who will never The industry is hanging on to its exemp­ except the flag of my country within the forget; and if need be, pick up the arms of tion with the fierceness that auto-makers jacket I wore as my plane plummeted into our fallen comrades to defend this country once displayed in resisting airbags; but Mother Earth. and all she stands for. Rest in peace, broth­ today in ads even Lee Iacocca extols the vir­ I died for Ol' Glory, that symbol of free­ ers and sisters. God bless you and God Bless tues of airbags. If Congress stands up to the dom, of God, of Country. America.

39-059 0-91-38 (Pt. 9) 13292 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 1990 H.R. 1454-THE STUDENT RIGHT­ information about this topic area. This request No need to qualify the indictment with TO-KNOW ACT is made in anticipation of the upcoming reau­ the qualifying words, alleged. Barry recent­ thorization of the higher education authoriza­ ly told a Washington Post reporter that HON. CARL C. PERKINS tion legislation in the next Congress. sure, he did just what the feds charge him In this second part I request that the Secre­ with doing in January in the hotel room. OF KENTUCKY But the mayor comes on strong, generally IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tary, in cooperation with the various represent­ atives of the higher education community, de­ telegraphing that his defense will be a bris­ Wednesday, June 6, 1990 velop definitions and methodologies for the tling assault on the prosecution for entrap­ Mr. PERKINS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to reporting of graduation rates by program; ment. take this opportunity to compliment the House Even more important, the mayor contends graduation rates by particular school or aca­ he is the victim of a victimless crime, that concerning the decision to pass the Student demic division; job placement rates; and the what he did hurt no one else. Right-To-Know Act. passage rates of State-required tests in vari­ Shot through Barry's self-justification is This legislation is designed to provide an ous professions. an arrogance-tinted theme which has been expanded amount of important information to This information is being requested from the followed by many another public or private the students and their families as they face Secretary because I feel that they present the high-roller who gets tripped up: Rules apply critical decisions concerning their choices in committee the most realistic alternatives if this only to little people, not the rich, the pow­ the field of higher education. The legislation issue is to be reviewed during the reauthoriza­ erful, the celebrated. takes a step forward for the consumers in the tion. As I worked on this amendment I discov­ post-secondary marketplace. Information will ered the many problems and complications now be available that will enable families to that could arise from any one of these require­ make smarter and more informed decisions. ments being put into law arbitrarily. I am We are in expensive times today and I feel unable to predict exactly what the Secretary SALUTE TO BLIZZARD BOX that it is imperative that we not only become will report back to the Congress and I do not PROGRAM concerned about the services provided by the have any particular expectation. I simply feel institutions but also the environment that they that the committee should be aware of the full are providing the student. Is it a safe environ­ range of options available and what questions ment that promotes a commitment to excel­ surround any thought of implementing addi­ HON. WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR. lence and completion of the goals set before tional reporting requirements. OF PENNSYLVANIA the students? I support this legislation be­ I am sensitive to the claims by the commu­ cause of the many questions it will enable the nity that the Congress is simply overburdening IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES parents to answer by supplying them the the institutions with reporting requirements. I Wednesday, June 6, 1990 needed information. will be working with my chairman to fully ex­ I applaud Congressman GoODLING for his plore this problem as we move ahead in the Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Sp·eaker, it is with great package of crime awareness provisions. This development of a sensible and cohesive re­ pleasure that I rise today to salute the Blizzard brings to light some basic statistics for all porting requirement package. Box Program of Clearfield County, PA, a campuses pertaining to important issues of I appreciate the cooperation that was put recent award winner in the Department of safety. Many have felt that this information forward by the minority members of our com­ Health and Human Services Administration on was already available if asked for and we mittee as well and I welcome the suggestions Aging 1990 Community Achievement Awards. were all surprised to discover the difficulty sur­ and input received concerning my amend­ In a rural area with harsh weather and diffi­ rounding the disclosure of the facts. ment. By only requiring the reporting of the cult terrain, managing an effective home-deliv­ · The original vehicle was the student-athlete completion rates of the full-time students we ered meal program for senior citizens can be right to know legislation and I congratulate avoided a potential problem with the part-time an extremely challenging task. The Blizzard Congressmen TowNs and McMILLEN for their students. Congressman GOODLING's assist­ Box Program has found a way 'to successfully persistence in pushing this issue before the ance was helpful in pointing this matter out. committee. They saw a great potential for Once again I congratulate the committee complete that task. abuse in the system and much of the testimo­ and the House for moving so expeditiously on In cooperation with John Draucker and the ny bore out the fact that we do need to im­ this matter and look forward to working with Clearfield Rotary Club and local Dairy Queen prove the communication system among the the Department in exploring all of the issues stores, John Kordish and many volunteers at parent, student, athletic department, and insti­ involved. the Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging tution. distribute "Blizzard Boxes" in the fall of each I greatly appreciate Chairman WILLIAMS' as­ year. These boxes are 1-year supply emer­ sistance as well as his staff's excellent help in gency food kits to be used by the elderly in formulating the final version of my amendment NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW the case that regular home delivery cannot be to this legislation concerning the reporting of made. institution-wide graduation rates by July 1, This program, which was started in 1982, is 1992. HON. DOUG BEREUTER partially funded by local businesspersons such Since the acceptance of the amendment OF NEBRASKA as Gerald and Linda Hatcher and Dick and there has been some confusion about what it IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Shirley Lewis, Dairy Queen owners in Clear­ actually requires from the institutions concern­ Wednesday, June 6, 1990 field and DuBois. For one week a year, these ing the reporting of graduation rates. The storeowners donate to the program a portion amendment has two distinct provisions and Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, we are strug­ of the profits generated from the sale of their only one of them has an impact on the institu­ gling through a time when it seems as though ice cream treat known as "the Blizzard", tions. too many public figures believe that laws and hence the name of the service. moral standards are for everyone else but not The first portion of the amendment requires The Blizzard Box Program not only assists every postsecondary institution that receives for them. A single individual's arrogance has the senior citizens of Clearfield County, but in­ title IV assistance to disclose to any and all eroded the sense of pride and decency that volves and empowers them as well. They prospective students the graduation rate of all used to prevail in the Nation's Capital City. challenge each other to consume the most full-time students enrolled in the institution by This Member commends to the attention of July 1, 1992. It is that simple and straight for­ Members of the House the following editorial Blizzards, and regularly volunteer to pack and ward. This provision does not include hidden comment from the June 3, 1990, Editor of the help deliver the boxes. language that later required the reporting of Lincoln Journal-Star. Congratulations to all those persons in­ graduation rates by program or particular CHANGING BEHAVIOR IS HARD volved in the award-winning Blizzard Box Pro­ school or anything else. Marion Barry, the District of Columbia's gram. It is a pleasure to see such concern The second provision is a request to the troubled mayor, goes on trial this week for among my constituents, and an honor to wit­ Secretary of Education to provide additional the smoking of crack cocaine. ness the success of such a program. June 6, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13293 TRIBUTE TO DR. EMERSON Unlike most anniversaries, which are happy 1990 FARM BILL ISSUES CLEVELAND WATSON, JR. occasions, we cannot celebrate this one. One In recent trips through the Ninth District, year ago we were appalled by pictures of members of my staff and I have had a HON. ROBIN TALLON tanks rolling into Tiananmen Square, of the number of conversations with farmers about the upcoming 1990 farm bill, the basic legis­ OF SOUTH CAROLINA "people's" army shooting their own, and of the goddess of democracy being toppled. lation governing federal farm programs that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is rewritten evey five years. In general, On that fateful day in June, I was attending Wednesday, June 6, 1990 Ninth District farmers are relatively happy a human rights conference, and I found it with current programs and market condi­ Mr. TALLON. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to ironic that as policymakers from around the tions. However, they believe that a number commend Dr. Emerson Cleveland Watson, Jr., world were discussing human rights, halfway of issues facing agriculture need to be re­ for his years of commitment to the South around the globe, the human rights of the Chi­ solved for continued financial security. Carolina Baptist Convention. Dr. Watson re­ nese people were being brutally violated. Although the financial condition of agri­ tired from his position of executive assistant to We commemorate this anniversary not only culture has improved considerably since the executive secretary-treasury to the general to remember those who shed their blood, but 1985, farmers recognize the fragility of their board of the South Carolina Baptist Conven­ to remind ourselves of the cause for which position. Many farmers know that a rela­ tively small increase in interest rates or a tion in June 1988 and has continued to serve they died. The Tiananmen protestors, many of the organization as general consultant. On decline in crop and livestock prices could whom were college students, came from vari­ place them in financial jeopardy. Most June 28, he will retire from this position. ous walks of life. Yet, they shared one farmers would like to see modifications to Dr. Watson learned early on from his family common bond: they were all lovers of free­ the existing set of farm programs rather the importance of religion and values. His dom yearning to escape the oppressive hand than radical changes. father was a farmer and an ordained deacon of tyranny. One of their biggest concerns is that more in the Baptist Church. Growing up in the These heroes expressed their desire for de­ stringent environmental controls could raise Watson home was a happy life and Dr. mocratization months before the actual mas­ the cost of production. They fear that tight Watson absorbed the love that his parents, sacre, camping in the square, going on hunger new restrictions on the use of pesticides and siblings, and friends offered. herbicides could make them uncompetitive strikes, and holding various rallies. Unfortu­ in world markets unless other countries During his young years, Dr. Watson was nately, these peaceful events were under­ heavily involved in his local church near Lum­ adopt similar controls. They favor incen­ mined by the subsequent massacre. The stu­ tives for alternative agriculture, and would berton, NC. He was baptized in that church dents gave their lives for democracy-some­ like to see research into economically viable and taught Sunday school there from the time thing which too many Americans take for ways to farm with less chemicals. that he was 15 years old. Dr. Watson got his granted. A view that consistently comes out in call to the ministry the summer before he was The senseless massacre at Tiananmen meetings is the need to maintain our ex­ to enter college, and was licensed to preach Square brought to mind the words of Abraham penditures on agricultural research and ex­ by the Ingold Baptist Church in 1940. Lincoln at the dedication of the Gettysburg tension, even if budget constraints dictate cuts for commodity programs. Farmers see Throughout his career, Dr. Watson has con­ Cemetery: tinued his religious studies in pastoral educa­ these outlays as vital to maintaining the We cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, long-run competitive position of American tion, personnel management, counseling of we cannot hallow this ground for those the alcoholic, understanding of the rural agriculture. Technological change in agri­ brave men, living and dead, who have culture has allowed less than two percent of church and others. fought and died and have dedicated it far the population to feed the nation and a sig­ Dr. Watson's 50-year career in ministry has above our puny power to add or detract. nificant portion of the world. taken him from North Carolina to Kentucky to Indeed, those who died a year ago in Tian­ Farmers are less vocal about the need to South Carolina. In every parish, he has anmen Square have given it meaning far retain current commodity programs. On the brought his infectious enthusiasm and his beyond our power to add or detract from the whole they support free trade and the re­ quiet leadership. He has been respected and measure of their sacrifice. moval of support programs, but would not loved by every sector of his church community favor such steps unless the rest of the world Although those who died are not physically had to operate under comparable condi­ for his innate ability to identify with every pos­ here, their aspirations and purpose remain. sible segment of the church. tions. This is evident by the recent student uprisings Farmers are worried about the difficulty In his present position, Dr. Watson has pro­ at Beijing University, despite the government's vided assistance to the executive secretary­ of entry into agriculture. Although there is attempt to suppress any commemoration of support for government assistance to begin­ treasurer of the S.C. Baptist Convention in the the massacre. ning farmers through the Farmers Home planning and coordination of programs as­ As we mark the first anniversary of the Administration . it should only be signed to the general board staff, Christian life Tiananmen massacre, I urge my colleagues to for a fixed period of time and tightly super­ and public affairs issues, and in general over­ remember the cause for which these students vised. A widespread concern in the farm sight of convention organizational life. He has community is the need for FmHA reform died. The Chinese students wanted to make a brought a unique insight to this position and and greater diligence in collecting delin­ difference and desired a change from oppres­ all who have contact with him know him as a quent loans. sion toward democracy. As policymakers we can-do type of person. No job is too big and Most farmers accept the need for farm are in a position to make a difference and to no person or problem too small for him to conservation programs. They support con­ cause change. tackle. tinuation of the Conservation Reserve Pro­ Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues that as gram, particularly for land planted in hard­ I commend Dr. Watson for his years of woods. Many farmers believe that agricul­ service to mankind, and send my best wishes they go about their duties, to remember the example of the Chinese students which ture faces more stringent regulation in wet­ and congratulations on his retirement. Enjoy lands conversion than other uses of land, it-you deserve it. serves as an inspiration to us all. and argue that the "swampbuster" penalties should be adjusted to meet the magnitude of the offense. They note that if cross-com­ MARKING THE FIRST ANNIVER­ 1990 FARM BILL ISSUES pliance requirements become too onerous, SARY OF THE TIANANMEN farmers will opt out of the programs and SQUARE MASSACRE there will be no government leverage over HON. LEE H. HAMILTON their practices. HON. JACK BUECHNER OF INDIANA One area of widespread agreement is the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES need for greater planting flexibility. For ex­ OF MISSOURI ample, a number of farmers have indicated IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, June 6, 1990 to me that the current set of rules causes Wednesday, June 6, 1990 Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to them to plant more corn than they would like. Of the farmers responding to my Mr. BUECHNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today insert my Washington Report for Wednesday, recent farm bill questionnaire, 75% en­ to mark the first anniversary of the Tiananmen June 6, 1990, into the CONGRESSIONAL dorsed greater flexibility, even it if meant a Square massacre on June 4, 1989. RECORD: reduction in their government payments. 13294 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 1990 Many farmers are concerned that current Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Fourth, the student nurse's service must program requirements are preventing crop Security Act. These provisions, which parallel either: First, fulfill a mandatory requirement of rotations that are helpful for weed control each other and which were first enacted in the student nurse's training school; second, and soil conservation. 1939, exempt wages earned by student On several other issues a consensus is qualify the student nurse for credit toward a harder to find. District farmers seem to be nurses employed by hospitals or nurse training nursing degree or nursing certificate; or third, split on the merits of setting up a new sup­ schools from payroll taxes under the Federal fall within the class of services typically per­ port program for soybeans. Despite general Insurance Contribution Act [FICA] and the formed by a nursing student working in a hos­ recognition of problems with the current Federal Unemployment Tax Act [FUTA]. For pital or nurses' training school. Student nurses $50,000 per farmer limit on government pay­ some time now, these exemptions have made typically perform a wide range of services in ments, there is no consensus on how to it possible for nursing students who work part learning about hospital procedures and acquir­ reform it. Some farmers would like to see it time in hospitals to retain a greater portion of ing their nursing skills. This legislation would cut, others prefer to see better enforcement, their gross wages. Simultaneously, hospitals recognize the educational and developmental while a smaller group argues for expansion. have realized savings that they have frequent­ Farmers are also divided over crop insur­ value of, among other things, positions in ance. Some favor reform while others would ly been able to apply to other forms of finan­ which student nurses are involved in patient replace crop insurance with a permanent cial aid for nursing students, a desirable ob­ care, ward administration, ancillary medical system of disaster assistance. jective in view of the Nation's current nursing services-pharmacy, radiology, etcetera-and Many dairy producers want the current shortage. the like. milk program preserved, but with smaller In recent years, however, the nursing stu­ This legislation would be effective with re­ price differentials between regions to reduce dent exemption has been administered incon­ spect to renumeration paid to student nurses the incentives to produce milk in other sistently. While some Internal Revenue Serv­ on or after January 1, 1980. This will ensure parts of the country. Tobacco growers are ice [IRS] district offices have continued to rou­ worried about the future of their program, that the above standards will be applied uni­ but would be willing to see it ended if we tinely grant the exemption, others have denied formly to currently pending exemption claims stopped importing tobacco. They argue that it to claimant hospitals based on increasingly which have been filed in IRS district offices as long as we continue to allow the sale of stringent criteria concerning the definition of a and which, in some instances, involve com­ tobacco we might as well permit U.S. pro­ student nurse, what constitutes part-time em­ pensation going back to 1980. ducers to reap some of the benefits rather ployment, and other issues. The IRS has at­ Mr. Speaker, this legislation is designed to than foreigners. tempted through revenue rulings, technical dispel the great confusion that now surrounds Farmers see ever increasing amounts of advice memoranda, and other pronounce­ paperwork in dealing with the Department the student nurse FICA/FUTA exemption, in ments to adopt clarifying interpretations of the order to ensure equitable treatment of hospi­ of Agriculture

0 ' A - .. • ...... flo .__ -.!..1 A ...... j -· ...... 0 - • - 0 L. - - - o June 6, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13299 lege entrance test scores, and who are nomi­ our Nation, represent what is good about our PRAISE FOR DR. JOHN A. nated to receive the scholarship award country. To become a page these people GAZAWAY through their guidance or principal's office. have proven themselves to be academically The recipients will be honored at a lunch­ qualified. They have ventured away from the eon to be held in their honor at the Embers security of their home and families to spend HON. FRED GRANDY Restaurant in Mt. Pleasant, Ml, on June 11, time in an unfamiliar city. Through this experi­ OF IOWA 1990. Of the 209 scholarships awarded in ence they have witnessed a new culture, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Michigan, the 11 students from my 1Oth Con­ made new friends, and learned the details of Wednesday, June 6, 1990 gressional District will receive scholarships, how our Government operates. which are worth $1,500, to be applied toward As we all know, the job of a congressional Mr. GRANDY. Mr. Speaker, On June 7, their freshman year at a college or university page is not an easy one. Along with being 1990, Dr. John A. Gazaway of Eagle Grove, of their choice. I am very proud of their hard away from home, the pages must possess the lA, will be installed as the 69th president of work. maturity to balance competing demands for the American Optometric Association. I would Mr. Speaker, we all recognize the impor­ their time and energy. In addition, they must like to take a moment to praise Dr. Gazaway's tance of education. This scholarship recog­ have the dedication to work long hours and selfless commitment to his community and nizes outstanding students who are fine exam­ the ability to interact with people at a personal profession, and congratulate him on achieving ples of what our education system should be. level. I am sure they will consider this to be this honor. I hope my colleagues will join me today in one of the most valuable and exciting experi­ Spanning nearly two decades of civic in­ congratulating the following students for their ences of their lives, and that with this experi­ volvement, Dr. Gazaway has proudly served outstanding academic achievements: Matthew ence they will all move ahead to lead suc­ on the city council and has been past mayor Birchmeier, New Lothrop High School; Daniel cessful and productive lives. of Eagle Grove. He is also a past president of Held, Ovid-Elsie High School; Jeffrey Hogg, Mr. Speaker, as chairman of the Page the Eagle Grove Jaycees, chamber of com­ Owosso High School; Po Ju, Mt. Pleasant Board, I ask my colleagues to join me in hon­ merce and Rotary Club and has served as High School; Jason Kilgore, Reed City High oring this group of distinguished young Ameri­ master of the Bower Masonic Lodge. School; Kevin Lade, St. Johns High School; cans. They certainly will be missed. Dr. Gazaway has also conveyed his leader­ Albert Lee, H.H. Dow High School; Kelly ship skills and personal commitment to his Nobis, Fowler High School; Nathan Shaw, MARILYN STEVENSON, RN, professional society, distinguishing himself as Ogemaw Heights High School; Ann Shepler, AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIA­ chairman of his local zone optometric society Big Rapids High School; and Rodney Weston, TION, SEARCH FOR EXCEL­ as well as being named to the board of direc­ DeWitt High School. LENCE AWARD tors of the Better Vision Institute and later, president of the North Central States Opto­ HON. WALTER E. FAUNTROY metric Council, following his presidency of the KILDEE HONORS PAGES Iowa Optometric Association. He has served OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA his national association for nearly a decade HON. DALE E. KILDEE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and assuming the presidency of the 28,000 OF MICHIGAN Wednesday, June 6, 1990 member AOA represents the pinnacle of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. FAUNTROY. Mr. Speaker, in celebration achievement in Dr. Gazaway's professional Wednesday, June 6, 1990 of National Nurses Day, the American Nurses career. Association [ANA] conducts a search for ex­ I am happy to join Dr. Gazaway's many Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to cellence and recognizes an outstanding pro­ friends and colleagues in congratulating him take this opportunity to express my personal fessional in each of the several States. We, in and _wishing him every success for the coming gratitude to all of the pages who have served the District of Columbia are proud to claim this year. so diligently in the House of Representatives victory for our own Marilyn Stevenson, AN, St. during the historic bicentennial Congress. Elizabeths Hospital. These dedicated and hard working young Marilyn Stevenson is a member of the TRIBUTE TO ADELPHI CABLE people will soon be leaving to complete their board of directors of the District of Columbia high school education. They are: Daniel Ack­ Nurses Association and chair of DCNA's col­ HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR. erman, Eric Adler, David Bernstein, Judson lective bargaining unit at St. Elizabeths Hospi­ Bishop, Rochelle Boone, Jill Borten, Laura tal. OF NEW JERSEY Brown, Rhonda Cargill, Chieh Cheung, Caro­ In announcing Stevenson as its search for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lyn Collins, Katina Cummings, Deila Davis, excellence winner, DCNA wrote, Wednesday, June 6, 1990 Lisa DeGolier, Daniel Denning, Danielle Her ability to take a complex subject and Drumke, Megan Eng, Philip Furstenberg, Kir­ explain it in the most understandable terms Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to stin Gese, Kimberly Gooley, Tommi Gray, has made her effective in teaching many pay tribute to Adelphi Cable Communications Genevieve Haines, Max Handelman, Heather types of learners. She uses creative teaching of Toms River, NJ. Harrison, Scott Heid, Daniel Hill, Kendall approaches and spends many extra hours Adelphi Cable, also known as Clear Cable Joyner, Kevin Keenan, Jeffrey Lowe, Diane helping students because of her belief that TV, has scored a near sweep in this year's Magen, Angela McLamore, Maureen McNally, all learners can achieve. She is an expert in Associated Press of New Jersey Broadcast curriculum development, has coauthored Jeremiah Meagher, Michael Mendoza, Rajesh several articles and is working on a research Journalism Awards. The contest recognizes Menon, Charity Meyers, Carrie Miller, Kelynn project on trust, self-esteem, and learning. outstanding journalistic accomplishments in a Murrell, Phil Navallo, Daniel Packard, Tanya She is always willing to listen and help variety of media, including cable television Palermo, Eliezer Perez, Teresa Perez, Robyn other nurses in her collective bargaining news operations. The awards will be present­ Reed, Kristi Remejes, Merrick Rohde, Laura unit of some 300 nurses. She meets regular­ ed at a ceremony on June 9 at the Berkeley Rothkopf, Elizabeth Russell, Tonya Sallee, ly with top level hospital administrators to Carteret Hotel in Asbury, NJ. Elizabeth Scales, Laurie Schmitz, Michael discuss problems and practice issues. In 1983, Adelphi Cable began one of the Shepard, David Shepardson, Donna Sherman, Stevenson has played an important role in earliest experiments in local cable television Chris Simmons, Harpreet Singh, Joe Bob DCNA's campaign to bring attention to the news in the country. The experiment has been Smith, Shelley Stinnett, Michael Sweeney, erosion in the delivery of public health serv­ a tremendous success, spawning many similar Erica Strong, Rebecca Taleghani, Sadat ices to the disadvantaged. She has presented cable news programs that provide in-depth Trusty, Wendy Turnoff, Blair Walters, Erik testimony, lobbied elected officials, given talks coverage of important local issues that often Watson, Tracy Williams, and Amy Woodworth. in the community and has frequently met with escape the attention of national and regional We all recognize the important role that media representatives to be interviewed. broadcast media outlets. I can personally congressional pages play in helping the A grateful city salutes the depth of compas­ attest to the fine job that Adelphi Cable's daily House of Representatives operate. This group sion and professionalism that is central to news program, Newswatch 8, has done in of young people, who come from all across high quality nursing practice. covering the issues that affect the people of 13300 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 1990 Ocean County, NJ, including a number of pheric Administration to the Environ­ JUNE 14 issues that I have been involved with. mental Protection Agency. 9:30a.m. Among the awards that Adelphi earned SD-342 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Select on Ethics To hold hearings in conjunction with were best news broadcast for Newswatch 8, To hold hearings on matters relating to which also won an honorable mention in the the investigation involving Senator the National Ocean Policy Study on best feature category. Adelphi also received Durenberger. proposed legislation authorizing funds first place awards for public service, sports, SH-216 for the National Oceanic and Atmos­ election coverage, newswriting, production, 10:00 a.m. pheric Administration's ocean and coastal programs. and photography. Armed Services SR-253 I congratulate all of the talented and hard­ Projection Forces and Regional Defense Subcommittee Governmental Affairs working people at Adelphi Cable for this well­ To hold hearings on S. 2171, authorizing To hold hearings on S. 1951, to promote deserved recognition. funds for fiscal year 1991 for military interagency cooperation in the area of functions of the Department of De­ science, mathematics, and technology SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS fense and to prescribe personnel education. spending levels for fiscal year 1991, fo­ SD-342 Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, cusing on the state and capabilities of Veterans' Affairs agreed to by the Senate on February the U.S. Marine Corps. To hold hearings on title II and section 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a SR-222 402 of S. 2100, relating to veterans system for a computerized schedule of Environment and Public Works physician pay and health issues, S. all meetings and hearings of Senate Business meeting, to consider pending 1860, to require the Secretary of Vet­ calendar business. erans Affairs to furnish outpatient committees, subcommittees, joint com­ SD-406 mittees, and committees of conference. medical services for any disability of a Foreign Relations former prisoner of war, S. 2455, to pro­ This title requires all such committees To hold hearings on the U.S.-Soviet vide for recovery by the U.S. of the to notify the Office of the Senate summit and the upcoming NATO cost of medical care and services fur­ Daily Digest-designated by the Rules summit. nished for a nonservice-connected dis­ Committee-of the time, place, and SD-419 ability, S. 2456, to extend expiring purpose of the meetings, when sched­ 2:30p.m. Appropriations laws authorizing the Department of uled, and any cancellations or changes Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ Veterans Affairs to contract for in the meetings as they occur. tee needed care and to revise authority to As an additional procedure along To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ furnish outpatient dental care, and with the computerization of this infor­ timates for fiscal year 1991 for certain other proposed legislation. mation, the Office of the Senate Daily programs of the Department of the In­ SR-418 Digest will prepare this information terior and related agencies. 2:00p.m. S-128, Capitol Select on Indian Affairs for printing in the Extensions of Re­ To hold oversight hearings to examine marks section of the CONGRESSIONAL JUNE 13 the Indian health service nurse short- RECORD on Monday and Wednesday of age. each week. 9:30a.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportation SR-485 Meetings scheduled for Thursday, Communications Subcommittee June 7, 1990, may be found in the To hold hearings on S. 2358, providing JUNE 15 Daily Digest of today's RECORD. U.S. consumers the opportunity to 9:30a.m. enjoy the technological advancement Veterans' Affairs MEETINGS SCHEDULED in sound recording by use of digital To hold hearings on the nominations of audio tape recorders. Donald L. Ivers, of New Mexico, and JUNE 12 SR-253 Jonathan R. Steinberg, of Maryland, 9:00a.m. Governmental Affairs each to be an Associate Judge of the Appropriations Oversight of Government Management U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals. Defense Subcommittee Subcommittee SR-418 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ To hold oversight hearings to review timates for fiscal year 1991 for the De­ U.S. progress in the implementation of JUNE 19 partment of Defense. the U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Water 9:30a.m. SD-192 Quality Agreement. Veterans' Affairs 9:30a.m. SD-342 To hold hearings on the nominations of Armed Services Rules and Administration James W. Holsinger, Jr., of Virginia, to Defense Industry and Technology Sub­ Business meeting, to consider proposed be Chief Medical Director, and Ste­ committee legislation authorizing funds for fiscal phen A. Trodden, of Virginia, to be In­ To hold hearings on S. 2171, authorizing year 1991 for the Federal Election funds for fiscal year 1991 for military Commission, proposed legislation pro­ spector General, both of the Depart­ functions of the Department of De­ viding for the management of Senate ment of Veterans Affairs. fense and to prescribe personnel official mail, proposed legislation au­ SR-418 spending levels for fiscal year 1991, fo­ thorizing the purchase of 1991 ·we 10:00 a.m. cusing on international defense trade the People" calendars for the use of Foreign Relations and cooperation. the Senate, and other pending calen­ To hold hearings to review the results of SR-232A dar business. the General Accounting Office study Commerce, Science, and Transportation SR-301 of Protocol 3 to Montreal Aviation To hold hearings in conjunction with 2:00p.m. Protocols interna­ To hold hearings on S. 2030, to protect JUNE 21 tional antitrust jurisdiction over for­ the privacy of telephone users by per­ 9:30a.m. eign companies. mitting the use of certain devices on Governmental Affairs SR-253 emergency assistance telephone lines Oversight of Government Management of police and fire departments to pro­ Subcommittee JUNE 28 vide caller identification when applica­ To hold oversight hearings to review the 9:30a.m. ble. effectiveness of the Program Fraud Veterans' Affairs SD-226 Civil Remedies Act. Business meeting, to consider pending SD-342 2:00p.m. legislation relating to veterans com­ Armed Services Rules and Administration pensation and health-care benefits. To hold hearings on S. Con. Res. 122, to Strategic Forces and Nuclear Deterrence establish an Albert Einstein Congres­ SR-418 Subcommittee sional Fellowship Program, and S. 2:00p.m. To hold hearings on S. 2171, authorizing Res. 206, to establish a point of order Foreign Relations funds for fiscal year 1991 for military against material that earmarks re­ Terrorism, Narcotics and International functions of the Department of De­ search moneys for designated institu­ Operations Subcommittee fense and to prescribe personnel tions without competition. Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Af­ spending levels for fiscal year 1991, fo­ SR-301 fairs Subcommittee cusing on the Strategic Defense Initia­ 10:00 a.m. To hold joint hearings on proposed U.S. military training for Peru. tive. Foreign Relations SH-216 Business meeting, to mark up Montreal SD-419 Aviation Protocols