28940 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 14, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS THE ELECTORAL PROCESS IN sition. these are negotiable issues, of course, UNITED NATIONS FINDS NICA­ but the full renewal of large-scale military RAGUA OPEN-MINDED AND NICARAGUA action in the midst of an election cam­ paign-with its obvious capacity for intimi­ FLEXIBLE ON ELECTION PREP­ ARATIONS HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO dating voters-must also be negotiable. What steps taken in New York today OF CALIFORNIA might save the fragile Nicaraguan electoral HON. GEO. W. CROCKETT, JR. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES process form falling victim to a fully re­ OF MICHIGAN newed civil war? Three seem particularly Tuesday, November 14, 1989 appropriate within any overall settlement. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES If accepted by both sides in the framework Tuesday, November 14, 1989 Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, A recent of a demobilization agreement, they could Mr. CROCKETT. Mr. Speaker, from time to commentary by Allen Weinstein published in put the election back on track. time I am inserting in the RECORD, for the in­ the November 1O edition of the Wall Street (1) Part of any demobilization and repatri­ formation of my colleagues, objective informa­ Journal offers an insightful analysis of the ation agreement should include a provision electoral process in Nicaragua and the threat tion about the Nicaraguan elections. for special registration of Contras and their Today I would like to share with my col­ to elections represented by Daniel Ortega's families planning to return to Nicaragua so decision to pancel the cease-fire. leagues the conclusions of a U.N. report that they can still participate fully in the issued October 17 entitled "Evolution of the electoral process. Our center's efforts to Mr. Weinstein is president of the Center for Electoral Process in Nicaragua: First Report of Democracy, which is one of the few officially raise this issue-and the related one of reg­ istering the Nicaraguan refugees now living the United Nations Observer Mission to Verify recognized organizations tasked with observ­ elsewhere in Central America-failed to the Electoral Process in Nicaragua to the Sec­ ing the electoral process in Nicaragua. I be­ elicit meaningful government interest when retary General." lieve his comments bear serious attention. broached on a number of occasions in recent Following the concluding section of that report, I include a Center for International [From the ~all Street Journal, Nov. 10, months. Nevertheless, an absolute commit­ ment that the Contr~ can exchange bullets Policy press release on the report entitled 1989] for ballots would ease the road to reconcilia­ "U.N. Finds Nicaragua Open-Minded and SAVING THE NICARAGUAN ELECTION tion in Nicaragua. Flexible on Election Preparations." (2) Both the government and the opposi­ This information constitutes further encour­ CBy Allen Weinstein) tion coalition-headed by presidential candi­ agement to believe that the election will be The fate of next February's Nicaraguan date Violeta Chamorro-have identified var­ free and fair. election may be decided today at the United ious towns, villages and voting places as The material follows: Nations, as representatives of the Sandi­ trouble spots where they claim their repre­ VI. CONCLUSIONS nista government, the anti-Sandinista resist­ sentatives have been harassed or worse. ance and the Honduran government meet Why not organize unarmed, joint patrols of 49. The present report covers the period with U.N. and Organization of American between 5 July, the date of the exchange of observers from the U.N. and the OAS, ac­ letters between the Government of Nicara­ States officials. The discussions, which companied by government and opposition began yesterday, will focus on prospects and gua and the Secertary-General of the representatives, to cover such areas? This United Nations by which the Mission was proconditions for the voluntary demobiliza­ could be done after the fashion of joint tion of the Honduran-based Contra rebels, established, and the end of September. U.S., British, French and Soviet patrols in During that period, all levels of the elector­ as called for in the Central American peace Austria during a pivotal postwar period in accords. al authority were put in place, and the main that country's history. If reducing the level stages in the organization of parties and President Daniel Ortega's announcement of fear is a necessary precondition to hold­ coalitions were completed. that the Nicaraguan army would discontin­ ing fair and free elections in Nicaragua, 50. With regard to the composition of the ue its cease-fire-agreed to by earlier Sandi­ these "electoral patrols" could be a valuable electoral authority, and despite the fact nista-Contra negotiations-has thrust the aid to the process. that the make-up of certain electoral bodies prospect of full-s<:ale renewed warfare .be­ may not entirely meet the opposition's ex­ tween the two sides squarely into the middle (3) The immediate goal of reaching agree­ pectations or demands, the fact of the of the current election campaign. Should ments such as those above would be to matter is that an objective analysis of the the electoral climate within Nicaragua strengthen the "confidence-building meas­ specific decisions adopted by the Supreme become re-militarized, it is difficult to see ures" required to make fully credible both Electoral Council reveals that to date no how a calm, civilian-run election campaign Contra demobilization and the overall Nica­ undue benefits have accrued to FSLN. and vote can take place. raguan electoral process. One byproduct There is no reason to infer that partiality Prior to Mr. Ortega's announcement, the could be the opening of bilateral discussions has been shown towards that party; rather, mood among ordinary Nicaraguan voters in between the governments of Nicaragua and there is appreciable concern on the part of recent weeks seemed upbeat, despite the the U.S. on restoring full diplomatic rela­ members of the Council to ensure the backdrop of a decade-long civil war. Regis­ tions between the two countries and on broadest possible participation by political tration figures were high

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• November 14, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28941 phase, the acquisition of legal status by a Supreme Electoral Council reveals that to United States attorneys have found a way number of parties , native and a longtime area small business­ his 12 years of service to the Second Baptist a Hayward shelter for battered women and man. Their son, David F. Soares, helped Church and to our community. their children, during a period when the Connie to realize one of her long-cherished shelter itself was in a time of transition and dreams by joining the Santa Clara County Dr. Mosely was ordained a Baptist Pastor even crisis. As eventual president of the District Attorney's Office as a Deputy Dis­ on May 24, 1940. Since that time he has min­ board, Connie helped the project to contin­ trict Attorney. istered at churches in Charleston, WV, ue and to exist today as the oldest estab­ Democratic Party politics were a joyous, Athens, Cincinnati, and Warren, OH. In addi­ lished shelter for battered women in the lifelong pursuit for Connie. Always a femi­ tion to the work he has done with his congre­ state of California. There were many other nist and a progressive, Connie was often gations, he has held other positions such as, facets to Connie's life, and we hope that by drawn to act as campaign committee president of the Cincinnati Baptist Bible Col­ sharing them we can enrich your memories member, precinct worker, coffee klatsch or­ lege, director of Christian Education, The Ohio of this woman who had a special place in ganizer, and fund raiser, especially for the hearts of so many people. women office-seekers. Her political involve­ Baptist General Convention, Inc., and a faculty Constance Emily Josephine Metcalfe ment led to participation on various boards member at the University of Cincinnati, as well Soares was born on January 6, 1921. Her and commissions. In the early seventies she as Kent State University where he taught soci­ father, Hugh A. Metcalfe, was a native of was instrumental in the formation of the ology and African Studies. Carlisle, England. He was a member of the Volunteers in Public Service pro­ Dr. Mosley has also been deeply involved in then famous D'Oyle Carte Opera Company, gram for the Hayward Unified School Dis­ helping his community. He is the secretary of formed by Gilbert and Sullivan to produce trict. In the late seventies and early eighties the Warren Civil Service Commission, member their operettas, and based at the Savoy The­ she enjoyed the close involvement with the of the board of directors of the Trumbull ater, London. While performing in New Emergency Shelter Program mentioned ear­ York City as part of a world touring compa­ lier. After serving as the president of the County American Red Cross and member of ny he met and married Connie's mother, board of directors of E.S.P., Connie served the board of trustees of Valley Counseling Francesca Schoenfeld, a young actress. on the City of Hayward's Human Services Service. He is also the director of the Police/ Francesca had fled her native Austria with Commission. Most recently, Connie was a Clergy Crises Counseling Team of the Warren her mother and step-father, an anarchist. member of the Hayward Public Library Police Department, and the "One Church, Hugh and Francesca travelled to the West Commission. One Child" Minority Adoption Program of Coast seeking work in the "picture busi­ Sadly, Connie was diagnosed as a victim of Trumbull County. Dr. Mosley has been active ness", where Connie was born. They already mesothelioma, a rare and difficult to detect in many other community projects but they are had a son, Charles, ten years Connie's cancer caused by exposure to asbestos senior. fibers. Connie had been experiencing dis­ too numerous to mention them all. Connie spent her childhood in San Lean­ comfort for some months preceding the di­ Moreover, Dr. Mosley should be commend­ dro, California, where she attended public agnosis, and while the original prognosis ed for his service to his country. He is a Vet­ schools. As her father was already a retired gave her a good bit of time, her decline was eran of World War II where he served in the actor in his sixties by the time Connie was precipitous. During the three and a half 372d Infantry Regimer:t and the 92d Infantry born, the family led a poor but respectable weeks following her diagnosis Connie was

2!1-0ii9 0 -90-afi 1Pt. 201 28946 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 14, 1989 kept comfortable and free of pain. No treat­ ditions that would threaten them if forced to ing a restful retirement, John continues to ments were available for her disease, and as return to their home countries. On the interna­ devote time and energy to public service and Connie was greatly influenced by the Hos­ tional level, LIAS advocacy has involved, leadership to his community. pice Movement in the wake of her experi­ ences with her own mother, no extraordi­ among other things, efforts to encourage In the tribute to John this week, many will nary measures were taken to prolong the in­ Southeast Asian countries to maintain the hu­ cite his accomplishments, his work on behalf evitable. Connie's only wish was to be al­ manitarian practice of granting first asylum to of the UAW, his service to the public, and the lowed to die with the same dignity she had Indochinese asylum-seekers arriving by boat. love he shares with his family. I am pleased to always worked to preserve in the lives of In conclusion, I also want to express my ap­ join the Ypsilanti community in honoring John others. preciation to LIAS for the invaluable informa­ Burton, a man who exemplifies the qualities Connie's life can be summed-up by the tion, advice, and assistance its officers have we know are important and worthy of recogni­ motto she kept pasted to her refrigerator door: "This is no ordinary housewife you're provided me on the full range of refugee and tion. dealing with." immigration issues throughout my 15 years in Mr. Speaker, I congratulate John Burton, his the Congress. wife Willie, and the members of his family on this very special day and hope that the memo­ FIFTY YEARS OF SERVICE TO ries of the evening and the benefits of the REFUGEES AND DISPLACED TRIBUTE TO JOHN BURTON scholarship in his name will linger for years to PERSONS: THE LUTHERAN IM­ come. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE HON. CARL D. PURSELL SERVICE OF MICHIGAN KILDEE HONORS REV. REUBEN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES E. RUSSELL HON. STEPHEN J. SOLARZ Tuesday, November 14, 1989 OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. PURSELL. Mr. Speaker, it is with great HON. DALE E. KILDEE pleasure that I rise to recognize the accom­ Tuesday, November 14, 1989 OF MICHIGAN plishments of John H. Burton, of Ypsilanti, Ml, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. SOLARZ. Mr. Speaker, I take great who later this week will be honored by his pleasure in saluting the work of the Lutheran community in a tribute dinner and establish­ Tuesday, November 14, 1989 Immigration and Refugee Service [LIAS] on its ment of an endowed scholarship in his name Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I want to urge my 50th Anniversary, which we celebrate this fall. at Eastern Michigan University. colleagues in the House of Representatives to Sponsored by the Evangelical Lutheran John Burton has played an important role in join me in ·honoring Rev. Reuben E. Russell, a .Church in America, the Lutheran Church-Mis­ the Ypsilanti community since he became a man who has done so much to improve the souri Synod, and the Latvian Evangelical Luth­ resident in 1936. lri his early days, he was as­ quality of life in my hometown of Flint, Ml. ern Church in America, URS exists soley to sociated with the auto industry, working for Born in Alabama, Reverend Russell came develop and carry out programs in response the Ford Rouge Plant and later at the Kaiser­ to Flint over 28 years ago to become the to the needs of the world's uprooted people. Frazer Motor Co. While at Kaiser-Frazer, he pastor of the Vernon Chapel AME Church. Since 1939, URS has been responsible for served as the bargaining committee chairman Throughout these years, Reverend Russell the resettlement of over 15,000 refugees for UAW Local 142, and then was tapped by has become one of the most .respected and through partnership with Lutheran social min­ the later Walter Reuther to join the staff of the admired persons in our community. He is a istry organizations, congregations and commu­ International Union, UAW in 1954. John con­ man of the highest integrity, a man who has nity people. Moreover, LIAS has mobilized tinued his career with the UAW until 1975, dedicated his life to serve the Lord in improv­ thousands of congregational sponsors in its when at the time of his retirement, he was the ing human dignity for all people. Not only has efforts to foster the well-being and self-suffi­ regional servicing representative for several he been a source of strength for his congre­ ciency of refugees, and their full participation plants in southeast Michigan. gation, but it is known throughout our city that in American life. While his . considerable responsibilities with if you are in need of assistance, you need The very special humanitarian commitment the UAW were time-consuming, John sought only turn to Reverend Russell. He has helped of this organization is demonstrated in many out the opportunities to be of service to his feed the hungry, house the homeless, educate ways. For example, LIAS has attempted to community in a number of capacities. From the children, and care for the elderly. Indeed, meet the resettlement needs of newcomers 1967 to 1976, John served as the mayor of Rev. Reuben Russell is a pastor for the entire from around the world, and the organization's Ypsilanti and for 3 years served as a member city of Flint. programs have served refugees from South­ of the Washtenaw CountY Board of Commis­ Mr. Speaker, Reverend Russell has truly east Asia, Africa, the Near East, and Europe. sioners. His years in these positions were made a difference in our city. As Pastor of the In addition, LIAS has demonstrated a commit­ marked with genuine concern and apprecia­ Vernon Chapel AME Church, Reverend Rus­ ment to the most vulnerable of the refuge tion for his constituents, their problems, and sell has worked diligently to improve the infra­ population, and has been deeply involved in workable solutions. Additionally, John gave of structure of the church. In fact, through Rever­ efforts to resettle Amerasian children from his talents to many organizations, including end Russell's leadership, the church was able Vietnam. Moreover, LIAS is one of two U.S. the Washtenaw County United Way where he to pay off its 20-year mortgage in just over 8 resettlement agencies authorized to place un­ served on the executive board from 1975-78. years. As a man of the cloth, he has taken accompanied refugee children with foster fam­ His work with United Way earned him the "Big God's word and put it to work. Reverend Rus­ ilies. I should also note that LIAS has not re­ W" award, the county's highest recognition for sell has also been involved in a wide diversity stricted its activities to refugee resettlement, services to local and State United Way organi­ of community organizations, including the but has attempted to meet the broad array of zations. Other awards include the Ford Motor American Red Cross, March of Dimes, Great­ needs faced by the world's uprooted people. Co.'s Liberty Bell, the UAW's Douglas A. er Flint OIC, Concerned Pastors for Social For example, LI RS supports social and legal Fraser Community Services Common Swift Action, Human Relations Commission, service projects designed to assist undocu­ Award, Ypsilanti NAACP Recognition, the Yp­ NAACP, Greater Flint Council of Churches, mented aliens in the United States. silanti Area Chamber of Commerce Distin­ Kearsley Manor Homes, Metropolitan Cham­ LIAS has not confined itself simply to social guished Service Award, and Eastern Michigan ber of Commerce, and several other State services activities as they are conventionally University'·s Distinguished Award for Humani­ and local groups. Reverend Russell also hosts defined, but has also been involved in efforts tarianism. a popular weekly radio show where he dis­ to chart a more humane immigration and refu­ John's career in public service has not cusses the important issues facing our city, gee policy within the United States and ended, however. In 1985, John was appointed State, and Nation. In addition to all of their ef­ among the nations of the world. In the United to the Eastern Michigan University Board of forts in our community, Reverend and Mrs. States, this has involved, among other things, Regents to fill an unexpired term. He was Russell have raised four children and are attempts to encourage Congress to expand then reappointed to a full 8-year term in 1987 proud grandparents and great-grand parents. protection for persons seeking temporary and in 1989 was elected chairman of the Reverend Russell has worked endlessly to "safe haven" from civil unrest and other con- board. At age 79, when most would be enjoy- improve the quality of life for all of our citi- November 14, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28947 zens, and in doing so, he has helped us all to NO, MR. PRESIDENT, EVERYONE The study notes that a quarter of the chil­ be better people. He has shown us that we DOESN'T GET HEALTH CARE dren who are eligible don't actually enroll in must help each other if we are to help our­ Medicaid programs simply because most of the application forms are so complicated selves, and that we must care about people HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK that their mothers never manage to com­ and respect and uphold their human dignity. OF CALIFORNIA plete the process. We in Flint consider ourselves fortunate to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES No time to read the report in depth. I have a person like Reverend Russell living in Tuesday, November 14, 1989 have another appointment in the afternoon. our community. And as we strive to improve Just as I get ready to leave, I got a phone ourselves, we will continue to look to Rever­ Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I would like to in­ call from Cindy Geiger, a 32-year-old end Russell for his spiritual support and his clude in the RECORD at this point a very mother of two with breast cancer. She had a moral guidance. moving column by medical and science col­ mastectomy three years ago, but didn't follow-up radiation and chemotherapy be­ Mr. Speaker, it is indeed fitting that we umnist Peter Aleshire which appeared in the Oakland Tribune November 7, 1989. cause she had no medical insurance. honor Reverend Russell for his 28 years of The cancer has come back. She needs ad­ service as a dedicated pastor, and as a It is somber reading as we approach an­ ditional treatments. She has run up $15,000 person who has given so much of himself to other holiday season. in medical bills. make the city of Flint a better place to live. THE ILLUSION OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE Medicaid will pay for the medical care of President George Bush is having a press people bankrupted by medical bills. But to conference all about his plans for a summit qualify she has to amass another $4,000 in TRIBUTE TO FIGHTING LITTLE with the Soviets. unpaid medical bills. RED MEN FOOTBALL, INC. I watch as I knot my tie. She's trapped in a strange Catch-22. She Bush fields one question about health needs more medical bills to qualify for help, care. but the doctors and hospitals won't extend HON. JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR. "Isn't it time for a health-care summit?" her any more credit. Meanwhile, the cancer OF OHIO asks a reporter. "Isn't it time to talk about spreads. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the lack of medical care for some 37 million And then there's tomorrow. I have an ap­ uninsured Americans?" pointment with Karen Ramirez, a 36-year­ Tuesday, November 14, 1989 The president dismisses the questions. old woman with a teenage son and a failing Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today "It's just not true," he says. "Everyone gets liver. She has been sent home to die. to pay tribute to Fighting Little Redman Foot­ care here," he adds, with a wave of his Her liver was destroyed by hepatitis. ball, Inc. The Little Redmen are celebrating hand. Nonetheless, she has worked all her life. their 20th year of service to the youth of the I straighten my tie, check to make sure I She was a pharmacy technician. But her have a pen and a notebook, and head for my boss refused to let her join the health plan Youngstown commuity. first interview of the day. I spend the next because of her health problems. He said The Fighting Little Redmen were organized few hours with the family of 3 month-old that the insurance company would cancel in 1969. During those 20 years more than Thomas Tenuta, who is dying ever so slowly the group's insurance. 3,000 children from all ·over the Youngstown as a result of his faltering liver. She might be able to qualify for Medicaid, area have participated in the program. The or­ Thomas is being poisoned by the toxins but Medicaid won't pay for liver transplants ganization was formed with the purpose of his liver is unable to remove from his blood. for adults. preparing young people for their futures at If he doesn't get a liver transplant in the This has been a very long day. Wilson High School. The teams were also next few months, he'll be dead. I feel helpless, ashamed. I have a folder in Thomas is a beautiful baby, if you allow my filing cabinet full of such cases. I have formed to build a stronger team at Wilson. for the enormously swollen belly and yel­ written similar stories in the past year, Since its founding the Little Redmen have lowish skin. mostly about people now dead. won 22 championships including 1984 when He's a calm, cheerful soul. The nurses call But then, this sort of thing doesn't actual­ all three of the Little Redmen teams took the him "the charmer." ly happen in the United States of America. title. This year 105-pound team took the His father can almost always make Just ask the president. championship, 120-pound team was the Thomas laugh. It's something to see runner-up in the championship and 90-pound Thomas laugh. His whole face lights up, his was the runner-up in the playoffs. mouth opens wide, exposing his little baby PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO gums. PROVIDES LEADERSHIP The Fighting Little Redmen Organization Thomas is a curious baby. He constantly has done more than just create a stronger reaches out, trying to bring the world into high school football team, it has helped influ­ the grasp of his wonderfully formed little HON. DAVID R. NAGLE ence young people to excel in their future fingers. He loves to get a good grip on his fa­ OF IOWA lives. Some have gone on to participate in ther's chest hairs. Sometimes, however, he IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES professional sports such as Ray "Boom seems startled by his own hand as it passes Boom" Mancini, J. Streetchek and Bob in front of his enormous brown eyes. He Tuesday, November 14, 1989 Sikora. Other people who were involved in the stares at his fingers, as though trying to Mr. NAGLE. Mr. Speaker, last night the Na­ figure out what they are and to whom they program have become doctors, attorneys, and belong. . tional Assembly of Pakistan decisively beat councilmen. He has beautiful eyes, deep and quiet and back an attempt by the opposition to bring The Little Redmen have made generous full of trust. The whites of his eyes are actu­ down the democratically elected government contributions to our community. They have ally yellow, tinted by the inability of his of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan. bought weight lifting equipment for Wilson liver to keep his blood clear of toxins. The For all of us who believe in democracy, this is High School and bleachers that are used at yellow makes his eyes look both babylike a very significant and important day. lpes Field. Presently there are 39 trustees and ancient. From the outset of the Pakistan People's who support the organization. These trustees Thomas is likely to die because his father Party decisive victory all across Pakistan last made the mistake of starting his own busi­ meet at Kraskusy Hall every last Thursday of ness and going without medical insurance. November, the forces that had been allied the month. The family put everything they had into with the previous military dictatorship of Gen­ Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this oppor­ the business. So they had nothing left when eral Zia ul Haq have done whatever they tunity to congratulate the Fighting Little they found it would cost $100,000 just to get could do to undermine not only the Prime Min­ Redmen Football, Inc. on its 20th anniversary. Thomas onto a liver-transplant waiting list. ister, but also the constitutional framework of The organization represents the caring our I head to the office. the nation. It is remarkable, that under these community has for its young people. I would I leaf through a report on the millions of difficult conditions, Prime Minister Bhutto has like to thank all the people who are and have American children without medical insur­ been able to achieve an extraordinary record ance. Since 1980, a million children have been involved in the program. It is people like been added to the ranks of the medically over her first year in office-freeing all polici­ this who make our community the type of uninsured because of cuts in the federal cal prisoners, remanding all sentences of the place someone would want to raise a family. I Medicaid program, according to the report martial law courts, legalizing free trade unions am proud to represent the fine people who by the National Association of Children's and student organizations, creating a free are part of this outstanding organization. Hospitals and Related Institutions. press for the first time in Pakistan's history 28948 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 14, 1989 open to regular access of the opposition, in­ a 15 basis points insurance premium on ac­ lation and urge this body to approve S. 1793 creasing the education budget of the nation cruing and 25 basis points on nonaccruing on final passage. by 40 percent, and the housing and health loans until a secure base-equal to 2 percent budgets by over 50 percent, eliminating de of all outstanding insured obilgations (debt ob­ jure discrimination against women, and taking ligations)-is reached. LETTER ON JUDICIAL PAY a leading role in the international arena. The insurance program is supported by the Small but strident extremists in the National System. However, the program had the unin­ Assembly have constantly challenged Benazir tended effect of making the System less com­ HON. RICHARD RAY Bhutto's authority to govern, despite her elec­ petitive for certain loans supported by Federal OF GEORGIA toral mandate. In fact, a small number of guarantees. The statute establishing the insur­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES m.embers of the national assembly have tried ance program does not provides clear author­ to keep the assembly hostage to their faction­ ity to implement a special insurance premium Tuesday, November 14, 1989 al demands. It is to the Prime Minister's great schedule that would reflect the reduce risk for Mr. RAY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to share credit that she has not been derailed from Government guaranteed loans. with my colleagues a letter I recently received here national course, trying to build a strong There is ample precedent for establishing a from a Federal judge in Georgia concerning national consensus behind new domestic pri­ risk-based premium schedule for federally pay raises for Federal judges. I believe this orities and the institutions of democracy. De­ guaranteed loans. For example, the Comptrol­ letter makes a number of valid points which spite the efforts of some to provoke confron­ ler of the Currency issued final regulations Members may wish to consider when debating dealing with capital requirements for commer­ tation and controversy, we must all be very any pay reform package in the future. There­ cial banks on January 27, 1989. The regula­ pleased today that not only did Prime Minister fore, Mr. Speaker, I strongly urge the Con­ tions set risk-based capital guidelines for com­ Bhutto survive this constitutional test to her gress when considering any reforms in pay to leadership, but she emerges from the test in a mercial banks, reducing the capital require­ ments for Federally guaranteed loans. The consider including Federal judges in that strengthened position. reform package. For all of us who believe that the United Comptroller issued these regulations to elimi­ nate the incentive banks had to hold high risk U.S. DISTRICT COURT, States must help to shape the crest of de­ SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, mocracy sweeping across the world, the assets which had the same capital require­ Augusta, GA, October 18, 1989. progress in Pakistan over the last year is most ments as low risk assets. Hon. RICHARD RAY, encouraging. We urge the Bush administration Specifically, the regulations assigned a zero Cannon Office Building, to stand by our democratic ally, Prime Minister percent risk-weight to loans guaranteed by the Washington, DC. Benazir Bhutto, and help to nuture the young U.S. Government and its agencies. The Farm DEAR CONGRESSMAN RICHARD RAY: The democratic institutions of this great nation of Credit Administration's capital adequacy regu­ current status of judicial, congressional, and 11 million people. We send to all in Pakistan lations similarly recognizing the reduced risk executive pay is an inequity, an indignity, o and an invitation to disaster. I do not know who believe in liberty, justice and democracy, associated with state and Federally guaran­ any other way to put it. I am sure that our congratulations on this day. We urge all teed loans. This provision would provide a remedy to a many people in Congress wish the issue Pakistanis, and especially respon~ible mem­ would simply "go away." It won't. bers of the opposition, to unite for the good of similar problem for the Farm Credit System with regard to the insurance program. The Those of us who depend entirely upon our the Nation in a spirit of civility and good will. federal salary struggle daily with car pay­ And to this remarkable world leader, Prime provision would require the Insurance Corpo­ ments, repair bills, house notes, enormous Minister Bhutto, we send our congratulations, ration to adjust downward the insurance pre­ education expenses, etc., on an income our respect and a pledge of solid and continu­ mium applied for federally and State guaran­ which is a fraction of our potential in the ing support for all she is trying to accomplish teed loans and reduce the secure base ac­ private sector. While we judges may strug­ for her people. cordingly. gle, our families are deprived of the rightful This will help System lenders to remain expectation which they have earned by competitive-especially for export loans guar­ their efforts through the years. All this CALCULATION OF PREMIUMS BY anteed by the Department of Agriculture's "stuff" about the prestige and honor of FARM CREDIT SYSTEM INSUR­ Commodity Credit Corporation. These federal­ serving the public sounds good but doesn'.t ANCE CORPORATION ly guaranteed export loans account for over count for much when compared with the $2 billion of the System's $3.4 billion in guar­ daily insult of being paid in parity with a anteed loans. lawyer of less than five years experience. I HON. CHARLES W. STENHOLM now earn about half of what I did in 1979. OF TEXAS Since 1981, the Farm Credit System's banks for cooperatives have been authorized If these conditions create an environment IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES wherein a person may serve the Republic to make loans to facilitate the foreign pur­ Tuesday, November 14, 1989 with pride and a sense of fulfillment, I am chase of U.S. farm products. To date, over $9 the most mistaken man in Georgia. I don't Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased billion in exports-involving about 30 prod­ want to resign. I've opened enough new of­ to join several of my colleagues including the ucts-have been financed under this authority. fices in my time. I just want to continue to distinguished chairman of the House Commit­ However, CoBank estimates that it will lose be the best district judge I can without tee on Agriculture, Congressman E. (KIKA) DE between $200 and $400 million in U.S. agri­ being the brunt of a gross injustice born of LA GARZA and the committee's ranking minori­ cultural export financings in 1989 if an adjust­ a timid Congress. ty Member, Congressman ED MADIGAN, in ment is not made to insurance premiums ap­ Whether or not you admit it, your situa­ supporting the passage of S. 1793. plied to loans guaranteed by the Commodity tion is as bad as mine, or worse! It's true In particular, section 6 of S. 1793, as Credit Corporation. This export financing busi­ that senators, congressmen, judges and amended, will provide the Farm Credit System ness is being lost largely to foreign banks who some executives earn more than many Insurance Corporation with the authority to can offer more attractive financing packages. Americans. They should! The earnings of reduce the insurance premiums paid by Farm There are two reasons for this: First, most others are set by the marketplace. The issue is whether the Congress will make an in­ Credit System institutions on loans that are U.S. money-center banks have opportunities formed salary decision based upon reason guaranteed by the Federal Government or by that yield more than CoBank receives on a and common sense to preserve the dignity a State Government. This adjustment in the loan guaranteed by CCC and, therefore, are and independence of the separate branches insurance premiums will reflect the lower risk not active in the agricultural export market; of government; or, whether it will react to represented by Government-guaranteed loans and second, foreign banks generally have the negativistic rhetoric of little minds es­ and allow Farm Credit System institutions to lower return on equity and return on assets re­ pousing thumb-worn creeds. offer lower interest rates to their borrowers. quirements and, therefore, are willing to com­ With every good wish and my kindest re­ The insurance program was established pete for the lower spreads in the export gards, I am under the Agriculture Credit Act of 1987 and market. Respectfully, is designed to protect investors ir. System In closing, I am pleased to join several of DUDLEY H. BOWEN, Jr., bonds. System institutions are required to pay my colleagues in supporting this needed legis- Judge. November 14, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28949 BUDGET FOR A STRONG President Gorbachev has achieved half of As Pentagon analyst Franklin Spinney de­ AMERICA the manpower and weapons reductions in tailed in the Wall Street Journal last week, Eastern Europe that he promised last De­ Pentagon spending has not been driven by cember would occur by 1991. what is needed to protect American securi­ HON. GEORGE MILLER Since late 1987, according to the Rand ty, but by number manipulation, inadequate OF CALIFORNIA Corporation, 200 Soviet design bureaus and cost control, system duplication, and waste IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES several hundred manufacturing plants have that would never be tolerated in the private been converted from military to defense sector. Tuesday, November 14, 1989 production. Nearly half a century after the end of Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, we The American people are natu!"ally enthu­ World War II, when military experts tell us have begun a crucial new debate in the Con­ siastic for these long-overdue changes. But the Soviets could not launch a ground we must be more than pleased. And we must attack on NATO, can the United States con­ gress and in the Nation-a debate about the offer something more tangible than encour­ future course of our national budget and our tinue to shoulder the $100 billion a year agement. burden of maintaining more than one-third national military policies. Just as we made dramatic fiscal, budget­ of a million active troops in Europe, with These past few weeks have witnessed mi­ ary and policy changes in the 1970s to meet nearly double that number of support per­ raculous and irreversible changes in the politi­ our national security needs, so must we in sonnel and dependents? cal and economic destinies of Eastern the 1990s confront the urgent, unmet, and Given our other urgent needs, can we Europe. The people of Poland, Hungary, East ominous dangers that face us here at home. spend $80 billion, and probably much more, Germany, and even Bulgaria have taken the Th~.t requires a re-examination of military on the B-2 Stealth bomber, an airplane that first important steps towards democracy. We spending. literally costs more than its weight in solid A generation ago, General Dwight D. Ei­ gold; a weapon whose chief proponent has must take comparable steps to encourage senhower observed that, "The problem in and support those reforms, both in economic testified was designed to mop up after the defense is how far you can go without de­ "virtual nuclear annihilation" of U.S. and and in defense policy in conjunction with our stroying from within what you are trying to U.S.S.R.? own allies. defend from without." Do we really need to be spending over $3 Last week, the House discussed a proposal Only a few years later, as President, Ei­ billion a year, and consuming the careers of to reduce our military spending in a planned senhower warned of the power of the mili­ tens of thousands of our best scientists and but steady manner in the early 1990's, focus­ tary-industrial complex to consume vast physicists, to develop the Star Wars system, quantities of our national treasure and the most expensive bargaining chip in the ing on reduced overseas spending, elimination dominate our national economy. of waste and duplication, paring back unnec­ history of arms negotiations, and one which Mr. Speaker, we cannot continue to spend its skeptical developers overwhelmingly essary weapons systems, and procurement hundreds of billions of dollars every year­ reform. Our savings-and they could reach doubt will work? an additional $1.7 trillion by 1994 according Americans need not reach a consensus $100 billion-could then be devoted to a wide to the Pentagon's projections, more than about how to apply the savings we hope to range of unmet domestic policy needs, includ­ $800 million every day of the year-without achieve from military reform before we ing reduction in the deficit. allowing severe crises to destroy the Nation agree that reform, itself, is overdue. We all I want to share my completed prepared re­ from within: A doubling of the national debt in the know how many legitimate alternatives marks with the House: eight years of the Reagan Administration, exist. STATEMENT OF HON. GEORGE MILLER despite massive cutbacks in domestic spend­ The recent hurricane and earthquake de­ Mr. Speaker, today's debate on a "Budget ing programs; struction highlighted the serious problems for a Strong America" inaugurates an over­ An increase in interests costs on the debt of our infrastructure. Over 132,000 bridges- due re-examination of our budgetary prior­ of more than $100 billion a year, every year; 23 percent of our total-are structurally un­ ities as we enter a new decade, and prepare Thirty-one million Americans without sound. Two thirds of the interstate highway for a new century. health care; system, our domestic transportation lifeline, More than a decade ago, the adequacy of Fewer than 4 percent of Superfund toxic is in su.bstandard condition, and there are our national security was called into serious waste sites cleaned up; 3,000 unsafe dams in populated areas. question. Our weapons systems were inad­ A shortage of 3.7 million housing units for Nation-wide, we must spend $65 billion an­ equate; our troops underpaid and under­ those earning less than $10,000 a year; nually on infrastructure just to stay even, skilled; our research and development lag­ One million dropping out of school each and "even" isn't good enough. ging. A determination was made, on a bipar­ year, and millions more undereducated and But we are not only overlooking our phys­ tisan basis, to increase military spending to unable to qualify even for minimal jobs. ical investments. As even a cursory reading meet the security dangers that confronted Haven't the American people had enough of business journals demonstrates, major America. of sending billions of dollars in America's American employers are rightly alarmed by As a result of that decision, we more than hard earned tax dollars overseas and into the educational deficiencies of young work­ doubled our annual military spending, and wasteful military hardware? ers. we committed hundreds of billions of dollars Today, we are issuing a call for no less David Kearns, the chairman of Xerox, in public resources to the Pentagon. We si­ than the redeployment of America's fiscal, says the mismatch between our employment multaneously made substantial reductions creative and investment resources. needs to remain competitive and the quality in domestic spending, although poverty As Fortune Magazine noted last July, of young workers industry must choose rates were climbing, while serious deficien­ "With the cold war cooling, the Pentagon from, has all of the "the makings of a na­ cies in health care and education persisted, budget could be cut ·by a third without tional disaster class work · force, and we and while homelessness and drugs were be­ weakening defense. Think what America cannot have a world class work force with­ coming national scourges. We continued could do with the extra $100 billion a year." out world class schools." both that military build-up and a policy of We agree. Mr. Kearns and his fellow corporate lead­ opposition to tax increases-a deadly fiscal We need a strong defense; but the needs ers know that the average 21-25 year old combination that has tripled the national of the military cannot render America weak reads significantly below the level required debt in a decade. in every other value, every other measure of by the average job available in 1984, let Today, we revisit the debate over the allo­ greatness and wealth. alone the job of 2000, when he or she will cation of our national resources under dras­ We believe America can be strong only if only be in the mid-forties! tically different circumstances. we are well-educated, well-housed, and well­ Half of those future workers will be mi­ The past year has recorded one of the trained; if we treat our infants and children norities, half of whom are growing up poor, greatest political revolutions in history. For as irreplaceable investments in our future; if 25-percent of whom leave school early, and reasons we can only speculate-glasnost, we apply our unlimited research and intel­ another 25 percent of whom lack basic economic dissatisfaction, emerging national­ lectual capacities to innovative scientific, skills. ism-the men and women of Eastern Europe commercial and consumer development. That is one reason why the corporate have risen up to proclaim the rebirth of de­ And we can afford both forms of national leaders who comprise the Committee on mocracy. security. Economic Development predict that we will Within the Soviet Union itself, political Spending levels alone are not an accurate have 20 million undereducated, undersocia­ evolution, economic innovation and military indicator of a commitment to national secu­ lized people added to our population by the reform that was unthinkable just a few rity. Our failure to recognize that fact was year 2000: dependent, unproductive, and short years are now the stories of nightly the great fallacy in the military build-up of raising millions of children in homes of du­ news broadcasts. And it is not just talk. the past decade. bious quality. 28950 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 14, 1989 Even in the military, we are ignoring seri­ No generation in the history of the world One of the host agencies is East Oakland ous problems that require urgent, and ex­ has ever had the ability to exterminate not Recovery Center in my district. This 24-hour pensive attention, like the 15,000 suspected humankind, but the weapons and the drop-in center is finding the telephone pro­ contaminated military waste dumps that are hatreds that threaten the future of our going to cost $150-billion to clean up, includ­ planet and our species. If we have no other gram to be a welcome addition to the services ing radioactive waste from the Department responsibility as legislators, if we take no they offer. Many calls are coming in and being of Energy's 17 nuclear warhead production other risks in our careers or our lives, let us made each day and jobs have been obtained facilities. resolve today not to allow this historic op­ as a result of calls. We are, my colleagues, at one of those portunity to pass through our hands. Pacific Bell's costs to provide these free cross-roads that confront a civilization only telephone lines are being paid for by share­ periodically in history, where the way in holders of Pacific Telesis Group. which we respond to new opportunities and PACIFIC BELL PROVIDES FREE I commend Pacific Bell for taking this urgent needs will determine the future COMMUNITY TELEPHONES course of this Nation, whether we remain a action. My hope is that other corporations will FOR CALIFORNIA'S HOMELESS find a way to expand this program or will offer dominant culture, and powerful country, a AND NEEDY leading economy. other appropriate assistance to our country's The change in East-West relations, the poor people. crushing burden of debt, and the basic HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK needs of the American people to retain a OF CALIFORNIA high standard of living and to remain com­ THE ARAB WAR AGAINST ISRAEL: petitive in the world-all these compel a re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STILL THE ISSUE examination of our budget priorities and a Tuesday, November 14, 1989 reallocation of our national wealth, not after the next election, but next year. Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great HON. JACK BUECHNER The American people know this, even if pleasure to announce that Pacific Bell has in­ OF MISSOURI we. in this chamber, do not yet acknowledge troduced an important Community Telephone IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the enormity of the challenge. By over­ Program in California. whelming numbers, our constituents are A phone call can cost as little as 20 cents. Tuesday, November 14, 1989 looking to government. in partnership with Not an unreasonable sum for most, but for Mr. BUECHNER. Mr. Speaker, on the eve of their own community and business re­ those with neither funds nor facilities-the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's visit to sources, to play a constructive and helpful role in restructuring our national goals. homeless. and those with little or no income­ the United States, I would like to share with I have not a moment's ·hesitation in pre­ placing phone calls to get jobs, medical as­ my colleagues an article prepared by the Anti­ dicting that, presented with both sides of sistance, or even beds for the night, can be Def amation League which accurately under­ the military spending debate, voters would difficult, if not impossible. scores the fact that until all the Arab States agree that fighting drugs, housing the To make telephones accessible to many recognize Israel's right to exist, any peace ini­ homeless. educating our children, providing who can't afford service, Pacific Bell has start­ tiative will raise profound and legitimate con­ basic health care for all Americans, assuring ed a statewide free telephone service for the cerns for Israel's national security. quality child care and elderly services, re­ ducing the debt, and upgrading our infra­ homeless in California. The program is similar The article also reflects the point that if the structure and physical plant are all of to the Community Connection Program in peace process is to commence, it must have higher priority than increasing military Oregon, which this House acclaimed last year. the expressed intention of guaranteeing the spending to $400 billion a year. Pacific Bell's response is a gratifying answer security of all parties concerned. The success I have no doubt that the American people to a letter, written in December 1988 for Con­ of the Israel-Egypt accords are evidence of would rather devote resources to converting gresspersons BOXER, DELLUMS, LANTOS, the potential for peace in the Mideast; howev­ unnecessary weapons industries to produc­ MILLER, PELOSI, and me encouraging the util­ er, a treaty with no intention of peaceful coex­ tive, growth-inducing, job creating, interna­ ity's participation in such a program. tionally competitive businesses than to con­ ist~nce is essentially void of meaning. tinue to base the wealth of their communi­ The California-based telephone utility has It is my hope, indeed the hope of all Ameri­ ties, and to consume their labor. building installed 18 free telephone lines on a trial cans, that discussions between President the unneeded and unproductive weapons of basis in 9 community service agencies Bush, Prime Minister Shamir, and Egyptian war. throughout the State. Pacific Bell's Community President Hosni Mubarak will bring Israelis Those who fail to recognize the unique­ Telephone Program offers free local tele­ and Palestinians closer to a peace settlement. ness and the opportunity of this moment phone calls for anyone seeking essential serv­ To that end, Mr. Speaker, this article is in­ are going to be left behind by history and ices such as employment, welfare assistance, sightful as it sheds some light on the difficul­ by voters. But if we follow that course as a Nation, then it is we who will surely be left health care, and shelter. ties that Israel must address. behind, spending our treasure and our For many people, not having access to a The article follows: promise preparing for our worst fears in­ phone means not finding a place to spend the THE ARAB WAR AGAINST ISRAEL: STILL THE stead of planning and investing for our night. The Pacific Bell Community Telephone ISSUE greatest opportunities. Program is for people who would otherwise be To those who call us naive. I respond: we isolated from services that may be just a tele- But do people truly believe our government the disadvantage homeless people face in the An interesting but inaccurate script is now has pursued those opportunities as rapidly job market when employes can't reach them. being written about the Middle East conflict and with as much creativity as we could in The Los Angeles Times reported that, on the in some newspaper commentaries and public recent years? first day the telephones went into service, forums across the country. In it, Israel is Neither I, nor any 9ther speaker this Connie, a women who lives in a shelter in being falsely cast as the obstructionist to evening, pretends to know how best to ap­ Costa Mesa, received a call regarding a posi­ the effort to resolve the Middle East con­ portion the money by which we can reduce flict. The Arabs and the Palestine Libera­ our military budget over the next decade. tion she had been trying to get as a nanny. A tion Organization, on the other hand, are Maybe it's by $5 billion a year; maybe by 10. volunteer took the call and Connie was able often positively portrayed as the more con­ Maybe we should apply all that saving to to call right back. Connie got the job. ciliatory parties, ready to join in the pursuit the deficit. Maybe some of it should go to Phone locations and host community serv­ of peace if only Israel would be more flexi­ health, or highways, or child care, or toxic ice agencies were selected by an oversight ble. clean-up. team of representatives from the California But a look beyond the headlines and wish­ But let the debate begin, and let it focus Homeless Coalition, the California Mental ful reporting of recent date reveals another, on the real needs of the future, not over the Health Directors Association, and the Califor­ more realistic story. Israel's reservations myths or the past threats to our security. about the current initiative are rooted in That is the goal of this special order: to nia-Nevada Community Action Association profound and legitimate concerns for its na­ begin the debate over this redeployment of [Cal/Neva]. The host agencies are responsi­ tional security. The underlying cause of this American resources, to begin it here in this ble for the day-to-day management of the sense of insecurity and of the difficulty in chamber, and to begin it now. telephones. resolving the conflict is one and the same: November 14, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28951 the unwillingness for more than 40 years soil and the establishment of a Palestinian Europe is breaking down centuries-old bar­ now of all Arab leaders but one to make state on every part of it." The same month, riers as it confidently pushes forward with peace with Israel. Israel's response to that Farrouk Kaddoumi, head of the PLO's polit­ an ambitious agenda of economic and politi­ singular exception in Arab resistence­ ical department, when asked on BBC Arabic cal integration. Sadat's historic visit to Jerusalem during Radio whether the PLO seeks to recover The objective is nothing less than creation which he spoke of peace and acceptance "all the Palestinian land, including that of of a new giant force on the world stage with before the Israel people-demonstrates just 1948" responded that the PLO will ultimate­ sufficient economic muscle to challenge how forthcoming Israel can be in an atmos­ ly plant its "tent in those places where our Japan and the United States. For the phere built on even a hint of goodwill. bullets can reach. It is the range of the United States still struggling to cope with a Israel's May 14 peace initiative addresses power at the Palestinian people's disposal flood of Japanese imports, a unified Europe this point, calling on Arab countries to end that determines the site of the tent, which may pose an even bigger competitive chal­ their policy of rejection and, in so doing, acts as a base from which it will deal with lenge. create a positive environment for future dia­ its next phase." After visits to half a dozen Western Euro­ logue. In response, most Arab leaders have Against this background, it is clear that it pean countries and extended interviews condemned the plan while others have sat is not unreasonable for Jerusalem to seek an with scores of political figures, plant manag­ silently by as Egypt's President Hosni Mu­ end to the Arab state of war against israel ers, bankers, bureaucrats, lobbyists and dip­ barak has helped Washington search for a as part of any negotiating process with the lomats, a reporter is left with a couple of in­ way to bring Israelis and Palestinians to­ Palestinians. While it has become fashiona­ escapable conclusions: gether. ble in the West to view the Arab-Israel con­ Americans are only dimly aware of how Showing a similar lack of initiative, not flict as a dispute primarily between the far Europeans have progressed in overcom­ one of these Arab heads of state has taken Arab and Jewish communities in the areas ing ancient divisions, of the rapid pace of positive steps toward serving the interests of now controlled by Israel, Israel itself cannot this transformation and of what it portends the Palestinian people. If satisfying Pales­ afford to join in such illusions. So long as 21 for U.S. leadership and prosperity in coming tinian aspirations through peaceful means Arab states remain dedicated to their ideolo­ years. was their intent, Arab leaders would urge an gy of rejectionism, Jerusalem must resist Western Europe is aiming at far more end to violence againt Israel in order to set the pressure to accept this naive proposition and risk jeopardizing its security in the than becoming a potent new economic the stage for talks. Instead, they remain factor. As first-rank players on the global united in their pledge to "extend every process. chessboard, its leaders also are determined It may well be that through true accept­ means of support and aid" to "continue to to carve out an increasingly important dip­ resist and to escalate the uprising" as stated ance, compromise and concessions on all sides, Palestinian aspirations will eventually lomatic and political role, particularly in last May at the Arab League Summit in shaping Western relations with the Soviet Khartoum. And if furthering the cause of be satisfied. In the meantime, however, it is the Arab and PLO leadership, not Israel, bloc. peace is -.;ruly their agenda, Arab leaders That could mean a shrinking of U.S. influ­ would recognize t{hat compromise is neces­ who through their refusal to accept Israel without ambiguity, will bear direct responsi­ ence in the councils of the Western alliance sary on all sides. Rather than demand that just as Moscow is loosening its grip on East­ Israel increase i\;s vulnerability by with­ bility for sustaining Palestinian political frustrations. ern Europe. drawing from territory while surrounded by The most obvious example-exhibit A-of hostile states, they would end their war Western European resurgence is the drive against her. ENLIGHTENING SERIES ON "THE by the 12-nation European Community to The problem is not merely rhetorical. The create a unified market for unhampered Arab states have contributed millions of dol­ NEW EUROPE" BY McCLATCHY lars to finance the Palestinian uprising now NEWS movement of goods, services, capital and being waged against Israel. Their armies are people by the end of 1992. It will be market of 324 million consum­ large enough to threaten Israel's existence HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI ers-a third larger than the American and they have twelve times the number of O.F CALIFORNIA active forces to mobilize in a combat situa­ market and more than double the Japa­ tion against her. In addition to the war IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nese-with a well-trained work force and an age-old capacity for carving out new trade fought on the battlefield, the Arab states Tuesday, November 14, 1989 have conducted an economic campaign frontiers. The EC already accounts for 19 aimed at strangling Israel financially Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I would like to percent of world trade, compared with 13 through a worldwide economic boycott that enter into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD a percent for the United States and 12 per­ has gone on for decades. On the political series of articles by McClatchy Ne"".S Wash­ cent for Japan. level, Arab countries are unceasing in their ington bureau chief Leo Rennert and a group Some economists predict that elimination efforts to delegitimize Israel by seeking her of McClatchy reporters on the emergence of of barriers and emergence of larger, leaner and more efficient business aggregations exclusion from international events and "the New Europe." The series is quite possi­ forums, including their annual attempt to will boost EC economic growth by 7 percent, bly the most extensive and comprehensive create 5 million jobs and reduce prices by 6 strip Israel of its credentials and oust it look yet in any American newspaper at the from the United Nations General Assembly. percent. Actually, an economic boom of This is the atmosphere of hostility that new economic reality emerging from the Euro­ sorts already is under way as investors-Eu­ spirals around Israel as conditions for Israe­ pean Community. The series reflects count­ ropean and foreign-are making their moves li-Palestinian talks are now being formulat­ less hours of research and interviews and in anticipation of 1992. ed with the U.S. and Egypt. It it any wonder offers a poignant look forward to the unifica­ Companies that once operated within na­ then, that in an environment still rife with tion of the European market in 1992. The ef­ tional borders are concluding partnership Arab and Palestinian violence, Israel has fects on U.S. trade and specific industries are deals and mergers across old frontiers. The been reticent to treat seriously the PLO's era of European giants-multibillion-dollar well documented as is the general unaware­ concerns known as Eurogiants because they half-baked assurances of moderation? ness on American soil of the situation. Be­ Granted, the PLO has slightly softened its are capable of locking horns with the big­ rhetoric of implacable hostility toward cause the unification of the European Commu­ gest U.S. and Japanese multinations-has Israel since Yasir Arafat's stated recognition nity has important implications for this country arrived. What Napoleon and Hitler couldn't of Israel in Geneva last year. But, such lan­ and this body of legislators, the information in­ achieve by military force-a united guage can only be viewed as cosmetic in cluded in these stories should be very useful Europe-is being cobbled together in the light of the PLO's continued adherence to to many of my colleagues in Congress. I will boardrooms of Paris, Frankfurt, London and the Palestine National Covenant which calls be submitting parts of the series in the CON­ Milan. And it's happening at a time of seri­ for the "elimination of Zionism in· Pales­ GRESSIONAL RECORD over the next 3 days. ous political malaise in Japan, shrinking tine." economic growth in the United States and And, while the PLO has attempted to con­ EUROPEANS SEEK CLOUT IN UNITY rising ethnic and labor unrest in the Soviet vince the West of its resolve to live peaceful­ (By Leo Rennert) Union. ly alongside Israel, the organization never­ BRUSSELS, Belgium.-After getting bogged "Europtimism" is in the air and talk of theless continued to reassure its own con­ down during the 1970s and most of the "Eurosclerosis" and "Europessimism" is no stituents that its diplomatic maneuvers are 1980s, the drive for European unification longer fashionable. After a sluggish econom­ merely part of a phased approach to the liq­ has moved into high gear and now appears ic performance for most of this decade, the uidation of Israel. Thus, as recently as April irreversible. EC is expected to show more robust growth of this year, Arafat reaffirmed the goal of Under intense pressure from business than the United States this year. Bullish the "complete liberation of the Palestinian leaders eager to expand markets, Wes tern forecasts extend well into the 1990s. 28952 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 14, 1989 Pulling the strings of European integra­ from fertilizers, in Britain's water supplies. The 1992 single market will require ap­ tion are some 14,000 Eurocrats in huge new After London balked, the EC filed suit in proval and implementation of some 280 di­ office complexes on the edge of Belgium's the European Court of Justice, which will rectives. So far, 240 have been drafted and capital, which is the headquarters of the have the final word. 130 accepted by the Council of Ministers. EC. They're weaving together the diverse Besides preparing for 1992, the EC already But the remaining ones represent the strands and interests of a dozen countries is in the business of setting common policies toughest hurdles. into a single set of economic ground rules, for a wide range of international relations, "In climbing a mountain, the last 100 including unified product standards, cross­ external trade, farm production, environ­ meters are usually more difficult than the border acceptance of professional diplomas, mental protection, corporate mergers and previous 1,000," says EC spokesman Nico liberalization of financial markets and com­ public health. It has ordered health warn­ Wegter. "We must have acceleration deals. control the operation. Nobody gets hired It was a brisk day in November, 1979 in "The Japanese presence is growing strong­ unless a team supervisor gives his approval. Stockholm, Sweden as a slightly stooped, er," says Volker Leichsering, vice president "Things are not done from the top down, sweater-clad and soft spoken woman for public and governmental affairs of but from the bottom up," says Clive Grif­ stepped to the battery of micropho11es to Ford's European operations. "The British fiths, general manager for press, body, paint address a gathered audience of thousands of are virtually inviting them in. The Japanese and plastic operations, who worked for well wishers and notable heads of state. realize the only major growth market is Austin-Rover before joining Nissan. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the gentle and Europe. They're actually being helped by "The biggest difference here is that the loving woman of faith was about to accept some European governments. I'm not sure commitment to people is outstanding," he the Noble Prize for Peace. As her words, that's wise." says. "We expect a lot and we get a lot. In soft in character yet strong in conviction cut Ford, with nearly 12 percent of the Euro­ the last two years, productivity has risen by the chilled air an eery and reverent hush pean car market, far outstrips all Japanese 26 percent. And it's all been driven from the fell over the crowd. She said: competitors at this point. But Ford must shop floor." "The greatest obstacle to peace in the cope with 16 different British unions and Terence Hogg, director of production con­ world is abortion." modernize aging plants, while Nissan is able trol, is confident about Nissan's future in No truer words could be spoken, no more to deal with only one union and boasts of Europe. "The Japanese can develop technol­ critical an issue could be addressed, no more major productivity gains. ogy faster than the rest of the field," he vital a cry to action could be announced, for Nissan dismisses Ford's complaint that says. since that very day, some ten years ago, the Britain is giving the Japanese a special ad­ sinful and scarring fact remains that over 16 vantage at the expense of longer-established How THE EC WoRKs million unborn infants have been put to a companies. EUROPEAN COMMISS ON painful death in this, our country alone. To "Everybody tries for a business advan­ 17 members named by member countries date, since the 1973 Supreme Court Deci­ tage," says Ian Gibson, managing director of for four-year terms. Commissioners propose sion legalizing abortion on demand in this the Nissan plant, "We got a drop in the legislation and administer policies approved country, over 24 million infants have been bucket. The European motor industry is one by the Council of Ministers. They manage put to death at the abortionist hands. In­ of the most subsidized in the world. Ford growing bureaucracy in Brussels. Can take credibly, that number of dead is more than and GM also received subsidies." action against individual countries that vio­ was claimed by all the wars that this nation While Nissan brought along a distinctly late EC rules. Bigger countries-France, has ever fought. But these dead are mere Japanese management philosophy, with Italy, Germany, Spain and Britain-have children. Tiny innocent human beings with strong emphasis on individual responsibility two commissioners each; the others one. immortal souls, created in the image and and a finely honed collective work ethic, it COUNCIL OF MINISTERS likeness of God. Little boys and little girls, also has worked to ease culture shock. with talents and personalities, with humor All but three of the 37 management slots The EC's final decision-making body. and possibility, with health and vitality, are held by British executives. The entire Meetings on transportation policy attended grasped from the dawn of life at the most production force is British. There are no by transportation ministers from member defenseless time for being quilty of one irre­ obligatory exercise programs at the start of nations; sessions on farm policy by agricul­ versible and unforgiveable crime: Human each shift, although the company provides ture ministers, etc. Voting power according Existence. a physical fitness center. to size of each country. Under weighted-ma­ For what was once the safest place in all While Nissan-USA successfully has jority rules, 54 votes out of 76 must be cast the world, their mother's womb, is now the warded off the United Auto Workers at its by at least seven of the 12 members. Heads most treacherous! Tennessee plant, Gibson goes out of his way of state or government hold EC summits The battle for legalized abortion in this to encourage Nissan employees here to join twice a year. Council presidency rotates land began long before we realized or ex­ the Amalgamated Engineering Union. Brit­ every six months. pected it. In fact, the language changed rap­ ain, he notes, has a strong tradition of EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT idly around us to cosmetically conceal the union membership-unlike Tennessee. Limited legislative powers, but increasing actual reality of the killing of babies lest "When one of our people goes to the pub political influence. Must be consulted before the abortion industry offend the general, after work, he's going to mix with mates many rules are adopted by council. Can cash carrying and often confused public. who are also union members," says Gibson. reject budget and dismiss commission. 518 And so: Pro abortion became pro choice, "He ought to be able to feel right at home." members, apportioned by population, are pro life became a Single issue, the unborn 28954 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 14, 1989 child became a fetus, and a dead child fol­ Doctor, please tell her and tell John not When we love, we open the channels for lowing a successful abortion became fetal to cry, nor to grieve. For what she holds in God's grace to flow into and heal our hurt­ waste. her arms, by your own admission and your ing and broken world. It is He and His grace If a child lived after an unsuccessful abor­ abortion work, is nothing but a glob of cells, alone that can empower us to choose life tion, and they very often do, then it became a mass of tissue. Don't let her name it, nor and not death! For our pro life struggle fetus ex utero. kiss it, nor will we dignify it with the rever­ must now, and always be, an act of love, and The subsequent procedure to solve this ence of burial for it is NOT a human being then, the Good Lord, will surely do the rest. "problem" is two-fold: first to leave the . . . or is it?" With eyes sunken with confu­ My friends, on that famous day in 1979 of child in a container in the corner of the op­ sion, and what I hope and pray was remorse, Nobel Peace Prize awarding, Mother Teresa erating room with a sign attached: "Do not he silently walked away. was asked: feed" or to the abortionist doctor to phys- I buried little Allan Charles with solemn "Mother, how do you judge success in the . ically drown the struggling infant lest he be ritual and devout prayers in consecrated work you do?" The saintly, meek sister sued for malpractice if this "evidence", that ground not far from here. I embraced his looked puzzled for a moment and then re­ is, the live child would live! parents and grandparents on that grey plied: And so, before we knew it, this nation of rainy Thursday morning and expressed my "I don't remember the Lord ever talking ours which prides itself on defending the deepest sorrow over their great loss. And I about success. I only remember that He most dejected and saving the hopeless, on prayed then, and pray every day, that little spoke of faithfulness. He asked us to Love embracing immigrants and granting free­ Alan's death will not be in vain. and to be faithful. It is only the success of dom and protection to escaped victims of My friends, the pro life movement is our these that He asks of us now." foreign oppression, has a full media and movement, and it must be an act of love or May He hear our prayers, guide our steps, seemingly total societal stamp of approval it will be nothing at all. We must re-check and encourage our efforts. For human life, that the, quote, "termination of a pregnan­ our motivations not only to choose life but my friends, hangs in the balance. cy" is perfectly acceptable and even very to choose love as well. God Love you! American. Love for little children, Harsh facts, bold statements, even un-set­ Love for would-be mothers, and yes, love tling news from a church pulpit. But you even for erring and confused doctors, for TRIBUTE TO REV. H. MASON and I, on this Respect Life Weekend, and on love alone can triumph our cause. BROWN every day our lives cannot be silent! We For when we love then God Himself will cannot choose to be innocent bystanders in act! this fight for human life, for if we do, and For only He can bring an end to this intol­ HON. THOMAS A. LUKEN say nothing, then we are guilty as well. For erable destruction of human life. Not as a OF OHIO as was once said: result of our anger, nor as a result of our "All it takes for evil to triumph is for good cowardly silence, but as a result of a love IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES people to do nothing!" within us that dares to speak out. Tuesday, November 14, 1989 My friends, the facts were all falsified, the In our Diocese of Providence, as in every language laundered, and the truth twisted diocese, every girl and every woman offering Mr. THOMAS A. LUKEN. Mr. Speaker, as beyond recognition. Death has become a her baby for adoption is encouraged to write Representative of the First Congressional Dis­ way of life here in America as doctors who a letter to the baby that the baby may trict of Ohio, I ask my colleagues to join me in has taken the Hippocratic Oath volunteer choose to read years later. She is also en­ extending a sincere congratulations to Rev. H. to Take Life or to Save Life whatever they couraged to write a letter to the adoptive Mason Brown for his 12 years of dedicated will be paid to do. But the chilling fact re­ parents of the baby that she is offering for adoption. In either event, anonymity is service to his fellowship at the Allen Tempie mains, that in our major cities, even as I in Cincinnati. speak, the numbers of aborted babies out­ always preserved. number the numbers of live birth. Mary, a young girl of 19 years of age, an Reverend Brown has truly been a steadfast A few months ago, I stood at the bedside unmarried college student, wrote this: servant of the Lord. He was ordained in 1965 of a young mother whose tiny premature DEAR PARENTS OF MOSES: I've spent the and started pastoring in 1966. Since then, he infant, born 5 months into her pregnancy, past two days being quite heroic, cheerful, has been a faithful and devoted minister. was fighting for his life. Just hours earlier level-headed, about the birth of this won­ In addition to being a successful minister, he had been delivered with many medical derful new person. When he was born my Reverend Brown is also a devoted family problems and many physical difficulties and only thoughts were, "Thank God he's alive man. He and his wife Odessa have a daugh­ now he was clinging to the fragile thread, and so happy. He hadn't joined the ranks of ter, Mrs. Patricia Ann Robinson and a son, the great gift of life. We prayed together, the prolific number of aborted fetuses." the mother, the father and myself and with Now it's Tuesday, late in the evening, and Harry Mason Brown, Jr. and three grandchil­ earnest desire in our hearts we ask the my tears are finally flowing. Not because I dren. Kecia, Christopher, and Darryl. Good Lord to send His strength of healing have any doubts about the quality of life he The Reverend Brown has attended Wright to this tiny loved one of His and loved one is sure to have with you but because of the State University, Wilberforce University, Payne of ours, if it be His Divine Will. A few mo­ sadness of parting with this tiny, perfect Theological Seminary, and Whittenberg Uni­ ments later, as I left the room and left their creature whom I have delighted in these versity, and he holds two honorary degrees. company I met in the hospital hallway her past two days and the past nine months. I The Allen Tempie is the oldest black church doctor, who had been frantically working to know that he should be with you. in Cincinnati. Since its founding on February 4, save the newborn infant's life. He was visi­ I'm calling him Moses because he lives. bly upset and frustrated by his medical ef­ Twice I scheduled abortion appointments 1824, it has ministered not only to the needs forts and lack of success and told me that and decided it wasn't his fault or folly that of the black community, but also to the world­ all hope was now lost and that this little one he had been conceived. I knew he would be wide community of God. Reverend Brown was was about to die. He thought it might be beautiful, healthy, and in some way a very instrumental in relocating the Allen Temple wise, and very consoling for the mother if welcome addition to this earth. I feel that I from downtown to its present location on she could hold her tiny son in her arms am placing Moses in his reed basket and Reading Road. these last few moments of his short life. I sailing him down the Nile, his Nile, your Mr. Brown's active involvement in communi­ agreed, and as I spoke I noticed his name on Nile, mine. I know that he and I will not ty and civic affairs has been greatly appreciat­ his ID Badge affixed to his white doctor's share life together on a day-to-day, face-to­ lab coat. He was, without a doubt, an enemy face basis, but we do share other dimen­ ed. In addition to other posts, he currently of the "Pro Life Cause". an outspoken and sions. That of time and another subtle di­ serves as vice chairman of the South Ohio noted abortionist, a participant in the smear mension because he grew within me for nine Conference Trustee Board and as vice chair­ and lie campaign of Planned Parenthood months. man of the board of trustees of Wilberforce that has systematically infected our nation I am told that Moses has 20-some cousins University. He is the third Episcopal district and polluted the morality of our society and already-fantastic. I feel as though my statistician of the AME Church; this district in­ our precious youth. He had, I knew, family is expanding to include you and all cludes all of Ohio and West Virginia and the through abortion, ended the lives of count­ your relatives. Please let him know he was western part of Pennsylvania. Reverend less infants, the very same age in months as given out of love, he was conceived in love, this little one that he was trying desperate­ and I feel so good and sure that your love is Brown has also served on the Ohio Consum­ ly to save. And so, as he turned to leave, and now what he mostly needs. He is my great­ er's Counsel Governing Board. to give this dying child to a sorrowful est gift to the world. Mr. Speaker, we not only honor the length mother I took him gently by the arm and Congratulations, of Reverend Brown's service to the church facing him squarely said quietly: MARY. and the city of Cincinnati, but the quality of November 14, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28955 that service as well. His contributions of AEROSPACE FUTURE our young people continue to say no to drugs talent, leadership, and responsibility have fos­ and put those drug lords and cartels out of tered significant and lasting improvement in HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN business. the community. OF FLORIDA Reverend Brown will surely be missed by IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his congregation at the Allen Temple, but DEDICATION OF NEW ST. PETER Tuesday, November 14, 1989 those at his new house of worship, Cincin­ AND ST. PAUL UKRAINIAN nati's Bethel AME Church, will be gaining a Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I call at­ CATHOLIC CHURCH truly great minister. I thank Reverend Brown tention today to a group reaching out to the on behalf of all of those he served, and will minority youth of today and preparing them for HON. FRANK J. GUARINI the jobs of tomorrow. The Aerospace Oppor­ continue to serve, for his unselfish time and OF NEW JERSEY effort. His contributions will have a lasting and tunities Clearinghouse, founded to increase IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES resounding effect on our community. participation of minorities in the aerospace in­ dustry recently convened a conference on Tuesday, November 14, 1989 "New and Emerging Aerospace-Related Busi­ ness and Career Opportunities." Held in Mr. GUARINI. Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, THE lOTH ANNIVERSARY OF November 18, 1989, at 2 p.m., the Ukrainian IMPACT II Washington, it attracted many commercial sector and Government agencies. Catholic Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, lo­ Our Nation's aerospace industry is of vital cated at the corner of Bergen Avenue and HON. ARTHUR RAVENEL, JR. importance to national security and minority Bentley Avenue, in Jersey City, will be blessed and consecrated by Philadelphia Archbishop OF SOUTH CA~OLINA involvement is necessary for its continued success. Although the minority sector consti­ Stephen Sulyk, Metropolitan for all Ukrainian IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tutes 27 percent of the population, only 4 per­ Catholics in the United States. Tuesday, November 14, 1989 cent of aerospace engineers and scientists For Ukrainian Catholics, the parish of St. are minorities. Some statistics claim that the Peter and St. Paul is known as the mother Mr. RAVENEL. Mr. Speaker, this year marks church for New Jersey, New York, and New the 1oth anniversary of IMPACT II, a nation­ United States will lack half a million engineers by the year 2000. It was these statistics which England. It was the first parish established by wide, educational, nonprofit organization that Ukrainian immigrants in New Jersey in 1886. recognizes and rewards innovative teachers helped establish the conference and formulate its key issues. For over 100 years, thousands of parishioners by giving grants for the development of fresh One of the many suggestions that resulted worshipped as a community and received the and creative in-school programs. from this conference was the creation of a sacraments while passing on their faith to IMPACT II began in 1979 as an experimen­ comprehensive awareness and training pro­ their children and grandchildren. It was those tal pilot program codeveloped by the Exxon gram for elementary and junior high schools. new generations of parishioners who helped Education Foundation with the New York City Programs such as these will help create inter- · to build this new church. board of Education. A second pilot program est in the science and space industry, as well The $2.5 million Ukrainian Baroque style ed­ was initiated in Houston, TX, 3 years later; as recruit students. This conference is a con­ ifice was designed by Bohdan Kotys of New and today IMAPCT II is a national program firmation of America's promising aerospace Brunswick, NJ, and built by Miller Construction with 30 sites ranging in size from a single future. of Jersey City, NJ. The design of the building school district to an entire State. More than includes five golden tear-shaped domes. The 15,000 teachers participate across the coun­ arches on either side of the flat facade typify try. IN FAVOR OF DRUG-FREE the churches of Western Ukraine from which Last year IMPACT II programs begin in ENVIRONMENT many of the parishioners emigrated in the Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties 1800's. The three bells that will be used in the in South Carolina with the funding of 13 devel­ HON. JIM BUNNING arches are the original ones that were hand­ oper grants. These grants are given to teach­ OF KENTUCKY constructed by master craftsmen and import­ ers who actually create new programs. Two IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ed from Europe for the church built in 1892. These bells will remind the parishioners of the workshop fairs were held where the develop­ Tuesday. . November 14, 1989 ers presented their programs to other interest­ long history of the parish and encourage the Mr. BUNNING. Mr. Speaker, due to previ­ ed teachers, and last spring the first catalogue parish to continue to be a vibrant and thriving ously scheduled open door meetings in my part of the history of Jersey City. Jersey City was distributed with information on these pro­ district, I was unable to attend the proceed­ is the headquarters for the Ukrainian National grams. ings of the House on Monday, November 13, Association of the United States and Canada, This year the Lowcountry Educators' Coop­ 1989. However, I would like the RECORD to the largest fraternal Ukrainian organization in erative Program expects to award not just de­ show that I would have voted for H.R. 3614, the free world. Jersey City has the third larg­ veloper grants but also adaptor grants, which the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act est branch worldwide of the Self-Reliance are awarded to teachers who wish to adapt of 1989, and H.R. 3550, the drug forfeiture Credit Union, and it has a thriving Ukrainian another's program for use in their classroom. amendments. Community Center, at a time when most The IMPACT II Program is made possible Since the passage of the Drug-Free ethnic organizations do not have one. The thanks to support from the Lowcountry Educa­ Schools and Communities Act in 1986, the new church is thus a fitting complement to the tors' Cooperative, an association of colleges programs authorized under this law have already well-established Ukrainian Community and school districts in the tricounty area. This proven their necessity and usefulness. H.R. in Jersey City. group includes the public schools that prepare 3614 contains expansions of some of the old The ceremony for the dedication will begin teachers: The Citadel, the college of Charles­ programs and initiates new ones, such as spe­ at 2 p.m., with a procession around the block. ton, and the Baptist College at Charleston. cial grants to areas with a high intensity of Escorting the archbishop will be clergy, And next year's expansion will be supported drug use. H.R. 3550, the drug forfeiture Church Sisterhood of Women, youth organiza­ by a generous grant from the Trident Commu­ amendments, makes necessary technical and tions, civic and fraternal groups, parishioners, nity Foundation. administrative changes needed to maintain and guests The archbishop will bless the cor­ I am proud to say that even the tragedy and the wealth of fresh ideas coming out of the nerstone and then proceed into the church to destruction wrought by Hurricane Hugo will newly created Office of National Drug Control bless it. The altar, which was hand carved by not prevent this program from going forward Policy. Mykola Holodye, of New York City, will be and continuing to grow and to reach more Combating the drug problem starts with blessed according to the Ukrainian rite with teachers and more students. I applaud all of education, and these bills are sorely needed the ceremony symbolic of the death, burial, the teachers and administrators who partici­ to continue to wage the war on drugs. By pro­ and resurrection of Christ. At that time, the pate as well as the donors who support their moting a drug-free environment in our Na­ relics of the Ukrainian martyr, St. Josaphat, efforts. tion's schools and communities, we can help will be placed on the alter. 28956 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 14, 1989 Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph Fedorek of Elizabeth, designating the week of November 19 as "Na­ serve the working caregiver by providing em­ dean of the North Jersey Deanery, will preach tional Family Caregivers Week." I would like ployers with a menu of services from which the English sermon, and the Very Rev. John to commend the ranking minority member of they may tailor a program to fit their employ­ Sura, a native son of the parish, now the the subcommittee, Representative OLYMPIA J. ees' caregivers needs. rector of St. Josaphat Seminary in Washing­ SNOWE for once again introducing this resolu­ These services could include advice hot ton, DC, will deliver the Ukrainian sermon. tion. lines, one-on-one counseling, a nursing home The dedication banquet will be held at 5 It is currently estimated that more than 12 and home care ref err al service and a range of p.m. at the Ukrainian Center in Jersey City. million seniors have some degree of limitation consumer education materials and others. The children of the parish will be highlighted in daily activity due to a chronic condition. Of As we pause · to acknowledge those who during a special play prepared by the pastor, this group, nearly 5 million need help in one or provide caregiving to our elderly, we must re­ Rev. Roman Mirchuk. more basic physical activities or need tne help emphasize the need for more public-private On Sunday, November 19, 1989, Archbish­ of another person in carrying out home man­ partnerships, and the importance of a greater op Sulyk will concelebrate the First Divine Lit­ agement activities. There are two factors that Federal commitment to the caregiver. It is ap"' urgy in the new Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian are certain about these numbers. One is they propriate that Thanksgiving week has been Catholic Church in Jersey City. will only increase in the coming years. Two, designated by Congress as "National Family A reception will follow at 5 p.m. in the audi­ the overwhelming majority of the care that is Caregivers Week" so that we may give thanks torium of St. Peter and St. Paul Ukrainian being provided to these seniors comes from to the millions of Americans who contribute Catholic School, 16 Bentley Avenue, Jersey family, friends, and neighbors. It is estimated their time and energy caring for their aged City, NJ. that there are over 2.2 million caregivers pro­ loved ones. I am sure that my colleagues here in the viding help to elderly family members residing House of Representatives will want to join me in the community. in extending best wishes to the parishioners of The issue of caring for elders is not a new DR. RICHARD H. KEATES St. Peter and St. Paul Ukrainian Catholic one. It is also a complicated situation, be­ Church in Jersey City and all Ukrainian Catho­ cause past roles and relationships between HON. PAUL E. GILLMOR lics on this happy occasion. the caregiver and the aged relative have OF OHIO changed. In the past, the Federal response to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the growing numbers of caregivers has been TRIBUTE TO JEAN C. BURNS fragmentary. In a Senate Aging Committee Tuesday, November 14, 1989 report issued a few years ago, there was an Mr. GILLMOR. Mr. Speaker, I would like to HON. LEONE. PANETTA estimate of at least 80 Federal programs take this opportunity to recognize and salute OF CALIFORNIA which assist persons with long-term care an Ohioan who is an impressive national IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES problems-either directly or indirectly through leader in the field of ophthalmology. I refer to Tuesday, November 14, 1989 cash assistance, inkind transfers, or the provi­ Dr. Richard H. Keates. sions of goods and services. Yet, most of Dr. Keates, who is currently a professor of Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to these programs are for institutional care, de­ pay tribute to a woman who has contributed ophthalmology at the Ohio State University spite the fact that our long-term care needs hospitals, is an internationally recognized oph­ her time and experience to educating our Na­ are both for' institutional and community and tion's youth. Ms. Jean C. Burns started to self­ thalmologist. He broke new ground in his field home-based programs. in 1987, when he became the first eye sur­ lessly give her time to the advancement and I am pleased that we are making some enlightenment of youngsters when she was geon in the country to implant bifocal lens in progress in terms of redirecting Federal re­ cataract patients. merely a junior high school student herself. sources to programs that can directly or indi­ Ms. Burns started her teaching career in­ This breakthrough gave cataract patients rectly help caregivers. Specifically, there is the hope of never having to wear glasses structing a grade school religion class on Sat­ one piece of legislation-the Older Americans urday mornings. After she completed her day again. Dr. Keates' accomplishments represent Act-last reauthorized in 1987 which moves in the great American tradition of striving for new at school, she took a class at her high school the right direction. A new provision was includ­ to teach the catechism to grade school age technologies that can help people in need. ed in this law, a new title 111-D, that has a While I am sorry to learn that Ohio will be children. It was this experience that made up direct bearing on caregivers. Title 111-D 'is her mind that she would make a career of the losing this outstanding medical leader, I want called "In Home Services for Frail Older Indi­ to take this opportunity to wish Dr. Keates tutelage of our Nation's future, our children. viduals." Under this program, States are to Having taught junior high school and high well as he assumes a new responsibility as distribute funds to area agencies ,on aging to professor and chairman of the Department of school for the last 14 years, with a total of 17 supplement existing programs which provide years of experience, Ms. Burns has received Ophthalmology at the University of California inhome services to the frail elderly, including at Irvine. I am certain that he will quickly gain the 1990 San Luis Obispo County Teacher of inhome supportive services for older Alzhei­ the Year Award. Ms. Burns understands the the respect and admiration of his peers in mer's disease victims. I am extremely pleased California in the same way he did in Ohio. necessity of education and the power it holds. that the Labor Health and Human Services­ She teaches with an infectious enthusiasm As a Member of Congress, I like to help Education appropriations bill for fiscal year place the spotlight on those whose genius which cannot help but influence her students 1990, H.R. 2990, contains an appropriation with a positive attitude. and vision benefit the societies in which they level of $6.8 million, which is $2 million above live. Mr. Speaker, Dr. Richard H. Keates is just Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me the fiscal year 1989 level. now in congratulating a woman who is leaving · such an individual. I wish him the best in his It is also worth noting that the Older Ameri­ future endeavors. her mark in the most important of professions. cans Act already has provisions aimed at It is with great respect and pride that I salute helping caregivers. There is a separate home the achievements of Ms. Jean Burns. delivered meals program to help meet the nu­ INTRODUCING FOOD TRANS­ tritional needs of the homebound older PORTATION SAFETY LEGISLA­ IN PRAISE OF CAREGIVERS person, and today, the . average age of the TION senior being served by this program is almost HON.THOMASJ.DOWNEY 80 years of age. In addition, title 111-B provides HON. ROBERT A. ·BORSKI OF NEW YORK funds for a variety of inhome services as well OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES as respite care and adult day care programs. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I was pleased, earlier this year, to partici­ Tuesday, November 14, 1989 pate in the inaugural ceremony of the New Tuesday, November 14, 1989 Mr. DOWNEY. Mr. Speaker, as the chair­ York City Department for the Aging's Partner­ Mr. BORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to in­ man of the House Select Committee on ship for Eldercare Program. This 2-year dem­ troduce H.R. 3647 which will restore the confi­ Aging's Subcommittee on Human Services, I onstration project, financed through grants dence of American consumers in the safety rise in support of House Joint Resolution 282, from participating corporations, is designed to and reliability of our food supply. As a November 14, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28957 · member of the subcommittee charged with be permanently marked as either food grade THE NEED FOR PARTNERSHIPS oversight of transportation, I am proud of the or nonfood grade. · IN EDUCATION speed and insight which the Public Works Food grade tankers would only be permitted Committee brought to bear on this issue. This to carry food grade products, except for those legislation is a prime example of how the· con­ nonfood grade products specifically approved HON. MICHAEL A. ANDREWS gressional oversight process works at its best. by the Secretary of Transportation. Perma­ OF TEXAS This past year, men and women across this nently marked nonfood grade tankers will IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Nation were shocked to discover that food­ never be able to transport food grade prod­ Tuesday, November 14, 1989 stuffs and garbage, juices, and chemicals, ucts. Under this legislation, not only the carri­ were being shipped by the same trucks on er, but also the shipper, receiver, and broker Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, Mirabeau B. consecutive trips. would be held responsible for violations. Viola­ Lamar, the second President of the Republic After the subcommittee held hearings on tions would result in both civil and criminal of Texas, said: "Education is the guardian the backhauling of garbage and food, Jim and penalties. genius of our democracy." Rikki Pomerenke, two truckdrivers from In addition, this legislation would require The education of our children is not just for Yakima, WA, decided last spring that they that asbestos and infectious waste be trans­ their sake, it is for the sake of our Nation. would no longer backhaul foods and chemi­ ported only in dedicated truck lines. The In­ As the baby boom generation grows older, cals. This cost them their jobs, but they felt vestigations Subcommittee is currently investi­ the labor market will become increasingly strongly that the American people deserved to gating reports that asbestos and infectious tight. At the same time, the job market will re­ know how their food was transported. Their waste, like garbage, are being backhauled to quire technical skills and a proficiency in sci­ story formed the basis for a series of investi­ Midwest landfills. Because of the life threaten­ ence and mathematics. gative articles by James Wallace for the Seat­ ing nature of these materials, it is necessary Women will comprise 64 percent of the tle Post-Intelligencer about chemical back­ to restrict their transport to dedicated vehi­ growth in the labor force in the next decade. hauling, which caused national concern over cles. Minorities will make up one-third of all new the reliability and safety of our food transpor­ The bill would require the Secretary of workers by the year 2000. Both of these tation system. Transportation to issue regulations to ensure groups are among those traditionally least In hearings before the Public Works Sub­ that cargo tanks were completely and safely served by our educational system. committee on Investigations and Oversight, washed out. The Secretary would also under­ The shortcomings in our education system we learned that trucks which carried garbage take a study to determine if there are other are clear. The national dropout rate is 25 per­ to midwestern landfills also brought meats types of backhauling, not identified in this leg­ cent. In my State of Texas, the dropout rate is and vegetables to the east coast. islation, which need to be addressed. 45 percent. And in many urban areas, the We learned that milk and orange juice were Mr. Speaker, the overriding issue at stake is dropout rate among minorities-especially His­ carried by tanker trucks which also carried the transportation of our food supply. I urge panics-is as high as 50 percent. formaldehyde and marine oil. These hearings, my colleagues to join me in prompt support of Many of our students are struggling with the particularly the testimony of the truckdrivers H.R. 3647, which will ensure that Americans basics. Everyone is familiar with the studies and State regulatory officials, demonstrated can be confident of the system which carries showing the poor performance of U.S. stu­ that these practices constituted a danger not foodstuffs across America and onto our dents at all age levels on math and science only to our food supply, but to public confi­ tables. compared to students in other developed and dence in the safety of our food chain. even some developing countries. This bill, Mr. Speaker, will restore safety and Perhaps even more discouraging is that on confidence to the system which carries meat, TRIBUTE TO LEN DEANGELIS top of our dropout rate, every year 700,000 produce, and liquids across America. The high school graduates receive their diplomas hearings before the Public Works Investiga­ HON. RONALD K. MACHTLEY even though they can barely read. tions and Oversight Subcommittee answered OF RHODE ISLAND Although the challenges are formidable, three vital questions: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES educational partnerships between the busi­ First, what products are carried in the trucks ness community and our school systems have which bring food and drink to our tables? Tuesday, November 14, 1989 proven that we can rise to these challenges. The answer is that an appalling range of Mr. MACHTLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today In Houston we are fortunate to have one of products including municipal waste and indus­ to pay tribute to Mr. Len DeAngelis who was the strongest programs in the country. The trial chemicals are carried across the country recently named to "1990 Rhode Island Volunteers in Public Schools Program was in the same trucks which carry our meats and Teacher of the Year." created in 1970 to provide an umbrella for vegetables, and our juice and milk. Mr. DeAngelis was chosen from a field of parents, community volunteers and business­ Second, can we be confident of the cleanup 16 applicants by the Rhode Island Department es for the children of the Houston Independ­ and the certification of loads carried in these of Education and was notified of his honor by ent School District. This organization now con­ trucks? the Rhode Island education commissioner, J. sists of over 20,000 volunteers which give According to witnesses who have spent Troy Earhart. nearly 900,000 hours to the program a year. years driving thousands of loads across Amer­ Mr. DeAngelis teaches English at the Mid­ In 1980, a Business/School Partnership ica, the answer is no. They, and other profes­ dletown High School and is known for his in­ Program began under the VIP umbrella. Today sionals who have come forward privately, novative methods of teaching. Mr. DeAngelis it boasts over 200 participating companies have told the subcommittee that haulers can assists his students with their problems both which provide over 2,000 employees to volun­ be pressured to falsify the documents which in and out of school and does not hesitate to teer in the schools. In addition these busi­ tell what loads have been hauled in that truck. take extra time for those in need. nesses provide leadership examples, scholar­ They also say that some washout procedures A further tribute to Mr. DeAngelis is the fact ships and summer jobs. are inadequate. that he was the .second teacher from Middle­ The businesses do this not just for altruistic Third, how can we protect the American town High School to be named Teacher of the reasons. The business community knows that people from the risk of adulterated foods? Year in as many years. Against great odds, their productivity relies on the productivity of After the hearings and careful research by Mr. DeAngelis prevailed to prove his superiori­ our work force. They have seen the writing on the subcommittee,. the conclusion was clear: ty. the wall. · These practices constitute a Federal problem I would like to thank Len DeAngelis for his Chrysler reports that while its training and which demands a legislative solution. This bill devotion to his job. He has demonstrated a technical manuals are written at an eighth is that solution. love for his work which transcends the class­ grade level, at least 25 percent of its employ­ It proposes straightforward remedies to the room while pushing his students to the zenith ees now read at or below a sixth grade level. risks posed by these practices. This legislation of their ability. I hope that others will follow At Motorola, 80 percent of the applicants would prohibit refrigerated trucks which trans­ the advice of Mr. DeAngelis when he says cannot pass a simple seventh grade English port food from carrying household garbage. Its "Learn as if you were to live forever. Live as if comprehension exam or a fifth grade math provisions would also require that cargo tanks you were to die tomorrow." test. 28958 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 14, 1989 The time has past for the business commu­ elite group of young people, a group that rep­ State, with New York City doing more to nity to blame educators for an inadequate resents integrity, honor, dedication, diligence, reduce this population than the rest of the work force. The ability of our State and our and duty. State. It makes no sense to permanently con­ community to attract new businesses, relies Bill, a resident of Sunbury, graduated from tinue to subsidize welfare hotels which provide on the investment everyone makes in our Shikellamy High School last June. While in grossly inadequate housing. school systems. school, he was vice president of the Key Club, On November 19, 1986, the New York In Houston, the business community and a member of the yearbook staff, and partici­ Times commented on this situation stating: the volunteers have been energized by the pated on the football and track teams. Bill • • •But what New Yorker who can count volunteers in public schools programs. They was a member of the Hesline-Wormley Na­ can help calculating what the Federal, have instilled hope in children and pride in vol­ tional Honor Society and Who's Who Among State, and city governments spend every unteers. In addition, I believe their efforts will American High School Students. While com­ month to keep (a) • • • family sleeping in better prepare our children to meet the eco­ mitted to all of these activities and his school­ squalor and eating junk? • • • That's nomic and intellectual challenges in the next work, Bill still found time to hold down a part­ $35,424 a year, $3,000 more than the median decades. time job. American income for a family of five. And Congressional activism in this area began in Bill received 31 merit badges in his pursuit what does the • • • family get for that? 1987 with the work of Senator Lawton Chiles, of eagle scout, and is now a freshman in the Hunger. Mice. Continued dependency • • •. of Florida. He secured funds in the fiscal year College of Science at Penn State University, I do not object to this provision in the bill of­ 1988 Education appropriations bill for school where he has received a Naval Reserve Offi­ fered by the chairman. However, the 1 year volunteer and partnership programs and the cers Training Corps 4-year scholarship. gives New York additional time to resolve this National Association of Partners in Education Mr. Speaker, William Joseph Hudson repre­ terrible situation. I do not believe that the Fed­ for a national data base and training. sents the best of America's youth. We con­ eral Government should contribute to deci­ Senator Chiles had a vision of the future in gratulate him on his impressive achievements sions allowing families to stay in these condi­ which the Congress was an active partner and wish him the best of luck in his future en­ tions for any longer. with educators and the business community. deavors. Together we would work toward lowering the dropout rate and raise the competency of our AMENDMENTS TO THE FOOD youth. Today many of us in Congress are working STAMP ACT OF 1977 diligently to build on this foundation. We are at UTILIZING RECYCLED the point when we need to move beyond HON. BILL EMERSON NEWSPRINT simply appropriating funds on a year-to-year OF MISSOURI basis and instead set up a permanent frame­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. RICHARDT. SCHULZE work to support these programs. We must in­ Tuesday, November 14, 1989 stitutionalize this program enabling it to sur­ OF PENNSYLVANIA Mr. EMERSON. Mr. Speaker, thank you. vive and grow on a long-term basis. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES That is why the Business and Citizen The chairman of the Committee on Agriculture School Volunteer Act was introduced. I am a has asked for consideration of a bill that will, Tuesday, November 14, 1989 proud sponsor of this bill because I believe it among other things, extend for 1 year the ex­ Mr. SCHULZE. Mr. Speaker, every day a clusion of specific housing assistance pay­ has served as a vehicle to increase aware­ crisis in our Nation deepens without a resolu­ ments from income for the purposes of the ness on this subject. As written, this legisla­ tion in sight. The crisis is our inability to utilize Food Stamp Act of 1977. The cost is $3 mil­ tion provides $5 million to State and local pro­ recycled newsprint. Municipal landfills are grams. As well as earmarking funds for the lion for 1990. This exclusion was initially in­ cluded in the 1987 Stewart B. McKinney filled beyond capacity. The world's rain forests national center. are being wiped out. In fact, each Sunday, an It is critical for Congress to be involved in Homeless Assistance Act for the period of 2 years, which therefore means that it expired average edition of the New York Times uses this movement. Congressional action can pro­ as many as 75,000 trees to go to print. We vide an arena for dialog. on September 30, 1989. The bill before the House today extends the income exclusion for must develop immediate avenues to ensure I know that when I met Jean Davis Myers of that newsprint is recycled. the Houston Independent School District and 1 year and makes that exclusion retroactive to Today, I am introducing the Newspaper In­ listened to the impact her partnership program September 30, 1989. centive Recycling Conservation Act. This leg­ was having in the lives of our children, I was This provision, both in 1987 and now, will struck with the potential these programs have. exempt those payments made to welfare islation provides a 10-percent investment tax They have the power to fill in the cracks hotels from inclusion as income in determining credit for construction of recycling facilities. It where so many of our children have fallen. food stamp benefits. As I said back in 1987, also penalizes newpapers who fail to utilize The business we are about, is our future. As families placed in these so-called welfare recycled ·newsprint after a generous 5-year Henry Brook Adams said "A teacher affects hotels have special needs. They have limited transition period. eternity, he can never tell where his influence access to grocery stores, limited food storage, Newsprint today is the largest identifiable stops." and food preparation facilities. That is the item in our landfills; 16 billion pounds of news­ reason for this special treatment of vendor print are thrown away each year; 30 million payments made to hotels on their behalf. Nev­ cubic yards of landfill space are lost to news­ IN RECOGNITION OF AN EAGLE ertheless, the real problem rests with the print each year; yet, the Japanese recycle 95 SCOUT housing situation. In 1987 I believed that percent of their newsprint and avoid these keeping families in these welfare hotels and problems. While recycled newsprint in the paying huge amounts for grossly inadequate HON. GEORGE W. GEKAS United States once brought in $30 a ton, it living quarters did not make sense-the same OF PENNSYLVANIA now costs up to $25 a ton to haul away for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES statement is true today. The Congress determined that this provision disposal. We have a supply, but no demand. Tuesday, November 14, 1989 should only be in place for 2 years because it Americans are recycling newsprint across Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask was a situation that must be changed. Unfor­ the Nation, but our large newspapers won't do my colleagues to join me in recognizing an ex­ tunately it has not been changed totally. I am their part. My bill, endorsed by the Sierra Club, ceptional young man from my congressional informed that in 1987 there were approximate­ provides a carrot for recycling in the form of district in Pennsylvania. ly 4,500 families living in welfare hotels who tax credits. It also includes a stick-tax penal­ William Joseph Hudson joins the ranks of were covered by this food stamp provision. ties against the largest papers who fail to uti­ students from the 17th District who have at­ Today, that number has been reduced to lize recycled newsprint. I urge my colleagues tained the honor of eagle scout. This month, 3,600 families, half of which are in New York to support my legislation to bring about the re­ Bill will be initiated into this prestigous and City and the remainder in the rest of the cycling of newsprint. November 14, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28959 KIWANIS CLUB OF CROFTON, TRIBUTE TO MOTOROLA, INC., A This summer, the company followed that LEADING GLOBAL COMPETITOR act with the first wristwatch pager. This ul­ MD trasmall product, which resembles the wrist­ radio familiar to Dick Tracy fans, has also HON. PHILIP M. CRANE garnered accolades. The wrist-pager, says HON. C. THOMAS McMILLEN OF ILLINOIS John J. Egidio, president of Metromedia IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Paging Services Inc., seems to have OF MARYLAND "scooped the world by a year or two." Tuesday, November 14, 1989 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Compared with Motorola's fortunes of Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, it is important just a few years ago, this is a radical rever­ Tuesday, November 14, 1989 that all public policy makers take note of the sal. In the early and mid-1980s, Japanese dumping of better-quality products shat­ Mr. McMILLEN. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, No­ article, "The Rival Japan Respects," the cover story in the Business Week edition of tered the Schaumburg (Ill.) company's vir­ vember 17, 1989, the Kiwanis Club of Crofton, tual lock on U.S. markets for pagers and cel­ MD, will play host to the governor of the November 13, 1989. The article concerns a lular phones. And Motorola's Phoenix-based Kiwanis Capital District, Kavanaugh Y. "Spike" leading global competitor, Motorola, Inc., Semiconductor Products Sector suffered a Thrift. The Capital District encompasses all of which is headquartered in Schaumburg, IL, in body blow: It was forced out of dynamic the Kiwanis clubs in Delaware, Maryland, Vir­ the 12th Congressional District. If the Con­ random-access memories