October 6, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2029 violence in the and its dev- Mr. Speaker, I take this opportunity to praise States Capitol Page School Class of 1981 on astating effects on families. the good work of Taiwan Representative their upcoming 25th anniversary. The Class of Rollcall vote 495: I would have voted ‘‘aye’’ David Tawei Lee. He is a fine diplomat who 1981 served the Congress honorably both in on H.R. 438, a bill to name a postal facility in has kept us informed and well briefed on all of this chamber and in the other body. Berkeley, California, after Maudelle Shirek. the latest developments in Taiwan. Over the past 25 years these young men Ms. Shirek has provided a significant service Happy Birthday to Taiwan. and women have started families and become to this country fighting against injustice, pov- f leaders in our society. erty, and housing discrimination. As they gather in our Nation’s Capital for Rollcall vote 494: I would have voted ‘‘aye’’ RECOGNITION OF DR. KERRY their reunion this weekend, I offer my con- on H.J. Res. 66, supporting the goals and CLEGG gratulations on behalf this body and ask all of ideals of ‘‘Lights On Afterschool,’’ a national my colleagues to welcome them back to the celebration of after-school programs. HON. HOWARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ McKEON hallowed halls of Congress. f OF CALIFORNIA f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN HONOR OF GARY ANUND HONORING NATIONAL SCHOOL KNUTSON Thursday, October 6, 2005 LUNCH WEEK Mr. MCKEON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recog- HON. SAM FARR nize Dr. Kerry Clegg, a school board member HON. JOHN A. BOEHNER OF OHIO OF CALIFORNIA for the Sulphur Springs Union Elementary IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES School District in my district, for his service as the 2004–2005 President of the California Thursday, October 6, 2005 Thursday, October 6, 2005 School Boards Association. Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, it is with great Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to As a sixteen year member of the Sulphur pleasure that I recognize National School honor and thank Gary Anund Knutson, a dedi- Springs Union Elementary School District Lunch Week. This year, the event is being cated public servant. Mr. Knutson, County board of trustees, Dr. Clegg served three held during the week of October 10–14, 2005. Auditor-Controller of Santa Cruz, will retire terms as president. In addition, Dr. Clegg In honor of this event, I would like to take a after 35 years of public service, 19 of which served as president and secretary-treasurer moment to share with you a few facts relating were spent as the County Auditor-Controller. for the Santa Clarita Valley School Trustees to the National School Lunch Program: Mr. Knutson will be retiring on December 30, Association. President Harry Truman established the Na- 2005, bringing an end to nearly four decades His contributions to the California School tional School Lunch Program in 1946 in re- of outstanding service. Boards Association have distinguished him as sponse to the large number of World War II Mr. Knutson, who has spent a great deal of instrumental in answering the needs of Cali- recruits that were rejected due to malnutrition. time maintaining a great working environment fornia schools. In addition to his role as presi- Today, the school lunch program serves in his office, has decided to pursue other am- dent this past year, Dr. Clegg served as a rep- more than 28 million students each day. bitions. His retirement will be enjoyed spend- resentative in CSBA’s Delegate Assembly and Just over half of those students who partici- ing time on other personal activities. Mr. as an active member of CSBA’s Board of Di- pate in the school lunch program receive their Knutson has done an exceptional job and his rectors for four years. Among Dr. Clegg’s fur- lunch free or at a reduced cost. service is truly appreciated. ther contributions to the CSBA are his roles on Over 92 percent of all students nationwide Mr. Speaker, when he retires, Gary Anund CSBA’s Budget Committee, Nominating Com- have access to school lunch and about 58 Knutson will be leaving behind 35 years of ex- mittee, Policy Platform Committee, Federal percent of those students participate on a cellence and professionalism. I applaud Mr. Issues Council, K-Higher Education Remedi- given day. Knutson for his work and contributions. He ation Task Force, and as a site validator for The school lunch program operates in 99 has left a lasting impact on his community, CSBA’s Golden Bell Awards. In 2004, Dr. percent of all public schools and 85 percent of and we would like to wish him well in his up- Clegg also chaired CSBA’s Legislative Com- private schools. That’s a total of 99,538 public coming retirement. mittee, and this year, he is chairing the Joint and non-profit private schools. f Task Force on Science, the Education Legal The National School Lunch Program is the Alliance Steering Committee, and the Super- largest of the federal child nutrition programs ON THE OCCASION OF TAIWAN’S intendents Council. His contributions are cur- both in terms of spending and children served. NATIONAL DAY OF CELEBRATION rently reaching a national level as he serves In fiscal year 2005, $6.8 billion was appro- as a delegate to the National School Boards priated for the school lunch program. HON. G. K. BUTTERFIELD Association. For some children, a school lunch is the only healthy meal they eat all day. School OF NORTH CAROLINA Dr. Kerry Clegg graduated from the Univer- lunches can contribute positively to children’s IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sity of California, with a doctorate health, and can improve academic perform- Thursday, October 6, 2005 in Biology. Outside of his California School Boards Association duties, Dr. Clegg is a bio- ance by increasing children’s learning capacity Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, the Re- logical research manager for Sepulveda Re- and lengthening their attention spans. The Na- public of China (Taiwan) will be celebrating its search Corporation, and is also the CEO of a tional School Lunch Program plays an impor- National Day this October 10, and I wish to local Federal Credit Union. He and his wife, tant role in protecting the health and well- express my congratulations to Taiwan Presi- Rosanna, have five children. being of many of the nation’s school-age chil- dent Chen Shuibian and the people of Taiwan. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me dren. I commend the nation’s dedicated edu- Over the years, Taiwan and the United in thanking Dr. Kerry Clegg for his service to cators, food service professionals, and most of States have enjoyed strong trading relations. the Sulphur Springs Union Elementary School all, parents who work to ensure the ongoing Trade between our two countries have been District and for his service as president of the success of the National School Lunch Pro- growing steadily. As a member of the House California School Boards Association. gram, and to ensure that children have access Agriculture Committee, I notice that Taiwan is f one of our best buyers of agricultural products to nutritious and balanced meals at school. and services. Last month, Taiwan sent an ag- CONGRATULATIONS TO THE f UNITED STATES CAPITOL PAGE ricultural goodwill mission to the United States A TRIBUTE TO TIBOR (TED) SCHOOL CLASS OF 1981 ON THEIR and it pledged to purchase more than three RUBIN—RECIPIENT OF THE CON- REUNION billions dollars worth of U.S. corn, wheat, soy- GRESSIONAL beans and hide in the next two years. I will encourage farmers in my home state of North HON. MICHAEL E. CAPUANO TOM LANTOS Carolina to take advantage of Taiwan’s ‘‘Buy OF MASSACHUSETTS OF CALIFORNIA American’’ program. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Also, as a member of the Armed Services Committee, I am hopeful that there will be per- Thursday, October 6, 2005 Thursday, October 6, 2005 manent peace and stability in the Taiwan Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, it is great Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I invite my col- Strait in the very near future. pride that I rise to congratulate the United leagues to join me today in paying tribute to

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:55 Oct 07, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A06OC8.066 E06OCPT1 E2030 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 6, 2005 Tibor (Ted) Rubin, who received the Medal of Ruben, and extending to him our gratitude for With the possibility of a general uprising Honor from President George W. Bush at a his service to our country—service that was looming, the idea of abolishing slavery was ceremony in the White House just a few days well above and beyond the call of duty. once again proposed to Parliament. In 1833, it ago for his heroic and extraordinarily selfless f decided that slavery was no longer an effec- acts during the . His story is inspi- tive economic system. The Emancipation Act WHAT EMANCIPATION MEANS TO rational and his deeds are stirring and should of 1834 declared that all enslaved peoples JAMAICA be known by all Americans. under the age of six and those born after the Mr. Rubin was born between the First and enactment of the bill were legally free. Those Second World Wars in Paszto, Hungary, a HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL who were older were forced to become ap- small Jewish village of only 120 people in OF NEW YORK prenticed to their former masters up until Au- 1929. At age 13, he was shipped to the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gust 1, 1838, after which they would be free. Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, Thursday, October 6, 2005 Indeed, in 1838 all those who were once where he spent 14 months. When he was lib- Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in enslaved were made free. erated by American troops, he was starving recognition of the 167th anniversary of Jamai- Emancipation Day is celebrated across the and on the brink of death. Although Tibor sur- can Emancipation, established on August 1, island within churches and town squares vived, both his parents and two of his sisters 1838. where there are a variety of all night vigils that perished in the Holocaust. On August 1, 1838, when the enslaved Ja- take place. Then at midnight, there is a nation Mr. Speaker, Tibor Rubin immigrated to maicans found out that they were freed, tears wide celebration of drumming, pealing of bells, New York in 1948 where he worked first as a flowed incessantly, while shouts of freedom and much more which carry on into the dawn shoemaker and later as a butcher. When he rang from every direction. The sentiment of of the ‘‘First of August’’. All this is done to sim- attempted to enter the U.S. Army butcher’s the day was jubilance; however, there was an ulate or re-create the atmosphere that existed school in 1949, he was denied admission after underlying reverence for the freedom of hun- during that morning when slavery was abol- failing the English test, but in 1950 he passed. dreds of thousands enslaved men, women, ished. The celebration of Emancipation Day is By July of that year, he was assigned to the and children. They had been freed from the of the utmost importance to the historical in- infantry and stationed on the front lines in oppressive social and economic system to tegrity of Jamaica. It not only pays homage to Korea. Mr. Rubin volunteered for missions that which they had been subjected to for genera- those millions of Africans that were subjected no one else would undertake. On one occa- tions. to one of the worst crimes against humanity, sion, he secured the retreat route for his com- Similar to the Quakers in the United States, it provides a historical foundation for the coun- pany by single-handedly defending a hill for 24 the Quakers of Jamaica were very instru- try to evolve from. As Rev. Dr. Burchell K. hours against waves of North Korean soldiers. mental in aiding the fight for the abolition of Taylor, Pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, states In October 1950 a massive Chinese attack slavery. Many of them started campaigns ‘‘an event as significant as the Emancipation was mounted across the border into North against the slave system, one of which was Korea. The offensive surprised Americans of our people from slavery and all it signifies led by the ‘‘Society for Effecting the Abolition troops, including Tibor Rubin’s unit. After most in terms of human cruelty, suffering, sacrifice, of the Slave Trade’’. This community of aboli- of his regiment had been wiped out and he folly, courage, deception, greed, triumph of the tionists believed that slavery was against the was severely wounded, he was captured and human spirit and faith and hope, cannot be al- will of God and a denial of civilization. Free- spent the next 30 months in a lowed to slip from our collective memory. dom and only freedom was and is the true camp. The Chinese offered him food and a There are lessons to be learned that are of natural state of man. The booming rise in the chance to go back to Hungary throughout his lasting value. Remembering Emancipation can sugar industry quickly fostered economic ex- ordeal, but he refused to leave his American itself be an ongoing liberating experience.’’ cuses in favor of slavery, which quashed the brothers. Mr. Rubin would sneak out of the his I submit to you an editorial written by the Quaker’s efforts within the 17th century. Honorable P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister of prison every night and steal food from Chi- However, entrance into the 18th century, nese and North Korean supply depots and Jamaica, found in the August 9th edition of the and the initial decline of the sugar industry CaribNews newspaper, addressing the people feed the rest of his fellow POWs with the food ushered in much opportunity that encouraged he found. His fellow prisoners felt that he sin- of Jamaica and the significant lessons that this a resurgence of the abolitionist movement celebration brings with its 167th year. gle-handedly kept 35 men alive. within Jamaica. In 1807, abolitionists gained He became an American citizen after return- There are many lessons that we, the U.S., their first victory through the ‘‘Total and Imme- ing from Korea in 1953. Tibor was found to be can learn from Jamaica and its national and diate Abolition of the Slave Trade’’ in the Brit- 100 percent disabled by his war-time injuries cultural acceptance of their past. We truly can- ish Parliament, ending Jamaican involvement by the Veterans Administration. He tried to re- not know where we as a country are headed in the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, cutting off turn to his profession as a butcher, but his in- unless we first recognize, reconcile and then their human cargo from Africa and the influx of juries prevented that. Today, Mr. Rubin lives in celebrate our history, all of our history. Eman- more potential slaves. Meanwhile, enslaved Garden Grove, California, with his wife of 42 cipation is a celebration that should not be re- Jamaicans were taking their freedom into their years, Yvonne, a Dutch Holocaust survivor, served for those who are descendants of own hands through the many slave revolts and they have two children—a son, Frank, an slaves and abolitionists. As the Prime Minister staged across the island. The most famous re- Air Force veteran, and a daughter, Rosalyn. suggests, ‘‘the abolition of slavery meant more Mr. Speaker, for his outstanding military volt took place a few days after Christmas in than the emancipation of slaves. It also meant service, Tibor Rubin was recommended four 1831. Reverend Samuel Sharpe, who was a the emancipation of those who held them in times for the Congressional Medal of Honor by leader of a secret society of slaves, and is bondage, at least from the burden of callous- his commanding officers and comrades, twice today recognized as a national hero of Ja- ness and greed-factors that devalue human for the Distinguished Service Cross and twice maica, planned that the slaves should simply life and desecrate any society intended to nur- for the Silver Star—but he did not receive any stop work, present their demand for freedom, ture that life.’’ We too must engage in similar of these honors, though he did receive two and then hold fast in resistance until the de- reconciliatory celebrations and find strength in Purple Hearts. Tibor’s immediate superiors mand was met, which was one of the first acts our past. recommended him for the Medal of Honor, but of organized civil disobedience, prior to our WHAT EMANCIPATION MEANS TO JAMAICA AND before the paperwork could be processed modern day examples. However, the slaves ITS PEOPLE these officers were killed, and a sergeant who still armed themselves, in case they needed to (By P.J. Patterson) might have sent the papers up refused to do defend themselves, as of course they did. The One hundred and sixty seven years ago, our so because Tibor was Jewish. ‘‘Not on my strike turned into a running series of fights, forebears gathered in churches all over this watch,’’ he reportedly said. which accumulated and spread, to over two island (of Jamaica) to give thanks for the re- Because of his remarkable bravery and hundred plantations. Slaves did not take the lease of some 400,000 former slaves into full courage in Korea, private bills were introduced initiative in attacking their white masters, but freedom. On that day, a clear message was in the Congress on a number of occasions to they did systematically destroy plantation sent to the world that, as children of a Com- give him the honor he deserved. Finally, just houses and equipment. Within a short time, mon Creator, no one could rightly, justly or morally be the property of another. a few days ago, the long-delayed but richly- they had control over settlements and commu- The assertive character of Jamaican has deserved Medal of Honor was presented to nications in virtually all the western end of the never allowed us to sit idly by and allow that Tibor Ruben by the President. island. This 10 day rebellion mobilized some part of our history to be either forgotten or Mr. Speaker, I invite my colleagues to join 60,000 slaves, numbers that quickly got the ignored. It is our solemn duty to secure the me in paying tribute to the heroism of Ted attention of Parliament. gains won by the invincibility of the human

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