March 28, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 4911 good-paying jobs to American workers—the peted for and won or lost elective of- And Rowly said the crowning achievement Arctic National Widlife Refuge. fices. of his life came just a few years ago when he By opening ANWR, the United States can His partner—his close friend—for and his friend Woody Redmond skated the increase domestic oil production, reduce our over a quarter of a century, Robert frozen Potomac River before being halted— reliance on foreign sources of oil, and create and nearly arrested—by police. hundreds of thousands of new jobs for Amer- Novak, rose to the challenge of chron- The skating incident also reflected one of ican workers. icling with sensitivity, humor and in- the fiercest competitive spirits any of us ANWR will be explored and drilled by sight his many lifetime achievements. have ever seen—playing competitive ice American workers—the oil transported Senator KENNEDY, Senator SNOWE, hockey until he was 40, winning squash tour- through U.S.-built pipelines—refined and dis- and I were privileged to be in attend- nament after squash tournament at the Met- tributed by domestic facilities—and its by- ance at the services at Christ’s Church, ropolitan Club into his 70’s and ranked na- products used by U.S. energy producers and Georgetown. We join in asking unani- tionally among senior squash players, play- U.S. consumers. mous consent to have printed in to- ing tennis or bridge or poker, shooting dice These jobs will help keep the economic en- with friends for lunch at the Metropolitan day’s RECORD the proceedings of the gine of this country running. Club, just trying to drive from Georgetown Many of our brothers and sisters in mari- U.S. Senate, a complex institution, to Culpeper without hitting a stoplight. He time labor will crew the growing fleet of en- which Rowland Evans keenly under- could recite nearly every shot of the semi- vironmentally safe, double-hulled, U.S.- stood, the eulogy by Robert Novak. final match in the National Father-and Son flagged tankers that will carry the oil from There being no objection, the mate- Tennis Tournament when he was 14 years Alaska. rial was ordered to be printed in the old. These vessels will be American-owned— RECORD, as follows: He was a happy warrior, a delight at any built by Americans in American shipyards— EULOGY BY MR. ROBERT NOVAK dinner party, playing the piano, stirring up and serviced and repaired in American yards. trouble. But beneath these high spirits Having spent his life in journalism writing In times of national emergency, the U.S. burned the heart of a patriot—the Yale thousands of columns and literally millions Merchant Marine is the first to enter the war freshman who stood in line on December 8, of words, Rowland Evans well knew how hard zone to deliver supplies. America’s military 1941 to enlist in the Marine Corps, exchang- it was to get things exactly right. So it was depends on the ability to project its power ing the privileged life he had always known with his well-meaning obituaries last Satur- anywhere in the world. for combat at Guadalcanal. day. That means we need sealift which is capa- The AP report said he had been in poor His fierce passion for the security of his ble of quickly transporting fuel and supplies health for years. In truth, until diagnosed country was the prism through which all his across thousands of miles. with cancer last summer, it could be said he journalism passed. It guided his greatest ´ As we learned in Operation Desert Shield/ was the healthiest 79-year-old on the planet. journalistic achievements—his expose of So- Desert Storm, U.S.-flag ships, American sea- Even for the past nine months, he was no in- viet arms control cheating in the 1970’s that farers employed on those ships, and the valid. the U.S. Government sought to hide, his in- American shipyard workers that build the His oncologist said he had never quite seen formed forecasts of the fall of the communist vessels, are vital parts of our sealift capa- a cancer patient like Rowly Evans. Two empire in Czechoslovakia and Poland. bility. weeks before he died he was playing squash, That passion embroiled Rowly in con- Opening ANWR to development also will appearing on television, climbing the moun- troversy when he refused to accept the Gov- enable our U.S.-flag Merchant Marine to tain at his place in Culpeper, even making a ernment cover-up of the bombing of the grow and help expand our shipyard industrial deal to finally achieve his long-time desire U.S.S. Liberty in the Six-day War. He could base—both of which serve valuable military to buy the top of the mountain and complete not let the reasons for the death of fellow purposes. ownership of it. As he entered the hospital Americans serving their country go unno- We’ve shown that opening ANWR will be with two days of life remaining and the ticed. done in a responsible, environmentally sound bleak options were laid before him, he inter- Rowland Evans was no deskbound col- way. rupted the doctor to talk about his chances umnist. In the tradition of his great friends Since the opening of Alaska’s North Slope, for presiding over the Evans-Novak political the Alsop brothers, he went everywhere—and nature and development have safely co-ex- forum next week. anywhere—for a story: China, Southeast isted. And today’s technology makes it pos- The headline in the New York Times called Asia, all over Eastern Europe, the Mideast, sible to produce oil in a less-invasive and him a conservative columnist. I guess he did the Indian subcontinent. He skirted death in more environmentally friendly manner. end up as pretty conservative—this friend incidents in Vietnam and the Six-day War. The Maritime Trades Department stands and ardent admirer of Jack and Robert Ken- He could not report on the independence with the Building Trades, major oil pro- nedy, the son of a liberal Democratic family movement in the Baltics without actually ducers, the business community and all the on the conservative Philadelphia mainline going to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. members of JobPower in calling on Congress who, at the behest of his New Deal father, When his father died, Rowly was reporting in to open ANWR. delivered a speech—in Marine uniform—for Iraq—awaiting a rare interview with Saddam America will benefit for years to come. Franklin Roosevelt in 1944. Hussein. He flew to Philadelphia for the fu- f When Kay Winton told her liberal father neral, then back to Baghdad—and that inter- she had fallen in love with Rowly, she con- view with the Iraqi dictator. TRIBUTE TO ROWLAND EVANS cluded by saying: and, daddy, he’s a liberal! But the heart of his reporting was here in Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, today Nearly half a century later, her husband was Washington. His sources were legion: the in our Nation’s Capital funeral services singing the praises of Ronald Reagan and mighty of Washington and obscure staffers, CIA spooks and mysterious e´migre´s. All were were held for Rowland Evans, a life- Newt Gingrich. Still I can think of words more descriptive interrogated in the dining room of the Met- time journalist of international ac- of the whole man than conservative: re- ropolitan Club. claim. This magnificently conducted porter, patriot, mentor, competitor, even— In the last week, I have been contacted by service, attend by an extraordinary and here using a description by his wife of 51 so many younger people in the news business gathering of family, friends, and peers, years—rascal. who told me how Rowly counseled them, preserved forever the man’s extraor- He rejoiced in his rascality and loved to gave them a helping hand. His was what dinary love of family, journalism, and talk about it. About the time as Marine re- Stew Alsop called the reporter’s trade and he service to country in the uniform of cruit at Parris Island, when he spotted an old sought to pass it along to a new generation. buddy from the Kent School who was a Ma- If I may close with a strictly personal the U.S. Marines in combat operations rine lieutenant. They decided to have a drink note. On the morning of Monday, December in the Pacific during World War II. together, but where could an officer and an 17, 1963, returning to the Washington Bureau The Commandant of the Marine enlisted man go together? To go to the Offi- of the Wall Street Journal after my honey- Corps, General Jones, officiated in pre- cers Club, his friend dressed Rowly as an offi- moon, I found a batch of notes from a re- senting the American Flag to the fam- cer. All went well until Rowly spotted his porter from the New York Herald-Tribune ily to conclude this deeply moving own commanding officer at the bar. They whom I barely knew: Rowland Evans. When I service. tiptoed out to prevent their Marine careers called him, he asked me for lunch—not at Rowland Evans was an astute ob- from ending in court martial. the Metropolitan Club by the way but at Most of us know the story of how Rowly, Blackie’s House of Beef. It was a lunch that server of the values of our federal sys- the lowest of the low in the Washington Bu- changed my life and made my career. tem of government, but his great fas- reau of the Associated Press, posted as bu- The upshot was the Evans-Novak column cination was with the political arena— reau chief to interview Katherine for a job— which lasted for 30 years until his retirement the centerpiece being those who com- at 8 o’clock in the evening, no less. and a partnership of 38 years that continued

VerDate Aug 04 2004 10:27 Feb 16, 2005 Jkt 089102 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR01\S28MR1.001 S28MR1 4912 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE March 28, 2001 in television and our newsletter. We had a this day that village residents ap- TRIBUTE TO PATRICIA MULROY thousand shouting arguments, often at the proved a mill tax to fund the library by ∑ Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today top of our voices. We never fought about a resounding vote of 144 to 48. The li- to honor a distinguished Nevadan, a money, hardly ever about ideology but fre- brary opened on August 10th of the quently about what story to tell and how to good person and a good friend, Patricia tell it. same year with 87 books on its shelves. Mulroy. Pat will be receiving the Na- Rowland Evans was the life of every party, In the ensuing years, the library tional Jewish Medical and Research but he ceased being a society boy long ago in grew from these humble origins to con- Center’s Humanitarian Award on April the crucible of combat as a Marine sergeant tinue serving the needs of area resi- 28, 2001. in the Solomon Islands. He was a tough Ma- dents. In particular, the early library The Humanitarian Award honors peo- rine, an unabashed patriot, a great journalist emphasized its ability to serve as a ple who have made significant civic and a faithful friend and colleague. Rest in meeting place for conferences, clubs and charitable contributions, people peace, Rowly. and children located in this bustling who have chosen to devote their lives THE VERY BAD DEBT BOXSCORE farming community. Given its central to making their communities better places to live. Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, at the role in the community, it is only nat- ural that as Armada grew the Free Pat first moved to Las Vegas in 1974, close of business yesterday, Tuesday, and began making her mark almost as March 27, 2001, the Federal debt stood Public Library needed to grow with it. Were it not for the efforts of philan- soon as she arrived as a young student at $5,736,074,141,495.08, five trillion, at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas seven hundred thirty-six billion, sev- thropists and concerned voters, the Ar- mada Free Public Library may not by being admitted to Phi Kappa Phi enty-four million, one hundred forty- and being listed in Who’s Who in Amer- one thousand, four hundred ninety-five have reached this historic anniversary. A grant provided by the Carnegie’s en- ican Colleges and Universities. dollars and eight cents. After college, Pat began her career in One year ago, March 27, 2000, the Fed- abled the library to move into a new facility in 1915, and subsequent efforts public service by working in the Clark eral debt stood at $5,731,796,000,000, five County Manager’s Office. She was ap- trillion, seven hundred thirty-one bil- by local voters and philanthropists, such as the estate of the late Elizabeth pointed the county’s first Justice lion, seven hundred ninety-six million. Court Administrator in 1984, and later Five years ago, March 27, 1996, the Pomeroy, ensured both the growth of the library and its continued economic was appointed General Manager of the Federal debt stood at $5,069,500,000,000, Las Vegas Valley Water District. viability. five trillion, sixty-nine billion, five Those of us who live in the south- Mr. President, I have mentioned only hundred million). western United States know how im- a small portion of the dynamic history Ten years ago, March 27, 1991, the portant, and scarce, water is to our of the Armada Free Public Library and Federal debt stood at $3,460,809,000,000, States. Pat took over as General Man- the many ways in which the library has three trillion, four hundred sixty bil- ager of the Water District during one remained committed to this commu- lion, eight hundred nine million. of the most difficult periods in South- nity. I know my colleagues will join me Fifteen years ago, March 27, 1986, the ern Nevada’s water history, a year in honoring the Armada Free Public Federal debt stood at $1,981,848,000,000, when the community began growing at Library for its service to the people of one trillion, nine hundred eighty-one the rate of 3000 to 5000 resident’s per Armada and the State of Michigan.∑ billion, eight hundred forty-eight mil- month, a trend which has only in- lion, which reflects a debt increase of f creased. In response, in 1991, Pat was almost $4 trillion—$3,754,226,141,495.08, RECOGNITION OF ROSARY HIGH appointed the first General Manager three trillion, seven hundred fifty-four SCHOOL for the Southern Nevada Water Au- thority, an agency created by the state billion, two hundred twenty-six mil- ∑ Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I rise to legislature to oversee competing gov- lion, one hundred forty-one thousand, recognize Rosary High School’s out- ernmental interest in water. four hundred ninety-five dollars and standing accomplishments and to con- eight cents, during the past 15 years. Since then, Pat has become known gratulate them on their 40th anniver- nationally as an expert on water f sary and rededication which will take issues. She is a member of the Amer- ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS place on April 29, 2001. ican Water Works Association and cur- Originally Archbishop Joseph Ritter rently sits on the Board of Directors of dedicated the building for Rosary High the Association of Metropolitan Water School in St. Louis on April 29, 1962. Agencies. In 1992 she helped found and THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE Since its first graduating class in 1965, ARMADA FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY was the original chairman of the West- Rosary High school has proudly grad- ern Urban Water Coalition. She is also ∑ Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I rise to uated 8,000 students. Over the years its a member of the Colorado River Water congratulate the residents of Armada students have done an outstanding job Users Association and has served on its and the Armada Free Public Library on of serving the St. Louis community by Board of Directors. She serves on the the occasion of its one-hundredth anni- completing more than 100 hours of Desert Research Institute Research versary. Residents in my home State of community service per student. Foundation Board of Trustees and re- Michigan will be gathering this Sun- Rosary High School continues to ceived the University and Community day, April 1, 2001 to celebrate this im- maintain an excellent academic record College System of Nevada Board of Re- portant milestone. with average ACT scores that are gents’ 1999 Distinguished Nevadan The Armada Free Public Library is a above the state and national norms. Award. dynamic community institution, with Fifty percent of their graduating class Those of us who have had the privi- a proud tradition of serving the needs has received scholarships to college. lege of knowing Pat personally know of all residents of the growing commu- Rosary High School has excelled in her as more than a public advocate and nity in which it is located. This com- their athletic programs. Over the past expert on water issues. We also know mitment to community service is 40 years they have repeatedly won the her as a loving wife to her husband manifested in the library’s efforts to State championship in soccer, as well Robert, a devoted mother of two chil- provide access to over 25,000 books and as championships in volleyball and bas- dren, Ryan and Kelley, and a leader many periodicals, as well as access the ketball. who is active in her church, on her World Wide Web. In addition, the Ar- Rosary High School is an exemplary school board, and in her community. mada Free Public Library serves as a High School. The School, faculty, and Nobody deserves this award more than barrier-free gathering place for com- students are an asset to the St. Louis Pat. munity and civic groups. community. It is my sincerest hope I extend my congratulations to you, The Armada Free Public Library was that the next forty years are as suc- and the appreciation of all Nevadans established on April 1, 1901. It was on cessful as the last.∑ for your good work on their behalf.∑

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