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10574: EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1984 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS MILITARY APPRECIATION WEEK Week provides an excellent showcase Within this otherwise fine report, for this special relationship.e however, there is one element which lacks sufficient clarity. This was unin­ HON. CHARLES McC. MATHIAS, JR. tentional, but nonetheless requires clarification. OF MARYLAND CHURCH AUDIT PROCEDURES Regarding the scope of the provi­ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES ACT sion, I would like to emphasize that Tuesday, May 1, 1984 the church audit procedures in this HON. MICKEY EDWARDS act will become effective at any e Mr. MATHIAS. Mr. President, at which the tax status of a church, as during the week beginning May 5, the OF opposed to that of any individual, be­ people of Harford County, Md., will IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES comes the issue in any IRS investiga­ celebrate Military Appreciation Week. tion. This event is sponsored by the Har­ Tuesday, May 1, 1984 Thus, the IRS would be prohibited ford County Chamber of Commerce e Mr. EDWARDS of Oklahoma. Mr. from investigating or revoking the tax and is designed to celebrate the coop­ Speaker, as the sponsor of H.R. 2977, exempt status of a church or assessing erative relationship the county shares the Church Audit Procedures Act, I taxes against a church, without follow­ with the U.S. Army at Aberdeen Prov­ am pleased to inform my colleagues ing these church audit procedures. ing Grounds. The week's events will be that a compromise version of this im­ This jurisdictional question may highlighted by special exhibitions, portant legislation has been drafted arise in connection with investigations commerations and civic activities. after months of consultation with reli­ of individuals who may contribute to a The Aberdeen Proving Ground, lo­ gious leaders and officials of the church. cated on 80,000 acres of land on the Treasury Department. This compro­ Mr. Speaker, I hope that the over banks of the Susquehanna and Gun­ mise preserves the integrity of the 170 House cosponsors of the Church powder Rivers and the Chesapeake original bill, by providing needed pro­ Audit Procedures Act will enthusiasti­ Bay, is famous for the contributions it tection for churches from unnecessary cally support the compromise we have has made to our Nation's defense. It IRS investigations and audits and at achieved and will join me in encourag­ has also had a significant and benefi­ the same time, addresses concerns ex­ ing the House conferees to agree to cial impact on Maryland's economy. pressed by the Internal Revenue Serv­ retain the language as added in the The Aberdeen Proving Ground was ice and the Treasury Department re­ Senate. established in 1917 by a Presidential garding administrative applications of DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT OF 1984 proclamation that called for acquisi­ the act. tion of the land as a weapons testing The compromise language was at­ [Explanation of provisions approved by the facility. The first testing came tached by unanimous vote in the committee on Mar. 21, 1984] 2 years later and since then APG has Senate Finance Committee to the Def­ [Church audits

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. May 1, 1984 EXTENSIONS OF REMA.RKS 10575 series of rules that the IRS is to follow in the applicable administrative and Constitu­ gional counsel into account when determin­ investigating churches, both as to their tax­ tional rights of the organization in connec­ ing whether to proceed with the examina­ exempt status and as to the existence of un­ tion with the audit , and <3> an expla­ At the same time that the regional coun­ examination of church books and records. nation of the concerns which gave rise to sel is notified of a proposed examination, The committee believes that these provi­ the investigation and the general subject the regional commissioner is required to sions will protect the rights of legitimate tnatter of the investigation. send a second notice a restatement of the information detailed statutory rules will reduce misun­ aspects of a church audit. However, this contained in the commencement of investi­ derstandings between churches and the IRS statement should include a brief general de­ gation notice (discussed above), adjusted for and allow for a more stable and cooperative scription of the various stages of the church any change in the relevant facts and circum­ audit process. audit procedures contained in this bill (in­ stances during the intervening period, <2> a The bill effectively incorporates the cluding the right to a pre-examination con­ description of all church records and activi­ present-law examination rules in the new ference) and the principle of separation of ties which the IRS seeks to examine, and (3) provisions regarding church audits. Thus, church and state under the First Amend­ an offer of an opportunity to request copies there will be no diminution of any rights ment. of any relevant materials in the possession presently held by a church. The explanation of the concerns and gen­ of the IRS under the Freedom of Informa­ eral subject matter of the investigation tion Act. The committee intends that this EXPLANATION OF PROVISIONS above> should be sufficiently spe­ Overoiew offer will describe the type of materials cific to allow the church to understand the available under the Freedom of Information The bill allows the IRS to investigate an particular area of church activities or be­ Act in sufficient detail to enable the church organization claiming to be a church only if havior which is being investigated. For ex­ to frame a reasonable request for informa­ an IRS regional commissioner reasonably ample, in an investigation of unrelated busi­ tion. Any request for such materials will be believes, on the basis of facts and circum­ ness income, the notice should indicate the subject to the general rules (including rules stances recorded in writing, that the organi­ general activities of the church which may regarding payment of costs) applicable zation is engaged in taxable activities or result in unrelated income . For an investigation is entitled under the Freedom of Informa­ that must be satisfied before the IRS may of tax-exempt status, the notice should indi­ tion Act is not intended to limit the scope of examine any church records, including a re­ cate those general aspects of the church's any IRS investigation . before an examination of such records. Ex­ status. The IRS is not to be precluded from The regional commissioner is further re­ aminations of church records are limited to expanding its investigation beyond the con­ quired, as part of the second notice, to offer the extent necessary to determine tax liabil­ cerns expressed in the notice as a result of the organization an opportunity to meet ity. The bill also adds special procedural facts and circumstances which subsequently with an IRS official to discuss the concerns provisions designed to hasten the determi­ come to its attention . second notice is sent in which to request ment of an investigation. The notice requirement is not to be inter­ such a meeting, during which time the IRS Restrictions on investigation of churches preted to require the IRS to share particu­ is prohibited from examining church generally lar items of evidence with the church, or to records. This 15-day period runs concurrent­ The bill prohibits the IRS from commenc­ identify its sources of information regarding ly with the period during which IRS region­ ing any investigation or proceeding to deter­ church activities, where providing such in­ al counsel may object to a proposed exami­ mine whether a church is engaged gation or to the sources of IRS information. ing, the IRS is required to schedule a meet­ in taxable activities, or whether an organi­ For example, in an investigation of unrelat­ ing and may proceed to examine church zation qualifies for tax-exemption as a ed business income, the IRS might indicate records only following the meeting. If an or­ church under section 50l that would not be required to reveal identity of until the appeal is granted or a final admin­ the church actually is engaged in taxable any so-called "informers" within a church istrative denial of the appeal is made. activities, or <2> that the organization does (including present or former employees>. For example, if notice of commencement not qualify for tax-exemption as a church. The requirement of notice upon com­ of an investigation is sent to a church on The committee intends that this standard mencement of an investigation does not day 1, notice of a proposed examination will provide a basis for judicial review of the apply to criminal investigations. may be sent to the church and the IRS re­ IRS action in commencing the investigation Examination of church records and gional counsel no earlier than day 15, and which would not exist if a mere belief stand­ activities-notification of regional counsel no examination of church records may be ard were applied< Veeders v. Commissioner, Under the bill, the IRS may examine made prior to day 30. If an organization 36 F. 2d 343, 345 (7th Cir. 1929)). The com­ church records is provided to the church. The cessity of an examination of church books above, the IRS is required to provide writ­ regional counsel is then allowed 15 days and records. The committee therefore in­ ten notice to the organization against which from issuance of the notice to him in which tends that the church and the IRS will the investigation or proceeding is initiated. to file an advisory objection to the examina­ make a reasonable effort to resolve out­ The notice of commencement of an investi­ tion. During this period, the IRS InaY not standing issues at the meeting. To avoid gation must include: <1> A list of the Code begin examination of church records. The misunderstandings, the committee intends provisions which authorize the investigation committee intends that the regional com­ that the IRS will remind the church at the or proceeding, (2) a general explanation of missioner will take any objection by the re- meeting, in general terms, of its rights 10576 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1981,. under the audit process as described above for information or materials necessary for The bill specifies that failure by the IRS . However, the IRS will not be required volving access to third-party records is in determination within two years> may be to reveal information at the meeting of a effect in a proceeding to gain access to notice (including information regarding the period during which the IRS is responding church records. Once this defense is raised identity of third-party witnesses or evidence to a properly filed request from the church in such a proceeding, the IRS has the provided by such witnesses). under the Freedom of Information Act. burden of establishing that correct proce­ Definition of church records Running of the two-year period will resume dures have been followed. As under present Church records include all regularly kept at any point at which the IRS exceeds the law, the IRS will be permitted to correct church corporate and financial records, in­ statutory time limit for responding to are­ any violations of proper administrative pro­ cluding corporate quest cedures before continuing an investigation. minute books, contributor or membership under the Freedom of Information Act or Scope of legislation when any of the suspension periods dis­ lists, and any materials which qualify as The committee intends that the church church books of account under present law. cussed above expire. The bill allows the two-year determina­ audit procedures provided by this bill will The committee further intends that church apply when an investigation relates directly records will include private correspondence tion period to be extended by mutual agree­ ment of the church and the IRS. to the tax status or liability of a church between a church and its members that is in itself, as opposed to that of any individual. the possession of the church. Church Statute of limitations The church audit procedures are not intend­ records protected by the bill do not include The bill requires the IRS to assess any tax ed to apply to investigations of any individ­ records previously filed with a public offi. against a church may proceed to revoke a church's tax-exemption ity is suspended under the rules described above (i.e., the two-year period beginning on provide a reasonable basis for commence­ or assess any tax for unrelated business ment of an investigation of the church income unless the Service follows the commencement of the IRS investigation). This is in addition to the general statutory under the applicable church audit proce­ church audit procedures as described under dures. the bill. Thus, the IRS may not revoke an criteria for suspending the running of the exemption or assess tax against a church period of limitations for assessment or col­ EFFECTIVE DATE solely on the basis of third party records, lection of tax. This provision is effective for investiga­ without complying with these procedures. The three-year limitation period may be tions, examinations, and other proceedings The committee further intends that the extended by mutual agreement between the commencing after the date of enactment of IRS will be prohibited from using informa­ church and the IRS. the bill. tion obtained from third party bank records Declaratory judgments REVENUE EFFECT in an attempt to avoid the purposes of the Under the bill, once the IRS issues a reve­ This provision has a negligible effect upon bill by harassing individual members of a nue agent's final report ("30-day letter"> to revenues.e church. . The organization HON. ELDON RUDD The bill provides that church records may thus will be entitled to bring a declaratory OF ARIZONA be examined only to the extent necessary to judgment action to preserve its tax-exempt IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES determine tax. status without awaiting further IRS action. Tuesday, May 1, 1984 The bill retains the present-law rule that The bill does not affect the present law the religious activities of any organization rule which generally prohibits injunctions • Mr. RUDD. Mr. Speaker, it has been claiming to be a church may be ex­ 7421>. ment." amined only to the extent necessary to de­ Further requirements The Grace Commission does not termine whether the organization actually The bill requires the IRS regional counsel challenge this but I do not think is a church. to approve in writing the issuance to a anyone would suggest the people Requirement of IRS determination within church of any statutory notice of deficiency demand and approve of waste in Gov­ two years or adverse determination letter. ernment. Yet the Grace Commission Under the bill, if any investigation or pro­ To prevent unwarranted repeated audits, found much unnecessary waste. I ceeding is commenced against a church, the the IRS regional commissioner is required IRS will be required to make a determina­ to obtain written approval from the Assist­ would like to outline some of these ex­ tion within two years after notifying the ant Commissioner for any second audit of a al magazine: gation. Running of this two-year period is church arising from the same activities as The Minority Business Development suspended for <1> any period during which were examined previously where a first Agency did not notice when a management any judicial proceeding initiated by the audit of that church resulted in neither <1> consulting firm used part of its $4 million church or its agents challenging the IRS in­ revocation of tax-exemption or a change in MBDA grant to rent a townhouse and two vestigation, examination, or proceeding is tax liability of a church for one or more cars for its executives, buy unauthorized pending, <2> any period in which the IRS is years, nor (2) a request by the IRS for any gifts for its employees, and promote "ques­ unable to make a determination because of significant changes in church operational tionable activities." The firm also neglected the refusal of the church or its agents to practices . taxes, consulting fees, and salaries. May 1, 1984 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10577 The Government Printing Office years to finish a project, versus 2 years at [From the Financial Times, Apr. 25, 19841 sends millions of pamphlets and uses the HCA. Administrative costs are 8 per­ HONG KONG'S Furolu:-How CHINA GOT ITS duplicate, incorrect, out-of-date mail­ cent, versus 2 percent in the private sector. WAY ing lists. The Grace Commission says Anyone who pays a Federal income this lack of bringing the mail lists up tax has and should have an interest in The veil of secrecy covering Hong Kong's to date costs us, the taxpayers, an esti­ how our Government operates. And all future was lifted just enough last week for mated $96 million a year. taxpayers should be outraged at the Sir Geoffery Howe, the Foreign Secretary, The Federal Government uses 17,000 waste and mismanagement in Govern­ to tell the territory that its days of British computers. operated by 250,000 em­ ment. Here is one more example: administration are numbered. In 1997, when ployees, but they are mostly obsolete. Britain's lease over most of Hong Kong ex­ When the Agency for International Devel­ pires, British authority will cease, and the On average they are twice as old as opment bought 399 cars and trucks for computers in private business. colony will become once more a part of projects in the Middle East, and audit found China. The Social Security Administration's com­ that five were missing; 93 had been diverted "The Chinese government," Sir Geoffery puters stay 4 to 6 weeks behind in issuing to personal or nonproject use; 84 had been said, "have made it clear publicly that they new social security cards and the agency has sitting idle in parking lots, some for 2 years, recognise the special circumstances of Hong a 3-year backlog on posting retirement con­ and many of the remaining vehicles had Kong, and that they want its social and eco­ tributions. It is unable to process the 7.5 been commandeered by host government of­ nomic systems and lifestyle-in many ways million new claims each year on time or cor­ ficials for their private use. so different from those of mainland China­ rectly. to remain unchanged. We share with the Some 20 percent of all tax returns . for The American public has long Chinese Government the strongest possible 1978-that is right, 1978-have yet to be en­ known that Government is wasteful. common interest in these objectives." tered into the IRS computer system, a 20- The Grace Commission documents Amid the confidence and enthusiasm year-old dinosaur that predates most and validates that fact. marking this final leg of Sino-British negoti­ modem computer technology. Delinquent Unless the people make it plain to ations, it would be easy to assume that this accounts are therefore at $23.2 billion and their Representatives in Congress that is exactly what Britain has been negotiating growing. for ever since Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, the The Urban Mass Transit Administra­ they want the recommendations of the Prime Minister, went to Peking and raised tion has been unable to close its ac­ Grace Commission implemented, they the Hong Kong question in September 1982. counting books since 1979. This agency will be dumped into the dust bin along The fact is, however, that the settlement gives out $425 billion in grants. The with the reports of the Hoover Com­ now in the process of being reached con­ mission.e tains precisely those elements which pro­ Grace Commission report substanti­ duced such fear and volatility in Hong Kong ates the claim that some $20 billion only a few months ago-withdrawal of Brit­ can be saved over a 3-year period by ish administration, and the subjection of straightening out the computer mess. HONG KONG: HUMAN RIGHTS the territory to Chinese sovereignty with The Commission recommends only a paper agreement to separate the ter­ naming a manager to oversee comput­ ritory's liberal capitalism from China's so­ er operations throughout the Govern­ HON. JACK F. KEMP cialism. What has changed? ment: Hiring competent professionals; To start with, the Hong Kong issue has OF NEW YORK been an extraordinary public relations tri­ upgrading the obsolete systems; and umph for China. Its tactics have been an using common payroll, personnel, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES unsophisticated stratagem of carrot-and­ property-management, and other such Tuesday, May 1, 1984 stick, but far in advance of Britain's silent systems throughout the Government. shuffling. In 1982 the Justice Department seized • Mr. KEMP. Mr. Speaker, over the While Britain was observing the confiden­ $317 million in the form of cash and proper­ past few months I have become in­ tiality which it was agreed should surround ty, such as dope-smuggling planes. But the creasingly concerned over the fate of the Sino-British negotiations China was an­ captured cash, $79 million of the total, was the free people of Hong Kong. In the nouncing regularly through quasi-official not put into interest-bearing bank accounts. ongoing negotiations between the Gov­ channels the state of the talks, the good for­ Instead, the Justice Department just let it ernments of Great Britain and the tune which would be Hong Kong's under sit. Noncash assets were allowed to depreci­ Chinese sovereignty, and the perils of sup­ ate to as little as 65 percent of their value People's Republic of China, the people porting a continued British administration. before they were sold off. of Hong Kong have had virtually no China had the immense negotiating ad­ At the Transportation Department, some representation. The latest word from vantage of a simple declared objective-re­ $473 million in recent grants was paid to Her Majesty's government, in a state­ unification of the motherland, described as contractors an average of 13 days sooner ment by the Foreign Secretary, Sir a "sacred duty" in the preamble to the Chi­ than necessary, costing the Government $13 Geoffrey Howe, is that when the Brit­ nese constitution. million in interest payments. Britain, by contrast, has been negotiating ish lease on the new territories expires on behalf of a territory which it manages at The Grace Commission says: in 1997, Great Britain will relinquish arms' length, in which it has no direct eco­ If payments were made only when due, all claims to the colony and it will nomic interest, and which has itseU no sub­ and bills collected promptly, the Depart­ stantial democratic means of expressing an ment could save $144 million per year. become a part of the People's Repub­ lic of China. opinion of its own. The Grace Commission says the With the coming into force of the British The issue of these negotiations has Nationality Act, Britain publicly underlined Government could save up to $79 bil­ been set forward very clearly by lion if it ran its asset management pro­ the limits of its commitment to the people Robert Cottrell. In an article for the of Hong Kong while in the middle of negoti­ grams as business does. The Commis­ ating their future. This, together, with rows sion reports that: Financial Times he gave strong argu­ ments for concern over the freedoms over overseas students' fees, and the negoti­ One Government study determined that ation of world textile quotas, in which the word processing operators were not as which the People's Republic of China interests of Britain and Hong Kong were op­ skilled as regular secretaries, so it cut word claims it will preserve for the already posed, did nothing to win popular sympathy processing pay by $3,000 a year. The pre­ free people of Hong Kong. He wrote of for Britain in the territory. dictable result was that word processing op­ the agreement: Until Mrs. Thatcher's visit 18 months ago erators disappeared from the Federal word It is not likely to mention in passing that to Peking, Chinese leaders had set out two processing pools, only to tum up as secretar­ such freedoms are already promised to objectives; resumption of sovereignty and ies. Some word processing centers went idle China's people under China's existing con­ maintenance of Hong Kong's prosperity. for lack of operators. Productivity fell. stitution, but go unobserved in what re­ It seems unlikely that China would have been willing to negotiate some indefinite . The VA has a hospital construction staff mains a totalitarian State. of 800, while the Hospital Corp. of America form of continued British linkage but Mrs. does the same work with a staff of 50. As a I insert the full text of Mr. Cottrell's Thatcher's public defence of the legality of result of overstaffing, it takes the VA 7 article in the RECORD. Britain's claim to sovereignty over Hong 10578 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1984 Kong effectively foreclosed that option. reaching an agreement with Britain, but for I believe that this legislation is vital to the From that point onward, China's two main announcing unilaterally its own plans for interests of America. Without it our domes­ objectives seem:'d to become: resumption of Hong Kong's future if agreement has not tic steel industry will continue its precipi­ sovereignty, and the ousting of British ad­ been reached. If anything, Britain may need tous slide, with disastrous implications for ministration. an agreement more than China, if it wants a our national economy and security. China appears to have conceded nothing sure and stable basis on which to rest its ad­ The American steel industry is in a crisis. of significance at the negotiating table. In ministration of Hong Kong until1997. During the recent recession industry unem­ July 1983, when regular rounds of formal When an agreement does come, it may be ployment reached 45 percent. Even now, diplomatic talks began, Chinese leaders as much what is left unsaid, as what is said, during the recovery, it stands as high as 29 issued a "10-point plan" for Hong Kong to a which will determine how well the territory percent. Within the last eight years more delegation from the Hong Kong Federation works after 1997. The agreement will no than 200,000 steelworkers have lost their of Students on a visit to Peking. doubt promise Hong Kong people a succes­ jobs. Capacity utilization has fallen as low The HKFS document is regarded as con­ sion of "freedoms." It is not likely to men­ as 47 percent. Clearly this must not be al­ taining the basics of the settlement which tion in passing that such freedoms are al­ lowed to continue. Britain is likely-a year or so later-to ini­ ready promised to China's people under The American steelworker is, by nature, tial. China's existing constitution, but go unob­ not an individual who welcomes government At first, Britain argued that a continued served in what remains a totalitarian State. intervention. Those familiar with steel mill British-linked administration would be the The agreement may promise Hong Kong a operations recognize that steelmaking is a best guarantee of maintaining Hong Kong's "democratic" government-though Sir strenuous and even dangerous occupation. "stability and prosperity." Geoffrey spoke on Friday of a "representa­ Steelworkers have always been, and will Even then, Britain probably saw its role in tive" government, and ducked a request to continue to be, independent-proudly and Hong Kong being very gradually phased distinguish between democracy and repre­ stubbornly so. All that they ask for is the out. But it wanted this to be done over the sentation. If so, it will be worth bearing in right to compete fairly in the domestic and long term, without a deadline only 14 years mind that Xu Jiatun, Pekin's senior repre­ international steel market. away. sentative in Hong Kong, has said that so­ The American steel industry has not been China's public anger at Britain's proposals cialism as practiced by China represents de­ given a chance to compete fairly. It is diffi­ strained the confidence of Hong Kong's mocracy in its widest sense. cult to see how the American steel industry businessmen and investors, culminating in The agreement is likely to include words can compete, much less modernize, in an en­ the collapse of the Hong Kong dollar in to the effect that China will not send down vironment where trading practices are so September 1983, which in turn helped bring cadres from Peking to interfere with Hong blatantly unfair. down a local bank. Both the dollar and the Kong's autonomous government. But it can For example, the unanimous final injury bank were eventually rescued, but China's hardly speak of other, more subtle, ways of determination of the International Trade evident willingness to jeopardise Hong influencing the territory through fear or Commission found that dumping margins Kong's social and economic stability per­ favour. for Brazilian plate imports ranged from a suaded Britain to drop its own plans for con­ What of Peking's already-extensive busi­ minimum of 50 percent to a maximum of tinued British administration. ness presence in Hong Kong? Will such 100 percent. This is not an isolated example The game was effectively over. China had firms, and their respective ministries, be of dumping. Many nations have engaged in prevailed. able for example to restrain themselves this practice in an effort to make inroads Britain appears to have nursed some from using political "clout" in commercial into the American market. hopes early on that China's promises of au­ transactions? It is unclear how American steelworkers tonomy to Hong Kong could be in some way By the time any Sino-British agreement are to compete against substandard wages "guaranteed," though quite how is not on Hong Kong's future comes into force, it paid to steelworkers in developing countries. clear. To judge by Sir Geoffrey's comments will already be 13 years old. Most of the ad­ The Congressional Research Service found on Friday, Britain is now looking for "assur­ ministrators who negotiated or ratified it that 1982 wages, including fringe benefits, ances" rather than "guarantees"-those as­ will have retired. Hong Kong's autonomy were $22.74 for American steelworkers. In surances would amount simply to the publi­ will ultimately depend not on negotiations, Mexico the comparable wage was $2.37, in cation of China's promises in the form of a nor agreements, but on the strength and im­ Taiwan $1.98, in Korea $1.72. American detailed agreement between the two coun­ partiality of its future administrators, and steelworkers have sacrificed wages and ben­ tries. the extent to which those virtues command efits in an attempt to become more competi­ China would prefer a shorter, more gener­ respect in Peking.e tive. Yet how can such workers compete al, more abstract document. It regards the against wages of $1.72 per hour? "basic law" of post-1997 Hong Kong as Those opposed to this legislation claim something to be drawn up by China in con­ H.R. 5081, THE FAIR TRADE IN the American steel industry is inefficient. sultation with the people of the territory, STEEL ACT OF 1984 This is refuted by a recent study by World not as something to be negotiated by Brit­ Steel Dynamics, a branch of Paine Webber, ain in exchange for a cession of sovereignty. which found that the productivity of Ameri­ It is therefore far from certain, that Brit­ HON. ELWOOD HIWS can integrated steelmakers has surpassed ain will get as detailed an agreement as it OF INDIANA that of Japan, West Germany, France, and might like on Hong Kong's future. But if IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the United Kindgom. this situation seems more "acceptable" to It is claimed that steel management is un­ Hong Kong than it did two years ago, it is Tuesday, May 1, 1984 willing to make necessary investments in probably for several related reasons: • Mr. HILLIS. Mr. Speaker, on April order to modernize. While this was once China convinced Hong Kong relatively 26 I testified before the Subcommittee true it is no longer. American steelmakers early in the negotiations that a cessation of on Trade of the House Ways and recognize that they must modernize their British sovereignty and administration was Means Committee in support of H.R. operations to compete in the international inevitable. market, and they are responding. For exam­ China greeted any British opposition to 5081, the Fair Trade in Steel Act of ple, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, to cite its plans with outbursts of public anger cal­ 1984. This bill is supported by the only one example, has announced plans to culated to frighten Hong Kong and destabi­ Congressional Steel Caucus, the invest $540 million to install continuous lise its financial markets. United Steelworkers, and the Nation's casters in its Burns Harbor, Indiana and Hong Kong people are so tired of uncer­ steel industry. I would like to take this Sparrows Point, Maryland plants. tainty that the prospect of a settlement is opportunity to enter the following re­ Installation of modern equipment and the welcome if only as something to plan to­ marks into today's CONGRESSIONAL renewed efforts of American steelworkers wards. RECORD. will not, by itself, be enough. For example, At least China will not touch Hong Kong The remarks follow: Bethlehem installed a modern 110-inch until 1997, leaving 13 more years of the plate mill in its Burns Harbor facility in status quo. TESTIMONY OF CONGRESSMAN ELWOOD H. 1978. Not once in the six years since then To some Britain has seemed wea.k and HILLIS BEFORE THE HOUSE WAYS AND has it operated at capacity. At capacity this aloof while China's strength has been clear MEANs SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRADE, H.R. mill would be employing over 300 workers. for all to see. 5081, THE FAIR TRADE IN STEEL ACT Currently it employs 66. Despite their best Britain has no real negotiating cards left I want to thank the Members of the Ways efforts, it has been impossible for Bethle­ to play now-not even withholding its ap­ and Means Subcommittee on Trade for this hem to fairly compete against foreign steel. proval of an agreement. China has set its opportunity to testify in support of H.R. Critics of the steel industry say that the September deadline, not necessarily for 5081, the Fair Trade in Steel Act of 1984. industry must continue to modernize. Indus- May 1, 1981,. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10579 try and labor agree, but it is difficult to see page story saying that my plant is to be we must insure that a crime so hei­ where this capital will come from given closed. nous as genocide is also outlawed. present conditions. The Office of Technolo­ Now so far, since I have been laid-off, I Finally it should be stressed that the gy Assessment found that the industry will have lost my new car • • • and I am about vast majority of Members of this body need to spend more than $30 billion just to to lose my house. replace obsolete equipment. The American Now I'm not crying on your shoulder, but have no intention of increasing ten­ Iron and Steel Institute estimates that over as a steelworker I think something should sion between the United States and the next decade the industry will need to be done about all of this imported steel. Turkey. The need to protect our com­ spend $60 billion (in 1982 dollars) to bring When I worked in the mill I thought I was monly shared commitment to the all of its facilities up to world-class stand­ making a good life for my family and NATO alliance is widely understood. ards. myself. But now I feel as though my coun­ By the recognition of the Armenian The industry's inability to further finance try doesn't want to do anything to help the tragedy in 1915, no indictment is in­ modernization is evident. Capital expendi­ mills. tended of the present, modem-day tures to modernize have fallen during this • • • • • Turkish Government. decade, and will continue to fall this year. We are witnessing the demise of a vital Concern for terrorism committed by The industry must increasingly look to­ American industry. We must act now if we wards internally generated funding for its one national group in the past does are to reverse this. Current legislative and not justify countervailing terrorism a needs. It is difficult to see how this will be regulatory procedures are not working. A possible given the continuing influx of comprehensive solution to this problem, as half century later by descendants of cheap foreign steel. set forth in H.R. 5081, the Fair Trade in its victims. The past may not be The consequences of this are evident. I Steel Act, is clearly needed.e pretty, but its reality does nothing to fear that the long-term consequences are sanction the senseless acts of terror­ even more ominous. ism committed by a majority of Arme­ As a Member of the Armed Services Com­ ARMENIAN GENOCIDE nian extremists against Turkish diplo­ mittee, I am alarmed at the prospects of the United States being increasingly dependent mats and other innocent civilians. on foreign steel for its domestic needs. Steel HON. JIM LEACH There is no justification for such vio­ is our most important industrial material, lence even as there is no justification and is a critical component of our infra­ OF IOWA for historical acts of State-sponsored structure. There is not a major American IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES violence or genocide. sector which does not depend heavily on Tuesday, April 24, 1984 By drawing attention once again on steel, be it manufacturing, construction, this occasion to the tragic deaths of so energy, transportation, mining, or agricul­ e Mr. LEACH of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I many Armenians so long ago, the U.S. ture. In addition, steel is a vital component join with my colleagues on this sober Congress is once again underscoring of military equipment such as tanks and occasion in remembering the tragic guns. the respect for human life and human slaughter of the Armenian people rights for which this Nation stands. It In the event of a steel shortage the United nearly seven decades ago. The histori­ States would be open to rapid price escala­ is also asserting the importance of ac­ tion of its steel imports. This situation oc­ cal record of massacres and deporta­ knowledging the truth of this awe­ curred in 1973-1974. Because of shortages tions in 1915 and the years after is some genocide. If civilized people do foreign steel producers were able to com­ bone-chilling and led then-U.S. Am­ not do so, mankind has little hope of mand an average premium of $60 per ton, or bassador to the Ottoman Empire, learning from the lessons the past so approximately 25 percent above the domes­ Henry Morgenthau, Sr., to warn in a poignantly provides.e tic price. During this period the United cable to Washington that "* • • it ap­ States paid $1.8 billion for the privilege of pears that a campaign of race extermi­ buying imported steel. This was at a time nation is in progress. • • *" ARMENIAN MARTYRS' DAY when foreign steel accounted for 16 percent of the domestic market. In January foreign While the 20th century witnessed its steel imports were 26 percent. first genocide in the shadows of HON. TONY COELHO Once lost, American steel capacity is not Mount Ararat, it was not until the OF easily replaced. Closed plants are not moth­ conclusion of World War II and the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES balled. They are scrapped and sold for junk. horrors of still another Holocaust in Highly skilled workers move away. Nazi Germany that the revulsion of Tuesday, May 1, 1984 It is not impossible to foresee a ti.L.le when civilized humanity against such griev­ e Mr. COELHO. Mr. Speaker, last America would find itself as seriously de­ ous crimes was translated into specific week, several Members took part in a pendent on foreign steel as it was on foreign oil. The implications that this would have international remedies. Unfortunately, special order observing "Armenian are most serious. This would affect our Eu­ the Genocide Convention, which Martyrs' Day" and recognizing the de­ ropean and other allies as well. Many of sought to provide for the prevention struction caused by the Turkish Gov­ them look toward the United States to pro­ and punishment of such future crimes, ernment's killing of 1.5 million Arme­ vide both direct and indirect strategic sup­ has not to date been ratified by the nians from 1915 through 1923. To say port. Our efforts to give them such assist­ United States. that the act was devastating to the Ar­ ance would be greatly hampered by a long­ Today, as we remember the massa­ menian people is an understatement­ term steel shortage. cres of the Armenians so long ago, it is and yet it is ironic that 69 years later The Fair Trade in Steel Act will not give the American steel industry a free ride. It important that we ask ourselves if re­ that both the Turkish Government will give it five years in which to modernize membering is enough. It is a dark and the Reagan adminstration have itself while protected from unfair foreign blotch on the national reputation of failed to acknowledge that this inci­ steel trading practices. During this time the the United States-as the leading de­ dent ever occurred. industry will be monitored to insure that mocracy and advocate of the rule of It is very important that we recog­ modernization continues. law-that we have failed to ratify the nize this event and commemorate this I have brought with me today letters that Genocide Convention of 1948. Al­ day. For although the Turkish Gov­ I have received from my constituents asking though administrations under both ernment and the Reagan adminstra­ that the Congress act now to save this in­ dustry. I would like to read to you part of a Republican and Democratic Presidents tion would prefer to forget the inci­ letter which I have recently received: have urged ratification, the United dent, I feel that it is necessary for us Dear Congressman HILLis: States remains outside the convention. all to be reminded of it-not only to It is time for the United States to reas­ prevent such events from happening • • • I wanted to write and tell you that I have been working for a steel mill {or 10 sert its moral leadership in this area. in the future, but to pay tribute to years, and that out of those 10 years I have No longer should we content ourselves those families who were affected by been laid-off for 3 years. The latest lay-off with days of remembrance alone. If this tragedy. It is sad that the Armeni­ lasted 22 months. In the April 17 issue of the civilized international community an people have had to live with the the Hammond "Times" there was a front- can outlaw hijacking and other crimes, fact that the Turkish Government 10580 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1981, sought to eradicate their people and endar days <2>. Every The committee shall have the authority member of the committee, unless prevented The committee may establish such task to hire and discharge employees of the pro­ by unusual circumstances, shall be provided forces as it deems appropriate. The jurisdic­ fessional and clerical staff of the committee. with a memorandum at least three calendar tion of such task forces shall be established The authorization for the creation of new days the purpose of the the committee. The chairman and ranking present. minority member of the committee shall meeting or hearing; and (2) the names, RULE 15.-AUTHORIZATION FOR TRAVEL titles, background and reasons for appear­ ex officio on each task force. ance of any witnesses. The minority staff RULE 8.-HEARING DATES AND WITNESSES Travel to be paid from funds set aside for shall be responsible for providing the same The chairman of the committee, after the full committee for any member or any information on witnesses whom the minori­ consultation with the ranking minority staff member shall be paid only upon the ty may request. member of the committee, shall announce prior authorization of the chairman. Travel the date, place, and subject matter of all may be authorized by the chairman for any RULE 2.-QUORUMS member and any staff member in connec­ A majority of the members of the commit­ hearings at least one week prior to the com­ mencement of any hearings, unless he, after tion with the attendance of hearings con­ tee shall constitute a quorum, except that ducted by the committee and meetings, con­ two members shall constitute a quorum for consultation with that member, determines that there is good cause to begin such hear­ ferences, and investigations which involve taking testimony and receiving evidence. activities or subject matter under the gener­ Proxies shall not be used to establish a ings at an earlier date. Witnesses appearing before the committee shall, so far as practi­ al jurisdiction of the committee. Before quorum. If the chairman is not present at such authorization is given there shall be any meeting of the committee, the ranking cable, submit written statements at least 24 hours in advance of their appearance. submitted to the chairman in writing the member of the majority party on the com­ following: mittee who is present shall preside at that RULE 9.-0PEN MEETINGS meeting. <1) The purpose of the travel. Meetings for the transaction of business <2> The dates during which travel is to be RULE 3.-cOMMITTEE REPORTS and hearings of the committee shall be open made and the date or dates of the event for Every committee report shall be approved to the public or closed in accordance with which the travel is being made. by a majority vote of the members voting, a Rule XI of the House of Representatives. (3) The location of the event for which quorum being present. Supplemental, mi­ RULE 10.-FIVE-MINUTE RULE the travel is to be made. nority, or additional views may be filed in Insofar as practicable, witnesses shall be <4> The names of member and staff seek- accordance with House Rule XI, 2(1)(5). The permitted to present their oral statements ing authorization. time allowed for filing such views shall be without interruption, questioning by the three calendar days ist-state is also a "service" of the Zionist In an article prepared for the NATO "Only for Senators"-read the signs over lobby. In the 1983 financial year the Tel Review last year, Undersecretary Eagle­ the doors of certain official premises of the Aviv "hawks," not without the help of their burger wrote of active measures by the Congress of the USA. But this does not agents in the Capital, managed to get an in­ USSR and its clients: trouble David Brody. He is brought in by crease of gratis military assistance alone to "Active measures need to be countered by Senator Charles Grassley . In front of the elevator in the Cap­ lowing financial year it is planned to in­ thrive in the darkness, and sunlight is the ital there is the same sign-"Only for Sena­ crease it by another 400 million dollars. On best antiseptic." tors." Here too the prohibition is no hin­ the whole, as CBS TV network reported, As an active participant in the interagency drance in the path of David Brody. He is po­ from the time of the creation of the Jewish Active Measures Working Group

~1-059 Q-87-18 (Pt. 8) 10584 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1984 a society, and hence should unmistakably be delivered such a speech was cabled to USIA­ piece of legislation requiring all the treated as public affairs, USIA's area. New Delhi. Within a few days, USIA, with States to adopt a comprehensive child As the newly formed Active Measures AMWG support, had established that 1 > Working Group, chaired by a deputy assist­ Ambassador Kirkpatrick had attended the safety seat program. ant secretary of state, formulated its strate­ Washington forum, but had not spoken Automobile accidents are the major gy for meeting the problem, USIA naturally there, and 2) the cable pictured in the south cause of death and disfigurement of took on the job of exposure-publicizing in­ Indian paper had dealt with routine admin­ children in the United States. This stances of active measures and providing istrative matters, not global U.S. policy. In statistic is especially tragic because the facts to refute the distorted message. short, the AMWG established that this was most of the time these deaths and in­ USIA's strategy. USIA staffers on the a forgery. juries could have been prevented if the front line of dealing with active measures We call this active measure neo-classic be­ know that the process of exposure boils cause: child was properly secured in a car down essentially to 1 > field reporting of the The English was nearly flawless-appar­ safety seat. Automobile accidents kill instance of disinformation, 2) Washington ently crafted by the best talent in Moscow: 10 times as many children as all the analysis of the case and provision of guid­ Its appearance seemed carefully timed to diseases we immunize them against ance or refutation, and 3 > field publicity produce maximum political and psychologi­ combined. Comparing accidents and centering on the facts or policies brought cal impact at the Non-aligned Ministerial health care exemplifies the irony of into question in the first place. This strate­ Conference opening in New Delhi a few gy against active measures has, for conven­ weeks later: and, the situation: We spend a lot of time ience, been tabbed "R.A.P."-reporting, It followed the classic active-measure pat­ and money to care for our children's analysis, and publicity-and seeks to tern of being very quickly replayed in such health needs, but almost ignore a counter the activity directly and share in­ far-off places as Managua and recycled device that would insure their safety formation about it with other interested through places like Prague and Moscow to and welfare. parties. crop up over and over in other Third World A recent report by the National On a week-in/week-out basis, this means media outlets, usually with light camouflag­ Transportation Safety Board indicates that field posts advise Washington of cases ing of the source. of active measures, usually disinformation Since deployment of U.S. INF weapons­ that over the last 5 years-1978 to spotted in local publications or heard on the Pershing II's and ground-launched cruise 1982-nearly 3,400 child passengers radio. In turn, Washington-specifically the missiles-to NATO countries began last fall, under 5 years old were killed in traffic Disinformation Response Staff in the Office Soviet propagandists and disinformers have accidents and more than 250,000 more of Policy Guidance

and AID, but with toral collaboration. Past experience has also ings with candidates; inputs from approximately ten other gov­ shown the potential for using a one-day ernment branches. focus to initiate and/ or strengthen existing Completion of organizer list in cities of 25-50,000 and expansion of contacts in Examples: White House ceremony with year-around activities at local, national and smaller communities; President Reagan signing the WFD procla­ international levels. In sum, World Food New study papers for schools and colleges, mation; increase in development education Day works and the more it is used the more community groups ; participation with other ing. pation of legislators in WFD events; NGOs on meeting of World Food Council Further, the secretariat was greatly assist­ Cooperation with proposed House Select and subsequent mailing; cooperation with ed in 1983 by special donations of art-Tom Committee on Hunger as appropriate. PAHO and health NGOs on links between Wilson, creator of the "Ziggy" cartoon used GOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION/STATE-LOCAL WFD and World Health Day; reprinting and in our PSA and Dick Ehst as PSA art de­ broader distribution of FAO and FAO/ Growth: WFD contacts with state legisla­ signer; a work from the estate of the artist UNESCO appeals to religious and education DeGrazia used in our post-WFD mailing to tive leaders, state superintendents of educ­ leaders; visits to the secretariat by NGOs tion and mayors were a special emphasis in organizers, a poster drawing by artist Ted from Israel, France and United Kingdom; Egri, used in our church bulletin cover 1983. mail inquiries from many other countries. Examples: WFD school materials were dis­ series and adopted by the Canadian WFD tributed to local systems by superintendents Directions/Goals/Materials for '84: committee for use in all of their materials, Adaptation of new FAO school materials and a woodcut entitled "Harvest the of education in 15 states; WFD proclama­ for U.S. use in consultation with national tions were received from all governors again Wheat" by artist Mary Azarian and also committee education groups; used in our church bulletin cover series. in '83 but joined this year by resolutions Distribution of planned F AO paper on from several state legislatures; several gu­ Several new songs for use in the WFD song­ lOth anniversary of the World Food Confer­ book were donated by Avery and Marsh, bernatorial proclamations were signed at ence and other F AO materials; public ceremonies involving WFD organiz­ Closer cooperation with Canada and Jules Rotella, Ray Repp, Mary Lou Walker ers; important expansion occurred in procla­ Mexico WFD committees. and the Community of New Zoin. mations and participation in observances by SPECIAL '84 PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES mayors. MEDIA IMPACT Secretariat Activities: Special letters sent Growth: Although impossible to measure lOth Anniversary of World Food Confer­ to all speakers and presidents pro tem of precisely, it is clear that media penetration ence: The secretariat, which in 1983 distrib­ state legislatures; letters with examples of was substantially higher in 1983 than 1982, uted a special paper for colleges and univer­ school lesson plans sent to all state superin­ both print and electronic, especially at local sities on "town-grown" cooperation, plans a tendents of education; materials on possible and regional levels. major effort this year in cooperation with right-to-food legislation sent to several state Examples: ABC 7 o'clock evening news FAO and interested U.S. government and legislators on request; materials sent to ; nationwide pick-up of Secretary the goals of the 1974 World Food Confer­ troductory WFD letters sent to all mayors Block TV/radio PSAs through USDA net­ ence and what more needs to be done to of cities with 100,000 or more population; work; print PSA with cartoon figure "Ziggy" attain them. WFD observances were held in presentation by coordinator to Washington running full page in Time, U.S. News & '83 on more than 1,000 college campuses, representatives of Governors; participation World Report. People and Farm Journal; and it is hoped that this support can be in­ in ad hoc meeting called by U.S. Conference Religious News Service feature; several edi­ creased and focused on the World Food of Mayors on urban food strategies. torial page cartoons on world hunger; major Conference review through preparation of Directions/Goals/Materials for '84: increase in coverage in NGO publications special study papers. Continue to build contacts with mayors on reaching millions of readers. Election Year Political Forum: Since WFD urban food policies and other WFD partici­ Secretariat Activities: "How-to" media began members of congress have received a pation; guide sent to community organizers; two great many invitations to speak at observ­ Networking among federal, state and local press releases issued ances. It is to be expected that there will be education organizations, with development by national office; appeal for support issued an expansion of this public debate and polit­ and distribution of new materials for k-12 as through National Association of Editorial ical interplay in the election year to come, feasible; Cartoonists; request to author of "Ziggy" especially with the timeliness of WFD on Continue work with state legislatures on cartoon for use in PSAs; mailing of 500 October 16. Secretariat materials will en­ right-to-food legislation; WFD "TV identification slides" and 50 radio courage both sides-urging community Develop links between county /state offi­ PSA messages by Ambassador Fenwick groups to extend invitations and develop ap­ cials

SOME FINAL THOUGHTS FOR SPONSORING Whereas Congress is particularly con­ in Congress assembled, That October 16, ORGANIZATIONS cerned by the rise of hunger, recurring nat­ 1984, is hereby proclaimed "World Food The more WFD is used the more useful it ural catastrophes, and inadequate food pro­ Day". The President is authorized and re­ becomes is not only true for local communi­ duction now affecting a large number of Af­ quested to issue a proclamation calling on ties; it is even more true for national com­ rican countries and the need for an appro­ the people of the United States to observe mittee members. The WFD core mailing list priate United States response to emergency that day with appropriate activities to ex­ of community contacts provides direct and long-term food needs of that continent; plore ways in which our Nation can further access to hunger activists across our coun­ Whereas although progress has been contribute to the elimination of hunger in try-individuals and groups that are eager made in reducing the incidence of hunger the world.e for new resources for their efforts to end and malnutrition in the United States, cer­ hunger, for information about organizations tain groups, notably Native Americans, mi­ working on the problems, for contacts with grant workers, the elderly, and children, CONDEMNING THE USE OF experts in various disciplines. The WFD remain vulnerable to malnutrition and re­ CHEMICAL WEAPONS BY promotion flyers which we mail for mem­ lated diseases; IRAQ-HOUSE CONCURRENT bers are one way for you to introduce your­ Whereas the danger posed by malnutri­ RESOLUTION 292 sell and your wares to this most receptive tion and related diseases to these groups audience. One of our member groups sent and to other people is intensified by unem­ out a flyer on a new print resource and re­ ployment and slow rates of economic HON. TOM LANTOS ceived requests and inquiries from 31 states. growth; OF CALIFORNIA But there are other no-cost or low-cost Whereas national policies concerning IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES food, farml&.nd, and nutrition require con­ ways for you to use WFD and to help the Tuesday, May 1, 1984 national campaign at the same time. tinuing evaluation and should consider and StaJf Awareness: Everyone on your staff strive for the well-being and protection of • Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, 69 years from the person who answers the telephone all residents of the United States and par­ ago this week, French soldiers man­ or opens the mail to your officers and board ticularly those most at health risk; ning the soggy trenches in a Belgian should know that you are a member of the Whereas there is widespread concern that the use and conservation of land and water field struggled for life as they were·im.­ WFD national committee and believe in its mersed in a slow-moving yellowish goals. Hold a staff meeting or send a staff resources required for food production memo about your involvement. throughout the United States ensure care cloud rolling forward from German Member Awareness: Your membership for the national patrimony we bequeath to territory. Confusion gave way to terror wants to know that your name on the letter­ future generations; as unsuspecting soldiers in the Flan­ head signifies programmatic involvement. Whereas the United States has always ders field became victims of the first Do a special mailing or put an article or edi­ supported the principle that the health of a documented use of chemical warfare torial in your next newsletter or magazine nation depends on a strong agriculture agents on the battlefield. Before explaining why your organization supports based on private enterprise and the primacy of the independent family farm; World War I was over, more than 1.3 WFD. million soldiers were poisoned by chlo­ Public Awareness: Persons other than Whereas the United States, as the world's your own direct constituents want to know largest producer and trader of food, has a rine and mustard gas, and almost what your name on the letterhead means­ key role to play in efforts to assist nations 100,000 died as a result of their expo­ want to know more about you-would be in­ and people to improve their ability to feed sure. terested in being introduced to your re­ themselves; The terror and suffering produced sources. Consider a flyer for one of our Whereas the United States has a long tra­ by chemical weapons during the First mailings or talk to us about a special print dition of demonstrating its humanitarian World War prompted the drafting of resource that our office can use for targeted concern for helping the hungry and mal­ nourished; the Geneva Protocol of 1925. Claiming mailings. that use of toxic gases and poisoning National Office Support: We need your Whereas efforts to resolve the world help in at least three ways. hunger problem are critical to the security agents ran counter to international First-advice and counsel-a chance to of the United States and the international law and human decency, the protocol talk to you about the way WFD works and community; sought to create an alliance of nations can work for you. Whereas Congress is acutely aware of the dedicated to elimination of these Second-complete information in this paradox of immense farm surpluses and weapons through renouncing the first office about you-samples of your materials, rising farm foreclosures in the United use of chemical agents. inclusion on your mailing list so we know States despite the desperate need for food by hundreds of millions of people around The subsequent 59 years of the pro­ regularly what you are doing and can share tocol have not been without violations this information and so we can build a refer­ the world; ence library for use by the committee, the Whereas a key recommendation of the of the treaty. However, the Geneva public and researchers in the field. 1980 report of the Presidential Commission Protocol on chemical weapons has con­ Third-financial support-no matter how on World Hunger was that efforts be under­ tributed to a worldwide spirit of revul­ little-as evidence to foundations and other taken to increase public awareness of the sion over the prospects of any nation funding sources that our members believe in world hunger problem; using poison gas or nerve agents to WFD-and because the work we do for you Whereas the member nations of the Food achieve its ends on the battlefield. and your members costs money. and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations designated October 16 of each year More than 100 nations have adhered One final note: the F AO office is moving to the principles of the Protocol and in March, and we will be moving with it. as World Food Day because of the need to The new address will be 1001 22nd Street alert the public to the increasingly danger­ refused to use chemical agents in NW., Washington, D.C. 20437. We will an­ ous world food situation; combat, regardless of the military situ­ nounce this to our general mailing list in Whereas past observances of World Food ation. our first mailing in 1984, but it will be a Day have been supported by proclamations Now Iraq, a signatory to the Geneva great help if you would "spread the word" of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Protocol for over 50 years, is openly as well. the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United and blatantly violating the interna­ States, by resolutions of Congress, by Presi­ tional covenant. A team of U.N. inves­ H.J. REs. 556 dential proclamations, by programs of the tigators has demonstrated, far beyond Whereas hunger and chronic malnutrition United States Department of Agriculture any reasonable doubt, that mustard remain daily facts of life for hundreds of and other Government departments and gas and nerve agents have been used millions of people throughout the world; agencies, and by the governments and peo­ against Iranian forces in the continu­ Whereas the children of the world suffer ples of many other nations; and ing war between Iran and Iraq. The the most serious effects of hunger and mal­ Whereas more than three hundred private U.N. diagnosis has been confirmed by nutrition, with millions of children dying and voluntary organizations and many each year from hunger-related illness and thousands of community leaders are partici­ medical experts who have examined disease, and many others suffering perma­ pating in the planning of World Food Day and treated fallen Iranian soldiers. nent physical or mental impairment, includ­ observances this year. Now, therefore, be it While lamely protesting the charges ing blindness, because of vitamin and pro­ Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep­ leveled by an outraged world commu­ tein deficiencies; resentatives of the United States of America nity, Iraq simultaneously vows to use May 1, 1981, EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10589 any means at its disposal to resist at­ when consideration is given to events electorate seemed indifferent to the elec­ tacks against its borders. in the Western Hemisphere. tion, as most perceived the result to be pre­ As chairman of the Congressional determined and inevitable. The violation of the treaty banning Across the country, local officials respon­ the use of chemical weapons goes far Black Caucus Task Force on Haitian sible for adininistering the elections were beyond the pain and suffering inflict­ Refugees, I have been most interested hampered by their inexperience in voter ed in the deserts of the Middle East. It in the section that concerns itself with registration and procedures. Voters often strikes at the very heart of interna­ Haiti. I enclose that section as an ex­ used open, color-coded ballots to cast votes, tional law and conscience, undermin­ ample of the fine work of COHA as a practice that Haitian officials claimed was ing the rational attempts of nations to evidenced in the publication Human needed due to Haiti's high illiteracy rate. maintain a semblance of decency and Rights in Latin America 1983. There were few reports of overt intimida­ tion of voters or outbreaks of violence at the integrity in international negotiations. HAITI polls. Most fundamentally, however, the When treaties are adhered to only Despite nominal movement toward democ­ municipal elections boiled down to little when it is deemed convenient, then racy in 1983, Haiti remained the fiefdom of more than popularity contests between dif­ the safety and security of the world is the Duvalier family and its cronies, with ferent "cartels" of candidates. The Duvalier imperiled to a degree seldom witnessed little evidence of any improvement in the government squelched any efforts to orga­ country's bleak human rights record or nize political parties, and no criticism of the by mankind. Once a treaty based on prospects for future change. mutual respect and trust is violated, Responding to international pressure, palace and its policies was heard. the door swings open for repeated vio­ The Pope's visit on March 9 was a land­ President-for-Life Jean Claude Duvalier mark event in the nation's recent history. lations by those nations eager to ex­ conducted the first municipal elections in The Pontiff spoke out forcefully against the ploit the weaknesses of pacts centered Haiti in over 25 years between April and "misery, hunger and fear" so pervasive in on the human conscience, rather than August of 1983. Despite this modest move­ Haiti.

31--059 0-87-19 (Pt. 8) 10616 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 198~ than Count Basie, who was born in at:on be given to naming one of Red Bank's No Federal employee would be ex­ Red Bank, N.J., 79 years ago. schools for the man who established a posed to partisan political pressure in The "Count" died Thursday and the standard of excellence in American music.e his workplace, to coercion or reprisal entire country is mourning the loss of on political grounds because of his or one of our greatest pianists and band A TRIBUTE TO OFFICER RANDY her contributions through payroll de­ leaders. In Monmouth County, we feel LYMAN ductions to a political fund unaffili­ the loss of a favorate son loved and ad­ ated with any political party. Unlike mired by everyone. direct contributions to parties and can­ Count Basie's skill at the keyboard HON. MEL LEVINE didates, which are permitted by the and feel for his audience were OF CALIFORNIA Federal Election Campaign Act, such matched only by his qualities of kind­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES contributions would not be required by ness and concern for others. He was a Tuesday, May 1, 1984 law to be a matter of public record "class act" in every way. subject to the scrutiny of superiors The following editorial reprinted e Mr. LEVINE of California. Mr. and "others in a position to affect ca­ from The Sunday Register, Shrews­ Speaker, I rise today in recognition of reers or working conditions." Payroll bury, N.J., conveys a sense of what Officer Randy Lyman, whose brave deductions could be kept confidential. Count Basie meant to the people of and expert performance on board the OPM's only real policy purpose is to the Third Congressional District: Redondo Beach Harbor patrol boat re­ limit the freedom of Federal employ­ WILLIAM "COUNT" BASIE cently saved the life of Mr. Leonard ees to organize and work together to The death of Count Basie robs American Alfonso. support common political goals. It is music of one of its giants, a gifted pianist On Saturday, March 10, 1984, a large understandable, but unacceptable, and band leader who revolutionized jazz. in­ wave broke over the breakwall in Re­ that an administration that has waged fluenced some of the finest musicians of his dondo Beach Harbor causing two war against its employees would seek time, and delighted millions with the sound people to be washed off the wall and to stifle their legitimate political activ­ of swing. thrown into the water. The Harbor He took his first piano lessons in Red ity. Bank, where he was born William James Patrol, with Lt. William Wheeler at Mr. Speaker, OPM has not adequate­ Basie 79 years ago, practicing-only because the helm and Officer Randy Lyman as ly responded to the objections I raised his mother forced him to, he said-on an old second officer immediately responded in February 1983, together with the oak piano in the basement of the Mechanic to the call, but when Mr. Alfonso was chairmen of the House Committee on Street house where he grew up. taken aboard he was unconscious, with the Judiciary and House Administra­ From his first professional appearance in no pulse and was not breathing. Offi­ a Jersey shore restaurant, he went on to tion. A statement of our objections ap­ cer Lyman, with the assistance of a peared in the RECORD on February 22, play the Harlem clubs in the '20s, and then citizen, administered CPR to Mr. Al­ toured the black vaudeville circuit. The tour 1983, and I refer my colleagues to that took him to Kansas City, where he joined fonso as he was transported to the statement again. the famous Bennie Moten band. When Harbor Patrol docks. During that I am afraid that Federal employees Moten died in 1935, Count Basie formed his time, Mr. Alfonso's breathing and will once more be forced to resort to own band, which soon won wide acclaim and pulse were restored. He was then the courts to secure rights which Con­ devoted fans, and over the years included transported to South Bay Hospital by gress and the Constitution have grant­ some of the greatest jazz musicians. Despite the paramedics where he was listed in the diminishing health of his last few years, ed, but which Director Devine and the the Count never stopped being on tour-he critical condition. Office of Personnel Management seek had performed in California last month and I am pleased to report that Mr. Al­ to strip away.e had several concerts scheduled for May. fonso has been released from South When arthritis made it difficult for him to Bay Hospital and has fully recovered. walk, he would drive on stage on a motor­ Had it not been for the professional THE STARS REALLY ARE ized scooter, sometimes honking his horn administration of CPR, Mr. Alfonso "STARS" with gleeful enthusiasm, as he did at a con­ would not be alive today. cert in Marlboro Township two-and-a-half I would like to ask my colleagues to years ago. HON. BILL CHAPPELL, JR. The Count is Red Bank's claim to royalty. join me in commending Officer Lyman OF FLORIDA His was the first American band to play a for a job well done. His quick and com­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES command performance for the queen of petent performance of his duties en­ England; he played for presidents and was abled him to save this citizen, and I Tuesday, May 1, 1984 awarded the highest honor this nation be­ am proud to know that men like him e Mr. CHAPPELL. Mr. Speaker, I stows on performing artists. But he never are serving the citizens of Redondo would like to take a moment to share forgot the borough of his birth and boy­ Beach, Calif.e with my colleagues a few words about hood. "The kid from Red Bank" was a nick­ a basketball team within my district name he relished, and he made the borough who displayed superior athletic per­ known throughout the world of music as OPM RESTRICTS FEDERAL Count Basie's hometown. Last April, al­ formance throughout the basketball though grieving for the death of his wife WORKERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY season. only 10 days earlier, he returned to Red Jacksonville is proud these days­ Bank to pay a benefit concert for the educa­ HON. WILUAM D. FORD proud of the athletic achievements tional youth center of the Shrewsbury OF MICHIGAN made by "The Stars," Florida Junior Avenue A.M.E. Zion Church, as he had done IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES College's published final regulations Dns in the mid-Florida conference and that the borough he made famous has been which prohibit the use by Federal em­ rated the second best junior college so slow to pay official tribute to its famous ployees of voluntary payroll deduc­ basketball team in the State of Flori­ son. It was not until last month, when the Borough Council voted to rename Memorial tions for contributions to political da. Field "Count Basie Park" that there was funds of nonparty affiliated organiza­ "The Stars" exemplify the cliche any move to acknowlege his accomplish­ tions. I believe these regulations that "nothing is impossible" particu­ ments. We believe the planned honor too exceed OPM's authority, conflict with larly when so actively pursued. With meager. We repeat our urging that consider- current law. and are bad public policy. the steering of FJC's basketball coach May 1, 1981,. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10617 Arthur (Buster) Harvey, the team set our current knowledge of this phe­ metals, among others, can cause seri­ their goals and then went on to accom­ nomena. While testifying before the ous damage to crops and forests and plish them. Energy and Commerce Committee's cannot be considered separately from Although "The Stars" season ended Subcommittee on Health and the En­ acid rain as solitary causes of damage. with disappointment in the final vironment, he stated: It is obvious that our lack of knowl­ championship game, they walked Our current knowledge does not tell us edge of the various interactions consti­ away, nonetheless, proud of what they whether the offending pollutants plans well, too, in order to carry out his whatever is in the child's best interest, Leadership, serving the people and keep­ plans. whether it be temporary care, return ing unity among them, is best achieved by Thus we can see that an understanding of to the birth parents or placement in having an understanding of the needs of the people being served is necessary to plan­ an adoptive home. A court-appointed tl.lo~->e people being led. ning for effectiveness as a leader. special advocate volunteer investigates Although the dictionary defines leader­ ship as the act of leading or guiding, I found WHAT Is LEADERSHIP? the circumstances surrounding a child the word had as many meanings as the abuse or neglect case, makes an eval­ people I interviewed-a business leader, a uation, recommends to the court that teacher, and my parents. The dictionary suggests direction and further action is in the child's best in­ My parents' thoughts about leadership guidance as synonyms for leadership. There terest, both immediately or in the long were, "Qualities of leadership are having a have always been those who are eager to run, and monitors the case until per­ goal, being committed to that goal, and guide and direct, but they need to have fol­ manent placement is achieved. planning to reach it. Showing how the goal lowers if they are truly to be leaders. What meets the needs of people and caring and leadership qualities make people willing to It should be noted that President being committed to others are other leader­ follow a particular person? Reagan has instructed the Depart­ ship characteristics." My dad only had one Honesty is a quality most people demand ment of Justice to fund the National important quality when he said, "Plan your from a leader. One of the leaders who had Council of Juvenile and Family Court work, and work your plan." this quality was given the nickname Judges to work with the National Mr. Dale Pauley, a former coach stated, "Honest Abe." He was given the nickname Council of Jewish Women and other "A leader is a servant to the people. Jesus when, overchanged by three pennies, he cosponsors to spread court appointed was a servant to the people, and He was walked ten Iniles back to the grocery store humble." to correct the error. This quality stayed special advocates to even more than A business leader, Mr. Jim Rassi, listed with Abraham Lincoln throughout his the 250 jurisdictions currently served. seven leadership qualities. They are depend­ entire life. Without his honesty and com­ The National Council of Jewish ability, consistency, authoritativeness, per­ passion, the Emancipation Proclamation Women's involvement with the special ception, getting along with others, keeping may never have been written. advocates program dates from 1979. unity among people, and understanding Another quality people demand from a Currently, the National Council of people. "A problem with some leaders is good leader is courage. A good example of Jewish Women maintains 15 special they don't stand out in the group, and courage was President John F. Kennedy. others want to take over." He also told me Without courage, he would not have been advocates sites across the United that the most important quality is to have able to take the stand he did during what States. an understanding of the people you lead. has come to be known as the Cuban Missile Established in 1893 the National In the Jaycee Action Magazine for Leader­ Crisis. He proved to the world that he would Council of Jewish Women is America's ship Training was a checklist of good leader­ not let the United States of America be in­ oldest Jewish women's organization shir attributes. Here are a few: timidated by any other world power. with more than 100,000 members in Leaders are judged by the performance of Every good leader needs public speaking some 200 sections nationwide. The their followers. ability. Congressman Robert Michel has Greater Harrisburg, Pa., section of the Leaders must always set the example. shown that this is a strong quality of his. By Leaders must accept responsibility. being elected to eight terms in public office, National Council of Jewish Women Leaders must exercise supervision. he proves that he can convey to the public was one of the first five NCJW sec­ Leaders must develop loyalty toward his ideas in a way that meets with their ap­ tions nationally to initiate the court members of the organization. proval. By becoming the House Minority appointed spe~ial advocates program.e Leaders must be good counselors. leader, he proved that he can relay these 10620 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1981,. ideas and be listened to and accepted by his TRIBUTE TO TRINITY A SINGLE STANDARD OF JUDG­ peers. EPISCOPAL CHURCH MENT FOR CENTRAL AMERICA Representing the people and their needs is a most important quality also. A man who led with this quality was Everett McKinley HON. MARIO BIAGGI HON. DOUG BEREUTER Dirksen. His interest of creating a clearer knowledge of Congress to the public was in OF NEW YORK OF NEBRASKA response to a need he saw. He is quoted as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES saying, "I want to do what I think is in the interest of the present and future well-being Tuesday, May 1, 1984 Tuesday, May 1, 1984 of probably the only real, true free republic e Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, on e Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, a that still remains on God's footstool." recent editorial in the Washington Of course, these are only a few of the Sunday, May 20, Trinity Episcopal qualities of a good leader. There are many Church in my home district of the Post caught my attention. It is rare others. Alone, none of them is as valuable as Bronx, will be celebrating their 110th that one reads a balanced analysis of when they are put into use together by one anniversary. At this time I would like the hostility in Central America, and I man or a group of men. Our leaders today, I to pay tribute to Trinity Episcopal believe this editorial is a serious at­ believe, have an abundance of these quali­ Church and the fine work it has done tempt by critics of the administra­ ties and are continually striving to provide tion's policies in Central America to us with the leadership we desire. for the Bronx community. Trinity Episcopal Church has a long look at all sides of the issue. history of service to the Bronx com­ Nicaragua cannot continue to receive WHAT Is LEADERSHIP? munity. For 110 years it has stood as a a free ticket of support from critics of (By Chad A. Reiman) spiritual center and has worked closely U.S. policy in Central America. In the Leadership was a word I didn't give much with its parishioners to provide them past, the Sandinistas have been able to thought to until I entered this essay con­ the spiritual guidance and religious talk their way out of being judged by test. As I read materials and listened to the same standards as all the other comments about leadership, I realized that enrichment in times of sorrow and joy. countries of the region. Now there are good leadership is a valuable resource in our The history of Trinity Episcopal signs everywhere that supporters of United States. In the following paragraphs I Church has been one committed to the Sandinistas are beginning to re­ would like to share some of my insights on fulfilling the religious and spiritual this subject. think their unquestioning endorse­ The ability to unite and guide a group of needs of its parishioners. ment of everything that is done in Ma­ people to a common goal is one definition of Father Wendell Roberts has been nagua. The Post editorial focuses on leadership. It can also mean bringing, great­ the pastor of Trinity Episcopal for 34 two particular issues: The elections of ness out of people rather than trying to years. During his 34 years of service, November, which seem to be an en­ make people great. Father Roberts has worked hard to lightened version of the Cuban-Soviet Sixty-one years ago a leader was born in keep up Trinity Episcopal's tradition Peoria, illinois. On March 23, 1923, the model, and Managua's support for Sal­ proud parents named their son, Robert of service and commitment to the vadoran guerrillas who are intent on Henry Michel. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Michel Bronx community. An example of this criminally destroying civilian targets­ lived with religious convictions and also had commitment is the summer program just like the contras who also are wan­ a belief that politics were evil. for children run by Father Roberts. tonly engaged in the destruction of ci­ One of the first opportunities Robert The program includes musical instruc­ vilian targets in Nicaragua. Michel had to show his ability as a leader tion and daily field trips to various As the Post says, "There is a great was while he served as president of his high need for a single standard of judgment school class. After high school, he served his educational and recreational facilities. country in war, not as a leader, but as an en­ Trinity Episcopal currently has about in Central America.'' This need is listed combat infantryman. 400 members and together with the great both in Washington and Mana­ His public political career began in 1949 clergy they have worked hard to main­ gua. I commend this article to my col­ when he served as Administrative Assistant tain Trinity Episcopal Church as a league's attention. to Representative Harold Velde. Mr. Michel [From the Washington Post, Apr. 27, 19841 assisted Rep. Velde for seven years. In 1956, fine religious institution. he was elected to the 85th Congress as Mr. It gives me great pleasure to honor ADVICE FOR MANAGUA Velde retired. Congressman Michel has been Trinity Episcopal on the occasion of President Reagan has been receiving re-elected for 14 consecutive terms since their 110th anniversary. This anniver­ much good advice, from Congress and, espe­ then. He is presently serving as House Re­ sary not only marks 110 years of serv­ cially generously, from the press, on the publican Leader of the 98th Congress. ice but is also indicative of the impor­ subject of Nicaragua. But Nicaragua needs As Mr. Michel explained to me, to be a tant role Trinity Episcopal Church some good advice, too, if Central America is good leader one must have the desire to eventually to settle down. It could most use­ lead, be a good listener, have confidence, has played in the lives of its members. fully come from the Willy Brandt-type not live in fear of making wrong decisions, Those 110 years were undoubtedly social democrats in Europe and those liber­ and must be able to take criticism. He went marked with times of hardship as well als elsewhere who tend to coddle the Sandi­ on to say, a good leader will be educated and as times of prosperity and joy. nistas, and from the larger group that has informed in a variety of matters. He said Through it all Trinity Episcopal has faulted the interventionist aspects of Presi­ Teddy Roosevelt possessed the qualities he dent Reagan's policy. We have in mind two admires in a leader. stood as a symbol of hope, love and points. I believe Congressman Michel shows understanding. I am proud to pay trib­ The ruling Sandinistas stand strongly qualities of a good leader and he tries to do ute to Trinity Episcopal on this mo­ behind the demand of the Salvadoran guer­ what is best for us. He seems to be more mentous occasion and I am confident rillas to be admitted to a "power-sharing" concerned about how people he is leading that Trinity Episcopal will continue to process in E1 Salvador. In Nicaragua, howev­ and representing regard him, rather than er, the nine comandantes reject any how he impresses President Reagan and serve the Bronx community and con­ thought of admitting Nicaraguan guerrillas Speaker of the House, "Tip" O'Neill. He ap­ tinue to provide its parishioners with to power-sharing or even to the elections pears to fit this quote by General Omar N. spiritual and religious guidance and the regime now plans on Nov. 4. After the Bradley, "Fairness, diligence, sound prepa­ enrichment.e country's Catholic bishops called for a peace ration, professional skill, and loyalty are dialogue involving all Nicaraguans, includ­ marks of American leadership." ing those "who have risen in arms against In summing this up, I know we all have the government"-such dialogue is the left's the opportunity to try to become good lead­ constant appeal in E1 Salvador-the Sandi­ ers. People can have confidence in and nista police chief denounced the call as count on a good leader. A good leader will "criminal." The Sandinistas insist they will leave behind him a will and a conviction in not open their elections-elections they his followers.e seem intent on running in the Soviet style May 1, 1984 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10621 anyway-tQ the Nicaraguan contras even if industry at the cutting edge of techno­ annual meeting of the Asian Develop­ the guerrillas lay down t!:leir arms. logical innovation. ment Bank, I was unable to be present The Sandinistas, by way of seeking inter­ Tom Bruggere is such a man. As and voting on the floor of the House national support, are now broadcasting news of the considerable damage done by the con­ President and Chief Executive Officer during the week of April 24. Had I tras. People are being killed in military en­ of Mentor Graphics Corp. in Beaver­ been present, I would have voted as gagements, but many of the targets are eco­ town, Oreg., he has contributed sig­ follows: nomic and civilian in character, and the re­ nificantly to the diversification of Or­ On Tuesday, April 24: sults are commonly measured in dollar egon's economic base. Tom founded Yes on rollcall 91, final passage of S. terms or in terms of hardships inflicted Mentor Graphics in 1981 in the heart 373, Arctic Research and Policy Act of upon the population. The Sandinistas, of of Oregon's "Silicon Forest." Under course, show no similar dismay over the sub­ 1983. his leadership, the company has On Wednesday, Apri125: stantially greater damage done to economic emerged as the industry's leading sup­ and civilian targets by the guerrillas whose No on rollcall 93, Gregg amendment operations they encourage in El Salvador. plier of computer-aided engineering to H.R. 4974, National Science Foun­ Some on the left suggest it is all right to de­ systems. These advances have substan­ dation Authorization for fiscal year stroy, say, a coffee planation belonging to tially increased the productivity of 1985. an "oligarch." This is rubbish. Peasants electronics designers at a time of in­ work on plantations; Nicaragua's friends in tense worldwide competition for com­ No on rollcall 94, Walker amend­ El Salvador t:a.ve also shot up the bus fleet, puter applications to old problems and ment to H.R. 497 4. which transpo:rt.s the poor. new challenges. Yes on rollcall 95, final passage of There is great need for a single standard Since 1981, Mentor's work force has H.R. 4974. in judging volitical events in Central Amer­ On Thusday, April 26: ica. There is a need for it in Washington grown to 260 employees. In 1983, the and a need for it in Managua, too.e company's first sales year, Mentor had Yes on rollcall 96, on approving the nearly $26 million in revenue from do­ Journal of Wednesday, April 25. mestic and overseas sales. Yes on rollcall 97, passage of House Overseeing the operations of a firm Resolution 490, the rule on S. 2570, ex­ THOMAS H. BRUGGERE that is growing as fast as Mentor tending the transition provisions of Graphics does not leave Tom much the Bankruptcy Act. HON. LES AuCOIN spare time. Despite the demands of his No on rollcall 98, Sensenbrenner business, however, Tom has worked to motion to commit S. 2570. OF OREGON improve Oregon's business environ­ Yes on rollcall 99, final passage of S. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment through service on the board of 2570. Tuesday, May 1, 1984 directors of the American Electronics Association and as chairman of the Yes on rollcall100, passage of House e Mr. AuCOIN. Mr. Speaker, I am AEA's Oregon chapter. Resolution 481, the rule on H.R. 5172, pleased to inform my colleagues that I am delighted to salute the remark­ National Bureau of Standards Author­ Thomas H. Bruggere, founder of one able achievements of my friend, Tom ization for fiscal years 1984 and 1985. of Oregon's fastest-growing, high-tech­ Bruggere, to congratulate him on Yes on rollcall 102, Fuqua amend­ nology companies, has been named Or­ being named Oregon's Small Business­ ment to Gregg substitute to Walker egon's Small Businessman of the Year man of the Year, and to extend to him amendment to H.R. 5172. by the Small Business Administration. my best wishes for continued success.e As we all know, a great deal of atten­ No on rollcall 103, Gregg amend­ tion is being focused all across the ment to Walker amendment to H.R. country on the role our high-technolo­ PERSONAL E.XPLANATION 5172. gy electronics industry must play in Yes on rollcall104, Gregg substitute, developing America's economic HON. GARY L ACKERMAN as amended by Fuqua amendment, to strength and competitiveness in world OF NEW YORK Walker amendment to H.R. 5172. It markets. is clearly an industry that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES No on rollcall105, Rudd amendment holds promise for America's future, and for Oregon's. Tuesday, May 1, 1984 to H.R. 5172. It is therefore fitting that we ac­ e Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, Yes on rollcall 106, Fuqua motion knowledge and encourage those entre­ while on an official leave of absence to that the Committee of the Whole preneurs who have kept this critical serve as a congressional adviser at the rise.e