2138 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE February 8 trained together for months. He be­ grounds by the hundreds. Mrs. Hruska train the young in that physical, mental, lieved that the entire nation-men, and I and our three children all received moral, and spiritual strength that is the women and children-should consist­ Sokol training. bulwark of a nation. ently exercise from early childhood past Within the past few years, units have It is with pride that I claim member­ their maturitY~ built new or expanded their old gym­ ship and activity in the American Sokol All of this for neither profit nor glory. nasiums in Baltimore, Md.; Cleveland, organization since boyhood. Mrs. All of this as a dedication to their na­ Ohio; Dallas, Tex.; and Los Angeles, Hruska and all our children have like­ tion, an enlightened member of the fam­ Calif. Many more are planning new im­ wise profited by the activities and bene­ ily of nations, conscious of their rights proved facilities in dozens of localities. fits available through participation. All and their duties and obligations. Dr. The Sokols are respected in every land of us are grateful for Sokol. Tyrs knew that the battle is won or that is free. And all Sokols everyWhere proudly lost long before the battlefield is reached. In captive nations they were the first view its sound and meaningful record His thinking, his training of his nation organizations to be dissolved by the Nazi of achievement as they join in celebrat­ provided the legions for Thomas G. and Communists wherever they usurped ing the 100th anniversary of this splendid Masaryk in World War I. the power. The Sokol leaders were organization. Three years after the original Sokol among the first to be imprisoned and unit was founded in Prague, his ideals liquidated. The Second World War saw came to America. The first Sokol unit 90 percent of the Sokol leaders, down ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY came to life in St. Louis, Mo., on Febru­ to the unit level liquidated in Czecho­ Mr. BIBLE. Mr. President, if there is ary 14, 1865. Within a few years there slovakia, Poland, Austria, Yugoslavia, no further business to come before the were units in Chicago, New York, Mil­ and Bulgaria. Senate, in accordance with the order waukee, Cleveland, and Detroit. Today The few that were left have found a previously entered I now move that the unitS' reach from coast to coast, from similar fate at the hands of the Com­ Senate stand in adjournment until Mon­ Canada to Mexico. There are Sokol munists, but the great mass of the day next at 12 o'clock noon. units throughout the world, all of them former powerful Sokol organizations in The motion was agreed to; and <at 4 dedicated to freedom and, liberty. Their Europe are far from being exterminated. o'clock and 48 minutes p.m.) the Senate loyalty and ability to serve are prover­ We know from reliable sources that the adjourned, under the previous order, un­ bial. In every war in which this country great spirit of freedom, liberty, and hu­ til Monday, February 12, 1962, at 12 was involved our Sokol gymnasiums were man justice instilled in them by daunt­ o'clock meridian. forsaken by their men's and junior less men and women for almost a cen­ classes in favor of military service. The tury is very much alive and transferred record of rejection for physical infirmi­ to each new group of children. We know. NOMINATIONS ties is less than one-sixteenth of 1 per­ that those who have once known free­ cent. dom and liberty as we know it will never Executive nominations received by the For 97 consecutive years the American forget it. Senate February 8, 1962: Sokol Educational and Physical Culture These Sokol trained people have faith IN THE ARMY Organization has been consistently ac­ in the inexorable destiny of mankind. The following-named officer, under the tive in all-round physical development. The Sokols in America have produced provisions of title 10, United States Code, section 3066, to be assigned to a position of They build and support their own gym­ their own great leaders and thinkers. importance and responsibility designated by nasiums, community centers, and chil­ Men and women in all walks of life have the President under subsection (a) of sec­ dren's camps. They have trained and felt that their greatest contribution to tion 3066, in rank as follows: Lt. Gen. Paul given outstanding coaches and leaders this great land would be to devotedly D. Harkins, 017625, U.S. Army, in the rank to colleges, high schools, and play- serve in the Sokol ranks, to constantly of gene.ral. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS Annuity Rights receiving more than one annuity in the the unions of Decatur also honored him event she had any entitlement as a re­ at a dinner. It is a somewhat unusual EXTENSION OF REMARKS sult of her second marriage. occurrence for the unions of a city to I invite and request those of my col­ honor the secretary of the Association of OF leagues who so desire to act as cospon­ Commerce. It is an indication of the HON. EDNA F. KELLY sors of this legislation or to introduce high esteem in which Mr. Bolz has been OF NEW YORK similar bills. held. There being no objection, the remarks IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were ordered to be printed in the RECORD, Thursday, February 8, 1962 as follows: Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, basic in­ lemarks Made by Senator Douglas, of STATEMENT BY SENATOR PAUL H. DOUGLAS, OF equities in many laws exist. It is, I feel, Illinois, at the Appreciation Dinner ILLINOIS, AT THE APPRECIATION DINNER the duty of every Member of Congress HONORING HENRY H. BOLZ, WEDNESDAY, to attempt to remedy them when such Honoring Henry H. Bolz JANUARY 10, 1962, DECATUR, ILL. Henry Bolz is a most unusual and valuable situations are brought to light. citizen--one of the very best that Decatur I have recently learned that under the EXTENSION OF REMARKS has ev~r had. For years he has worked with provisions of section 10 of the Civil Serv­ OF all his heart, brains, and soul for Decatur. ice Retirement Act a widow of a Govern­ He has tried to bring new industries to ment employee loses all annuity rights HON. PAUL H. DOUGLAS Decatur and has been largely successful. He upon her remarriage. As a result, should OF ILLINOIS has done this because such growth means increased payrolls and this brings greater her second husband die, she is not re­ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES prosperity and income to all. entitled to the annuity regardless of her 'fhursday, February 8, 1962 But Henry has worked for many other civic financial circumstances. This, of course, purposes as well. As a reporter years ago, he would be true if, by a quirk of fate, the Mr. DOUGLAS. Mr. President, I ask was one of those who promoted the building second husband dies 1 day after the unanimous consent that a statement of Lake Decatur which not only has saved marriage. which I made at the appreciation dinner Decatur economically, but has been a great To remedy this situation I have today honoring Henry H. Bolz be printed in the recreational resource. For years he has been introduced H.R. 10172, which would pro­ CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. I may say that promoting the idea of a second lake to pro­ vide sedimentation, water supply, and added vide the widow with a reentitlement to Mr. Bolz is secretary of the Association recreational features. I know he will con­ the annuity should the second husband of Commerce of Decatur, Ill. Not only tinue to work for this and I a.rn doing my die. The bill also prevents a widow from was he honored by the association, but best to help you and him. '1962 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE 2139 . Henry has also worked for industrial peace We whose lives are also staked in the professions and skills, the tendency has and greater understanding among groups in tenets of liberty and individual freedom been to have Federal scholarships in Decatur. Unlike the executive of some specific areas which will divert students chambers of COIIJ.IUerce, he has never engaged must and do support this struggle of the in any union-busting activities, but has tried Ukrainian people. We are grateful for from the courses of study they prefer, to develop mutual cooperation between labor this continuing valiant resistance to the and next we find shortages in some area and management. As a. result there has been rule and force of Communist tyranny. from which students were diverted. less industrial warfare in Decatur in the last It is an inseparable part of our fight that There are some 34 different programs quarter of a century than in most cities. men everywhere who wish to be free shall dealing with parts of the problem on a Henry has also worked for honest, efficient, be free and to the hard pursuit of this piecemeal basis. I believe the total cost and hUlllane government and has done so objective our Nation is pledged. of this increasingly splintering approach without throwing his weight around. is more than the cost of having a broad Henry has done all this because he is a Mr. Speaker, this is not just a week's truly good man, broadly tolerant, honorable, observance, this anniversary we share loan program under which there would and kindly. He has devoted his energies to with the people of the Ukraine.