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H.R. 901, THE AMERICAN LAND tive dating of southwestern U.S. sites. This span of time and within a cultural area of SOVEREIGNTY PROTECTION ACT classification is the cornerstone of the un- the world, on developments in town-plan- derstanding of Southwestern archaeology. In ning; and (iii) bears a unique testimony to a addition to the archaeology at Pecos, there civilization which has disappeared. HON. DON YOUNG are the foundations of a Spanish mission, the Mound City Group National Monument, OF ALASKA ruins of an 18th-century church, and numer- Ohio (39 deg.25’ N.; 83 deg.1’ W.). Twenty- three burial mounds of Hopewell Indians (200 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ous Pueblo Indian structural remains, in- cluding restored kivas. Criteria: (iii) Bears a B.C.–A.D. 500) have yielded vast quantities of Friday, October 16, 1998 unique testimony to a civilization which has artifacts that give insights into the ceremo- nial customs of the Hopewell people. Cri- Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I rise disappeared. Developed Agriculture teria: (iii) Bears a unique testimony to a civ- to once again address the issue of inter- ilization which has disappeared. Moundville Site, Alabama (33 deg. 0’ N.; 87 national land reserves, particularly World Her- Archaic/Paleo-Indian itage Sites. I find it necessary to emphasize, deg. 40’ W.). This is probably the site de- scribed by De Soto in his Mississippian expe- Cape Krusenstern Archaeological District, for the benefit of those who continue to claim dition. This site demonstrates the Alaska (67 deg.0’ N.; 164 deg.0’ W.). Cape otherwise, that these reserves are designated Mesoamerican influence on the culture of Krusenstern consists of a series of marine with little or no input from the public or local the Southeast. It is a ‘‘ceremonial’’ site with beach ridges (and nearby hills) which contain government. They are very unpopular. over twenty extant mounds and burial areas. evidence of nearly every major cultural pe- The Department of Interior, in cooperation Criteria: (iii) Bears a unique testimony to a riod in Arctic prehistory and history. This civilization which has disappeared. area is very near the probable route taken by with the Federal Interagency Panel for World man’s first crossing into North America and Heritage has identified a shopping list of 94 Casa Grande National Monument, Arizona (33 deg. 0’ N.; 111 deg. 30’ W.). Casa Grande is is still inhabited today. Due to land subsid- sites in 31 States and the District of Columbia a four-story tower of packed earthen walls ence along the coast a unique stratigraphy that they would like to make World Heritage built over 600 years ago by the agricultural has formed which allows a complete dating Sites. This list was compiled by the Depart- Indians of the Gila River Valley. The site sequence in an area where few dates are ment with the assistance of an ``inside'' non- also contains important Hohokam Indian re- available. Each ridge represents approxi- mately a 200-year time span for a total of ap- governmental organization, the U.S. National mains dating from about 900 A.D. Criteria: (iii) Bears a unique testimony to a civiliza- proximately 8,000 years. Criteria: (iii) Bears Committee of the International Council on a unique testimony to a civilization which Monuments and Sites (US/ICOMOS). US/ tion which has disappeared. Hohokam Pima National Monument, Ari- has disappeared. Ventana Cave, Arizona (32 deg.25’ N.; 112 ICOMOS is also a principal advisor to the zona (32 deg. 55’ N.; 111 deg. 30’ W.). Hohokam deg.15’ W.). Ventana Cave offers a unique his- United Nations on the listing of cultural prop- Pima is part of the site of Snaketown, which tory of the hunter/gatherer cultural develop- erties as World Heritage Sites. Twenty-two of was continuously inhabited by the Hohokam/ ment and continuity. This site has been oc- the sites on the shopping list have been des- Pima cultures for over 2,000 years. This site cupied continuously from 200 B.C. until the ignated World Heritage Sites. contains essentially all phases of Hohokam present. Excavations here solidified the Congress is the ultimate decision-maker in cultural development from the earliest vil- stratigraphic sequence dates, and made a sig- managing public lands. The clear and direct lages established around 400 B.C. up to A.D. nificant contribution to knowledge of the de- approval of Congress and the input of local 1450. Subsequently this same site was occu- velopment of Hohokam culture in this area. pied by the Pima from the time of contact Criteria: (iii) Bears a unique testimony to a citizens and public officials must be required with the Spanish until around 1940. The before land can be designated for inclusion in civilization which has disappeared. Hohokam Pima site clearly demonstrates Paleo-Indian international land reserves. Let's maintain sov- the Mesoamerican influence in the South- ereign control over lands in the United States. western U.S. The site is located on a Pima Lindenmeir Site, Colorado (40 deg. 55’; 105 deg. 10’ W.). This site was one of the earliest reservation. Criteria: (iii) Bears a unique tes- I wish to include in the RECORD the detailed Folsom sites to be excavated by archaeolo- timony to a civilization which has dis- descriptions of the cultural properties on the gists and was instrumental in establishing Department of Interior's list of future choices appeared. Ocmulgee National Monument, Georgia (32 man’s presence in North America at its cur- rent early date. The site consists of a kill for World Heritage Sites. The complete list deg.50’ N.; 83 deg.40’ W.). The large mounds site marked by numerous bison bones and a and other information on this important issue and surrounding villages at Ocmulgee dem- camp a short distance away. This is one of can be found on the Committee on Resources onstrates the cultural evolution of the In- the few early man sites where both site types website at: http://www.house.gov/105cong/ dian mound-builder civilization in the south- were found, and it gives a more complete pic- ern U.S. Criteria: (iii) Bears an exception issues.htm. ture of the early hunters’ life and cultural testimony to a civilization which has dis- INDICATIVE INVENTORY OF POTENTIAL FUTURE adaption. Criteria: (iii) Bears a unique testi- appeared. mony to a civilization which has dis- U.S. NOMINATIONS TO THE WORLD HERITAGE Poverty Point, Louisiana (32 deg.40’ N.; 91 appeared. LIST—CULTURAL PROPERTIES deg.25’ W.). An archaeological site that flour- PREHISTORY AND LIVING COMMUNITIES ished from 1,000–600 B.C. It contains a geo- Hawaiian (FORMERLY ARCHAEOLOGY) metric earthwork complex, consisting of 11.2 Pu’uhonua O Honaunau National Histori- Post-Contract Aboriginal miles of raised terraces arranged in six con- cal Park, Hawaii (19 deg. 25’ N.; 155 deg. 55’ centric octagons, and Poverty Point Mound, W.) This area (formerly known as City of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico (36 deg. 25’ N.; 105 Refuge National Historical Park) includes deg. 40’ W.). A center of Indian culture since a bird-shaped ceremonial structure. Criteria: (iii) Bears an exception testimony to a civili- sacred ground, where vanquished Hawaiian the 17th century, the pueblo of Taos, still ac- warriors, noncombatants, and kapu breakers tive today, symbolizes Indian resistance to zation which has disappeared. Chaco Culture National Historical Park, were granted refuge from secular authority. external rule. The mission of San Geronimo, New Mexico (36 deg.10’ N.; 108 deg.0’ W.). This Prehistoric housesites, royal fishponds, and one of the earliest in New Mexico, was built property bears testimony to the first five pe- spectacular shore scenery are features of the near Taos Pueblo in the early 17th century. riods of the Chacoan variant and one period park. Criteria: (v) An outstanding example of Criteria: (v) An outstanding example of a of the Mesa Verdean variant of the Pueblo a traditional human settlement which is rep- traditional human settlement which is rep- civilization. Chaco Canyon is a large canyon resentative of a culture and which has be- resentative of a culture and which has be- which contains approximately 1100 ruins in- come vulnerable under the impact of irre- come vulnerable under the impact of irre- cluding 13 major Pueblo Indian villages. versible change. versible change. These villages consist of 3–5 story buildings European Exploration and Colonial Settlement Post-Contract Aboriginal/Developed Agriculture which often contain over 1,000 rooms. The La Fortaleza-San Juan National Historical Pecos National Monument, New Mexico (35 ceremonial complex consisting of the large Site, Puerto Rico (18 deg. 28’ N.; 66 deg. 10’ deg. 35’ N.; 105 deg. 45’ W.). This site was oc- villages is dated between A.D. 1,110 and 1,300 W.). Spanish defenses at San Juan guarded cupied since before A.D. 900 up until the 19th and clearly demonstrates the cultural links their sea lanes to the Caribbean; at this site century. The archaeological excavations of between the Mesoamerican cultures and the they founded one of their earliest colonies in the area led to the development of a cultural Pueblo Indians of the Southwestern U.S. Cri- the Americas. La Fortaleza, the first for- sequence which in turn enabled the compara- teria: (ii) Exerted great influence, over a tification of San Juan (built 1533–40), has

∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. E2214 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 16, 1998 been the residence of the island’s governors elaborate ironwork ornament on the first corridors above the first floor. Criteria: (ii) since the 1620s. The massive masonry citadel and second floor facades. Sullivan’s designs Has exerted great influence, over a span of of El Morro was begun in 1591. Criteria: (iv) combine organic and geometric shapes in in- time, and within a cultural area of the An outstanding example of a type of struc- tricate and delicate patterns, in a type of or- world, on developments in architecture. ture which illustrates a significant stage in nament that is the hallmark of his work. Wainwright Building, St. Louis, Missouri history; and (vi) directly and tangibly associ- The addition was by Daniel H. Burnham in (38 deg. 40’ N.; 90 deg. 10’ W.). Significant pro- ated with events of outstanding universal 1904–6, Criteria: (i) A unique artistic achieve- totype of the modern office building, con- significance. ment, a masterpiece of creative genius; and structed in 1890–91. This building represents San Xavier Del Bac, Arizona (32 deg. 10’ N.; (ii) has exerted great influence, over a span deliberate attempt to create an historical 111 deg. 0’ W.). ONe of the finest Spanish co- of time, and within a cultural area of the form expressive of the new mass of the mul- lonial churches in the United States, having world, on developments in architecture. tistory office block. For Sullivan, the poten- a richly ornamented baroque interior. (Com- Leiter II Buiding, Chicago, Illinois (41 deg. tial aesthetic quality of the tall building lay parative national and international study 52’ N.; 87 deg. 40’ W.). Constructed in 1889–91, in its unusual height. To emphasize this will be necessary before the United States this building is the masterwork of architect height to the maximum degree, he devised a would consider nominating property rep- William Le Baron Jenny. One of the earliest system of closely ranked, pier-like verticals resentative of this important international surviving examples of the Chicago School that give the street elevations their forceful development. For example, the California curtain wall proto-skyscraper. Criteria: (ii) thrust. Criteria: (1) Represents a unique ar- and Texas mission systems would be exam- Has exerted great influence, over a span of tistic achievement, a masterpiece of the cre- ined.) Criteria: (iv) An outstanding example time, and within a cultural area of the ative genius; and (ii) has exerted great influ- of a type of structure which illustrates a sig- world, on developments in architecture. ence, over a span of time, and within a cul- nificant stage in history. Marquette Building, Chicago, Illinois (41 tural area of the world, on developments in Savannah Historic District, Georgia. The deg. 52’ N.; 87 deg. 40’ W.). Architects William architecture. first settlement in the English colony of Holabird and Martin Roche make their first Architecture: Wright School Georgia, which was founded with philan- decisive statement on a new concept in A single, or thematic, nomination rep- thropic intent, Savannah has retained much building—steel framing. Constructed 1893–4. resentative of this group will be considered. of James Oglethorpe’s original city plan and Criteria: (ii) Has exerted great influence, Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Illi- possesses many structures of architectural over a span of time, and within a cultural nois (41 deg. 52’ N.; 87 deg. 50’ W.). Wright merit. Criteria: (ii) Has exerted great influ- area of the world, on developments in archi- lived and practiced here, in the Shingle-style ence, over a span of time, or within a cul- tecture. home he built for his family, during the tural area of the world, on developments in Reliance Building, Chicago, Illinois (41 deg. ‘‘First Golden Age’’ of his long career. Con- town-planning; and (vi) directly and tangibly 52’ N.; 87 deg. 40’ W.). This building (1890–5) structed 1889–98. Criteria: (ii) Has exerted associated with events or with ideas of out- by Daniel Burnham and John Root is a key great influence, over a span of time, and standing universal significance. monument of the ‘‘Chicago School.’’ It has a within a cultural area of the world, on devel- Architecture: Early United States steel framework and is covered with terra opments in architecture. cotta sheating except on the granite first Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois (41 deg. Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia (38 floor. Windows form continous bands and are 52’ N.; 87 deg. 50’ W.). Wright designed the deg. 0’ N.; 78 deg. 30’ W.). Thomas Jefferson, ‘‘Chicago windows’’ large single, fixed panes Temple with a rooftop skylight, rather than the third American President, was a popular- of glass which fill an entire bay except for a steeple. Constructed in 1906 of poured con- izer of the Classic Revival architectural narrow, movable, double hung sash in the crete, the Temple is basically a concrete style. In Monticello, his mansion, he com- project bays. Criteria: (ii) Has exerted great cube with stark and largely unornamented bined elements of Roman, Palladian, and influence, over a span of time, and within a interior walls. Criteria: (ii) Has exerted great 18th-century French design with features ex- cultural area of the world, on developments influence, over a span of time, and within a pressing his extraordinary personal inven- in architecture. cultural area of the world, on developments tiveness. Criteria: (i) A unique artistic Rookery Building, Chicago, Illinois (41 deg. in architecture. achievement, a masterpiece of the creative 52’ N.; 87 deg. 40’ W.). One of the last great Robie House, Chicago, Illinois (41 deg. 52’ genius; and (ii) has exerted great influence, masonry structures of the 19th century, de- N.; 87 deg. 40’ W.). This brick house, with its over a span of time and within a cultural signed by Daniel Burnham and John W. low horizontal emphasis, was designed by area of the world, on developments in archi- Root. Constructed in 1886–88, The Rookery is Wright in his ‘‘Prairie’’ style, utilizing an tecture. a transitional structure which presaged the open plan focused on a large central chimney University of Virginia Historic District, modern steel frame office building. It com- mass. He continued inside walls to the exte- Charlottesville, Virginia (38 deg. 0’ N.; 78 deg. bines skeletal cast-iron columns and span- rior to tie the surrounding landscape to the 30’ W.). Includes original classrooms and pro- drel beams supporting masonry with granite house. Constructed 1907–9. Criteria: (ii) Has fessors’ quarters housed in pavilions aligned and brick and terra cotta. Criteria: (ii) Has exerted great influence, over a span of time, on both sides of an elongated terraced court, exerted great influence, over a span of time, and within a cultural area of the world, on as well as the doomed Rotunda, a scaled- and within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture. down version of the Pantheon which was the developments in architecture. Taliesin, Wisconsin (43 deg. 10’ N.; 90 deg. focal point of Thomas Jefferson’s design. Jef- South Dearborn Street-Printing House 10’ W.). The second great center of Wright’s ferson envisioned a community of scholars Row North Historic District, Chicago, Illi- activity, this combination of home, work- living and studying in an architecturally nois (41 deg. 52’ N.; 87 deg. 40’ W.). This com- shop, laboratory, and retreat consists of sev- unified complex of buildings. Criteria: (i) A mercial district contains landmark struc- eral groupings of structures designed individ- unique artistic achievement, a masterpiece tures in the development of skyscraper con- ually to suit their different uses. It is the of the creative genius; and (ii) has exerted struction and some of the finest achieve- summer home and studio of the Taliesin Fel- great influence, over a span of time and ments of the ‘‘Chicago School’’ of architects: lowship. Criteria: (ii) Has exerted great in- within a cultural area of the world, on devel- The Manhattan Building by William Le fluence, over a span of time, and within a opments in architecture. Baron Jenny, the first complete steel skele- cultural area of the world, on developments Architecture: Modern U.S. ton building, with wind bracing; the Daniel in architecture. Consideration will be given to the nomina- Burnham-designed Fisher Building, an early FallingWater, Pennsylvania (39 deg. 55’ N.; tion of a ‘‘thematic’’ Chicago School dis- curtain-wall structure; the Old Colony Build- 90 deg. 25’ W.). One of the most famous of trict, including some of the properties listed ing by Holabird and Roche, using Corydon Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs, regarded by in this grouping. Purdy’s wind bracing system; and the Mo- many as his masterwork. Criteria: (i) A Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois (41 nadnock Building, by Burnham and Root unique artistic achievement, a masterpiece deg. 51’ 87 deg. 40’ W.). Constructed in 1889, (north section) and Holabird and Roche of the creative genius. this building is one of the most important (south section), one of the largest masonry Engineering works by Chicago School architects bearing-wall structures ever built. Criteria: Brooklyn Bridge, New York (40 deg. 42’ N.; Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan. Criteria: (ii) Has exerted great influence, over a span 73 deg. 57’ W.). Built by John A. and Wash- (i) A unique artistic achievement, a master- of time, and within a cultural area of the ington A. Roebling, the Brooklyn Bridge was piece of creative genius; and (ii) has exerted world, on developments in architecture. one of the world’s first wire cable suspension great influence, over a span of time, and Prudential (Guaranty) Building, Buffalo, bridges. The technical, problems faced in its within a cultural area of the world, on devel- New York (42 deg. 50’ N.; 78 deg. 50’ W.). The construction were solved by solutions that opments in architecture. last collaborative effort of Dankmar Adler established precedents in bridge building. Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Store, and Louis Sullivan, the 13-story Prudential, The cables themselves are supported by two Chicago, Illinois (41 deg. 52’ N.; 87 deg. 40’ constructed in 1895, is a trumpth of early massive Gothic pylons, each with two point- W.). A commercial establishment designed skyscraper design. It links two skyscraper ed arches. The main span is 1595 feet. Cri- by Louis Sullivan in an original and prac- periods and departs from the earlier com- teria: (iv) An outstanding example of a type tical form, Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company mercial use of elaborate ornamentation in of structure which illustrates a significant was his last large commercial commission. favor of an emphatically vertical appear- stage in history. An iron and steel framwork supports the ance. Although appearing rectangular in Eads Bridge, Illinois-St. Louis, Missouri (38 structure, which is most notable for its shape, it is actually U-shaped due to light deg. 40’ N.; 90 deg. 10’ W.). The first major CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2215 bridge in the world in which steel was em- was exploded here in July 1945. Criteria: (vi) Marashlian, Professor of History at Glendale ployed in the principal members. The sec- Directly and tangibly associated with an Community College, California: ondary members and the tubes enveloping event of outstanding universal significance. the steel staves forming the arch ribs are of Humanitarian Endeavor and Social Reform Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, thank you for this opportunity to speak be- wrought iron. Criteria: (iv) An outstanding New Harmony Historic District, Indiana fore you on an issue which is intimately tied example of a type of structure which illus- (38 deg. 08’ N.; 87 deg. 55’ W.). Founded by the trates a significant stage in history. Rappite religious sect in 1815, New Harmony to American History and directly related to Washington Monument, District of Colum- was purchased in 1825 by British visionary the welfare of Turkey and to the success of bia (38 deg. 52’ N.; 77 deg. 02’ W.). The hollow and socialist reformer Robert Owen, who the United States policy in a region of the shaft, free of exterior decoration, is the tall- sought to alleviate evils spawned by the fac- world which is critically important economi- est free-standing masonry structure in the tory system. Some 35 structures from the cally and strategically. world (555 feet). It commemorates the Rappite-Harmonist period survive. This In 1919, a political body called The Na- achievements of George Washington, first property will be compared to Owenite re- tional Congress of Turkey confirmed the President of the United States. Criteria: (iv) mains in the United Kingdom and to other overwhelming American evidence that the An outstanding example of a type of struc- communal societies in the U.S. Criteria: (vi) Armenians of the Ottoman Empire were vic- ture which illustrates a significant stage in Directly and tangibly associated with events tims of a mass destruction during World War history. of outstanding universal significance. I. The National Congress of Turkey declared Science and Industry Chapel Hall, Gallaudet College, District of that the ‘‘guilt’’ of the Turkish officials who McCormick Farm and Workshop, Virginia Columbia. This large Gothic Revival struc- ‘‘conceived and deliberately carried out this (37 deg. 40’ N.; 79 deg. 35’ W.). of the inven- ture (1867–70) is the earliest major building infernal policy of extermination and robbery tions that revolutionized agriculture during at the college, the only institution of higher is patent,’’ those officials ‘‘rank among the the first half of the 19th century, the me- learning specifically devoted to the edu- greatest criminals of humanity.’’ chanical reaper (1834), was probably the most cation of the deaf. Criteria: (vi) Directly and The official Turkish gazette Takvimi Vekayi important. The well-preserved farmhouse tangibly associated with events or ideas of published the verdict of the post-war Otto- and workshop of Cyrus McCormick, its in- outstanding universal significance. ventor, are included within this property. Warm Springs Historic District, Georgia man trials of those officials. The Turkish Criteria: (vi) Directly and tangibly associ- (32 deg. 50’ N.; 84 deg. 40’ W.). The National court ruled that the intention of the Otto- ated with events of outstanding universal Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which man leaders was :‘‘the organization and exe- significance. grew out of the Warm Springs Foundation cution’’ of the ‘‘crime of massacre.’’ Original Bell Telephone Laboratories, New established by Franklin D. Roosevelt, be- German Ambassador Johann Bernstorff, York (40 deg.45’ N.; 74 deg. 0’ W.). From 1898 came one of the leading charitable institu- whose country was allied with Turkey, wrote to 1967, America’s largest industrial research tions of the 20th century. Warm Springs Hos- about ‘‘Armenia where the Turks have been laboratory, responsible for numerous con- pital was the major international center for systematically trying to exterminate the tributions to pure science and pioneering the treatment of infantile paralysis (polio); Christian population.’’ Raphael Lemkin, who work in telecommunications technology. the research that led to the development of coined the word genocide in 1944, specifically Criteria: (vi) Directly and tangibly associ- the preventive vaccines had its roots here. cited the ‘‘genocide of the Armenians.’’ ated with events of outstanding universal Criteria: (vi) Directly and tangibly associ- Those who today deny the Armenian Geno- significance. ated with events of outstanding universal General Electric Research Laboratory, cide are resorting to academically unsound significance. revisionism, in order to prevent the moral Schenectady, New York (42 deg. 50’ N.; 73 International Affairs deg. 55’ W.). A three-building complex recog- act of remembering this crime against hu- nized as the first industrial research facility Aleutian Islands Unit of the Alaska Mari- manity. In the process, the deniers are doing in the United States. Since its construction time National Wildlife Refuge (Fur Seal a disservice to the majority of today’s Turk- in 1900, work at the laboratory has made Rookeries), Alaska (57 deg. 30’ N.; 170 deg. 30’ ish people. By keeping the wounds open with many contributions to scientific knowledge, W.). Originally frequented by the native peo- their stonewalling tactics, by making it nec- especially in the areas of physics and chem- ples of Alaska, these islands have lured Rus- essary to have hearings like this, they force istry. Criteria: (vi) Directly and tangibly as- sian, British, French, Spanish, and American the Turkish people to continue wearing like sociated with events of outstanding univer- fur hunters since the 18th century. The seal an albatross the negative image earned by a sal significance. herds have several times been threatened circle of officials who ruled eight decades Goddard Rocket Launching Site, Massa- with extinction due to indiscriminate hunt- ago. ing, but a notable 1911 convention between chusetts (42 deg. 12’ N.; 71 deg. 50’ W.). At A consideration of House Con. Res. 47, the United States, the United Kingdom, Rus- this site, on March 16, 1926, Dr. Robert H. which remembers ‘‘the genocide perpetrated Goddard launched the World’s first liquid sia (USSR), and Japan has provided them with international protection and manage- by the governments of the Ottoman Empire propellant rocket, an event that set the from 1915 to 1923,’’ would provide a good op- course for future developments in rocketry. ment. Today’s flourishing herds illustrate the international application of conservation portunity to draw a distinction between the Criteria: (vi) Directly and tangibly associ- guilty and the innocent Turks, to remember ated with events of outstanding universal principles. Criteria: (vi) Directly and tan- gibly associated with events of outstanding also the Turks of decency who opposed their significance. government’s policy of inhumanity. Lowell Observatory, Arizona (35 deg. 12’ N.; universal significance. 111 deg. 40’ W.). Astronomical research con- Statue of Liberty National Monument, At a time today when so many people in ducted at this observatory, founded by Dr. New Jersey-New York (40 deg. 37’ N.; 74 deg. our society too often shirk their individual Percival Lowell, has greatly enhanced man’s 03’ W.). French historian Edouard Laboulaye responsibility to make personal choices knowledge of the Universe. Most significant suggested the presentation of this statue to based on principles and values, it is a good of the observatory’s discoveries was the first the United States, commemorating the alli- lesson for us to recall the years when Amer- observable evidence of the expanding uni- ance of France and the United States during ican witnesses and Turkish civilians made verse, made by Dr. V. M. Slipher in 1912. The the American Revolution. The cooper colos- the personal choice to resist a wrong and observatory is also noted for intensive stud- sus was designed by Frederic Auguste Bar- save human lives, when a few Turkish offi- ies of Mars, the discovery of Pluto, and re- tholdi and erected according to plans by Gus- cials even chose to object, even though doing search in zodiacal light and sunspot phenom- tave Eiffel. The national monument also in- so could have endangered their own lives. cludes Ellis Island, the depot through which ena. The 24-inch Lowell refracting telescope, One was an Ottoman Senator, Ahmed Riza. many millions of immigrants and emigrants installed in 1896, is in operation in its origi- In December 1915 he courageously con- passed. Criteria: (iv) An outstanding example nal housing. Criteria: (vi) Directly and tan- demned the policy to destroy and deport of type of structure which illustrates a sig- gibly associated with events of outstanding Turkey’s two million Armenian citizens and nificant stage in history, and (vi) directly universal significance. expropriate their assets, which authorities Pupin Physics Laboratories, Columbia Uni- and tangibly associated with events of out- standing universal significance. were carrying out under the cover of a legis- versity, New York (40 deg. 45’ N.; 73 deg. 58’ lative fig leaf euphemistically called the W.). Enrico Fermi conducted his initial ex- f Abandoned Properties Law. periments on the fission of uranium in these laboratories. In addition, the uranium atom ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ‘‘It is unlawful to designate’’ Armenian was split here on January 25, 1939, 10 days properties as abandoned, declared Senator after the world’s first splitting in Copenha- HON. GEORGE P. RADANOVICH Riza, because they did not leave their prop- gen. The cyclotron control room contains erties voluntarily. They were ‘‘forcibly’’ re- OF CALIFORNIA the table which held the instruments used on moved from their homes and exiled. ‘‘Now that night. The United States would consider IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the government is selling’’ their possessions. nominating this site only if the Copenhagen Friday, October 16, 1998 ‘‘Nobody can sell my property if I am unwill- location is no longer extant. Criteria: (vi) Di- ing to sell it. This is atrocious. Grab my rectly and tangibly associated with events of Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, on May arm, eject me from my village, then sell my outstanding universal significance. 15, 1996, this testimony on the Armenian goods and properties? Such a thing can never Trinity site, New Mexico (33 deg. 45’ N.; 106 Genocide was submitted to the House Com- be permissible. Neither the conscience of the deg. 25’ W.). The world’s first nuclear device mittee on International Relations by Levon Ottomans nor the law can allow it.’’