19606 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 6, 198~ EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS ALBERTA HARDY PERRY, ter members to the board of trustees, a posi­ First Congressional District, the State, and the OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR tion she held for 12 years. Upon serving as Nation. vice chairperson for 7 years, Mrs. Perry was HON. JAMES J. FLORIO elected chairperson. At that time, Mrs. Perry was the only woman chairperson of either a 2- HISPANIC LITERACY: IN THE OF NEW JERSEY NATIONAL INTEREST IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES or 4-year public college board of trustees in the State of New Jersey. Tuesday, August 5, 1986 She has conducted workshops for the HON. ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, I would like to American Association of College Trustees OF CALIFORNIA pay tribute to a highly respected community (AACD in Washington, DC, in Atlanta, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES leader residing in the First Congressional Dis­ New Orleans. Additionally, Mrs. Perry served trict, Alberta Hardy Perry. in numerous capacities at the AACT national Tuesday, August 5, 1986 Alberta Hardy Perry is a native of Mickleton, convention at Miami, Portland, St. Louis, and Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I want to share Gloucester County, NJ. She began her educa­ Vancouver, Canada. an article with my colleagues on literacy prob­ tion at the historic Little Red School, Mickle­ Among the honors bestowed on her are: lems facing Hispanic Americans. This article ton, and graduated as valedictorian from Honorary member of the American Speech titled "Hispanic Literacy: In the National Inter­ Swedesboro High School. Two years of higher and Hearing Association, Washington, DC; est" was written by Raul Yzaguirre, president education was completed at Glassboro 1978-Distinguished Alumni Award, Glouces­ of the National Council of La Raza. Mr. Yza­ Normal School. She received a bachelor of ter State College; 1975-South Jersey guirre has been working to provide a positive science degree in elementary education later Woman of the Year, Gloucester County response to the very real problems of adult from Glassboro State College. Branch NAACP; 1977-Medallion Award for English illiteracy. I believe the information con­ In 1955, Mrs. Perry graduated with a master Community Service, Gloucester County Col­ tained in the article is important and I want to of education degree from Temple University lege; 1976-0utstanding Community Service make this material available to other Members with a major in speech pathology and second­ Award from the Women's Progressive Club of of Congress. ary education. The article follows: In pursuit of further learning, she studied at Swedesboro; 1976-Certificate of Honor from HISPANIC LITERACY: lN THE NATIONAL the University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers of the New Jersey Federation of Women's INTEREST New Brunswick, and Trenton State College. Clubs; 1976-Centennial Medallion Carter

e 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. August 6, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19607 illiteracy; to meet the literacy needs of His­ DISASTER LOAN EFFICIENCY $100,000 may apply for reimbursement for ad­ panic dropouts; and to assist those who ACT BADLY NEEDED ministrative expenses. The guidelines should must meet literacy requirements to become U.S. citizens. be flexible enough to accommodate regional CUrrent efforts to reduce illiteracy among HON. JIM OUN business customs. Hispanics are grossly inadequate. Federal OF VIRGINIA The SBA Administrator may sell existing dis­ programs such as the Adult Education Act IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES aster loans. At least 90 days before such a and the Job Training Partnership Act sale, the SBA Administrator shall report to the Tuesday, August 5, 1986 are not targeted to serve the His­ House and Senate Small Business Commit­ panic and limited-English proficient com­ Mr. OLIN. Mr. Speaker, under the proposed tees providing evidence of how selling the munities. These programs underserve those Disaster Loan Efficiency Act, SBA authority to loans will be to the Government's economic who are most undereducated and thus most make disaster loans is terminated and other in need; providing English literacy services advantage. is not a priority activity. laws are changed to conform to the termina­ The maximum loan amounts for homeown­ Only one current federal program specifi­ tion. SBA oversight of lender and borrower eli­ ers and businesses will track present law. cally addresses the literacy of Hispanic gibility continues. Specifically, homeowr)ers and renters may adults. The Family English Literacy Pro­ Federally insured institutions including borrow up to $100,000 for real property and gram created by the 1984 Bilingual Educa­ banks, credit unions, and savings and loans $20,000 for personal property. Business tion Act provides English literacy services to will make the loans to small businesses, agri­ owners may borrow up to $500,000 for physi­ parents of children in bilingual programs, cultural cooperatives, and individuals. cal damage or economic injury. The SBA Ad­ both to increase parents' literacy skills and The SBA will continue to administer the dis­ to help them assist their children in school. ministrator may waive the $500,000 business Only four programs nationwide were funded aster loan program. Specifically, the SBA will borrowing cap for major sources of employ­ this year. be allowed to guarantee loans and give inter­ ment. It is inherently obvious why Hispanics are est subsidies to qualified borrowers. Two OMB indicates that up to $1 million may be concerned with the high rate of English il­ kinds of loans will be permitted: guaranteed saved in the first year private financial institu­ literacy: limited ability to read and write loans that have interest subsidies and guaran­ tions handle disaster loans. The first year sav­ English diminishes the life opportunities for teed loans with no interest subsidy. The Gov­ over half the members of our community. ings will be lower than in subsequent years ernment guarantee for all loans will be 90 per­ because of severance payments to SBA work­ However, all Americans would be well ad­ cent. vised to consider the cost to our country of ers and administrative costs connected with these high rates of illiteracy. Currently the SBA certifies that the borrower selling existing loans in the secondary market. Hispanics represent a growing and increas­ is a good credit risk and that the loan is of Savings as high as $4 million may be realized ingly important segment of the U.S. work sound value as reasonably to assure payment. in subsequent years. force and citizenry. An inadequately pre­ Financial institutions will assume responsibility The need for regional office employees who pared work force threatens productivity and for making this certification before approving international competitiveness. The next currently make and service SBA disaster disaster loans. The financial institutions will loans will be all but eliminated under this pro­ century will bring a growing population of also assume the SBA's present duty to certify retired White workers increasingly depend­ posal. For example, in 1985, $13.1 million was ent on the earnings of minority workers to that the borrower requires the Government allocated for disaster loanmaking and $6.3 support the Social Security system. The na­ guarantee and/or subsidy and would not be million was allocated for disaster loan-servic­ tion's work force must be continuously re­ eligible for an nonguaranteed and/ or unsubsi­ ing. Savings will be derived from transferring plenished by adequately trained and func­ dized loan. Simply stated, borrowers taking the major portion of these responsibilities to tionally literate workers. Illiterate citizens part in the disaster program will be people private financial institutions. have difficulty casting an informed vote, who intend to pay back their loans but need Declared disaster: same as under existing and illiterate non-citizens are foreclosed the Government to guarantee and/or provide from seeking citizenship and participating law. The President or the SBA Administrator in our political process. an interest subsidy to make the loan repay­ continue to make the declaration. Perhaps the greatest threat to our demo­ ment terms manageable. The SBA's oversight Eligible lenders: federally insured commer­ cratic society comes from the inability to role will include reviewing the financial institu­ cial banks, credit unions. and savings and pass on our common culture. Our democrat­ tion's certifications. loans. ic values and national ideals, the basic tie As under current law, the term of the loan This act is badly needed. I hope all my col­ which binds all Americans together, must be will be not more than 30 years. leagues will join in supporting the Disaster shared by all communities. Civics, U.S. his­ Interest rates for disaster loans under this tory and government courses are core re­ Loan Efficiency Act. quirements in all our public schools. Howev­ proposal will be tied to the 6-month Treasury er, if students have already dropped out bill rate on the date the loan is approved. before they take these courses, if they The interest rate paid under this program STATE DEPARTMENT VISA cannot understand the language of instruc­ will be the 6-month Treasury bill rate plus 4¥2 POLICY RE NORTHERN IRE- tion in these important subjects, or lack the percent. Borrowers qualifying for the interest LAND NEEDS REVISIONS skills to read the textbooks, the schools subsidy will pay a 4 percent interest rate while cannot impart our common culture. the Government pays T-bill plus 4¥2 percent HON. MARIO BIAGGI Despite the rhetoric about the need to minus the 4 percent paid by the borrower. A protect English as our common language, I OF NEW YORK don't hear its proponents urging increased borrower may qualify for the 4 percent interest IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rate when the financial institution determines funds to teach English to illiterates and Tuesday, August 5, 1986 non-English speakers. Congress should that the borrower cannot pay the market inter­ enact a program to provide increased Eng­ est rate and that credit is not available else­ Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, as chairman of lish literacy services to Hispanic and other where. Borrowers who do not qualify for the the bipartisan 114-member Ad Hoc Congres­ limited-English-proficient adults. Such a interest subsidy will pay an interest rate of T­ sional Committee for Irish Affairs, I have had a program represents an investment in bill plus 4¥2 percent. If the total rate exceeds longstanding and deep concern about the De­ human capital which will lead to increased employability and decreased need for public 10 percent, borrowers and the Government partment of State's visa policies with respect assistance and services in the long run. Eng­ will split the amount of interest over 10 per­ to political figures from Northern Ireland seek­ lish literacy programs can also provide par­ cent. ing to enter and visit in the United States. ents with training to help their children In another SBA loan program, the business It has been a policy of selectivity which has succeed in school and help people to move loan guarantee program, the SBA ties the ceil­ served to exclude certain segments of political from permanent residency to citizenship ing for interest rates to the prime rate. It is im­ thought entirely while permitting others carte status. portant to note that under regulation Z which blanche privileges to come and go in our Illiteracy within the Hispanic community is not solely an Hispanic concern: it is a na­ governs the Federal Reserve, interest rates Nation. tional concern. Efforts to assure full Eng­ for loans going to individuals may not be tied In the past several weeks, the State Depart­ lish literacy on the part of all Americans are to the prime rate. ment approved the visa application of Rev. essential to assure an economically and po­ The SBA shall set up a system under which lan Paisley, a militant leader of the Democrat­ litically strong nation in the 21st century. financial institutions making loans under ic Unionist Party in Northam Ireland. Reverend 19608 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August G, 1986 Paisley was allowed to come to the United address their recent national convention. There are many other facets to Mary's life. States to participate in a special religious con­ But the U.S. State Department denied She is a charter member of the Associates of ference at the Bob Jones University in South Adams a visa to enter this country. the Redlands Bowl-nationally famous for its "Now, I have just learned that the U.S. Carolina. This is one of a host of visas grant­ State Department has allowed Ian Paisley summer concerts with internationally famous ed to Reverend Paisley by the Department of to enter this country and spew his message musicians and symphony orchestras-charter State. of hatred and violence. Why is it that Na­ member of Junior Woman of the Contempo­ Meanwhile, just 3 weeks earlier, the Depart­ tionalist Gerry Adams is not allowed to talk rary Club board of directors and holder of ment of State denied the visa application of to Americans, while the vehemently anti­ many offices on the Assistance League of Hon. Gerry Adams, an elected member of the catholic demagogue, Ian Paisley, is allowed Redlands, long time member and past presi­ British Parliament, who was invited to address to freely travel in the United States spout­ dent of the Contemporary Club, board of di­ the National Convention of the Ancient Order ing religious hatred and vilifying all who rectors and officer of the YMCA, board of di­ of Hibernians in Buffalo. This organization is would have the island of Ireland one nation, undivided? rectors Kimberly-Shirk Association and served the Nation's oldest and largest Irish American "The Ancient Order of Hibernians asks on the San Bernardino County Grand Jury. group and was celebrating its 150th anniver- our elected representatives to identify and The list of her accomplishments could go on sary this year. · call to task those persons in the U.S. State and on, covering a span of 46 years. Need­ The policy, as it is applied now, is in fact Department who formulate and carry out less to say, the life of Mary Spoor Wilson has censorship masquerading as a policy. When this despicable, two-faced, discriminato y been, and continues to be, a life of service to one segment of political thought is totally ex­ visa policy." her community, her county, her state, and her cluded, it is entirely inconsistent with the prin­ nation. ciple of free speech so central to our democ­ Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me in salut­ racy. One does not have to agree with a politi­ MARY SPOOR WILSON HONORED ing Mary Spoor Wilson. Her selfless contribu­ cal philosophy as much as one should accept tions and fine accomplishments make her an the principle that it has a right to be heard outstanding community leader and a most de­ and presented in this Nation. The Northern HON. JERRY LEWIS serving recipient of the Distinguished Citizen Ireland issue is a controversial and emotional OF CALIFORNIA Award. issue. Different sides have different perspec­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tives. Yet, by the fashion in which our visa Tuesday, August 5, 1986 policy is presently constructed, the American NATIONAL LOTTERY ACT OF public knows the British Government position, Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I 1986 the Irish Government position, and the militant would like to take this opportunity to pay trib­ Protestant position. Yet the views of the Na­ ute to a truly remarkable woman, Mary Spoor tionalist side in Northern Ireland are denied Wilson. Mary will be honored with the Distin­ HON. WILUAM CARNEY access to this Nation because none of their guished Citizen Award by the council and dis­ OF NEW YORK leaders are permitted to travel into the United trict of the Boy Scouts of America at a testi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES States. monial dinner on September 9 of this year. To add further irony to the situation, the De­ It is most appropriate that Mary should re­ Tuesday, August 5, 1986 partment denied Mr. Adams' visa because of ceive this award as it is designed to recognize Mr. CARNEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to alleged statements he made which they felt outstanding citizenship of those who strive to announce that last Tuesday, July 29, I intro­ were advocating for the overthrow of a gov­ make the community a better place in which duced H.R. 5273, entitled the "National Lot­ ernment. Meanwhile, Reverend Paisley, in a to live. Recipients of this award are truly role tery Act of 1986." series of statements issued in opposition to models to the youth of the community, as they This is far from a novel idea. The Continen­ the recent Anglo-Irish agreement, endorsed by must have a solid record of leadership and tal Congress approved a lottery to raise $10 the State Department, threatened to make service in his or her profession or avocation million to support the colonial troops in the Northern Ireland "ungovernable." and a dedication to the young people in the Revolutionary War. Three Ivy League institu­ I reiterate the position I have subscribed to community. tions-Harvard, Dartmouth, and Columbia­ for the past decade. The United States must Mary exemplifies the very attributes deemed were funded in part by lotteries. In 1934, Con­ adopt an open visa policy with respect to necessary for the Distinguished Citizen Award. gressman Edward A. Kenney introduced a bill Northern Ireland. It is vital that there be a full, At a very early age she began her life of serv­ to authorize the raising of funds by lottery for fair, and free exchange to views on this issue ice to the community and was launched into a the purpose of providing additional means of of importance to the 40 million Irish Ameri­ life of community service. Her family back­ defraying the cost of Government, including cans in this Nation. This exchange of views ground is one framed in patriotism, love, and expenditures authorized for veterans and their can never be accomplished when we close devotion to country. As a young bride during dependents. A poll commissioned in mid-1984 our doors on segments of political thought. World War II, she was a member of the Red found that 62 percent of those polled in the I have sent letters today to Chairmen FAs­ Cross Canteen and served on the board of United States would approve of a national lot­ CEU and LUGAR of the House and Senate the Serviceman Wives Organization. tery. Foreign Relations Committees to urge that With a growing family, Mary became active The purpose of this bill H.R. 5273, is to es­ they convene an immediate investigation into in the PTA, holding many offices in that orga­ tablish a National Lottery Commission which the visa policy and work for reforms to ensure nization at the local and county levels of the would be charged with the formation of and it be less selective and more responsive to all Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of America. regulation of a national lottery. It would func­ views. Having grown up in a home where political tion to create a surplus revenue fund to be At this point in the RECORD, I am inserting a activism was a part of one's responsibility as used to reduce the Federal debt. A trust fund statement from Nicholas Murphy, the new na­ a good citizen, Mary Spoor Wilson became for the revenue generated by the lottery shall tional president of the Ancient Order of Hiber­ just that, a true activist. In 1946, she gathered be set up within the Treasury under chapter nians, opposing the visa policy. a group of 100 young people for a dinner that 98 of the IRS Code of 1954. Expenditures A.O.H. PROTESTS U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT launched the birth of the Young Republicans from the trust fund will be divided as follows Two-FACED VISA POLICY: "YES" TO PAIS­ in the area. Mary represented San Bernardino to ensure their proper usage: At least 50 per­ LEY, "No" TO GERRY ADAJoiS County and was chosen to represent the cent will be used for the reduction of the Fed­ Statement of Nicholas Murphy, National Young Republicans on the southern division eral debt, and not more than 50 percent will President of the Ancient Order of Hiberni­ board of the California Federation of Republi­ be used for the payment of lottery prizes, ad­ ans in America: ministrative expenses, a minimum State sales "The Ancient Order of Hibernians pro­ can Women. tests and condemns the two-faced visa To list her credits and accomplishments in tax on ticket sales, and for certain social wel­ policy of the U.S. State Department. The the political world would be a tremendous fare programs under the Department of Health duly-elected Nationalist Member of Parlia­ task, but it can be said that she launched the and Human Services. In addition, all prizes ment from Belfast, Gerry Adams, was invit­ careers and contributed to the success of awarded through the national lottery will be ed by the Ancient Order of Hibernians to many great names in California politics. exempt from Federal income taxation. August 6, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19609 The Commission members would act to es­ soldiers of both the Union and Confederate American leader and injured two Boston po­ tablish a monthly lottery, issue regulations, Armies. licemen. define procedures such as the licensing of As the congregation grew, the church was Violence of this kind is not political. It is ticket agents, determine how winners shall be rebuilt, enlarged and remodeled several times criminal. American citizens have the right to selected and prizes paid, and facilitate consul­ before becoming the beautiful building it is live without fear for their lives, especially when tation with State and local agencies to mini­ today. The stone structure, remaining intact the fear is based on someone else's misguid­ mize the potential for conflict between these from 1896, is characterized by huge, rounded ed ideas about the meaning of one's ethnic bodies and the functioning of a national lot­ archways and towering columns. The interior background. tery. contains elegant stained glass windows, a Mr. Speaker, I call on all of my colleagues Several of my distinguished colleagues pipe organ, cushioned oak pews, a cross to stand up against discrimination against have proposed lottery legislation in the past, shape in the ceiling and a large cross below Arab-Americans, just as this body has stood unfortunately, without much success. Mr. the words of Psalm 100: 4. against other kinds of discrimination in the Speaker, I hope that my colleagues will join The congregation that assembles in West­ past. me in supporting this particular piece of legis­ port United Methodist Church consists of a lation which I feel is a creative, highly benefi­ variety of people from various social, econom­ cial, and manageable way in which we can ic and ethnic backgrounds, all gathering to WORKER RIGHT TO KNOW bring the Federal debt under control and work worship and pay homage in their esteemed ABOUT OCCUPATIONAL DIS­ toward its reduction without increasing the tax and tradition-filled church. EASE RISK burden on the American people. H.R. 5273 Mr. Speaker, it is with pleasure that I bring would also facilitate closer cooperation be­ Westport United Methodist Church's 150th an­ HON. JAMES J. FLORIO tween Federal, State, and local authorities, niversary to the attention of my colleagues in OF NEW JERSEY benefit State revenues through a tax on ticket the House of Representatives and invite them IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sales, and provide excess revenue for various to join with me in wishing the congregation Tuesday, August 5, 1986 social welfare programs. We surely need to many more years of outstanding community control the rate of Government spending, and service in Kansas City. May they continue to Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, we will soon be we must also attempt to reduce the deficit we feel pride for their noteworthy past, while debating an important piece of legislation that have already accumulated. I believe that working toward the future with vision, faith and addresses the fundamental right of workers in­ through the establishment of a national lottery love. volved in occupations that put them at high we can constructively generate surplus reve­ risk of contracting diseases to be aware of the nue while providing more jobs and reducing risks they face. I recently received an insight­ the Federal debt. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ful letter in support of H.R. 1309, the High ARAB-AMERICANS Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, from Dr. Irving Selikoff, profes­ WESTPORT UNITED METHODIST HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI sor emeritus of the Mount Sinai School of CHURCH CELEBRATES ITS OF PENNSYLVANIA Medicine of the City University of New York. 150TH ANNIVERSARY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Dr. Selikoff, a leader in the fields of epidemiol­ ogy and biostatistics, raises the point that HON. ALAN WHEAT Tuesday, August 5, 1986 most cancers are environmental in origin and OF MISSOURI Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today that the 400,000 annual cancer deaths can be IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to bring to your attention a problem which has reduced through an increased effort in preven­ become increasingly worrisome for those of tion. Tuesday, August 5, 1986 us who are concerned about the terrible ef­ As chairman of the House Subcommittee on Mr. WHEAT. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, Octo­ fects of racism in our Nation. For many years Commerce, Transportation and Tourism with ber 26, Westport United Methodist Church will we have all been aware of discriminatory atti­ jurisdiction over toxic substances, I have celebrate its 150th anniversary. I would like to tudes and practices directed against blacks, worked to call attention to the need for firm congratulate Rev. Gene E. Cole and the mem­ Hispanics, Jews, and other ethnic groups. standards for exposure to toxic substances as bers of his congregation on this historic occa­ While these problems have been, and contin­ well as community right to know provisions sion. ue to be serious and deserving of our atten­ that would enable workers and residents to be The church, one of the oldest in Kansas tion, there has been precious little attention aware of what types of substances are being City, has maintained a long tradition of dedica­ paid to a new racist attitude which has spread manufactured in their communities. In particu­ tion to charitable works and community serv­ throughout our Nation in recent years. lar, I have focused on the need for action re­ ice since its founding in 1836 by Rev. James I am referring to racism directed at Arab­ lating to asbestos exposure, one of the most Porter. The Reverend Porter came to Kansas Americans. Some small-minded people have serious occupational carcinogens. I support City from Tennessee to preach "under brush discriminated against Arab-Americans simply H.R. 1309 and am pleased that this legislation arbors, trees, and in homes." He first held because leaders of certain Arab nations, such creates a much needed mechanism for in­ services in a private home and then in an old as Libya's Col. Mu'ammar Qadhafi, have forming employees of the risks they face schoolhouse at the corner of Archibald and taken militant anti-American stances. when exposed to toxic substances. Central Streets. In 1846, the local Baptist, This is, of course, a reprehensible attitude. There are two components to preventing Christian, and Presbyterian churches joined Arab-Americans should not be judged any the spead of disease and hardship due to oc­ with the Methodists to create the Union less patriotic Americans than any other group cupational exposure to toxic substances. The Church, a building that would serve all four simply because a foreign government current­ first-an established regulatory framework for denominations. ly in power opposes the United States. preventing exposure by informing workers and Seven years later, the Methodists withdrew To date, not one Arab-American has been residents of the hazards of existing chemicals from the Union Church to construct a church accused of acts of terrorism or treason in this in the workplace and community-is being at Westport United Methodist Church's country. Yet unsubstantiated prejudices and shaped through regulations such as the OSHA present site of 40th and Washington Streets ethnic slurs continue. This kind of harassment hazard communication standard and commu­ in Kansas City's historic Westport region. The unfairly victimizes many loyal Americans be­ nity-right-to-know provisions in the Superfund lower level of the two-story wooden church cause of the actions of a few desperate indi­ reauthorization bill. served as Kansas City's first public school, viduals 6,000 miles away from our shores. The second component deals with workers which later became known as Allen Elementa­ In the last year, more than 50 cases of vio­ that have already been exposed to these dan­ ry School and Westport High School. lence have been reported against Arab-Ameri­ gerous substances and currently face a high During the Civil War Battle of Westport in cans for no other reason than their ethnic risk of contracting diseases as a result. It is 1864, the church's leaders converted the background. Among the most dastardly of morally important that these workers be in­ church into a hospital and the members these acts were three separate bombings in formed of their risk and that they be directed bravely ministered aid to wounded and dying three American cities which killed a Arab- to appropriate resources for medical assist- 19610 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 6, 1986 ance and counseling. If the disease is detect­ ronmental disease by preventing exposure is the prevention of cancer and other work-re­ ed early enough, suffering can be reduced in place. The laws, and the agenices to im­ lated diseases. and life can be prolonged. plement these laws, exist. Only the will is Respectfully yours, H.R. 1309 provides for the creation of a needed to put them to use. IRVING J. SELIKOrF, Professor Emeritus, Mt. Sinai School of Risk Assessment Board within the Department The second step has not been taken and is long overdue. When our regulatory efforts Medicine of the City UniversitJI of New of Health and Human Services which will iden­ are too little or too late, and exposure has York. tify and isolate worker groups that run a 30- unhappily occurred, there is still often time percent risk of disease. The Board would then to prevent the disease. Even before disease notify these individuals and recommend that actually appears, a chain of events takes IS BIPARTISANSHIP IN FOREIGN they place themselves under medical surveil­ place during the incubation <"latency") POLICY MAKING A COMEBACK? lance. The legislation also designated existing period that can often be broken. And, if dis­ health care and research facilities as occupa­ ease does occur, if we detect it early enough, HON. BILL RICHARDSON tional and environmental health centers and we often are able to reduce suffering and provides for further research in this field. This prolong life. OF NEW MEXICO legislation is a necessary supplement to regu­ To take that second step requires that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lations dealing with exposure of individuals to those exposed ing to seek your support for major legisla­ gently, efficiently and cost effectively pre­ Recently, the House of Representatives tion to prevent cancer and other occupa­ venting disease are embodied in the High voted 221-209 to provide $100 million in tional diseases: H.R. 1309/S. 2050-The Risk Occupational Disease Notification and military and humanitarian aid to the Nica­ High Risk Occupational Disease N otifica­ Prevention Act, currently pending before raguan democratic resistance, the contras. tion and Prevention Act. I believe enact­ the House of Representatives and the ment of the legislation is critical to the goal At the same time it voted to provide $300 United States Senate. million in extra economic assistance to the of disease prevention. We can prevent much cancer if we identify, notify Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatema­ of Medicine confirmed what many scientists and assist these American workers who have la. and physicians have been saying: that been exposed to carcinogens and other toxic Fifty-one Democratic members supported cancer is caused, by and large, by agents in agents in the past and who in, the coming 5, the Bipartisan Edwards-Skelton amend­ our environment, and that to reduce the 10, or 15 years, are at risk of occupational ment, including a number of members who number of cancer deaths we must direct our efforts and re­ legislation. At present, there is no estab­ March. The bipartisan support for a strong sources toward prevention rather than the lished national program to notify current Central American policy was not limited to almost total reliance on treatment of cancer and former employees at identified risk the 51 Democrats but also included other once it appears. from toxic exposures so that appropriate Democrats, many of whom supported the Until 1960 cancer was viewed by many as counseling and medical surveillance can proposal of my Democratic colleague from one among a number of diseases of life begin to protect their health. In addition to Oklahoma, Dave McCurdy, which was simi­ which occurred inevitably with age. Two identification, notifcation and counseling, lar in important respects to the measure concurrent experiences changed that per­ the High Risk bill calls for expanded federal which passed. An indication of this broader spective. First, statistics from different research, training and education to further support was a subsequent amendment that countries showed varying cancer rates. For identify and define worker populations at sought to provide only refugee assistance of example, higher levels of stomach cancer risk and to improve the means of medical $27 million. Seventy-two Democrats opposed existed in Japan than in our country. Colon surveillance. that amendment. cancer was found to be high in the U.S. un­ The bill also authorizes and directs certifi­ This last debate on Nicaragua indicated common in Rumania. There were many cation of occupational and environmental an important development-the re-emer­ more examples all of which had two possi­ health centers among existing health-care gence of a bipartisan consensus on foreign ble explanations. Either there was some­ facilities to provide technical support to policy. Like the first buds hinting at the thing different about the populations in coming of spring, this vote on aid to the local medical communities for ongoing med­ contras might herald the restoration of the these countries, or there was something dif­ ical surveillance of workers at risk. It cre­ ferent about the way they lived. bipartisan consensus that existed prior to Secondly, in a series of occupational cir­ ates an insurance incentive for the early de­ Vietnam. cumstances, various chemicals, dusts and ra­ tection and treatment of occupational dis­ It is a development that we-in the Con­ diation were found to cause cancer. Liver ease while establishing a set of protections gress and in the administration-would do cancer was found in Louisville, Niagara for workers against discrimination on the well to encourage for the benefit of the Falls, Midland and South Charleston from basis of their identification and notification nation and those around the world who exposure to vinyl chloride; benzidine in dye status. hope to live in peace and freedom. plants produced bladder cancer; mesoth­ With respect to this sizable share of can­ On March 12, 1947, President Harry lloma followed asbestos exposures; benzene, cers and other diseases arising from work­ Truman addressed a joint session of Con­ chromium, bischloromethyl ether, betan­ place hazards, the prospects for successful gress and declared "that it must be the apthylamtne, arsenic, and others were found intervention are promising. It is all the policy of the United States to support free to cause cancer in mine factory and refinery more disconcerting, therefore, that people peoples who are resisting attempted subju­ workers. at high risk are not being sought out, in­ gation by armed minorities or by outside Thus, as early as 1965, there was growing formed and helped to help theinselves. The pressures." The policy of containment enun­ appreciation that most cancers were envi­ cancers of the 1990s and the 21st Century ciated in this speech served this country ronmental in origin. More than 20 years are being initiated now and we are doing well over the course of the next two dec­ later this realization has been confirmed very little to prevent them. We should not ades. and reconfirmed a thousand times. To reit­ abandon to unnecessary death and disease Western Europe and Japan, devastated by erate what has become a virtual truism­ thousands of worldng men and women-and the Second World War, prospered both eco­ cancer is a disease more easily prevented sometimes their children. nomically and politically under U.S. protec­ than cured. The question Is how? Your support for the High Risk Occupa­ tion. A large peacetime military, the cre­ The Congress has taken the first steps: tional Disease Notification and Prevention ation of the CIA, a unified Department of the regulatory apparatus to prevent envi- Act can make a tremendous advance toward Defense, NATO, the Marshall Plan, were August 6, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19611 just some of the dramatic changes that AFRICA MOVES TO HELP ITSELF Improve health care, utilizing the primary came about as a result of a bipartisan con­ health care strategy with emphasis on serv­ sensus that fought isolationists of the left ices for women and children and with par­ and right. The United States decided to HON. JAMES H. SCHEUER ticular attention to implementing rapidly assume the responsibilities and burdens of OF NEW YORK the child survival strategy consisting of: its status as a world power. The leaders of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES growth monitoring, oral rehydration, breast that era had learned the hard and bitter les­ Tuesday, August 5, 1986 feeding, immunization, female education, sons of an ea'rlier generation: Isolationism food supplementation, and family planning; did not guarantee peace; appeasement only Mr. SCHEUER. Mr. Speaker, we are all Introduce and strengthen programmes of encouraged dictators. aware of the terrible plight of sub-Saharan family planning information and services, Africa. including those of government, non govern­ In Vietnam, however, we misapplied the Besides the recent and tragic famine, ment organisations, and the private sector; policy of containment. Europe was, and re­ today's Africa is beset by many serious prob­ Provide realistic and relevant approaches mains, vital to the security of the United lems: overpopulation, deteriorating infrastruc­ to education that will impart skills especial­ States; Vietnam never was. President Ken­ tures, lagging economic development, inter­ ly in agriculture and rural development and nedy was right when he s8.id that in the mittent warfare, and widespread environmen­ emphasize the dignity of labour. This final analysis it was their war to win or lose. should include population and family life tal despoilation. Our efforts in Vietnam should have been education within and at all stages of the confined to providing support, but not However, I speak today with a degree of re­ formal school system and outside of it. taking on the fight ourselves. The years newed hope and optimism based on my expe­ Improve the status of women through in­ after 1965 witnessed the progressive unrav­ rience at the first All-African Conference on creased educational and employment oppor­ eling of the consensus on foreign policy that Population and Development, which was held tunities, elimination of laws that discriminate against women, know the tragic outcome-58,000 Americans At this conference, parliamentarians from and, where it is not already the case, ratifi­ killed, South Vietnam and Laos brought 31 African countries and representatives from cation of the U.N. Convention on the Elimi­ under communist rule, and a holocaust per­ another 10 African nations which lack parlia­ nation of All Forms of Discrimination petrated on the people of Cambodia. ments, came together to discuss the implica­ Against Women. Adopt realistic migration policies that re­ Our frustrating experience in Vietnam re­ tions of uncontrolled population growth to de­ spect the human rights of migrants and re­ sulted in an important transformation at velopment hopes and aspirations of all kinds. cognise the contributions of migrants to home-the loss of self-confidence, of nation­ This was the first conference held by Africans both sending and receiving areas. Refugees, al purpose, by Americans about their coun­ to discuss the critical problem of the popula­ as one category of migrants, deserve special try's role in the world. This loss of self-con­ tion explosion in Africa. It demonstrates that attention, and governments should consult fidence was followed by communist victories African leadership finally appears ready to each other to find solutions to the refugee in Angola, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Nica­ take responsibility for its excessive rate of problem. ragua. The dramatic successes of the 1940s population growth. Strive to achieve self sufficiency in food and '50s in Europe and Japan were followed Over the next several days, I plan to intro­ production in Africa by improved land man­ by setbacks in the Third World in the 1960s duce into the record several of the statements agement and increased financial and techni­ and '70s. cal investments in the agricultural sector, made at this conference. Today, I am includ­ and improvement in intra African trade. Today, a number of us in the Democratic ing the resolutions and declarations that were Protest and restore the environment and Party are involved in an effort to re-estab­ unanimously adopted by the conference. adopt national conservation strategies that lish that bipartisan consensus on matters of ALL-AFRICA PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON endeavour to maintain a balance between foreign policy that existed prior to Vietnam. POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT natural resources and the demands of cur­ This is mostly a matter for Democrats to DECLARATION rent and future generations. hash out. It was in the Democratic Party Formulate and implement national popu­ that the great debate over Vietnam was 1. We, the Parliamentarians from 29 Afri­ can countries, having met in Harare, Zim­ lation policies and programmes that at­ fought, pitting those sharing George babwe from 12-16 May 1986 to address our­ tempt to decrease the high rates of popula­ McGovern's world outlook against those selves to the inter relationships between tion growth in Africa in order to help attain sharing the outlook of Truman, Kennedy Population and Development in Africa; a balance between the needs and opportuni­ and Johnson. Having reviewed and endorsed the differ­ ties of our people on the one hand and the We are making headway. The recent vote ent recommendations arising from various avatlable resources on the other. conferences, including the 1984 Kilimanjaro 3. To continue the work begun at this All in the House is an example of the progress. Africa Parliamentary Conference on Popu­ It was at the insistence of House Democrats Programme of Action for African Popula­ tion and Self Reliant Development, the lation and Development and to ensure that that the administration found $300 m1llion the articles of this Declaration are carried in unobligated foreign aid appropriations Mexico City Declaration of Population and Development, and the Action Plan adopted out, we further pledge ourselves: for the four democracies of Central Amer­ To establish a permanent African Counctl ica. Our Republican colleagues in the House at the International Parliamentary Assem­ bly on Population and Development in of Parliamentarians on Population and De­ supported us on this matter. It was House Mexico, 1984; velopment to continue to mobtlize national, Democrats who wanted tough language that Having taken stock of Africa's develop­ continental, and global support for popula­ would expel any resistance group found vio­ ment needs and resources in relation to its tion and development issues in Africa, to co­ lating human rights, smuggling drugs or population and having analyzed and dis­ ordinate the activities of national parlia­ misappropriating funds. Once again, our Re­ cussed our continent's food and agriculture; mentary groups and to promote collabora­ publican colleagues supported us on this environment; health, mortality and fertility; tion and exchange of experience among matter. It was House Democrats who insist­ education; employment, and migration; them, and to monitor implementation of the ed that groups left out in the last year's hu­ Aware that current and projected popula­ declaration adopted at this conference. manitarian aid effort, the Indians and the tion growth rates frustrate the achievement To establish in those countries with oper­ Southern Opposition Bloc, be included this of our economic and social goals in these ating parliaments, national parliamentary year. Once again, our Republican colleagues areas; groups on population and development supported us. Aware also that as elected representatives which will be afftliated with the African of the people, we have a unique role to play Parliamentary Counctl on Population and While we are not completely over the in the population and development process, Development. Vietnam syndrome of the 1970s, we are which includes not only our responsibtlities The Conference also expresses thanks to making progress. Putting together a work­ as law makers but also our role as leaders o{ the International Community for their sus­ put together the bipartisan coalition on for­ 2. Pledge ourselves to provide leadership, tained interest and help in the field of Pop­ eign policy that proved so successful in the and to support our governments and people ulation and Development in Africa which 20 years after World Warn. Unttl we put in efforts to improve the quality of life to we hope will continue and increase. that coalition back together, sustaining any our citizens. We dedicate ourselves specifi­ The Conference expresses Its special grati­ long-term policy on Central America will be cally to introducing legislation, educating tude to the Global Committee of Parliamen­ difficult, if not impossible. and promoting programmes to: tarians on Population and Development for 19612 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 6, 1986 _, co-sponsoring the Conference and for pro­ Senegal, Dr. Moustapha Toure. which for over 60 years has been America's viding the technical and financial support. Swaziland, Mr. E.G.F. Magagula. legal conscience. From the very beginning, RESOLUTION Tanzania, Mr. A.C. Tandau. the National Bar Association has been at We the All Africa Parliamentarians, Togo, Mr. Adja Bandja. the forefront of America's struggle for civil having met in Harare, Zimbabwe from 12-16 Tunisia, Mrs. Fathia Mzali. rights, equal justice under law, and human May 1986 to address ourselves to the inter Zaire, Mr. Maneng Ma Kong. rights around the world. More than ever relationships between Population and De­ Zambia, Mr. L. Mulimba. today, we need you in that battle-we need velopment in Africa, having reviewed the Zimbabwe, Mr. P.A. Chinamasa. your conscience, your commitment, and different recommendations arising from var­ your leadership. ious _conferences, including the 1984 Klli­ For the progress we have made together manjaro Programme of Action for African JUSTICE HERE AND ABROAD in the past three great decades of action on Population and Self Reliant Development, civil rights is now at greater risk than at the Mexico City Declaration of Population HON. MICKEY LELAND any time in those extraordinary years of and Development, and the action plan hope and action. To a large extent, that OF TEXAS progress was bipartisan. But when the going adopted at the International Parliamentary IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Assembly on Population and Development got tough on school desegregation in the in Mexico, 1984, being desirous that policy Tuesday, August 5, 1986 1950's, on voting rights in the 1960's, and on social and economic justice in the 1970's, it makers and legislators in Africa continue to Mr. LELAND. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my hold the issues of Population and Develop­ was the Democratic Party that heeded the ment in the forefront resolve that: colleagues to read the following address by call to a just society and advanced the great­ 1. There be instituted a permanent Coun­ Paul Kirk, the Democratic National Chairman, est dream of all-one America for all Ameri­ cil of African Parliamentarians, on Popula­ which he gave before the National Bar Asso­ cans, regardless of their race or sex or the tion and Development to continue to mobi­ ciation on July 28, 1986. country of their birth. lise national, continental and global support In his address Mr. Kirk reiterates the strong But the 1980's have been different. These for population and development issues in commitment that the Democratic Party has years have become a decade of retreat on civil rights. A Republican Administration Africa and to monitor implementation of had-and will continue to have-for justice the Declarations adopted at this and other and a Republican United States Senate are conferences on Population and Develop­ here in the United States and abroad, includ­ rolling back the clock on the brilliant initia­ ment held within and outside Africa. ing South Africa. tives and majestic achievements of Martin 2. An Interim Committee be constituted at If we, as Members of Congress, are sincere Luther King, Roy Wilkins, Fannie Lou this Conference to formulate a constitution in our desire to achieve justice and equality, Hamer, and Whitney Young. Instead of ad­ and rules of procedures and take other steps we have to be able to go beyond rhetoric into vancing the cause of economic equity cen­ necessary for the establishment of the said legislative action. Mr. Kirk's words concisely tral to the lives and the very future of Council of African Parliamentarians on and truthfully address this necessity. I urge all America's working men and women, the Democratic Party is struggling to hold the Population and Development. my colleagues to read this important address. 3. • • • for this Conference be elected as line, and to halt the unconscionable at­ Interim Committee for a period of twelve ADDRESS BY DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL tempts of those who should know better in months or up to the adoption of the consti­ CHAIRMAN, PAUL G. KIRK, JR. high places, yet who seek to reverse the tution for the proposed permanent council I want to thank President Gray for his hard-won successes of the past. of African parliamentarians on Population generous introduction. And I also commend I am here today to urge your strongest and Development which ever is the earlier. your President-Elect Tom Broome. possible support for the election of a Demo­ 4. For the purpose of continuity and effi­ As I travel the country, people ask, "Isn't cratic Majority in the Senate in 1986 and a ciency, the Secretary General elected at the it tough to be a Democrat these days?" But, Democratic President in 1988. We need a Harare All Africa Parliamentary Conference each day that goes by, my response comes a Senate that stands for equal justice in <1986) continue to hold this office as the little easier. You and I were schooled to un­ America and throughout the world. Instead Secretary General of the interim Commit­ derstand and practice justice in its true we have a Republican Senate that is wrong tee. meaning. on civil rights in this country, wrong on 5. All countries in Africa with Parlia­ Last week in the nation's capital, the Re­ apartheid in South Africa, and wrong on all ments, be requested to establish National publican President and the Republican At­ the other issues of social justice where Parliamentary groups on Population and torney General rejoiced as the Republican America can and should be doing better. Development, as a matter of urgency, which Vice President cast the deciding vote with And we need a President who will help us will be affiliated to the proposed African the majority of the Republican Senate to lead that fight, instead of urging us to Parliamentary Council on Population and support, through a public display of bargain sound retreat. Develoment. basement judge-swapping, the appointment We should not have to refight in the 6. The Global Committee of Parliamentar­ of their nominee to the Seventh Circuit 1980's the famous battles that were won ians on Population and Develoment pro­ Court of Appeals. with so much difficulty in the 1960's and vides the Interim Committee with the nec­ Last week as well, the government in Pre­ 1970's. We should not have a Senate that at­ essary assistance for the implementation of toria applauded as the same Republican Ad­ tempts to undermine the Voting Rights Act. this resolution. ministration, by its passive and pathetic re­ We should not have a Justice Department 7. Cooperating agencies such as UNDP, sponse, condoned the continued racial re­ that believes affirmative action is unconsti­ UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, UNCR, HABI­ pression of a majority of citizens in South tutional. And why should we have to settle TANT, World Band and IPPF continue to Africa. for a nominee as Chief Justice of the United provide technical and financial support both Last week, your definition, my definition, States a man who defends tax credits for at the national and regional level. America's definition of true justice was segregated schools, who thought Brown v. 8. All governments and private donors be stained here at home and around the globe Board of Education was wrongly decided in requested to continue to support parliamen­ by the Republican Party. 1954, and who did his best to intimidate tary activities in each country and through So to those who ask if it is tough to be a Black and Hispanic American voters in Ari­ the African Parliamentary Council on Popu­ Democrat these days, my reply it, "It is not zona in 1960? lation and Development. tough to be a Democrat-it is essential to be I share the concern of the NBA about the The following African Parliamentarians a Democrat if America's definition of true failure of the House and Senate to pass leg­ are hereby elected to constitute themselves justice is to be restored." islation to remedy the Supreme Court's un­ into an Interim Committee of the African And it is essential to elect more men and foruante decision in the Grove City College Parliamentary Council on Population and women who share our understanding of jus­ Case. When a school or hospital or any Development: tice. And so last week, it was my pleasure to other public or private institution receives Angola. Mr. Gelim Palm. be in the Second Congressional District of federal funds and engages in discrimination Botswana. Mr. P. Balopi. Mississippi, campaigning for Mike Espy because of sex or race or age or disabillty, Cote D'lvoir, Mrs. M. Achi Ahou Ya. whose election will make history for that all federal aid to that institution should be Gambia. Mr. SadJo Touray. State. We need Mike Espy's voice in the cut off-not just funds for the narrow pro­ Kenya, Mr. K1mani wa Nyoike . to be elected. so I ask you to be generous House of Representatives passed far-reach­ Liberia, Mr. Tuan Wreh. with your resources on Mike Espy's impor­ ing legislation to reinstate that fundamen­ Madagascar, Mr. J.L. Ramandriarisoa. tant campaign. tal principle-and it should never have been Mall, Mr. Moussa Toure. It is a special pleasure for me to be here permitted to die at the hands of a Republi­ Rwanda, Mr. Fidele Ntuyenabo. this week as a guest of the organization can filibuster in the Republican Senate. August 6, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19613 With the Democratic Senate we elect in Department of Justice." In this time of nity needs. I categorically reject the ideolo­ 1986, we will break that filibuster next time fiscal austerity, it is a waste of taxpayers' gy that regards government as the enemy. and pass the Civil Rights Restoration Act. money to fund an agency which has become Instead, in the New America I see, govern­ The use of federal aid to subsidize discrimi­ a "sham and a national disgrace." ment will be the catalyst that brings togeth­ nation in any way, shape, or form is wrong, But most of all, this Administration dis­ er the rich diversity of our society-business and it is time we had a Democratic Senate plays its true colors on civil rights in appall­ and labor, churches and community organi­ again to put that issue right once and for ing position on the great moral issue of our zations, neighborhoods and citizens. all. time-ending apartheid in South Africa. In the New America I see, the public and We also need a Congress able and willing Apartheid is 20th century slavery. It cannot private sectors will work in partnership for to challenge this Administration's unaccep­ be condoned; it must be condemned. This a brighter future of growth and opportuni­ tance retreat on affirmative action. Every Administration was quick to resort to tough ty. This era of reaction and retreat has run President since Franklin Roosevelt, Repub­ economic sanctions against Poland, Nicara­ its course. The New America I see is waiting licans and Democrats alike, have supported gua, and Libya-and it ought to be equally in the wings ready for us to begin a new these requirements for equal employment quick to invoke tough sanctions against burst of progress and achievement. opportunity-but not this Republican Presi­ South Africa. In such periods in the past, this country dent and not this Republican Administra­ I am proud of the Democratic Party and has always turned to the Democratic Party tion. The current standards for affirmative our record on South Africa. The Democratic as the engine for progress and constructive action recommended in the late 1960's to majority in the House of Representatives, change. So I am here to tell you day, "Start the Nixon Administration by a group of 350 led by Congressmen Ron Dellums and Bill your engines, Democrats-the future be­ corporations. Their proposals, including the Gray, has already led the way in adopting longs to us." "management by objectives" concept of legislation imposing far-reaching economic We know, of course, that our enduring goals and timetables, were included in the sanctions against South Africa. This week, values will never change. As Chairman of historic Department of Labor regulations in Democratic Senators Ted Kennedy and the Democratic Party, I know that we 1970, and they have remained substantially Alan Cranston will take that legislation cannot win unless we broaden our base. But, unchanged since that time. They are widely before the Republican Senate. I also know that we will not win if we aban­ accepted-and widely effective-and they Win or lose this week, the Democratic don our base. I know that the Democratic deserve to be continued. Party will not rest until apartheid is abol­ Party cannot sustain itself as the majority Contrary to the distortions of Ed Meese ished. America has fought too hard against party in America if it takes the minorities of and Brad Reynolds, the Executive Order on racism in our land to turn our backs on America for granted. affirmative action explicitly prohibits the those who struggle against apartheid in To those who see that as the dilemma of use of quotas. Department of Labor studies South Africa. Their cause is our cause, and the Democratic Party, I reply that talk of published during the Reagan Administra­ we must demonstrate to all the world that any such dilemma is nonsense. At its great­ tion demonstrate conclusively that goals America is a friend, not of apartheid, but of est momements in the past, the Democratic and timetables have not led to quotas. If iso­ a free South Africa. Party has earned your support-and we lated incidents are found involving quotas, In other areas as well, we have unfinished intend to keep on earning it in the years to all the Administration has to do is enforce business to advance. Above all, we have an come, as we work together for the New the law and punish the offenders. But that economic agenda of equity and opportunity America that is now within our reach. is not excuse for their unseemly effort to that builds on achievements of the past, and emasculate the current order. will lead us to the future with a strong and The debate over quotas is nothing more vital economy. HOUSE SHOULD VOTE FOR THE than a right-wing smokescreen to mislead The economy has become a major issue in TEXTILE WORKER the public. The Exeuctive Order enjoys 1986, because nothing is more damaging to overwhelming bipartisan approval in Con­ our dream of a just society than the falter­ gress; it also has the broad support of the ing, deficit-ridden, no-growth economy that HON. GERRY E. STUDDS National Association of Manufacturers, the the Republican Administration has given us. OF MASSACHUSETrS Business Roundtable, the civil rights com­ The pigeons of Kemp-Roth are coming IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES munity-and most of all, the American heme to roost. The damage is measured public. every day in rising unemployment, declining Tuesday, August 5, 1986 Last year, a Harris Poll reported that by a growth, recession in basic industry, and de­ Mr. STUDDS. Mr. Speaker, the House of record margin of 75 to 21 percent, the Amer­ pression in ariculture. We cannot and we Representatives tomorrow will have the op­ ican people support federal affirmative must not accept a national economic policy action programs for minorities, and women, that produces harsh results like that and portunity to extend a lifeHne to thousands of provided there are no rigid quotas. And if denies the hope of a better life for tens of American workers whose jobs in the textile Ed Meese does not understand the message, millions of our people. and apparel industry are threatened by a flood the Democratic Senate we elect in 1986 will The principles at the core of our Demo­ of cheap imports. By voting to override Presi­ send it to him in a new form he can't mis­ cratic alternative on the economy are clear. dent Reagan's veto of the Textile and Apparel take-tough new civil rights legislation that First, there must truly be genuine opportu­ Trade Enforcement Act, the House will vote in makes affirmative action not just an execu­ nity for every American now, tomorrow, and favor of an industry that is forced to compete tive order, but a public law binding on the in the future. more and more against goods produced in Executive Branch of Government. Second, every American, not just the eco­ I am also proud to know that the NBA nomic elite who are rich and powerful, must countries that subsidize textile and apparel supports the current effort in the House of truly have the chance to share in the Amer­ production, ban American-made goods, and Representatives to defund the Civil Rights ican dream. deny their people basic workers' rights. Commission. Sometimes I think we just Third, we must invest in the fundamental Should we fail to act forcefullly, and if the cur­ ought to go ahead and defund the Justice areas of national life that offer the truest rent trend of imports continues for 4 more Department, too-or at least apply a little hope for our country's future. We will not years, some $1.8 million jobs will be lost na­ truth in labeling, and change its name from default on our commitment to insist on a tionwide. the Department of Justice to the Depart­ secure America. But we will also never de­ Edward W. Clark, Jr., of New Bedford, MA­ ment of Injustice. fault on the equally essential commitment For over 25 years, the U.S. Commission on to invest in education, in technology and in­ a city I have the privilege to represent-de­ Civil Rights, founded by President Eisen­ frastructure, housing and health care-so scribed the choice facing the Congress in this hower, served as a distinguished independ­ that all Americans will have a future of morning's Boston Globe. I commend Mr. ent watchdog on civil rights. But the Com­ rising opportunity, instead of shrinking Clark's comments to my colleagues as we ap­ mission as we knew it no longer exists today. hopes and diminished dreams. proach this important vote. Since 1983, when the Commission was re­ The Democratic Party is committed to an The article follows: constituted by this Administration, it has American economy that offers a fair chance abandoned the historic mission mandated for every citizen-a genuine opportunity for HOUSE SHOULD VOTE FOR THE TErriLl: by Congress. Instead of finding facts impar­ every American in every state and region of WoRKER tially, it has become a trojan horse in the the country to fulfill his or her potential in temple of civil rights, undermining progress this land. For eight years Nelson Tabares worked at from within and advancing the cause of the We want leaders who will create new part­ Berkshire Hathaway, a New Bedford textile enemies of equal justice. Today, the Leader­ nerships between the public and private company. Last August the company shut its ship Conference on Civil Rights calls the sector-with new mechanisms of coopera­ doors, saying it could no longer compete Commission "the propaganda arm of the tion to address family, business and commu- with cheaper imports. For Nelson Tabares 19614 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 6, 1986 and other immigrants who have come here has not enforced the MFA. Last week the are still missing in action more than a in search of the American dream, that administration continued to increase South decade after the end of the war in Vietnam. dream is fast fading. African textile imports, which last year in­ I want to assure the President that the Tomorrow Nelson and 100,000 New Eng­ creased by 139 percent from the year before. Democartic Party stands with him in his de­ land garment workers will be watching Con­ Critics say passage will invite retaliation, termination to achieve the fullest possible gress. They will be joined by millions of further endangering our balance of trade. accounting of the tragic fate that has befall­ workers in Southern textile mills. Texas The recent experience of the European Eco­ en our fellow Americans. As much as we border towns and New York City sweat nomic Community proves tough restrictions would like to put the bitter memories of shops who comprise a $45 billion industry can work without retaliation. A recent study Vietnam behind us, we cannot write the that accounts for one of every eight manu­ by a Washington law firm found the EEC final chapter in our involvement in Indo­ facturing jobs in the United States. was able to operate under the MFA and dra­ china until this issue is resolved. The fate of the industry and the cities of matically reduce its level of imports without The return of our MIA's-whether it be New Bedford, Fall River and others will be retaliation. EEC strategy was based on the the remains of the dead or the bodies of the determined by a vote of the US House of notion that survival of the basic industry is living-is not a partisan issue, but an Ameri­ Representatives to override President paramount. Not one nation retaliated. The can issue. The President deserves credit for Ronald Reagan's veto of the Textile and EEC won an 8 percent rollback of import making the MIA question a matter of the Apparel Trade Enforcement Act. Congress levels from Hong Kong. In contrast the highest national priority and he can count passed the act, 282-159, on Dec. 3, 1985. De­ recent US Hong Kong agreement allows for on our support in this essential effort. spite strong bipartisan support Reagan an increase in imports. The new agreement At the same time that we do everyhing vetoed the legislation. displaces an estimated 25,000 US jobs. possible to bring back those Americans who Today the textile industry is in trouble. Consumers have not benefited from im­ died and disappeared in Vietnam, we must More and more clothing is produced off­ ports. Products bought overseas from facto­ make equally sure never to send any more shore. Foreign governments offer preferen­ ries where workers earn as little as 16 cents Americans to die and disappear in needless tial loans, grants, tax breaks and other sub­ an hour under intolerable labor conditions and hopeless wars in other foreign lands in sidies to attract US and other foreign firms. are sold for exactly the same price as an the future. At the same time these countries ban Amer­ equivalent US-produced product. There have, of course, been times in the ican made products. Some countries have es­ As US manufacturers cease production past, and there may well be situations in the tablished separate areas for the sole use of foreign manufacturers increase their prices future, where we have no alternative but to foreign firms. Wages paid to foreign workers for the same products. Within hours of the use force in defense of our Nation. average one-tenth of those paid to US work­ last US velveteen manufacturer declaring For two centuries, we have maintained our ers. Repressive governments pass laws out­ bankruptcy, Japan announced a substantial independence, and protected our most cher­ lawing the right to organize unions and the increase in its prices for the same product. ished values, because millions of young right to strike. Policies such as these guar­ Union members are looking to Washing­ Americans were willing to lay their lives on antee a cheap source of labor to foreign ton for action. Eight years ago Congress in­ the line for democarcy. And the day may companies in search of a large profit. vested in the future of US automakers when come again when the future of freedom de­ Textile imports today comprise 50 percent it worked to help Chrysler Corp. Although pends on our willingness to take up arms in of the American market, a far greater per­ critics cried it was interference in the free defense of our most vital national interests. centage than imported autos or steel. A market, several hundred thousand jobs were Yet, by seeking a militay solution to the Commerce Department paper shows that if saved. Every other textile manufacturing conflict of Central America, and by failing the trend of imports continues for four country in the world has taken some sort of to address the causes of conflict in Southern more years, 1.8 million US jobs, $40 billion action to protect its workers and jobs. Our Africa, the administration is pursuing poli­ of the GNP and $8 billion in consumer country needs to develop a long-range plan cies that make more likely the eventual in­ income will be lost. to save jobs through balanced trade policies volvement of American troops in foreign Since 1980 more than 10,000 Massachu­ and economic planning so we can guarantee wars that bear no relationship to our most setts residents employed in the textile in­ US workers the ability to feed and clothe vital interests. dustry have lost their jobs. They have not their families. By defining the Sandinistas as a major moved on to better-paying jobs. Most have threat to American security, the President taken lower-paying service-sector jobs. is setting the stage for the introduction of Without strong congressional action, Massa­ STEVE SOLARZ REPLY TO American combat forces into Nicaragua. chusetts is in danger of losing the more PRESIDENT REAGAN For now, the administration is content to than $770 million payroll the textile indus­ arm the Contras. But what will happen try provides. when it becomes clear-as it surely will­ American manufacturing is already in HON. BARNEY FRANK that the Contras cannot overthrow the San­ trouble as the nation moves to a more serv­ OF MASSACHUSETTS dinista regime? ice-oriented economy. This struggle to save IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Will we then be trapped by our overheat­ jobs is a major test in an ongoing political ed rhetoric? debate over the future of America's indus­ Tuesday, August 5, 1986 Will the President tell us than that our trial base. For union members it is not an Mr. FRANK. Mr. Speaker, our colleague only options are to send in the marines or to idle debate, but a struggle for survival. down from New York [Mr. SOLARZ] is one of surrender to a Marxist takeover of Central The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile the most thoughtful participants in the foreign America? Workers Union, other unions and industry These are the questions we must confront are working to save these jobs. Joining the policymaking process at the national level. now-before Americans begin to die and dis­ cause is the National Organization for He has developed an expertise in international appear in the jungles of Central America. Women. the National Association for the policy which is equalled by few Members of The best way of preventing the spread of Advancement of Colored People and the Na­ Congress. And he has drawn on that expertise communism south of our border is not by tional Consumers Union. A June poll con­ to become a widely respected spokesperson arming the Contras, but by supporting the ducted by Government Research Corp. indi­ for a sensible foreign policy which genuinely democracies of Latin America in their effort cates 78 percent of the public supports reflects American values. to solve the problem at the negotiating "some sort of action to protect the nation's On July 12, Mr. SoLARZ was selected by table rather than on the battlefield. [textile] industry from unfair trade prac­ In South Africa, the hostility produced by tices." the Demorcatic leadership of the House to re­ the apartheid system could ignite a cataclys­ The legislation vetoed by Reagan is not a spond to President Reagan's weekly radio ad­ mic confrontation that might easily engulf departure from current policy. The act dress. Mr. SOLARZ did an excellent job of ar­ the entire region. If the flames of war would require the administration to enforce ticulating democratic responses on several of should spread throughout Southern Africa, the objectives of the Multi-Fiber Agreement the points at issue and his remarks in re­ the United States might well find itself . the multilateral agreement renegoti­ sponse to the President's July 12 radio ad­ being drawn into an unnecessary and un­ ated last week under the General Agree­ dress follow: wanted conflict. ment on Tariffs and Trade . The best way to avoid such a confronta­ A Feb. 14 report submitted by Treasury STEVE SoLARZ REPLY TO PREsmENT REAGAN tion is to abolish apartheid. Yet, the Presi­ Secretary James Baker admits the failure of £As delivered] dent's chief of staff, Don Regan, has said the current textile import program. The This is Congressman STEVE SoLARZ from that if we impose sanctions against South MFA allows countries to increase their im­ Brooklyn. A short while ago, President Africa, American women would no longer be ports to the United States by an annual rate Reagan eloquently addressed the Nation able to buy diamonds. This is an insult to of 6 percent. The Reagan administration about the fate of the 2,500 Americans who the women of our country who are surely • August 6, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19615 more interested in removing the shackles of carceration and inhuman torture of their EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF racism than putting on the jewels of repres­ fellow citizens, thanks to the 10 programs BILL sion. based on the book broadcast to Cuba earlier The only way of abolishing apartheid is this year by the American government's by putting pressure on the Government of Radio Marti. HON. BUTLER DERRICK South Africa to negotiate a peaceful solu­ The American right, to account for the OF SOUTH CAROLINA tion with the black leadership of their coun­ broader public's ignorance of Cuban prisons, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES try. Yet, Mr. Regan's statement on dia­ pounces on what it sees as the propensity of monds makes clear, the administration's American liberals to view Castro through Tuesday, August 5, 1986 policy is comprised of all carats and no rose-colored glasses-for considerations of Mr. DERRICK. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow the sticks. sympathy, "peace," guilt, radical chic or Likewise, in arms control, the administra­ House of Representatives will vote on the tion's policy is endangering our interests whatever. emergency drought relief legislation. I rise in and jeopardizing our lives. Every President The left, which is embarrassed but per­ haps not as much as it ought to be, cites cir­ strong support of H.R. 5288, and would like to since Dwight Eisenhower, except Ronald take this opportunity to commend the chair­ Reagan, has concluded an arms control cumstances. For instance, it is suggested apologetically that when the American man of the Agriculture Committee as well as agreement advancing American security. the other committee members for their fine Surely the Soviets bear a measure of re­ human rights movement got up steam in sponsibility for the impasse at Geneva. Yet the 1970s, its necessary priority was the im­ leadership in bringing this measure to the floor the fact is that President Reagan alone has mediate and gory outrages of right-wing re­ in such an expeditious manner. I would also been unable to achieve an arms control gimes. Others suggest that the few releases like to express my appreciation to Chairman agreement with the Soviet Union. Sooner or of prisoners Castro has recently made, and DE LA GARZA for allowing me to have input later, unless we end the arms race in nuclear the current possibilities of negotiating the into the recommendations reported by the weapons, the arms race will end us-and our emigration of other Cuban prisoners, finally committee. entire Nation may be missing in action. sensitized our public to the issue. The Southeast is experiencing its worst And so, on this summer weekend, as we It is evident that Ronald Reagan has pre­ drought in 100 years. Rainfall in my home enjoy the beauty of our country and the sided over changes in the political atmos­ blessings of freedom, we should pause to re­ State of South Carolina is some 15 to 20 phere that have finally made Castro's inches below normal since the first of the member those-like the brave Americans crimes both fair and necessary game-and still missing in action in Southeast Asia­ not only for Americans concerned with year. Compounding this situation are the rec­ who have sacrificed so much on our behalf. human rights but perhaps increasingly for ordbreaking temperatures. But let us remember as well the need to Latins, whom Castro is otherwise so ready These conditions are expected to cause peacefully resolve those crisis and conflicts to instruct in anti-Yankee ways. But there is $200 million in crop losses in South Carolina abroad that could plunge our Nation into alone. Our cattle and dairy producers are war and lead to even more American dead another consideration, one that goes to the and missing in the future. peculiar relationship between politics and facing a very critical time. Pastures have dried This is Congressman STEVE SoLARZ. Thank literature. up, feed is scarce, and the livestock is starv­ you for listening. I had lunch with Armando Valladares in ing. As a result, the State's livestock markets 1982 a few weeks after Castro released him are being flooded with cattle as farmers take in response to an appeal by French Presi­ to slaugther those animals they can no longer CASTRO, FAIR GAME dent Francois Mitterand. Valladares had feed. written prison poems; the French are good The Southeast is truly suffering, and it is HON. BILL RICHARDSON about appealing for poets. Valladares was heartwarming to note the voluntary assistance thin and gaunt, a man of sad eyes and halt­ that is being offered. Over the last several OF NEW MEXICO ing speech, quiet and rather calm, strangely IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dispassionate: a victim of a terrible system, weeks, our farmers have seen and felt the generosity of others all across the country Tuesday, August 5, 1986 but-how unfair it is to say this about him­ not a compelling figure or one with what through donations of hay, money, and man­ Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, Fidel Cas­ seemed to me a compelling story. I recall power. Governors, State agriculture depart­ tro's atrocities often go unnoticed. Here is an thinking he was still sick and tired and in a ments, and transportation companies have all illustration that should rate Mr. Castro along­ strange place; translation added another joined together in the relief effort. This help is side Mr. Pinochet and Botha as one of the top veil. greatly appreciated. despots. Only his book made plain that here was Just last week the Secretary of Agriculture CASTRO, FAIR GAME one of the enduring works of prison litera­ declared that all but two counties in South ture, the century's distinguishing genre: a Carolina have sustained sufficient losses to Each year on July 26, Fidel Castro cele­ record of state violence and individual re­ warrant a disaster designation, triggering the brates the anniversary of the launching of sistance, authentically told, inspiring, unfor­ general disaster relief laws. While low-interest his revolution in Cuba. This year the festivi­ gettable. Television may be the medium of FmHA loans will help, the fact of the matter is ties can be seen in a different light. The contemporary politics, but literature con­ many of our farmers are in such dire straits veys the dimension of individual character. price paid by Cuba's legions of political pris­ that they just can't afford to take on any more oners, who have made Castro the leading The one creates celebrities, the other jailer in the world, is finally becoming clear. heroes, like Armando Valladares. debt. The Secretary has also announced that The person most responsible for this Some in the West still regard Castro as USDA will take some additional steps to aid change is Armando Valladares, whose the fun dictator, bask in the glow of six­ the drought-stricken farmers, but it is my firm memoir of his 22 years as Castro's prisoner hour talks with him, consider him someone belief that we can do more. came out here in May, following publication we all need to understand better. Valladares H.R. 5288 will expand on existing authorities in Europe. "Against All Hope" is a book and seems to me to understand him perfectly, to meet the needs of our farmers. The bill will a political event. For Valladares is the and closes his book with a lie Castro told in provide for an emergency livestock and poul­ Cuban Solzhenitsyn, another writer whose 1983, while Valladares was rotting: "From try feed program, disaster payments and a report from a revolution's heart of darkness our point of view, we have no human-rights burst through the haze of propaganda, inat­ delay in payments of the dairy assessment problem-there have been no 'disappeareds' program. This measure will go a long way in tention and state debate and brought the here, there have been no tortures here, West's consciousness to a new place. addressing this desperate situation. In addi­ As happens, "Against All Hope" has pro­ there have been no murders here. In 25 tion, it will insure that we have in place emer­ years of revolution, in site of the difficulties gency steps should other areas be hit by simi­ voked reviews extending beyond the book and dangers we have passed through, tor­ into the political culture. Many ask how the lar drought conditions or by floods. phenomenon of innocents held in bestial ture has never been committed, a crime has never been committed." I wish to stress to my colleagues the seri­ prisons could have existed into the third ousness of this matter in my region of the decade of Cuban communism, yet only now does the general political community start country. H.R. 5288 is vital to the livelihood of to see it truly. all of our Nation's farmers, and I urge my col­ And only now does the mass of Cubans leagues to join me in the bipartisan adoption become concretely aware of the unjust in- of this legislation. 19616 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 6, 1986 AMERICAN SEATING CO. CELE- WALTER MALICKI, OF HOLLY- I believe that an aggressive approach is BRATES CENTENNIAL ANNI- WOOD, FL, RESCUES TWO PER- needed on the part of the U.S. Government to VERSARY SONS INVOLVED IN A POTEN­ enforce America's rights under the existing TIAL EXPLOSIVE COLLISION and future trade agreements. The recent tex­ HON. PAUL B. HENRY tile trade agreements between the United HON. LAWRENCE J. SMITH States, Hong Kong and Taiwan and the re­ OF MICHIGAN OF FLORIDA negotiation of the Multi-Fiber Arrangement in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Geneva, Switzerland, represent an opportunity for the administration to start over with a Tuesday, August 5, 1986 Tuesday, August 5, 1986 clean slate. If the provisions in these agree­ Mr. HENRY. Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure Mr. SMITH of Florida. Mr. Speaker, today I ments are strictly enforced by the administra­ today for me to offer special congratulations want to pay a special tribute to Walter Malicki, tion, then I believe that we can get the trade to one of the largest manufacturers of public of Hollywood, FL, in recognition of the heroic deficit under control. seating in the world, the American Seating act he performed on June 26, 1986. Agreements are only as good as their en­ Co., of Grand Rapids, Ml, as it celebrates its In a country where people often forget forcement. Those of us who are voting to sus­ centennial anniversary on September 6, 1986. about helping others, it is important to recog­ tain the President's veto of H.R. 1562 are The company had its beginnings 100 years nize those who risk their lives for the safety doing so with the hopes that these new ago as the Grand Rapids School Furniture and health of others. I, therefore, would like to agreements will be strictly enforced. Co., founded by Gaius Perkins, who was at commend Mr. Malicki for his brave and coura­ It is my belief that the trade imbalance, if that time the president of the Grand Rapids geous actions. not corrected, could be the Achilles' heel with Mr. Malicki, a resident of my district, exhibit­ regard to our economic future and manufac­ School Board. Concerned about ~he comfort ed true bravery by rescuing two people in­ turing capability. I have sent a letter to the of the public seating in schools, the company volved in a potentially explosive car and truck President stating the above and I ask that my made its start with school desks and chairs. collision. After sighting the collision and recog­ colleagues urge the administration to strictly By 1888, the Grand Rapids School Furniture nizing the emergency, Mr. Malicki used proper enforce our rights to fair and open trade as Co. had multiplied sevenfold employing 350 judgment and awareness in rescuing a truck well. workers, and by 1892 it ranked as the top driver, who was trapped inside his vehicle, seating manufacturer in the world. By 1899, after the truck collided with the car and pro­ the company merged with 18 of the largest ceeded to careen into an electric pole. Mr. I'M THE SAME OLD FLAG manufacturers of seating in the United States Malicki then went to the second vehicle and and was renamed the American Furniture Co. decided to not make any attempt to remove a HON. BILL RICHARDSON A consolidation in 1920 resulted in changing woman from her car fearing any action might OF NEW MEXICO the company name to the American Seating result in additional injuries to the driver. In­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Co. stead, he quickly removed the battery cables Tuesday, August 5, 1986 Most recently, American Seating has con­ in order to eliminate a possible electrical short centrated its efforts on its rapid expansion in which might result in an ignition spark. Holly­ Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, recently I the office furniture business, and is now a wood Fire Rescue arrived and removed the attended an inspirational service at the leading supplier of interior systems furniture victim from the vehicle. Hollywood Fire Chief Temple Baptist Church in Santa Fe, NM, at which our patriotic spirit as a nation was ex­ for the office and technical markets. Jim Ward praised Malicki for acting with intelli­ trolled. Over the past century American Seating has gence and sensitivity. Mr. Ward also said that: A hero isn't someone who happens to be This outstanding service contained a recita­ experienced tremendous growth, and has cre­ tion of "I'm the Same Old Flag" which ated employment opportunities for a great at the right place at the right time. A hero is someone who performs an act of courage brought tears to the eyes of many in the audi­ number of people. In 1886, the company em­ by doing the right thing at the right time. ence. The organizers and parishioners of the ployed approximately 50 workers in the Grand church should be commended for putting to­ Rapids area, and today it employs over a I feel Mr. Malicki deserves special recogni­ tion for his actions. The quick, clear, and pre­ gether such an outstanding service. thousand people distributed over most of the cise actions taken by Walter Malicki are ex­ I'M THE SAME OLD FLAG 50 States, Canada, and other foreign coun­ ceptional. Mr. Malicki demonstrated true brav­ Hello! Remember me? Some people call tries. ery and has merited all the heroic adjectives me Old Glory, others call me the Stars and The philosophy of the American Seating Co. for his actions. Stripes; I have also been referred to as the was developed in 1920, and is still valid today. Star Spangled Banner. But, whatever they Superiority in products and in service, ab­ call me, I am your Flag, or, as I proudly solute dependability in every article sold CRISIS WITH OUR TRADE state . . . the Flag of the United States of IMBALANCE America. There is something that has been and in every statement made in selling it: bothering me, so I thought I Inight talk it these are the foundations on which Ameri­ over with you . . . because it's about you can Seating is built . . . The highest loyalty HON. DEAN A. GALLO and me. of every member of the organization lies in OF NEW JERSEY I remember some time ago, I think it was faithfully guarding these foundations. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Memorial Day, people were lined up on both American Seating is a company which has sides of the street to watch the parade. The Tuesday, August 5, 1986 developed a reputation for serving its custom­ town's high school band was behind me, and ers, shareholders, and employees with high Mr. GALLO. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ad­ naturally, I was leading the parade. When dress my colleagues who will be voting tomor­ your daddy saw me coming along, waving in commitment. Mr. Speaker, and colleagues, I the breeze, he immediately removed his hat ask you to join with me in congratulating the row to sustain the President's veto of H.R. and placed it against his left shoulder so American Seating Co. for its success over the 1562, the Textile and Apparel Trade Enforce­ that his right hand was directly over his past 100 years, and in wishing them another ment Act of 1985. heart. Remember? 100 years of good fortune. We are all fully aware that this country is And you. Yes, I remember you. Standing facing a crisis with out trade imbalance and it there straight as a soldier. You didn't have is clear that action must be taken to reduce a hat, but you were giving the correct this damaging deficit. The uncertainty arises salute. They taught you in school to place over what should be done in order to reduce your right hand over your heart. Remember this imbalance. little sister? Not to be outdone, she was sa­ luting the same as you. Oh, I was very I do not believe that H.R. 1562 is the proud as I came down your street. There answer. I believe that this bill is a short-term were some soldiers home on leave and they measure that would invite retaliation from our were standing at attention giving the mili­ trading partners. tary salute. Also, some V.F.W. veterans with August 6, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19617 their caps at jaunty angles were saluting ing energy" and is "one who will never grow No faxnily can entirely control the forms smartly. Ladies as well as the men, paid me old." Her concern for her students extended of entertainment the children are subject the reverence I deserve. beyond the classroom. She would provide to. It is as reasonable to call on the commu­ Now I may sound a little conceited. Well, I nity to help protect the faxnily from pornog­ am. I have a right to be, because I represent shoes and other necessities when her stu­ raphers as it is to ask for help against toxic the finest country in the world . . . The dents could not afford them. waste polluters or drug dealers. Government United States of America. More than one Now, as the community of Winton honors exists to secure the conditions for improving aggressive nation has tried to haul me down, Mrs. Crookham by renaming Winton School as the quality of life, and most people recog­ but they all felt the fury of this freedom the Sybil N. Crookham School, I would like to nize that pornography degrades the quality loving country. Remember ... many of join the community of Winton in saluting her of life. you had to go overseas to defend me. life of public service and her commitment to Government has no place in the bedroom. What has happened? I'm still the same our Nation's most special resource-our chil­ The bonds of intimacy between two people old Flag. Oh, I've had a couple more stars dren. Sybil Crookham is certainly a special in­ are delicate; intimacy needs privacy in order added since you were a boy. A lot more to flourish. blood has been shed since that Memorial dividual. The privacy of the bedroom, however, Day parade long ago. Dad is gone now. The needs to be defended not only against home town has a new look. The last time I A COMMONSENSE APPROACH TO would-be totalitarians-but also against the came down your street, I saw that some of PORNOGRAPHY Larry Flynts; that is, against the threat to the old landmarks were gone, but in their intimacy from pornography itself. place, shining majestically in the Sun, were Irving Kristol has written that pornogra­ a number of new buildings and homes. HON.CHARLESE.BENNETT phy's "whole purpose is to treat human Yessir, the old home town sure has changed. OF FLORIDA beings obscenely, to deprive human beings But now ... I don't feel as proud as I used IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of their specifically human dimension." It to. When I come down your street, you just encourages men and women to look at and stand there with your hands in your pockets Tuesday, August 5, 1986 treat each other as objects to be used, not and give me a small glance, then look or Mr. BENNETT. Mr. Speaker, I include in the persons to be loved. Kristol cites D. H. Law­ turn away. rence, author of "Lady Chatterley's Lover," When I think of all the places I've been CONGRESSIONAL RECORD at this point, a stim­ ulating and helpful article from a recent edition who wrote that pornography attempts "to . . . Anzio, Guadalcanal, the Battle of the do dirt on [sex]. . . . [It is an] insult to a Bulge, Korea, and Vietnam; I wonder what's of the Washington Post written by Represent­ vital human relationship." By invading the happened? I'm the same old flag. But now I ative JIM CoURTER, one of the most able bedroom, pornography, like intrusive gov­ see children running around and shouting Members of Congress, in my opinion. I par­ ernment, weakens the ties of love. as I pass by. They don't ~eem to know who I ticularly congratulate him on dealing so What do we mean by the privacy of the am. I saw an old man take his hat off, and thoughtfully with the difficult question of por­ bedroom? We mean the ability to express then look around. He didn't see anybody nography. He puts his finger on the heart of a desire and affection out of the sight of else with theirs off, so he quickly put his problem in pointing out that the real harm is anyone else. But pornography makes desire back on. a public spectacle, carried out in sight of the Is it a sin to be an American partriot any­ not to the body, but to the character of human beings. He echoes the concern of every whole world. Those who are concerned more? Have you forgotten what I stand for? about the right to privacy really cannot Have you forgotten all the battlefields parent that the children of the next generation defend publication ("making public") of the where men fought and died to keep this may have a reasonable chance to live as grossly erotic. Nation, your Nation, free? When you salute normal and joyful individuals with clean and Pornography is said to be hard to define. me, you are actually saluting them. wholesome lifestyles. There are people who But if so, why do the media have so little Take a look at the memorial honor rolls for personal financial gain, attempt to destroy difficulty keeping obscene statements out of sometime. Look at the names of those who that opportunity. That is a real tragedy. As print and pornographic photos off the air­ never came back, and are resting 'neath Representative COURTER so ably states, the waves? While the commission's report is white crosses on a far away shore. Some of ridiculed, no TV network dares broadcast them were friends or relatives of yours . . . real tragedy is in the destruction of character. His article reads as follows: the Meese commission's evidence, even maybe even went to school with you. That's though it is on public record. Like Justice who you're saluting . . . when you revere [From the Washington Post, July 13, 19861 Clark, they know pornography when they me. A COMMON-8ENSE APPROACH TO see it. Well, it won't be long until I come down PORNOGRAPHY Courts have developed reasonably applica­ your street again. So when you see me, ble definitions of "pornography" over many stand straight, place your hand over your The Meese commission's lengthy report years; it is hard to imagine that anyone ever heart, and you'll see me waving back. My committed a porn-related crime by mistak­ salute to you. I'll show you that I, too, re­ on pornography is disappointing in the most important respect. Convinced that its find­ ing the nature of the material. As Prof. member! ings would be less controversial if it focused Francis Canavan writes, pornography is no on physical danger, the commission at­ more difficult to define than "negligence" is A TRIBUTE TO SYBIL N. tempted to connect pornography with per­ in the thousands of tort cases juries routine­ CROOKHAM sonal violence. ly dispose of. This is unfortunate because sociological Constitutional freedom of expression pro­ evidence is always ambiguous. A 1970 por­ tects the expression of ideas, especially po­ HON. TONY COELHO nography commission found no connection. litical expression. The First Amendment OF CALIFORNIA "As we in 1986 reexamine what was done in even protects the individual's right to argue IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1970," the report says, "so to do we expect for a different morality, or for no morality that in 2002 our work will similarly be reex­ at all. But pornography does not present Tuesday, August 5, 1986 amined." Building their case on the sands of "ideas." According to Prof. Harry Clor, ob­ Mr. COELHO. Mr. Speaker, I would like to social science, the commissioners will not scene publications "are primarily addressed take this opportunity to honor one of my con­ complain if their proposed solutions are re­ to the passions, to appetites and probably, pealed in 15 years. to primitive symbolic processes." That's why stituents, Sybil N. Crookham, whose life of Right-wing extremists think you can end no Supreme Court majority has ever ex­ leadership and public service is regarded in personal violence by bankrupting Hugh tended First Amendment protection to por­ the highest esteem by her community. Hefner. Left-wing fanatics think democracy nography. Sybil Crookham taught at Winton School in means anarchy and everyone doing his or Can the law uphold standards of behav­ Winton, CA, from 1934 until 197 4, serving as her "thing." But the real case against por­ ior? Censorship enthusiasts suppose that principal from 1948 until 197 4. Mrs. Crookham nography is not harm to the body, it is morality can be imposed by law. Liberals is the founder of the Winton kindergarten harm to character. seem to argue that the law can't accomplish system. Although she has retired, she has re­ Most Americans show a solid common anything at all . The sober view is that the member of the school site committee. learn to behave and what their character law can support standards, not of sanctity, Her former students and colleagues have will be. Although parents have influence, but of decency. nothing but the most laudatory comments their children are mostly watching televi­ The Supreme Court's 1973 decisions in about Mrs. Crookham, saying she has "amaz- sion or out of the home. Miller v. California properly point toward 19618 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 6, 1986 local community control under the states' Northwest Airlines; Capt. Dale Buss, Frontier dressed by Congress sooner rather than traditional police powers. Tolerance levels Airlines;' and Capt. Jim Mcintyre, TWA. later. vary, and not every community in the What's going on? Some background: United States will apply the same standard America has the best national childhood in the same way-Piscataway, N.J., is very CARING ABOUT CHILDREN immunization program in the world. Over different from Greenwich Village or Haight­ the past forty years, the occurrence of Ashbury. childhood diseases that are preventable While the Meese commission proposes HON. FRED J. ECKERT through vaccine inoculations has decreased some worthwhile legislative initiatives, le­ OF NEW YORK dramatically, principally because of the gally imposed national standards are virtu­ widespread use and acceptance of vaccines. ally unenforceable. Far better than legal re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES There were 57,000 cases of paralytic polio­ straints, community opinion is the strongest Wednesday, August 6, 1986 myelitis in 1952-versus 4 cases in 1984. force for decent public entertainment. Re­ Measles dropped from 894,134 reported tailers and movie theaters are too concerned Mr. ECKERT of New York. Mr. Speaker, on cases in 1941 to 1,497 in 1983. In 1941 mea­ about their profits to force salacious enter­ August 4, the House of Representatives sles caused the death of 2,250-versus 2 in tainment on an indignant public. passed, with my support, S. 140, the Chil­ 1983. Diphtheria has been virtually elimi­ Indecent cable TV broadcasts are more of dren's Justice Act. This important legislation nated. a problem. I'm inclined to believe that spon­ amends the Child Abuse Prevention and These facts do not mean that these dis­ sor boycotts are very effective. There is Treatment Act to establish a program to en­ eases are no longer a threat. What the facts nothing undemocratic about voluntary eco­ courage States to enact child protection re­ prove is that the vaccines are effective and nomic sanctions against those who pay for their continued use is essential. junk broadcasts invading the privacy of forms which are designed to improve legal If we permit immunization levels to fall­ your home. Civil rights protesters have and administrative proceedings regarding the and some argue that is starting to happen­ practiced such sanctions for decades. The investigation and prosecution of child abuse infectious diseases such as polio, measles, matrix of democracy is public opinion, and cases, especially child sexual abuse cases. diphtheria and pertussis could reappear. its expression is what the First Amendment Reforms in the area of child protection are Farfetched? Exaggeration? No. Great Brit­ was designed to protect. desperately needed as indicated by the fact ain relaxed its immunization efforts and Because the family is central to self-gov­ that 90 percent of all persons accused of over the last several years paid the price ernment, democracies have an obligation to child sexual abuse will get off scot-free and of with repeated outbreaks of pertussis. protect family affection. Discouraging por­ So what's the problem? The problem is nographic publications is part of a self-gov­ the 10 percent who are convicted, less than 5 that however wonderful the marvels of med­ erning people's natural right to sustain percent will serve time in prison. Such a icine may be, none of our vaccines is perfect; their civic character and keep their govern­ record must be improved as soon as possible. sometimes there are adverse reactions. ment free. S. 140 would provide needed protection to For example, oral polio vaccine has virtu­ our Nation's children. It would establish grants ally eliminated paralysis due to wild polio to States to facilitate prosecution and en­ virus-but each year we experience 5 to 10 ALPA hance law enforcement efforts at the State cases of paralysis caused by reacton to the and Federal level to prosecute child abuse of­ vaccine itself. The DTP vaccine may work HON.KENNETHJ.GRAY wonders, but studies show that once in fenders. The FBI would be required to modify every 310,000 doses given, the pertussis com­ OF ILLINOIS its crime reporting to assist States in the col­ ponent to the DPT vaccine causes perma­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lection of statistics. Funds would also be set­ nent brain damage. Other vaccines common­ Tuesday, August 5, 1986 aside to help reduce trauma to children and to ly used to protect children against measles, establish crisis child care nurseries to provide mumps, rubella, etc. may also on rare occa­ Mr. GRAY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, it pleases sions cause serious adverse health problems. me to be able to rise and acknowledge a assistance to parents dealing with child abuse cases. Parents whose children suffer serious ad­ group of men and women who continually pro­ verse reactions from vaccines are not going vide this Nation and the international commu­ Mr. Speaker, I insert a copy of my Washing­ to take any consolation from the knowledge nity with a dedicated and professional service: ton Report for the week of August 3 concering that, overall, the benefits associated with our airline pilots. These men and women are childhood vaccines in the RECORD at this time immunizing our children vastly-vastly­ constantly engaged in transporting the public for the information of my colleagues and outweigh the risks. safely throughout the world. others concerned about the childhood immuni­ They will derive little solace from the evi­ zation program: dence of the past decades which conclusive­ The Air Une Pilots Association is recogniz­ ly shows that for every child harmed by a ing seven of their members for outstanding [From the Washington Report, Aug. 3, 1986] vaccine, hundreds, perhaps thousands, are performance in the face of hazardous circum­ spared illness or death. No, those unfortu­ stances. These men, when faced with danger CARING FOR CHILDREN nate few are going to sue. That's perfectly to their aircraft, their passengers, and the If you care about our country's children, understandable. safety of those on the ground responded if you are concerned about things that The lawsuits are mounting. Huge settle­ calmly and professionally to avert disaster and threaten their health and happiness, here's ments are leading insurance companies to provide for the safe return of their passen­ something to think about: the future avail­ review their liability policies. Prelniums are ability of certain critical childhood vaccines increasing. Coverage is being reduced. Poli­ gers, crew and equipment. Their ability to per­ may be in jeopardy. cies are being cancelled altogether. Some form so admirably is a testimony to the high Congress needs to act to prevent a serious vaccine manufacturers have already ceased caliber of the individual responsible for Ameri­ public health crisis. A ·subcommittee on producing their products because they con­ can aircraft and to the dedication and training which I serve-the Subcommittee on Health cluded the liability risk is too great. which these men and women possess. The and the Environment, the subcommittee I am not suggesting that we are facing an accomplishment of these men is representa­ which recently achieved a major break­ immediate public health crisis. What I am tive of our pilots. I would like to join the Air through in advancing a much-heralded acid suggesting is that there are danger signs on Une Pilots Association and recognize these rain control bill-is now moving to protect the horizon and now is the time to take children by insuring adequate availability of action to prevent a future serious public men before our August body. As a Member of life-protecting vaccines. health crisis. I am not suggesting that the Congress, I would like to ask that we join in The prices of many essential childhood outlook is bleak and we are going to be recognizing these men and all the pilots they vaccines are soaring and the number of com­ seeing recurrence of diseases that we represent for their courage and professional­ panies producing these vaccines is shrink­ thought were under control. What I am sug­ ism they showed in overcoming a potentially ing. For example, the price of critically im­ gesting is that there is a clear need for vigi­ disastrous situation. portant DTP vaccine has jumped 1300% medicine from Congress. join me in saluting: Capt. Jim Robertson, East­ in the past five years and only two compa­ Congress needs to deal with the problem nies make and distribute it. of vaccine liability to help insure that there ern Airlines; First Officer Gerry Ballmer, East­ It's a problem you don't hear much about will be a stable supply of childhood vac­ ern Airlines; Capt. Carl Simmons, Northwest in the news, but I think it's a serious prob­ cines. The way to do that is to help the chil­ Airlines; First Officer Michael Gadient, North­ lem. I think it's a problem that needs to be dren and their families who are the unfortu­ west Airlines; Second Officer William Reagan, better understood and that needs to be ad- nate victims of childhood vaccine-related August 6, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19619 injury by making it easier for them to bear SISTER WAGES 14-YEAR BATTLE TO WIN IDA Visa." For this act she was charged with the the burden of medical, rehabilitative and NUDEL'S FREEDOM crime of "hooliganism" and sentenced to other expenses resulting from such rare and four years of exile in Siberia. "Ida was pun­ unavoidable injury. For Ilana Friedman, there is neither day ished like a man; no other woman was ever To help those children and their fami­ or night. After she returns home from her punished this way," explains her sister. lies-and to help protect all children by in­ job as a bookkeeper at Na'amat/Pioneer Ida lived in a barrack-like hut without suring a stable supply of essential childhood women, she goes on to her next job-waging running water and had to tramp long dis­ vaccines-! have joined in cosponsoring a one-woman crusade for the release of her tances in the snow, in below-freezing tem­ "The National Childhood Vaccine Injury sister, Soviet Prisoner of Conscience Ida peratures, for firewood and other basic pro­ Act of 1986" and recently helped conduct a Nudel. For the past 14 years, Friedman has visions. Her barracks-mates were 60 hard­ special Congressional hearing on this impor­ been working ceaselessly on behalf of her ened criminals, she was the only woman. tant issue. sister, who is in exile in a distant region of More than once she was physically at­ Our bill is an attempt to curb the litiga­ the Soviet Union. tacked, so to protect herself she slept with a tion explosion, and by so doing ease the Friedman has corresponded with most of knife under her pillow. Nonetheless she per­ price pressure on vaccines, through the es­ the world's major heads of state on her sis­ severed confident that after four years she tablishment of a National Vaccine Injury ter's behalf: the Red Cross, the Socialist would be free. Compensation Program. It helps insure Party, the Communist Party, Amnesty "All the time she was in Siberia, she didn't prompt and adequate compensation for International. An entire room in Friedman's complain," recalls her sister. When people those unfortunate few who are injured by Rehovot apartment is filled with letters and asked her where she got strength to carry rare unpreventable reaction to vaccines. documents related to Ida's case. on, she answered, "I feel as though three A Master appointed by a Federal Court Though she is a pleasant woman who million Soviet Jews are standing behind would determine causation and damages of enjoys people and laughter, Friedman has me." a claim for vaccine injury. The determina­ little time for either. "They didn't only de­ In March 1982, Ida Nudel was officially re­ tion would be based on a pre-established stroy Ida's life," she remarks with bitter­ leased from exile. But when she returned to table of injuries prepared by medical ex­ ness. her Moscow apartment, KGB agents wel­ perts. The fund would be financed by a per­ The sisters' ordeal began in 1971 when comed her. They told her that she had 72 dose excise tax and there would be quarter they applied for permission to leave the hours to leave Moscow. "Ida had no place to of a million dollar cap for non-economic Soviet Union. Although neither sister was go. We have no family in the Soviet Union," damages. A family dissatisfied with the dis­ an active Zionist, both intuitively felt that explains her sister. Ida became a wandering position at this level would be free to file Israel was their homeland. "In the Soviet Jew. For eight months she traveled from suit in court, where damages would not be Union they don't let you forget that you are city to city seeking a haven. More than capped, but where certain product liability a Jew," observes Friedman. once, she spent the night on a bench in the defenses would be afforded the defendants. As the only members of their family to railway station. With neither a steady job or This whole issue of dealing with vaccine li­ survive the Holocaust, the sisters were very a permanent address, Ida lived in fear of ability and trying to insure an adequate · close. Nudal lived with Ilana and her hus­ being arrested for the crime of "parasitism." supply of essential vaccines at reasonable band and young son in one Moscow apart­ In November 1982, Ida reached the town costs and provide just compensation for the ment. "My son is Ida's son; my family is of Bendary in Moldavia and for some injured is not one of those issues that you Ida's family," says Friedman. reason, the authorities allowed her to settle and I read about as we scan the daily news. When Ida was refused an exit visa, both there. However, Bendary is hardly a home But if we care about children, if you are sisters were puzzled. They had never been for Ida. She is an outcast; the townspeople concerned about their health and happi­ involved with politics or in any illegal activi­ shun her, fearful of KGB warnings that ness, if you have compassion for the fami­ ties. "We were so naive. We both thought it they will face severe recriminations if they lies of the vaccine-injured children, this is was a bureaucratic slip," recalls Friedman. approach her. Ida lives in isolation. Her dog an important issue that Congress should The sisters decided that Friedman and her is her only companion. face. Don't you think? family would go and that Ida would remain Yet even in distant Bendary, Ida remains in Moscow and join the family later. "If I would have known that it would be years the "angel." She continues to correspond THE PLIGHT OF IDA NUDEL until I'd see Ida again, I wouldn't have left," with her boys, the prisoners, and sends says Friedman. them care packages of food and vitamins With Dana gone, Ida was left alone. "That whenever she can. She is visited occasional­ HON. WYCHE FOWLER, JR. was when she started to help people," ex­ ly by refusnik families and she does receive OF GEORGIA plains her sister. Ida got to know other re­ some mail from the west although none of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fusniks. She helped them prepare requests her letters are allowed to go out. Ida's sister spoke with her recently by Wednesday, August 6, 1986 to leave and accompanied them to govern­ ment offices to secure exit visas. She hosted telephone. She reports that her sister is ill Mr. FOWLER. Mr. Speaker, along with many them in her apartment. Sometimes the and broken in spirit. "When I left, my sister of my colleagues I had the privilege earlier place would get so full that Ida could not was a strong healthy woman," recalls Fried­ this year of meeting with IIana Friedman. Mrs. find a place to sleep. In her circle of activ­ man. "Now she suffers from chronic heart, ists Ida became known as the "angel." liver and kidney ailments and her eyesight Friedman has spent the last 14 years trying to has badly deteriorated". Friedman points to get her sister, Ida Nudel, a visa to emigrate Ida also adopted the prisoners of con­ science who were languishing in Soviet the most recent photograph of her sister as from the Soviet Union to Israel. Mrs. Fried­ prison camps. She wrote to them and sent proof of this deterioration. man's attempts have been constantly blocked them care packages. She called them "her Meanwhile, the authorities continue to and in the meantime her sister has suffered boys." Ida knew that the KGB was spying refuse the sisters' requests to be reunited, greaw. Ida has repeatedly been subjected to on her. In her apartment she left notes to although according to Obir, the Soviet emi­ severe harassments and deprivations because her KGB "visitors." "You can take every­ gration authority, Ida's visa refusal expired of her desire to emigrate and the extraordi­ thing except the care packages for the in 1977. Still the government holds on to boys." her claiming that they cannot release her nary humanitarian assistance she has given to because she knows state secrets from the other refuseniks. Ida also began to participate in political activities and demonstrations. On June 1, days when she worked as a government I recently came across a moving article in 1978, a group of refusnik women staged a economist. the Southern Israelite which details Ms. legal public demonstration to coincide with Friedman says that this is ludicrous. Nudel's plight and her sister's efforts. I hope official festivities marking the International "First of all, she worked in an open public that my colleagues will all take the time to Day of the Child. "The idea was to show agency and never had access to classified in­ read this informative article and I am present­ that the Soviet Union is not a paradise for formation and even if she had, what could ing it for inclusion in the RECORD. children," explains her sister. Ida objected she possibly remember after 15 years?" asks Finally, let me say that this tragic situation to using children in a demonstration and Friedman. reinforces my firm conviction that the United only reluctantly agreed to participate. That Back in Rehovot, Friedman continues her morning, Ida tried to leave her apartment to letter-writing campaign. She has gathered a States must use all of its resources in press­ go to the demonstration. KGB agents small group of supporters called "Israel ing the Soviets to treat Soviet Jews more blocked the door. Without court authoriza­ Women for Ida Nudel," who some years ago fairly and humanely and to improve their over­ tion, they placed her under house arrest. published a book about Ida. She has other all abysmal human rights record. From her fourth floor balcony, Ida hung supporters as well. Recently, World Jewish The article follows: out a banner saying: "KGB, Give Me My Congress President Edgar· Bronfman ap- 19620 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August G, 1986 proached the Soviet government on Ida's ment, and arrests of Jewish activists. In PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING JANET behalf. 1984, many refuseniks were arrested and/or COWAN But mostly Friedman fights her battle put on trial, and a major crackdown began alone, composing her letters in Hebrew or on Hebrew teachers. Russian. An American man from nearby The problems and difficulties that these HON. JOE KOLTER Ra'anana translates them. "My husband people face were highlighted to me recently OF PENNSYLVANIA met him on miluim . when I received information about my One night they were doing guard duty and adopted refusenik, Stanislav Zubko. Mr. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES my husband told him our story. He wanted Zubko, a candidate of sciences in Chemistry, Wednesday, August 6, 1986 to help," Friedman explains. worked as a senior researcher in one of the After 14 years, Dana Friedman is tired of scientific research institutes in Kiev. In Mr. KOL TEA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to fighting. She would like to have more free 1979, Stanislav Zubko, together with his recognize one of the most generous, giving time to spend with her husband and son. mother-Anna Levitskaya-applied for per­ persons that I have ever had the privilege of But more than anything, she would like Ida mission to emigrate to Israel. His request to knowing. Janet Cowan, a resident of Ford Cliff back. emigrate was turned down, after which Boro in the great State of Pennsylvania, has The release of Anatoly Shcharansky has there followed constant persecution by given the sisters renewed hope. Shcha­ enhanced the lives of her family, friends and Soviet authorities. He was fired from his coworkers since March 11, 1938-the very ransky was one of Ida's "boys." He has job, and was completely denied any chance vowed to work for the release of Ida and day on which she was born. to engage in professional work as a scientist. She is a person who has put her heart and other Soviet POCs. Other close friends of He was forced to work as a stockman in a Ida's, the Goldstein family, have recently store. soul into the task of enriching the lives of arrived in Israel and have promised to work Mr. Zubko continued, nevertheless, to others in her community, her profession and for her release. her personal endeavors. Despite the release of Shcharansky and seek permission to emigrate to Israel and the Goldsteins. Friedman restrains herself started helping a number of refuseniks. In For the past 27 years she has, through her from building up hope for the release of her less than two years, he was subjected to own innovative contributions, provided some sister. She has had her hopes dashed before. groundless administrative arrest six times. 5,000 or more students in her elementary Two years ago, when actress Jane Fonda vis­ As a sign of protest against the most recent classrooms with the ultimate opportunity to ited Ida in Bendary, Kremlin watchers pre­ arrest, Zubko declared a hunger strike for prepare themselves for the challenges of dicted that Ida's release would be imminent. ten days. On May 16, 1981, the Zubko's apartment today's world. She makes learning a pleasure It was not. and an adventure and provides instruction Still Friedman carries on, each day writ­ was searched, allegedly in connection with ing another letter or pestering another offi­ an apartment robbery that had supposedly above and beyond the prescribed parameters cial. "I cannot rest until I have Ida back," occurred earlier that year. In his mother's of quality education. she explains. "Perhaps it will be some day apartment, authorities found some hashish She has served her community as president soon," she says longingly, her large eyes fill­ and a pistol. of Boro Council, and for many years has been ing with tears. Zubko denied charges levied against him, actively involved in a variety of service organi­ and categorically stated that these items zations. Presently she unselfishly devotes her has been planted in his apartment. His as­ SOVIET JEWRY time to performing outstanding duties as legis­ sertion that the drugs and pistol did not lative and political committee member of the belong to him was not even investigated by the authorities. Ironically, it had been es­ business and professional women's group in HON. THOMAS N. KINDNESS her area; legislative chairperson for her local OF OHIO tablished that the fingerprints of the ac­ cused could not be found on the objects that teacher's association; secretary of the Manor IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES had been uncovered during the search. Township Lioness Organization; vice-president Wednesday, August 6, 1986 In violation of the law, the objects that of the Armstrong County Democratic Mr. KINDNESS. Mr. Speaker, as chairman were confiscated during the search had not Women's Organization; and registration chair­ been wrapped and sealed in the proper man of the Armstrong County Democratic As­ of the 1986 Congressional Call to Conscience manner, which raises doubts as to the validi­ Vigil for Soviet Jewry I commend the following sociation. ty of the most telling evidence-the only Janet is unique in her endeavors, for she statement by Hon. THOMAS CARPER to the evidence upon which the prosecution based Members for their perusal. its case. does her jobs well in each area in which she STATEMENT oF HoN. THoMAS R. CARPER, oN The prosecuting attorney in Mr. Zubko's serves, and she does so in such an unobtru­ SOVIET JEWRY-AUGUST 5, 1986 trial supported the unsubstantiated accusa­ sive way that most people do not realize how Mr. Speaker, I am joining today with tions, and the court found Zubko guilty on much she gives in the way of time, energy many of my colleagues to protest the both counts. Zubko was sentenced to four and assistance in accomplishing her goals mounting anti-Semitism campaign in the years imprisonment in a general regime and assisting everyone with whom she comes Soviet Union. Jewish emigration has de­ camp. in contact. clined by 98 percent since 1979 to extremely According to Stanislav Zubko's mother, To her family and her many friends and ac­ low levels, reaching the lowest point last his state of health is deteriorating. He suf­ quaintances, she has given herself and con­ fers from severe arthritis and from hunger, year of only 896 persons. tinues to do so without a thought of gaining Only 31, Jews were allowed to emigrate but fortunately he does not have to perform from the Soviet Union during the month of any hard physical work. Because he is in a anything in return except the satisfaction of July 1986-the lowest number of refusniks camp with criminals, he is completely isolat­ doing her best for those whose lives she permitted to leave in 20 years. Presently ed. touches. there are over 400,000 Jews in that country Stanislav Zubko is only one of at least She has earned this tribute by her untiring, who have applied for an exit visa and have 400,000 Soviet Jews who are still imprisoned unselfish style of life which endears her to all been refused. Paralleling this decline has in their own country. Refusing to allow Mr. who know her. Thank you Janet for all that been a sharp increase in officially sanc­ Zubko to emigrate is in direct violation of you do to bring happiness to others in a world tioned anti-Semitic campaigns directed at international law as expressed in Article 13, in which people like you are one in a million. Soviet Jewish refuseniks . Anti-Semitic Human Rights which states: "Everyone has campaigns have been led by the "Anti-Zion­ the right to leave any country, including his CONGRATULATIONS TO NEVADA ist Committee of Soviet citizens," founded own, and to return to his country." in 1983 by Gen. D. A. Dragunsky, a military Most of the imprisoned refuseniks are ac­ CITY, CA commander. The Committee contends that cused on such immaterial grounds as "de­ the Jewish emigration problem has been faming the Soviet state and social system," HON. NORMAN D. SHUMWAY solved since any Jews who wanted to leave when in fact the only crime is, in most OF CALIFORNIA the Soviet Union have already done so. In cases, the desire to maintain their Jewish addition, the Committee often links Zionism identity and heritage as well as the desire IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to Nazism. for the fundamental right of emigration. I Wednesday, August 6, 1986 Other forms of discrimination include the hope we, as free Americans, never forget the loss of Jobs for those applying to emigrate, plight of these Soviet Jews who long for a Mr. SHUMWAY. Mr. Speaker, it is with great restrictions on Jewish university enroll- taste of the freedom we cherish. pleasure that I ask my colleagues to join with August 6, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19621 me in paying tribute to Nevada City, CA, which The residents of Nevada City are very proud The LIA has successfully worked to involve has been named one of the first 15 "Desig­ of their heritage, and have worked diligently to all segments of business and the community, nated Bicentennial Communities" in the preserve this important chapter in Western bringing the many interests of the region to­ Nation by the Commission on the Bicentennial history. However, their efforts reach much fur­ gether in a common voice. Those of us who of the U.S. Constitution. Only four cities in the ther back than the gold rush. Each year, live there appreciate what a unique and spe­ Western States have received this honor. Nevada City is known for its September Con­ cial place Long Island is, and we are grateful Nevada City, a national historic district, re­ stitution Day Parade~ and the residents truly to the LIA for its dedicated efforts to preserve mains one of the most outstanding examples go out of their way to pay homage and tribute those qualities and values that make Long of gold mining towns in California. Its carefully to that most revered document. Island so desirable. preserved VICtorian and early mining town ar­ Thus, it is especially appropriate for this On behalf of my Fourth District constituents, chitecture make it a living reminder of the colorful and critical link in America's develop­ I'd like to personally thank the LIA and all its colorful Gold Rush days which hastened the ment to have been selected as a designated members for their many years of dedicated colonization of the West and changed the bicentennial community. The city's efforts will service to our communities and wish them an­ face of American history. Situated near the focus America's attention on our precious and other 60 years of continued success. Thank northern end of the Mother Lode, Nevada City historic Constitution, which is the goal of the you. for years was the heart of the rich northern Commisison. I will look forward to working mines in the lode. It remains surrounded by with Nevada City in the days ahead, to com­ the largest, richest, and longest-operating mending the city's residents for their success, A TRffiUTE TO CAPT. WILLIAM gold-quartz mining field in California and to knowing that my colleagues join with GENTLEMAN Nevada City's birth as a small mining com­ me in acknowledging this very special and munity in 1849 was spontaneous, following well-deserved designation. HON. HAL DAUB fast on the heels of word that gold had been OPNEBRASKA found in California Miners poured into the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES area and, by 1850, it was not only one of the A TRmUTE TO THE LIA'S 60TH first gold mining communities, but one of the ANNIVERSARY Wednesday. August 6, 1986 largest Many such communities had brief Mr. DAUB. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate this "flash in the pan" existences, literally. By HON. NORMAN F. LENT opportunity to commend a citizen from Ne­ 1853, the California Gold Rush was essentially OPNEWYORK braska's Second Congressional District for his over, as most of the placer, or surface, mines · IN THE HOUSE OF !l.EPRESENTATIVES exemplary efforts as a paramedic. Capt Wil­ had been worked dry. Nevada City, however, liam Gentleman, a fire captain from Omaha, continued to grow. Wrth the discovery and de­ Wednesday, August 6, 1986 NE, has been honored as the top paramedic velopment of hard-rock, hydraulic, and other Mr. LENT. Mr. Speaker, the Long Island As­ in the Nation by the National Association of modem mining techniques, Nevada City ra­ sociation [LIA] has done more than perhaps Emergency Medical Technicians. I congratu­ tained an important place in mining history. any single organization to improve Long late Captain Gentleman for his accomplish­ And, when J.J. Ott's now-famous assay office Island, NY, as a place to live, work and do ments, and I want to take this time to inset in in Nevada City confirmed in 1859 that an ore business. The LIA is celebrating its 60th anni­ the RECORD an article that recently appeared sample was rich in silver as well as gold, a re­ versary this year, and I'd like to take this op­ in the Omaha World Herald outlining his con­ newed rush was on. portunity to recognize the LIA's outstanding tributions. The gold and silver taken from the Corn­ commitment and many years of service to our [From The Omaha World Herald, July 25, stock Lode which had yielded that revealing communities. 1986] sample had significant results. It financed TheLIA is the region's largest business and NATION'S ToP PARAMEDIC, AN OMAHAN, Is much of the Civil War for the North, brought civic organization, bringing together business, SURPRISED the State of Nevada into the Union, and made labor, government and academia. It repre­ An Omaha fire captain honored as the top millionaires of many-millionaires who, in tum, sents over 2,000 small businesses, local paramedic in the nation said Thursday that went on to contribute to the Nation. The first chambers of commerce, colleges and univer­ he was surprised to learn he was even in the long-distance telephone cable was a result, as sities, and trade associations. It was first es­ running. were cables under the seas, and some of tablished in 1922 by a group of businessmen "It was quite a shock," said Capt. William today's splendid structures in such cities as from Kings, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Gentleman, who has been a paramedic for San Francisco. seven of his 17 years with the Omaha Fire Counties who formed a regional chamber of Department. "By the time this all came The first town was largely comprised of commerce with offices in Manhattan. The about, I thought this was all over." canvas-wood construction, easy prey to both group was Jncorporated as the Long Island Gentleman, 38, of 10027 R St., was hon­ fire and flood. Despite many such tragedies, Chamber of Commerce on July 1, 1926, and ored by the National Association of Emer­ Nevada City's stoic and pioneering citizens over the years evolved into the LIA as we gency Medical Technicians. He received the prevailed, rebuilding, progressing, and continu­ know it today. Asmund S. Laerdal Award for Excellence ing to contribute to the area's rich heritage. I'm proud to be able to say that Long Island July 12 at a conference in Orlando, Fla. Preoccupation with the peril imposed by fire Mayor Boyle announced the presentation of is in the midst of unprecedented economic the award during his Thursday press confer­ resulted in the organization of fire companies growth and prosperity. Disposable household ence. and construction of extravagant firehouses, income is among the highest in the Nation, one of which is considered the finest surviving and our unemployment is the lowest. That is STILL NOT OVER IT example of such architecture in the region. quite an accomplishment, and all Long Island­ Gentleman said he knew his name had been submitted as a candidate earlier this The Main Street Fire House now serves as ers can share in the benefits. year. He said he dismissed the possibility of the Nevada County Historical Society's The UA has worked to help create an at­ winning when he learned that the applica­ museum, and is one of the best known histori­ mosphere where business can thrive and tion might have been sent in too late. cal buildings in the Mother Lode. prosper. More important, this organization has He said he did not know he was to receive Nevada City had its share of famous resi­ strived to balance this booming economy and the award until his name was announced dents and was the site of the founding of vari­ at the same time enhance the quality of life during a banquet at the Orlando confer­ ous respected organizations. Herbert Hoover Long Islanders cherish. ence. lived in Nevada City, working as a hard-rock In addition the LIA has been an advocacy "I still haven't gotten over it," he said. "I don't think anyone thinks they're a winner miner while studying engineering at Stanford. organization at local, State and Federal levels or even in the running in a national compe­ The University of California at Berkeley had its of government It worked directly with Long tition." foundation here, when Prof. Henry Durant, Island Members of Congress to protect the Gentleman received an engraved crystal transplanted from Yale University, met with a deductibility of State and local taxes while im­ disc and $1,000. He said he would use the committee to form an academy which was in­ proving Federal tax reform legislation for indi­ money to finance his research on improving corporated as the College of California. viduals and business. patient ventillation techniques.

,1 fl:)'l () '\7-10 Federal efforts to require that admissions poli­ and his fellow man. Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies and Dis­ cies at certified extended care facilities are Mr. Speaker, it is my great pleasure to rec­ tinguished Delegates, it is always a pleasure fair to Medicaid patients. It will also provide ognize this great American and to place this to return to this lovely country and I am particularly honored to have been invited to for greater enforcement of the current Federal tribute to him in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. address this distinguished gathering. law that prohibits administrators and operators We meet at an especially opportune of extended care facilities from requiring in­ AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT moment for Sub-Saharan Africa. The region coming patients and their families to sign pri­ is emerging from one of the worst famines vate pay contracts as a precondition for ad­ in recent history. Good rains have come to mission. HON. JAMES H. SCHEUER much of the region. Many African govern­ By requiring payment of private rates or de­ OF NEW YORK ments are now making significant progress nying admission to nursing homes, our senior IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in economic reform efforts. Per capita in­ citizens, poor and disabled individuals and comes should rise this year for the first time Wednesday, August 6, 1986 since 1980. their families have been placed in a tough po­ Mr. SCHEUER. Mr. Speaker, the first-ever All of this makes 1986 a year of opportuni­ sition at a time when they are already under ty for Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet it is also a pressure to make a decision regarding the All-African Conference of Parliamentarians on time of enormous challenge because the future of a loved one. Population and Development, held in Zim­ agenda of unfinished business is formidable babwe in May, was cause for great optimism indeed. because it demonstrated the growing desire of Low-income Africa is poorer than it was a STETSON F. BENNETT, A GREAT African leaders to address Africa's excessive generation ago in 1960. And though the AMERICAN rate of population growth. recent good news interrupts the trend of Another aspect of African development was chronic economic decline, it will not be addressed by Abdou Diouf, President of Sen­ enough to reverse it. Productivity is stag­ HON. ROBERT UNDSAY THOMAS nant, commodity prices are still very low, OF GEORGIA egal and chairman of the Organization of Afri­ the debt burden is serious and growing, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES can Unity in late May at a special session of if present trends continue the human disas­ the United Nations devoted to the programs ter of 1983-84 in Sub-Saharan Africa will in­ Wednesday, August 6, 1986 of African development. evitably return to haunt tile world commu­ Mr. THOMAS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it Mr. Diouf's speech recounted Africa's woes, nity. gives me great pleasure today to introduce to acknowledged the mistakes of previous poli­ This afternoon I would like to discuss this body a great Georgian and a great Ameri­ cies, and asked for an additional $100 billion briefly the most important long-term social can, Mr. Stetson F. Bennett. Mr. Bennett was in aid for African over the next 5 years. Mr. and economic issue confronting Sub-Saha­ ran Africa: the rampant growth of popula­ born and still lives today in the southeast Diouf promised that African governments tion. For many countries this issue is the Georgia community of Jesup. Since his birth would more wisely spend this aid that has fre­ number one problem on the agenda. more than 57 years ago, he has exemplified quently been the practice in the past, and How serious is this issue? What are the those beliefs and virtues that have made this would introduce sound economic policies implications for Africa's economies, for the country great. aimed at successfully promoting private enter­ general well being of your people-those This year, the State of Georgia recognized prise and development in Africa. living today and those yet to come? What the leadership, service, and dedication of Mr. While I found much to admire about Mr. can be done to deal with the situation? Bennett by presenting him with the first-ever Diouf's speech, I was troubled by two aspects Numbers can be boring but let me try to put the problem into perspective. First of award for a clerk of superior court in the State of his statement. First and foremost, we donor all, let me emphasize that when we speak of of Georgia. So great is the esteem in which nations need to see more than rhetoric and the population problem in Sub..Saharan his peers and colleagues hold him, that they · good intentions. In the past, Africa has prom­ Africa, we do not mean there are now too have named this new award the Stetson F. ised reforms, but failed to deliver. As a propo­ many people in the region. In most parts of Bennett award, which will be presented to the nent of aid to Africa, I could work much more the region there are not. With about 20 per- 19624 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 6, 1986 cent of the world's cultivable land but only absorb only about half of the projected in­ region as a whole, such growth is unlikely. about 9 percent of its people, density is not crease in the labor force. The other half will Only a few countries-all outside Africa­ the problem in Sub-Saharan Africa either. either have to subsist on marginal land, or have achieved growth rates in agriculture The problem is that the population growth be jobless. above 3 percent a year for sustained periods. rate is explosively high in relation to eco­ A second reason why population growth is Each year, Africa's farmers attempt to nomic growth. It is, in a word, phenome­ a central development problem is the feed 16 mlllion additional people, roughly 10 nal-the fastest growth rate of any conti­ impact on the health of mothers and chil­ times the annual addition of North America nent in history in relation to a low rate of dren. Mothers . . . women represent a seri­ or Europe. And they must attempt to do GDP growth. In fact, population growth has ously undervalued potential in the entire this on a vulnerable land base. But while been more dynamic than the economic de­ development process. Children, of course, the yields of wheat, maize and rice have velopment. If the process has been reversed, represent the future of that process. risen modestly, the yields of subsistence sta­ Africa would be able to absorb a growing An African mother's chance of illness or ples, including sorghum and millet, have population more easily, but it has not. death during pregnancy and childbirth are been stagnant or even declining. Food pro­ The introduction of public health meas­ high. Infant and maternal mortality is also duction on the continent has increased pri­ ures and vaccinations has reduced death high compared to other developing country marily by expanding the cultivated area­ rates, but without parallel efforts to reduce regions. The reasons are associated with often unto steep land with unstable soils or birth rates, overall population growth has poor health generally and the shortage of into forests whose thin soils are quickly de­ accelerated. As a result, Africa's population medical facilities. However, the mother's pleted after a few seasons of plowing. is now expanding at about 3.1 percent a age and the number of children she has are Although essentially agrarian, African year. also important. countries are losing the ability to feed If this growth rate continues, population Better spacing and timing of births and themselves. In 1984, approximately 140 mil­ would double in 22 years, quadruple in 44 reduction in the number of births would lion of its 546 mlllion people were fed entire­ years, and increase eightfold in 66 years. help reduce these risks and reduce infant ly with grain from abroad. In the case of Sub-saharan Africa, the as­ and child mortality as well. In Africa and A fourth reason why rapid population sumptions underlying the standard popula­ elsewhere, infant mortality is strongly af­ growth is an economic problem has to do tion projections of the Bank are quite opti­ fected by birth spacing. with the fact that it is creating urban eco­ mistic. For example, it is assumed that the Large potential health gains from family nomic and social difficulties that threaten move from high fertility to replacement­ planning, now better understood than they to become unmanageable. By the year 2000 level fertility-which took about a century were 20 years ago, provide a natural appeal there are expected to be more than 60 cities and a half in the United States-will be to policy makers and people. Spacing births in Africa with populations of more than one completed within a much shorter time space by two years or more would alone reduce mlllion people-in contrast to only one in in Africa, perhaps 50 to 60 years. infant mortality by 12-20 percent in much 1950 in the continent. Let me provide a few Even if we take these assumptions at face of Africa. more graphic statistics about the scale of value, despite their optimism, the projec­ A third reason why rapid population this problem: tions are frankly frightening. By the year growth is a central development issue is the Between 1960 and 1980, the populations of 2025-less than 40 years from now-Kenya's threat it poses to the natural resource base. Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam, Lusaka, Lagos, and population will be four times the size it was Throughout the continent, natural support Kinshasa-to name a few-increased more in 1980; Nigeria's and Ghana's will have systems are under growing strain. In coun­ than sevenfold. Most of the new arrivals grown more than threefold; the population try after country sustainable-yield thresh­ moved into shanties. In 1981, Lusaka had of Sub-8aharan Africa as a whole will have olds of forests and grasslands are being 540,000 people, 250,000 of them in squatter risen from about 460 mlllion to 1.3 blllion. breached. The destruction of tree cover in settlements or illegal developments. Three That is, one thousand, three hundred mil­ Africa represents one of the most dramatic quarters of the population of Bangui are es­ lion. And if the assumptions are less opti­ human alterations of the environment. timated to live in spontaneous settlements. mistic-if fertility falls less rapidly-then Nearly every country is affected. One conse­ This unprecedented rise in the urban pop­ the consequences can be catastrophic. quence is the severe fuel shortages because ulation poses formidable problems of man­ The poor economic performance of Sub­ of declining wood resources. In Addis Ababa agement even to maintain, let alone im­ Saharan Africa cannot be blamed on rapid the price of increasingly scarce wood for prove, the living conditions of city dwellers. population growth alone, nor will slower fuel has risen tenfold during the 1970s and In summary, excessively rapid population population growth solve all its economic now claims up to 20 percent of household growth strains every facet of a developing problems. External economic shocks, as well incomes. Soil erosion, the loss of soil organic society. It expands the labor force faster as in appropriate domestic policies, have matter, and the depletion of soil nutrients than new jobs. It produces burgeoning cities contributed to the region's economic crisis. are diminishtng land productivity over and rings them with slums. It overstrains But rapid population growth is creating much of Africa. the food supply and the natural resource severe strains in some countries and, Even where harvests seem to belie erosion base on which food growing depends. It ag­ throughout the region as a whole, it is caus­ problems, soil loss can be serious. Zimbabwe gravates illiteracy, malnourishment and ing a decline in living standards. Thus con­ has achieved a remarkable recovery from poor health and it perpetuates poverty. tinuing rapid population growth is a central drought, with last year's harvest estimated Even in a vigorously prosperous environ­ development problem and the absence, until to be double the country's requirements. ment, dealing with such intense demograph­ recently, of specific national plans and pro­ Yet the country's Natural Resources Board ic pressures is difficult. In the poor, weak grams to deal with the problem has aggra­ estimates that half the communal land economies of Sub-Saharan Africa the task is vated it. farmed by peasants is already severely overwhelming. Allow me to elaborate a bit on just four eroded By early in the next century, lands What can be done? What is being done? reasons why rapid population growth is a now considered good may be unable to Fortunately, at least on the surface, the major development problem. produce even subsistence yields. In Ethio­ attitudes of Sub-saharan governments are First, it aggravates the difficult choice be­ pia, Kenya, and in many other countries the beginning to change. Almost 40 govern­ tween higher consumption now and the in­ stroy is the same. ments have adopted the Kilimanjaro Pro­ vestment needed to bring higher consump­ It points up the failure of Africa to mod­ gram of Action on population. It called on tion in the future. As population grows ernize agriculture at a time of rapid popula­ them to ensure the availability of family more rapidly, larger investments are needed tion growth. According to an FAD study, Af­ planning services to all couples and individ­ Just to maintain current levels of both phys­ rica's land could in theory support several uals, compared with the mere 5 percent who ical and human capital-that is, a person's times the present population at adequate are actually utilizing such services today. health, education, and skills. For example, nutritional levels. However, that would Most governments in Africa now support African populations, in addition to growing entail substantial migration within coun­ slowing population growth, either to rapidly, are young. Children less than 15 tries and across borders. It would also re­ achieve demographic targets or for health years of age now constitute about 46 per­ quire investments in irrigation, new technol­ reasons. But the sad fact remains that cent of the total population, compared to 37 ogy, and assistance to small farmers on a health programs are generally weak. Little percent in Asia and 40 percent in Latin scale that is unlikely to be achieved soon. effort has gone into increasing demand for America; children under 5 years of age make Just to sustain current and inadequate family planning and the existing demand up nearly 19 percent of the total. standards of nutrition, agricultural produc­ for family planning information has hardly Wgher fertility countries also face large tion in Africa should grow at a sustained been tapped. Meanwhile, there is a conspic­ increaes in their labor forces and the pros­ rate above 3 percent a year for the next 20 uous absence of firm political and financial pect of mounting unemployment. Between years. Improving agricultural policies will support for specific programs, especially for now and the end of the century, industry help: in some countries that rate of agricul­ programs in the Ministries of Agriculture, and agriculture combined will be able to tural growth is not impossible. But for the Education, Youth, and Recreation. August 6, 1986 EXT:ENSIONS OF REMARKS 19625 In an environment where the idea of birth essary for several decades in Africa if family human remedy. The people have hope but llmitations is still new, governments must planning is to be a realistic option. they look to you for leadership and help. take the lead in encouraging provlslons of The most important single step that any Let us work together to provide it. services, in the private sector as well as by nation can take to reduce its rate of popula­ Thank you. government itself. EQually important, gov- tion growth is to establish a framework-a ernments must take the lead in promoting national plan-within which all of these the dissemination of information about measures-effective public information pro­ WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT family planning and developing a social eon- grams, dependable delivery systems for eon­ AND DEPARTMENT OF THE IN­ sensus on its legitimacy. In fact, no inter- traceptive techniques and services-can be TERIOR SETTLEMENT vention in this sensitive area is likely to sue- formulated, and against which progress can eeed unless it is locally designed and man- be evaluated. aged in ways which fit with local cultural The World Bank also has an active role to HON. TONY COEUIO values. play in helping address the problem of rapid OF CALIFORlfiA At the same time, governments need to de- population growth. The Bank attaches liberately avoid monopolizing the actual major importance to this key development IN THE HOUSE OF REPB,ESENTATIVES provisions of family planning services. issue and offers its support in four ways: Wednesday, August 6, 1986 Heavy government involvement in deliver- First, by helping improve understanding, ing those services is likely to impose ex- through its economic and section work and Mr. COELHO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tended demands on strained admlnlstrative through policy dialogue with member eoun­ address a matter which has received consid­ and financial resources. Governments, tries, of the consequences for development erable press attention and comment in recent therefore, need to develop a distinct African of faster or slower population growth; days. This matter is the proposed settlement approach, probably involving a deliberate Second, by helping support development of litigation which is pending before the Feder­ fostering of pluralism. Local governments, strategies that naturally build demand for al district court between the United States and communities and private sector lnltiatives to smaller famllles, especially by improving the Westlands Water District, which lies within extend access to family planning services womens' opportunities in education and should all be encouraged. income generation. my congressional district It should note here the significant effort Third, by helping supply safe, effective, As many of the Members of the House, and underway by the Government of Zim- and affordable family planning and other the Senate, will no doubt recall, an agreement babwe-a leader in this area in Sub-Saharan basic health services focused particularly on was reached during the consideration and for­ Africa. It has done exceptionally well in the the poor in both urban and rural areas; and mulation of the Continuing Resolution during relatively short period since independence. Fourth, by responding to growing demand the first session of this Congress which as­ More than one Quarter of married women in for family plan.ning services, especially in sured congressional oversight of any settle­ reproductive age in Zimbabwe are using a urban areas. ment. The provision within that Act required modem method of contraception . Although the detailed The Bank views population assistance as a proposed settlement to the Court, have the resultE of the 1982 census are not yet avail- top priority in Africa. Nevertheless, the opportunity to full review the settlement for 30 able, it is clear that the fertility rate has de- Bank had by 1982 committed only $35 mll­ days. A tremendous amount of negotiation cllned significantly since the previous lion in population and health assistance to and compromise took place regarding this census of 1969. What are the main reasons Sub-Saharan Africa in two population provision, and I believe that we are now up­ for the success in Zimbabwe? pro)ects in Kenya. In 1983 and 1984, the holding the position of Congress. First, increasing female education, urban- Bank; however, committed more than $52 In particular, the proposed settlement which lzation, high per capital income <$740> by million to health proJects in Senegal, was sent to Congress on Thursday, July 24, African standardc;, and the high cost of rats- Malawi, Comoros, Mali, and Botswana; and ing a large family have probably increased by early 1986, the Bank had committed an 1986, by Secretary of the Interior Donald demand for family planning. Health has additional $'11 million in population and Hoeler, is the result of the Court's direction to also improved; life expectancy at birth is ' health lending in Lesotho, Nigeria, Rwanda, the parties to attempt to resolve the legal dis­ now about 56 years and the infant mortality and Ivory Coast. In the next four years, the putes and prevent further lengthy court pro­ rate has reportedly fallen significantly. Bank intends to begin or expend project in ceedings, which are costly to the taxpayers, Second, and most importantly, the Gov- over 20 African countries, amounting to as well as to the other parties ·n such law­ ernment of Zimbabwe has taken leadership roughly $500 million. suits. The proposed settlement, after 30 days to build a consensus about the legitimacy of But even this increased level of commit­ before Congress, as required by law, must be family planning. It has frequently expressed ment on the part of the World Bank will its concern about the damage done by rapid not be enough. (liven the magnitude of the submitted to, reiewed by, and approved by the population growth. It has maintained and problem. the increasing requests for popula­ Court. My constituents clearly acted in re· strengthened its programs to deliver family tion assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa, much sponse to the specific directions of the Court. planning services and further strengthening more ;needs to be done-by the Bank, by the At the same time, Congress does 'have the is planned. Unfortunately, most African African countries themselves, and by the opportunity to fully review the impact and governments have not been so supportive of donor community generally. Africans, public intent of this proposed agreement. family planning. Political support should be and private authorities and NGOs must sup­ The past several days have been filled with continuous. port and ln fact design any specific tnterven- The cost of providing family planning in tlons so that they conform to local cultural a fluny of newspaper articles and ecfrtorials Africa is not great in absolute terms, but and moral values. concerning the proposed settlement, as well will not be easily met by domestic resources The entire donor co~unity must help. as an tntense lobbying campaign against ap­ alone. Including some basic maternal and And Its experience bas shown that such proval of the proposed settlement Unfortu­ child health care, the cost ranges between eenrtcea cost relatively little. If more donors nately, many of these press accounts and the $20 and $50 a year per active user, with av- and more African countries were each to related statements have either distorted or erage costs falllng as services improve and make m1n1ma1 adjustments in their budget omitted relevant facts as to the background of contraceptive prevalence rises toward 20 anocatlons, the resources would be there to this complicated dispute, the legal issues In­ percent of couples of reproductive age. make such services available to more people volved, the applicable law, the realities of liti­ A long-run figure of $20 per user tmpUes who want them and need them. about $0.75 per capita spending over the Mr. Cbalrman, all of us in this chamber gation, and the proper legal process in which population as a whole, assuming about 25 todaY-African parU&mentarlans and na­ to settle such disputes. It is apparent that pereent of eligible couples use famUY Plan· tional and International otvll servants such many have misinterpreted the substance of ning. On health services as a whole, African as 'DU'Selt-«CuPY pOSitions of privileged, the proposed settlement. Therefore, Mr. governments now spend between $3 and $15 ret crucial. pubUc trust. In the final analy­ Speaker, I feel compelled to set the record per capita. In this context, to achieve spend- sis our bblfption. our duty, is to help lift straight. ing of $0.75 per capita specifically on fam.Uy the y.QP of deprtvatlon end poverty that It should first be noted that this proposed planning within the next decade seems a iP1$MJ tar too ~DallY people in this part of the $E!ttlement is only a recommendation to the reasonable goal. worta. J:xcesslve PQpulatton arowth makes Court to resolve the pending litigation. It still Simultaneously, an increase In donor as- the~ bOJ"''(!bdQUS. If not IDlposalble. ststance, not only for family planning but lA!t us renew our commttment to work to­ must be accepted by the Court, after addition­ for policy planning, data collection and gethef to deal wt~h tht!l awesome problem. al public input Is allowed in the court proceed­ analysis, census support, and training is nee- It IIi of human orlgin and can yield to Ings. After the determination on the ultimate 19626 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August G, 1986 settlement and the final decree, as issued by required to put $5 million annually into this any drainage alternative. Unfortunately, you do the Court, Congress will again have the oppor­ fund. More significantly, the proposed settle­ not hear the opponents of this proposal citing tunity to review the court ruling, just like it ment in no way obligates the U.S. to build these facts. would on any other court case. I believe it is drainage facilities. The settlement only re­ Let me assure my colleagues that nothing appropriate for Congress to review such set­ quires the Department of the Interior to pre­ in the proposed settlement would violate the tlements; however, at the same time, I believe pare a plan for such drainage facilities. Reclamation Reform Act. The facts are that it to be inappropriate to interfere in the judicial The proposed settlement defines Westlands the settlement fully conforms with both the process by not allowing a settlement negotiat­ contractual obligation (which arose well before letter and spirit of this act. As a Member of ed between two parties to be presented to a the enactment of the Reclamation Reform Act Congress who was a conferee during the for­ judge. In particular, I feel that such legislative of 1982) to fulfill its financial obligations to the mulation of this law, I can report to you that directives raise a number of questions regard­ United States on moneys spent on the San as the law intended, those persons who will ing separation of powers. It is unjust to man­ Luis Unit authorized by Congress in 1977. The receive new benefits, will now be compelled date that an individual be prohibited from fol­ settlement requires Westlands to repay this to come under the Reclamation Reform Act, lowing a court directive. More importantly, expenditure over a 20-year period, rather than when they receive such benefits. such action would result in denying an individ­ the traditional 40-year repayment period for Mr. Speaker, it has also been contended ual the same rights that are available to any facilities of this type. that the proposed settlement would shift the American citizen. The arguments on the pro­ Although I have provided a review of the payment of drainage costs to other water and posed settlement should be on the merits of major provisions of the settlement, I also power users within the State of California. I this settlement, which I believe are sound for would like to clarify and correct the incorrect can fully assure my colleagues that this is not U.S. taxpayers. But, consideration of this case statements that have been made on the set­ the case. The classification of a project facility should also be on the merits for the U.S. Con­ tlement and assure that the record is set as a major project feature or otherwise has stitution, and the rights of American citizens to straight. Opponents of the settlement have nothing whatsoever to do with who bears the use the system of checks and balances be­ maintained that the proposal is a bad bargin burden of paying for it. The features that tween the branches of government. for the U.S. Treasury, taxpayers, water and serve irrigation are paid for by irrigation users Mr. Speaker, the proposed settlement which power users. This is a complete misrepresen­ who benefit by them. Therefore, Central Valley resolves this complex litigation is actually tation of the facts on the settlement, and Project facilities which benefit all water users, quite straightforward, and more importantly is nothing could be further from the truth. a benefit to the U.S. Treasury, not the boon­ The Interior Secretary has released eco­ such as Shasta Dam, are repaid by all users. doggle, as some proclaim it to be. The pro­ nomic data clearly indicating that the U.S. Those facilities that benefit only a portion of posed settlement contains the following six Treasury benefits by hundreds of millions of CVP water users are repaid by those users major terms: dollars through the adoption of the proposed alone. It is for this reason that the San Luis The United States would agree to perform settlement. In particular, the settlement will Unit within the CVP (which includes Westlands the water service contract that it has had with produce more revenue for the Treasury than Water District, as well as other irrigation dis­ Westlands since 1963, a contract whose valid­ would be generated if the Court ruled in favor tricts) has one of the highest water rates in ity has not been challenged. This contract has of the Department of the Interior on every pro­ the Central Valley Project. These facilities are been approved by the President, by Congress, vision in the pending litigation. This is due to costly, and include the cost of the San Luis and by the Court. This contract requires the the fact that the settlement results in the De­ Drain. However, they only benefit those dis­ United States to deliver 900,000 acre-feet of partment of the Interior selling water at the full tricts within the San Luis Unit and must be firm water supply at a rate of $7.50 per acre­ cost of service, therefore assuring the Treas­ paid for exclusively by those districts. Under foot plus the additional drainage service ury not only of receiving all operation and long established reclamation law, the costs of change of 50 cents per acre-foot. maintenance costs associated with the San those facilities can only be shifted to other The Interior Department, subject to all re­ Luis Unit, but also increased and accelerated water or power users only if the users in the quirements of the law, would agree to negoti­ recovery of capital costs. It is the result of the San Luis Unit do not have the ability to repay ate a contract with an improvement district proposed settlement that the finanical benefit such costs. Without a doubt this scenario will created within Westlands, as allowed by the has been achieved. not occur, Westlands has the ample repay­ Reclamation Reform Act. This contract will ad­ The other benefits which favor the Depart­ ment ability and is able to cover all costs as­ dress one of the issues included in the lawsuit ment of Treasury include the requirement that signed to it. and requires that 250,000 acre-feet of water Westlands give up its contractual right to Mr. Speaker, I know that some of my col­ supply be paid for at the current cost of serv­ water at $7.50 per acre-foot, and as a result, leagues have expressed their particular con­ ice rate. This provision in the settlement will pay the cost of service (now $16.07) for such cern that the proposed settlement would result in the U.S. Treasury recovering both water. Westlands also surrendered any claim result in providing for preferential treatment to capital as well as operation and maintenance to an additional water supply at the 1963 con­ the Westlands Water District for the allocation costs. As a result of this provision in the sette­ tract rate. As outlined in the six major provi­ of additional CVP project water. Again, this is ment, Westlands agreed to drop its claim sions, Westlands is committed to cost sharing not true. The proposed settlement does not within their countersuit that it has a contrac­ for future drainage facilities. This commitment recognize any additional water right for West­ tual right to this water at the lower fixed price was made despite the fact that there is no lands. Consistent with law and prevailing within the 1983 contract. legal, binding obligation for Interior to build Bureau of Reclamation water marketing policy, The method provided for in the 1963 con­ any additional drainage facilities. Furthermore, the settlement only acknowledges that the tract for repaying Federal costs for building the settlement requires Westlands to pay full Bureau may negotiate for additional water the San Luis Drain, namely, the 50 cents per operation and maintenance costs, if any drain­ service at full cost of service rates, in the acre-feet drainage service charge paid on all age facilities are eventually constructed. Most same manner that they would for any other water delivered would continue, despite the importantly to the taxpayer, after long and te­ water district. fact that the United States has not provided dious negotiations, Westlands will be required Recently, newspaper editorials criticizing the such services. This method of repayment was to continue to pay the drainage service charge settlement were circulated to House Mem­ approved in 1963 by President Kennedy, and even though the San Luis Drain is useless bers. I think it is important that we recognize Secretary of Interior Udall. The Department of and the United States is not supplying West­ that there are two sides to this story. I believe Interior Solicitor in mid 1978, however, sud­ lands with any drainage service whatsoever. my comments will clarify the provisions of the denly reversed Interior's long standing policy Mr. Speaker, in my view, the proposed set­ settlement. However, I would also like to pro­ and legal position on repayment, thus, chang­ tlement is an excellent deal for the United vide the response to those editorials for your ing a 15-year policy. The settlement reaffirms States. If there is any objection, it should be additional information, and have them reprint­ the previous longstanding policy. from the farmers who have paid for drainage ed in the RECORD. As a result of the proposed settlement, service that no longer exists. The Department Finally, as I am sure my colleagues will Westlands will immediately create a $100 mil­ of the Interior has failed to provide such drain­ agree, a settlement by its very nature cannot lion fund to cost share in future drainage facili­ age facilities, and most recently, prohibited the be an all or nothing proposition. If either side ties if they are built. In addition, the district is use of the existing facilities without providing received all that they wanted, there would be August 6, 198& EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19627 little incentive to reach an agreement. Such is wise, and despite the fact that the United on water for the first 960 acres. Bear in mind that the U.S. Su­ States nor Westlands will get all that they tion facilities, delivered water and entered preme Court, in its landmark decision on want through this settlement, but both parties into excess land contracts throughout the the constitutionality of acreage limitations, larger area. Con­ water required by the crops with the Sm: Your editorial "Carrying Water" sequently, Interior took the position that amount applied) ranges from 80 to 88 per­ , simply doesn't hold water. It the 1963 contract, while valid, could not be cent in Westlands, depending upon the va­ ignores a number of salient facts, and even implemented until it was amended in these garies of weather. This is considerably contradicts itself. It's small wonder your two respects, and demanded a higher price above the 50 to 70 percent considered conclusions are so far off base. for all the water delivered to Westlands. normal for agriculture. You acknowledge, correctly, in the first Where was the "fairness" in all this? Need­ Finally, is it really "fair" to complain that paragraph that Westlands "was long ago less to say, these actions led to litigation, the proposed settlement does not address given the right to buy 900,000 acre-feet of commencing in 1979. specific solutions to the drainage probleiDS? federal water a year at a low price." More­ It's easy to sneer at a price of $7.50 per If you had done your homework, you would over, the validity of that 1963 water con­ acre-foot, but it's a fact that this is among know that there are no ready-made answers, tract has never been disputed in this litiga­ the half dozen highest agricultural water but both Westlands and the Interior De­ tion. rates in the entire Central Valley Project. A partment, as well as other agencies, are de­ In view of this long-standing contractual handful of contracts have a price of $8.10. voting an immense amount of time, effort right, how can you logically complain that By way of contrast, the Contra Costa Water and money to find solutions which are both the proposed settlement would require District pays only 50-cents to $2.00 for its environmentally acceptable and economical­ Westlands to pay "a higher price only for agricultural water. posed settlement? costly court trial, it is entirely possible that Furthermore, Westlands has accounted By asking a few simple questions you also W estlands would pay that same "low" price for better than 90 percent of the total cap­ would have learned that in addition to the for all its water. This leads to a second falla­ ital repayment of the entire CVP ($36 mil­ $5 million per year contribution to the trust cy in your editorial. lion out of $39 million> as of the end of the fund for upfront cost-sharing for any future Westlands did not simply expand and last fiscal year, even though Westlands re­ federal drainage projects, Westlands is de­ "claim" the right to buy additional water at ceives only 25 percent of the CVP water. veloping its own $6.6 million program to the same price of $7.50 per acre-foot plus 50- Again by way of contrast, the Contra Costa construct and operate prototype facilities cents for drainage service. In 1964, former Water district has accumulated a capital re­ for drainage water treatment and disposal. Assistant Interior Secretary Kenneth payment deficit of more than $750,000 and We would have preferred to give you all Holum, in a memorandum approved by then is adding to that deficit at the rate of $5.32 this information before you published your Secretary Stewart Udall, proposed that on each acre-foot it receives. Would you like editorial. We hope, in all fairness, that you Westlands, which consisted of about 400,000 to comment on the "fairness" of this situa­ will give us an opportunity to discuss your acres, merge with an adjoining district, the tion? questions and concerns before you do any 200,000-acre Westplains Water Storage Dis­ In regard to application of the 1982 Recla­ further editorializing. trict. This memorandum became the blue­ mation Reform Act, your editorial fails to Sincerely, print for actions by both Westlands and In­ distinguish between future or renegotiated JERALD R. BUTCHERT, terior over a 14-year period, from 1964 to water contracts, on the one hand, and set­ Manager. 1978. tlement of disputes over existing contracts, The Holum memorandum said that if the on the other. The 1982 Act specifically pro­ two districts merged and took over the costs vides that the new pricing requirements do of operating and maintaining the Pleasant not apply to existing contracts. This isn't SAVED BY THE BELT Valley Pumping Plant and Canal, the language invented by Westlands, this was United States would commit the remaining the collective judgment of Congress. Isn't it yield of the San Luis Unit of the Central a little unfair for you to insinuate that the HON. JOHN D. DINGELL Valley Project to serve the former West­ proposed settlement, by some convoluted OF MICHIGAN plains area and provide that additional reasoning, is a new contract? Or have you IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES water at the same price charged in the 1963 adopted the rationale of some of Westland's contract. critics that regardless of the facts, the law Wednesday, August 6, 1986 The two districts were merged in 1965, the and "fairness," a way must be found to United States proceeded to build water dis­ punish Westlands for its alleged misdeeds? Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, there is no tribution facilities throughout the 600,000- You may be interested to know that some doubt that increased use of seatbelts by the acre area and deliver water on those terms. 120 farmers and landowners in Westlands driving public has prevented thousands of fa­ Landowners with holdings in excess of the already have made individual elections to talities and injuries on our Nation's highways. federal acreage limitations entered into become subject to the acreage and pricing The rate of highway fatalities per 100 million formal contracts with the United States to provisions of the 1982 Act. This means that vehicle miles traveled appears to be the sell their excess acreage under the require­ more than 90,000 acres are subject to the lowest in history. Had highway deaths oc­ ments of the law in return for the right to higher prices required by that law, includ­ use project water. However, the terms of ing about 9,000 acres for which the subsidy curred in 1985 at the rate as in 1966, when the Holum memorandum were never for­ is removed by the "full cost" formula. We the U.S. Department of Transportation was malized in a specific contract. expect, based on our contracts with farmers, established, more than 97,000 lives would In 1978, the United States for the first that 70 percent of the District will be sub­ have been lost in 1985, instead of the esti­ time repudiated the commitments of the ject to the 1982 Act within the next year. mated 43,800. Holum memorandum and began to demand This would mean that about a third of the A significant factor contributing to reducing higher prices for water based on two novel 900,000 acre-feet of 1963 contract water highway deaths and injuries is increased seat­ legal theories by the Interior Solicitor at would be subject to a rate sufficient to cover belt use. More people are buckling up than that time, Leo Krulltz: First, he said that full operation and maintenance costs. ever before. This is because of a growing only the area designated on a map attached Speaking of fairness, Congress in 1982 also to the 1955 feasibility report on the San decided that the "large commercial users" public awareness of the benefits of seatbelt Luis Unit could receive proJect water, de­ who you feel do not need or deserve a subsi­ use and the fact that 26 States, plus the Dis­ spite the fact that the 1962 definite plan dy, should be treated the same as others; trict of Columbia, have passed mandatory report and the 1963 contract provided other- that is, that they are entitled to the subsidy seatbelt use laws. 19628 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 6, 1986 The State of Michigan approved a mandato­ l"'llST I'LACE came down on the top, still splnn1ng and ry seatbeft law a little over a year ago. As a Janice Davies, 36, UtiCa sliding. About a block from the lnitial impact, It result, more Michigan citizens are wearing Buck.lf.ng up in our household is automat­ ic. We hope that by this testimony, it be­ hit the curb and began fllpping over again, seatbelts and fewer people are dying on roads coming down this time on the grass and and highways. Because of the success of comes so in yours. On a sunny autumn day, Oct. 2, I had across the sidewalk. Michigan's seatbelt use program, the Detroit worked in the morning and picked up Mat­ I opened my eyes to see all the glass shat­ tered, the dash collapsed and my space very Free Press initiated a "Saved by the Belt" thew, age 5~. from kindergarten. Matthew contest to encourage individuals saved by kept undoing his seat belt so that he could restricted. I unbuckled my seat belt and seatbelts to let the public know the circum­ stand up behind me and talk from the back· forced the driver's door open with my shoul­ seat as we drove to a friend's home to drop der. I fell out face down, trying to get away stances of how seatbelts have saved their in case there was an explosion. lives. The five most inspiring of these ac­ off a basket. At our stop, the lady gave Mat­ thew a small bag of cookies. We set off for People who had gathered advised me not counts were pubJished in the July 28 edition of h()me to get our lunch, both wearing seat to move. The pollee took a report, then I the Free Piess. In fact, the Free Press in­ belts. Matthew was now sitting quietly, was taken by ambulance to Riverside Hospi­ cludes a "saved by the belt" story submitted munching away. tal in Trenton, where I was treated for a by one of my constituents, David Shrewsbury, I was driving my first new car, which I'd concussion, minor cuts and bruises, and re­ received for my birthday the previous leased. The next day, the doctors deter­ of Trenton, Ml, who-because he was wearing mined that I had neck, back and wrist inju­ seatbelts-lived through a collision wher-e his spring. A mile from home, I entered an intersection. I had a green light but slowed ries for which I am still being treated, and I vehicle was rear-ended by another car travel­ down a bit, so I must have been traveling 35 expect to fully recover. ing over 100 miles per hour. I urge my col­ or 40 miles an hour. Out of the comer of my My new car was totaled. Had I not been leagues to review these revealing accounts eye, I saw a car picking up speed and coming wearing my safety belt, there is little doubt and to consider the critical need to "buckle right at me. I tried to hit the brakes but I it would have been a fatal accident. It's a good law! up" and to encourage others to do the same. don't know if I ever did. I remember 'think­ ing, "Oh, no! This can't be happening to THIRD PLACE GRAn:rtft. TALES 01' SURVIVAL-FOR MANY, me!" I never lost consciousness. but the next Kristin Long, 17, Midland "SAVED BY THE BELT" REPRESENTS ADVICE thing I remember was looking out the shat­ THEY LlvJ: BY tered windshield with the hood of our car On March 8, I swerved to miss a car which "Saved by the belt." right up against it. stopped suddenly in front of me. I hit the The phrase has been used so many times Matthew was screaming. My door curb, lost control of my dad's car and hit an­ for traffic safety campaigns that some wouldn't work, so I crawled across to the other vehicle head-on. people believe it is worn out. passenger side and we managed to get out. At first, I didn't know what was going on. We sat down in the dirt on the curb and I I thought I was bleeding, because I could No doubt it's a tired line to the 56 percent feel liquid running down my face. The of Michiganders who refuse to buckle up. checked Mattpew over: no blood and noth­ ing obviously broken. but a very hysterical "blood" turned out to be tears. I can hardly But for the 102 pecple who sent seat belt recall what went on. but I figured that stories to our "Saved by the 3elt" contest child. Matthew was cryiag and pointing to our people in the other car must have been hurt this month, those words are anything but badly. trite. Instead, the words have taken on an car. saying, "Mommy, it's all broken." The impact had moved the entire engine over to after the letter writers were saved from Several witnesses stopped to help us. death or serious injury is some truly horren­ time. Even the roof above my seat was dented ln. · Soon, the police and an ambulance arrived. dous traffic accidents. Within minutes a pollee car and ambu­ On the way to the hospital, a paramedic In each case, writers gained life-long re­ lance arrived. I watched a paramedic look said the only reason I wasn't dead was the spect for seat belts-and in many cases, life­ into the other car. When he opened the seat belt I had been wearing. long memories of others involved who door, Matthew· and I could see a white­ Doctors found no serious injuries, so I was weren't wearing belts, and weren't so lucky. haired lady lying on the floor. She was released from the hospital. For several days. This month marks the one-year anniversa­ taken to Crlttenton Hospital in Rochester every bone in my body hurt, and the same ry of Michigan's seat-belt law, a fitting time and died shortly afterward. She had not message kept coming back to me-if my par­ to approach those who continue to ignore it, been wearing a seat belt. ents hadn't been kind of fanatical about not with cold statistics or safety cliches, but The paramedics came over to us next. My seat belts, I probably wouldn't have worn with real-life experiences of readers across left arm was sore but moving. There was a them. the state. Here's hoping their words w111 in­ raw, red mark on Matthew's stomach where My parents come up with some pretty spire all of us to drive safely and to buckle the seat belt had held him. I had raw marks strange ideas sometimes . . . but I know up kids, companions and ourselves. on my neck and across both hips, and a bit that their insistence on seat belts saved my It was a tough Job choosing the best from of a shiner in the comer of my left eye­ life. among so many gripping tales, many with Matthew said he remembered seeing me fly FOURTH PLACE pollee reports, news stories and dramatic forward and Just catch the edge of the rear­ Mlrlam Duffy, 37, Romulus photos attached. My coJudge was Connie view mirror. Soma, executive director of the Lansing­ I'd had a coffee cup sitting on the floor. Several weeks before the state law went We later found It Jammed up under the into effect, my husband, Joseph <57>. and I based Michigan Coalition for Safety Belt decided to start wearing our belts, to "get Use, which led the drive for passage of dash. My husband had to pry it out, but it came free in one piece. used" to the feel. Michigan's seat-belt law. On Aug. 20, wearing belts saved our lives. Soma's group is awarding $100 to the first­ If that had been Matthew or me, I don't believe we would've come out in one piece. It was only 12 days after my husband's re­ place winner, $50 to second-place. The Free lease from Oakwood Hospital after suffer­ Press is providing third, fourth, and fifth­ My husband and I thank God and believe that without seat belts my accident would ing a heart attack. He wasn't allowed to place plaques. And we're ma111ng to every drive, so I was driving at the time. entrant a "Saved by the Belt" certificate have resulted in death or very serious inju­ ries to Matthew or myself. We were less than a mile from our desti­ signed by Secretary of State Richard nation. As we approached , Austin. SECOND PLACE I observed the light turning green and three Did Austin really sit down and sign all David Shrewsbury, 23, Trenton vehicles ahead going through the intersec­ those certificates? "Oh, yes I did," he told On April 2, while traveling near Wyan­ tion. I continued through. me last week. adding, "I don't send this type dotte, I was hit in the rear by a car traveling Suddenly I heard the most horrible s()und of thing over to the signature machine. I about 100 m.p.h. was taken to FIF1'H AlnroAL MJss,\GE many years a widespread demand for Feder­ the hospital, where she died from a closed­ WBITB HOUSE, December 5, 1905. al supervision. The Congress has already head injury. The driver and passenger of The great insurance companies afford recognized that interstate insurance may be the third car were both wearing belts and striking examples of corpciratlons whose a proper subject for Federal legislation, for had no visible injuries. My husband and I business has extended so far beyond the ju­ in creating the Bureau of Corporations it had no visible injuries either. risdiction of the States which created them authorized it to publish and supply useful The pollee verified that the driver who hit as to preclude strict enforcement of supervi­ information concerning interstate corpora­ · us was traveling 50 m.p.h., and we were trav­ sion and regulation by the parent States. In tions, "including corporations engaged in in­ eling 35 at impact. my last annual message I recommended surance." It is obvious that if the compila­ That night, my husband was seen by a "that the Congress carefully consider tion of statistics be the limit of the Federal physician who pronounced him "fine and whether the power of the Bureau of Corpo­ power it is wholly ineffective to regulate damn lucky." After many tests, I learned rations cannot constitutionally be extended this form of commercial intercourse be­ that I had ruptured a disc in my back-a to cover interstate tr&D$8Ct1ons in insur- tween the States, and as the insurance busi­ painful reminder but very small price for ance." · ness has outgrown in magnitude the possi­ wearing the belt that saved my life! · Recent events have emphasized the im­ bility of adeQuate State supervision, the FlPTH PLACE portance of an early and exhaustive consid­ Congress should carefully consider whether eration of this Question, to see whether it is further legislation can be had. What is said Rheuby Carmichael, 58, Detroit not possible to furnish better safeguards above applies with eq,ual force to fraternal I'm 58-year-old grandmother who did that the several States have been able to and benevolent organizations which con­ not wear a seat belt until it became law. I furnish against corruption of the flagrant tract for life insurance. hated the idea. But I am a law-abiding citi­ kind which has been exposed. It has been zen, so when it became law I started buck­ only too clearly shown that certain of the ling up. men at the head of these large corporations DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS On Nov. 8, I was in an accident involving take but small note of the ethical distinc­ CHEESE two other cars that totaled my car. One car tion between honesty and dishonesty; they ran a stop sign, hit another car and knocked draw the line only this side of what may be it head-on into me, as I had come to a com­ called law-honesty, the kind of honesty nec­ HON. BRUCE F. VENTO plete stop at the intersection. Two people essary in order to avoid falling into the OF MINNESOTA were injured, including myself. clutches of the law. Of course the only com­ The assisting officers said if I had not had plete remedy for this condition must be IN THE HOUSE 01' REPRESENTATIVES my seat belt on, I would have been thrown found in an aroused public conscience, a Wednesday, August 6, 1986 through the windshield. I only received a higher sense of ethical conduct in the com­ fractured left wrist, shoulder and side munity at large, and especially among busi­ Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call bruises. ness men and in the great profession of the the attention of my colleagues to a bill which I God is so good to touch my mind to wear law, and in the growth of a spirit which con­ introduced the last week of June, H.R. 5145. the seat belt. It has become as important to demns all dishonesty, whether in rich man This legislation would provide for a StJbstantial me as turning on the ignition or buying gas or in poor man, whether it takes the shape for the car. reduction in Government storage costs while of bribery or of blackmail. But much can be at the same time, release cheese to feed done by legislation which is not only drastic but practical. There is need of a far stricter hungry people. 'tHEODORE ROOSEVELT MES­ and more uniform regulation of the vast in­ Currently there are approximately 600 mil­ SAGE ON FEDERAL RESPONSI­ surance interests of this country. The lion pounds of surplus cheese being stored, BILITY RECALLED United States should in this respect follow transported, and reprocessed, all at the ex­ the policy of other nations by providing ade­ pense of the U.S. taxpayer. For storage alone, HON. JAMES J. FLORIO Quate national supervision of commercial in­ this amount nears· the $50 million mark. In terests which are clearly national in charac­ April, along with over 60 of my colleagues, I OF RBW JERSEY ter. My predecessors have repeatedly recog­ IN THE SOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Rich­ nized that the foreign busine~ of these ard Lyng requesting that he increase the dis­ Wednesday, August 6, 1986 companies is an important part of our for­ eign commercial relations. During the ad­ m~ofsu~~cheesero~ind~ Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, occasionally it is ministrations of Presidents Cleveland, Har­ uals. I received a response from the Depart­ desirable to step back from the turmoil of cur­ rison, and McKinley the State Department ment stating that the current dismbution level rent events and view them in historical per­ exercised its influence, through diplomatic is balancing the needs of the hungry with the spective. channels, to prevent unJust discrimination possible occurrer~ce of commercial displace­ Some 80 years ago, in his fifth annual mes­ by foreign countries against American insur­ ment sage to Congress, President Theodore Roose­ ance companies. These negotiations illus­ Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is. that velt set forth a philosophy regarding the re­ trated the propriety of the Congress recog­ in Minnesota as well as in a number of other nizing the National character of insurance, sponsibility of private economic power to the for in the absence of Federal legislation the States, the needs of the hungry are simply not public that still deserves study. He was par­ State Department could only give expres­ being met under the current distribution level. ticularly forceful in advocating the responsibil­ sion to the wishes of the authorities of the When we have 600 million pounds of surplus ity of the Federal Government because, he several States. whose policy was ineffective cheese sitting in Government warehouses, we said, "Experiet ICe has shown conclusively that through want of uniformity. should not be turning away hungry people It is useless to try to get any adequate regula­ I repeat my previous recommendation from empty commodity distribution sites. tion and supervision of these great corpora­ that the Congress should also consider We have before ~ an opportunity to ac­ whether the Federal Government has any complish a dual good. In adopting my legisla­ tions," operating on an interstate basis, "by power or owes any duty with respect to do­ State action." Later in his message, the Presi­ mestic transactions in Insurance of an inter­ tion, we assure struggling dairy farmers a dent elaborated this point in the context of the state character. That State supervision has rn&ft(et for their product, and at the same . Insurance business. In light of the current proved inadeQuate is generally eooceded. time, we assure struggling poor families of a crtsis in the av~Uty of insurance and the The burden upon Insurance companies, and quality aowce of protein. The Commodity 19630 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 6, 1986 Credit Corporation [CCC] has received strong the request of the chief executive officers of THE TEXTILE AND TRADE support in the past from both rural and urban the various States, upon a showing of need ENFORCEMENT ACT Members of Congress because of the dual by such officers, and without charge or purpose it serves-providing a guaranteed credit in such fiscal year, in a useable form, market for the farmer's product, while at the for use by eligible recipient agencies in such HON. MIKE SYNAR same time, generating commodities for States.". OF OKLAHOMA schools, institutions, food banks and food IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES shelves. Wednesday, August 6, 1986 I understand the need to spend Federal dol­ lars to purchase these commodities. What I DR. JOHNNIE MAE BROWN HON­ Mr. SYNAR. Mr. Speaker, I have tried my do not understand is spending taxpayer dol­ ORED FOR COMMUNITY SERV­ best to stay out of the fight over the Textile lars to store 600 million pounds of cheese for ICE and Trade Enforcement Act. But I'm afraid my a number of years and I do not understand best just wasn't good enough. spending taxpayer dollars to reprocess the I voted today to override President Rea­ cheese to prevent it from rotting because it is HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. gan's veto of H.R. 1562 because empty rheto­ stored for an average of 2.5 years. All of this, ric will not solve our trade deficits. I regret that while food banks and commodity distribution OF MICHIGAN we fell a few votes short of the two-thirds ma­ sites run out of cheese by month's end as the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES jority that is necessary for a veto override. long lines continue at food banks across the I'll be honest: This is bad legislation. But the Nation. Wednesday, August 6, 1986 alternative is worse. What is the alternative? It is more of the rollover-and-die trade policy of H.R. 5145 would amend the Temporary Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to the Reagan administration. Emergency Food Assistance Act by requiring call my colleagues attention to the work Dr. that excess cheese held by the CCC be made I voted against H.R. 1562 when the House Johnnie Mae Brown, ordained minister of the approved it in October 1985. Free trade is the available to States at the request of the Gov­ Joseph Compeau Avenue Church of God in ernor of that State. There is general agree­ best trade policy. I believed the administration Detroit, Ml, where she serves as associate ment that if the individuals receiving these when they assured us that we'd see improve­ pastor alongside her husband, Rev. Otis F. commodities are truly in need, commercial ments in the trade deficit. Brown. I had the occasion to present her with sales will not be displaced. This legislation re­ As early as 1980 President Reagan told us quires that this need be documented before a proclamation on Sunday the third of August he would "pursue a vigorous export promotion the commodities are released. 1986, during a service at the church, at which policy, remove barriers to U.S. investment, Under the Food Security Act of 1985, it is time, Dr. Brown was recognized for her many provide expanded incentives for export, and hoped that CCC inventories will be reduced. accomplishments as both a religious and com­ renegotiate outmoded and obsolete trade However, the advent of bovine somatotropen, munity leader. I would like the text of that agreements." or bovine growth hormone, means that the proclamation to be included in the RECORD. On Tuesday-S years after the President promised action-U.S. Trade Representative Nation's already overproductive cows will U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FIRST CON- soon be able to produce from 10 percent to Clayton Yeutter called and promised essen­ GRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN, PROCLA­ tially the same. 40 percent more milk at little extra cost to the MATION IN RECOGNITION OF DR. JOHNNIE farmer. Until dairy production is brought into MAE BROWN We can't wait any longer. We face the larg­ line with demand, let us reduce Government est trade deficits in history. The administration Whereas, Dr. Johnnie Mae Brown is hon­ has talked a good game, but the results aren't storage costs and feed hungry people. ored today for her untiring dedication to In these days of ever tightening Federal there. · the Church community and the community­ Textile imports have doubled since 1981 budgets, it is mandatory that we carefully at-large; and and now comprise more than 50 percent of spend every Federal dollar. This should in­ Whereas, Dr. Brown began her ministry in clude reducing Government storage costs and the market. Nearly 400,000 jobs have been 1953, was ordained ten years later, and with lost-equivalent to the population of Tulsa, supplementing our food assistance programs her husband the Reverend Otis F. Brown by releasing cheese that by law must be pur­ organized the first black Churches of God the largest city in northeastern Oklahoma- chased by the Federal Government. in the states of Washington and Oregon; 280 textile plants have closed as a result of I invite your cosponsorship of H.R. 5145. and foreign imports. The text of the bill follows: Whereas, Dr. Brown currently serves as These numbers paint a picture that is dis­ H.R. 5145 the Associate Pastor of the Joseph Campau turbingly similar to my district. Plants have A bill to amend the Temporary Emergency Avenue Church of God in Detroit but is also closed because of imports in the tire and Food Assistance Act of 1983 to require in great demand as an evangelist through­ glasswares industries; oil industry workers are that excess cheese held by the Commodity out the United States and Canada; and unemployed and unable to find work. Credit Corporation be made available, at Whereas, Dr. Brown has broken new Mr. Speaker, I cannot continue to rely on the request of the chief executive officer ground in"the Church of God by being elect­ the empty rhetoric of the administration. We of a State, upon a showing of need, and ed to the Presidency of the Detroit Metro­ need action. And it's important to stress that without charge, for distribution by eligible politan Area Ministerial Fellowship in 1985, the textile industry is only one of many that is agencies in the State the first woman to serve the Church in this hurting. In Oklahoma, the world economy has Be it enacted btl the Senate and House of position; and severely undercut our two major industries, Representative& of the United States of Whereas, Dr. Brown's work has empha­ agriculture and oil and gas. America in Congresa aaaembled, That the sized the education of young people in the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act We can no longer pretend there is no trade Church, leading her to participate in nu­ problem. American industry needs immediate of 1983 <7 U.S.C. 612c note> is amended by merous youth camps and conventions, as inserting after section 202 the following new relief. section: well as rearing five children of her own; and "AVAILABILITY OP' CCC CHEESE Whereas, Dr. Brown strongly believes in the importance of the family unit, not only "SBC. 202A. Notwithstanding any other ROB SCRmNER'S "WORKING provision of law, cheese acquired by the with her children but in doing God's work TOGETHER IN CALIFORNIA" Commodity Credit Corporation that is in alongside of her husband, who is the Pastor excess of quantities needed for the fiscal of the Joseph Campau Avenue Church of HON. WIWAM E. DANNEMEYER year to carry out a payment-in-kind acreage God. diversion program. maintain United States Therefore, be it resolved, that Dr. Johnnie OF CALIPOIUOA share of world markets, and meet interna­ Mae Brown be commended this third day of IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESERTATIVES tional market development and food aid August, 1986 for her devotion to her family, commitments, shall be made available by her Church, and her world. Wednesday, Augu&t 6, 1986 the Secretary of Agriculture "It was disappointing, yeah, sure," says staffed by volunteers. Working Together is Adm. Alan B. Shepard Jr., sporting a Mr. Shepard, with a slow nod. But, he rea­ seeking to speed up the process to mobilize braided gold necklace and a golfer's tan, sons, "you don't make engineering decisions and organize more people to get involved in leans back in his chair and takes another based on emotion." He finds some consola­ food distribution. The Working Together Pro­ gulp from a bottle of St. Pauli Girl beer. tion knowing that the Soviet was essentially gram asks recipients to pay $15 a week, Then he remembers the camera. "Oops, a passenger aboard his spacecraft-Just so better hide this," he says, flashing a half­ much living baggage-while Mr. Shepard ac­ which covers the actual costs of operating the grin and sliding the bottle under the table. tually controlled the flight of his capsule. food bank, for $60 to $70 worth of food. Rob Wouldn't look good, he explains, for a After his first flight Mr. Shepard was Scribner is helping to build a network of former Coors distributor to be sipping on grounded because of an ear problem which southern California pastors who believe the the competition. An import at that. required corrective surgery. "I hung around 19632 EXTENSIONS OF MMARKS August 6, 1986 and trained and everything," he says. But plains that the film, thQugh entertaining, crazy and the other half thought that man by the time he was assigned another mis­ was Uttered with inaccuracies. One example, should not go into space.'' sion. so much time had passed "they were he Jokes, was the casting of actor Scott That skepticism even found its wa.y inio calling me a rookie!' Glenn in the role of Alan Shepard. his home, he recalls. In 1959, when he Tne years after his first tlight, he com­ "Yeah, he played a pretty tough charac­ phoned his parents to tell them he had been manded the Apollo 14 mission to the lunar ter. but he was nowhere near as tough as I chosen from 110 military test pilots to highlands. On that flight he became the was. And he was nowhere near as good-look­ become one of the first seven astronauts, fifth man to walk on the moon and the only ing as I am," he adds, to the whoops and "My mother was delighted and my father one to play golf there. howls of his impromptu audience. That he was not the first man in space thought I had made a bad decision. It was Now a Houston resident. Mr. Shepard says even spllttin' up the family! never seemed to diminish America's regard he frequently visits NASA to track the for Mr. Shepard, the wholesome, hardwork­ progress of the space program-"and to tell "I'm tellin' ya, I'm tellin' ya," he says, "A ing and likable kid from East Derry, N.H., them how tough it was in the old days." lot of folks looked at us like Evel Knievel who helped shape the image of the modem and the Snake River Canyon deal: 'Man's space hero. Three days after his first flight, Since his retirement. he has lost none of not supposed to fly in space!' " his interest in America's place in the space 250,000 people lined Pennsylvania Avenue in Nevertheless, he did, and "NASA survived Washington to welcome the man whose feat race. Over the years he, like most of the former astronauts assembled here, has not with flying colors.'' It will take 8ome time, helped restore American self confidence but he predicts that the agency will over­ after the Russian venture. wavered from his belief that the country should do everything in its power to hang come its current crisis and get on with its Now, no longer officially associated with onto the lead. job. the Navy or with the National Aeronautics For one thing, the country needs the tech­ Since the shuttle disaster, the agency has and Space Administration, Mr. Shepard is nological fallout that comes from advances come under fire from several fronts, includ­ scarcely the public personality he once was. in the space program and that would come But in many ways he's still the quintessen­ ing Congress, the Reagan administration from development of programs such as the and a special presidential commission inves­ tial astronaut. The buzz-cut hair, toothy Strategic Defense Initiative, the proposed grin and baggy space suit of his glory days tigating the accident. Poor communication. stand in the minds of many as the image of "star wars" missile defense system. negligence, mismanageinent, arrogance and the modem American hero, the embodi­ "We need that kind of technology for overall "system failure" are among the ment of the American spirit. transmission of energy, intelligence and so causes cited, leading some lawmakers to A quarter-century after his record-break­ on," he says. "That level of technology has push for privatization of the space program ing flight and 12 years after his retirement to be generated and has to continue to be and tightening NASA's purse strings. as a rear admiral, he still seems to have a generated Otherwise we can't be world leaders anymore." "I don't think they need to change a full measure of what author Tom Wolfe thing," argues Mr. Shepard. "I think they called "The Right Stuff." Mr. Schmitt, long an outspoken advocate of strong congressional support for manned Just need to kick 'em .. . tell them that The severe crew cut has given way to soft they were laid-back and to get back to waves of sand-colored hair which swoop spaceflight, agrees. Beginning with the down from his high forehead and flow over demise of Apollo during the Nixon adminis­ work... . Say, 'Look, you guys. You're laid­ the tops of his long ears. His eyes are a tration, he says, NASA has not been given back. Get off your heels, get back on your deep, piercing blue, his physique hardly the the funding necessary to carry out the gov­ toes and go for it.' " worse for the passage of time. In fact, the ernment's goals, among them a permanent, The culprit? Years of outstanding per­ living symbol of the American space pro­ manned space station such as the Soviets al­ formance. "I think basically the problem is gram is only beginning to show signs of ready have. that there's a sense of complacency which mortality, a reminder that the space age "Commitment!" shouts Mr. Schmitt from has permeated not only NASA but also the itself is still in its infancy. across the room. "If we'd had commitment, major contractors who supply hardware for In 19'14, when he retired from NASA and we wouldn't have killed those astronauts," them," he says. "It's a very insidious thing, the Navy, Mr. Shepard launched a new referring to the Jan. 28 explosion of the and it happens in any business where a career as a beer distributor and real estate shuttle Challenger which killed its crew of seven. He adds, "Anybody with any sense person has a number of successes an<1 feels investor. Now he owns his own real estate he is sort of infallible. company, is a commissioner for the Port of predicted that [the shuttle program] was Houston and has a hand in a number of underfunded by a factor of three or four "It's Just that hidden, and that's tough for other business ventures. He is also president and that you were going to run into these people to realize . .. I don't see any n~ to of the Mercury 'l Foundation, a scholarship kinds of risks.'' reorganize NASA. I think the people are organization set up two years ago by six of Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr.• who flew with still good and still dedicated.'' the original seven astronauts and the widow Nell AnnstrODJ~. on Apollo 11 and was the He continues, "People don't make bad de­ of Lt. Col. Virgil Ivan Grissom, who second man to set foot on the moon, la­ cisions deliberately. There's a lot of died in a launchpad fire 19 years ago. ·ments that America has lost ground in the Monday-morning quarterbacking, a lot of race for a permanent presence in space, and He didn't follow now-Sen. John Glenn. an finger-pointing going on, which is very un­ that the whole program is under such in­ fortunate. . . I was there. I feel sorry for Ohio Democrat, into politics because, as he tense scrutiny. puts it, "I'm Just not a political animal." "We have another challenge before us them." Once the smoke clears-"once they While it seems an odd departure for some­ right now," he· says. "If the people, the Con­ clean up their act," he adds hopefully­ one who devoted most of his life to more gress, do not choose to follow this challenge "they're going to be better than ever." lofty pursuits, he says his entry into the and put us on the right track for the second Throughout the history of manned flight, business world was natural, Just another in time, all of what I did by being an astronaut accidents have claimed the lives of aviation a lifelong series of challenges. was really a waste of time." pioneers. The Challenger, for all its sophis­ "I've been the world's greatest test pilot. Despite the recent attacks on the space ticated technology and the previous success­ I've been to the moon. I mean, what else is agency following the shuttle explosion, Mr. es of the shuttle program. was still an ex­ there?" he says, pulling the comer of his Shepard remains a loyal son. "NASA has perimental craft, its crew well aware of the mouth into a quizzical grin. "I wanted to been one of the best government agencies to danger, these ex-astronauts say. change and try something I've never done come down the road in many, many years," The reason the explosion has drawn so before.'' He adds, "When you've been to the he says. much attention. says Mr. Shepard, is not moon. where else are you going to go?" He strongly reJects the notion that the agency has fallen from grace in the eyes of that it represents a breakdown within Mr. Shepard and the other six Mercury NASA. or that public opinion of the space astronauts, including Mr. Glenn. were the public. In fact, he poinU, out, NASA has weathered other disasters, including the agency has soured. Rather, It is because of among the main characters in Mr. Wolfe's the heightened fascination with space, and novel "The Right Stuff' and a movie by the January 1967 flash fire that killed Mr. an. same name. som and two other astronauts designated to increasing awareness that the era of space When the subJect of the movie comes up, fly the first Apollo mission. travel has dawned. a group of eavesdropping astronauts sud­ Moreover, even from the beginning NASA For today's young people, he sa~ "Televi­ denly breaks into loud laughter. as if re­ has had image problems. "Going back to sion is ho-hum, computers are ho-hum, minded of an inside Joke. day one, when I was involved. NASA was radio is ho-hum, automobiles ho-hum. "What movie?" says Mr. Shepard. trying no~ a popular organization... says Mr. She­ [Space] is their excitement, their challenge. to squirm out of the question. Then he ex- pard. "Half the people thought we were Their future." August G, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19633 REFORMING THE BUDGET stress. The time has come for drastic simpli­ BIKE-AID: PEDALING FOR PROCESS fication and reform. PROGRESS Complexity in the process is to be expect­ ed Setting out the trillion-dollar federal HON. LEE H. HAMILTON budget each year is inherently difficult for the Congress, as budgeting is for any other HON. BYRON L DORGAN OF INDIANA enterprise. There are never enough re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OP NORTH DAKOTA sources to carry out all the desired activi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, August 6, 1986 ties, and tough choices must be made on the Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to most controversial issues of the day. More­ Wednesday, August 6, 1986 insert my Washington Report for Wednesday, over, developing a consensus on how to Mr. DORGAN of North Dakota. Mr. Speaker, August 6, 1986, into the CONGRESSIONAL reach various budget goals is a slow and the U.S. Congress today hosted an extraordi­ painful process. If wide divisions exist over RECORD: nary delegation of young people: riders in the baste spending and taxing decisions, no REFORMING THE BUDGET PROCESS process will make them magically disappear. cross-country Bike-Aid project. The Congressional budget process is not Under the new procedures of the complex This dedicated group of students committed working well. I refer not only to our well­ Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit reduction their summers for the purpose of raising funds publicized difficulties in failing to reduce law, some confusion and delay can be ex­ for self-help projects in developing nations the federal deficit, but also to the way that pected. Yet my strong sense is that the and Appalachia. The proceeds from pledges the budget process itself has become so un­ process has become more complex and bur­ wieldy and complex that consideration of will enable the Overseas Development Net­ the budget now dominates and upsets the densome than necessary. work-a coalition of college students working Congressional agenda. This equally serious Those dissatisfied with the process take to end world hunger-to fund projects in poor problem is getting much less attention by either of two approaches. Some suggest re­ nations. These local projects target food self­ policymakers. vising the budget mechanism and institut­ reliance, village education, and small enter­ The problems are several. The percentage ing various Congressional reforms, including shifting the budget to a two-year cycle ; ing almost half of all recorded votes. Con­ making the budget resolution have the force tors BILL BRADLEY, PAUL SIMON, and EDWARD gress sometimes takes six months to pass of law rather than be only a general guide­ KENNEDY, Representative MICKEY LELAND, the budget resolution. which is only a guide­ line for future decisions; drastically reduc­ and Tour de France champion, Greg LeMond, line and is often ignored by the appropria­ ing the number of budget accounts and in commending these outstanding young tions and authorization committees. Con­ items; making it more difficult to miss dead­ Americans for pedaling from 1,900 to 3,000 gress increasingly engages in budget "micro­ lines; and simplifying the Congressional miles on behalf of the poor, the hungry, and management", immersing itself in the de­ committee system, such as by combining au­ the illiterate. tails of programs instead of using the reso­ thorization and appropriations committees lution to deal with major policy issues. or replacing the House and Budget Commit­ How WILL BIKE-Am PROCEEDS BENEFIT Budget rules are frequently waived and DEVELOPMENT? deadlines are missed, often leading to enor­ tees with a Joint House-Senate committee. mous and incomprehensible spending pack­ Such suggestions deserve consideration. Funds raised by Bike-Aid '86 will benefit ages at the end of the fiscal year. Signifi­ Others say that the fault lies more with development in three ways: cant duplication of effort occurs as the same political will than with the process. They First, Bike-Aid proceeds will be used to issue, such as funding for the MX missile, say that all the reforms in the world do not create a special fund from which ODN will might come before various budget, authori­ guarantee success, since deadlines can be award grants to small-scale organizations zation, and appropriations committees. waived, figures can be manipulated, and who themselves sponsor locally-initiated Budget calculations are routinely based painful decisions can be finessed. Instead, self-help development projects. Four exam­ upon overly-optimistic economic assump­ they feel that almost any system could be ples of such organizations are described tions, making reconsideration of program made to work if Members really want it to below. funding at year's end almost certain. The work, and if Congress and the White House Ashoka Societ11-is an organization devot­ budget process has become such an overrid­ begin serious negotiations on the budget ed to supporting entrepreneurs in Third ing preoccupation for the Congress that it right away, rather than engage in drawn­ World development. The Society awards fel­ has become difficult to consider other major out political posturing. They feel that over­ lowships to imaginative and committed indi­ legislation. We end up debating numbers haul of the process is unnecessary. viduals in the Third World who might not rather than policy. For example, we debate otherwise have the resources to try new ap­ exhaustively how much should be spent on There is some truth on both sides. We clearly must strengthen our political will to proaches to solving critical social problems. defense, rather than what is purchased, why Presently, Ashoka Fellows work in India it is needed, and how well funds are spent. move the budget through more quickly, but we also need to simplify and improve the and Indonesia. They have been credited for To a large extent, numbers are driving breakthrough achievements in addressing policy. basic budget mechanism. We need to look at the minor changes that can be made right problems of illiteracy, environmental de­ Certainly there are many positive aspects cline, food production, and small-scale in­ to the budget process. People are better in­ away, to make the process now dominated dustry. formed about the budget than they were a by Gramm-Rudman-Holltngs less of a few years ago, and Members are more aware burden. But we must also begin to system­ International Develof)11'Umt Exchange of the fiscal impact of their decisions. Con­ atically evaluate the more substantial and (JDEXJ-ltnks U.S. communities and civic gress now gives more attention to the rela­ organizations with small-scale self-help more politically-charged proposals for proJects in developing countries. The tive merits of different programs, and takes longer-term reform, such as switching to a a more comprehensive overview of its spend­ proJects are modest in scale and goal, and two-year budget cycle or simplifying our are characterized by a high degree of local ing and taxing decisions, rather than hap­ committee system. At the least, we should hazardly approving programs one by one as initiative. IDEX serves as the intermediary set up a Joint House-Senate task force on organization. Any portion of Bike-Aid pro­ they happen to come up. The Congressional the budget process to propose simplifica­ Budget Office helps Congress to base its ceeds allocated to IDEX will be used to sup­ budget decisions on more realistic economic tions and improvements. plement and leverage additional community assumptions than those used in presidential Reform cannot save us from making the support. budgets. Unprecedented budget "reconcilla­ tough policy decisions, but it can help Bikes Not Bombs-is a constructive re­ tion" procedures make it easter to curb enti­ ensure that we are focusing our maJor at­ sponse to the current disruption of educa­ tlements and other programs. The scope of tention on the key policy issues, are not tion and medical care caused by war in Cen­ the budget resolution was recently broad­ bringing up the same issues over and over tral America. Bikes Not Bombs sends used ened to include federal lending activities, again. and are no longer forced into making and new bicycles, spare parts and tools to and the budget timetable was advanced in maJor decisions in the last few frantic hours health workers and teachers who might oth­ an attempt to get the budget settled earlier. of the session. Reforming the onerous erwise have no means of transportation in Yet despite improvements the budget proc­ budget process Win be hard, unglamorous these war-tom countries. ess has become cumbersome under normal work. but It Is essentlal to Improve the func­ Trickle U~ls a small oJ'I8,Dizatlon which circumstances, and almost paralyzed under tioning of Congress. serves as a resource and a catalyst for Third 19634 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 6, 1986 World groups to develop their own econom­ PAUL J. BURNSKY AND BILL Should such a policy in fact have this effect, ic development programs. Trickle Up sup­ PHILLIPS FIGHT FOR A the Department of Defense may soon add ports enterprises that demonstrate creativi­ ty and realistic planning. Trickle Up awards STRONGER MERCHANT ships and components to its list of strategic grants in two stages. The first installment is MARINE imports. Not only will we not be a reliable mili­ awarded to the recipient group after it has tary ally, we will not even be militarily self-suf­ completed and presented a detailed plan of HON. ROY DYSON ficient. its progress; the second installment is OF MARYLAND I share with Paul Bumsky and Bill Phillips an awarded after the recipient group has in­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES unwillingness to concede the commercial via­ bility of a U.S. merchant marine. Clearly, it's vested at least 1,000 man-hours in the Wednesday, August 6, 1986 proJect itself. Projects "catalyzed" by Trick­ possible and desirable that a way be found to le Up are marked by their near complete re­ Mr. DYSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in bring a greater percentage of our cargo under liance on local initiative and resources. tribute of two men who have remained pas­ our own flag. This must be the foundation of Second, a portion of the Bike-Aid proceeds sionately committed to the revitalization of our any plan that will preserve the shipbuilding will be added to ODN's Partnership in De­ Nation's merchant marine. I speak of Paul J. components of our merchant marine. But this velopment "Revolving Fund," which has Bumsky, president of the AFl-CIO Metal alone will not assure the prosperity of U.S. been established to expedite the implemen­ Trades Department, and Bill Phillips, legisla­ shipyards and their suppliers. Mr. Speaker, tation of ODN-sponsored proJects. ODN tive consultant for the AFl-CIO Metal Trades beyond cargo preference legislation, two addi­ chapters borrow money from this fund as Department, who have eloquently and repeat­ tional elements are essential to a revitalized start-up money for the projects they have edly defended the rebirth of our merchant merchant marine: One, a thoughtful and effec­ chosen to support. As the chapters conduct marine in the name of national security and tive alternative upon which a comprehensive, their own fundraising progress for the improved domestic economic conditions. long-range policy can be constructed that projects, they reimburse the Revolving Indeed, it would be prudent to listen closely Fund for the earlier loan. Three of the typi­ comes from the industries themselves; and to Paul Bumsky's plea that we not foresake two, and perhaps most significantly, their mes­ cal projects are listed below. domestic shipbuilders in favor of cheaper for­ Nyafaru Boarding School Food Produc­ sage must find a safe harbor in the Congress eign competition. While free-market principles where it may be delivered time and time tion Project. Zimbabwe. This school in the suggest the advantages of competition, it is rural Tangwena region services 1,200 square again. imperative that we must first acknowledge, in So, Mr. Speaker, I proudly salute Paul J. miles of villages consisting of 3,000 resi­ Paul Bumsky's words, "that the overriding na­ dents. ProJect leaders hope to eliminate Bumsky and Bill Phillips, for their contributions tional interest of the United States should de­ their food shortage and to raise money for toward the revitalization and, indeed, the sur­ essential educational materials by establish­ termine our shipbuilding and maritime poli­ vival of America's merchant marine. ing a self-sufficient chicken cooperative and cies." What is clearly in the long-range inter­ vegetable garden. est of our Nation is a policy that protects the Project for the Small Enterpri3e of Tricy­ domestic shipbuilding industry and not, as the A SALUTE TO BRUCE P. FOSTER cle Making, Dominican Republic. The orga­ present administration proposes, one that pro­ nizers of this project hope to create jobs motes incentives for the acquisition and main­ HON. LOUIS STOKES and stimulate the local economy by estab­ tenance of ships from foreign nations. OF OHIO lishing a tricycle shop in this marginal Historically, two criteria have served for as­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES neighborhood in Santo Domingo. Tricycles sessing the value of our merchant marine. In will be used for transportation and by trav­ general terms, these are the industry's com­ Wednesday, August 6, 1986 eling vendors, who will be able to cover a mercial viability and its capability for serving Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to larger area. Initially, the shop will manufac­ as a naval or military auxiliary in times of pay tribute to Bruce P. Foster, on the occa­ ture the tricycles and sell them for a profit. emergency. However, the Reagan administra­ sion of his retirement after 42 years of public After six months, the shop will sell the tri­ tion's maritime strategy, as embodied in the service and labor affiliation. cycles to members of the community on Merchant Marine Act Amendments of Bruce is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, credit. With new tricycles, villagers will be 1986 able to start or improve their own business­ (H.R. 4024 and H.R. 3141 ), disregards nation­ and for 24 years was a bus operator with the es and eventually repay the shop. al security and domestic economic concerns. Cleveland Transit System. For 3 years he The Stulhiranjan Lahiri College, India. There should be no doubt that attainment of served as president of the Amalgamated This school, founded in 1967, serves the ex­ President Reagan's proposed 600 ship Navy Transit Union local 268 and was then elected tremely poor and often illiterate agricultur­ is essential if we are to have a Navy that can international vice president of the Amalgamat­ al workers of India's HariJan carry out the missions assigned to it. There is ed Transit Union. caste, whom tradition has long denied a certainly no question that achieving this goal Mr. Speaker, through his untiring efforts in decent living and an education. ODN sup­ will require continuing large shipbuilding pro­ civic involvements and as a labor leader, port will help the college expand and obtain grams. But support for naval ship construction Bruce Foster has improved the quality of life essential materials for its 600 students who programs is not in itself sufficient to maintain for many citizens in Cleveland and throughout now share only 8 classrooms. a strong national maritime posture. The mari­ the Nation. In recognition of his many contri­ Third, ODN will use the remainder of the time interests of our country require that we butions and accomplishments, Bruce has re­ Bike-Aid proceeds to strengthen the ongo­ maintain a strong merchant marine, with ceived many awards and in addition, will be ing proJects it sponsors under the Develop­ modem ships manned by skilled American saluted at a dinner in his honor on August 23, ment Education Program and the Develop­ crews, and a strong shipbuilding and repair in­ 1986, hosted by his coworkers and superiors ment Opportunities Program. dustry to support both the Navy and the mer­ who have held him in high esteem for many One of these, the Appalachia Project. is chant marine. years. planned to begin this summer at ODN's Accordingly, it is important that we ask our­ In addition to his work as a labor leader, summer leadership training center located selves whether the United States could fur­ Bruce Foster has served on a number of dif­ in Dungannon, Virginia. This program nish the requisite number and variety of ships ferent boards, commissions, and organizations offers thirty students from the U.S. and the to sustain a long term sealift should a pro­ including: The Ohio lottery Commission; Third World an opportunity to learn about development issues first-hand. The students tracted conflict occur. The answer to that is, member of P.I.C.K. Council; Advisory Commis­ sion on Cleveland Finances; will work together with local volunteer firmly, no. The inescapable conclusion of any City School agencies on literacy programs, farming co­ survey of our present sealift resources is that member of Work in Northeast Ohio Council; operatives and other development projects there exists no surplus of militarily useful ves­ Cleveland Community Relations Board; presi­ in Appalachia. This experience will help stu­ sels. This is not any less true after taking into dent of Black labor leaders caucus; Advisory dents to better understand the everyday as­ account the addition to these resources that Commission Federation of Family Planning; pects of development. With direct experi­ may come from encouraging the repatriation president and vice president of Cleveland ence and new insight, these students will of foreign-flag vessels. Given this situation, Federation of Labor, and past president of city return to their campuses as more effective any policy threatening to liquidate our ship­ of Cleveland Civil Service Commission. He is and more lmowledgeable organizers. yards takes on the appearance of the absurd. currently serving as: executive board member, August G, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19635 NAACP; member of Greater Cleveland Round­ State veterans' home to be built in Anderson tantly, unite the community and provide a firm table; member of Operation Alert; executive County, located in my district. This nursing sense of identity-which oftentimes extends board of Cuyahoga County Republican Party; home will serve all of western South Carolina beyond county lines. That is why the limited member of National Labor Advisory Council; and relieve the pressure being felt at the circulation rate subsidy is so important. This alumnus of Leadership Cleveland Class of present facility. I would note that 50 percent bill restores the subsidy for mailings to adjoin­ 1982 of the Greater Cleveland Growth Asso­ of all South Carolina veterans reside in the 8 ing counties only. It provides targeted relief ciation; trustee of United Way Services; counties adjacent to the Piedmont area of An­ yet does not require additional appropriations member of City Wide Development Corp.; derson. to the revenue forgone fund. All that is member of Dome Corp.; member of U.S. De­ Because the State shares in the cost of needed is a shift within the fund of $7.3 mil­ partment of Transportation section 15; presi­ construction of these homes, it is only fair that lion of the $9.3 million currently estimated to dent of F.H.R. Services Inc.; vice president we give them this chance to compete for the be required. The difference is made up due to and secretary to board of North Coast Cable limited Federal moneys. By appropriating their the cap that our proposal would place on the Co.; president of Bruce P. Foster Construction share of the funds, the States are demonstrat­ in-county rate subsidy at 20,000 pi~es, which Co. ing their need for and commitment to the results in a net savings of $2 million. On behalf of the residents of the 21st Con­ project. Earlier this year, the Governor of Preserving these small rural newspapers is gressional District of Ohio, I would like to offer South Carolina aproved the money for the important to the fabric of these rural communi­ my most sincere congratulations to Bruce on construction of the Anderson nursing home, ties and deserves our attention and support. his retirement, with best wishes for continued and I can attest that this project is being given health and happiness in the many more pro­ top priority on the State level. I believe that ductive years to come. the Federal Government should demonstrate RURAL NEWSPAPER this same commitment. PRESERVATION ACT VETERANS' HEALTH CARE I appreciate the support given to this meas­ AMENDMENTS OF 1986 ure today by my colleagues. This legislation HON.THO~J.TAUKE goes a long way in insuring that the health OF IOWA HON. BUTLER DERRICK care needs of our veterans who so ably IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES served our country will be adequately met in OF SOUTH CAROLINA Wednesday, August 6, 1986 my district and all across the Nation. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. TAUKE. Mr. Speaker, I am today intro­ Wednesday, August 6, 1986 ducing with my colleagues Congressmen LEGISLATION TO REINSTATE Mr. DERRICK. Mr. Speaker, earlier today GENE TAYLOR, FRANK HORTON, DoN YOUNG, THE LIMITED CIRCULATION BERKLEY BEDELL, COOPER EVANS, JIM LEACH, under suspension of the rules, the House of RATE POSTAL SUBSIDY Representatives approved the Veterans' JIM LIGHTFOOT, NEAL SMITH, HAROLD VOLK­ Health Care Amendments of 1986 (H.R. MER, BOB WHITTAKER, DoUG BEREUTER, PAT 4623). I strongly support this measure and HON. IKE SKELTON ROBERTS, ARLAN STANGELAND, CHARLIE wish to take this opportunity to commend the OF MISSOURI STENHOLM, GEORGE WORTLEY, and IKE SKEL­ Chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TON legislation to aid many rural newspapers struggling to survive under the burdens of a for his outstanding leadership in bringing the Wednesday, August 6, 1986 bill to the floor. depressed rural economy and sharp increases I am particularly interested in section 8 of Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, today along in postal rates. the legislation which makes revisions in the with my colleague from Iowa, [Mr. TAUKE], I A provision of the Consolidated Omnibus State veterans' home program. Over the past am introducing a bill which would reinstate the Budget Reconciliation Act eliminating the limit­ year and a half, I have discussed with Chair­ limited circulation rate postal subsidy for small ed circulation rate revenue foregone postal man MONTGOMERY the need for a change in publications which mail their publications to subsidy for out-of-county mailings under 5,000 the law and have urged the committee's at­ adjoining counties. As chairman of the Con­ has had an unintended, disproportionately tention to this matter. I am grateful that the gressional Rural Caucus and chairman of a hard impact upon rural newspapers located chairman has allowed me to work with him Small Business Subcommittee I am extremely near county lines, jeopardizing the free flow of and his fine staff on addressing this specific concerned about the hardships our rural busi­ information in rural areas. The depressed rural provision. nesses are facing; one group in particular is economy rules out the ability of many smaller Under the amendment, priority will be given our small rural newspapers. The purpose of newspapers to offset the significant increase for the construction of State veterans' homes our bill is to provide postal rate relief for small in their postal rates by attracting more adver­ to States that have already appropriated their rural newspapers with an out-of-county circu­ tising or by raising subscription rates. share of the funding. The State veterans' lation of less than 5,000. To ensure and support the free flow of in­ home program represents a joint effort be­ In April, this body passed the Budget Rec­ formation in rural areas, Congress established tween Federal and State Governments, and onciliation Act which eliminated the limited cir­ an in-county subsidized mail rate 135 years has long been regarded as a cost-effective culation rate-limited circulation rate is the ago. Congress added the limited circulation way of providing care for our veterans. subsidy newspapers receive to defray mailing rate in 1962 in recognition of the impact upon In light of limited construction grant funds, costs if they have less than 5,000 out-of­ smaller newspapers, and particularly newspa­ this provision would offer a fair and equitable county subscribers. The elimination of this pers located near county lines, of increases in solution to the problems we face in address­ subsidy has imposed financial burdens on our postal rates. These newspapers serve the ing the health care needs of these men and small rural newspapers that I am sure the public through subscriptions, as opposed to women. Our Nation's veteran population is conferees to the Reconciliation Act did not direct delivery. rapidly aging. While every State will be affect­ foresee. I am certain, they too have heard The Rural Newspaper Preservation Act will ed to some degree, those States with the from newspapers owners in their districts de­ restore the limited circulation rate subsidy for larger veteran populations will certainly feel scribing the dismal financial conditions the mailings of under 5,000 to adjacent counties the strain of caring for the aged veteran. owners face. (as established, the limited circulation rate To put this situation in a local perspective, Since 1970 small newspapers have seen subsidy had no adjacent county requirement). South Carolina has over 350,000 veterans re­ their in-county rates skyrocket up to 1,600 In addition, the act caps the in-county postal siding in the State. Approximately 53,000 of percent, and their limited circulation rates up subsidy at 20,000 copies of each issue of an them are now over 65 years old. However, by to 822 percent. Since December of last year eligible publication, refocusing this subsidy on the year 2000 this number is expected to alone, in-county rates have increased by up to its original purpose of assisting smaller rural more than double. The State's sole veterans' 80 percent and limited circulation rates by up newspapers. nursing home is a 150-bed facility which con­ to 180 percent. The Rural Newspaper Preservation Act nei­ tinuously operates at full capacity. It is important to remember that rural news­ ther authorizes nor requires an appropriation. An application is currently pending before papers provide the most significant source of The National Newspaper Association has indi­ the Veterans' Administration for a 21 0-bed local information, and perhaps more impor- cated that this modest proposal will provide .19636 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 6, 1986 substantial relief to struggling small newspa­ principles of international law, including the ASAT: WE NEED TO PRESERVE pers. Please join my colleagues and me in freedom of navigation. THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE supporting this proposal to ensure the con­ I hope that this bill is the beginning of CONTROLS tinuing free flow of information in rural areas. thoughtful consideration of how we can pre­ A companion bill is being introduced in the serve our oceans so that Mure generations HON. LAWRENCE COUGIWN other body by the Honorable TED STEVENS. may benefit from their many resources and enjoy their recreational opportunities. OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, August 6, 1986 PRESERVING OCEAN Mr. COUGHLIN. Mr. Speaker, as the House WILDERNESS AREAS THE TEXTILE AND APPAREL debates the amendment to preserve the cur­ TRADE ENFORCEMENT ACT rent moratorium on the testing of anti-satellite HON. BARBARA A. MIKULSKI [ASA T] weapons against targets in space next OF IIARYLABD week, I hope my colleagues will consider the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. GEORGE W. GEKAS importance the extension of this ban might Wednesday, August 6, 1986 OF PENNSYLVANIA have on negotiations toward a permanent Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ASAT moratorium. There is no question that the United States troducing a bill to provide for the establish­ Wednesday, August 6, 1986 ment of national ocean wilderness areas in is more heavily dependent on the intelligence order to protect and preserve parts of the vast Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, today the House we collect from our satellites than the Soviet expanse of ocean waters under the jurisdic­ of Representatives attempted to override the Union is on the intelligence they obtain from tion of the United States. President's veto of H.R. 1562, the Textile and theirs. Because of our superior technology, Apparel Trade Enforcement Act. In deciding our satellites can tell us more than the Sovi­ As chairwoman of the Oceanography Sub­ ets' satellites can tell them. Because U.S. committee, I have become alarmed at the lack on how to vote on this attempt, it seemed to be necessary to choose between two groups forces are more widely dispersed overseas, of planning in this country concerning the ap­ our communications and intelligence satellites propriate use of the oceans. of fellow Americans who both have valid points in favor of their position. I concluded are more important for ensuring our security The U.S. ocean area is 1 ¥2 times as large that the wise course of action to follow is to and integrating military operations. Because of as its landmass. We already know it contains the closed nature of the U.S.S.R., we must take that action which would ultimately prove large deposits of mineral and energy re­ rely upon our systems more heavily. Finally, sources, productive fisheries, and habitats for to help both groups. I believe that my vote to because of the reliability of our satellites, the great populations of marine mammals and sustain the President's veto of H.R. 1562, the United States can afford to depend on them seabirds. It provides wonderful recreational Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act, to a greater degree. opportunities, but is also beginning to be used signaled support for the textile industry These facts were recognized even back in as a site for waste disposal. through the enforcement of the multifiber ar­ 1978 and 1979, when the United States A significant portion of our food and energy rangement and bilateral agreements just sought to forestall the enhancement of Soviet resources already come from the ocean. With­ reached while at the same time protecting the ASAT technology through negotiations with out a doubt, we will make greater use of these farmer, the retailer, and the consumer who the U.S.S.R. to control ASAT weapons. Ameri­ ocean resources in the future, especially as would have suffered damage by enactment of can officials understood that then-ongoing we deplete those on the land. this legislation. Soviet efforts to perfect a more "advanced" At the same time, we are beginning a jour­ By voting to sustain the President's veto I version of their ASA T weapon would put ney in the scientific exploration of the oceans. was in essence supporting the absolute en­ United States satellites in greater jeopardy. New technologies using satellites, sonar de­ forcement and implementation of the new These ASAT talks were broken off in protest vices and remote-operated vehicles are sur­ multifiber arrangement and the bilateral textile of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Through 1982, the Soviets continued tests veying large ocean areas and revealing the agreements which were just recently negotiat­ of their so-called "advanced" heat-seeking existence of remarkable geologic features ed. Although I as well as many others are such as thermal vents and new mineral de­ ASAT, but the tests consistently demonstrated subject to some reservations about the en­ their system would not work. Out of six total posits. forcement of these agreements in the past, I Yet for all we know and are learning about tests of their "advanced" version, none were believe that every effort must and will be successful. Meanwhile, we continued our the ocean, its resources and dynamics, our ig­ made to see that the trade agreements are norance is still greater than our knowledge. effort to develop the F-15 launched ASAT enforced to the maximum. This tough new device, the miniature homing vehicle. This is the reason I have introduced the agreement will benefit our textile and apparel Finally, after 9 successes out of 20 test "Ocean Wilderness Act''. We need to discuss industry without incurring reprisals against shots-a success rate of 45 percent-the So­ whether, and by what method, we can protect U.S. exports abroad. Negotiations will contin­ viets announced they were abiding by a unilat­ and preserve specific ocean areas. We need ue to work toward opening up markets, pro­ eral moratorium on ASAT testing. It would to consider how \_¥a can safeguard the ocean tecting against import surges end providing for appear that the reality of a 45-percent suc­ from often competing and contradictory pur­ cess rate with their very limited capability poses. additional fiber coverage. · This vote was of the mare difficult ones system, coupled with the threat of an oper­ We have established programs for preserv­ one that I have made, but I am confident that the ational U.S. MHV ASAT device, persuaded Ing land areas, and I believe that we have the them that it was in their best interest to try to textile IAdustry ~ Its WOft(ers will ultimately responsibility to do so for ocean areas. prevent a runaway ASAT arms race they fare better under what has taken place In This bill would accomplish this goal by re­ might not win. these trade negotiations. Over 60 percent of QWing the President to recommend to Con­ Now we have the opportunity to enhance gress that certain ocean areas under U.S. ju­ my constituents, in a recent congressional poll the security of America's deployed satellite risdiction be protected as ocean wilderness conducted. by my office, indicated to me that technology by continuing the current moratori­ areas. This would require an act of Congress, they also believe that the foreign trade policy um on testing and providing time for a reas­ apecificaUy addressing an area of the ocean of the United States should include a promo­ sessment of current policies opposing negoti­ and the ~ it contains. tion of a higher 1evet of expor18 in a free inter­ ations to ban ASArs. If we press on with the This bill is not intended to promote or re­ national rn&Jt(etplace. I do regret, however, MHV to the point it is an operational weapon, rtrict any particular use of ocean space or re­ that the shoe Industry got caught up In this we will never achieve a lasting ASAT morato­ eowces. It is premised on the recognition Of issue and did not receive the attention that rium. The Soviets will respond by developing the need for multiple uses of the oceans, in­ they deserve and am hopeful that this issue tMir own more sophisticated ASAT hardware, cluding fishing, and on a recognition of the will soon be addressed in eotvess. which will put U.S. satellites at far greater risk. August G, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19637 Complicating the situation is the relatively Championships and was acclaimed grand Rincon, San Pasqual, Puama, and Pala small size of the MHV-only 18 feet long­ champions. Bands of Mission Indians in San Diego which will create a verification problem for the In 1985, the marching band earned all su­ County, California. perior ratings and was named grand champi­ SD-562 Soviets now and for the United States later if Foreign Relations the Soviets decide to proceed with a similar ons at the Music Bowl VII, Spirit of the South International Economic Polley, Oceans. weapon. In fact, the United States is in the Marching Championships and the Greater At­ and Environment Subcommittee best position to achieve a negotiated ASAT lanta Marching Festival. The Trojan Band has To hold hearings on certain provistons test moratorium with the Soviets now-further won sweepstakes awards at its last seven with regard to foreign policy of S. testing of the MHV will only reduce our ability competitions. 2263, to protect the public's right to to reach an agreement to control this costly Lassiter's three concert bands also are first­ receive and communicate information and dangerous aspect of the arms race. class performers. The symphonic I band last freely beyond the American border, If the Congress does not preserve the cur­ year earned a superior rating in performance and to ensure the right of internation­ al travel. rent ban, the Air Force may be free to resume and sightreading at the district XII G.M.E.A. SD-419 tests of the F-15 launched ASAT after Octo­ Music Festival. The symphonic II band also re­ Judiciary ber 1, 1986. The chance for protecting our ceived a superior in performance and sight­ Juvenile Justice Subcommittee satellites and avoiding an expensive new reading at that G.M.E.A. Festival, and the con­ To hold hearings on S. 2398, to make it a round of the arms spiral through United cert band received a superior rating. Federal offense with regard to the States-Soviet negotiations on ASAT controls The Lassiter Jazz Band was the Georgia sexual exploitation of children. will be lost. I hope my colleagues will consider State University Jazz Festival winner in the SD-226 this as well as the many other reasons for ex­ high school division during 1982-83. Select on Indian Affairs tending the ASAT test ban when the Brown­ Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join To hold joint hearings with the Commit­ tee on Energy and Natural Resources Coughlin ASAT amendment comes before this me in saluting the bands of Lassiter High on S. 2676, to provide for the settle­ body next week. School, their director, Alfred Watkins; assist­ ment of water rights claims of the La ant director of bands, Gary Gribble; and or­ Jolla, Rincon, San Pasqua! Puama, PERSONAL EXPLANATION chestra director, Anna Johnson, for their and Pala Bands of Mission Indians in achievement in bringing the joy of music to San Diego County, California. their community, State, and Nation. SD-562 HON. DOUG WALGREN 10:30 a.m. OF PENNSYLVANIA Judiciary IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS To hold hearings on certain provisions of S. 1999, to provide for a uniform Wednesday, August 6, 1986 Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, product liab111ty law. Mr. WALGREN. Mr. Speaker, because of a agreed to by the Senate on February SD-106 commitment as chairman of the Subcommit­ 4, 1977, calls for establis~ent of a 2:00p.m. tee on Science, Research and Technology, I system for a computerized schedule of Foreign Relations was unable to be present yesterday during the all meetings and hearings of Senate To hold hearings on certain treaties con­ vote on the Courter amendment to H.R. 4428. cerning reciprocal encouragement and committees, subcommittees, joint com­ protection of investments. Had I been able to be present, I would have mittees, and committees of conference. SD-419 voted "no" on rollcall No. 282. This title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate AUGUST 12 THE LASSITER HIGH SCHOOL Daily Digest-designated by the Rules 9:00a.m. TROJAN BAND Committee-of the time, place, and Armed Services purpose of the meetings, when sched­ Closed business meeting, to consider uled, and any cancellations or changes pending nominations, and to review HON.GEORGE(BUDDnDARDEN in the meetings as they occur. the committee's agenda for the re­ OF GEORGIA mainder of the 99th Congress. As an additional procedure along SR-222 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with the computerization of this infor­ Wednesday, August 6, 1986 Judiciary mation, the Office of the Senate Daily Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks Mr. DARDEN. Mr. Speaker, in only 5 years Digest will prepare this information Subcommittee Business meeting, to the Lassiter High School Trojan Band in Mari­ for printing in the Extensions of Re­ mark up S. 2575, Electronics Commu­ etta, GA, has established a record of excel­ marks section Of the CONGRESSIONAL nications Privacy Act. lence both as a marching ensemble and for RECORD on Monday and Wednesday of SD-628 its symphonic and jazz performances. I would each week. Veterans' Affairs To resume hearings on the reported like to call the attention of my colleagues to Any changes in committee schedul­ ing will be indicated by placement of sightings of live military personnel the achievements of these outstanding young missing in action in Southeast Asia. musicians. an asterisk to the left of the name of SR-325 In its first year, 1981, the Lassiter Band was the unit conducting such meetings. 9:45a.m. under the direction of George Hattendorf. The Meetings scheduled for Thursday, Agriculture, Nuttition, and Forestry concert band earned an excellent rating at the August 7, 1986, may be found in the Foreign Agricultural Policy Subcommittee district XII Georgia Music Educators Associa­ Daily Digest of today's RECORD. To resume hearings to review United tion Large Group Festival, class IV. Also, the - MEETINGS SCHEDULED States food aid programs and world hunger. jazz band was rated excellent at the G.M.E.A. AUGUST 11 SR-332 Jazz Festival, Cobb County. 9:30a.m. 10:00 a.m. That tradition of excellence has continued Energy and Natural Resources Energy and Natural Resources under Alfred L Watkins, who became director Water and Power Subcommittee Business meeting, to consider pending of bands at Lassiter in 1982. The band has To hold hearings on S. 2635, to protect calendar b\lfiness. performed all over the Nation, from the Old the integrity and quality of certain SD-366 South Marching Festival in Newnan, GA, to reaches of the Henry's Fork of the Environment and Public Works the steps of the Uncoln Memorial here in Snake River, Idaho. Business meeting, to consider S. 2083, to promulgate regulations for asbestos Washington. The band was invited by the Brit­ SD-366 10:00 a.m. hazard abatement in the Nation's ish Olympic Association to perform at the Energy and Natural Resources schools, S. 1696, to establlsh a Federal­ opening ceremonies of the visitors center for To hold joint hearings with the Select ly-declared Ooodway for the Colorado the XXIII Olympic Games at Los Angeles. Committee on Indian Affairs on 8. River, 8. 740, to authorize funds In 1984, Lassiter's Marching Band partici­ 2676, to provide for the settlement of through fiscal year 1995 to promote pated in the Southern Invitational Field Show water rights claims of the La Jolla, the conservation of migratory water- 19638 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 6, 1986 fowl and to offset or prevent the seri­ •Finance SEPTEMBER 11 ous loss of wetlands and other essen­ To hold hearings on S. 1871, relating to tial habitat, and other pending calen­ 10:00 a.m. imports which threaten to impair the Energy and Natural Resources dar business. national security . Business meeting, to consider pending Foreign Relations SD-215 calendar business. To hold hearings on the nomination of Select on Intelligence SD-366 Lynn Marvin Hansen, of Idaho, to be To hold closed hearings on intelligence an Assistant Director of the U.S. Arms matters. SEPI'EMBER 16 Control and Disarmament Agency. SH-219 10:00 a.m. SD-419 10:00 a.m. Labor and Human Resources Judiciary Governmental Affairs To hold hearings on pending nomina­ Constitution Subcommittee To hold hearings on the nomination of tions. Business meeting, to mark up S. 2457, to John Agresto, of the District of Co­ SD-430 grant the consent of Congress to the lumbia, to be Archivist of the United California-Nevada Interstate Compact States. SEPI'EMBER 17 which provides for equitable appor­ SD-342 tionment of water between the two Judiciary 10:00 a.m. States, and S. 1580, to revise federally Security and Terrorism Subcommittee Energy and Natural Resources mandated attorneys fees applicable to To resume hearings on S. 2044, to estab­ Business meeting, to consider pending civil, criminal, and administrative pro­ lish the United States Marshals Serv­ calendar business. ceedings involving the United States ice as a bureau within the Department SD-366 and civil proceedings involving State of Justice. and local governments. SD-226 SEPTEMBER 18 SD-226 Labor and Human Resources 10:00 a.m. Labor and Human Resources To resume hearings on S. 1804, to estab­ Energy and Natural Resources Aging Subcommittee lish a program to provide development To hold hearings to review certain reau­ Business meeting, to consider pending and incentive grants to States for en­ calendar business. thorization provisions of the Older acting medical malpractice liability re­ Americans Act. forms. SD-366 SD-430 SD-430 10:30 a.m. 2:00p.m. SEPTEMBER 24 Judiciary Judiciary 10:00 a.m. Constitution Subcommittee To hold hearings on pending nomina­ Energy and Natural Resources To hold hearings on Senate Joint Reso­ tions. Business meeting, to consider pending lution 370, and Senate Joint Resolu­ SD-226 calendar business. tion 364, measures proposing an SD-366 amendment to the U.S. Constitution AUGUST 14 requiring the removal from office of Labor and Human Resources any Federal official convicted of a 10:00 a.m. Business meeting, to consider pending felony. Energy and Natural Resources calendar business. SD-226 Business meeting, to consider pending SD-430 3:30p.m. calendar business. Rules and Administration SD-366 SEPI'EMBER 25 Business meeting, to consider Senate Judiciary Business meeting, to consider the nomi­ 10:00 a.m. Resolution 438, to direct the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Rules and Administra­ nations of William H. Rehnquist, of Virginia, to be Chief Justice of the Business meeting, to consider pending tion to study the Senate rules and calendar business. precedents applicable to impeachment United States, Antonin Scalia, of Vir­ trials, Senate Resolution 439, to au­ ginia, to be an Associate Justice of the SD-366 thorize the reprinting of a Senate doc­ Supreme Court of the United States, ument from the 93d Congress entitled and other pending calendar business. OCTOBER 1 "Procedures and Guidelines for Im­ SD-226 10:00 a.m. peachment Trials in the United States Energy and Natural Resources Senate," proposed legislation to au­ SEPTEMBER9 Business meeting, to consider pending thorize funds for fiscal year 1987 for 9:30a.m. calendar business. the Federal Election Commission, and Labor and Human Resources SD-366 other pending legislative and adminis­ Employment and Productivity Subcom­ trative business. mittee OCTOBER2 SR-301 To hold hearings to review graduate 10:00 a.m. ll:OOp.m. medical education in ambulatory set­ Foreign Relations tings. Energy and Natural Resources Business meeting, to consider pending SD-430 Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business. calendar business. SD-41.9 SEPI'EMBER 10 SD-366 10:00 a.m. AUGUST 13 Energy and Natural Resources CANCELLATIONS 9:30a.m. Business meeting, to consider pending Energy and Natural Resources calendar business. To hold hearings on House Joint Reso­ SD-366 AUGUST7 lution 17, to consent to an amendment Labor and Human Resources 4:00p.m. enacted by the legislature of the State To hold hearings to review the human Select on Intelligence of Hawaii to the Hawaiian Home Com­ resources impact on drug research and Closed briefing on intelllgence matters. mission Act, 1920. space technology SH-219 SD-366 SD-430