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9148 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 30, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS SANDINISTAS DENY RELIGIOUS Miguel Obando y Bravo ... You may be The government supports a front-organi­ FREEDOM TO THE NICARA­ sure that these attacks are an offense zation "Peoples Church" that actively pro­ GUAN PEOPLE AND PERSE­ against the Christian sentiments of the motes Marxism-Leninism. The "Peoples CUTE ROMAN CATHOLICS IN great majority of the Nicaraguan people Church" blasphemous symbol is a crucified Christ imposed on a Sandinista guerrilla Since that letter was written, the situation waving a Soviet AK-47 rifle. The "Peoples has gotten even worse. Church" is largely ignored by Nicaraguan HON. JACK F. KEMP The Sandinistas' most intense anti-Catho­ Catholics, and has minuscule support from OF lic efforts have been directed against the the clergy. Of the approximately 880 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Church's leaders. The regime's goal has priests, nuns, and monks in the country, been to undercut popular support for the fewer than 40 are loyal to this "Church," Wednesday, April 30, 1986 Catholic bishops through vicious propagan­ and of those 40, all but 10 are foreign mis­ Mr. KEMP. Mr. Speaker, recently 22 of our da portraying them as "counterrevolution­ sionaries. colleagues, led by Congressman HENRY aries" and "enemies of the people." Cardi­ Despite this grim record, the Sandinista nal Obando has been labelled as the "anti­ regime has waged a successful disinforma­ HYDE, circulated a "Dear Colleague" letter Christ" and accused of "collaborating" with tion campaign that has convinced many calling the attention of the Members to the ac­ the Somoza government-of which he was a American Catholic bishops, the United tions of the Marxist-Leninist Sandinista regime harsh critic. The Cardinal has also been at­ States Catholic Conference, and various in Nicaragua in denying religious freedom to tacked by Sandinista mobs and military other religious groups that reports of reli­ of all faiths. A particular target forces while in his car; his celebrations of gious persecution in Nicaragua are exagger­ for persecution, however, is the Roman the Mass have been disrupted; open-air as­ ated. Yet two senior American Catholic , to which 85 percent of the semblies have been forbidden; and his chan­ leaders cut through this fog of propaganda Nicaraguan people belong. The following cery office raided, plundered, and occupied. last month. The following letter from New letter details some of the actions that have Bosco Vivas was York Cardinal John O'Connor and seriously beaten by Sandinista mobs in 1982. Cardinal Bernard Law to Cardinal Obando been taken against the Catholic Church and This attack against the Nicaraguan bish­ speaks for all those American Catholics who its leaders by the Sandinistas, and reminds us ops has extended to Pope John Paul II. want to stand in solidarity with their perse­ that religious liberty is the most basic of During his 1983 visit to Nicaragua, govern­ cuted Nicaraguan brothers and sisters: : ment-supported mobs disrupted his celebra­ "Your Eminence: the present trials CONGRESS OF THE , tion of the Mass by chanting revolutionary through which you and the Church in Nica­ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, slogans. The regime arranged the Mass to ragua are suffering are a poignant reminder Washington, DC, April10, 1986. be said before huge pictures of Sandinista that the mystery of the Cross continues to DEAR COLLEAGUE: Few of us doubt any leaders-a blatant attempt to portray the be lived in the Body of Christ. During this longer that the Sandinista leadership of Pope as a supporter of their movement. Lent, your two brother bishops in the Nicaragua is Marxist-Leninist and that it Cardinal Obando's aides have also been at­ United States, who were called to member­ has waged a steady campaign of repression tacked. In one incident, Fr. Bismark Car­ ship in the College of Cardinals with you against virtually all sectors of society. Last ballo, the Archdiocesan spokesman, was the last May, have often thought of you and dis­ October, the Sandinistas formally suspend­ victim of a Sandinista plot to frame him as cussed the courageous efforts you make for ed a wide range of fundamental civil rights. an adulterer. Arriving at a house where a the well-being of the Church and the people Religious freedom was their primary target. woman was allegedly considering suicide, of Nicaragua. We have taken the extraordi­ Yet many courageous Nicaraguans contin­ Carballo was beaten by government troops nary step of making this letter public so ue to worship openly, and remain loyal to which ordered him to strip, and dragged that the faithful in our archdioceses and as those religious leaders whose commitment him naked and bleeding outside the house many as possible in our country will know to moral principles has led them to confront to a waiting crowd of 70 people-including what is actually happening to their brothers the regime. Sandinista journalists and television cam­ and sisters in Nicaragua. All faiths have suffered under the Sandi­ eras who reported that Carballo had been We share your deep pain when your nistas. The National Director of the Anti­ beaten by the woman's "husband." people are denied full opportunity to build a Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, Nathan The Sandinistas have deported missionary just, peaceful and progressive society based Perlmutter, has written recently that being priests loyal to the bishops, and have draft­ on the transcendent dignity of each human Jewish is dangerous in a Nicaragua whose ed seminarians into the army. person. We know your suffering when at­ leaders indulge in blatant and crude anti­ The laity are attacked with depressing fre­ tempts are made to violate the religious con­ Semitism. Evangelical congregations have quency. Armed Sandinista mobs have science of Nicaraguans by denying them been harassed, and their leaders tortured, stormed Churches during Mass and savagely access to the liberating teachings of the and murdered. But no group has suffered beaten parishioners. These mobs have also Church. This has been done by physical persecution on as great a scale as the attacked participants in religious proces­ harassment, crude attempts at intimidation, Roman Catholic Church, to which 85 per­ sions. In one particularly gruesome incident, and censorship. Priests have been summari­ cent of the Nicaraguan people belong. the president of the Catholic Parents ly expelled from your country. Offices of In a November, 1985, letter to prominent School Association, Sofonias Cisneros, was your archdiocese have been raided by mili­ American Catholic bishops, the Permanent abducted by the secret police, interrogated tary personnel and remain under Inilitary Commission on Human Rights of Nicaragua for many hours, then tortured and dumped, occupation. The archdiocesan newspaper, described the situation many Catholics are naked and unconscious, on a deserted road. Iglesia, was confiscated after its first edi­ forced to endure: His "crime" was complaining about Marxist­ tion, and the Catholic radio remains closed. "Like no other epoch we have seen in the Leninist indoctrination in Catholic schools. You are subjected to a barrage of distor­ history of our country, the Catholic Church The Sandinistas have worked to cut off tions, slanderous insults and innuendo at has been the victim of direct attacks, plots, communications between the laity and home and by some representatives of the calumnies, explosions, and arrests of priests church leaders. They have refused to broad­ government abroad. and seminarians, campaigns of defamation cast the Cardinal's Masses, and forbid any In this ordeal, the Church of Nicaraguan and slander, creation of an artificial parallel favorable reference to the Church in La has been seeking to maintain the construc­ church which is responsive to the interests Prensa. Radio Catolica was shut down Janu­ tive dialogue with the government in an at­ of the party in power, etc. Such attacks ary 1st of this year, and the regime banned tempt to reach a climate of mutual respect have been centered primarily against mem­ the publication of the Catholic newspaper so that the Church can play a role in the re­ bers of the Nicaraguan Episcopal Confer­ Iglesia and confiscated its printing press. construction of your country. We want to ence, with a particular hatred against the Last month Sandinista forces expropriated assure you of our solidarity with you. With president of the Conference, and the Arch­ all typewriters, telephones, and other means you we are praying for that peaceful recon­ bishop of Managua, His Eminence Cardinal of communication in the Cardinal's office. ciliation necessary to rekindle the original

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. April 30~ 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9149 hope of the revolution. For this to take a B.D. from Rochester Colgate School of Di­ today will, I believe, go a long way toward place, it is essential that there be an imme­ vinity. He is a member of the Central Commit­ ameliorating these problems. diate cessation of the present unjust restric­ tee of the World Council of Churches and a tions suffered by the Church and other sec­ Like H.R. 2487, this measure provides for a tors of Nicaraguan society. This will un­ vice president of the World Baptist Alliance. new management regime composed of effect­ doubtedly provide a powerful impetus for He has visited Asia, Africa, Europe, and the ed user groups and management agencies to the just resolution of the conflicts in your Middle East, taped messages for the Voice of develop an annual comprehensive Klamath country and in that strife tom region. America, preached in Russia, written cam­ basin fisheries management plan. Additionally, Be assured of our prayers and support, paign literature for John F. , and at­ it authorizes development of, and funding for, our brother Cardinal, through the interces­ tended the 1962 Second Vatican Council in a cost-effective 20-year fisheries restoration sion of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the "Most Rome. Pure," as the Nicaraguan people particular­ program based in part on a plan prepared for ly venerate her. Dr. Jackson is the pastor of the historic the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Fraternally YOllr'i in Christ, Olivet Baptist Church of , IL, currently Also, as in H.R. 2487, a memorandum of Bernard Cardinal Law, his 45th year there, and former president of understanding between Federal and State en­ Archbishop of Boston. the National Baptist Convention U.S.A., Inc. forcement authorities would be authorized in John Cardinal O'Connor, where he served for 29 years. order to strengthen and facilitate the enforce­ Archbishop of New York. ment of Klamath fishery harvest regulations. As Members of Congress who are Roman Catholics, we are proud of our country's H.R. 2487 However, this new legislation differs from commitment to religious liberty as the most H.R. 2487 in several important respects. First, basic human right. There can be neither it would establish two new entities on the peace nor justice nor prosperity in Nicara­ HON. DOUGLAS H. BOSCO Klamath-a Klamath Fishery Management gua for so long as the Sandinista regime OF CALIFORNIA Council and Klamath River Basin Fisheries persecutes religious believers who refuse to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Task Force which would be involved in the cut their consciences to fit Marxist-Leninist fashion. The true nature and purpose of Wednesday, April30, 1986 development of harvest regulations and the that regime is nowhere made clearer than in Mr. BOSCO. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ restoration program, respectively. Unlike H.R. its persecution of Catholics, Protestants, ducing a modified version of legislation I intro­ 2487, which removed the Bureau of Indian Af­ and Jews who ask only that the Sandinistas duced last year, H.R. 2487, aimed at address­ fair's regulatory role on the Klamath and pro­ honor the human rights commitments they ing the fishery resource crisis on the Klamath vided the council with exclusive jurisdiction made to the OAS in 1979. River in California. While this new measure is over the Indian fishery, the council's decisions Religious persecution is not a peripheral under this new bill would be strictly advisory in issue as we resume debate on aid to the Nic­ intended to allay concerns raised in response araguan democratic opposition. We hope to H.R. 2487, the basic thrust remains the nature. Direct regulatory authority would you'll consider carefully Sandinistas' draco­ same: To establish a comprehensive ap­ remain with existing agencies, who would re­ nian record on this question. proach to the Klamath fishery problem by rec­ ceive harvest regulation recommendations Sincerely, ognizing that habitat restoration, and more ef­ from the council. Because the management Dan Lungren, Tommy Hartnett, Henry fective harvest management and enforcement agencies involved-the Pacific Fishery Man­ J. Hyde, Robert Doman, Connie Mack, go hand in hand. agement Council, the BIA, and California Fish Bill Archer, Chris Smith, Guy Molin­ and Game Commission-would be active par­ ari, Billy Tauzin, John Hiler, Mike Two years ago, Congress approved and DeWine. President Reagan signed a $57 million fish ticipants in the council, it is anticipated that Joseph DioGuardi, Bill Lowery, Fred J. and wildlife restoration program for the Trinity they will more often than not adopt these rec­ Eckert, George Wortley, Joe Skeen, River, the major tributary to the Klamath River. ommendations in full. Bill Carney, Vin Weber, Thomas Designed to help mitigate the serious effects In essence then, this new bill would institu­ Bliley, Eldon Rudd, Barbara Vucano­ of water diversions, inadequate erosion con­ tionalize the negotiated allocation process es­ vich, Bob Lagomarsino. trol, and other practices, the Trinity Fish and tablished by the Department of Commerce Wildlife Restoration Program when fully imple­ this year under the auspices of the Klamath A SALUTE TO DR. J.H. JACKSON mented should help restore much of the envi­ Salmon Management Group. Over the past ronmental and economic health of the Trinity year all of the various user and management HON. WALTER E. FAUNTROY River. However, much work remains to be interests involved in this process demonstrat­ ed an unprecedented degree of cooperation in OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA done in the entire Klamath River Basin (which protecting the resource. This included the de­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES includes the Trinity River) if salmon and steel­ head population are to be restored to a level velopment of a new means to allocate the Wednesday, April30, 1986 which can sustain a healthy in-river and ocean harvest. I am hopeful that the members of a Mr. FAUNTROY. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, fishery. new Klamath Fishery Management Council will February 23, 1986, at 7 p.m., a salute was The Klamath and Trinity Rivers provide fish­ be able to build on this spirit of cooperation. made to Dr. Joseph H. Jackson, in the Na­ ery resources necessary for Indian subsist­ Second, after considerable review, I have tion's Capital, as the "Elder Statesman of ence and ceremonial purposes, as well as for become convinced that the total 20-year res­ Baptist Worldwide." ocean commercial harvest and recreational toration program cost of $73 million in H.R. Dr. Jackson has been the leader of some 5 fishing. The health of many local economies is 2487 can be reduced without significantly lim­ million U.S. black Baptists since 1953, the inextricably tied to the health of the basin's iting the program's effectiveness. Thus, the year he was elected to the presidency of the salmon and steelhead resources. Unfortunate­ bill I am introducing today will reduce this au­ National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc. Dr. ly, the Klamath-Trinity salmon and steelhead thorized amount to $42 million, a level more in Jackson has steered the organization into populations have declined by nearly 80 per­ line with current Federal budget realities. new spheres of influence, notably into a more cent from historic levels. Moreover it will provide for a 50-percent non­ activist role in the civil rights struggle. The reasons behind the Klamath fishery de­ Federal share of program costs. Priority in One of the most ambitious ventures initiated cline are many. First, the construction and op­ hiring for the restoration work will remain with under Dr. Jackson has been the Liberian land eration of dams, diversions and hydroelectric unemployed area Indians and ocean commer­ investment program whereby Baptists hope to projects as well as past mining, timber harvest cial fishermen. develop extensive farms on some 100,000 practices, and roadbuilding have all contribut­ Finally, it has been my contention that a acres of Liberian land, and thus raise addition­ ed to a significant reduction in fishery habitat. contributing factor to the dwindling Klamath al funds to help sponsor their missionary In addition, ineffective management of the in­ fishery has been the BIA's lax enforcement labors in Africa. The Convention has also pur­ river Indian gill net fishery, inadequate en­ over the Indian gill net fishery. This may, how­ chased 400 acres in Fayette County, TN, and forcement of fishery harvest regulations, and ever, stem in large part from a lack of clarifi­ owns a Nashville publishing house with sales overlapping Federal, State, and local jurisdic­ cation as to in-river enforcement responsibil­ of close to $1 million annually. tions have severely hampered efforts to con­ ities between the BIA and other Federal and Dr. Jackson holds a B.A. from Jackson Col­ serve and enhance the rivers' fishery re­ State agencies. Therefore, while this new lege, and M.A. from Creighton University, and sources. The legislation that I am introducing measure would eliminate H.R. 2487's require- 9150 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April30, 1986 ment that the BIA be removed from any en­ year record of profitability going back to During the year and a half that I had forcement role, it is my hope that the MOU 1981. It issued first-quarter financial results served as Captain's Yeoman on the Vixen, I authorized between the Interior Secretary and last week showing net income of $60 million had demonstrated a certain degree of artis­ for the first three months of 1986-an in­ tic talent, lettering, sketching, painting, etc. California Department of Fish and Game will crease of $5 million over the first quarter of I developed and printed rolls of film, not strengthen enforcement by leading to a clear­ 1985. only for myself, but for other members of er understanding of responsibility. The Secre­ Although the Senate has approved selling the ship's crew. tary may, in fact, choose to enhance and Conrail to Norfolk Southern, there is So it was that when the Governor asked more clearly define the role of the U.S. Fish mounting indication that a number of sena­ his Chief of Staff to come up with some and Wildlife Service vis-a-vis the BIA. tors are having second thoughts. Mean­ ideas for a flag, the Chief of Staff, in tum Mr. Speaker, dwindling fishery habitat and while, House hearings are focusing on two asked me to come up with some ideas. past ineffective management and enforcement other offers-both higher than Norfolk The Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Southern's-by investment companies that which we had in the Captain's office on the of harvest regulations have created crisis re­ would preserve Conrail as an independent U.S.S. Vixen, had as a preface, flags of all source conditions on the Klamath. This in turn system and offer its stock to the general nations, and also the Great Seal of the has exacerbated tensions between the user public. That is the course that needs to be United States. groups and made agreement on possible solu­ explored. Whether silhouetted against the sky on a tions that much more difficult. However, after rocky pinnacle in or soaring majesti­ months of careful consultation with all of the cally overhead in Florida, the bald eagle is various interests involved, I believe that this THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FLAG admired as one of nature's most spectacular new legislation can help reverse this trend by creatures. To catch a glimpse of this majes­ building on the positive steps taken by the HON. RON de LUGO tic raptor is to understand why the Found­ OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ing Fathers chose it to represent the Klamath Salmon Management Group. I urge Strength and Courage of our great nation. my colleagues to approve this measure with­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I used the eagle shown in the Great Seal out delay. Wednesday, April 30, 1986 as my model. The eagle grasps 13 arrows in one claw, representing the 13 original states. Mr. DE LUGO. Mr. Speaker, I am very proud I changed this to 3 arrows to represent the 3 UPDATING THE CONRAIL MATH to bring to the attention of my colleagues the islands, St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John. following transcript by Mr. P.W. Sparks of St. In the other claw the eagle clutches an HON. PETER H. KOSTMA YER Thomas, which is a history of the U.S. Virgin olive branch. In the eighth chapter of the Islands flag. The flag was commissioned in book of Genesis we are told that Noah sent OF the year 1921 by Rear Adm. Sumner E.W. Kit­ a dove out from the ark to see if the flood­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES telle, U.S. Navy, who had just been appointed waters had receded and, we are told that the Wednesday, April 30, 1986 civilian Governor of the Virgin Islands. Mr. dove returned bearing an olive leaf. Sparks, the author of the following piece and To this day, the dove is a symbol of Peace, Mr. KOSTMAYER. Mr. Speaker, today I likewise is the olive branch. And so, the would like to bring to the attention of my col­ a young shipman at that time, was also the olive branch in the claw of the eagle is sym­ leagues an editorial on Conrail which was designer of the flag. I have found his com­ bolic of Peace. published in the Philadelphia Inquirer on April ments to be a very poignant recollection of We have here in the claws of the eagle a 28, 1986. The arguments in support of keep­ the young shipman's sense of duty and ideal­ gesture showing a desire for Peace with the ing the railroad independent are convincing. I ism in undertaking this task. That is why I take world, but in the same breath, so to speak, have visited several Conrail facilities in my dis­ particular pride in bringing this historical and the arrows denoting the determination to most informative description of events to the defend our rights to Freedom, Happiness, trict and am well aware of the impact any sale and Independence. of Conrail will have on Bucks County and the attention of my colleagues today. These attributes in the eagle depicted in Greater Philadelphia metropolitan region. I THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FLAG the Virgin Island flag show the right to support an independent Conrail and believe it Rear-Admiral Sumner E.W. Kittelle, U.S. enjoy the Peace and Tranquility one finds is the best deal for American taxpayers. I Navy, was appointed Civilian Governor of in the Islands, plus the Independence and commend this editorial to my colleagues. the Virgin Islands, succeeding Rear-Admiral Freedom guaranteed every U.S. citizen. [From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Apr. 28, J.W. Oman on April 26, 1921. The design was submitted to the Governor 1986] Captain William Russell White, U.S. and it was he that added the letter "V" on Navy, was Captain of the U.S.S. Vixen, and one side of the eagle and the letter "I" on UPDATING THE CONRAIL MATH Chief of Staff to the Governor. the other. L. Stanley Crane, chairman and chief ex­ The U.S.S. Vixen was stationed at St. He approved the design and sent it to the ecutive officer of Conrail, has given a per­ Thomas to serve as the Governor's flagship. Navy Department in Washington, who then suasive update on reasons why Congress Rear-Actmiral Kittelle served in a dual role. forwarded it to the Philadelphia Navy Yard should keep the railroad independent and As Rear-Admiral he was the officer in com­ where a supply of flags was made up in the not sell it to Norfolk Southern Corp. Testi­ mand of all Naval establishments, ships, and sail loft at the Yard. fying in Washington Wednesday before the personnel in the Virgin Islands, and Puerto In the meantime, the Governor told Cap­ Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Rico. As Civilian Governor he was the head tain White to have a flag made up by the transportation, he presented the basic arith­ of the officials set up to administer the civil­ quartermasters on the U.S.S. Vixen. The metic to dramatize that the proposed sale ian government of the Virgin Islands. Vixen was a very small ship and the flag actually would be a giveaway. I served as Captain's Yeoman on the supply was limited, and the quartermasters Conrail has $939 million in cash and $360 U.S.S. Vixen from February, 1920 until the had no facilities for making such a flag. million in overfunded pension assets for a ship was decommissioned in Norfolk, Va. in It was then that I took the design home total of about $1.3 billion. "If today were October 1922, having relieved Chief with me. I had only just a short time before the closing date on a sale," Mr. Crane said, Yeoman Barta, when he was transferred that married Grace Joseph and she and her "all of these cash assets would be acquired ashore. sister Blanche were by Norfolk Southern." In addition, Norfolk At staff meetings at the Government expert in needlecraft. I had not only Southern would acquire tax benefits from House, where Captain White would preside sketched in the outline of the eagle, but Conrail estimated by the Congressional as Chief of Staff, it was one of my duties to drawn in the feathers in the wings and tail, Budget Office at $500 million. attend the staff meetings and take notes and these they embroidered on the sample Norfolk Southern has offered to pay $1.2 pertaining to the military activities. flag they made. billion for the federal government's 85 per­ Morris de Castro was a civilian stenogra­ This was used by the Governor until such cent share of Conrail and $325 million for pher at the Government House at this time, time as the manufactured flags were re­ the 15 percent owned by Conrail employees. and one of his duties was to be present at ceived. That would be a great deal for Norfolk the staff meetings and to take notes per­ At the time this took place, the Island Southern but a bad deal for American tax­ taining to anything concerning the civil gov­ government was in a state of flux with the payers. ernment. slow transition from Danish rule to U.S. su­ Moreover, as Mr. Crane noted, the origi­ Sometime during the latter half of the pervision and the making of the flag was no nal premise that Conrail could not survive year of 1921 the Governor decided that the big deal. Consequently, no official recogni­ as an independent railroad clearly is not Virgin Islands should have Chief of Staff, to tion was ever made and a diligent search of true now, if it ever was. Conrail has a five- present some ideas. official archives, both in St. Thomas and in April 30, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9151 Washington failed to turn up any records on Nebraska Sen. Ed Zorinsky noted that the English teaching. Educational and cultural the matter. French "didn't seem to mind our flying over exchanges are returning to mtd-1960s levels Although this took place over sixty years their country when Hitler had his troops following a long downward slide. ago, I was at a very impressionable age, and down there." If Chirac didn't remember the This growth is fully justified and repre­ my memories concerning the flag are quite activities of Libyan terrorists in , sents a healthy corrective to two decades of clear. however, perhaps he didn't remember the erosion in USIA's budget and staff re­ I am setting forth these facts to clarify U.S. planes that flew against Nazi , sources. The Reagan Administration, with the history of the Virgin Islands flag as well either. the strong support of this Commission and as to furnish some authentic evidence for France has been an ally of the United with a bipartisan consensus in the Congress, the public in general, for Grace Sparks and States in an almost unbroken stretch dating is at last giving USIA the necessary means her sister, Blanche Sasso, and for our chil­ from the American Revolution. Libyan ter­ to perform its public diplomacy mission ef­ dren, grandchildren, and great grandchil­ rorists are the enemy of all civilized coun­ fectively. The Agency has come far; much dren both now and in the years to come. tries. No one demanded that France put up remains to be done. So be it. any planes, or even money. Just a little co­ USIA will face new challenges in the days operation among allies. ahead. As world public opinion becomes in­ The critics, including Chirac, seemed un­ creasingly important in international af­ NEBRASKA EDITOR SPEAKS OUT willing to distinguish between an all-out, in­ discriminate blitz-krieg and the surgical fairs-and as appreciation for USIA's capa­ strike that was conducted by the United bilities grows here at home the Agency will HON. DOUG BEREUTER States. The U.S. attacks weren't aimed at ci­ be asked to do more. And it will be asked to do so without the assurance of steadily in­ OF NEBRASKA vilian areas or even at the principal source of Libyan strength, the oil fields. The creasing resources. "Gramm-Rudman-Hol­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES United States aimed at terrorist headquar­ lings" is altering the American political Wednesday, April30, 1986 ters and bases and a military airfield. landscape and will affect the resources The damage to the French Embassy and available for public diplomacy. Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, the fallout the civilian casualties are unfortunate­ Huge sums for U.S. embassy security will from the American bombing raid on Libya con­ whether caused by U.S. fire or, as is said by decrease further the resources available for tinues. Many questions have been raised American pilots to be very possible, by mis­ program operations in all of the foreign af­ about different aspects of our response to fired Libyan rockets. fairs agencies-an unanticipated conse­ Libyan terrorism, and many remain still to be The cause of freeing the world from ter­ quence of international terrorism. Hard rorism is universal. The two Americans lost choices lie ahead. answered. Among the questions raised imme­ This Commission does not want to see the diately after the raid and which, despite vari­ in the raid, Capt. Fernando L. Ribas-Domin­ icci and Capt. Paul F. Lorence, died for achievements of the recent past undone by ous explanations, still has not satisfactorily mankind, not just for their country. Their hasty or ill-advised cutbacks. Technological been answered is whether we did not have sacrifice deserves the respect not only of modernization must continue; programs of the right to expect more from our allies, par­ their countrymen but also of America's proven value must be maintained; and USIA ticularly France, on the question of territorial allies. must be able to take advantage of new op­ overflight. The Omaha World Herald believes portunities. we did, and for its thinking on this issue, I In the current budget climate, however, it is imperative that USIA engage in consid­ commend the following editorial to my col­ USIA ADVISORY COMMISSION REPORT-1986 ered assessment of its programs, priorities, leagues: and long-term institutional goals. To this [From the Omaha World Herald, Apr. 17, end, our report encourages USIA to do a 1986] HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL better and more consistent job of program OF ILLINOIS WHEN AN ALLY AsKED FOR HELP, FRANcE evaluation. The Agency needs to increase its LooKED THE OTHER WAY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES media and progam effectiveness studies. It must look at all of its grant recipients, tradi­ Criticism from Syria, and the Soviet Wednesday, April30, 1986 tional "core groups" and others alike, to Union is relatively predictable when the Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, the U.S. Advisory ensure that taxpayers' dollars are being United States takes actions such as the Commission on Public Diplomacy has issued spent wisely. Within USIA, both new andes­ Monday bombing of Libya. Those nations tablished programs should be examined seem to virtually sustain themselves on its 1986 report. At a time when public diplo­ macy of the U.S. Government-the ability to carefully to determine their continued rel­ America-bashing. evance to the public diplomacy needs of the Americans might expect better treatment communicate with the people of other lands 1980s. from some of their allies, however. through advanced communications technology This report contains the principal findings To be sure, British Prime Minister Marga­ and through "personal diplomacy" of our For­ and recommendations of the seven members ret Thatcher earned the gratitude of Ameri­ eign Service officers-is becoming more and of this Commission, all of whom bring to cans for her support of the raid. For her more important to our foreign policy, it is good the task a wealth of experience and deep trouble, however, she received considerable to know what this distinguished panel has to dedication to the mission of public diploma­ criticism from her political opponents, of cy. We have been selective. We have looked which the Times noted: "It remains say about the state of public diplomacy. At this time I wish to insert into the at programs, resource needs, technological a remarkable fact about British political life modernization, and USIA's public opinion in 1986 that a Conservative prime minister RECORD, "A Message from the Chairman," advisory role in the foreign policy process. has to struggle so hard to defend an ally's "The Role of the Commission," and "Summa­ At the heart of public diplomacy, however, use of its own aircraft and its own pilots to ry of Findings and Recommendations" from are the communications professionals who attack a common enemy of Western civiliza­ the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplo­ carry out the work of USIA in the United tion." macy, 1986 report. States and abroad, many at high personal French Premier Jacques Chirac didn't act risk. We hold them in high esteem. They like much of an ally. He refused the United A Message From the Chairman are serving their country well. States permission to let the Britain-based The American people can continue to be warplanes cross France on the way to Libya. As my colleagues and I prepared this pleased with the work that USIA and its Chirac then compounded the offense when report on the conduct of public diplomacy people are doing. he joined other critics in accusing the during the past year, we found many rea­ United States of following the course to sons to be encouraged. The United States is more violence. making a significant, long-overdue invest­ THE ROLE OF THE COIOIISSION Charles Price, the U.S. ambassador to ment in its international information and Since 1948, the U.S. Advisory Commission Britain, suggested that some members of educational exchange programs. on Public Diplomacy and its predecessors the French government have "a very short The U.S. Information Agency has em­ have represented by memory." barked on a course marked by innovation, overseeing the international information, It was just a few days ago that France new vigor, and program expansion. USIA is cultural and educational exchange pro­ earned the praise of President Reagan when setting the pace in international satellite grams of the United States. it expelled two Libyans who were plotting to television. State-of-the-art communications The Commission is a permanent, biparti­ blow up innocent women and children wait­ technologies are generating new efficiencies san, and independent body created by Con­ ing for visas at an American diplomatic and expanding the reach of public diploma­ gress to recommend policies and programs office in France. cy programs from radio broadcasting to . in support of USIA's mission and principal 9152 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 30, 1986 activities. It is required by law to assess the Chairman John Richardson, NED President dent Reagan and General Secretary Gorba­ work of the Agency and to report its find­ Carl Gershman, Admiral Bobby R. Inman, chev. ings and recommendations to the President, Japanese Foreign Minister Shintoro Abe, the Congress, the Secretary of State, the Di­ Director of Exhibits for the Tsukuba PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND TERRORISM rector of USIA, and the American people. International Exposition Ittei The Commission recommends that USIA The Commission's seven members are ap­ Takeda, Chinese Vice Premier Ji Pengfei, move quickly to develop and carry out an in­ pointed by the President with the advice Chinese Vice Minister of Culture Lu Zhix­ tensive public diplomacy program in sup­ and consent of the Senate. All are private ian, Beijing University President Ding port of United States anti-terrorism policies. citizens who represent a cross-section of pro­ Shisun, Fudan University President Xic POLICY FORMULATION fessional backgrounds and who volunteer Xide, East-West Center Director Victor Li, their time in the conviction that public di­ The Commission welcomes increased and East-West Center Board of Governors USIA involvement in interagency policy de­ plomacy is indispensable to our national se­ Chairman George Chaplin. curity and to the achievement of U.S. for­ The Commission testified in budget hear­ liberations, but finds that USIA is still not eign policy objectives. ings on USIA held by the House Foreign Af. asked to advise routinely on the public di­ The Commission was established in 1978 fairs Subcommittee on International Oper­ plomacy impact of proposed policy options as the successor to the U.S. Advisory Com­ ations and the Senate Foreign Relations and new policies as they are being devel­ mission on Information for USIA and the Committee. In December, the Commission oped. U.S. Advisory Commission on International issued a special report, "Terrorism and Se­ The Commission recommends that the Educational and Cultural Affairs for the curity: The Challenge for Public Diploma­ National Security Council and the State De­ former Bureau of Educational and CUltural cy," to the President, Members of Congress, partment mandate public diplomacy impact Affairs in the Department of State. and key officials in the foreign policy com­ assessments for all major foreign policy de­ In fulfilling the responsibilities given to it munity. cisions. by Congress, the Commission: During the year, members of the Commis­ The Commission recommends that senior Formulates and recommends policies and sion visited 26 posts. The purpose of these USIA officers be assigned to regular tours of programs to the President, the Secretary of visits is to provide the Commission's delib­ duty at the to provide staff State and the Director of USIA to carry out erations and judgment with a firsthand un­ support and a public diplomacy perspective the functions vested in the Director and derstanding of the work of public diploma­ to the National Security Council and the USIA; cy. Commission members meet with Ameri­ Office of the Press Secretary. Appraises the effectiveness of USIA's poli­ can Ambassadors, USIA's American and for­ cies and programs; RESEARCH eign national staffs, and opinion leaders for The Commission recommends that USIA's Reports annually to the President, the the host country. The Commission derives Congress, the Secretary of State, and the Office of Research be made an independent useful comparative insights from its meet­ element reporting directly to the Agency's Director of USIA on the programs and ac­ ings with foreign officials and other post tivities of USIA and their effectiveness; Director. contacts engaged in information and cultur­ The Commission welcomes the implemen­ Submits other reports to the Congress as al activities. Last year's meetings in it deems appropriate and seeks to develop tation of its past recommendations that and with foreign ministry officials USIA enhance the capability of its Office of public understanding and support for and Asian journalists, for example, provided USIA's programs; and Research to conduct attitudinal surveys and a valuable contest in which to view U.S. provide assessments of foreign public opin­ Assesses the degree to which the scholarly public diplomacy activities. integrity and nonpolitical character of ion to the foreign affairs community. Funds Finally, because of the inadequacy of U.S. for opinion research are now commensurate USIA's educational and cultural exchange Government representational funds, the programs have been maintained and the at­ with the level of professional staff available Commission seeks to extend the reach of to use them, and it is unlikely that further titudes of foreign scholars and governments the posts it visits through privately hosted regarding such activities. 1 increases could be utilized effectively. The Commission is an advisory body only. luncheons and dinners. These events, which The Commission finds that USIA has in­ It is not directly involved in USIA's oper­ include journalists, government officials, creased its media and program evaluation ations or in the management of its internal business leaders, scholars, and cultural fig­ studies, but many Agency managers contin­ affairs. ures, provide a program opportunity for the ue to ignore or misunderstand their poten­ The Commission's oversight activities are post and a better understanding of the work tial as managerial tools for program direc­ carried out in a variety of ways. It meets of USIA for the Commission. tion and achieving cost savings. The Com­ monthly with Director Charles Z. Wick and This report sets forth the Commission's mission recommends that USIA expand its other senior officials in USIA. It meets peri­ principal findings and recommendations de­ use of the Office of Research to assess the odically with members of the Agency's Con­ veloped during the past year. They are of­ effectiveness of Agency programs and do gressional oversight committees and their fered in the hope that both the Congress more to insure the utilization of program staffs, senior foreign affairs officials in the and those charged with the conduct of evaluation by Agency managers. executive branch, and public diplomacy pro­ public diplomacy will benefit from them. As The Commission repeats its recommenda­ fessionals from the private sector. private citizens, we believe that oversight tion that a coordinated research effort, in­ Last year, the Commission met with Sec­ and evaluation can contribute to the im­ volving all U.S. foreign affairs agencies, be retary of State George Shultz, Attorney provement of our nation's public diplomacy organized under the direction of ­ General Edwin Meese III, CIA Director Wil­ and to a better understanding of its impor­ al Security Council to provide the U.S. Gov­ liam Casey, Admiral John M. Poindexter, tance by the American people. ernment with timely comparative data on Senator Richard Lugar . Senator Orrin G. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND policies and programs of the Soviet bloc and Hatch , Rep. Dan Mica , Rep. RECOMMENDATIONS other countries. Olympia Snowe , Director of White TELEVISION House Communications Patrick Buchanan, BUILDING FROM GENEVA White House Principal Deputy Press Secre­ The Commission finds that in addition to The Commission reaffirms its support for tary Larry Speakes, Assistant Secretary of President Reagan's skillful public diplomacy the development of the WORLDNET televi­ State for Public Affairs Bernard Kalb, As­ at the Geneva Summit, USIA's efforts were sion service as a major program arm of U.S. sistant Secretary of State for East Asian an important element in its success. public diplomacy. The Commission com­ and Pacific Affairs , Assist­ The Commission recommends that a co­ mends USIA for its innovative use of "inter­ ant Secretary of State for American Repub­ ordinated and comprehensive public diplo­ active" press conferences with foreign jour­ lics Affairs Elliott Abrams, Ambassador macy strategy be developed at the highest nalists, its negotiation of favorable financial Max Kampelman, Ambassador Edward levels in the National Security Council, the terms for satellite time in Europe, and its ef­ Rowny, Ambassador Mike Mansfield, Am­ Department of State, the White House forts to install "television receive only" bassador Arthur W. Hummel, Ambassador Press Office and the U.S. Information dish antennas at USIA's posts Helene von Damm-Guertler, Ambassador Agency for the 1986 visit of General Securi­ worldwide. Bruce K. Chapman, Ambassador Robert ty Gorbachev to the United States and the The Commission recommends that USIA Blackwill, Consul General Burton Levin, 1987 visit of President Reagan to the Soviet as a high priority continue to pursue techni­ Advisory Board for Radio Broadcasting to Union. cal arrangements for a worldwide television Cuba Chairman Jorge Mas, National En­ The Commission recommends the Presi­ broadcasting network. The expansion of re­ dowment for Board dent appoint an experienced senior adviser gional daily broadcast services will require to coordinate domestic public affairs and audience surveys, careful long-range plan­ foreign public diplomacy decisions relating ning, and considered assessment of appro­ 1 Section 8, Reorganization Plan No.2 of 1977. to the forthcoming meetings between Prest- priate programs and program policies. April 30, 1986 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9153 The Commission recommends the Nation­ sector participation in them. USIA also ty measures without jeopardizing its mis­ al Security Council examine WORLDNET should reassess its own capability as pres­ sion. Security decisions affecting USIA with a view toward clarifying its mission, ently organized to provide high quality U.S.· should be made on a flexible, case-by-case long-term needs, and appropriate institu­ pavilions and exhibits. basis in full recognition of differences in tional role through the preparation of a Na­ EXCHANGE AND INTERNATIONAL VISITORS local threat levels. These decisions should tional Security Decision Directive. The Commission urges USIA, the Depart­ be based on Country Team assessments and The Commission recommends that Con­ ment of State, and the relevant private lead to the least possible isolation of USIA gress fund a new television service to be added to Radio in the American velop specific programs for U.S.-Soviet ex­ The Commission recommends that physi­ Sector in West Berlin for broadcasts to the changes pursuant to the General Exchanges cal security policies apply equally to U.S. German Democratic Republic and the Fed­ accord, other exchange initiatives undertak­ and foreign national employees at their eral Republic of Germany. en at the Geneva Summit, and the agree­ place of work. VOICE OF AMERICA ment by President Reagan and General Sec­ The Commission finds that VOA is not retary Gorbachev to review these programs USIA OFFICER ASSIGNJIENTS moving as rapidly as national needs require at their next meeting. The Commission funds continued under­ in meeting the goals of its multi-year mod­ The Commission welcomes the Central representation of senior USIA officers in ernization program. American Program on Undergraduate Stud­ Ambassadorial and Deputy Chief of Mission The Commission finds that VOA contin­ ies

71-059 0-87-ll (Pt. 7) 9168 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 30, 1986 made in the past, and they have always UNITED STATES CONDEMNED ship? Where would a country which stands been wrong. Oil price controls, for example, BY CHINA against us stand once they are armed? were ended in 1981. In the ensuing two The People's Republic of China claims that years, crude oil prices fell by 18 percent; they desire our friendship, our technology, our gasoline prices fell by almost ten percent. HON. ALBERT G. BUSTAMANTE weapons. They could display their sincerity by Between 1973 and 1984, federal regulation OF TEXAS of natural gas prices was accompanied by a lending us their support or at least not offering 15 percent average annual increase in resi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their condemnation. In this case, the words of dential gas prices. New gas, comprising Wednesday, April 30, 1986 . the People's Republic of China have spoken about half of the U.S. supply, was deregu­ louder than actions. Because of this, we must lated on January 1, 1985. In the ensuing 12 Mr. BUSTAMANTE. Mr. Speaker, after 7 carefully consider our future actions with months, residential gas prices increased by years of renewed recognition of the People's them. less than one-half of one percent-and actu­ Republic of China, the PAC has betrayed our ally declined in 14 major cities. The average friendship by condemning the United States wellhead price of natural gas has fallen retaliation of terrorist activities by Libya. BEDFORD, VA, SHELTERED from $2.81 per thousand cubic feet During a visit to my home State of Texas, the WORKSHOP RECEIVES AWARD to $2.52 per MCF. A natural gas analyst for Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Paine Webber estimates that the wellhead Han Xu, labeled our actions "state terrorism." price should fall to $2.29 per MCF this year, On April 21, the same day the comments ap­ HON. DAN DANIEL a drop of almost nine percent. Other observ­ peared in the Houston Chronicle, the PAC OF VIRGINIA ers have predicted prices below $2.00. The voted with eight other nations in the United IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES spot market price, meanwhile, has fallen Nations to condemn the United States re­ Wednesday, April30, 1986 near $1.35 per MCF this year. sponse to Libyan terrorist activity. They con­ Lower oil prices have, of course, helped Mr. DANIEL. Mr. Speaker, I have just demn us, yet they have reportedly allowed fuel recent gas price declines. Because oil learned that the Bedford Sheltered Workshop, members of the Palestine Liberation Organiza­ and gas compete in many industrial uses, in Bedford, VA, has been awarded the 1985 tion to be trained in China. gas producers have had to lower their prices Small Work Center of the Year Award from We must carefully consider the relationship in order to retain customers. By giving pro­ the National Industries for the Severely Handi­ we have with a country which not only fails to ducers an incentive to tap low-cost gas de­ capped. posits, deregulation would foster competi­ support us, but actually condemns us. We Competition for this award is quite keen, for tion and reenforce this downward trend in must carefully consider the future negotiations there are hundreds of similar facilities though­ the prices of both fuels. we have with such a country. We must care­ out the Nation, and each is a potential candi­ Deregulation is complicated by two issues: fully consider the potential results of pending date for this award. "take-or-pay" contracts and "common car­ nuclear technology transfers and avionics In 14 years the Bedford Sheltered Work­ riage". CSE believes that both issues should sales to the People's Republic of China. shop has expanded from 6 workers in the be settled through mutual consent of indi­ In light of the recent tragic incident at the vidual pipelines and producers. Congress basement of a local church to 66 workers who Chernobyl Nuclear Powerplant in the Soviet should neither permit pipelines to break ex­ occupy a 16,000-square-foot building, with a Union so near China's borders, the future of isting contracts nor force them to transport new addition under construction. These work­ nuclear power there may be reevaluated. The gas against their will. In the long run, con­ ers perform contract jobs in sewing, knitting, PAC may at last agree to the safeguards the sumers will be better served by private com­ small assembly, and mail services. Some are United States has been recommending. promises than by public compulsion. working in off-site groups as well. There is, however, a crucial area in which If properly implemented, both our nations The Bedford Bulletin, on April 16, carried an Congress needs to act to protect consumers. stand to benefit from the pending technology Since 1938, federal regulation has restricted article announcing the award and explaining transfer. The people of China could receive the program at the workshop in greater detail. entry into the gas pipeline industry. Anyone access to the energy they currently lack. Pro­ desiring to transport gas across state lines I am incorporating this in my statement, and viding nuclear technology could help to lower call the Members' special attention to the must be "certified" by the Federal Energy our trade deficit. Regulatory Commission. In effect, this re­ work being done by Ms. Renee Fisher, execu­ quirement engages the FERC in a complex However, the United States is not the only tive director of the workshop. She is doing an process of second-guessing entrepreneurial country the PAC has approached about nucle­ outstanding job with this enthusiastic and ar technology transfer. They have also con­ decisions. The oil pipeline business, on the dedicated group of citizens. other hand, operates with no such restric­ tacted Pakistan, Iran, , and South Africa. tions on entry. Congress should act to Chinese technicians have been located at the WORKSHOP GETS AWARD remove all legal barriers to entry in the gas Pakistan nuclear powerplants, which are fi­ transportation industry as well. nanced in part by Libya-the very country The Bedford Sheltered Workshop, a train­ Finally, there is the issue of altering the they condemned us for retaliating against. ing facility for the mentally and physically 1978 Fuel Use Act to remove a variety of re­ How can we be assured that this country handicapped, has received the 1985 Small strictions on gas consumption. In the inter­ Work Center of the Year Award from the which has itself had contact with terrorist na­ National Industries for the Severely Handi­ ests of "conservation", large gas users are tions would not allow the nuclear technology prohibited from installing new gas boilers. capped went to the Melwood busy wife, mother of two teenagers, and a cheerful sense of humor and well-being. She Horticultural Training Center in Upper devoted school teacher in 1955 when she quoted from a recent reading of which the Marlboro, . was stricken with a disease thought to have author is unknown: "As a knot appears in The organization also presents an annual been conquered-Polio. Panic, dread, and thread, so disappointment and sorrow block achievement award to a disabled worker. disbelief were three strong emotions felt by the smoothness of life. If a few deft strokes According to Fisher, the workshop direc­ Kay Burt and her family after the diagnosis can untangle the skein, life continues tor, facilities are judged on performance of the crippling disease. As Kay laughed, evenly, but if it cannot be corrected then it records and fulfillment of contracts. Local "Polio just wasn't fashionable by that must be quietly woven into the design. Thus workshop personnel also helped a North time." Kay was hospitalized and her family the finished piece can still be beautiful Carolina shop get started on a coin bag con­ began spending every free moment at the though not perfect as planned." tract. hospital with her. At home, beds went Fisher said she and other workshop offi­ unmade, there were no planned meals, and cials felt "overwhelmed" when notified of the laundry piled up. Anger and frustration INTRODUCTION OF BILL TO the national award. became constant companions to each family "It's really hard to put into words," she member as they found their lives "turned GRANT A FEDERAL CHARTER said. "This is a national award and the com­ upside down." TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES petition is extremely tight." As her family struggled to deal with her OF PRACTICE NISH, the agency presenting the award, is illness and her absence from home, Kay also a non-profit organization that helps shel­ struggled to understand what had happened tered work centers obtain contracts with the to her and how she could recover. While in HON. DANIEL K. AKAKA Federal government. It provides technical great pain at the hospital, Kay received a OF HAWAII assistance to workshops to help them in se­ visit from her Pastor. She pleaded, "Oh curing government contracts under provi­ Father, if the pain would just let up." As he IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sion of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act. The held her hands, he counseled, "Oh Kay, Wednesday, April30, 1986 act authorizes the government to award don't pray for the wrong things. You pray long-term, exclusive contracts to workshops for the strength to face this." From that Mr. AKAKA. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ in exchange for reliable, cost-effective prod­ moment her life changed. She knew she ducing legislation to grant a Federal charter to ucts or services. would have to accept her limitations instead the National Academies of Practice. of just trying to tolerate them. The National Academies of Practice will Many problems faced the doctors with ATTITUDE IS THE DIFFERENCE Kay's illness. One major problem was that serve as an umbrella organization whose an iron lung was not available in Pocatello, membership will consist of prominent figures HON. RICHARD STAWNGS or even in the state of Idaho. "Now," Kay in health care fields such as applied psycholo­ OF IDAHO explained, "I am grateful for the unavail­ gy, dentistry, medicine, nursing, optometry, os­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ability." Without it, her lungs were forced teopathy, podiatry, social work, and veterinary to work harder, and she had to "do it on her Wednesday, April 30, 1986 medicine. One objective of the organization own" rather than depending upon mechani­ will be to honor persons who have made sig­ cal means. Eventually, she was sent to the Mr. STALLINGS. Mr. Speaker, I would like nificant contributions in these fields. A second to take this opportunity to honor a constituent Elks Rehabilitation Center in Boise. There, she began her pursuit to become more inde­ objective will be to encourage improvement in of mine who won first-place honors in the pendent. She learned to get in and out of the practices of these professions through the Idaho Governor's Committee on Employment her wheelchair and up and down stairs. dissemination of information on new tech­ of the Handicapped 1986 Ability Counts Writ­ After being released from the Rehabilita­ niques and procedures. Finally, I feel that it ing Contest. tion Center, Kay was asked to return to will make a significant contribution as an advi­ Angela Lee Anderson of Pocatello, who is a teaching. She agreed that she would as soon sory body to Congress and the executive sophomore at Highland High School, was the as she accomplished another goal. She author of an essay which was chosen as the wanted to drive a car again. Her husband branch in formulating health policies. Such top entry in the freshman-sophomore category made physical adjustments to their vehicle guidance will be particularly valuable as it will of the contest. and through perseverance Kay was able to come from the perspective of those individ­ drive a car with her braces on. Soon she was uals who are in the forefront of actually ad­ Miss Anderson was among severa~ Idaho back teaching school. She found that there ministering health services. young people honored recently for their par­ was much competition among the children ticipation in this yearly contest. I would like to to help her in and out of her wheelchair. This legislation requires absolutely no fund­ offer my congratulations to Miss Anderson for Through her experience, Kay encoun­ ing from Congress. the obvious thought and preparation exhibited tered problems that affect many disabled When fully established, each of the various in her writing. people. True to her character, she decided academies will be made up of approximately i would like to take this opportunity to in­ to "do something." In 1980, she combined 100 health practitioners nominated by their clude her essay in the CONGRESSIONAL forces with three other women, one who peers. had lost a leg due to diabetes, one confined A Federal charter for the Academies of RECORD: to a wheelchair, and the other a polio victim ATTITUDE IS THE DIFFERENCE like herself. They decided that they should Practice will encourage the formation of a net­ As I entered the modest home, I was im­ work toward a bill designating parking for work among the different health fields, from mediately drawn to the vibrant smile of a handicapped people. They started locally, which we, as policymakers in Washington, will woman sitting in a chair. Then, I noticed and before long, for the first time in Poca- greatly benefit. 9170 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 30, 1986 A TRIBUTE TO DR. EDWARD F. CONSUMER RIGHTS UNDER areas that they feel they want to be more KNIPLING SEIGE active in than the federal government is," said Lorraine Reid, senior vice president of the Council of Better Business Bureaus in HON. STENY H. HOYER HON. JAMES J. FLORIO charge of the National Advertising Division, OF NEW JERSEY OF MARYLAND an industry self-regulatory group that also IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES watches claims by advertisers. "I don't think IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, April30, 1986 it's just advertising, I think it's generally." Wednesday, April30, 1986 The decision by the states to step in Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, I am inserting in where federal agencies choose not to tread Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the RECORD a Washington Post article de­ may tum out to be a troubling pheno­ honor a former employee of the Beltsville Ag­ scribing action by State attorneys general to menom for industries that thought they ricultural Research Center who will be induct­ attempt to fill the vacuum in law enforcement were in line for relief from federal regula­ ed as the first member of the Agricultural Re­ regarding advertising. This void is the result of tion and oversight. search Service Hall of Fame on Monday, May Advertising Age, a weekly magazine that the relaxed approach to advertising taken by covers the advertising industry, has twice 5, 1986. Dr. Edward F. Knipling, the first sci­ the FTC in recent years. called in editorials for FTC to be "active entist to be so honored, deserves the grati­ The relaxation in Federal law enforcement enough, vigilant enough, to arrest this dis­ tude of each and every American for his un­ is part of a familiar two-pronged assault on turbing drift toward piecemeal, crazy-quilt, precedented work in advancing the science consumer rights. The second prong is an at­ state-by-state regulation of national adver­ and technology of insect control. tempt by special interests to exempt advertis­ tising." For 17 years, Dr. Knipling was in charge of ing from the FTC's power to issue rules deal­ Herbert Baum, president of Campbell all entomological research in the agricultural ing with unfair advertising. The House is cur­ USA, charged "that kind of situation, where research service, during which time he fo­ rently in conference with the Senate debating the states get involved, will cause some problems for advertisers"-such as forcing cused the research efforts of that institution this special interest exemption. I hope the arti­ them to change advertising campaigns on into advancing ecologically sound and envi­ cle I am inserting will help Members and the television, radio or in national magazines at ronmentally safe methods of insect control. public understand the current breakdown in the behest of a single state. Prior to 1955, about 80 percent of the re­ consumer protection and the need to resist "I personally would hope that the FTC search in insect control had been focused on further erosion. would be the jurisdiction where that would broad spectrum insecticides. Dr. Knipling sin­ [From the Washington Post, Apr. 6, 19861 be handled," he said. "The question is not whether the FTC should get back into this glehandedly redirected that focus, so that 7 STATES STEP IN To FIGHT FALSE ADVERTIS­ years before the publication of Rachel Car­ area. The question is whether the states ING-CRITICS CHARGE FEDERAL TRADE CoM­ think the FTC is vigorous enough. The son's "Silent Spring," which outlined the terri­ MrssroN Is NoT EFFECTIVELY REGULATING states, who are really responding to their ble impact of insecticides, at least 80 percent COMPANIES' CLAIMS own constituents, have been more aggres­ of the research effort was directed on discov­