November 17, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 30037 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS CSIS CONGRESSIONAL STUDY of the hemisphere. Congress will not escape BINATIONAL OPTIONS GROUP ON MEXICO the rigors of these new responsibilities and Government-to-government cooperation will, therefore, find itself called upon to efforts can be extended and might take sev­ HON. JIM KOLBE conceptualize its activities along the follow­ eral forins: ing lines: First, a binational custoins accord to sup­ OF ARIZONA DEFINING THE PARAMETERS OF port a training, equipment and information IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INTERDEPENDENCE program. Friday, November 17, 1989 Congress is a crucial arbiter of what some Second, encouragement to state and mu­ have termed a "silent integration", a process nicipal law enforcement bodies to create bi­ Mr. KOLBE. Mr. Speaker, since coming to in which the threads of mutual interpene­ national law enforcement associations and Congress I have had a great interest in United tration are multiplying. Congress plays a accords along the border. States-Mexico relations. One of my objectives critical role in defining the limits of interde­ Third, an effective relationship between has been to give my colleagues current infor­ pendence, allocating its costs and benefits. the "Drug Czar" as mandated by the 1988 mation on issues affecting this relationship, PROACTIVE LEGISLATION Anti-drug Abuse Act and his or her counter­ and to build our institutional knowledge. I'm There is a need to appreciate the interac­ part in Mexico. pleased to continue that effort today by sub­ tive linkage between issues on the bilateral INTERDICTION mitting for the RECORD the executive summary agelllc:la. In advancing from a reactive to a It is far more economical to interdict the of the CSIS Congressional Study Group on proactive legislative stance, Congress can flow of large shipments of drugs along the Mexico, which I cochair along with my col­ tackle either the forward end-for example, border than it is to pursue massive law en­ leagues Hon. RoN COLEMAN, and Senators the' a~t crisis-or the terminal effects-im­ forcement efforts against the more diffuse LLOYD BENTSEN and PETE WILSON. migration policy. distribution networks within the United The Congressional Study Group, sponsored CONGRESSIONAL DIPLOMACY States. u.s: legislators, by their very nature, have The U.S. should continue to install and by the Center for Strategic and International improve radar detection activities on the Studies, was formed to assist legislators by toolS of statecraft distinct from those of the executive branch. They can and should com­ southwestern frontier. giving them timely, accurate information, and municate to our Mexican neighbors the in­ Specially trained National Guard units, in to generate the realistic thinking these issues terests and opinions of important U.S. con­ particular helicopter and air assets, can demand. The Congressional Study Group is stittiepcies. complement current forces in finding and bipartisan in character, and made up of Mem­ intercepting drug traffickers and transport­ sErriNG THE NATIONAL POLICY AGENDA ing law enforcement units. bers from both legislative bodies. The Mem­ U.S..-Mexican relations include not only bers of the group meet on a quarterly basis to An aggressive policy of air interception border concerns but broader national issues with either hot pursuit overflight rights discuss a wide range of issues, including trade with .ramifications from the mid west to . The THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS allegations of possible corruption. group has met on a regular basis since its es­ Co~ess must remain aware of the sweep­ The U.S. Congress should study the feasi­ tablishment in 1986. inJ. ctmsequences of the certification proc­ bility of a multinational force to conduct Although not a formal consensus docu­ ess.- ktld 'keep in mind several guidelines. operations against international drug smug­ ment, this Report is being issued now to First:, 'the range of probable Mexican re­ glers. provide a framework for new bilateral &~ to decertification or certification LAW ENFORCEMENT achievements between the ·issU.OO: oh less than a "full cooperation" The Mexican Government has signed and and Mexico. Forced to be selective, this ·buiS -•ould be determined. Does the value volume addresses four key areas: Narcotics, ratified a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty df~g a message in the form of decerti­ ~ ·It ts a card that can be played only trading partners. Both nations have an in­ matic repercussions for the United States · once;:.1L{ld ought to be reserved for extreme terest in stimulating mutual prosperity into the 1990s and its relations with the rest 'tii~tances. through enhanced trade and investment re-

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-:1_--:-·_.,_ ...# 30038 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 17, 1989 lations. The 1980s have been marked by a LONG-RANGE POLICY companies. Such a pilot program is already significant liberalization of Mexican eco­ The United States might work with the in effect in parts of Texas and appears nomic policies. Mexico's membership in Mexican government to channel foreign in­ promising. GATT and its actions to dismantle tariff vestment toward areas that are high export­ MEXICAN DEMOCRACY barriers should be applauded. Protectionist ers of labor, by striving to maintain open No issue is more sensitive than Mexico's temptations in both the U.S. and Mexico markets for Mexican goods, and by main­ should be avoided through vigorous negotia­ internal political stability. For reasons of taining support for the Maquiladora pro­ Mexican history, sovereignty and national tions in the context of the 1986 U.S.-Mexi­ gram, an important generator of employ­ pride, U.S. policy in this regard must be cir­ can Trade and Investment Framework ment opportunity in Mexico. Agreement. cumspect if it is to avoid generating hostili­ EMPLOYER SANCTIONS ty in Mexico. At the same time, U.S. nation­ ENHANCEMENT OF RECIPROCAL TRADE Employer sanctions remain the most pow­ al security is predicated upon certain condi­ LEGISLATION erful mechanism of IRCA. However, em- · tions-one of which is the stability of its The efforts of the 1987 Framework Agree­ ployer sanctions without strenuous enforce­ southern border. Coupled with this strategic ment to devise permanent binational vehi­ ment are a hollow threat. Vigorous prosecu­ aim is our deeper commitment to supporting cles of trade consultation should be support­ tion of offending industries sends a message open and pluralistic political values around ed and enhanced. throughout the land, and to potential immi­ the world. The Framework process ought to direct its grants in their home countries. The overall objectives of U.S. policy with attention toward the question of protecting TEMPORARY LABOR PROGRAMS regard to the Mexican political system intellectual property rights and to explore should be the maintenance of Mexican sta­ The "Special Agricultural Workers" pro­ bility within a dynamic, change-sensitive sectoral and other avenues for enhanced gram offers temporary legal status trade and investment that might lead even­ context and the preservation of Mexican po­ to agricultural workers who can prove that litical independence from foreign interfer­ tually to a comprehensive agreement. they have worked in the U.S. more than 90 The desirability of establishing sectoral or ence. days in perishable commodities between There are at least three approaches which geographical free trade in May 1985 and May 1986. One third of those areas such as the auto and computer indus­ U.S. policymakers might pursue with regard legalized under IRCA fall into the SAW cat­ to Mexican political change. tries should be studied. egory and some argue that the program is The advantages of including Mexico in the resulting in a permanent loss of employ­ SUPPORTING THE STATUS QUO Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBD might be ment opportunities for U.S. citizens. Many believe that the continued single­ investigated. Study of the SAW program's continuing party rule of the PRI is the most effective DIVERSIFICATION OF MEXICAN EXPORT MARKETS effect on the domestic labor market is war­ form of government for Mexico and a bul­ ranted. wark against a radical turn to the left. Spe­ Nations with trade surpluses, such as It may be desirable to expand the SAW cial consideration of foreign debt, enhanced Japan, must give way to greater market program definition of "perishable commod­ market access, a muting of public criticism access to the products of not only the ities" to adequately consider the needs of of Mexican political institutions and decla­ United States, but also goods of less devel­ agricultural activities such as cotton and rations of congressional support would rein­ oped countries of 1986. The pas­ Employer sanctions must rely on a system courage their own local civic associations to sage of IRCA rejects the extremes, that is, of employment verification without the in­ reach out to their Mexican counterparts. sealing the U.S. frontier or, conversely, vasion of citizen privacy. This might be ac­ opening the floodgates. It demonstrates a complished through the creation of a social CONGRESSIONAL DIPLOMACY commitment to continued immigration security toll-free hotline number, similar to The U.S. Congress constitutes a pool of within the context of legal control. the call-in networks established by credit goodwill ambassadors. November 17, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 30039 The formation of a bilateral legislative A TRIBUTE TO MICKEY LELAND lay aside old irrelevancies and face together study group might prove to be a useful the most basic and universal problem of all, forum to further enhance this process. HQN. STEPHEN J. SOLARZ hunger. Dual spo~orship, my friend rea­ soned, would free the decent deed from OF taint of ideology or suspicion of manipula­ FREE THE CUBAN PLANTADOS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tive power politics. Friday, November 17, 1989 Mickey's idea has never come to fruition. I HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN Mr. SOLARZ. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to presented it to Gorbachev who said he was submit for the record an eloquent tribute writ­ open to the concept if technical and logisti­ OF FLORIDA ten by our former Speaker, Jim Wright of cal problems could be met. Mickey and I dis­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Texas on the work of Congressman Mickey cussed it with our State Department people. It never has jelled. Maybe it won't ever. Friday, November 17, 1989 Leland. It is a moving testimony to Mickey Le­ land's challenge to all of us-the commitment Nevertheless, it points in the right direc­ Mrs. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I would to ending hunger in the United States as well tion. It is in harmony with the best Ameri­ like to enter in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD as abroad. can tradition and the central thrust of our an editorial which recently appeared in the TRIBUTE BY FORMER SPEAKER JIM WRIGHT Nation's history. Never has America been Miami Herald regarding the state of a Cuban Before the death of Mickey Leland slips more admired, or more successful, than political prisoner, Mr. Alfredo Mustelier who into the limbo of a fading footnote in our when we've put simple human needs first in has gone on a thirst and hunger strike. Mr. memories we need to face its implications. our scale of priorities. And if the global complexities frustrate our noblest aspira­ Mustelier is still being force fed and physically Mickey believed quite simply that prevent­ able starvation must not be tolerated by an tions, there is an aching void of unmet need restrained to his bed. He is at Carlos Finley elightened people. in the cities where we live. Military Hospital outside of Havana and his It challenged our sense of elemental jus­ To minister to fellow Americans who lack wife was allowed a short visit. She is a medi­ tice that Mickey and that planeload of a place to sleep or enough to eat is a more cal doctor and has described his condition as splendid Americans should have died in genuine exercise of patriotism than to fret grave. A Catholic priest has been denied visi­ such a seemingly senseless way while on ourselves into an artifical frenzy over their mission of mercy. The only way their almost non-existent sins like flag-burning. tation. The following is the editorial: tragic loss makes any sense at all is if it sets Hunger strikes are formidable weapons in in motion something that makes a positive A movement currently is afoot in Wash­ the hands of those who only appear to be difference. ington to erect on the Mall a museum of Af­ powerless, Oppressors rarely know how to That death scene on the lonely Ethiopian rican-American history and culture to be counter fasts by opponents who pursue spe­ mountainside could come into some balance named in honor of Mickey Leland. Such a cific ends. Mahatma Gandhi, for instance, in the cosmic scale of justice if it awakens museum could be instructive, even inspira­ used hunger strikes quite effectively to pro­ us to the fact that we really can do some­ tional. But I can't help thinking Mickey test the methods of the British authorities thing about starvation, at home and abroad, really would prefer a national commitment in India. Once, Gandhi threatened to starve and that it is inexcusable not to do it. to feed the hungry. himself to death if Hindus and Muslims did Mickey Leland was concerned that people starve not only in Ethiopia and Mozambique The very fact that people are homeless, not end their incipient religious war. and hungry, nagged and tugged at Mickey In Cuban political prisons, hunger strikes but in American cities and on every conti­ nent. Malnutrition stunts the mental Leland. It should gnaw away at each of us have been the last resort of men and women until we do what must be done about it. subjected to arbitrary cruelties. Where food growth and cramps the features of countless is scarce and ill health common-as in a millions of children. In our enlightened age we have the means, if we have the will, to Cuban jail-a hunger strike entails an ex­ wipe famine from the earth. traordinary risk. Yet since 1959, Cuban pris­ It is not as though we couldn't afford to oners have called numerous hunger strikes do it. Every day the nations of the world to protest execrable conditions, harsh meas­ spend about $2 billion on the implements of H.R. 3700, FREEDOM OF CHOICE ures such as the cancellation of correspond­ war. And every day 40,000 people die of star­ ence and visits, or brutal requisas-the vation or of preventable disease. ACT "search and destroy" missions that prison Civilized society spends twice as much on guards carry out in cells. weapons as we do on food, six times as much Several Cuban prisoners have died during as we do on the whole gamut of medical HON. DON EDWARDS these strikes. Alfredo Mustelier-a plantado care and research. OF CALIFORNIA

29-059 0-90-24 (Pt. 21) 30044 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 17, 1989 in every nation-find the courage, self-confi­ costs well below the consumer price index. In staggering sum required? By the very next dence and determination to give the United fact, costs are lower today than in 1985. year the equalizer formula was not being Nations the power, authority and money Once again, I would like to congratulate the fully funded. In 1975, Gov. Dan Walker cut if which it must have it is to do what it was the st~te aid formula by 4.9 percent. supposed to do? Florida Power and Light Co., their dedicated I hope you will take seriously this idea of employees and their customers. In my book, What effect did these efforts at education­ United Nations restructuring, of United Na­ they are all winners. al equality have? Some schools indeed did tions Perestroika. receive more money from the state, and that no doubt helped their programs. In EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION what were known as the "better" or FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT "richer" school districts, like mine, the re­ COMPANY WINS COVETED HON. JOHN EDWARD PORTER sults were devastating. We offered fewer DEMING AWARD OF ILLINOIS class sections, increased our average class IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES size, provided fewer advisers for students and made cuts in building maintenance. HON. TOM LEWIS Friday, November 17, 1989 Why didn't we just bite the bullet and pay OF FLORIDA Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I commend to more out of our own pockets? We weren't al­ you the following article written by William lowed to, remember? IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Zibart and which appeared in the Chicago In order to achieve this equality, some Friday, November 17, 1989 Tribune on November 15, 1989. Mr. Zibart is a schools had to freeze their operating tax Mr. LEWIS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, there is member of the faculty at New Trier High fund rates at their 1972-73 limits, or in some nothing more exhilarating than to enter a race School which is located in my district. New cases actually roll them back. Our 1975-76 as an underdog, to apply extraordinary effort, Tier is consistently ranked among the top 10 operating budget was cut 6 percent. Another strategy and determination, and then to high schools in the country, and its faculty is huge cut was planned for 1976, still another achieve victory. As such, it has been a sweet likewise among the finest in the United States. for 1977. victory for Florida Power and Light Co., their I insert Mr. Zibart's article in the RECORD After four years, my school district had employees and their customers as they following my remarks: cut back $14 million in prograins and deplet­ earned Japan's prestigious Deming Prize for STATE INCOME TAx WoN'T Fix ScHooLs ed all its reserves. outstanding achievement in the process of How did it all end? Did the state ever quality control management. An editorial titled "Warning to Illinois in achieve any sort of equality? Was the Gen­ Florida Power and Light [FP&L] is the first Texas Case" commended that state's su­ eral Assembly willing, or able, to pay for the international winner of this coveted award as preme court decision concerning "efficien­ necessary increases for the "poorer" dis­ cy" in education. The decision mandates announced by the Union of Japanese Scien­ tricts? Of course not. It became obvious that equality of education between rich and poor the costs would be astronomical and to con­ tists and Engineers [JUSE]. This prize was districts, reliance on state government for created in 1951 to honor American quality pio­ education funding and the diminution of tinue would be to destroy all the school sys­ neer W. Edwards Deming and businesses that the property tax. The new Illinois school su­ tems that had served as models in the state embrace his truly revolutionary management perintendent wants to lead a "war" against and the nation. concepts. FP&L is the first overseas company the state's inequitable financing system. The Illinois Senate realized that things to challenge for the award. Past Japanese The answer, stated the editorial, lies in were in a mess and passed Senate Bill 1493, winners include the Toyota Motor Corp., the shifting the bill for schools from local prop­ which allowed school districts the right to erty taxes to the statewide income tax. It NEC Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. tax themselves once again through local ref­ certainly sounds like a noble goal. erendum, thereby increasing the operating The Deming Prize recognized that FP&L I realize there are many people so young tax rate and providing the educational qual­ has successfully applied a quality improve­ they don't know what happened in Illinois ity that the citizens of that district wanted. ment process to help achieve their continuing education in the 1970s. I appreciate the op­ goal of customer satisfaction. In order to com­ portunity to inform them. The Texas decision for equality of educa­ pete, more than 1,800 FP&L quality improve­ In 1971, the California Supreme Court tional resources is based upon wording in ruled in Seranno v. Priest that state-local the state constitution that demands an "ef­ ment teams identified customer needs, gath­ ficient system" of public education. This ered necessary resources and developed systems of school finance that link access to education funds with local wealth in real might seem to suggest merely the avoidance projects to meet those needs. The review by property valuation violate the Equal Protec­ of graft or sloppy management, but the the Deming examiners focused primarily on tion Clause of the 14th Amendment. Texas state supreme court says no, it means how well the· FP&L teams achieved those re­ That same year a book titled "Schools and equality of funds, and that means the same sults. Obviously, they were successful in Inequality" offered views we're hearing amount of money spent on each student. meeting the Deming standards. again. A property tax at some uniform and The Illinois Constitution contains a similar The results have been dramatic in reducing relatively low rate, with the difference be­ "efficiency" clause, and I therefore assume costs and improving efficiency. Progress so tween what this levy would raise for the stu­ we'll soon get a similar suit in our state. far has reduced the average length of custom­ dents in each school district and state re­ quirements to be allocated from state funds After all, it sounded like a great idea in er service interruptions from 100 minutes an­ to each local school district. These revenues 1971, and it sounds great again. Let's have nually in 1982 to 48 minutes in 1989. In the would be derived from state income and · high-quality education for all. But do we category of safety, FP&L has reduced lost­ sales taxes. truly mean a high quality for all? Or do we time injuries from more than 1 per 100 em­ The obvious intent was to bring the mean bringing the best down to the level of ployees in 1986 to .42 in 1989. Additionally, poorer districts up to the level of the richer the worst? Are we willing to destroy what's customer complaints to the Florida Public districts, certainly not to lower the richer good in order to have everyone the same? If Service Commission have declined to the ones to the unacceptable level of the poorer we want our schools to be good, are we will­ lowest levels in 10 years. ones. Nor to achieve some kind of universal ing to pay for them? Remember, it would mediocrity. In fact, a U.S. Senate committee FP&L also has reduced its fossil power mean many millions more in income tax, or stated in 1972: "We must assure that those major cuts in other state services. plant forces outage rate from 14 percent in good schools which are now providing excel­ 1986 to less than 4 percent this year, saving lent opportunities for their students are not We cannot afford to blunder along as we ratepayers more than $300 million that other­ required to reduce their resources or dimin­ did years ago, taking a kind of Nero attitude wise would have to be spent on new generat­ ish the quality of education." that the best way to create something new and better is to destroy all existing systeins ing units. The Illinois General Assembly enacted first. None of us is so benighted as to dis­ Reliability of electricity and the stable cost the Resource Equalizer State Aid formula in 1973 with the purpose of accomplishing agree with the aim of decent education for of power are the primary concerns of custom­ such equality. Did the state provide enough all students in the state. But achieving that ers. As a result of the commitment to its im­ funds to bring up the quality of the poorer goal will require a determined and extended provement process, FP&L has managed to schools to that of the better schools? Was commitment on the part of all taxpayers reduce considerably the amount of time cus­ there an increase in the state income tax or and legislators. Let's not forget what hap­ tomers are without electricity and have kept the sales tax to provide the necessary albeit pened in 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975. November 17, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 30045 THE VOICE OF AMERICA WORKS In the past, VOA has offered courses and Andre's enthusiasm for the hospitality in TO ADVANCE INTERNATIONAL workshops on news writing and reporting, Maine. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS production, and management in English, The idea for international training began French, Spanish, Arabic, and Creole. These in VOA's Africa Division when Harry Heint­ courses have been taught by VOA staff and zen, a former journalist and U.S. Foreign HON. OLYMPIA J. SNOWE by instructors from the private sector. The Service officer who had served in Ethiopia OF MAINE new institute takes advantage of the bilin­ and Morocco, was its director. The pilot IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gual nature of the state of Maine, where 25 project was a course taught at VOA for Li­ percent of the people speak French. It pro­ Friday, November 17, 1989 berian broadcasters during the summer of vides the visiting journalists and executives 1983. "Media professionals from more than Ms. SNOWE. Mr. Speaker, the dramatic and an opportunity to experience American life in their own language-without interpret­ 90 countries have participated in VOA's tragic events in China last June highlighted training programs since then," says Heint­ the Voice of America's key role in supporting ers. "They can interact with ordinary Amer­ icans in Maine who, as second and third­ zen. "Almost half of them have been the efforts of those struggling for democratic French-speaking journalists, mostly from reforms around the globe. Even now, in the generation descendants of French-Canadi­ ans, have no difficulty understanding Haiti, but also from Francophone Africa. face of the Chinese Government's severe them," said Heintzen. With congressional budget cuts, we've had crackdown on all forms of internal dissent, The visiting media executives began their to become more imaginative in exploring VOA continues to impede the Government's training in Washington attending lectures new funding sources." efforts to rewrite the history of Tiananmen on the American press at VOA headquar­ "The VOA training programs bring jour­ Square. ters, observing a State Department news nalists primarily from the developing world The Voice of America does more, however, briefing, visiting VOA's Africa Division on to the U.S. to learn skills and to observe our than tell the world about the United States or VOA's Creole language service, and explor­ free and independent press and its role in a broadcast uncensored information to regions ing the U.S. Congress. They visited Senator democratic society," says Heintzen. "The Majority Leader George Mitchell of Maine. main reason we teach journalism the way without a free and open press. Over the past He welcomed them by saying, "The state of few years, VOA has reached out to media we do is to help develop a free press, which Maine is honored to share its French cultur­ is indispensible to democracy. We at VOA professionals around the world, particularly al and linguistic heritage with people from those from developing countries, to train them have made a profound impact on Haitian Francophone countries. journalism, especially since February 1986 in the principles, techniques, and responsibil­ In Maine, Dr. Guvenc Alpander of the when former president Jean-Claude Duva­ ities of a free press. This effort is spearhead­ University of Maine than led a two-week lier was forced from power. In Haiti, where ed by VOA's innovative International Training management seminar in French and orga­ nized field trips to nearby places of interest. only about 20 percent of the population is Center, which has brought more than 1,000 literate, radio is the most important foreign media professionals to the United The students saw the state capital where they were guided by a French-speaking medium. The radio is 'an oral newspaper.' " States for training. state senator, the Maine Public Broadcast­ In July 1988, Heintzen received the U.S. Last year, the International Training Center ing System, and the offices of the Bangor Information Agency "Director's Award for and the University of Maine jointly established Daily News. Outstanding Creativity" for planning and the Institute of Media Studies for the Develop­ Evariste Degla, director of the Benin implementing a comprehensive journalist ing World. This institute draws upon the skills Press Agency, said that "we learned a lot training program for Latin American and of Maine's talented Franco-American popula­ about the management of human resources, Caribbean journalists. He used the award tion to conduct its programs in the French lan­ time management, and identification of money to start a fund to help Haitian jour­ guage, thus providing a unique opportunity for needs and objectives; they are the major nalists study at the University of Maine. individuals from Francophone developing na­ priniciples we'll try to put into practice." The University of Maine experience is Moutssa Daggo, Deputy Director-General tions to receive training in the United States being duplicated for Spanish-speaking jour­ of Chad's Ministry of Information, who nalists this summer. VOA and San Diego and to experience directly American culture found the program at the University "capti­ and ideals. State University in Califormia will cooper­ vating," said "we'll try to use some of the ate in training senior journalists from Latin To highlight the work of VOA's International motivation techniques to motivate our em­ America who, according to the International Training Center and the new Institute of Media ployees." Training Center's director Heintzen, "would Studies for the Developing World, I would like Jean Andrianarisata, of Madagascar's not normally study in the U.S. because of to draw my colleagues' attention to an article Radio and Television, was enthusiastic about several ideas he picked up on "non­ the language barrier. They will be able to in the August/September issue of Voice mag­ file their news stories while they are here. azine. monetary incentives for motivating employ­ ees as a key way to develop employee loyal­ We found the success of our earlier VOA VOA's INSTITUTE OF MEDIA STUDIES FOR THE ty." He said he was "very pleased to be in seminars hinged on the ability of visiting DEVELOPING WORLD Maine, where the lack of English was not a journalists to report on their briefings and . Heintzen described the institute, group exchanged useful information and ship in an accelerated journalism degree which was designed to provide a French­ found the discussions with one another program. And, VOA and the University of speaking ambience for students who have quite rewarding." Southern Mississippi are planning a course little or no English, as "the fulfillment of a Jacques Raoul Rivet, director of daily and for journalists from the Caribbean in No­ long-time dream." weekly newspapers in Mauritius, echoed vember. 30046 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 17, 1989 THE ECONOMICS OF FARM and continued government purchases of been cheaper simply to shove the cows off SUBSIDIES over five billion pounds of surplus milk a the . The government paid year. farmers $4.35 a bushel for wheat in 1986 HON. PHIUP M. CRANE "Prosperity through organized scarcity" is that was sold to the Soviets for less than $2 the core of American farm policy. In 1933, a bushel. In 1988, the United States provid­ OF ILLINOIS USDA began a temporary emergency pro­ ed almost a billion dollars in credit to Iraq, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gram of paying farmers to slash production thereby making American taxpayers under­ Friday, November 17, 1989 in order to balance production. In 33 of the write the Iraqi war machine. last 35 years, the government has paid farm­ Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, over the past ers not to work. In 1988, USDA rewarded Farm program costs routinely far exceed several years Congress has been debating, farmers for not planting 78 million acres of the farmers' entire profits. For 1986 the and eventually granting, different types of farmland-equivalent to the entire states of wheat program and wheat export subsidies Federal assistance to farmers. It is clear to Indiana, Ohio, and much of Illinois. Govern­ cost $4 billion; wheat producers' total net me, as well as others, that farm supports are ment shut down some of the best American cash income was only $2 billion. In 1986, the not fair to many farmers or consumers. The farmland in an effort to drive up world rice program cost taxpayers $2.7 billion Congress not only provides the means for a wheat and corn prices. Set-asides-prograins while rice producers received only $236 mil­ price floor but is then willing to sell farm prod­ to pay farmers not to work by "setting lion in income; the cotton program cost $2.1 ucts to other countries below that floor in aside" or idling their cropland-are the billion while cotton producers net cash opium of American farm policymakers, the income was only $1.3 billion. The wool pro­ order to get rid of surpluses. It is clear that annual tribute to the bureaucratic and polit­ gram cost taxpayers $99 million while sheep something needs to be done about this waste ical delusion that America somehow con­ producers realized only $13 million in prof­ of Federal dollars. I commend the following trols world grain markets. its from their operations. article which appeared in "The Free Market" Supply controls are introduced only after The clearest effect of the USDA in the of November 1989 to the attention of my col­ politicians and bureaucrats have misman­ leagues as it exposes the problems of our aged price controls. Government first artifi­ 1980s is to decrease the productivity of present agricultural support policies. cially raises the price and then artificially American agriculture. USDA does not restricts production. The higher Congress reward farmers for improving their efficien­ THE FEDERAL AGRICULTURE SWAMP drives up the price, the greater the need for cy but for playing by the government's (By James Bovard> government controls on the amount pro­ rules. Every farm bailout has discouraged duced. farmers from maximizing their productivity American agricultural policy offers many and efficiency. Costs of production always instructive lessons on how to cripple a USDA marketing orders annually force farmers to abandon or squander roughly 50 tend to rise to the government guaranteed major sector of the economy. For 60 years, price, thereby making American agriculture the U.S. government has waged a war million lemons, one billion oranges, 100 mil-· lion pounds of raisins, 70 million pounds of appear less competitive internationally than against the market. And for 60 years, Ameri­ it otherwise would be. And politicians re­ can taxpayers and consumers have been the almonds, 7 million pounds of filberts, mil­ lions of plums and nectarines, etc. USDA spond with more subsidies and protective biggest losers. barriers. Farm subsidies-roughly $20 billion a year announces each season how much of certain in federal handouts and $10 billion more in fruits and nuts will be allowed to be sold The history of modern agricultural policy, higher food prices-are the equivalent of and how much must be held off the market both in the United States and elsewhere, is giving every full-time farmer two new Mer­ in order to boost prices. USDA endows coop­ largely the history of a political struggle cedes each year. Annual subsidies for each eratives with the power to effectively against changes in relative prices. Wheat, dairy cow in the United States exceed the outlaw competition and to force farmers to let much of their crop rot or be fed to ani­ corn, oats, and cotton prices have been per capita income of half the population of gradually declining in real terins for over the world. With the $260 billion that gov­ mals. To preserve federal control of the lemon business, USDA effectively bans new 200 years, and have nosedived in comparison ernment and consumers have spent on farm to units of labor required to purchase them. subsidies since 1980, the government could technology that would boost fruit sales and have bought every farm, barn, and tractor benefit both growers and consumers. Prices have declined largely because of the in 33 states. The average American head of invention of tractors, new seed varieties, Congresss responded to the agricultural powerful fertilizers, etc. Yet politicians per­ household worked almost one week a year recession of the early 1980s with a flood of in 1986 and 1987 simply to pay for welfare enially proclaim that because wheat prices subsidized capital. In 1985 alone, the govern­ are lower now than they were 10, 20, or 30 for fewer than a million farmers. ment loaned almost a billion dollars to The fundamental tool of agricultural farmers who were already technically bank­ years ago, this proves that society is treat­ policy is the price support. The government rupt. The injection of capital into agricul­ ing farmers unfairly and that farmers de­ sets a price per bushel or pound it will pay ture has aggravated the problem of surplus serve recompense. Each decade, as prices for a commodity. Since government guaran­ production and driven up rental costs and trend downwards, politicians and farm lob­ tees to buy unlimited quantities of a crop at land values in many areas. When the gov­ byists have warned that farm production is the price support level, farmers will not sell ernment announced a major debt forgive­ no longer profitable and that society will the crop on the market at a price lower ness program in 1988, there was a fierce soon have a severe food shortage unless im­ than they can sell to the government, and backlash from unsubsidized farmers. mediate action is taken to raise prices. Yet, the support price thereby becomes the mini­ Robert A. Dreyep, a farmer in Fenton, in every decade farmers have produced mum price for any sales of the crop in the more. United State. Iowa, complained that the government was These prograins lead the government to "rewarding the poor managers who are also The key to understanding American agri­ pay farmers more than market value for very inefficient farmers." Jerome Berg, an­ cultural policy is to realize that the vast ma­ their crops. Farmers respond by producing other Iowa farmer, complained, "Many of jority of the 400 farm products produced in surpluses, which Congress then creates those with debt write-downs are again America receive no federal handouts. There other prograins to dump, distribute, or re­ buying more land and expensive equipment, is no fundamental difference between subsi­ press. This is American agricultural policy cars, trucks, and living it up while the rest dized and unsubsidized crops-only a differ­ in a nutshell. of us who paid our bills and lived within our ence in campaign contributions to congress­ Federal farm policy is a maze of contradic­ means are now expected to help bail them men by different farm lobbies.

29-059 0 - 90- 25 (Pt. 21 ) 30076 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 17, 1989 Part (b) makes the same changes described the administrative authority of the Director (if any) previously attained by that individ­ above to the Federal Employees Retirement of the Federal Emergency Management ual in any position; or System. Agency, in connection with an emergency. "(B) the maximum rate of basic pay then "(3) The exemption from subsections currently payable for GS-12 of the General SECTION 2 and under this subsection shall not, with Schedule. Section 2 makes the same prov1s1ons in respect to any emergency, apply longer "(5) The preceding provisions of this sub­ section 1 applicable to members or former than- section shall not apply with respect to a members of the uniformed service. "(A) the first 365-day period for which he member or former member of a uniformed SECTION 3 receives pay under 1 appointment from the service if, immediately before being placed These amendments will apply to appoint­ position in which he is employed, if he is in the temporary position referred to in serving under not more than 1 temporary ments made on or after the date of enact­ paragraph (2), the retired or retainer pay of appointment; or such member or former member was being ment. "(B) the first period for which he receives reduced under this section CSRS.-Section 8344 of title 5, United of law, an individual may not, while exempt­ States Code, is amended by adding at the ed under this subsection based on service in IN SUPPORT OF THE EDUCA­ end the following: a temporary position, be paid for service in "(i)( 1> For the purpose of this subsection, such position at a rate which exceeds the TION AND SPACE ACT OF 1989 the term 'emergency' means a major disas­ lesser of- ter or emergency, as declared by the Presi­ "(A) the rate of basic pay then currently HON. JACK BUECHNER dent under section 401 of The Robert T. payable for the highest grade or pay level Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As­ (if any) previously attained by that individ­ OF MISSOURI sistance Act. ual in any position; or IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "(2) Subject to paragraph (3), subsections "(B) the maximum rate of basic pay then through shall not apply to any annu­ currently payable for GS-12 of the General Friday, November 17, 1989 itant receiving an annuity from the Fund Schedule. Mr. BUECHNER. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased while such annuitant is employed in a tem­ "(5) The preceding provisions of his sub­ to join my colleague, Congressman MURPHY, porary position, under the administrative section shall not apply with respect to any in introducing the Education and Space Act of authority of the Director of the Federal annuitant who, immediately before being Emergency Management Agency, in connec­ placed in the temporary position referred to 1989, H.R. 3685. tion with an emergency. in paragraph (2), was employed in a Govern­ Our generation was fortunate enough to see "(3) The exemption from subsections ment position in which that annuitant was our national space program ascend from the through under this subsection shall not, subject to subsection (a) or (b)." drawing board to the stars. As our scientists with respect to any emergency, apply longer SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM REDUCTIONS IN RE­ and engineers raced to surpass our rivals as than- TIRED OR RETAINER PAY. well as our limitations, we cheered them and "(A) the first 365-da~· period for which he Section 5532 of title 5, United States Code, we identified with them in much the same way receives pay under 1 appointment from the is amended by adding at the end the follow­ we do with our Olympic athletes. position in which he is employed, if he is ing: serving under not more than 1 temporary "(g)(l) For the purpose of this subsection, Our space program has attracted the atten­ appointment; or the term 'emergency' means a major disas­ tion of many young men and women to the " the first period for which he receives ter or emergency, as declared by the Presi­ realm of science and technology, and has pay under more than 1 appointment which dent under section 401 of The Robert T. made America the technological leader it is consists in the aggregate of 365 days from Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As­ today. However, recent years have been wit­ all positions in which he is employed, if he sistance Act. ness to a decline in interest in these fields is serving under more than 1 temporary ap­ (2) Notwithstanding any other provision and a growing distance between students and pointment. of law, but subject to paragraph (3), the re­ science. At the same time, we have watched "(4) Notwithstanding any other provision tired or retainer pay of a member or former the ascent of many new technological powers of law, an individual may not, while exempt­ member of a uniformed service shall not be ed under this subsection based on service in reduced while such member or former whose scientific prowess rivals our own, even a temporary position, be paid for service in member is employed in a temporary posi­ as the world of technology is growing at an such position at a rate which exceeds the tion, under the administrative authority of unimaginable rate. lesser of- the Director of the Federal Emergency Those of us in Congress have an obligation "(A) the rate of basic pay then currently Management Agency, in connection with to stimulate a technological renaissance for payable for the highest grade or pay level any emergency. America. If this is to occur, it must start with (if any) previously attained by that individ­ (3) The exemption from reduction in re­ our children. Perhaps the greatest gift we can ual in any position; or tired or retainer pay under this subsection give them is to fire them with the same deter­ "(B) the maximum rate of basic pay then shall not, with respect to any emergency, currently payable for GS-12 of the General apply longer than- mination that our forefathers gave us. This is Schedule. " the first 365-day period , was employed in a Govern­ than 1 temporary appointment; or increased public awareness of the links ment position in which that annuitant was "(B) the first period for which he receives subject to subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d)." pay under more than 1 appointment which among science and math education, econom­ (b) FERS.-Section 8468 of title 5, United consists in the aggregate of 365 days For the purpose of this subsection, ployed, if he is serving under more than 1 of our students. and it is only through their de­ the term 'emergency' means a major disas­ temporary appointment. termination to understand science that our ter or emergency, as declared by the Presi­ "(4) Notwithstanding any other provision future competitiveness is guaranteed. We dent under section 401 of The Robert T. of law, an individual may not, while exempt­ must instill them with a sense of pride in our Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As­ ed under this subsection based on service in Nation's scientific strength and help them sistance Act. a temporary position, be paid for service in "(2) Subject to paragraph (3), subsection such position at a rate which exceeds the identify with our fight to remain competitive in and shall not apply to any annuitant lesser of- the global marketkplace for technology. We receiving an annuity while such annuitant is "(A) the rate of basic pay then currently owe it to them to see that they are ready to employed in a temporary position, under payable for the highest grade or pay level inherit our technological leadership; we owe it November 17, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 30077 to our · Nation to pass the Education and Pacific with the Army; Raymond flew August, now 72, worked topside on the Space Act of 1989. around New Guinea for the U.S. Air Force; USS Reno, which bombarded and helped Herman served in Germany with the Army; take back all the islands in the Pacific and Franklin cruised the Atlantic with the Ocean from Guam to Okinawa. He would ALL 12 OF THE RIPKOWSKI merchant marines and then joined the have fared well except for one wayward tor­ BROTHERS SERVED IN THE Army and worked with radar surveillance in pedo in Manila and a suicide Japanese MILITARY the states. bomber in the Philippines. After World War II, James, or "Buster," "Some of the guys in communications said was stationed in Germany with the Army; they could hear the sermon the Japs were HON. CHARLES WILSON Mike was stationed in Okinawa with the Air getting before 22 of those dive bombers OF TEXAS Force; and Stanley spent his stints with headed for our fleet," said August, who was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES both the Army and the National Guard in manning some guns during the war. "Most Friday, November 17, 1989 the United States. These three served either were shot down, but I thought we'd never during the Korea War or in peacetime and get the one headed for us. He got so close Mr. WILSON. Mr. Speaker, I believe all of saw no combat actions. we couldn't use our big guns anymore and us, especially those who are old enough to re­ Officials at the American Legion's nation­ got to using smaller and smaller ones. We fi­ member the fighting Sullivans-five brothers al headquarters in Indianapolis say the Rip­ nally got him but he managed to crash into who served and died together in the U.S. kowskis have as unusual a story to tell as our tail end. Before he hit, I could see the Navy during World War 11-will appreciate the the Sullivans. pilot, sitting there, trying to maneuver into "With so many risking their lives from us." story of another American family, the Rip­ one family, the Ripkowskis made a signifi­ The sea was rough, and the cruiser made a kowski's of Dayton, TX. Twelve sons out of a cant sacrifice. That's a pretty good chunk of sharp turn, causing the waves to wash over family of 16 children served with the U.S. mili­ kids all being of service age during World the deck and extinguish the fire. Only a few tary, 9 of them during World War II. I ask that War II," said Lee Harris, spokesman for the men in the rear section were hurt, and this Veterans' Day story from the Houston Legion. "Honestly, I have never heard of a nobody died. Chronicle be entered into the RECORD, as a dozen kids, all vets, who were members of The cruiser's luck again wore out one dark permanent reminder of their dedication to the Legion." night when August was on watch, when a freedom and duty. The siblings were spaced over two decades. torpedo slipped through a fleet of 22 ships Though their parents, Mattie and Stash, are near Manila. It ripped a hole in the midsec­ [From the Houston Chronicle, Nov. 11, no longer living, the 15 surviving brothers tion, though nobody ever saw the enemy 1989] and sisters still live close to their old farm submarine that delivered the late-night spe­ TOUGH ENOUGH TO SURVIVE-TEXAS FAMILY some 30 miles east of Houston. ciaL Eighty men were killed and several SETS RECORD RISKING LIVES FOR COUNTRY One brother, Raymond, died of brain hundred injured, but August escaped un­ cancer in 1985. harmed. DAYTON.-One by one they came-a dozen Raymond had flirted with death years "I just kept waiting for the rattling noises in all-to get their marching orders from earlier, during his 45 missions as a flight en­ and flying debris to stop. Somehow the ship Uncle Sam. gineer and photographer for the U.S. Air managed to float at a tilt. I walked around The Ripkowski brothers-12 sons of a Force. His last flight ended with a crash­ two or three days in a daze. My good bud­ Polish sharecropper who eked out a living landing in New Guinea. dies-who were on their way to relieve me­ on a 200-acre farm-were proud to do their "I still carry this in my wallet," said his were dead," he said. country's bidding. brother, Franklin, displaying a crinkled, August later lost an arm in an accident "To my knowledge, there has never been black-and-whjte photo of Raymond in frollt after the war had ended and he had re­ another family with that many sons from of an airplane with its belly resting on the turned home. the same parents participating," said Ken ground. Another brother, Felix, an artillery man, Satterfield, spokesman for the Pentagon in The plane had been crippled from a bomb­ was left shell-shocked after months of Washington, DC. "Those farm boys are fol­ ing mission and was low on fuel, but the battle, although he earned six battle stars lowing a long line of notable sibling groups, crew was afraid to parachute into the shark­ fighting his way from North Africa to like the five Sullivan brothers from Iowa." infested waters below. So Raymond and the Sicily. A 1944 movie told how the USS Juneau rest of the crew flew to a flat spot, braced "You'd get so scared you were spittin' became the Sullivans' watery tomb when themselves. and rode the plane down with­ cotton. I saw them hauling bodies off by the sunk by a torpedo off GuadalcanaL The Sul­ out any landing gear. truckload," he said. "I just couldn't get no livans' deaths spurred a new policy that pro­ After the plane skidded across the hard damn rest. The sky was always dripping fire hibits siblings from serving on the same earth, Raymond crawled out of the emer­ from bombs and flares." ship together. gency hatch and passed out. He woke up The brothers saw their military service as The Ripkowskis-believed among the larg­ several days later at a New Guinea hospitaL simply a "job that needed to be done." est sibling groups to serve in the American According to family stories, the first "I just wanted to get it over with and armed services-were lucky, tough or hard­ words he heard were from a doctor lament­ come home alive," said Alex. headed enough to come home alive-even ing. "This one isn't going to make it." "We'd get homesick," said Franklin. though nine had looked death in the eye in Raymond snapped back, "Damn right, I'm "We'd just pray extra hard. a thousand six different combat zones during World going to make it!" times a day, like our parents taught us. At War II. The baby of the family, Stanley, now 53, home, we used to get our prayer books and "They're a family that deserves recogni­ was a young boy when he spotted Raymond Bibles out every day." tion on Veterans Day," said Zeke Zbranek, a on a news reel at the movies. Raymond was Their parents frowned at working on Sun­ Liberty County attorney. filmed at the hospital where he spent sever­ days, the brothers said, but were tough task­ The Ripkowski brothers comprise nearly al months undergoing treatment for three masters the rest of the week. The boys told half of their local chapter of the American cracked vertebrae. of learning to cook and drive tractors as Legion, as well as being perhaps Dayton's "I hadn't heard about the crash, but I early as age 5 on their family's cotton and largest family District Hospital provide just recruitment so difficult in rural areas are one example of how far some hospitals must beyond the control of hospital officials. State, it is estimated that 15 of the 21 desig­ go to find a physician. As Hostetler sees it, physicians generally nated areas would be lost. The hospital's posters, reminiscent of the are hesitant to practice in rural communi­ HHS wants to clarify the degree of need for Old West, offer a $5,000 reward to anyone ties because they want to maintain the pro­ areas requesting medical professionals by who finds a family-practice physician for fessional camaraderie, the new technologies, providing this designation only to areas in the 20-bed hospital and the community. and recreational and cultural activities that "dire need" of medical professionals. There But despite responses from as far away as were readily available to them during their are a number of factors to be considered the Philippines and South America, no phy­ training in large, urban-teaching hospitals. when determining an area's ability to attract sician vacancies have been filled, according He added: "A lot of people are hesitant to to Lewis Struthers, M.D., a family practi­ leave to go to a rural area, where they physicians, and I do not believe one set of cri­ tioner who currently is the facility's only might feel like a Lone Ranger fighting their teria is able to take all of these into account. full-time physician. own war." Also, loss of this designation will prevent com­ The hospital had tried more conventional RECRUITMENT GOALS DIFFER FOR MANY URBAN munities from participating in 12 other Public means to locate a physician before distribut­ HOSPITALS Health Service programs aimed at improving ing the posters. In fact, hospital officials Most rural hospitals have straightforward access to health care in underserved areas. hired several physicians recruited by outside search finns. However, those physicians goals for their physician-recruitment ef­ AHEC's currently operate in 19 States, in­ forts: Find the physicians needed to meet cluding Maine. The program links academic "did not work out," according to Struthers. "If you get [physicians] through referral patients' needs and to keep the doors open. medical centers with actual clinical training in services, you have to be very, very careful But the recruitment efforts of many medically underserved areas. This provides about what you're getting, because you're urban hospitals are geared to offset reduc­ medical students with the opportunity, not only probably getting someone else's probleins," tions in inpatient care by boosting patient for hands on training, but also to learn the re­ he said, "There's plenty of demand out referrals. wards of a rural practice. They also support there, so if a physician wants a job, there According to Edmund Schultz, director of will be no problem getting one." physician services for Premier Hospitals Al­ continuing education and clinical instruction of liance Inc., Westchester, IL, there are an av­ the health personnel, primary care, residen­ In fact, some physicians have found com­ munities with jobs ready and waiting for erage of 100 inpatients for every 40,135 indi­ cies and multidisciplinary training. them to complete their training. viduals in the population. The Area Health Education Centers En­ Residents of several logging communities In three years, however, Schultz expects hancement Act would provide for the estab­ in Northern Maine waited seven years, that there will be 100 patients for every lishment of AHEC's in States without medical hoping their investment would pay off with 54,000 people. schools. It would also improve the existing a physician. "Unless you think your city is going to program by increasing the authorization by 50 In 1982, the towns levied a four-year tax grow by 35 percent, you're going to need to generate $60,000 to send Roger Pelli more inpatients," he said. percent and requiring HHS to undertake a It is these statistics that have led many study to determine ways to improve the pro­ through medical school. With his training now complete, Pelli recently signed con­ urban hospitals to step up their physician­ gram. tracts with those communities to practice recruitment efforts. On September 18, I held a hearing, in con­ for eight years or to reimburse, with inter­ To increase patient referrals to the facili­ junction with Maine's senior Senator WILLIAM est, the towns. ty's specialists, hospitals are concentrating COHEN, on rural health care in Maine. We But there are risks to the strategy. more on improving their ties with primary heard from health care providers, patients and Phillip Lowe, administrator of Memorial networks, Schultz said. community leaders about the increasing prob­ Hospital, Weiser, ID, pointed out that the "The issue no ·longer is where you are bankruptcy or unexpected death of a physi­ going to get new patients," he stressed. "It's lems facing access to health care in rural who are you going to take them from." America. We heard from two doctors, Dr. cian it put through school would leave a community or hospital with nothing for its Gregory O'Keefe and Dr. Roger Pelli, about investment. the difficulties facing medical professionals Another risk, noted Craig Hostetler, a KUDOS FOR THE BUSH FOR­ who chose to practice in rural areas. Dr. physician recruiter with the U.S. Public EIGN POLICY FROM BEATRICE, O'Keefe is 1 of 134 NHSC professionals who Health Service, is that medical students' NE have served in Maine since the program's in­ goals can change while they are in school, ception in 1971. His dedication to the commu­ especially if they get married. In these nity was .shown several years ago when cases, they often leave the rural communi­ HON. DOUG BEREUTER NHSC wanted to transfer him to a desk job ties once their obligations are complete. OF NEBRASKA However, he said, new physicians who are IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and he refused to go. willing to have their loans paid off in ex­ Mr. Pelli went through medical school with change for practicing in a rural community Friday, November 17, 1989 the help of six towns in Aroostook County may be more inclined to settle there. which raised taxes to pay his tuition. Under Lowe agreed: "After most physicians are Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, 1989 has this creative arrangement, he has agreed to in a community for the number of years it been one of the most momentous years in practice in the area for 8 years. takes to pay off their loan, their roots are modern history. Before our very eyes, the Iron Americans should not be denied access to going to be deep enough that they will want Curtain has begun to come down. Hundreds health care because they chose to live in a to stay." of millions of people who once suffered op­ Lowe just hopes 27-bed Memorial Hospital pression from totalitarian rulers now enjoy a rural area, and towns should not have to beg, can find physicians willing to put down borrow or steal physicians in order to obtain greater degree of freedom and pluralism. roots. Indeed, it appears that we have witnessed medical services. I urge my colleagues to join However, he noted that there are more me in support of these bills, and would like to than 20 rural hospitals in Idaho currently in recent months the final repudiation of the share an article from the American Hospital recruiting physicians. Marxist doctrine. Leaders of Communist states Association News which highlights the difficul­ "For every four jobs, there's one physician are now recognizing that a market economy ties facing rural communities in need of medi­ available," Lowe said. and democratic pluralism are fundamental pre­ cal professionals. With two positions to fill, Memorial Hos­ requisites for modernization and economic ex­ pital sent letters to 15,000 physicians. After pansion. Changes geared to provide for plural­ [From the American Hospital Association 10 months, the effort still has not paid off. ism and a free market are now occurring in News, Nov. 6, 1989] Now the hospital has formed a physician­ several locations in Central and Eastern search committee that includes representa­ IN SEARCH OF PHYSICIANS, RURAL HOSPITALS Europe. What began in Hungary and Poland ROUND UP THE POSSE tives from the hospital as well as communi­ ty groups. has spread to East Germany, and has shown subject to a lower rate of taxation. oratories, back in 1953. At that time, the AMERICA LOOKS 10 MINUTES AHEAD: JAPAN Recently I said, "America is supposedly transistor was only being used in hearing LOOKS 1 0 YEARS the number one industrial country in the aids. We were repeatedly told to take this transistor and manufacture hearing aids. I delivered a speech in Chicago entitled world. Why don't you have a Department of Industry?" Seated next to me was the chair­ When we brought this new transistor back "Ten Minutes vs. Ten Years." I stated that to Japan, however, Mr. Ibuka of Sony said, we Japanese plan and develop our business man of the Ford Motor Corporation, Mr. Caldwell, who replied "that's right-we are "There is not much potential in hearing strategies ten years ahead. When I asked an aids, let's make a new transistor and build American money trader "how far ahead do supervised by the Department of Transpor­ tation." The Department of Transportation radios." At that point, we put all of our en­ you plan ... one week?" The reply was "no, ergies each day in developing radios which no ... ten minutes." He was moving money is interested in emissions control and high­ through a computer, targeting the fate of way safety, but has no interest in or juris­ used transistors. One of our researchers diction over the future of the automobile in­ during this development effort, Mr. Esaki, that transaction ten minutes later. So, as I dustry in the United States. subsequently went to work for IBM where told the Americans, we are focusing on busi­ America is the only nation among the ad­ he earned a Nobel Prize, but it was at our ness ten years in advance, while you seem to vanced industrial countries that does not company where he did work worthy of the be concerned only with profits ten minutes have a Department of Industry which is re­ Prize. There are a number of Japanese who from now. At that rate, you may well never sponsible for industrial policy. Instead, the be able to compete with us. have received Nobel Prizes, but Esaki was Department of Commerce and USTR pre­ the only one who worked for a research lab­ A well-known economist, Peter Drucker, side and their only concern is trade related wrote recently: "Americans cannot live in a oratory of a company. We poured money matters and they criticize others for the into development of new transistors, and de­ symbol economy where businessmen play failure of American industry. only with numbers; Americans should come veloped small radios for the market, an effort that was worthy of the Nobel Prize. back to a real economy where money moves AMERICA ITSELF IS UNFAIR in accordance with real production activi­ It was an American company, however, ties." health officials who inspect nursing homes. A further tribute to Ms. DuVally was the fact that NO WAY TO AVOID THE TRADE FRICTIONS HON. HAMILTON FISH, JR. she was the second Rhode Islander to be Recently the expression, "inescapable OF NEW YORK interdependence" has been heard quite IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES named Surveyor of the Year in 4 years. Ms. DuVally grew up in South Providence. often among Americans. If we dare to ex­ Friday, November 17, 1989 plain this concept in a more extreme way, She attended the St. Joseph · School of Nurs­ perhaps we can say it's a "fatal attraction". Mr. FISH. Mr. Speaker, it is a great pleasure ing and the University of Pennsylvania School With this trend now prevailing in the world, for me to extend my congratulations to the of Physical Therapy while caring for crippled we have no choice but to live cooperatively. Dutchess County Historical Society, of Dut­ youngsters who had been striken by polio Everyone on earth not just the United chess County, NY, on the occasion of its 75th upon her graduation. Ms. DuVally left Rhode States and Japan is mutually dependent and anniversary. Island to assume the position of chief of phys­ this is unavoidable. This is the times that The Dutchess County Historical Society was we are facing now. What does cooperation ical therapy at the University of Pennsylvania mean? founded in 1914, by a group of 50 county resi­ Graduate Hospital. Returning to Rhode Island A Japanese tends to say, "Let's work to­ dents who were dedicated to preserving and in 1962, she has been working as a consult­ gether." But I often wonder whether they promoting the area's rich history. Seventy-five ant and a member of the facilities regulation really understand its meaning. This can be years later, the society continues to keep the staff every since. applicable to Americans, as well. We are at county's interesting and distinctive past alive. I would like to thank Ms. DuVally for her home using this expression but it seems to To this end, it has offered its members special years of dedication to the field of physical only be used as a convenience. Furthermore programs, local history field trips and the it is out of the question to force "coopera­ therapy. Her devotion is a tribute to her love tion" through threats. Yearbook, a journal of county history. Addi­ for her fellow man and I can only hope that To cooperate is to maintain harmony. It is tionally, the Clinton House, the society's head­ others will follow the example she has estab­ not harmonious to force your adversary. quarters in Poughkeepsie, houses a growing lished. When they cope with you, you, too, must collection of historical objects, archival materi­ cope with them. You have to give up some al, a local history library, rotating exhibits, and of your interest; you must abandon some­ a gift shop. Together with the Junior League A TRIBUTE TO DETECTIVE thing. of Poughkeepsie, it is involved with the resto­ RICHARD GUERZON I tell people whenever I have a chance ration of the historic Glebe House. that we know that it is to be selfish but hardly anybody is aware when he himself is Throughout its existence, the membership HON. NORMAN F. LENT being selfish. We say that one is selfish but of the Dutchess County Historical Society has OF NEW YORK actually this person probably has no idea continued to grow. At this time the society has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that he is perceived as such. In this sense, over 800 members. A number of prominent Japan also can be thought a little bit selfish Americans have been involved with this orga­ Friday, November 17, 1989 by other countries, although we hardly have nization. Included on this list is President Mr. LENT. Mr. Speaker, in our communities such idea. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who belonged to the every day, there is a constant struggle to win Looking for the reason, we are so per­ society from its inception in 1914 until time of the war against crime and drugs. In Congress ceived, the opening of the domestic market can be one example. Everyone agrees that his death in 1945. and in State capitals across the country, legis­ we should open our markets to foreign trad­ The size and influence of the historical soci­ lators enact laws to better protect our families ers, but when it comes to individual, this is ety is not surprising in light of the history of and to keep criminals behind bars. Citizen hard to actualize since someone says, "no, I Dutchess County. During the colonial era it groups, schools, and local governments are cannot accept this", and then someone else was a thriving agricultural area, which grew to all involved in this ongoing effort. says, "no, I cannot accept that." Although be larger than New York City by the time of The members of our Nation's police force, at summit meetings, Japanese leaders the American Revolution. The fact that the in particular, deserve special praise for their assure others that they will do their best, Federal Constitution was ratified by the State tireless work in the fight against crime. These and they actually do try to open the of New York in the county's seat of Pough­ men and women put their lives on the line market. In the end, however, this is never actualized since their promise goes against keepsie manifests its historical significance. every single day, to keep our neighborhoods domestic interest groups and they are Prior to the creation of Putnam County, Dut­ and our children safe. They are in the thin forced to back down. Only lip-serve followed chess County reached to the Manor of Cort­ blue line of defense against the violence and by no achievement might result in being landt, now a part of Westchester County, em- terror of the streets. The job of a police officer 30086 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 17, 1989 is a dangerous one. It always has been. It his own advice. Do not offer to waive the tion on a voluntary basis. Through an assess­ always will be. Jackson-Vanik amendment and grant most-fa­ ment process that would require candidates to But as private citizens, I think we often take vored-nation status to the Soviet Union until demonstrate their competency in the class­ members of the law enforcement community the Soviet Union codifies its new emigration room; knowledge of the subject areas, under­ for granted. We don't appreciate them until laws. standing of the emotional and intellectual de­ they're needed or until something tragic hap­ Mr. Bush has said in the past that he would velopment of their students; and expertise in pens that makes us sit up and take notice. consider waiving Jac:,son-Vanik as long as the practice of instruction. Teachers, for the Today, I rise to honor an outstanding police the appropriate assurances could be offered. I first time, will have the opportunity to meet a officer, Detective Richard Guerzon, a constitu­ urge Mr. Bush to make sure that these assur­ fair and demanding professional standard. ances are offered. Let's see if Mr. Gorbachev ent of mine from Merrick, NY, who was killed Board certification will give these teachers in the line of duty earlier this week. A member is true in his pledge to continue allowing greater recognition, responsibility, and reward. of the Queens, NY district attorney squad, De­ 50,000 people a year to emigrate. Let's not School districts will seek to recruit and retain tective Guerzon became a police officer in just take his word for it. Let's make sure that Board-certified teachers and will encourage 1969 and worked his way up to detective in the new emigration law is written, implement­ 1975. Along the way, he earned an exemplary ed and then carried out before we reward Mr. beginning teachers to seek the knowledge record of service, accumulating five excellent Gorbachev by waving Jackson-Vanik and of­ and mastery of their field required for certifica­ police duty citations, seven meritorious awards fering most favored-nation status. I urge Mr. tion. and one department commendation for out­ Bush to trust and verify. The Board has the support of both the Na­ standing performance. tional Education Association and the Ameri­ Through a twist of fate, he volunteered to STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF can Federation of Teachers. Many teachers, assist Detective Keith Williams, also a THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR still active in the classroom, sit on the Board. member of the district attorney squad and an PROFESSIONAL TEACHING The Board has the endorsement of the Na­ 8-year veteran, to take Jay Harrison back to STANDARDS tional Governors' Association and the National Riker's Island from the district attorney's office Association of State Boards of Education, as where he had been held for questioning in a HON.E.THOMASCO~AN well as financial backing from the Carnegie homicide. But they never made it to Riker's Foundation, Xerox, DuPont, Chrysler, and OF MISSOURI Island. Jay Harrison had a gun, and while sit­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES other leaders of the foundation and corporate ting in the back of the squad car, fatally shot communities. This legislation will provide Fed­ both officers and fled. Friday, November 17, 1989 eral matching funds to fulfill the Board's goal In every sense of the word, Richard Guer­ Mr. COLEMAN of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, of beginning to certify teachers in 1993. zon was a hero. A decent, honorable man he am pleased to join PAT WILLIAMS and other Although I strongly oppose any direct in­ devoted his life to pursuing justice, upholding members of the Education and Labor Commit­ volvement by the Federal Government in edu­ the law and making order out of chaos. During tee in being an original cosponsor of legisla­ cational matters which should be left to State his 20 years on the force, he distinguished tion which provides Federal assistance to the and local authorities, a Federal investment in himself for his diligent investigative work and National Board for Professional Teaching this public/private partnership is not only cru­ for going the extra mile, as he did that last Standards. cial to enhancing the professionalism of day. No one would deny that the quality of the teachers, but it is also the direct way to pro­ Richard Guerzon's dedication and unflag­ teacher is the most important factor in educa­ ging commitment to protecting the public wel­ tion, and in our attempts nationally and locally tect the Federal Government's investment in fare and combating crime is worthy of the to reform the educational system. We give lip American education. highest commendation. Our humble praise service to the importance of teachers, but The structure of the Board insures that scarce does justice to all that he has done for teaching as a profession draws fewer and there will be no direct Federal involvement. his neighbors, his commt,mity, for all of us. fewer of our best and brightest young people. Every Federal dollar must be matched by pri­ The public and especially members of the Our Nation faces an acute shortage of vate funds and must be competitively spent police force have been deeply shaken by their qualified teachers at the very time our Nation on research and development activities, senseless death. But I hope the outrage and is most in need of them. We know the con­ awarded openly to universities, scholars, disgust we all feel at this heinous, uncon­ nection between education and a highly teachers, and research institutions. scionable act can be gathered up and direct­ skilled, technologically literate work force. We . Currently, the Federal Government spends ed toward something positive and productive. know that international comparisons show about $11 billion annually on elementary and Detectives Guerzon and Williams did not die American students scoring far below students secondary school education. $221 million has in vain, and our commitment to carrying on in Europe and Asia in the areas of mathemat­ a more-or-less, direct impact on teachers, their work would be an enduring tribute to ics and science. We know that increasing through scholarships, fellowships, and Presi­ numbers of American students fail to com­ these fine men and the sacrifices they made. dential awards for excellence in such areas as plete high school and cannot function effec­ To Mrs. Guerzon and their four children, I math and science. President Bush has pro­ tively as workers of citizens of a democracy. offer my deepest sympathy at your tragic loss. posed an additional $8 million for "Awards for You should be very proud of your husband Whom will we turn to, but to the teacher, to Excellence" for outstanding teachers. and father. We owe him so much. My only solve these problems? How do we tempt a regret is that we didn't have the chance to tell million talented young people into teaching, This national, voluntary program of ad­ him sooner. and then get them to develop their knowledge vanced certification and professional en­ and skills through years of practice in the hancement is one of the most promising op­ classroom? And how do we hold on to the portunities we have to deal with the national TRUST AND VERIFY fine teachers already in the schools, who crisis in education and in the teaching profes­ watch talented colleagues leave education for sion. Such a Board will improve the quality of HON. E. CLAY SHAW, JR. other fields? teachers and teaching, and hopefully will OF FLORIDA The National Board for Professional Teach­ enable our schools to retain the best and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing Standards is an important part of the brightest by recognizing their excellence in the answer to these questions. By setting high classroom. Friday, November 17, 1989 and rigorous standards for what teachers Mr. SHAW. Mr. Speaker, when dealing with should know and practice and then certifying We must attract new teachers for the teach­ the Soviet Union, President Reagan was fond those who meet the standards, the Board will er shortages facing our schools in the 1990's, of saying, trust and verify. Mr. Bush has taken set a standard of accomplishment and profes­ and we must retain those who are most tal­ this same view in his dealings with Mr. Gorba­ sionalism which will inspire excellence in our ented. With Federal support, and I emphasize chev: trust and verify. Now, Mr. Speaker, on schools. not Federal involvement, the Board can help the eve of the President's summit meetings National Board Certification will enable ex­ make teaching both an honorable calling and with Mr. Gorbachev, I urge Mr. Bush to follow perienced teachers to seek advanced recogni- a respected profession in its own right. November 17, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 30087 NATIONAL BOARD FOR PROFES- Education and the competitiveness of His­ ALLYSON POLLARD NAMED SIONAL TEACHING STAND- panics in the workplace topped the agenda of TEEN VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR ARDS many community leaders. It is my understand­ ing that Hispanics are the fastest growing HON.GEORGE(BUDDY)DARDEN HON. WILUAM F. GOODUNG ethnic group in the United States. By the year OF GEORGIA OF PENNSYLVANIA 2000, they will comprise 15 percent-30 mil­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lion-of the total American population. Unfor­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, November 17, 1989 tunately, many will be ill-prepared to compete Friday, November 17, 1989 in the work force. Among adults 25 to 34 Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I am unalter­ years old, only 61.7 percent of the Hispanic Mr. DARDEN. Mr. Speaker, Allyson Pollard, ably opposed to any Federal funding for the population, in comparison to 88.8 percent of an eighth grader at Marietta Junior High creation of national standards for the teaching non-Hispanics, completed at least 4 years of School in the district I represent, is an out­ profession. In October of this year, I wrote to high school. standing young woman who has been recog­ Chairman NATCHER, Mr. CONTE, and other Many northwest Indiana Hispanic leaders nized as "teen volunteer of the year" by the members of the House Appropriations Sub­ emphasized the importance of community in­ Georgia Health Care Association. Allyson committee on Labor, HHS, and Education and volvement and funding for the development of spent many hours as a volunteer at Shoreham voiced my opposition to a $5 million set-aside Health Care Center in Marietta, GA. Allyson for the National Board for Professional Teach­ educational programs, especially bilingual and vocational skills programs, to ensure the sur­ eagerly offered her time during her summer ing Standards, which had not yet been author­ vacation and weekends to assist the senior ized or even introduced as a bill in the House. vival of Hispanics in the workplace and socie­ ty. citizens at the center with their daily activities. Lawyers, physicians, and other professions She has been a source of joy to many at the have developed professional standards Other key issues discussed included the ac­ nursing home, and her willingness to volunteer boards, but they have done so without asking cessibility of adequate health care for the has encouraged others to get involved. If Ally­ the Federal Government · to provide money to community, especially senior citizens, and the son Pollard is representative of this generation exist. importance of the upcoming 1990 census. This legislation authorizes $20 million for a Hispanics were undercounted by as much as of young Americans, we have much cause for national board, moneys which must be 10 percent in the 1980 census. A more accu­ hope for a bright future for our Nation. matched dollar-for-dollar by the private sector. rate census count would ensure the appropri­ Given the Federal budgetary restraints, such ate distribution of Federal funding to areas in an enterprise should seek all of its funding in need. the private arena. If Congress even had the Mr. Speaker, I salute the efforts of the $20 million, I would argue that this money be northwest Indiana Hispanic Coordinating used to attract the best and brightest to the Council for their outstanding commitment to teaching profession, rather than subsidizing addressing the needs of their community. The AWARDING OF TECHNICAL standards for elite teachers. council is the embodiment of hope for Hoosier ASSISTANCE GRANTS Additionally, the Department of Education Hispanics. The strategies and goals devel­ can already carry out this kind of research ac­ oped during the conference will benefit the tivity through an open, competitive grant proc­ entire northwest Indiana community. I wish HON. CHUCK DOUGLAS ess through its national research centers. The them continued success in furthering the OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Department currently supports research on teacher assessment and certification proce­ progress of Hispanics and hope that they will IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES serve as an inspiration and example to all dures. Friday, November 17, 1989 I will oppose legislation authorizing a nation­ community service groups in northwest Indi­ Mr. DOUGLAS. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ al standards board, both in committee and on ana. troducing a bill to increase and improve the the floor of the House. The Federal Govern­ ment has no legitimate role to play in subsidiz­ ability of the public to participate during the ing and implicitly underwriting national stand­ corrective action permitting process under the ards for teachers. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, POSTEMPLOYMENT known as RCRA. Seeing the need for more RESTRICTIONS IN ETHICS BILL citizen involvement and technical assistance THE NORTHWEST INDIANA HIS­ during this process, I drafted legislation which PANIC COORDINATING COUN­ calls for the awarding of technical assistance CIL'S FIRST ANNUAL CONFER­ HON. LAMAR S. SMITH grants. These grants would allow citizen ENCE OF TEXAS groups to monitor, investigate, or obtain infor­ HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mation about pollution caused by releases of Friday, November 17, 1989 hazardous wastes at storage, treatment, and OF INDIANA disposal facilities. Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, as spon­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A similar program for grants already exists sor of the initial bill in the last Congress to Friday, November 17, 1989 for citizen involvement under the Superfund extend postemployment restrictions to the leg­ Program. My bill now makes citizen involve­ Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today islative branch and as sponsor of the Presi­ ment available to any group of citizens which to pay tribute to the northwest Indiana Hispan­ dent's ethics bill, which extended the restric­ may be affected by a release of hazardous ic Coordinating Council for their successful tions to all three branches, I am pleased with sponsorship of the First Annual Conference waste that is not ~t a Superfund site. the postemployment language worked out on Hispanic Issues, held at Purdue University with the White House and adopted in the The public pays a very important role in the Calumet in Hammond, IN. Senate bill. protection of our environment. I want to Established last year by 35 northwest Indi­ ensure that citizens are given the legal ave­ ana Hispanic groups, this organization is com­ It adopts three policy approaches that I nues through which to participate in cleaning mitted to improving the quality of life of His­ have strongly advocated over the last 2 years: up hazadous waste and that all barriers to panic Hoosiers. I was honored to attend this First, it applies only to particular acts; second, conference, for it created a forum in which it eliminates compensation as an element of their involvement are eliminated. Under my community, State, and national leaders were the offense; and third, it extends coverage to bill, the Environmental Protection Agency can able to discuss stra!egies that addressed a all agencies of the legislative branch. award up to $2 million for the technical assist­ broad range of concerns that will directly T.1is is a fair, commonsense approach. It is ance grants in fiscal year 1990. No new ap­ affect Hispanics in the 1990's. worthy of our support. propriation is called for under this bill. 30088 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 17, 1989 FRATERNALIST OF THE YEAR fuel off Grays Harbor, these disasters scar our The House also took an important step shorelines and create havoc for marine eco­ toward safer transportation of oil by requiring HON. JOE KOLTER systems and for those who depend on clean double hulls on all tankers and tank barges. OF PENNSYLVANIA water and coastlines for their livelihood. For many years, Congress has been in­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As one who worked to address this problem volved in the debate on whether to mandate double hulls or double bottoms. Fifteen years Friday, November 17, 1989 in the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Commit­ tee and in this Chamber, I am gratified that ago, Washington's distinguished senior Sena­ Mr. KOL TEA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today the House recently passed strong, compre­ tor and chairman of the Senate Commerce before the U.S. House of Representatives to hensive oilspill liability and prevention legisla­ Committee, the late Warren G. Magnuson, in­ honor Mary Jo Wojton of Ford City, PA, who tion. troduced legislation to require double bottoms has been chosen 1989 Polish Falcons of This landmark legislation sets up a single on all tankers engaged in trade with U.S. America Fraternalist of the Year. Federal · liability and compensation system, ports. Unfortunately, Senator Magnuson's leg­ Mrs. Wojton, who with her husband, Valen­ consolidating four existing Federal oilspill li­ islation was not enacted. tine, Jr., are the parents of five children, has ability laws that have differing and sometimes Had these requirements been adopted, I be­ been a member of Nest No. 159 in Ford City conflicting provisions. The new system applies lieve our ports and our harbors would be safer for 32 years. It is the third largest of the 141 to spills from vessels and onshore and off­ today. Instead. Congress relied on the assur­ Nests in the Polish Falcons. shore facilities that could pollute navigable ances of the oil industry that their tankers After receiving her teaching certificate from waters. The bill g-:>es further, taking significant were safe. Congress was also assured that the Greensburg Diocese, she became a CCD steps to prevent and respond to future spills. the oil companies could respond quickly to a teacher and eventually principal of the junior Mr. Speaker, our bill sends a strong mes­ major oilspill. high catechetical program for 12 years. Mrs. sage to those who transport oil along our wa­ Senator Magnuson's love of Puget Sound Wojton was also a member of the St. Francis terways. It provides liability for damages, in­ and Washington's coastal waters led him to of Paola Church Council for 6 years. cluding harm to natural resources; it articu­ continue his support for double hulls long after Within her community, Mrs. Wojton played a he left Congress. He had recently spoken out very active role in many projects, organiza­ lates clear goals and standards for cleanup and restoration; and, most important, it re­ on this topic and was working on an article tions and events, most notably her participa­ advocating double hulled tankers when he tion in the Ford City Founder's Day Project, quires that cleanup standards and liability limits meet the more stringent standards appli­ died this past summer. the Ford City Community Picnic Committee (of Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have been which she was chairperson for 2 years), and cable under an affected State's environmental law. part of the effort to advance the work of Sen­ the Ford City Heritage Days Celebration. For ator Magnuson by incoporating the double hull this major event, Mrs. Wojton was the publicity Two dozen States already have their own li­ ability and cleanup laws and regulations relat­ requirement into our comprehensive oilspill chairman. legislation. No matter what worthy organization, Mrs. ing to oilspills; in 1 7 of these States, including Alaska, Washington, and all west coast Reports by the Office of Technology As­ Wojton was always trying to help the group sessment, Coast Guard, National Transporta­ raise funds, provide programs, improve the States, the liability of a spiller is not limited. While it may be easier and less costly for tion Safety Board, and other experts show community and help the handicapped. that double hulls and bottoms reduce the Joining the Polish Falcons of America Nest potential spillers to deal with a single Federal standard, I believe the additional protection chance of spills by preventing penetration of No. 159 at the age of 19, Mrs. Wojton has cargo areas, limiting spillage if an accident been a very active member ever since and provided by tougher State standards is crucial. I am pleased that the House refused to allow does occur, giving vessels added structural was elected treasurer of the Nest in 1982. support in the event of catastrophic accidents, Also in 1982, Mary Jo and her family moved preemption of these tougher State standards. It is clear that we need a comprehensive and even increasing their normal operational to the Nest's Falcon Park to become resident efficiency. approach to oilspills. But why now, after manager of the facility. Mr. Speaker, the oilspill liability and preven­ recent oilspills expose the shortcomings of Most importantly, Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Wojton tion legislation recently passed by the House Federal oilspill response capabilities, should organized area parents to obtain classes and is a major step toward safer transportation of we deprive State governments of the right to weekly transportation for all deaf and hard-of­ oil and the protection of our marine and coast­ protect their citizens? hearing people in the area, including two of al environments. Especially with the strength­ We need only look to the Valdez spill to see her own children, who were born deaf. ening provisions allowing tougher State stand­ the ineffectiveness of the Federal Government Mrs. Wojton has proven to be a relentless ards and requiring double hulls. I am proud of in dealing with oilspills. And now, Exxon has campaigner for for the deaf, our work on this legislation and trust a House­ packed its bags leaving Alaska's oiled shore­ who fought her way through the courts on Senate conference committee can come to lines with no promise of returning and with no behalf of the deaf as well. terms on a strong final measure early in the protest by the administration. Ford City is very proud of Mrs. Wojton, Mr. next session. Speaker, as we all are in western Pennsylva­ Mr. Speaker, if the Exxon Valdez spill were nia, and I congratulate this outstanding local subject to the proposed Federal system that woman as she is recognized nationally by the preempted State laws, Exxon's liability would OUR POLICY TOWARD EL Polish Falcons, by honoring her before the be limited to just $114 million-for a spill SALVADOR Congress today. where cleanup costs are expected to be nearly $2 billion. Fortunately, Alaska has a HON. NANCY PELOSI much stricter law. providing that the "polluter HOUSE PASSES LANDMARK OF CALIFORNIA pays" whatever it takes to clean up and pay OILSPILL LEGISLATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for damages from the spill. The bill passed by the House sets out a Friday, November 17, 1989 HON. JOLENE UNSOELD single Federal standard of liability as neces­ Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to OF WASHINGTON sary minimum. This is the same approach express my pain, anger, and frustration over IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES taken in the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, the ongoing events in El Salvador. Superfund, and even the four existing Federal When I came to Congress, my first floor Friday, November 17, 1989 oilspill laws that we are attempting to consoli­ statement reflected my concern . about our Mrs. UNSOELD. Mr. Speaker, recent oil­ date here today. None of these Federal laws, policy toward El Salvador. Since then, I have spills reaffirm my belief that there's nothing however, preempts the authority of a State to worked consistently and diligently to change soothing about oil on troubled waters, espe­ impose stricter standards. Federal law does United States policy toward El Salvador by, cially when sensitive coastal areas and fisher­ not prohibit States from requiring cleaner among other actions, introducing a resolution, ies resources are at stake. Whether it's 11 water, cleaner air, or safer hazardous waste House Concurrent Resolution 48, calling for a million gallons of crude oil spilling into Prince disposal. Why should the policy be different negotiated political settlement to the war William Sound or 250,000 gallons of bunker for oil pollution? there, by voting my conscience and by repeat- ~·-··'-'~"':""""

November 17, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 30089 edly discussing the tragedy occuring there on TRIBUTE TO MRS. JESSIE Mr. Speaker, I know that all of my col­ a regular basis with my colleagues. Today, I JOHNSON leagues will join me in extending to Mrs. turn to you Mr. Speaker, with an urgent call Jessie Johnson our congratulations on her re­ for action. HON. DONALD M. PAYNE tirement and our best wishes for many happy To date, reports indicate that over 800 Sal­ years ahead. OF NEW JERSEY vadorans have been killed in the recent fight­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing. The brutal murders of six Jesuit priests, A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO AN Ignacio Ellacuria, Ignacio Martin-Baro, Se­ Friday; November 17, 1989 ACTIVE RETIREE gundo Montes, Amando Lopez, Juan Ramon Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, on Moreno, and Joaquin Lopez Lopez, have November 30, a gathering will be held in West HON. JOE KOLTER shocked people around the world. These men Orange, NJ, to honor a very special person, OF PENNSYLVANIA devoted their lives to improving the lives of all Mrs. Jessie Johnson. Her family and her many IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Salvadorans. Unfortunately, they have now friends will pay tribute to Mrs. Johnson on the Friday, November 17, 1989 been assassinated because of their efforts. occasion of her retirement after 40 years of I am particularly affected by the murder of dedicated service to the Newark Public Mr. KOL TEA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today the Jesuits. My family, my husband's family Schools. before the U.S. House of Representatives to and our children have all been educated in As a former educator myself, I had the pay special tribute to John a. Goodman of Zelienople, PA, a retired railroader who hasn't Jesuit institutions. We consider ourselves to pleasure of teaching with Mrs. Johnson early let retirement stand in the way of doing what be members of the Jesuit family. We share in my career. She is a talented teacher who needs to be done. the grief and sadness of the other members quickly won the respect of her students and her colleagues. A member of Local 1380, United Transpor­ of the Jesuit family and the global family who Mrs. Johnson has worked tirelessly to pro­ tation Union, Pittsburgh, PA, Mr. Goodman is have suffered this violent, senseless and vide our students with a quality education.· best known as the editor of a newsletter and tragic loss. Most recently, she has served as a Project numerous other publications that address Once again, we are seeing our worst night­ Coordinator for the Chapter I Programs with issues of vital importance to retired railroaders mares in El Salvador coming true-death the Newark Board of Education. and their families. squad activity is on the rise . Now, because of Her diverse background in education has in­ A former brakeman on the Pennsylvania the chaos created by the escalation in the cluded positions as a kindergarten teacher at Railroad and later with Conrail, Mr. Goodman war, the death squads are targeting and at­ Robert Treat School-now called Marcus was a charter member of BAT Lodge 1096, tacking people who have worked to improve Garvey-a supervisor of Head Start Programs, eventually becoming secretary, and along the the lives of the poor of El Salvador. The life of head teacher of reading programs, and orien­ way, he began posting informational items for anyone who has said or done anything that tation in-service teacher for kindergarten and the benefit of his coworkers. could be perceived as critical of the Salvador­ first grade teachers throughout the city of The newsletter grew out of these bulletin an Government is now in very real danger. Newark. She also conducted workshops and board items, and Mr. Goodman today keeps For the sake of all Salvadorans, we must in-service training sessions for parents and more than 2,000 readers informed. renew our call for immediate negotiations teachers in Federal programs. Mr. Goodman's recent newsletters have dealt with topics such as pension and insur­ toward a peaceful resolution of this decade For her contributions to youths in the area ance benefits, the proposed sale of Conrail long conflict. The Bush administration is taking of education, she has received numerous ac­ and the need for political and legislative edu­ the wrong approach. Recent statements that colades including awards from the Title I Cen­ cation for labor. the administration will expedite the flow of tral Parents Council of Newark, the Civic Club-an affiliate of the New Jersey Federa­ Before a disability sidelined Mr. Goodman, military assistance to El Salvador takes us in tion of Colored Women, Inc.-and the Florida he helped establish a blood bank, served as the wrong direction-away from peace, not A&M University Alumni Association of New legislative representative for his local, reorga­ toward it. Jersey. nized a local Boy Scout organization, worked There are some specific steps which must She is a member of the Kindergarten Asso­ to promote UTU 's State legislative goals in be taken. Mr. Speaker, I believe that it is im­ ciation of New Jersey, the Project Coordina­ Pennsylvania and was instrumental in numer­ portant for you to meet, as soon as possible, tors Association, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, ous civic and charitable causes, proving, as with the President to convey to him the mes­ the Black College Committee and the Mission­ he likes to say, that "one man can make a dif­ sage that he should take every necessary ary Society of Bethany Baptist Church in ference." step to promote a ceasefire and negotiations Newark, the NAACP, and is the vice president Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay special trib­ for a long-term peace. The U.S. Government of the Florida A&M University Alumni Associa­ ute to John a. Goodman of Bear Run Road in should support the request of the International tion of New Jersey. Butler County of my Fourth Congressional Dis­ Red Cross to evacuate the wounded. We Mrs. Johnson has shared her talents with trict because he has refused to allow retire­ should put pressure on both sides of the con­ others through a wide range of activities and ment to slow him down and has used his re­ flict to allow for the evacuation of civilians and public service. She is presently the organist tirement to help others and to help keep them we should insist that the bombing be stopped. for St. John's United Methodist Church in informed. Orange, NJ. She formerly served as East Or­ MEETING NOTICE American taxpayers' money is paying for ange's Essex County Democratic Committee The Full Committee on Public Works and the tragedy in El Salvador. It is our money that Person for the fourth ward. Transportation, will hold a special meeting is being used to sow death and destruction. This outstanding educator and community on Sunday, November 19, 1989, at 3:00p.m. We can stop the war there by stopping the activist is also the mother of two children, Dr. in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building. For the purpose of adopting a committee money which supports the war. A loud and Jennifer Johnson, of East Orange, and Ken­ clear message must be sent to President resolution expressing the appreciation of neth Johnson, of Woodbridge, NJ, and the the committee to Richard J. Sullivan and Bush and to President Cristiani. The people of proud grandmother of four grandchildren. Mrs. Dorothy A. Beam for their devoted and the United States will not tolerate our money Johnson, the wife of the late Albert Johnson, superb service to the House of Representa­ being used to murder innocent people. presently resides in Elizabeth, NJ. tives.