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REPRESENTATIVE GEORGE MIL­ The anniversary of this great struggle it cannot be demanded. It can only be LER'S CONCERN FOR REFUSE­ should rekindle the mutuality of purpose earned through honorable behavior. NIKS and the sense of trust which has tragically If the Soviet Union does not uphold agree­ slipped from both our hands over the last ments assuring the rights of those who four decades. If this delegation can further present no true threat to the Soviet securi­ HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN that goal, then this shall have been a suc­ ty, how can the American people feel secure OF CALIFORNIA cessful mission. that you will abide by arins agreements, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Our delegation represents the diversity of whose violation would risk the security of the Congress, and the pluralism of the Wednesday, April17, 1985 our entire Nation, and the future of man­ American people itself. We represent the kind? • Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, our machinist in Massachusetts and the com­ Articles 34 and 36 of the 1977 Soviet Con­ colleague Congressman GEORGE muter in California; we speak for farmers stitution guarantee equal rights, including MILLER of California has just returned and factory workers; we belong to compet­ cultural rights, to citizens of different na­ from the Soviet Union as a member of ing political parties and embrace conflicting tionalities. Under Article 74 of the Criminal ideologies. We hold diverse views of our own Code, denial of equal rights is regarded as a your official parliamentary group. Nation, and of your Nation. During this mission, Congressman Special crime. Article 36 ensures Soviet citi­ However, the debates which occasionally zens "the possibility to use their native lan­ MILLER served as the leader of the divide us from each other illustrate the guage." human rights group, and in that ca­ strength of our freedom, not its weakness. In iDternationallaw, too, the Soviet Union pacity delivered a very strong and im­ And, diverse though we may be, we stand has committed itself to cultural pluralism pressive statement to the new Soviet united on the need to enhance human and religious tolerance. Article 27 of the leadership on the subject of human rights around the globe. International Covenant on Civil and Reli­ rights and the treatment of Jews and No nation can claim an unblemished gious Rights state that "In those States in other minorities in the U.S.S.R. record in the area of human rights or civil which ethnic, religious or linguistic minori­ liberties. No ideology has extended to its de­ ties exist, persons belonging to such minori­ Congressman MILLER also met with tractors the same tolerance enjoyed by its leaders in the refusenik community supporters. ties shall not be denied the right in commu­ and held extensive private talks with nity with the other members of their group, There are many issues between our gov­ to enjoy their own culture, to profess and Soviet leaders during which he cited ernments which must be resolved in order practice their own religion, or to use their Soviet and international law as to promote international peace and domes­ language." tic security for our nations. It is critical that grounds for allowing Jews and other The Helsinki Final Act declared that par­ Soviet citizens the right to practice we learn to trust each other sufficiently to ticipating nations shall "fulfill their obliga­ their religion or emigrate freely. undertake the serious discussions, and to tions as set forth in the international decla­ I have read Congressman MILLER's take the bold steps, which are required to reduce the unconscionable danger of nucle­ rations and agreements" in the field of statement, and I am impressed with ar annihilation. human rights, and requires that states his thoughtfulness. I want to share I am sure that the other members of this afford national minorities "the full opportu­ that statement with all fellow Mem­ delegation share with me a sense of opti­ nity for the actual enjoyment of human bers of the House, and I urge all our mism as a result of the resumption of the rights and fundamental freedom." As colleagues to review it. · ar~ns control talks in Geneva, and the po­ one whose public career has been de­ The statement follows: tential summit meeting between President voted to the reduction of tensions between Nations, I must tell you in all candor that STATEMENT OF U.S. CONGRESSMAN GEORGE Reagan and Secretary Gorbachev. Arms control is a vital issue, but it is not the overwhelming, impartial evidence com­ MILLER, SEVENTH DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA pels me to conclude that the Soviet Union The visit of this delegation from the the only issue. And while the question of human rights may not impinge directly on has failed, and continues to fall, to abide by United States House of Representatives to these guarantees. the Soviet Union presents a timely opportu­ the issue of nuclear weapons, the degree to which each Nation abides by treaty obliga­ As one who believes that the negotiation nity for improving relations between our of a reduction in the level of nuclear weap­ governments and our people .. tions in the area of human rights cannot help but affect its credibility with respect to onry is our highest priority, I must tell you Earlier this year, a new Congress took that the Soviet record in the area of human office in the United States, and President meeting other agreements. Members of this delegation disagreed on rights enforcement inevitably tarnishes the Reagan was inaugurated to his second term credibility of your Nation in the Congress of in office. Just last month, the leadership of our approach to other issues which lie be­ tween the Soviet and American govern­ the United States with respect to compli­ the Soviet Union changed, witn the passing ance with arins limitation agreements. of Mr. Chernenko and the elevation of Gen­ ments. But let there be no mistake: we are eral Secretary Gorbachev. in full accord that the just treatment of re­ The plight of Soviet Jews illustrates the Next month, our nations will commemo­ ligious, ethnic and national minorities is an grounds for that concern. Over the last sev­ rate the fortieth anniversary of the ending indelible, and appropriate, part of our eral years, the expanded emigration of the of a terrible war, a struggle in which the agenda. late 1970s, which was so welcome, has United States and the Soviet Union were I am fully aware of the sensitivity of this slowed nearly to a halt. From a peak of allied against totalitarianism, militarism, issue, and I intend to discuss it with full re­ 51,300 Jewish emigrants in 1979, the and persecution. spect for your leaders and your laws. You number has been cut radically, to just 896 in The world in which we live today is very know of our concerns; we know of your 1984. In February of this year, just 88 much the product of that war. And while counter-charges and responses. Neverthe­ Soviet Jews were permitted to leave. the great powers have largely known peace less, we will continue to raise the Soviet In place of a policy of liberal emigration among theinselves, we have not enjoyed record on human rights until we are con­ has come a tightening of exit requirements, friendship. Suspicion, far more than trust, vinced that it no longer presents the barrier including limitations on who may apply for and tension far more than cordiality, have between us which unfortunately it does an exit permit, complicated forins, long marked relations between our countries today. delays and bureaucratic obfuscation. While since 1945. We have different laws and different cul­ the Soviet government alleges that the re­ Yet forty years ago, how common our pur­ tures. I do not seek to impose the standard duction of emigres is attributable to the di­ pose seemed; not just victory over Hitler, of American law upon you. But we do hold minishing in the number of those seeking to but victory over the corruption he perpe­ you accountable for abiding by your own leave, the facts belie this claim. trated. As allies, we won not only a great law and the international law into which Jewish Soviet citizens are suffering eco­ victory over the Nazis, but also liberation you have voluntarily entered. nomic punishment, imprisonment, physical for the nations and the peoples whom the Trust is a critical ingredient in these nego­ and psychological abuse, family separation, fascists had enslaved. tiations. But trust cannot be purchased, and and religious intolerance because they ~h

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. 8302 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 17, 1985 to exercise not only their religious teach­ at a worldwide Jewish conspiracy and ac­ In the Soviet Union, Jews celebrated this ings, but their legal rights as Soviet citizens. cused Jewish dissidents of treason. holiday as they did in all other nations. But You may claim all who wish to leave have The narrator in this film alleges that, Soviet Jews did not have the religious mate­ left; we will visit, during this· trip, some of "Deceiving Jews is a part of a global psycho­ rials or sufficient spiritual leaders; they those who have waited years, in some cases, logical war against the Communist system chanted the prayers in the Haggadah under for permission to emigrate. . . . The Zionist propaganda is directed first the pale of official condemnation of Hebrew You may claim the "refuseniks" are crimi­ of all against our country. Thousands of or­ as a subversive language. nals; but their so-called "crimes"-the ganizations, centers, conferences and com­ And for tens of thousands of Soviet Jews, teaching of Hebrew, the distribution of reli­ mittes influence public opinion in the West the Seder's closing-"Next Year in Jerusa­ gious tracts-are guaranteed both by Soviet in a spirit of Zionism, and they slander our leum"-has a profound and personal mean­ law and international agreement. people and government." ing. You may claim that Jews in the Soviet In February of this year, another program As we prepared to depart for this mission, Union are free to practice their culture and was broadcast on Moscow television. This we were heartened by reports that your gov­ their religion; the evidence-and I have per­ program, entitled "Conspiracy against the ernment was actively considering granting sonally seen it-strongly suggests an official U.S.S.R.", equated Zionism, Nazism, and the exit visas to 280 Jewish families. We pro­ tolerance for, if not encouragement of, anti­ U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. foundly hope this report is accurate, and Semitism. Nor are these the only examples of grow­ that it represents a first step towards a In the Ukraine, Yakov Levin was arrested ing anti-Semitism. In April, 1983, the Anti­ return to the more enlightened emigration for circulating religious materials. As evi­ Zionist Committee was created. That same policies of the late 1970s. dence, prosecutors cited his possession of year, the official youth newspaper Komso­ Open the doors to those who desire to Leon Uris' book, "Exodus." He was sen­ molskaya Pravda declared that the meaning leave, and reduce the oppressiveness on tenced to 3 years in prison for anti-Soviet of Zionism is "to tum every Jew, no matter those who must remain. At the very least, slander. Charges against a friend, Yakov where he lives, into a traitor to the country grant exit visas to those who have suffered Mesh, were dropped because Mesh "sus­ where he was born." The newspaper Lentns­ Imprisonment, those who are aged or in tained life threatening injuries from a beat­ kaya Pravda denounced Israel as a "money­ poor health, those who have endured years ing administered at the time of his arrest", grubbers' paradise" and suggested that the of waiting, so that they may at long last join according to a report issued by the U.S. desire to learn and speak Hebrew was "far relatives abroad. State Department. from cultural, but is strictly political." En route to the Soviet Union, we stopped Last December, Iosif Berenshtein of Kiev This vicious rhetoric repeats longstanding in Munich, West Germany. Together with was sentenced to four years in prison for al­ and highly offensive characterizations of some other members of our delegation, I vis­ legedly "resisting arrest." He was placed in members of the Jewish faith. To equate Zi­ ited Dachau, the site one of the Nazi death an isolation cell with two hard-core crimi­ onism with Judaism, in itself, is inaccurate; camps where millions of Jews and other mi­ nals who assaulted him with broken glass, to suggest that learning Hebrew-which is norities were exterminated. During that blinding him in one eye. essential to the practice of Judaism-is visit I appreciated, as I never have before, Irina Ratushinskaya, a Ukranian poet, "anti-Soviet" contradicts your own laws re­ the terrible tragedy of World War II-a was sentenced to 7 years of hard labor for garding the right of cultural minorities to tragedy endured at greater human cost to joining human rights demonstrations and learn their own languages. the Soviet Union than any other combatant. attempting to emigrate. To allege-as your government does-that Out of our common victory in that strug­ According to Catherine Cosman, a the refuseniks represent a serious danger to gle came a hope for international peace. We member of the Helsinki Commission which the stability of the Soviet state is a proposi­ stal'ld today at a critical moment in the monitors compliance with the Final Act, 3 tion so lacking in credibility that it is dis­ search for that peace. We have begun the leading Ukrainian dissidents have died in missed by every Impartial observer in the negotiations whose success could end the the last year-Yuri Litvin, Valery Mar­ world. arms race, but whose failure could endanger chenko, and Oleksy Tykhty-all of them im­ But even if your own allegations about the the very survival of our planet. prisoned for their human rights activities. refuseniks are accurate-which we vigorous­ This delegation comes to the Soviet Union Indeed, Ms. Cosman reports a terrible in­ ly dispute-why mandate that they remain in the spirit of reconciliation. We wish to crease in physical abuse of prisoners of con­ in the Soviet Union? If the free expression communicate to you, and to the Soviet science since the mid-1979s, and particularly of their beliefs and the practice of their reli­ people, our sincere desire for peace and im­ after 1983. gion present a challenge to the State, why proved relations on a wide range of issues. Hundreds of the Helsinki Watch monitors not grant them the only requests they are Human rights is one of those issues. It is have been jailed in the U.S.S.R. for the making: the right to leave; the right to be inseparably linked to all of the other issues. crime of urging Soviet compliance with the reunited with their families; the right to be On this we agree and will not bend. As Abra­ 1975 accords which your government volun­ repatriated to Israel? ham Lincoln declared, "Important princi­ tarily signed. Tatyana Osipova, a monitor, I want to emphasize our equally strong ples may and must be inflexible." No princi­ has been imprisoned for nearly a year and concerns about other nationalities and reli­ ple is more dear to us than personal free­ began a hunger strike because she could not gions which are denied rights due them dom. meet with her husband, Ivan Kovalvov, also under Soviet law and international accords. In the past, cordiality between our coun­ a prisoner. There have been substantial reductions in tries has contributed to greater tolerance Dozen of other Soviet citizens who sought the number of Germans and Armenians al­ toward Soviet Jews and relaxed emigration compliance with the Final Act have been lowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union. policies. I hope that the good will exhibited sent to prisons, labor camps, and psychiatric Siberian Pentecostals, Baptists and Chris­ by this delegation toward our hosts and the hospitals. They did not seek to destroy the tians, like Soviet Jews, have waited years for Soviet people will again contribute to modi­ Soviet state; they did not urge violence or emigration permits. fications in the human rights policies of sedition; they sought only to have their gov­ Some are in jail, like Ukrainian Catholic which I have spoken today. ernment comply with international law leader Iosyp Terelya, founder of the Initia­ which Soviet officials had solemnly ratified. tive Group for the Rights of Believers, I assure you that the improvement of Many have thus far escaped the punish­ Father Gleb Yakunin of the Christian Com­ those policies will certainly help to create ment of the prison camps. They live in legal mittee, and Lithuanian priest Alfonsas Svar­ an atmosphere of trust which will reduce limbo, denied the right to practice their pro­ inskas of the Catholic Committee. Others, the threat of war and to promote closer re­ fessions while standing accused of "parasit­ like the Jehovah's Witnesses, suffer con­ lations between our countries and our ism" and indifference to public service. stant persecution. people.e Nor is emigration the only right denied The punishment of these people, and Jews in the U.S.S.R. The freedom to prac­ many more, illustrates that it is not Zionism tice the Jewish faith, to study Hebrew and which is the so-called crime, but rather the REMEMBER THE GULF OF Jewish culture, to possess Hebrew language free expression and practice of religion-a TONKIN literature and to publish Jewish journals­ right guaranteed by Soviet law. all these rights are supposedly assured by Last week, millions of Jews throughout HON. DON EDWARDS Soviet law, and yet none is widely available. the world celebrated the holiday of Pass­ Within just the last few months, there over, which commemorates the exodus of OF CALIFORNIA have been deeply disturbing signs of a the Jewish people from Bondage in Egypt. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES reawakening-and official sanctioning-of The holiday is a Jewish one, but the lesson Wednesday, April17, 1985 anti-Semitism is the Soviet Union. A televi­ is universal: it commemorates the triumph sion documentary, broadcast in Leningrad of faith over oppression and of freedom over e Mr. EDWARDS of California. Mr. last November and elsewhere since, hinted slavery. Speaker, I want to recommend to my April 17, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8303 distinguished colleagues an outstand­ ing. But with a blanket authorization in Highway project in New York. Puccio ing editorial by the senior Senator hand and U.S. troops already in combat, the proves that the goals of the project from California. The editorial is very White House would be in strong position to encompass much more than the devel­ get what it wanted from a Congress reluc­ right in illuminating that the Presi­ tant to "withdraw under fire." opment of a highway. At the same dent's request for Contra aid can lead This is not simply a debate over parlia­ time, he shows how these goals have to far more than $14 million and the mentary formalisms, over the proper mech­ become obsolete in the context of editorial makes a very apt comparison anism for authorizing acts of war. We present day New York. Finally, he pro­ between the President's request for should take the opportunity provided by vides sound rationale for excluding the military aid to the Contras and. the next week's first full, public Senate debate Westway from Federal interstate high­ 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution. and vote on military operations against the way funding and supporting New Mr. Speaker. the editorial follows: Sandinistas to consider an escalating U.S. policy gone wrong. York's trade-in option. REMEMBER THE GULF OF TONKIN Our Nicaragua policy is wrong because it PRos AND CONS OF WESTWAY is immoral: U.S. taxpayer dollars should not Westway itself is not all black and white. The Senate vote on the President's bid to be used to sponsor acts of international ter­ Thus, while the opponents tend to charac­ expand mUitary operations against Nicara­ rorism in Nicaraguan villages, harbors and terize the project as a boondoggle, its sup­ gua is not simply a question of approving cities. porters believe that Westway is a unique op­ another $14 million for "secret" anti-Sandi­ It is wrong because it is illegal: U.S. fund­ portunity that can provide the City with a nista operations. The stakes could be far ing of military efforts to overthrow a gov­ revitalized waterfront on the lower West higher. Under the terms of the Nicaragua ernment that we recognize violates not only Side, a superior transportation connection, a resolution that will be before Congress next the charter to the United Nations and the major source of jobs and a base for expand­ week, the President will be requesting au­ Organization of American States but our ed real estate development. Each of these thorization of what could substitute for a own Constitution as well. points contains elements of truth. At the virtual declaration of war. It is wrong because it violates our national same time, they are elements that should be Examine closely the precise language that principles: No matter how we deplore the understood in context. the White House is trying to have adopted: Sandlnistas' curbs on civil liberties and their "Congress approves the obligation and ex­ support from Havana and Moscow, we must WATERFRONT CLEAN·UP AND PARKLAND penditure of funds available for fiscal year not adopt the attitude that our ends justify As planned, Westway would clean up the 1985 for supporting directly or indirectly our means. We ill serve America's mission of largely derelict waterfront between 42nd military or paramilitary operations in Nica­ promoting democracy when we emulate our Street and Battery Park City, and it would ragua." adversary's most deplorable tactics. provide the lower West Side with a signifi­ An affirmative vote on this proposal But for those who feel that morality and cant <93-acre> park border. This would cer­ would provide an even more specific and legality and national principles have no tainly be an improvement as compared to generous license than Congress gave the ex­ place on a troubled planet, I would hope existing conditions, with the park providing ecutive in 1964 in the fateful Gulf of Tonkin that the impracticality of current Adminis­ special benefits by opening the waterfront resolution. That sufficed for more than a tration efforts would be decisive. to public access. The cost of achieving this, decade as a substitute for declaration of war The fact is that U.S.-bankrolled efforts to however, would be immense-i.e., the $2 to against Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. More undermine the Sandlnistas have proven ut­ $4 billion that will be required to construct than 50,000 American troops died in the terly counterproductive. They have in­ the landfill. supposedly "limited" war authorized by the creased domestic, nationalist support for Of equal importance, the clean-up of the 1964 congressional resolution. the Sandlnistas. They have isolated Nicara­ waterfront no longer .depends on Westway. Congress believed that the Gulf of Tonkin guans opposed to the Sandinistas and have Much of it could be done in connection with resolution simply provided rhetorical back­ made them, by association, allies of CIA­ the construction of an improved surface ar­ ing of a popular President for a show of backed terrorists. They have provided the terial funded through the trade-ln. Among force against a pesky Third World nation. Sandinistas with ready-made excuses for other things, the work could include the de­ But the White House subsequently used the curbing press and political freedoms and for velopment of a border park and promenade hurried-through resolution as a far more relying heavily on Warsaw Pact nations for along the waterfront, likewise opening the broad grant of authority. Interviews con­ security assistance. And after four years and Hudson to public access. In addition, once ducted for a recent Senate study showed nearly $100 million in U.S. taxpayer funds, the overhang of Westway was removed, that key officials in the 1964 Administration these efforts have failed to wrest one inch there can be little doubt that private sector recognized this opportunity. McGeorge of soil from the Sandinistas' control. A reso­ developers would promptly seek to rehabUi­ Bundy, then the national security adviser, lution authorizing direct or indirect military tate and re-use the existing waterfront, Just conceded, "Congress surely did not believe or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua will as they have in Boston, Baltimore and San in 1964 that it was voting for the war that not help either. Francisco. When Westway was planned, the happened." Yet, as Bundy noted, the Execu­ On the lOth anniversary of our withdraw­ adjacent neighborhoods were largely indus­ tive branch later persisted "in describing al from our "limited war" in Vietnam, we trial; and thus, the waterfront was unattrac­ the resolution as the func­ should recall some of the lessons of oppos­ tive for development. Today, however, with tional equivalent of a declaration of war." ing nationalist movements in urban and Greenwich Village, Tribeca and lower Man­ Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, who was deputy jungle warfare on their own soil. hattan residential communities having al­ attorney general in 1964, later admitted Just as the Gulf of Tonkin resolution did, ready expanded to West Street, the water­ that the reported torpedoing of U.S. ships the Nicaragua authorization could open the front is prime real estate that would clearly in waters off Vietnam was "nothing." But door for a war that the American people do attract private sector investment. Katzenbach would insist in key 1967 con­ not understand, will not support and do not The surface level alternatives would not gressional hearings that the Gulf of Tonkin believe hold the promise of advancing our provide the same magnitude of parkland as resolution "is as broad an authorization for national interest in stable democratic devel­ Westway. On the other hand, the uncertain­ the use of armed forces for a purpose as any opments in a turbulent region. ties would be less. For example, until recent­ declaration of war." Congress must not repeat the tragic error ly it had always been assumed that the Westway park would be olution, it would give the President arguable built using interstate funds. However, the justification for immediate use of the sub­ New York State Office of Parks & Recrea­ stantial U.S. mUitary forces that we have THE PUCCIO REPORT ON tion has recently indicated that the park amassed on Nicaragua's borders. These WESTWAY-PART II might not be able to be built as planned. forces include 5,000 U.S. troops that the This development serves to underscore what Pentagon has engaged this month in infan­ HON. FRANK J. GUARINI has long been a concern of opponents and try, tank and air support exercises rumbling proponents alike-i.e., that Federal inter­ within three miles of Nicaragua's border. OF NEW JERSEY state funding may not, in fact, be available The Pentagon also has maintained a semi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for some of the most important features of permanent naval presence within sight of Wednesday, April17, 1985 Westway.

8304 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 17, 1985 ' TRANSPORTATION CONNECTION ture or to subsidize developers or tenants> Agency and the other Federal fisheries There is no doubt that Westway would will deny those resources to potential agencies claimed that the area was far from provide a better transportation connection projects in other areas; as a consequence, the wasteland which the state portrayed, than any of the alternatives. Again, howev­ development in areas such as the South the State's response was that the agency po­ er, the context is important. Bronx, Long Island City and other locations sitions were absolutely without basis. In the first place, this connection would in Manhattan could be undercut. Eventually, the State agreed to do further be obtained only at tremendous cost-$2-4 ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS sampling which it asserted would prove the billion including $200-400 million in State The potential for adverse environmental area to be of no value. Instead, the field funds. Second, the time savings that would impacts must also be·recognized. The threat work conducted by the firm of Lawler, Ma­ result from this expenditure would be five of severe damage to the Hudson River fish­ tusky & Skelly will cut them off from the and the State issued their report on the hattan, major outlays would be required for Hudson and disorient existing integrated sampling, they did not disclose this; but, to · the roadway section from 42nd Street north population, due to pressures on rents and the contrary; they obscured the results both to 72nd Street; and since this segment of other secondary impacts. For a City which through inaccurate text and manipulated the West Side Highway does not have inter­ is trying to hold on to its middle class, this graphs. Equally important, they misrepre­ state designation, the State would have to is an important issue. sented the seriousness of the concerns of supply up to 30% of the required funds. All of the preceding concerns assume, the Corps of Engineers, even after openly Fourth, contrary to the claims of Westway's moreover, that the landfill can be complet­ recognizing them in a meeting with the supporters, truck traffic on local streets and ed. However, if Westway's costs increase Highway Administration, held a few weeks avenues would be minimally affected by substantially-which cannot be discounted before the report was issued. Westway, with reductions being small as as unlikely-adequate funds simply may not JUDGE GRIESA'S FINDINGS contrasted to the grade level arterial. In be available from the Highway Trust Fund. short, while Westway would offer a better If this should prove to be the case, either All of this came out in the trial before vehicular connection than the alternatives, the State would have to make up the differ­ Judge Griesa, whose findings included .the the differences would be quite modest in all ence or the landfill construction would following It is under­ given the extended construction schedule standable that construction unions and con­ for Westway and the extraordinary com­ 4. The State and its consultants acted in tractors should support Westway, since it plexity of the proposed work. bad faith and conspired with the Federal seems to gleam with gold. In reality, howev­ TROUBLE FOR THE TUNNELS? Highway Administration to suppress the er, the trade-in would have its own substan­ The last point is underscored by one new information on potential fisheries im­ tial employment benefits, and in all likeli­ recent development which raises serious pacts and to deceive the public. hood, these would accrue more equally to concerns in its own right. The landfill would 5. The State's key witnesses, including minorities than would be the case with extend from just north of Battery Park City Lowell Bridwell, whom the State selected as Westway. to approximately 30th Street-a stretch Westway Executive Director, had not been candid or truthful in their testimony. In ad­ REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITY which includes the PATH tubes and the Holland and Amtrak tunnels. Initially, it eral funds would fall short and the State same time, Boston expanded its trade-in re­ will have to be financed through other would have to underwrite the balance. quest and Washington, D.C., followed the public or private sources and given existing DECEPTION REQUIRES INVESTIGATION same course to finance its Metro. fiscal constaints

.. April 17, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8305 NYSDOT officials will probably continue gross revenues of more than $236 mil­ (2) sell each ticket at the price of $1.00; to contend hold a drawing for prizes each month; past several years> that Westway is just 1984levels. and around the comer, if only the Governor will <4> award five prizes at each monthly hang in there. In my view, this simply is not It is impossible if not inaccurate to drawing. so, for reasons that I have already noted. try and make projections on how (b) REGULATIONS.-The Secretary shall But what is equally important to recognize much a national lottery could gener­ issue regulations to carry out this Act, in­ is that the "hang in there" theory has al­ ate in terms of reducing the deficit. cluding regulations prescribing- ready cost the State and City important op­ What is clear, however, is that partici­ <1 > the types of games to be conducted in portunities; and if it remains the controlling pation holds the key to how much rev­ the lottery; principle, it will, in my view, have a like out­ enue could be raised. According to <2> the manner of selecting winning tick­ come in the future. some excellent research provided to ets; One last point is also worth noting: even if (3) the amounts of prizes to be paid to Westway is pursued and ultimately ap­ me by the Economics Division of the holders of winning tickets; proved, the State and City will face an un­ Congressional Research Service, if <4> the manner of payment of prizes to stable future. The duration of construction every person eligible to participate in holders of winning tickets; itself will be uncertain. More than this, my lottery were to buy just nine $1 <5> the locations at which tickets may be however, the State and City will continually tickets per month for a year, we could sold; have to be cashing in their chips to keep slash our deficit by 10 percent, or by <6> the method to be used in selling lot­ Federal funding on track. This will not be a over $18 billion. Obviously, the more tery tickets; and free charge. To the contrary, programs of one buys the more is reduced with the <7> such other matters as may be consid­ State-wide importance may have to be cut optimum situation being if every eligi­ ered necessary by the Secretary for the effi­ back, due to the large Federal allocations to cient and economical operation and adminis­ Westway. Furthermore, so long as the Fed­ ble person were to buy 90 $1 tickets tration of the lottery. eral government continues to spend hun­ per month for a year, the entire deficit (C) DEPOSITS INTO TRI:ASURY.-The Secre­ dreds of millions of dollars annually on could be wiped out. tary shall deposit amounts received from Westway, it will be difficult to persuade I fully realize that the idea of each the sale of national lottery tickets into the Senators and representatives from other person buying that many lottery tick­ general fund of the Treasury. states that New York is deserving of capital ets may seem extreme. However, my (d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.-The Secretary funds for other critical infrastructure needs. point is we should give serious consid­ shall report to Congress every month on the In short, in the end, Westway may well be eration to any proposal which has a total revenues and expenditures of the na­ more of a burden than a boon in terms of tional lottery. obtaining allocations of Federal funding.e realistic chance of reducing our Feder­ TI:METABLE.-The Secretary shall issue .al deficit, especially those which do the regulations required by this section not not extract higher taxes or make dra­ later than 180 days after the date of the en­ A NATIONAL LOTTERY IS IN conian cuts in spending for important actment of this Act and shall begin oper­ ORDER TO HELP REDUCE DEF­ social programs. I propose a national ation of the national lottery as soon after ICIT lottery as one such idea. the regulations are issued as may be practi­ The idea of a national lottery does cable. not come without some support. A (f) OPERATION THROUGHOUT UNITED HON. MARIO BIAGGI STATES.-The national lottery established by OF NEW YORK · Gallup Poll indicated that 62 percent this Act may be carried out in every State, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of those surveyed gave support to the notwithstanding any other law of the idea of a national lottery. Four addi­ Wednesday, April17, 1985 United States, of a State, or of a political tional States approved a national lot­ subdivision of a State. e Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, today I tery in the November 1984 elections. SEC. 3. CRIMINAL PENALTIES. am pleased to introduce legislation My bill does not propose to have a na­ TICKET SALEs.-Any person who- which would establish a national lot­ tional lottery supersede any existing <1 > sells a national lottery ticket ·to a tery to help our Nation in its effort to State lottery, rather be conducted in person under the age of 18 years; or reduce our record Federal deficit. conjunction with State lotteries. <2> sells a national lottery ticket at a price Under my proposal, a national lottery I would add that my legislation pro­ greater than $1.00; would be established. Persons aged 18 vides safeguards against common shall be fined not more than $100,000 or im­ and over would be able to play and abuses that might pop up on the con­ prisoned not more than one year, or both. purchase tickets at a cost of $1. The (b) COUNTERFEIT TICKETS.-Any person duct of a lottery. It prohibits and es­ who, with intent to defraud- , lottery would award 5 prizes each tablishes penalties for those selling a <1> falsely makes, forges, counterfeits, or month of the year, for a total of 12 ticket to someone under the age of 18, alters any national lottery ticket; or separate lotteries each year on the na­ selling a ticket for more than the price (2) sells a falsely made, forged, counter­ tional level. Under my bill a full 75 established by the Secretary of the feited, or altered national lottery ticket; · percent of all revenues raised under Treasury or counterfeiting or altering shall be fined not more than $250,000 or im­ the national lottery would be ear­ tickets. prisoned not more than 15 years, or both. marked to reduce the principal on the At this point in the RECORD I would (C) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.-Chapter Federal debt. Of the remaining 25 per­ like to insert the full text of my legis­ 61 of title 18 of the United States Code shall cent, 20 percent would be reserved for lation and urge its careful consider­ not apply with respect to the national lot­ prizes, and 5 percent would go toward ation by my colleagues. tery conducted under this Act. administrative costs. H.R. 2074 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FUND. I offer this legislation with the EsTABLISIDIENT.-There is established A bill to establish a national lottery to in the Treasury of the United States a trust knowledge that lotteries have been reduce the Federal deficit fund to be known as the "National Lottery conducted successfully at the State Be it enacted by the Senate and Howe of and Deficit Reduction Trust Fund" EsTABLISHKENT.-There is hereby es­ There are hereby appropriated, out of any tablished a national lottery, which shall be money in the Treasury not otherwise appro­ been the most successful, revenue per administered and operated by the Secretary priated, to the Trust Fund amounts deter­ capita has exceeded $1 a week. On a of the Treasury. In operating the lottery, mined by the Secretary to be equivalent to- national scale, according to economist the Secretary shall- the amounts received in the Treasury Alfred Tella writing in the New York <1> sell tickets only to persons 18 years of from ticket sales for the national lottery es­ Times, this would produce weekly age or older; tablished by this Act; and 8306 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 17, 1985 the fines imposed under section 3. agement in reducing the risk of nucle­ raise the level of confidence and would <2> The amounts appropriated by para­ ar catastrophe. reduce the possibility of the use of nuclear graph <1> shall be transferred at least Preventing nuclear war is perhaps weapons. monthly from the general fund of the the most urgent task of our era. The President Reagan has proposed that if we Treasury to the Trust Fund on the basis of develop such a system, we offer to provide estimates made by the Secretary of the Levitas article is a timely discussion of this system-the most costly, secret and sen­ amounts referred to in such paragraph. Ad­ this key question and I am therefore sitive technology we could possibly have-to justments shall be made in the amount sub­ presenting it for your review. the Soviet Union. But is it plausible that sequently transferred to the extent prior es­ The text of the article follows: the Soviet Union will sit by idly while the timates were in excess of or less than the TALKS ARE OFF TARGET IN GENEVA, MAKING United States develops this capability in amounts required to be transferred. PEAcE A NUMBERS GAME hopes that we will give it to them? (c) INVESTMENT.-<1) The Secretary shall If we are, in fact, willing to share with the invest such portion of the Trust Fund as is The only good thing about the arms con­ Soviet Union the fruits of our Star Wars not, in his judgment, required to meet cur­ trol talks in Geneva, Switzerland, is that technology, would it not be better to negoti­ rent withdrawals. Such investments may be they are taking place. Obviously, having any ate now for a means of joint development? made only in interest-bearing obligations of dialogue and contact in the name of peace is If such a joint development was undertaken, the United States and may be acquired- preferable to escalating levels of confronta­ then neither side would be pushed to devel­ on original issue at the issue price; or tion with a possibility of miscalculation and op independently against the other's offen­ by purchase of outstanding obligations ensuing disaster. sive ballistic missiles. at the market price. The bad part, however, is that the Geneva If we are prepared-as President Reagan <2> Any obligation acquired by the Trust agenda does not contain items that could has said-to share that technology with the Fund may be sold by the Secretary at the really make the world a safer place. It deals Soviets at some point, then surely the time market price. mostly with numbers of warheads, missiles, to negotiate the arrangements for making it <3> The interest on, and the proceeds from bombers and the like. Even a "successful" available is at the beginning of the process the sale or redemption of, any obligations negotiation will leave the numbers too high. rather then at the end.e held in the Trust Fund shall be credited to In short, what is being discussed in and form a part of the Trust Fund. Geneva is the wrong subject. Let us assume SEC. 5. PURPOSE OF THE TRUST FUND. for a moment that the arms treaty could be DON'T FUND THE CONTRAS Amounts in the Trust Fund shall be avail­ written tomorrow morning. Would it reduce able only for the following purposes and in the arsenals of thermonuclear warheads the following amounts: from present levels to 3,000 on each side, or HON. VIC FAZIO <1> Not less than 75 percent shall be use.d even some lesser number? No one seriously OF CALIFORNIA to reduce the principal on the Federal debt. viewing the talks in Geneva believes that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES <2> Not less than 20 percent shall be used such a marvelous conclusion could occur. to pay prizes due to holders of winning na­ Remaining arsenals still would be sufficient Wednesday, April17, 1985 tional lottery tickets. to deal indescribable damage, if not ulti­ • Mr. FAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I rise <3> Not more than 5 percent shall be used mate destruction, to both the United States, today to draw my colleagues attention for administering and operating the nation­ the Soviet Union and most of the Northern to insightful article by Adolfo Perez al lottery. Hemisphere. Esquivel, which appeared in the New SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATlON. We are seeking solutions that make the There are authorized to be appropriated potential danger only marginally less cata­ York Times on March 30. to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums strophic. The real issue is not how can we Mr. Speaker, I have no illusions as may be necessary for fiscal year 1986 for reduce the· number of these weapons, but about the Sandinistas and their gov­ purposes of operating and administering the why do we have them to begin with? The ernment. We do not advocate it for the national lottery established under this Act. answer is rather simple. First, we distrust people of Nicaragua or the other na­ SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. each other. Second, we are afraid that, if tions of Central America. However, it either side gains an obvious nuclear advan­ For purposes of this Act- tage over the other, the very threat of using does not follow from our concern that <1> the term "Secretary" means the Secre­ that power may result in achieving the ad­ we should arm reactionaries from the tary of the Treasury; and versary's defeat. Somoza dictatorship to rain terror on <2> the term "State" means a State of the The Soviet Union has nothing to fear the hapless civilians of Nicaragua. United States, the District of Columbia, the from the United States in terms of offensive The Reagan administration should Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any ter­ nuclear weaponry. Our history since World adopt a new policy that emphasizes ritory and possession of the United States. War II would demonstrate that. Our strate­ SEC. 8. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. negotiations, that reduces conflict gic planning, our order of battle, our force rather than escalates conflict, that Section 3005 of title 39 of the United structure, and our deployments would make States Code is amended by adding at the that clear. The same .is not true of the Sovi­ brandishes incentives to move away end the following new subsection: ets. We cannot have any agreements with from the Soviets rather than swords "(e) Nothing in this section shall prohibit them that are not independently verifiable that insure the very outcome the ad­ the mailing of any ticket or other material and self-executing. ministrations wants to avoid. made for purposes of a national lottery con­ On the other hand, it is also true that the DoN'T FuND '1'HE "CoNTRAs" ducted under the National Lottery and Defi­ mutual fears and suspicions that we bear cit Reduction Act." .e are the reasons we have our weapons. run, be detrimental to those segments NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY, designed to prevent use and to educate our of society who cannot necessarily Washington. DC, March 12, 1985. people about the dangers of drugs. We afford to take courses or attend col­ DEAR REPRESENTATIVE/SENATOR: On should combine these efforts with programs lege. The current budget proposals for detoxification and treatment of drug Friday, February 22, the Administration re­ abusers, and continue research aimed at un­ will als.o affect the blind, a segment of vealed its Superfund reauthorization pro­ derstanding the causes and consequences of the population to whom braille serv­ posals. The undersigned organizations reject drug abuse. ices are essential. the Administration's legislative suggestions Some of our efforts against drug traffick­ There is no denying that books con­ and urge you to oppose the Administration ing are producing helpful signs, but overall tain a wealth of knowledge, and that bill. it is proving to be an exceedingly difficult trying to better educate oneself is a The current Superfund law ·expires in problem. To succeed, we must redouble our noble endeavor. We can't afford to September. In four and one half years EPA efforts at eradication, enforcement, and has cleaned up only a handful ·of sites­ education.e jeopardize the future of our country­ thousands of others remain unaddressed. a future that is dependent upon educa­ Dramatic improvements in the law are ur­ tion. Therefore, it is absolutely essen­ gently needed. Yet the Administration bill BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY tial to give strong support to library demonstrates a thorough lack of concern programs.e for the people whose lives and property are HON. CHARLES E. SCHUMER threatened by toxic substances. If enacted into law, the Administration's OI'NEWYORK SUPERFUND PROGRAM bill would: IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES Raise only 4.5 billion dollars in taxes over Wednesday, Aprtl17, 1985 HON. JAMES FLORIO 5 years to pay for Superfund clean up and other related programs. ployees for doing such an outstanding The EPA itself has estimated the cost of job. They have contributed much • Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, a recent cleaning up 1800 hazardous sites at $11.7 bil­ toward enhancing the reputation of letter from a coalition of major na­ lion. The real cost will be substantially the New York Public Library system tional environmental organizations higher. The states estimate that 7000, not and libraries nationwide. raises some valid concerns over the ad­ 1800, sites will need Superfund assistance The facilities at the 59 branches of ministration's proposal to reauthorize and the Office of Technology Assessment the Superfund Program. The coali­ has placed the Superfund price tag closer to the Brooklyn Public Library are uti­ $40 billion. The National Governor's Asso­ lized by the Brooklyn community on a tion's letter points out that the admin­ ciation called the Administration proposed daily basis. Cardholders enjoy valuable istration's bill would in reality only funding levels "totally inadequate." services ranging from children's educa­ raise $4.5 billion in 5 years rather than Threaten the integrity of the Superfund tional programs, cultural programs, the administration's projection of $5.3 tax base. Superfund is currently financed exhibits, facilities for the blind, pro­ billion. through a tax on basic chemical feedstocks grams for the elderly, Young Adult Putting aside the discrepancy in fig­ which has proven itself to be a highly reli­ Programs, research facilities, and com­ ures, the coalition points out that EPA able source of income. The Administration munity resources. Because the library itself has estimated it would cost $11.7 proposes to shift 60 percent of the Super­ fund tax base to an untried and unproven system in Brooklyn has so much to billion to clean up 1,800 of the Na­ waste end tax scheme. offer, it would be a terrible shame to tion's worst abandoned hazardous Significantly slow down the pace of clean­ curtail the innovative programs that waste sites. The General Accounting up by dramatically increasing the amount presently exist. Office, on the other hand, tells us that of money a state must contribute to re­ With this in mind, I find it incom­ 4,000 sites will qualify for Superfund sponse actions before Superfund cleanups prehensible that President Reagan cleanup and the States estimate that can begin. The state share of clean up costs wants to decrease the amount of fund­ the number of sites that will require at privately owned sites would double from ing currently being received by public Superfund assistance is closer to 7,000. 10 to 20 percent. The state share for state libraries. Libraries suffered greatly The coalition is also concerned over operated sites would increase from a mini­ mum of 50 to 75 percent. Many states have from the 1981 budget cuts. It is unfair an increase in the States' share of been unable to meet even their current Su­ to penalize the library system again. cleanup under the administration's perfund obligations in a timely manner. We must analyze the cause of the cur­ bill. Under the administration's bill Weaken current law by threatening com­ rent deficits and attack the source of the State share would increase from munities now protected by Superfund. The those deficits. Furthermore, it is a 10 percent to 20 percent. The State Administration's proposal prohibits Super­ well-known fact that the fiscal year share for State-operated sites would fund from being used to address certain 1986 budget proposal will allocate bil­ increase from 50 percent to 75 percent. classes of life threatening hazardous sub­ lions of dollars for the MX missile de­ States are already experiencing diffi­ stances releases (unless the President has fense system. It is ironic that the $70 culty meeting their 10-percent share, determined that a major emergency exists, and that no other person has the capability million it takes to produce just one not to mention that States must deal to respond to the emergency>. Many sites MX missile would more than ade­ with thousands of hazardous waste now proposed for Superfund action would quately support the New York Public sites on their own without any contri­ be denied federal assistance and sites not Library System for an entire year. bution from the Federal Government. yet proposed would be ineligible for the I can't imagine why anyone would The administration's bill would also basic studies needed to determine Super­ want to deny children the opportunity omit certain proposals that existed in fund eligibility. to participate in summer reading pro­ last year's House-passed Superfund For example, EPA could not routinely grams and other educational programs legislation. The administration's bill clean up poisoned drinking water supplies unless the contamination was known to be that encourage a love and respect of omits requirements for the setting of caused by a facility that handled hazardous books and libraries. I also recognize mandatory schedules for Superfund substances. Water supplies currently pro­ that the 529,555 registered borrowers cleanups as well as provisions for citi­ posed for inclusion on the National Priority who currently take advantage of the zen suits such as those contained in List would be removed from Superfund's ju­ diverse resources in the Brooklyn every othe.r major Federal environ- risdiction, including water supplies in, New April 17, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8309 York, California, Michigan, Minnesota, Ne­ no stadium would be big enough to seat the STUDENTS' QUESTIONS ABOUT braska, New Jersey, and North Carolina. people who'd want to come in and bet. And WORLD AFFAIRS EPA would be precluded from funding the the race tracks would be closed. studies needed to determine if other con­ Eighty-eight million people in the USA taminated water supplies should be cleaned gamble; 12 million are compulsive gamblers. HON.ROBERTK.DORNAN up. And 79 percent of all compulsive gamblers OF CALIFORNIA For example EPA would also not be able bet on sports events. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to routinely clean up public health threats With 5 percent of the population identi­ caused by the extraction and processing of fied as compulsive gamblers, there's no Wednesday, April17, 1985 ores and minerals. reason to believe that 5 percent of athletes, e Mr. DORNAN of California. Mr. Legalize substandard cleanup. The Admin­ managers, and the people in the broadcast istration's proposal allows EPA cleanups to booths and press boxes aren't the same. Speaker, I wish to recognize Mr. Jim violate public health standards and criteria The media are a significant part of the Silva, an outstanding teacher at LOs established under other relevant environ­ problem. The same newspapers and TV Amigos High School in Fountain mental laws for any reasons promulgated by commentators that leap to pillory a guy like Valley, CA. the agency in its National Contingency I addressed Mr. Silva's classes of 341 Plan. The National Contingency Plan, now Denny McLain are publishing point spreads, being proposed, sanctions dirty cleanups, by handicapping the horses, and providing students, plus 11 faculty members and allowing unnecessarily broad waivers for ap­ other services to gamblers. Compulsive gam- several parents recently and was very, plicable standards. . bling is an impulse reaction and seeing the very impressed with the broad range Fail to provide adequate health assess­ point spreads can be the spark that pushes of questions asked by the group. Stu­ ments at communities threatened by haz­ compulsive gamblers to place bets. dents touched on many of the ques­ ardous substances releases. The proposal Go to a sports event. You hear the buzz­ tions that my colleagues and I wrestle does not require EPA to initiate health as­ ing in the stands when the home team is ahead but isn't making the spread. Any time with each day as we work to develop sessments, regardless of the seriousness ·of effective public policy. the threat. there's an interception in football or a Fail to compel the clean up of dumps missed layup in basketball, you hear I would like to share most of the stu­ owned by the federal government. screaming that the game is being dumped. dents' questions with my colleagues. Fail to put EPA on a schedule to speed It's hard for sports to get and keep a clean How goes it with the high school stu­ cleanup. image. dents in your districts? These young Fail to address contamination of natural But when owners of sports teams are al­ people today are most impressive. resources which threaten the food chain. lowed to own race tracks or incur heavy Questions attached. Fail to clean up communities threatened gambling losses and still keep their fran­ by the release of petroleum products from chises, how can you pick on Mickey Mantle Why do we give so much foreign aid to leaking underground storage tanks. and Willie Mays for working for a casino? Israel? Do they receive more than their Fail to provide citizens with access to the I've worked with an ex-maJor league share of American foreign aid? courts to require EPA to carry out its duties player who got in trouble because of gam­ Who do you see as the strongest Republi­ under Superfund. bling, was sent to the minors, and ended up can contender in 88? Jack Kemp or George Fail to provide appropriate relief to vic­ out of baseball. I worked with a minor lea­ Bush. Isn't Vice President Bush, really a lib­ tims of hazardous substance releases includ­ guer who's no longer in baseball; gambling eral at heart? ing failing to establish a federal cause of took its toll. I know athletes playing now Do you agree with Senator Barry Gold­ action. who have serious gambling problems. water that the current administration is The Administration's proposals are wholly The answer is not to send athlete-gam­ throwing money at Defense contractors. out of touch with the needs of the American blers to jail or drive them out of their liveli­ The example Goldwater used, was a mili­ people for a strpng Superfun program. We hood. The answer-assuming they want tary tank costing 3 million dollars in 1979 urge you to reject the Administration's Su­ help and are willing to make restitution and the same tank costing 15 million in perfund bill. where called for-is to send them into reha­ 1982. Russell Peterson, President, National Au­ bilitation programs and Gamblers Anony­ Why was Cassius Clay entertained at the dubon Society; Alden Meyer, Director, Envi­ mous. White House, after he refused to serve in ronmental Action; Jack Sheehan, Legisla­ the military? Wasn't that an insult to the I know team owners who've bailed star American Men in uniform? tive Director, United Steelworkers Union; players out of their gambling debts or Martha Broad, Resource Specialist, Natural Do you feel Time magazine should have traded gambling players away to get rid of been forced to pay Israeli Defense Minister Resources Defense Council; Gene Kar­ them. But the answer is not to bail a gam­ pinski, Director, U.S. PIRG; Ira Arlook, Co­ Ariel Sharon for the libel they were guilty bler out, ship him out, or lock him out; the of committing against Sharon. Director, Citizen Action; Rabbi David Saper­ answer is to help him help himself out. stein, Director, Religious Act Center, Union What is the salary of a Congressman? of American Hebrew Congregation; A. GAMBLING SCANDALS Does the government pay for you to move Blakeman Eaz:ly, Washington Representa­ 1919-1922: Eight Chicago White Sox play­ your furniture back to Washington and tive, Sierra Club; Joan Claybrook, Presi­ ers conspired with gamblers to throw the back to California if you are defeated. Does dent, Public Citizen; Glenn Watts, Presi­ 1919 World Series. They were barred from the government ever pay for your family to dent, Communications Workers of Amer­ baseball for life. fly back to California? ica.e 1951: Two Manhattan College players Why does President Reagan allow moles were accused of accepting $5,000 to fix to work in top security areas. It seems like a games. Gambling scandals hit three other lot of vital information is leaked to the COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS NEED New York schools and Bradley University. press. What do you think of the Washing­ HELP 1952: Three ex-Kentucky stars were ton Post and their article on our secret mis­ charged with taking $500 in bribes to fix a sile. tournament game. What is Rep. Edward F. Feighan like as a HON. JIM COURTER person. Do you think he created problems in OF NEW JERSEY 1961: Two gamblers were charged with South Korea, at the airport? Isn't the Amer­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bribing University of Connecticut players to ican Ambassador upset with him? keep scoring down. · Wednesday, April17, 1985 Why did Jesse Jackson go to Cuba and 1963: NFL players Paul Hornung and Alex bring back criminals. Don't we have enough e Mr. COURTER. Mr. Speaker, I wish Karras were suspended for betting on foot­ dope dealers in this country now. Did he do to commend to my colleagues an excel­ ball games. it for a joke? lent article, "Compulsive Gamblers 1970: Denny McLain, baseball pitcher, was Do you feel Ted Kennedy will be hard for Need Help." suspended for alleged involvement with the Republicans to beat if he should get his bookmakers. parties Presidential nomination? He seems COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS NEED HELP 1979: A Boston College forward and four to be a very Christian fellow, with his cur­ others were convicted of conspiracy to rent trip to Africa and all. PARLIN, NJ.-If you took the pari-mutuel engage in sports bribery. Why did President Carter want to give the machines out of the race tracks and put 1982: NFL quarterback Art Schlichter was Panama Canal back? Do you feel that his them in the stadiums where football, base­ suspended for betting, and reinstated after top aide Hamilton Jordan gave him bad ball, basketball, and other sports are played, rehabilitation.• advice on numerous occasions? 8310 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 17, 1985 After watching the CBS nightly news with quote was cautionary. It reflected a late self as Marxist-Leninist, but ignores the fact Dan Rather, I get the feeling he is slanting 1982 Soviet policy decision to adopt a lower that Nicaragua's government also includes the news to favor liberals. How can the profile-because of the escalatory dynamic other tendencies, from "liberation theolo­ American people be protected from the Dan of American military pressure on Managua, gians" to Cordova Rivas, former head of the Rathers and Tom Brokaws. and because of growing realization of the Conservation Party. It notes guerrilla alli­ What is your definition of treason? limits of influence. Moscow gave enough to ances in El Salvador and Guatemala, but ig­ Why wasn't Jane Fonda tried for treason ward off accusations of betrayal. But she nores the fact that pro forma unity was im­ against the United States for her role in limited investment to one she could afford posed as a precondition for Cuban support, helping the North Viet Cong during the to lose. that internecine struggles continue, and VietNam conflict? The white paper figures show that Soviet­ that Soviet-oriented factions do not pre­ Do you feel the President is incompetent bloc military equipment still reaches Mana­ dominate. in military areas? The President said he was gua, but at a much-reduced rate. Today's ad· It speaks of peasant alienation and opposi­ responsible for the marines killed in Beirut. ministration figures show 1500 Soviet and tion to Cuban and East-bloc "foreigners", Rumor has it that our marine guards were East European trucks in Nicaragua; by early which is real, but ignores the fact the exten­ guarding the compound with empty rifles. 1983 there were already more than 1350. sive support for the Sandinistas, and for How could the President be that ignorant?e Similarly, the 110 T-55 medium tanks repre­ Salvadoran and Guatemalan rebels, is also sents only a modest increase on mid-1983 real; "elaborate series of corridors" numbers a The Subcommittee on Western duran or other jets). Soviet "satellite", either politically or eco­ Hemisphere Affairs, which I have the The spectre of Mig-21s, and of Bear recon­ nomically-and a broader look at the evi­ honor to chair, recently held a hearing naissance flights appears unduly alarmist. dence in fact suggests that she is not likely on the Soviet presence in Latin Amer­ The early-model Mig-21s (it entered service to become one. Moscow is resigned to mini­ ica. At that hearing, a noted scholar in 1959) that a country in Nicaragua's "ideo­ mal expectations. She has no illusions of and author of a State Department logical bracket" would normally receive this score; neither should Washington. study on the subject, Prof. e.G. Jacob­ would not ensure air superiority against Nicaragua is a garrison state. But Western Honduras. But that is irrelevant. Moscow journalists attest to considerable more free­ sen of the University of Miami, pre­ clearly appreciates Washington's position dom to travel and probe there than in Gua­ sented a critique of the white paper. that their introduction would constitute a temala. In fact, in terms of the killing or So that the Members will })ave the casus belli. Available evidence suggests maiming of Western observers over the last benefit of his analysis, I am submit­ Soviet determination not to be cast in the five years, Guatemala makes Nicaragua look . ting Professor Jacobsen's critique for role of instigator; it would dilute the propa­ like a veritable haven. the RECORD. ganda harvest that she expects to reap in Nevertheless, if the Sandinistas' Nicara­ the event of final U.S. action. gua is not "communist" in either the pure The article follows: Hypothetical Bear reconnaissance flights TH!: DEI'ENSE DEPARTMENT'S WHITE PAPER ON Marxist sense or in the Soviet sense, she is and Soviet naval faclllties at Bluefield Bay anti-American, and she does espouse an ide­ CENTRAL AKI:RICA fall in the same category; they would give ology, however diffuse, which does run The second Reagan administration's first, undesired credence to Washington threat counter to American interests. And while early 1985 white paper on Central America spectres. The most sensitive "targets" on Moscow might realize that she cannot con­ embodies and epitomizes all the problems the West Coast, in particular the Trident trol or dictate events in this region, she does that plagued its precursors. It is rhetorically base complex in Puget Sound, are in any aspire to influence and mischief; she also aggressive, and tendentious. But it contains case nearly as far from insecure Nicaragua views dynamics here not in the abstract, but few facts. Some of the hard data that is pre­ as they are from Soviet Far Eastern territo­ as integral components of a global picture, a sented is misleading, because it is presented ries. Similarly, no Naval commander with picture that also includes Afghanistan, and out of its proper context; some is mutually access to Cuban ports would voluntarily re­ other pressures closer to home. contradictory; none is new. deploy to a faclllty so exposed to sabotage The gross exaggerations of the adminis­ A credible case for reasoned American and attack, from such a plethora of hostile tration's preferred image of the region in­ concern can be made. The white paper does elements. vites rebuke, and distracts attention from not make it. It makes no reference to the The white paper is not consistent. Some the real causes for concern. Caricature in­ now impressive body of scholarship that is sections talk of real "Marxist" mllltary vites caricature, not debate. The administra­ available, and from which the solid data re­ threats and operations; elsewhere the tion's avoidance of real debate, indeed, its de quired for a realistic, balanced case could be danger is said to emenate from the "high facto suppression of read debate, is perturb­ extracted; nor does it refer to the exhaus­ degree of congruence in Soviet, Cuban and ing.e tively-documented Jacobsen Report of June 1984, on macy of America's posture is said to derive Soviet Attitudes Towards, Aid To, And Con­ from Nicaragua's position as a geographical A WARNING TO QADHAFI tacts With Central American Revolutionar­ neighbor, but when Nicaragua's force poten­ ies, which reflects the burgeoning trove of tial is compared to her "neighbors", U.S. academic research, and which does make forces in Honduras and off her coasts are HON. WM. S. BROOMFIELD the case. Substitution of a caricature spec­ excluded from consideration. . e Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, Bishop, to suggest deceitful Soviet masking The white paper lacks balance. It correct­ the administration's recent warning to of aggressive intent. But the full Gromyko ly states that Thomas Borge describes him- Libya on terrorist activities is wei- •. I '

April17, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8311 corned by all Americans who believe Speaking in Tripoli at the conclusion of HELSINKI HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 1'<1 that Qadhafi has gone too far in pro­ the first meeting of the Pan-Arab Command moting terrorism. The following New for Leading the Arab Revolutionary Forces, HON. SANDER M. LEVIN York Times article describes the he praised the suicide attacks on American and other installations in the region. OF MICHIGAN . Libyan leader's latest plans for terror­ "We want every one of us to say: I have ism. decided to die just to spite America," he IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As my colleagues know, Qadhafi re­ said. "If we could bring this nation to the Wednesday, April17, 1985 point where it possesses this determination cently announced the formation of a Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Mr. Speak­ "Pan Arab Command" to carry out it will definitely win." e He said violence should be brought to bear er, Senate Joint Resolution 15, calling acts of violence against the United against the United States and such coun­ for the designation of May 7, 1985, as States, other Western nations, and tries as Egypt and the Sudan, which have Helsinki Rights Day, has my whole­ moderate Arab regimes. been his chief adversaries. hearted support. Human rights ex­ Our President wisely warned Qadha­ Reflecting Washington's heightened secu­ perts from all 35 signatories, including fi that he would be held responsible rity concerns, the Administration moved the United States, will assemble in for any Libyan terrorist acts against quickly to indicate that it took Colonel Qad­ dafi seriously. Ottawa that day to begin a review of the United States. His plan to form a "The world cannot tolerate the lawless­ the implementation of the human "Pan Arab Command" is just one of a ness and terrorism which Qaddafi so openly rights provisions of the Helsinki ac­ series of recent Libyan efforts in the advocates," Bernard Kalb, the State Depart­ cords. It has been nearly 10 years since area of terrorism. Just a few weeks ment spokesman, said. "He should know this land mark agreement was signed ago, Qadhafi announced . that the this and be aware that Libya will be held ac­ by the nations of Europe and North Sudan was Libyan territory and countable for its actions." America establishing the rights of in­ warned that President Reagan would "Our own views on terrorism and Colonel Qacidafi are well known," Mr. Kalb contin­ dividuals regarding their governments lose his nose if he tried to interfere in ued. "We will hold Qaddafi fully responsible and affirming the right of individuals .• developments in the Sudan. for Libyan terrorism against Americans and to be protected from their govern­ In recent weeks, a Libyan anti-Qa­ other U.S. interests, whether carried out ments. Events during those 10 years dhafi exile living in Bonn was gunned abroad or in the United States. Likewise, we have indeed demonstrated how rele­ down by a Libyan hit man as he will continue our consultations and coopera­ vant these rights are to the quality of walked in that city. He is one of many tion to assist governments threatened by human life. exiled Libyans who have been assassi­ Libyan aggression." How the new force announced by Colonel The principle of the protection of in­ nated by Libyan terrorists during the Qaddafi will operate is unclear. Its mission dividual liberty is firmly rooted in our past few years. Qadhafi has also been is to be a kind of supra-Arab force, not be­ own Government and the historical accused of operating a radio station holden to any one state, but organized and experience of our people. Over the last from a ship, anchored off the north outfitted by the Libyans, and it would be so 200 years we as a nation have strug­ African coast, that is allegedly broad­ zealous as to be willing to carry out suicide gled to live up to that principle both casting calls for north Africans to kill attacks if necessary. at home and abroad. We have defend­ Zionists. The Reagan Administration has con­ demned Libya for its acts of terrorism and ed that principle in the world arena In addition to engaging in acts of in effect has severed most ties with it. But and advocated it as an essential com­ terrorism itself, Libya trains, funds~ the Administration says it has been frus­ ponent of Government. Our own com­ and gives false documentation to ter­ trated by the failure of other countries to mitment to this principle now em­ . rorists from a variety of countries isolate Libya. · bodied in the Helsinki accords should around the world. In a sense, terrorism On several occasions the Administration not falter because of all too common has become an instrument of Libyan has moved aircraft carrier task forces into waters near Libya and in 1981 two Libyan violations of those human rights ac­ foreign policy. cords by some of the signatories. Enough is enough, however. I com­ planes were shot down by an American F- lo: 14. Yesterday, I learned that Abe Stolar, mend the President for speaking out Robert G. McFarlane, the White House who is both an American citizen and a on this critical issue of putting a stop national security adviser, said last week that Soviet refusenik, has been told that to mindless terrorism. Given the seri­ the importance of having allied backing was he, his wife and son will be allowed to ous interest that the administration "probably nowhere better exposed than in emigrate after 9 long years of waiting. has in trying to do something about the case of Libya.'' He said that the various sanctions taken Many of my colleagues are familiar this growing menace, I would hope with the tragedy of Mr. Stolar's case. that Qadhafi and company are listen­ by President Reagan in 1981, such as cut­ ting off oil imports from Libya, 'refusing to As a young man Abe accompanied his ing very carefully. sell Libya items that could benefit its econo­ parents to their native Russia. With­ With these thoughts in mind, I rec­ my and trying to dissuade Americans from out his knowledge or consent, Abe was ommend the following article on living there, had some effect, "but I made a Soviet citizen. He has lived as a Libyan terrorism to my colleagues in wouldn't pretend that it's had an effect of law abiding citizen in the Soviet Union the Congress. stopping Libya's behavior and support for for the last 52 years; his only crime [From the New York Times, Apr. 3, 19851 terrorism.'' He said that "until we can stop the train- · that he and his family filed for exit U.S. WARNS LIBYAN LEADER ON TERROR ing by Libya of other terrorists, the gradu­ visas in 1975 so that they could leave GROUP ates of whose camps are spread from the the Soviet Union. And yet, the Helsin­ WASHINGTON, April 2.-The Reagan Ad­ Philippines to Ireland, Libya remains a ki accords, to which the Government ministration criticized Col. Muammar el­ menace and a risk to us, as well as our of the Soviet Union agreed, guarantee Qaddafi of Libya today for his formation of friends." a citizen's right to emigrate. a "Pan Arab command" to carry out acts of President Gaafar al-Nimeiry of the Sudan, violence against the United States, other who is in Washington on an unofficial visit, What then could be wrong now that Western nations and moderate Arab re­ said today in an interview with United Press Abe is being allowed to leave? During gimes. International that he had thwarted a plot the 9 long years of waiting, Abe's son Following up on a similar warning to Iran by Moslem fundamentalists, armed by Iran, Michael has taken a bride, a happy oc­ made privately in recent weeks, the Admin­ to overthrow his regime last week. casion to be celebrated in most soci­ . istration publicly warned Colonel Qaddafi He said that the Moslem Brotherhood, eties. But the Government of the today that he would be held "fully responsi­ which had led him to introduce Islamic law Soviet Union is turning this family ble" for Libyan terrorism against the United to the Sudan 18 months ago, had turned out blessing into a family tragedy by re­ States. to be too extreme, and that he had arrested 160 of its members. As a result, he said, the fusing to allow Michael's wife to join Colonel Qaddafi, who has repeatedly sup­ .•. ported revolutionary movements, said on group organized the demonstrations against the Stolar family as they begin their Sunday that "there is no alternative to con­ him. He said that they had received explo­ new life in Israel this Saturday, April fronting the enemy with violence." sives and weapons from Iran.e 20, 1985. In clear violation of the spirit

' ' 8312 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 17, 1985 of the Helsinki accords which guaran­ a similar statement would be accepta­ Whereas two new independent publica­ tee freedom of religious practice to ble after American police fired upon tions, L'Information and Fraternite, joined citizens of the signatory nations, the an American crowd and killed three the weekly LePetit Samedi Soir, but on Government of the Soviet Union has people. June 18, 1984, the publishers of all three of these publications were jailed for 48 hours, refused to recognize the marriage of As I reviewed the Department of the publisher of L'Information was beaten Michael and his wife Julia because it State's certification report I was con­ during that 48 hours and his arm was was performed by a rabbi. It is my fer­ fronted with example after example of broken , that the Subcommittee on Appropri_a.tions, I In the past, those who were political­ Government of Haiti "is making progress ly active were most likely to be sub­ toward improving the human rights situa­ have expressed numerous concerns jected to arrest, incommunicado deten­ tion in Haiti and progress toward imple­ during committee meetings regarding tion, and physical abuse. In the last menting political reforms which are essen­ the IDA replenishments. As the article year, those who have been active in tial to the development of democracy in concludes, IDA loans frequently sup­ community development and work Haiti, such as progress toward the establish­ port economic practices that are the with the poor have also been subjected ment of political parties, free elections, and antithesis of free market policy and to arrest and abuse. Many of those ar­ freedom of the press": are out of step with those domestic rested have been associated with the Whereas increasing numbers of Haitians economic policies that we know pro­ have disappeared, including some who have mote growth. Catholic Church and these arrests been deported to Haiti by the United States: have been protested by the church in Whereas in the February 1984 legislative REAGAN SHoULDN'T Go SoFT oN FoREIGN Haiti. elections, the Government of Haiti did not LoANS Although one must view every situa­ allow opposition candidates, resorted to in­ history, economy, and culture, this has victories in some areas, and arrested poll Bolstered by daily news accounts about been used as a pretext for accepting watches of Serge Beaulieu, the only inde­ famine in Africa, as well as pictures of its pendent candidate, who was defeated; pitiable victims, foreign aid advocates are the unacceptable in Haiti. For exam­ Whereas riots began in May 1984 after a working Capitol Hill as if it were a French ple, the Department of State noted pregnant woman was beaten to death, and vineyard. They have expressed outrage that the Haitian Government acted although 3 other people were killed, the De­ about the Reagan administration's new­ with restraint when three people were partment of State found that the Govern­ found, but tentative, unwillingness to killed last May1tlt is beyond belief that ment ac'ted with restraint; commit itself to the future support of the April 17, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8313 International Development Association. A ture projects. Projects could be financed and the Seal Industry is holding ses­ member of the World Bank Group, IDA with commercial loans obtained at home or sions here in Washington to receive grants soft loans on highly concessional abroad, since projects could generate suffi­ testimony from American political terms to lesser developed countries. cient yields to service commercial credits. During hearings last month in the House, The second IDA product, the unseen, leaders and environmental groups on a sympathetic ear was given to the pleas for should also give the Reagan administration this important and sensitive issue. more aid, which were presented by no less further cause to withhold future IDA re­ Today, I presented a statement to the than former secretary of the treasury plenishments. This is the establishment and Royal Commission, and I would like to Henry Fowler. It is clear that if the Reagan funding of state planning and management share with my colleagues in the House administration's new firmness on IDA is to bureaucracies. IDA refers to the funding of the testimony which I presented to amount to more than a sand castle facing a these activities euphemistically as "institu­ the Commission: rising tide, it will have to fortify its position. tional development and technical assistance Although the Reagan administration will programs.'' To take one example, but one Gentlemen, I would like to thank you for honor its May 1984 pledge of $2.5 billion to that IDA considers to be its crown jewel, this opportunity to present testimony to the Seventh Replenishment of IDA re­ consider IDA's accomplishments in the you today. As one who has followed theCa­ sources, it has put IDA and its client states Yemen Arab Republic Assisting governments in their the long-term safety implications of tries. As the 1984 OECD Review of De­ efforts toward policy and institutional the products. velopment Cooperation pointed out: reform in support of the above ap­ I have introduced modest legislation, "In 1983/84, drought drove millions of proach. H.R. 1416, the Pesticide Import­ Africans deeper into poverty and fur­ Mr. Speaker, we are confident that Export Act of 1985, to at least make ther handicapped economic recovery IFAD is uniquely suited to helping our Government agencies aware of the efforts. Especially vulnerable are poor, overcome the problems of small farm­ pesticides we export and make foreign chronically undernourished rural la­ ers because of its documented, demon­ government agencies acknowledge the bourers, marginal farmers and herd­ strated success record of increasing dangers of the pesticides they are im­ ers, and families headed by women, food production capabilities among porting. The only way we will come to and their many children." It is this the most needy people of the Third grips with the problem is when we ac­ group of rural poor that IFAD would World. Our replenishment contribu­ knowledge that we have one. seek to reach through its current and tion, along with a special U.S. contri­ expanded operations. bution to !FAD's Africa work, as [From the Washington Post, Apr. 11, 19851 The land in Africa is generally eco­ called for in the Food Assistance and BANNED PESTICIDES FIND MARKETS ABROAD logically fragile, of variable soil qual­ Africa Agriculture Act, would also lead Concentrating on production of and fresh-water fish. stable food crops which are mainly HON. CECIL (CEC) HEF)'EL In Egypt, exposure to the pesticide phos­ grown and consumed by the poorer OF HAWAII vel killed more than 1,000 water buffalo and sections of the population who are the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES an undisclosed number of people. Rural primary target of this program. families suffered convulsions, speech diffi­ Assisting the small producers to Wednesday, Aprtl17, 1985 culties, loss of bladder control and other symptoms. Phosvel is manufactured in the recover their production base through • Mr. HEFTEL of Hawaii. Mr. Speak­ United States solely for export; its use has improving their access to the neces­ er, I would like to share with my col­ never been permitted in this country be­ sary inputs-hand tools, draught oxen, leagues a newspaper article that re­ cause of the danger to humans. simple implements, improved seeds/ veals some of the problems created by These horror stories, which occurred over fertilizers, and agro-chemicals-and our policy of exporting pesticides the past two decades, were compiled by through quick-yielding programs never registered, restricted, or banned Julian Epstein, an aid to Rep. John Conyers aimed at rehabilitation, recovery and in this country. Jr. Helping to restructure the agri­ lems that are created by use and over­ The chemical industry defends its export use of these deadly chemicals abroad of pesticides that are banned or restricted cultural production base through here, arguing that they are a necessary evil adaptive research and field trials, are far more serious than we tend to in the battle against famine and disease in strengthening the extension service acknowledge, and there is no indica­ the Third World. and improving marketing systems and tion that we are doing anything to But Epstein challenges the effectiveness related infrastructures. remedy the situation. We are deceiving of the pesticides in achieving these goals Augmenting the communities' ourselves if we think that the problem and notes that at least half of the pesticides food security through construction or is not ours. No one has any idea of the imported by the Third World countries are rehabilitation of small scale irrigation, extent to which the imported produce used on crops that will be exported to West­ water management and control meas­ sitting on our grocery shelves is adul­ em Europe and the United States. ures, and development of related im­ terated with chemicals that may in What strikes environmentalists as uncon­ scionable about the pesticide exports­ proved technology. themselves be within legal residue which amount to some $2.8 billion a year-is (E) Initiating measures for environ­ limits, but combined with other resi­ that the dangers are widely misunderstood mental protection, such as agro-forest­ dues may be a time bomb. Our ability by the farmers who use them. Even the offi­ ry, shelter belts, soil conservation, and to develop new chemical combinations cials responsible for distributing them are fertility buildups. far exceeds our ability to understand often uninformed. April 17, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8317 When warnings are written in the native magazine, she said that "the primary I am not talking about browbeating language and can be read by the users, the responsibility for our schools should chemicals are often mislabeled. students into accepting points of view. The United States is the only country be to nurture and to enhance the wit That is simply indoctrination, which that voted against a U.N. resolution that and the character of the young." we all deplore. I am talking about in­ would make a list of hazardous exports There you have it: Thomas Jefferson, tellectual honesty and ethical candor. available. After initially supporting the U.N. the American people, and Harvard's To put students in the presence of a effort, the Environmental Protection dean of education-a convincing trio. morally mature adult who speaks hon­ Agency cautioned in an internal document What is character? Webster defines seen by our associate Vicki Warren that "we it as "strength of mind, individuality, estly to them is not to violate their think it is also in the U.S. interest to refine independence, moral quality." We rights. On the contrary, it is the surest such a listing in a way tqat would minimize could, of course, include more. We way to foster their moral growth. In any unwarranted disruptions to internation­ must teach thoughtfulness, fidelity, this business of character, there has al trade." • kindness, honesty, respect for law, never been anything as important as standards of right and wrong, dili­ the quiet power of moral example. SECRETARY WILLIAM BEN- gence, fairness, and self-discipline. The character of a school is also de­ NETr'S SUPPORT FOR EDUCA­ But how? It seems many of our termined by the kind of place it is. TIONAL REFORM schools have forgotten the answer. In Here I am speaking of the physical recent years, although we have not and moral tone of the school premises, HON. CHARLES E. BENNE'IT overintellectualized the curriculum, again its ethos. School effectiveness ironically we have tried to intellectual­ OF FLORIDA studies have shown us over and over ize moral development. Many have again the importance of both of these IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES turned to a whole range of "values Wednesday, April17, ·1985 elements. A school with broken education" theories and practices window panes, graffitied walls, and lit­ e Mr. BENNETT. Mr. Speaker, Secre­ where the goal is to guide children in tered floors is, strictly speaking, a tary of Education William J. Bennett developing their own values by discus­ sion, dialog, simulation, and even school that has failed one of its own recently spoke before the National lessons. A careless environment is Press Club and urged that schools add game. to the three R's of reading, writing While it is true that good character bound to affect student habit. Plato and arithmetic, three C's-content, can have an intellectual aspect, the de­ tells us in the Republic that the stamp character, and choice. velopment of intellect has never guar­ of baseness on a building will sink As to content he said every student anteed the development of good char­ deep into the souls of those whom it should "receive a common education," acter. Germany in the 1930's was intel­ surrounds. and that good teaching "does more lectually advanced. Aristotle knew, There are, of course, less subtle and than teach skills"; saying further that and psychologists confirm today, that more palpable forms of disorderliness. "skills are important but knowledge is it is habit which develops virtues, One is called drug abuse, and that in­ at least as important, and knowledge habit shaped not only by precept but cludes alcoholism. Last week the stu­ can come only from content." As to by example as well. "It makes no small dent chosen by the National Associa­ choice, Bennett advocated a voucher difference," Aristotle wrote, "whether tion of Secondary School Principals as system that would allow parents to we form habits of one kind or another the outstandiang student leader of choose whichever available school is from our very youth; it makes a very 1985 said the biggest problem con­ preferred. great difference, or rather all the dif­ ference." It is by exposing our chil­ fronting our school is teenage alcohol­ The 97th Congress passed a law ism. He summed up the problem with which I introduced and which provides dren to good character and inviting its imitation that we will transmit to five words. "Everywhere · you Jook, assistance to local schools in teaching there's liquor,'' he said. good citizenship, 20 U.S.C. 3842 through the Wednesday, April17, 1985 who choose to stay home with a new­ leave period. e Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, I born, newly adopted, or seriously ill The Secretary will propose reasonable reg­ want to bring to the attention of my child. In addition, the legislation re­ ulations for the verification of temporary colleagues H.R. 2020 the Parental and quires 6 months' leave time for preg­ disability which m~y include standard peri­ Disability Leave Act of 1985. This leg­ nancy-related and other temporary ods of absence for common disabilities and islation would establish a national physician certification, so long as such regu­ disabilities. In both cases, job reinstat­ lations apply to all disabilities. leave policy for working parents. ment would be guaranteed upon B. Parental Leave: Our country was built on a model of return to work. All employers must provide a minimum of the family where men worked in the The bill is compatible with title VII 18 weeks leave for any employee who choos­ labor force and women worked in the of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which es to stay home to parent a newborn, newly­ home, raising the children. But it is prohibits employment discrimination. adopted, or seriously ill child with reinstate­ not that way in every household Job-protected leave for both tempo­ ment to the same job upon his/her return. today. rary disability and parenting would be The employee shall be allowed to return The structure of the family has been available on a gender-neutral basis. All to work on a reduced schedule so long as the changing over the past years. More total length of parental leave does not workers would receive equal protection exceed 39 consecutive weeks. women are working in the paid labor under the law. The employer is required to continue force and more men are sharing in While job guarantee is the first com­ health insurance coverage for the employee childrearing responsibilities. Too ponent in the economic security of with the same employee/employer payment often, however, family security andre­ families, wage replacement is equally scheme. The employer is also required to sponsibility are in conflict with em­ critical. H.R. 2020 calls for the estab­ maintain the employee's pre-leave benefit ployment policies. lishment of a commission to study and status through the Women currently constitute 43 per­ make recommendations on the imple­ leave period. cent of the labor force. They are The Secretary shall propose reasonable mentation of a national paid parental regulations for the verification of eligibility making essential contributions to their leave and disability policy. for parental leave and notice to the employ­ family's income. Sixteen percent of Five States have already implement­ er in advance of commencing such leave. American families are headed by ed temporary disability insurance C. Other Employer Requirements: women and 41 percent of married [TOil programs, wherein employees All leave provided in accordance with sec­ working women have husbands who and/or employers contribute to a tions A and B, must be provided on a sex­ earn less than $15,000 a year. wage-replacement fund for disabled neutral basis. The most dramatic increase of workers. I look forward to exploring No retaliatory actions may be taken women workers has been among moth­ the experiences of these States in im­ against employees who take advantage of ers of preschool children. Eighty per­ these leave provisions. plementing their programs, as a possi­ All employers in interstate commerce, in­ cent of working women are likely to ble model for national initiative. cluding the government of a state and the become pregnant during their working The United States is the only coun­ government of the United States, are cov­ lives, and increasingly, these women try in the industrialized world without ered by the Act. are working through their pregnan­ a · policy providing some period of job­ III. STUDY cies, then returning to work as quickly protected maternity leave with some Congress shall establish a commission to as possible after childbirth. In 1984, level of wage replacement. It is about study and recommend within two years half of all mothers with children time we caught up. means for implementing a national paid dis­ under the age of 3 were in the labor ability and parental leave policy.e force, as compared to 30 percent in American women are in the labor 1970. force to stay. We must acknowledge These facts create a new reality of that the Ozzie-and-Harriet-style INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLA­ parenthood in this country: Either family-where one parent worked and TION TO RESOLVE THE IMPUT­ the other stayed in the home to raise ED INTEREST CONTROVERSY both or the sole parent of very young the family-no longer predominates. infants are working fulltime. Women H.R. 2020 is a first step toward meet­ are increasingly assuming responsibil­ ing the reality of a new generation of HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI ity for the support as well as the care families, where single or both parents OF CALIFORNIA of their families. With this in mind, we IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES must foster employment policies that are striving to sustain and nurture recognize the financial and nurturing their families. Wednesday, April 17, 1985 responsibility of today's parents. [The text of the bill follows:] e Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, today I Mr. Speaker, current law prohibits H.R. 2020: Tm: PARENTAL AND DISABILITY am introducing legislation that offers discrimination against pregnant work­ LEAVE ACT OF 1985 a permanent solution to the imputed ers, but we have no policy providing I. PURPOSE interest controversy that has been the job security to workers in the event of To promote the economic security of fami­ subject of intense public debate since pregnancy-related disability or child­ lies by guaranteeing jobs to wage earners the 1984 Tax Reform Act was passed. birth. The Pregnancy Discrimination who are temporarily disabled or who choose The stopgap corrective legislation to take a period of leave upon the birth, Act of 1978 requires that pregnancy­ adoption or serious illness of a child and by which Congress enacted last year ex­ related disabilities be treated like exploring methods of implementing wage­ pires July 1 and I urge my colleagues other short-term disabilities. The law replacement for such leaves. to join me in an effort to resolve this does not, however, require employers II. PARENTAL AND DISABILITY LEAVE issue. to provide leave for any employee. REQUIREMENTS The distinguished chairman of the Many employers do offer some sort A. Disability Leave: Ways and Means Committee, Mr. Ros­ of leave for parenting reasons. Three­ All employers must provide a minimum of TENKOWSKI, promised this body last quarters of employers provide unpaid 26 weeks leave for all employees who are June that he would address and re­ maternity leave, one-third offer temporarily unable to work due to nonoccu­ solve the imputed interest issue before unpaid paternity leave, and half pro- pational, short-term disability with rein- the transition rules expired. My good ,

April 17, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8319 friend from Illinois is fulfilling that The importance of this 80 percent PENETRATING THE promise by scheduling hearings on the test rate particularly comes into play IDEOLOGICAL ENIGMA issue for April 24. I applaud the chair­ if interest rates rise again to the 15 to man for this action as it would be dev­ 17 percent levels. If interest rates get HON. JACK FIELDS astating to let the transition rules that high, seller financing becomes expire without passing a workable so­ the only way that a seller can find a OF TEXAS lution. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As my colleagues are aware, the Def­ buyer for his property. The primary icit Reduction Act contains provisions motivation is not tax avoidance, but Wednesday, April17, 1985 that threaten to substantially disrupt, simply a need for individuals to avoid • Mr. FIELDS. Mr. Speaker, I recall if not stop entirely, legitimate and eco­ a price for money which is for all but that during the political debates sur­ nomically motivated real estate trans­ the richest too expensive. rounding the Law of the Sea Treaty actions. This threat is contained in law My bill also solves the mismatching the most laughable accusation made that increases the required interest of income and deductions problem be­ by the protreaty forces was that Presi­ rate for seller financed real property tween buyer and seller that Treasury dent Reagan was guilty of interjecting transactions from 9 percent to a sig­ expressed such concern about last ideology into the process. By this was nificantly higher figure of 110 percent year. Under the provisions of my legis­ meant, of course, that President of the Federal borrowing rate for simi­ lation, seller financed transactions Reagan simply opposed parts of the lar maturities. This means that a below $4 million will be exempt from treaty. seller financing a sale of real property the original issue discount provisions The important point is that few in for 10 years must charge the buyer 110 in the act. Instead, both the seller and our society even know what ideology percent of the rate which the Federal purchaser must agree to report the really is, let alone what dangers this Government says on 10-year obliga­ transaction for income tax purposes ignorance presents to Western society tions. Should the seller fail to charge under the same method of accounting; generally and the United States par­ an interest rate of at least this that is, either the cash or the accrued ticularly. Few understand the uses and amount, the draconian imputed inter­ powers of ideology, particularly when est provisions will impute a rate of 120 method. it is packaged by Marxists with pre­ percent of the Federal rate to the Furthermore, this bill will clarify tenses toward science. seller for tax purposes. This, I con­ the uncertainty of the status of as­ A potentially strong antidote to ideo­ tend, imposes a tremendously counter­ sumed loans and wraparound loans logical ignorance has arrived in the productive, chilling effect on the real with regard to original issues discount form of a book by political scientist estate market. and imputed interest. Assumed loan Kenneth Minogue entitled, "Alien For example, last summer the long­ amounts below $4 million will be Powers: The Pure Theory of Ideolo­ term Federal borrowing rate was 13 exempt from OlD and imputed inter­ gy." The ambition of the book is to percent-meaning that an owner fi­ est provisions. Also exempted is the penetrate the enigmatic nature of ide­ nancing the sale of property would net amount of a wraparound mortgage ology and analyze it in understandable have been required to charge at least below $4 million except for the terminology, Of the many revelations 14.3 percent interest. This would amount of any preexisting underlying upon the subject, just this one would create an impediment to many real obligation. In determining whether make the writing and the reading in­ estate transactions. The higher the the 9 percent or 80 percent safe valuable: Ideology is not just an idea; conventional market interest rates, harbor rate is met, the interest rate of it is a way of using ideas in the service the more serious the chilling effect be­ the seller's wraparound mortgage and of power. comes because it is during high inter­ the net cash flow from the prior obli­ Consider the following from Helene est rate periods that seller financing is gation will be considered. Mr. Speaker, Carrere d'Encausse's masterful work, most needed. "Confiscated Power: How Soviet Industry representatives have in­ if there are no objections, I would like Russia Really Works:" formed me that seller financing af­ to submit a factsheet for the REcoRD that outlines the provisions of my bill. Ideologies of this type cannot be spread in fects about $30 billion of rental, resi­ a vague manner. They demand a weighty dential, commercial, and industrial A solution to the imputed interest apparatus that directs, educates, and reas­ sales. These sales contribute $6 billion issue should not focus primarily on sures society and keeps it constantly in con­ to the gross national product which preventing a perceived tax abuse as tact with the certainties which are the basis represents about 120,000 full-time jobs the drafters of the present imputed in­ of power. This explains the fact that ideolo­ fi­ gy occupies a central place in the Soviet and about $2 billion in Federal, State, terest provisions have done. Seller system, that it covers the whole spectrum of and local tax revenue. It is imperative nancing is not a tool used to facilitate social and private activities, and that it pen­ that an acceptable solution to the im­ tax abuse. It is a means of structuring etrates all areas of individual and group ex­ puted interest issue be reached so as a real estate transaction so that it is istence. • • • It explains, finally, the impor­ not to put these sales in jeopardy. affordable to potential buyers. The tance in Soviet society of the group that is The legislation I am introducing American public does not need govern­ the guardian of the ideology: the Party. today contains such a solution. My bill ment interjecting itself into the rea­ Mr. Speaker, in 1917 Lenin had a will change the safe harbor and imput­ sonable and customary real estate choice to make between power of the ed interest rates so that they more transactions that occur dally. The workers and power exercised in the adequately and reasonably reflect the American public needs flexibility and name of the workers. Since he had current states of interest rates for real certainty to conduct its business. The openly characterized Marx's utopian estate. This bill provides that for seller solution I propose to the imputed in­ stateless society as a fairy tale, Lenin financing amounts below $4 million, terest issue will provide the measure simply confiscated political power into the lower of 9 percent interest or 80 of flexibility that the real estate in­ his own hands and that of the Party. percent of the applicable Federal rate From this initial choice by Lenin would be the test rate. If this rate is dustry needs. This approach is simple, straightforward and allows for an or­ flowed the entire Soviet" system as we not met, the lower of 10 percent inter­ know it today: A single monolithic est or 90 percent of the Federal rate derly real estate market in any inter­ party, and an ideology in possession of will be imputed. For seller financed est rate scenario. a monopoly on the truth. As Helen amounts in excess of $4 million, a safe I urge my colleagues to support this Carrere observed: harbor rate of 80 percent of the Feder­ legislation.• ... • • the Soviet system might change its al rate and an imputed rate of 90 per­ methods or choices, but the mono-organiza­ cent of the Federal rate will apply. tional and mono-ideological system re-

(pt. 1- 51-059 0-86-42 6) 8320 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 17, 1985 mained inviolable, for this inviolability was "Consciousness-raising" is an essential to clean water and toilet facilities. Un­ the source of its legitimacy and invulner­ part of the ideological arsenal of conceptual fortunately, OSHA has chosen to look ability." weaponry. It means training in the paranoid the other way and ignore this prob­ skill of interpreting one's own experience of Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to enter freedom as masked persecution.· Let your lem. into the RECORD a review of Professor Marxist brothers or feminist sisters teach Perhaps most disturbing about this Menogue's vital and important book, you how badly off you really are. Dare to be decision was the comment made by reviewed by the respected columnist alienated. OSHA Administrator Robert Rowland Joseph Sobran. The value of the paranoid structure of who said that OSHA's refusal to im­ I urge my colleagues to read this Ideological thought is that it puts the ideo­ plement a field sanitation standard review in a thoughtful manner, hoping logue in the right at all times, under all cir­ cumstances. Every aggression become an act was justified because if such a stand­ it will spur them to study the book of self-defense. The Soviets are particularly ard was issued it would be a low priori­ itself. As Mr. Sobran points out, Pro­ skillful at interpreting their own behavior ty item for enforcement. Once again, fessor Minogue considers ideology, as defensive. They're currently defending we see another example of OSHA's in­ particularly Soviet ideology, as a themselves against men, women, and chil­ sensitivity to its mandate to protect dagger at the heart of Western civili­ dren in Mghan villages. They were defend­ the health and safety of American zation. I offer a special invitation to ing it in East Germany against Maj. Nichol­ workers. Mr. Rowland is sworn to those among us who claim to subscribe son. They constantly defend It against hun­ dreds of millions of class enemies, real and uphold the law, and yet despite the to no formal ideology, but who potential, including the pope. overwhelming evidence in support of "always seem to be on hand to agree As Mr. Minogue notes, ideology pretends issuing a field sanitation standard, Mr. with the West's ideological accusers to be scientific but assumes the character of Rowland refuses to do so because its and to arrange, on our behalf, the revelation, beyond criticism, beyond good enforcement would be relegated a low terms of surrender." This includes and evil. From Marx on, ideologues have priority. If the enforcement of future charter members of Mrs. Kirkpatrick's been intolerant in a special way: They admit health and safety standards will be "blame America first" crowd. of no possibility of legitimate disagreement with themselves. Marxism has thus tradi­ lax, it is only because Mr. Rowland [From the Washington Times, Apr. 9, 19851 tionally reposited its "scientific" knowledge and his subordinates within OSHA PENETRATING THE IDEOLOGICAL ENIGMA in the personal authority of a charismatic have decided that they will not en­ leader or revolutionary vanguard. Cross force their agency's own standards. If President Reagan says that the Soviets' him, or it, and you are excommunicated, an this is the case, perhaps Mr. Rowland unapologetic murder of Maj. Arthur Nichol­ enemy of truth. Some "science!" should consider resigning and turning Ideology, therefore, is not just an idea: It son only shows the necessity of a summit is a way of using ideas in the service of over his duties to someone who in­ conference. On the contrary, it proves the power. The disposition to use ideas as means tends to meet his responsibilities. Un­ futility of any attempt at "dialogue" with of power indicates, Mr. Minogue observes, fortunately, the Reagan administra­ the Soviets. the ideological preoccupation with power as tion has had a remarkable inability to Mter nearly 70 years of facing a Commu­ both explanation and answer for every evil. appoint any individual to a position of nist enemy bent on its destruction, the West In spite of its many and obvious fallacies, responsibility within OSHA who has still has not learned how to cope with the ideology works. It arms the cynics, inspires phenomenon of ideology-or even how to any great enthusiasm for protecting dreamers, activates latent resentments, and workers' health and safety. Instead, comprehend it. disarms its intended victims. If, as Mr. Min­ Help now has arrived from England, iri ogue puts it, "ideology is a dagger pointing the emphasis is upon reducing inspec­ the form of a brilliant new book by the po­ to the heart of modern Western civiliza­ tions of workplaces and reducing the litical scientist Kenneth Minogue. Its title is tion," one would like to hear him say more numbers of inspectors who carry out "Allen Powers: The Pure Theory of Ideolo­ about those people within the West who, these functions. gy," and like all Professor Minogue's work, without sub!'lcribing formally to ideology, Mr. Speaker, an editorial in the it amounts to a trenchant defense of poUt~ always seem to be on hand to agree with the cal common sense against the fashionable Washington Post <4/16/85) condemns West's ideological accusers and to arrange, OSHA's backtracking on the field sani­ fanaticism. It is not easy reading, but that is on our behalf, the terms of surrender. because its ambition is to penetrate and The West cannot afford to be represented tation standard and reminds us of the analyze what has hitherto been an enigma. by Ramsey Clark, Andrew Young, or Wil­ "Harvest of Shame." The "shame" is Mr. Minogue uses the term "ideology" in a liam Sloane Coffin. It needs spokesmen OSHA's. I am hopeful that the repre­ special way. By It he means not just a politi­ llke-1 was about to say Ronald Reagan.e sentatives of the Nation's farmworkers cal doctrine or philosophy, but, more specif­ will appeal OSHA's decision through ically, those kinds of doctrines that profess the courts to overturn this abdication to offer "liberation" in the very act of ana­ OSHA IGNORES HEALTH OF of responsibility. lyzing society. Liberation from what? From FARM WORKERS the "alien powers" that Marx said "en­ [From the Washington Post, Apr. 16, 19851 slaved" individuals under the guise of HARVEST OF SHAME, 1980's STYLE modem freedom. And where are these HON. BRUCE F. VENTO "allen powers?" According to Marxism, they 01' MINNESOTA Twenty-five years ago, Edward R. Mur­ are everyWhere. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES row's documentary, "Harvest of Shame," As seen by Marxism and such variant aroused the public's conscience by revealing ideologies as feminism, the world is nothing Wednesday, April17, 1985 the ghastly conditions in which migrant but a structure of domination. Everything • Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, last week field workers toil to bring a fresh and varied can be reduced to, and understood in terms the Occupational Safety and Health diet to the tables of this wealthy country. of sheer power. Do you think you are free? Administration [OSHA] announced Since then, when migrant workers are Aha, says the Marxist. The illusion of free­ that it would not propose a Federal found held in bondage or a migrant child dom is part of the apparatus of oppression. dies from dysentery, public concern again The crafty capitalist ruling class only makes standard for field sanitation for farm flares momentarily. Congress may even you think you are free, the better to oppress workers. Thousands of farm workers, tighten slightly the poorly enforced stand­ you, my dear. The very fact that you think including many children, work long, ards meant to curb the worst abuses. But you are free thus proves you are a slave. hard hours to harvest the vegetables there can be no better testimony to the Even your mind is in chains. Thus Ideology and fruit which we all enjoy on our ephemeral quality of this concern than last defies refutation, or even critical analysis. dinner tables. Numerous medical stud­ week's decision by the Occupational Safety Men oppress women, says feminism. Did ies and indeed an exhaustive study by and Health Administration to kill a long­ that nice man hold the door for you? Aha, OSHA's own staff have clearly estab­ awaited rule requiring that fresh water and cries the feminist. That is only one more toilets be provided to field workers. strategy of male domination, different 'from lished the need for an effective field There is a sick joke quality about the rape only in degree. Even the woman who sanitation standard for farm workers. Labor Department's justification of its deci­ appreciates that difference in degree is Infectious and parasitic diseases have sion. OSHA Director Robert Rowland says sadly in need of a bit of consciousness-rais­ been shown to be common among that even if a federal standard had been set, ing. farm workers who do not have access it would have been laxly enforced. Well, he April 17, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8321 is certainly in a position to know how often An extremely perceptive article by here in the Foreign Service, and this is an his agency disregards its own rules. Mr. Joanna Biggar was published in last approach to it." Rowland notes, moreover, that migrants in Sunday's Washington Post magazine. I Lawrence Eagleburger also supports the 13 states are already covered by some sort of urge my colleagues to consider the im­ idea and has continued to work for it since sanitation standards. Perhaps he thinks his retirement last year as undersecretary of that those in other states can simply move portant issues it raises-they are issues state for political affairs. Eagleburger's across state lines when they feel the urge. with which we must deal if we are to wife, Marlene, has been a key figure in pro­ After all, they're migrants aren't they? maintain the competent professional moting the plan. You should know that we are not talking Foreign Service essential to the proper "When it first came up, I, in typical male about unnecessary frills. Thousands of field conduct of our Nation's foreign poli­ · chauvinist fashion, had my doubts," Eagle­ workers and their children are forced to toil cies. burger says. "But the more I listened to my for long hours in the hot sun with, at best, a MARRIED TO UNCLE SAM wife, and the more I looked into it, I real­ bucket of contaminated water from which ized she was correct. I became an ardent ad­ to drink and no access to toilet facilities. Shortly after Foreign Service officer Fa­ vocate. Foreign Service wives-and lots of Numerous studies, including studies by tricia Quinn married Foreign Service officer other wives, too-work for the U.S. govern­ Johns Hopkins University of workers on the George Barbis in 1957, she received a tele­ ment, and the U.S. government has been nearby Delmarva Peninsula, have shown gram from her personnel officer: getting it for free ... that's not right. For that, as a result of these primitive condi- "Understand you married while on leave. common justice, they ought to get paid for tions, workers suffer high rates of infec- If so, forward resignation immediately it." tious, parasitic and toxic diseases. effect date prior marriage ..." Besides the endorsement of the 1,000- One expert, recently hired by OSHA to Barbis followed the order and resigned, member Association of American Foreign review all available evidence, concluded that becoming, instead of a Foreign Service offi­ Service Women, which hopes to turn the parasitic disease is more common among cer, a Foreign Service officer's wife. In her proposal into legislation this spring, support U.S. field workers than among Guatemalan first assignment overseas as a spouse, she has come from Reps. Henry Hyde . OF NEW YORK By contrast, every industrialized coun­ The so-called "peace movement" in Amer­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES try except the United States provides ica is, of course, simply ecstatic over all of some period of job-protected materni­ this Soviet good will from a man now being Wednesday, April17, 1985 referred to as the Soviet Union's answer to ty leave with some amount of wage re­ John F. Kennedy. e Mr. GREEN. Mr. Speaker, it is im­ placement. But the facts tell a different ability leave, and the need for forma­ has led to problems of discrimination story. tion of a policy to address this matter The Soviets now have 414 SS-20s. The of particular concern to working par­ against women in the past by distin­ United States and NATO have only 134 ents. I am pleased to cosponsor H.R. uishing pregnancy as a separate condi­ medium-range missiles deployed . role fathers play in child-rearing, nor The Soviet SS-20 was first deployed in quire employers to provide job-pro­ 1977, while the first U.S. medium-range tected leave for parents who choose to does it account for male employees system wasn't deployed until the end of stay home with a newborn, newlya­ who are temporarily disabled. H.R. 1983. . a serious effort to provide adequate The SQviet SS-20 . An SS-20 warhead, on enter the labor force diminished. women.e the other hand, carries up to 150 kilotons. During this period, women of child- 8324 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 17, 1985 MY PLEDGE TO AMERICA for our leaders. This was apparent in the THE CONTRAS: AMERICAN 1984 election for President. One candidate SURROGATES OF TERRORISM HON. MARTY RUSSO stood for liberal views and the other for tra­ ditional conservative values. OF ILLINOIS The state of our nation used to be in is HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the state the voters would like to see it in OF CALIFORNIA Wednesday, April17, 1985 now. Obviously, this means a change in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • Mr. RUSSO. Mr. Speaker, each· year . American thinking, but more importantly a Wednesday, April17, 1985 the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the change in American attitude. I believe this nation gives us a chance to express our e Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. United States and its Ladies Auxiliary views through voting and it is a chance that Speaker, we will soon vote on aid for conduct the Voice of Democracy will certainly not be overlooked by me. the Contras in Nicaragua. President scriptwriting contest. This year more Voting is one of the events in a young adults Reagan, in his efforts to repackage than 300,000 secondary school stu­ life, like myself, that signifies maturity and this aid, has referred to the counterre­ dents participated in the contest com­ an interest in the state of America. volutionaries as freedom fighters, and peting for the six national scholar­ Each American must pay his fair share of has likened them to our Founding Fa­ ships which are awarded as top prizes. taxes so that we can have a strong defense, thers. The contest theme this year was "My police and fire protection, and a well nm The President calls his aid request a Pledge to America." government. This brings us to the next peace plan. This plan sends a simple Today I would like to share with you piece, that of paying taxes. Taxing is the message to the Sandinistas; "If you the winning entry from my home catalyst, the oil to nm the machine, without refuse to give up portions of your sov­ State as delivered by Lori Lesniewski, it, our nation would crumble to the ground. There is a link between voting and taxing. If ereignty within 60 days, the United of Burbank, IL, a 17-year-old senior at States will resume its efforts to over­ Reavis High School. I'm impressed the American people vote responsible and honest people into office, they will not throw your government." and hopeful when I read such as essay Before we vote on this proposal, I and am reminded of the wisdom and abuse the privilege of spending taxes and our government's money will be used cor­ think we should reassess the meaning patriotism of our young citizens. rectly. of this policy. I know my colleagues join with me in commending Lori as well as the Working towards the completion of my The Contras are using violence and other young people who won recogni­ puzzle pledge, I find there is also a heart terrorism in their efforts to overthrow shaped piece that fits in the center of the the Sandinista government. It wasn't tion in the Voice of Democracy con­ puzzle. This piece represents the kindness of so long ago that President Reagan test, and in commending the Veterans the American people. I highly value this launched an all-out program to battle of Foreign Wars and its Ladies Auxil­ special piece, difficult to find. but well terrorism wherever it existed. iary for this fine program which en­ worth the wait. Kindness and caring to­ The United States publicly decrys courages young people to think about wards others has a ripple effect. A smile democracy and provides educational usually brings about another smile. I feel terrorism and covert plots of the KGB scholarships. that if people lend a helping hand we will and other organizations. We abhor have a stronger country. Not only will the these practices because we believe in MY PLEDGE TO AMERICA certain basic human rights. These of thousands in Argentina during I am proud of the accomplishments the Wall Street Journal by reporters David the 1970s as "a deliberately provoked re­ of Berkley, MA, and commend the sponse to the massive campaign of terror­ town on this propitious occasion.e Ignatius and David Rogers make clear that ism." The Sandinistas explain their own in­ the contras are a virtual creation of the creasing repression the same way. But in this their leaders from among alumni of Anasta­ SBA-THE VOICE OF SMALL case the U.S. is not so understanding. "I BUSINESS sio Somoza's National Guard, hired profes­ don't think the Sandinistas have a decent sional thugs from Argentina's military dic­ leg to stand on," says President Reagan. tatorship to train them, and "repackaged" "What they have done is totalitarian. It is the leadership HON. NICHOLAS MA VROULES brutal, cruel," And so on. OF MASSACHUSETTS with some democratic elements when criti­ "It is in the objective interest of the Sovi­ cism began to mount. ets to see the destabilization of regimes not IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The articles also make clear that the friendly to them," wrote the editors of this Wednesday, April17, 1985 U.S.'s purpose in this is the classic terrorist newspaper in April1981. " ... Moreover, the one of social and economic subverison. To Soviets ... don't have hanging about them • Mr. MAVROULES. Mr. Speaker, for bring down the regime, we are attempting to any silly Western liberal doctrines about the over 30 years, the Small Business Ad­ derange and impoverish the country by de­ will of the majority, the unacceptability of ministration has stood alone as the stroying its infrastructure and scaring off violence, or the difference between military one Federal agency devoted to assist­ trade. Compare this to the administration's agents of the state and presumptively inno­ ing the Nation's small businesses, a mock horror over the effects on South Afri­ cent civilians.'' I took this at the time as a can blacks of a mere American investment criticism. But apparently not. More recently segment of our economy which is per­ ban. the Journal has said: "The objective of the haps the most innovative and vital in We already have spent $80 million "spon­ Reagan administration's policy toward Nica­ America today. When the agency first soring" the contras, and President Reagan ragua is to bring about a democratic govern­ began in 1953, its primary mission was wants $14 million more because they are ment.... If [critics] are against the Nicara­ that of a lending agency. Today how­ "the moral equivalent of our Founding Fa­ guan democrats and in favor of the Sandi­ ever, the Small Business Administra­ thers.'' Obviously our goal of a democratic nistas, we hope they will tell us that as tion has evolved to become a multifa­ Nicaragua is more admirable than goals of forthrightly as the administration has now ceted agency providing a wide range of other sponsors of terror such as the Soviets proclaimed its purposes." The end justifies and Iranians. But the premise of all the fuss the means, unless you're some kind of "Common businesses. matter. "Terrorist means discredit their Cause lawyer" hung up on "international Today, there are opponents of the ends," as Secretary Shultz says. So what law.'' Small Business Administration who makes the contras different? Obviously it's hard to be good in a world seek to portray the agency merely as a Secretary Shultz likes to quote the late where others are bad. When Mr. Reagan federally subsidized lending institu­ Sen. Henry Jackson on the difference be­ brings up the French Resistance, he makes tween terrorists and freedom fighters. Free­ the best possible case against his own con­ tion. They would reverse what has dom fighters, Jackson said, "don't blow up ceit that terrorism is indefensible in all cir­ been a bipartisan commitment to the buses containing noncombatants" or "set cumstances. But the Sandinistas are not advancement of small businesses in out to capture and slaughter schoolchil­ Nazis. They are not so monstrous a regime America. These same opponents seek dren" or "assassinate innocent businessmen, that we have to abandon all hope of main­ to tum back the clock, all in the inter­ or hijack and hold hostage innocent men, taining our own civilized standards in deal­ est of questionable financial gain. women and children.... " According to ing with them. We are not so powerless that Money spent on SBA programs pro­ Americas Watch, a nonpartisan human­ we must resort to mayhem and the murder duces a tangible return on the invest­ rights group, the contras have kidnapped, of innocents. International law does not tortured, raped, mutilated and murdered leave us with the choice of doing nothing or ment. This is best evidenced in areas many unarmed civilians including women doing anything. Or does terrorism Just where SBA works with existing busi­ and children "who were fleeing.'' No doubt mean "what the other side does"? nesses to deal with the climatic there are nastier groups around, but this is • These changes may be economic, tech- 8326 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 17, 1985 nological, or even geographical. In TRIBUTE TO FATHER MARK University. He joined the Order of each instance, these dollars are used HEGENER Friars Minor in 1938 and was ordained to assist existing businesses in order to a priest in 1945. allow them to adapt to changes in the HON. WILUAM 0. UPINSKI Father Mark is a member of the marketplace and remain competitive. OF ILLINOIS American Home Builders' Association, The following are but a few exam­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the American Association of Homes for the Aging, and the Catholic Press ples of how SBA works with existing Wednesday, April 17, 1985 businesses. Association. He is listed in Who's Who e Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, today I in America, American Catholic Who's The 502 and 503 programs where would like to take a moment to recog­ Who, Who's Who in Religion, and Federal guarantees are used to lever­ nize and honor Father Mark Hegener, Who's Who in the Midwest. age local financing from community­ OFM, who this year is celebrating the Mr. Speaker, I wish to extend my bases economic development centers. 40th anniversary of his ordination as a sincere congratulations to Father The Surety Bond Guarantee Pro­ Franciscan priest. Mark Hegener on the 40th anniversa­ gram which uses Federal guarantees Over the last 40 years Father Mark ry of his ordination as a Franciscan to allow bonding of small contractors. has involved himself in numerous hu­ priest. Father Mark's extraordinary This has opened up an entire market manitarian endeavors. He possesses an achievements, along with his tireless to small contractors which had tradi­ impressive and unique record of ac­ efforts to help his fellow man, are tionally been dominated by large con­ complishments. Let me mention just a truly an inspiration to all of us.e tractors able to afford the substantial few of these. Father Mark is president and found­ cost of becoming bonded. er of Mayslake Retirement Village MATI'Y LEE, OUTSTANDING Procurement assistance, which helps which houses 750 elderly residents. He VETERAN small business in doing business with is also president and founder of the the Federal Government, often at a Chariton Retirement Complex, which HON. DAN MICA cost which is substantially less than is located in St. Louis. He was instru­ that charged by larger firms. mental in securing Federal funding for OF FLORIDA The Small Business Development this complex which houses approxi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Center Program, which requires a mately 165 elderly residents. Wednesday, April17, 1985 local match of any Federal appropria­ In 1956, through Father Mark's ef­ e Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, it is with tion for management and technical as­ forts, the Pax Et Bonum Hall was great pleasure that I today commend sistance to small businesses. built at 51st and Laflin in Chicago. At the bravery of an outstanding World If we dismantle the Small Business this location Father Mark established War II veteran, Matty Lee. The heroes Administration, some of these pro­ the Third Order Credit Union to assist who have committed their efforts and grams may survive, since the plan. calls young families in purchasing homes in risked their lives on our behalf should the Back of the Yards area. remain at the forefront of our hearts for them to be shoved off to an ob­ Father . Mark's other involvements scure comer of the Commerce Depart­ and minds. The following is Matty include assisting the directing of the Lee's 1944 commendation: ment, but many will not. St. Philip of Jesus Social Center in There are no guarantees. Chicago ·at 46th and McDowell from ARMY SERVICE FORCES, NEW YORK PORT OF EIIBAR.KATION, Ironically, under the administra­ 1949-60. He was founder and trustee Jersey City, NJ, June 8, 1944. tion's proposal to abolish SBA, there is of the Catholic Theological Union at SPI'AA 201.22 CPCT. no guarantee that one Federal dollar Chicago from 1968-76. Father Mark Subject: Commendation, Matty Lee. posed plan, this portfolio, estimated to Mark is the former chaplain of the I am in receipt of a report on a breakdown Knights of Columbus, St. Augustine of the power and lighting system of this be worth between $1.8 and $3.6 billion Terminal which occurred on the evening of would be sold off. However, if SBA was Council, and since 1980 he has served 2 June 1944. This report commends very allowed to continue to manage these as the chaplain for the Knights of Co­ highly the manner in which you went about loans, the eventual return to the Fed­ lumbus, Sacred Heart Council. placing the power and lighting system into eral Treasury will be between $5 and Father Mark has an extensive back­ operation. You were called for emergency ground in publishing. Since 1949 he $7 billion. In addition, many market duty and you performed a very efficient and has been the managing director of the coordinated job of which I am very proud. analysts predict that there will be no Franciscan Herald Press, which is lo­ I therefore wish to take this opportunity commercial market for this loan port­ cated at 1434 West 51st Street in Chi­ to commend you for the exceptionally fine folio. cago. He has published some 1,000 manner in which you performed your duty American small business men and books covering a broad field of church and for the interest you displayed which women are not looking for guarantees. was over and above the call of duty. history, art, ecclesiology, theology, John U. Schtess, They are simply looking for an equal Cannon Law, Biblical studies and Colonel, TC, Commanatng.e opportunity to compete with the many interdisciplinary supplementary larger corporations who often seem to texts for high schools and colleges. As have the deck stacked in their favor. an author, Father Mark's works in­ DAYLIGHT SAVING EXTENSION ACT OF 1985 These same individuals are looking clude Poverell: St. Francis of Assisi, to us to continue what had been a bi­ 1958; A Short History of the Third partisan commitment to this most im­ Order of St. Francis, 1963; and Manag­ portant segment of our private-sector ing Your Third Order Fraternity, OF MASSACHUSETTS economy. 1958. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES With respect to his education, Mr. Speaker, small businesses need a Father Mark obtained an AB degree in Wednesday, April17, 1985 voice on the Federal level. I would 1938 from St. Joseph's Seminary in • Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, today I urge my colleagues to join in the fight Teutopolis, IL. He also did post gradu­ am joining with my colleague CARLos to save the Small Business Administra­ ate work at St. Joseph's Seminary in MooRHEAD and four cosponsors to in­ tion.• Cleveland, OH, from 1939-42. Father troduce the Daylight Saving Exten­ Mark received a bachelor of journal­ sion Act. The legislation would begin ism degree in 1948 from Marquette daylight saving time on the third April 17, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8327 Sunday in March rather than the last In short, this is a bill which will sibillty of helping insure that we maintain Sunday in April. Daylight saving time stimulate our economy without tax her freedom. We must take a stand for would also be extended until the first breaks or subsidies. It will bring safety right. I pledge to be loyal to what America Sunday in November rather than the to the streets and energy savings as believes in and stands for. I pledge to not be critical of her daily strifes but to have a last Sunday in October. The latter well. If you want to help let the sun positive attitude towards the whole over­ change would place Halloween under shine in by cosponsoring this legisla­ view of life in America. daylight saving time and bring added tion, please call David Schooler with I pledge to encourage the small child, sit­ daylight and safety to young children the Subcommittee on Energy Conser­ ting behind the school desk, I will tell him going to trick-or-treat. vation and Power Office at 6-2424.e that America is full of opportunities. I will Extended daylight saving time has encourage that child to get the best educa­ always been popular with the public. A tion possible so that as he becomes older he MY PLEDGE TO AMERICA will recent poll conducted by Nation~s have the chance to explore what Amer­ Business found that its readers sup­ ica has to offer. I would explain to him that ported our bill to extend daylight HON. MICKEY EDWARDS freedom gives him the right to choose any OF OKLAHOMA vocation. saving time by a margin of 68.9 per­ I pledge to express my gratitude and deep cent to 29.5 percent. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES appreciation to the paraplegic war veteran Beyond personal taste, daylight Wednesday, April17, 1985 living down the street. I will tell him that it saving time has a variety of important e Mr. EDWARDS of Oklahoma. Mr. was because of his courage that we still benefits. It is a big energy saver. A Speaker, with great pleasure I would have the privilege of living in a free land. study performed by the Department He has shown the utmost faith in our coun­ like to share with my colleagues a try by risking his life in the wartom coun­ of Transportation following an experi­ speech by Jennifer Johnson, a 16-year­ try of Vietnam. He is a representative of all ment with extended daylight saving old junior attending the Living Word of the soldiers of decades past who have time saved 100,000 barrels per day of Academy in Edmond, OK. Jennifer's fought to preserve the freedom of my coun­ oil equivalent during March and April. throughts and eloquence have earned try. I cannot thank them all personally but Daylight saving time makes our lives her first place honors as the Oklaho­ my heart overflows with thanksgiving for safer. The Department of Transporta­ their sacrifices in my behalf. America's soil ma winner of the Veterans of Foreign holds thousands-million of milltary tion study also found that traffic fa­ Wars Voice of Democracy competition. graves-men who have died valiantly for our talities declined by 0. 7 percent during More than 300,000 students, represent­ cause-! promise to preserve the memory of extended daylight saving time in ing more then 8,000 secondary schools, those men in the hearts of all Americans. March and April compared to stand­ participated in the script writing con­ I also pledge to show my appreciation to ard time. test, all competing for the six national the representatives and statesmen who have Daylight saving time is also a crime scholarships which are awarded as top dedicated their lives and service 'to these fighter. During the last experiment prizes. Scholarships totaling $32,500 United States. I will express to them my with extended daylight saving time, will go toward continuing the educa­ stand on political issues that confront this nation, realizing that it is the politican who violent crimes in the District of Co­ tion of the winners at the schools of has the power to tear down or build up lumbia declined by more than 10 per­ their choosing. America's reputation. I pledge to help him cent compared to comparable months I commend the VFW for this pro­ built it up. I will pledge to try to influence in years under standard time. gram. I believe it fosters in our youth those politicans that represent me to spare Extending daylight saving time is an appreciation-and further under­ the millions of lives that are being sacra­ also good for our economy. This year a standing-of our freedoms. Democra­ ficed every year by abortion. If I am respon­ broad-based business coalition is sup­ cy, whereby government governs by sible for even one of those lives being saved, porting extended daylight saving time. the consent of the people, is only a my cause on this earth will have been ful­ dream for many oppressed people in filled. Among the group are the National As­ And most importantly, I pledge to thank sociation of Convenience Stores, the our world today. Young Americans God for the many blessings He has be­ Foodservice and Lodging Institute, the ought to know that our freedoms of stowed upon us and ask His continual bless­ National Confectioners Association, speech, petition, assembly, religion ing upon America. He has enriched us with the American Association of Nursery­ and others are perishable and have His gracious love in many ways. God is love, men, the Sporting Goods Manufactur­ been scarce throughout history. A God has built up America's way of life over ers Association, the Barbecue Industry greater understanding of our freedoms and over again. I will pledge to try to be Association, and many others. will help our young Americans to real­ worthy of this. ize that freedom is not free but at­ Freedom was but yesterday's dream. Free­ Over 400,000 Americans suffer from dom is today's reality. Freedom is the key to retinitis pigmentosa, a disease which tained at a price. An increased appre­ unite all individuals in America to become causes night blindness. Extending day­ ciation and knowledge of the sacrifices and act as one. I pledge to America to exer­ light saving time will literally give made for the cause of freedom will ise my right of freedom until I draw my last these people the gift of sight for an only serve to assure our vigilance in breath of life.e extra hour in the evening, making this future generations. legislation a high priority for the RP The contest theme for this year is Foundation fighting blindness. "My Pledge to America." Jennifer WHEAT EXPORT ENHANCEMENT Our legislation differs from daylight pledges many things to her country ACT OF 1985 saving bills considered by the House in and it is clear that underlying her the past two Congresses. They would lofty pledges is a true appreciation of HON. GLENN ENGUSH have begun daylight saving time on precious freedom. I respectfully submit into the REcoRD Jennifer John­ OF OKLAHOMA the first Sunday in March. Our bill IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES delays the beginning of daylight son's "My Pledge to America." saving time until the third Sunday in MY PLEDGE TO AMERICA Wednesday, April17, 1985 March. This compromise approach e Mr. ENGLISH. Mr. Speaker. today I . clearly avoids any unacceptably late I consider it a great privilege to live in am introducing the Wheat Export En­ sunrises. In fact, the sunrises on the America. This truly is the land of the free. hancement Act of 1985 which is aimed third Sunday in March under daylight America welcomes all mankind-the rich, at curing the long-term problems the poor, the black, the white. I love this saving time would be no later than the country of mine, and I want to do every­ faced by wheat farmers while still pro­ sunrises in January under standard thing possible to help develop her to even viding the American consumer with time. Sunrises get early rapidly during greater heights. I believe that America's the best food bargain in the world. I late March and April, further mitigat­ future is promising for generations to come, am including a detailed description of ing any early morning problems. and we, as citizens, must take on the respon- the program for the RECORD, but I 8328 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 17, 1985 would like to quickly summarize its market place and not the federal treasury. clarified the tax status of employee major benefits. This bill will allow The operation of the surplus management fringe benefits. The purpose of this wheat farmers to earn a living from feature will ultimately move the market title is evident: to limit tax-free fringe the market and pay their bills. It will price upward toward the 70 percent of parity level. benefits which may be provided in lieu red.uce Government costs over the Cooperating farmers will not be required of taxable income. However, I believe long term. And it will continue the 50- to plant their entire permitted acreage in the Deficit Reduction Act stepped year policy of the United States that order to earn their full share of export mar­ beyond the bounds of preventing reve­ its citizens will be assured of a bounte­ keting certificates. Thus a farmer can nue loss and attempted to legislate, ous supply of food at reasonable produce less in a given year and market prices. The provisions of this bill have wheat from an earlier year with the current improperly, in my view, corporate been developed over a period of year's certificates. A farmer could then policy. months in consultation with wheat retire less productive acreage which is prone Taxation of air transportation to erosion without damaging the family passes will not raise additional revenue farmers from all parts of the Sixth income or losing wheat base.e District of Oklahoma. for the Government. Why? Because THE WHEAT EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF the airlines, faced with an additional 1985 MRS. MARILYN WIESENECK paperwork burden will simply discon­ America's wheat growers are buried under LEVENBERG HONORED tinue the issuance of airline passes for a surplus of grain caused by the loss of other than its employees' immediate export markets and ineffective application HON. ROBERT G. TORRICEW families. Additionally, taxation ren­ of the production adjustment authority ders the undependable air transporta­ granted to the Secretary of Agriculture. OF NEW JERSEY The surplus has caused market prices often IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion passes uneconomical. While some may argue that it is unfair for airlines below the cost of production, inability to Wednesday, April17, 1985 meet debt service needs, declining standards to provide these travel benefits, I of living, and-all too often-bankruptcies e Mr. TORRICELLI. Mr. Speaker, I would respond that it is profoundly and farm foreclosures. am honored to call to the attention of more undesirable for the Government The Administration has proposed a solu­ the Congress the recognition being ex­ to dictate corporate policy under the tion to the problems of wheat farmers­ tended to Mrs. Marilyn Wieseneck Le­ guise of the Tax Code. lower the price and grow more wheat. This venberg of New Milford, NJ for her proposal will lead, inevitably, to more farm many years of outstanding service to The Federal Government loses no foreclosures and a greater surplus. The Ad­ the Jewish community. revenues from the use of air transpor­ ministration's proposal is not a cure, its a tation passes. Further, the airlines bigger dose of the same disease. On April 20, 1985, Mrs. Levenberg The Wheat Export Enhancement Act of will be the guest of honor at a dinner loses no revenue in offering air trans­ 1985 provides a way to move wheat quickly being held by the New Milford Jewish portation passes. The airline benefits into world markets, get rid of the price-de­ Center. The dinner has been organized are "no cost" for two basic reasons. pressing surplus, protect wheat farmers in­ in order to pay tribute to the unparal­ First, the passes may only be used for comes, and continue to insure an adequate leled dedication of Mrs. Levenberg has otherwise empty seats. The pass supply to consumers at a fair price. It does bearer retains the lowest standby so by focusing on exports and production displayed during her 25 years of active adjustment for farm income protection and involvement. status, may be seated only after all on maintaining a year's domestic supply for Over the years, Mrs. Levenberg has revenue passengers have been seated consumer protection. served in numerous capacities. She has and may be removed during any leg of First, the act provides that the Secretary been president of the northern New the trip should his/her seat be needed of Agriculture will reciprocate when foreign Jersey branch of the Women's League for a paying passenger. And, second, nations use subsidies or other artifices to of Conservative Judaism, a member of most, if not all, airlines charge a fee to unfairly compete with America's farmers. It allows the Secretary to match foreign gov­ the Regional Board of Directors of the cover the cost of meals, baggage han­ ernments tit for tat so that U.S. farmers do United Synagogues, a member of the dling, etc. not have to fight another nation's treasury. National Board of the United Syna­ In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, airline Second, the act provides a mechanism gogue Youth, and vice-president of the passes do not decrease Government whereby farmers who cooperate with the Council of Jewish Women. revenue, and do not increase airline Secretary to manage the wheat surplus earn Friends and family who proudly costs. Conversely, by taxing these ben­ a payment for export wheat if the average honor Mrs. Levenberg hail her as an market price does not rise to a level estab­ exceptional member of the communi­ efits, we will not lower the budget defi­ lished at 70 percent of parity. The market ty. They are delighted to have the op­ cit, we will simply ensure that empty price will be computed on actual sales every portunity to recognize her achieve­ airline seats remain empty. In the three months during the marketing year process we will deny travel opportuni­ and the payments will be made each quarter ments and to bestow upon her the to farmers who actually sold wheat for honor which she richly deserves. I am ties to a large number of individuals. export during the quarter. The operation of proud to be able to join in this celebra­ Although legislation has been intro­ this phase is controlled by export marketing · tion and commemoration.• duced to restore tax-free benefits to certificates which are issued to cooperating parents of airline employees, and I farmers and which are returned to the Sec­ support such legislation, my blll takes retary by exporters when the wheat leaves AIR TRANSPORTATION PASSES a different approach. My bill exempts the country. SHOULD NOT BE TAXED Third, the act requires the Secretary to airline passes which are provided adjust production of wheat so that the car­ through airline employees from tax­ ryover from year to year will be at about HON. JACK FIELDS ation in their entirety. Consequently, the level of one year's domestic supply. The OF TEXAS it allows each airline-not the Govern­ American consumer is thus assured of an IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment-to establish its own policy as to adequate supply yet the farmer is not unduly burdened by price-depressing sur­ Wednesday, April 17, 1985 who may qualify for empty-seat airline plus. • Mr. FIELDS. Mr. Speaker, today I passes. Farmers who do not cooperate with the have introduced legislation to provide I urge my colleagues to cosponsor Secretary in managing the surplus are re­ that air transportation passes provided this legislation.• stricted to sales for the domestic market be­ by an airline through its employees cause the wheat they offer to the trade will not be accompanied by export marketing shall be tax free. certificates. The Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, The major objective of the plan is for which was signed into law last July, in­ farmers to get their income from the cluded a comprehensive title which April 17, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8329 REMEMBERING THE brothers, and sisters enter the gas to provide disability leave. And worse, HOLOCAUST chambers. Rachel's stories are not after the .child's birth, the United unlike those of other survivors who re­ States unlike every other industrial­ HON. PETER H. KOSTMA YER member the feelings of isolation and ized country and many developing OF PENNSYLVANIA the stench of death. countries, has no policy concerning IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mrs. Ickovics has not always talked child care leave for the mothers and about her experiences so openly. She Wednesday, April17, 1985 fathers of newborns. speaks in sober, restrained tones in The lack of guaranteed parental e Mr. KOSTMAYER. Mr. Speaker, order to bear witness and to pass these leave too often forces mothers and fa­ the 40th anniversary of the liberation stories from generation to generation thers to choose between their job and of the concentration camps is now so that no matter what color, religion, their baby. When the family's econom­ being vividly recalled throughout or creed-this type of systematic de­ ic security is at stake, the choice is Europe and in this country. struction of human life never happens stark, the strain on the child's mother From April 21 through April 23, the again. is great, and both she and her infant Inaugural Assembly of the American The organizers of the American lose this most critical time for bond­ Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survi­ Gathering anticipate over 10,000 Holo­ ing. vors will meet in Philadelphia to com­ caust survivors from around the world If we are going to truly celebrate memorate liberation of the Nazi death will attend the gathering in Philadel­ motherhood and ensure that our chil­ camps. Chosen as the site for this phia during these 3 days. The first dren develop this critical bonding year's commemoration because of its gathering took place in Jerusalem in during the first few months of their role in America's struggle for inde­ 1981. A second gathering took place lives, crucial to emotional and intellec­ pendence, Philadelphia will host over here in Washington, DC, in 1983. tual growth throughout their lives, 2,000 volunteers of all religious faiths Mr. Speaker, along with my col­ then it is time we catch up with the working in support of this historic leagues and fellow citizens, I stand rest of the world and require employ­ event. with the Inaugural Assembly in recall­ ers to provide their employees with The opening ceremony will take ing the systematic brutality that oc­ guaranteed disability and parental place on Sunday, April 21 at 1 p.m. A curred in the concentration camps leave time. memorial Yiskor ceremony will be during and prior to World War II. We H.R. 2020, of which I am an original held at the Monument to the Six Mil­ recognize the just and righteous men cosponsor, does this. Employers are re­ lion Martyrs on John F. Kennedy Bou­ and women of all faiths who rescued quired to provide a minimum of 6 levard. A processional to the Liberty Jews and non-Jews alike from persecu­ months leave for a short-term disabil­ Bell entitled "America: the Road to tion and death. ity and 4 months parental leave for Freedom" will follow. Here survivors May this gathering be blessed by re­ parents to care for their newborn, will pay homage for their lives and for union, commemoration, and the tri­ newly adopted or seriously ill child. their freedom. Three days of seminars, umph of the human spirit of survival. Under the bill, the Secretary of workshops, and commemorative events Forty years later, we are all moved by Health and Human Services would de­ are scheduled to take place at the the spirit of hope and commitment to velop regulations for the verification Philadelphia Civic Center. freedom embodied by the Inaugural of temporary disabilities and for the The American Jewish Committee Assembly.e hopes to expand the computer registry verification of eligibility for parental of American survivors which has leave. brought about the reunion of many H.R. 2020 This legislation is particularly im­ lost family and friends. This listing portant for low-income working now includes the names and residences HON. BARBARA B. KENNELLY women, as nearly half of the married of over 55,000 survivors. In addition, women in the labor force have hus­ OF CONNECTICUT bands who earn less than $15,000 a oral histories of survivors will be re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES corded, documented, and preserved in year, and these women are the most cooperation with the Holocaust Oral Wednesday, April 17, 1985 likely to be concentrated in jobs which History Project of the William E. e Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, we do not provide adequate employment Weiner Oral History Library. These are a culture that celebrates its chil­ benefits. are recollections of both the horror dren. As individuals, we devote great H.R. 2020 is an important step in and destruction of the concentration time and energy and love and not a promoting the well-being of our chil­ camps, as well as testimonies to the re­ few gray hairs to the well-being of our dren and helping women cope with the silience of the spirit, courage, and children. stresses of job and motherhood. It rec­ faith of those who survived and per­ Yet, although we give plenty of lip ognizes the contribution that both ished during those dark days. service to the wholesomeness of moth­ parents make in the early develop­ One of my constituents, Mrs. Rachel erhood, we as a society have in many ment of their children and I urge my Ickovics of Richboro, will be attending respects fallen short of developing the colleagues to support it.e this gathering along with her hus­ kinds of public policies which reflect a band, brother, and sister-in-law. All true commitment to children, the A SALUTE TO NIH are survivors of the concentration kinds of policies which promote chil­ camps. While they lost most of their dren's development and strengthen families, neighbors, and friends to the the bonds of family. When it comes to HON. MICHAEL D. BARNES camps at Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and pregnancy and childbirth, we fall par­ OF MARYLAND Treblinka, they regard themselves as ticularly short when it comes to poli­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lucky to have survived. Rachel was 14 cies related to pregnancy and children. when she entered Auschwitz; she It is now estimated that four-fifths Wednesday, April17, 1985 spent over a year of her life there. She of the women now working outside the e Mr. BARNES. Mr. Speaker, I would recalls, "Life didn't mean anything in home will become pregnant during like to bring my colleagues attention Auschwitz. I remember watching their working lives. Under the Preg­ to an important event that will be people lying down on the road to die, nancy Discrimination Act, their preg­ taking place in January 1986 in my while others threw their bodies on the nancy-related disabilities must be district of Montgomery County, MD. electrical fences in order to avoid suf­ treated like any other short-term dis­ That is, a "Salute to the National In­ fering through another miserable ability. Unfortunately, nothing in the stitutes of Health," sponsored by the day." She also watched her parents, law requires employers affirmatively Juvenile Diabetes Association. 8330 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 17, 1985 The timing of this event is most ap­ legislation is necessary in order for our will be incorporated in the 1985 farm propriate as NIH approaches its 100th Nation to counter the predatory bill. However, if this is not the case, I birthday in 1987, as is the theme of export subsidies which many other na­ am prepared to offer these proposals the salute-"Bethesda, the Healing tions provide their farmers. as floor amendments, or to push for Well"-blending the concept of the Second, I have introduced legislation the separate passage of each of these biblical healing well with the location reauthorizing the Agricultural Export bills. It is important for our Nation to of NIH itself. This will serve to em­ Credit Revolving Fund which is due to maintain and expand our share of for­ phasize the striking advances in expire at the end of the current fiscal eign agricultural markets. To do this, health care, including innumerable year. As you know, I was the original we need an aggressive export policy new insights into human disease, for House sponsor of agricultural export that takes advantage of our which NIH has been responsible in credit revolving fund legislation, and, strengths-farm productivity and an their laboratories and clinics in Be­ along with our colleagues Congress­ efficient agribusiness marketing thesda, MD. man GLICKMAN and Congressman system-but also recognizes and cor­ Dr. Lewis Thomas, president emeri­ STENHOLM, I cosponsored the amend­ rects our weaknesses. The enactment tus of the Sloan-Kettering Institute ment which attached the measure to of the measures which I have intro­ for Cancer Research, stated in a the 1981 farm bill. Unfortunately, it duced today will start us on the road recent reference to the National Insti­ has laid dormant since its authoriza­ to such a policy·• tutes of Health: tion. I believe we must reauthorize and As social inventions for human better­ use the Agricultural Export Credit Re­ ments go, this one is standing proof that, at volving Fund. It would make funds TRIBUTE TO JOHN A. BANNES least once in awhile, Government possesses available for financing export sales of the capacity to do something unique, imagi­ U.S. agricultural products, export HON. MARTY RUSSO native, useful and altogether right • • •. It sales of U.S. breeding animals, and the has, in short, been a success story from start establishment of grain-handling and OF ILLINOIS to finish, although the finish is, I trust, no­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES where near. The NIH laboratories are some­ storage facilities in importing nations. thing for the Government to boast about, to It would make us more competitive, Wednesday, April17, 1985 dine out on, and to be immensely proud of. and moreover, sine~ it is a revolving e Mr. RUSSO. Mr. Speaker, the 19th It is my hope that the same intelligence and fund, the program would be fully self­ century author, Lydia Sigourney, com­ good taste will be displayed for the institu­ supporting. tion's future as were used to build the mag­ menting in the language of her times In addition to these export meas­ on teachers, said: nificent instrument now at hand. ures, Mr. Speaker, I have introduced As the Federal agency entrusted legislation to toughen the inspection Teachers should be held in the highest with the development and progress of honor. They are the allies of legislators; standards on imported meat and meat they have agency in the prevention of research in the biomedical sciences, food products, to require the labeling crime; they aid in regulating the atmos­ NIH has enjoyed the consistent sup­ of imported meat, and to require that phere, whose incessant action and pressure port of Congress. I am sure that we eating establishments serving import­ cause the life-blood to circulate and to can wholeheartedly agree with Dr. ed meat inform their customers of return pure and healthful to the heart of Lewis' sentiments as we celebrate this that fact. This bill will help provide the nation. outstanding achievement.e fairer trade for U.S. meat producers, I think little has changed in the and it is also proconsumer. Many for­ 20th century in terms of the esteem in AGRICULTURAL TRADE BILLS eign nations permit their meat produc­ which we should hold our educators. ers to use chemicals and drugs which In fact, I think we need be even more HON. IKE SKELTON are restricted in the United States for aware in a volatile, crowded, and health and safety reasons. I believe changing world of how crucial it is OF MISSOURI that our young people have the knowl­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that meat produced in foreign coun­ tries for importation into the United edge and perspective provided by a Wednesday, April17, 1985 States should be subject to the same good education. e Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, today health and safety standards as meat An outstanding educator and admin­ I am introducing a three-bill legisla­ produced in the United States. Fur­ istrator in my congressional district, tive package designed to boost sagging ther, I believe that consumers have Superintendent John A. Bannes is re­ U.S. agricultural exports and help the right to be informed that they are tiring in June. This dynamic, conscien­ ensure fair trade. I have introduced buying foreign-produced meat, both at tious, and professional administrator these measures because it is my belief the supermarket and in restaurants. has dedicated 25 years of his life to that tnere will be no substantial, long­ The situation with Canadian hog and the field of education and he will be term improvement in our farm econo­ pork imports is only the latest in a honored this month at a retirement my until we reverse the decline in agri­ series of problems in this area. In this dinner dance sponsored by Kirby cultural exports and begin to create case you have a government-subsidized School District 140. new markets for our agricultural prod­ industry importing products into our Mr. Bannes philosophy of education ucts, and expand existing ones. More­ Nation that have been produced using is to help provide each child the best over, U.S. agricultural exports gener­ a drug banned in the United States. possible education according to his/ ate employment, income, and purchas­ However, once these Canadian hog her needs and ability. It is "help pro­ ing power across the entire economy. and pork products enter the stream of vide" because he feels that the total My first bill, Mr. Speaker, is a re­ commerce in our Nation, there is no education of our children is a joint en­ introduction of H.R. 2185 which I in­ way to tell them apart from U.S.-pro­ deavor shared by many. It involves the troduced during the 98th Congress. It duced pork. After a long delay, the cooperation, mutual trust, and under­ would provide the Secretary of Agri­ lTC has seen fit to take preliminary standing of the community, school culture with the authority to use Gov­ action in this case. My bill will lessen board, parents, faculty, and the chil­ ernment surplus commodities to pro­ the need to use the cumbersome, time­ dren themselves. Such a philosophy mote the increased use of U.S. agricul-· consuming administrative process and comes from a man of experience and tural products by tendering them as better protect our producers and con­ maturity, and Mr. Bannes is indeed bonuses to U.S. exporters, processors, sumers. such a man. and foreign purchasers. There is Mr. Speaker, Congress must address He is a native midwesterner, born in strong competition for world agricul­ the area of agricultural export trade Chicago, and has been a resident of tural markets. We must be prepared to this session. It is my hope that the leg­ Cook County most of his life except meet our competition. I believe this islation which I have introduced today for his military service years. When April 17, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8331 World War II ended-and Mr. Bannes Jack, John, and Phil Trani, have been Temple also petitioned the Pacific saw action in both the European thea­ selected as "Citizens of the Year" by Electric Railway to extend its "red ter and the South Pacific-he accepted the Harbor District Boy Scouts. I am car" line from Los Angeles to Temple a position as athletic director with the delighted that the Trani brothers are City, contributing to the steady Lawndale Boys Club in Chicago and receiving this award, for they have growth of the area. In 1936, the town began what has turned out to be a full been contributing members of our sea­ was officially designated Temple City, career in helping children toward side community for many years. but remained a city in name only until physical and mental well-being. Al­ Frankly, it would be a difficult task the incorporation of the community though working with the boys club, he to find anyone in San Pedro who on May 25, 1960. managed to resume and complete his somehow does not know one of the Incorporation came as the result of undergraduate work at DePaul Univer­ Trani brothers or has not eaten a fine the citizens' desires for home rule and sity, later returning there to earn his lunch or dinner at their restaurant, local control of government. The city master's degree, which he received in Trani's Majestic, at Sixth and Beacon operates under the council-manager 1957. Streets. form of government, and provides ex­ Mr. Bannes actually entered the The year was 1927 when the patri­ cellent services through contracts with teaching profession while still with arch of the Trani clan, Filippo Trani, the county of Los Angeles and private the boys club, when in 1950 he became first opened his doors for business to sources. These services are provided a substitute teacher in Chicago. He the public. Calvin Coolidge was in the without a municipal property tax. In began his distinguished career in Dis­ White House, Babe Ruth hit 60 home 1971, the city officially became a char­ trict 118 in Palos Park where he runs in one season, and Charles Lind­ ter city, following approval of the taught 4th grade and took an active berg made the first successful solo voters. The change from general law role in the curriculum development. In nonstop flight from New York to city status approved at incorporation 1960 he moved to District 140 in Paris. provides residents with a working Tinley Park and his present position Today, Trani's Majestic restaurant is charter which contains rules and regu­ as superintendent of schools. Enroll­ recognized as one the Harbor area's lations for the operation of the city. ment was 341 students. He again insti­ finest eating establishments. And with The city offers a variety of services tuted changes, ranging from a still-in­ its emphasis on amateur and profes­ for its residents, including parks and service district-operated transporta­ sional sports, it is not uncommon to recreation programs, street mainte­ tion system to the addition of kinder­ see one of the world's top athletes nance and improvements, Dial-A-Ride garten classes conducted during the dining or helping out in the kitchen. for senior citizens and the handi­ school year, District 140 being the first In fact, the restaurant now hosts regu­ capped, and programs such as the in the area to have kindergarten, and lar "Linguini and Baseball" luncheons Emergency Reserve, Neighborhood continuing work on testing, gifted, re­ with the Dodgers and "Fettucine and Watch, and Student and the Law. In medial programs. And he oversaw the Football" dinners with the Raiders, addition, the annual Camellia Festival development of the growth of the dis­ with proceeds going to many charities is held on the last weekend of Febru­ trict to 2,619 students today. throughout the area. ary as a celebration of youth and com­ It is not possible to list all Mr. Mr. Speaker, the Trani brothers and munity. Excellent educational oppor­ Bannes has accomplished, but I would sisters have done much in helping to tunities are provided by both public like to cite a few of his awards. They make San Pedro the special place that and private schools. tell us that this is a man who gives of it is. Their personal commitment to In the 25 years since incorporation, himself not only in his work, but to his the economic, social, and cultural en­ Temple City has grown in area, popu­ community and country as well. He hancement of San Pedro has been a lation, and services provided to citi­ has received certificates of service and way of life for them. zens. The 25th anniversary celebration appreciation from the Morain Valley In closing, Mr. Speaker, let me just on Saturday, May 18, 1985, will in­ Community College, Tinley Park say that the many accomplishments of clude dedication of a new city hall and Chamber of Commerce, and the the Trani brothers clearly demon­ a salute to the residents and officials Tinley Park-Park District. A John A. strates their devotion to their work of Temple City who together have cre­ Bannes Scholarship Fund was estab­ and the community. My wife, Lee, ated a wonderful community which lished by the PTA in 1978, and he was joins me in congratulating Lou, Jim, has a very promising future. administrator of the year for the Jack, John, and Phil on this special oc­ Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to bring South Suburban Association of Educa­ casion. We know that their great suc­ to the attention of my colleagues in tional Office Personnel. cess will continue in the years ahead.e the House of Representatives the Today I would like to express my silver anniversary celebration of the own appreciation to this outstanding city of Temple City.e citizen for his contributions to his THE TEMPLE CITY SILVER community and country and I know ANNIVERSARY, 1960-85 my colleagues join with me and his THE INDOOR AIR QUALITY ACT family and many friends in commend­ HON.CARLOSJ.MOORHEAD OF 1985 ing him for a job well done.e OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER Wednesday, Aprtl17, 1985 OF RHODE ISLAND HARBOR DISTRICT BOY SCOUTS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO HONOR SAN PEDRO'S e Mr. MOORHEAD. Mr. Speaker, in TRANI BROTHERS AS "CITI­ the early years of the 20th century in Wednesday, April17, 1985 ZENS OF THE YEAR" southern California, Walter Temple e Mrs. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, it purchased 400 acres of land which had is my pleasure to join with my distin­ HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON been part of the vast Rancho Santa guished colleague, Representative OF CALIFORNIA Anita of the San Gabriel Valley. Envi­ JAMEs SCHEUER, in introducing the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sioning a community where people of Indoor Air Quality Act of 1985. The medium income could afford to live legislation would authorize a $3 mil­ Wednesday, April17, 1985 and own their homes, he divided the lion, 2-year research program, to be e Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, it is area into lots and began development run by the Environmental Protection indeed an honor for me to inform our of the land in 1922. Bond issues insti­ Agency [EPAJ, to conduct research on colleagues and, in fact, the Nation gated by Temple were responsible for the sources of hazardous indoor air that five of my constituents, Lou, Jim, street paving and electrification. pollutants and their impact·on human 8332 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 17, 1985 health, and to recommend Federal by the House yesterday, I did not reg­ ical organization, a group which de­ strategies for reducing that health ister my votes because of official busi­ sires special treatment, or a group threat. ness away from Washington. Mr. which exists only to serve the needs of Indoor air pollution is viewed by Speaker, had I been present, I would Vietnam veterans. many observers as the emerging envi­ have voted yea on both rollcalls. Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc. ronmental and health problem of the Because official business continues describes its four goals as: 1980's. The Consumer Federation of to require my presence elsewhere First. Provide a place for the anx­ America [ CFAJ has named indoor air while the House considers H.R. 1210 ious Vietnam veteran to go to relate to pollution the No. 1 health and safety today, I would like the record to show others of his era and war. issue of the year. The American Lung that I would have voted yea on both of Second. Exist to bring to the atten­ Association has begun a national cam­ the amendments offered by my distin­ tion of the public and the Government paign of education on the threat to in­ guished colleague from Pennsylvania, the somewhat different problems of dividual health posed by indoor pollut­ Representative RoBERT S. WALKER, Vietnam veterans. ants at home and at work. and on final passage of H.R. 1210.e Third. Wish to cooperate with and Why this sudden attention? The av­ support all other veterans organiza­ erage American spends 70 percent of tions in the programs in behalf of all his/her time indoors; the percentage VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM veterans of this Nation. for groups such as the elderly, home­ WAR, INC. Fourth. Provide the Vietnam veter­ makers, and children is much higher. an and his family with an organization The inside environment is often filled HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI in which he will feel comfortable until with harmful pollutants such as ben­ OF PENNSYLVANIA he is, once again, interested in working zene, chloroform, methylene chloride, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for the rights and benefits due him and tobacco in concentrations 10 times Wednesday, April 17, 1985 and all other veterans. higher than those found outdoors. In­ Although Veterans of the Vietnam creasingly researchers are linking ex­ e Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, War, Inc., was founded and chartered posure to these substances to every­ today I am introducing in the House, in Pennsylvania, it now has tens of thing from coughs to serious illness legislation to grant a Federal charter thousands of members in over a dozen such as lung cancer. Exposure to to Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc., States. As a nationwide service organi­ radon, for example, is estimated to ac­ a nationwide veterans service organiza­ zation it needs and deserves a Federal count for one-tenth of all lung cancer tion of veterans headquartered in charter, which is what my bill would deaths in the United States every Wilkes-Barre, PA. grant it. My bill is modeled on the year. This month marks the lOth anniver­ Federal chartering legislation of other Given the potential impact on indi­ sary of the end of the Vietnam war. It nationwide service organizations and vidual health, and the long-term sav­ is altogether fitting as we reflect on was introduced in the 98th Congress ings of both public and private re­ the events that took place a decade by former Congressman Frank Harri­ sources that can be obtained by reduc­ ago that we also take constructive son. ing exposure to indoor air pollutants, steps on behalf of the brave soldiers I urge all my colleagues to join me in it is prudent for the Federal Govern­ who served in Southeast Asia. sponsoring this important legislation ment to begin a responsible research There is no denying that the Viet­ and to encourage the formation of program on the subject. nam war was markedly different from Veterans of the Vietnam War chapters The Indoor Air Quality Act of 1985 all previous wars the United States in their own districts. Individuals who will give EPA the tools to look at im­ has been involved in. As a result the wish to start chapters, or who desire portant questions surrounding indoor problems and needs of Vietnam-era other information about the organiza­ air pollution, including the relative ex­ veterans are frequently different from tion, should contact: Michael Milne, posure levels in various indoor envi­ the problems and needs of veterans of president, Veterans of the Vietnam ronments, the link between certain ex­ previous wars. Only veterans of the War, Inc., 2090 Bald Mountain Road, posure levels and myriad illnesses, and Vietnam war, for example, have had to Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702, phone <717>- the most cost-effective strategies to cope with the effects of herbicides like 825-7215 or 1-(800>-VIETNAM.e reduce any threat to human health agent orange, and intense public divi­ that exists. sion over the war in which they I am a firm believer that prevention fought. PARENTAL LEAVE AND is the best medicine. Skeptics may en­ Although Veterans of the Vietnam DISABILITY ACT OF 1985 vision a day when indoor air pollution War, Inc. was founded by, and is pri­ provokes the same public uproar, and marily concerned with, the problems HON. MARY ROSE OAKAR the same demands for assistance, as of Vietnam-era veterans, it offers its OF OHIO toxic waste and polluted water do services to all veterans. Unlike some IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES other groups of Vietnam-era veterans today. A minimal investment in re­ Wednesday, April17, 1985 search can save us money in the long it is primarily a service organization run as we learn the correct way to for veterans and their families. It pro­ • Ms. OAKAR. Mr. Speaker, the obvi­ mitigate exposure to indoor air pollut­ vides assistance in filing claims with ous is sometimes the hardest to inden­ ants, and to prevent another American the VA for disability and compensa­ tify. We, as Members of Congress, are health crisis from occurring.e tion, it represents veterans before constantly talking about our Nation's appeal boards, and it provides a wide future and the need to preserve this range of personal assistance. great land of democracy. It is obvious, PERSONAL EXPLANATION OF Through its posts Veterans of the that our children are the essence of ROLLCALLS NOS. 52 and 53, and Vietnam War, Inc. also provides tradi­ that future; but, sometimes their in­ H.R. 1210 tional fraternal services. Meetings are terests are ignored. traditionally held every 2 weeks and Let's take parental leave after child­ HON. ALBERT G. BUST AMANTE focus on issues like employment, edu­ birth or adoption. Psychologists and OF TEXAS cation, agent orange, POW's and physicians confirm that the first sev­ MIA's, and post-traumatic stress disor­ eral months of a child's development IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES der, as well as individual veteran's are key to his or her growth and matu­ Wednesday, April 17, 1985 problems. ration. Yet, this country does not have e Mr. BUSTAMANTE. Mr. Speaker, It is important to note that Veterans an all-encompassing leave program for on rollcall votes Nos. 52 an~ 53, taken of the Vietnam War, Inc. is not a poUt- expecting mothers-who. .may need dis- April17, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8333 ability time prior to delivery-and to when he feels students have not yet leges for black women. She later both the mother and father after the grasped all they need to know for suc­ served as part of the National Child child is at home. Consequently, em­ cessful careers. He is a respected Welfare Commission under President ployers vary widely on what kind of member of his profession, and his Calvin Coolidge, but she exercised her leave program they will provide to community. But it is for his limitless broadest influence under President workers. Many even disregard the fa­ dedication to the cause of muscular Franklin Delano Roosevelt. As Direc­ ther's role as caretaker. The employ­ dystrophy that Ed is being recognized tor of the Division of Negro Affairs ers who do allow mothers time off, will at this time. from 1936 to 1944, Mary McLeod Be­ often provide no guarantee that the Seven years ago, Ed promised a thune had a tremendous impact upon job will be open when the mother re­ young boy who was dying from muscu­ the formation of New Deal policy and turns. lar dystrophy that he would do some­ was responsible for FOR's appoint­ Statistics prove that a leave policy of thing for sufferers of this disease each ment of a number of black profession­ some kind is necessary. The number of day for the rest of his life. And so he als to Government agencies. Her work working mothers will not decline. has. Each and every day Ed makes addressed the problems of housing, Similarly, the number of working some effort to improve the lives and discrimination in Federal and civilian mothers who support families is ever futures of MD sufferers, and to find agencies, health services, and the inte­ increasing, as is the number of two­ preventions and cures for this killing gration of black women into the labor earner couples. These thousands of disease. . force. She was also instrumental in parents are working to provide food When Ed was in the hospital suffer­ bringing together many black leaders and shelter for their children. It seems ing from a serious medical problem, he in several nationwide conferences. wrong that they should have to choose asked that friends not send flowers, Many of the problems which Dr. Be­ between work and child care. but, instead, give the money to muscu­ thune addressed are still with us and Today, I am joining a number of my lar dystrophy. In addition to private, her legacy lives on in the many men colleagues in introducing the Parental heroic acts such as this, Ed has also and women who still strive for equali­ and Disability Leave Act of 1985. This made major contributions in fundrais­ ty among people. In addition to this bill would provide fathers and mothers ing. Most recently, he surpassed his living legacy, however, we are fortu­ with 4 months of job-protected paren­ personal goal of raising $100,000 for nate enough to have many invaluable tal leave upon the birth or adoption of MDA in 1984. This year, of course, Ed historical records of black women lead­ a child and 6 months of job-protected plans to raise $200,000, and there is no ers. The Bethune Archives, which oc­ disability leave for all employees who question that he will succeed. cupies the 19th century Washington are temporarily disabled. In addition, Beyond the major contributions he townhouse which was Dr. Bethune's the bill would instruct Congress to es­ has made, Ed Bilinkas is undoubtedly official residence, is dedicated to pre­ tablish a commission to study and being honored for what he is as a serving and promoting black women's report on the feasibility of implement­ person; a humble, sincere individual history. ing a national paid disability and pa­ with a wicked sense of humor. He has The archives and museum house is rental leave policy. been described as a real friend-the the largest manuscript collection of Mr. Speaker, there are few issues kind of person you can call after mid­ material pertaining to the organiza­ with which our country is not a leader. night. Ed truly deserves this distin­ tional and individual contributions of Unfortunately, parental leave and guished Muscular Dystrophy Man of black women in America. Dr. Be­ child care is one area that we need to the Year Award, and I join his family thune's personal papers, as well as the pursue. The Parental and Disability and friends in applauding him for all organizational records of the National Leave Act of 1985 is a good first step his years of dedication and service.e Council of Negro Women are pre­ in developing a more progressive served there. These records as well as policy which meets the needs of our the records of many other important working parents and-most of all­ THE LEGACY OF MARY McLEOD BETHUNE American black women help promote meets the very important needs of our awareness of this rich area of history children.e as well as serving as an invaluable re­ HON. WYCHE FOWLER, JR. source for scholarly research. OF GEORGIA TRIBUTE TO EDWARD W. The archives offers us all access to BILINKAS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the rich history of Mary McLeod Be­ Wednesday, April 17, 1985 thune and other black women through HON. JIM COURTER e Mr. FOWLER. Mr. Speaker, this museum tours, children's education year marks the 50th anniversary of programs, traveling exhibits, lecture, OF NEW JERSEY poetry, and concert series. I urge you IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the National Council of Negro Women, founded by Mary McLeod to join with me in support of the ar­ Wednesday, April17, 1985 Bethune, and on April 27, 1985, Mary chives, in taking advantage of its re­ e Mr. COURTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise McLeod Bethune Day, many groups sources and in the fine legacy of Dr. to pay tribute to an exceptional indi­ around the country will honor this Bethune.e vidual who has been given the special pioneer political and civil rights honor of being named Muscular Dys­ leader. Dr. Bethune-1875-1955-de­ HONORING MAJOR GENERAL trophy's Man of the Year-Edward W. voted her life to achieving equality GERARD Bilinkas. among all peoples, to "break the bars Ed is the kind of person who is to brotherhood" as she so eloquently unable to say no to any worthy cause, expressed it. Her efforts to eradicate HON. BILL GREEN whether it is setting up Randolph the barriers of race, creed, and sex OF NEW YORK Township's first recreation football place her among our greatest citizens IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES program or chairing a bumper sticker and serve as an inspiration to us all. I campaign to help support New Jer­ hope that my colleagues in Congress Wednesday, April17, 1985 sey's police. His involvement and will join me in honoring Dr. Bethune • Mr. GREEN. Mr. Speaker, as the energy have been relentless, and the and in taking strength from her vision Member of Congress privileged to rep­ results of his efforts are always im­ of equality and human dignity. resent New York City's 15th District, I pressive. Ed always exceeds his goals. Dr. Bethune first gained prominence am proud to recognize the contribu­ A respected educator, Ed often gives for her work in building the Bethune­ tions of one of its residents, a true pa­ classes in real estate on his own time Cookman College, one of the first col- triot, Maj. Gen. James W. Gerard II. 8334 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 17, 1985 General Gerard is a 48-year veteran gations that the Federal Government Her ability to communicate the im­ of the military, a man who has provid­ has to both irrigation and fish mainte­ portance of those concerns to Federal, ed invaluable service to his city, his nance in the Yakima River Valley and State, and local government agencies, State, and his country. In November that this problem must be addressed.e to the Southern California Business­ 1937, General Gerard enlisted in "K" men's Association, L.A. Taxpayers, the Company, 107th Infantry, New York ADELIA MUNDY CELEBRATES Building Industry Association, and National Guard. There, he rose to the 100TH BIRTHDAY other organizations led to positive and rank of master sergeant. He was com­ productive relations that benefited all. missioned as a second lieutenant in Her work on behalf of homeowners August 1942, serving during World HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI is just a small part of Carole's exten­ War II in Ordnance, Quartermaster, OF PENNSYLVANIA sive community service. She is also a and the Adjutant General's Depart­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES member of the Santa Monica Moun­ ment. General Gerard also served on Wednesday, April17, 1985 tains Conservancy and was elected to General MacArthur's staff in the Phil­ e Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, it is the board of directors of the Southern ippines, and as assistant executive G-4 a great honor for me to bring to your California Planning Congress. Her on the general staff at the War De­ attention a citizen from my district service as legislation chair of the Na­ partment. At the end of World War II who has just recently celebrated her tional Women's Political Caucus and this valiant man served in the Army of 100th birthday. Mrs. Adelia Mundy is as governmental affairs representative Occupation in Japan, and, later, the oldest resident of my hometown of for the U.C.L.A. Foundation Trustees during the Korean conflict, he partici­ Nanticoke, and I join with my neigh­ has been outstanding. pated in the Inchon landing, serving bors in wishing her a happy, healthy In the past, Carole served on the Los as a battalion commander and group birthday. Angeles Women's Campaign Fund executive officer. General Gerard re­ Mrs. Mundy has been a resident of Steering Committee, on Mayor Brad­ tired as a colonel with over 20 years of our area all her life, having been born ley's Blue Ribbon Budget Committee, service in 1961. in Newport Township in 1885. She was and on other community organizations General Gerard assumed command married to Robert E. Mundy, a mine too numerous to mention here. She of the Veterans Corps of Artillery on official, who died in 1945. Her daugh­ successfully lobbied to win back the April 22, 1975. In 1982, he was promot­ ter, Ella, a retired schoolteacher lives right of local jurisdictions to ban the ed to the rank of major general in the with Mrs. Mundy in her Nanticoke sale of fireworks. corps by the order of the Governor of home. Carole has been an inspiration, an the State of New York. Besides partici­ Mrs. Mundy is still active in the example, and an unmatched standard pating in the military life of New First Presbyterian Church of Nanti­ by which the rest of us measure our York, General Gerard is an active coke, and summers with her daughter own efforts. With her husband, member of many clubs and organiza­ each year at the family summer cot­ Norman, Carole raised two fine sons tions such as the Huguenot Society of tage at Lake Nuangola. She is an avid and a wonderful daughter in addition America, of which he is the present reader and a big fan of the Nanticoke to all her other activities. president, and the New York Chapter Trojans. It is my honor to congratulate of the Sons of the American Revolu­ Mr. Speaker, Adelia Mundy's life has Carole B. Stevens-author, journalist, tion, of which he is a past president. spanned the most exciting and change­ activist, and friend-not only for her General Gerard's numerous well-de­ filled century in man's history. It is efforts as president of the Hillside served awards and decorations include my pleasure to bring her to your at­ Federation but also for her tremen­ the Bronze Star, the Army Commen­ tention.e dous commitment and untiring efforts dation Medal with two oak leaf clus~ ters, and the American Defense Medal. on behalf of the entire community·• This is a man who has devoted himself CONGRATULATIONS CAROLE B. to his country. STEVENS EXPLANATION OF VOTE Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues in the House will want to join me in HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN paying tribute to this impressive man. QF CALIFORNIA HON. MICHAEL G. OXLEY OF OHIO His loyalty to his country and his will­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ingness to take action for our country Wednesday, April 17, 1985 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES are awesome. Maj. Gen. James Gerard Wednesday, April 17, 1985 could serve as an example for us all.e e Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to an outstanding • Mr. OXLEY. Mr. Speaker, because leader of our community and a good of prior commitment for official busi­ LEGISLATION TO ENLARGE friend, Carole Stevens. On May 1, she ness, I was unable to be present yester­ BUMPING LAKE completes an unprecedented third day. Had I been present, I would have term as president and chief executive voted "yea" on rollcall 52 and "yea" on HON. SID MORRISON officer of the Federation of Hillside rollcall 53.e OF WASHINGTON and Canyon Associations, Inc. The fed­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eration represents the interests of 200,000 homeowners in the hills and HONORING AMERICA'S Wednesday, April17, 1985 canyons of Los Angeles. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS e Mr. MORRISON of Washington. Those homeowners could not have Mr. Speaker, today I am introducing a found a better champion than Carole HON. JACK FIELDS measure to authorize the enlargement Stevens. The appeal of Los Angeles in- oF TEXAs of Bumping Lake, a water storage res­ eludes the stunning Vistas from the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ervoir in central Washington. While I mountains within our city, the dra- recognize that no procedure for the matic spectacle of the plunging can- Wednesday, April17, 1985 approval of new water projects has yet yons, the wilds of the Santa Monica • Mr. FIELDS. Mr. Speaker, it is with been agreed to in Congress, my intent Mountains. Carole r~ognized the im- a great deal of pleasure that I rise to in introducing this bill is to reempha­ portance of the environment to those commend the outstanding work of size that the Yakima River system who chose to make Los Angeles their America's occupational therapists-in­ does not currently have the capacity home, and has fought like no other to eluding those occupational therapists in short water years to fulfill the obli- protect that environment. . in the Eighth District of Texas. April 17, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS In our schools, rehabilitation homes, purpose of the meetings, when sched­ APRIL23 hospitals, and clinics, occupational uled, and any cancellations or changes 8:00a.m. therapists provide thousands of Amer­ in the meetings as they occur. Judiciary icans with the help they require to As an additional procedure along Juvenile Justice Subcommittee achieve their rehabilitation goals and with the computerization of this infor­ To hold hearings on juvenile arson. meet their psychological needs. · mation, the Office of the Senate Daily SD-628 They do so with great patience, a Digest will prepare this information 9:30a.m. strong belief in the individual and an for printing in the Extensions of Re­ Appropriations innovative and creative capacity to marks section of the CONGRESSIONAL Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu­ help their patients. RECORD on Monday and Wednesday of cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ Over the years, our senior citizens; each week. mittee our children; our mentally, socially Any changes in committee schedul­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ and physically handicapped men and ing will be indicated by placement of timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ women; our brain injury victims; our partment of Education, including ele­ an asterisk to the left of the name of mentary and secondary education, burn victims; our stroke patients; our the unit conducting such meetings. education block grants, impact aid, re­ arthritics; our amputees and others all Meetings scheduled for Thursday, search and statistics, and libraries. have benefited from occupational April 18, 1985, may be found in the SD-116 therapists whose efforts have helped Daily Digest of today's RECORD. Environment and Public Works their patients again function in our so­ MEETINGS SCHEDULED Environmental Pollution Subcommittee ciety despite their impairments. Business meeting, to mark up S. 53 and So, Mr. Speaker, I believe you and APRIL 19 S. 652, bills authorizing funds for pro­ the rest of my colleagues would do 9:00a.m. grams of the Clean Water Act. well to join with me during the week Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs SD-406 of April 14 to 20 to salute the efforts Financial Institutions and Consumer Af­ Finance of our occupational therapists. They fairs Subcommittee To hold hearings on the impact of float­ deserve our thanks, our admiration, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee ing exchange rates on the internation­ and our support for their efforts.e To hold oversight hearings to review ad­ al trading system. justable rate mortgages. SD-215 SALUTE TO BESSIE DOTY SD-538 Labor and Human Resources 9:30a.m. To hold hearings on the nomination of •Finance William E. Brock, III, of Tennessee, to HON. JIM COURTER Health Subcommittee be Secretary of Labor. OF NEW JERSEY To hold oversight hearings of the Peer SD-430 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Review Organizations. Rules and Administration Wednesday, April17, 1985 SD-215 To resume hearings on Senate commit­ 10:00 a.m. tee resolutions requesting funds for e Mr. COURTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise Foreign Relations operating expenses for 1985. today to salute an outstanding New To hold hearings on the current situa­ SR-301 Jersey citizen who has spent a lifetime tion in Central America. 10:00 a.m. serving the people of her community. SD-419 Appropriations Bessie Doty, of Haskell, NJ, is a truly Labor and Human Resources Defense Subcommittee outreaching and compassionate indi­ Children, Family, Drugs, and Alcoholism To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ vidual whose accomplishments via her· Subcommittee timates for fiscal year 1986 for certain concern for others are most inspiring To hold hearings on the role of Nicara­ defense programs, focusing on the and impressive. gua in drug trafficking. strategic defense initiative

I, 8336 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 17, 1985 2:30p.m. and services provided and adminis­ certain provisions relating to revenues Finance tered by the Veterans' Administration, for the hazardous substance response )• To continue hearings on the impact of and related health legislation affect­ trust fund of S. 51, Superfund Im­ floating exchange rates on the inter­ ing veterans. provement Act of 1985, and related national trading system. SD-418 proposals. SD-215 10:00 a.m. SD-215 Appropriations APRIL24 HUD-Independent Agencies Subcommit­ Veterans' Affairs 9:00a.m. tee To continue hearings on S. 6, to clarify •Foreign Relations To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ and improve certain health-care pro­ To hold hearings on American policy timates for fiscal year 1986 for the grams and services provided and ad­ toward South Africa. Federal Emergency Management ministered by the Veterans' Adminis­ SD-419 Agency, and the Environmental Pro­ tration, and related health legislation 9:30a.m. tection Agency. affecting veterans. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry SD-124 SR-418 . To resume hearings on S. 501 and S. 616, Appropriations 10:00 a.m. bills to expand export markets for U.S. Transportation and Related Agencies Sub­ Appropriations agricultural commodities, provide committee price and income protection for farm­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Defense Subcommittee ers, assure consumers an abundance of timates for fiscal year 1986 for the U.S To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ food and fiber at reasonable prices, Coast Guard, Department of Trans­ timates for fiscal year 1986 for certain and continue low-income food assist­ portation. defense programs, focusing on Air ance programs, focusing on commodity SD-138 Force aircraft procurement and re­ assistance for rural credit programs. Commerce, Science, and Transportation search, development, technology and SR-328A Merchant Marine Subcommittee engineering. Appropriations To hold hearings, on S. 664, to facilitate SD-192 Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu­ the competitiveness of exports of U.S. Appropriations cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ agricultural commodities, and other HUD-Independent Agencies Subcommit­ mittee related proposals. tee To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ SR-232 timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Judiciary timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ partment of Education, including stu­ Juvenile Justice Subcommittee (' dent financial assistance, guaranteed partment of Housing and Urban De­ To hold hearings to examine problems velopment. student loans, higher and continuing relating to juvenile victims in sexual education, higher education facilities assault cases. SD-124 loans and insurance, college housing SD-226 Appropriations loans, educational research and train­ 2:00p.m. Energy and Water Development Subcom­ ing. Judiciary mittee SD-116 To hold hearings on pending nomina­ Appropriations To resume hearings on proposed budget tions. estimates for fiscal year 1986 for Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, SD-226 and Related Agencies Subcommittee energy and water development pro­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ APRIL25 grams, focusing on atomic energy de­ timates for fiscal year 1986 for the 9:00a.m. fense activities. Federal Bureau of Investigation, De­ •Foreign Relations SD-116 partment of Justice, the Legal Services Business meetings, to consider the Con­ Appropriations Corporation, and the Securities and vention on the Prevention and Punish­ Treasury, Postal Service, and General Exchange Commission. ment of the Crime of Genocide . To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Commerce, Science, and Transportation SD-419 timates for fiscal year 1986 for the Consumer Subcommittee 9:30a.m. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Office of Management and Budget, in­ To hold hearings on proposed legislation cluding the Office of Federal Procure­ authorizing funds for the Federal To continue hearings on S. 501 and S. 616, bills to expand export markets for ment Policy. Trade Commission. SD-138 SR-253 U.S. agricultural commodities, provide Finance price and income protection for farm­ 10:30 a.m. To continue hearings on the impact of ers, assure consumers an abundance of Rules and Administration floating exchange rates on the inter­ food and fiber at reasonable prices, Business meeting, to consider Senate national trading system. and continue low-income food assist- committee resolutions requesting SD-215 ance programs. funds for operating expenses for 1985. Governmental Affairs SR-328A Appropriations SR-301 Oversight of Government Management 2:00p.m. Subcommittee Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu­ To hold oversight hearings on activities cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ Appropriations of the Office of Government Ethics. mittee Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ SD-342 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ tee Labor and Human Resources timates for fiscal year 1986 for To hold beatings on proposed budget es­ To hold hearings on the nominations of ACTION and SD-215

• I . April 17, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8337 Governmental Affairs Appropriations 2:00p.m. Civil Service, Post Office, and General Transportation and Related Agencies Sub­ Appropriations Services Subcommittee committee Treasury, Postal Service, and General To hold hearings to review options for To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Government Subcommittee conducting a pay equity study of the timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Federal pay and classification systems. partment of Transportation and relat­ timates for fiscal year 1986 for the SD-342 ed agencies. General Services Administration. SD-124 SD-138 APRIL29 2:00p.m. Select on Intelligence 9:30a.m. Appropriations Closed business meeting, to resume Commerce, Science, and Transportation Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ markup of proposed legislation au­ Surface Transportation Subcommittee tee thorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for To hold hearings on proposed legislation To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ the intelligence community. authorizing funds for Amtrak timates for fiscal year 1986 for the SH-219 SR-253 Office of the Secretary and the Office 10:00 a.m. of the Solicitor, Department of the In­ MAY2 Energy and Natural Resources terior. 9:30a.m. Public Lands, Reserved Water and Re­ SD-192 Appropriations source Conservation Subcommittee Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu­ To hold hearings on S. 488 and H.R. MAY1 cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ 1185, bills to establish the Petrified 9:00p.m. mittee Forest National Park, AZ, S. 543 and Commerce, Science, and Transportation To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ H.R. 1373, to designate the wilderness Communications Subcommittee timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ in the Point Reyes National Seashore To hold hearings on proposed legislation partments of Labor, Health and in California as the Phillip Burton authorizing funds for the National Human Services, Education, and cer­ Wilderness, and S. 444, to convey cer­ Telecommunications and Information tain related agencies. tain U.S. lands in Alaska to NANA Re­ Administration. SD-116 gional Corporation in exchange for SR-485 10:00 a.m. lands owned by such corporation. 9:30a.m. Appropriations SD-366 Appropriations Defense Subcommittee Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ APRIL30 cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ timates for fiscal year 1986 for certain 9:30a.m. mittee defense programs, focusing on Navy Appropriations To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ aircraft procurement and research, de­ Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu­ timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ velopment, technology and engineer­ cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ partments of Labor, Health and ing. mittee Human Services, Education, and cer­ SD-192 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ tain related agencies. Appropriations timates for fiscal year 1986 for the Room to be announced HUn-Independent Agencies Subcommit­ Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, Prospec­ Appropriations tee tive Payment Commission, Ratlroad Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Retirement Board, National Labor Re­ and Related Agencies Subcommittee timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ lations Board, National Mediation To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ partment of Housing and Urban De­ Board, OSHA Review Commission, velopment and certain independent timates for fiscal year 1986 for the Su­ agencies. and the Federal Mediation and Concil­ preme Court of the United States, and iation Service. SD-124 . the U.S. district courts. Environment and Public Works SD-116 S-146, Capitol Energy and Natural Resources Business meeting, to mark up S. 124, au­ Energy Research and Development Sub­ Commerce, Science, and Transportation thorizing funds through fiscal year committee Consumer Subcommittee 1989 for programs of the Safe Drink­ To resume oversight hearings on pro­ To hold hearings on proposed legislation ing Water Act, including public water posed budget requests for fiscal year authorizing funds for the Consumer systems and protection of under­ 1986 for programs of the Department Product Safety Commission. ground sources of drinking water. of Energy, focusing on energy re­ SR-253 SD-406 · search programs. Veterans' Affairs Labor and Human Resources SD-366 To hold oversight hearings on the Veter­ Children, Family, Drugs, and Alcoholism Environment and Public Works ans' Administration home loan guar­ Subcommittee To hold joint hearings with the Commit­ anty program. To hold hearings on S. 140, Children's tee on Governmental Affairs' Subcom­ SD-366 Justice Act. mittee on Governmental Efficiency 10:00 a.m. SD-430 and the District of Columbia on global Appropriations 2:00p.m. forecasting capability. HUn-Independent Agencies Subcommit­ Appropriations SD-342 tee Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ Governmental Affairs To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ tee Governmental Efficiency and the District timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ of Columbia Subcommittee partment of Housing and Urban De­ timates for fiscal year 1986 for territo­ To hold Joint hearings with the Commit­ velopment and certain independent rial affairs, Department of the Interi- tee on Environment and Public Works agencies. or. on global forecasting capability. SD-124 SD-138 SD-342 Appropriations Labor and Human Resources Transportation and Related Agencies Sub­ MAY3 To hold ·hearings on S. 801, authorizing committee 9:30a.m. funds for fiscal year 1986 for the Na­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Finance tional Science Foundation. timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ International Trade Subcommittee SD-430 partment of Transportation and relat­ To hold hearings on the proposed Tele­ 10:00 a.m. ed agencies. communications Trade Act. Appropriations SD-138 SD-215 Defense Subcommittee Environment and Public Works 10:00 a.m. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Business meeting, to mark up S. 53 and Commerce, Science, and Transportation timates for fiscal year 1986 for certain S. 652, bills authorizing funds for pro­ To hold hearings in conjunction with defense programs, focusing on Army grams of the Clean Water Act, and the National Ocean Policy Study on modernization. other related measures. proposed legislation authorizing funds SD-192 SD-406 for the Coastal Zone Management Act

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Closed business meeting, to resume SD-366 SR-253 markup of proposed legislation au­ thorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for MAY14 MAY6 the intelligence commun1ty. 9:30a.m. SH-219 9:30a.m. Appropriations Commerce, Science, and Transportation Surface Transportation Subcommittee MAY9 Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu­ To hold hearings on proposed legislation 9:30a.m. cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ authorizing funds for rail safety pro­ Appropriations mittee grams of the Department of Transpor­ Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ tation. cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ SR-253 mittee partments of Labor, Health and 10:00 a.m. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Human Services, Education, and cer­ Commerce, Science, and Transportation timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ tain related agencies. Merchant Marine Subcommittee partments of Labor, Health and SD-116 To hold hearings on the consolidation of Human Services, Education, and cer­ 10:00 a.m. certain trade routes. tain related agencies. Appropriations SR-232 SD-116 Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ 10:00 a.m. tee MAY7 Environment and Public Works To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ 9:30a.m. Business meeting, to consider pending timates for fiscal year 1986 for the Appropriations calendar business. Energy Information Administration, Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu­ SD-406 and the Economic Regulatory Admin­ cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ 2:00p.m. istration, Department of Energy. mittee Appropriations SD-138 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ Foreign Relations timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ tee To continue joint hearings with the partments of Labor, Health and To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Committee on the Judiciary on inter­ Human Services, Education, and cer­ timates for fiscal year 1986 for the national terrorism and narcotic traf­ tain related agencies. Bureau of Land Management , Department of the Interior. SD-419 10:00 a.m. Governmental Affairs Environment and Public Works SD-138 Business meeting, to consider pending Energy and Natural Resources Intergovernmental Relations Subcommit­ calendar business. Energy Research and Development Sub­ tee SD-406 committee To resume hearings on S. 483, to ensure that the Federal Government assume 2:00p.m. To resume oversight hearings on pro­ ' Appropriations posed budget requests for fiscal year the full cost of legislating and regulat­ Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ 1986 for programs of the Department ing Federal purposes and mandates. tee of Energy, focusing on fusion energy SD-342 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ programs. Judiciary timates for fiscal year 1986 for the SD-366 To continue joint hearings with the Indian Health Service, Department of Committee on Foreign Relations on Health and Human Services. MAY10 international terrorism and narcotic SD-138 9:30a.m. trafficking. Energy and Natural Resources SD-419 MAYS Energy Research and Development Sub­ 9:30a.m. committee MAY15 Appropriations To resume oversight hearings on pro­ 9:30a.m. Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu­ posed budget requests for fiscal year Appropriations 1986 for programs of the Department cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu­ mittee of Energy, focusing on conservation and renewable programs. cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ mittee timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ SD-366 partments of Labor, Health and Finance To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Human Services, Education, and cer­ Health Subcommittee timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ tain related agencies. To hold hearings to review the health partments of Labor, Health and SD-116 prevention/promotion for Medicare Human Services, Education, and relat­ Labor and Human Resources beneficiaries. ed agencies. To hold hearings on nominations of SD-215 SD-116 Marshall B. Babson, of Connecticut, 10:00 a.m. and Wilford W. Johansen, of Califor­ MAY13 Foreign Relations n1a, each to be a member of the Na­ 10:00 a.m. To continue joint hearings with the tional Labor Relations Board. Foreign Relations Committee on the Judiciary on inter­ SD-430 To hold joint hearings with the Commit­ national terrorism and narcotic traf­ Veterans' Affairs tee on the Judiciary on international ficking. Business meeting, to mark up s. 6, to terrorism and narcotic trafficking. SD-419 clarify and improve certain health­ SD-419 Judiciary care programs and services provided Judiciary To continue joint hearings with the and administered by the Veterans' Ad­ To hold joint hearings with the Commit­ Committee on Foreign Relations on ministration, and related proposals, tee on Foreign Relations on interna­ international terrorism and narcotic and S. 367, to provide for judicial tional terrorism and narcotic traffick­ trafficking. review of certain administrative deci­ ing. SD-419 sions of the VA, to codify certain VA SD-419 adjudication procedures, to improve 2:00p.m. MAY16 the VA appeals process, to require the Energy and Natural Resources . VA to comply with certain rulemaking Energy Research and Development Sub­ 9:30a.m. prqcedures, and to provide for reason­ commtttee Commerce, Science, and Transportation able fees to attorneys serving as legal To resume oversight hearings on pro­ Business meeting, to consider pending counsel for veterans. posed budget requests for fiscal year calendar business. SR-418 1986 for programs of the Department SR-253

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.•. April 17, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8339 10:00 a.m. Management Service, Department of OCTOBER 1 Appropriations the Interior. 11:00 a.m. Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ SD-138 tee Veterans' Affairs To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ MAY22 To hold hearings to review the legisla­ timates for fiscal year 1986 for fossil tive priorities of the American Legion. energy. 2:00p.m. SD-106 SD-138 Appropriations 2:00p.m. Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ Energy and Natural Resources tee CANCELLATIONS Energy Research and Development Sub­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ committee timates for fiscal year 1986 for Naval APRIL 18 To resume oversight hearings on pro­ Petroleum Reserves, and fossil energy. posed budget requests for fiscal year SD-138 10:00 a.m. 1986 for programs for the Department Judiciary of Energy, focusing on fossil energy JUNE 11 Business meeting, to consider pending programs. SD-366 9:30 a.m. calendar business. Labor and Human Resources SD-226 MAY17 To hold oversight hearings on the imple­ 9:30a.m. mentation of the Orphan Drug Act APRIL25 Commerce, Science, and Transportation 9:30a.m. Surface Transportation Subcommittee relating to radiation-cancer liability. Commerce, Science, and Transportation To hold hearings on the deregulation of SD-430 surface freight forwarders. To hold hearings in conjunction with SR-253 the National Ocean Policy Study on JUNE 12 proposed legislation authorizing funds MAY21 9:00a.m. for the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act and fishery pro­ 10:00 a.m. Labor and Human Resources Appropriations To continue oversight hearings on the grams of the National Oceanic and At­ Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ implementation of the Orphan Drug mospheric Administration, Depart­ tee Act