July 17, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14907 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS William James, one of America's most dis­ without pay, as if their life, or more impor­ tinguished psychologists and philosophers, tantly, the life of their country depended on A PATHWAY TO GREATNESS during the early part of this century stated, it. They believed in their goal, and they "Compared with what we ought to be, we knew every man had to give more than his are only half awake. Our fires are damped, share to make that goal a reality. I only HON. IKE SKELTON our draft is checked. We are making use of hope we can agree as well on other goals OF MISSOURI only a small part of our possible mental and and have that kind of 'American Spirit' IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES physical resources". more often." He concluded that the average individual It is that kind of spirit that is necessary if Monday, July 17, 1989 was using only a small part of his or her full we are going to build a Greater Oklahoma, potential, perhaps as low as 10 percent. We Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, recently, our and a New America that can lead again, and restrict ourselves to a small percentage of be competitive in a "one-world" global econ­ colleague from Oklahoma, WES WATKINS, ad­ our full potential and that percentage is re­ omy. It is that type of spirit that will lead to dressed Oklahoma Baptist University during its duced further by negative anti and adver­ more than personal success, but to build a commencement ceremony. His talk, entitled, sary campaigns to encourage citizens to be common bond for a common goal. Remem­ "A Pathway to Greatness" is a positive mes­ against-not for-something or someone. ber for a personal or common goal to be mo­ sage to the young people of our Nation and is In his new book, "Unlimited Power", An­ tivational, it requires constant commitment commended to Members of this body: thony Robbins states: from workers and constituents, not just the "Ultimate power is synergistic. It comes desire of the chief executive or government A PATHWAY FOR GREATNESS from people working together, not working leaders. Thank you, President Agee: Members of apart. We now have the technology to The second quality is enthusiasm to the Administration and faculty, friends, stu­ change people's perception in almost an in­ achieve the goal you set for yourself, your dents, and our honored guests today, the stant. It is time to use it in a positive way community, state or nation. The degree of 1989 graduating Seniors of Oklahoma Bap­ for betterment of us all." your ambition to your goal is measured by tist University. I know the quality of the That is especially true today if we are to your enthusiasm to achieve your goal. OBU students, for the past few years I have build a Greater Oklahoma and Nation. Charles Schwab, one-time president of had interns from OBU in my Washington We all know when an individual becomes Bethlehem Steel Company stated, "A office. I am pleased and honored to deliver depressed, rejected or ill, a person just does person can succeed at almost anything for your commencement address, which I have not perform to their normal potential, let which he or she has unlimited enthusiasm entitled "A Pathway for Greatness." alone to his or her full potential. Therefore, to achieve". J.C. Penney once stated, "People are the a positive "can-do" attitude is a must if we principal asset of a company, whether it are to fulfill our greatest potential. Enthusiasm is the inspiration of anything makes things to sell; sell things made by It is a known fact that your energy, crea­ great. It is the "self-starter" that makes other people, or supplies intangible services. tivity, memory, judgment, perception, abili­ "mere followers" to be recognized as lead­ Nothing moves until your people make it ty to communicate, physical strength, I.Q. ers. move." and many other human attributes can be The third quality is courage-courage to That is not only true of a company, but of greatly improved by using certain tech­ start-to build, to take the steps toward a community, state or nation. niques. achieving your goal. There are many who I submit to you, if we are to build a great­ Several years ago, the Washington Post will dream a dream, and maybe map out a er Oklahoma and nation, there is one thing reported on a study done by Professor Rich plan, but many do not have the courage to we must do-get the best-that goodness Heber of the University of Wisconsin who "step out" to take the action necessary to and greatness-from our citizens. had taken young children of poor and illit­ achieve their goal. Fear of making mistakes As an elected public official-as with any erate parents living in the city's worst slums is the most frequent factor in not imple­ individual, group or entity of government­ and produced startling results of I.Q. scores menting our life dreams. However, if you getting the best, that goodness and great­ increasing more than 50 percent, some of are motivated correctly in your efforts to ness cannot be accomplished by negative, them scored as high as 135. achieve a worthy goal, the greatest failure is anti and/or adversary campaigns or posi­ After years of giving intelligence tests, to do nothing. I know in my mission, my tions which only reduces the citizens hope studies have proven that such tests do not goal-to initiate non-traditional, new inno­ and visions to the lowest common denomi­ measure potential, but only that portion of vative and creative ways to build new eco­ nator. Greatness can only be achieved the potential that has been developed. I.Q. nomic and job opportunities for our citi­ through lifting the highest common denom­ and achievement can be influenced dramati­ zens-I will err, make mistakes and some­ inator which is done only by challenging cally upward by using certain techniques times fail. But the alternative is continued the hopes, dreams, ambition and vision of and with a positive "can-do" attitude. unemployment, low income, and a continu­ the citizen. Therefore, we must get the Besides a position attitude, there are ous out-migration of our loved ones from best-that goodness and the greatness­ qualities or characteristics that form "the Oklahoma, especially you, our brightest and from each of you if we are to build a greater pathway for greatness" for an individual, sharpest young college graduates. I think Oklahoma and nation for you and future state or nation to achieve their best-that building your future in Oklahoma is a generations. goodness and greatness. worthy goal and can be achieved if com­ If this is our goal as leaders and citizens of First and foremost is to set a worthy goal bined in the spirit that Neil Armstrong de­ Oklahoma and the nation-how do we ac­ and have the right motivation in achieving scribed-however, "We need your help." complish it? that goal. One of the most powerful moti­ The fourth quality is determination-the Harold Sherman in his book, "How to vating techniques for individuals such as will-or persistence to achieve your goal. Tum Failure into Success", states, "Every yourself, a state or nation is to establish a Christopher Columbus didn't get the sup­ worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag "challenging and measureable goal". port and backing to sail on his trip which on it: how much are you willing to pay in Astronaut Neil Armstrong was once asked discovered America on his first try. Abra­ hard work and sacrifice, in patience, faith about what the efforts of landing Americans ham Lincoln lost more elections than he and endurance to obtain it?" on the moon proved about the American won. Henry Ford, founder of the gas engine This is true for each of us as an individual spirit. His answer was, and I quote, automobile, was told to give up his idea and and yes, as a community, state and nation. "The Apollo program demonstrated how devote his time to something useful, and Opportunities will not come like manna really dedicated the American people can be Thomas Edison tried 10 thousand unsuc­ from heaven, or like the last economic oil after they have accepted a challenge." He cessful items in his attempt to create a fila­ boom from the ground; we must as individ­ went on to say, "The entire project team ment for the electric light bulb. When uals, state, and nation invest wisely in an would absolutely not stop working. Every­ Edison was asked if this didn't discourage "economic and intellectual infrastructure" where you looked people were working late him, his answer was that these weren't to make it happen. at night and across the weekend, usually really failures, but were merely the neces-

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29-059 0-90-7 (Pt. 11) 14:908 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 17, 1989 sary elimination of ideas that wouldn't Thank you and God Bless you all. As a world transplant center, Pittsburgh is work. proud of the pioneering medical advances we Even some of you as graduates may have have achieved. We are proud as well of Lee had to take a course or test over to get to TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM MAINE this day, but you were successful and are Gutkind and his contribution to the under­ graduating today. HON. JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR. standing and advancement of transplant medi­ Someone once said, "There is much more cine through the written word. achieved from 'I will than I.Q.'" OF OHIO But, let me add, if you have both, I.Q. and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I will, along with persistence, you have the Monday, July 17, 1989 TRIBUTE TO CALLAWAY GAR­ qualities to achieve whatever you might DENS AND MR. G. HAROLD want to do in life. Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today NORTHROP Napoleon Hill, one of the leading authori­ to pay tribute to William Maine of my 17th ties on human potential, spent years study­ Congressional District of Ohio, who recently ing the life of outstanding individuals. The won two gold medals in the U.S. National HON. RICHARD RAY one common indispensable quality he found Senior Olympics. OF GEORGIA in all of them was their "persistence"-they On June 19, 1989, the second biennial U.S. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES kept trying after repeated failures. The next two qualities I feel important National Senior Olympics were held in St. Monday, July 17, 1989 Louis. William Maine, at the age of 84, won relate to the value system of an individual­ Mr. RAY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to share medals in three events, the 100-meter breast­ your personal integrity and faith. with my colleagues an article by Glenn stroke, the 100-meter butterfly, and the 200- The number one quality that most people Vaughn that captures the spirit and beauty of look for in a business or government leader meter individual medley. He also participated Callaway Gardens, and the devotion of Mr. G. is not I.Q., energy, looks or physical charac­ in six other events in the 6-day-long Senior Harold Northrop, president and chief execu­ teristics, but integrity. The story is told Olympics. He was among 3,500 senior citi­ tive officer of the Ida Cason Callaway Founda­ about Herbert J. Taylor, a successful and zens between the ages of 55 and 91 compet­ highly paid vice-president in line for the tion. Few places in the nation are as spectac­ ing in the events. company presidency, was asked to leave to ular as Callaway Gardens with its lush layout Mr. Speaker, William Maine is to be com­ save an ill-managed company from bank­ and splendid views, and few individuals are as mended for his competitive nature and health­ ruptcy. He accepted the challenge with less dedicated to the maintenance of beauty as than half the salary he was making. conscious lifestyle. He did not let his age Mr. Northrop: One of the first decisions he made was to stand in the way of his athletic abilities. I establish some principles to guide the em­ would like to congratulate him for his tremen­ TWENTY YEARS LATER, NORTHROP STILL ployees in dealing with people. He called dous achievements. It is an honor to repre­ DREAM KEEPER them the "Four-Way Test" and later as­ sent this outstanding individual. (By Glenn Vaughn> signed the copyright to Rotary Internation­ Pretty and peaceful Callaway Gardens­ al. The "Four-Way Test" deals with integri­ with its tall trees, tranquil lakes and intoxi­ ty and is composed of four questions, which LEE GUTKIND'S CONTRIBU- cating flora-gives off a reassuring air of are: TIONS TO ORGAN TRANSPLAN­ permanence. It's hard to imagine the site Cl) Is it the truth? once was unimproved pastureland or eroded <2> Is it fair to all concerned? TATION (3) Will it build goodwill and better friend­ and gullied farmland. ship? But one man dreamed beyond the neglect­ HON. DOUG WALGREN ed wilderness. He was Cason Jewell (4) Will it be beneficial to all concerned? OF PENNSYLVANIA You will find your life's journey is filled Callaway <1894-1961>, a highly successful with compromise, and I know most of what IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES textile industrialist-turned master farmer­ you hear from me today will not be remem­ Monday, July 17, 1989 turned master gardener. Today his and that bered. However, one statement that I made of his widow, Virginia Hand Callaway, of when first running for Congress in 1976, I Mr. WALGREN. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleas­ cultivating nature's beauty for the public to would like to repeat: ure to recognize Lee Gutkind, a professor at enjoy, is in the form of a highly acclaimed "Remember, there is a difference in the the University of Pittsburgh who has been resort drawing visitors from throughout principle of compromise and the compro­ named this year's recipient of the American America and many parts of the world. In mise of a principle." Heart Association's Blakeslee Award for his May the newspaper USA Today rated Last, but by no means least, is Faith. Callaway Gardens the nation's top family book, "Many Sleepless Nights." The award, vacation spot. Faith in three ways: presented annually for outstanding achieve­ 1. Faith in yourself-that is confidence. Open sine 1952, the resort and corporate 2. Faith in others. There are people who ments in science journalism, was established meeting center hit full stride under the are willing to help with a job or with many in honor of Associated Press science editor leadership of a visionary named G. Harold other things in life. There is no such thing Howard W. Blakeslee to recognize those who Northrop. He is president and chief execu­ as a self-made person. Remember, all of us have made a significant contribution to the tive officer of the Ida Cason Callaway Foun­ are given certain rights, freedoms and op­ public's scientific knowledge and understand­ dation and of Garden Services, Inc. portunities from others. ing. This year he completed 20 years at the helm of "the Gardens." On his watch 15 3. Faith in God. Today, more than any "Many Sleepless Nights" is a comprehen­ time in my life, I realize there is a Greater million visitors were attracted to this resort Power than my own. It is my daily prayer to sive treatment of the field of organ transplan­ in "our neck of the woods" as he spent sev­ give thanks to God for His unconditional tation. In addition to portraying the transplant eral tens of millions of dollars in capital im­ love, tremendous mercy and amazing Grace team at Pittsburgh's Presbyterian Hospital as provements. Callaway Gardens easily ranks that is given to each of us. he witnessed them in over 50 transplants, Mr. among Columbus' and the region's most val­ As you leave today with your diploma. Gutklind chronicles the evolution of transplant uable assets. filled with enthusiasm and tremendous po­ surgery, tells the story of the patients who With 14,500 acres, about 2,500 of which tential, remember your can accomplish wait for transplants, and addresses the ethical are "developed" and with some 5,000 acres much with 'I.Q. and I will", especially if open to the public, it is the nation's largest your goal is God's will. and moral issues involved in transplantation. garden resort in land area. It has the I believe it is God's will and purpose for His narrative is drawn from 3 years of investi­ world's largest collection of both holly and each of us to have a positive, spiritual atti­ gation, including months spent living side by azaleas. The Sibley Horticulture Center is tude to get the best-that goodness and side with transplant candidates, recipients, like no other and the Day Butterfly Center greatness-from each person that we en­ organ procurement teams and surgeons, and is the only facility of its kind in North counter. That cannot be done by being neg­ visits to most of the major transplant centers America. ative, anti or adversarial in our actions, but in the United States. In addition to its charm, visitors are of­ can only be achieved by having a challeng­ "Many Sleepless Nights" also recently re­ fered a broad range of tours and educational ing, positive attitude to lift the hopes, ambi­ activities. There's golf, tennis, swimming, tions and vision to the highest common de­ ceived a public service award from the Ameri­ fishing, horseback riding and more. There's nominator. That's the pathway for great­ can Council on Transplantation and has been even steeplechase racing. Biking is highly ness and the path to building a greater selected by the Library Journal as one of the popular. The other day, thanks to an "anon­ Oklahoma and Nation. eight best medical books of 1988. ymous" donor, a $500,000 addition to the July 17, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14909 Gardens' bike trail was opened, making it As a partner in the Atlantic label of his The Bureau of Reclamation should not sell nearly 10 miles long. younger brother, Ahmet, starting in 1954, more water from the central valley project An area economic force, the resort em­ he signed and produced such jazz greats as until several critical issues are settled. These ploys 800 year round and 1,100 in the the Modern Jazz Quartet, Ornette Coleman, summer. Run by a not-for-profit founda­ John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk and include: The State's review of water quality tion, Callaway Gardens is partially support­ Charles Mingus. He also signed pop singer standards; reviews of irrigation drainage prob­ ed by a profit-making, tax-paying arm called Roberta Flack and produced recordings for lems; and, congressional review of a water Garden Services, Inc. It operates the Inn, Ray Charles, Bobby Darin, the Drifters, Big transportation contract with the State of Cali­ various shops and food service facilities. Joe Turner and LaVern Baker. fornia. Other income comes from gate receipts, reg­ Mr. Ertegun was the first president of the My colleagues should be aware that the ular fund-raising, gifts from foundation and National Association of Recording Arts and California State Senate supports a moratorium endowment earnings. Contributions have in­ Sciences, which gives the record industry's creased Cason Callaway's original $7 million yearly Grammy awards, and was a long-time on these water sales. On June 23, 1989, the endowment to $20 million. leader of the international fight against State senate adopted Senate Joint Resolution Granger Harold Northrop, 53, a one-time record piracy and copyright infringement. 26, memorializing the President and Congress High School All-American football player A soccer fan, he founded the New York of the United States to direct the Bureau of from Ithaca, N.Y., came South on an athlet­ Cosmos Soccer Club, now defunct, which Reclamation to suspend its efforts to sell ic scholarship to Vanderbilt University, brought such international stars as Pele, water from the central valley project and to where he earned a business degree in 1959. Franz Beckenbauer and Johan Cruyff to complete the determination of how much There he met and married the former Char­ the United States. lotte Beasley. He was an art collector since his days as a water is needed to mitigate the adverse ef­ After a nine-year stint with Southern Bell student at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he fects of the project on fish and wildlife. The in Louisiana, he became the foundation's first became a student of jazz. His collection text of this resolution follows: included works by Dali, de Chirico, Ma­ executive vice president in February, 1969. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 26 Foundation president at the time was gritte, Man Ray and Francis Bacon. former congressman Howard "Bo" In Washington, where his father was the LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST Callaway. In 1972 Northrop became presi­ Turkish ambassador, he organized unprece­ SJR 26, as amended, McCorquodale. Fish dent and chief executive officer and dented racially mixed jazz concerts at the and wildlife: water needs: studies. Callaway became board chairman. embassy from 1940 to 1943. He also became This measure would memorialize the Jimmie Noone and mitigate the adverse effects of the project never to slacken. With the acclaim his years Kid Ory. In the early 1950s, for the Contem­ on fish and wildlife. have brought the Gardens, one believes him porary label, he recorded such West Coast Fiscal committee: no. when he says he and the others look on modern jazz artists as Shelly Manne and Whereas, Fish and wildlife in California their work there as a mission rather than a Shorty Rogers. are dependent on adequate flows of fresh­ job. Twenty years later it is clear he has Mr. Ertegun is survived by his wife, water in the state's rivers and estuaries; and adopted the Cason and Virginia Callaway Selma; a daughter, Leyla; a son, Rustem; a Whereas, The State Water Resources dream as his own. brother, Ahmet; and a sister, Selma Gosk­ Control Board has commenced hearings to Finally, an update on the Northrop off­ sel. Mr. Ertegun will be buried in Istanbul. determine the amount and quality of water spring: Jennifer, a University of Georgia law flowing through the San Francisco Bay­ graduate and wife of Tom Foster of Atlanta, Delta estuary which is necessary to protect has a month-old daughter named Jessica; CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT­ the fisheries, wildlife, and other beneficial Son Foster graduated this month from the MORATORIUM ON NEW WATER uses of the water and will decide if the UGA School of Veterinary Medicine; and SALES daughter Susan is a rising senior at the amount of water diverted from the estuary UGA, studying early childhood develop­ should be modified to protect the fisheries and other beneficial uses of the delta; and ment. HON. GEORGE MILLER Whereas, During the recent hearings, the OF CALIFORNIA State Water Resources Control Board was NESUHI ERTEGUN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES presented with extensive testimony that the past operations of the Central Valley Monday, July 17, 1989 Project, State Water Project and other di­ HON. MARY ROSE OAKAR verters are causing significant damage to OF OHIO Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, the House has now passed and sent to the the bay-delta fisheries; and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Whereas, The area of origin of water has Senate the fiscal year 1990 energy and water Monday, July 17, 1989 the first right to all the water which is rea­ appropriations bill, H.R. 2696. sonably required to adequately supply the Ms. OAKAR. Mr. Speaker, one of the great This bill includes important language to pro­ beneficial needs of the protected area contributors to the American and international hibit the Secretary of the Interior from execut­ before the water may be exported; and music world has been Nesuhi Ertegun. Mr. Er­ ing any new, long-term water supply contracts Whereas, On December 29, 1978, the Sec­ tegun recently passed away, but his contribu­ from the central valley project prior to October retary of the Interior issued a formal deci­ tions to the industry are part of the great Erte­ 1, 1990. The intent of this provision is to pre­ sion directing the agencies of the Depart­ gun legacy. The following is an article which vent all the remaining yield of that project ment of the Interior to determine the status from being sold on a long-term basis before of the fish and wildlife resources of the appeared in the Washington Post: Central Valley and recognizing the obliga­ [From the Washington Post, July 17, 19891 all the necessary studies and analyses are tion of the federal government to partici­ NESUHI ERTEGUN DIES AT 71; WAS RECORD completed. In short, such a critically important pate in meeting water quality and other EXECUTIVE decision should not be made in isolation. conditions necessary to conserve and protect NEW YoRK-Former record company exec­ The Bureau of Reclamation still has not the fish and wildlife resources of the Cen­ utive Nesuhi Ertegun, 71, a key figure in the completed the necessary technical analyses tral Valley and the San Francisco Bay-Delta history of American jazz and popular music, and environmental studies which would allow estuary; and died July 15 of complications after surgery new, long-term contracts to be signed to deliv­ Whereas, The secretary's decision as par­ for cancer. er approximately 1 million acre feet of water tially intended to assure that the uncommit­ Mr. Ertegun, a native of Istanbul, in 1971 per year from the central valley project. In ted water supply of the federal Central Valley Project could be used to correct past created WEA International company, the fact, Interior Secretary Lujan specifically sus­ giant distributor outside the United States damages and to meet the needs of fish and of the music of the Warner Brothers, Atlan­ pended the Bureau of Reclamation's ambi­ wildlife; and tic, Elektra and MCA record companies. He tious water sale program, and instructed the Whereas, The Department of the Interior remained president and chief executive offi­ agency to start its studies from scratch. I sup­ agencies have not carried out those fish and cer until 1987. port the Secretary's decision. wildlife studies; and 14910 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 17, 1989 Whereas, The Bureau of Reclamation, an notion that Congressmen are never defeated. around. We need more institutional memory agency of the Department of the Interior, But, anyone who looks behind these sensa­ than that. operates the Central Valley Project, and tional statistical juggling acts sees the fallacy furnishes 7.3 million acre-feet of water each year to project customers under long-term of this theory. CONGRESSMAN IKE SKELTON'S contracts from the Trinity, Sacramento, I was particularly happy to read the respon­ ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN American, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin sible editorial, "Permanent Congress? Check LEGION ON THE AMERICAN Rivers; and the Numbers" which appeared in Rollcall. I FLAG Whereas, The Bureau of Reclamation esti­ commend this excellent piece to my col­ mates that 1.5 million acre-feet of dependa­ leagues. ble annual water supply remains uncommit­ HON. IKE SKELTON ted in its project; and PERMANENT CONGRESS? CHECK THE NUMBERS Whereas, The Bureau of Reclamation is One of the most pernicious myths is that OF MISSOURI actively seeking long-term contracts for the there's no turnover any more in Congress. It IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sale of the 1.5 million acre-feet of water is true that in the House elections of 1986 which it estimates remains unsold and and 1988, the precentage of sitting Members Monday, July 17, 1989 unused in its Central Valley Project; and who ran for re-election and won was 98.0 Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, Saturday, I had Whereas, Until the agencies of the De­ percent and 98.3 percent, respectively. But the privilege of addressing the Missouri De­ partment of the Interior have completed two elections do not a trend make (if it rains partment of the American Legion State Con­ the fish and wildlife water needs studies as two days in a row, it's not necessarily going vention. I told them in my speech that I disap­ directed by the Secretary of the Interior in to rain for the next 40>. 1978, and until the State Water Resources But political pundits, who have almost no prove of the recent Supreme Court decision Control Board determines how much water sense of history, are convinced that a seat in allowing a person to burn the American flag. is necessary to protect fishing and other the House has become a permanent sine­ Further, I set forth a remedy to this decision. beneficial uses of the delta, it is uncertain as cure-thanks to the franking privilege, PAC Also, I pointed out that the American Legion to how much, if any, water remains uncom­ money, etc., etc. This is nonsense. does a fine job in educating the young people mitted in the project; and First of all, a seemingly high rate of in­ of our State in the understanding of our Amer­ Whereas, The Bureau of Reclamation, the cumbent re-election is nothing new. Con­ ican heritage. My remarks are set out as fol­ California Department of Water Resources, trary to many news reports, the rate in 1988 lows: and associations of their water contractors was not the highest in history. It was the have insisted that the bay-delta hearings of third highest. The highest was in 1792, ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN LEGION STATE the State Water Resources Control Board when every single one of the 45 House Mem­ CONVENTION, JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI be delayed; and bers who stood for re-election was victori­ Even before we were a nation, we had our Whereas, In the absence of that informa­ ous. The second-highest rate was in 1808. flags. Different from today's to be sure. But tion, the Bureau of Reclamation's current These facts are gleaned from an excellent serving the same purpose-symbols of unity, water marketing program is premature, and scholarly study prepared by David C. Huck­ and of our hopes, achievements, glory, and should not proceed until the water needs of abee of CRS in March, titled "Re-Election high resolve. fish and wildlife in the Central Valley and Rates of House Incumbents: 1790-1988." As Brave New England patriots faced down the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary have Rep. Frank Annunzio put it, "The British regulars at a place called Bunker been determined and addresses; and study ... effectively refutes the arguments, Hill under the Continental Flag which Whereas, If additional water is found nec­ recently appearing in the press, that cur­ prominently featured a pine tree. essary to protect beneficial uses of water of rent Members of Congress have 'stacked' "Don't Tread on Me," said the colonists in the San Francisco Bay estuary, that in­ the election system in their favor." the South, and a coiled rattlesnake on their crease shall come first from any uncommit­ Incumbents are indeed winning re-election flag reinforced that message. ted water supply in the Central Valley at a higher rate than in the recent past­ The Grand Union Flag went to sea with Project; now, therefore, be it but only at a slightly higher rate. Our own John Paul Jones and marched under George Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of analysis of the CRS numbers shows that in Washington in the early days of our Revolu­ the State of California, jointly, That the the '80s, the re-election rate has been 94.5 tion. By combining the British Union Jack Legislature of the State of California re­ percent, compared with 93.l percent in the with thirteen red and white stripes it re­ spectfully memoralizes the President and '70s and 91.2 percent in the '60s. But these flected the thinking of the colonists during Congress of the United States to direct the rates are still below the best period in histo­ that time: allegiance to the Crown, but will­ Bureau of Reclamation to suspend its cur­ ry for incumbents, from 1790 to 1808, when ing to fight for their rights as Englishmen. rent efforts to sell 1.5 million acre-feet of the rate was 95.2 percent. That thinking had changed, however, by water from the Trinity, Sacramento, Ameri­ And the incumbent re-election rate is not July 4, 1776. The Declaration of Independ­ can, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Rivers of a significant figure anyway. When incum­ ence-"That these United Colonies are, and California, and to complete the determina­ bents think they're going to lose, they fre­ of Right ought to be Free and Independent tion of how much water is needed to miti­ quently decide not to face the humiliation States"-set us on a new course, from which gate the adverse effects on fish and wildlife of defeat; they simply retire. The significant there was no turning back. It was a realiza­ caused by the develoment and operation of number, then, is the percentage of House tion that a people could not at once fight the Central Valley Project by January 1, Members who actually return to the cham­ against the king and at the same time pro­ 1993; and be it further ber from one Congress to the next. fess their loyalty to him. And, it meant that Resolved, That the Secretary of the This figure has been fairly consistent the new United States would need a nation­ Senate transmit copies of this resolution to since World War II, despite changes in cam­ al flag. the President and Vice President of the paign financing: roughly 85 percent. The On June 14, 1777-the day we now cele­ United States, to the Secretary of the Inte­ median since 1960 has been 84.6 percent, brate as Flag Day-the Continental Con­ rior, to the Speaker of the House of Repre­ with a high of 92.4 percent and a low of 78.9 gress adopted the following brief resolution: sentatives, and to each Senator and Repre­ percent. Of the eight election years with the "Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen sentative from California in the Congress of highest percentages during this period, four United States be thirteen stripes, alternate the United States. occurred before 1972 and four occurred red and white: that the union be thirteen after. stars, white in a blue field, representing a Is an 85 percent "return rate" too high? new constellation." PERMANENT CONGRESS? Get out your calculators, kids. It is now believed that Francis Hopkinson, If 85 percent of the House is re-elected a signer of the Declaration of Independence, HON. WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY every two years, then fewer than half the designed the first national flag that legend OF MISSOURI Members will survive for a full ten years. attributes to Betsy Ross. For his services, he Look at it another way. In 1988, there are submitted to Congress a bill for nine dollars. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 435 smiling Members of the House. By the Of course, government in 1777 was not Monday, July 17, 1989 year 2000, at an 85 percent return rate, only really much different from government Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, sometimes much 164 of them will be left. today. Hopkinson never got paid. Is that good or bad for the country? It So, we had a national flag, the "Stars and ado is made about nothing, and too often po­ sounds about right to us-maybe a shade Stripes." In 1792, the first version with thir­ litical pundits have played mathematical too high. But if the return rate is 70 per­ teen stars in a circle appeared. In 1795, the games with the statistics on congressional in­ cent, look what happens: By the year 2000, flag was changed to recognize the entry of cumbency in order to promote the erroneous only 51 of the 435 Members will still be Vermont and Kentucky into the Union with July 17, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14911 the addition of two stars and two stripes. bravery earned him a battlefield promotion framers of the Bill of Rights used words This flag of fifteen stars and fifteen stripes to major and the Medal of Honor that day. carefully to convey a precise meaning. The figured in many stirring episodes. It was the Many of you here today may have served First Amendment to the Constitution says first flag to be flown over a fortress of the under his son, Douglas, in the Pacific or "Congress shall make no law ... abridging Old World when it was raised at Tripoli in Korea. In all, several flag bearers won the the freedom of speech, ..."It says nothing 1805. It was flown at the Battle of Lake Erie Medal of Honor at Missionary Ridge. At about "expression." and by Andrew Jackson at New Orleans. day's end, the flags of 60 Union regiments Legal precedent and common sense tells And it was flown at our young nation's most lined the summit. us that there can be limits on conduct inspiring moment. The war ended and the Union was pre­ which are not inconsistent with First In 1812, our nation had declared war on served. And the flag proved as inspiring in Amendment rights. Consider some extreme Great Britain because of British seizure of peace as it was in war. In 1868, a former examples: Would anyone, even the Supreme neutral U.S. trading vessels, and the im­ Union Army Sergeant, Gilbert Bates, set Court, contend that we must permit human pressment of American seamen into service out to carry the Stars and Stripes from sacrifice under the guise of free exercise of on British ships. The British, preoccupied Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Washington, D.C., religion? Would someone be allowed to blow with Napolean, were not amused. They were to prove to friends back in Wisconsin that up the Lincoln Memorial to express a politi­ even less amused when we sent forth speedy we were once again one nation. Crowds cal view? privateers to seize their merchant ships and cheered him at every town and village as he Flag burning does not merit First Amend­ to frustrate their heavily gunned men-of­ marched through the heart of the Old Con­ ment protection. It is conduct that is offen­ war. federacy. Ironically, and maybe today we sive and provocative to the overwhelming In 1814, with Napolean exiled to the could say prophetically, Sergeant Bates and majority of Americans. Moreover, it is un­ island of Elba, the British determined to his flag encountered real hostility and oppo­ necessary. Any point of view that can be ex­ put the upstart former colonists in their sition only in our nation's capital. pressed by flag burning can be better ex­ place. They dispatched a 50-ship expedition­ Westward we moved, behind the flag. pressed in a manner that is reasoned, ration­ ary force-veteran soldiers and sailors from Across the Wide Missouri, and along the al and more effective in communicating an the world's strongest military power. Up the South Platte to the Rockies, and beyond to idea or attempting to persuade others. Chesapeake Bay they came, and on August Oregon and California. South to Santa Fe We have a great system of government, 24 and 25, 1814, they burned Washington. and the Rio Grande-conquering a wilder­ and one reason it is so great is that if you Their next target: Baltimore-third largest ness, settling a continent, and fulfilling our disagree with a government action, even a city in the U.S., a rich trading center, and destiny. New stars added to the flag and decision of the highest court in the land, home to many of the fleet privateers that more people to enjoy the blessing of liberty you can work to change it. had humiliated the proud Royal Navy. it embodies: people in the new lands, and Therefore, I totally support, and I will As the British moved on Baltimore, one immigrants from the Old World-the "hud­ fight for, a Constitutional Amendment thing blocked their way-Fort McHenry, dled masses yearning to breathe free." which will allow Congress and the States to whose guns dominated the channels leading Our flag went to foreign shores. Up San ban flag burning and other similar forms of into Baltimore harbor. Unless they could Juan Hill with Teddy Roosevelt in the flag desecration. The process won't be fast­ get past the fort, the British Navy could not Spanish American War ending four centur­ it shouldn't be. It won't be easy-the fram­ support its ground forces whose advance on ies of Spanish colonialism in the New ers wanted to make amending the Constitu­ the city had been stalled. World. At Veracruz, on the Gulf coast of tion a difficult, deliberative process. So, at dawn on September 13, a 25-hour Mexico, its honor was defended by brave I am confident that a Constitutional bombardment began. At the same time, a sailors and marines. "Over there" it went Amendment can be passed. But if it fails, or 35-year-old American lawyer was being held with a Missourian, General John Pershing, if it stalls, we can move in other areas. We on board a British ship pending the end of in the "War to End All Wars." can redraft and enact new flag desecration the battle. Francis Scott Key watched the Our flag was tattered, but not lowered at statutes that attempt to meet the Court's "rockets red glare" and "the bombs bursting Pearl Harbor. And we rallied behind it, objections to the Texas statute. If those in air" through the night. At the first light lifted it higher. We took it ashore at Nor­ new statutes won't pass muster, we'll enact of dawn, Key was relieved to see that Fort mandy, and across the Rhine with Eisen­ new ones. And we'll do it again and again McHenry's giant flag-30 feet by 42 feet­ hower, Bradley, and Patton, and Hitler's until the Supreme Court get the message "The Star Spangled Banner" -did indeed "Thousand year Reich," the worst tyranny loud and clear how the people of this nation still wave over "the land of the free and the the world has yet known, crumbled at its ad­ feel about our flag! home of the brave." Inspired by the sight, vance. Across the South Pacific it went, We can do still more. And you do so much he took pen in hand and gave us what would island by island. In 1944, the most dramatic in this area already. Our children must be become our National Anthem. flag raising in American history, on a rocky taught to respect the flag not only in our The burning of Washington and the victo­ Pacific island called Iwo Jima. When the schools, but by our example. We must in­ ry at Ft. McHenry united our young nation sun rose the next day on that flag atop struct them to display it and use it properly like nothing before had done. We emerged Mount Suribachi, the sun of Japanese Impe­ and salute it appropriately. We must en­ from the War of 1812, with a new national rialism began to set. courage our children and every future gen­ identity, confidence, and patriotism, a recov­ The flag was with us. In Korea helping to eration to value the freedoms we enjoy and ering economy, and a- place in the world. preserve democracy for half of a divided to stand tall and proud when they say, "I And we continued to grow-to the valleys of nation. In Vietnam, where brave American pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and beyond POWs fashioned handmade flags to defy States of America ..." We must instill in with new states joining the union and the their captors. It went to the moon with the them a strong sense of the heritage em­ number of stars in that field of blue grow­ astronauts of Apollo 11. bodied in our flag, and the pride of being an ing. Yes, our flag has stood by us-leading us, American. Finally, we must ensure that Less than 50 years after the end of the inspiring us, sustaining us-all of our na­ they continue to recognize and honor the War of 1812, our flag would face one of its tional endeavors, in war and in peace, for great sacrifices made by previous genera­ greatest challengers. As our nation was split over 200 years. tions of Americans, by you and your com­ asunder in a great civil war, and its ability Now, sadly, it seems that some people rades in arms, many of whom gave "the last to endure as one hung in the balance, cour­ don't want to stand by our flag. A slim 5 to 4 full measure of devotion" so that we could age related to the flag often spelled the dif­ majority of the Supreme Court has said live free. ference between victory and defeat. that it is all right to desecrate our flag, to The poet Edgar A. Guest said it best when Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November, burn it even, in the name of free speech. he penned: 1863. A key link between the east and west "Government," says the Court, "may not THE BOY AND THE FLAG for the Confederacy. Confederate troops en­ prohibit the expression of an idea simply I want my boy to love his home, trenched along a 400-foot-high, seven-mile­ because society finds the idea itself offen­ His mother, yes and me: long summit. Sixty Union regiments under sive or disagreeable." I want him, wheresoe'er he'll roam, General George Thomas attacked positions I agree that everyone in this country has With us in thought to be. at the foot of the ridge, and then, unexpect­ the right to make his views known on any edly, surged up the slope. Flag bearers led issue, no matter how irrational, how wrong, I want him to love what is fine, the way. When one fell, another stepped or how unpopular those views might be. But Nor let his standards drag, forward to grab the colors, and the advance does that mean that every form of conduct But, Oh! I want this boy of mine continued. A young First Lieutenant-not is permissible as a means of exercising To love his country's flag. yet 20 years old-caught the flag of the 24th rights guaranteed by the First Amendment Let us take a moment and put a few Wisconsin as it was about to fall, and car­ to the Constitution? I say no! And I say so things in perspective. As much as this Su­ ried. it to the crest. Arthur MacArthur's as a student of law and of history. The preme Court decision angered and saddened 14912 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 17, 1989 us, it is in the final analysis no real threat Cause I'm mighty proud of that Ragged Old designed to eliminate the blast furnace and to our nation. That flag stands for too much Flag." the coke-making stages in steelmaking. Pri­ to be brought down by matches lit by Greg­ vate industry participants, representing 80 per­ ory Johnson and his imitators. Its glory cannot be diminished by five misguided Su­ TRIBUTE TO THE NATIONAL cent of American steel production, will contrib­ preme Court justices. It cannot be threat­ FEDERATION OF HOUSING ute 30 percent of the costs of this project. ened by any enemy, foreign or domestic. If COUNSELORS New materials technology can revolutionize they step on it, write on it, tear it to shreds, steelmaking, making American production even burn it to ashes, we'll just raise it up competitive abroad. At the same time, these again, and it'll fly higher and more glorious­ HON. JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR. kinds of technology have the potential to ly than ever before. OF OHIO reduce energy consumption in steelmaking by A few years ago, we had a flag day cere­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mony in the House of Representatives. 20 percent and, by bypassing the coking proc­ Country-western singer Johnny Cash recit­ Monday, July 17, 1989 ess, eliminate a major source of toxic pollut­ ed these lyrics that he had written: Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today ants. RAGGED OLD FLAG to pay tribute to the National Federation of The steel initiative holds great promise for (By Johnny Cash) Housing Counselors on the occasion of its strengthening this country's technological I walked through a county courthouse 16th annual conference. leadership in steelmaking. Bringing govern­ square The NFHC was first established in 1973 for ment, industry, and universities together is un­ On a park bench an old man was sitting the purpose of providing resources and pro­ precedented in this industry. It holds important there grams for an association of housing counsel­ promise for our economy, our defense, and I said, "Your old courthouse is kinda run ors. These counselors offer services to fami­ our long-range future. Again, I commend the down." lies in need of acceptable housing. The NFHC Appropriations Committee for its support. He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town." I am also pleased that this bill includes im­ I said, "Your old flag pole is leaned a little is a nonprofit organization with over 700 mem­ bit, bers in 35 States, and is growing steadily at portant funding for two Federal research facili­ And that's a ragged old flag you got hang­ both the State and national levels. This group ties in my district. At the Pittsburgh Energy ing on it." has worked together for the past 16 years to Technology Center [PETC], research on coal He said, "Have a seat." And I sat down. ensure that the public has access to essential burning and processing technology requires "Is this the first time you've been to our housing information. new facilities. PETC has been at the forefront little town?" The NFHC has provided invaluable housing of the Federal effort to develop technologies I said, "I think it is." He said, "I don't like to reduce acid rain problems from fossil fuels to brag, services to families all over the country. The But we're kind of proud of that ragged old men and women of this distinguished group and the support for these problems provided flag." have dedicated themselves to responding to in this bill is critical. "You see, we got a little hole in that flag the needs of low- and moderate-income fami­ The second research facility, the Bureau of there lies. They have strived to help those families Mines Bruceton Center, also has a long histo­ When Washington took it across the Dela­ find decent and affordable housing, and to ry of world leadership. This is the largest re­ ware educate the public about fair housing rights. search center in the Bureau of Mines. Some And it got powder burned the night Francis Mr. Speaker, the National Federation of of the important efforts underway at Bruceton Scott Key are mine dust reduction, environmental and Sat up watching it, writing 'Say Can you Housing Counselors has answered the cry for see' help from thousands of struggling families safety research, and control of ac:id drainage It got a bad rip in New Orleans throughout the country. They have given new from mines. The bill before us would allow With Packingham and Jackson pulling at its hope to those who thought that having a these efforts to continue at a reasonable level seams decent home was only a dream. I thank this and not subject them to the large cuts pro­ And it almost fell at the Alamo, organization for its outstanding contributions posed in the President's budget. Beside the Texas flag, but, she waved on though and look forward to its continued growth and She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville success. SENIOR VOLUNTEERS-A And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill PRECIOUS NATIONAL RESOURCE There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard and Bragg HOUSE RECOGNIZES IMPOR- The South wind blew hard on that Ragged TANT STEEL, COAL PROJECTS HON.THOMASJ.DOWNEY Old Flag OF NEW YORK On Flanders field in World War One HON. DOUG WALGREN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES She got a big hole from a Bertha gun OF PENNSYLVANIA She turned blood red in World War Two, Monday, July 17, 1989 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES She hung limp and low by the time it was Mr. DOWNEY. Mr. Speaker, as Chairman of through Monday, July 17, 1989 the Subcommittee on Human Services of the She was in Korea and Viet Nam She went where she was sent by her Uncle Mr. WALGREN. Mr. Speaker, I want to com­ House Select Committee on Aging, I am very Sam mend the Appropriations Committee for in­ pleased with the passage of H.Ft 1312, the She waved from our ships upon the briny cluding in H.R. 2788, the fiscal year 1990 Inte­ Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments foam rior appropriations bill, $15 million for the of 1989. This legislation extends funding for And now they've about quit waving her back "Metals Initiative," formerly known as the title II, the Older Americans Volunteer Pro­ here at home "Keyworth Steel Initiative." grams, for an additional 4 years. Older Ameri­ In her own good land she's been abused The steel/metals initiative, promoted by can Volunteer Programs include the Retired She's been burned, dishonored, denied, re­ former President Reagan's Science Advisor Senior Volunteer Program [RSVP], the Senior fused And now the government for which she George Keyworth, is a government-industry­ Companion Program, and the Foster Grand­ stands university cost-shared research and develop­ parent Program. Together, these programs Is scandalized throughout the land ment program to develop "leapfrog" technolo­ make up the largest component within the And she's getting threadbare and she's gy in steelmaking, processes that leap ahead ACTION agency. wearing thin of what our foreign competitors are now using. H.R. 1312 increases the stipend paid to But she's in good shape for the shape she's The 1OOth Congress authorized this program, low-income foster grandparents from $2.20 in now Public Law 100-680, through fiscal year per hour to $2.35 in 1991 and to $2.50 per Cause she's been through the fire before 1991. hour in 1992. This most deserved increase in And I believe she can take a whole lot more So we raise her up every morning The Appropriations Committee action recog­ stipends will surely contribute to the expan­ Bring her down slow every night nizes that the program has reached a critical sion and strengthening of the Foster Grand­ We don't let her touch the ground stage. DOE has agreed to a major proposal parent Program. And we fold her up right. by the American Iron and Steel Institute for a The Older Americans Volunteer Programs On second thought, ... I do like to brag, direct, continuous steelmaking project that is give our Nation's elders the opportunity to July 17, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14913 contribute to their communities; providing for EMBLEM. Helen started working as a babysitter for the the needs of others, as well as fulfilling needs The proclamation was signed by Principal Innkeeper's children, earning about $3 a of their own. James Baker, Superintendent Ruth Kellogg, week. She then served as a waitress is the The Suffolk County Foster Grandparents and by every student. hotel's dining room until, in 1945, the head Program, which is within my congressional dis­ The assembly itself included a Pledge of Al­ cook retired. She was asked to take the job trict, is an outstanding example of just how legiance, readings, patriotic songs by the on a temporary basis and has been filling in valuable Older Americans Volunteer Programs school band, and other events. ever since. Fortunately for all of us, Helen has are to our Nation. Earlier this year, I had the Mr. Speaker, nearly a thousand flags were resisted the lure of retirement and now at 80 honor to attend an anniversary luncheon waving in the auditorium. It proves that the years young, she has no intention of doing so. hosted by the Suffolk County Foster Grand­ American flag is more than a mere symbol, It is interesting to note, Mr. Speaker, that 4 parents Program. At the luncheon, all seniors and that if we fail to preserve respect for our generations of Dickersons have prepared the enrolled in the Foster Grandparent Program in flag, we are signaling our own loss of spirit. I one-of-a-kind meals at the Chalfonte. They in­ the county were publicly acknowledged. can only wish that five Supreme Court Jus­ clude Helen's mother, Clementine, who Twelve years ago, the Suffolk County orga­ tices could have been there. passed on the tradition of fine southern cook­ nization started with 15 grandparents working Please join me in saluting the faculty and ing and Helen's daughters, Lucille Thompson in only one location. Today, 135 foster grand­ students of Harrison Avenue School, in whose and Dorthy Burton. Of course, the grandchil­ parents work at 42 different locations in Suf­ hearts a love of flag and country is still deeply dren lend their efforts during the busy summer folk County. These caring seniors work in a rooted. season ensuring a memorable visit for the variety of areas, including working with chil­ hotel's guests. dren who are emotionally disturbed, mentally, MARY M. f't.UTHIER It is .a special occasion to visit the Chalfonte retarded, or hearing disabled. They provide a and I would highly recommend to my col­ particularly valuable service by working at leagues that a visit to the grancl old hotel­ infant day care centers in high schools allow­ HON. CARL D. PURSELL being sure to frequent the dining room-is ing teenage mothers to complete their high OF MICHIGAN well worth the trip. I salute HelE!n Dickerson school educations. Finally, they work in drug IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on her 80th birthday and wish her will for the prevention groups. The Suffolk County Foster Monday, July 17, 1989 many years to come. Grandparent Program helps our neighbors in 12 school districts, seven day care centers, Mr. PURSELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to and one group home. bring to your attention the outstanding teach­ OUR NATION'S STRATEGIC The passage of H.R. 1312 exemplifies our ing ability of Ms. Mary M. Authier, fourth grade DEFENSES commitment to our Nation's elderly. Thanks to elementary teacher at John F. Kennedy senior volunteers, the Foster Grandparents School in Livonia, Ml. For the past 5 years, Mary Authier has HON. DONALD E. "BUZ" LUKENS Program shows us just how well an intergen­ OF OHIO erational program works. sponsored a unique and highly successful in­ tergenerational learning exchange between IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES local senior citizens and her elementary stu­ Monday, July 17, 19.89 HARRISON AVENUE SCHOOL dents. Mr. DONALD E. "BUZ" LUKENS. Mr. SHOWS LOVE OF FLAG AND I know the great joy and satisfaction senior COUNTRY Speaker, I rise today to bring to the attention volunteers gain from helpling tutor students in of my colleagues the strides taken in the area reading, or just "being there" to share in their of our Nation's strategic defenses. HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON academic triumphs. Over the years, genuine On March 23, 1983, President Reagan so­ OF NEW YORK and truly loving relationships have been estab­ licited the support of the Nation to experiment IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lished between their "adopted" grandparents. and develop a system of defensive weapons Monday, July 17, 1989 As you know, studies indicate that the more to shield our people from nuclear attack. The parents, grandparents, or other caring adults Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, something program was criticized by many f1:>r its techni­ interact with students, the more time learning cal unfeasability and threat to global security. happened in my district that gives me great process is enhanced. This has been the case, confidence in the youth of America, and, Yet 6 years later, Mr. Speaker, as a direct thanks to Mary's untiring and carefully result of joint congressional and administrative therefore, in America's future. planned program. I had given an American flag and certificate support for the SDI program, thE! two super­ I thought you should know about this truly powers are experiencing a period of relaxed to Harrison Avenue School in South Glens remarkable educator and the wonderful expe­ Falls, NY. The students and faculty responded tensions. We have witnesses unprecedented riences she has organized for Livonia seniors arms control agreements, and a climate much recently by holding a Flag Day assembly and and students alike. presenting me with a proclamation dated June more conducive to further offensive arms re­ 13, 1989. I will let the proclamation speak for duction dialog. itself: FLORIO HAILS CAPE MAY Furthermore, great strides have been made Hereby be it known that all of the 370 stu­ ''INSTITUTION'' in the technological aspects of SDI. Now, not dents of Harrison Avenue School have: only is SDI a technologically feas.ible system, Learned the meaning of the Pledge of Al­ HON. JAMES J. FLORIO but our experimentation inches us ever closer legiance. OF NEW JERSEY to the realization that SDI is our inevitable Learned the history of our American Flag. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES future. Learned the significance of Stars, Stripes Several weeks ago, in a briefing for select and of the colors of our Flag. Monday, July 17, 1989 House Members, Lt. George Monohan, Jr., di­ Learned the proper ways to display the Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, I am especially rector of Strategic Defense Initiative Organiza­ Flag correctly. Learned to hold the Flag correctly. pleased to bring to the attention of my col­ tion, stressed the Bush administration's goal Learned proper respect for the Flag as it leagues a woman who has graced the Chal­ to pursue research for strategic d1~fense tech­ passes in a parade. fonte Hotel in Cape May, NJ for 66 years. nologies, and that within 4 years, the adminis­ Learned songs, poems, and stories of the Mrs. Helen Dickerson has spent a lifetime pre­ tration would like a potential decision for de­ Flag. paring unique meals that reflect her southern ployment. The emphasis furthermore is placed Harrison Avenue School has held out­ heritage and providing a pleasant atmosphere on emerging technologies, such as the prom­ standing Flag Day Celebrations for the last for visitors to this charming southern New ising new system of brilliant pebbleis. nineteen years. Jersey resort. Fortunately, the commitment of the Reagan We the undersigned are: The family style dinners for which Helen is administration over the last 6 years has been PROUD OF OUR NATION. PROUD OF OUR NATION'S known are as much a part of the Chalfonte unwavering. We have come a long way with HISTORY. Hotel as its beautiful Victorian architecture. SDI, and we are now reaping the benefits of it PROUD OF OUR NATION'S Having first come to the hotel as a young girl, as a policy program. We must continue as fer- 14914 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July .17, 1989 vently as ever in our quest for redirection mate of what the catastrophic bill will cost to housed 350 general medical/surgical beds. toward defensive weapons. make sure this surplus is not needed. The hospital admitted its first veteran on April The United States has never been a nation But my response is this-this bill will still 15, 1939. to shirk a challenge. We cannot turn our back allow for reestimates of the cost, and for a Since then, the Allen Park facility has ex­ on technology or the future, so let us be the proper safety margin for estimating error. But panded. To handle the increased medical care pioneers, and let us continue forward with we don't have to wait until we get a final esti­ needs of World War II veterans, two 10-story SDI. mate every year to figure out what to do and wings were added in November 1947. In Oc­ to try to quickly enact legislation. We should tober 1960, two three-story wings were con­ THE CATASTROPHIC PREMIUM set into place right now a mechanism that will structed to serve as an outpatient clinic and CORRECTION ACT guarantee to seniors that the premiums will be administration offices. adjusted every year to fit the costs of the pro­ Today, the Allen Park facility is a campus­ gram, including a proper safety margin. And like complex consisting of a large, HON. SILVIO 0. CONTE that is what this bill does. multiwinged, 611-bed hospital with separate OF MASSACHUSETTS One problem with this proposed reform is outpatient, administration, and maintenance IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the revenues generated by the cata­ buildings. It provides inpatient care to over Monday, July 17, 1989 strophic health insurance program have al­ 6,000 veterans and records over 25,000 out­ Mr. CONTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to in­ ready been taken into account in calculating patient visits every year. The Allen Park facility troduce a bill which contains one suggestion Federal deficits. Cutting back on the amount is a complete health care facility, providing for addressing concerns over the new cata­ of premiums could thus be calculated to in­ surgical, neurological, psychiatric, and inter­ strophic health insurance program for our crease the deficit. My response is that this is mediate care, as well as nursing home care. senior citizens. This bill, the "Catastrophic but one of many budget deficit problems that In September 1988, Congress passed legis­ Premium Correction Act," is an expression of can be taken care of, hopefully, in the budget lation providing funding to establish a dual commitment to fund and operate that program summit discussions now underway. campus facility in southeast Michigan, consist­ in a fair and responsible way. Maybe we can't reform the budget process ing of a new 503-bed Detroit facility to take We are all aware of the concerns with the this year in time for the final reconciliation bill, over surgical and intensive care for veterans catastrophic program, and the way in which it which would be the most likely vehicle for that along with funds to restore and improve the has been received by seniors. Most of us kind of change. And maybe we won't have the Allen Park facility to provide long-term nursing were hearing from seniors in our districts final solution on how to change the cata­ care for veterans. saying that they wanted to see the catastroph­ strophic package by then. But what we can do The Allen Park Veterans' Adminis.tration fa­ ic bill pass, but now, not everybody is happy by then is to pass this bill, to guarantee to cility has come a long way since its modest with the cost. seniors that one promise will be fulfilled, that beginnings 50 years ago. It now symbolizes One relevant fact that has come to light is one measure of fair play will be restored to the commitment of our Nation to our distin­ the fact that revenues that will be raised by this issue-and that is that seniors will not pay guished veterans. With the planned improve­ the new catastrophic premiums could far excessively more for these benefits than the ments, the Allen Park facility should be able to exceed the cost of the catastrophic benefits, benefits are worth. provide another 50 years of health care, in ful­ at least for the first years of operation of the I hope this proposed legislation will make a fillment of the obligation our Nation has in­ program. positive contribution to the debate over cata­ curred to the veterans who served selflessly Certainly, some cushion or safety margin strophic health insurance. That is my intention. to preserve this great country. has to be built in. But I have seen figures It is not meant as the final answer, but as a step which suggest that the premiums for the cata­ that can be taken immediately while the debate strophic package in the 1990 fiscal year will continues. GREETINGS TO TOM CHAN raise about $1.3 billion more than the cost of Catastrophic health insurance is an impor­ financing those benefits during that year. Over tant issue that calls for careful deliberation HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI a 5-year period, the premiums currently set in and debate. Its goals are noble-to assure OF CALIFORNIA the law could raise more than $9 billion above that no senior will be straddled with huge hos­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the cost of financing the new benefits. That's pital bills. But if we cannot come up with a Monday, July 17, 1989 more than twice the "safety margin" that was consensus on how to pay for this new insur­ originally intended. ance program, then we may never achieve Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to The catastrophic debate is far from over­ that noble goal. So I hope this issue will re­ offer my greetings to Tom Chan on the occa­ there will continue to be hearings on how the ceive the careful deliberation and debate that sion of his 70th birthday. Tom's fatmily and financing mechanism could be improved and it deserves. friends celebrated this special occai>ion over studies to determine the impact of different fi­ the weekend and I sincerely regret tllat I was nancing possibilities on seniors' out-of-pocket unable to be on hand for the festivities. costs. Some people think the catastrophic THE ALLEN PARK VA HOSPITAL: Tom was born on July 17, 1919, and grew benefit should be scrapped altogether. Others 50 YEARS OF HEALTH CARE up in Sacramento, graduating from Sacramen­ think it should be delayed and studied. And SERVICE to High School in 1937. Tom went right to some still insist that it is a good deal. work for his father's new business, General I don't know how long it will take to resolve HON. JOHN D. DINGELL Produce, which had been started 4 years ear­ this debate. I'm not sure it can be resolved fi­ OF MICHIGAN lier, in 1933. It was not long before Tom was nally during this year. But I think we can agree IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES engaged to the lovely Mae Chuck, and they on one basic principle of fairness which we will soon be celebrating their 42d wedding an­ can and should achieve immediately; and that Monday, July 17, 1989 niversary. principle is this-seniors shouldn't pay any Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in Tom and Mae have been blessed with four more for these benefits in a given year than honor of the 50th anniversary of the Veterans' children, Mavis, Marcia, Tom, and Adrienne, they actually cost in that year. Right now, Administration hospital in Allen Park, Ml, in my and one grandchild, Blake. No mention of there is nothing in the law that allows the pre­ congressional district. This occasion marks 50 Tom's family would be complete without miums to be recalculated every year, and then years of service to the veterans of southeast making mention of their dog, Muffin, an adora­ readjusted downward if the statutory formula Michigan and serves as a testimony to our ble golden retriever. Tom, along with his produces revenue that is too high. commitment, as a nation, to care for our hon­ brothers Ed and Dan and cousin Davis, have The one "fix" I think we should all agree on ored veterans in their times of need. dedicated their life to making General Produce right now is to add that flexibility to the law, to In 1937, Henry and Clara Ford donated to a responsive, profitable business. guarantee that Medicare premiums are going the Federal Government the land on which Their efforts have unquestionably paid off. only to pay Medicare benefits. the Allen Park facility now stands. On July 27, Tom is now in the enviable position of having I expect to hear objections to doing this­ 1937, a groundbreaking ceremony was held some time to spend with Mae, and to spend that we should wait and get another reesti- paving the way to a six-story facility that on the golf course or in the garden, while still July 17, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14915 playing a critically important role in the oper­ ISOLATION were six days of demonstrations and riots by ation of General Produce. Tom has had the There is no judicial supervision of isola­ ethnic Albanians TORTURE ALLEGATIONS other ethnic Albanians detained with him. tional notes, however, that all the above ac­ This document updates the 10-page exter­ Similar allegations of torture during isola­ tivities are criminal offences under Yugo­ nal paper: Yugoslavia-Recent Events in the tion were made by Bahri Osmani, a 26-year­ slav law; if the police indeed had informa­ Autonomous Province of Kosovo under which 237 have frequently alleged at their trials that nal prosecution. people have been detained tion proceedings they were threatened, ficial sources suggests that probably the ma­ without charge for trial, some of them since beaten or otherwise physically ill-treated by jority of those who have been detained in the introduction of partial state of emergen­ police or state security officials, usually isolation are educated ethnic Albanians offi­ cy in Kosovo province at the end of Febru­ with the aim of obtaining self-incriminating cially regarded as nationalists. It appears ary 1989. Although by mid-June at least 132 statements from them. Similar allegations that they include a considerable number of detainees had been released, to Al's knowl­ have been made, though less frequently, by people who signed a petition which was sent edge by 21 June 1989 an unknown number members of other nationalities in Yugo­ in February to the Serbian Assembly ex­ of people continued to be held in isolation. slavia. pressing opposition to constitutional Included are translations of accounts by On the basis of information it has re­ changes. The measure of isolation has also two former detainees which have been pub­ ceived in past years, Amnesty International been applied to an unknown number of lished in the Yugoslav press. Both allege considers that ethnic Albanians suspected high-school students who may well be that following their arrest on 28 March of political offences risk ill-treatment fol­ minors. they were sent to prisons in Serbia where lowing arrest, even when-as has generally Among the first to be put in isolation was together with many fellow ethnic Albani­ been the case-formal criminal proceedings Ibrahim Osmani, at the time head of the in­ ans, they were savagely beaten by police or are started against them and they have at formation service of the Kosovo League of prison guards. They were released without least the nominal protection of safeguards Communists, who was arrested at the begin­ charge on 15 May 1989. provided by the code of criminal procedure, ning of March; to Amnesty International's Amnesty International believes that isola­ including access to a lawyer and judicial su­ knowledge he remains in detention. . the best that Hollywood ever produced. You saluting Tom Mel ms on the occasion of his re­ To the officials of our government who in­ could literally feel him scrambling into that tirement. I am proud to have such an active terrupted very important busy schedules to safe haven of a helicopter. He knew what and caring individual in my community. be here: Colonel Nick Rowe was one of the freedom was worth! His values for family best damn soldiers and statesmen you ever were equally eye wetting for this tough had. Thank you, but please don't let this ex­ Ranger buddy when I again read at the end A TRIBUTE TO COL. JAMES tremely powerful spirit for freedom go to of his book, of his return to McAllen, Texas, NICHOLAS ROWE waste. You have the power and the greatest in the company of classmates "D.K." Allen organization in the world, the United States and Les Beavers, to his father and mother. Government and the U.S. Army, to capital­ Nick got his faith from a mother who only HON.ROBERTK.DORNAN ize on it! I beg you to use this spirit of free­ asked, upon his return, what took him so OF CALIFORNIA dom as a tool, a club, even, to beat down the long. For those few of you who have not IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES misguided will of oppressing guerillas such gotten the message directly from his fantas­ as those in the Philippines. Symbolize it to Monday, July 17, 1989 tic book, I strongly recommend it to you. inspire the resolve in all men and women to Susan also informed me that the book is Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, I solemnly step not give up the fight for freedom whatever being made into a play, the script partly foreward in this chamber today to pay tribute the risks. Institutionalize Nick Rowe's now done by Nick himself, but to be finished by to my friend, the late Col. James Nicholas finally free spirit! director and playwright Charles Wallace, The display of some of his POW belong­ naming it "Faith To Freedom" in honor of Rowe. ings at the Camp McCall training facility From his early manhood to his untimely not just our Vietnam Veterans, but as a for the SERE Course, a course Nick himself "memorial to all men and women who have passing Col. Rowe was steadfast in his belief developed and instituted by taking advan­ endured and sacrificed in the service to the in freedom. The medals and honors he re­ tage of his own painfully learned skills in United States as a Nation". ceived in the pursuit of freedom are too nu­ Survival-Evasion-Resistance-Escape, is just Nick had left for work that last day in the merous to name. To the end Colonel Rowe one small step to harness the power of his Philippines, where he was the Ground remained a man of intense dedication and spirit. Forces Director of the Joint Military Advi­ As I am sure you all know, on the 21st of sory Group. Very happily and with his personal character. and to all those who knew April, in a land being oppressed by rising him he will be sadly missed. never failing sense of humor, he impishly communist guerilla forces, Nick was re­ awakened Susan by letting his oldest son The following is a transcript of Lt. Col (ret) moved from this mortal world the only way Bert Spivy's poignant eulogy of Colonel Alex turkey hunting was for burning brightly wherever it is needed. ued success and good fortune in all her future them. " .. . When Our Course On Earth Is Run, endeavors. "I tried hunting turkeys once in 1970 or May It Be Said Well Done, Be Thou at 1971," said Doug, "during the state's first or Peace . . ." old friend. second season. But the whole time afield I A TRIBUTE TO MR. DOUG only heard one turkey cluck, and that for YEARIAN CONGRESSIONAL SALUTE TO AL­ only a short time." BERTA BYRD, WOMAN OF THE Eventually, the Yearians had reason to think about turkey hunting again. Friends YEAR HON. GLENN POSHARD OF ILLINOIS who hunted in neighboring Missouri were full of exciting spring gobbler tales, and HON. WALTER E. FAUNTROY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with each story turkey hunting sounded OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Monday, July 17, 1989 more enticing. Finally, the brothers knew IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES they had to try it again. And first time out, Mr. POSHARD. Mr. Speaker, Benjamin Dave connected. Monday, July 17, 1989 Franklin once suggested making a turkey the Doug didn't get his chance at a bird until Mr. FAUNTROY. Mr. Speaker, it is my dis­ national bird. As we know, the eagle finally the following year. While lightning usually tinct pleasure to pay tribute to Mrs. Alberta won out, but the turkey is still a well recog­ won't strike the same spot twice, it nearly did with both Dave's and Doug's first birds. Byrd. nized part of national traditions, and thou­ sands of people test their skills each year "I was standing in the very pasture where Mrs. Alberta Byrd of Washington, DC, has David had taken his first gobbler," Doug ex­ been elected Woman of the Year by L'Enfant hunting turkeys in the woods and lands of this country. plained," watching Dave walk down a ridge Chapter of the American Business Women's and wondering to myself where he was Association [ABWA]. Alberta is the daughter I would like to pay tribute to Mr. Doug Year­ going. What I didn't know was that since he of Mrs. Eula J. Wilson of Atlanta and the ian of Waterloo, IL, who is well known for his was on higher ground he was able to hear mother of Sterling Eugene of Washington, DC. skill and ability at turkey hunting. gobblers that I couldn't. As I watched him I Annually, each ABWA chapter elects one of Doug Yearian, his 14-year-old son Steve, decided to climb an opposite ridge and when its members for this award. Selection is based and Doug's brother Dave, hunt turkeys each I did, I heard a bunch of turkeys gobbling. I season in the Shawnee National Forest, which set up at once, and called not one, but four on the member's achievements on her job, birds in. I shot the first one, a jake." community activities, and her participation in is in my congressional district. This is a sport they truly enjoy, and for those of us who love The next year, 1983, was Dave's year the association to name a few. again. He killed another jake, and then Mrs. Byrd has been a member of ABWA the outdoors and all Mother Nature has to called in a 22-pound longbeard for his wife since 1972 and has held numerous offices; offer, their ability is worth noting. Parents have Mary. The big tom had a 10-inch beard, and president in 1979 and 1981 , vice president, taught their children about life, respecting it almost ruined a nearly perfect hunting corresponding secretary, chapter adviser, nature, and responsibility while on hunting marriage the next time Dave took Mary out. charter president of Fort Washington Chapter, trips with each other. It is a family function He called up nine birds and couldn't under­ organized/ chaired, community outreach pro­ that's enjoyed in rural areas across this coun­ stand why she wouldn't shoot. "I'm waiting for a big one," she explained, quite reason­ gram, and served as the chairperson of many try, and the Yearians are fine examples of those principles. ably. Dave, however, convinced her that she committees. should shoot the first one she could. She In 1982, Alberta was the only minority I would like to submit into the RECORD a did, the 13th bird that Dave called in during woman running for a nationwide office for the recent copy of Illinois Game and Fish maga­ that particular year. Unfortunately for association. She was one of five candidates zine, which further explains how Doug and his Mary, it was another jake. for national vice president, District IV, for family are the most successful turkey hunters What makes the Yearians so successful ABWA. in Illinois. when hunting the wily spring gobbler and Mrs. Byrd is presently employed with the It's a pleasure to represent Doug Yearian on public ground yet? Actually, the secret to and other hunters like him in Congress. their success may rest not only in their call­ Army National Guard, Pentagon as a statisti­ ing but also in their woodsmanship. While cal analyst. Her outstanding work has re­ A DYNAMIC Duo FOR ILLINOIS GOBBLERS Dave and Doug use diaphragm calls-David ceived much recognition. She was chosen