July 27, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19229 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS VOICE OF DEMOCRACY Today's America emerged from the chal­ tine beauty of this choice area. The trouble CONTEST WINNER lenges of yesterday. Our country is rich in with this opposition is that it seems to be tradition. We are tempered by war, disci­ based on some incredibly short memories. plined by peace, and proud of our ancient After the discovery in Alaska's Prudhoe HON. DICK CHENEY heritage. Bay of the largest oil field ever found in the OF WYOMING The citizens of America are the builders of U.S., environmentalists insisted that devel­ the future and the caretakers of the past. opment of the field and construction of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We are responsible for protecting and de­ Trans-Alaska Pipeline would damage -the Tuesday, July 26, 1988 fending our precious liberty. We must also area's plants and wildlife, especially 1ts cari­ prepare America for the challenges it will bou herds. Mr. CHENEY. Mr. Speaker, each year the face in its third century. Yet, nearly two decades after these Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States We should be grateful for our rights and projects went ahead anyway, what has hap­ and its Ladies Auxiliary conduct the Voice of not forget that there is another side to lib­ pened? The Central Arctic caribou herd, Democracy broadcast scriptwriting contest. I erty. Liberty not only means freedom but which numbered 3,000 in 1968, now numbers also responsibility. Liberty's flame will blaze 13,000. Many of the animals placidly mi­ am proud today, to honor Wyoming's Voice of only so long as our people work to preserve Democracy winner Karen Dombeck. Karen's grate under the pipeline. and defend our freedoms. This country's This episode is worth recalling now be­ thoughtful script entitled "America's Liberty­ strength is the sum of the strengths of each cause environmentalists again are warning Our Heritage" is a commentary on the unique American. A special spirit has kept our that oil and gas development would serious­ nature of the freedoms that we enjoy in this nation strong and the fires of freedom burn­ ly damage the caribou and other wildlife in country, how we attained these freedoms and ing brightly. Let this enthusiasm continue the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. What our responsibilities with regard to protecting from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from now happened in Prudhoe Bay is also worth re­ them for ourselves and future Americans. until the end of time. Let the world know calling in light of Hodel's report this week that we will pay any price, bear any strain, that nearly as much oil could be recovered I am very proud to present Karen's winning meet any challenge, and oppose any foe to essay. from the new coastal plain field as from ensure the survival and success of liberty. Prudhoe Bay. AMERICA'S LIBERTY-OUR HERITAGE Keep in mind, too, that if new fields aren't It is my heritage. It is something that has developed and present trends continue, the · been in my family for generations. It is a ENERGY AND ANWR U.S. will be importing 50% of its oil by the very precious gift. I will work hard to pre­ early 1990's. As it is now, imports already serve it so that it will be a part of the next HON. DON YOUNG account for 38% of the petroleum Ameri­ generation's heritage. My family is America, OF ALASKA cans use. The figure was only 33% in 1973 and the gift I speak of is liberty. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES when OPEC figured the U.S. was so vulner­ You cannot see liberty. You'll never hold able it could get away with imposing its oil it in your hands, but everyday as an Ameri­ Tuesday, July 26, 1988 embargo. can citizen you will experience its benefits. Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, many As Congress considers the future of the More than two hundred years ago, a group coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife of courageous people fought to win their in­ of our colleagues are aware of our energy de­ Refuge, it should pay particularly close at­ dependence from a king. We read about pendence upon other nations, and the fact tention to Secretary Hodel's observation: them in history books, and some we even that the picture is not looking any brighter for "Our nation has proved that we need not know by name. We will never really know the foreseeable future. Nevertheless, legisla­ choose between exploring for and develop­ these people, and they could not have possi­ tion before the Congress to open to environ­ ing the energy necessary for survival and bly imagined the millions of Americans that mentally sound oil and gas leasing the coastal growth on one hand, and protecting the en­ followed them, yet they are an important plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in vironment on the other. We can have both." part of our lives and our heritage. They se­ my district-the State of Alaska-is the bright Indeed; we can. cured for us the blessings of liberty. These blessings are documented in the Declaration spot in terms of responding to this growing of Independence and the Constitution. In international threat. Today I submit for the A TRIBUTE TO BLUE STAR the United States we have freedom of RECORD an article from Deseret News, Utah, MOTHERS OF AMERICA speech and freedom of the press. The gov­ which underscores the need for prompt action ernment makes no restrictions on our opin­ by the Congress on this subject. Because of ions and gives us the right to voice these the vast support nationwide for this legislation, HON. JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR. opinions and make them known to others I will do this daily. OF OHIO through the media. We have the right to The article follows: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES choose our government officials. We select the leadership of our country by voting in [From the Deseret News

• This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. 19230 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1988 aiding the sick veterans in Veterans' Adminis­ have to go to bed every night with the will celebrate his next birthday with his people tration hospitals throughout the United States, sounds of grenades and machine guns, like in freedom. and it truly warms my heart to know that this the people in the Middle East. But we must organization insures that our veterans are not also be dedicated to the freedoms that are not listed in the Constitution: the freedom INDIANA WRESTLERS TRAVEL forgotten after having risked their lives for all to think, the freedom to ask why, the free­ of us. dom to choose, and the freedom to hope. TO SOVIET UNION The Blue Star Mothers is open to any These are the freedoms that we must also mother who has a son or daughter who preserve. HON. LEE H. HAMILTON served or is now serving in the U.S. Armed But how can we preserve this gift in order Forces. I want to tip my hat in salute to the to give it to our children and to our chil­ OF INDIANA Blue Star Mothers for their outstanding patriot­ dren's children? Voting, being informed, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ic devotion and service to humanity. Thus, it is supporting the government and its officials are the obvious answers to this question. Tuesday, July 26, 1988 with thanks and special pleasure I join with But I think the best answer lies within our­ the people of the 17th Congressional District Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, today I would selves, in dedicating ourselves to a genuine like to honor an outstanding group of high in paying tribute to the love of country and ex­ concern, respect, and commitment to cellent work of the Blue Star Mothers of school athletes from the State of Indiana. anyone who is deprived of the liberties that After visiting Washington this week, 29 Amer~ca, Inc. we take for granted. A pastor from India who is presently serving in my community wrestlers representing the State of Indiana will summed up our heritage and our responsi­ travel to the Soviet Union to visit the school of SOUTH DAKOTA VOICE OF bilities in this way: "You are the greatest wrestling in Novosibrisk. Sanctioned by the In­ DEMOCRACY WINNER experiment in democracy the world has ever diana State Wrestling Association, these stu­ known. Never on such a vast scale, nor for dents were chosen not only for their athletic HON. TIM JOHNSON so long a time has there been a government ability, but for exemplifying outstanding citizen­ of the people, by the people, and for the OF SOUTH DAKOTA ship and sportsmanship qualities as well. They people. It can survive only if there is a built IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in integrity in the people themselves. will participate in three practice sessions and three competitions with Soviet wrestlers. Fol­ Tuesday, July 26, 1988 It is clear, then, that we have the power and the responsibility to decide how our lowing their trip to southwestern Siberia, the Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. Speak­ country will preserve the freedoms that students will visit Moscow for 2 days. er, Cindy K. Mathieu of Crooks, SD, was re­ were made the basis of our government over This athletic competition will promote more cently selected as a State winner in the Voice 200 years ago. The real enemy to our herit­ than just the spirit of sportsmanship between of Democracy broadcast scriptwriting contest age is not a foreign country. Instead, the two teams. Through their communication and conducted each year by the Veterans of For­ real danger lies within the people them­ interaction, these students will help foster the eign Wars of the United States and its Ladies selves in their apathy and indifference. So if spirit of friendship and understanding between Auxiliary. This program began 41 years ago I want to see this gift of freedom placed in future generations' tiny hands, I know I our two countries. I would like you to join me and has grown to include over one-quarter in commending them for their fine efforts. million students from over 6,000 schools must do what I can to insure "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all". across the Nation. The contest theme this year was "America's Liberty-Our Heritage." DISTINGUISHED JUDGE RONALD Mr. Speaker, I ask that Cindy's winning script NELSON MANDELA KEBERLE TO RETIRE be reprinted in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. Cindy deserves to be commended for her ex­ ceptional efforts in writing this script and par­ HON. NANCY PELOSI HON. DAVID R. OBEY ticipating in this contest. Her insights and en­ OF CALIFORNIA OF WISCONSIN thusiasm will serve as a model to others her IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES age. Tuesday, July 26, 1988 Tuesday, July 26, 1988 AMERICA'S LIBERTY-OUR HERITAGE Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, July 18 was the Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, all of us in public The new parents gaze proudly at their baby. Then, they gently reach over and 70 birthday of Nelson Mandela-hero of the life have known individuals who have made place a small gift in the baby's tiny hand. struggle against apartheid in South Africa. lifelong contributions of public service in our The gift had been given to them by their Over one-third of his life has been spent in own communities. One such person in my parents, and they are now continuing the prison at the hands of the South African Gov­ hometown is retiring after serving the public family tradition. The tiny baby will use the ernment. for more than three decades. gift throughout life, and will give the gift to Even in prison, Mr. Mandela continues to Judge Ronald D. Keberle was born in Mil­ his children, but he will probably never real­ raise the spirit of the oppressed majority who waukee on September 2, 1927, the son of ize its importance and its rarity. The gift is freedom, the parents are America, and we have struggled 40 years under the indignity of Frank and Gladys Keberle. He and his wife are that baby who received the gift only be­ apartheid. He is joined by several thousand Shirley were married on August 28, 1948. cause of the unique privilege of being born critics of the Government who are locked up They are the parents of three sons: David, in this country. in prisons or "banned" from society-merely Daniel, and Douglas. Ron served in the U.S. The gift began as only an idea. Extraordi­ for expressing their desire to be counted as Navy in 1945 and 1946. nary men like George Washington, Benja­ human beings. Many of these prisoners are He earned undergraduate and law degrees min Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson fore­ children. Many are tortured. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where saw a nation with freedoms like none other Mr. Speaker, the United States must, once he was executive editor of the Wisconsin Law on the earth. When the gift became reality in 1776, years of planning had already gone and for all, disassociate itself from the racist Review and a member of the Order of the into the notion that "all men are created government of South Africa. America can no Coif. He began practicing law in Wausau in equal" and that they are given by their Cre­ longer tolerate a government that imprisons 1951 and became assistant city attorney in ator the rights of "life, liberty, and the pur­ dissenters and tortures children in the name 1953. He was named Wausau's Outstanding suit of happiness". of national security. Young Man in 1957 and Wisconsin's Out­ But throughout the years this gift of lib­ Rather, let us put our moral and economic standing Young Man in 1958. erty has often been taken for granted. Be­ strength behind Nelson Mandela and the I remember being a high school freshman cause we inherited freedom by just being struggle for majority rule. Let us cut off trade when Ron Keberle was serving as Marathon born in this country it is difficult for us to realize what life without liberty would be with such a government and isolate it in the County Republican Chairman. He became like. We don't have to worship God in pri­ international community. Let us tone down the Marathon County District Attorney in 1955. He vate like many Russian citizens and those rhetoric and step up the pressure-to free was succeeded in that office by my brother-in­ behind the Iron Curtain. We don't have to Nelson Mandela and free South Africa. law who is a Democrat but who, like myself, live everyday as second-class citizens like Nelson Mandela celebrates his birthday in has a strong admiration for the quality of the Blacks in South Africa. And we don't the isolation of a prison cell. I hope that he Ron's service. July 27, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19231 Ron was elected Marathon County judge in Diego and the staff counsel to the Command­ understand the tyranny of taxation without 1962 and circuit court judge for Marathon, Lin­ er of the Training Command of the U.S. Pacif­ representation that their fellow residents of coln, Oneida and Vilas Counties in 1970. ic Fleet, also in San Diego. His first job in our Nation's Capital face and have set their When Wisconsin courts were reorganized in Washington was as legislative counsel in the efforts to remedy this injustice by making the 1978 he became Marathon County circuit Department of the Navy. From there, he came District of Columbia the 51 st State. judge and was appointed chief judge of the to Capitol Hill and the Armed Services Com­ Mr. Speaker, during the first 2 weeks of Ninth Judicial Circuit by Supreme Court Chief mittee. July, Andrew and Geraldine worked tirelessly Justice Bruce Beilfuss that same year. Mr. Speaker, those of us who have worked with the D.C. Statehood Commission to orga­ During his 33 years of service as district at­ with him and experienced his concern and nize a D.C. statehood presence in Atlanta torney and judge, Ron Keberle performed in a compassion for the Nation's veterans want to during the Democratic National Convention. balanced and fair-minded way. He provided extend to Tony and his family our best wishes They contacted the delegations from all 50 even-handed justice to everyone who came for continued success, good health, and hap­ States, providing them with information on the into his court and developed a good many piness as he enters a new stage in an illustri­ issue and scheduling formal delegation meet­ friendships, with Republicans and Democrats ous career of service to his country. He is a ings with D.C. statehood representatives alike, along the way. great public servant. He has served his coun­ during the week of July 18. Last week, I am pleased to call to the attention of the try well for 23 years. We need more people Andrew and Geraldine went to Atlanta, GA, at House of Representatives the retirement of like him. their own expense, to help D.C. delegates and someone who maintained high standards and other elected officials like myself educate performed with dedication throughout his A TRIBUTE TO TERRY leaders from around the country about D.C. public career. THOMPSON statehood. Working five consecutive 12- to 14-hour days, Andrew and Geraldine's efforts ANTHONY J. PRINCIPI made it possible for us to personally address HON. JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR. 35 State delegations, distribute more than OF OHIO 10,000 pamphlets and brochures and over HON. G.V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY TE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 4,000 D.C. Statehood Now! buttons. Because OF MISSISSIPPI ruesday, July 26, 1988 of their hard work and dedication, statehood IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. ..1AFICANT. Mr. Speaker, today I rise for the nearly 700,000 residents of the District Tuesday, July 26, 1988 in order to pay tribute to Mr. Terry Thompson, of Columbia was the single most visible issue Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, it has a very special resident of my 17th Congres­ at the Democratic National Convention. been my pleasure over the last 20 years to sional District. It truly gives me great pride to Andrew Shagrin and Geraldine Hughes be­ work with some truly knowledgeable and dedi­ announce that Mr. Thompson has won the lieve that the District of Columbia should no cated individuals in an effort to protect and men's division of the 1988 Shoe Service mag­ longer suffer from colony status and they improve veterans' benefits. T any Principi azine's orthopedic contest. Mr. Thompson will have set out to end this injustice. On behalf of ranks high on this list. receive this award from Shoe Service Institute the citizens of Washington, DC, and Ameri­ Since 1984, Tony has served as Republican of America President Gary Miller at the 41 st cans across this great Nation, I salute and chief counsel and staff director for the Senate Annual Shoe Service Exposition's Awards commend them for their efforts. Committee on Veterans' Affairs, a position he Banquet in Seattle, WA, on July 16, 1988. is leaving for other career opportunities on the Mr. Thompson received this award because A TRIBUTE TO KAY SNELL OF west coast. During this time, we on the House of his wizardly workmanship in shoe repair. He OWOSSO, Ml Veterans' Affairs Committee have come to ap­ submitted a pair of men's shoes with a 112-inch preciate Tony's high level of integrity, his orthopedic buildup adjusted to the heel of the openmindedness, and the spirit of cooperation left shoe. Two experienced orthopedic repair HON. BILL SCHUETTE and compromise he has sustained and specialists judged the entry by comparing the OF MICHIGAN strengthened between our two committees. orthopedically repaired shoe with its unre­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A lot of people claim to know what veter­ paired mate. ans' feel and need, but Tony really does The judges were truly astounded when they Tuesday, July 26, 1988 know-he's a combat veteran. From the saw Mr. Thompson's entry with its amazing Naval Academy to a destroyer to Vietnam to Mr. SCHUETTE. Mr. Speaker, today I would sole and heel balance and its superlative like to take the opportunity to pay special trib­ training bases, he's been there and he knows buildup. The judges quickly saw that they had what it's all about. ute to an outstanding citizen of the Owosso, no choice but to give its award to Mr. Thomp­ Ml, community. That person is Kay Snell, who Before taking over his duties with the Veter­ son. ans' Affairs Committee, Tony was the Associ­ has improved the Owosso community through Terry Thompson works at Cobbler's Corner ate Deputy Administrator for Congressional her unselfish efforts and devotion. in Columbiana, OH. I salute you Terry, and and Public Affairs, as well as White House Li­ Kay Snell most recently was the first recipi­ want you to know that when my shoes need aison, for the Veterans' Administration. Previ­ ent of the Owosso-Corunna Area Chamber of repairing, I will be certain to bring them to you. ously, he served as counsel to the former Commerce Athena Award. This honor is given Thus, it is with thanks and special pleasure chairman of the Senate Armed Services Com­ to an outstanding person who exhibits initia­ mittee, Senator John Tower. that I join with the residents of the 17th Con­ tive and creativity enhancing business and for Tony graduated from the U.S. Naval Acade­ gressional District in paying tribute to the out­ improving the community. These criteria cer­ my at Annapolis in 1967. He served as engi­ standing shoe repair skills and wonderful per­ tainly describe Kay Snell. neering officer aboard the destroyer U.S.S. sonality of Mr. Terry Thompson. Kay Snell has had an outstanding career Joseph P. Kennedy before becoming unit with Universal Electric Co. until her retirement commander of a river patrol force at Tra Cu, A SALUTE AND COMMENDATION this spring. Kay worked her way up the corpo­ Vietnam. As a result of this combat experi­ TO ANDREW SHAGRIN AND rate ladder at Universal. Starting in 1947 as a ence in Vietnam, he received the Bronze Star GERALDINE HUGHES personnel clerk, she advanced to secretary, with Combat "V", the Vietnamese Cross of executive secretary, and finally became the di­ Gallantry, three Navy Commendation Medals HON. WALTER E. FAUNTROY rector of public relations. After 41 years of with Combat "V", the Navy Combat Action OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA hard work and dedicated service, Kay retired from Universal last February. Throughout her Medal and several service and campaign IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES medals. career, Kay was involved in her community, Tony received his law degree in 1975 from Tuesday, July 26, 1988 working as the Business Office Education Seton Hall University School of Law, where he Mr. FAUNTROY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to Clubs Advisor, company representative for was president of the Student Bar Association. salute and to commend two fine young people Junior Achievement, company coordinator for Prior to his work in Washington, Tony was from the District of Columbia, Andrew Shagrin U.W. Explorer Post No. 68, Genessee Shiawa­ the chief defense attorney for the Navy in San and Geraldine Hughes. Andrew and Geraldine see County private industry council chairman, 19232 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1988 and member of the Program Planning and As­ These hopeful signs could be repeated in sity. In 1829, Rockwell took his law degree to sessment Committee. dozens of other communities where CARE Pittsfield, MA, to begin his own practice. This dedication to her community and her helps people to help themselves. Julius Rockwell's life as a public servant professional excellence also led her to serve I urge my colleagues to join with me in con­ began in 1834 when he was elected to the her community on the board of directors of demning the barbaric policies of the govern­ Massachusetts House of Representatives. He the Owosso Corunna Area Chamber of Com­ ments of Ethiopia and Sudan-governments quickly rose through the ranks and was merce and she was active as a member of which choose to starve innocent women and speaker of the house from 1835 to 1838. the executive board, chairman of the Educa­ children to win political and military victories. I Upon completion of his second term as tion Committee, chairman and vice chairman also encourage my fellow members to support speaker, he was appointed State bank com­ of the Ambassadors Club, Public Relations the kind of foreign aid that keeps people and missioner and served in that capacity until hope alive despite all odds to the contrary. Committee chairman, and Legislative Commit­ 1840. tee. The kind of aid provided by CARE and several Running as a Whig, Julius Rockwell was For most, Mr. Speaker, this long list of serv­ other organizations like it. elected to the U.S. House of Representatives ice would be quite enough. But not for Kay, she has also participated and held leadership in 1843 where he served until 1851. During THE FIRST AMERICAN SOVIET his time in Congress, Rockwell became widely roles in the First Baptist Church, the Boy YOUTH ORCHESTRA PER­ Scouts of America, Shiawassee YWCA, the known for his stance against admitting States FORMS FIRST CONCERT AT to the Union that would permit slavery. As a Zonta Club of Owosso, the Commission of Al­ KENNEDY CENTER AUGUST 5 cohol and Drug Abuse and the Owosso City member of the Committee of the Territories, Club. Rockwell gave a powerful speech against the Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues in the HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER admission of Texas as a slave State. In that House will join me today to recognize the out­ OF COLORADO speech, Rockwell characterized slavery as standing accomplishments of Kay Snell. She IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "an evil directed against the truest interest of certainly deserves our sincere congratulations. Tuesday, July 26, 1988 this country." She has given her community an enormous Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, I urge my Not running for Congress in 1851, Rockwell amount of time and hard work. Kay Snell is colleagues to attend the inaugural concert of stayed in the public eye as a delegate to the certainly an inspiration to all of us here today. the first U.S.-U.S.S.R. Youth Orchestra at the State convention 2 years later. In 1854 he I hope all of my colleagues in the U.S. House Kennedy Center on August 5 with Zubin was appointed by Governor Washburn to the of Representatives join me in congratulating Mehta, music director of the New York Phil­ U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy which was cre­ Kay Snell and I know we all wish her contin­ harmonic, conducting. ated by the resignation of Edward Everett. His ued success. The orchestra includes 58 Americans age elevation to the Senate followed his eloquent 17 to 23 from 24 States chosen from over advocacy of natural rights and constitutional IMAGES OF HOPE AND DESPAIR 500 who auditioned. Fifty-two young musicians law in the House of Representatives. Through­ were selected from the Soviet Union. After out his entire career in Congress, Julius Rock­ HON. BYRON L. DORGAN opening its United States tour here in Wash­ well displayed great ability in the use of per­ ington, the orchestra will travel to four other suasive rhetoric. OF NORTH DAKOTA United States cities, then tour the Soviet With the dissolution of the Whig Party, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Union. Rockwell followed his antislavery views and Tuesday, July 26, 1988 The orchestra will play two programs of allied himself with the Republican Party. He Mr. DORGAN of North Dakota. Mr. Speaker, works by Ives, Copland, Prokofiev, Shostako­ was the Massachusetts Republican Party's the renewed food emergency in Africa· flashes vich, Tchaikovsky, and Mahler. The orchestra first nominee for Governor in 1855. He ran un­ in and out of our consciousness, and on and is sponsored by the Conservatory of Music at successfully in a remarkably good second off of network news reports. The villagers and Oberlin College and AFS lntercultural Pro­ place showing for the newly formed party. refugees in the Horn of Africa enjoy no such grams. Nancy Reagan is the honorary chair­ Rockwell was then named an elector for the luxury. For them, drought, hunger, and govern­ person for the U.S. tour. Fremont ticket. mental manipulation of food aid are a con­ I hope you will attend the performance of In 1858 the former Senator was again elect­ these musical ambassadors. stant reality. Even so, there are bright spots ed to the State legislature and was made amidst the gloomy reports. speaker of the house. He was the first person The bad news, as reported by CARE, is that FORMER MEMBER OF CON­ in Massachusetts history to serve the public at 5 million Ethiopians are at risk of starvation GRESS FROM WESTERN MAS­ the national level and then return to State because of crop losses. Further aggravating SACHUSETTS, JULIUS ROCK­ government. This is one example of Julius the situation is a deliberate policy on the part WELL: MODEL PUBLIC SERV­ Rockwell's commitment to public service. of the Ethiopian Government of trying to ANT Rockwell's longest tenure in a government starve into submission the rebel forces in the position began in 1859, when he was made a Provinces of Eritrea and Tigre. HON. SILVIO O. CONTE justice of the Superior Court of Massachu­ Nor is the situation limited to Ethiopia, a OF MASSACHUSETTS setts. He presided over the court for 27 years. Soviet-backed client. Our own ally, Sudan, is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In that time he distinguished himself as just, using a strategy of food aid denial to punish honorable, and judicially discriminate. He re­ and control rebel forces in its southern region. Tuesday, July 26, 1988 signed his seat in 1886, with accolades The good news is that innovative projects Mr. CONTE. Mr. Speaker, as one of the coming from every corner of the State. In the by CARE and other U.S. aided voluntary orga­ founders of the Republican Party and a vocal nizations are mitigating the impact of drought opponent of slavery, Julius Rockwell was words of one reporter at the time, "his whole and adversity by helping to keep hungry among the most distinguished public servants career before the public commended sterling people in their villages. Here, they have a of his time. Throughout his 50-year career, he honesty." chance to obtain emergency relief without served as a State legislator, bank commis­ Julius Rockwell died on May 19, 1888, as a having to abandon their traditional homes or sioner, Federal judge, and as a Member of result of injuries he sustained a week earlier to face the danger of epidemics that often both Houses of the Congress. In spite of elec­ when he was thrown from his horse-drawn rage through temporary feeding camps. toral def.Jats, his passion for public service carriage. Throughout his entire career as a For example, CARE has assisted two Ethio­ never faltered during his long career. public servant, Julius Rockwell was a distin­ pian communities to: Start 45 community tree Rockwell was born in Colebrook, CT, on guished and confident leader. He didn't allow nurseries, dig 9 wells, plant 1.2 million tree April 26, 1805. After living in western Massa­ partisan affiliation to confine him, but rather, seedlings, build 4 school roof catchments to chusetts for several years as a schoolboy at he relied on his sound judgment and firm con­ capture rain water, construct 620 miles of hill­ Lenox Academy, Rockwell returned to Con­ victions to guide him in his service to this side terraces, and build many new roads. necticut to continue his studies at Yale Univer- Nation. July 27, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19233 HUMANITARIAN AID, HUNGER razed and fields that once produced quantities SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER AND WARFARE of food are made barren by landmines. The COLLIDER experience of the International Committee of HON. MICKEY LELAND the Red Cross [ICRC], whose activities are HON. CARL D. PURSELL OF TEXAS limited to conflict situations, confirms the in­ OF MICHIGAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES creasing need for aid. In the decade 1974-84, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, July 26, 1988 the number of ICRC staff and delegates grew from 357 to 890; in 197 4 there were ICRC Tuesday, July 26, 1988 Mr. LELAND. Mr. Speaker, confusion about delegations in 16 countries; and, in 1984 they the definition of humanitarian aid threatens Mr. PURSELL. Mr. Speaker, Federal funds were in 36 countries with subdelegations in 16 genuine help for innocent victims of war and have been appropriated to continue research civil strife. The term is misused repeatedly. others. on building the biggest and most important The distortion of the term away from its origi­ Each year millions of children are hungry scientific research center in the world-the su­ nal and legitimate meaning has accelerated because of war. Lack of food and health care perconducting super collider [SSC]. as supporters of the Nicaraguan Contras leave irreparable consequences throughout The SSC would be the world's pre-eminent search for acceptable packaging of assistance their lives. To give food, clothing, shelter, scientific center. But sadly, all too few Ameri­ for their cause. medical care and education to those in urgent cans are aware of the enormous importance According to international law and custom, need is our primary task. We must not allow a of this project or of the tremendous benefits it in the tradition of the Geneva Conventions twisted meaning of "humanitarian aid" entan­ can bring to our country. and Protocols, humanitarian aid is provided to gled with ideological policy considerations to By any standard the super collider is im­ noncombatants in need, and is to be delivered deny the chance of survival for these children. mense. Its main features include two rings of through impartial channels. Aid to a fighting Friends Service Committee representative metal pipe encased in a circular tunnel 53 force is not humanitarian as the term is com­ Corinne Johnson properly defined humanitari­ miles around. Ten thousand superconducting monly understood. Real humanitarian aid is an assistance as "an active expression of magnets cooled by liquid helium and hydrogen given to meet basic human needs, not to ac­ mutual responsibility in the human community, line the rings. Inside the two pipes narrow complish political or military objectives. a responsibility higher than that to any govern­ beams of protons-the tiny nucleus of hydro­ gen atom-are forced to whirl around the Private voluntary agencies have expressed ment, party or policy." concern about abuse of the term "humanitari­ tunnel in opposite directions. At peak speeds, The moral stature of the United States as a an aid." A delegation from lnterAction, a con­ near the speed of light, the two beams of pro­ world leader is based to a great extent on a sortium of 112 relief and development agen- tons are forced into each other. One hundred generous response to people in need. Let us - ~ cies, has requested that the U.S. Government million protons collide every second. Each col­ use the term with greater care and precision. protect this honorable tradition and stop de­ lision produces a tiny fireball resulting in a Members of Congress have received letters basing language in cynical attempts to ad­ shower of subnuclear particles. Sophisticated with a similar plea. Yet, within the past month, vance short-term political goals. electronic detectors catch and record these there have been proposals that call any aid to showers; 100 million per second. The records the Contra fighters which does not consist of are studied and analyzed by high energy guns and bullets humanitarian. On the other TRIBUTE TO WRIGHT TIRE, INC. physicists. From their studies will come new hand, the House leadership has consistently ideas, theories, and inventions. This is impor­ referred to nonmilitary aid to the Contras as HON. JAMES A TRAFICANT, JR. tant, vital knowledge which can help shape a sustenance aid. new world. The issue of language does not stand OF OHIO Consider just a few of the benefits we can alone. Improper usage threatens the integrity IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES expect from this major scientific project: of the concept of "humanitarian aid." This ex­ Tuesday, July 26, 1988 World leadership. As the biggest collider in tends far beyond Nicaragua. Today's wars are the world, the superconducting super collider increasingly the result of clashes within na­ Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today will attract scientists from around the globe to tions, making the provision of aid to noncom­ to pay special tribute to a newly opened com­ use its outstanding facilities. Our country will batant populations more difficult. This is true pany in my district: Wright Tire, Inc. of North be the leader in high energy physics research. in Ethiopia and the Sudan, Afghanistan and Jackson, OH. Kenneth Wright and Bill Zeller, New technologies. Just building the super Sri Lanka, as well as El Salvador and Nicara­ the owners are avidly seeking to focus on the collider will lead to new advances in super­ gua. The very existence of humanitarian aid is high quality of America's tires and other auto cooling techniques so vital to our future jeopardized when it is seen as serving ideo­ products. energy needs, as well as in more sophisticat­ logical goals. This company is actively pursuing a custom­ ed computer and electronic equipment. In ad­ Private voluntary organizations struggle with er-seller relationship that is first based on hon­ dition, the basic research the super collider the political implications of providing aid in esty and integrity. While this may not seem will accomplish is almost certain to produce these countries. In complex situations even surprising, it is refreshing to have that confi­ totally unexpected discoveries of future bene­ humanitarian assistance is often interpreted dence in the business sector of today. Ken fit. For example, the silicon chip which today as support for one side or another. Aid may and Bill represent the pride in America and makes possible everything from watches and be intended as impartial but it is seldom possi­ type of ingenuity that has helped this country tiny radios to complex communications, com­ ble to assure that all victims on both sides of to prosper. puter, and electronics equipment came from military lines of control receive it in just pro­ Ken and Bill decided that they had enough yesterday's basic research. That basic discov­ portions. In a number of situations, the relief of tangling with other service garages and de­ ery blossomed into thousands of uses. We agencies and their workers have been targets cided that they could offer a better service. can only guess at what new marvels the super of the violence they sought to relieve. collider's research may bring us. So, they not only established a trustworthy This same reasoning applies to aid given by Inspiration for America's youth. Like the business, but one that will specialize in mar­ governments and by international organiza­ Apollo Moon landing project, the super col­ tions. While it is unarguable that providing hu­ keting products that are made in America, by lider will inspire and encourage many young manitarian assistance promotes the interests American workers. With this type of work people to point their lives toward careers in of the United States, it is equally unarguable ethic, I know that Wright Tire, Inc. will be serv­ science and engineering. Those who do meet that aid delivered in a nonpolitical manner ing the North Jackson community for years to the challenges of this unprecedented search makes the greatest contribution to our nation­ come. for scientific knowledge will become our future al credibility, our reputation in the world, in the On behalf of the people of the 17th Con­ leaders in universities, industry, and govern­ • long-term. gressional District, it is with great honor and ment. Appeals for food, clothing and medical sup­ pride that I salute this new venture. Opening a new window on our universe. plies grow dramatically as populations are up­ One of the biggest benefits will come from the rooted by internal warfare, as villages are answers the super collider will give us to

19--059 0-89-45 (Pt. 13) 19234 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1988 some of the basic questions about our uni­ meeting, on a trail leading a pack of boy An enterprise in northeast Kansas, with an verse: the fundamental forces operating in it, scouts, coordinating a fundraising drive for the inventory of specialized information to sell, the structure of matter, how it all began, and March of Dimes, or at a civil defense meeting, could compete with a similar enterprise based whether it will ever end. Al Becker can be found. Omnipresent in civic in a large, urban area-and, with much lower America's high energy physicists believe the affairs and bounding with energy, Al Becker's overhead, would have a good chance for suc­ super collider should have our Nation's No. 1 presence is widely felt. cess. Inventory, shipping, receiving, billing, priority in this field of science. Fifty-six univer­ Friends have described Al Becker as an ar­ and a variety of other basic commercial activi­ sities from across the country have pooled ticulate, sincere, hard-working and caring indi­ ties, including even some types of manufactur­ their knowledge and resources in a consorti­ vidual. He is the epitome of the responsible ing, could conceivably be displayed electroni­ um to coordinate research and development citizen, the person who takes upon himself cally, making even the most remote outpost of the super collider. They know the basic re­ the burden of hard work for the benefit of into a viable commercial hub by placing it at search it accomplishes will give us the knowl­ others. Al Becker is a remarkable man. I con­ an information-age crossroad of advanced edge which can be the cornerstone of our Na­ gratulate him on his election, and wish him the telecommunications lines. tion's defense, industrial, and economic best of luck during his tenure as the New York That's why I have joined this bipartisan strength. Department Commander of the American effort to allow the telephone companies-with I feel this vitally needed project will help Legion. proper safeguards for ratepayers-to provide assure a brighter future for us, our children America with the fruits of the information age. and our Nation. FOUR HOUSE MEMBERS INTRO­ DUCE HOUSE CONCURRENT NICARAGUA: THE SANDINISTAS A SALUTE TO ALBERT M. RESOLUTION 339 DROP THE VEIL AGAIN BECKER HON. JIM SLATIERY HON. DANTE B. FASCELL HON.GEORGEJ.HOCHBRUECKNER OF KANSAS OF FLORIDA OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, July 26, 1988 Tuesday, July 26, 1988 Tuesday, July 26, 1988 Mr. SLATTERY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, Nicaragua's Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER. Mr. Speaker, I to join with the distinguished chairman of the Sandinista government has repeatedly stated would like to take this opportunity to honor a Energy and Commerce Committee, JOHN DIN­ its commitment to the provisions of the Cen­ distinguished citizen of Suffolk County, Mr. GELL, and with Representatives AL SWIFT and tral American Peace Treaty, Esquipulas II. Yet Albert M. Becker, on the occasion of his elec­ TOM TAUKE, as well as with several other of since that agreement was signed, the Ortega tion to the office of New York State Depart­ my colleagues who have taken a leadership brothers and company have taken steps ment Commander of the American Legion. His role in fighting to bring the telecommunica­ which fly in the face of that publicly professed exemplary service, both within the Legion and tions revolution to all Americans, in introduc­ commitment. to the community at large, is worthy of our re­ ing House Concurrent Resolution 339, which While I do not wish to downgrade the sig­ spect and recognition. calls for the full participation of American in­ nificance of recent Nicaraguan actions, which Throughout his life, Al Becker has dedicated dustry in the provision of telecommunications deserve the strong condemnation of all those himself to his fellow man and the American equipment and services. who seek democratization in Nicaragua, the way of life. Americanism, patriotic citizenship, Current rules prevent the telephone compa­ contrast between the promises and conduct law and order, brotherhood, and freedom are nies from offering many information services. of the Sandinista government is, unfortunately, some of the tenets which Al holds dear. He is And, it's just too difficult and complicated for nothing new. Long-term observers of the Nica­ an activist, a committed do-er, a person most Americans to set up systems for them­ raguan revolution can hardly be surprised by whose actions convert ideals into reality. selves. The telephone companies have their recent government actions to close Radio Ca­ Looking over his extraordinary record of hands tied up in knots with legal technicalities tolica and La Prensa, arrest over 43 opposi­ achievements a person can hardly disagree. about exactly what they can and cannot offer tion figures, and break up the democratic op­ During World War II, Al Becker served his while the whole world speeds ahead of us position's march at Nandaime. Unless held to country first as a military policeman in the with the very technology we invented in the meaningful reforms by a specific calendar, the United States and then as a medic abroad. first place. Sandinistas will persist with tactical conces­ Aboard the hospital ship Algonquin, he sailed America's economic development, both sions only. The recent actions simply make it to England, France, and Italy. Later, Al saw rural and urban, is not a matter for academic even clearer that the limited political space duty in the Pacific, New Guinea, and the Phil­ discussion; it's a matter of our survival as a gained by the Arias plan can be withdrawn ippines, while working on board a U.S. Army first rate power. Yet, seven of this Nation's anytime at the whim of the commandantes. transport, the Sea Cat. most advanced companies, the ones which The Esquipulas II agreement speaks clearly: A year to the day after obtaining his honora­ built our communications infrastructure, are "There shall be freedom of the press, radio ble discharge from the military, Al Becker prohibited from doing the very thing they do and television. This complete freedom shall in­ joined the Rusy-Bohm Post No. 411 of the best-making communications simple, easy, clude opening and keeping in operation mass American Legion in Islip, NY. Five years later, and affordable. media for all ideological groups and operating he became the post commander, a position What could an economic infrastructure those media without subjecting them to prior which he would hold twice more. Extremely based in sound telecommunications do for the censorship. There shall be total pluralism of active, Al would also hold at one time or an­ rural areas of America-and more specifically political parties. In this regard, political groups other every office of consequence and major for a State like Kansas? Ask the people of shall have full access to the mass media, chairmanship at the post. Since joining the South Dakota? An area of scattered popula­ shall enjoy fully the rights of association and Rusy-Bohm Post in 1947, Al Becker has been tion, among the coldest in the Nation, is the right to public assembly in the unrestricted extremely active in the American Legion, hold­ now-thanks to telecommunications-one of exercise of oral, written and televised publici- ing at least 32 major positions at the county, the centers of financial transactions. ty ... * *" district, department, and national levels. Ser­ Today, South Dakota does a brisk business Yet even before the recent repression, in geant at Arms, chaplain, vice commander, in credit-related finance for companies based late May the Nicaraguan Interior Ministry sus­ commander, chairman, editor, adjutant, and fi­ hundreds of miles from that State. pended three opposition radio news programs. nance officer are some of the titles which Al There are similar opportunities for other Newsprint and electoral power continued to has had. For his efforts, Al Becker was twice States and cities, if we only take advantage of be rationed by the government. Censorship honored as Suffolk County Legionnaire of the them. Imagine a Nation whose rural areas are laws remains on the books. Intimidation was Year. equipped with cutting edge information serv­ and, as recent events show, remains wide­ Outside the post, the diligence of Al Becker ices delivered via state of the art network spread. Despite his signature on Esquipulas II, can be seen as well. Whether at an Islip PT A hardware and software. President Ortega simply turned down the re- July 27, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19235 quest by a private business group to operate well as seeming friends, must take another Friend's Hospital. In that capacity, she is re­ an independent television station. vote. Then, unless the Senate swallows the sponsible for the welfare of 180 patients. On amnesty, Esquipulas II notes that"* * * House bill whole (an unlikely event> the Throughout her career, Dolores has earned matter must go to conference and back to decrees for amnesty shall be issued that will both floors. At each of these stages there the respect of her colleagues and the affec­ establish all of the provisions to ensure invio­ will be opportunities to blur or sidetrack it. tion and appreciation of her patients. She has lability of life, freedom in all of its forms, mate­ The time for celebration is not yet. made the kind of contribution to her prof es­ rial property and safety of the persons to Outmoded bases have been a problem and, sion and community that all too often goes whom these decrees are applicable." even more, a symbol for years. Military without recognition. Although some political prisoners have been bases are like any other form of federal I am sure that Dolores' fa!llilY, friends, and set free, the vast majority remain jailed. The spending. They mean profits and jobs, and colleagues are justifiably proud. I join them in series of releases specified in the Sapoa truce Congress can't bring itself to close even the least defensible among them, particularly in commending Dolores for her extraordinary ac­ agreement have been indefinitely delayed. Up an election year. This time a bill was fash­ complishments in the nursing profession. to 8,200 political prisoners remain in detention ioned by Rep. Dick Armey of Texas, leaders and arrests on political grounds continue, of the armed services committees, Defense ' such as the four economists-Mario Alegria Secretary Frank Carlucci and others to FILLMORE CELEBRATES Castillo, Nora Aldana, Pedro Pablo Su Olivas avoid the usual difficulty by reducing Con­ CENTENNIAL and Jose Espinales Rodriguez-whose crime gress' role. A committee of outside experts was to openly visit the commercial section of whom Mr. Carlucci has already named will HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO the U.S. Embassy in Managua. The scope of recommend a list of bases to be closed. If forwarded to Congress by the president, the OF CALIFORNIA the government campaign waged against recommendations would automatically take IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES these four has undermined any possibility of effect unless voted down by both houses their receiving a fair trial. over the president's presumed veto. To Tuesday, July 26, 1988 Mr. Speaker, the Secretary of State has re­ guard against favoritism, neither the presi­ Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, I rise cently undertaken efforts to explore the possi­ dent nor Congress would be able to alter the today to help commemorate the birthday of a bility of additional pressures, particularly diplo­ recommended list; they would have to take beautiful place. On Sunday, July 31, Fillmore, matic, which could be brought against the all the recommendations or none. CA, will celebrate 100 years of existence. Sandinista regime. The four House committees to which this was referred, including Armed Services, re­ Many of Fillmore's almost 11,000 citizens will This is a worthy effort, deserving of our full sisted in varying degrees. Their version of host an old-fashioned birthday party, including support, as is the President's retaliation in the legislation included a range of further square dancing, barbershop quartets, commu­ kind against Nicaragua diplomats for the ex­ environmental and economic conditions nity sing alongs, turn-of-the-century costumes, pulsion of our ambassador and diplomats. that had to be met before a base could be pit barbeque, cake decorating contest, and Without pressure, the Sandinistas will simply closed, and prevented the recommendations much more. continue with more of the same. of the advisory committee from taking Fillmore is, in the best American traditions, effect until Congress affirmatively approved them. That, of course, is precisely what just a quiet little town. There are two wooden ENACT THE DEFENSE SAVINGS Congress has never been able to make itself carvings on Fillmore's City Hall; one bearing ACT do; it is the very obstacle the bill is aimed at the likeness of an oil worker and the other skirting. In an unusual step the House, by bearing the image of a citrus farmer. These HON. DOUG BEREUTER vote of 223 to 186, rejected its committees' symbolize the two industries around which Fill­ combined advice in favor of Mr. Armey's un­ more has grown. OF NEBRASKA trammeled alternative. But if and when the Like many other American towns, Fillmore IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bill comes back for conference, leaders of had humble beginnings; Main Street consisted Tuesday, July 26, 1988 these same committees can be expected to be among the conferees. of a rooming house, general store, pool hall, Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, an editorial This bill probably won't save the full $2 barbershop, lumber yard and, of course, a appeared in the July 25, 1988, Washington billion to $5 billion a year its proponents saloon. And like many other American towns, Post praises the Defense Savings Act which claim. It's still the right thing to do, and Fillmore suffered adversity; a fire destroyed was passed by the House on July 12. By pro­ never more so than in a time of budget cuts many Main Street businesses in 1903. Like viding for the closing of unneeded military in­ in defense and civilian programs alike. But many other American towns, Fillmore weath­ stallations based on national defense priorities Congress needs to be watched, or, in the ered adversity and eventually prospered. rather than political considerations, that meas­ election-year rush to adjourn without of­ Progress marched on in Fillmore; street lights ure could save the American taxpayer from $2 fending, this bill-the congressional equiva­ lent of an unnatural act-could still be lost. were installed in 1911 and the streets were billion to $5 billion per year. paved in 1917, just 3 years after officially be­ The conferees who bear the responsibility coming incorporated into Ventura County as for further action on this legislation would be TRIBUTE TO DOLORES RICH the city of Fillmore. well advised not to attempt to thwart the will Although time has changed Fillmore, some of the House. Those of us who have given our HON. ROBERT A. BORSKI things have remained the same. People there strong support to the measure which we be­ OF PENNSYLVANIA take pride in their "quiet little town," and have lieve to be clearly in the national interest will IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES worked hard to keep it a good place to live, most assuredly continue to raise this issue Tuesday, July 26, 1988 raise a family, and prosper. until the legislation is enacted. Happy birthday, Fillmore. I commend the editorial to my colleagues. Mr. BORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to CFrom the Washington Post, June 25, 1988] pay tribute to a nurse of 40 years, Dolores Rich. WORLD BANK RESPONDS TO MILITARY BASE BALL CONGRESSIONAL LETTER ON The House has virtuously passed a bill to In these times of nursing shortages through­ save a little defense money by closing un­ out the country and high turnover within the POVERTY ALLEVIATION necessary military bases. That lets the mem­ profession, Dolores Rich's longevity and dedi­ bers go home and claim they cast a vote cation are commendable. HON. TONY P. HALL against pork and waste, which in fact they Dolores is a lifelong resident of Philadel­ OF OHIO have. The only hitch is that the bill is not phia. In 1945, she became the first person in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES yet law. The Senate earlier put a compara­ her family to further her education beyond ble provision in the defense authorization Wednesday, July 27, 1988 bill, but it was dropped in conference be­ high school by entering the Hahnemann Hos­ cause the House failed to act in time-and pital School of Nursing. Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, on June 16, the president may veto the authorization This year marks the 40th anniversary of Do­ 1988, 187 Representatives and 46 Senators vehicle anyWay. lores' graduation from Hahnemann. In addi­ cosigned a letter to World Bank President That means that somehow the Senate, tion, this is the 25th year that Dolores has Barber B. Conable which urged further efforts where the idea has determined enemies as held the position of nursing supervisor at by the World Bank to use its considerable re- 19236 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1988 sources to combat world poverty more effec­ lending and as a guide in the design of should be hard­ The same letter also was sent to the World tively involved in many programs to im­ ened, provided that this would enhance the Bank by members of the Parliaments of Aus­ prove the statistical capability of developing size of the replenishment. Hardening terms, countries, an essential element if greater they felt, would lead to a more rapid recy­ tralia, Canada, Great Britain, and the Federal use is to be made of social indicators in eval­ cling of IDA resources, thus enhancing the Republic of Germany. A total of 777 members uating development progress. Association's ability to redirect its funds to of national legislatures, representing more However, a cautionary note is required areas of greatest need. Relatively wealthy than 270 million constituents in five countries, with regard to the immediate prospects for countries successfully graduated from IDA signed the letter that were sent on June 16. greatly expanded use of social indicators. status still owed substantial concessional This international effort was coordinated While we are sympathetic to the suggestion money to IDA because of the great length with the help of RESULTS, an organization that we define, together with our borrowers, of IDA loans. Loan maturities thus were social indicator targets and time tables and dedicated to ending world hunger. In addition, shortened from 50 years to 40 years for the subsequently plan Bank activities to ensure least developed IDA-only countries, and to the letter was endorsed by CARE, Catholic that these goals are met, a number of diffi­ Relief Services, Church World Service, Luther­ 35 years for other IDA eligible borrowers cult issues must still be addressed. Relevant who, because of their better creditworthi­ an World Relief, National Council for Interna­ data is often difficult to obtain, and the evi­ ness, receive a blend of IBRD and IDA lend­ tional Health, and World Vision. dence is frequently limited and unreliable. ing. This was not an easy decision for the There is growing awareness both in the Moreover, social indicators tend to be mean­ donors, but an agreement was reached world's legislative bodies and in the private ingful only in a long-term perspective. In which significantly expanded IDA re­ voluntary organizations that the World Bank addition, the best social data is usually de­ rived mostly from censuses that are typical­ sources. I cannot predict the course of the has tremendous potential to improve the qual­ ly conducted ten years apart or at even IDA-9 negotiations, but we will be working ity of life for the poorest people on our planet. longer intervals. We cannot always await with the donors to ensure that these negoti­ The purpose of our interparliamentary letter the results of such censuses to guide our op­ ations result in an agreement which is in was to reiterate our support for the World erations. Whenever such data can be collect­ the best long-term interests of the recipient Bank's antipoverty efforts, and to pursue an ed as part of a Bank-supported government countries. ongoing dialog with the Bank on the specific program, we shall of course utilize it in our STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT means both to measure and to achieve pover­ work. We will also do our utmost to advance The economic difficulties experienced by the capacity of developing countries to ty alleviation. most developing countries over this decade design and use effective indicators. We be­ have made poverty alleviation a more formi­ On July 20, 1988, we received a formal -re­ lieve that this issue must be given special at­ sponse to our letter from the World Bank. dable challenge and a more urgent priority. tention, and we expect that social indicators In the 1970s, the effort to address poverty From this letter, it is clear that the World Bank will play an increasingly important role in generally took place in the context of wide­ welcomes our interest and considers seriously our work in the years ahead. spread economic growth; today the issue is the points that we have raised. IDA LENDING increasingly how to address poverty in an In view of the interest in this interparliamen­ We share your concern about the debt environment of limited or no growth. tary exchange with the World Bank, the full burden of the poorest countries, particular­ There is broad consensus that the diffi­ texts of the Bank's reply and the U.S. letter ly those in sub-Saharan Africa. For the past cult economic conditions of the 1980s re­ follows: several years the Bank has supported an quire all countries-developed and develop­ international program of assistance to those ing-to adjust to new realities. The World THE WORLD BANK, low-income, debt-distressed countries under­ Bank has played a critical role in fostering Washington, DC, July 20, 1988. taking significant adjustment programs. We an orderly adjustment process through our Hon. TONY P. HALL, are pleased that many of the creditor gov­ advice to borrowers on policy reform. This House of Representatives, ernments have increasingly realized the se­ advice has been supported by substantial Washington, DC. verity of the situation, and have pledged to lending for adjustment programs and by the DEAR CONGRESSMAN HALL: Thank you for mobilization of significant resources from your thoughtful letter of June 16. The take further action. We are working with issues you raise are of great importance, and them, and with others, on a wide range of other donors. This two-pronged approach is we share your conviction that The World programs in this area. designed to help put these countries back on Bank must continue to be the forefront of As you know, IDA is the largest single the growth path. Economic growth is neces­ the battle against world poverty. multilateral source of concessional assist­ sary to the success of long-term efforts to ance for the low-income countries. About 50 reduce poverty. Experience also demon­ Poverty alleviation has long been and con­ strates, however, that growth alone is not tinues to be central to the Bank's work. In percent of the $12.4 billion in IDA-8 re­ many ways the progress achieved in the last sources is being directed to sub-Saharan sufficient to alleviate poverty. Growth poli­ forty years by developing countries has Africa. Moreover, the Bank has taken the cies must be complemented by a wide array been remarkable-in incomes, health indica­ lead in the past year in mobilizing over $6 of carefully designed programs and policies tors, literacy and other measures of im­ billion in additional cofinancing support for which assure that the poor share in the ben­ proved welfare. Nevertheless, the problems these African countries. The major debt efits of growth. We contributed to the devel­ remain immense; with Third World popula­ problems faced by these countries are de­ opment of the OECD guidelines for struc­ tion pressures, the magnitude of poverty is rived from non-concessional loans-export tural adjustment programs, and support enormous by any measure, and is growing. credits, loans from private financial sources their implementation. The alleviation of poverty will require a and loans from non-aid sources. We shall The impact of stabilization and adjust­ concerted, long-term effort by aid donors, continue to encourage flexible approaches ment reforms on the poor is now explicitly international agencies, the private sector by creditors for countries undertaking nec­ considered in the design of adjustment pro­ and the governments of the developing essary policy changes. grams. Each report to our Board on an ad­ countries. The World Bank is committed to The terms, conditions and size of IDA are justment program is required to comment playing an important role in this coopera­ determined by the donor countries in the specifically on the program's social impact tive endeavor. course of replenishment negotiations. IDA on the poor. Special measures to protect the is by no means a static institution. It must poor are increasingly being included in SOCIAL INDICATORS constantly adapt to changing perceptions of these programs. Social expenditures, par­ Your letter stressed the importance of the types of policies and projects that will ticularly in health and education, are being using social indicators to help monitor produce the most effective forms of develop­ refocused toward the poor. Targeted cost-ef­ progress on development. We have been ment. It must direct its resources to coun­ fective compensatory programs, particularly using such indicators for some time in our tries where the problems of poverty are the in the areas of nutrition and employment, economic and sector work; we believe they greatest and where resources can be used are being designed. We are also encouraging add a valuable dimension to more strictly most efficiently. It must also adapt to the the expansion of policy-based lending in the economic measurements. Moreover, in the budgetary constraints in the donor coun­ social sectors as a means of achieving a context of our lending operations in the tries that influence the availability of re­ more lasting poverty impact. Experience has social sectors "Improvement of the design and delivery ing innovative and cost-effective means of structural adjustment lending. of public services to poor people, with an reaching the poor. 1. In light of your comments regarding emphasis on financial and institutional sus­ Moreover, the Bank has initiated a Social eradicating the worst aspects of absolute tainability and local community involve­ Dimensions of Adjustment project that ex­ poverty in Asia, we were particularly ment. plicitly focuses on the effect of adjustment pleased to learn of the discussions that have "Support for policies which promote policies on the poor. This project, cofin­ been going on for some time between the widely shared growth and, in particular, anced by UNDP, the African Development World Bank, donor governments, and others foster the creation of productive employ­ Bank and others, will include more than two about the much wider use of social indica­ ment. dozen African countries. Each of these tors, as well as economic indicators to meas­ "Strengthening the productive role of the countries will receive technical assistance ure progress in development. poor in the economy. and other resources to build the analytical The conditions of the poor can best be "Enhancement of the capacity of develop­ and statistical capability necessary to im­ measured by social indicators such as the ing country governments to monitor and prove the design of adjustment operations mortality rate of children under 5; life ex­ analyze the impact of policy reforms on pov­ and to monitor the social effects of adjust­ pectancy; access to safe water; the adult lit­ erty and to generate better information on ment. Compensatory measures will be built eracy rate, particularly among women; and poverty and nutrition. ·into the adjustment programs to benefit the proportion of children suffering from "Strengthening arrangements for consul­ and protect the poor during the transition malnutrition. Public support of funding for tation, coordination, and monitoring." period. Although this project is specifically the World Bank and other development in­ We strongly support these policies for designed for the Africa region, similar initia­ stitutions ultimately depends on their con­ future adjustment lending and welcome the tives are underway in other regions on a tribution to progress in key areas such as special attention paid to the needs of the country-by-country basis. these. poor in these guidelines. On the assumption A significant part of the Bank's research We urge the World Bank to agree by its that the Bank has now adopted these guide­ portfolio is currently devoted to improving annual meeting this Autumn on the princi­ lines for its future structural adjustment our understanding of the social conse­ ple of using social indicators to monitor loans, you have our full support for the quences of various aspects of adjustment progress on development, which social indi­ careful monitoring that will be required to programs. These studies include: the effect cators will be used, and how these should be ensure that future structural adjustment on the poor of changes in agricultural measured and monitored. Discussions programs reflect each of these six guide­ prices; the employment and real wage impli­ should then begin with individual recipient lines. We urge you to prepare a poverty cations of industrial realignment; the possi­ countries on targets for improvements in impact statement on each adjustment loan bility of protecting real income though specific social indicators, target dates for as part of the loan document which goes to public employment schemes; and options for achieving these, and planned Bank activities the executive board. Such a statement protecting the poor against the adverse ef­ to ensure that these goals are met. should give a full account of how the poor­ fects of price increases in the social sectors 2. One of the major factors hindering est people will benefit from the program. or reductions in government food subsidy progress in development is the burden of We wish you well as you seek to utilize the programs. debt. Unlike the middle income countries, considerable resources of the Bank in the In conclusion and to reiterate, the Bank is such as those in Latin America whose debt battle against world poverty. You can antici­ dedicated to improving the living standards, is primarily owed to the commercial banks, pate the continued support of the under­ economic potential and the prospects of the the poorest countries, particularly those in signed for the policies outlined in this letter. poor. We have no illusions about the diffi­ sub-Saharan Africa, are mainly indebted to Sincerely, culty of the task ahead. Perseverance, dedi­ governments and international financial in­ U.S. Senators: cation, and concerted action by both donors stitutions such as the World Bank's affiliate Daniel K. Inouye, Bob Kasten, Patrick and recipient governments are required. In the International Development Association J. Leahy, Claiborne Pell, Richard G. view of your concern, we look forward to . Lugar, George J. Mitchell, Edward M. working with you on this urgent undertak­ When IDA started lending to the Third Kennedy, Mark 0. Hatfield, Paul S. ing. World's poorest countries in the early Sarbanes, William L. Armstrong, Alan With all best wishes. 1960's, its terms were among the most Cranston, Orrin G. Hatch, Ernest F. Sincerely, concessional of any aid donor. However, Hollings, Robert T. Stafford, Timothy BARBER B. CONABLE. since then the governments of many donors E. Wirth, Thad Cochran, Tom Harkin, such as the United States, the United King­ Larry Pressler, John Melcher, Frank CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, dom, and the Federal Republic of Germany R. Lautenberg, Jeff Bingaman, Nancy HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, have switched to providing nearly all of L. Kassebaum, Quentin N. Burdick, Washington, DC, June 16, 1988 their bilateral aid to the poorest countries William S. Cohen, Thomas A. Da.schle, Hon. BARBER CONABLE, on grant terms. Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. President, In the discussions beginning this year on John D. Rockefeller IV, Dave Duren­ The World Bank, Washington, DC. the ninth replenishment of IDA, we urge berger, Kent Conrad, Rudy Boschwitz, DEAR MR. CONABLE: Many of us wrote to that you put proposals to donor govern­ Bob Graham, David L. Boren, Wendell you la.st year prior to the Bank's annual ments that the funds they supply for IDA H. Ford, Terry Sanford, John F. meeting, and we were pleased to see from should then be provided to the poorest Kerry, Spark M. Matsunaga, Carl your address to that gathering that you countries on grant terms. This would not Levin, Frank H. Murkowski, Richard share our concerns. We note particularly then place on the world's poorest countries C. Shelby, John McCain, Barbara A. your statements that: the burden of having to repay additional aid Mikulski, Bob Packwood, Howard M. "our greatest goal is to reduce poverty, loans well into the next century. Metzenbaum, Donald W. Riegle, Jr., misery and destitution which blights our 3. In the letter many of us signed last Daniel J. Evans, John Heinz. world ... rapid economic growth or the ad­ summer, we expressed our concern about U.S. Representatives: vances of modern technology seem of little the effects of structural adjustment pro­ Tony P. Hall, Carlos J. Moorhead, Frank consequence if nearly a billion people do not grams on some of the poorest sections of R. Wolf, Dante B. Fascell, Silvio 0. have enough food, clean water or shelter the population in developing countries. We Conte, Matthew F. McHugh, Benja­ . . . there is little reason to expect that suggested ways in which policies could be min A. Gilman, Mel Levine, James M. future growth alone will attain the progress tailored to the needs of the poor, particular­ Jeffords, Tom Lantos, Christopher H. against poverty that it has failed to secure ly by involving representatives of the poor. Smith, Tony Coelho, Marge Roukema, in the past" We were therefore pleased to see the agree­ Byron L. Dorgan, Constance A. Mo­ " ... Although we shall pursue the eradi­ ment reached last December by the major rella, Joe Moakley, Matthew J. Ri­ cation of poverty globally, the effort in donor countries who constitute the Develop­ naldo, Jaime B. Fuster, Sherwood L. Asia, which contains more than 500 million ment Assistance Committee of the OECD Boehlert, Doug Walgren, Larry E. of the world's absolute poor, has particular on guidelines for structural adjustment pro­ Craig, Robert J. Mrazek, Manuel relevance. In the large poor countries of grams: Lujan, Jr., Thomas J. Manton, Clau­ Asia we wish to support government strate­ "Ensuring that overall funding levels for dine Schneider. gies to eliminate the worst aspects of abso­ structural adjustment programs are suffi­ Barney Frank, John Miller, Ronald V. lute poverty by the year 2000." cient to regain growth and development mo­ Dellums, Steve Gunderson, Tim John­ We join our colleagues from other coun­ mentum and that such programs are so de­ son, Jim Kolbe, Don Bonker, Olympia tries in raising three issues on which signed as to cushion the impact of adjust­ J. Snowe, Don Edwards, Robert J. La­ progress should be made: <1 > the use of ment on all vulnerable groups with special gomarsino, Henry J. Nowak, Charles social indicators to measure development attention to women and children. E. Schumer, Brian J. Donnelly, Daniel 19238 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1988 K. Akaka, Jim Moody, Robert G. Tor­ STATES ARE INTERESTED IN STATE OF MINNESOTA, ricelli, Philip R. Sharp, Timothy J. STRONGER PCB REGULATIONS St. Paul, MN, June 9, 1988. Penny, Romano L. Mazzoli, John Hon. JAMES J. FLORIO, Lewis, Elton Gallegly, Harris W. Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Fawell, Rod Chandler, Lynn Martin, HON. JAMES J. FLORIO Consumer Protection and Competitive­ ness, Committee on Energy and Com­ Paul B. Henry, Andrew Jacobs, Jr.• Vic OF NEW JERSEY Fazio, Dale E. Kildee, Albert G. Busta­ merce, House Office Building, Washing­ mante, Lawrence J. Smith. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ton, DC. DEAR CONGRESSMAN FLORIO: I am writing Frank McCloskey, Chester G. Atkins, Wednesday, July 27, 1988 Gerry E. Studds, Gary L. Ackerman, to express my support for your efforts to Mario Biaggi, Joseph E. Brennan, Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, on June 14 of amend H.R. 3070, the PCB Regulatory Im­ Thomas M. Foglietta, John Conyers, this year the House passed H.R. 3070, the provements Act of 1988, to provide states Jr., George J. Hochbrueckner, Martin PCB Regulatory Improvements Act. The bill with the authority to impose more stringent regulatory requirements on facilities which Olav Sabo, Edward R. Roybal, Marcy was an unfortunate and inadequate attempt to Kaptur, Mike Lowry, William J. handle PCB wastes. deal with the problems of PCB disposal. Mismanagement of PCB wastes poses a se­ Hughes, Ted Weiss, Stephen L. Neal, I argued, during debate, that the bill was so Edward F. Feighan, Kweisi Mfume, rious threat to the public health and the en­ Thomas J. Downey, Peter A. DeFazio. weak it was antienvironmental. Since the pas­ vironment. In my view facilities which Claude Pepper, Nancy Pelosi, Dan Glick­ sage of the bill, I have received letters from handle PCBs should be subject to the same man, Robert W. Kastenmeier, Mike several States asking to strengthen the bill by strict regulatory requirements which apply Synar, Kenneth J. Gray, Jim Slattery, granting them the power to protect their own to facilities which manage hazardous waste Beverly B. Byron, Norman D. Dicks, citizens from PCB's. Amendments which I had in compliance with the provisions of the Re­ William Lehman, Mary Rose Oakar, source Conservation and Recovery Act hoped to offer to H.R. 3070 would have given to a great THE ECONOMY DEPARTMENT OF LAW, extent. New York, NY, June 22, 1988. I also understand that Representative Congressman JAMES J. FLORIO, Florio has offered three amendments to the HON. LEE H. HAMILTON Rayburn House Office Building, Washing­ Bill: OF INDIANA ton, DC. 1. To give the states the same power to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DEAR CONGRESSMAN FLORIO: I am writing regulate PCB sites that they have with re­ Wednesday, July 27, 1988 in reference to H.R. 3070 the PCB Regula­ spect to hazardous waste facilities under tory Improvement Act. RCRA, including the imposition of more Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to We in New York State feel very strongly stringent requirements. insert my Washington Report for Wednesday, that current federal regulation of waste 2. To require PCB operators to clean up July 27, 1988, into the CONGRESSIONAL PCBs is inadequate because of the lack of spills within RCRA standards, by imposing RECORD: manifesting and other requirements and other requirements applicable to all other RCRA-corrective action authority on PCB THE ECONOMY hazardous wastes under the Resource Con­ facilities. In recent years we have made significant servation and Recovery Act Japan and Germany devote a much larger Re: H.R. 3070; PCB Regulatory Improve­ share of GNP to civilian research and devel­ ments Act. is now an attorney in my hometown of Poland, OH. They are active in the community as opment than we do; and American primary Hon. MIKE SYNAR, and secondary education trails many coun­ Chainnan, Subcommittee on Environment, members of St. Anthony Church of Youngs­ tries. Finally, the standard of living is no Energy and Natural Resources, Commit­ town and various other organizations. Tom is longer rising for many Americans. Real tee on Government Operations, Rayburn a Navy vetern and served 2 years in the Pacif­ income levels have generally declined since House Office Building, Washington, DC. ic in World War II. Flo is a member of the the early 1970's, and there has been a grow­ DEAR CONGRESSMAN SYNAR: I understand Canfield Business Women's Club. ing economic inequality. The rich have been that .the Subcommittee on Transportation, It is with honor that I pay special recogni­ getting richer while others have fallen TourISm and Hazardous Materials is taking behind. up H.R. 3070 for consideration this week. tion, on behalf of the people of the 17th Con­ It is critically important that we face the This bill will bring the regulation of poly­ gressional District, to these two fine individ­ central economic realities of our time. chlorinated biphenyls in line with uals and their long-standing business. I wish America is being tested now as it has been the requirements of the Resource Conserva- them continued success and happiness. tested only a few times in its history. We 19240 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1988 must frankly acknowledge our economic labor maintain hostility and mutual suspi­ when she was fired for allegedly saying "slav­ problems and our economic strengths. We cion. ery is over" and attempting to organize other should not exaggerate either, but we can maids to protest the heavy workload. For afford to be generally optimistic. We have awhile, her only income for herself and her no problems that we cannot solve. children was an aid to dependent children We must be committed to economic TRIBUTE FOR RUBY DUNCAN growth. That is the most workable solution [ADC] grant she received from State welfare. to our economic problems. The focus of our She walked the streets trying to get a job and efforts should be on investment. growth, HON. JAMES H. BILBRA Y finally was hired to work in the pantry of one and production. It is slow and unglamorous OF NEVADA of the strip hotels. After several years on that work, but necessary. A critical point is the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES job, she slipped and fell and was disabled for priority that we must give to competitive­ ·a year. After her recovery, she learned that ness. It is certainly as worthy as any other Wednesday, July 27, 1988 national priority. she could no longer do the heavy work she Mr. BILBRAY. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Ruby had done all her life. Governments at all levels have a role to Duncan. welfare activist will receive the pres­ play in restoring our economic power. We She began pressing State welfare for job have a great advantage in the strength of tigious community service award on July 30, the federal system. We should reject the ex­ 1988, at 6 p.m. at the Union Plaza Hotel and training to get off public assistance. She en­ treme views on government's role. On the Casino. -This award is being presented by first rolled in a Federal program designed to meet one hand, government cannot do it all. We lady Bonnie Byran to Mrs. Duncan for her out­ those goals. however, the program was inex­ do not want a single, all-encompassing na­ standing accomplishments in the face of ad­ plicably terminated by State welfare. Unhappy tional industrial plan; we want to allow for versity. about the cancellation of the job training and the role of the market and individual enter­ prise. We should also reject the view that Ruby Duncan was born on a farm in the education program, she contacted in March government has no role to play. The issue is back woods in Tallulah, LA, in 1932. Her par­ 1969, to attend the meeting of ADC mothers. not whether government should intervene ents were poor, black, and earned their living She gladly attended to voice her complaint in the market, because it already does, even by working in the cotton fields in the nearby about State welfare. massively, but whether it intervenes in a Ivory Plantation. Although, Ruby began her life way that helps or hurts growth. The proper in the midst of the Great Depression, it had At the meeting she learned that the moth­ government role is necessary in trade, fiscal little effect upon her life in rural Louisiana ers wanted to send more representatives to policy, exchange rates. and interest rates. where people were already poor, none had the Nevada State Legislature meeting in The first step to spur economic growth money at anytime. The rural Louisiana area Carson City to protest the low welfare grants. must be to reduce the U.S. budget deficit Ruby remembers that she did not know what and to increase savings. That will mean where Ruby grew up was lush flat farm lands. more funds available for productive invest­ On their small farm, each family had their own a "legislature" was. But she knew that the ment. We have a profound competitiveness garden which supplemented their meager other mothers couldn't make it on what they problem, and addressing it will require a income from the cotton fields to provide their were receiving. And she was willing to try to major effort to increase saving. Raising the subsistence. increase their grants. national saving rates should be a top priori­ ty of economic policy in the coming years. Ruby had three brothers and one sister, all On April 4, 1969, Nevada had its first wel­ We should invest in those things which except one dying in their youth from either ac­ fare demonstration. Ruby and two other moth­ strengthen us and make us more productive. cident or illness. Her parents were both dead ers marched in front of the State building in That means investments in infrastructure, before she was 4 years old. Ruby spent her Carson City protesting Nevada's low ADC research and development, and education. youth living with various relatives in and grants. Inside she attended a hearing of the There is no more important investment around Tallulah. She and other black children welfare committee and when it became obvi­ than in education. It is the most important worked in the fields of the Ivory Plantation path to competitiveness. We should also from May through October each year and at­ ous that no one was going to speak for the provide incentives for research and develop­ tended school from November through April. needs of the recipients, the two women with ment. We must get an R&D program direct­ her urged Ruby to speak to the committee. ed toward improving America's competitive She well remembers the dual school system capability, and we must disseminate better in Louisiana with awe. Ruby dropped out of Having no previous experience in public the results of our research. Without invest­ school after completing the ninth grade to speaking, Ruby was extremely nervous and ment in infrastructure-roads, airports, work full time. For several years. she worked her mind went blank. She was not aware that water systems-we cannot sustain future growth and prosperity. as a waitress and bar maid with her income fi­ she had finished speaking when she heard a We have to pay more attention to how nally reaching $9.50 per week and for an 80- loud applause from the audience. Her com­ economic policy is made. Economic policy­ hour week. Meanwhile, one of her aunts had panions told her that she had spoken beauti­ making in the federal government is too moved to Las Vegas, NV, and wrote Ruby fully on the hunger and plight of welfare chil­ widely dispersed. Someone must be in about the high wages she was earning work­ dren. At the meeting of welfare mothers fol­ charge of American economic policy-in­ ing in a laundry making less than $40 per lowing her return to Las Vegas, Ruby Duncan cluding trade policy-and that someone week. In 1953, Ruby decided she had enough must have the clout to direct and coordinate was elected president of the Clark County of low wages in Tallulah and moved to Las Welfare Rights Organization [CCWRO]. it. Vegas to live with her aunt. We must recognize that the United States The rest is history. As president of the is now part of a global economy, and is not She found her aunt living in a cardboard the only strong economy. The United States CCWRO, Ruby led the nationally publicized shack in the desert east of Las Vegas sharing welfare marches on the glittering Las Vegas must insist on strict reciprocity in its rela­ a community wash house and outhouse with strip in 1971 protesting the welfare depart­ tionships with advanced countries through­ other poor blacks. Water had to be hauled out the world, and we should move aggres­ ment purge of thousands of needy families, from Henderson, a 10-mile distance. In 1953, sively toward a level playing field. Our goal black and white, from the welfare rolls. should be more trade, not less. Trade should Las Vegas was a segregated community by be seen as an integral part of American eco­ practice, if not by law. In 1971, McCalls named Ruby first among nomic and national security policy. The While there were no dual school segrega­ women making the most significant contribu­ issue is not free trade or unbridled protec­ tion at the elementary level, housing patterns tion to our Nation that year. From Ruby's con­ tionism, because we have never had either, cern for the health and welfare of the poor but rather what combination of free trade and school zones resulted in school segrega­ and managed trade is the best. tion. Although "white only" signs were not people in Clark County sprung the idea of Op­ Finally, I think we should lower our rhet­ posted in public places, blacks were not wel­ eration Life which she is executive director. oric blaming the government, the incompe­ come as patrons at the strip hotels and there Her appointments and honors are too nu­ tence or greed of business leaders, or the were "colored" sections designated in the merous to mention. But in keeping with the lethargy of labor. Legitimate criticism is movie theaters. always in order. The point is that all of us professional black women's alliances' goals have to try harder. The United States Ruby became a "hotel maid" in 1959 where and objectives Ruby certainly deserves the cannot succeed if industry. government, and she worked for the same prop~rty until 1964 community services award. July 27, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19241 STREAMLINING REAGANOMICS office. If the economy collapses into reces­ years, perhaps the most notable and suc­ FOR THE 1990'S sion, then the difficult economic problems cessful being the complete decontrol of oil we are now wrestling with will overwhelm prices. But there remain thousands of areas us. for improvement. What we need is a reinvig­ HON. JACK F. KEMP The bottom line of a successful economic orated, advanced regulatory reform effort OF NEW YORK policy is jobs. The continual infusion of new that carefully re-examines every piece of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES jobs gives people hope, both for first-time economic regulation on the books. job seekers and for those who want better, 7. Privatization.-As a recent report of Wednesday, July 27, 1988 higher-paying jobs. It is jobs and only Jobs President Reagan's Commission on Privat­ Mr. KEMP. Mr. Speaker, contrary to the that produce things, including tax revenues. ization underscored, there are still many noise emanating from Atlanta last week, the I wonder how many people know that Fed­ things the Government does that it should American people are benefiting from the eral tax revenues leaped from $517 billion a not do. For starters, we could sell Amtrak strongest economic expansion in this coun­ year in 1980 to an estimated $909 billion in and begin decriminalizing the carrying of 1988 despite satellites, Fax machines-to match peared in the July 22 edition of the New York erful economic growth. Current economic people wanting work with the available Times, follows: forecasts show the Federal deficit fading jobs. We should make it possible for anyone 1 very close to zero in four or five years. to find out easily and quickly the number, STREAMLINING REAGANOMICS FOR THE 1990 S 2. More tax reductions.-Reducing the tax nature and location of unfilled jobs. on capital gains actually would increase rev­ During the last eight years, President Despite what the Democrats have been enues, because of increased investment ac­ Reagan laid down a basic economic program saying all week in Atlanta, the economy is tivity and economic growth. More impor­ that, in spite of imperfections, accomplished alive and well. During 67 straight months of tant, such a cut would stimulate new job a great deal. What we need now is advanced economic growth, we have seen 16 million creation. Reaganomics, a more sophisticated, more el­ jobs created and $20 trillion in goods and 3. Tighter control of Federal spending.­ egant, perhaps more complicated economic services produced. It has literally been the The Defense Department scandal has high­ policy that will ensure continued prosperity greatest economic expansion in history. lighted the fact that there is no Govern­ well into the 21st century. The most important task facing our next ment program, not a blessed one, that could President-after insuring that bilateral nu­ not be tightened up, managed better and clear disarmament with Moscow continues made to produce more with less of the tax­ 1988 PUBLIC SERVICE in a way that enhances national security­ payers' money. We wouldn't even have to SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS will be to maintain and accelerate this as­ cut spending; merely a slower rate of in­ tonishing economic performance. crease would do wonders for the Federal We shouldn't underestimate the difficulty deficit and the economy in general, as well HON. CONSTANCE A. MORELLA of the task. Indeed, we need to guard as making us all feel better about how our OF MARYLAND against overconfidence, to resist the tempta­ money is being spent. Better management is tion to say that, after all, the great stock rarely a sexy political issue but this year it IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES market crash of 1987 was absorbed with just might be-and it should be. Wednesday, July 27, 1988 barely a whisper and the economy seems to 4. A balanced-budget amendment.-To thrive in spite of the large Federal budget make sure that Federal spending is con­ Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, on July 28 deficit; to resist thinking that we have en­ trolled and the budget is balanced we must the Public Employees Roundtable will be pre­ tered an era of permanent economic pros­ have a small amendment to our Constitu­ senting the 1988 Public Service Scholarships. perity-the Holy Grail of all economists. tion, a paragraph or two that would force These scholarships play an important role in The economy is not invulnerable. Congress to match spending to tax reve­ encouraging some of our Nation's best and The lesson of Reaganomics-for both nues. The amendment should allow five Democrats and Republicans-is that eco­ years to phase out the deficit and then lock brightest students to pursue careers in the nomic policy matters. Where we set tax in a balanced budget. public service. Candidates must be working rates, how much we spend, what kind of eco­ 5. A line-item veto.-A modern president toward a Government career and preference nomic regulations we impose-all these must have line-item veto authority-the is given to those applicants who have had things have clear consequences for econom­ power to veto sections of the Federal some work experience in local, State or Fed­ ic growth and job creation. budget-if he is to be a full partner in con­ eral Government or community service. And economic growth remains supremely trolling Federal spending. Right now, Con­ I am pleased that three residents of my important. It has paid for the powerful na­ gress has too much power over spending. A congressional district are among the 26 recipi­ tional defense that has made nuclear arms line-item veto would help redress that im­ reduction possible. It has allowed us to in­ balance. ents of this award nationwide. As part of their crease annual spending on social welfare 6. Advanced regulatory reform.-Some applications, each of these three wrote a and welfare programs by more than $180 basic changes have been made in Govern­ short essay entitled "Why I Have Chosen to billion during President Reagan's time in ment regulations during the past eight Pursue a Government Career." These essays 19242 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1988 are eloquent and inspiring. I would like to WHY I HAVE CHOSEN TO PuRSUE A to be the primary instrument of interven­ share them with my colleagues. GOVERNMENT CAREER tion. The following essay was written by Mar­ All of us to some extent experience major The problems that we face are tremen­ dously difficult and complex. The resources iaelisa Torres of Silver Spring, MD. Mariaelisa turning points in our lives, moments in time when the sheer force of events leads us that we have to work with are far more lim­ is presently working toward a doctoral degree down new paths. The tragic assassinations ited than we may have once believed. I sin­ in Special Education Administration and Su­ of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Senator cerely feel that it is the responsibility of pervision at Gallaudet University. Robert F. Kennedy in the spring of 1968 people like me, people who believe that WHY I HAVE CHOSEN TO PuRSUE A served as such a turning point in my life. I dreams for a better society, and commit­ GOVERNMENT CAREER clearly trace my decision to pursue a career ment to the ideals of our nation are not in­ in government to the dreams and visions, compatible with practical, efficient and ef­ When I decided to pursue my education, I and untimely deaths of these two men. Like selected the habilitation and rehabilitation fective governmental programs, to do every­ many Americans, I had a tremendous thing possible to address the concerns of of children with speech and language disor­ amount of admiration for them, the genuine ders as my goal. The motivation for this de­ Americans regarding the performance and compassion they had for poor and disadvan­ accountability of their government. We can cision was two-fold, on one side my concern taged, and the dreams they had for the for a child's welfare, and in the other, the and we must introduce new approaches, future of our society. methods, and techniques for providing both importance that communication has for hu­ As a young high school student I stood manity. These two considerations made this efficient and effective programs. near the reflecting pool and cried as I lis­ For me, a career in government provides area the most interesting among the differ­ tened to the words of Martin Luther King ent special education disciplines. If I could and his dreams for our nation. Several years me with a unique opportunity to help shape help children communicate and make their later, as a student volunteer in the RFK the finest human ideals of our society into lives more fulfilling by improving their com­ presidential primary campaign, I stood pragmatic, realistic possibilities. It provides munication skills, then that would be a tan­ among a sea of black faces in Washington, me with an opportunity to help transform gible demonstration of my love for them. D.C. and listened to Robert Kennedy speak the finest dreams and visions of our society As I began my work within the public of the same kind of dreams. He spoke of the into concrete outcomes that will result in a school system, I realized an additional moti­ need to go beyond simply understanding finer democratic society. The role that I will vation for continued education, this time, one's world to committing oneself to making play may be quite small. However, my ac­ from an administrative and supervisory po­ a difference. He noted that, "Some men see tions along with those of so many others sition. My goal? I strongly believe that I will things as they are and ask why. I dream of who have also chosen a career in public be better able to serve and help children, things that never were, and ask why not." service will be important. As Robert Kenne­ not at the individual or group level, but These words strike at the core of my deci­ dy noted, "Few . furnish its supervisors with the tools neces­ and other problems reside in simply return­ NTSB is responsible for the investigation of sary to provide lower level staff with the ing much of the responsibility in these all accidents involving commercial carriers support they need to achieve their duties. I policy areas to the private sector. As a in the fields of Aviation, Railroad, Highway, consider the philosopy that administrators public administrator who has worked hard Marine, and Hazardous Materials/Pipeline. should provide programs with continuing, to improve efficiency and effectiveness in The opportunity offered at the Safety effective and improved fiscal support also as government, I can understand the frustra­ Board is exceptional. First, it is the fore­ having only positive effects. Support at tion and cynicism of individuals who are dis­ most goal of the St fety Board to find the these levels, both supervisory and adminis­ illusioned with government. But the solu­ most probable cause of an accident regard­ trative, can positive effects on public special tion lies not in the simple dismantling of less of who may be at fault. The employees educational programs, their staff and, more government. History clearly indicates to me of the Safety Board are not looking for a importantly, the children that are served by that much of the politicization of societal way to release their employer from liability, that system. problems occurs precisely because groups as may be the case for those investigators In summary, I have chosen to pursue a and individuals in the private sector and employed by a commercial carrier or an in­ government career because, through these other social institutions are either unable or surance adjuster. This leaves the employees institutions, I can effectively achieve my life unwilling to address them. Perhaps more of the Safety Board in a completely unbi­ goal: to share my enthusiasm and expertise than ever before, it is precisely the kinds of ased atmosphere where the only objective is in special education with other professionals services and leadership that have been tra­ to find the most truthful assessment of the so that they can provide these children with ditionally provided by government that cause of the accident. Second, the govern­ the best available education. appear to be most needed. ment provides the best resources for an in­ The following essay was written by Jerry I believe that government will, and must vestigation of any scale. Nowhere else is Edward Moore of Gaithersburg, MD. Jerry is continue to be a primary, if not the primary such a great amount of knowledge and tech­ instrument of social betterment in our socie­ nology dedicated strictly to accident investi­ presently working toward a doctorate of public ty. As long as major problems remain unre­ gation. Third, what is learned by the Safety administration with the Washington Public Af­ solved; as long as other sectors of our socie­ Board will actually be translated into safer fairs Center of the School of Public Adminis­ ty fail or refuse to deal with critical prob­ travel here and abroad, in the form of tration of the University of Southern California. lems, government will of necessity continue safety recommendations and reports. July 27, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19243 As an employee of the National Transpor­ dents as the outstanding teacher of the H.R. 5026, "Dire Emergency Supplemental tation Safety Board, I deal with investiga­ year. The Martinsville High School Parent Appropriations," roll call No. 241 . Had I been tions in which the work is so current and Support Group, in turn, awarded Mccraw present, I would have voted "aye" on final the demand for information is so great that the Golden Apple Master Teacher Award. occasionally on the way home from work I Mccraw, who has taught at Martinsville passage. will hear on the car radio about a break­ High School since 1966, says he keeps stu­ through in an investigation that happened dents' attention with an endless supply of that very same day. And not just as an em­ corny jokes. ED BRANCA IS AN INSPIRATION ployee of the Safety Board but also as a "Sometimes government can be cut and FOR THE DISABLED traveler, I have been able to see tangible re­ dry, so you have got to make it interesting," sults of the work done at the Safety Board. he says. "If they and began 1988 prevalent concern of everyone involved in treatment at the Rockland County Commu­ Too HIGH A PRICE TO PAY FOR HIGHWAY the trucking industry. Safety for those we nity Mental Health Center. SAFETY? love while they're traveling the U.S. high­ OVR placed me in a "supported work" A shocking and extremely dangerous situ­ ways. The price may be higher, but we can program called Project STEPs. Project ation is occurring on American highways­ afford it. STEPs is a service of the Jawonio rehabili­ truck accidents. tation center. Because STEPs is a supported Potentially most dangerous are accidents work program, a "job coach" from Jawonio involving tank trucks hauling hazardous A TRIBUTE TO THE URSULINE helps me adjust to the working world. chemicals and petroleum products. These BASEBALL TEAM When I began working, the job coach was accidents have resulted in the loss of lives, with me for my entire work period. Now she serious injuries, evacuations and damage to sees me twice a week during break. our enviroment. Consequently, mounting HON. JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR. A week after I began working, I encoun­ public concern and outrage are vented OF OHIO tered what I feel was by biggest problem, through the news media, public hearings, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES job stress, for the first time. Rockland Medi­ government investigations, precedent-set­ Wednesday, July 27, 1988 labs didn't put any pressure on me. I put ting lawsuits and fines against carriers and pressure on myself. For months, the stress their customers. Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, today I rise was torture. I was determined to stick it out, This increasing problem can partly be in order to pay tribute to the Fighting Irish and stick it out I did. I am making it in the blamed on deregulation of the trucking in­ baseball team of Youngstown Ursuline High world of work. dustry. Since this occurred in 1981, to School, a very special baseball team of my This spring, Rockland Medilabs increased remain competitive and survive in an indus­ my hours from fifteen to sixteen. A month try plagued by overcapacity and severe 17th Congressional District. A few weeks ago, later, my hours were increased to seventeen. pricecutting, truckers have had to cut costs. I did a tribute to the Ursuline Baseball Team I like working more hours and I like making Responsible trucking companies have cut for having won the 1988 State Championship more money. When my hours were in­ costs by easing up on such areas as safety of Ohio. Unfortunately, at that time two very creased to seventeen, I said to the job coach, and maintenance programs. Some have been key members of the baseball team were not "Less welfare. More workfare." unable to afford all that is involved with included in that tribute, and I would now like There are non-material rewards that come proper handling of hazardous materials, and to rectify this error. from working. Five mornings a week, I get tremendous liabilities are mounting. Jay Hall was a truly great player for the up, eat breakfast and catch the bus to At some trucking companies, the quality WORK. I have the satisfaction of knowing of screening, training and supervision of team, and Shelly Cutrone did a mind-boggling that I'm doing what everyone else does. drivers is severely lacking. Some unprofes­ job as team statistician. I sincerely believe Work brings much more than a paycheck. I sional truck drivers are traveling with a fla­ that Ursuline would not have won the State have self esteem and self respect. I am grant disregard for other motorists' safety, championship without the efforts of these two studying to earn a high school diploma. I ruining the image of the many profession­ outstanding individuals. am asking women out. I am becoming an av­ als. It was an exhilirating moment for me when I erage citizen. Quality-minded trucking companies which spend it is my deepest desire that they repeat as called Bernstein House. Bernstein House is the time and the money up front to prevent a service of the Mental Health Association losses by designing effective systems, by Ohio champions in 1989. Thus, it is with of Rockland County. I feel sorry for the properly training employees and providing thanks and special pleasure that I join with the residents who aren't able to work. A life sophisticated equipment and facilities, are people of the 17th Congressional District in without work would be very boring to me. I often mislabeled as "high cost" operators. saluting the grand masters of Ohio baseball­ am thankful that I am working. This problem is multi-facted and requires the 1988 State Champions Ursuline Fighting I have goals. I will work full time and sup­ action by governmental agencies, trucking Irish. port myself. re­ more jobs require increased skill levels, cre­ entrepreneurs and small business owners to ports very little improvement in student ating a greater need for better education. become employers in this country's pockets of writing since 1974. A recent NAEP human­ "A Nation at Risk" began the most recent poverty. ities assessment found that two-thirds of reform movement, further contributing to I commend to my colleagues the July 1O the 17-year-olds tested did not know when the steady upgrading of education in the editorial that appeared in the San Diego the Civil War took place, and one-fifth did United States. We are doing better now not know that George Washington was the than five years ago, but will need to build Union, which outlined California's success commander of the colonial forces during the upon recent efforts in order to make Ameri­ with enterprise zones and called upon Con­ Revolution. cans the best educated people in the world. gress to do the right thing for the American In many ways, the Secretary has advocat­ people and pass enterprise zone legislation. ed a "back to basics" approach rather than The article follows: a major reform of educational institutions. IN TRIBUTE OF MAGGIE [From the San Diego Union, July 10, 19881 Many educators are concerned that the call PEARSON for higher standards may translate into POSITIVE ENTERPRISE more rote learning and less individualized A report by the state auditor general sup­ instruction. They feel that students who HON. JAMES H. BILBRA Y ports what proponents have been saying all have not succeeded in a traditional school OF NEVADA along about enterprise zones: They create environment may be further alienated by IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES jobs. stricter standards and methods. Educators Employment within San Diego's enter­ warn that although standardized tests serve Wednesday, July 27, 1988 prise zone increased by 8.4 percent last year, as useful indicators of achievement, too Mr. BILBRAY. Mr. Speaker, Maggie Pearson according to a random survey of 41 business­ much emphasis on scores can lead to teach­ was born in Wetumpka, AL, and is a 20-year es in the 6.8-square-mile area that covers ing students how to do well on tests, rather parts of downtown and Southeast San than improving their overall skills and prob­ resident of Las Vegas, NV. A graduate of Ala­ Diego. That compared with a 5.8 percent in­ lem-solving abilities. bama State University, a certified counselor, crease countywide. Significantly, the rise in The Secretary feels that increases in edu­ Mrs. Pearson is being honored for outstanding welfare cases in the enterprise zone was cation funding are not necessary; instead, accomplishments at the Professional Black only 2.9 percent compared with a county­ he says that more of the current spending Womens' Alliance second annual Rose Award wide increase of 8.3 percent for AFDC re­ should go towards classroom activities and Ceremony Saturday, July 30, 1988, at 6 p.m. cipients. less for the education "bureaucracy." None­ at the Union Plaza Hotel and Casino. San Diego's positive results parallel those theless, from 1981 to 1986 state spending for A great humanitarian, Mrs. Pearson has de­ in nine other enterprise zones and three "in­ education increased 40% per capita. Educa­ centive areas" that were created under the tion is now the largest item in all but two voted her life to helping others together with state Enterprise Zone Act of 1984. Amazing­ state budgets. While the Education Depart­ her husband Dr./Commissioner William U. ly, most businesses in the area did not take ment strongly encouraged states to imple­ Pearson. They have taken 11 children into advantage of the tax incentives offered ment new programs, it has been criticized their home and helped them grow up into under the program, namely tax credits on for cutting education funding. In most years positive, productive, adults and citizens. employee wages, equipment purchases, and 19246 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1988 operating losses, as well as promises by the Our trip, through a country many of my While there, we heard about the remarka­ city to cut red tape in the permit process. friends could not locate on a map, would ble accounts that have been coming out of Because some of the zones have been in provide experiences ranging from a visit to a the nearby village of Medjugorgy-which effect for less than two years and other re­ town where visions of the Blessed Virgin are means "place between mountains"-for the development programs may have contribut­ alleged to occur daily, to a close-up look at past six years. ed to the good economic news, Auditor Gen­ Richard Mull, the bald-headed "Bull" of The reports speak of daily apparitions of eral Thomas Hayes is reluctant to predict TV's "Night Court." the Blessed Virgin to six local children. how successful the program will be in its Our group of 11 from the University of long-term goal of spurring economic devel­ Tennessee at Chattanooga included two When we arrived, we found that accounts of opment in urban areas where high unem­ Marylanders-myself and Millie Bentley of a strange peace pervading the village were ployment exists. But the experience so far Catonsville. not borne out. Instead, we found the clatter in California confirms that of other states We were led by Dr. Richard Jackson, a of loud tourists and aggressive street ven­ operating similar programs. Enterprise UTC English professor, who had been invit­ dors selling cheap souvenirs near the town zones stimulate redevelopment in blighted ed to Yugoslavia on a Fulbright exchange. church. areas. We joined him to see the country and work More spiritual to me was the immense The only bad news about enterprise zones on a research project. concrete cross atop Mount Crizevac erected has been Congress' repeated refusal on par­ We traveled by plane, bus, van, boat and in 1933 by pious farmers to commemorate tisan grounds to enact federal enterprise gondola down empty rural roads, crowded the 1900th anniversary of the crucifixion. zone legislation. The Democrats have suc­ city streets, calm blue seas and dark lakes. cessful defeated enterprise zone legislation Our first stop, Split, was founded in 305 LITERARY EXCHANGES sought by President Reagan since the earli­ A.O. by the Roman Emperor Diocletian, est years of his first term. This punishes the who considered himself a god and lived in Saravejo, the sight of the 1984 Winter disadvantaged for no other reason than an extreme seclusion. Today, a family's bright­ Olympics, was where we got down to work. inordinate fear the President might get a ly colored laundry sways over the emperor's We interviewed several poets, went to nu­ little credit. courtyard. merous readings and met with university A federal program would be invaluable to A toothless woman selling cheese offered students. There was language problems, to San Diego and other cities with enterprise us generous samples. She accepted a little be certain. zones because it would add tax breaks to hug, and we made a rare sight, she in her Yugoslavia's 22 million citizens belong to those already offered by the state and local babushka, bulky sweater and black skirt, me six major nationalities and about a dozen governments. The results from California's in my Orioles cap and Mickey Mouse sweat­ other groups. They speak three official lan­ enterprise zones should shame Congress shirt. into action. guages and have two alphabets. Later, we boarded a boat and sailed for Poets arrived in Sarajevo from all parts of Hvar, an idyllic island off the coast. In the Yugoslavia, as well as from West Germany, EXCHANGE ENHANCES INTERNA­ airports and on the streets, we'd been made Russia, Turkey, France, Great Britain, a little uneasy by armed soldiers. This day, Cuba, Cyprus, Romania and Hungary. Our TIONAL UNDERSTANDING though, we met Boris, a Yugoslavian sailor who showed us a friendlier side of the mili­ beleaguered interpreter was a pretty 25- HON. CONSTANCE A. MORELLA tary. y~ar-old language student named Tanya. She and all the other students we met OF MARYLAND Boris was traveling as a passenger, sitting in the corner of the lounge, indifferent to were exceptionally bright. One afternoon IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the light drizzle falling on the deck. A ciga­ some of us sat at a cramped table in a little Wednesday, July 27, 1988 rette dangled loosely from the corner of his cafe with a Yugoslavian student and his mouth. The guitar he was gently strumming young instructor. Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, an excellent rested on his crossed legs. We tried first for some basic conversation and thought-provoking article written by a 19- "Do you know any Bruce Springsteen?" but ended up mostly shaking our heads or year-old resident of my congressional district Jackson asked. Boris smiled and launched looking down at our forks. was recently brought to my attention. The arti­ into the opening chords of "Downbound cle is by Michael Langley, a Brock scholar at But when the student heard me mention Train." William Faulkner, a fascinating conversa­ the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Soon we were all gathered around his tion began. The student and teacher would Michael's father, Roger, is information officer table, trying to name a song he couldn't confer for a second and then offer, in thick at the Office of Information and Volunteer play. He knew top 40, Dylan, the Beatles, Bosnian accents, the name of a great author Services of the Montgomery County, MD, gov­ the Stones. or philosopher. ernment. He knew more of the words to our favorite Michael's article, published on April 14, songs than we did. We would huddle together until some one 1988, in the Montgomery Journal, provides an Boris told us he learned the music from recognzied "Nietzsche." We introduced the slam of disapproval, bringing a forearm illustration of how international understanding listening to the radio and his English was good because he had a brother in Australia. down hard on the table for those figures we can be improved through exchange programs. did not care for. As Michael's father so eloquently put it in a He was thinking about trying to get there himself. letter to me, "There will always be differences Tpe corner of the cafe, in a matter of min­ between nations, but the willingness of young He asked what Americans thought of utes, grew loud with shouts of "Robert Yugoslavians and he whispered that they Frost" or "Fyodor Dostoyevsky" with com­ people to create ways to bridge them offers like us there much more than the Russians. peting yells of appreciation. hope for a better world tomorrow." Now he was on leave, going to see his par­ [From the Montgomery Journal, Apr. 14, ents on a tiny island beyond Hvar. The two­ NEARLY CAPSIZED BOAT 1988] hour trip passed quickly. Our last stop was in the peaceful city of BRIDGING CULTURAL GAPS IN "SMOKY" "TOURISTS OF THE RAIN" Lubijana in the North. The people here con­ YUGOSLAVIA Hvar is known as the "island of the sun," sider themselves Central Europeans and it U.S. STUDENT FINDS POINTS OF SIMILARITY seems almost like another country. We went Europe, I had heard three things about days. Unfortunately, we were only there for shot of Bled Castle. Yugoslavia from my well-traveled college an afternoon so we couldn't collect. In our hotel lobby our last night, Millie roommate. After seeing Split, Solona, Trogir and and I saw a familiar face. It took us a while First, he said, it's the most lascivious to recognize that the man who had just country in Europe; second, they try to rip Hvar, we rented a van and a car and drove along the coast toward Dubrovnik. strode across the lobby was "Bull," "Night you off; and third, everyone smokes. Court's" hulking courtroom guard. I found only faint glimmers of truth in We stopped that afternoon in Ston, and the first two BOSTON Rev. Mark Trafton. The Know-Nothings were tably West Germany. members of a secret society also known as The key difficulty at this stage is that HON. SILVIO 0. CONTE the American Party. When anyone who was there are so many different aspects of the OF MASSACHUSETTS not a member would ask about the party, the problem and no overall approach. Nobody IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES members were required to answer, "I don't really knows how various causes and effects fit together, and how to assign responsibil­ Wednesday, July 27, 1988 know." Apparently the response was ade­ quate and Trafton defeated Goodrich. ity. There has been much talk about the Mr. CONTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to In 1861, after serving as chairman of the greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, acid rain continue in my series of brief biographies on and toxic wastes, not to mention nuclear ac­ Massachusetts Republican Committee and re­ cidents. But the nations have yet to develop former Members of Congress from western ceiving the Republican nomination as Lieuten­ a concept of coordination. Massachusetts. In order to help celebrate the ant Governor in 1860, the former Berkshire For example, the Inter-Action Council, a 200th anniversary of the Constitution and to County newspaper publisher and Congress­ group of eminent former government lead­ nurture the history of this body, I am profiling man was appointed the collector of customs ers, recently recommended a new look at nu­ each of my predecessors in the House. at the Port of Boston by the first Republican clear energy. They concluded that accumu­ John Goodrich was a distinguished son of President, Abraham Lincoln. lating atmospheric deterioration caused by the Berkshires. He founded a popular newspa­ However, amid concerns of improprieties at burning ever more coal and oil is more dan­ per. He was a colonel in the Berkshire militia. the Boston Port, President Lincoln appointed gerous than expanded use of nuclear energy He was elected to the State senate. Mr. under proper safety rules. a new collector in 1864. While no criminal But there is no solid body of scientific in­ Goodrich was even elected to two successive charges were brought against Mr. Goodrich, terms in the U.S. Congress. Yet, as the collec­ formation on what is really happening, how the merchants of Boston filed a formal petition much of the damage comes from industrial tor of customs at the Port of Boston, he was for his removal and the President obliged. In emissions, how much from deforestation implicated in a scandal that forced him to those days the collector of customs was enti­ and changing use of land, how much from withdraw from public service forever. tled to a share of the revenue from his collec­ new chemical compounds. Born to Amanda Landon and John Zac­ tions as a means of encouraging strict en­ Some scientists say there are much more cheus Goodrich on September 27, 1804, in forcement. However, the merchants of Boston efficient ways of burning coal that would Sheffield, MA, John Goodrich was educated at asserted that Mr. Goodrich was overzealous in produce more energy with far less pollution, Lenox Academy. After practicing law for a but utilities are reluctant to make the in­ his collection, and was in fact, intimidating vestment because of their big losses result­ year in the office of Henry Bishop, Goodrich merchants with the threat of punitive action if embarked on a short career in journalism as a ing from initial euphoria about atomic they did not satisfy his personal financial power. Some say a crash program for con­ reporter for the Pittsfield Argus. In 1829 , he needs. trolled fusion, the principle of the hydrogen bought the successful Berkshire Star and after After his dismissal from the Boston Cus­ bomb, is best. Others say fusion energy is a series of consolidations continued the publi­ toms House, Mr. Goodrich never again held still far away and will always be too expen­ cation as the Berkshire Eagle in 1835. public office. He continued in a variety of pri­ sive. In 1838, Goodrich left the Eagle to enter vate enterprises and became a well-known Deforestation is an important element in into business with Samuel Wheeler at the philanthropist, providing funds for the con­ worldwide climatic change. But the sugges­ Glendale mills. In 1847, the Glendale Woollen tion that the powers impose conservation of struction of the Stockbridge Library as well as rain forests would obviously provoke fierce Co. was formed. Among the most important a classroom building at Williams. However, the contracts for the mills was the manufacture of north-south conflict. These dense stretches scandal in Boston continued to plague him. of greenery are mostly in developing coun­ navy-blue cotton for soldiers' uniforms. But The former Berkshire "Star," the founder of tries, whose retort is that they cannot bear that contract wasn't the only connection the Berkshire Eagle, and a respected Berk­ the burden of protecting rich countries Goodrich maintained with the military during shire politician, died in Stockbridge in 1885. from the effects of earlier development. those years. From 1834 to 1838, Goodrich Underworld pollution has started. It is a served as the division inspector of the Berk­ new kind of trafficking where unscrupulous shire Militia. THE NEXT BIG CRISIS dealers pay off irresponsible third-world of­ After making a name for himself as a suc­ ficials to accept storage of poisonous wastes cessful lawyer, publisher, businessman and HON. FORTNEY H. (PETE) ST ARK at cut rates. Lebanon has asked Interpol to military specialist, Goodrich launched a bid for OF CALIFORNIA arrest a man who fled under suspicion of the State senate at the age of 44. After 4 dumping thousands of barrels of toxic and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES radioactive material in its waters. Some of years in the State senate, John Goodrich was Wednesday, July 27, 1988 the barrels turned up on beaches in Cyprus. elected to the U.S. House of Representatives Environmental damage is becoming a po­ in the same year that Franklin Pierce was Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, a succinct sum­ litical issue in the Soviet Union, where cen­ elected President. But the battle for the seat mary of the global environmental dangers tral planning authorities long ignored the from what was then known as the 11th District facing us is aptly described by Flora Lewis in effects of their decisions. Daniel N. Nelson, was a tough one. Running as a Whig, Mr. today's New York Times. I believe it is espe­ a Soviet specialist at the University of Ken­ Goodrich defeated his Democratic opponent cially important to note that Ms. Lewis is nor­ tucky, says it has become a more important but was unable to muster the majority needed mally a writer on foreign affairs and not the focus of opposition than human rights or re­ to secure the seat. It wasn't until a special environment. The fact that she is writing on ligious dissidence. Informally, Soviet officials say the West election in December of 1850, that Goodrich these issues is an ominous indicator of how truly large the impending environmental disas­ ought to help them clean up since it is secured the necessary majority by a scant ahead in the technology and is own inter­ 349 votes. ters are. But this is not a call of despair, it is a ests would be served. Chancellor Helmut As a U.S. Congressman, Goodrich was an call for action. The article follows: Kohl of West Germany plans to propose outspoken opponent of the establishment of THE NEXT BIG CRISIS sales of equipment, presumably on favor­ slavery in the new States. In the often bitter PARIS.-The cold war isn't over. But even able credits, when he visits Mikhail Gorba­ debate over the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Good­ as the political climate is warming, so is the chev in October. rich argued that it was not the intention of the world's physical climate. There are many Seventeen national space agencies are Founding Fathers to permit slavery anywhere signs that the next general international planning an International Space Year for crisis is going to be about the environment. 1992, with the emphasis on "mission to beyond the original Southern States. In fact, It can become as abrasive, dangerous and planet Earth." This will be the first attempt his denial of the rights of new States to estab­ costly as the arms race. to coordinate the mass of satellite-gathered lish themselves as slave States became so There have been warnings about environ­ information and to document all available widely known that he was sent to the Peace mental abuse for decades, but concerns were details of environmental change. 19248 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1988 Reversing damage will be expensive and up to be part of the greatest organization in chafed under Alston's monkish managerial may change world economic patterns. The the world? policy. He was stuck with him because poor countries won't renounce development, He'd never be at a loss for words, he'd like Alston was so good. It was hard to fire an and the rich are likely to face a high premi­ to eat, he'd cry at sad movies, but he'd have annual pennant. So, he did the next-best um to maintain standards. Unless a system a temper like a top sergeant whose shoes thing: he gave him an annual one-year con­ is worked out for international responsibil­ were too tight. He'd be sentimental, cantan­ tract. ity, quarrels can become as explosive as old kerous, on speaking terms with the Presi­ It was all well and good to be low-key in territorial triggers of war. dent of the United States but, if you asked the corner of the dugout when the Dogers A West German woman who wrote a sensi­ him what his foreign policy was, he'd say, were new to the town and every night was tive, personal book about her girlhood expe­ "Beat Montreal!" New Year's Eve and they had Koufax and rience, and acceptance, of Nazism was trying He'd be part-press agent, part father­ Drysdale and Maury Wills and The Duke to explain to hostile students a while back figure, all man. He'd have an anecdote for and the Davis boys and you didn't have an­ how it was possible not to recognize the evil every occasion, always with a moral at­ other major league baseball team, football from the start. "It was the times," she said, tached. He'd tell at the drop of a hat of the teams New York City ly because they "are not God". Most people ment. and elsewhere have found themselves facing equate physicians with God, as you know, FBI badges. They also soon found them­ but we are people, too. And, we do make The Cheboygan Opera House is truly a selves under intense questioning about some mistakes, but unintentionally and without northern landmark. I wish the opera house a of their clientele. The agents have gone so malice. Medicine is still an art. second 100 years of continued success. far as to examine computerized literature And now for AIDS-it is a dreadful but searches to try to sniff the trails of Soviet preventable disease. I wish I knew some sta­ spies. tistics. I am sure we are spending an exorbi­ LIBRARY AWARENESS? As you might guess, the nation's librarians tant amount of money on AIDS research. I are none too pleased to be conscripted into am totally in full support of any amount of HON. DON EDWARDS the FBI's counterintelligence apparatus. To money being spent on AIDS prevention. OF CALIFORNIA begin with, they protest, the public libraries While there is a minority of innocent people IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES are at the foundation of our heritage of who have acquired it by transfusion, birth, open inquiry, which is essential to a free so­ their spouse, or hemophilia products-the Wednesday, July 27, 1988 ciety. vast majority affected are drug addicts, Mr. EDWARDS of California. Mr. Speaker, Beyond that, the librarians point out, any­ prostitutes and their users, and homosex­ for many years American libraries have provid­ thing found in a library can also be pur­ uals. Prevention is the key. I don't see why chased from the publisher or obtained from something can't be done about cigarettes ed Americans with the opportunity for in­ the Government Printing Office. Public li­ which cause many, many more deaths and creased knowledge and awareness. We are braries do not habitually stock classified much, much more morbidity. But instead we all conscious of the benefits of these institu­ military secrets. subsidize the tobacco farmers and allow the tions that encourage a freedom of thought to Above all, the librarians argue, if the FBI tobacco industry to glamorously advertise which we Americans are both entitled and ac- is interested in catching spies, it should rely July 27, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19251 on its own resources and not "intimidate" li­ has been conferred by Fitchburg State Col­ review Secretary Whitehead's insightful com­ brarians by obliging them to attempt to lege since its' founding in 1894. ments which elaborate on these successes. divine which patrons are legitimate and Those of us who have the high privilege of [From the Washington Post, July 27, 19881 which might be agents of a hostile power. serving with EDDIE BOLAND know how deserv­ This story has an element of deja vu for WE'RE ON A ROLL journalists. It was not too many years ago ing he is of this honor. His has been an ex­ that the government tried to enlist the news traordinary career indeed. Since his election United Nations Security Council Resolu­ Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, I bring tion 435, and a complete withdrawal of all the following commentary by Deputy Secre­ foreign troops-primarily Cuban-from HON. JOSEPH D. EARLY tary of State John Whitehead in the Washing­ Angola. Years of patient diplomacy and OF MASSACHUSETTS ton Post to the attention of my colleagues. clear commitment to U.S. interests are be­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES During the Democratic Convention in Atlanta, ginning to prove effective in southern the American public was told about alleged Africa. Wednesday, July 27, 1988 failures of the Reagan administration's foreign Success No. 5: We are moving closer to an Mr. EARLY. Mr. Speaker, Fitchburg State policy. By examining the real facts and series end of the Iran-Iraq war. In the last few College recently recognized our distinguished days there has been a major breakthrough of events over the past 8 years, one will real­ toward resolving this 8-year-old war in the colleague, Congressman EDWARD BOLAND, by ize that these allegations are not true. On the Persian Gulf. Iran has finally accepted bestowing upon him the degree of doctor of contrary, the President's "peace through United Nations Security Council Resolution laws, honoris causa. This was only the fourth strength" policy has led to many foreign policy 598, which calls for a cease-fire between such honorary doctor of laws degree which successes. I urge_my colleagues to carefully Iran and Iraq. We have worked long and 19252 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1988 hard in the Security Council and elsewhere And fourth, it provides for the dismantling of other private and public development agen­ for this commitment. It is an important first two Poseidon class ballistic missile subma­ cies working at the village level have found a step. The next step is for both nations to co­ rines normally scheduled for overhaul so that variety of nonmotorized vehicles to be quite in operate with the secretary general and the Security Council in implementing 598. We we can stay within the sublimits of the Salt II line with the needs of cash-poor families and urge them to do so promptly. Treaty. local agencies. Bicycles and tricycles. for ex­ Success No. 6: Freedom and democracy are Now, if I am correct, our ballistic missile ample, are cheap to buy, easy to assemble on the move all over the world. Freedom is submarines are our most survivable leg of our and maintain, require little in the way of lubri­ the key to economic prosperity, to social deterrent triad. Furthermore, the Salt II Treaty cation and nothing in the way of fuel. Millions justice and to liberation from tyranny, pov­ was never even ratified by the Senate, and of families currently use them, often in con­ erty and intolerance. In Latin America, 26 of 33 countries are now democratic or in would have expired even if it had been rati­ junction with carts, to transport up to 400 transition toward democracy, and the per­ fied. pounds of cargo over even the most difficult centage of the population living under So what our Democratic friends are doing is terrain. There is a long tradition of using such freely elected governments has grown from dismantling part of our most effective nuclear human-powered vehicles to transport agricul­ 30 percent in 1976 to 90 percent today. deterrent so that we can resurrect a defunct tural products, fuelwood, water, manufactured Democratic systems have also taken root in Arms Control Treaty that the Soviets are vio­ the Philippines and in South Korea. In Af­ goods, clothes, drugs, and medical materials, lating. and even for use as an ambulance in emer­ ghanistan, Angola, Cambodia and Nicara­ My colleagues, I strongly believe the Presi­ gua, oppression has given rise to popular re­ gencies. sistance movements. Even in South Africa, dent should veto this misguided piece of legis­ Unfortunately, development programs lation, and let's start over on a clean sheet of the system of apartheid is under increasing funded in part by the United States currently paper and do what is best for our national se­ pressure to change. promote policies favoring capital-intensive Success No. 7: Free economic systems are curity. prospering. The world now sees that com­ highways and motorized vehicles, to the ex­ mand economies don't work and that free clusion of nonmotorized options. All too fre­ markets do. Japan, Korea and Taiwan lead a quently, the low-cost, nonpolluting, more Pacific Basin brimming with energy and broadly affordable, human-powered vehicles success. They are opening their markets to HUMAN NEEDS AND MOBILITY are marginalized or destroyed. A few stark ex­ our exports to promote even more prosperi­ ty. We have concluded a historic free trade amples make the point. agreement with Canada. Former command HON. CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER Jakarta, Indonesia has thrown 75,000 tricy­ economies in China and in Eastern Europe OF RHODE ISLAND cles, the basis of a thriving system of mi­ are adopting free markets. Even the Soviet IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES croenterprises, into the sea, ostensibly to Union is experimenting with free-market reduce traffic congestion. El Salvador spends Wednesday, July 27, 1988 concepts. over one-half of its export earnings on petrole­ Seven important gains for America. Of Miss. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, today I am course much remains to be done. We face um, yet only five out of 1,000 people can many challenges. American power and introducing the "Human Needs and Mobility afford to own a car. Pakistan has received a American diplomacy must continue to be Resolution," which addresses a subject virtu­ $200 million World Bank loan to begin auto­ linked together in a coherent strategy con­ ally ignored by decisionmakers both in devel­ mobile production, yet only a tiny minority can sistently applied. A resurgent, self-confident opment agencies and lending institutions: the afford cars. America, a resolution of regional conflicts transportation needs of those who comprise a One-quarter of the World Bank's portfolio is and a tum to democracy and free markets majority of the Earth's people, the Third World invested in transportation-related projects, yet throughout the world are making the world poor. almost nothing goes for vehicles people · can more peaceful, prosperous and hopeful. Lack of transport is one of the gravest prob­ These are the successes on which future ad­ afford or to encourage nonmotorized, low-cost ministrations can build. lems facing the world's underdeveloped and debt-ridden countries. The virtual absence of forms of transportation. Similarly, the U.S. this fundamental need adversely affects the Agency for International Development [AID] health, well-being, and economic productivity · has no projects related to reducing transport­ of hundreds of millions of impoverished related energy use or promoting sustainable human beings. substitutes. Humanitarian relief distribution in ARMS CONTROL AND THE DOD For millions of families the daily reality re­ Mozambique and Ethiopia relegate women to AUTHORIZATION CONFERENCE quires hours of hand carrying heavy loads of pack animal status to head carry 100-pound REPORT water and firewood located miles from their sacks of grain from distribution centers to vil­ dwellings. The respected international assist­ lages. HON. THOMAS J. BULEY, JR. ance organization, Save the Children, finds a Sustainable and affordable transportation OF VIRGINIA lack of transport to critically undermine essen­ strategies are desperately needed to address IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tial health services. For example, the absence the mobility needs of all without destroying the of vehicles leave health posts without drugs, environmental resources that underpin sus­ Wednesday, July 27, 1988 mobile vaccination campaigns are not carried tainable economic development. The "Human Mr. BULEY. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4264, the out, the sick are not transferred to medical at­ Needs and Mobility Resolution" builds upon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal tention, and much disease prevention and language inserted in the fiscal year 1989 Year 1989, is a dream come true for the health promotion goes untapped because House Foreign Operations' appropriations bill. Soviet Union. Through this bill, the Democrats people cannot visit health centers. It recognizes the problems of too little trans­ in this Congress have given more to the Sovi­ Although development agencies and lending port for so many people, and emphasizes ac­ ets in terms of arms control concessions than institutions have engaged in expanding motor­ tions to be taken by AID and U.S. representa­ they have been able to achieve in 8 years of ized transport services in developing coun­ tives to multilateral funding institutions to pro­ negotiations. tries, in practice this is an unrealistic possibili­ vide real and sustainable solutions for the mo­ My friends, that is not a mistake. Let me ty. Even bus fare, let alone simple motorbikes read you the list. First, it requires that we or cars, are beyond the reach of hundreds of bility needs of the poor in developing coun­ abide by the narrow interpretation of the ABM millions of families. Lack of money for the pur­ tries. Treaty, even when the Soviets are violating it. chase of motorized transport, plus problems If we are to encourage flourishing microen­ Second, it says that we must prepare in ad­ with maintenance, repair and supply of fuel, terprises as a means of helping people help vance for a ban on nuclear testing, which will lubricants and spare parts, makes it unlikely themselves to overcome their impoverished practically ensure that a nuclear deterrent is that in the short- and medium-term these will conditions, and transform aid-dependent na­ neither effective nor safe. be a real answer to the transport problems of tions into thriving trade partners, then we Third, it bans us from testing a missile flying families, or workers in the health, welfare, need to assist in the development of sturdy, in a depressed trajectory mode, something education, and assistance community. low-cost, sustainable transport options appro­ that we don't even have any plans of doing. Save the Children, the Peace Corps, and priate to local conditions. July 27, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19253 OUTSTANDING TEACHERS national Congress on Mathematical Education, tained that achievement at age 27, a relatively in Budapest, Hungary from July 27 to August young age for a mathematics doctorate. HON. ROY DYSON 3, 1988. Dr. Poiani has applied her many talents The International Commission on Mathe­ OF MARYLAND beyond her field to her local community. She matical Instruction sponsors a conference, is a member of the New Jersey Supreme IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES every 4 years, to bring together mathemati­ Court Ethics Committee for Hudson County Wednesday, July 27, 1988 cians from around the world to discuss ways and a trustee of Saint Peter's Preparatory Mr. DYSON. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to to improve the teaching and learning of math­ School in Jersey City. Dr. Poiani has also salute four outstanding teachers from the First ematics. The fact that Dr. Poiani was chosen served as a member of the Hudson County District of Maryland. They have recently been as the sole representative of the United Commission on the Bicentennial of the Consti­ honored for exemplary service to the St. States is a reflection of her ability, reputation, tution and a trustee of the Nutley Free Public Mary's County School System. and stature. Library. Violet Sakran, a mathematics teacher at Mr. Speaker, the United States faces a real Of course, Dr. Poiani has devoted much of Chopticon High School, will be representing challenge in the high stakes battle of world her energy toward strengthening the field of St. Mary's County at the Maryland State trade. Almost every day, Members rise on the education. Her position as an evaluator for the Teacher of the Year program, which is being floor of Congress to talk about improving our Middle States Association of Colleges and sponsored by the Maryland State Department education, strengthening our competitiveness, Schools is an indication of her dedication to of Education. Ms. Sakran has been teaching and motivating our students and workers. excellence in education. Dr. Poiani also par­ for 27 years, spending the last 16 in St. I am proud to say that Dr. Poiani is a field ticipates as a member of the advisory commit­ Mary's County. Also, she has received numer­ commander in this important battle of tee of the Consortium for Educational Equity ous awards and honors throughout her teach­ strengthening the American economy. based at Rutgers University. ing career in addition to being an active Throughout her career at St. Peter's, she has The degree of excellence she has attained member of her community. demonstrated a strong dedication to the field has not gone unnoticed in national mathemat­ Three other teachers were recognized for of mathematics, and a strong commitment to ics circles. Dr. Poiani chairs the United States their outstanding service to the St. Mary's mathematics education throughout the United Commission on Mathematical Instruction, a County School System by their respective States. commission of the National Research Council schools. Ann Schumaker was chosen as the St. Peter's College has recognized her sub­ of the National Academy of Sciences, and is Teacher of the Year representative for the stantial contribution, by awarding her a Bene currently serving as the first female president Ridge Elementary School. Ms. Schumaker is a Merenti medal last year for 20 years of serv­ of Pi Mu Epsilon, the National Honorary Math­ resource teacher approaching her 19th year ice to the college. And her colleagues . have ematics Society. teaching in the county. Kathryn Sloan, who recognized her contribution by designating her And now, those active in mathematics on has been in the school system for 5 years, to represent our country in Hungary. the international level will benefit from Dr. was the Carver Elementary School represent­ Dr. Poiani has also received the Jesuit col­ Poiani's expertise. As the U.S. representative ative. Mary Jane Shoemaker, a physical edu­ lege's George F. Johnson, S.J. Award for ex­ to ICME-6, she has been charged with the im­ cation teacher for 15 years, was Oakville Ele­ cellence in teaching and was inducted an hon­ portant task of presenting U.S. concerns in mentary School's choice for Teacher of the orary member of the college's Order of the mathematics to representatives from nations Year. Cross Keys and Alpha Sigma Nu, the National around the world. She will also join with those These four teachers represent the quality of Jesuit Honor Society. representatives to develop an agenda to guide instruction the students of St. Mary's County On the national level, Dr. Poiani was named mathematical education research and the are receiving. This year alone, 18 service a Danforth Associate. Sponsored by the Dan­ teaching of mathematics for the next 4 years. academy nominees from the First District of forth Foundation, the program funded educa­ But Dr. Poiani's efforts at the conference Maryland were accepted to their respective in­ tional projects designed to improve student­ will not end with that task. Dr. Frank Press, stitutions. Mr. Speaker, this extraordinary faculty relationships and to strengthen the President of the National Academy of Sci­ number reflects impressively on our highly learning and teaching processes. ences, also appointed her to head a six­ successful school systems. We, in Maryland's Dr. Poiani is also listed in the American Men member American delegation to be available First District, are proud of all the teachers in and Women of Science, Who's Who of Ameri­ at the congress to discuss the latest trends in our area, and these four distinguished educa­ can Women, and Who's Who in Technology American mathematics. tors are to be proudly commended for their today. Dr. Poiani was also invited by the chairper­ valuable contributions to our children's educa­ A graduate of the doctoral program in math­ son of the International Program Committee tion. ematics at Rutger's University, she has for ICME-6 to present her paper "A Success­ emerged as a spokesperson for programs that ful Approach to Preparing Students for Colle­ encourage more women and minorities to giate-Level Mathematics," during the week­ A TRIBUTE TO DR. EILEEN L. pursue upper level mathematics courses. Dr. POIANI long congress. Poiani is indeed a role model for women, both Mr. Speaker, when Americans travel abroad those in the field of mathematics and those they are ambassadors of the American HON. FRANK J. GUARINI who pursue other career options. She was the people. Dr. Poiani will represent us with dis­ OF NEW JERSEY founding director of Women and Mathematics, tinction. Her commitment to public service, her IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a national organization created to encourage spirit of goodwill, and her intellectual and pro­ young women to study mathematics. This is a Wednesday, July 27, 1988 fessional depth will make friends for our coun­ critical contribution at a time when the United try, and will make us all proud. Mr. GUARINI. Mr. Speaker, I rise in tribute States needs more people with expertise in to a distinguished citizen, a good friend, and a science, math and technology. dedicated professional with an outstanding Academic achievement has marked her SIEGE OF PORT HUDSON, LA past and a brilliant future. career, beginning with her graduation from Dr. Eileen L. Poiani combines the best of Nutley High School, where she served as val­ HON. RICHARD H. BAKER academic excellence, professional achieve­ edictorian of her class. She went on to earn OF LOUISIANA ment, and a commitment to time-honored her undergraduate degree in mathematics IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES values and ideas. She is truly a woman for all from Douglass College, where she was a Phi . seasons. Beta Kappa graduate. Her alma mater induct­ Wednesday, July 27, 1988 As assistant to the president for planning at ed her into the Douglass Society, an honor re­ Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, this year is the St. Peter's College, she has brought honor to served to recognize the achievements of dis­ 125th anniversary of three of the most impor­ Jersey City and to her home State of New tinguished alumnae. tant battles of the Civil War. Most people can Jersey. And as a widely respected professor Dr. Poiani later added a master's degree in identify the first two of these battles: Gettys­ of mathematics, she has been selected to mathematics from Rutgers University before burg, PA, and Vicksburg, MS. The third, Port represent our country at the sixth annual Inter- beginning her studies for a doctorate. She at- Hudson, LA, was the longest battle of the war. 19254 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1988 By May 1863, the only Confederate strong­ trails and will be interpreted by a visitor center issue. Last year, Congress succeeded in pass­ holds on the Mississippi River were Port presently under construction. ing a law stating that no U.S. arms provided to Hudson and Vicksburg. Both garrisons guard­ The battle fought at Port Hudson was im­ Turkey for NATO purposes should go to fur­ ed the mouth of the Red River, a Mississippi portant for many reasons and should properly ther the division of Cyprus. River tributary, which served as a vital Con­ take its place along with the better known en­ On the diplomatic front, the Reagan admin­ federate supply route from the West. gagements at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in the istration has backed the U.N. Secretary-Gen­ May 23, 1863, was the first day of the long­ 125th anniversary of these three important eral's efforts to bring about an agreement be­ est genuine siege in U.S. military history. For events in our country's history. tween the two sides. Recently, the Secretary­ 48 days the 6,000 Confederate soldiers of the General released a report on the programs of Port Hudson, LA, garrison were besieged by a his mission. He reported that the report to the force composed of nearly 40,000 soldiers of AN ANNIVERSARY OF TENSION AND OF HOPE Security Council was made at a time of ten­ the Union's XIX Corps. sion in Cyprus but also at a time of hope. Ac­ The Port Hudson garrison was established cording to the Secretary-General, the tension at the site of the small Mississippi River HON. EDWARD F. FEIGHAN comes from shooting incidents between U.N. cotton port of Port Hudson. Located 15 miles OF OHIO forces and the Turkish-Cypriot forces and be­ north of Baton Rouge, Port Hudson was built IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tween the armed forces of the two compa­ on a series of high river bluffs. Encircling the Wednesday, July 27, 1988 nies. The hope stems from the possibility of town was a 41/z-mile-long earthen wall which breaking the diplomatic stalemate and getting the Confederates erected in order to protect Mr. FEIGHAN. Mr. Speaker, each July, the two sides to resume their dialog. their nine river gun batteries. Americans celebrate the birth of our country. What can the United States do? It is clearly Port Hudson's first major Union attack More than anything else, these celebrations in our interests to see that the parties resolve began on the night of March 14, 1863 when pay tribute to the founding principle of demo­ their differences. To do this, the United States seven ships of Adm. David G. Farragut's river cratic rule-that power emanates from the will must take steps to promote a climate for con­ flotilla attempted to pass its batteries. Only of the governed. structive negotiations. The conditions are ripe Farragut's flagship, the U.S.S. Hartford, and But few Americans are aware that half way for action. First, the Secretary-General has in­ her escort succeeded in passing. Of the five around the world, on the island nation of vited the leaders of the two Cypriot communi­ remaining ships two were severely damaged Cyprus, each July 20, marks the anniversary ties to resume a high-level dialog without pre­ and one, the U.S.S. Mississippi, was sunk. of a brutal invasion and illegal occupation that conditions. The meeting is set for the end of The U.S.S. Mississippi had the distinction of continues today. On July 20, 1974, 40,000 next month. Second, the unprecedented being Commodore Matthew C. Perry's flagship Turkish troops attacked Cyprus in response to dialog now going on between the Greek Prime on his historic voyage to Japan a decade ear­ an abortive coup attempt against President Minister Andreas Papandreou and Turkish lier. Makarios. The coup failed. Makarios regained Prime Minister Turgut Ozal has eased ten­ Not until May was another major Union as­ control. But, the Turkish troops stayed. And a sions in the region and forms a helpful diplo­ sault carried out on Port Hudson. This oc­ month later, they attacked again until they oc­ matic environment for progress on Cyprus. curred on May 23 when elements of the XIX cupied more than a third of the island. But above all, the United States can em­ Corps linked together and completely sur­ Fourteen years later, 30,000 troops enforce brace and echo the Secretary-General's re­ rounded the garrison. Under the command of that illegal occupation. These troops are the newed call for the removal of Turkish troops former Speaker of the House of Representa­ most dramatic reminder that no such celebra­ on Cyprus-and impress it upon the Turks. tives and Governor of Massachusetts Maj. tion of government by the people is possible Turkey holds the unenviable distinction of Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, the XIX Corps be­ on Cyprus. being the only western nation occupying an­ sieged Port Hudson. Congress responded by taking the unprece­ other western nation. No single move by During the siege the Port Hudson Confeder­ dented step of placing an arms embargo on Turkey would have greater significance, or go ates, under the command of Maj. Gen. Frank­ our NATO ally, Turkey. Three years later, the further to help break the diplomatic state­ lin Gardner, withstood two main assaults embargo was lifted in hopes that Turkey ments than a decision to take its troops off against their lines. These occurred on May 27 would be more forthcoming in dealing with the Cyprus. and June 14. Though both assaults were dis­ Cyprus issue. Those hopes still have not been Throughout history, divided lands have astrous for the troops of the XIX, the attack realized. always held the potential for destabilizing vio­ on May 27 was significant in that it was the In 1983, the Turkish-Cypriot leader Rauf lence. A unified Cyprus could well become the first time in U.S. military history that black Denktash declared the independence of the "Switzerland of the Middle East." Deadlock, troops were used on a large scale. The ac­ Turkish-controlled sector as the "Turkish Re­ frustration and military escalation could make tions of the 1st and 3d Louisiana Native public of Northern Cyprus." Turkey immediate­ it into another Lebanon. The challenge to the Guards (United States) during this attack were ly recognized the puppet state and ·remains its leadership of the two communities-and to later cited during recruiting campaigns in the lone benefactor today-pouring in foreign aid U.S. diplomacy-is finding a way to defuse the North. Their actions helped to raise black en­ and sending 60,000 settlers to change the de­ danger of escalation take advantage of the fa­ listment to nearly 180,000 by the end of the mographic make-up of the island. On the vorable conditions that exist today for a just war. street in the north of Cyprus today, every settlement of the Cyprus issue. Though suffering from a lack of supplies, other person is a recent emigrant from main­ the debilitating effects of disease and the ele­ land Turkey. ments, and the constant Union gunfire, Port Turkish intransigence on the Cyprus issue SALUTE TO DAVID HALPERN Hudson did not surrender until after receiving has only been made easier by a cosy relation­ news of the fall of Vicksburg. On July 9, the ship with the Reagan administration. The Port Hudson garrison officially surrendered, East-West focus of the President's foreign HON. JAMES M. INHOFE becoming the last Confederate stronghold to policy jibed with Turkey's self-image as princi­ OF OKLAHOMA fall on the Mississippi. ple defender of the landbridge linking East IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Long overshadowed by the siege of Vicks­ and West, and guardian of the Dardanelles­ burg, Port Hudson remained virtually forgotten the strategic outlet for Soviet ships from the Wednesday, July 27, 1988 for the next 100 years. Not until the Civil War Black Sea. Reagan's realpolitick reduced the Mr. INHOFE. Mr. Speaker, today I would Centennial did an active movement begin to Cyprus conflict to a minor annoyance, certain­ like to bring your attention to an Oklahoman establish a Port Hudson historic park. This ly not an over-riding concern to NATO stabili­ who has brought the Rocky Mountains to was established in 1982 when the Louisiana ty. Washington, DC. Into this capital heat-wave, Office of State Parks opened the Port Hudson During the Reagan years, Turkey received he has introduced snow. Tulsa photographer, Commemorative Area. Port Hudson State nearly $5 billion in U.S. foreign aid. The ad­ David Halpern, has been recognized by the Commemorative Area takes in approximately ministration opposed every single congres­ National Park Service for his work as the one-third of the Confederate earthworks. sional measure designed to condition aid to artist-in-residence for the Rocky Mountain Na­ These works are connected by 6 miles of Turkey based on progress on the Cyprus tional Park. Halpern spent 8 weeks at Rocky July 27, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19255 Mountain where he photographed nature ments to the oil rich Persian Gulf countries. In as the Philadelphia Committee for the Home­ during the four seasons. its 1987 report, the Arms Control and Disar­ less, the Moss Rehabilitation Center, the Boy Mr. Halpern is the only artist ever to be mament Agency [ACDA] notes that from Scouts of America, the Jewish community asked to participate in the artist-in-residence 1982-86, not only did Kuwait purchase $230 centers, and the Mayor's Commission on Lit· program more than once. He has also had the million in arms from the United States, but eracy, to name only a few. Each organization distinct honor of having his photographs of they also purchased $220 million from the has benefited from their influence, their gener­ the Rocky Mountain National Park displayed Soviet Union and $420 million from France. osity, and their rare ability to work well with in the Director's office of the National Park Saudi Arabia has bought $6.1 billion from the staff, volunteers and the community at large. Service for the last 6 months. The photos are United States, $6.8 billion from France, and Samuel and Rita Rappaport are a treasure done in black and white in order to give them $1.2 billion from the United Kingdom. to the city of Philadelphia. Their never-ending the look of a silent movie. As such, its should surprise no one when 1 support of important organizations throughout Nature and one man's creativity meet in week the Saudis purchase an estimated $12 the Delaware Valley is one of the reasons that these photographs in a way that makes you billion in millitary goods from England, and the our city is such a wonderful place to live. I want to spend the rest of your life in the next week express an interest in a $3 billion congratulate them on this special occasion. Rocky Mountains. Mr. Halpern said of the arms deal with the United States. And nobody Samuel and Rita Rappaport have opened the Rocky Mountains National Park: should be surprised when the Kuwaitis con­ doors to a brighter day for thousands of Rocky is at once silent and roaring, nur­ clude an arms deal with the Soviets in the people. Their Silver Hope Award could not be turing and uncaring, very old and ever midst of negotiating the purchase of F-18's more appropriately named. young. It is life in all its forms and moods, and Maverick missiles with the United States. and it is what I enjoy feeling a part of, with The fact is, that no matter what the United the jay and the elk and the ground squirrel J. and the aspen and the changing seasons. States does or does not do, these countries HERMAN MEGDAL IS HON· will rely on alternative sources for military ORED AS "MAN OF THE YEAR" I would encourage my friends and col­ hardware. It is ingrained in their political cul­ BY GATEWAYS HOSPITAL leagues to go by the office of Director William ture. MEN'S CLUB Mott of the National Park Service and view The United States has a tremendous the exhibit of 46 photographs that are as amount of influence with the friendly countries breathtaking as the Rocky Mountains them­ HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN of the Persian Gulf. However, it appears we selves. are either timid or simply unwilling to exercise OF CALIFORNIA it. When will the United States cease to play IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S. ARMS SALE POLICY IN THE the role of the benevolent, clumsy giant in the Wednesday, July 27, 1988 PERSIAN GULF Middle East? While the Saudis and Kuwaitis are interested in upgrading their defense es­ Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, Oc­ HON. LAWRENCE J. SMITH tablishments, the United States is interested in tober 23, 1988, Gateways Hospital Men's Club reducing international support for terrorism is proudly honoring Herman J. Megdal as this OF FLORIDA year's recipient of the highly esteemed "Man IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and initiating negotiations that lead to direct talks to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. We of the Year" award. Wednesday, July 27, 1988 should demand more cooperation from these Originally from Chicago, Mr. Megdal served Mr. SMITH of Florida. Mr. Speaker, last allies in return for our military support. Instead in the U.S. Department of the Army during week in an interview with the Defense News, of arms sales being used as a litmus test of World War II. He later moved to Los Angeles Prince Bandr Bin Sultan, Saudi Arabia's Am­ our commitment to the security of the request­ where he subsequently cofounded and operat­ bassador to the United States, expressed his ing country, they should be used as a carrot ed Cal State Metals. Throughout the years, country's interest in purchasing additional ad­ to entice these countries into helping us Mr. Megdal has maintained an involvement in vanced fighter aircraft from the United States achieve fundamental foreign policy goals. the community and in many important causes in the early 1990's. The Saudis are seeking to which are important to all of us. replace their American-manufactured F-S's In keeping with the high standards of Gate­ with either American-manufactured F-18's, SAMUEL AND RITA RAPPAPORT ways Hospital Men's Club, Herman Megdal is F-16's, or the F-16 Agile Falcon. HONORED a much distinguished and accomplished civic Ironically, it was only 2 weeks ago that nu­ and community leader. He has served as an merous political pundits were busy writing the HON. THOMAS M. FOGLIETTA organizer, contributor, participants and leader postmortem on United States-Saudi relations OF PENNSYLVANIA of innumerable organizations and has been after it was revealed that the British had IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the honored recipient of many well-deserved signed a multibillion dollar arms contract with awards, citations, and tributes. Saudi Arabia. Wednesday, July 27, 1988 Some of the organizations in which Mr. Prince Bandr's action accentuates two re­ Mr. FOGLIETIA. Mr. Speaker, on Septem­ Megdal has participated in are: as board curring themes in the foreign policy of Saudi ber 16, 1988, the Friends of Multiple Sclerosis member and president of Gateways Hospital Arabia and other Persian Gulf nations. First, in Philadelphia, PA, will honor two of our Men's Club, board member and president of United States friends in the region, Saudi area's most respected people. In recognition Westwood Shrine Club, president of King So­ Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain, for example, of their untiring service to volunteer organiza­ loman Lodge, B'nai B'rith, California Highway have insatiable appetites for buying American­ tions throughout the Delaware Valley, and the Patrol Foundation, City of Hope, ORT, Junior made weapons-and for good reason. Ameri­ Nation, Samuel and Rita Rappaport will be the Blind, AOL, Catholic Youth, Friars Charity, and can weapons are, on the whole, superior to recipients of the Multiple Sclerosis Society's as a board member of Temple Beth Am. those of other nations and carry the political most outstanding volunteer honor, the Silver Herman J. Megdal has also given unselfishly clout of the United States. Considering the tu­ Hope Award. in offering assistance to the Shrine Hospital multuous history of the Persian Gulf region, it Throughout the Delaware Valley, Samuel for Crippled Children, Indian Guides, Cedar­ is understandable why these countries are de­ and Rita are well-known philanthropists, do­ Sinai, Vista Del Mar, Red Cross, United Way, termined to purchase weapons from us. nating millions of dollars and countless hours UJA, the Boy Scouts, and the YMCA. Second, the nations of the Persian Gulf of time to more than 100 local charities over Mr. Megdal's children, Steven, Robert, and have become masters at playing regional and many years. In addition, the Rappaports have Lori and their families are understandably international powers against one another in helped raise millions of dollars to fight such proud of his many fine achievements. order to shore up their own security. A prime diseases as multiple sclerosis, tay sachs, juve­ I ask the Members to join me in offering example of this is how these countries pro­ nile diabetes, and to support the Arthritis congratulations to Herman J. Megdal, this cure defense articles and services. For dec­ Center at Hahnemann University in Philadel­ year's honored recipient of the Gateways ades now, the British, French, Soviets, Ameri­ phia. In addition, Mr. and Mrs. Rappaport have Hospital Men's Club "Man of the Year" award cans, and most recently, the Chinese, have donated their talents and their fundraising to be presented at the 23rd Annual Heal-A­ been pumping billions upon billions of arma- skills on behalf of such humanitarian causes Mind Ball at the Century Plaza Hotel. 19256 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1988 RACISM IN JAPAN sentation. They are treated as second-class is given the power to "exercise exclusive leg­ citizens who carry all the burdens of citizen­ islation in all cases whatsoever", over the ship, but have no representation in the capital district. Additionally, this clause pro­ HON. JOSEPH E. BRENNAN Senate and one non-voting delegate in the vides a ceiling of 10 miles square, but not a OF MAINE House of Representatives.2 District resi­ floor, on the size of this district. Despite the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dents are not allowed full control of their argument that Congress lacks the authority Wednesday, July 27, 1988 own affairs as Congress exercises ultimate to redefine District boundaries without a control over their government. D.C.'s legis­ constitutional amendment, 17 Congress has Mr. BRENNAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to lative authority is subject to congressional in fact already exercised this authority to bring attention to a situation that is most dis­ veto and Congress must approve the Dis­ alter the District of Columbia's size, when it turbing. Last Friday, July 22, the Washington trict's budget. 3 returned the 33 square miles to Virginia [Footnotes at end of article.] that that state had earlier ceded to make up Post ran an article entitled "Old Black Stereo­ 1 types Find New Lives in Japan." This article I say it is time to authenticate our policy the District in 1846. 8 of Democracy and amend this condition of The disenfranchisement of the residents details marketing practices of three Japanese injustice. It is time to grant the District of of Washington, D.C. can be historically ex­ companies. Columbia equal status with the fifty-states. plained, but can no longer be justified. Today the Japanese are distributing black We must recognize citizens in D.C. on equal When Congress first accepted the cession of mannequins with grossly exaggerated fea­ terms with the citizens in the fifty states. It the District of Columbia by Maryland and tures. They are marketing a line of clothes is time to make the District of Columbia the Virginia in 1790, it continued their respec­ called Sambo which dredges up the image of fifty-first state in the Union. tive jurisdictions over District residents and the racist character Little Black Sambo, and On the principles of Democratic govern­ land until the Capitol relocated and Con­ they are using these racist stereotypes to sell ment alone, one would surely heed the call gress "could otherwise by law provide" for for D.C. statehood. For the role of the Dis­ their government. 19 So District residents their clothes. trict of Columbia in the United States' gen­ voted in either Maryland or Virginia until This blatant example of racism brings back eration of revenue, in the total federal tax December, 1800 when the Capitol, and Con­ the ugly memories of when former Prime Min­ burden, as well as in contributions concern­ gress with it, moved to the Potomac site. 20 ister Yasuhiro Nakasone suggested that ing other important duties of citizenship, Soon after the move, Congress passed a bill blacks were partly responsible for bringing more than qualifies D.C. to be on equal de-authorizing the laws of the two states in down the intelligence level of the United terms with the fifty states. D.C., intending to "allow Congress at some States. Unfortunately the Japanese are con­ Residents of the District pay over a billion future period . . . to enter on a system of tinuing to make the same mistake. dollars annually in taxes to the Federal legislation in detail, and to have established Treasury; this amount is more total federal numerous policy regulations.''21 The disen­ The parading of these racist characters to taxes than nine states pay.• The per capita franchisement of District residents was the sell clothing is an affront to all minorities in tax payment for District residents is $500 immediate consequence.22 this country and around the world. above the national average 5 and is a pay­ This disenfranchisement was by no means Yesterday I distributed a letter which I pro­ ment higher than 49 states. 6 District resi­ a permanent intention. Opponents of the pose to send to the Japanese Ambassador, dents have fought and died in every war bill objected to the reducing of residents to Nubuo Matsunaga, protesting the Japanese since the War for Independence.7 During "the state of subjects ... deprived of their 23 companies' actions. I urge my colleagues to the Vietnam War, D.C. had more casualties political rights." In 1803, sponsors of a join me in signing this letter to voice our dis­ than ten states, and more killed per capita return of voting rights to the District of Co­ than 47 states. 8 D.C. contributes more to lumbia stated that the disenfranchisement approval of the trend in advertising of prod­ social security than six states and pays more was "an experiment in how far free men can ucts in Japan. excise taxes than seven states. 9 Earnings in be reconciled to live without rights.''24 the communications industry rank higher There were only 3,200 D.C. residents at this 10 ARGUMENT PAPER FOR STATE­ than 25 states. Finance, insurance, and time, not enough population to meet the real estate earnings are higher than those 50,000 required for Statehood.25 The bill HOOD FOR THE DISTRICT OF of 14 states.11 D.C. earns more from hotels just mentioned, enabled Congress to post­ COLUMBIA-BY ANN-MARIE and lodging than 27 states and more from pone indefinitely the enactment of legisla­ AGOSTINELLI business services than 30 states.12 Legal tion attending to the rights and representa­ services rank higher than 41 states, educa­ tion of this sparse population. 26 HON. WALTER E. FAUNTROY tional services, higher than 43 states. 13 Furthermore, Congress could not have D.C.'s generation of revenue on the state foreseen the growth of the District as, origi­ OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA and local levels surpasses that of 12 states; nally, D.C. was assumed to be a part-time IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the District makes more from amusement residence for federal employees who re­ Wednesday, July 27, 1988 and recreation than nine states and more on turned to the states for their legal and per­ retail trade than eight states.14 manent residencies. 27 Surely Congress did Mr. FAUNTROY, Mr. Speaker, I want to Despite these facts and figures, statehood not conceive of the eventual deprivation of share with my colleagues the following stu­ for the District of Columbia has been chal­ the rights of 700,000 persons. The lack of dent essay, "Argument Paper for Statehood lenged with the question of its constitution­ full voting representation for the District for the District of Columbia," which was writ­ ality. Some argue the mandatory neutral can no longer be justified. D.C. statehood ten by one of my constituents, Ms. Ann-Marie status of the capital city of the United would further the principles of democracy Agostinelli. States and therefore oppose its subjection that the Founding Fathers intended for all to any one state's authority. House Resolu­ American citizens. ARGUMENT PAPER FOR STATEHOOD FOR THE tion 51, the Congressional bill that seeks to Aside from this issue of democracy, the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA admit the District of Columbia as the fifty­ Department of Justice objects with the planes or other intelli­ carried through on this request. from even being tried, much less executed. gence assets at the Pentagon's disposal, I am delighted to have played a part in the The reason is that most of the biggest they say. drug traffickers, such· as the leaders of the "I don't know of anything the military development and institutionalization of this cocaine cartels, live abroad. And almost no can do to help us in this area," said Patrick program within the Federal Government, and I country will agree to extradite any of its O'Brien, special agent in charge of the U.S. hope that we will soon see healthy results citizens to a nation where they face the Customs Service in Miami, "We've given a arise from the awareness, prevention, and prospect of the death penalty, according to lot of thought to the container problem and early detection of melanoma/skin cancer. federal prosecutors and State Department the only way to stop it is getting on the legal experts. forklifts and start opening up all the "You have to consider the practical conse­ boxes ... What good does another AW ACS INCLUDING THE DEATH PENAL­ quences of what you're doing," said Richard plane do? . . . What you need is informa­ TY IN THE DRUG BILL WOULD Gregorie, chief assistant U.S. attorney in tion on specific cargoes on specific ships." BE SELF-DEFEATING Miami, whose office has indicted more drug In recent weeks, attention in Congress has kingpins than any other U.S. attorney's shifted from stopping the supply of drugs HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. office in the country. "If we imposed the from abroad to curbing demand at home. death penalty, we wouldn't be able to get With 205 bills and resolutions on the drug OF MICHIGAN any of the true drug lords. It would be self­ issue introduced this session, congressional IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES defeating." leaders have created special "task forces" Wednesday, July 27, 1988 As a questionable weapon in the war on charged with piecing together disparate ele­ drugs, the death penalty proposal does not ments into an omnibus bill. Operating under Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, with the stand alone, according to many experts. As an unusual "fast track" procedure that by­ House soon to vote on the omnibus drug bill, I Congress races to enact major drug legisla­ passes most public hearings and subcommit­ think the following article from yesterday's tion in time for this fall's election campaign, tee deliberations, House Speaker Jim Washington Post would be of value to my col­ scores of sweeping proposals have been ad­ Wright and Senate Majority leagues. vanced. They include: bringing in the mili­ Leader Robert C. Byrd have The article provides an informative analysis tary to help interdict drugs at the border; pledged to have a mammoth package on the of the drug bills before the House and Senate imposing harsher sanctions on illegal drug floor of each chamber by next month. users; instituting widespread drug testing in In the process, a seemingly endless array and also raises some of the concerns I have the workplace, and spending billions in new of novel and catchy ideas has tumbled about imposing the death penalty on "drug funds for anti-drug programs aimed at treat­ forth. A recently unveiled Senate Democrat­ kingpins." Of primary importance, it states that ing and deterring drug abusers. ic plan, put together by a task force headed the death penalty would be counterproductive. But many experts and law enforcement by Daniel Patrick Moynihan (N.Y.> and Sam It would only weaken our ability to prosecute officials question whether such measures Nunn Customs Service contended that the move­ sionals, in part on civil liberties grounds. Among all the election-year ideas for com­ ment to bring in the military illustrates a "This is the kind of bill that would make bating the drug problem, few have proved lack of understanding among lawmakers Mussolini blush," said Ethan Nadelmann, a more politically popular than the ultimate about how drug smugglers operate. Princeton professor who has become the one-a federal death penalty for major nar­ According to these officials, the biggest leading academic champion of drug legaliza­ cotics traffickers. cocaine shipments enter the country on tion. "It is about time we say to the Darth ships, hidden inside routine commercial But many specialists in the drug field also Vaders of the drug world that you will face cargo such as roses or concentrated orange point out that these and other proposed the ultimate sanction," proclaimed Sen. Al­ juice. user sanctions are the least likely to deter fonse M. D'Amato Jly aboard each ship is a nitive sanctions they are talking about don't Reagan and Vice President Bush, some law painstaking task and largely immune to de- mean anything-long-term risks are not July 27, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19261 even in their consciousness," argues Doug including all grants, contracts, loans, li­ User Accountability: Denies all federal li­ Lipton, director of research and the Narcot­ censes or entitlement to public housing-for censes for at least five years to anyone con­ ic and Drug Research Inc., a leading New at least five years unless they successfully victed of a drug offense. Denies federal ben­ York-based clearinghouse on drug use. complete a treatment or rehabilitation pro­ efits, other than entitlements for illegal drugs without probable cause. habilitation. Massive drug testing may have Precursor Chemicals: Requires chemical Criminal Justice: Imposes the death pen­ the paradoxical effect of prodding workers companies to keep records and report infor­ alty for drug-related killings, establishes a to shift from marijuana, which stays in the mation on the sale of "precursor chemicals" two-year time limit on the filing of habeas urine from one week to a month, to cocaine that may be used in the manufacture of il­ corpus petitions and changes the "exclu­ or crack, which leaves the urine after two or licit narcotics. sionary rule" so that evidence seized illegal­ three days, or to alcohol, which is not sub­ Handgun Control: Mandates a seven-day ly by police officers may be used in court if ject to urine testing. waiting period on the purchase of all hand­ the officer operated under an "objectively "People are most likely to shift their drug guns. Such a waiting period gives local reasonable belief" that they were obeying use to make sure that if you take it on a police time to perform background checks the law. Friday night, you won't test positive on on purchasers. Senate Democrats contend that their ap­ Anti-Narcotics Force: Authorizes $10 mil­ SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS proach-redirecting the bulk of spending lion for the development, in coordination of toward treatment, rehabilitation and educa­ the Organization of American States, of a tion-is more humane, and ultimately more Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, Latin American Regional Anti-Narcotics agreed to by the Senate on February productive, than the Republican plan em­ Force that can strike at clandestine drug phasizing sanctions. Among the Democratic laboratories and storage areas in Latin 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a bill's provisions, for example, is $1.2 billion America. Yale University medical SELECTED PROVISIONS IN SENATE REPUBLICANS' historian who has written extensively on calendar business; and to resume hear­ BILL ings on S. 187, to provide for the pro- the history of drug control. "My concern is Drug Testing: Mandates drug testing for as we turn against drugs, and come to hate . tection of Native American rights for members of Congress and all congressional the remains of their dead and sacred the drug users, there's almost no counter­ staff. vailing force out, there's almost no limit to artifacts, and for the creation of Drivers Licenses: Requires states, as a con­ Native American cultural museums. what you can do ... and you can create a dition of receiving federal highway funds, to lot of havoc in people's lives." administer drug tests to all drivers arrested SR-385 for driving under the influence of alcohol, 10:00 a.m. FIGHTING THE WAR AGAINST DRUGS­ prosecute those testing positive and revoke Environment and Public Works CONGRESS' PROPOSED AMMUNITION or suspend drivers licenses for those convict­ To hold hearings on proposed legislation SELECTED PROVISIONS IN HOUSE BILS ed of drug possession. Withholds highway to declare portions of the Delaware User Accountability: Persons convicted of funds from states that do not randomly test River in the vicinity of Philadelphia to drug trafficking or two possession offenses a percentage of first-time drivers within the be non-navigable. will lose eligibility for any federal benefit- first year of being licensed. SD-406 19262 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1988 Foreign Relations in the continental United States for AUGUSTS To hold hearings on U.S. obligations to Presidential elections, S. 1786, to es­ 10:00 a.m. the United Nations and the current fi­ tablish a series of six Presidential pri­ Foreign Relations nancial situation. maries at which the public may ex­ East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommit­ SD-419 press its preference for the nomina­ tee Judiciary tion of an individual for election to the To resume hearings on U.S. policy Constitution Subcommittee office of President of the United toward Indochina. Business meeting, to mark up S. 702, S. States, and proposed legislation relat­ SD-419 797, S. 2000, bills to require the Attor­ ing to the procedure by which broad­ cast tapes of Senate proceedings will ney General to collect data and report AUGUST 10 annually on crimes motivated by be made available to the public. racial, ethnic, or religious prejudice, SR-301 9:00 a.m. and H.R. 3146, to allow the advertising 9:30 a.m. Office of Technology Assessment in interstate commerce of lotteries, Commerce, Science, and Transportation The Board, to meet on pending business gift enterprises, and similar activities Science, Technology, and Space Subcom­ matters. if the activity is legal in the State in mittee EF-100, Capitol which it is conducted. To hold hearings on proposed Commer­ 9:30 a.m. SD-226 cial Space Launch Act Amendments, Commerce, Science, and Transportation and S. 2395, to revise insurance re­ Consumer Subcommittee AUGUST2 quirements for persons licensed to pro­ To hold hearings on S. 2047, to require vide satellite launch services and to health warning labels on containers of 9:00 a.m. make other changes relating to com­ alcoholic beverages. Commerce, Science, and Transportation mercial access to space. SR-253 Communications Subcommittee SR-253 To hold hearings on S. 2044, to require 10:00 a.m. AUGUST 11 further review by the Federal Commu­ Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 9:00 a.m. nications Commission