22980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 5, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS A SYMBOL OF HOPE AND ing black satellite, "I will probably pass him in the wake of the massacre, leaders such as DETERMINATION by because I would not recognize him." Mr. Mandela decided to tum to violence. "But it is his ideas and commitment to the Mr. Mandela was a central figure in the struggle that make even us youths regard formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe-the HON. ROBERT GARCIA him as our leader," he said. Spear of the Nation-the military wing of OF NEW YORK REVOLUTION WILL SET HIM FREE the African National Congress, and he IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "Anyhow," he added, "I do not worry became its first commander. On one of his Thursday, September 5, 1985 about not knowing what Mandela looks like trips outside South Africa, he was said to right now, because the day has come closer have visited Algeria, to organize training Mr. GARCIA. Mr. Speaker, in today's where I will see him with my own eyes." bases, and to have undergone training. The New York Times, Alan Cowell discusses "If the system does not free him," he said, name of Umkhonto we Sizwe is feted, still, Nelson Mandela and his importance- to "the people's revolution will set him free. in the songs that young blacks sing at the South Mrica's black community. Mr. Man And that day is not far away." gravesides of slain township activists. dela is unyielding with his faith in his Mr. Mandela is seen as an inspiration In August 1962 the authorities caught up whose physical presence means less than his with Mr. Mandela and, after the leadership people and his cause. Mr. Mandela brings a of Umkhonto we Sizwe was rounded up, put sense of dignity and incredible strength to message and example. "He is the symbol of our struggle," said him on trial for sabotage. His final address the struggle of South Mrica's majority Mzwakhe Kubheka, 19, a high school stu to the court that jailed him for life is community to free itself from the bonds of dent. "To me he is like Jesus Christ." burned into the soul of black resistance. apartheid. "How many people would rather stay in "There comes a time, as it came in my I hope my colleagues find Mr. Cowell's jail than be free at the cost of their integri life," he said, "when a man is denied the article as inspiring as I did. ty," he said. right to live a normal life, when he can only NELSON MANDELA "For the struggle to go on," he said, "we live the life of an outlaw because the Gov do not need Mandela to be around. We, the ernment has so decreed to use the law to e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member of the Senate on the floor. Boldface type indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. September 5, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22981 orous and healthy, with a calm, confident all political prisoners and allows the exiles point in the lives of many in the Wyoming manner and dignified bearing that seemed to return, then Nelson and other A.N.C. Valley. incongruous in our prison surroundings." leaders would be prepared to sit down and "Indeed, throughout our meeting, I felt talk." Mr. Speaker, it is impossible to tell with that I was in the presence not of a guerrilla What inspires the myth of Mr. Mandela certainty how many lives will be saved by fighter or racial ideologue, but of a head of seems to be his refusal to comprOinise. this program. But if the OK Heart project state," Mr. Dash wrote. "All his life has been dedicated to the saves just one life, or adds a single year of Mr. Mandela, he said, lived in a cell meas struggle," Mr. Qoboza said, "and I bet that health and happiness, then the hard work uring 25 by 40 feet, with access to the roof the first thing he would do if he was re and perseverence that went into this pro of the building. leased would be to org~e a rally in gram has served its purpose. President P. W. Botha has sought to Soweto and re-dedicate himself to the strug depict the African National Congress, and gle." Mr. Mandela, as Communists. The Congress In his interview with Lord Bethell, Mr. IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL has long entertained an alliance with the Mandela said much the same thing: "If I AGRICULTURE COMMISSION South African Communist Party, but Mr. was released, I would never obey any restric Tambo, its exiled leader, has denied that it tion. If they confined me, for instance, to is steered by Moscow. the Cape area, I would break the order and HON. RICHARD RAY walk to my home in Soweto to be with my OF GEORGIA I AM A SOCIALIST wife and daughter." In his interview with Lord Bethell, Mr. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mandela was quoted as saying: "Personally, Thursday, September 5, 1985 I am a Socialist and I believe in a classless SPECIAL PROGRAM GOES TO society. But I see no reason to belong to any THE HEART OF DISEASE PRE Mr. RAY. Mr. Speaker, the House Agri political party at the moment." VENTION culture Committee recently adopted the Mr. Mandela confronts the authorities Glickman amendment as part of the 1985 with a dilemma, one they have sought to re HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI farm bill. This amendment would establish solve for almost a year in a kind of negotia a National Commission on Agricultural tion conducted through newspapers and OF PENNSYLVANIA Policy to review and examine the current public statements. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES If he were to accept the authorities' terms farm situation in this country and make for his release-that he renounce violence Thursday, September 5, 1985 recommendations for consistent, long-term then he would be discredited and thus neu Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I am farm policy. The Commission would be pat tralized But, if he stays in prison, the au pleased to bring to your attention a recent terned after a working group which Gover thorities seem to acknowledge, his aura will ly completed program in the 11th District nor Carlin established in Kansas. grow, as will his stature as a rallying point of Pennsylvania to help combat our Na This is an idea which I have advocated for black resistance. many times in speeches before this House. Last December, he was offered freedom if tion's No. 1 killer-heart disease. Pennsyl he went to live in the so-called homeland vania's Wyoming Valley has a 3.7-percent In fact, I introduced House Concurrent called the Transkei. He rejected the offer. higher death rate than the national aver Resolution 131 urging that a National Agri The offer was not publicized, but, in Janu age, so this program was of special interest cultural Commission be established, and 91 ary, after Lord Bethell saw Mr. Mandela, to our area. of my colleagues have joined me in cospon the autho.i.ities publicly offered to release During an 8-week intervention period, soring this resolution. him if he gave them an undertaking that he the OK Heart Program distributed almost I am genuinely concerned that American would renounce violence as a means of 100,000 publications and brochures as part agriculture as we know it is rapidly dete achieving political goals. That offer, too, of a massive education program to let riorating and the vigorov.s farm economy was spurned. that we once enjoyed is disappearing. To His reply, in the strange dialogue between people know how to avoid heart disease captor and captive, was transmitted by his through changes in diet and exercize, and handle this growing crisis, I believe that a daughter at a rally in Soweto. "My father what to do in case of a heart attack. united effort is needed. Agricultural experts says I cannot and will not give any under The tll'8t phase of this program was a sci from around the country should be called taking at a time when I, and you the people, entific survey of almost 22,000 area resi together to address the long-range concerns are not free," she said. "Your freedom and dents, which revealed that almost half of of the American agricultural industry. mine cannot be separated." the survey group was at a high or medium Therefore, Mr. Speaker, I support this WIFE IS UNDER RESTRICTIONS risk of heart disease. The highest-risk proposal for a National Agriculture Com Mr. Mandela's messages are often trans group, representing 707 individuals, re mission and urge my colleagues to support mitted by family members who see him in ceived by mail a special confidential advi it, too. prison. His wife, Winnie, is a "banned" sory from Dr. Edward B. Diethrich, medl· person in South Africa, banished to a cal director of the Arizona Heart Institute remote corner of the Orange Free State, and Dr. Patrick DeGennero of the Luzerne COMMON SENSE FROM A forbidden from being quoted in the South COUNTRY BANKER African press. County Medical Society, encouraging these Their relationship is seen by many blacks high-risk patients to see their physicians as a symbol of resistance since both, in their for further evaluation. Almost a thousand HON. RON MARLENEE different ways, are damaged by white au residents also took part in a special clinical OF MONTANA thority, but both refuse to be cowed. screening program, to help identify individ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES From the authorities' viewpoint, Mr. Man uals with heart-disease, or a high-risk of dela's incarceration presents special prob developing heart disease. Thursday, September 5, 1985 lems. While visitors say he is in vigorous This project was funded and supported Mr. MARLENEE. Mr. Speaker, the farm health, his death in prison would cause a by 490 community groups and organiza income crisis has caused a farm credit massive black outcry. To release him might, officials said, strip him of some glamour. tions who contributed products, services, or crisis, and despite the recent lack of na But to release him without conditions might money. Many participated in test distribu tional media attention, neither the farm be seen by whites as a sign of weakness and, tion, and other support services, while 26 income nor the farm credit crisis have dis moreover, might result in the unleashing of groups made contributions of over appeared. unpredictable forces. $440,000. In fact, the problems surrounding agri In the latest statement that he has trans The tremendous outpouring of assistance culture are as serious and tragic as ever mitted through Mrs. Mandela, Mr. Mandela and cooperation that marked the OK Heart before. Never have American agriculture has said the only thing left to the Afrikaner project shows how the people of the 11th producers faced such a challenge as they white elite is to discuss a handing over of power to the black majority. But he seems District come together to care for each do now. to have left open the door to negotiation. others' needs. As Dr. Diethrich pointed out The same problems pose threats to the "If the Government abandons apartheid," in a recent newspaper article on the sub farm credit system. I offer to my colleagues Mrs. Mandela said after visiting her hus ject, this is a great point in the history of the following article by a banker from band, "lifts the ban on the A.N.C., releases our community, and a valuable turning Scobey, MT. He sheds some light on certain 22982 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 5, 1985 farm credit aspects, and shatters other the nation, as many young people are no will eventually get a decent price for their farm credit myths. longer staying on the farms . . . product. Reprinted here is part one of the article. And in years of prolonged drought, the These are the people who are going to pay "independent" farmer finds his family gone, income taxes, personal property taxes, real The rest of the story will be reprinted next his equity gone, his bank closed, and the estate taxes ... who are going to keep the week, as the House Agriculture Committee folks he has been feeding have turned their hospitals, schools, and main streets of our settles its conflicts on the 1985 farm bill. backs, so that now for him, "independence" rural towns open. For the edification of my colleagues, here means "alone". is part one of "A Country Banker Tells I go back to one of my previous questions How It Is." and one of our problems in today's agricul LAURENZO'S ITALIAN CENTER: ture. What will happen to the food on the NORTH DADE INSTITUTION A COUNTRY BANKER TELLs How IT Is industrial worker's table when the American During the recent ag task force of Con farmer and rancher go broke? gressman Marlenee and federal agency loan It is easy to criticize, but if we were not HON. WIWAM LEHMAN heads, John Witte, a country banker, took suffering this prolonged drought I wouldn't OF FLORIDA time out from his daily affairs to travel be here ... but what is the Answer? IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES around with the group, attending the meet The PCA'S have played an important part Thursday, September 5, 1985 ings, to get perspective on the agricultural in the agricultural economy. They have problems around Montana. been good honest competitors, good lenders, Mr. LEHMAN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, at The following also is his prepared message and as far as I am concerned, they've done a time when most Americans do business to them, collectively. It should be of consid an admirable job. The PCA borrowers now almost daily with big, impersonal multina erable interest to readers in this area as well are coming to us. tional corporations, family-run business is as elsewhere: Good ag lending executives are hard to alive and well in north Dade County. The I have been in agricultural banking for 35 find and develop and in today's world I years, and at the present time I am presi think that anybody who wants to get into it best example is the Laurenzo family and dent and Chief Executive Officer of the should see a psychiatrist. Laurenzo's Italian Center in North Miami Citizens State Bank in Scobey and the Trad We have dedicated people in the banks Beach. ers State Bank in Poplar. and PCA'S, and I think we know agricultur Before I was elected to Congress, our Last year the current governor of this al lending, but we need some help. family automobile dealership was right great state declared quite a few of the coun Let me review for you my experience over next door to the Laurenzo family grocery ties as fire hazard counties, but took Daniels the past 25 years with the FmHA. and restaurant. We sold many cars to cus and Roosevelt County off his list because It was not created, as often referred to, as tomers over a cappuccino at Laurenzo's. you couldn't start a fire with a flame throw the lender of last resort and the bail out for er. What the drought didn't get, the hop the banks and PCA'S. Since that time, the Laurenzo family busi pers did. It was created to help the young begin ness expanded and grew. Typically, they I charged off more loans last year than I ning farmer, and the struggling farmer who shared their success with the entire com have in the whole 25 previous years in man needed more close supervision and help, and munity. agement and ownership. lower interest rates than the country banks Laurenzo's means smiles, good will and, Our cattle numbers are now down to and PCA's could afford to give. to me and my family, a long-time friend about 10 percent of normal, and those num In three specific instances in my lifetime, ship. Not many can combine joy with eco bers will shrink more by this fall. The cow in visiting with the FHA supervisor, I told nomic success, but the Laurenzos have man will sell his cattle on a depressed him about some of my problems. We re market. I think the average yield on wheat viewed the loans and he took the loans over. done it. The Miami Herald recently ran an will be about 10 bushels per acre over the Two or three years later after his close su article on this remarkable family, and I past seven years, compared to 25-30 bushels pervision he came back and said "John, would like to share it with my colleagues. in a year of normal rainfall. they're too good for me, take them back". I To my friends, the Laurenzos, "Buona Our farmers are selling the little they did, and twenty years later, I still have Fortuna" and congratulations for a job have for less than they did forty years ago them. well done. not even taking into account the additional The FHA got involved in low interest ravages of inflation. housing, when we already had the Federal A FEAST OF FOOD AND FRIENDSHIP In that same period, the price of diesel Housing Administration and Veterans Ad 51-059 0-86-6 (Pt. 17) 22994 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 5, 1985 [From the New York Times, Aug. 27, 19851 The spokesman said that "we have been in neighborhood programs that enhance the UNITED STATE AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR TuNISIA close diplomatic contact with the Tunisi area's safety, stability, and quality of life. AS TENSIONS ON LIBYAN BORDER RISE sans, as always, an odd friend and ally." The men and women of this organization The United States has no formal security
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