December 6, 1977 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 38605 Lt. Comdr. Gerald W. Ross, MC, USNR. Executive nominations received by the For a term of 2 years: Lt. Comdr. Judy E. Schwartz, MC, USNR. Senate before the convening of the Sen­ Mamie P. Clark, of New York. Lt. Comdr. Charles S. Settle, MC, USNR. Benjamin W. Hazard, of California. ate on December 6, 1977, pursuant to Nancy Negley, of Texas. Lt. Comdr. James C. Syverud, MC, USNR. the order of the Senate of November 29, Lt. Comdr. Felix R. Tormes, MC, USNR. For a term of 3 years: The following-named (Naval Reserve offi- 1977: Gary K. Clarke, of .Kansas. cer) to be appointeq a permanent Lieuten­ DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE George Horse Capture, of Montana. ant Commander in the Dental Corps of the Carlon M. O'Malley, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Charlotte Ferst, of Georgia. U.S. Navy, subject to the qualifications to be U.S. attorney for the middle district of For a term of 4 years: therefor as provided by law: Pennsylvania for the term of 4 years, vice S. Lewis Davis, of New York. Raul A. Lopez, of California. Lt. Comdr. Ronald B. Schatz, DC, USNR. John Cottone. Mack Burton, of Arkansas, to be U.S. mar­ E. Leland Webber, of Illinois. The following named Chief Warrant Officer shal for the western district of Arkansas for For a term of 5 years: to be appointed a permanent Chief Warrant the term .of 4 years, vice Lee R. Owen. Lloyd Hezekiah, of New York. Officer, W-2, in the U.S. Navy, subject to the Coy W. Rogers, of Oklahoma, to be U.S. Peter H. Raven, of Missouri. qualifications therefor as provided by law: marshal for the western district of Oklahoma George c. Seybolt, of Massachusetts. CW0-2 Robert L. Kennedy, USNR. for the term of 4 years, vice Floyd E. Carrier, NATIONAL SciENCE FOUNDATION The following-named (Naval Reserve offi­ term expired. James Arthur Krumhansl, of New York, to cers) to be appointed temporary captains in be an Assistant Director of the National Sci­ the Medical Corps of the U.S. Navy subject to ence Foundation. the qualifications therefor as provided by CONFIRMATIONS DEPARTMENT OF EN'ERGY law: John M. Deutch, of Massachusetts, to be Capt. Frank R. Arko, MC, USNR. Executive nominations confirmed by Director of the Office of Energy Research. Capt. John C. Fulmer, MC, USNR. the Senate December 6, 1977: Capt. Richard H. Re.he, MC, USNR. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL MUSEUM SERVICES BOARD Walter N. Heine, of :pennsylvania, to be The following-named (Naval Reserve offi­ The following-named persons to be mem­ Director of the Office of Surface Mining cers) to be appointed temporary commanders bers of the Nationa~ Museum Services Board Reclamation and Enforcement. in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Navy, sub­ for the terms indicated: The above nominations were approved ject to the qualifications therefor as pro­ For a term of 1 year: subject to the nominees' commitments tore­ vided by law: Douglas Dillon, of New York. spond to requests to appear and testify before Cdr George W. Gregory, III, MC, USNR. Neil Harris, of Illinois. any duly constituted comm~ttee of the Sen­ Cdr Kenneth G. Gross, MC, USNR. Joan Mondale, of Minnesota. ate. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT CORPS of the Brazilian States of Minas Gerais, a since his retirement from the Missouri Credit State as large as France, on establishing Union League in December 1971. artificial insemination cooperatives for Retirement--it is a word that conjures up HON. THOMAS F. EAGLETON both milk and beef producers: such gentle images as the creak of a rocking OF MISSOURI chair on a front porch swept with a summer Earl W. Grigg of Sunrise Beach, Mo., breeze, or at least nothing more strenuous IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES a former Farmland Industries construc­ than the idea of puttering in a garden. Re­ Tuesday, December 6, 1977 tion supervisor, who helped members of tirement is a time of peace and quiet, the a honey marketing co-op in Belize erect reward after a lifetime of bustle and pressure. Mr. EAGLETON. Mr. President, I call a steel building to house their processing Barker eschews that quiet image because your attention to the work of one of my equipment; and he prefers the bustle of life. His present life­ constituents who has three times volun­ A. H. Stephenson of Tuscumbia, Mo., style would be full for a man half his age, teered his skills and experience to ad­ but the seventy-year-old finds it satisfying former executive vice presiden~ of Farm­ and rewarding. His most gratifying experi­ vance self-help economic development land Industries, who advised Indonesia's overseas. I ask that the article, "Bud ences these past six years have been his director general of cooperatives on fer­ missions for the Volunteer Development Barker: International Volunteer," by Corps (VDC). Nancy C. Kaprelian, which appeared in tilizer distribution. The contributions of these Missourians In the months before his retirement from the September 1977 issue of the Missouri the Missouri League after four years as Courier, the monthly publication of and other VDC volunteers to economic assistant managing director and virtually Missouri Credit Union League, be printed development overseas is impressive. As after a lifetime of credit union work, he in the RECORD immediately following my Ms. Kaprelian says in her article, the co­ contemplated what he was going to do with statement. ops that sponsor VDC "want to make cer­ his retirement. He noticed a small article in tain that the cooperative technique of a credit union publication about the VDC. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without He felt that he would have the time now to objection, it is so ordered. economic organization is used and used effectively." devote to such volunteer work, so he wrote <See exhibit 1.) the organization for some descriptive litera­ Mr. EAGLETON. Bernard C. Barker of U.S. co-ops provide some of VDC's ture. In its answer, the VDC suggested that Washington, Mo., former assistant man­ funds. Most of its money comes from the he write Credit Union National Association aging director of the league, has com­ Agency for International Development as (CUNA), which happened to be one of the pleted three Volunteer Development grants. Its most important resource, how­ sponsoring organizations of VDC. Barker Corps assignments. The first was in Peru, ever, is not money but the volunteered didn't write CUNA and let the matter drop, where he developed an information skills and experience of highly qualified or so he thought. gathering system for credit co-ops. The men and women. Ms. Kaprelian's article But in November 1971, right before the has caught not only the spirit of VDC League's annual meeting, he received a call second was in El Salvador, where Mr. from the VDC to see if he could go to Peru on Barker helped establish lending and re­ and its volunteers but the spirit that lies a volunteer mission. They wanted Barker to payment procedures for a group of small at the heart of America's foreign· aid leave immediately, the next day if possible. agricultural credit co-ops. His third as­ program. With special permission from the Leaguf: signment was in Thailand, where he or­ EXHIBIT 1 board of directors and after quick orienta­ ganized a training program for credit BUD BARKER; INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER tions at the state department, CUNA's Wash­ co-op :fieldmen throughout the country. (By Nancy C. Kaprelian) ington office, and the Confederation of Latll\ Mr. Barker is only one of several Mis­ As the car came to the river's edge in American Credit Unions (COLAC) offices 1r. Thailand, the driver informed Bud Barker Panama, Barker and his wife Eloise found sourians who have reported to me on themselves in Lima, Peru. They arrived in their work as they have returned from that the credit union meeting was on the island in the middle of the river and that December and stayed for approxim&.tely VDC assignments overseas. I recall the only means of getting to that island was three months. His job was to develop a sta­ others including- by boat. Barker took the situation in stride tistical department for the Federacion Nn­ Dr. Harry A. Herman, former execu­ and calmly stepped into the boat, to be cional de Cooperativas de Credito del Peru, tive director of American Association of steered to the island. This was just another Peru's equivalent of a credit union league, Animal Breeders, Columbia, Mo., who ad­ episode in a long line of international ad­ and to train someone to manage that vised the superintendent of cooperatives ventures and experiences in Barker's life department. 38606 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS December 6, 1977 It was a typical job for the VDC, a pri­ assigned him to a job in New Guinea to con­ $350,000. The currency exchange is 20 bahts vate, non-profit organization which had duct seminars for credit union leaders from to one dollar. been established seven years ago by a group all parts of that country, but primarily from In his report, Barker felt that the future of six U.S. cooperatives to provide short-term the back country. However, the assignment development of Thai credit unions presented technical assistance to other cooperatives in did not pan out because Australia did not possibilities. He believed that credit unions developing countries. According to David pick up the tab as had been expected, . and could offer unlimited assistance to the Angevine, VDC president, these sponsoring New Guinea C.id not have the finances.