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COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PRACTICES TRANSCRIPT FROM 20/20 PROGRAM, MAY 5, ing that we're not going to speak out. Well, DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ASIAN 1989 we've proven them wrong. AMERICANS Hugh Downs, co-host: Sherr: For the past five years, Henry Der, For many high school seniors, the month executive director of the Asian-American of May is a month of misery. They're waiting Task Force, based in San Francisco, has HON. DANA ROHRABACHER to hear if the college of their choice has a waged an all-out war at Berkeley. Asians OF CALIFORNIA place for them next September. Well, con­ now make up twenty-six percent of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ventional wisdom is that the best students Berkeley student body, and in recent years, with the best grades have the best shot at many have turned in breathtaking academic Monday, October 21, 1991 getting in, but a growing number of Asian­ records. But some Asian students think their Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, the Jan­ American students say that for them, dif­ achievements have made them a threat. Lis­ uary 1989 Yale Law Journal carried an article ferent rules apply, that while as a group, ten to what happened to one Berkeley senior entitled "Assuring Equal Access of Asian­ they are excelling academically, they're also when she ran for campus office. Americans to Highly Selective Universities" by as a group, victims; victims of racism and a Unidentified Asian Student #1: I found one of my flyers marked and defaced. And one of an Asian-American woman, Grace W. Tsaung resentment of their scholastic success. Lynn Sherr investigated to see if they have a case. my issues was Asian missions, and someone who was a graduate of Brown University and Lynn Sherr reporting: actually crossed it out and said, "Go home, was in 1989 a student at Yale Law School. Brown University in Providence, Rhode Is­ there's too many of you here already." She presented information that Harvard, land; one of the most prestigious Ivy League Sherr: The problem began in the early Brown, and Stanford Universities had a lower colleges in the country. It is also one of the 1980's, when the number of applications from admit rate for Asian-American applicants sug­ toughest to get into. But some of those who students of all races to selected universities gesting an upper limit quota. have worked hard to make it, say they are nationwide, soared. At the same time, In a May 5, 1990 20/20 ABC-TV program victims of their own success; they say excel­ thanks largely to liberalized immigration segment on discrimination against Asian­ ling academically has created resentment, laws, Asian-Americans also began to apply in and that now they are not being treated fair­ far greater numbers than before, but at some American college applicants the new Dean of ly. They are a growing minority delivering a of the schools, there was no rise in the nwn­ Admissions at Brown virtually admitted that in modern protest: Asian-Americans, two per­ ber of Asians admitted. All the universities the past Brown had an upper limit quota cent of the U.S. population, 8.6 percent of the deny the existence of Asian quotas, but against Asian-American applicants. Brown student body; the highest proportion Grace Tsuang, a Brown graduate whose now The same program interviewed Grace ever, but they say that's not enough, and studying law, recently published a study of Tsaung and Vat Pang Au of San Jose, CA a that discrimination by officials is reflected admissions policies as they pertain to Asian­ high school student who had an outstanding in the atmosphere on campus. Americans at a number of major univer­ academic and extra-curricular record but was Kelly Kim (Student): You know, I walk sities. around, and I hear comments like, the eleva­ Grace Tsuang (Student): Over the last ten not admitted to the University of California at tor being the Orient Express. I'm walking­ years, what we're seeing is dramatic in­ Berkeley. He told 20/20 he felt he had been I'm walking around with a bunch of my creases. In fact, at Brown, from 1978 to 1986, suffered racial discrimination. After the 20/20 Asian friends, and I hear a crack, 'Oh, there there was a four hundred and thirty percent program a cover story in the Los Angeles goes the yellow peril,' you know, to me, increase in the number of Asian-Americans Times Magazine and a national AP. wire serv­ that's very overt racism. applying, yet at the same time (and this ice story lo and behold he was admitted 2 Sherr: Herald Chen of Butler, Pennsylva­ trend is true also, for Harvard and Stanford), years after his initial application. nia, thinks his race may have been a strike the number of Asian-Americans admitted re­ I commend the following excerpt from Grace against him from the moment he applied to mains fairly constant, even though this is an college. A straight-A student who scored 1350 extremely highly-qualified pool applying. Tsaung's Yale Law Journal article, the tran­ on his SAT's, way above average, Herald told And so, what we are suggesting is that there script of the 20/20 program and the A.P. story us he was turned down by Harvard last year. is some type of upper limit ceiling on the on Vat Pang Au to my colleagues: Herald Chen (Student): As I filled out the number of Asian-Americans admitted to [From the Yale Law Journal, January 1989) application, there was one section where you these highly selective universities. EQUAL ACCESS OF ASIAN AMERICANS can mark a box if you're Asian or any other Sherr: At Brown, Eric Widmar, current Admissions programs at many institutions minority group, and I did ask myself, and I dean of administration, agrees, there were granted preferences to racial minorities in also asked my parents, 'Oh, do you think times when too few were admitted, but he the selection process, which frequently re­ that I should mark this box?' But I was won­ says Asian-Americans can't expect their sulted in high admit rates for minority dering, would my changes be better getting numbers to escalate continually. groups compared to Caucasians Statistics into Harvard if I wasn't an Asian student? Eric Widmar (Dean of Admission, Brown from the Brown Admissions Office reflected Sherr: This is Chinatown in the heart of University): Ten years ago, we had relatively downtown San Francisco, the city with the few Asian-American applicants to the uni­ such patterns. Beginning with the Class of largest concentration of Asian-Americans in 1985, however, Asian Americans were admit­ versity. We wanted to have more. We accept­ the continental United States. Some of the ed, as you said, practically half, in the class ted at a lower rate than Caucasians, and the youngsters here are immigrants, some were disparity continued until the Class of 1987, of, I think, 1982. Now, we have fifteen hun­ born in the U.S.A., but they all want their dred or more every year; we can't accept half when only 14% of Asian applicants, compared share of the American dream, and for many, to 19% of Caucasian applicants, were accept­ of that number. that means access to the prestigious campus Sherr: This year, Brown anticipates up to ed for admissions. Although the number of of the University of California at Berkeley, Asian applicants continued to escalate, the thirteen thousand applicants. There is room just North of here. But in recent years, for only thirteen hundred freshmen. So, like number of Asian candidates accepted re­ Berkeley, like a number of other universities mained fairly constant, suggesting the exist­ other schools experiencing the same surge of around the country, has been accused of lim­ interest, Brown is looking at more than just ence of an upper limit quota. Similar dis­ iting the number of Asian-Americans it ac­ parities in admit rates occurred at Harvard academic qualifications to balance their 1 cepts as students. Now, Asian-America s are campus. Among the subjective criteria: race, and Stanford, suggesting a trend at the na­ fighting back. tion's highly selective institutions. gender, geography, sports and leadership Henry Der (Asian-American Task Force): skills. They may not have in their mind, "I hate Widmar: What Asian-Americans have to 1 Between 1982 and 1985, "Asian-American appli­ Asians, and therefore, I don't want them in,'' understand, and what their parents have to cants to Stanford had adrniBBion rates ranging be­ but they do take advantage of Asians, think- tween 66 percent and 70 percent o! adrniBBion rates understand, is that every college in this !or whites "STANFORD UNIVERSITY, 1985-86 ANNUAL country, so far as I'm aware, has to pay at­ REPORT OF THE COMMI'M'EE ON UNDERGRADUATE AD­ The Stanford University Campus Report, Nov. 12, tention to enrolling a variety of different MISSIONS AND FINANCIAL AIDS 5 (1986), reprinted in 1986, at 14, col. 2 [hereinafter CUAFA REPORT) kinds of people, and they reserve the right to

•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. October 21, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 26911 describe, as long as it's not discriminatory, but they felt his extra-curriculars would lot of evidence out there that would indicate what those different categories of people are. have made up the difference, yet they re­ that perhaps that could be the case. We don't Sherr: Brown and Harvard, like other pri­ ceived no evidence from Berkeley that his want to prejudge that. Obviously, we're tak­ vate institutions around the country, do in­ outside activities were taken into account. ing a look at two institutions now, and we deed have the right to select and shape their Der: We believe that the university had an will take a look at additional institutions, if own student bodies, as long as they're not obligation to make clear what their subjec­ we feel that is necessary to get a complete violating any civil rights. But in California, tive criteria what-were, at that point in picture. the branches of the vast state university sys­ time. Instead though, they hold all their Sherr: So, for UCLA and Harvard, the com­ tem have less leeway. State laws says they cards close to the vest. Behind closed doors, plaints are now in the hands of the federal must find places for the top one-eighth of all they make these decisions, and these poor government. California high school graduates. students really don't know why they're being Unidentified Asian Student #4: Am I to be­ UCLA and the University of California at rejected. lieve that I am insignificant? Berkeley are the two most prestigious and Sherr: Some Berkeley students say the Sherr: At Brown, where an internal inves­ highly sought after campuses in the state issue has increased tension and helped pro­ tigation has brought some changes, critics system; so popular, that there is room for mote racial stereotypes. say they will wait to see if admissions con­ only about one out of every seven students Unidentified Asian Student #2: You get tinue to improve. who sends in one of these applications. The this cover of Time, that says, 'Whiz Kid Hon­ Asian Student #4: ... because I am an ored,' and-and people think that all of sud­ American. competition has gotten so fierce, that each Sherr: But the situation at the University year Berkeley turns away two thousand stu­ den they're like a supernatural, you know, group of-group of students. of California at Berkeley remains unre­ dents with straight-A averages. So, they solved. have come to rely increasingly on non-aca­ Sherr: Are you? Asian Student #2: No. I think we're real­ Frazier: I won't say we didn't make some demic criteria to help choose a mixed stu­ mistakes, we're not perfect, but we're trying dent body. But critics say those subjective ly-you know, you have-you have smart Asians; you have dumb Asians, just like­ to do the best we can with a very com­ criteria were adopted exactly when the plicated problem. Asian-American applications peaked, and just like every other racial group, right? Unidentified Asian Student #3: People see Der: That know that the heat is on them, that it's never been clear when or how much and that they cannot unilaterally make deci­ they count, and that, say Grace Tsuang and you hanging around a lot of Asian-Ameri­ cans, and they think, you know, you 're ban­ sions that will have an adverse impact on others, recalls a time when those ratings Asian applicants. It's just not fair. were used to impose quotas. ning together, and it's a conspiracy. And then, if you-if you hang around with only­ Sherr: And Barbara, there is already some Tsuang: Personal ratings were initially news. Remember Yat Pang Au, the young adopted in the 1920's to exclude and limit the if you're seen hanging around with only, you know, your non-Asian friends, then people­ man we showed you in the piece. . . number of Jewish students admitted to high­ Barbara Walters (Co-host): Sure. ly selective universities. They have re­ you 're often accused of being called a ba­ Sherr: . . . who did not get into Berkeley? mained to be standardless, formless and nana, or somebody, you know, trying-yel­ He has now been accepted on his contentless, so that universities can have low on the outside, white on the inside; all reapplication. So, he is going to Berkeley. greater play in how they shape the class. that. Walters: OK. Well, that's good news, but Sherr: Yat Pang Au believes that such sub­ Sherr: Some Asians believe that those what about the others? I mean, there is this jective criteria kept him out of the school of same racial biases are held by some admis­ problem of how do you have a mixed popu­ his dreams. A straight-A student from San sions officials, and they point to internal lation in the school, when so many Asian­ Jose, California, he applied to Berkeley in memos dating back to the early 80's as proof. Americans are worthy? In this 1984 memo, a UCLA director of ad­ Sherr: And Berkeley has admitted, in fact, 1987, and was rejected. missions said the campus "will endeavor to Yat Pang Au (Student): It was really dis­ that it's a problem. They've admitted that appointing to have worked so hard (I worked curb the decline of Caucasian students." I there were some policies in place that did af­ four hard years in high school) doing your asked William Frazier, the university offi­ fect Asian-American applications negatively. cial, about the memo. So, they know what's been going on. Henry best, and doing what you think was the right Frazier: That again, is a period in which way to get into the college that you wanted Der says they're going to keep the pressure the university is starting to face a tremen­ on; they're not walking away from this to, and all of a sudden, that one-where you dous increase in the number of ones that tear open that letter and you see, 'I regret to issue, and the Education Department has come here. Every campus is struggling with told us they may investigate more schools; inform you .. .'and that's it. ways to deal with that. There were all sorts Sherr: Yat Pang knew how important extra so it goes on. of memos written, thinking, 'How should we Walters: Well, we've seen the beginning of curricular activities were in the selection do this? What criteria should we use?' process, so he worked hard to qualify. He it; we certainly haven't heard the end of it. Sherr: That memo went on to say there Sherr: Oh, no. graduated first in his class and won seven would be rising concern from Asian-Ameri­ scholarships. Eager to round out his resume, cans, as their numbers decline. It sure [From the Sacramento Bee, Nov. 13, 1989) he also got letters in cross-country and sounds like it was intended to be discrimina­ track, ran a business, and was elected to the NEW COURSE-UC BERKELEY CHANGE AIDS tion against Asian-Americans. ASIAN-AMERICANS school supreme court: The list goes on. But Frazier: I can't account for every memo Berkeley's College of Engineering and Com­ written in the university. What I can ac­ (By Tamara Henry) puter Science, one of the most demanding, count for is what goes into policy and into WASHINGTON.-Yat-pang Au enrolled at the turned him down. practice. University of California, Berkeley, this se­ Sherr: Do you think you were discrimi­ Sherr: Did that every go into policy?· mester after a two-year battle a~ainst a nated against because of your race? Frazier: No. No. school admissions policy that he said dis­ Yat Pang: I think that has some very­ Sherr: How do you feel about the intent of criminated against Asian-Americans. that's a very important factor to take into it? His case has drawn new attention to af­ account. Frazier: I'm sorry, it's not my memo, and firmative action programs designed to help Sherr: William Frazer, senior vice presi­ I haven't talked to the person about the in­ minorities enter top colleges and univer­ dent of the University of California System, tent of it. sities-because in some cases they have ham­ is responsible for admissions policy on all Sherr: You're the guy in charge of admis­ pered rather than helped Asian-Americans, eight campuses. sions and admissions policy. who scholastically outperform the general Why was Yat Pang rejected from Berkeley? Frazier: If I had to say, 'Please don't write population. William Frazer (Vice President, University any memos that you don't want discussed on Au graduated at the top of his high school of California system): As I understand it, he "20/20," I'd never get any new ideas around class and received awards for 10 extra­ applied to a program which is one of the here. curricular activities. But his initial applica­ most competitive in the system: There are Sherr: The UCLA memo and the admis­ tion to Berkeley was rejected two years ago, two hundred applications and only thirty sions policies, and the declining Asian admit his father said, because of an affirmative ac­ places, and a lot of excellent were-were rates, have now become the subject of federal tion policy that put a 40 percent limit on ad­ turned away. His scores were just not quite scrutiny. The U.S. Department of Education missions based strictly on grades and test high enough. is investigating both UCLA and Harvard. scores. Sherr: Yat Pang's parents have filed a While neither school would comment pend­ In a single year, the proportion of Asian­ complaint with the Justice Department, be­ ing the outcome of the investigation, an Americans accepted as freshmen at Berkeley cause they were not satisfied with the expla­ agency spokesman told us, there seems to be dropped from 24 percent to 21 percent amid nation given them. They understood that support for the allegations of racial quotas. cries of racism. among the elite applicants, their son's daz­ Mahlon Anderson (United States Depart­ "I fight this not because it's my son, but zling academic ratings were only marginal, ment of Education): There appears to be a for Asian people as a whole,'' said Au's fa- 26912 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 21, 1991 ther, Sik-kee Au, a businessman in San Jose, ANTONIA GARY: MINORITY BUSI­ "I grew up in Richmond Heights and I am Calif. "One of the most important things in NESS ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR a true Miamian, and here is where things life for us is an education." have always been good to me, and I hope it The university has since revised its admis­ will continue," she said. sions policy, and the younger Au enrolled HON. WIWAM LEHMAN there as a transfer student this semester as OF FLORIDA a junior. His younger brother Yat-hon was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES admitted as a freshman. Monday, October 21, 1991 TRIBUTE TO STEVE AVERY University officials say the new admissions policy maintains high academic standards Mr. LEHMAN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I while reflecting the state's diverse popu­ would like to congratulate Antonia Gary on her HON. WIWAM D. FORD recent designation as Minority Business Advo­ lation, helping blacks, Hispanics and other OF MICHIGAN low-achieving groups. It has placated the cate of the Year by the Miami/Fort Lauderdale once-angry Asian-American community, but Minority Business Development Center. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Long I would like to sh~re with my colleagues an Monday, October 21, 1991 Beach, wants more. article from the Miami Times which details An­ Rohrabacher is sponsoring a resolution tonia Gary's distinctive accomplishments. As Mr. FORD. Mr. Speaker, last Wednesday that would put Congress on record as oppos­ night, baseball fans everywhere were treated ing quotas that appear to discriminate the list of achievements will attest, she is com­ mitted to the development of minority-owned to a very special performance by a young left­ against Asian-Americans. hander from my hometown, Taylor, Ml. Steve "I believe that the issue here is not affirm­ businesses and to numerous other public ative action but one of equal opportunity for service activities. Antonia is definitely an asset Avery, a 1988 graduate of Kennedy High all students," said Rohrabacher in a recent to our community and to her family. School, threw 8 innings of shutout baseball letter to the Asian Pacific Americans in TONI GARY SELECTED AS YEAR'S TOP that, when combined with his previous outing, Higher Education. ADVOCATE FOR MINORITY ISSl' ES set a championship series record for a pitcher University officials said the proposed reso­ (By Lisa Jacques) of 16113 scoreless innings. More importantly, it lution may hamper efforts by colleges and Hard work, determination and lots of sup­ helped his team, the Atlanta Braves, force a universities to enroll more minorities. port from family and the community is a decisive seventh game at Pittsburgh's Three "It would appear that Mr. Rohrabacher is great combination to a successful car·eer. Rivers Stadium. using this resolution as a way to get at af­ Just ask Antonia Gary. firmative action, which we obviously would They are some of the attributes that led to Although only 21, Avery pitched Wednesday totally disagree with," said John Cummins, her being selected the Minority Business Ad­ night like a seasoned veteran. He had said in assistant chancellor for public affairs. vocate of the Year by the Miami/Ft. Lauder­ an interview earlier in the week that he was Most colleges and universities across the dale Minority Business Development Center. most nervous on the bench, not on the nation are seeking ways to increase minority "I've been really lucky. Now I have to mound. It was only on the mound that Steve enrollment to prepare for demographic pro­ work even harder to live up to the title," knew he was in complete control. To say that jections that minorities collectively will be­ said Gary. he had control, however, should be an under­ come the majority by the year 2000. She is the associate dean and executive di­ The Chronicle of Higher Education said rector of Miami-Dade Community College's statement. In 8 innings, No. 33 allowed just 3 that in 1986, colleges enrolled 90,000 Amer­ North Campus since 1989. Its primary focus is hits and walked only 1 while striking out 8. In ican Indians, 448,000 Asians, 624,000 His­ to design, develop and implement programs the bottom of the seventh inning, his fastball panics, 1.1 million blacks, 9.9 million whites for entrepreneurial training. was being clocked at a blinding 95 m.p.h. and and 344,000 foreign students. The schools also Gary initiated, designed and developed a was still popping like it did in the bottom of the have instituted special programs to recruit business library as a resource center for first. The only show of nerves came, as Steve and retain minorities. training course participants and the general had predicted, when he was pulled in the 9th public. She is also involved in co-ownerships UC Berkeley officials insist their new ad­ to allow Atlanta's ace closer, Alejandro Pena, missions policy merely reflects the state's of businesses around Dade County. population, while upholding high academic Staying in the community college system to finish off the Pirates. CBS cameras caught standards. The school receives about 22,000 is what Gary plans to do. Steve in the dugout hiding inside the hood of applications for 4,000 spaces. "The opportunity is very great here and his poncho. Aside from one hit, however, Cummins said that since 1980, the state's it's very close-knit and the people are very Pena gave Steve no reason to be nervous, as population has increased 500,000 a year and dedicated," she told the Times. "They help he did his job to get Avery his second win of that between now and the year 2000, there me to have things running smooth." the series. will be an additional 6 million residents, Since graduating from Marymount College mostly minority-Hispanic and Asian-Ameri­ in New York, Gary said, she has been encour­ Steve's effort drew rave reviews from all cans particularly. aged to do whatever she felt was necessary quarters. None, however, were as big a com­ The Asian-American population has grown that fulfilled her. plement as Pirates' manager Jim Leyland's "I was married at an early age and my hus­ when he said that Avery's night "was a Koufax a phenomenal 70 percent since 1980 and now band, family and friends have always sup­ approaches 10 percent of the state's total. ported me in my endeavors and I have led a performance," a reference to the great Dodg­ Statistics show that Asian-Americans at very full life . . . but my only regret," she ers hurler. UC Berkeley had the highest graduation On the night, the Braves beat the Pirates rates, nearly 95 percent in 1987, compared joked, "is that I never became a flight at­ with 93 percent for whites. Other minorities, tendant. That is something that I've always again for the right to represent the National including blacks and Hispanics, had gradua­ wanted to do. I always thought that flying League in the 1991 World Series against the tion rates in the low to mid-80s. all over the place and seeing different places Minnesota Twins. In a jubilant Atlanta locker for free would be great." room, it was Steve Avery who received these­ By 1991, UC-Berkeley will admit 50 percent Her husband is former Miami city manager of its students based on grades and test Howard Gary, who runs his own business. ries most valuable player award. scores alone. Currently, 40 percent are in Along with being a member of the Links, Mr. Speaker, for me, and everyone from the this academic category. the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, 15th Congressional District, this is truly a story About 45 percent of the fall freshman ad­ Black-Economic Development Corporation, missions will be based on criteria other than of "local boy does good." And I would say that and other organizations, Gary is a mother of if this year and this National League Cham­ academic scores alone. The other criteria two boys. Ki to, 14, and Issa, 9. will include race, disability and special tal­ "They're just like any ordinary teenagers pionship Series is any indication of the career ents, such as in music, drama and debating. in the sense that they want everything, but, that young Steve Avery has ahead of him, it Patrick Hayashi, who works with admis­ no matter what, they value education," she will only be a matter of time before I can come sions at the university, stressed that all ap­ said. up here and say, "Local boy gets inducted into plicants still fall within the top 12.5 percent Gary has been the recipient of numerous the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown." Certainly of high school seniors. awards for activities in the development of all of Atlanta, including my colleagues from The elder Au said that before the recent minority businesses and as an outspoken ad­ Georgia, are singing the praises of Steve changes, "it was very clear" UC Berkeley vocate on women's issues in the past 12 "had unfair practices for admissions." years. Avery, but none are more proud than the peo­ "But they are now gradually working to Being involved and aware in the commu­ ple of Taylor and the 15th District of Michigan. change that. I hope this is the beginning of nity is what she says motivates her the We wish Steve all the best in what should be opportunity," he said. most. a very exciting World Series. October 21, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 26913 TRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY HEALTH PEORIA TEACHER RECEIVES "They can be people of the street or they LAW PROJECT PRESIDENTIAL "RED APPLE" can be college graduates," she said. Whether society and the child recognize the child's unique talents will determine the route, she HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL said. HON.DONALD M. PAYNE OF ILLINOIS "It ought to be the task of every parent, OF NEW JERSEY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES every educator and the entire community to help every person discover what their special IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Monday, October 21, 1991 talent is." Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, Laverna Wilkie Monday, October 21, 1991 spends four afternoons each week tutoring Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I children at a South Side school in my home­ WORLD MARITIME DAY 1991 rise today to bring to the attention of my col­ town, Peoria, IL That, in and of itself, is no leagues the event of the 15th anniversary of small accomplishment. Ms. Wilkie, however, is HON. WALTER B. JONFS the community health law project, located in at the youthful age of 80 years, and was rec­ OF NORTH CAROLINA the city of East Orange, NJ. ognized last week by President Bush as a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES daily point of light for her dedication in helping Congress and the President enacted the and serving others. Monday, October 21, 1991 Americans With Disabilities Act in 1990. In After 34 years of teaching students, Ms. Mr. JONES of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, New Jersey, we have had a legal and advo­ Wilkie retired and began to assist in the after the International Maritime Organization [IMO] cacy service for people with disabilities since school program offered through Common celebrated World Maritime Day 1991 on Sep­ 1976, the community health law project Place for South Side children. She has been tember 26, 1991. IMO Secretary-General Wil­ [CHLP]. Organized at first to help people dis­ involved in this exemplary program for nearly liam A. O'Neil chose the theme, "Shipboard charged from public psychiatric hospitals to re­ all of its existence of 24 years. Safety for Passengers and Crews," because it turn to community life, CHLP now provides ex­ Mr. Speaker, the example of Ms. Wilkie "is the most important subject of all" facing pert legal and advocacy services to people serves to remind each of us that yes, one per­ the IMO. with all types of disabilities and of all ages. I son can make a difference. I salute Ms. Wilkie The International Maritime Organization is a am pleased that this valuable initiative was for her courage and energy and thank her for United Nations technical organization with 135 begun in East Orange, part of my congres­ being that difference which has enriched the members and two associate memt>ers. From sional district. lives of so many children. its beginning in 1958, as the first international CHLP's work is to be commended. The or­ At this point in the RECORD, I wish to insert body devoted exclusively to maritime matters, ganization has attorneys, advocates, and an article which appeared in the Peoria Jour­ maritime safety improvement and maritime trained volunteers who help people meet their nal Star on Saturday, October 19, 1991: pollution prevention have been the IMO's most basic legal and social needs, and help secure "Bush Honors Peoria Woman." important objectives. To achieve its goals, the health care and housing assistance. CHLP in­ BUSH HONORS PEORIA WOMAN IMO has promoted the adoption of over 30 tervenes in crisis situations to prevent home­ (By Bill Mitchell) conventions and protocols as well as over 600 lessness, to secure emergency and long-term An 80-year-old Peoria woman has been rec­ codes and recommendations concerning mari­ care, to help people obtain rehabilitation and ognized by President Bush as a "Daily Point time safety and pollution prevention. Most of education training and to secure employment. of Light" for her efforts in helping others. this work is carried out in a number of commit­ It is a community-based, nonprofit, special "I'm just a humble servant," said Laverna tees and subcommittees. The Coast Guard is legal services organization supported by gov­ Wilkie on Friday after receiving the honor. the United States' primary representative at ernment contracts, corporations, foundations "I don't feel proud about it. I am shocked, I these meetings. guess, and I find myself at a loss as to how and private citizens. The IMO has made great strides recently on to handle the publicity. It's just not my cup issues pertaining to the theme of World Mari­ Long before passage of the Americans With of tea." She is comfortable though in talking about time Day 1991 . With regard to passenger ves­ Disabilities Act, CHLP was at work securing sel safety, the United States, and particularly rights and entitlements under New Jersey's what she does and why. Wilkie, who retired from teaching after 34 the Coast Guard, has helped make this progressive laws against discrimination in em­ years, said she decided to continue working progress possible. At the May 1991 session of ployment, housing and access to public facili­ with children "to help this world become the the IMO's Maritime Safety Committee [MSC], ties and services. CHLP attorneys have best place it can be." the Coast Guard not only chaired a working brought special cases to remove barriers to To do that, Wilkie spends four afternoons a group on passenger vessel safety, it also health care insurance, to protect peoples' ben­ week at Common Place helping South Side worked closely with the IMO Secretariat to efits while taking transitional employment train­ children with their homework. She has been involved with Common Place for nearly all produce a global consensus on these issues. ing programs, to remove physical barriers to The MSC generally agreed and prepared a restaurants, apartments, and other public of its 24-year existence. "Children are my life-line, for sure," said draft chapter on management for safe ship op­ buildings. Wilkie, who has her own ideas on the edu­ eration to be added to the International Con­ In addition to celebrating its anniversary, the cation system. vention for the Safety of Life at Sea and a pre­ 1991 Ann Klein Advocate Awards will be pre­ Teachers should look at children as unique liminary outline for an International Code for sented. One of these will go to Mr. Isaac Hop­ individuals, she said. "When you look at a the Safe Management and Operations of child like that instead of like 'How much in­ Ships to complement the new chapter. The kins, external affairs manager of New Jersey formation can we pour down them and box Bell. He is a member of the President's Com­ them up?' Well, that's my hope for the IMO hopes to complete this work in August mittee on Employment of People with Disabil­ school system," Wilkie said. 1992. ities, and is currently a member of a select Recognizing and cultivating a child's spe­ Mr. Speaker, ship, passenger, and crew committee formed to implement strategies to cial talents is the most important thing a safety is a paramount national and inter­ hire blacks who are disabled, under the aus­ parent can do to help a children through national concern. This year's World Maritime pices of the Center for the Study of Handi­ whq,t Wilkie terms the "maze of education." Day theme should focus more attention on this "We need to build in (them) an apprecia­ capped Children and Youth. important matter. Secretary-General O'Neil's tion of self. Ask ourselves, 'What is their message marking the observance of World special talent?'" Mr. Speaker, I think it is worth noting that Maritime Day 1991 follows: CHLP's work takes place before a person is Wilkie brushed off her presidential rec­ A MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, hospitalized or rehospitalized, before they lose ognition, insisting that what she does is just MR. WILLIAM A. O'NEIL their home and become homeless, before dis­ a natural thing. "I was born a teacher. I find children wher­ This year IMO is celebrating its 14th World aster strikes. By helping people to secure edu­ ever they are," she said. Maritime Day. Each year the Organization cation and rehabilitation services, they have When she sees a child come into Common used the Day to highlight a particularly im­ given them the hope and opportunity to be Place for help, she sees two roads ahf.ad for portant activity. But this year the theme is productive members of society. the child, Wilkie said. the most important subject of all-the safety 26914 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 21, 1991 of the passengers and crews who sail on want to go to sea if they think there is a se­ At this time, we are proud indeed, to rec­ board the world's ships. rious risk of a fire on board or of the ship ognize a good and loyal friend, Sol The days of the great ocean liners and the sinking and that those responsible for safety Rosensweig. emigrant ships may have gone, for nowadays are not doing anything to improve the situa­ Sol is a quiet, unassuming, gentle man, most people travelling between continents tion? who keeps within himself. He is an active do so by plane rather than ship. Nevertheless The stability of roll-on/roll-off passenger member of the Senior Advisory Board, as­ sea travel remains popular. More and more ships continues to give cause for concern, as sists at the monthly food distributions, people are now choosing to take their holi­ does the continuing loss of bulk carriers, monthly pro shows, and any other project days on cruise ships which offer all the com­ many of which have vanished without a that involves our seniors. More? Yes, Sol is forts of a luxury hotel, with the bonus of vis­ trace in the past year. If nothing is done to involved with ILGWU, the United Demo­ iting a different port every day. The short­ stop these casualties the public will lose cratic Club, Humana Senior Association, and sea routes are dominated by ro-ro ferries. faith in shipping and some countries will be­ AARP. And the bulk of the world's trade is still car­ come impatient with the ability of the ship­ Yes, this wonderful man will go on to help ried in a fleet of more than 78,000 vessels. ping industry to introduce improvements on others, with the support of his dear wife, IMO's most important task is to make sure an international basis, through IMO. This daughter and two grandkids. Thanks Sol that the people who sail on these ships, could lead to a proliferation of regional or Rosensweig for allowing us to count on you whether they are passengers or crew mem­ national standards and would be the end of as a friend. bers, arrive at their destination safely. Over any real attempt to raise safety standards the years a great deal has been done in this internationally. regard by adopting international measures Standards might improve in some coun­ COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PRACTICES which are then implemented by national tries-but overall there would almost cer­ DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ASIAN­ Governments. IMO's Membership now stands tainly be a serious reduction in safety levels, AMERICANS at a record 135 States and its most important an increase in the casualty rate and more ac­ conventions apply to more than 97 per cent cidents involving heavy loss of life. of the world's ships. IMO is taking positive steps to prevent HON. DANA ROHRABACHER This shows that IMO's work has global sup­ this from happening by becoming n tore pro­ OF CALIFORNIA port and it should mean that the safety active rather than reactive in iinproving IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES international safety legislation. Emphasis is standard in the world fleet are roughly the Monday, October 21, 1991 same everywhere, but regrettably this is not being placed on the fact that no single unit the case. A glance at the annual statistics in the safety chain can act alone but, in­ Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, in Octo­ for losses at sea shows that people travelling stead, all must work in concert to achieve ber 1~190 the U.S. Department of Education on ships from the country with the worst the common objective. Shipbuilders, classi­ Office for Civil Rights [OCR] found the grad­ record are 114 times more likely to be in­ fication societies, shipowners, ship man­ agers, charterers, insurers, seafarers' unions, uate mathematics department of the University volved in an accident than those on board of California at Los Angeles [UCLA] discrimi­ ships from the country with the best. This is government administration and IMO must unacceptable. all do their part to bring about safer ship­ nated against Asian-American applicants to The responsibility for enforcing IMO stand­ ping and regain the confidence of the pub­ that program in violation of title VI of the Civil ards rests with individual Governments. lic-without always trying to put the blame Rights Act of 1964. Today a year later, to the When they ratify a convention they under­ on others for any failures. best of my knowledge, this violation has not take to ensure that its provisions are effec­ For its part, IMO will continue to assist been corrected to the satisfaction of OCR. and encourage all parties in this endeavor tively applied to all ships which fly its flag. OCR also found that eight other graduate Yet the huge discrepancy between the acci­ and will provide leadership in the never end­ ing quest for improvements to safety of life programs at UCLA had so little information dent rates of various fleets indicates that about their admissions policies and practices this is not being done. at sea. For the last few years, IMO has been that OCR could not determine if discrimination handicapped by a serious cash-flow crisis had occurred. These eight programs were put caused by the failure of many Governments TRIBUTE TO SOL ROSENSWEIG: on a monitoring system by OCR. to pay their contributions on time. Pay­ "SENIOR OF THE QUARTER" This finding against the UCLA graduate ments were due in January but by July only math program was part of a larger compliance 59 states had paid in full. The other 76 were HON. WIWAM LEHMAN review being conducted by OCR. This review behind for this year and many of them owe OF FLORIDA started almost 4 years ago in early 1988. money for previous years as well. This fail­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCR's investigation of the undergraduate ad­ ure to meet their legal obligation is sapping missions and the special admit program are the strength of the Organization and tends to Monday, October 21, 1991 still ongoing. divert everyone's attention and energy from Mr. LEHMAN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I am the real issues of life and death of those at Mr. Speaker, I and 50 of our colleagues proud to recognize today one of the most ac­ have sponsored House Concurrent Resolution sea. tive members of our North Miami Beach com­ It should not be any surprise that several 102 which would put Congress on record IMO Members have expressed concern at the munity, Sol Rosensweig, who was named against college admissions practices that huge differences in safety standards and the "Senior of the Quarter" by the City of North through racial quotas or other policies discrimi­ attitudes toward safety that seem to exist in Miami Beach Recreation Department. nate against Asian-Americans. Sol Rosensweig is a doer. He has worked different countries. This concern has deep­ I commend to the attention of my colleagues ened by the changes that are now taking on North Miami Beach's innovative food dis­ the following October 2, 1990, Los Angeles place in world shipping and which are likely tribution project and is also an active member Times news story "Anti-Asian Bias Found in to continue in the years to come. Many ship­ of the Senior Advisory Board, the United UCLA Program" and the Washington Post re­ owners are reducing the sizes of their crews Democratic Club, the Humana Senior Associa­ port "Bias Against Asians Found In Admis­ in an effort to save money, but is enough tion, American Association of Retired People, being done to raise the standard of the crews sions to UCLA" and the text of House Concur­ and the International Ladies' Garment Worker that remain? The average age of ships today rent Resolution 102. is 16 years, which is already fairly elderly in Union. I urge my colleagues who are not already Mr. Rosensweig is truly an unsung hero shipping terms, and old ships need more cosponsors to add their names as sponsors. maintenance and repair than young ones. who is working hard to make a difference in Are Governments and shipping companies our community without expecting honors and ANTI-ASIAN BIAS FOUND IN UCLA PROGRAM doing enough to ensure that this is done? recognition for his contribution. The City of (By Larry Gordon) The danger is that if the improvement in North Miami Beach is a better place to live be­ UCLA's graduate department of mathe­ the casualty rate that marked the 1980s is cause of his endeavors. matics discriminated against Asian appli­ halted in the 1990s many lives will be lost. In I would like to share with my colleagues an cants in 1987 and 1988 in violation of federal 1989, 3.7 million people took their vacation civil rights law, the U.S. Department of Edu­ on a cruise liner; by the end of the century article which provides more information on Mr. cation announced Monday after a 30-month this figure is expected to grow to 10 million Rosensweig's accomplishments. investigation. The government said 75 other a year. Yet in recent years there have been SENIOR NEWS NMB TODAY UCLA graduate departments showed no anti­ a number of accidents to passenger ships The McDonald Senior Center salutes Sol Asian bias in admissions and that an addi­ which have resulted in the deaths of hun­ Rosensweig, "Man with a Purpose," as our tional eight programs kept inconclusive dreds of people. Will 10 million people really Senior of the Quarter. records. October 21, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 26915 UCLA Chancellor Charles E. Young de­ Asked for a response to Young's charge Asian-Americans, benefiting from cultural nounced the conclusions about the mathe­ about political pressure, Williams said, "I and family emphasis on hard work and aca­ matics department, saying they were the re­ take a great deal of, I have to admit, offense demic achievement, are admitted to many sult of faulty reasoning and political pres­ at that. It challenges my own integrity." major universities in numbers far higher sure. The university plans to appeal the find­ Williams said he had placed an Oct. 1 dead­ than their proportion of the general popu­ ings within the Department of Education line for the study's release because the mat­ lation. Some Asian-Americans have sug­ and, if need be, take the matter to court. he ter had dragged on for so long. gested that universities use unwritten said. UCLA's insistence that it will appeal dis­ quotas, similar to those used against Jewish The government is asking that UCLA appointed some Asian-American activists, applicants before World War II, to keep their change its admissions policies in graduate who said energies might be better spent on a numbers from growing even larger. mathematics programs and offer admission campus study of the issues. Young criticized federal investigators for to five Asian-American applicants allegedly "We are hoping that UCLA will conduct a "completely dismissing" the even larger denied entrance because of bias. The govern­ more in-depth review to come up with more number of foreign-born Asians at the univer­ ment could deny UCLA all federal grants, systematic admissions guidelines," said sity in calculating compliance with anti-dis­ not just in mathematics studies, if the mat­ Stewart Kwoh, executive director of the crimination rules. ter is not settled to Washington's liking. Asian Pacific American Legal Center in Los A UCLA spokesman said the ethnic origin U.S. Secretary of Education Lauro F. Angeles and president of the Asian alumni of the school's estimated 23,000 foreign and Cavazos said in a prepared statement that he group at UCLA. American undergraduates in the fall of 1989 was encouraged by much of what the probe was 49.3 percent non-Hispanic white, 25.7 per­ by his department's Office of Civil Rights BIAS AGAINST ASIANS FOUND IN ADMISSIONS cent Asian, 16 percent Hispanic and 7.1 per­ TO UCLA had found at UCLA. He added, "Although cent black. The 11,500 or so graduate stu­ only one program was found to discriminate, (By Jay Mathews) dents were 63 percent non-Hispanic white, that is one program too many." Los ANGELES.-ln the first federal finding 21.9 percent Asian, 7.9 percent Hispanic and The study determined that there was a dis­ of discrimination against Asian Americans 4.9 percent black. parity between the rates at which whites, in higher education, the Department of Edu­ Under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, particularly white women, and at least cation said today that the University of Cali­ recipients of federal funds such as UCLA are equally qualified Asian-American applicants fornia at Los Angeles (UCLA) has given ille­ prohibited from discriminating on the basis were admitted to the graduate mathematics gal preference to whites over Asians in ad­ of race, color or national origin. department and concluded that the disparity missions to its graduate mathematics de­ "appeared to be race related." About a third partment. H. CON. RES. 102 Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), who has of the mathematics students at UCLA are Whereas racial discrimination is indefensi­ Asian, either American citizens or foreign­ pressed for accelerated federal action on sev­ eral Asian-American discrimination com­ ble, improper, and immoral; ers, campus officials said. Whereas it has been reported that many in­ The five rejected applicants allegedly dis­ plaints, said the finding "marks a turning point in efforts to stop discrimination stitutions of higher education have insti­ criminated against do not know that they against Asian-American students by colleges tuted admissions quotas designed to limit are the object of such controversy and have and universities.'' the admission of Asian-Americans; not been contacted by federal authorities, UCLA Chancellor Charles E. Young said Whereas these restrictive quotas are simi­ said Michael Williams, assistant secretary the university would appeal the finding to an lar to those instituted in the 1920's to limit for civil rights in the Department of Edu­ administrative law judge because "we firmly the admission of Jewish students; cation. He said he did not know the identi­ believe that racially neutral criteria were Whereas statistics show that Asian-Amer­ ties of the five and would not name them if used to make these decisions." But he ac­ ican students face greater obstacles in their he did. knowledged "the Asian community's legiti­ attempts to attend institutions of higher The issue of alleged entrance bias against mate concerns about illegal discrimination," education than students of other races; Asians in the UC system has prompted sev­ and noted that 75 other UCLA departments Whereas the Office of Civil Rights of the eral inconclusive state investigations over were cleared of discrimination and eight Department of Education is conducting com­ the past five years. The controversy had were asked for better records after the Edu­ pliance reviews at Harvard University and begun to die down because of significant in­ cation Department's investigations proved the University of California at Los Angeles creases in the ranks of Asian-American stu­ inconclusive. to determine whether the schools in viola­ dents at prestigious campuses such as UCLA Kathryn Imahara, staff attorney for the · tion of title VI (relating to nondiscrimina­ and UC Berkeley this year and last. Asian Los Angeles-based Asian Pacific American tion in Federally assisted programs) of the students now comprise 36% of UCLA's fresh­ Legal Center, said complaints about dis­ Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d- man class. crimination in college admissions often 2000d-6); and Asian-American activist said Monday's an­ brought remarks like" 'Aren't there enough Whereas the Chancellor of the University nouncement is expected to renew suspicions. of you in there already?' Racist things like of California at Berkeley apologized to A similar federal investigation into under­ that." She said, "It's nice to know that we're Asian-Americans for an admission process graduate admissions at UCLA could be con­ not being paranoid." for the school which had a negative impact cluded later this year, Williams said. The re­ The Education Department said in a state­ on the admission of Asian-Americans: Now, sults of a probe of Harvard University's un­ ment that its Office of Civil Rights found therefore, be it dergraduate entrance policies may be an­ during a 30-month investigation "a statis­ Resolved by the House of Representatives (the nounced later this week, he said. tical disparity in the rates of admission to Senate concurring), That it is the sense of the At a press conference on campus Monday, the mathematics department on the basis of Congress that- Chancellor Young contended that federal in­ race, an inconsistency in how Asian and (1) institutions of higher education should vestigators relied too heavily on numerical white applicants who received the same eval­ review their admissions policies and, if nec­ measures, such as grades and test scores, and uation ratings were treated, and insufficient essary, revise them to ensure that applicants did not take into account how much UCLA evidence to show a nondiscriminatory basis are not illegally excluded from admission be­ considers the reputation of applicant's un­ for this pattern." cause of their race in violation of Regents of dergraduate schools and the strength of per­ Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Mi­ the University of California v. Bakke, 438 sonal recommendations. Some Asians who chael Williams, who was praised by U.S. 265 (1978); are U.S. residents but not citizens were de­ Rohrabacher for accelerating the investiga­ (2) the Attorney General should inves­ nied admission because certain government­ tion after his appointment in July, said tigate allegations of illegal racial discrimi­ funded fellowships require the recipients to UCLA will be required to ensure equal future nation in the admissions policies of institu­ be citizens, Young said. He added that fed­ treatment in mathematics admissions and tions of higher education and pursue legal eral officials did not properly consider that offer admission to five Asian-American ap­ action against those schools which have vio­ different disciplines within mathematics, plicants the department decided were un­ lated title IV or VI (relating to desegrega­ such as statistics and applied mathematics, fairly rejected. tion of public education and nondiscrimina­ make separate judgments on applicants. Williams said the department's investiga­ tion in Federally assisted programs respec­ Young alleged that investigators were tions, which are proceeding at the University tively), or both, of the Civil Rights Act of under pressure from U.S. Department of Edu­ of California at Berkeley and at Harvard 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000c-2000c-8 and 42 U.S.C. cation officials to announce the results by University, are "extremely complex and 2000d-2000d-6 respectively); and Monday and to make sure UCLA received complicated," and he declined to predict (3) the Secretary of Education should con­ some criticism. when they would be complete. Rohrabacher clude, as soon as possible, the compliance re­ "We believe the study and the results are has asked the Senate Appropriations Com­ views on admissions policies of certain insti­ in error. We believe there is no basis for the mittee to set aside $500,000 to complete the tutions of higher education being conducted findings they have reached," he stated. investigations by Dec. 31. by the Department of Education and should, 26916 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 21, 1991 in addition, initiate additional reviews of the of young African-American men as they strive stop motorists returning to New Jersey via admissions policies of schools alleged to to survive in our democratic society. The first the Lincoln and Holland tunnels and the have illegally discriminated on the basis of is a letter to the editor from David Lockett of George Washington Bridge. race. Do we really want this to happen? Where South Orange, NJ, that appeared on August does it end? Where do we draw the line on in­ 23, 1991, in the Star-Ledger, New Jersey's vasion of privacy? TRIBUTE TO JAMES W. daily newspaper. The second is an article that Citizens cannot always object outright to ARCHIBALD appeared in the Washington Post on October such injustices when confronted by the po­ 17, 1991. This article, entitled "Presumed lice. Let's not forget what happened to Rod­ Dangerous," examines the stereotypes con­ ney King in Los Angeles earlier this year. HON. WIWAM D. FORD fronting African-American male teenagers. Besides, even if they had found drugs on me, OF MICHIGAN and I was willing to cooperate, would that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES [From the New Jersey Star-Ledger, Aug. 23, alone be sufficient reason for one of our law 1991] "enforcers" to bash my head in? Monday, October 21, 1991 COP SEARCH CALLED AN ORWELLIAN ACT I realize that we are not winning this es­ Mr. FORD of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I DEAR EDITOR: Perhaps George Orwell's epic sential war against drugs. It is a battle that would like to take this opportunity to honor novel "1984" was prophetic afterall, but I firmly believe must be supported. But when one of my good friends, James W. Archibald, should have been titled "1991." In a country are we taking it too far? Where does it stop? upon his retirement as the postmaster of where some of our forefathers have dedicated Do we wait until the law allows for the "pro­ and sacrificed their lives for the civil rights tectors" and "enforcers" of the law to ran­ Dearborn. Jim is retiring after nearly 40 years domly storm and ransack our homes? There of distinguished service to the U.S. Postal of generations to come, we are still missing the point. must be a point where we draw the line. Service. On July 6, I went to New York to see Ar­ But just as I am sure that New York's Jim's career with the Postal Service began nold Schwarzenegger's new movie, "Termi­ homeless problem will not be solved in time in December 1951 when he signed on as tem­ nator Il: Judgment Day," and realized the for Thanksgiving, I know the officer with porary help during the busy Christmas season. primary theme was: "No fate except the one whom I nearly, albeit unwillingly, became He worked his way up through the ranks from we make." Especially in a democracy, we intimate with on the evening in question, will not be punished. He will not be penalized mail carrier to his first supervisory position as must stand up and take an active role in positively shaping the future. for violating my civil rights. foreman of mails and delivery in 1966. From While I have no police record, I'm the first there it was only a matter of time before his The message stayed with me, but I did not expect to have to act on it before the evening to admit I am far from perfect. But through­ appointment as postmaster in Dearborn in ended. Upon returning to Penn Station in out my almost 25 years of life, I have always 1974. Newark, via NJ Transit, I used the stairway believed that I, as well as others, must do His career was temporarily interrupted from on the train platform which leads directly to whatever it takes to uphold what is right. 1956 to 1958 when he served in the Army. Market Street-a stairway I use almost How else can we end the random violence Jim was an active member of the National every day. I was the first person from my and crime throughout the country but to support those who "uphold" the law. Association of Postal Supervisors [NAPS] on train to reach that stairway, and as I neared the bottom, I saw two police officers. One It is important to realize that the ends the local and State level. He was one of the don't always justify the means. The law in original founders of local NAPS branch 268 looked at me and said to his partner, "Oh yeah, here comes one." this country says a person, regardless of and served as its president. He was elected to When I reached the bottom, I saw several race, beliefs, economic status, or the route serve in the Michigan State Chapter of NAPS people chained in handcuffs. Next thing I chosen to catch a bus, is innocent until prov­ as first vice president and second vice presi­ knew, I was confronted with: "Where are you en guilty. The police are civil servants and it dent. coming from?" "Where are you going?" is their responsibility to protect the civil Once he was appointed postmaster, Jim When I asked what they were looking for, rights of the people. one said "We're looking for you!" and "If I If the police are continually allowed to joined the National Association of Postmasters stray from this whenever they desire, then it and the National League of Postmasters. find any drugs on you, I'm gonna bust your ... head in!" is not far fetched to envision the United Jim has made a tremendous contribution to States of America, the universal symbol of his community. Among other things, Jim During the ensuing moments, the officer frisked me, checked my pockets, and ordered "freedom," becoming a police state. served on the Dearborn Heights District 7 me to open my pants, supposedly looking for No fate but the one we make, School Board and was the president of the drugs, but more seemingly examining me for DAVID L. LOCKET!', Annapolis Booster Club. He continues to be a hernia. No reasons of probable cause were South Orange. an active member of the Masonic lodge. given, just that I was clear to go. [From the Washington Post, Oct. 17, 1991) Mr. Speaker, I am honored to have this op­ I felt the need to express my opinion, be­ portunity to recognize Jim Archibald for his cause while feeling like my privacy and civil PRESUMED DANGEROUS-AREA'S YOUNG BLACK rights had just been violated, there was no MEN CONFRONT NEW STEREOTYPES BORN OF years of service to his country and community. DRUG CRISIS I want to extend my best wishes for a happy probable cause other than that I chose this particular stairwell, because it leads directly (By Marcia Slacum Greene) and healthy retirement. I do not know anyone to the street and was the quickest route to They say women clutch their purses and who deserves it more. my bus stop. sometimes cross the street as they approach. If I had been in another car on the train When they gather in a group, residents in and decided to use a different stairway I some neighborhoods call the police. Taking SCREENING OF "TRUE COLORS" would not have been checked. advantage of the fear they sense, some have I understand, support and sympathize with used a glance to force men twice their size HON. DONALD M. PAYNE the need to stop drug trafficking, but was and age to back away. OF NEW JERSEY this really an efficient means of solving the They are young, black, male-and suspect. drug problem? Let's face it, the main sources "I think [adults] all see us as a bunch of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the area's drug problem do not take the hoodlums," said 16-year-old Harry Mayo. Monday, October 21, 1991 9:34 from New York to Newark on a Saturday "You can sense it from the way they act to­ night. These cops would be much more effec­ ward you. You can tell they don't trust you Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I tive if they channeled their efforts into di­ or they're afraid." would like to take this opportunity to encour­ rectly attacking the source of the problem. Black men say they always have been sub­ age my colleagues to attend the screening of Do the police think I look like a drug user? ject to suspicion, but the city's drug war and "True Colors" tomorrow, October 22. "True I am a black man, about 5-10 and 180 pounds. attendant violence have added a tough new Colors" takes a look at the everyday instances I went to a top prep school in New Jersey, a dimension to the problem. Although the vio­ of racial discrimination that permeate our soci­ top university and graduated from the na­ lence still involves a minority of their peers, ety. I want to commend Congressman JOHN tion's top journalism school. teenagers say fearful adults are unable to If the police think there is a real problem distinguish a drive-by shooter from a val­ LEWIS and Congressman CHUCK SCHUMER for with the transportation of illegal narcotics edictorian, and often try to protect them­ bringing this documentary to the attention of from New York to Newark via NJ Transit selves by wrongly assuming all young black the Members of Congress. trains, they should be checking all people at men are potentially dangerous. For the RECORD, I would like to submit the every exit. They should also be checking all Interviews with two dozen black teenagers following articles that illustrate the frustration people when they exit the PATH train and during a two-week period reveal a group October 21, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 26917 acutely aware of the fear and hostility their "They suppress it," responded Frederick B. that person can tell another. It's like plant­ mere presence can engender. Some of them Phillips, a clinical psychologist and director ing a seed." have been in trouble, most have not. All con­ of the District's Progressive Life Center, a Some youths combine the reaction of Mike tended they encounter demeaning slights al­ private firm. and Scope, illustrating their confusion about most daily; slights that make them feel like "I think they become numb emotionally, how to deal with the stereotype. outcasts. but underneath they are like time bombs." Mayo recounted a shopping trip to Whea­ "I ask for the time and they just ignore Even the young men who claim not to be ton Plaza with a 17-year-old friend. Mayo's me," 15-year-old Banneker High school stu­ bothered disprove their words by their ac­ friend was browsing for a gift for a girl when dent Dennis Green said, referring to adults. tions. a clerk began following the two young men "I can smile and say hi, and they act like Imani Scope, a 15-year-old academic schol­ and asking if he could help. I'm not there . . . If you 're black and a arship student at Potomac School in "He went to check [the price] on a couple young male, that's the first count against McLean, said he fights what he sees as a of things and then he said, 'If ya'll aren't you. The second count is that everything is stereotype. going to buy anything, would you please negative." "I feel like I have to prove I'm not a dead­ leave the store.' He told us it was a female Psychologists say that although violence beat or a shiftless or lazy person ... I try to store, and to see young black males walking is inexcusable, there is a recognizable vi­ catch myself if I'm being loud on the bus or around the store raised his concern. My cious cycle: Feeling scorned and rejected, someplace else." friend called him a racist bigot and a white some youths then fulfill the worst of people's Mike, 16, lashes out, representing the most bitch.'' expectations. extreme response of those interviewed. Mike Yet before leaving the store, Mayo said, his Some of the young men interviewed said is a juvenile offender on probation for rob­ friend bought something just to show the they shoulder the burden of suspicion and bery. Probation officials allowed him to be clerk he had not entered the store to steal. try to allay the fears of strangers. Others interviewed with the understanding that his Many of the young men said the stereotype lash out. They talk about gaining a sense of last name would not be used. is difficult to change because adults can power by playing games-some innocent, Mike said people who stereotype young point to a rational basis for their fears. some chilling-to intimidate nervous adults. black males "can go to hell." He describes Mike said there are times when adults Most of the young men said that to some how empowered he feels when he deliberately should fear teenagers. degree, they understand adults' reactions. intimidates adults. "Some of us are plain old ruthless," Mike "I really don't blame them" for being 'PLAYING CHICKEN' WITH THE IMAGE said, "They be mad at white people. They be wary, Green said. "I do blame them for not mad at where they live. They be mad because trying to reach out and show that they un­ At a gas station, Mike strolled toward a pump as his eyes targeted a man who would their families are on welfare. They be mad derstand what we are going through as because they are forced to sell drugs to get young men." get there ahead of him. He slipped on his in­ you-face look, locked eyes with the stranger money. People be asking why we selling INNOCENT LOOKS PROVOKE FEAR drugs. Why don't they ask why we ain't got Demond Taylor, 17, is one of several who and reached for the pump first. The stranger flinched, apologized and backed away. a job?" said women in particular will stand rather "The grown-up figures, 'They're killing Mike said he once sold drugs, but is now than sit next to him on the Metro. Taylor, turning his life around with the help of sev­ who said he used to sell drugs but stopped each other, so they wouldn't waste no time killing me,'" Mike said. "If you look at eral adults. Asked if his past actions contrib­ more than a year ago, is 5 feet 11 inches tall them hard, they back off. It makes you feel uted to the image that his peers now have, and weights 265 pounds. But he is often superior. It makes you feel bold." he said he should not be blamed. teased about his baby face and says he Mike said he and others have, for fun, put "I could see it if I was selling drugs," he dosen't understand why he should appear their hands under baggy shirts to make it said. "I haven't sold drugs since last Novem­ frightening. appear they have guns. Mike said he once did ber." Describing a recent incident near Union A DEEP NEED TO BE ACCEPTED Station, he said he and his friends had not that to a woman and told her to freeze. He even noticed a couple until they "grabbed said she paused briefly and then ran away Psychologists and sociologists said a com­ each others' hands" and cowered. "like she was going to be shot." plex web of racism, poverty and other social "They had a look that said, 'Please don't To walk into a store is to find suspicious problems contributes to a higher than aver­ bother us,'" Taylor said. "They didn't have stares, many of the young men said. Some age incidence of violence among young black any bags or anything. They acted like we said they have reacted by splitting up to see males. were going to grab one of them." who the clerks will follow, or by pretending Last year in the District, police made 5,250 Green, an active church member who to snatch something from a shelf and then juvenile arrests, including 4,355 arrests of works in his father's maintenance business, laughing at a clerk when they reveal an black males. The numbers include individ­ clenched his teeth as he described being ag­ empty hand. uals repeatedly arrested; the charges include gressively questioned by security personnel Psychologist A.J. Franklin, director of everything from petty vandalism to murder. as he stood in the lobby of the Shiloh Baptist clinical psychology at City College of New Sixty-seven of the arrests were for murder; Church's Family Life Center. Green was cer­ York, characterizes such games as "playing 462 for aggravated assault. tain that his polo shirt, baggy designer jeans chicken with the stereotype." Though the numbers are high, they rep­ and expensive sneakers caused the guard to "It's a way of coping,'' he said. "There is resent a fraction of the 25,931 black males see him as a young hustler. enough collective awareness about the stig­ ages 10 to 19 in the city. Mayo's examples are typical: A man and ma * * * that at some point the kids will as­ Moreover, many argue that at least some woman in the ground-floor elevator of a sume the threatening posture to get a rush of the violence is a reaction to the barrage of downtown office building had punched the from the reaction. They are saying, 'Let's suspicion. seventh-floor button by the time he and sev­ see how far we can push the image without Adam L. Oliphant, a father of three who eral of his friends got on. The couple, with­ getting in trouble.' " runs a corner store at 15th and D streets NE, out a word to each other, both got off on the But Scope, who studies three hours a night said he has seen what happens to youngsters next floor. and hopes to become a lawyer, does not play shunned by adults who fear the "unpredict­ Mayo, a Roosevelt High School senior who the games. able potential" for violence. plays three sports. said he observed a woman Instead, he said, he tries not to notice the "Many of these kids have a deep, burning in Georgetown crossing the street when he women who tighten their grips on their need to be accepted and nurtured," said Oli­ and his friends were less than a block away. purses when he walks by, and tries to ignore phant, who lectures on the problems facing When Mayo and his friends also crossed the clerks who follow him around in record black males. street to enter a store, she was a stone's stores. "When they don't get it, they build some­ throw from them. She turned and went in He blames the media for making it appear thing in its place-a mean, hard shell. Then the opposite direction. that the majority of his peers are involved in they say, "I'm mean and tough, and I'll kick Mayo, who wants to become a pharmacist illegal activities, and he shoulders respon­ the world's behind.'" or an accountant, said adults almost always sibility for trying to change what he said is The young men interviewed said that not scatter if he and his friends talk loudly in ~r­ an entrenched image. only are they all judged by the actions of a gumentative tones. He said that if they ever "I'm one of the few black males in my minority of their peers, but they also become got close enough, they would hear young school,'' said Scope, who volunteers to help the easiest targets for the violence of that men defending their favorite professional needy children and the homeless. "I have to minority. athletes. be the person who gives them an example of Martyn "Moochie" Norris, 18, a senior at "I ignore stuff like that," Mayo said. black male who can be smart and excel. Cardozo High School, said he deliberately "What would it prove to say anything?" "If I can change one person's mind, then tries to look different than other black teen­ "It happens so often I don't feel anything," that person can tell someone else that they agers by wearing such combinations as said Green, describing similar encounters. know a black male who is positive, and then dreadlocks encircled by colorful headbands, 26918 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 21, 1991 socks worn above his knees or shoelaces tied chaos and leading to widespread program cut­ care providers are required to make to the around his elbows and wrists. The intent, backs that fall heavily on poor women and State. The use of provider-specific taxes are Norris said, is to avoid mistaken identity children. clarified in OBRA 1990. The statute allows when someone comes gunning for one of his In a recent letter to Secretary Sullivan, States to use revenues from taxes applied peers. "l wear odd stuff and nobody gets me Chairman DINGELL, Chairman PANETIA, Chair­ solely to hospitals or other providers as the mixed up," said Norris, who spends his free man BENTSEN, Chairman SASSER, Chairman State share for purposes of claiming Federal time playing basketball and is hoping for a RIEGLE, and I urged that the administration matching payments, with one narrow excep­ college scholarship. withdraw this regulation. We told the Secretary tion. Under this exception, Federal Medicaid But Norris's dress-for-survival look can that the rule "violates congressional intent, as matching funds are not available for those prompt neighbors, store owners and strang­ expressed in the Omnibus Budget Reconcili­ costs attributable to provider-specific taxes in ers to eye him with suspicion. They incor­ ation Act [OBRA] of 1990. With one narrow cases where States reimburse hospitals and rectly assume that he is involved in drugs, exception, section 4701 of that act gave he said. other institutional providers on a cost basis. All the youths agreed that they are most States the flexibility to use provider-specific The September 12 regulation illegally expands likely to get suspicious looks when they taxes toward their share of Medicaid costs." this exception into a broad prohibition of the travel in groups, especially if they wear ex­ The majority leader, Mr. GEPHARDT, has use of most, if not all, revenues from provider­ pensive clothes they consider fashionable. also called for the withdrawal of the regulation, specific taxes. They are convinced that adults, particu­ as have congressional delegations from Intergovernmental transfers are public funds larly those with children, examine them Texas, Oklahoma, California, and other that are raised through taxes by counties or from sneakers to headbands, calculate a cost States. other levels of government and transferred to for the clothes and conclude the youngsters Unfortunately, the administration seems de­ are dealing drugs. the State. The term is also applied to funds "I don't think I should be seen as a thug termined to press forward and try to imple­ transferred to the State Medicaid agency from because I'm able to wear something new or if ment this illegal and, in their own words, "dis­ other State agencies, such as those respon­ my mother gives me something as a gift," ruptive" regulation. Although I fully expect the sible for maternal and child health or devel­ Scope said. "It's a fashion statement." courts to strike this regulation down, it is pos­ opmental disabilities. Many States have used Damien Oliphant, 15, agreed. In fact, he sible that they may not have enough time to such funds for many years as their State said, adults have negative reactions no mat­ intervene before these regulations go into ef­ share for purposes of receiving Federal Medic­ ter what he wears. fect on January 1. That's why I am today join­ When he is "comfortable" in his T-shirts, aid matching funds. The September 12 regula­ baggy shorts and sometimes a gold chain, ing with Chairman DINGELL, Mr. GEPHARDT, tion would repeal the current regulatory au­ many adults flash "that annoyed look." But Mr. ROSTENKOWSKI, 12 of my colleagues on thority under which intergovernmental trans­ when he's dressed for school, where he must the Subcommittee on Health and the Environ­ fers are now recognized for purposes of Med­ wear a coat and tie, he faces another set of ment, and 18 other Members in introducing icaid, and it appears to prohibit the use of problems. the Medicaid Moratorium Amendments of many of these funds by treating them as vol­ "Whites smile more and say hello," he 1991. - untary contributions. said. "But if you walk by three or four [adult men] in the neighborhood, they'll say, 'Don't BACKGROUND THE HEARINGS be coming around here looking like that. Medicaid is a Federal-State, means-tested The Subcommittee on Health and the Envi­ Don't forget where you come from.' Or entitlement program that buys basic medical ronment has already held two hearings on this they'll say, 'The white man is not going to services and long-term care for certain cat­ regulation to try to get a clear understanding let you be one of them'.'' egories of poor people. The Federal Govern­ on exactly what impact it will have on the Oliphant, a student at the Landon School ment shares in the cost of the program, States. in Bethesda, is one of the few who admitted matching between 50 and 80 percent of the At our first hearing, on September 30, we being troubled by the reactions of adults. cost of covered services, depending on the learned that if this regulation goes into effect "It is a big pressure," he said. "At this age, we have enough to worry about besides peo­ State. In States with relatively high per capita on January 1 as scheduled, many States that ple thinking we are drug dealers. Like the 23 incomes, like California, the Federal matching now rely on provider taxes or intergovern­ books I have to read in nine months, girls rate is 50 percent. In States with relatively low mental transfers to help finance their Medicaid and dodging bullets.'' per capita incomes, like Alabama and Arkan­ programs will be forced to make drastic cut­ It is incumbent on all of us to take a serious sas, the Federal matching rate is higher. backs in eligibility, benefits, or reimbursement. look at racial discrimination, as it is perceived In order to receive Federal matching pay­ The Governor of Kentucky, Wallace and practiced in our Nation, and take per­ ments, States must first spend money to pay Wilkinson, testified that if his State loses the sonal, as well as political and institutional ac­ for covered services delivered by qualified pro­ ability to use revenues from provider taxes, tions to alleviate the problem. Mr. Speaker, we viders to eligible individuals. These expendi­ over 16,000 pregnant women and infants will have Workforce 2000, we have Healthy Peo­ tures are then matched by the Federal Gov­ lose coverage for pre- and postnatal care. The ple 2000, we have America 200Q-it's time ernment at the applicable rate. What the Sep­ head of the Alabama Medicaid Agency testi­ that we make the eradication of racial discrimi­ tember 12 regulation attempts to do is to deny fied that if her State is no longer able to use nation another goal for the year 2000 and States the ability to use certain revenues­ provider tax revenues, 10,000 nursing home begin working on it today. from voluntary contributions, from provider­ residents will lose their eligibility for Medicaid, specific taxes, and from intergovernmental and the State's infant mortality rate will in­ transfers-to pay for covered services and crease as pregnant women and infants lose MEDICAID MORATORIUM draw down Federal Medicaid matching funds. access to physicians and other providers who AMENDMENTS OF 1991 Voluntary contributions are donations by pri­ drop out of the program because of reim­ vate entities, including providers, to the State. bursement cuts. HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN Under current law, States may use funds do­ We also learned that the September 12 reg­ OF CALIFORNIA nated by providers or others as the State ulation is extremely ambiguous and exceed­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES share for purposes of receiving Federal Medic­ ingly broad, jeopardizing not just provider-spe­ aid matching funds. Under a moratorium first cific taxes but also the well-established use of Monday, October 21, 1991 enacted in 1988 and subsequently extended funds transferred from other levels of govern­ Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, on September until December 31, 1991, the administration is ment, or other State agencies, to the State 12, the health care financing administration is­ prohibited from repealing the regulations it is­ Medicaid agency. sued a regulation that will prohibit States from sued in 1985 which authorize the use of these The Governor of Oklahoma, David Walters, using revenues from taxes on hospitals and voluntary contributions. Under the September testified that crucial ambiguities in the regula­ other health care providers to help pay for 12 regulation, use of donated funds to draw tion relating to intergovernmental transfers their Medicaid programs. The regulation is down Federal matching funds would be pro­ threaten over 16 percent of his State's Medic­ scheduled to go into effect on January 1, hibited effective January 1, 1992. aid budget. The director of the California De­ 1992-just 21/2 months from now. It will cost Provider-specific taxes are taxes, assess­ partment of Health Services testified that the the States billions in Federal Medicaid match­ ments, fees, or other payments that hospitals, regulation could jeopardize an intergovern­ ing funds, throwing many State budgets into physicians, nursing facilities, or other health- mental transfer program signed into law by October 21, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 26919 Governor Wilson just this past July. Under this strike it down, it is possible they may not act As Dr. Wilensky, the author of the regula­ program, county funds will be transferred to before January 1. Since the administration is tions, noted in a letter to me dated October the State Medicaid agency and used to shore clearly not willing to withdraw the regulations, 16: up funding to public and private hospitals that the Congress will have to intervene if fiscal I know that many States, for the most serve large numbers of Medicaid patients. and programmatic chaos are to be avoided. part, have been using the increased Federal Without these funds, Governor Wilson's chief THE LEGISLATION funding to support legitimate and often nec­ health officer concluded, ''the survival of Cali­ essary expansions to their Medicaid pro­ The Medicaid Moratorium Amendments of grams. fornia's safety net providers will be in jeop­ 1991 has three elements. ardy." First, the bill would prevent HCF A from im­ Under the September 12 regulation, these At our second hearing, on October 16, the plementing the September 12 regulation by "legitimate and often necessary" expansions subcommittee heard from Dr. Gail Wilensky, extending from December 31, 1991, to Sep­ will have to be refinanced or dropped. Ifs a the Administrator of HCFA and the author of tember 30, 1992, the current moratorium on safe bet that in most States, in this economic the regulations. Dr. Wilensky testified that "we the issuance of any regulation changing the climate, they'll be dropped. This will undercut are acutely aware that our rulemaking is dis­ treatment of voluntary contributions or pro­ this Nation's efforts to reduce infant mortality, ruptive and controversial." She also acknowl­ vider-specific taxes. The bill also gives States to assure that school-aged children are immu­ edged that the regulation had "several defi­ until December 31, 1992, to transition off of a nized and ready to learn, to enable working ciencies." Despite these problems, she testi­ reliance on voluntary contributions, so long as poor families to transition off of welfare into fied that HCFA would not withdraw the regula­ they do not spend more using voluntary con­ employment, to increase the quality of care for tion. Instead, she intends to issue a "clarifica­ tributions than they did during fiscal year nursing home residents, to protect the tion" of the regulation before the end of this 1991. spouses of nursing home residents against im­ month to correct the "deficiencies." She also Second, the bill would impose a permanent poverishment, and to improve access to home expressed a willingness "to discuss legislative moratorium, effective on enactment, on the is­ and community-based services for the frail el­ alternatives to our rule." However, she did not suance of any regulation that changes the cur­ derly and the disabled. offer any concrete proposal. rent regulation that authorizes the use of inter­ I urge my colleagues to support this bill. The subcommittee members tried very hard governmental transfers as a source of the to get Dr. Wilensky to explain exactly how the State share of Medicaid spending. TRIBUTE TO THE BETHLEHEM September 12 rule would affect the 22 States Third, the bill would require the Secretary to that now rely on revenues from provider LIONS CLUB, BETHLEHEM, PA, submit to the congressional committees of ju­ ON ITS 69TH ANNIVERSARY taxes-Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, In­ risdiction by no later than February 3, 1992- diana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, the date that the President's fiscal year 1993 Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hamp­ budget is due-a report describing any regula­ HON. DON RITTER shire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South tion the Secretary intends to issue limiting the OF PENNSYLVANIA Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Wash­ use of provider-specific taxes; the types of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ington, and Wisconsin--or the numerous provider-specific taxes that would be permis­ Monday, October 21, 1991 States that rely on intergovernmental trans­ sible under such a regulation; and any legisla­ fers-including California, Oklahoma, New Mr. RITTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tion that the Secretary believes is appropriate. pay tribute to the Bethlehem Lions Club of York, and Texas. For each State, the sub­ This legislation would not make any change committee asked: First, whether it would be Bethlehem, PA, on the occasion of its 69th an­ in the current law treatment of provider-spe­ niversary of service to its members and to our able to continue its current practices after Jan­ cific taxes as reflected in section 4701 of uary 1; second, if it could not, how much in great Lehigh Valley community. OBRA 1990. It does, however, provide an ad­ The Bethlehem Lions Club was chartered Federal Medicaid matching funds it would ditional 9 months for the courts to strike down lose; and third, what the State could do to re­ on November 9, 1922, under the observation the September 14 regulation as not in con­ of Lions Club International Organizer Frederick structure its provider tax or intergovernmental formity with this statutory language. transfer arrangements to make them accept­ Amigo. Forty-eight Bethlehem residents gath­ COST able to HCFA. Dr. Wilensky was unable to ered as charter members to elect Adams give a definitive answer for any State, indicat­ According to the Congressional Budget Of­ Dodson as the club's first president. Others ing that we should await the clarification. fice, this legislation would not result in any in­ elected at that time included Edwin H. Young So where does that leave the States? crease in Federal Medicaid outlays in fiscal as first vice president, William J. Fink as sec­ Mrore than 1 month after the issuance of year1992, 1993, 1994,or 1995. ond vice president, W.D. Seyfried as third vice the regulation, and just 10 weeks before they CONCLUSION president, Truman H. Fatzinger as secretary are scheduled to go into effect, the author of It is difficult to overstate the importance of and Ralph Hunsicker as treasurer. Records of the regulations can still not explain exactly this issue for the poor, for the States, and for that meeting also show that William E. what they would mean for any of the States the Nation's safety net hospitals and clinics. Reichard was named the club's first tail twister that currently have such programs in effect. If the September 12 regulation is allowed to and Howard C. Rader became the first lion On January 1, most States will be right in the go into effect on January 1 , the Bush adminis­ tamer. middle of their current fiscal years. Yet they tration will have achieved by regulation what From that start the Bethlehem Lions Club still don't know if this rule invalidates their pro­ the Reagan administration failed to do by leg­ has grown in size and stature-in large part vider tax or intergovernmental transfer policies islation: cripple the ability of States to pay for because of its commitment to public service or how much in Federal matching payments basic medical care and long-term care for the and support of worthy causes. A major bene­ they stand to lose. They still don't know what poor. ficiary of its members' efforts over its history changes they would need to make to bring The consequences will be felt not only by has been the Northampton Coui 1ty Branch of themselves into compliance, and they won't those States who currently rely on voluntary the Pennsylvania Association of the Blind. The know for at least another 2 weeks. contributions or provider-specific taxes or Bethlehem Club, under the leadership of the This is no way to run a railroad, much less intergovernmental transfers, but also by those late Walter Ruthhart, organized the branch in a health-care program that buys basic medical who might want to turn to these revenue May 1928, calling upon the resources of the services and long-term care for 28 million low­ sources in the future. other Lions Clubs in Northampton County to income mothers, children, disabled, and elder­ The consequences are fairly straightforward. form an agency to assist the visually impaired. ly. And it is certainly ironic behavior from an To plug the hole that will result from the loss Bethlehem Lions since that time have given administration that prides itself on its commit­ of Federal Medicaid matching funds as of Jan­ their time, talents, and money to help the as­ ment to Federalism and a collegial partnership uary, the States can either raise revenues sociation and agencies such as the Northeast with the States. from some other source-income, sales, or Eye Bank, Beacon Lodge, and Pennsylvania This regulation-and its destructive impact property taxes-take money from other State Eye Research in their vital efforts. on States and program beneficiaries-was government functions-education, corrections, But the commitment of the Lions to helping never intended by the Congress and is plainly transportation--or cut Medicaid eligibility, ben­ the less fortunate is not limited to assistance illegal. While I fully expect that the courts will efits, or reimbursement. for the blind. Over the Bethlehem Lions Club's

49--059 0-96 Vol. 137 (Pt. 19) 9 26920 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 21, 1991 history, members have helped such organiza­ by Aung San Suu Kyi, recently published in sibilities and to uphold the disciplines which tions as the Boy and Girl Scouts, the Salvation the Washington Post, be reprinted in the will maintain a free society. Among the Army, Historic Bethlehem, Little League, RECORD. basic freedoms to which men aspire that YMCA, YWCA, and many others. The club their lives might be full and uncramped, [From the Washington Post, Oct. 15, 1991] freedom from fear stands out as both a has invited outstanding high school students CORRUPTED BY FEAR means and an end. A people who would build to its weekly meetings throughout the school (By Aung San Suu Kyi) a nation in which strong, democratic institu­ year and provided both scholarships to needy (Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the demo­ tions are firmly established as a guarantee students and substantial support to the junior cratic opposition to Burma's military gov­ against state-induced power must first learn achievement program. And dedicated mem­ ernment, was named yesterday as winner of to liberate their own minds from apathy and bers such as Dr. Edwin Frey and Tommy the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. She has been fear.... Hess have become well known in our commu­ under house arrest and incommunicado since Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps nity through their work with other charitable or­ July 1989. The following is from an more precious is the courage acquired through endeavor, courage that comes from ganizations. unpublished essay.) It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear Perhaps because of this shining example of of losing power corrupts those who wield it, dictate one's actions, courage that could be service to one's fellow man, the Bethlehem and fear of the scourge of power corrupts described as "grace under pressure"-grace Club has been a leader in Lionism in the Le­ those who are subject to it. . . . which is renewed repeatedly in the face of high Valley. It has sponsored Lions Clubs in The effort necessary to remain harsh, unremitting pressure. Hellertown, Nazareth, Easton, Lehighton, Pen uncorrupted in an environment where fear is Within a system which denies the exist­ Argyl, Northwest Bethlehem, and my home an integral part of everyday existence is not ence of basic human rights, fear tends to be immediately apparent to those fortunate the order of the day. Fear of imprisonment, community of Coopersburg, as well as the fear of torture, fear of death, fear of losing Bethlehem Lioness Club and the nonprofit enough to live in states governed by the rule of law. Just laws do not merely prevent cor­ friends, family, property or means of liveli­ Bethlehem Lions Charities organization. ruption by meting out impartial punishment hood, fear of poverty, fear of isolation, fear Mr. Speaker, the Bethlehem Lions Club em­ to offenders. They also help to create a soci­ of failure. A most insidious form of fear is bodies the ideal and the power of free citizens ety in which people can fulfill the basic re­ that which masquerades as common sense or volunteering to make a difference in their com­ quirements necessary for the preservation of even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reck­ munity-and the wonderful fellowship and human dignity without recourse to corrupt less, insignificant or futile the small daily friendliness its members have shown me and practices. Where there are no such laws, the acts of courage which help to preserve man's burden of upholding the principles of justice self-respect and inherent human dignity. It so many others over the years has dem­ is not easy for a people conditioned by fear onstrated how enjoyable volunteering can be. and common decency falls on the ordinary people. It is the cumulative effect of their under the iron rule of the principle that Please join me in congratulating President sustained effort and steady endurance which might is right to free themselves from the Lion Carl Alborelli, Secretary Lion Charles will change a nation where reason and con­ enervating miasma of fear. Yet even under Morgan, and the other members of the Beth­ science are warped by fear into one where the most crushing state machinery courage lehem Lions Club on its 69th anniversary, and legal rules exist to promote man's desire for rises up again and again, for fear is not the wish them many more years of service and harmony and justice while restraining the natural state of civilized man. fellowship in the future. less desirable, destructive traits in his na­ The wellspring of courage and endurance in ture. the face of unbridled power is generally a In an age when immense technological ad­ firm belief in the sanctity of ethical prin­ A SYMBOL OF HOPE vances have created lethal weapons which ciples combined with a historical sense that could be, and are, used by the powerful and despite all setbacks the condition of man is the unprincipled to dominate the weak and set on an ultimate course for both spiritual HON. STEPHEN J. SOLARZ the helpless, there is a compelling need for a and material advancement. It is his capacity OF NEW YORK closer relationship between politics and eth­ for self-improvement and self-redemption IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ics at both the national and international which most distinguishes man from the mere levels .... brute. At the root of human responsibility is Monday, October 21, 1991 [A]s long as there are governments whose the concept of perfection, the urge to achieve Mr. SOLARZ. Mr. Speaker, a few days ago, authority is founded on coercion rather than it, the intelligence to find a path towards it, the Burmese democratic leader Aung San Suu on the mandate of the people, and interest and the will to follow that path if not the end at least the distance needed to rise above Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in groups which place short-term profits above long-term peace and prosperity, concerted individual limitations and environmental recognition of her struggle against the forces international action to protect and promote impediments. It is man's vision of a world fit of repression in her country. human rights will remain at best a partially for rational, civilized humanity which leads I first met Aung San Suu Kyi in 1988, in the realized struggle. There will continue to be him to dare and to suffer to build societies midst of the political turmoil that had engulfed arenas of struggle where victims of oppres­ free from want and fear. Concepts such as her country. At the time, and in the years that sion have to draw on their own inner re­ truth, justice and compassion cannot be dis­ have followed, I have been deeply impressed sources to defend their inalienable rights as missed as trite when these are often the only members of the human family. bulwarks which stand against ruthless by her dignity, wisdom, and courage. Her will­ power. ingness to lay her life on the line for democ­ The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of racy and to take whatever risks were nec­ the need for change in those mental atti­ essary to carry out her campaign for non­ tudes and values which shape the course of a COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PRACTICES violent change in Burma has not only served nation's development. A revolution which DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ASIAN as an inspiration to the Burmese people, but aims merely at changing official policies and AMERICANS has captured the imagination of the entire institutions with a view to an improvement global community. in material conditions has little chance of genuine success. Without a revolution of the HON. DANA ROHRABACHER Unhappily, and despite the efforts of this OF CALIFORNIA courageous woman, the military regime in spirit, the forces which had produced the in­ equities of the old order would continue to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Burma continues to reject the democratic aspi­ be operative, posing a constant threat to the Monday, October 21, 1991 rations of the Burmese people. Aung San Suu process of reform and regeneration. It is not Kyi remains under house arrest and thou­ enough merely to call for freedom, democ­ Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, on Feb­ sands of opposition figures reportedly remain racy and human rights. There has to be a ruary 26, 1989, the Los Angeles Times re­ behind bars, all for the simple crime of want­ united determination to persevere in the vealed that the University of California-Berke­ ing to bring political freedom and individual lib­ struggle, to make sacrifices in the name of ley Law School had been using racially cat­ erties to their country. enduring truths, to resist the corrupting in­ egorized waiting lists. In October of that year They should know, however, that they and fluences of desire, ill-will, ignorance and fear. this information came to my attention and I their cause have not been forgotten. And as Saints, it has been said, are the sinners met with Dean Jesse Choper of the Law one manifestation of our continuing interest in who go on trying. So free men are the op­ School. He stated that the Berkeley Law and concern for the heroic struggle for free­ posed who go on trying and who in the proc­ School reserves 23 to 25 percent of the enter­ dom in Burma, I ask that the attached essay ess make themselves fit to bear the respon- ing places for members of certain races. He October 21, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 26921 said the school had been doing this for about The letters, Coons said, "are perhaps According to O'Neil, Boalt never received a 1O years. Applicants of other races could cosmetically upsetting to some people, and complaint about the letters in the 12 years apply for only the remaining 73 to 75 percent probably we were imprudent to use that par­ she was an administrator there. ticular practice." But even if the separate waiting lists are of the entering class. Prof. Coons and others suggested that legal and well-intentioned, they make some By letter I asked the Office for Civil Rights there may be an element of hypocrisy in the people uneasy, according to Henry Der, exec­ of the Department of Education to look into complaints from minorities about the let­ utive director of Chinese for Affirmative Ac­ this matter. After several further inquiries I was ters, because minority applicants who dis­ tion, an organization that has been active in informed on April 4, 1990, almost 6 rr:onths close their race do so voluntarily in hopes of investigating claims of anti-Asian bias in the after my request, that OCR would initiate an being given special consideration. "It sounds UC system. "What it does is cause a lot of re­ sentment and suspicion," Der said. "People investigation of this apparent racial quota sys­ like their gripe is that they didn't get in," said another Boalt professor who asked not wonder if it becomes an upper ceiling against tem at the Berkeley Law School. The inves­ us." tigation is still continuing today. to be identified. Some experts on affirmative action law say QUOTA MENTALITY To say this delay is frustrating is an under­ the Boalt lists may violate the 1978 Bakke John H. Bunzel, a senior research fellow at statement. decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. That Stanford University's Hoover Institution If any of my colleagues doubt there is quota controversial ruling forbade specific racial who writes about affirmative action from a discrimination occurring in university admis­ quotas for admission at the UC Davis medi­ conservative viewpoint, agreed. "This comes sions I urge them to read the following Los cal school but stated that race could be one awfully close to smacking of a quota mental­ Angeles Times article describing the racially of several considerations in admissions. As a ity, and calling it a goal doesn't diminish it. result, the school enrolled Allan Bakke, a Why not call it a quota?" said Bunzel, who categorized waiting lists and my exchange of was a member of the U.S. Civil Rights Com­ correspondence with the civil rights officials at white student who had previously been re­ jected in favor of what he claimed were less mission in the Ronald Reagan Administra­ the Department of Education. qualified blacks. tion. This situation and the department's re­ The Times was given a copy of one of the sponse to it are exactly why my resolution PERFECTLY SENSIBLE letters by Los Angeles attorney Richard M. House Concurrent Resolution 102 is needed. Coons insisted that the use of separate Mosk, who is acquainted with the applicant I urge the Committee on Education and lists at Boalt does not violate the Bakke rul­ who received it. Mosk is the son of state Su­ ing. Nor would a decision to do away with Labor that will soon begin markup on the preme Court Justice Stanley Mosk, who the lists signify a retreat from affirmative wrote the 1976 California ruling ordering Higher Education Act reauthorization bill to action, he said. The waiting lists are "per­ Bakke's admission to medical school-which add my sense of the Congress resolution fectly sensible" and are consistent with the federal court upheld. Richard Mosk said against college admissions quotas to that bill. Boalt's goal of having minorities make up he has not discussed the Boalt practice with [From the Los Angeles Times, Feb. 26, 1989) about 25% of a class, he said. his father. Because of its distinguished reputation and LAW ScHOOLS WEIGH VALUE OF WAITING LISTS According to Admissions Director Tom, FOR MINORITIES Boalt's current first-year class of 258 stu­ relatively low tuition, Boalt always draws dents includes 16 Asians, 19 blacks, 23 far more applicants than it can accept. (By Larry Gordon) Latinos and three Native Americans. About 15 percent of the 5,300 applicants last In reply to her application for admission to In interviews, several legal educators year were offered admission and about 40 UC Berkeley's law school, an Asian-Amer­ across the country said they never heard of percent of those accepted enrolled. Can­ ican woman last spring received what she publicly acknowledged waiting lists sepa­ didates on waiting list hope that somebody called a "weird" letter. rated by race, although they said that it is accepted in the first round will decide to at­ She was disappointed but not surprised, common practice to give qualified ethnic mi­ tend another school. The number of can­ considering the fierce competition, to learn norities an extra boost in admissions. They didates from the waiting list who eventually that she had not been accepted right away stressed that no quotas are kept, although get admitted at Boalt varies from year to and had been put on a waiting list. What did most schools aim for such "goals" of minor­ year according to Tom. disturb her, she recalled, was being told in ity representation because the legal profes­ Whites are not told that they are on an the letter that she was on "the Asian wait­ sion is so overwhelmingly white. ethnic list, just that they are on a list for ei­ ing list." ther California residents or out-of-staters; You'd think the law school would have IMPORTANT FACTOR because it is a state school, Boalt must not been more careful about saying that," said Betsy Levin, executive director of the have more than a quarter of its class from the woman, who asked not to be identified Assn. of American Law Schools, said "most outside California, he said. because she never made it into the school law schools look at what they can contribute and plans to reapply this year. to the legal education of the whole student HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Her letter was not unique. UC Berkeley's body as well as to society." At the Univer­ October 13, 1989. law school, known as as Boalt Haal, has kept sity of Colorado's law school, where she used Dr. WILLIAM L. SMITH, separate formal waiting lists for Asians, to be dean, the admissions office treated eth­ Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, De­ blacks, Latinos and American Indians for at nicity "as certainly an important factor but partment of Education, Washington, DC. least 12 years and has notified applicants not the only one," according to Levin. DEAR DR. SMITH: This will follow up our about being on such a list. Boalt officials say At Stanford University's law school, Ad­ meeting with James Turner of the Civil the practice is an unusually candid yet legal missions Director Dora Hjertberg said one Rights Division of the Department of Jus­ attempt to help minorities gain seats in the waiting list ls kept for all promising can­ tice. incoming class; it does not signify a racial didates who could not be accommodated in I am pleased to learn that several Asian quota system, they insist. the first round. She said the school has an admission college discrimination complaints Now, however, the law school may get rid informal method of ensuring diversity. If, for have now been formally referred. Even of those lists. example, a woman candidate who was ac­ though these cases are approximately 2 years "The separate waiting lir:it issue is some­ cepted decides to attend another school, old I hope you will vigorously investigate thing we are re-examining, not because it's Stanford would probably seek to replace her them rather than close them as not having been brought to our attention by any irate with another woman; the same probably been filed in a timely manner. candidate but because we like to re-examine would be true in the case of black applicants, As we discussed, I am concerned about the our policies every so often," said Edward she said. University of California at Berkeley Law Tom, who became Boalt's director of admis­ Boalt's previous admissions director, Beth School's use of racial waiting lists. I request sions and financial aid last year. O'Neil, is now executive director of the Law that your office, in conjunction with the Recent allegations of bias against Asians School Admission Council, a national orga­ Civil Rights Division of the Department of nization. She said she believes that other Justice, provide for me the following infor­ at UC Berkeley's undergraduate divisions mation: also make this a good time to consider schools keep similar racial lists. "They may (1) For how many years has the law school changing the waiting list policy at the law not be doing it in as public a way and may used race specific waiting lists? school, Tom said in response to an inquiry not be telling you that they are doing it," (2) What is the justification (formal docu­ from The Times. He conceded that the wait­ O'Neil said. ment) that requires these lists? ing list letters might be easily misconstrued. Without such lists, she said, it would be (3) Other than Asian lists, how many more Boalt Prof. John Coons, who is chairman of difficult to achieve ethnic diversity just by race specific waiting lists do they have? the Admissions Committee, said he was not ranking waiting-list candidates by test (4) Is there a Jewish waiting list? aware of the waiting list letters until a few scores and undergraduate grades. (Blacks (5) For each year that such a list existed, days ago but said he expects the practice will and Latinos, as a group, tend to score lower how many people were placed on a race spe­ be dropped this year for "cosmetic" reasons. than whites on law school admissions tests.) cific list? 26922 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 21, 1991 (6) Does the use of race specific waiting two years for which race-specific waiting judged on," Rohrabacher said. "Judging peo­ lists signify that the admissions process was lists were used. OCR's review of the lists re­ ple solely on the basis of race is illegal in also race specific? flects the following: this country." I appreciate your willingness to include 1987 waiting lists: Students DEAN DENIES RACIAL QUOT AS and address these questions in the on-site in­ Asian subgroups ...... 1 6 Boal t Hall Dean Jesse Cho per confirmed vestigation your office is conducting in con­ Black ...... 40 that the school uses waiting lists categorized nection with a complaint against the under­ Chicano/Latino ...... 9 by race, but he denied that they were used to graduate admissions policy at UC-Berkeley. Chinese/Korean ...... 20 In connection with your compliance review 1988 waiting lists: establish racial quotas. American Indian ...... a "We use our admissions process on the at UCLA, I am concerned about the slowness 44 waiting list in part to achieve a diverse stu- and delay you are experiencing. I urge that Black ...... Chicano ...... 20 dent body, and that requires some conscious- an expert in Title VI law from your main of­ Chinese ...... 9 ness of race and ethnicity," he said. fice closely supervise all further meetings or Korean ...... 5 The waiting lists, which inlcuded cat- on-site investigations in connection with the Latino ...... 7 egories for American Indians, black, Chi- UCLA compliance review. Filipino/Vietnamese ...... 6 canos, Chinese Koreans, Latinos and Fili- Sincerely, 1 Vietnamese, Thai, and Polynesian. pino/Vietnamese, were used to meet the DANA RoHRABACHER, 6. Does the use of race-specific waiting school's ranges for affirmative action goals. Member of Congress. lists signify that the admissions process was The students are not judged solely on race, also race-specific? school officials noted. Criteria for admis­ U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Race and ethnicity are considered at sev­ sions include grade-point average, score on OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, eral points during the admissions process. the Law School Admissions Test, graduate April 4, 1990. Boalt Hall sets a target range of 23-27 per­ studies, outside activities and work experi­ Hon. DANA RoHRABACHER, cent minority enrollment. This goal is bro­ ence. House of Representatives, Washington, DC. ken down as follows: 8-10 percent Black: 8-10 "According to Boalt Hall," the department DEAR MR. RoHRABACHER: This is in re­ percent Chicano, 5-7 percent Asian-American wrote, "consideration of ethnic background sponse to your letter to me, dated March 14, (excluding Japanese), and 1 percent Native means that 'an applicant's racial or cultural 1990, concerning an inquiry by the Office for American. Included within the Chicano goal minority background may be considered a Civil Rights (OCR) into the use of race-spe­ are certain Latino groups. plus if he or she is a member of a group cific waiting lists by the University of Cali­ Criteria for admission to Boalt Hall in­ which has not had a fair opportunity to de­ fornia at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt clude grade point average, Law School Ad­ velop its potential for academic achievement Hall), in its admission process. You have missions Test, graduate studies, outside ac­ and which lacks adequate representation in asked for responses to questions that you tivities, work experience, and ethnic back­ the legal profession.' " posed in an earlier letter to me concerning ground. According to Boal t Hall, consider­ Boalt Hall. ation of ethnic background means that "[a]n COMPLAINTS FROM TWO SIDES The Seattle Regional Office of OCR re­ applicant's racial or cultural minority back­ Chopper said it was ironic that Boalt was cently completed a report on its inquiry into ground may be considered a 'plus' if he or being investigated for giving preference to the use of race-specific waiting lists by Boalt she is a member of a group which has not had underrepresented racial minorities a day Hall. OCR headquarters has received and is a fair opportunity to develop its potential after students staged a massive demonstra­ reviewing this report. Based on this report, for academic achievement and which lacks tion outside his office to object to what they OCR is able to provide responses to questions adequate representation in the legal profes­ say are weak affirmative action hiring and that you have raised. sion." Boalt Hall, Admissions Criteria (Jan. enrollment practices. 1. For how many years has the law school 1987). The Education Department also is inves­ used race-specific waiting lists? Based upon a review of the information tigating undergraduate admissions practices The oldest racially separate waiting list of which has been collected by OCR's Seattle at UC Berkeley and undergraduate and grad­ which Boalt Hall has a record is dated June Regional Office. Such a review will be sched­ uate admissions practices at UCLA. 4, 1980. Such lists have been used for each uled as soon as possible. I also have shared The investigation at Berkeley was prompt­ year through 1988. Although there are no the information collected by the regional of­ ed by charges from a Chinese American sci­ records of waiting lists from the 1970s, Boalt fice with the Department of Justice. entist that Berkeley discriminates against Hall used a two-track admissions process Please let me know if you have any ques­ whites by admitting less qualified blacks and from 1971 through 1978--one for minorities tions or if I can be of any further assistant. Hispanics. and one for minorities. In 1989, Boalt Hall did Sincerely, Arthur Hu, a Sausalito computer expert, not use race-specific waiting lists; it used a WILLIAM L. SMITH, has said that the only way to prove discrimi­ unitary waiting list. However, the waiting Acting Assistant Secretary nation against Asians is to prove discrimina­ list indicated the race or ethnicity of stu­ for Civil Rights. tion against whites. dents who were to receive special consider­ However, in a column in last month's ation. U.S. PROBING CHARGE OF BOALT HALL Asian Week newspaper, Hu said that by in­ 2. What is the justification (formal docu­ QUOTAS-ACCUSATION ON LIMITING ASIAN­ creasing the proportion of students who are ment) that requires these lists? AMERICANS admitted by academic standards alone and There is no formal document that requires (By Dili,ne Curtis) by discontinuing automatic admission of all these lists. Boalt Hall officials stated that The U.S. Department of Education is in­ UC-eligible black and Hispanic applicants, these lists were used to facilitate the selec­ vestigating complaints that racial quotas "they've quietly fixed everything that I can tion of applicants consistent with target are being used to limit the number of Asian legally complain about." ranges under the school's self-initiated af­ Americans Accepted to Boalt Hall School of McGrath said the investigations into pos­ firmative action plan. Law. sible discrimination against Asian Ameri­ 3. Other than Asian lists, how many more Jack McGrath, spokesman for the depart­ cans at UCLA and at Harvard University race-specific waiting lists do they have? ment's Office of Civil Rights, said yesterday "are nearing completion at this time." In 1988, the last year for which race-spe­ that the law school will join the University cific waiting lists were used, there were sepa­ of California at Berkeley and UCLA as tar­ rate waiting lists for persons who were gets of civil rights investigations. CONGRESSMAN KILDEE SALUTES American Indian, Black, Chicano, Chinese, The probe of admissions policies at Boalt, ANTONIO OTERO Korean, Latino, and Filipino/Vietnamese. On which is located on the UC Berkeley campus, the unitary waiting list used for 1989, race was prompted by a request from Representa­ and ethnicity was identified for students who tive Dana Rohrabacher, R-Long Beach, to re­ HON. DALEE. KILDEE were members of the following racial/ethnic view reports that Boalt uses waiting lists OF MICHIGAN groups: Chinese, Latino, Filipino, American that are categorized by race. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Indian, Black, Chicano, Polynesian, Korean, According to a preliminary response to a Asian, Japanese/Korean, and Vietnamese. list of questions submitted by the congress­ Monday, October 21, 1991 4. Is there a Jewish waiting list? man, the department reported that between Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to There is no Jewish waiting list. 1980 and 1988 the school grouped waiting lists urge my colleagues to join me in honoring An­ 5. For each year that such a list existed, according to race. The 1989 admissions wait­ how many people were placed on a race-spe­ ing list did not include the grouping but did tonio Otero who was recently named "His­ cific list? note each applicant's race. panic Engineer of the Year'' by the Hispanic OCR gathered comprehensive data for all "When you have a waiting list based solely Engineer National Achievement Awards Con­ waiting lists used for 1987 and 1988, the last on race, that's what the students are being ference [HENAAC]. As director of manufactur- October 21, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 26923 ing, engineering, and quality at Buick City As­ home. If you produce quality products, it A very small number of overseas dis­ sembly Center in my hometown of Flint, Ml, does not stop there. Others will imitate you, sidents, after having been denied entry to Tony played an integral role in converting the so you have to keep running. That is a big Taiwan, have been given to emotional out­ 50-year-old plant into a world-class, state-of­ challenge. In a way, it is a never-ending bursts, charging that we have a "blacklist" race." to restrict people's freedom of travel, which the-art facility. His message is as true for careers as it is infringes upon their right to return to their For his hard work and tremendous achieve­ for cars. native land. These charges are all false and ments, Tony richly deserves the national rec­ Mobil has been a corporate sponsor of need to be clarified. According to 1990 fig­ ognition he received at HENAAC's awards HENAAC since its inception, in part because ures, only 13 out of all the cases of overseas ceremony on October 12 in Los Angeles. In HENAAC is about role models like Otero. Chinese applying for admission to Taiwan addition to his outstanding accomplishments They motivate talented young people very were rejected on the ground and with the as an engineer, Tony also serves as an exem­ much like themselves to shoot for the top, in proof that these applicants might use vio­ plary role model for all youth across the Na­ engineering and other fields, and to work for lence to subvert the government after entry. tion. This past week, the Mobil Corp. recog­ employers who'll see to it that they grow. These 13 rejections cannot negate the fact Besides Mobil, many other companies sup­ nized Tony for encouraging young people to that we guarantee the freedom of free entry port HENAAC (and vice versa), and there's and exit for two to three million people each pursue a never-ending quest for quality. Mr. always room for more. For additional infor­ year. Speaker, I would like to submit Mobil's tribute mation about HENAAC, write to the organiz­ to Tony that appeared in newspapers across ers: Career Communications Group, Inc., 729 the country. Only with tremendous people like East Pratt Street, Suite 504, Baltimore, MD TURNING DOWN A HELPING HAND Tony will our Nation continue to nurture the 21202. talent and attitude among our youth that is ab­ "Success through Education: The Third HON. PHILIP M. CRANE solutely vital for lasting success in an increas­ Annual Hispanic Engineer National Achieve­ OF ILLINOIS ingly competitive world economy: ment Awards" will be televised in November in 49 U.S. cities. Contact Career Communica­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RoLE MODELS tions Group for local dates, times and sta­ Suppose you're a white, male child. And tions. Monday, October 21, 1991 suppose you live in a society where all the Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, in recent years doctors are women. And all the business there has been a great deal of public pressure leaders are Asian. And all the important THE IMMIGRATION POLICY OF THE politicians are black. Would you dream of for society to assist the homeless in their at­ being a doctor or a business leader or a poli­ REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON TAIWAN tempt to reenter society. Despite all the good tician when you grow up? Probably not. intentions of the public and private initiatives When it comes to grooming young minds HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL intended to accomplish this purpose there for career success, strong role models are im­ OF NEW YORK continues to be a group who seem perpetually portant-almost as important as good edu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES caught in their homeless condition. In his arti­ cation and employment opportunities. And cle on the homeless which appeared in the the better those role models mirror their au­ Monday, October 21, 1991 diences, the better they work. September 30, 1991 issue of Newsweek, L. Antonio Otero is about as good a role Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Christopher Awalt suggests that the reason model as they come. A 1959 Cuban immigrant address a subject that has caused me some why there are such people who fail to escape to the U.S., Otero received his bachelor's de­ concern. On my recent trip to Taiwan, I met their homelessness lies not with a lack of pro­ gree in mechanical engineering at age 28 and with a number of their high ranking officials, grams, but with the people themselves, who a Master of Business Administration degree including President Li Teng-Hui and Premier for various reasons choose a vagrant lifestyle. a year later. He began his career at General Hao Po-Ts'un. During the course of our meet­ I submit Mr. Awalt's article on this issue to my Motors. A quarter-century later, he's still ings, I raised the question that has been of there. colleagues who are concerned about the Today, Otero is director of Manufacturing, great concern to many Members of Congress homeless and the inability of society to keep Engineering and Quality at GM's Buick City and the citizens of the United States concern­ some of these people off the street: Assembly Center. He was instrumental in ing a so-called blacklist of people who have BROTHER, DON'T SPARE A DIME fashioning this world-class fac111ty from a been refused visas for admission into the Re­ (By L. Christopher Awalt) group of 50-year-old plants. He converted the public of China on Taiwan. I was told categori­ center's paint process, which improved envi­ Homeless people are everywhere-on the cally that a blacklist did not exist, and that I street, in public buildings, on the evening ronmental quality while it also produced would get a more detailed, written response to slicker-looking vehicles. And he has been news and at the corner parking lot. You can recognized for his ingenuity in marrying my query. Following is the response I have re­ hardly step out of your house these days quality production to quality design. ceived from the Taiwan Government. I am for­ without meeting some haggard character The Hispanic Engineer National Achieve­ warding the same to Chairman SOLARZ of the who asks you for a cigarette or begs for "a ment Awards Conference (HENAAC) has Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asian and little change." The homeless are not just named Otero 1991 Hispanic Engineer of the Pacific Affairs. I would like to include this constant symbols of wasted lives and failed social programs--they have become a danger Year. He is one of 18 top engineers from busi­ piece into the RECORD: ness, government and academia who were to public safety. honored by HENAAC in Los Angeles on Octo­ THE IMMIGRATION POLICY OF THE REPUBLIC OF What's the root of the homeless problem? ber 12 during Hispanic Heritage Month. The CHINA ON TAIWAN Everyone seems to have a scapegoat: advo­ awards ceremony closed HENAAC's third an­ We have always welcomed overseas Chi­ cates of the homeless blame government pol­ nual forum, dedicated to "Success through nese to return home. Under the principle of icy; politicians blame the legal system; the Education" for young Hispanic men and facilitating entry procedures to the ROC, we courts blame the bureaucratic infrastruc­ women. More than 2,000 students, profes­ have provided all types of assistance to var­ ture; the Democrats blame the Republicans; sional engineers, educators and employers ious overseas Chinese without discrimina­ the Republicans, the Democrats. The public attended to learn, advise, network, recruit-­ tion, except those very few who believe in se­ blames the economy, drugs, the "poverty and meet role models. cession, who deny our sovereignty, who are cycle" and "the breakdown of society." With Indeed, HENAAC recognized Otero not only violence-prone, and who attempt to subvert all this finger-pointing, the group most re­ as an exemplary engineer, but also as an ex­ the government. These exceptions are made sponsible for the homeless being the way emplary role model. He makes no secret of in full consideration of our overall national they are receives the least blame. That wanting to see more Hispanics succeed at security and social stability. After we have group is the homeless themselves. General Motors. To that end, he works ac­ accumulated enough evidence to indicate How can I say this? For the past two years tively with New Mexico State University to that those people would create clear and I have worked with the homeless, volunteer­ identify young Hispanic engineers and to present danger to our national security and ing at the Salvation Army and at a soup offer them practical work experience social stability, we can legally restrict their kitchen in Austin, Texas. I have led a weekly through GM's summer internship programs. entry. This measure is necessary. All other chapel service, served food, listened, coun­ And he shares with these and other students countries in the world, including the United seled, given time and money and shared in his personal real-world insights. On quality, States, have similarly denied entry to ter­ their struggles. I have seen their response to for example: rorists and smugglers on the basis of safe­ troubles, and though I'd rather report other­ "Quality is not like running a race where, guarding their own national security and in­ wise, many of them seem to have chosen the if you win, you receive your award and go terests. lifestyles they lead. They are unwilling to do 26924 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 21, 1991 the things necessary to overcome their cir­ will have one less homeless person. My guess by declaring war on Germany, Clark traveled cumstances. They must bear the greater pa.rt is that you won't find many takers. The to Cincinnati to enlist in the Marines. Although of the blame for their manifold troubles. truly homeless won't stay a.round pa.st the this was his first travel outside of Adams Let me qualify what I just said. Not every­ second question. one who finds himself out of a job and in the So what a.re the solutions? I will not pre­ County, he was soon on his way to Parris Is­ street is there because he wants to be. Some tend to give ultimate answers. But whatever land for basic training, and finally Europe. are victims of tragic circumstances. I met policy we decide upon must include some no­ James Clark served in France from June many dignified, capable people during my tion of self-reliance and individual respon­ 14, 1917, until February 22, 1919, including time working with Austin's homeless: the sibility. Simply giving over our parks, our extensive combat action during the German single father struggling to earn his high­ airports and our streets to those who cannot Marine offensive and the Battle of Belleau school equivalency and to be a role model for and will not take ca.re of themselves is noth­ Woods. It was during the Battle of Belleau his children; the woman who fled a good job ing but a retreat from the problem and al­ Woods that Clark was wounded in action, in another city to escape an abusive hus­ lows the public property that we designate which led to his spending 6 weeks in an Army band; the well-educated young man who had for their "use" to fall into disarray. Edu­ his world turned upside down by divorce and cation, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, hospital in Paris and 5 months in a hospital in a layoff. These people deserve every effort to treatment for the mentally ill and job train­ Vichy. It was during this battle that the U.S. help them back on their feet. ing programs a.re all worthwhile projects, Marines earned the name "Teufelhunde" from But they're not the real problem. They a.re but without requiring some effort and ac­ the German soldiers, which means usually off the streets and resuming normal countability on the pa.rt of the homeless for "Devildogs." lives within a period of weeks or months. whom these programs a.re implemented, all Mr. Speaker, James Lawrence Clark, a Even while "down on their luck," they a.re these efforts do is break the taxpayer. Unless humble man, does not readily discuss the responsible citizens, working in the shelters the homeless are willing to help themselves, honors and commendations that he earned for and applying for jobs. They a.re homeless, . there is nothing anyone else can do. Not you. his service in France, but the list is a long true, but only temporarily, because they a.re Not me. Not the government. Not anyone. eager to reorganize their lives. one. He was awarded the Distinguished Serv­ For every person temporarily homeless, ice Cross for gallantry in action, the Navy though, there are many who a.re chronically REMEMBERING TENNESSEE ERNIE Cross, the Croix de Guerre, the Purple Heart, so. Whether because of mental illness, alco­ FORD the Good Conduct Medal, the Victory medal, holism, poor education, drug addiction or the Silver Star, and a citation from Maj. Gen. simple laziness, these homeless are content Omar Bundy for his bravery during the Battle to remain as they a.re. In many cases they HON. NORMAN Y. MINETA OF CALIFORNIA of Belleau Woods. choose the streets. They enjoy the freedom Returning from Europe following his recu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and consider begging a. minor inconvenience. peration from his combat wounds, Clark got a They know they can always get a. job for a Monday, October 21, 1991 day or two for food, cigarettes and alcohol. job in Columbus, OH, and worked his way The sophisticated among them have learned Mr. MINETA. Mr. Speaker, the United through Ohio State University. Graduating to use the system for what it's worth and fig­ States lost a great entertainer last Thursday from the university's college of agriculture in ure that a. trip through the welfare line is with the passing of Tennessee Ernie Ford. 1923, became a highschool teacher and dedi­ less trouble than a. steady job. In a society Ford's country and western ballads, as well cated 27 years of service to Ohio public that has mastered dodging responsibility, as his religious recordings, leave America a schools. This included 4 years as principal at these homeless prefer a. life of no responsibil­ rich cultural legacy. Johnsville, in Morrow County, 8 years as su­ ity at all. But what many people do not know, Mr. perintendent at Coalton, in Jackson County, Waste of time: One person I worked with is Speaker, is that Tennessee Ernie Ford also a. good example. He is an older man who has and 8 years as the executive head of the Rio been on the streets for a.bout 10 yea.rs. The had a proud record of service in our Armed Grande schools. After leaving school adminis­ story of his decline from respectability to al­ Forces. tration, he spent 15 years as an examiner with coholism sounded believable and I wanted to During the Second World War, Ford was a the State auditor, covering school and other help. After buying him toiletries and giving bombardier in the Army Air Corps, flying B-29 public accounts in southeastern Ohio. him clothes, I drove him one night to a. Vet­ missions in Italy. Mr. Speaker, along with his wartime service erans Administration hospital, an hour and a The Air Force Association chapter in Sunny­ and his dedication to the educational achieve­ half a.way, and put him into a detoxification vale, CA named itself in Ford's honor, and I ments of young people in Ohio, James Clark program. I wrote him monthly to check on am a proud member of that association. has been active in the Methodist Church, a his progress and attemped to line up a. job for Mr. Speaker, the funeral for Tennessee life-long Mason, and, of course, a proud mem­ him when he got out. Four months into his Ford will be held today in Palo Alto, program, he was thinking and speaking Ernie ber of the American legion. I rise today with clearly and talking about plans he wanted to where he had been living with his wife, Bev­ my colleagues in the House to honor this liv­ make. At five months, he expressed concern erly, at the time of his death. ing "Teufelhunde" and decorated veteran of over the life he was about to lead. During the Tennessee Ernie Ford will be missed by ev­ the "Great War" and wish him Godspeed in sixth month, I called and was told that he eryone who knew him, and by everyone the days ahead. had checked himself out and returned home. whose life he touched with his music, and with A month later I found him drunk a.gain, back his service to this Nation. on the streets. I ask my colleagues to join with me in ex­ THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Was "society" to blame for this man? tending our sympathies to his wife and family. DAVIS WINS ITS 20TH CONSECU­ Hardly. It has provided free medical ca.re, TIVE CONFERENCE TITLE IN counseling and honest effort. Was it the fault FOOTBALL of the economy? No. This man never gave IN HONOR OF JAMES LAWRENCE the economy a cha.nee to solve his problems. CLARK The only person who can be blamed for his HON. VIC FAZIO failure to get off the streets is the man him­ OF CALIFORNIA self. To argue otherwise is a waste of time HON. BOB McEWEN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and compassion. OF OHIO Monday, October 21, 1991 Those who disagree will claim that my ex­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES perience is merely anecdotal and that one Mr. FAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec­ does not a. policy make. Please don't take Monday, October 21, 1991 ognize and honor the University of California, my word for it. The next time you see some­ Mr. McEWEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Davis for winning its 20th consecutive con­ one advertising that he'll work for food, take honor James Lawrence Clark, who at 92 is ference title in football. This year, the UC him up on it. Offer him a. ha.rd day's work for one of the most decorated surviving American Davis campus commemorated this truly re­ an honest wage, and see if he accepts. If he does, tell him you'll pay weekly, so that he veterans of the "Great War," World War I. A markable milestone in collegiate athletics at a will have to work for an entire week before native of Adams County, OH, he is still living celebration well-attended by Aggie football he sees any money. If he still accepts, offer an active life in Portsmouth, OH, in the players representing all 20 of the conference a. permanent job, with taxes withheld and Hillview Retirement Center. title teams. the whole shebang. If he accepts again, hire Just 11 days after the United States entered When UC Davis won its 15th consecutive him. You'll have a. fine employee and society World War I on the side of the allied powers football title in 1985, it snapped the NCCA October 21, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 26925 record held by the Bud Wilkerson-coached Frank Cimino, for his longstanding service to deep regret that I pay tribute to this man who Oklahoma Sooners from 1946-59. The UC our community, State, and Nation. I would passed away on October 15, 1991. Davis conference title streak began in 1971 also like to congratulate Frank for recently Mr. Speaker, this man was an example for when Jim Sochor-a former quarterback at being elected senior vice commander of the us all. He was committed to his city as rival California State University, San Fran­ district 2 chapter of the Disabled American Youngstown's law director from 1954 to 1960. cisco-coached the Aggies to the Far Western Veterans [DAV]. In this position, he fought against high utility Conference championship. Even with a name Frank Cimino's involvement with the DAV is bills for the city. He also served the State of change of the conference to the Northern Ath­ impressive. He is presently an organizer and Ohio as assistant attorney general from 1960 letic Conference in 1982, the Sochor-coached adjutant with chapter 129, where he has to 1963. Previous to this, he served his coun­ football teams continued to dominate on the served as chapter commander. Frank also try in the Army Air Forces in World War II. field with a pro-style passing offense devel­ serves as a member of the executive commit­ oped by Sochor and his staff from many years tee of the Pennsylvania DAV. Mr. Mika also found time to be husband and of study and Sochor's annual visits to National In addition to his outstanding contributions father. Additionally, Mr. Mika served his com­ Football League training camps. The UC to the DAV, Frank has displayed his leader­ munity as a loyal Democrat as a member of Davis football team has often competed ship skills and dedication through the Veterans the Mahoning County Democratic Central and against teams with bigger and stronger play­ of Foreign Wars. He was a past district 12 Executive Committee. ers, but this has not prevented the team from commander, and now serves as adjutant and Mr. Speaker, it is with my deepest sympathy winning conference titles and reaching the Di­ deputy chief of staff of the Department of that I offer my condolences to the family and vision II playoffs on several occasions. Pennsylvania VFW. He is also a former na­ friends of Mr. Felix S. Mika. The work of Sochor and his all-volunteer tional deputy chief of staff. staff of assistant coaches paid tremendous During World War II. he won several impor­ dividends in 1982 as the Aggie football squad tant medals, serving as both a runner during reached the National Collegiate Athletic Asso­ blackouts, and as a block warden. He served A TRIBUTE TO MYRON M. SLOAN ciation Division II championship game. The his country with honor in the Korean war, Aggies were led by record-breaking quarter­ where he won the Soldier's Medal, the highest back Ken O'Brien who would later be drafted noncombat award given by the Army. HON. GARY L ACKERMAN by the New York Jets in the first round of the Frank Cimino's career in public service is OF NEW YORK NFL draft and continues to hold the team's also long and distinguished. In 1966, Frank starting quarterback position. A number of was appointed borough director of civil de­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES other players have gone on to career in the fense by Governor Scranton, and he was later Monday, October 21, 1991 NFL including Mike Wise, Mike Moroski, Bo appointed to the State council of civil defense Eason, and Rolf Benirschke. by Governor Shapp. Since the late 1960's, he Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, Myron M. While Sochor handed over the reins of the has served many vital leadership roles in the Sloan is retiring after 22 years of dedicated Aggie football program 2 years ago in order to Mount Carmel community, including auditor, service as the United Federation of Teachers assume the athletic director's position at UC councilman, and mayor. He also has served District 25 Representative. I rise to pay tribute Davis, his replacement, longtime assistant Bob the State in several capacities. Clearly, Frank to a man who has faithfully worked in the New Foster, has continued the winning tradition so Cimino is an experienced and dedicated lead­ York City school system for 34 years, 31 as a well established by Sochor. This month, the er. member of the United Federation of Teachers Aggies begin their quest for a 21st consecu­ In addition, Frank devotes much time to his executive board. tive football conference title. community on a more personal level. His long­ Mike has been active in the union since It would be difficult to find one reason which time association with both the Boy Scout and 1958, holding positions as delegate, chapter the Aggies continue to garner football con­ Girl Scout organizations, as well as his former leader, executive board member and district ference titles, but the nonscholarship nature of position as president of the Big Brother's representative. He was also a member of the the UC Davis athletic program may hold some Booster Association are testimony to his con­ Strike Network as a district chairman in 1960. clues. Prospective football players come to UC tinued dedication to the youth of our commu­ During these early and challenging years, Davis to be students first and athletes second. nity. Mike was integral in building the United Fed­ Only when they meet the academic standards Frank has played an active role in other or­ eration of Teachers-the early labor disputes, required of all students are they allowed to ganizations, such as the American Red Cross, the fight for collective bargaining and the first compete in football. Aggie football players the American Cancer Society, Senior Citizens, contract. It is now the largest local union in have continually used the strong motivation and the Holy Name Society, just to name a America. and scholarship they display in the classroom few. It is no wonder that Frank was des­ In the early days of his career, Mike dili­ to compete on the field. This has led to a cur­ ignated as Pennsylvania's "Service Man of the gently and effectively taught and helped dis­ rent SQ-game NCAC winning streak and a Year" in 1984, as well as winning the North­ advantaged youngsters in east Harlem, bring­ 105-3 league mark since UC Davis's 20-year umberland County Medical Society's Benjamin ing a satisfaction which I know has been unbeaten conference title record began in Rush Award for human services in 1984. Cer­ among the most rewarding of his life. Yet 1971. tainly, no one was more deserving of these teaching in a less disadvantaged district has I am honored to have the opportunity to rec­ prestigious awards. also proved gratifying, where he has worked ognize the UC Davis football program for its To say Frank Cimino is simply a public serv­ to motivate underachieving students and to distinguished conference title record. I join my ant is a gross understatement. He has repeat­ encourage overachieving ones. His contribu­ colleagues today in wishing the players contin­ edly displayed the qualities of leadership hu­ tion to the community, however, would not be ued success in the classroom and on the field. mility, and unselfishness during a lifetime of possible without the efforts of the union he community achievement. I am heartened to helped build. With Mike's work, the United know that Frank will continue to serve his Federation of Teachers will continue to grow FRANK CIMINO ELECTED SENIOR community for many more years to come. VICE-COMMISSIONER OF DIS­ and prosper, and thus be in a position to im­ TRICT TWO CHAPTER OF DIS­ prove education for the children and support ABLED VETERANS OF AMERICA TRIBUTE TO FELIX S. MIKA its members. Mike Sloan's efforts have already been rec­ HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI HON.JAMFSA. TRAflCANf,JR. ognized with the Eli Trachtenberg Award and OF PENNSYLVANIA OFOffiO the Albert Lee Smallheiser Award from the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES United Federation of Teachers, and the Jew­ ish Teachers' Community Chest Award for Monday, October 21, 1991 Monday, October 21, 1991 educational leadership. I ask my colleagues to Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, today I am Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today join me in saluting Myke Sloan for his tremen­ honored to recognize an esteemed individual, to pay tribute to Mr. Felix S. Mika. It is with dous service to the educational community. 26926 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 21, 1991 DEFENSE AND TAX CUTS view the Report of the Commission on on narcotics a.nd foreign policy impli­ the Future Structure of Veterans cations. HON. WIWS D. GRADISON, JR. Health Ca.re. SH-216 334 Cannon Building 9:30a..m. OF omo 9:30 a..m. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Governmental Affairs Agriculture, Nutrition, a.nd Forestry To hold hearings to examine the regu­ Monday, October 21, 1991 Business meeting, to consider pending latory Federal agency review role · of Mr. GRADISON. Mr. Speaker, over the ca.lenda.r business. the President's Council on Competi­ weekend the chairman of the Senate Finance SR-332 tiveness. Governmental Affairs Committee suggested that we make additional SD-342 To resume hearings to examine the em­ 10:00 a..m. cuts in the defense budget to finance a $72 ployment a.nd promotion opportunities billion tax cut. The Senator is promising more Banking, Housing, a.nd Urban Affairs in the Federal Government for women To hold hearings on issues relating to than we can, or should, deliver. a.nd minorities. I believe it is going to be extremely difficult funding of the Resolution Trust Cor­ SD-342 poration (RTC). to come up with the 25-percent real cuts in 10:00 a..m. SD-538 Defense already incorporated into the 1990 Banking, Housing, a.nd Urban Affairs Labor a.nd Human Resources Budget Agreement. Even if additional defense Consumer a.nd Regulatory Affairs Sub­ committee Education, Arts, a.nd Humanities Sub­ cuts are made, using any defense savings for committee anything other than deficit reduction is a viola­ To hold hearings on restructuring the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), Business meeting, to mark up S. 1150, to tion of the budget agreement. authorize funds for programs of the CBO's recent 10-year budget forecast including a proposal by the Adminis­ tration. Higher Education Act, a.nd S. 1275, to shows that even if we stick to the budget SD-538 authorize funds for the Office of Edu­ agreement, we will be facing a significant Labor a.nd Human Resources cational Research and Improvement, budget deficit problem for the next decade. To hold hearings to review the edu­ Department of Education. If we're really interested in growth, we ca.tiona.l policies a.nd practices of the SD-430 should focus on cutting the deficit. Reducing fifty school teachers a.nd principals 2:00 p.m. the deficit is the best way to encourage sus­ named a.s America's best in 1991. Energy and Natura.I Resources tainable, long-term economic growth, and the SD-430 Water a.nd Power Subcommittee best way to do that is to stick to the budget 2:00p.m. To hold hearings on S. 144, to authorize agreement. Energy a.nd Natura.I Resources funds to protect the natural and cul­ Water a.nd Power Subcommittee tural resources of the Grand Canyon To hold hearings on miscellaneous en­ and Glen Canyon, and to continue hear­ SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ergy a.nd water development bills, in­ ings on H.R. 429, to authorize funds for Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, cluding S. 1618, S. 724, S. 1370, S. 1806, S. the construction of the Buffa.lo Bill 1812, a.nd titles XII, XXI, XXII, :XXVI, Dam and Reservoir, Shoshone Project, agreed to by the Senate on February 4, a.nd xxvm of H.R. 429. Pick-Sloan Missouri Ba.sin Program, 1977, calls for establishment of a sys­ SD-366 Wyoming, focusing on titles XVI, XV, tem for a computerized schedule of all Foreign Relations xvm, and xxv. meetings and hearings of Senate com­ To hold hearings on the START treaty SD-366 mittees, subcommittees, joint commit­ a.nd to examine the future of nuclear Labor a.nd Human Resources tees, and committees of conference. arms control. Aging Subcommittee This title requires all such committees SD-419 To hold hearings to review the failure to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Labor a.nd Human Resources and success of current mammography Digest-designated by the Rules Com­ Employment and Productivity Sub­ practice a.nd to examine the need for mittee-of the time, place, and purpose committee stronger federal quality standards. To hold hearings to examine issues relat­ SD-430 of the meetings, when scheduled, and ing to women in the workplace, focus­ any cancellations or changes in the 3:00 p.m. ing on discrimination practices that Foreign Relations meetings as they occur. prevent women from advancing in their As an additional procedure along To hold a. cloa.ed briefing on the Adminis­ positions (referred to a.s "the glass tration's plan for milit;ary assistance with the computerization of this infor­ ceiling"). to Jordan. · mation, the Office of the Senate Daily SD-430 SD-415 Digest will prepare this information for 3:30 p.m. printing in the Extensions of Remarks Foreign Relations OCTOBER25 section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD To hold hearings to examine issues relat­ ing to Ira.q's recent experience and pos­ 9:30a..m. on Monday and Wednesday of each Veterans' Affairs week. sible directions for the future. SD-419 To hold hearings on the nominations of Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, Oc­ Allen B. Clark, Jr., of Texas, to be Di­ tober 22, 1991, may be found in the OCTOBER24 rector of the Na.tiona.l Cemetery Sys­ Daily Digest of today's RECORD. 8:45 a..m. tem, James A. Endicott, Jr., of Texas, Office of Technology Assesment to be Genera.I Counsel, Sylvia. Chavez MEETINGS SCHEDULED Board meeting, to consider pending busi­ Long, of New Mexico, to be Assistant ness. Secretary for Congressional Affairs, OCTOBER23 EF-100, Capitol a.nd Jo Ann K. Webb, of Virginia, to be 9:00 a..m. 9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary for Policy and Foreign Relations Commerce, Science, a.nd Transportation Planning, all of the Department of Vet­ Terrorism, Narcotics a.nd Interna.tiona.l Op­ To hold hearings on the nomination of erans Affairs. erations Subcommittee Mary L. Azcuena.ga., of the District of SR-418 To continue hearings to examine a.llega.­ Columbia., to be a. Federal Trade Com­ 10:00 a..m. tions of drug trafficking a.nd money missioner. Foreign Relations laundering activities in the United SR-253 To hold hearings on the nominations of States by the Bank of Credit a.nd Com­ Foreign Relations Curtis W. Ka.mma.n, of the District of merce Interna.tiona.l (BCCI), focusing Terrorism, Narcotics a.nd International Op­ Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Re­ on narcotics a.nd foreign policy impli­ erations Subcommittee public of Chile, Michael G. Kozak, of cations. To continue hearings to examine allega­ Virginia, to be Amba.ssa.dor to the Re­ SH-216 tions of drug trafficking and money public of El Salvador, and Robert S. Veterans' Affairs laundering activities in the United Pastorino, of California, to be Ambas­ To hold joint hearings with the House States by the Bank of Credit and Com­ sador to the Dominican Republic. Committee on Veterans' Affairs to re- merce Interna.tiona.l (BCCI), focusing SD-419 October 21, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 26927 Foreign Relations Select on Indian Affairs 2:30 p.m. Terrorism, Narcotics and International Op­ To hold joint hearings with the House Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry erations Subcommittee Committee on the Interior on H.R. 1476, Agricultural Research and General Legis­ To continue hearings to examine allega­ to provide for the divestiture of certain lation Subcommittee tions of drug trafficking and money properties of the San Carlos Indian Ir­ To hold hearings on reducing foreign ma­ laundering activities in the United rigation Project in the State of Ari- terial limits in official soybean stand­ States by the Bank of Credit and Com­ zona. ards. merce International (BCCI), focusing SRr-485 SR-332 on narcotics and foreign policy impli­ 10:00 a.m. cations. Commerce, Science, and Transportation OCTOBER30 SH-216 Merchant Marine Subcommittee 10:00 a.m. To hold hearings to review Federal ship­ Environment and Public Works OCTOBER29 chartering practices. To hold hearings on the nominations of 9:30a.m. SR-253 E. Gail de Planque, of New Jersey, to Labor and Human Resources be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory To hold hearings on S. 1622, to revise the Commission, and Herbert Holmes Tate, Occupational Safety and Health Act of of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Ad­ 1970 to improve the provisions of such ministrator of the Environmental Pro­ Act with respect to the heal th and tection Agency for Enforcement and safety of employees. Compliance Monitoring. SD-430 SD-406