February 4, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1697 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS TERRORISM STRIKES AGAIN IN ticipation of possible terrorist activi­ cal-military front in Western Europe with EUROPE ties in Washington and in other cities. NATO as its main target. I commend the administration for its This disturbing sign of stepped-up coop­ continuing support of antiterrorism eration among terrorist groups in different HON. WM. S. BROOMFIELD countries was followed by news this week OF MICHIGAN legislation, and its strong interest in this critical issue. During the last ses­ that the explosives used by Direct Action in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sion, the Congress passed H.R. 6311 a failed attack in Paris last summer were of Monday, February 4, 1985 the same type as those employed by the giving over $350 million to the Depart­ Red Army Faction in the attempted bomb­ e Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, ment of State for antiterrorism pro­ ing of a NATO officers' school in West Ger­ now more than ever, our Government grams and physical security projects many on Dec. 18. must continue to do all that it can to at our missions around the world. This same type of explosive had also been counter the growing threat of terror­ Much more must be done, both in the used in six bomb attacks against NATO fuel ism in the world. Again, the specter of area of enhancing Embassy security pipelines in Belgium nine days earlier by mindless terrorism is raising its ugly and in improving our intelligence col­ the newest self-proclaimed leftist group to head in Europe. lecting capabilities. appear on the terrorist scene, the Fighting Terrorism is a form of political war. Communist Cells. All the explosives were re­ Leftist terrorists groups have portedly stolen in southern Belgium last launched a series of attacks on NATO It is low level warfare directed against June. and American targets in Italy, Germa­ the United States and other democra­ "It's the first piece of concrete evidence ny, Belgium, and France. NATO tar­ cies in the West. As long as the United we've had in a long time that the different gets, defense firms, and government States represents certain values in the groups are working together," says one in­ facilities have been hit and some have world, there will be groups which will vestigator. He notes that previous reports of been damaged. seek to intimidate us and force us to links between various guerrilla groups in For the first time, the French terror­ change our policies by directing vio­ Western Europe were based more on suspi­ ist group "Direct Action" and the lence at us and at our interests. Our cion than fact. battle against terrorism has just begun New evidence of closer links also came this German group "Red Army Faction" month when the Fighting Communist Cells, recently announced their fusion into with the first step in a journey of many, many miles. Finding the cour­ which launched a series of bomb attacks one group. The newly formed group against NATO-related targets in Belgium has declared war against NATO and age to speak out about terrorism is last October, said in a communique: U.S. influence in Europe. surely the first step toward the defeat "We dedicate our attack [against the ad­ The level of terrorist violence has of those who would destroy our free­ ministrative headquarters of the US mili­ also escalated. French Gen. Rene dom and our world. tary in Belgium on Jan. 15] to the fighters Audran was shot and killed last week I strongly commend the following of the Red Army Faction who struggle as he returned home from work. The article on terrorism in Europe from today in a collective hunger strike against general was a high-ranking French De­ the Christian Science Monitor to my their conditions of detention/extermination colleagues in the Congress. in special prisons." fense Ministry official. Direct Action Nearly 40 suspected and convicted Red claimed responsibility for the crime. [From the Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 25, 1985] Army Faction terrorists have been on Never before has the terrorist group hunger strike in West German jails since resorted to murder. In past years, EUROTERRORISM IN THE 1980's-UNITED last month. STATES AND W. EuROPEAN MILITARY, POLIT­ their attacks have been mostly sym­ ICAL INSTITUTIONS BECOME TARGETS FOR Since mid-December more than 40 bomb bolic. Just this week, a leftist terrorist NEW WAVE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS and arson incidents have been investigated by West German police-at least 20 of them group fired mortar rounds at NATO in West Germany­ tacks against government buildings. It has rity here in the United States in an- announced that they were forming a politi- also struck out against rightists and Israelis.

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. 1698 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 4, 1985 Last year, Direct Action indicated that it British , anti-Semitic, anti-Palestinian, Jan. 5: West Germany-bound train halted could be making a change in tactics when it anti-Spanish -came earlier this month when Bel­ painted with slogans. fices of the Western European Union gium's intelligence services learned that a Jan. 7: Bomb explodes near NATO fuel -a long-moribund organization of possible suicide bomb attack was being pipeline in Karlsruhe, West Germany. several European countries now being planned by the Islamic fundamentalist Jan. 9: Italian policeman killed in Tor Va­ brought to life as a forum for discussing the group, Islamic Jihad, against undisclosed lancia, Italy. strengthening of West European defense. targets in Belgium. Jan. 15: Car-bombing of U.S. Army com­ Announcing the formation of a joint "po­ Some 1,500 police were put on full alert munity center in Brussels. litical-military front" earlier this month, for nearly a week, and security was tight­ Jan. 20: Stuttgart computer center the RAF and Direct Action said specifically ened at Western and some Middle Eastern bombed.e that they had joined forces in order to more embassies, NATO headquarters, and most effectively fight "NATO's new politics" and government installations. other Western defense-related activities, in­ The plot, which was apparently foiled, HOMEMAKER EQUITY ACT cluding the deployment of new US cruise was also a reminder that isolated acts of ter­ and Pershing II nuclear missiles in Western rorism can be prevented. Europe. Perhaps the best example of that came HON. MARCY KAPTUR From the start, the Fighting Communist only last month when Swiss and Italian an­ OF OHIO Cells, which has carried out bomb attacks in titerrorist squads joined forces to squash a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Belgium on nine separate occasions since it plan to destroy the US Embassy in Rome-a first became known last October, has left no plot also reportedly being hatched by the Is­ Monday, February 4, 1985 doubt that its main goal would be to terror­ lamic Jihad. • Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I am in­ ize NATO-related targets. The combined counter-terrorist operation troducing the Homemakers Equity It singled out Belgium for an "armed po­ began when Swiss police found several ex­ Act-legislation to provide the same litical-military struggle." It said this was be­ plosive devices in the suitcase of a Lebanese cause Belgium has a "limited but central national changing planes in Zurich on his tax treatment to homemakers for con­ place" in the "imperialist military ma­ way to Rome. tributions to an individual retirement chine," as evidenced by NATO's decision to The Swiss police alerted the Italian secret account that is now available under locate both its political and military head­ service. As a result, in a predawn raid on two current law to wage earners. Current­ quarters on Belgian soil. apartments northwest of Rome, the Italian ly, our tax laws are biased against Until its latest attack, on Jan. 15, the Bel­ security services were able to round up homemakers who wish to ensure that gian group avoided tactics such as kidnap­ seven young Lebanese students. they will have sufficient funds to live pings and bombings, which have the poten­ US officials found out about the plot only their retirement years with the dignity tial of injuring or killing human beings. All after the raid had taken place. Later, the and self-respect which is rightfully its work was done in pre-dawn hours or far American Ambassador to Italy, Maxwell from populated areas. But now the Fighting Rabb, paid a call on Rome's police chief to theirs. A marriage is both a social and Communist Cells has vowed to change that. express his gratitude. "Your country," he economic partnership and this bill will A communique signed by the group and said, "has again demonstrated that it is in allow homemakers the economic rec­ found after the Jan. 15 bombing of the ad­ the vanguard of the fight against subversive ognition they deserve in anticipation ministrative headquarters of the US mili­ elements that stain the world with blood." of their retirement years. tary in Brussels warned that future actions Presently, workers outside the home could "kill Yankee military and their ac­ SIX-MONTH TALLY OF EuROTERRORISM are permitted to make tax-deductible complices. . . . Human life is not an abso­ June 1984: Explosives stolen from Ecaus­ contributions of 100 percent of com­ lute in itself, a mysterious value. It holds no sines quarry near Brussels. sacred character for us." July 14: French Ministry of Industry pensation up to $2,000 each year to an The group's latest bombing, in fact, which bombed. IRA. Accordingly, if a married individ­ caused an estimated $500,000 in property Aug. 2: European Space Agency headquar­ ual and his spouse each receive com­ damage, did slightly injure a US military po­ ters in Paris bombed. pensation during a year, each may liceman guarding the building and appeared Aug. 14: West German helicopter carrying make separate deductible contribu­ calculated to kill him and his fellow guard federal prosecutor fired on. tions to his or her IRA of up to 100 on duty the night of the bombing. Aug. 23: Unexploded car-bomb discovered percent of compensation up to $2,000 We're taking this new threat very serious­ outside Western European Union in Paris. each year. If an individual receives no ly, said a Belgian Justice Ministry official. Oct. 3: Brussels office of Litton Industries The difficulty, if not impossibility, of bombed. compensation during a year, the indi­ tracking down small bands of terrorists who Oct. 4: Brussels subsidiary of West vidual generally is not allowed to make strike and then disappear underground German M.A.N./Volkswagen plant bombed. a deductible IRA contribution for such until their next attack has been under­ Oct. 8: Brussels office of Honeywell year. A special rule applies to married scored by Belgium's failure to turn up con­ bombed. couples with only one paid worker. It crete leads Louisiana. fact that virtually every bill we pass in There is no doubt, however, of the direc­ where it belongs in the first place. tion of Mr. Long's basic political instincts. Congress has an impact on the farm This has the dual benefit of providing He was a champion of civil rights in the sector of the economy. producers with 6 years of future infor­ 1960s, a time when it took courage for a Since interest payments constitute mation for planning purposes and white Southern politician to support public­ the largest portion of any farmer's allows the next President time to get ly the issues of most concern to blacks. current expenses while depressed com­ his team in place before taking on a Mindful of Mr. Long's commitment, Presi­ modity prices are often related to de­ major reauthorization of farm pro­ dent Lyndon Johnson named him the first clining exports, Clayton Yuetter, grams. Accordingly, serious attention assistant director of the Office of Economic president of the Chicago Merchantile should be given to a 6-year farm bill. Opportunity, the federal anti-poverty Exchange, and others have suggested agency, in 1965. Mr. Long had lost his con­ In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, I would gressional seat the year before to his cousin that what we do in the areas of fiscal, simply say that I look forward to Speedy Long, who argued that Gillis Long monetary, and trade policy will impact working with all of my colleagues in was too liberal on civil rights issues. more greatly on farmers than the the 99th Congress on solutions to the Faithful to his convictions, Rep. Long was farm bill, itself. grave problems facing our farm com­ the only member of Louisiana's 10-member Accordingly, as we consider the munities. Our work will be long and congressional delegation to back Walter budget and the appropriations bills difficult, but our reward will be a Mondale for the Democratic presidential that follow, we must be ever-mindful sound agricultural economy that will nomination before last year's Democratic of the need for deficit reduction so as continue to feed not only our Nation, convention. to relieve pressure on interest rates Among his colleagues, conservatives as but the hungry of the world. We well as liberals, Rep. Long was respected for and decrease the strength of the U.S. should work to achieve nothing less.e his hard work and leadership abilities. He dollar. Both actions would enhance was a key figure on several important House net farm income in the long run. GILLIS LONG REMEMBERED committees, including the Rules Committee. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 1985 FARM BILL He was also a driving force in the House At the same time, the importance of Democratic caucus, a group dedicated to the 1985 farm bill should not be un­ HON.UNDY(MRS.HALE)BOGGS producing new policies for the Democratic deremphasized for it is the single OF LOUISIANA Party. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Gillis Long stuck by his convictions and greatest combination of Federal farm earned the respect of political friend and programs that comes before Congress Monday, February 4, 1985 foe alike, and it was a fitting tribute that at any one time and the quickest way • Mrs. BOGGS. Mr. Speaker, recently President Reagan, before beginning his in­ to affect prices in the short run. While this House paused from its legislative augural address Monday, called the nation's we will begin working on this legisla­ schedule so that a number of its Mem­ attention to his passing and asked for a tion in the Agriculture Committee in bers could honor and remember our moment of silence in his honor. the upcoming week, it probably will late friend and colleague, Gillis Long. THE LITTLE MAN: A CHAMPION OF THE LITTLE not emerge from committee until late I would like to share the editorial and spring or early summer. FELLow commentary that appeared in the New [From the New Orleans Times-Picayune/ During that time, I intend to publish Orleans Times-Picayune-States-Item a series of articles in this section of States Item, Jan. 23, 19851 the week of Gillis' death. the REcoRD calling the attention of my The editorial and commentary colleagues to the various issues sur­ follow: f"In the old Long tradition, Gillis Long rounding the drafting of the farm bill was always the little man's public offi­ [From the New Orleans Times-Picayune/ ciaL "-Gov. Edwin W. Edwards.) in hopes of providing continuing infor­ States-Item Editorial, Jan. 23, 19851 mation on these important topics. Edwin Edwards has it right; Gillis Long Virtually everyone from the Secre­ GILLIS W. LoNG was the quintessential modem Louisiana Gillis W. Long, who died Sunday at the populist, the friend of the little guy. tary of Agriculture on down have so age of 61, will be remembered by his col­ Long died this week at the age of 61, the often repeated that American agricul­ leagues in the U.S. House of Representa­ victim of a heart that wouldn't stand up to ture is at a crossroads that the expres­ tives for his efforts to define new policies the massive workload he imposed upon him­ sion is becoming trite. Regardless, the for his faltering Democratic Party. But self. If it can be truly said of anyone that he facts are that agriculture faces a those who knew him best in Louisiana will worked himself to death, here is the exam­ bigger challenge today than at any remember him mainly for the consistency of ple. time in the past 50 years. And, quite his political convictions throughout his The last time I saw Gillis, he turned up a frankly, how we respond to that chal­ public career. couple of months ago at a luncheon of the Many would call Mr. Long, who represent­ Baton Rouge Press Club, which happens to lenge will determine the structure of ed Louisiana's 8th Congressional District for meet in his district. He wasn't the speaker, the American farm economy not only 12 years and ran unsuccessfully for gover­ he just showed up to say hello. He looked until the end of the decade, but well nor twice, a liberal. He was impatient with terrible. into the 21st century. the term, preferring to be known simply as I'd known Gillis since the early 1960s, and We can ill-afford to bury our heads someone with compassion for the less fortu­ when I asked how he was feeling it wasn't a in the sand and make mere cosmetic nate of our society. pleasantry, and he knew it. But he brushed changes in old laws. We need to re­ Yet the term "liberal" was not inappropri­ the inquiry aside and launched into a spond creatively to this challenge with ate. Many of the positions in which he lengthy litany of what he was up to in served, as well as his voting record in Con­ Washington-the Rules Committee was new thoughts and ideas, not mere rep­ gress, reflected his devotion to such classical doing this, the Louisiana delegation was etition of what has come before. liberal concerns as the welfare of the poor doing that, the Joint Economic Committee At the outset, we must consider and minorities. He earned high marks from was doing the other. The Democratic Party going to a longer farm bill-perhaps as the National Association for the Advance­ was about to undertake something or other, much as 6 years-that will permit us ment of Colored People and Americans for and Common Cause was pushing a reform to address both the short-term needs Democratic Action, a liberal monitoring bill with his name on it. Whatever it was, of our individual producers and the group. Gillis Long was in the thick of it. long-term market goals of the industry Yet Mr. Long, whose varied district Gillis Long, only a distant cousin of Huey, reached all the way from Alexandria in cen­ Earl and Russell Long, came on the political as a whole. In this way, we not only tral Louisiana to St. John the Baptist scene in 1962, getting elected to Congress preserve the American dream of our Parish in the south, had his conservative from the old 8th District, when it was locat­ farmers in the present, but protect it side as well. He was a financial lawyer spe­ ed in North Louisiana. That district has from the future as well. cializing in investment banking between his since migrated south along with the popula- February 4, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1701 . tion, and is now dominated by the River paigning through the state, flying from city been embarrassed to have their wives work­ Parishes and reaches into the New Orleans to city in a private plane. I was with them. ing in such jobs. But Long backed Cathy in area to include St. John the Baptist. When we landed at the New Orleans Lake­ her decision, knowing that she needed an in­ Soon-perhaps too soon-he became a front Airport, several of us were going to terest of her own. statewide political figure and plunged into different places. Most politicians, when they More than any other Louisiana politician, the 1963 governor's race. At that time, he get off an airplane, start looking for photog­ Long was interested in the state's Democrat­ was a "new face" up against such old ones raphers. Or they march off looking very im­ ic Party. He was a close friend of Jesse as Chep Morrison, Bob Kennon and Shelby portant, their wives and staff members flap­ Bankston, the party's longtime chairman, Jackson. But there was another "new face" ping along behind them. and the two worked together to try to devel­ in the race, that of one John J. McKeithen. Not Gillis Long. He headed straight for op a real party organization. Gillis couldn't unite the Long faction the luggage, which had been placed on the Although he ran twice for governor, Long behind him and McKeithen edged him out of second cart, separating the bags, checking with I think it was because he didn't look right to place and went on to upset Morrison in the each of us to see that our bags were there the anti-Long forces and he didn't sound runoff. and not headed for the wrong destination. right to the Long people. Factional disputes run deep in Louisiana, Long was like this whether he was dealing In sum, Gillis Long was one of the best and Gillis had earned the enmity of the with national legislation, the national human beings I ever met, that rare breed, a McKeithen people. Thus in 1964, with Democratic Party, the Louisiana Democrat­ man of unselfish motivations.e McKeithen in the Mansion, Gillis was chal­ ic Party, a political campaign or a luncheon lenged for his congressional seat by another with friends. He wanted everybody to reach distant cousin, Speedy 0. Long on Jena. their destination, and he accepted responsi­ HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES BY Speedy won, and Long was out of public bility for the system for getting them there. NICARAGUAN "CONTRAS" office for eight years. He treasured his friends and kept up with But he remained active politically, and in friends all over the country. 1971 was ready for his big push for the gov­ Kathy Vick, Louisiana's national Demo­ HON. GEORGE MILLER ernorship. McKeithen was retiring and cratic committeewoman, recalls that she OF CALIFORNIA Gillis, though no longer a "new face," fig­ once asked Long if he would help her in her IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ured he could take the measure of the front campaign to get elected head of the Nation­ runners, former Gov. Jimmie H. Davis and al Association of Democratic State Chairs, Monday, February 4, 1985 longtime Lt. Gov. C.C. "Taddy" Aycock. an organization of state Democratic leaders. • Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. That he might have done, but as it turned She got involved in her campaign and forgot Speaker, the decision to fund or not out, the race was dominated by two new­ all about asking Long for help. She picked fund the efforts of the anti-Sandinista comers-a young congressman named Edwin up the telephone one day and it was Long, "Contra" rebels will soon be once Edwards, and a state senator from Shreve­ asking, "How you coming, Kathy?" He was port named J. Bennett Johnston. there to help. again before this House. I wish to Johnston came out of nowhere to edge Bob D'Hemecourt, Gov. Edwin W. Ed­ bring to the attention of my col­ Gillis out of second place, and came within wards' executive assistant in New Orleans, leagues an incident which took place an eyelash of whipping Edwards in the says Long often called him Just to see how on January 8, 1985, involving the kid­ runoff. Edwards then polished off one he and his family were doing. "He didn't napping by the Contras of an Ameri­ David C. Treen in the general election. want me to do anything. He just wanted to can Maryknoll Sister. Sister Nancy This time, however, Gillis wasn't out in see how we were," says D'Hemecourt. Donovan was released by her captors the cold. He had taken the precaution of en­ John Mmahat, a New Orleans business­ dorsing Edwards against Johnston in the unharmed. But 14 civilians were killed man, was one of Long's closest friends in near the town of Limay where she runoff, and when it came time to remap the New Orleans. Long was best man in his wed­ state's congressional districts, a grateful Ed­ ding. worked, on that same day. According wards saw to it that the 8th District was "I always knew that I could call Gillis any to Sister Donovan, almost 40 civilians structured to Gillis' liking. He returned to time of the night or day if I needed any­ were killed in 1 month from the town Congress in 1974. thing. He would do it if it was legal and of Limay alone. She reports that the Packing Gillis off to Congress kept him right," Mmahat says. Contra attacks have been made on ci­ out of Edwards' hair, but it was like throw­ D'Hemecourt says Long knew after his vilian, and not military targets. ing Br'er Rabbit into the briarpatch. He heart surgery in 1981 that he was living on became a leader among Democratic con­ It is becoming increasingly difficult borrowed time. "He had only 35 percent of for this administration to put a good gressmen and, had his health held up, he his heart capacity working," says D'Heme­ might someday have been House speaker. court. face on the Contra war. Covert action Or he might have returned to Louisiana as Yet Long continued his work in Congress against Nicaragua has come to mean governor. as if he were fully recovered. It was typical the destruction of economic infra­ But he was felled by a heart attack in of him-pragmatic, efficient, concerned structure, the publication of manuals 1979 and passed up that year's governor's about details-that he would have been urging the assassination of Sandinista race, in which he arguably might have making plans for his funeral two weeks officials, the terrorizing of civilians beaten Treen. He recovered and went back before his death. He specified that he to a frantic pace in Congress. and the kidnapping of American citi­ wanted women and blacks included among zens. On January 4 of this year the He compiled an unusual voting record for his pallbearers. a Louisiana congressman, championing the Long was a true populist, in that he cared Contras described their goal on the cause of minorities, women and the "little deeply about the fate of ordinary people, es­ clandestine Radio 15th of September: man." Even his critics will agree that he pecially the poor. "to defeat the Sandinistas militarily." chalked up a distinguished career. He had been poor himself. His father I urge you to read Sister Donovan's Now it's over, but he won't be soon forgot­ owned a restaurant in the little town of statement, and consider carefully the ten. The heart that failed him in the end Tannehill, near Winnfield, La., and lost ev­ evidence she presents during our delib­ was big enough to assure that. erything in the Depression. Long often said erations over funding for the covert that he would never have been able to go to war later in this session. [From the New Orleans Times-Picayune/ college if he had not had the GI bill after States-Item, Jan. 24, 19851 his service in World War II. PREss STATEMENT OF SISTER NANCY DONOVAN REMEMBERING THE LATE GILLIS LoNG, WITH Long met Cathy while attending Louisi­ My name is Sister Nancy Donovan from FONDNESS ana State University and they were married Waterbury, Connecticut and I have been a shortly afterward. The two had a 38-year ro­ Maryknoll Sister for thirty-five years. I Gillis Long, more than any politician I mance and partnership. have served as a missionary in Central ever knew, was motivated by a sense of re­ They were best friends, in a way that America for twenty-nine years and my most sponsibility. That and a driving intellect. other political couples envied. Most politi­ recent mission assignment is to the parish Intellect, not ego, although he was not cians are quick to say that their wives are of San Juan de Limay, in the Diocese of short of ego. He wanted to look after "supportive." But Gillis Long was "support­ Esteli, in Nicaragua where I have been a people, to see that things ran right. ive" of Cathy, too. pastoral worker for three years. I wish to I first noticed this in 1963, when Long was Some years ago, she decided to go to work relate to you to the details of the events running for governor. He, his wife Cathy as a "Kelly girl," filling temporary jobs in that occurred on Tuesday, January 8, 1985 and some staff members had been cam- Washington. Many congressmen would have in that same town. 1702 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 4., 1985 At approximately 6 a.m. I left the town of other civilians never appeared again. They telegraph lines were destroyed by the Limay to go to Esteli in order to attend the were left behind and I do not know what counter-revolutionaries about one month Clergy meeting of the Diocese of Esteli happened to them. The rest of the twenty ago. which had been called by my Bishop Ruben armed men joined me and the three men Yesterday, January lOth, I traveled from Lopez Ardon. I had to search for a ride in a guarding me and we continued the march Limay to Esteli in our jeep accompanied by private vehicle since the town's only bus for about one kilometer where we joined up the Witness for Peace member and a small had been burnt by counterrevolutionary with about twenty armed uniformed men of child who was ill. I went immediately to forces on December 9th and now there is no the FDN. We moved on for another one to inform Bishop Lopez of all that happened public transportation. I found a ride with a two kilometers to Santa Ana. I told the and then I came to Managua late last night. refugee family which had been displaced by counterrevolutionary forces I would leave To conclude I want to say that I feel a counterrevolutionary attack on a village them and cut back to Limay but they would grateful to God for my own safety but that on the outskirts of Limay on December not let me go. We then walked another kilo­ I am much more concerned for those who 27th. This family was transporting their few meter on the path and then began marching were killed on the same day in Limay and belongings to Esteli. An 18 year old boy also over rough terrain, through rivers and hills for the thousands of innocent people who had asked to be taken in the same pick-up for about four kilometers until we joined have been killed over the past four years as truck. All were civilians and unarmed. about twenty more armed, uniformed men a result of the counterrevolutionary attacks. About six kilometers outside of Limay, making the total about sixty. We were there Just in Limay, almost forty civilians have just before the tum-off onto the new road about an hour or so. During that time some been killed in the past month. The attacks to Esteli, we spotted a tractor parked in the of the men were boasting about the success have been made on civilian, not military, middle of the road. Five armed men in blue they had had in the ambushes on the road. targets and they are increasing. As a Chris­ counter-revolutionary uniforms with FDN I then again attempted to leave. They pre­ tian and as a U.S. citizen I am deeply pained marked on their uniforms came from vented me from doing so until the arrival of by the fact that my government has been behind the tractor and stopped our truck. four of their FDN leaders who joined them. responsible for arming and training these They made us leave the vehicle and we These four men began to interrogate me forces which have caused the deaths of so joined about twenty-five civilians who were about my work and identity. They searched many. I continue to join my voice and my being held in a gully by the side of the road. my belongings and began to read my ad­ prayer to that of the U.S. Catholic Bishops, After about ten minutes they told us we dress book. After some time of discussion and of the churches and faithful across the could continue on our way. I do not know among themselves and on the walkie-talkie U.S. who have protested the U.S. govern­ what eventually happened to the other civil­ they told me that I could go. I estimate that ment's covert war against Nicaragua, and ians who were being held by the side of the this was about 3:30 p.m. who are calling for a peaceful solution to road. I walked to the village of Santa Ana where the conflict. I express my deep gratitude for We continued on down the new road to a family gave me food and coffee since I had the messages of love and concern I have re­ Esteli. I began to be fearful for the safety of not eaten all day. A farmer took me on his ceived. I will return to my pastoral work in those being held on the road, and others horse as far as La Grecia which is about Limay this week. who would leave Limay and would be three to four kilometers from Limay. I stopped by the counter-revolutionary forces. walked the rest of the way to the town and QUESTIONS I also feared for the safety of the passen­ it was close to 6 p.m. when I arrived there. I Question. When you described these gers in our car since I believed there were estimate that I walked about sixteen to people as civilians, do we assume that they probably more forces on the road ahead. I eighteen kilometers that day. were unarmed, that there was no combat? felt the most important thing I could do to Regarding my time with the counterrevo­ When you say civilians, what do you mean? prevent danger to travelers was to try to lutionary forces I was never physically mis­ Answer. I meant that they were not mem­ return to Limay as quickly as possible to treated by any of them. I received the most bers of the armed forces, as far as I know. I inform departing vehicles about the danger abrupt treatment from the FDN leaders. I was not there at the time of the attack. I do on the road. After traveling another four observed that the sixty men were well not know what really happened, but they kilometers we came to a small village called armed and equipped. One of the men wore were not members of the armed forces, they El Pedernal. I asked the driver to leave me an arm patch which said "Soldier of For­ were road workers, coffee pickers, tractor there and he continued in the direction of tune, Second Convention". Another had drivers, workers of the Natural Resources Esteli. I went to four houses to search for a "U.S. army" written on the front of his uni­ Institute. horse to ride back but there was none. So I form. They showed me their new knapsacks Question. Sister, why do you think you set out walking on a small back road which I and told me they had received new equip­ were released? Sometimes captives are not knew from my pastoral visits to the zone ment recently. They told me that their sup­ released. Why do you think that you were would lead me to Platanares and then to plies are dropped by planes which "fly very released? Limay. I walked about two kilometers and quietly at night". They hoped that they Answer. I think that I was released be­ passed the houses of Pozo Colorado. Shortly would be receiving new supplies that night cause I was not much help to them, and I after that I was stopped on the path by two to replenish the ammunition they had used could have caused them problems. I was not armed men in FDN uniforms. They asked that day. much help because captives are kept to me where I was going and I told them to When I arrived in Limay I was greeted by carry burdens or to cook. I'm not much good Limay. They spoke on walkie-talkies for a North American woman who is a member for either of these. some moments and then told me I could go of Witness for Peace, who has been present Question. Did they know that you were a no further and must stay in their custody. with me in Limay for a few weeks. I Quickly Catholic sister? They directed me to a stone wall where found out that fourteen civilians had been Answer. Yes, some of the people recog­ there were more armed, uniformed men, killed by the FDN forces in different am­ nized me. about twenty in all. I estimate that this was bushes along the roads to Limay that same Question. The way you described it you about 7 or 7:30 a.m.-I had no watch. I was day. Nine were construction workers am­ implied that the reason that they held you held there for approximately three hours. bushed in Lorna Atravesada, two workers for a time was so that you would not be able During that time three or four peasants and from the Ministry of Natural Resources, to inform the people that there was an a woman and child also were stopped on the two young coffee pickers and a tractor ambush in the area. Is that a correct inter­ path and held with me. At about 8 a.m. I driver were killed along the road to Pueblo pretation? heard some gunfire from the old road where Nuevo. I saw four tractors which were de­ Answer. That's the way that I felt the sit­ we had initially been stopped. There was a stroyed. At least ten persons were kid­ uation. Yes. long wait of over an hour. Then I heard napped, but there may be more. I also found Question. What were the words that they very loud automatic machine-gun fire and out that the original vehicle in which I had used when they were boasting about the heavy artillery coming from Lorna Atrave­ been traveling had been stopped again by ambush? Do you remember what they said? sada which is further along the road to the FDN forces after I had left it to walk to Answer. They came back and told the Esteli. I prayed for the lives of those who Limay. The eighteen year old youth, Freddy group-because apparently of the group of were involved. Castellon, had been kidnapped. 60, only about 20 of them, I understood, had A few minutes later, after talking on We spent that night and the next day been in the ambush of Lorna Atravesada­ walkie-talkies, the counter-revolutionary washing the bodies of the dead, comforting and they came back and said that there forces lined us up between their own forces families and praying with them, and bury­ were so many vehicles and so many dead, in single file and had us begin to walk. After ing the dead from Limay. The bodies of the and they just seemed to be in such a happy a short distance the counter-revolutionary eleven people who were from other places mood about the situation. forces separated me from the rest of the ci­ were transported the next day to Estell. It Question. Were all the counterrevolution­ vilians and sent me with three armed men was very difficult to communicate all that aries Nicas as far as you could see, or were to wait at the top of the hill ahead. The had happened because the telephone and there people of other nationalities? February 4, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1703 Answer. The ones that I talked to seemed Henry Grattan Doyle. A woman of ex­ Although the schools here were segregat­ to be Nicaraguans. I'm not sure whether the traordinary depth, Marion Wade ed by law, Mrs. Doyle was known as an op­ others were Nicaraguans or not. Doyle's selfless life was an inspiration ponent of segregation and as an advocate of Question. Don't you fear after those clear imprcved opportunities for blacks. words that you have said about the counter to the many whose lives she influ­ enced. In her biography in "Who's On matters of curriculum, she took the revolution in this press conference that next Jeffersonian view that a well-informed citi­ time they get you they will kill you? Who in America," the final statement zenry is the best guarantee of democracy. Answer. I don't know. I think that their reflects Mrs. Doyle's 90 years of life: Thus, in 1935, she opposed a "red rider" orientation changes from time to time. "Let no day pass without doing some­ clause in the school appropriations bill that Right now their orientation seems to be to thing for somebody else." required teachers to sign a statement each terrorize and to kill civilians. I hope not, Marion Wade Doyle received her Phi payday declaring that they had not taught and I know that every mother who sees her Beta Kappa key on the occasion of the or advocated communism. sons going out in the morning and everyone "No American is in favor of 'advocating' who has to travel this road has the same 60th anniversary of her graduation from Radcliffe College when she led communism, but to 'teach' it in the sense of fear. Fear is present. We may be killed at explaining to students what communism is any time. I may be killed, the boy down the the commencement procession at Har­ should be a part of any educational pro­ street may be killed, a woman with a child vard University in 1984. Mrs. Doyle gram," she wrote in an article for the Rad­ may be kidnapped to cook for them. So this graced my 84th birthday celebration cliffe Quarterly that was excerpted in The is part of it. as an honored octogenarian on Octo­ Post. "Fear ruled the teachers in the history Question. What do you mean by abrupt? ber 4, 1984. classes and, of course, many of them in the parade she passed up a chance to told me that they would let me go as soon as Marion Wade Doyle, 90, a member of the attend a Harvard-Brown football game with the action was over. And they kept promis­ D.C. school board from 1928 until she re­ a young Harvard instructor named Henry ing to let me go, but then the chain of com­ signed in 1949, and its president from 1935 Grattan Doyle. mand seemed to get higher and higher. until the end of her service, died of a heart They would always have to check with "Principle prevailed," she said. "But I am ailment Jan. 8 at her home in Washington. a woman of ·determination and, in those someone further up and then someone fur­ Mrs. Doyle's service on the school board days, fleet of foot, and I chased that young ther up would say: "No, not yet, bring her." was the longest and most visible facet of a man until I caught him, and he was my hus­ So I kept being brought further. When we career in civic and public works that includ­ got to Santa Ana, I said that this was the band for 47 years." ed a term as executive vice president of the The Doyles moved to Washington in 1917. place to let me go so that I wouldn't have to national League of Women Voters and the walk further and then go back because I Dr. Doyle taught at George Washington chairmanship of the D.C. commission for University and became dean of its Colum­ was beginning to wonder if they meant it or the 1960 White House Conference on Chil­ not. "No," they said, "keep on walking." So bian College. He died in 1964. dren and Youth. As a young woman, she Mrs. Doyle became active in the League of when we finally got to Los Encuentros, I marched in behalf of women's suffrage. said, "I'd like to talk to your h ighest in com­ Women Voters and was president of the When she announed that she was leaving Washington chapter in the late 1920s. She mand." And I reminded him that this could the school board, The Washington Post said cause more repercussions if he didn't let me also held national office in the organization. in an editorial that she had "worked tire­ During World War II, she was president of go. I think that by this time, he was aware lessly to improve not merely the schools in of who I was. I don't think that in the be­ the D.C. Commissioners' War Hospitality this city, but also the full area of education­ Committee. In the 1950s, she chaired the ginning he was aware that I was a North al activity.... No single person knows American. He said, "They didn't let me Advisory Commission to the D.C. Juvenile Washington better than she, and none has Court. know. They didn't give me good informa­ done more valiant work to build a better tion." However, I think that the important Her numerous honors included the Na­ city." tional Brotherhood Award of the National thing is that whoever is kidnapped runs this Mrs. Doyle, a teacher by training, was risk of being let go or not. Conference of Christians and Jews in 1956. fond of noting that in 1805, Thomas Jeffer­ Radcliffe designated her a distinguished Question. How many of the dead did you son became the first president of the first know? Do you know the names of the FDN alumna and in 1984, on the 60th anniversa­ board of trustees of the Washington school ry of her own graduation, she led the com­ leaders? system and that he took the post out of a Answer. Some of the people who were mencement procession at Harvard Universi­ commitment to education. In her day, mem­ ty. killed and their families, I know very well. bers of the board were appointed by the They were friends of mine. They were right judges of the U.S. District Court for the Survivors include a son, Robert Carr from Limay. Some of the road workers I District of Columbia. The board members Doyle of CheVY Chase; a daughter, Marion probably knew but they were burned so Wade Campbell of Richmond; eight grand­ elected one of their own number to be presi­ children, and three great-grandchildren. badly that I didn't even look at them, I dent. Mrs. Doyle was the first woman to don't know, I didn't even see those people. I hold the post. do not know the names of the FDN men. I During her years on the board, Mrs. Doyle MARION WADE DOYLE wasn't interested in finding out.e was guided by her conviction that teachers Though it may strike some of today's are more important than buildings and that readers as extraordinarily lavish praise, The teachers and school buildings exist to serve Post's editorial in 1949-when Marion Wade MARION WADE DOYLE students. Doyle resigned after more than 20 years of To this end, she worked to improve teach­ remarkable service on the D.C. School HON. CLAUDE PEPPER er salaries and benefits and to persuade Board-was meant to be just that. "No Congress, which then had sole responsibility single person knows Washington better OF FLORIDA for the D.C. budget, to provide money for than she," it said, "and none has done more IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES classrooms to house a steadily growing valiant work to build a better city." Mrs. Monday, February 4, 1985 school population. When she was appointed Doyle, who died here Tuesday at the age of to the board in 1928, the system had 73,157 90, knew firsthand the many worlds of e Mr. PEPPER. Mr. Speaker, I am students, of whom 48,585 were white and Washington-from the well-heeled white es­ privileged to insert at this point in the 24,772 were black. When she resigned, there tablishment to the strictly segregated blacks CONGRESSIONAL RECORD the Washing­ were 91,219 students, of whom 47,955 were of the city and the other urban underclasses ton Post's tribute to the late Mrs. white and 43,264 were black. that depended on understanding and gener- 1704 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February #-, 1985 osity to survive. And out of this deep love of from his insights and appreciate the Those in the United States who feel people in general and young people in par­ magnitude of sacrifice shown on that touched by this gesture of gratitude to us by ticular came a tireless devotion to the bet­ fateful day 40 years ago. the people of Bastogne may wish to show terment of public education and the impor­ their support to the Abbe Galand and his tance of brotherhood.· THE BELLS OF BASTOGNE associates. Charles Boggess of Austin, TX, Mrs. Doyle's service on the school board­ NEW JERSEY church would play. Three bells would be In the 98th Congress, I introduced IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES added to its belfry, one of them dedicated to the Talented Teacher Act to take the the Americans of 1944-45. first step to reverse this trend. The Monday, February 4, 1985 Installed shortly before Christmas, the Talented Teacher Fellowships and the e Mr. TORRICELLI. Mr. Speaker, American bell is inscribed to the "76,890 Carl D. Perkins Scholarship Program this past holiday season I was inspired Americans killed, wounded, or missing in were authorized by the Congress and the Battle of the Bulge. May their sacrifice by an article I read concerning the ac­ contribute to lasting peace. Noel1984." signed into law by the President. Once tions taken by Mr. Alden Todd of The second new bell was given by the as­ the appropriations are secured, these Leonia, NJ in the name 6f peace and sociation of Belgian veterans, inscribed with programs will attract more young brotherhood. Forty years ago Mr. the message of hope for a world without people to the profession and provide Todd, than a rifleman with the 101st war. The third was contributed by a group incentives for excellent teachers to Airborne Division, fought gallantly of Germans who wanted to add their voice stay in the classroom. beside his comrades to defend the Bel­ to the call for peace. But, what do we do to help the new For Americans, the bells have a particular gian town of Bastogne from a brutal significance. The six together sound the teacher in the first year in the class­ German assault. The Battle of the notes: do, re, mi, sol, la, and do of the major room? How do we assure that person Bulge, as we know it today, lives on in scale. On the half-hour, the bells sound the that it isn't "sink or swim" in the first our memories as one of the bloodiest first six notes of our national anthem. On year of teaching? batties of the Second World War, but the hour, they play the first 22 notes of the I recently visited Oregon State Uni­ for Mr. Todd, its legacy is one of hope largo movement of Dvorak's symphony versity School of Education and rather than despair. "From the New World." learned more about an excellent new Although he was at first reluctant to dis­ Mr. Todd recently returned to Bas­ cuss the matter, I found from the Abbe program that has been implemented togne and found a town grateful for Galand that the new American bell cost to provide support for the new teach­ its freedom but mindful of its cost. I 450,000 Belgian francs-about $7,300. This is er. This program has been established have chosen to share the story of Mr. a large sum for the Bastognois to raise but a at several other teacher-training col­ Todd's journey so that we may learn fairly modest amount for Americans. leges around the country, as well. February .q., 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1705 The idea is basic: Retraining or refresher courses may supposed to receive the first Robert F. Education schools are held accounta­ be provided through correspondence Kennedy Human Rights Award here ble for the in-classroom teaching abili­ programs, summer programs, or in Washington. Unfortunately, the ties of their graduates during their courses provided through reciprocal date passed and no one was able to first 2 years of teaching. agreements with other institutions of claim the award, because these women If new teachers are evaluated by a higher education. were denied visas. The State Depart­ school system and found deficient in a This bill does not tie the hands of in­ ment chose to invoke provisions of the particular area, they may return to dividual schools. It leaves universities 1952 McCarran-Walter Act, which en­ the education school for "re-tooling" plenty of room to design unique, inno­ ables consular officers to deny visas on at no cost. vative approaches within their own political and ideological grounds. I am A professor of education at Purdue programs. very disturbed by this latest denial of University said of their new warranty The warranty bill establishes a part­ visas; I believe it is an embarassment program, "There is no way we could nership between the education school to our foreign policy and an infringe­ afford this kind of guarantee if we and the new teacher which is essential ment of the right of American citizens didn't have confidence in the quality if we are to have excellent teachers in to hear from a broad range of views. of our graduates." This plan holds the the classroom. Eventually, the warran­ This incident points up the need to university responsible for the quality ty program can become obsolete-be­ reform our immigration laws. No one of their graduates. cause teachers will be so well prepared should be denied a visa because of the That is the key to the success of the that they will not need retraining. opinions he or she holds, however ab­ program. The schools that have insti­ I have spoken with the staffs of the horrent these may be; that person's tuted this warranty are confident that American Federation of Teachers and expected behavior should be the basis they are providing a high-quality the National Education Association for denying a visa. teacher-training program and that few and they feel that this idea is a strong Mr. Speaker, the Philadelphia In­ of their graduates will need further step in the right direction. I ask that quirer printed an excellent editorial on help. But, the help is there for those you join them in their quest for im­ the subject, and I ask that it be re­ teachers who may need a little extra provements in teacher education and printed here in the REcORD. attention. support this innovative legislation. [From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 27, This is not a gimmick-the schools The legislation follows: 1984] do not stamp "satisfaction guaran­ H.R. 937 MoTHERs WERE MuZZLED: WHo WILL SPEAK teed" on the foreheads of their gradu­ A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of OuT? ates, nor do they send out a Maytag 1965 to require that schools of education Four mothers from El Salvador were repairman if there are problems. The provide warranties for the teachers such denied entry into the United States last schools are backing up their graduates schools train with Federal student assist­ week. They were to receive the first Robert with the knowledge that help is avail­ ance F. Kennedy Human Rights Award at able, and they are instilling that essen­ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Georgetown University. They are members tial ingredient-confidence-in the Representatives of the United States of of CO-Madres, a group of 500 mostly poor new teacher. America in Congress assembled. That this and unschooled women whose brothers, Act may be cited as the "Teacher Warranty sons and husbands have disappeared or Teacher warranty programs are just Act of 1985". been shot or dismembered in El Salvador's getting off the ground in several SEC. 2. Section 487 of the Higher Edu­ bloody civil strife. schools across the country. In a recent cation Act of 1975 <20 U.S.C. 1094), relating The State Department said the women conversation with Robert Barr, dean to the program participation agreements re­ were wolves in sheep's clothing-that they of education at Oregon State Universi­ quired for student assistance programs, is had advocated violence, taken part in terror­ ty, I learned that in the 6 months that amended by adding at the end thereof the ism, that their group had said some their teacher warranty program has following new paragraph: stridently anti-American and anti-Duarte been in existence, they have had only "<7> In the case of a school of education things. They were a run-of-the-mill pressure , the institution will, for any gradu­ behind human rights rhetoric. This is testimony to the excellent ate thereof who receives an unsatisfactory Perhaps, a department emissary hinted to teacher training program at that evaluation after the first or second year as a the RFK awards staff, something could be school and it is something that every teacher, provide such training or retraining done if the award were broadened to include education school in the country as the graduate requires to eliminate the de­ mothers from other Latin American na­ should do for their graduates. ficiency. The graduate shall only be charged tions. Perhaps, if a speaking tour were cur­ Therefore, I am introducing the that part of the cost of such training or re­ tailed; perhaps, then the visas might not be Teacher Warranty Act of 1985. It does training as exceeds the amount of the assist­ such a problem. ance received by the graduate under this On the record, the course, and officially, the following: title while in attendance at such institution. the State Department said it would never It amends the Higher Education Act Such training or retraining may be provided stoop to negotiate a visa or to suggest re­ to require that schools of education through correspondence programs, summer strictions on the freedom to speak out or to that receive Federal funds will have to programs, or programs provided through re­ dissent. And, in the end, one mother who provide a 2-year warranty on the class­ ciprocal agreements with other institutions was attending a conference in Argentina room performance of graduates who of higher education.". and who spent the day being vouched for by have received Federal financial aid. SEC. 3. The amendment made by section 2 an English-speaking Catholic priest ob­ It says, quite simply, that such grad­ of this Act shall only apply with respect to tained a visa from the American Embassy in assistance made available under title IV of Argentina. uates who receive an unsatisfactory the Higher Education Act of 1965 after the She was flanked by four empty chairs on evaluation during their first 2 years of date of enactment of this Act.e the Georgetown University stage. She was, teaching may return to that school of she said, no different from her fellow CO­ education for retraining to eliminate Madres-a victim, not a subversive: She had that deficiency. MOTHERS WERE MUZZLED: WHO been raped repeatedly, like many of the This retraining will be provided at WILL SPEAK OUT? others; she had buried the bodyless head of no cost to the graduate as long as it a brother, like many of the others; she had catalogued horrors and protested and de­ does not exceed the amount of Federal HON. BARNEY FRANK manded investigations. But her compatriots assistance received by the student OF MASSACHUSETTS were denied entry-denied the forum to tell while at the education school. Dean IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their story. Barr believes that schools of education The public might be "prejudiced," the can easily provide these basic follow Monday, February 4, 1985 State Department said; U.S. security might up services for graduates within exist­ e Mr. FRANK. Mr. Speaker, on Octo­ be endangered. Such is the language of the ing budgets. ber 20, four Salvadoran women were 1952 McCarran Act-Section 212<28>- 1706 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February #,, 1985 that stopped the mothers. Such is the shield [From the USA Today, Nov. 14, 19841 both sides of the aisle, I am introduc­ of the immigration law's "ideological exclu­ TIME FOR Us To LoOK BEYOND VIETNAM ing the Adolescent Pregnancy and sion" provisions. WAR-AN OPPOSING VIEW Parenthood Act of 1985. Identical to That U.S. security might be shaken by H.R. 5534, which I introduced in the four mothers is an arguable proposition. BETHESDA, Mn.-We can each take specific 98th Congress, this bill would amend But there is no doubt the American people steps to speed the national assimilation of might be "prejudiced" against certain title XX of the Public Health Service the Vietnam War. One step is to lay aside Act. The legislation does not create a Reagan administration policies in Central the battle fatigues. America were they to take the mothers' sto­ For Americans who were not in the mili­ new authority; it merely seeks to ries to heart. tary in the 1960s, that means abandoning amend the current title XX, the Ado­ In fact, a large number-perhaps the ma­ the stereotype of the Vietnam veteran as lescent Family Life Demonstration jority-of Americans already are disen­ someone who still, in his 30s, wears his Projects, to enact a service program chanted with the trend of U.S. involvement boonie hat and old battle dress. designed to meet the pressing needs of on the isthmus. And there are even more Working as chairman of the Vietnam Vet­ children who bear children. It has who are appalled at El Salvador's death erans Memorial Fund, I have watched the been designed specifically to help squads and Washington's continuing inabil­ media coverage of activities on the Mall in those teenagers who have chosen to ity-despite the leverage of millions of dol­ Washington during Veterans Day and Me­ lars of military aid-to pressure Salvadoran morial Day in recent years. The nation is carry their pregnancies to term. courts to punish their leaders. flooded with pictures of men in old fatigues. I certainly do not need to alert you Has support worn so thin that the Reagan But the overwhelming majority of Viet­ to the seriousness of the problems of administration fears a visit by four mothers nam veterans are not found in fatigues, adolescent pregnancy and parenthood. will rip it to shreds? Does it fear that four even on patriotic holidays. They can be I would, however, like to share some mothers will hoodwink the American people identified by their growing leadership in the alarming statistics with you. Consider if Big Government does not step in to pro­ nation's public and private life, not by the these facts: tect them? clothes they wear. The men who do wear the fatigues should During the last decade, the out-of­ Or, and this is the most alarming, is the wedlock birth rate has risen every year administration tinkering with Soviet-style ask themselves, "Am I wearing the old uni­ information control, picking and choosing form in patriotism and celebration? Or is it among white teens, and has fallen who will address the masses, granting the that I feel better in the old times and am only slightly among black teens. freedom to speak to those who toe the line, not fully ready to move on?" In 1980, teens accounted for 16 per­ The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is simul­ muzzling dissenting v<;>ices? taneously a stem and comforting place, cent of all U.S. births and 28 percent The McCarran Act's "ideological exclu­ which helps us answer these questions. In­ of all first births; among females aged sion" provisions stand ready for abuse by creasingly, it is helping men shed their fa­ 15 to 19, 8.3 percent of all whites, ap­ the powers that be. They should be thor­ tigues, to be saved for wear at times of reun­ proximately 691,200 girls, and 16.1 per­ oughly rewritten. but this administration ion and remembrance. cent of nonwhites, approximately has not only abused them, it has fine-tuned But the most important step is to face up 335,645 girls, became pregnant. them. to the truth that the Vietnam War affects In 1981, approximately 537,000 teen­ A case in point is the turnabout on El Sal­ every citizen in complex ways. vador's most infamous rightwing leader, Ro­ The powerful movements during the Viet­ agers became pregnant and chose to berto D' Aubuisson. He was turned down for nam era-the war, the war protest, and the carry their pregnancies to term; a U.S. visa last year, discrediting his presi­ hyperacceleration of the civil rights, 197,000 of these teenage births were to dential candidacy before the Salvadoran women's, and environmental movements­ mothers under the age of 18. elections. But he was approved for one last were interconnected, and they shape our In 1982, 190,000 adolescents under summer to be feted by Sen. Jesse Helms . Daily American, SOUTH AFRICAN LABOR RELA­ infant; family planning services to pre­ Jan. 24, 19851 TIONS REFORM ACT AND PEN­ vent a repeat pregnancy; education, GLENCOE FLOOD WAS RARITY, SAY OFFICIALS SION PLAN SOUTH AFRICAN job, and other counseling services. The INVESTMENT REPORTING ACT bill recognizes the critical role of the family, and thus stresses the impor­ The August 13, 1984, flood in Glencoe and tance of family support and involve­ Hyndman was one of the rare daytime killer HON. AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS ment. Finally, in view of the current floods, according to Dave Sisk of the Na­ OF CALIFORNIA fiscal realities, the Adolescent Preg­ tional Weather Service in Pittsburgh. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Most floods which take lives happen after nancy and Parenthood Act focuses on Monday, February 4, 1985 the most vulnerable young people: 11 p.m., Sisk said. those who give birth under the age of Five persons died in Somerset and Bed­ e Mr. HAWKINS. Mr. Speaker, I am ford counties. Charles Lee Merkel and today introducing two pieces of legisla­ 18, have low income, or experience Pamela Sue Phillippi drowned in Glencoe. tion designed not only to focus the at­ other barriers to services. Killed in Hyndman were Robert Gibner and tention of this body on the policy of The adolescent family life demon­ Samuel Leydig Jr., both of Hyndman, and apartheid as practices by the Govern­ stration projects were authorized in Clyde Burley Jr., Bel Air, Md. ment of South Africa, but also, and I 1981. For each of the past 4 years, the Nila Cogan, who lives in Wittenberg, believe more importantly, to foster a authority has been $30 million; actual Meyersdale RD 4, at the time of the flood, reexamination of this country's invest­ program appropriations have been less was one of the first people to notify the ment and labor policy toward South than half of this amount. county emergency management agency that Africa, and hopefully to offer some Mr. Speaker, adolescent pregnancy a problem was developing in the lower wa­ tershed, according to Sisk. positive alternatives to current policy. and parenthood is a serious and criti­ The first bill I am introducing is en­ cal problem in our Nation today, and I She recently received a special public serv­ ice award from the NWS for her quick re­ titled the "Pension Plan South Afri­ believe the time has come to adopt a can Investments Reporting Act of service program which will meet the porting of the heavy rainfall. "If we have an ample lead time to give 1985." This bill will amend the report­ pressing needs of these children who ing and disclosure requirements of the bear children. warnings we are able to minimize the loss of life and property," Sisk said. Employee Retirement Income Securi­ The youth of our Nation is our The United States Geological Survey ty Act of 197 4 [ERISA] to require, future; for most, that future is bright, Water Resources Division has estimated with specificity, that each employee but, for some, that future holds little such a devastating flood won't happen again pension benefit plan report to the Sec­ promise. This legislation will give teen­ in Glencoe and Hyndman for more than 100 retary of Labor describing the plan's age parents and their babies a chance years. investments in South Africa whether to participate in the future. It will give Wills Creek, which has an average flow of they are made directly or through the them a chance at life.e 183 cubic feet per second at Hyndman, tore acquisition of a share or interest in a through its stream at an estimated 19,400 business enterprise in South Africa. cubic feet per second, according to the De­ It should be understood that this HEROISM IN THE GLENCOE cember issue of the "Pennsylvania Topo­ proposal neither imposes a sanction FLOOD graphic and Geological Survey." against doing business in South Africa, That is more than 100 times the average nor does it prohibit private pension HON. JOHN P. MURTHA flow following a severe rain storm. fund investment there. It does insure, The rain gauge at the Veri Bittner farm OF PENNSYLVANIA however, that adequate and accurate near the headwaters of Wills Creek meas­ information is available as to the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ured 7.5 inches of rain in a four-hour period, extent of America's private pension Monday, February 4, 1985 stated the survey, which is published by the fund investment in a country who's state Department of Environmental Re­ policies have incurred the condemna­ • Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I want sources. to continue to recognize and honor in­ tion of the overwhelming majority of The storm was confined to the upper world opinion. dividuals who showed great acts of reaches of Wills Creek in Somerset County, personal heroism in the Glencoe Flood according to the survey. This measure will allow us as a coun­ try to determine, on the basis of the which affected the area I represent. "It was characterized by a severe intensity acting over a small, sparsely populated area obtained factual information, whether Mr. Joseph F. McKenzie of Glencoe investment is South Africa is an ap­ helped to save the life of Hulda Rau­ with an extremely high rate of stream ero­ sion," it stated. propriate use of such funds, or wheth­ pach when he carried her to high er as a policy matter we wish, at some ground from the mounting flood water "The more populated downstream areas of Glencoe, Fairhope and Hyndman re­ later date, to prohibit such invest­ on his shoulders. ment. In addition, I hope it will draw Mr. Dan Bell of Johnstown helped ceived very little precipitation, only 1.5 inches was recorded, but extremely heavy attenton to the fact that the issue of rescue Mr. Carl Raupach by grabbing stream flow. Truck-sized boulders which apartheid is not something remote, an him and tying him to a tree. In doing hadn't budged much in 100 years were issue of another country and another so, Mr. Bell endangered his own life, moved tens of feet or more downstream." culture, but rather that it directly af­ was momentarily swept away and had Lt. Gov. W111iam W. Scranton III has sent fects each of us to the extent that to be rescued himself. letters to 11 individuals and organizations in those are our pension dollars being so I am also enclosing for the informa­ Somerset County commending them for invested. There is some projected evi­ tion of the House of Representatives a their assistance during the flood. dence that "foreign investment has ar­ recent article citing individuals who According to the Pennsylvania Emergency guably strenghtened rather than miti­ aided, and I particularly join in com­ Management Agency, letters were sent to gated apartheid." We are that "for­ mending Ms. Nila Cogan who helped Nlla Cogan; Tom Villeneuve, Glencoe; Som­ eign investment" and we must face avert further disaster by notifying the erset County Jeep Club; Sheriff Guy Davis; facts and decide whether that is an ap­ county emergency management Merle D. Kimmel, American Red Cross rep­ propriate position for a nation that agency of the growing disaster. resentative; Somerset Community Hospital prides itself on a policy of "freedom Paramedics; and the following volunteer fire I certainly send my personal con­ departments: Meyersdale, Berlin, New Cen­ and equality." gratulations along to these individuals terville and Rural, Windber and Hoovers­ While the debate will continue over and enclose the attached article on the ville.• whether private pension funds should flood situation. be consciously used for "social invest­ The article follows: ment"; that is, to further the purpose 1708 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 4, 1985 of achieving specific and affirmative racial classification determines what subject to a denial of the rights described in social goals, I believe we can ultimate­ education and training he will receive section 2. ly unite in our view that our pension and what job he will be allowed to per­ Section 5. Definition of the term "South dollars should not be used to enhance form and where. While we as a nation Africa". repugnant labor and social policies. cannot directly force changes in South With hundreds of billions of dollars African labor law, we can by our acts, SECTION BY SECTION now available in our private pension whether through government or as Section 1. Short title: Pension Plan South funds, we must decide whether we as a employers in South Africa or as African Investments Reporting Act of 1985. nation want to be a part of apartheid buyers of its products, express our out­ Section 2. Amends section 103 of the Employee Retirement Income Security or whether we take the high and rage over the denial of economic secu­ Act of 1974 by adding a new paragraph <5> moral road and back that choice with rity and equality of opportunity so ap­ which requires that as part of the existing our pension dollars-or the absence parent in South Africa. reporting and disclosure provisions of para­ thereof. For the information of my col­ graph <2> of section 103(b), and its required Working in tandem and with con­ leagues, I am enclosing a section-by­ statement of assets and liabilities, that, in comitant purpose, is the second piece section explanation of each of the bills the future, private employee pension bene­ of legislation that I have introduced I have introduced today. fit plans subject to the Act, must include a today. It is entitled the "South Afri­ separate schedule itemizing each investment SECTION-BY-SECTION it made in South Africa which either initial­ can Labor Relations Reform Act of Section 1. Short title: South African ly occurred during the plan year covered by 1985." This measure directs the Secre­ Labor Relations Reform Act of 1985. the statement or with respect to which any tary of Labor to investigate the labor Section 2. Findings: <1 > that all human funds were expended or received by or on practices and policies of South Africa, beings, irrespective of race, creed, or sex, behalf of the plan during such year, i.e. a as compared to the internationally ac­ have the right to pursue both their material long term investment purchased before the cepted labor standards as set forth in wellbeing and their spiritual development in date of this act but for which a funds ad­ the listed convention's of the Interna­ conditions of freedom and dignity, of eco­ justment or a return on the investment was tional Labor Organization. In addition, nomic security and equal opportunity; <2> made after the date of enactment but the Secretary is to investigate the that the labor policies and practices of during the plan year. The itemization must South Africa have severely and intractably include: (1) the identity of each party; <2> a extent to which the labor policies and abridged the exercise of this right; and <3> description of the asset to which the trans­ practices of South Africa cause the that the United States has an obligation to action relates; <3> the purchase or selling export of capital and jobs from the promote affirmatively and actively the exer­ price, the rental, the interest rate and matu­ United States. cise of this right by means that are peaceful rity date in the case of a loan or the exten­ Having made these findings, the Sec­ and that are not counterproductive. tion of credit; <4> expenses; and <5> the cost retary is directed not only to report Purpose: To collect information and make of the asset, the current value of the asset, these findings to the Congress, but recommendations to guide the Congress in and the net gain or loss on the investment. also to make specific recommendations the formation of United States policies and This section defines the term "South activities that will promote improved rights Africa" to be the Republic of South Africa; on changes in U.S. policies and activi­ of labor in South Africa. any territory under the administration, ties that could better promote labor Section 3. Investigation by the Secretary legal or illegal, of the Republic of South practices in South Africa that more of Labor which must include <1 > a compari­ Africa; and the 'bantustans' of 'homelands', nearly conform to the above described son of the labor practices and policies of to which South African blacks are assigned international labor standards. In South Africa as measured against the labor on the basis of ethnic origin, including making these recommendations, the conventions of the ILO; Convention 87- Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Ciske, and Secretary must include an analysis of "Freedom of Association and the Right to Venda. the following proposed statutory revi­ Organize"; Convention 98 -"Application of This section also defines the terms "in­ sions: the Principle of the Right to Organize and vestment in South Africa" and "business en­ to Bargain Collectively"; Convention III­ terprise in South Africa" which taken to­ First, revising the Employee Retire­ "Discrimination in Respect of Employment gether will describe the types of invest­ ment Income Security Act of 1974 to and Occupation"; <2> the extent to which ments and their relationship to South prohibit investment of pension funds changes in United States policies and activi­ Africa that will trigger the reporting and in South Africa; ties can promote labor practices and policies disclosure duties under this Act. The term Second, revising the Fair Labor of South Africa that do not vary from such "investment in South Africa" includes: <1> Standards Act of 1938 to apply mini­ standards; and <3> the extent to which the the direct establishment of a business enter­ mum wage, equal pay, and child labor labor policies and practices of South Africa prise in South Africa, i.e. the fund invests restrictions to the employees in South cause the export of capital and Jobs from directly in a South African enterprise; <2> Africa of U.S. companies; the United States. the fund makes a direct loan or other exten­ Section 4. The Secretary of Labor must sion of credit for the establishment of a Third, revising the National Labor submit his findings and recommendations in business enterprise in South Africa, or (3) Relations Act to prevent sanctions the next annual report submitted more the fund invests in the securities of a busi­ from being imposed on employees for than six months after the date of enact­ ness doing business in South Africa. The in­ refusal to off-load shipments from ment. vestment can include the acquisition of a South Africa; The Secretary must include an analysis of share or interest in the business enterprise, Fourth, revising title VII of the Civil the following proposed statutory revisions: the acquisition of a bond or other debt in­ Rights Act of 1964 to apply to the em­ <1 > revising the Employee Retirement strument issued by the business enterprise, ployees-or applicants for employ­ Income Security Act of 1974 to prohibit in­ a capital contribution in money or kind to vestment of pension funds in South Africa; the business enterprise, and the making of a ment-in South Africa of U.S. compa­ (2) revising the Fair Labor Standards Act loan or other extension of credit with a ma­ nies; and of 1938 to apply minimum wage, equal pay, turity of more than two years to the busi­ Fifth, revising Federal education and child labor restrictions to the employ­ ness enterprise. statutes to increase the amount of as­ ees in South Africa of United States compa­ Once the nature of the investment is ana­ sistance available to South African nies; lyzed it must then be determined that such students who have been subject to a <3> revising the National Labor Relations investment relates to a "business enterprise denial of the rights described in sec­ Act to prevent sanctions from being im­ in South Africa" for this is in essence the tion 2(a). posed on employees for refusal to off-load term for doing business in South Africa. A The keystone in South Africa's shipments from South Africa; "business enterprise in South Africa" (4) revising title VII of the Civil Rights means: <1 > any organization, association, system of apartheid is a repressive Act of 1964 to apply to the employees in South Africa Africa which exists for profitmaking pur­ the back population of free access to of United States companies; and poses or to otherwise secure economic ad­ employment and training; it is the <5> revising Federal education statutes to vantage, and (2) reaches any "person" indi­ predicate by which South Africa's law increase the amount of assistance available vidual, partnership, joint venture, corpora­ and policy declares that a person's to South African students who have been tion, mutual company, joint stock company, February #, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1709 trust, estate, unincorporated organization, medicine for the people of this Nation. SEC. 3. GRANTS TO EQUALIZE COSTS. association or employee organization> con­ The medicine is packaged as the Land (a) GRANT AUTHORITY.-Subtitle C of the trolling any business enterprise described in Disposal Amendments of 1985 and is Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by <1 > above, even if such person is not located designed to encourage alternative dis­ adding the following new section at the end in South Africa. The "person" shall be pre­ thereof: sumed to be in control if: <1) the person ben­ posal methods for hazardous wastes. We are spending millions of dollars "GRANTS TO EQUALIZE COSTS OF TREATMENT AND eficially owns or controls the person beneficially owns that these efforts will be successful. GRANTs.-The Administrator is authorized or controls not require additional future funding eration of such facilities. the business enterprise is operated by the for dumpsite cleanups. (b) AMOUNT OF GRANTs.-The amount of person pursuant to the provisions of an ex­ My legislation would prevent future any grant made under this section shall be ecutive management contract; (4) a majority sites from needing additional future an amount determined by the Administra­ of the members of the board of directors of cleanup funds. By banning the land tor which is equal to the excess of the the business enterprise are also members of disposal of all hazardous waste and by amount referred to in paragraph <1) over the comparable governing body of the the amount referred to in paragraph <2>: making available a portion of current "(1) COS"i' OF TREATMENT.-The cost of con­ person; <5> the person has authority to ap­ Superfund money to make alternate point a majority of the members of the struction and operation of the treatment facility for prise; or (6) the person has authority to ap­ more economically attractive, I feel we which such grant is made. point the chief operating officer of the busi­ can avoid the further buildup of land­ "(2) COST OF LANDFILL DISPOSAL.-The ness enterprise. fill dumpsites which would otherwise amount which the Administrator estimates The term "branch is also specifially de­ require expenditure of enormous it would cost to construct and operate a fined in this section to mean the "oper­ funds. I am convinced that companies landfill in the same region to dispose of the ations or activities conducted by a person in same volume of hazardous waste as will be which require hazardous waste dispos­ treated and rendered nonhazardous by the a different location in its own name rather al methods would choose methods than through a incorporated entity". It is so treatment facility. defined so as to insure coverage where there other than landfill dumps if alternate "(C) Ftnms DERIVED FROM SUPERFUND.­ is no controlled incorporated entity in disposal methods were more afford­ Grants under this section shall be made South Africa of the Comprehensive En­ business investment). In this example, any best cure. vironmental Response, Compensation, and pension fund investment in the operations The text of the legislation follows: Liability Act of 1980 is amended by inserting and activities in South Africa of the compa­ H.R. 919 after "described in" the following: " sec­ ny in Rhodesia would be subject to the re­ tion 3020 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act or Be it enacted by the Senate and House of '' and by redesignating subparagraphs quirements of this Act. Representatives of the United States of Section 2. Amends sections 104(a)(2) and through as clauses (i) through (iv) America in Congress assembled, respectively 110(a) of the Act to insure the applicability SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE of this bill to all pension plans and that <2> Section 221<2> of such Act is amend­ This Act may be cited as the "Land Dis­ ed by inserting after "shall be reserved" the with regard to the specific reporting and posal Amendments of 1985". disclosure provision of this bill there may be following: "for the purposes specified in sec­ no alternative methods of compliance. SEC. 2. PROHIBmON OF LAND DISPOSAL OF HAZ­ tion 3020 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act ARDOUS WASTE. and". Section 3. Provides for civil enforcement (a) REPEAL OF 1984 PROVISIONS.-Section against the plan administrator, or under <3> Section lll, the plan" for the failure to comply with the <2> For reservation of 85% of certain (d), , (f), (g), . and m. amounts appropriated to the Fund estab­ reporting and disclosure requirements of (b) NEW PROHIBITION.-Section 3004 of this bill. The amount of the civil penalty lished under title II for specific purposes, such Act is amended by inserting the follow­ see section 22l<2>.".e may not exceed $100 a day from the date of ing new subsection after subsection : such violation and can only be assessed "(b) PROHIBITION ON LAND DISPOSAL.-Ef­ against the administrator or fiduciary in fective on the date of the enactment of the AMENDMENT TO SOCIAL their personal capacities done so as to avoid Land Disposal Amendments of 1985, the SECURITY penalizing the fund and its eventual pen­ land disposal of hazardous waste listed or sioners. There is, however, no liability if the identified under section 3001 is prohibited.". plan administrator or other fiduciary shows (C) CONFORKING AIIENDMENTS.-(1) Section HON. CHARLES E. SCHUMER that the administrator acted in a good faith 3004 of such Act is amended by strik­ OF NEW YORK effort to avoid such violation as set forth in ing out "Simultaneously with the promulga­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the bill. tion of regulations under subsection (d), (e), Section 4. Effective date covers reports for (f), or (g) prohibiting one or more methods Monday, February 4, 1985 plan years beginning after one year after of land disposal of a particular hazardous e Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, today the date of the enactment of this Act.e waste" and substituting "As promptly as practicable after the enactment of the Land I am introducing an amendment to Disposal Amendments of 1985". title II of the Social Security Act to LAND DISPOSAL AMENDMENTS <2> Section 3004<2> of such Act is prohibit the payment of benefits OF 1985 amended by- thereunder to individuals who have striking out the last sentence thereof; been deported from the United States HON. GLENN ENGUSH and on account of certain activities con­ striking out "any prohibition promul­ ducted under the direction of or in as­ OF OKLAHOMA gated under subsection (d), , (f), or (g)" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sociation with the Nazi government and substituting "the prohibition estab­ during World War II. Monday, February 4, 1985 lished under subsection ". <3> Section 3004 of such Act is amended This amendment plugs a loophole in e Mr. ENGLISH. Mr. Speaker, today, by striking out subparagraph and the Social Security Act. The current I am introducing some preventive paragraphs <4> through <6>. law provides for the termination of 1710 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 4, 1985 benefits upon deportation of the pri­ of the Immigration and Nation­ to get credit. FIRST NATIONAL BANK DE­ How? ality Act. The 19th ground provides CLARES WAR ON FEDERAL These deficits must somehow be financed. for deportation when an individual en­ BUDGET DEFICITS To do this the government can borrow gaged in certain activities involving money or it can simply increase the amount the persecution of persons during HON. JOHN EDWARD PORTER of dollars in circulation. World War II in association with the If it borrows, it will absorb new savings German Nazi government. This OF ILLINOIS needed for the private investment necessary ground was added as an amendment to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to keep our economy moving and our stand­ the Immigration and Nationality Act Monday, February 4, 1985 ard of living rising: investment for plant and equipment, research, technology and con­ in 1978. However, due to an oversight, • Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, people sumer goods. the Social Security Act was not across the United States are becoming Traditionally, the federal government has amended at the same time to include fed up with Congress' inability to con­ used about one-quarter of our national sav­ paragraph 09) as a basis for terminat­ trol its spending habits. This Nation is ings pool. ing benefits. Thus, a Nazi persecutor currently facing one of the most If deficits continue at their current high who is deported from the United severe fiscal crisis that it has encoun­ level, this figure will be closer to one-half to States under paragraph (19) of the Im­ tered since the Great Depression. The two-thirds of that pool-year after year. migration and Nationality Act may The obvious result of this course is that Federal debt, and the current budget interest rates will be pushed higher and continue to collect Social Security deficit, must be reduced, and spending higher, since there will be greater competi­ benefits. restraint is the primary solution. tion for the same amount of funds. Think This situation offends my sense of As an indiction of the degree of con­ about that the next time you or someone fair play and justice. These individuals cern over the Federal deficit, the First you know wants to purchase a car or a have already benefited by living in the National Bank of Deerfield, located in home. United States and largely escaping de­ my congressional district, has formally As an alternative to borrowing, the federal tection all these years. They have declared war on Federal budget defi­ government may decide to finance its deficit cits. The following article, drafted by by creating more money. Then we will never been brought before a tribunal suffer from inflation. In the classic econom­ for their crimes. In most cases, they the bank's president, Alan Meyer, re­ ic definition, we will have more dollars chas­ never will. Yet, as the law stands now, inforces the importance of Congress' ing the same amount of goods. they can collect Social Security. This actions to limit spending over the next When inflation is on the rise, no one has is particularly unfair when individuals year: any incentive to save and invest. Industry deported under the other 18 para­ FIRST NATIONAL BANK DECLARES WAR ON becomes starved for capital, savers watch graphs of the Immigration and Na­ FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICITS their nest eggs disappear and recession re­ tionality Act cannot collect Social Se­ How would you like to be able to borrow turns to the horizon. In addition, interest curity. all the money you want, anytime you rates rise. Whichever course the government takes To add insult to injury, this loophole wanted to, and never have to worry because you could always borrow more to pay back to finance its deficit-borrowing, creating is often used as a basis to plea bargain what you already owe? money or a mix of the two-interest rates with these criminals. I am outraged It sounds pretty tempting, doesn't it? rise, bringing higher unemployment in their that these criminals are enticed to The policy makers in the federal govern­ wake. admit to persecutions under para­ ment know how attractive it is. They have Fortunately, since we live in a democracy graph 09) in order to continue to re­ fallen to the temptation for more than two we can deal with the deficits. ceive Social Security benefits. decades. And the only way to keep them Democracies are vulnerable to deficit Mr. Speaker, for thse reasons I am from falling again and again is to take the spending because it is far more pleasant to temptation away. As the record shows, they raise spending than to reduce it. introducing this amendment and I cannot handle it. Elected officials know that Santa Clauses urge the support of my colleagues. Since 1961, the federal government has get re-elected and Scrooges get rejected. The text of the bill is below. experienced 22 deficits and just one surplus In Scrooge's day, individuals who could H.R. 933 in its budget. not pay their debts were thrown into debt­ As a result, it is more than $1.6 trillion in or's prison. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Our accumulated deficits are slowly, but Representatives of the United States of debt. Furthermore-if things don't change­ it will be adding in the neighborhood of surely, incarcerating our entire population­ America in Congress assembled, That and our children for years to come-in what section 202 of the Social Security Act $200 billion to that debt year after year for the foreseeable future. At that rate, the soon may become an inescapable debtors' is amended by striking out "or (18)" in the prison. The walls of this prison are not matter preceding subparagraph and in­ total debt would double in just seven years. If you divided $1.6 trillion among every made of brick, concrete and steel. Instead, serting in lieu thereof "(18), or <19)". man, woman, and child in the U.S., each in­ they are composed of high interest rates, in­ Section 202 of such Act is further dividual would receive almost $7,000. That is flation, unemployment and sluggish invest­ amended by adding at the end thereof the almost $28,000 for the traditional family of ment. following new paragraph: four. Our key to escape can be found in legisla­ "<3> For purposes of paragraphs (1) and In 1982 prices, $1.6 trillion would buy tion introduced in both the U.S. House of <2> of this subsection, an individual against more than 24 million new homes and almost Representatives and the Senate that would whom a final order of deportation has been 270 million new automobiles. provide for a congressionally initiated con­ issued under paragraph <19) of section Furthermore, it would take nearly every stitutional amendment requiring a balanced 24l of the Immigration and Nationality dollar on deposit in domestic offices of budget. The requirement would not apply in Act

51-059 0-86-12 (pt. 2) 1712 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February .4, 1985 solemn gesture made on the day of his In Congress I am cosponsoring legis­ cal, or junior college, educating a total death could have meant no more to lation to halt religious hate crimes. of over 11.41 million Americans in him. The flag on the Jefferson High This bill, H.R. 665, will impose stiff 1981 alone. For many of them it is School lawn flew at half-mast.e penalties, including fines and prison their first, and sometimes only, chance sentences, for individuals committing for postsecondary learning-and they CONDEMNING ANTI-SEMITISM acts of violence and vandalism against are of benefit to us all. I therefore religious property. urge my colleagues to support "Na­ HON. BARBARA A. MIKULSKI Maryland has taken the lead in tional Community College Month" State action to address the problem of and join me in saluting them for all of OF MARYLAND anti-Semitism. Maryland's coalition IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their contributions to this great opposed to violence and extremism co­ Nation.e Monday, February 4, 1985 ordinates statewide programs. Mary­ eMs. MIKULKSI. Mr. Speaker, reli­ land also passed legislation to estab­ gious tolerance was fundamental to lish sophisticated reporting procedures BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA the founding of this Nation. In fact, for religious terrorism. the guarantee of religious freedom is The National Institute for the Pre­ explicitly stated in our Constitution. vention and Control of Violence and HON. WIWAM H. NATCHER Yet for too long our country has been Extremism is a national research and OF KENTUCKY education institute founded in Balti­ enduring increasing incidences of anti­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Semitic activity. This is abhorrent to more. This institute will centralize the essential principles of our Nation. data collection and dispersal, will Monday, February 4, 1985 Anti-Semitism must be comdemned prompt research into the links be­ e Mr. NATCHER. Mr. Speaker, and combated, until it is no longer evi­ tween prejudice and violence, and will help develop models for States to use throughout 1985 the Boy Scouts of denced in America. America will celebrate the 75th anni­ The Anti-Defamation League of in response to religious terrorism and B'nai B'rith recently released its audit other violence motivated by prejudice. versary of the founding of this organi­ of anti-Semitic activity. This study re­ I urge my colleagues to see to it that zation with the theme-"Pride in the veals that such activities are on the their States support and work with Past • • • Footsteps to the Future." rise nationwide. In 1984, there were the institute, and initiate efforts back Observances during anniversary 715 reports of violence against Jews home to combat anti-Semitism. week, February 3-9, include a heritage and Jewish institutions, compared The B'nai B'rith audit chronicles the campfire caravan; Scout jamboree in with 670 in 1983. The B'nai B'rith rise of violence against Jews in Amer­ Fredericksburg, VA, for 30,000 Scouts; report shows that my own State of ica. These incidences are motivated by and a congressional breakfast in Maryland ranks third in the country ignorance and prejudice. As we re­ Washington, DC. in the number of anti-Semitic attacks. member the Holocaust, let's not forget Membership in the Boy Scouts of The increase in incidences also re­ to renew our efforts to wipe out cur­ America increased in 1984 for the fifth veals a rise in more serious anti-Semit­ rent anti-Semitic activity. Zachor.e consecutive year. There are currently ic crimes, such as bombing and arson. 4, 773,000 Scouts and over 70 million No one knows why there has been this NATIONAL COMMUNITY have participated in Boy Scouts since increase in the country, or why Mary­ its founding in 1910. land should rank so high. But no COLLEGE MONTH reason can alleviate the horror of Boy Scouts of America continued to these incidences of religious terrorism. HON. DON YOUNG expand its programs last year. Sports In 1985 we commemorate the 40th OF ALASKA has been introduced as an integral anniversary of the liberation of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES part of the program for Cub Scouts. A Nazi death camps. In November 1976 I family camping association has been went to Poland. I had read the lessons Monday, February 4, 1985 formed to enable families to use Scout of history but I wanted to learn those e Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speak­ camps. "Mom and Me" provides an op­ lessons first hand. I went to the er, I am today introducing legislation portunity for 8-, 9-, and 10-year-old Warsaw ghetto where so much in some to recognize the contributions that boys to camp with their moms on ways began. I was stunned by how community colleges have made to our weekends. Varsity Scouting showed a small it was and envisioned the num­ Nation. This bill designates May 1985, 30-percent growth during its first year. bers of people packed into that space. as "National Community College Explorers elected their own national I went to Auschwitz to see the camp, Month." youth president who has been ap­ the barracks, the gas chambers, the Community, technical, and junior pointed to the national executive liberation films. I never made it all the colleges educate more than half of all board of the Boy Scouts of America. way through the tour. The bins of first and second year students enrolled The Four Rivers Council, serving the children's shoes broke my heart and I in postsecondary institutions. They Second Congressional District of Ken­ could go no further. prepare people for employment in Then, during the Passover-Easter over 1,400 different occupations, usu­ tucky, which I have the privilege of season in 1983 I revisited Israel and ally within reasonable commuting dis­ representing, has had a 20-percent in­ felt the sense of renewal that Ausch­ tance for more than 90 percent of all crease in membership during the past witz was not the final end. From Y'ad Americans. The cost of going to com­ year. The council has completed nego­ Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial, to munity, technical, and junior colleges tiations for continued use of Camp the new settlements we celebrated the is low, with an average tuition of $501 Roy C. Manchester and kicked off a lives of the survivors-as we do today. a year. Black, Hispanic, American $100,000 capital campaign for the But we are also left with a legacy of Indian, and Alaskan Native credit stu­ camp. The council also increased serv­ warning: Zachor, remember. Remem­ dents are represented at higher than ice to young people in remote rural ber the genocide. Remember those average population rates in these insti­ areas who were previously not served. who were killed. Remember the reli­ tutions, enrolling more than half of all At this time I want to congratulate gious persecution. Through remem­ minority undergradutes attending the Boy Scouts of America on its 75th brance of what did happen, and con­ postsecondary institutions. anniversary. I am pleased to commend tinued vigilance and public education, More than 97 percent of the congres­ the Boy Scouts for their past accom­ we can work to be free of anti-Semi­ sional districts in the United States plishments and I wish them further tism. have at least one community, techni- successes in the years ahead.e February 4, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1713 LONG-OVERDUE PROTECTION A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO JOHN Mr. Speaker, our Nation's secondary FOR CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES W. JACKSON, JR. schools are in the midst of an econom­ ic and academic crisis. Secondary HON. MERVYN M. DYMALLY HON. DENNIS M. HERTEL schools across this country are experi­ OF MICHIGAN encing increased dropout rates, and OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES more and more high school students IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES are unable to pass the required basic Monday, February 4, 1985 skills tests necessary not only for grad­ Monday, February 4, 1985 e Mr. HERTEL of Michigan. Mr. uation but also for functioning in an e Mr. DYMALLY. Mr. Speaker, today Speaker, I rise today to express my increasingly complex society and work I am introducing legislation which I deepest sorrow upon the loss of a close environment. The President's Commis­ believe provides long-overdue protec­ friend and loyal public servant, Michi­ sion on Excellence in Education fo­ tion for the many civil service employ­ gan Assistant Attorney General John cused our attention to educational ees in the excepted service. My bill will W. Jackson, Jr. Mr. Jackson was in studies that have indicated that profi­ give excepted service employees the charge of the Michigan attorney gen­ ciency in basic skills of reading, writ­ right to administrative due process eral's office in Detroit and, prior to ing, and comprehension has seriously when adverse personnel actions are that, represented the Michigan De­ faltered over the past 20 years. At this taken against them-a right they do partment of Treasury. time, it is estimated that 23 million not now have. John Jackson, Jr., was a dedicated Americans, and approximately 13 per­ professional and an exceptionally tal­ cent of all 17-year-olds, do not have A wide variety of positions in the ented public servant. Mr. Jackson's ac­ adequate reading, writing, and com­ civil service are excepted from the complishments and contributions to prehension skills to function in every­ competitive process. These positions Michigan's legal system are certainly day life. Last year, in my own State of include attorneys, physicians, scien­ impressive and will continue to have New Jersey, over 50,000 entering col­ tists, chaplains, handicapped workers, an impact on the legal process. lege freshmen took the New Jersey and certain midlevel administrative Over the years, many young lawyers, College Basic Skills Test. Less than a positions. Positions may be excepted fresh out of law school, served in the third proved proficient in verbal skills from the competitive service by law, attorney general's office and they and only 12 percent were proficient in Executive order, or by the Office of always found a friend and confidant in elementary algebra. Personnel Management. There are John Jackson, Jr. I am proud to have Despite this proven need in our Na­ over one-half million excepted service been one of those lawyers. employees in executive agencies. tion's high schools for increased atten­ Mr Jackson served the State of tion, our secondary schools are receiv­ Under current law, Federal employ­ Michigan with tremendous patience, ing very little funding to strengthen ees in the competitive service have the diligence, conviction, and dedication their basic academic program. Depart­ right to receive advance written notice and always gave of himself to his ment of Education analyses indicate of an adverse action and to respond in fellow man. Mr. Jackson's honesty and that 77 percent of chapter 1 funds are writing to the action. They also have integrity were the factors that set him invested in preschool, kindergarten, the right to appeal an adverse action apart from other public servants. John and lower elementary grades. Our sec­ to the Merit Systems Protection Jackson, Jr., was a great family man ondary school students are being ne­ Board, an independent agency estab­ who dedicated his life to helping glected to the detriment of their lished by the Civil Service Reform Act others. We thank God for sharing future and our country's future. of 1978. These procedures also apply John with us. His quality of profes­ To correct this inequity, the Second­ to veterans' preference eligibles in the sionalism will live on in those he in­ ary Schools Basic Skills Act would pro­ excepted service. However, all other spired by his example. vide secondary schools with a 6-year excepted service employees have no I join the fine people of the State of authorization of $900 million annually way to defend themselves in an ad­ Michigan in paying our highest re­ to upgrade their basic skills program. verse action situation, even though spect to John Jackson, Jr., and we sor­ Any secondary school in which 20 per­ they may have served in the Federal rowfully extend our deepest sympathy cent of the student body is economi­ Government for many years. They to his wife, Berniece, and his son, cally disadvantaged, would be eligible may be summarily terminated without Javon. We greatly appreciate the out­ for funding. The funds would be used even knowing the reason for such an standing contributions of John Jack­ for the benefit of all students at that action. son, Jr., to the State of Michigan. He school that are classified as low The bill I am introducing, with my will always be remembered in our achievers, and not merely those low­ colleagues, Ms. 0AKAR, Mrs. SCHROE­ prayers.e achievers that are also economically DER, Mr. HOYER, and Mr. BARNES, Will disadvantaged. Funding would be dis­ entitle employees in an executive THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS continued at the end of 2 years if that agency who have served 2 continuous BASIC SKILLS ACT school could not demonstrate progress years in the excepted service to these in improving the basic skills of its stu­ same procedural rights when an ad­ HON. JAMES J. FLORIO dent body. We have however included verse action is taken. The bill will not a 1-year waiver provision if extenuat­ cover personnel in positions which are OF NEW JERSEY ing circumstances precluded an im­ confirmed by the Senate, or are confi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES provement within the space of 2 years. dential or policy determining in char­ Monday, February 4, 1985 During the 98th Congress, when Mr. acter. e Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, I am WILLIAMS and I introduced this bill, I strongly believe that excepted serv­ pleased today · to join my colleague, two concerns were expressed by educa­ ice employees will be better able to PAT WILLIAMS of Montana, in reintro­ tors relating to the authority of the serve the American public if they are ducing the Secondary Schools Basic National Institute of Education [NIEl free from the fear of adverse actions Skills Act. I would urge my colleagues to administer the program and with taken against them without cause. to join us in supporting this effort to the discontinuation of funding if the The right to due process and to defend provide necessary funding for assisting school could not demonstrate an im­ one's work and career is fundamental local education agencies with large provement after 2 years. We have to all working men and women. Those numbers of economically disadvan­ modified our new bill to address these in public service should be no excep­ taged students in upgrading their concerns by eliminating the provision tion to the rule.e basic skills. establishing a National Secondary 1714 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 4, 1985 Schools Basic Skills panel under NIE ployee whistleblowers of act of em­ al, investigate such complaints, and, if authority and placing the program di­ ployer reprisal, recently issued a the complaint is found to have merit, rectly under the supervision of the De­ report which found that, despite the to argue before the MSPB that such partment of Education and the Secre­ existence of the Board, most Federal whistleblower's superior committed an tary of Education. This should elimi­ employees who know firsthand of in­ act of reprisal in response to having nate further layers of bureaucracy and stances of waste, fraud, or abuse still had the whistle blown on him or her. hopefully accelerate the decisionmak­ fail to report them. The reasons given The Board then decides whether an ing and evaluation process. We have by these employees were: First, their act of reprisal was in fact committed also allowed for extenuating circum­ belief that nothing would be done to and, if so, what relief is appropriate. stances by empowering the Secretary correct the situation; and second, their Unfortunately, in practice this ar­ of Education to grant 1-year waiver fear of reprisal by their superiors if rangement has not been as effective in for schools whose circumstances war­ they reported wasteful or illegal activi­ successfully prosecuting offending rant additional time. ties taking place in their agencies. Federal employers as Congress intend­ Our country's future rests in the Mr. Speaker, perhaps such findings ed. There are several reasons for this. ability of our youth to function and would not have been surprising before Often, the Special Counsel has an succeed in our society. The lack of the enactment of the 1978 Civil Serv­ almost insurmountable burden to basic skills precludes any such success ice Reform Act, which created the overcome in proving his case, and and can only spell disaster for our Merit Systems Protection Board while agencies have the right to country. I urge my colleagues to sup­ [MSPBJ and a Special Counsel's appeal unfavorable Board decisions on port this worthwhile effort.e Office to prosecute cases of Federal behalf of an accused supervisor, the employer reprisal against whistleblow­ Special Counsel currently lacks the ers. One of the major purposes of that A GREAT MAN IN MICHIGAN authority to appeal a board decision legislation was to provide assurances against the whistleblower. to Federal workers that they would be HON. WILUAM D. FORD protected from acts of reprisal if they I am convinced that such appeal au­ thority is crucial if the Special Coun­ OF MICHIGAN reported instances of waste, fraud, or sel is to be able to successfully pros­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES abuse known to them. The Civil Serv­ ecute those cases where his investiga­ Monday, February 4, 1985 ice Reform Act was intended to en­ courage Federal employees to come tion has revealed an act or acts of em­ e Mr. FORD of Michigan. Mr. Speak­ forward when they know of illegal or ployer reprisal. er, it is a special pleasure to make note abusive practices taking place within During the 98th Congress, I, along of 25 years of dedicated and selfless their agencies. Unfortunately, the with Congressman BARNEY FRANK, in­ public service to the people of our area Merit Systems Protection Board's troduced legislation which would au­ on the part of Robert McLachlan. His recent report has verified what many thorize the Special Counsel to appeal remarkable record includes being an of us already suspected-that if any­ unfavorable Board decisions to Feder­ active member in the Lions, Elks, thing, Federal employees are now al court. Our introduction of this legis­ Masons, Moose, Shrine, Knights more frightened of possible employer lation followed a hearing by the House Templer, and Goodfellows. reprisal if they report any instances of Manpower and Housing Subcommittee Besides being the clerk for the city waste, fraud, or abuse than they were in which we heard from a Federal of Dearborn Heights, he is the city's in earlier years. The report found that worker employed at the Kittery Ports­ representative to the Peoples Commu­ in 1983, 69 percent of those Federal mouth Naval Shipyard in my district nity Hospital Authority and the Cen­ employees who said they knew first­ who had been reprimanded by his su­ tral Wayne County Sanitation Author­ hand of some example of Government pervisor for pointing out safety haz­ ity. He is past president of the Wayne waste failed to report it. That was ap­ ards at the shipyard to the Occupa­ County Municipal and Township proximately the same percentage tional Safety and Health Administra­ Clerks Association and the Michigan found in a similar survey conducted in tion. My constituent's experience Association of Municipal Clerks. 1980. Of those who knew of waste but pointed up the need to protect Federal It is highly appropriate that Mem­ did not report it, 37 percent in 1983 employees from employer reprisal for bers of Congress and others be aware gave fear of reprisal as a reason for reporting health or safety hazards, as of this remarkable example of a gen­ keeping silent. In 1980, that figure was well as instances of waste, fraud or tleman who has maintained his dedica­ only 20 percent. Of those who report­ abuse. The day after our August 9 tion and interest in serving our citi­ ed their findings to superiors, 20 per­ hearing, Congressman FRANK and I in­ zens in a remarkable variety of ways. cent of them in 1980 said they subse­ troduced our legislation. So often we take for granted people quently suffered reprisal, in the form A similar bill was introduced in the who serve in these offices with no of a demotion, a poor performance Senate by CHARLES GRASSLEY, and was thought or expectation of having rating or losing a promotion. In 1983, eventually passed by the Senate in an public notice or attention. Therefore, I 23 percent of those reporting such in­ amended version. Unfortunately, the think it is fitting and proper that we cidents said they subsequently suf­ House adjourned for the year before it now take a moment to give special ac­ fered reprisal-a notable increase over had a chance to vote on the bill. colades and thanks to Robert McLach­ the 1980 figure. The legislation we are introducing lan and to wish him well in the years Clearly, the findings contained in today, and which Senator GRASSLEY ahead.e this report indicate that the creation has again introduced in the Senate, in­ of the Merit Systems Protection Board corporates the minor changes which STRENTHENING FEDERAL and the Office of the Special Counsel were made to last year's bill by the WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS have not succeeded in assuring Federal Senate. In addition to granting the employees that they will be protected Special Counsel authority to appeal HON. JOHN R. McKERNAN, JR. if they report wasteful or illegal prac­ unfavorable MSPB decisions to Feder­ OF MAINE tices at work. And just as clearly, the al district court, our bill would permit report suggests that employees' fears the aggrieved employee to intervene in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES are well founded. Whistleblowers are the Special Counsel's action as a Monday, February 4, 1985 not adequately protected under the matter of right. The bill would also e Mr. McKERNAN. Mr. Speaker, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. give the Special Counsel authority to Merit Systems Protection Board, Under that law, a Special Counsel was enforce subpoenas and protective which is charged with determining the created to receive complaints by Fed­ orders pursuant to his or her investi­ validity of complaints by Federal em- eral whistleblowers of employer repris- gative and prosecutorial authority. February 4, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1715 Mr. Speaker, I am hopeful that our Through H.R. 852, I now seek to com­ some of my thoughts on one of my legislation will be considered early in plete the repeal process and return us constituents. It is always a pleasure to this session of Congress. Enactment of to prewithholding reporting require­ have the opportunity to honor such a our bill will encourage would-be whis­ ments. Specifically, sections 104, 105, devoted man. Eric Stahlberg has dedi­ tleblowers throughout the Govern­ 106, 107, 108, and 109 of the Interest cated his life to community service. As ment to come forward by increasing and Dividend Tax Compliance Act of a nationally known pioneer in fabri­ the authority currently available in 1983 are repealed by this bill. cated plastics, he worked for the Pre the Special Counsel to prosecute those Foremost in my rationale for spon­ Corp., in Florence, MA, for over 40 who commit acts of reprisal against soring this legislation is the belief that years. His last 13 years with them, he such employees. And by encouraging the people of this country are opposed served as their vice president for man­ more whistleblowers to report known to greater Government intervention in ufacturing and operations, before his waste, fraud or abuse in their agencies, their lives. The reporting and compli­ retirement in 1982. He has been said to our bill will indirectly benefit all the ance provisions of Public Law 98-67 be involved in a lifelong love affair taxpayers in this Nation who are cur­ allow the Government to intrude into with plastics. rently footing the bill for such prac­ the private financial relationships be­ Mr. Stahlberg is known around Flor­ tices.e tween individuals and businesses. This ence as a "good neighbor." He has intrusion into the private financial af­ been active in the United Way, there­ fairs of tax-abiding citizens is hardly gional YMCA and the Clarke School A TRIBUTE TO HERBERT E. justified by the increased ability of for the Deaf. Besides working hard for LOCKHART the IRS to track down tax-delinquent various community organizations, Mr. citizens. Granted, only the guilty Stahlberg also works hard not to let HON. RON de LUGO suffer the legal penalties of these pro­ people know all that he has done. OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS visions but the public's opposition to Since childhood, one of Mr. Stahl­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES these measures is motivated by its berg's greatest passions has been the Monday, February 4, 1985 value of privacy, not the concern for Boy Scouts of America. Coincidental­ being found guilty of tax evasion. e Mr. DE LUGO. Mr. Speaker, I would ly, the Great Trails Council's bound­ like to bring to your attention and to Most taxpayers honestly report their aries, which is the area of most of Mr. that of my colleagues, the name of a income and have no fear of being ac­ Stahlberg's work, almost fully coincide remarkable Virgin Islander whose ac­ cused otherwise. Congress must recog­ with my congressional district. Mr. complishments have won him recogni­ nize and act to preserve the privacy Stahlberg was the first young boy in tion not only in my district, the U.S. that this country regards with such this region to be awarded the high Virgin Islands, but as far away as conviction. scouting honor of Eagle Scout. That Sweden. The man to whom I am refer­ In addition to the privacy argument was some 50 years ago. Since that ring is Herbert E. Lockhart, a member made above, my rationale for repeal­ time, Mr. Stahlberg has dedicated a of one of the most distinguished fami­ ing the backup withholding provisions great deal of time to giving back to the lies in the U.S. Virgin Islands. For the includes the belief that financial insti­ Boy Scouts that which he feels he re­ past 33 years, he has served as the tutions and businesses should not be ceived from them. He has held various Swedish Counsel to the Virgin Islands, forced to be tax collectors. The Inter­ voluntary positions with the Great a longer term than any other Swedish nal Revenue Service has been given Trails Council, including serving on Counsel in the United States. This the authority to collect taxes levied by the district council, organizing activi­ achievement combined with his super­ Congress and it, not the financial in­ ties and chairing fund raising drives. lative work, led to his being awarded stitutions and businesses, should bear Mr. Speaker, it has been my pleasure the honor of commander of the Royal the burden of this responsibility. Tax to honor Eric Stahlberg, a fine busi­ Order of Polar Star by Order of the collection should be between the IRS nessman and citizen.e King of Sweden. It was conferred on and the taxpayer. Forcing the task of tax collection onto third parties com­ him by the Swedish Consul General TRIBUTE TO JAMES AND who made a special trip to our islands plicates their operations and requires MARGARET LA GRECA for this tribute to Herbert Lockhart. them to absorb added expenses. It I salute Herbert E. Lockhart, an il­ should be noted that section 103 of lustrious Virgin Islander who has the Interest and Dividend Tax Compli­ HON. ROBERT G. TORRICELLI earned the respect and love of his ance Act, which appropriates addition­ OF NEW JERSEY community.e al revenues for purposes of collecting IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tax, remains unchanged by this bill. If Monday, February 4, 1985 Congress wants better tax compliance, H.R. 852 it should use the IRS as its vehicle and e Mr. TORRICELLI. Mr. Speaker, in properly equip it to do the job. our fast-paced world often we don't HON. DON YOUNG In closing, I cannot stress strongly stop and take the time to appreciate those things which are truly valuable OF ALASKA enough the need for Congress to evaluate our Nation's regard for priva­ in our lives. Few would argue with the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fact that the American family is a cen­ Monday, February 4, 1985 cy and the role of the IRS as our Na­ tion's tax collector. In light of this tral institution in our society. Today I e Mr. YOUNG. Mr. Speaker, I have evaluation, I urge all Members to con­ rise to pay tribute to one family in introduced legislation to repeal the in­ sider and support H.R. 852.e particular, James and Margaret La terest and dividend tax compliance Greca of Garfield, NJ, who have cele­ provisions of Public Law 98-67. brated their 50th wedding anniversary. On August 5, 1983, Congress re­ A TRIBUTE TO MR. ERIC As parents, the La Grecas were pealed the 10-percent withholding pro­ STAHLBERG blessed with two kind and caring chil­ visions on interest and dividents. How­ dren. Now fully grown, Marilyn and ever, in their place, Congress accepted HON. SILVIO 0. CONTE James, Jr., have families of their own. backup withholding and reporting re­ OF MASSACHUSETTS The grandchildren, Cindy, Susan, quirements nearly as onerous to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Lenny, Danny, Jimmy, and Jeff, are a payers and payees as those repealed. constant source of happiness and pride These backup provisions were the Monday, February 4, 1985 for James and Margaret. price Congress had to pay to see the e Mr. CONTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise Active in town affairs, both James 10-percent withholding repealed. today to share with my colleagues and Margaret have been a constant 1716 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 4, 1985 source of inspiration for their neigh­ an asterisk to the left of the name of 2:00p.m. bors. Whether through their involve­ the unit conducting such meetings. Small Business ment in the Democratic Party or Elks Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, Small Business: Family Farm Subcommit­ Lodge events, they have provided February 5, 1985, may be found in the tee strength for each other and service to Daily Digest of today's RECORD. To hold hearings to examine the farm the community of Garfield. credit problem and its impact on rural Let us look to the example of James MEETINGS SCHEDULED agricultural banks. and Margaret LaGreca, who through FEBRUARY6 SR-428 their 50 years together have proven 9:00a.m. FEBRUARY8 that bonds of friendship and love are Armed Services everlasting, and from those bonds, 9:00a.m. To continue hearings on proposed au­ Budget good things grow ·• thorizations for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Defense, focusing To continue hearings in preparation for on Navy and Marine Corps programs. reporting the first concurrent resolu­ tion on the fiscal year 1986 budget. SR-253 CARL SANDBURG HIGH SCHOOL SD-608 10:00 a.m. 9:30a.m. Budget Judiciary HON. HARRIS W. FAWELL To continue hearings in preparation for OF ILLINOIS Immigration and Refugee Policy Subcom­ reporting the first concurrent resolu­ mittee IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion on the fiscal year 1986 budget. To hold hearings on the famine effects Monday, February 4, 1985 SD-608 on African refugees. Environment and Public Works SD-226 • Mr. FAWELL. Mr. Speaker, I would To hold hearings on the nomination of like to take a moment to commend the Lee M. Thomas, of South Carolina, to FEBRUARY 19 Carl Sandburg High School in Orland be Administrator, Environmental Pro­ Park, IL, for being selected as one of tection Agency. 10:00 a.m. the Illinois nominees in the National SD-406 Appropriations Foreign Relations To hold hearings to review the Presi­ Secondary School Recognition Pro­ dent's proposed budget requests for 1984-85. To continue hearings to discuss Ameri­ gram for can foreign policy. fiscal year 1986. The purpose of the National Second­ SD-419 SD-192 ary School Program is to identify and Judiciary 2:00p.m. call attention to a national group of To hold hearings on S. 172, to provide a Appropriations schools that are unusually successful cause of action to cities to prevent pro­ Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ in meeting the educational needs of fessional football teams from aban­ tee the students. Carl Sandburg High will doning them for more profitable loca­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ now compete with schools from every tions, and to provide limited antitrust timates for fiscal year 1986 for the State in the Union for the National immunity to joint action of those Pennsylvania Avenue Development Excellence in Education Award. Those teams engaged in professional football, Corporation, National Capital Plan­ and S. 298, to clarify congressional ning Commission, and the Advisory schools receiving this award will be an­ intent regarding the application of nounced in June. Council on Historic Preservation. antitrust laws to certain types of SD-138 I am proud a high school in my con­ major sports leagues practices and de­ gressional district has been deemed cisions. SD-226 FEBRUARY20 worthy of the nomination. I am cer­ 9:00a.m. tain my colleagues will join me in con­ FEBRUARY7 Commerce, Science, and Transportation gratulating the faculty and staff of 9:00a.m. To resume hearings on S. 259 and S. 287, Carl Sandburg High School for con­ Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry bills to protect local community inter­ tributing to the success of meeting the Foreign Agricultural Policy Subcommittee ests regarding the relocation of certain educational needs of its students.e To hold hearings to examine the com­ professional sports teams. petitive position of U.S. agriculture in SR-253 the current world environment. 10:00 a.m. SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS SR-328A Energy and Natural Resources Armed Services Business meeting, to consider the com­ Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, To continue hearings on proposed au­ mittee budget for 1985, and other agreed to by the Senate on February thorizations for fiscal year 1986 for pending calendar business. 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a the Department of Defense, focusing SD-366 system for a computerized schedule of on Air Force programs. Environment and Public Works all meetings and hearings of Senate SR-253 To hold hearings on those programs committees, subcommittees, joint com­ 9:30a.m. which fall within the jurisdiction of mittees, and committees of conference. Budget the committee as contained in the To continue hearings in preparation for President's budget requests for fiscal This title requires all such committees reporting the first concurrent resolu­ year 1986, focusing on requests for the to notify the Office of the Senate tion on the fiscal year 1986 budget. Environmental Protection Agency. Daily Digest-designated by the Rules SD-608 SD-406 Committee-of the time, place, and 10:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. purpose of the meetings, when sched­ Foreign Relations Veterans' Affairs uled, and any cancellations or changes To continue hearings to discuss Ameri­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ in the meetings as they occur. can foreign policy. timates for fiscal year 1986 for the As an additional procedure along SD-419 Veterans' Administration. with the computerization of this infor­ Labor and Human Resources SR-418 mation, the Office of the Senate Daily Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Subcommit­ 2:00p.m. Digest will prepare this information tee Appropriations for printing in the Extensions of Re­ To hold hearings to review advertise­ Energy and Water Development Subcom­ marks section of the CONGRESSIONAL ments promoting the use of alcohol. mittee SD-430 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ RECORD on Monday and Wednesday of Joint Economic timates for fiscal year 1986 for energy each week. To continue hearings in preparation of and water development programs, fo­ Any changes in committee schedul­ its forthcoming annual report. cusing on Army civil works programs. ing will be indicated by placement of SD-342 SD-192 February 4, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1717 FEBRUARY 21 FEBRUARY 27 MARCH 1 9:00a.m. 9:00a.m. 9:00a.m. Veterans' Affairs Appropriations Energy and Natural Resources Labor, Healt h and Human Services, Edu­ Business meeting, to consider committee To continue oversight hearings to budget for 1985, and committee rules cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ review those programs which fall of procedure for the 99t h Congress. mittee within the jurisdiction of the commit­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ tee as contained in the President's pro­ SR-418 timates for fiscal year 1986 for t he 2:00p.m. posed budget for fiscal year 1986, fo­ Labor-Management Services Adminis­ cusing on the Forest Service . U.S. Synthetic Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ Fuels Corporation, and the Federal tee Statistics, all of the Department of Labor, and the Pension Benefit Guar­ Energy Regulatory Commission Tennessee Appropriations review those programs which fall Valley Authority. Transportation and Related Agencies Sub­ within the Jurisdiction of the commit­ SD-192 committee tee as contained in the President's pro­ posed budget for fiscal year 1986, fo­ MARCH6 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ cusing on the Department of Energy. timates for fiscal year 1986 for theRe­ SD-366 9:00a.m. search and Special Programs Adminis­ Appropriations tration and the Office of the Inspector 10:00 a.m. General, Department of Transporta­ Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu­ cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ tion. Transportation and Related Agencies Sub­ SD-138 committee mittee To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ 2:00p.m. timates for fiscal year 1986 for the Na­ timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ Appropriations tional Highway Traffic Safety Admin­ partment of Health and Human Serv­ Energy and Water Development Subcom­ istration, Department of Transporta­ ices, including the Health Resources mittee tion. and Services Administration, and the To resume hearings on proposed budget SD-138 Office of the Assistant Secretary for estimates for fiscal year 1986 for 2:00a.m. Health. energy and water development pro­ Appropriations SD-116 grams, focusing on the Department of Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ Veterans' Affairs the Interior. tee SD-192 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Business meeting, to mark up proposed Armed Services timates for fiscal year 1986 for the legislation authorizing funds for fiscal To hold closed hearings on the maritime Commission of Fine Arts, and the Na­ year 1986 for the Veterans' Adminis­ threat to U.S. national interests. tional Gallery of Art. tration. SR-222 SD-138 SR-418 1718 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS · February 4, 1985 MARCH7 commercial waste management, and for the National Institutes of Health, 10:00 a.m. uranium enrichment. Department of Health and Human Appropriations SD-192 Services. Energy and Water Development Subcom­ SR-428A mittee MARCH 19 10:00 a.m. To resume hearings on proposed budget 9:00a.m. Appropriations estimates for fiscal year 1986 for Appropriations energy and water development pro­ Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu­ BUD-Independent Agencies Subcommit­ grams, focusing on the Department of cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ tee Energy. mittee To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ SD-192 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ timates for fiscal year 1986 for the 2:00p.m. timates for fiscal year 1986 for the Na­ Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora­ Appropriations tional Institutes of Health, Depart­ tion, National Credit Union Adminis­ Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ ment of Health and Human Services. tration, Office of Revenue Sharing tee SD-116 and the New York City loan program To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ 2:00p.m. . terior. timates for fiscal year 1986 for the SD-138 SD-138 Smithsonian Institution. Appropriations SD-138 MARCH21 Energy and Water Development Subcom­ Appropriations 9:00a.m. mittee Energy and Water Development Subcom­ Appropriations To resume hearings on proposed budget mittee Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu­ estimates for fiscal year 1986 for To resume hearings on proposed budget cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ energy and water development pro­ estimates for fiscal year 1986 for mittee grams, focusing on the Power Market­ energy and water development pro­ To continue hearings on proposed ing Administration. grams, focusing on nuclear fission, budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 SD-192 February .4, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1719 MARCH 27 APRIL 1 for energy and water development pro­ 9:00a.m. 10:00 a.m. grams. Appropriations Appropriations SD-192 Energy and Water Development Subcom­ Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu­ mittee Transportation and Related Agencies Sub­ cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ To resume hearings on proposed budget committee mittee estimates for fiscal year 1986 for To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ energy and water development pro­ timates for fiscal year 1986 for the timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ grams. Federal Aviation Administration, De­ partment of Health and Human Serv­ SD-192 partment of Transportation. ices, including the Health Care Fi­ 2:00p.m. SD-138 nancing Administration, Social Securi­ Appropriations 2:00p.m. ty Administration, and refugee pro­ Energy and Water Development Subcom­ grams. mittee Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcom­ SD-116 To continue hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 mittee 10:00 a.m. for energy and water development pro­ To continue hearings on proposed Appropriations grams. budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 BUD-Independent Agencies Subcommit­ SD-192 for energy and water development pro­ tee grams. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ APRIL 2 SD-192 timates for fiscal year 1986 for the Se­ 9:00a.m. lective Service System, Consumer Appropriations APRIL4 Product Safety Commission, Office of Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu­ 10:00 a.m. Science and Technology Policy, and cation, and Related Agencies Subcom­ Appropriations the Council on Environmental Qual­ mittee Hun-Independent Agencies Subcommit­ ity. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ tee SD-124 timates for fiscal year 1986 for the To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Office of the Secretary of Education, timates for fiscal year 1986 for the De­ MARCH28 Departmental Management