27148 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 2, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS WHEN REMEMBERING OUR BRAVE months, she limped off stateside for exten­ summer. Dense fogs roam the Aleutians from HEROES OF WORLD WAR II­ sive overhaul in February 1945. Along with Unalaska to Attu in May, June and July. Re­ DON'T FORGET THE COAST Albuquerque, Everett (PF-8) stayed the long lated to Aleutian weather, St. Elmo's Fire, GUARD haul upon arriving at Adak 22 April 1944. resembling flashing fluorescent light shoot­ Hoquiam (PF-5) showed her colors at Kodiak ing up the mast and along the yardarm is a on 27 August, Sausalito (PF-4) dropped her common phenomena occurring at sea. HON. ROBERT K. DORNAN hook in Sweepers Cove, Adak, on 5 October, Escort Division 27's routine consisted OF CALIFORNIA and Pasco (PF-6) logged in at Kodiak on 15 mainly of plodding endlessly from boredom to tedium to apathy and back (Dutch Har­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October, only to slip away to Seattle in Jan­ uary 1945, on orders to guard the northern bor, Adak, Attu), with convoys reduced to Tuesday, November 2, 1993 Pacific coast. After 1945 mid-summer refits, eight knots in heavy weather. Wallowing Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, as we celebrate one by one all six steamed into Cold Bay along in storm-plagued winter seas, laden old near the tip of the Alaskan Peninsula for de­ fleet oilers Ramapo and Rapidan would sur­ the 50th anniversary of World War II, I ask my face occasionally awash in foam before colleagues and the citizens of this country to commissioning and transfer to the USSR under Lend-Lease. Each ran up the Russian plunging into the next giant sea. On the remember a specific branch of service whose flag on 17 August 1945. crest of wind-heightened seas, Liberty ship courage and sacrifice have gone greatly unno­ From commissioning on 20 December 1943, sterns would lift out of water revealing an ticed over the past half century. This branch of to shakedown in San Diego, to Mare Island aimlessly turning propeller whose blades service is the U.S. Coast Guard. for additional deck reinforcement, to Pier 41 upon digging in on the downslope would slap I will include for the RECORD an example of in Seattle, Albuquerque could avoid her fate the water with a pow! pow! pow!, sounding like the distant firing of a 40mm gun. Albu­ such service and sacrifice-an article from no longer. "Loose lips sink ships," cried the posters. The warning unheeded, secrecy of querque escorted once with 165 foot USCGC Sea Classics magazine describing the exploits Onandaga, dubbed the " Rolling O" and said of a Coast Guard frigate patrolling the frigid our destination leaked out. As the last line was let go, a voice from Pier 41 bellowed. to dip green water down her stack in a flat waters of the Bering Sea. I urge everyone to "You're gonna love it in the Aleutians. sea. Before leaving Onandaga at Unimak read this article in order to have some appre­ You'll find an Aleut gal behind every tree Pass, both ships hove to briefly to pass mail. ciation for the courage and dedication of thou­ waiting for you!" Seven days later Scotch Albuquerque posed sedately in modest swells sands of other Coast Guardsmen who served Cap light guarding Unimak Pass arose to while Onandaga 's stack described a 30-degree arc from port to starboard. our Nation during World War II. We must starboard, announcing our arrival to the April 19, 1944-0745 Departed Dutch Harbor bleak and barren Aleutian islands. The date never again forget these heroes of the sea: to assist Liberty ship John Straub reported was 11 April 1944. Albuquerque's long tour A SEA So COLD-A SEA So LONEL y began upon standing into Dutch Harbor breaking up east of Unimak Pass. 0908 (By David H. Hendrickson) where her first convoy awaited departure for Scotch Cap light to port. 1031 Maneuvering in vicinity of SS Taloa which reported she "Forgotten" accurately identifies the 75 Adak, 450 miles westward along the chain. To port squatted pulpit-like Priest Rock, had no survivors to Straub. 1204 Derelict Coast Guard manned patrol frigates of World sighted, stern half of Straub afloat. Searched War II (Sea Classics-February, May, 1992). warning those who dared a last look when homeward bound the certainty of return to for survivors. 1251 one capsized boat, two life The Aleutian Islands, where a number of jackets, life rafts and lumber debris sighted. frigates served, was "The Forgotten Front" the Bering Sea. To starboard the channel 1349 Launch lowered and away under CBM according to Air Force Magazine, February bordered a long, low sandy spit protecting a lagoon, across which could be seen Ballyhoo Hewitt to investigate derelict. 1420 Launch 1984. In keeping with this testimony to the alongside, derelict boarded, no sign of life, "forgotten," USS Albuquerque (PF-7) quali­ and ABD docks at the foot of snow-draped Ballyhoo Mountain. Nearby, huddled the launch returned. 1547 Derelict sunk with fies as the "Forgotten Frigate" of World War three-inch gun fire. Proceeded to Kimzaroff II. What else, other than being forgotten by gray buildings of Navy town and in the dis­ tance, reached by a short cable ferry, lay Un­ Lagoon, Cold Bay for anchorage. Captain and Navy command, world account for Albuquer­ Lt. Beck ashore in launch to report findings. que logging the longest tour of duty in the alaska Village strung out along a sloping The boarding party reported that the Bering Sea-4 April 1944 to 16 August 194&­ beach. We would get to know Dutch Harbor Straub had parted aft of the engine room of any warship venturing into these northern as home port, but first visit ashore would bulkhead and that the forward section had waters after 7 December 1941? Fighting ended wait another day. A formed up convoy of Al­ apparently sunk quickly. A new ship on her with the Japanese defeat on Attu in May buquerque, two destroyer escorts, five third voyage for the Alaska Steamship Com­ 1943. Two months earlier the Battle of the freighters and USAT Wm. L. Thompson pany, the Straub went down with her captain Komandorski Islands ended Japanese naval cleared port plowing westward into a rising and all ship's officers, 40 merchant seamen, threat to the Aleutians. But the weather lin­ sea and wind and slashing rain, conditions 14 Navy men and the cargo security officer. • gered on as the enemy of all ships exiled to we would soon appreciate as ordinary in the Returning to Dutch Harbor, Albuquerque duty along the 1200 fog-bound, windswept and breeding grounds for North American maneuvered off Scotch Cap preparatory to storm-plagued miles of the volcanic and storms. taking a dory alongside to board a light­ treeless Aleutian Island chain. Known for the world's lousiest weather­ house person en route to the States. Scotch Albuquerque and eleven other Coast Guard­ wind, snow, rain, sleet, fog, and eternal cloud Cap lighthouse, firmly grounded on a shelf 40 manned patrol frigates were laid down by cover-the great arc of the Aleutian chain or more feet above high tide, was swept away Kaiser Cargo Inc., at Richmond on San Fran­ forms the battle front where moist, unstable with loss of all hands by the great tsunami of cisco Bay. First down the ways, 7 July 1943, Pacific air warmed by the subtropical 1946 that sped across the Pacific to wipe out Tacoma (PF-3) provided the class name and Kuroshio (Japan) Current clashes with cold, much of Hilo, Hawaii. statistics-304 feet in length, twin screws dry Siberian air sweeping south across the April 23, 1944-Underway at dawn in search powered by triple-expansion steam engines chilled Bering Sea. General Simon B. of downed Navy weather plane. Returned to capable of cranking out 21 knots at flank Buckner of Alaska Defense Command once Dutch Harbor after ten hours fruitless speed and armed with three-inch, 40mm and described the Aleutians as "Inhabited by a search. 20mm guns, depth charge racks and K-guns ferocious monster forever breathing fogs and April 25, 1944-With USS Austin (DE-15) on the fantail and a nest of hedgehogs for­ coughing up 'williwaw' winds that blow the bound for Adak escorting USS Ramapo, USS ward. In short order, like eggs from a mother unfortunate mariner onto uncharted rocks." Spies, USAT Chirikoff, SS Weeks, SS James turtle, number 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 plopped into Shemya, near A ttu, has experienced winds of Burke. the bay at Kaiser Yard 4, all destined for Es­ estimated 139 mph (wind recorder pen could May 7, 1944-Emergency departure for sub­ cort Division 27 in the Bering Sea. record only to 128 mph) and suffers a July marines sighted on surface in Pumicestone Tacoma, a troubled ship plagued by unsuc­ average cloud cover of 30 days with 24 days of Bay, Unalaska. Hunter-killer group with cessful sea trials, a boiler room fire and hot dense ·fog. Winds over 50 mph and sudden 80 USS Engstrom (DE-50), USS Doherty (DE-14), bearings, avoided duty in the Aleutians until mph "williwaws" raising mountainous seas USS Candid (AM-154). Returned to Dutch 21 October 1944. Ailing again after four are common all year except for the brief Harbor 8 May.

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. November 2, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 27149 Convoy routine occasionally allowed trips starboard propeller is noticeable in steering laundry. Arriving in Puget Sound on 11 June as far east as Kodiak in the Gulf of Alaska, engine room at standard speed. No excessive 1945, Albuquerque joined up with Sausalito, where a real town, of sorts, on a forested is­ heating noted . .. Visual inspection in clear Everett and Hoquian, and in line of four with land was a treat not to be dismissed. Recre­ water revealed all starboard propeller blades pennants flying steamed into Bremerton ation at Dutch Harbor was limited to a two­ bent backwards approximately twelve inches Navy Yard. On 12 June Albuquerque transited lane bowling alley, canteen and movie thea­ from blade tips. Immediate inspection of Chittenden Locks into L1ke Union for refit ter, or for greater excitement the cable ferry starboard engine and tail shaft for possible and departed on 10 July with hardly more led to Unalaska Village for viewing the misalignment and replacement is re­ than a skeleton crew aboard, bound for Cold boarded-up, onion-domed Russian Orthodox quested." Hopes that we would be stateside Bay. Church and a stroll- down the village's single bound for repairs were dashed when a mes­ Vladivostok transport scrambled aboard on muddy street. We seldom went ashore at sage from Adm. Frank Jack Fletcher, com­ 17 July. The Russians were assigned to the sprawling Adak where mooring was mostly mander Alaskan Sea Frontier ordered Albu­ crew quarters below the mess deck and at anchor in Sweepers Cove. In Adak minor querque to Finger Bay, Adak, for drydock granted sole use of the crew head. The re­ repairs were accomplished alongside repair and propeller replacement. maining American crew bunked on the mess ship Tatoosh (noted for its vast ice cream Albuquerque's most harrowing storm expe­ deck and shared the chief petty officer's production) in Finger Bay, or destroyer ten­ rience occurred on 9--10 October 1944. Stand­ head. Chow was served without separate der Blackhawk in Kulak Bay. On occasion ing out of Women's Bay, Kodiak, early on sittings and friendly mingling and sign lan­ gun crews were sent to Andrews Lagoon gun­ the 9th, escorting Liberty ship tanker John guage talk became common. Large photos of nery range for practice. Diversion beckoned P. Altgelt, bound for Unimak Pass and Adak, Roosevelt, Truman and Stalin hung on the at Attu in the Quonset Hut Navy beer hall nasty weather was brewing with a rapidly mess deck attracting calls of " comrade, near West Navy Pier, or by a walk into the falling barometer and whitecaps kicking up comrade." hills where signposts located mass burial in a rising sea and wind. By mid-afternoon, The training period lasted for a month, sites of Japanese troops. winds howled to gale force, seas to 15 feet. each division responsible for its sector Aboard ship, nightly movies on the mess By 1700, shrieking hurricane force winds whether on the bridge, in the engine room, deck, except underway in extremely heavy were churning sea surfaces to swirling foam at the guns or in the galley. The single Rus­ weather, relieved boredom. We saw Elizabeth and generating seas that towered about Albu­ sian interpreter aboard had no time for the Taylor in National Velvet and Greer Garson in querque's flying bridge. At 1715, Altgelt sig­ laundry. Alone, unable to exchange a word, I Mrs. Miniver, and when Henry Wilcoxon ap­ naled fear of breaking up. She reported a faced two Russian trainees at the laundry peared on the screen, catcalls like "Wilcoxon break in her main deck forward of No. 1 boil­ half-door. Rescued by the Coast Guard and eggs for breakfast" aroused laughs and er room and immediately forward of the su­ motto, "Semper Paratus" (Always Ready), I whistles, that is until the captain posted a perstructure, and that she would maneuver began pointing to valves and switches and memo threatening the end of films. Besides for a following wind and sea, reduce speed making circular motions for an operating clanking around in armor for Cecil B. sufficient to maintain steerage only and washer and drier. DeMille, playing Richard the Lion Hearted begin pumping fuel load to relieve strain. Albuquerque and her five Escort Division 27 mostly, then moving to modern films, play­ With lights ablaze, Altgelt drifted through sisters were decommissioned on 16 August ing the Anglican priest in Mrs. Miniver, Lit. the night. Albuquerque stood by sweeping 1945, and officially joined the Soviet Far Wilcoxon also performed as gunner officer Altgelt with her searchlight. Winds abated by East fleet the next day. Four years later all aboard Albuquerque. dawn, when a towing line was passed to as­ were returned to the US Navy in Yokosuka By mid-year 1944 it became discouragingly sist the disabled tanker's return to Kodiak. Japan. Following extensive overhaul and re­ clear to the 40 seamen first-class who came Safely back in Kodiak, Altgelt was deter­ commissioning, each earned battle stars in aboard at Government Island that coxswain mined to be unseaworthy without emergency the Korean War. Albuquerque and Everett also ratings were not a prospect. Deck billets repairs. A few of Altgelt's merchant crew vis­ served as station ships for the US consulate were filled and no transfers in sight. All 40 ited Albuquerque to thank us for standing by in Hong Kong. By 1953 all six had been per­ had completed seamanship school, some rec­ during the storm. With unconcealed emotion manently transferred to either Korea or ommended for coxswain and most had ful­ one sailor said that Albuquerque looked like Japan. Albuquerque entered the Japanese filled qualifications for boatswain's mate Jesus Christ walking on water at the height Maritime Self-Defense Force as Tochi (PF- second-class at a Treasure Island Navy train­ of the storm, prepared for rescue had Altgelt 16), became a moored training vessel in 1965 ing course while awaiting commissioning of broken up. We all knew there would have and was either sunk as a target ship in 1968 Albuquerque. Aboard Albuquerque deck skills been no survivors had the ship gone down. or scrapped in 1972, an unresolved mystery, with palm-and-needle canvas sewing and On 22 November 1944, USS Orizaba (AP-24) but a proper ending for the " Forgotten Frig­ marlin-spike rope splicing were learned signaled departure from Attu carrying ate" of World War II. under boatswain's mate first-class Herman troops homeward bound for Christmas. Albu­ "Dutch" Siminger who sported hash marks querque and Tacoma steamed ahead as es­ up to his elbow and spoke English with a corts, and at speeds up to 16 knots in foul HONORING THE ST. VINCENT hardly understandable German accent. weather it was said to be the fastest convoy COLLEGE PREVENTION PROJECTS " Dutch" went to sea with the German sub­ run of the war along the Aleutian chain. At marine service in World War I, then emi­ Unimak Pass Orizaba continued unescorted HON. JOHN P. MURTHA grated to the US and joined the Coast Guard across the North Pacific to Seattle. in the mid-1920s. Breaking ranks, Whitey The grim winter of 1944 passed into the OF PENNSYLVANIA Ashcraft, Dick Tosaw and Byron Reynolds spring of 1945. An indication that war was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES earned third-class crows by striking for gun­ drawing down in the Aleutians occurred with Tuesday, November 2, 1993 ner's mate, signalman and quartermaster. the return of the Aleuts who had been evacu­ Early on, when my seamanship school buddy ated to Southeast Alaska in 1942. On 27 April ·Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, as we continue Sal Gonzales took over the three-man laun­ 1945, USAT David Branch carrying the first to search for ways to combat the increasing dry, Jack Cuneo and I joined up. Laundry returning Aleuts, entered Nozan Bay, Atka, drug and alcohol abuse problem in our soci­ duty paid $30 a month extra, but no release escorted by Albuquerque. We remained at an­ ety, I wanted to recognize an innovative pro­ from sea watches. chor in Nozan Bay until 1 May assisting gram at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, PA On 30 August 1944, Albuquerque arrived at Branch in discharging passengers and a vari­ which is promoting the prevention of drug and Attu for assigned IFF (Identification Friend ety of goods necessary to begin life anew. Al­ alcohol abuse. The St. Vincent College pre­ or Foe) patrol of the Komandorski Islands, buquerque's surgeon and pharmacist mates assisting bombers from Attu raiding conducted a health check of each returnee. vention projects are celebrating their 15th an­ Paramushiro in the Japanese Kurile Islands. The monotony and weariness of the long­ niversary this year, and their success lies in We moored to take on fuel resulting in a haul in the Aleutians broke in early June the thousands of young people in western damage report reading: " Ship moored port 1945. On a gray morning in Dutch Harbor, the Pennsylvania who have heard their messages side of Y0-163 in Massacre Bay, Attu, in Captain, former executive officer Lt. Clark and stayed away from drug and alcohol heavy seas. Propeller became fouled and Sweet who had replaced Lt. Cmdr. Goff, an­ abuse. mooring gear and two ships surged together nounced return to Seattle to prepare the In 1978, St. Vincent College joined with the until it could be cleared. Damage did not im­ ship for Lend-Lease transfer to the USSR at Westmoreland County Drug and Alcohol Com­ pair service of ship." Cold Bay near the tip of the Alaska Penin­ Enduring seven days of constant rain and sula. As Albuquerque steamed away with mission, the Latrobe Area Chamber of Com­ fog, Albuquerque completed a 2100-mile patrol homecoming pennant flying, I defied the merce, and area school districts to develop a without incident. Returning to Attu, Cap­ warning not to look back at Priest Rock. As primary prevention education program. St. Vin­ tain Goff submitted a second damage report: a result, when nearly half the crew left the cent has continued the sponsorship of the pro­ "7 September 1944, slight foreign noise over ship in Seattle. I drew the short straw in the gram as a community service project which 27150 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 2, 1993 provides education and other prevention serv­ ty governing officials make themselves aware proving that the days of quack medicines ices in all 17 public school districts in West­ of the needs of the Turners Station commu­ and vaudeville magic shows are not yet in moreland County as well as school districts in nity. They also were instrumental in helping the past. This current version, S.J. Res. 41, surrounding counties. the Turners Station Development Corp., get its states that "total outlays for any fiscal year shall not exceed total receipts for that fiscal As we fight to stop the flow of drugs into our start, and welcomed the group in the church to year." country, we've also got to attack the abuse hold its monthly meetings. At home, the What about these terms of budgetary art, problem within the U.S.A. There's been lots of church has opened its doors to stewardship "outlays" and "receipts"? The amendment talk and lots of hand-wringing about what to and leadership workshops, community out­ states that Congress may rely on estimates do, but not enough action. But some have reach, and outdoor evangelism . of outlays and receipts for purposes of its im­ taken the next step-and the St. Vincent Col­ The Union Baptist Church is a place where plementation because total outlays and re­ lege prevention projects are doing something new and lasting friends can be made, and ceipts cannot be known at the beginning of and are making a difference. I'd like to salute where ideas can be shared and exchanged any fiscal year and estimates are all we have. But in reality, actual outlays and re­ the people who are out there working hard to about the problems that plague our society ceipts often vary from estimates by billions. let young people know of the dangers of drug and how they can be healed. The church has We cannot actually know what the Treasury and alcohol abuse. I hope on the occasion of continued to thrive triumphantly and victori­ has spent-the outlays-until Treasury has the 15th anniversary of the projects they'll stop ously due to the able leadership of Rev. Wil­ issued all of the checks at the end of the fis­ for a moment to reflect on the good work liam E. Johnson. For the last 18 years, Rev­ cal year. they've done for the people of western Penn­ erend Johnson has provided diligent and com­ The point is that no matter how hard we sylvania. mitted service and has worked unerringly to may try to project actual outlays and re­ keep the church progressing. The church has ceipts, we will invariably fail. Receipts are often lower than expected, and outlays are witnessed many significant accomplishments UNION BAPTIST CHURCH'S lOOTH often greater, and nothing in the proposed under his leadership, including the opening of amendment addresses that problem. In fact, ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED ON its heart and arms during a community out­ whether the budget is in balance cannot be NOVEMBER 3, 1993 reach prayer breakfast where alcoholics and accurately known until after the end of each drug addicts can fellowship, pray, be prayed fiscal year, when it would be too late to cor­ HON. HELEN DELICH BENTLEY for, and receive needed counseling. rect the shortfall. OF MARYLAND Through their missionary outreach at Spring Moreover, S.J. Res. 41 , if passed by Con­ Grove Hospital and nursing homes, church gress and ratified by the states, would re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES quire that the federal budget be balanced an­ members have enriched the lives of many ill Tuesday, November 2, 1993 nually-whether we have a strong or a weak people when needed most. Prayer support economy-unless three-fifths of the whole Mrs. BENTLEY. Mr. Speaker, my fellow col­ and religious classes have taught moral val­ number of both Houses of Congress waive the leagues, I rise today to congratulate the Union ues to the children and kept them away from requirement. Large spending cuts or tax in­ Baptist Church upon the celebration of its negative influences. Regular events for chil­ creases or both would thus be required year­ 1OOth anniversary on November 3, 1993. dren and teens have encouraged them to take ly, whether the economy was booming or I consider the role of the church in our com­ an active role in community functions. busting-exactly what Dr. Kevorkian would munity to be of utmost importance. The foun­ Mr. Speaker, my fellow colleagues, it is with order to help a sick economy die a speedy dation upon which our great Nation is ground­ great pleasure that I congratulate the Union death. ed is dependant upon its very existence, and The amendment, therefore, would prac­ Baptist Church, Rev. William E. Johnson, its tically ensure that recessions will be deeper is symbolic of the constitutional freedoms we oldest living members who have contributed and longer. By mandating a balanced budget possess. Without it, we indeed would be a tremendously to the ongoing mission: James by 1999---a year in which a $223 billion deficit lesser Nation. In the past, I have sponsored Allen, Edith Johnson, Hattie Oliver, Louie Pat­ is projected by the Congressional Budget Of­ legislation designating a Freedom of Religion terson, David Poole, Edith Woodson, Annie fice-severe and sudden budget cu ts would Day, which would acknowledge the liberties Cheatham , Dorothy Beasley, Gwendolyn Mel­ most certainly end public investments in and freedoms guaranteed under the first vin, Blanche Patterson, John Coleman, Lor­ roads, airports, waterways, education, civil­ amendment. So it is with great respect and raine Mitchell, Sylvia Thomas, Betty Thomas, ian research and development, and defense admiration that I commend the parishioners of planning-not to mention precipitous cuts in Betty Coleman, Cora Pankey, Vernell Poole, entitlement programs and large tax in­ the Union Baptist Church. Through their faith, Bessie Poteat, and Ruth Riddix, and the other creases, provided the numerical obstacle charity, and reverence for God, they have members on this momentous occasion. course thrown up by this amendment in the made this small community a better place to case of tax increases can be overcome. live. Yes, that's right, the amendment makes One hundred years ago, a group of baptized SO-CALLED BALANCED BUDGET balancing the budget a constitutional man­ believers pursued the art of progress, which is AMENDMENT IS ANOTHER date and then, in that same language to be man's relentless determination to improve his "LET'S PRETEND" GIMMICK grafted onto the Constitution, in effect re­ condition. With that endeavor in mind, this moves one ' of the tools to accomplish the task. This proposal would actually put the group migrated from the South seeking em­ HON. DAVID R. OBEY government in the hands of a minority when ployment to better their condition. Rev. Robert OF WISCONSIN it comes to a tax increase to balance the Burke had an urgent desire to see a church IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES budget. Two-fifths plus one member of either established in the Sparrows Point area near Tuesday, November 2, 1993 body could block a tax increase for the pur­ the steel mill where they worked. Through his pose of putting the budget in balance. Thus, Christian convictions and obedience to Baptist Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, in Sunday's Wash­ the amendment would tend to balance the covenant, he was able to secure the support ington Post, Senator ROBERT BYRD of West budget on the backs of the elderly and the of his followers. Named the Union Baptist Virginia wrote a brilliant analysis of the so­ working people who would be hurt most by the budget cuts. Do we want to "rig" the Church of Sparrows Point, the first services called balanced budget amendment now pending. Senator BYRD demonstrates why the Constitution in such a way as to favor one were held in 1893 in a schoolhouse at 6th and group over another when it comes to getting J Streets. Many years later, the church moved promise of that amendment is empty. The our budget in balance? I certainly think not. to Turners Station. toughest job in politics is to speak the truth to If we are going to put that kind of a "no tax Since its founding, the church has striven to those who do not want to hear it. Senator increase fix" in constitutional budget-bal­ be a beacon of light in the Dundalk, Turners BYRD does that with insight, courage, and ancing language, then we ought to do the Station, and Sparrows Point areas. Committed common sense. I commend the article to my same for tax reductions. and dedicated to the welfare of human kind, it colleagues. And what of this oft-repeated argument that 49 states have some type of balanced­ not only is concerned for the well-being of the [From the Washington Post, Oct. 31, 1993] budget requirement? The argument is mind­ congregation, but for the whole community in A HOLLOW AND DANGEROUS PROMISE lessly simplistic and really not relevant. The which the church resides. This was evident (By Robert C. Byrd) states are not required to "raise and support when the church led community groups to Talk of a balanced budget constitutional armies," or provide and maintain a navy," or Towson, MD, to demand that Baltimore Coun- amendment is again in the Washington air, provide for the "common defense and general November 2, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 27151 welfare of the United States," nor do they stitution required that a tax be imposed to zano-Narrows bridge in the westbound direc­ carry the burden of conduct of international bring receipts and outlays in line, the de­ tion, from Brooklyn to Staten Island, and not in affairs or fiscal and economic policy for the struction of our precious constitutional both directions. This congressional mandate nation. checks and balances would have been was placed in the bill over the objections of Most states use capital budgeting tech­ achieved. niques, and their "balanced budget" require­ This " great idea" is a dangerous quick fix the New York City and State government and ments generally affect only their operating intended to let the politicians relax and all but one of the city's congressional delega­ budgets. In fact, the states are in debt. They claim that they have solved the Nation's tion. Why is it so problematic? Here are a few incur bonded indebtedness, borrow money for worst problem. It is the nirvana of irrespon­ reasons: highways, schools, prison facilities, unem­ sibility to claim that this amendment will First, this provision has cost New York City ployment, recreation and health facilities do anything constructive except get a few over $7 million in lost revenues. By evading etc; they are also greatly assisted by the fed­ people re-elected-if, in fact, that can be the toll, thousands of drivers have taken eral contribution to their financial well­ viewed as constructive. badly-needed local funding away from the city, being. Such federal assistance to states, how­ "We must never forget that it is the Con­ ever, would most certainly be sharply cur­ stitution we are expounding," said Chief Jus­ funding that should be spent improving New tailed if we aped their balanced budget re­ tice John Marshall in McCulloch v. Maryland. York's roads so that fewer Federal tax dollars quirements at the federal level. The federal My own modest footnote would be: Let us are spent. budget is a unified one. So such an amend­ not forget that it is the Constitution we are Second, the one-way toll has led to horren­ ment would require total balance. amending. dous environmental problems. By diverting Businesses borrow to finance everything traffic into Lower Manhattan, which I rep­ from high-tech equipment to bigger resent, the one-way toll has generated air pol­ HONORING BARBARA V. ZALENSKI dumpsters. Families borrow to buy a car, lution hot spots where the output of dangerous educate a child or purchase a home. Borrow­ IN RECOGNITION OF HER 17-PLUS ing to invest for a better tomorrow is hardly YEARS AS LIBRARIAN AT carbon monoxide far exceeds national air quality standards. New York City is already a seditious activity. Are we willing to deny the BELDING MEMORIAL LIBRARY IN federal government the ability to borrow and THE TOWN OF ASHFIELD, MA nonattainment area under the Clean Air Act invest on behalf of future generations? and cannot risk the kind of penalties that will In short, this amendment is bad for busi­ be forthcoming under the act if air pollution is ness for our Constitution. Even worse, it is a HON. JOHN W. OLVER not cleaned up. deception because it amounts to nothing OF MASSACHUSETTS In addition, the traffic diversion created by more than a precatory expression of pious IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the one-way toll has worsened the quality of hope. In fact, it will not balance the budget, God said, " Let there be light," and there was Tuesday, November 2, 1993 life throughout Brooklyn and lower Manhattan. light. But man is not God, and to say that Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to heavy trucks are rattling through residential outlays for any fiscal year " shall not exceed honor Barbara Zalenski on her 17 112 years as neighborhoods. Streets not accustomed to total receipts," does not make it happen, librarian at the Belding Memorial Library in such traffic are deteriorating rapidly. Small any more than would be the case if a con­ Ashfield, MA. businesses are being choked out of existence. stitutional amendment were added stating All because some residents in one area of that the forest primeval shall be restored by In addition to her consistent volunteer work, Mrs. Zalenski generously contributed to the re­ New York City and some others in another the year 2000. Saying it will not make it hap­ State can save a few dollars a week by evad­ pen, even if it is the Constitution that says cent renovation efforts at the library. it. To adopt such a n amendment will only Mrs. Zalenski is active in many other facets ing a toll. give us politicians the next election to pat of the Ashfield community as well. She served Mr. Speaker, several of us in the New York ourselves on the back and tell the people we as a dispatcher and secretary for the Ashfield City delegation opposed the mandated one­ have done something. Congress and the police chief for 18 years, and wrote for the way toll provision when it came up on the President already have the power to work to­ local newspaper. floor. But we didn't have the vote~ to change ward a balanced budget. Why don't we just Mrs. Zalenski and her husband, Walter have it. Fortunately, my colleague JERROLD NADLER, do it now instead of putting off the hard de­ four children, Jeffrey, Walter Jr., Christopher, who represents heavily impacted areas in cisions until the amendment is ratified? The Brooklyn and Manhattan, has introduced H.R. reason is that making these very tough deci­ and Tina. Mrs. Zalenski was also a sions is unpopular. Voting to cut entitle­ substantative member of the Ashfield school 3339, a bill that would reverse this ridiculous ments, cut programs, cut defense and raise committee fof 9 years. Federal meddling into New York affairs. I am taxes does not encourage one's constituents Mr. Speaker, I join the citizens in my district a proud cosponsor of congressman NADLER's to build statues. The bottom line is courage. in honoring Barbara Zalenski for her 17112 bill, and I hope to work with him and other col­ I do not see how a constitutional amendment years of service as a librarian for the town of leagues in the future to bring two-way tolls will give us politicians any more spine than Ashfield, MA. Her family and the Ashfield com­ back to the Verrazano. To do so would rep­ we now have. munity have much to be proud of for her resent sound environmental policy, sound fis­ Instead, we will typically put hard deci­ cal policy, and would restore some peace to sions off until the last possible moment, unyielding dedication. when our budget-balancing actions will have the lives of millions of New Yorkers. to be precipitous, which, of course, is the worst possible thing for our Nation's econ­ BRING BACK TWO-WAY TOLLS ON omy. If we succeed in grafting this wart full THE VERRAZANO NATIONAL RECOGNITION OF THE of wind onto our Constitution and it fails for GREAT LAKES LACE GROUP lack of enforcement, the Constitution would HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY be demeaned and cheapened. We would have HON. WILLIAM D. FORD a government operating outside the legit­ OF NEW YORK imacy of its own Constitution, and that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MICHIGAN great and revered document would be under Tuesday, November 2, 1993 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a cloud. If the people's faith in the Constitu­ Tuesday, November 2, 1993 tion fails, then what have we left as a Na­ Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, recently the tion? If this balanced budget provision is House of Representatives passed the con­ Mr. FORD of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, avoided and violated with impunity, which it ference report on the Transportation appro­ would like to take this opportunity to introduce is likely to be, why not violate the First, priations bill. I supported this measure, and my colleagues to the important work of the Fourth, Fifth or any of the other amend­ believe that it contains many important provi­ Great Lakes Lace Group in preserving the ments that are central to our individual free­ sions which maintain and improve our Nation's craft of lacemaking. As social and economic doms and way of life? infrastructure. However, the bill also includes forces continue to transform our society, we On the other hand, the end result of the one provision, inserted by the Senate, which is must be mindful not to completely sever our adoption and enforcement of this false and unwise amendment would be to pave the way so egregious and wrong-headed, that I would ties to traditions that define our American for the ultimate resolution of its impact by like to take a moment and fully explain it to my character. The folk craft of lacemaking is one the courts. Beneficiaries of programs arbi­ colleagues. such tradition. trarily cut would turn to the courts for re­ The Transportation bill mandates New York The Great Lakes Lace Group is a nonprofit course. If the courts concluded that the Con- City to continue to collect tolls on the Verra- organization whose members are committed 27152 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 2, 1993 to the making, collection, and preservation of served on numerous executive committees, is ing on major new investments. The reason is lace. In order to keep this art alive by fostering past president of the Greater Johnstown simple, Japan is far more interested in sales an appreciation for the craft in younger gen­ Chamber of Commerce, and is a familiar fig­ to the United States than in entering the erations, the organization sponsors workshops small Mexican market. Japanese companies ure at community events in the area. He's would like to use a Mexican production base in a variety of lace styles. The numerous types even worked in a field I'm somewhat familiar to supply the U.S. market if investment se­ of lace include needle lace, bobbin lace, tat­ with, being appointed by the Secretary of De­ curity and low tariffs are guaranteed. ting, knotted lace, and crochet. The Great fense to serve on the executive committee of NAFTA provides those guarantees. More­ Lakes Lace Group also publishes an inform­ the Defense Advisory Committee on Women over, Japan could ship more goods without ative bimonthly newsletter and holds meetings in the Services from 1982 to 1985. exacerbating trade frictions, since Sony tele­ featuring speakers who discuss various as­ It's been an honor for me to have worked vision or Nissan cars made in Mexico and pects of lace. with Dr. Blackington during his years at the sold in the United States don't add to Ja­ pan's trade surplus. They are charged to This year the Great Lakes Lace Group is helm of UPJ. He assumed the presidency the holding a public demonstration of the art of Mexico's account. same year I was first elected to Congress, and With or without this agreement, Mexico's handmade lace entitled, "For the Love of it will be quite an adjustment for the entire primary trading partner will remain the Lace." I am proud to say that this display is community to know that there's a new leader United States. In the first six months of 1993 taking place in my district on November 13, at at the university. But if anyone has earned the more than 80 percent of Mexico's exports and the Livonia Civic Center Library, 32777 Five right to step back from the day-to-day head­ 70 percent of its imports involved the United Mile Road, in Livonia, Ml. From 11 a.m. to 4 aches of his position, it's Frank Blackington. States. In contrast, Japan accounted for p.m., vendors will be offering a complete line On behalf of the entire Johnstown community, about one percent of Mexico's exports and 5 of lacemaking supplies including bobbins, lace I want to wish Frank all the best in his retire­ percent of its imports. Despite a far smaller volume of trade, however, Mexico's trade pillows, fine threads, books, beads, and an­ ment, and to thank him for everything he's tique laces. Among the special exhibitions are deficit with Japan was $1.3 billion, more done to make the University of Pittsburgh at than half the size of Mexico's deficit with the "Cindy's Stitches" from Illinois by Kathy Johnstown a respected academic institution. United States. Kirchner, "The Lace Merchant" by Elizabeth This ballooning deficit raises a critical Kurella, and "Lace in Glass" by Marilyn Hay­ point: Mexico can offer Japan increased ac­ wood. NAFTA: THE JAPAN CARD cess to the Mexican market but is unlikely The dedication of the Great Lakes Lace to gain better access to the Japanese market Group to the preservation of their craft is laud­ HON. DAVID R. OBEY in return, as the United States and almost able. Our American culture is richer due to all other countries in the world can attest. If OF WISCONSIN their efforts. We, too, have a role to play in Mexico is interested in rapidly increasing its IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES trade deficit, then trade with Japan cer­ ensuring that this tradition is not lost. Through tainly offers possibilities, but it is highly un­ Tuesday, November 2, 1993 recognizing and honoring such arts we hope likely that one-way trade is Mexico's goal. future generations will appreciate the beauty Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, in Tuesday's Moreover, Mexico cannot guarantee access lace adds to American life. Washington Post our colleague from Michigan, for the Japanese to the U.S. market without SANDER LEVIN and Harley Shaiken, a profes­ NAFTA, diminishing Japan's interest in Mexico. · HONORING FRANK BLACKINGTON sor at the University of California, Berkeley, ef­ fectively blew out of the water the argument While its argument that Japan will strike a deal with Mexico is plainly wrong, the that failure to pass NAFTA will help Japan. Clinton administration's more aggressive HON. JOHN P. MURTHA They point out clearly how passing NAFT A OF PENNSYLVANIA policy toward Japan is right on target. But can help Japan penetrate United States mar­ the more the administration pursues this IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES kets. policy, the more the question is raised: If the Tuesday, November 2, 1993 That is the key. Proponents of NAFT A failed trade policies of the '80s teach us to Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, over the past would try to get Congress to focus on whether get tough in creating a more level playing two decades, the University of Pittsburgh at Japan can penetrate the Mexican market. But, field with Japan, why do they not counsel us the important economic question is whether also to get realistic in dealing with the Johnstown has developed into a recognized unlevel playing field confronted in integrat­ regional academic center which meets the NAFTA will help Japan penetrate the United ing our economy with Mexico? post-secondary educational needs of not only States market. In the '80s the United States went through the Johnstown area, but of a large portion of I urge members to read the Levin-Shaiken a process of denial that there was a trade western Pennsylvania. Much of the credit for article-and then to vote no on NAFT A. problem with Japan. A chorus of academia, this belongs to Dr. Frank Blackington, who has [From the Washington Post, Nov. 2, 1993) media and others sang the "free trade" lit­ urgy and dismissed any criticism as mere served as president of UPJ since 1974, and is NAFTA: THE JAPAN CARD . retiring after more than 19 years of service to protectionism. This ideological onslaught (By Harley Shaiken and Sander Levin) polarized the debate and deprived the nation the university and to the Johnstown commu­ The ever-shifting sands of the debate over of the honest evaluation of trade policy that nity as a whole. the North American Free Trade Agreement was needed. Dr. Blackington's impressive academic cre­ have shifted again. Proponents of NAFTA Yet, with respect to Mexico we are going dentials have placed him in the forefront of now argue that if the United States doesn't through the same process of denial that we educational leaders in the United States. Be­ strike a deal with Mexico, Japan will. went through with Japan in the '80s. True, fore assuming the presidency of UPJ, he Facing difficulties selling NAFTA on its the source of the unlevel playing field is dif­ taught at Michigan State University and di­ merits, the agreement's supporters are now ferent---wi th Japan it was government pro­ rected the university's honors college, which trying to play the Japan card. At a White motion of informal trade barriers and exclu­ achieved national recognition as a leader in House event last month, the message was sionary corporate sourcing practices, while that rejecting NAFTA would spur large Jap­ in the case of Mexico it is a government pol­ academic achievement. anese investments south of our border and a icy of holding down wages and denying labor What Frank has accomplished at UPJ is as­ flood of Japanese products coming through rights in order to attract investment. But tonishing. The list of academic advances at the " back door" from Mexico. Lee Iacocca is while the source is different, the effect can the university since he became president even more blunt, asserting that "the Japa­ be much the same. U.S. business and workers ranges from the establishment of secondary nese think NAFTA is a bad deal because it's are forced to make a " Pickett's charge" on education degree programs in various science good for us and it's bad for them." a badly tilted playing field. programs to the development of an associate Are these fears realistic? In fact, this argu­ The way to judge NAFTA is on the merits degree program in respiratory therapy. The ment stands reality on its head. The Japa­ of the agreement itself, not on the specter of physical change in the campus has been re­ nese have more to gain with NAFTA than Japanese involvement. In fact, the deploy­ without it and are less likely to become a ment of the Japan argument at this late date markable-nine new residence hall facilities, major presence in Mexico if the present indicates that supporters are running out of various sports facilities, and the Pasquerilla agreement is voted down. plays. Ironically, bringing up Japan under­ Performing Arts Center. Rather than being poised to rush into Mex­ scores the similarities between the failed But Frank has been as important to the ico in the wake of a no vote, Japanese firms Japan policy of the '80s and the flawed Mex­ community as he has been to UPJ. He's are waiting for NAFTA to pass before decid- ico policy embodied in NAFTA. Playing the November 2, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 27153 Japan card does not remedy the flaws in the wit, great sense of humor, kind spirit, and loy­ BUDEKE'S PAINTS CELEBRATES present agreement and will not save NAFTA alty. In the final months of his illness, my staff 125TH ANNIVERSARY in the House. and I got to see another side of Roger that he often hid from others, a resolve of courage HON. HELEN DELICH BENTLEY TRIBUTE TO ROGER DAVID that many of us seldom have the opportunity OF MARYLAND STRICKLAND to witness. Though racked with pain, Roger IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES courageously and diligently strove to fulfill his Tuesday, November 2, 1993 HON. JULIAN C. DIXON commitment to his work and to his friends. He Mrs. BENTLEY. Mr. Speaker, my fellow col­ OF CALIFORNIA was always concerned about others, going out leagues, I rise today to congratulate Budeke's IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of his way to make the day brighter for all of Paints upon the celebration of its 125th anni- Tuesday , November 2, 1993 those around him. He never complained, versary. . Mr. DIXON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with choosing instead to live each day to its fullest. I consider the role of small businesses in sadness to advise members of the death of a Those of us who had the pleasure of know­ our community to be of utmost importance. The foundation upon which our Nation was long-time employee of the Capitol Hill family, ing Roger are saddened by his loss, and al­ founded is dependant upon its very existence, Mr. Roger David Strickland. Roger, who joined though his light has gone out, his spirit lives my office as a legislative assistant in January and is symbolic of the unlimited opportunities on in the fond memories that many of us have 1991, died on Thursday, October 14, 1993, we possess under our capitalistic system. So the good fortune to cherish. following a lengthy illness. it is with great respect and admiration that I On Saturday, October 23, 1993, numerous Roger leaves behind his long-time compan­ commend the owners and operators of friends and family members attended a memo­ ion, Wayne Gooch; two sisters-Mary Budeke's Paints. In a time when it seems mul­ rial service at the McGuire Funeral Home in Strickland Denny of Graham, NC and Annette tinational corporations are dominating the Washington, DC, to celebrate the life of an ex­ Strickland Stancil of Stone Mountain, GA; two business sector, Budeke's Paints reminds us traordinary, caring, humorous, and delightful brothers-James Lee Strickland of Durham, of the personal trust and satisfaction a consumer feels when dealing with small local human being. Roger had many friends on the NC and Fletcher Ray Strickland of Stamford, "Hill" and it is in that spirit that I share with my businesses. CT; and a host of aunts, uncles, in-laws, colleagues a remembrance of Roger David In 1859, George H. Budeke came to Balti­ nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Mr. Strickland's brief, but bountiful life. more with his family. During his boyhood, Roger David Strickland was born October 4, Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in ex­ young George had very limited opportunities 1952, in Burlington, NC, to John Bradley tending sincere condolences to Roger's family for obtaining an education, and started a paint Hezekiah and Jewell Mozell Rogers and extended circle of friends. career at age 16. Through his own energy and Strickland. He was the youngest of five chil­ enterprise, he was able to steadily work his dren. Roger attended Central High School and way upward until he attained a position of af­ graduated from Southern Alamance High fluence. He founded the company in 1868 at School in Graham, NC. He was an excellent TRIBUTE TO THE FRANKLIN the corner of Broadway and Eastern Avenue, student, and received numerous academic COUNTY CDC and 2 years later, Budeke's moved to 418 awards. Roger was also extremely active in S0uth Broadway, which continues to serve as civic and social activities. He was a celebrated its main location. In an excerpt from the 1897 track star and set a track record in the 100 HON. JOHN W. OLVER edition of the genealogical and biographical yard dash-a record that remains unbroken. OF MASSACHUSETTS record of the city of Baltimore, George Roger sang in the choir, played the trumpet in Budeke's business prospered because he the band, and was Southern Alamance's star IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "gained a most enviable reputation for his fi­ nancial sagacity and honorable straightforward drum major. Because of his exceptional skills Tuesday , November 2, 1993 and powerful performances, Roger became a dealings". During the next 30 years, George well-known celebrity in North Carolina. Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acquired the properties on both sides of the In January 197 4, Roger graduated from congratulate the Franklin County Community existing store to better serve his growing busi­ North Carolina A&T State University. While at Development Corp. on its 15th anniversary. ness. He also maintained a strong interest in North Carolina A&T, he was listed in Who's On Wednesday, November 3, 1993, the CDC his community and clientele, which has come Who in American Colleges. Roger graduated will celebrate a proud history of serving the to symbolize the service which Budeke's with high honors from Texas Southern Univer­ Paints provides. In more recent times, Franklin County community. sity in Houston, TX with a bachelors degree in Budeke's Paints has expanded its service to Sociology, and he was the recipient of the Since 1978, the Franklin County CDC has two new locations in the northwest and "Outstanding Student of the Year" award. As balanced goals of economic growth and the Timonium areas. To date, Budeke's Paints is an undergraduate, Roger became active in the development of affordable housing with a the 6th oldest family owned and operated civil rights movement, where he fought to end unique commitment to preserving the county's paint business in the United States. discrimination in the South. He received a beautiful, rural environment. From its special Budeke's Paints is a place where you can master of science degree in Social Administra­ role in the revitalization of downtown Turner shop and be assured of honest service and tion and Public Policy in May 1979 from Case Falls, to creating housing developments in wholesale prices. Through the able leadership Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. Greenfield, the CDC has contributed greatly to of Louis V. Koerber, president, and L. Bryan Roger had a keen political acumen, and Koerber, vice-president, Budeke's provides the economic development of Franklin County. spent his entire professional career working in service to a broad base of customers, includ­ the House of Representatives. He worked for I have always been impressed by the Frank­ ing contractors, home owners, industrial firms, the late Congressman Mickey Leland as a leg­ lin County CDC's success in building effective and Government agencies. islative assistant for over 3 years. From 1983- coalitions with businesses, banks, towns, and For 125 years, Budeke's Paints has served 1989, he served as the legislative director for State and Federal representatives. Just re­ as an important landmark in the small, but his­ Congressman TIM VALENTINE. He was also a cently, the CDC took the lead in securing a $1 toric, Fells Point neighborhood. Its commit­ professional staff member on the Science, million grant from the Economic Development ment to quality, service, value, and integrity Space and Technology Subcommittee on Administration to secure 350 jobs and create are the common threads that have run through Transportation, Aviation and Materials. He 200 new jobs in Franklin County. five generations of family management and served as Congressman JOSE SERRANO'S ad­ their dedicated personnel. Their service has ministrative assistant. Roger joined my staff as I ask my colleagues to join me in congratu­ strengthened the ties between the business a legislative assistant in 1991, working on ap­ lating the Franklin County Community Devel­ community and it's neighborhood. Budekes propriations issues. opment Corp. on its 15th anniversary, for its has shown success can be achieved through Roger David Strickland was an individual solid contributions to the community's econ­ ingenuity, hard work, and perseverance. This who touched everyone's heart v1ith his quick omy. is as true today as it was 125 years ago. 27154 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 2, 1993 Mr. Speaker, my fellow colleagues, it is with filiate has been active in this effort through Judges, Director of the Women Judges Fund great pleasure that I congratulate the owners programs like National Diabetes Month and for Justice and a member of NYU Law School and operators of Budeke's Paints on this mo­ the American Diabetes Alert. My constituent Council on the Future of the Law School. mentous occasion. Dr. Deborah Edidin of Glencoe has been es­ She is the recipient of the Distinguished Ju­ pecially active in the affiliate's ·summer camp rist Award of the Jewish Lawyers Guild, Distin­ program which helps children with diabetes guished Alumnus Award of the NYU School of NATIONAL DIABETES MONTH learn to cope with and manage their diabetes Law Alumni Association, recipient of the Na­ in a supportive environment. Dr. Edidin spe­ tional Conference of Christians and Jews HON. JOHN EDWARD PORTER cializes in the camps which are attended by Award, and the Edward Weinfeld Award of the OF ILLINOIS children under age 7. I strongly encourage Dr. NYU Law School. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Edidin and the staff and volunteers of the affili­ Mr. Speaker, the New York Association of Tuesday, November 2, 1993 ate to continue their fine work toward lessen­ Women Judges, the Board of Justices of the ing the impact of diabetes in northern Illinois. New York State Supreme Court of the First Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, November is Mr. Speaker, diabetes is a major public Judicial District and the Association of Judges National Diabetes Month. Sponsored by the health problem that warrants Congress' seri­ of the New York State Court of Claims will American Diabetes Association, National Dia­ ous attention. We must continue to support gather on November 3, 1993 to honor Justice betes Month helps raise awareness of diabe­ biomedical research as well as prevention and Rubin. I ask all my colleagues in the House of tes and its life-threatening complications. control programs that benefit individuals with Representatives to join me now in extending Diabetes is the fourth leading cause of diabetes. I will continue to work with my col­ our congratulations to this most remarkable death by disease in the United States, taking leagues on the Appropriations Subcommittee woman. the lives of more than 160,000 Americans an­ on Labor, Health and Human Services, and nually. In addition to the high rate of mortality, Education to ensure that these critical health the 13 million Americans with diabetes are at care issues are addressed during consider­ HONORING ED SHEEHAN, SR. substantial risk for contracting one or more of ation of the President's fiscal year 1995 budg­ the disease's life-threatening complications: et request. HON. JOHN P. MURTHA blindness, end-stage kidney disease, ad­ OF PENNSYLVANIA vanced cardiovascular and neurological dis­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ease, and leg, foot, and toe amputation. HONORING JUSTICE ROSE RUBIN These largely preventable complications have Tuesday, November 2, 1993 a debilitating effect on our society, costing HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to take more than $91 billion annually in direct health OF NEW YORK this opportunity to join the Greater Johnstown care expenditures and lost productivity. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Inter-Service Club in recognizing a distin­ The negative impact of diabetes is evident guished citizen from Johnstown, PA, Mr. Ed Tuesday, November 2, 1993 in my home State of Illinois. The Centers for Sheehan, Sr. Disease Control and Prevention Division of Di­ Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today The Greater Johnstown Inter-Service Club abetes Translation, the lead Federal agency to join with the many constituents of my dis­ Council has awarded Ed its Annual Achieve­ with responsibility for the prevention and con­ trict as well as the members of the judiciary of ment Award this year because of the work he trol of diabetes-related complications, esti­ the State of New York in honoring Justice has performed in producing electro-optics and mates that more than 610,000 residents of Illi­ Rose Luttan Rubin who, after 25 years of night vision technology for our Nation's military nois have diabetes, which contributes to more dedicated and historic service, is retiring from which has protected countless American lives. than 8,000 deaths and 175,000 hospital visits the bench. The development of this technology has made each year. Justice Rubin's career is highlighted by con­ our Armed Forces more effective in carrying Fortunately, diabetes and its complications stant achievement and a never ending dedica­ out their missions. can often be prevented and controlled with the tion to public service. Upon graduating from Ed has been an important part of the devel­ proper patient education and health care. The Hunter College in 1938, Justice Rubin was opment of electro-optics and night vision tech­ results of the Diabetes Control and Complica­ listed in Who's Who Among Colleges and Uni­ nology through his leadership as the Director tions trial [DCCT], supported by the National versities. She received her J.D. degree in of the Department of Defense's Night Vision Institute on Diabetes and Digestive and Kid­ 1942 from NYU, where she served on the and Electro-Optics Laboratory from 1975 to ney Diseases, were published in the Septem­ board of editors of the Law Review Quarterly. 1979. His career at the laboratory spanned ber 30 edition of the New England Journal of Admitted to the bar in 1942, Rose Rubin en­ three decades. Ed currently serves as the Medicine. The study shows definitely that dia­ tered into the field of law as a practitioner that chairman of the board and chief executive offi­ betes complications can be prevented or de­ would take her into a wide variety of legal cer of one of the most advanced, high tech­ layed for most people with insulin-dependent areas. In that same year, she became a re­ nology firms in the Nation. His work has been diabetes through vigorous control of blood glu­ view attorney for the New York State Labor invaluable to the military, and on behalf of our cose levels. These exciting findings have pro­ Relations Board. Shortly, thereafter, she · Armed Forces, we take this opportunity to sa­ found implications for all people with diabetes, served as a staff attorney in the office of the lute him. particularly minorities, who are disproportion­ judge advocate general. Moving toward great­ I'm proud to call Ed a friend, and I don't ately affected by the disease and its complica- er involvement with city government, the jus­ think the Greater Johnstown Inter-Service tions. · tice served as an assistant district attorney in Club Council could make a finer choice for its The DCCT dramatically illustrates the impor­ Queens County as well as an assistant cor­ Annual Achievement Award than Ed Sheehan, tant role biomedical research plays in our poration counsel. In 1973, Justice Rubin as­ Sr. I'd like to extend my sincere congratula­ health care system in improving the public cended the bench as a judge in the New York tions to Ed on this occasion, and I wish him health and reducing health care expenditures. State CQurt of Claims. Soon after, she was many more years of success. The administration must make federally fund­ appointed acting justice of the supreme court. ed biomedical research a priority in its fiscal From 1983 to the present, she serves as a year 1995 budget request to Congress. The justice of the New York State Supreme Court. TRIBUTE TO JAMES E. TRACY DCCT also demonstrates the great value of Her dedication to public service establishes prevention and control programs within the a record that readily lends itself as a yardstick HON. GEORGE W. GEKAS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for civic participation. Justice Rubin serves as OF PENNSYLVANIA such as those of the Division of Diabetes a trustee of the New York University School of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Translation. Law where she and her husband, Herbert, The American Diabetes Association and its have donated the Herbert Rubin and Justice Tuesday, November 2, 1993 . volunteers have long been leaders in providing Rose Luttan Rubin International Law Library. Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, it is with great vital information and services to people with In addition, Justice Rubin served as president pleasure that I rise today to pay tribute to the diabetes. The association's northern Illinois af- of the New York State Association of Women Harrisburg Senators, the 1993 champions of November 2, 1993 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 27155 the Class AA Baseball Eastern League, and ideals of the international organization by Mr. Speaker, over the next week, Chairman their manager, James E. Tracy, who has been working diligently to improve the quality of life ORTIZ and I will seek cosponsors for the con­ named Eastern League Manager of the Year. in the Flint area. current resolution. I encourage my colleagues Jim Tracy led the Senators to victory 100 Organizations that have benefited from the to join me in supporting the concurrent resolu­ times this year, including a 94-44 regular sea­ service and generosity of Zontians include but tion when it is introduced on November 8. son record. The Senators finished the season are not limited to Zonta House for Whaley, the in first place, 19 games ahead of their closest Zonta Scholarship Program, Catholic Social rival. They continued their winning fashion as Services, the Salvation Army, the Easter Seal JERRY A. BARROWS HONORED FOR they emerged victorious in the postseason Society, the Mclaren Aid to Daily Living FIRST PLACE ESSAY IN NA­ championship series. Room, the YWCA, and the Genesee Food TIONAL WRITING CONTEST Jim Tracy's skills as a teacher and a Bank. Over 70 years, the Zonta Club of Flint motivator are obvious, as several of his play­ I has donated over $300,000 to worthy HON. OLYMPIA J. SNOWE ers have either moved up to Class AAA or the projects. OF MAINE major league. The performance of the Harris­ I ask the House of Representatives to join IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES burg Senators has brought much excitement me today in honoring this outstanding group of Tuesday, November 2, 1993 to central Pennsylvania, and the Senators' sto­ women who have selflessly given of their time, rybook season will long be remembered by talents, and money to make a better world for Ms. SNOWE. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to the people of this region. others. They are to be commended for their honor the special achievement of Jerry A. Bar­ I ask all of my colleagues to join me in con­ generosity and commitment. I congratulate rows of Fairfield, ME. Jerry, 21, was recently gratulating Jim Tracy and the Harrisburg Sen­ Zonta Club of Flint I for its first 70 years and awarded first place in the National Writing ators on their terrific 1993 season, and wish hope that their tradition of excellence contin­ Contest sponsored by Joint Action in Commu­ them all the best of luck in the seasons that ues for many, many more years. nity Service, Inc. Over 1,000 Job Corps stu­ lie ahead. Their sportsmanship, athleticism, dents competed nationwide. and hard work are authentic examples of why Jerry graduated from the Northlands Job Americans love the great American pastime of ADMINISTRATION'S POLICY ON Corps Center with a certificate in bookkeeping baseball. OCEAN DUMPING OF LOW-LEVEL and word processing. He has enhanced his NUCLEAR WASTE leadership skills through Job Corps by being selected to such positions as dormitory leader KILDEE HONORS ZONTA CLUB OF HON. CURT WELDON and a member of the Education and Training Council. Currently, he is enrolled in the Trans­ FLINT I OF PENNSYLVANIA portation Communications Union Advanced HON. DALE E. KILDEE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Career Training Program. Jerry hopes to con­ Tuesday, November 2, 1993 tinue his education and earn a bachelor's de­ OF MICHIGAN gree in mathematics education. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. WELDON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to ex­ press my support for the Clinton administra­ Jerry has worked hard through the North­ Tuesday, November 2, 1993 tion's announced policy calling for an inter­ lands Job Center to advance his education Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to national ban on the ocean dumping of low­ and training in hopes of a prosperous future. pay tribute to the Zonta Club of Flint I as it level nuclear waste. I wish him the best of luck and would like to celebrates its 70th anniversary on October 30 Last week, 15 other members of GLOBE, congratulate him on his fine achievements: In in my hometown of Flint, Ml. the Global Legislators Organization for a Bal­ doing so, I would also like to take this oppor­ Zonta Club of Flint I is part of the worldwide anced Environment, and I wrote President tunity to share his essay with you: Zonta organization. It is comprised of profes­ Clinton urging the administration to join the How JOB CORPS CHANGED MY LIFE sional women who are committed to improving Danish Government in pressing for a ban on (By Jerry A. Barrows, Northlands Job Corps the status of women around the world. The ocean dumping of low-level nuclear waste at Center) worldwide organization boasts of 35,000 mem­ the upcoming London Convention. With the Just over a year ago, I decided it was time bers in 62 countries. These women are joined United States supporting a ban, I am confident to end my days of checking out groceries at together in a common goal of advancing the that international law will be revised to incor­ the local supermarket for minimal pay and to begin looking for a career. I thought I was status of women. Their commitment spans all porate the ban. ready. After all, I had a high school diploma aspects of a woman's life including education, Unfortunately, international law is no bar to and a list of great references. I applied to economics, politics, the legal system, and pro­ Russia's dumping of nuclear waste. On Sep­ nearly every place of employment I could fessional stature. tember 30, at my request, the Subcommittee find, but I quickly noticed that I was hearing As a part of the international Zonta organi­ on .Oceanography held a hearing on nuclear the same questions repeatedly. "Do you have zation, Zonta Club of Flint I is involved in sev­ waste dumping by the former Soviet Union. At any training in this field?" "What types of eral projects that promote global understand­ that hearing it became clear that Russia's skills do you have?" " Do you have any expe­ .ing, goodwill and world peace. The Amelia former Communist leadership had repeatedly rience?" Unfortunately, I had the wrong an­ Earhart Fellowship Awards Program is an violated international law by dumping high swers to all of these questions, and I began to wonder why I wasted four years of my life international project to grant scholarships to level nuclear waste into the Arctic Ocean. in high school. I felt as though I couldn't ac­ female graduate students in the aerospace-re­ Even after the fall of communism, Moscow complish anything, I was becoming increas­ lated science and engineering fields. More has continued its disturbing pattern of dis­ ingly depressed. In fact, I began turning to than $3 million in fellowships have been regarding international environmental law. On alcohol because it was the only way I knew awarded to women around the world. October 20, Russian officials admitted to to forget all the problems with which I was Zonta Club of Flint I was founded in October dumping 900 tons of low-level nuclear waste being confronted. 1923. It had 30 charter members. These 30 in the Sea of Japan without notifying Japan, Friends of mine eager to help out in any way they could, then told me about the Job women came from various professions includ­ as required by international law. Corps program. They said that I would be ing many who were small business owners. To demonstrate congressional support for able to learn the skills necessary to land a One criteria for membership in the Zonta orga­ the ban, Oceanography Subcommittee Chair­ job, and that I would even be paid to learn nization is that the woman be in a decision­ man ORTIZ and I will introduce a House con­ them. I signed up for the program imme­ making management position. In 1923, this current resolution on November 8, the opening diately, hoping that all I heard was true. usually meant that the woman had to own the day of the London Convention meeting, in After arriving at Job Corps, I found that business. Since that beginning the Zonta Club support of the administration's position. The Job Corps did not just offer job skills train­ of Flint I has grown to its present size of 80 concurrent resolution will both strengthen the ing, but a whole curriculum designed to make a person successful-if that person was members. The membership includes doctors, United States position at the London Conven­ willing to put forth the effort. That was the lawyers, bankers, retailers, funeral directors, tion meeting, and, once the international com­ opportunity I had been hoping for. entrepreneurs, and many other career cat­ munity accepts the ban, pressure Moscow to I could see immediately that the staff real­ egories. Zonta Club of Flint I has reflected the live up to its international obligations. ly wanted to help me prepare for the job 27156 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 2, 1993 world. They guided me every step of the way actions, and that ultimately I am the only my education through the Job Corps ad­ as I learned the skills necessary to land me person who could dictate how successful I vanced training program, thus preparing me a job as a bookkeeper, receptionist, or clerk­ would become in life. for even more challenges that life may typist. Fortunately, the Job Corps experi­ Job Corps opened a window of opportunity present. ence didn't end there. I also learned the for me, and I took advantage of it. I received Through the Job Corps program, I have skills I needed to get a job, and how to keep college credits through Champlain College, come to realize that there is nothing I can't it once it was mine. Job Corps taught me a and I earned one of the greatest achieve­ accomplish if I strive to achieve my goal. I lot about myself and how I interact with ments of my life as part of the National Aca­ no longer look at life as a series of problems, other people, and it taught me that there are demic Olympics Championship team. In a but as a sequence of challenges which must solutions to every problem without turning matter of a few short months. I had pro­ be overcome in order to reach the ultimate to a bottle of alcohol. I had finally learned gressed from a jobless teenager to a national goal-success and the actualization of all the that I needed to be responsible for my own champion. I also earned a chance to further achievements of which I am capable.