March 21, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E407 Border Patrol officials have met with resi- 6 years old. He proudly served his country in TRIBUTE TO MILWAUKEE’S COM- dents and re to meet again May 15 at the the U.S. Army during the First World War. A MUNITY BRAINSTORMING CON- Dulzura Community Center. graduate of York High School, he married FERENCE ‘‘We’ve told them we’re concerned about it too and are getting resources there to deal Emma Goodling. Their children blessed them with the problem,’’ Summers said. with three grandchildren and five great-grand- HON. THOMAS M. BARRETT Overtime pay has been approved for more children. OF WISCONSIN agents to work in East County, she said. Mr. Moore's life has borne witness to world- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Illegal crossings have risen there mostly changing events of the twentieth century. His Wednesday, March 20, 1996 because the U.S. Border Patrol has been ef- life has been guided by important values: fective in stopping illegal traffic farther strong religious belief and work ethic, dedica- Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, it west in the Imperial Beach-San Ysidro area. is with pride today that I celebrate an impor- Arrest records for the past seven months tion and service to his country, respect for show the illegal crossing hot spots now are himself and others, and love of his family. He tant event that will take place in the city of Mil- near Chula Vista, Brown Field, El Cajon and most certainly is a role model for all Ameri- waukee. On Friday, March 22, the Community Campo. cans. Brainstorming Conference [CBC] of Milwaukee Arrests in Imperial Beach were down 52 will gather to celebrate its 10th anniversary. I Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to honor Mr. percent in April compared with the same ask my colleagues to join me in saluting the Moore today. I pray God will grant him many month last year from 23,855 to 11,348, accord- outstanding achievements of this remarkable more happy and healthy years. Happy birth- ing to records. coalition of leaders from a great community. Elsewhere in the 66-mile-wide sector, ar- day, Frank. In February 1986, Samuel L. Johnson and rests continued to soar. Arrests in Chula Vista, Broken Field and f Reuben K. Harpole, Jr., invited 13 people to a El Cajon rose 34 percent, 126 percent and 824 meeting at Saint Matthew's CME Church to percent, respectively, in April compared HONORING ALVARADO MIDDLE discuss a series of vital issues facing Milwau- with the same period last year. SCHOOL kee's African-American community. The meet- * * * * * ing was highly productive, and it was decided Arrests were down from March, however, that a public forum of community activists when 61,687 were made. HON. JAY KIM should convene on the fourth Saturday of Immigration officials maintain that their each month. The rest is history, and the CBC OF CALIFORNIA strategy is working because the illegal traf- continues to fulfill its mission to this very day. fic is shifting east to isolated areas where IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES From day one, the CBC has represented they are easier to apprehend. the essence of grassroots political participa- Officials said they anticipated illegal Wednesday, March 20, 1996 crossings going up during the first quarter of tion, and has made a significant impact at the the year because of seasonal labor patterns. Mr. KIM. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to rise local, State, and national level. Beyond the po- The devaluation of the Mexican peso also has today and salute Principal Hunt and the teach- litical arena, the CBC is actively engaged in a been a factor. ers and students of Alvarado Intermediate wide array of activities. In 1994, the CBC is Would-be crossers are still arriving in Ti- School in Rowland Heights for having been actively engaged in a wide array of activities. juana to probe the border there or hook up awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award by In 1994, the CBC created its foundation to tap with a smuggler. Many now end up walking the U.S. Secretary of Education. the creative talents of African-Americans, es- or riding to the border area in East County, pecially the young people in our community. said the CHP’s Summers. Blue ribbon awards honor 266 secondary, Some are trying to enter through the middle, and junior high schools around the To build on this progress, the CBC is moving desert area near Calexico. In past summers, country for showing exceptional dedication to aggressively to create new scholarship and people have gotten lost there and died. providing a top notch education to its students. fellowship opportunities. In East County, meanwhile, smugglers ap- Alvarado Middle School was the only school in Having personally taken part in CBC meet- pear to be brazen and reckless in their at- the 41st district to achieve this special honor. ings and projects on many occasions, I can tempt to move their human cargo north. Blue ribbon schools must show strong leader- personally attest to its unfailing and dedicated Agents are foiling their trips near the border membership. The men and women of the CBC and as far north as Temecula. ship, a clear vision and sense of mission that In the past month, agents at that southern is shared by all connected with the school, consistently rise above and beyond the call of Riverside County check-point have inter- high quality teaching, a challenging up-to-date duty to make our community a better place to cepted five vehicles loaded with illegal im- curriculum, policies and practices that ensure live. I am proud to have worked with the CBC migrants, something that’s relatively rare a safe environment conducive to learning, a and have come to rely on the policy expertise there. solid commitment to parental involvement, and and good counsel of its membership. As we The most recent happened hours apart evidence that the school helps all students rapidly approach the 21st century, we need Tuesday when agents found 97 illegal immi- achieve high standards. the CBC's voice today more than ever before. grants in two rental trucks. Agents found Alvarado Intermediate School was selected Mr. Speaker I ask my colleagues to join me one of the trucks on the median of Interstate in paying tribute to Milwaukee's Community 15 with 38 people aboard. through a highly competitive process in which In April, agents found a rental truck aban- State education departments, the Department Brainstorming Conference. I join with the city doned in De Luz Road in Fallbrook. Inside of Defense Dependent Schools, the Bureau of of Milwaukee in wishing this outstanding orga- were 48 illegal immigrants. Three women Indian Affairs, and the Council for American nization a happy 10th anniversary, and wish who had fainted were treated for heat ex- Private Education nominate schools which the CBC continued success in our community. haustion and dehydration. best meet the superior standards of the f f award. The selected schools are then visited TRIBUTE TO THE LATE MAX HONORING FRANK MOORE ON HIS and reviewed by a panel of 100 outstanding WRIGHT 100TH BIRTHDAY members of the education community. This panel then makes final recommendations to the U.S. Secretary of Education. Alvarado in- HON. ANDREW JACOBS, JR. HON. WILLIAM F. GOODLING OF INDIANA termediate will be honored this spring at a na- OF PENNSYLVANIA tional ceremony in Washington, DC where the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES school will be given a plaque and a special Wednesday, March 20, 1996 Wednesday, March 20, 1996 flag to fly. Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Speaker, as can be seen Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I would like Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me by the following, Max Wright was a superlative to congratulate Mr. Frank Moore, a longtime in commending Alvarado Intermediate School human being. He was a minister of the gospel, resident of the 19th Congressional District of for its uncommon dedication to preparing its a labor leader, an auctioneer and a delightful Pennsylvania, on his 100th birthday. Mr. students for the challenges they will face musician. The loss of Max Wright is a loss to Moore celebrated this momentous occasion growing up in and around Los Angeles Coun- us all. surrounded by his loving family and many ty. Behind this Blue Ribbon Award is a dedi- MAX WRIGHT HAD WORKED WITH AFL–CIO friends on March 4, 1996. cated group of faculty, students, and staff Max F. Wright, 80, Beech Grove, a retired Mr. Moore was born in 1896 in Waynes- whose commitment to education is an exam- labor leader, Church of Christ minister, sing- boro, PA, and has lived in York since he was ple for schools around the country to follow. er and auctioneer, died March 15. E408 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 21, 1996 He was secretary-treasurer of the Indiana ment to the fiscal year 1996 omnibus appro- in 1973. At the time he entered office, the City State AFL–CIO from 1958 until his retire- priations bill that repeals the requirement that had a $12 billion budget and $1.5 billion defi- ment in 1985. all HIV-positive members of the military be dis- cit. At the end of his administration, in 1977, ‘‘The death of Max Wright is a loss for all missed. In a show of bipartisanship, the ap- New York City had a cash surplus of $250 mil- citizens of Indiana.’’ Gov. Evan Bayh said in a statement. ‘‘Max was a pillar of the union propriations bill was passed by the Senate lion. Under his guidance, New York City also movement in our state . . . He was a con- 79±21, and was supported by Senators regained its reputation as a national centerÐ stant advocate of worker causes for his en- CONNIE MACK, JOHN MCCAIN, and SAM NUNN it was the host to the Democratic National tire career.’’ among others. Convention and the Bicentennial's Operation Chuck Deppert, president of the Indiana The HIV provision, which was included in Sail. During his tenure, he convinced the Unit- State AFL–CIO, said Mr. Wright dedicated the fiscal year 1996 Defense authorization bill ed States Open to remain in Flushing Mead- his life to helping others. that was signed by the President on February ows. ‘‘He did everything he could to help you 10, discharges within 6 months the 1,049 These successes are largely attributable to with hour problem,’’ Deppert said, ‘‘That’s his many years of experience as the City's the way I’ll remember him.’’ dedicated HIV-positive men and women who A sheet metal worker by trade, Mr. Wright have been serving their country without fail for Budget Director and Comptroller. Because of was elected business agent of Sheet Metal years. Half of these servicemembers are mar- the dire fiscal situation and Washington's re- Workers Local 7 in Terre Haute in 1943. He ried and, on average, have served in the mili- fusal of support, Mayor Beame was forced to served in that capacity until being elected to tary for more than a decade. take drastic economic measures. Mayor the state labor position 15 years later. This provision immediately cuts off health Beame cut the City's spending by $100 mil- After he retired, he was given the title sec- care benefits to the servicemembers' depend- lion, reduced the work force by 65,000, and he retary-treasurer emeritus, and the AFL–CIO ents. Therefore, this new policy will not only convinced the trustees of the five pensions state headquarters’s in Indianapolis was funds to buy nearly $4 million in New York named after him. deprive many men and women of their liveli- As a minister, Mr. Wright preached to hood, but will leave their familiesÐtheir City bonds. Such drastic measures, born of Church of Christ congregations throughout spouses and childrenÐwithout health care. fiscal experience and skill and sound manage- Indian. He was a member and elder of Foun- All of the individuals who will be impacted ment procedures, returned New York City to tain Square Church of Christ, and he was a by this provision are able to perform their jobs. the road to fiscal health. former elder at Farmersburg Church of They are senior officers, lawyers, computer Mayor Beame had begun his public service Christ. As a gospel music singer, he per- specialists, intelligence officers, missile spe- in 1946 with a position in the budget office of formed with the Melody Boys Quartet. cialists, doctors, mechanics and others. Re- Mayor William O'Dwyer. He eventually rose to Mr. Wright also was a licensed auctioneer. placing them and retraining new Budget Director and was later elected to the He was active in the sale of livestock at 4–H position of City Comptroller. Describing himself exhibitions, including the Sullivan and Vigo servicemembers is not only unjust, it is ineffi- county fairs. cient. as a New Deal Liberal, Mayor Beame won the He served on numerous civic and public This unnecessary measure was neither Democratic party nomination for Mayor in boards and commissions, including the Indi- sought nor supported by the Department of 1965, but was defeated by John Lindsay. It ana Employment Security Board, Indiana Defense. Both the Assistant Secretary for was not until 8 years later, in 1973, that Mayor Vocational Education Board, Ivy Tech State Force Management Policy and the Army's Beame would declare victory and become the College board, Goodwill industries, the Blue Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel have stat- 104th Mayor of New York City. Cross-Blue Shield of Indiana board and exec- ed that the provision would do nothing to im- Ninety years ago today, on March 20, 1906, utive committee, the Maryvale Senior Citi- Abraham David Beame was born in the East zens Retirement Home, Indiana Council on prove military readiness while depriving the End of London. His parents were fleeing from Economic Education, Indiana Emergency Armed Forces of experienced individuals who Training Committee, Governor’s Youth Un- are ready and able to perform their assigned Warsaw, Poland where his father had partici- employment Committee, Indiana Private In- duties. pated in an underground movement against dustry Council and Indiana Council on Furthermore, the number of the Russian Czar. They were en route to New Aging. servicemembers infected with HIV is small, York City, and the cold water tenement on He also was Indiana’s delegate to the comprising less than one-tenth of 1 percent of Stanton Street in the Lower East Side, where White House Conference on Aging in 1961, Mayor Beame would spend his childhood. 1971 and 1981. the active force. Current law already requires that such individuals be separated or retired While in the seventh grade at P.S. 160, Abe Mr. Wright received the City of Hope’s Beame began working after school in the ‘‘Spirit of Life’’ award in 1974. He was named when their condition makes them unfit to per- paper factory where his father was foreman. Sagamore of the Wabash by Govs. Matthew form their duties. He would continue working at the factory and Welsh, Edgar Whitcomb, Otis Bowen, Robert This provision is unwise and unjustÐit hurts contributing part of his paycheck to his parents Orr and Bayh. not only those men and women who are serv- throughout high school and while attending Memorial contributions may be made to ing our country with distinction but also their the Max F. Wright Memorial Education Baruch College at night. In February of 1928, families. This provision kicks HIV-infected Fund, c/o Citizens Bank of Central Indiana, the same month he graduated from college, servicemembers when they are down and I Greenwood. Abe Beame married Mary Ingerman, whom he hope that this body will follow the Senate's Services: 1 p.m. March 18 in Fountain had met over a game of checkers at a gather- lead and repeal it. Square Church of Christ. Calling: 2 to 9 p.m. ing of the University Settlement, a community March 17 in Little & Sons Funeral Home, f Stop 11 Road, and from noon to 1 p.m. March organization. The Beame's moved to Brooklyn, 18 in the church. TRIBUTE TO NEW YORK CITY where they had two sons and where they Survivors: wife Lanore Elwood Wright; MAYOR ABE BEAME ON HIS 90TH began a life heavily involved in City politics. children Diane Hauser, Marcia Payne, John BIRTHDAY Before joining Mayor O'Dwyer's budget office M., David J., Lloyd Wright; brother Leo Paul in 1946, Abe Beame was an accountant and Wright, sister Marietta Riggs Schumann, 15 public school teacher in Brooklyn, and a mem- grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren. HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY ber of the Madison Democratic Club. Mary f OF NEW YORK Beame was to remain devotedly at his side for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 67 years. Since leaving office, Mayor Beame's FISCAL YEAR 1996 OMNIBUS commitment to public service has continued Wednesday, March 20, 1996 APPROPRIATIONS BILL through his participation in dozens of philan- Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, today I rise thropic organizations that benefit the city and HON. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE to pay tribute to the Honorable Abe Beame, nation. OF TEXAS Mayor of New York City and dedicated public Today, on his 90th birthday, I am very IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES servant. Today, March 20, 1996, we are pleased to recognize Mayor Abraham David happy to celebrate the 90th birthday of Mayor Beame's contribution to the great City of New Wednesday, March 20, 1996 Beame and we remain forever grateful for his York and thereby to the Nation. I ask that my Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, many years of service to New York City. colleagues join with me in this celebration by I rise today to applaud my colleagues in the Abraham David Beame became New York paying tribute to his nearly 70 years of accom- Senate for adding by voice vote an amend- City's first Jewish Mayor in a landslide election plishments and dedication to public service.