March 24, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E 683 In the Arizona National Forests, volunteers poll shows that the public thinks Repub- Americans to know that Judge Burke should maintained 15 miles of trails, rehabilitated 10 licans have gone too far. And in his effort to also be honored as the author. campground sites, improved wildlife habitat on save programs for the poor, Clinton has REAL FOUNDER OF SPECIAL OLYMPICS HAPPY 300 acres, and obliterated 2 miles of road, re- picked up some unexpected allies; the Roman Catholic bishops. They were reserved WITH SELECTION OF SHRIVER turning the land to its natural state; and about him during the campaign because of (By Michel E. Orzano) AmeriCorps volunteers improved paths and his abortion rights stand. But they think maintained roads in Bienville National Forest now that pitiless Republicans pose a worse The woman who founded the Special Olym- in Mississippi. threat of increased abortions. pics in 1968 is pleased that the games for These accomplishments represent only The Republicans’ greatest tactical mistake mentally and physically handicapped chil- some of the projects AmeriCorps participants was to meddle with the school lunch pro- dren and adults will be recognized with a commemorative coin. have completed. Elsewhere across the Nation, gram, a popular and scandal-free operation that has helped many a hungry child get But her portrait won’t be the one on the AmeriCorps volunteers have performed emer- 1995 Special Olympics silver dollar com- gency response work to mitigate the effects of through the school day. In vain, the Repub- licans protested that they had not cut the memorative. That’s because Anne Burke of floods, fires and earthquakes, cleaned-up our funds but merely slowed the increase in the Chicago—former Chicago physical education urban areas, increased disaster prevention ef- growth rate. Nonetheless, the ranks have teacher, retired lawyer and judge—not Eu- forts and worked with citizens to improve their begun to wince in the iron corset of the con- nice Shriver Kennedy, is the real founder of quality of life. tract, and this week, 102 members rebelled the games. Mr. Speaker, I would ask that my colleagues against tax breaks for the rich. The law authorizing the coin permits the remember that the entire Nation reaps the The Democrats, who have been having striking of 800,000 silver dollars and each will their best week since the calamity of Nov. 8, bear a $10 per coin surcharge going to the benefits of the National Service Program. Special Olympics. The Citizens Commemora- [From the Washington Post, Mar. 23, 1995] were sporting ‘‘Save the Children’’ neckties on the House floor. tive Coin Advisory Committee rejected the CRIB DEATH FOR NATIONAL SERVICE Eli Segal, the chief executive officer of the idea of a portrait of a living American but (By Mary McGrory) National Service Corps, has been summoned Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin ap- The House Republicans’ strangling of na- before the House Appropriations Subcommit- proved the design choice. Shriver will be- tional service in its crib has to be seen not tee on Housing and Urban Development and come the first living American woman to as a criticism of the agency’s performance Veterans Affairs for a discussion of the 1996 have her portrait on a coin and only the fifth but simply as another expression of the budget, which since the House action stands living American to bear that distinction. party leadership’s notion that no govern- at $159 million, a sum that prohibits serious Chicagoan Burke, who now serves as spe- ment program is worth a damn. action. cial counsel on child welfare to Illinois Gov. If they were going by performance, the Re- He has been traveling the country inspect- Jim Edgar, told Coin World that she’s pleased publicans might have to applaud AmeriCorps ing the workers, deriving solace from mod- the program she started will benefit from the as a model enterprise. It is modestly funded, erate Republican governors who are keen coin. But as far as the claim of founder goes, locally directed and dramatic evidence that about the corps’ activities in conflict resolu- that resides with Burke. American youth is not cynical or self-serv- tion, environmental cleanup, tutoring and In 1965, Burke, then Anne McGlone, was a ing. AmeriCorps has had rave reviews from other contributions to urban peace. They young physical education teacher who coast to coast for its 20,000 volunteers, who agree with him that pulling the plug after taught mentally retarded youngsters in a are doing things nobody else tackles, every- less than a year is bad practice. Segal’s hope special summer program sponsored by the thing from helping to build housing for the is that they will transmit their enthusiasm Chicago Park District. By 1967. she said, poor and tutoring inner-city school pupils to to their brother moderates in the Senate, there were 10 locations throughout the cleaning polluted streams in Baltimore’s wa- which has become the haven for storm-tossed Chicagoland area with 150 children partici- tershed. programs. pating in the free program. A case in point is Howard Hogin, a 1994 Republican Christopher Shays of Connecti- Burke said she knew at the time there graduate of Georgetown University. He is cut was the only member of his party to vote were probably more people out there who living in a cramped barracks at the Aberdeen against the amendment that mortally could benefit from involvement in sports and Proving Grounds. He spent September fight- wounded national service. He is a Peace other activities because there wasn’t manda- ing forest fires in Idaho and much of the fall Corps alumnus and believes passionately in tory education for mentally retarded people. in helping build a riding ring for disabled the importance of youthful involvement. But, she said, she also knew families of men- children. Now he’s trying to clean up Mary- ‘‘A colossal mistake,’’ he calls his party’s tally retarded children and adults were often land’s polluted steams. He hopes to pay off action. ‘‘I hope the president has the for- very protective of them and shunned involve- his college loans, AmeriCorps pays its work- titude to veto the bill. I would support his ment in public programs. ers a minimum wage and an annual $4,725 to- veto.’’ But by the end of the summer of 1967, after ward college expenses. Burke and participants put on the play ‘‘The Service is in Hogin’s genes, and by his fam- f Sound of Music,’’ Chicago Park officials were ily’s standards, he is a big success. His par- REAL FOUNDER OF SPECIAL so pleased with the response they sanctioned ents are both social workers and his ances- her idea of a sponsoring a citywide track tors experienced big trouble, like the Irish OLYMPICS HAPPY WITH SELEC- meet for mentally retarded youngsters the famine and the Holocaust. He says lots of his TION OF SHRIVER following summer. Georgetown classmates have the same im- Once she was given the official green light, pulse to leave the country a better place but HON. ANDREW JACOBS, JR. Burke turned her attention to planning the ‘‘just can’t afford to do it.’’ event that fall and winter. Burke said while OF INDIANA Hogin is tactful about the mugging refining the idea, a professor she was work- AmeriCorps suffered when the House cut $416 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing with at Southern Illinois University sug- million, or 72 percent, from its $575 million Thursday, March 23, 1995 gested she contact the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. budget. He was voted outstanding teenage Foundation to request funding for the pro- Republican in his high school class. ‘‘I under- Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Speaker, if one were to posed program. stand that we have tremendous deficits and say that President John F. Kennedy launched Shortly thereafter, Burke wrote to Shriv- the taxpayers are heavily burdened, but if we the , one would be right. But if er, she said, who was living in Paris with her give up what is best about America, what one were to say that President John F. Ken- husband, Sargent Shriver, then ambassador kind of a legacy do we leave?’’ nedy thought up the Peace Corps, one would to France. Burke said Shriver was intrigued No such considerations figured in the be mistaken. The author was Hubert Hum- with the idea and suggested a meeting in thinking of House Republicans. The rap on Washington, D.C. AmeriCorps was not just that it was a gov- phrey. After meeting with Shriver, Burke said she ernment program, it is ’s favor- If one were to say that the nobly civil mind- re-wrote the proposal including Shriver’s ite program. Said Rules Committee Chair- ed Eunice Kennedy Shriver brought her con- suggestion to involve children from other man Gerald B.H. Solomon, ‘‘It’s get-even siderable talents to bear in order to launch the states and re-submitted her funding request. time.’’ Special Olympics nationally, one would be The foundation responded with $25,000 for the It is also get-nervous time for the rampag- right. But if one were to say that Ms. Shriver program. Burke invited Shriver to attend ing Republicans. They are winning victory thought up the idea of a Special Olympics, the 1st National Chicago Special Olympics, after victory on the floor, but they are losing one would be mistaken. Judge Ann McGlone which were held July 20, 1968. Children from in public opinion. They have long since 23 different states participated that year maintained that they know exactly what Burke is the author of the idea. and, as Burke notes, ‘‘The rest is history.’’ Nov. 8 was about, that the country wanted As Judge Burke has generously said, she is She said she is still actively involved with government to be shrunk and ordinary peo- happy that Ms. Shriver is being honored by the Special Olympics program in the Chicago ple, especially the poor, to pull up their the 1995 Special Olympics Silver Dollar Com- area. Her concern for children has always . But a recent Washington Post-ABC memorative. But it is worthwhile too for all seemed to touch her professional life as a E 684 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 24, 1995

teacher, mother and a lawyer. But she also dation for funds in these areas are handled in MILLIONS AFFECTED acknowledges the contributions Shriver has this manner and I am sure that the sugges- Those are not inconsequential issues, be- made to Burke’s original idea. tions from these people would be very helpful cause billions of dollars of profits (for banks) ‘‘Without the Kennedy Foundation the to you. or potential savings (for taxpayers) are at Games wouldn’t be the Games. There is no Once again, let me say how delighted I am issue. But the bigger fight will come as Con- other family with the charisma or the where- to know of your plans. I will look forward to gress deals with the budget. It will feature withal to do this,’’ Burke said. ‘‘[Shriver] de- hearing from you again as they progress. the first serious talk of major cuts in college serves the recognition. What has happened Yours sincerely, loans and grants since the early days of the has been incredible and it [who’s portrait ap- EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER. Reagan administration. ‘‘What is at stake is pears] really makes no difference now.’’ f nothing less than access to higher education But Burke admits she is disappointed that for millions of middle- and lower-income stu- Chicago, its park employees and the late DIRECT LOANS WORK dents at a time when public-college tuition Mayor Richard J. Daly, never have been rec- is rising sharply,’’ says Terry Hartle, a vice ognized by the Kennedy Foundation nor president of the American Council on Edu- Shriver for the innovation shown in planning HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS cation. The biggest dispute could center on a and hosting those first Games. OF NEW JERSEY plan circulating among Republicans to cut ‘‘We took the chances,’’ Burke said, de- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES loan subsidies to needy students during their scribing the view of many at the time that time in school—a move that might save $9 such games might exploit the mentally re- Thursday, March 23, 1995 billion over five years and could hit 6 million tarded. ‘‘I think the other side [of the Spe- students with higher debt and payments. cial Olympics coin] should recognize Chi- Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, the March 13, 1995, issue of U.S. News & World Report in- This sets up a political showdown that cago, not anyone’s name, just Chicago.’’ Clinton is unusually pleased to face. He has When asked if she planned to buy any of cludes an excellent article entitled, ``The Col- called for increasing federal funds for college the commemoratives, Burke said she lege Aid Face-Off.'' The article reports on the aid by 10 percent to $35.8 billion as part of his thought Shriver should give coins to each of current debate in Congress on the future of middle-class ‘‘Bill of Rights,’’ including ex- the first participants and employees of the the direct loan program as well as on major pansion of many of the programs Repub- Chicago Park District who planned and cuts in the student financial aid programs. licans are eyening for cutbacks. Clinton won hosted the first event. With respect to direct loans the conclusions of major reforms in federal college aid initia- THE BURKE CONNECTION the article are strikingÐdirect loans work. Di- tives in 1993 as part of his national service Dateline: The Chicago line . . . but it was rect loans are simpler, faster and more effi- program, which he heralds as a cornerstone of his ‘‘New Covenant’’ to provide govern- Chicagoan Anne (McGlone) Burke, during cient for student borrowers, student financial her tenure at the Chicago Park District, who ment help to those who help themselves. gave Shriver the idea for the Special Olym- aid administrators and schools. In addition, di- Asked if Clinton is willing to renegotiate pics in a written proposal, and who organized rect loans save the taxpayers money. Opposi- any feature of the national service or college the first Special Olympics event, which was tion to direct loans comes from banks and aid programs, one senior White House aide held in Chicago and attended by Mrs. Shriv- other student loan middlemen who fear the responded: ‘‘My guess is his answer is be- er. Shriver bit, and the rest is history. loss of billions of dollars of profits and whose tween ‘No’ and ‘Hell, no.’ ’’ ‘‘A probable Clin- Conclusion: Shriver should be honored for lobbying efforts are fueled by at least $11.3 ton veto of any cuts in college aid means giving the Olympics a happy life, but it was million in campaign contributions. The full text that these programs will survive intact for Burke who gave it birth. now, but there is still a good chance that his of the article follows, and I commend it to my plans to expand them could be held up. THE JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, JR., colleagues. In coming weeks, the direct-lending pro- FOUNDATION, [From the U.S. News & World Report, Mar. gram will grab the most attention. One of Washington, DC, July 23, 1968. 13, 1995] the reforms enacted in national service was Mrs. ANN BURKE, THE COLLEGE AID FACE-OFF the gradual phase-in of a system that would have the federal Government lend money to Chicago Park District, 425 East 14th Boulevard, (Clinton fights the GOP and bankers over students directly rather than provide finan- Chicago, IL. what students get and who runs the loan cial incentives and guarantees to coax banks DEAR ANN: When the history of the Chicago business) Special Olympics is written, there will have into making the loans. Even though new to be a special chapter to recount the con- (By James Popkin and Viva Hardigg with workers will have to be hired by the Depart- tributions of Ann Burke. You should feel Susan Headden) ment of Education to run the program, it very proud that your dedicated work with re- Believe it or not, there is a group of Ameri- still saves considerable sums. That’s why tarded children in Chicago has culminated in cans who truly delight in one of the things Clinton wants to accelerate its availability an event of such far reaching importance. Bill Clinton has accomplished as president, to all the nation’s 7,000 eligible schools. But We all owe you a debt of gratitude, but I who think that a government-run program bankers and other firms that trade student know that what means most to you is that that handles gobs of money is preferable to loans for investors have aggressively battled the Olympics will continue and that children one run by the private sector and think that the loss of this lucrative line of business and all over the country will benefit from your the paperwork created by public bureaucrats heatedly dispute Clinton’s claim that the idea. is easier to navigate than the forms devised program saves money. My warmest personal thanks. by well-run corporations. They are the thou- Their lobbying fueled by at least $11.3 mil- Sincerely, sands of college students who got their loans lion in campaign contributions, has helped EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER. last fall directly from the government in- encourage Republican congressional leaders stead of from banks. The verdict from An- Rep. William Goodling of Pennsylvania and THE JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, JR., thony Gallegos, a 22-year-old journalism Sen. Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas to push FOUNDATION, major at Colorado State University: ‘‘It’s the legislation that would limit the expansion of Washington, DC, January 29, 1968. best thing since microwavable brownies.’’ the program to 10 percent of all student Miss ANNE MCGLONE BRUKE, But all is not entirely happy in loan land. loans. Some moderate Democrats like Rep. Chicago Park District, 425 East 14th Boulevard, Even though many students at 104 schools Bart Gordon of Tennessee also support the Chicago, IL. say they got their money with fewer hassles move on the theory that the new lending DEAR MISS MCGLONE: Thank you so much in a fraction of the time it usually takes and program should be tested before it becomes for your letter of January 23d informing me taxpayers might benefit because banks and the norm for all colleges. House Speaker about your plans to initiate a National middlemen didn’t collect subsidies to make Newt Gingrich wants to kill the program. He Olympics for retarded children through the the loans, the direct-lending program is now argues that Clinton’s reforms vest too much Chicago Park District. Both Mr. Shriver and the object of a bitter new battle in Washing- power in the Government, especially because Dr. Hayden have spoken to me about your ton. In fact, every major federal college aid the lending program is run by the Depart- project and I think it is a most exciting one. program is considered a target in one form ment of Education, which has allowed fraud I sincerely hope that you are successful in or another by the new Republican majority to flourish in aid programs for decades. launching it. in Congress. The disputes have all the hall- However, the first reports about direct This is certainly a large undertaking and marks of postmodern politics: None really lending are very positive. Students and col- we know that you will need a great deal of centers on principle; almost everyone in lege-based loan officers say funds are avail- assistance of many kinds. When you have Washington believes the government has a able to students in weeks rather than been able to formalize your plans and put useful and morally defensible role to play in months. The paperwork is simpler, and col- them into a written proposal the Kennedy helping more kids get into college and pay lege officials have to deal with only one fed- Foundation will be very happy to send it out for it. The fight so far centers on the spoils eral office rather than many banks. ‘‘Being to the members of our physical education system—whether the public or private sector in direct loans has been almost a spiritual and recreation advisory boards for their re- administers the program—and arcane federal experience,’’ says Kay Jacks, director of fi- view and comment. All requests to the Foun- budget accounting questions. nancial aid at Colorado State University. ‘‘It