June 17, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16571 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1986 IS A YEAR OF CHANGE IN January 15, 1987. A number of reform­ ence and Peaceful Competition" during the TAIWAN AND MAINLAND CHINA minded leaders were removed and several transitional period to concentrate on politi­ leading liberal intellectuals were purged. cal and economic development in order to Among these was Liu Binyan, who had been achieve greater democracy and prosperity. HON. WILLIAM J. HUGHES revealing the dark side of Chinese society: Only through such a transitional period will OF NEW JERSEY corruption, decadence and inefficiency. it be possible for both sides to diminish IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Soon, the Chinese Communist leadership their differences and gaps. Peaceful reunifi­ initiated a campaign against "bourgeoisie li­ cation can then be gradually achieved. Wednesday, June 17, 1987 berazition" and began its crackdown on stu­ The national interest of the United States Mr. HUGHES. Mr. Speaker, I know that dent demonstrations. China's economic and will be best served by such a peaceful reuni­ many of my colleagues share my interest in political reforms suffered serious setbacks fication of Taiwan and the Mainland after economic and political trends that affect and its economic development slowed down. going through a transitional period. United States relations with Taiwan and main­ Many Western observers and scholars have cast doubts on China's stability and on the land China. That is a critical part of the world future of its open-door policy despite the DEATH RATE HIGHER ON in terms of U.S. trade and defense policies. Chinese assertion to the contrary. RURAL ROADS Among New Jersey's many scholars and In spite of such internal difficulties, academicians is Dr. Winston L.Y. Yang, who Peking continued its emphasis on national chairs the Department of Asian Studies at reunification. During his recent visit to HON. JAMES J. HOWARD Seton Hall University. Over the years, Dr. Peking, Secretary of State George Schultz OF NEW JERSEY was asked by Chinese leaders to promote Yang has distinguished himself as an expert in IN :XHE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES such major issues as United States relations contact and communication between Taipei and Peking. The United States is thus Wednesday, June 17, 1987 with Taiwan and mainland China, and the caught between its need for close ties with treatment of political dissidents in Taiwan. Peking against the Soviet Union and its Mr. HOWARD. Mr. Speaker, the House Dr. Yang recently delivered a lecture on desire for maintaining its traditional friend­ agreed on March 18 to allow higher driving these subjects at the U.S. Military Academy at ship with Taiwan. The national interests of speeds on rural segments of the Interstate West Point. At this point in the RECORD, I the United States will not be served by sub­ Highway System. That action was the first would like to insert Dr. Yang's remarks for the mitting itself to Chinese pressure. American change in the 55-mile-per-hour speed limit use and information of my colleagues. interests, on the contrary, will be best that has saved thousands of lives. [Dr. Yang's speech follows:] served by the following developments and Opponents of raising the speed limit policies: claimed the result would be an additional 500 THE UNITED STATES, TAIWAN AND MAINLAND 1. Peace and stability in the Taiwan CHINA Straits; deaths a year on the highways as well as (By Prof. Winston Yang) 2. The long-term American refusal to pres­ thousands of serious injuries. 1986 was a year of change in both Taiwan sure Taipei to negotiate with Peking or to Last month, the New England Journal of and Mainland China. In Taiwan, Chiang get involved in the Taipei-Peking rivalry Medicine published a study showing that, con­ Ching-kuo announced that martial law, im­ and controversy; trary to the claims that were made, the rural posed for over 30 years, would be lifted and 3. The American commitment to the one­ areas are not the safest places to drive be­ replaced by less restrictive national security China stand; cause of fewer cars. In fact, the study con­ regulations. As a result of this decision, Tai­ 4. The American disassociation of the ducted by the Department of Health Policy wan's long-term ban on the organization of "Self-Determination" and "Taiwan Inde­ new political parties and on the publication pendence" movements. and Management of the Johns Hopkins of additional newspapers was also lifted. On the one hand, the United States School of Hygiene and Public Health in Balti­ Earlier, Chiang had revealed his determina­ should discourage or even deter China's use more, Quality Control Systems Corps. of Ar­ tion to bar military rule in Taiwan in the of force against Taiwan and its use of force lington, VA, and the Insurance Institute for future, and any member of his family from to threaten Taiwan; on the other, Washing­ Highway Safety of Washington, DC, found that succeeding him as President. It has thus ton must insist on the use of peaceful means rural roads are the most dangerous. The study become obvious that Taiwan is moving rap­ to achieve China's reunification goal. cited higher speeds as one cause of that idly toward greater democratization, along Since Taiwan is well on its way to the two­ added danger. with its significant economic achievements. party or multi-party democratic system, and At the end of 1986 its foreign exchange re­ since Taiwan has already achieved great The following is the text of the article from serve approached the $50 billion mark and economic prosperity, Washington should en­ the New England Journal of Medicine. per capita income reached US$3, 750.00. courage Peking to move toward more signifi­ [From the New England Journal of In Mainland China, the year 1986 wit­ cant political and economic reforms and de­ Medicine, May 28, 19871 nessed growing difficulties in economic re­ velopments. Only when the Mainland forms; political reforms were completely put reaches the level of genuine prosperity and GEOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS IN MORTALITY FROM aside. Its trade deficit was growing and its democracy. will peaceful reunification MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES foreign exchange reserve was dwindling. Its become possible; only when Taiwan and the New York, where much of the

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population lives in urban areas, the death spread over 3587 square miles (9290.33 km2 ) for the amount of travel, however, rural rate for the state is determined largely by <0.2 resident per square mile), had a rate of areas still had high rates; death rates of oc­ the rates of cities, in which death rates of 558 per 100,000. The very highest death cupants of motor vehicles per million vehi­ occupants of motor vehicles are low. rate-1456 per 100,000-occurred in Loving cle miles of travel were lowest in the North­ In this study, the population-based mor­ County, Texas, which lost 4 of its 91 resi­ east and highest in rural western states. tality of occupants of motor vehicles was dents in motor vehicle crashes during the The greater distances between emergency calculated and mapped for all counties in period 1979 through 1981. Although sparse­ facilities and the reduced access to major the United States, and correlations with ly settled counties obviously have small pop­ ulations, which are subject to wide fluctua­ trauma centers, however, undoubtedly had population density and income were deter­ an adverse effect. Inadequate care of in­ mined. Knowledge of the relations between tions in death rates, the results were re­ death rates and population density or markably consistent; none of the 15 coun­ jured patients has been documented in the income can contribute to our understanding ties with the highest death rates had a pop­ rural mountain West and probably contrib­ of motor vehicle-related deaths. In addition, ulation density of more than two persons utes to deaths from trauma in many other detailed maps call attention to similarities per square mile. rural areas. among counties with especially high or low Similarly, death rates of motor vehicle oc­ Poor roads may play a major part in rais­ death rates. cupants calculated from NCHS data accord­ ing death rates in areas of low population ing to the county of residence of the de­ density. The road's gradient, curvature, lane METHODS ceased were highest in rural areas; the rank width, lighting, striping, signs, and signals; County-specific death rates associated order of these rates correlated directly with ditches and fixed objects near the roadway; with motor vehicle crashes for the period the F ARS rates, calculated according to the and the presence or absence of adequate 1979 through 1981 were calculated on the county in which the crash occurred and the 1980 population of the settled areas. Neither are high rural rates United States. Three-year average rates explained by the large volume of travel on are minimal in rural areas where traffic were calculated and mapped for all deaths major routes; for example, the counties in volume is very low. . The correlation with Speed of travel is also an important deter­ per capita income were analyzed according income may be partly due to an interaction minant of death rates. At high speeds, driv­ to the rank order of each observation. Den­ with density, which was not controlled for. ers have less time to avert crashes, and re­ sity and income data for each county were Since 40 percent of all deaths in motor ve­ sulting injuries are more severe: The ratio based on the 1980 census. Rates were not hicle occupants occur among persons 15 to standardized for the composition of the 24 years of age, we explored the possibility of deaths to injuries among occupants of county population according to age and sex, that this high-risk age group might be sub­ motor vehicles increases more than sixfold but relevant age distributions of the popula­ stantially overrepresented in rural areas. On as the posted speed limit increases from 30 tion were examined. the contrary, in both New England, where to 55 mph. Travel at extremely high speeds motor vehicle-related death rates were (65 mph or higher> is especially common in RESULTS rural areas. In 1981, an estimated 8.8 per­ The death rate of occupants of motor ve­ lowest, and the ~ ~ wber8 iUCb rates were extremely high, 19 percent of the cent of the travel on rural interstate high­ hicles was 18.7 per 100,000 population for ways was at speeds exceeding 65 mph, as the entire United States, but it varied dra­ population was 15 to 24 years old. County­ specific analyses yielded similar results: In compared with 4.0 percent on urban inter­ matically from one county to another: 10 state highways. Travel at high speeds on percent of all counties in the 48 contiguous Nevada, about 18.5 percent of the popula­ states had death rates of less than 13.5 per tion was 15 to 24 in the counties with low other arteries was also twice as common in 100,000, whereas another 10 percent had population density as well as in the more rural areas. Ironically, the current impetus rates of 57.3 per 100,000 or higher. Compari­ urban counties. for raising the 55-mph speed limit comes son of Figures 1 and 2 shows that the mor­ DISCUSSION primarily from states in the West, where fa­ tality is inversely correlated with the popu­ Mapping death rates of motor vehicle oc­ tality rates on rural interstate highways are lation-density pattern, with the highest cupants according to the county in which more than twice the national rate. death rates seen predominantly in counties the crash occurred makes it possible to dem­ Utility vehicles (jeep-like vehicles) and with fewer than five people per square mile onstrate the substantial variation among pickup trucks are associated with high New York City to promise 61 sixth graders, in the elemen­ In Mr. Hiatt's case, the list is extensive. tary schools he attended more than half a He also supports 10 annual nursing scholar­ HON. LOUIS STOKES century earlier, that he would finance their ships at Worcester State College and OF OHIO college education. Some of those students Worcester City Hospital and recently made IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES will enter college this fall. major donations to the Worcester Art Another such program marked its first Museum for education programs there. Last Wednesday, June 17, 1987 fruits Tuesday in Worcester, Mass. There, year, the morning after the space shuttle Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, we all share in many of the 23 graduating seniors whose Challenger exploded, he gave $750,000 to fi­ the belief that the education of all Americans college education was financed in part by nance Brandeis and Holy Cross scholarships and especially our Nation's youth is one of the Jacob Hiatt joined in a ceremoney with 120 memorializing the astronauts. who are in college or will begin in the fall Mr. Hiatt has always been very serious most important challenges we face today. Un­ with Mr. Hiatt's help. They heard Gov. Mi­ about education, having come here from fortunately, too many of our children are not chael S. Dukakis praise the program, in Lithuania in August 1935 intending to earn being educated. They are deprived of the in­ which scholarships are awarded competi­ a Ph.D. in law. Sidetracked by the need to centive and encouragement to learn. Too tively, stimulating hundreds of students to learri English first, he eventually acquired, many of these children also lack the means to strive for them. at Clark University, a master's degree in his- 16574 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 17, 1987 tory. With the rising tide of anti-Semitism exist off California, Oregon, Washington, lines all in aid of a policy based on in Europe, he never went back. New England and Alaska and beneath the "strength through exhaustion," a fix that In Cleveland, Mr. Holmes, who had read untouched lands of the Arctic National merely delays the inevitable day of reckon­ of Mr. Lang's effort in New York, ap­ Wildlife Refuge. If we don't do so, he says, ing by a year or two, at tremendous environ­ proached school officials last fall and said we'll once again be at the mercy of foreign mental cost. The Administration's proposals he would like to make a similar offer to two suppliers. We will face long and tiresome help us not a whit in preparing for a post­ or three children. But educators persuaded gasoline lines, and, worse, our national secu­ petroleum economy. him to finance a system of bonuses for all rity will be imperiled. I don't like gasoline lines any better than 33 children in the sixth grade at the Ken­ It's the sort of apocalyptic sermon of anyone else does, nor do I mean to play neth W. Clement School in the Collinwood which Hodel is fond, but his crystal ball has down the domestic and international prob­ area of Cleveland, a low-income neighbor­ been notoriously cloudy. lems that will arise as petroleum reserves in­ hood. In the mid-1970s, when he ran the Bonne­ evitably dwindle. Even so, the Reagan Ad­ IT'S STRICTLY FOR THE HEAD ville Power Administration, Hodel pressured ministration's approach to the problem is Under Mr. Holmes' reward-for-success ap­ dozens of Pacific Northwest utilities large exactly wrong. proach, a student who earns A's in all five and small to invest in five giant nuclear­ We've made great progress in conservation subjects covered by his program in all four power plants or face the prospect of black- and renewables over the last 15 years, de­ marking periods is credited with $800 for . outs and brownouts. Now four of the partly spite the best efforts of the current Admin­ the school year. The money can be used completed plants are in mothballs and the istration. We need to return to an energy only for college. utilities are near receivership. Hodel's vision policy that encourages both and leaves our "It's not for weddings, cars or clothes; it's resulted in the largest bond default in the untouched places as they are. The oil, if strictly for the head," said Mr. Holmes, who history of the Republic. No blackouts any, will be there for the time when we recently arranged for the children to go to ensued. really do need it. Washington and meet with their Represent­ A few years later, as the secretary of ative, Louis Stokes, a friend of Mr. Holmes energy, Hodel issued a report predicting se­ for whom the program is named. Mr. rious electric-power shortages nationwide if BALANCED BUDGET Holmes, who like Mr. Stokes is black, said 300 giant new central-station power plants AMENDMENT he wanted the children in the program, weren't built by the year 2000. That predic­ most of whom are also black, to have a role tion was based on an estimate that demand model. for electricity would grow about twice as HON. TIM JOHNSON Mr. Holmes, now 60, said he came to fast as it has. OF SOUTH DAKOTA Cleveland from Montgomery, Ala., in 1952 What are we to make, then, of Hodel's IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with nothing but $200 that his mother had most recent predictions? raised by selling a cow. His company now The Secretary points out that American Wednesday, June 17, 1987 companies are producing 800,000 fewer bar­ employs 81 people. But he said that such a Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. Speak­ "bootstrap story" is not possible now with­ rels of oil per day than they were a year ago out education. "Everything is computer and that we're importing a million more er, today I have joined with a majority of the today," he said. "The pick and shovel is barrels a day from abroad. This is true, but Members of the House of Representatives in gone." the reason, contrary to what Hodel says, is introducing a proposed constitutional amend­ that the world is awash in cheap petroleum. ment which would require the Federal Govern­ The decline in American production is ment to operate under a balanced budget, ENERGY HYSTERIA result of the economics that the Reagan Ad­ and which establishes procedures to assure ministration so stoutly claims to promote. that we enact such a balanced budget. HON. MEL LEVINE Must the oil industry be shielded from the I do not take amending the Constitution OF CALIFORNIA free market? What is the cost of that pro­ tection to consumers and other industries? lightly. This document has endured for 200 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Hodel's more serious claim is that Ameri­ years without provisions of this sort, but Wednesday, June 17, 1987 ca's security will be threatened if we don't recent years have demonstrated that some extract more domestic hydrocarbons. But sort of discipline must be applied if we are to Mr. LEVINE of California. Mr. Speaker, re­ his candidates-if they provide out at all­ handle our fiscal affairs responsibly. cently we have witnessed the administration's will be very expensive to exploit. How does I have endorsed this balanced budget awakening to the energy crunch that we po­ it ensure our long-term national security to amendment for several important reasons: tentially could face. Unfortunately, rather than use up America's last crude-oil reserves, es­ First, we cannot go on living beyond our looking at the error of their own ways in pecially at a time when cheap foreign sup­ means. The collective irresponsibility of past energy planning, the administration has adopt­ plies are available? Of what benefit to our deficit budgets has saddled us and our chil­ ed a new policy that is embodied in three national security is it to dot the California dren with the burden of servicing a massive words: drill, drill, and drill. William S. Curtiss, a coast with oil rigs? How secure will America be when our oil is gone? Might it not be $2 trillion debt. The cost of the interest on this staff attorney at the Sierra Club legal defense more prudent to leave it, as it were, in the debt alone is now the third largest element in fund recently looked at the inconsistency and bank until it's really needed? the budget, and it is still growing. That is well dangerous course of the administration's There's an old dilemma about a bathtub over $100 billion each year that we cannot energy policy in an editorial for the Los Ange­ that is losing its water: Do you turn up the spend to feed the hungry, to educate our chil­ les Times. I would like to share this editorial faucets or put in a cheap rubber stopper? dren, or to care for our elderly. with my colleagues and urge them to take the Hodel's Interior Department has clearly Second, this balanced budget amendment time to read it: opted for the former strategy, and has thrown the stoppers away, A rational will force Congress and the President to work LET's AvoiD MORE ENERGY HYSTERIA: WHY energy strategy must begin with reducing together. Congress and the President would GAMBLE OuR REsouRcEs ON HoDEL's APoc­ our dependence on oil, but the Reagan Ad­ have to agree on revenue projections. Con­ ALYPTIC VISIONS? ministration has instead helped to increase . Mr. Bosco, Mr. Boulter, trum. At one end, the at-risk child is often Mr. Broomfield, Mr. Brown , Mr. Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, the brought by parents or other "care takers" Buechner, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burton . The article follows: ported, the child is faced with a legal system Mr. Lent, Mr. Lewis . Mr. faces reflected in blinking lights; or on the of the poverty stricken, constituting 28 per­ McMillen . homeless children-they may have an ad­ and abuse. In the District, for example, the Mr. Michel, Mr. Miller . dress but do not have a home-that is, a numbers of children in substantiated abuse Mr. Miller , In addition to the truly homeless children cent since 1981. Mr. Neal, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Niel­ who live in families that cannot provide for Nationally, there has been a slowing of son . Mr. Rowland . Our knowledge of the numbers and health children more of a good whipping or a stiff Mr. Smith . Mr. Smith of the during the 99th Congress. This legislation individual retirement plan. The amount HON. WILUAM F. CLINGER, JR. was offered in recognition of the important needed is then issued to the relationship between training and educa­ training institution in the form of a voucher OF PENNSYLVANIA tion, and productivity growth, and of the and is not taxable. The voucher can be used IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fact that our nation's investment incentives to pay a variety of expenses associated with Wednesday, June 17, 198 7 fail to recognize this relationship. the training program, including books, tui­ Specifically, incentives to train or retrain tion, fees, materials, and special tools or Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, America today workers are virtually nonexistent. Despite equipment. is seriously in danger of losing its competitive data indicating that education and training Training programs that individuals may edge in the international marketplace. If contribute 50% to productivity growth, the pursue under this legislation are generally anyone watching this broadcast should doubt ratio of federal tax incentives for invest­ any programs offered by a qualified institu­ that this is true, you need only examine the ment in R&D and plant and equipment to tion which pre­ that we, as much as anyone, brought this and by the nationwide system of unemploy­ pare participants for gainful employment. upon ourselves. ment benefits provided as income assistance. The statutory definitions of "training pro- 16582 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 17, 1987 gram" and "qualified institution" track ESTIMATED REVENUE EFFECTS OF TAX EXPENDITURE ITEMS Accelerated depreciation of equipment other those in existing law, and anti-discrimina­ RELATING TO R&D than leased property tion provisions are applied to all qualified . The . Tax Reform Act made major revi­ inst.itutions and eligible training programs. [In billions of dollars] SIOns m the ACRS depreciation rules for Title III of the bill directs the Secretary both general types of depreciable assets­ 1986 1987 of Labor to report to Congress within one 1988 equipment and structures. As a result of year the extent to which a nationwide job these changes, the rate at which the cost of bank system can be expected to increase em­ 2 an asset can be dedu ~ted from taxable ployment opportunities in each state, its tt!~r:~k~i~:::::: : :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :m ~ : u~ ~ : m in~ome is slower under the Act than under cost, and its adaptability to existing unem­ Total Revenue loss ...... -3-.92_5_3_. 4_8_5_2-: :~....:.~ prior law. Depreciation deductions are thus ployment services. The Secretary must also less valuable for investors than under prior assess in the report the feasibility of using law because a deduction is worth more the nonprofit, privately-operated job-referral II. PLANT AND EQUIPMENT sooner it is taken. The deceleration of de­ services for the referral of individuals to With regard to plant and equipment, preciation under the Act is also estimated to jobs in low-wage industries where little or there are three provisions resulting in result in an increase in tax collections in the no skill is a prerequisite for employment either residual or current cost: safe harbor near term. rather than using state employment service leasing; the investment tax credit; and the ACRS governs the overall rate at which offices. Title III also authorizes funds to Accelerated Cost Recovery System of depre­ the cost of an asset can be deducted . Nonetheless, as with safe harbor leasing, it continues to have a residual tax ance provision, Section 127 of the IRS code retained. Another important provision: the says that individual taxpayers need not in: R&D tax credit,

IV. CONCLUSION tion on paper and award a plaque. All well Here in the United States, we have the du­ In light of the above discussion, it is obvi­ and good but not sufficient to our full pur­ bious distinction of having sheltered some ous that our tax code provides major incen­ pose in honoring these "decent folks" from of the Nazi war criminals who perpetrated tives for investing in R&D or plant and Idaho. the Holocaust. equipment, but offers little, comparatively For Wallenberg's legacy is extraordinarily Every borough of this city has been a speaking, with regard to worker retraining. consequential. That legacy carries a charge, haven for such creatures. Howard Beach ha­ While billions of dollars are spent on plant a challenge most formidable to seek and do vened a major Nazi war criminal. Indeed and equipment or R&D, we see only a few justice. every major city of the United States has million dollars invested in human capital. His compassion and love of his fellow done so. For example, under the current tax system, human beings led him to risk-indeed (prob­ Do we have the courage to face this ob­ the tax incentives discussed above total ably) to lose-his very life while fighting scenity? $79.2 billion in FY '86 for R&D and plant desperately to rescue the Jews of Hungary. Do we have not only the courage but also and equipment, but total only $25 million The people of Coeur d'Alene have acquit­ the brains, the intelligence to recognize, for worker retraining. This imbalance, while ted themselves in the path of the righteous admit and then act on the reality of the reduced by the Tax Reform Act of 1986 <$50 Wallenberg. With sober, modest strength challenge before us? To acknowledge and billion versus $25 million for FY '88), none­ they accepted the challenge of the legacy. then act on the direct, one-to-one relation­ theless remains substantially skewed They too put their families, their property, ship between pervasive unemployment, no against retraining. their very lives to risk. They did-and con­ jobs for Black, Hispanic youth, no health tinue to do so-follow in the path of Wallen­ care, poor education, homelessness and see berg. that here are the real roots of racism and, ADDRESS OF CHARLES R. Do we too possess such courage? yes, anti-Semitism. ALLEN, JR., AT THE PRESENTA­ Beware! The legacy and its challenge In fact, the Holocaust is concerned with TION OF THE RAOUL WALLEN­ come within a clear, historic and moral con­ the lot of the poor Jews of Europe. Ponder text of struggle. the Holocaust, realize that most, virtually BERG CIVIC AWARD The lesson of that context and its hard all of its Six Million victims were poor, struggle instructs us: scratch a racist and homeless, despised and outcast because of HON. TED WEISS you will find an anti-Semite; scratch an muderous racial myths. OF NEW YORK anti-Semite and you always get a racist. Will we really do homage to Wallenberg? The people of Coeur d'Alene can tell you Dare we emulate the people of Coeur IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES this truth. d'Alene? Wednesday, June 17, 1987 The context consists of many, broadly his­ Do we have the courage to reach out, to toric strands, developments and movements. grasp hands and to fight together, joined in Mr. WEISS. Mr. Speaker, Raoul Wallenberg Consider: unity with all peoples-Black, Brown, symbolizes the highest ideals of humanity. His The machine-gun murder of the Jewish Yellow, Red and white peoples to seek and efforts during World War II saved tens of thou­ anti-fascist radio journalist, Alan Berg, of win justice? sands of Hungarian Jews from certain death. I Denver, Colorado was carried out by the I believe that we as a people deeply hold, am proud that earlier this year, the city of New Aryan Nations. at bottom, the American democratic tradi­ York and the Raoul Wallenberg Committee of The same Aryan Nations bombed Father tion of equality for all. But the challenge is the United States presented the Raoul Wal­ William Wassmuth's Human Relations to forge that unity. I do believe that we will lenberg Civic Award to the city of Coeur office in Coeur d'Alene fascism proposed to extermi­ Wednesday, June 17, 1987 perpetuate the memory of the Angel of nate 30 million Slavs and all told fascism Rescue, Raoul Wallenberg, than to honor killed nearly 20 millions. Mr. DREIER of California. Mr. Speaker, as the people of that rugged, splendidly beauti­ Ineluctably, history instructs us, the op­ we debate the role of Government in financing ful Rocky Montain community which stood pression of any one group leads to broader, catastrophic and long-term health care for the fast, fought and prevailed against the ter­ more inclusively diverse genocide-regard­ Nation's elderly, I think it's important to keep rorism of the murderously bigoted Aryan less of ideological pretext: Hitler, Pol Pot, in mind that most American's only want the Nations-that dark, covert para-military and 'Aryan Nations' in power. All are inex­ opportunity to provide for themselves. This grouping that has spread violent racism, tricably related. point was made vividly clear by three extraor­ anti-Semitism, arson and armed robbery This universal truth alone totally vindi­ dinary individuals who know first hand the fi­ across the Western United States. cates compassion for and righteousness But I wish to ask the people of our own toward all peoples. Sorry, but you can not nancial burdens of caring for a family member city: Do we have the necessary courage and have your own private genocide. Each is in need of long-term care. will to truly emulate Wallenberg? part of the main. Mrs. Elaine Yarbrough of Green Valley, AZ, I put this question seriously. It is easy to Yet, in all candor, have we as a people and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Long of Saxonburg, strike a medal, draw up an inspiring resolu- even heeded these lesson? Have we truly? PA, recently related their experiences during a 16584 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 17, 1987 recent congressional meeting on long-term Provide tax incentives so that we will see 96th, plus leaving each of us children a gen­ health care. I would like to submit for the and feel tangible results from savings for erous inheritance. RECORD their thoughtful and inspiring remarks. health care during those years. I'm not so naive to believe that all of us Encourage insurance carriers to develop could plan for any catastrophic illness or TESTIMONY OF MRS. ELAINE YARBROUGH home health care and nursing home cover­ long term care. I'm glad that some of the BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN STUDY COMMIT­ ages that will be easily understood, will con­ hardships for these costs are being helped TEE, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1987, WASHING­ tain no loopholes and will be available through Medicaid for those less fortunate. TON, DC during working years-policies which resem­ My tax dollars are well spent to help in this Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Members of ble endowments with termination dates and way, but I resent paying for those who the Committee, I am Elaine Yarbrough, a pay death benefits if never used. could have been more personally responsi­ citizen of the community of Green Valley, Assist in the creation of small, more ble for their own long term needs rather Arizona, a retirement home for more than family oriented homes, rather than the than living without regard for retirement 15,000 persons from all over the nation. larger institutions, which would also be cov­ during their working years. I am happy to be here this morning to ered by insurance for health care services My father's sister, now 90 years of age, is relate my own experiences in the area of which are not as difficult or costly as skilled a retired school teacher living in a retire­ long term care-and to give you the benefit nursing care. ment complex. She prepared years ago for of my own ideas on ways the American I wish we had had such a policy available nursing home care by buying insurance people can deal with this most expensive to us during our working years for we would when she could qualify at a reasonable pre­ problem. surely have purchased it. I learned the diffi­ mium. She, too, could have used up her After several years of various medical culty of health care much earlier in my life. Medicare and teacher's pension with expen­ treatments, my husband Robert was diag­ Robert is my second husband. My first sive clothes, luxury trips and etc. She didn't. nosed in 1981 by the Health Sciences Center husband died in 1962 after an illness of 3 She paid her own way, and remains a of the University of Arizona as having Alz­ years-2 of which were spent in a wheel happy, loving and beautiful Christian heimers Disease. chair. I cared for him at home with the aid woman with many interests today. Knowing that the prognosis was "continu­ of an hydraulic lift and a visiting nurse My own choice was to enter a lifecare ing gradual deterioration, mentally and three times a week. I could do this during community. With prayer, careful and frugal physically, with no prospect of recovery," my forties, but the care of my Alzheimers­ living and faith in our economy, I have been we tried to put our financial house in afflicted present husband for these six years accepted for residence at Sonrisa, the first order-making new wills, creating living during my late 60's and 70's has been much lifecare facility in Southern Arizona, located wills, establishing a family trust, power of more stressful. There is a saying, "With Alz­ in beautiful Green Valley, my present attorney and etc. and began increasing our heimers there are two victiiDS." It is so true! home. savings in every way we could. Pittsburgh who was recommended computer system. The letter follows: beneficial to the accomplishment of their by a Mrs. Lemon who was on the Easter COLUMBUS, OH. agency's mission as the VA DHCP; in the Seal board in Butler and this home was May 12, 1987. timeliness of delivery and cost effectiveness founded by endowments and charitable Hon. G.V. friends, family and And if anyone is going to get hurt, it will surely make a public promise and then renege on it. colleagues will gather at the Tides Restaurant be Kuwait," Khamenehi said. He denounced We renew a concern about American will­ in Haledon, NJ, to honor his legendary career, Soviet and American policies in the gulf, but an issue that was strong in the wake of Viet­ a career of which any public official serving in he reserved the threats for Kuwait. nam, but had faded in recent years, especially any level of government would be proud. The point is that the Iranian Government under the Reagan Presidency. Louis Bay 2d, who is 75 years young, was has prepared its people for a policy that does But there is a physical danger from with­ born in Hawthorne where he attended the not call for an open challenge to the United drawal as well. Our flight from the gulf won't town's elementary schools before going to Pa­ States and Soviet presences in the gulf. The eliminate an Iranian threat of attack; it may terson Central High School and, later, Pratt In­ question then is: How can Iran attack us with­ actually increase that threat. If the Iranians stitute of Science and Technology in Brooklyn, out leaving Iranian fingerprints? The most ob­ think they have us on the run, they will simply NY. He had a distinguished career in the vious route would be terrorism. Iran may well be encouraged to keep chasing after us. In chemical industry, becoming vice president of have attacked us without leaving fingerprints 1979, President Carter thought he could molli­ the Essex Chemical Co., of which he now when the Marine barracks and the U.S. Em­ fy the anger of the Iranian revolutionaries by serves as director emeritus. bassy were bombed in Beirut in 1983. selling them American refined oil products Louis Bay's long and storied career in serv­ There are probably three real threats to the when Iran faced a shortage. He was warned ice to Hawthorne began in 1940 when he was United States stemming from our increased that act would send a message of weakness, elected to the town's school board. It was in presence in the gulf. not of friendship. Two months later, our Em­ 1943 that he not only became president of the First, terrorist attack upon American citizens bassy was seized and 52 Americans taken Hawthorne School Board, but that he also on land in the Persian Gulf littoral states. That hostage. took the reins as Hawthorne's Director of would include U.S. bases in Bahrain and We are the perfect foil for Iran's effort to Public Safety and Public Affairs, a post he Oman, residences in all the countries, embas­ export Khomeini's Islamic revolution through­ held continuously until his retirement this sies, and hotels, bars, and restaurants where out the Islamic world. We need not encourage month. It was also in 1943 that Louis Bay 2d Americans congregate. that regime to use us as a foil. was elected to the Hawthorne Borough Com­ Second, mines. On May 17, the Marshal In conclusion, there are real dangers posed mission. Four years later he became Haw­ Chuikov, the first Soviet tanker sent to support by the policy of reflagging 11 Kuwaiti tankers. thorne's mayor, a position he would continue Kuwait, hit a mine as it was entering the port There are dangers if we do reflag-primarily to hold without interruption for 40 years. I be­ of Kuwait. Some reports say fragments of the the threat of attack sans fingerprints, as with lieve the accomplishments and achievements mine show rust, indicating it was an old mine terrorism or mines. of his long career are best detailed in a recent 16588 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 17, 1987 article in the magazine, "New Jersey Munici­ Louis Bay 2d is married to the former Eme­ The National Academy of Sciences recently palities": line Mowers. They have one daughter, Mrs. estimated that $9.3 billion and 188,000 jobs were lost in 1985 due to strict U.S. controls. An acknowledged legend in Hawthorne John P. Donahue; three grandchildren, Kerry Ann Heineman, Kevin Joseph Donahue, and Excessive export controls damage America's politics, Mayor Bay led his community with trade and competitiveness position abroad, a firm but benevolent hand, coupling Edwin Louis Donahue, and one great-grand­ and decrease incentives for American com­ shrewd political insight with a genuine son, Mitchell L. Heineman. panies to produce new innovations. In the warmth for his fellow citizens. I want to take this opportunity to salute long run, the technological edge which the Mayor Bay's public service transcended Louis Bay 2d for his nearly half century of U.S. has enjoyed could suffer. Hawthorne. He served as a Passaic County selfless devotion to his town, his county, his Much of the problem lies in coordinating Freeholder in the 1950s. He has been a guid­ State and his Nation. Clearly, he is a great our controls with those of other countries. ing influence in the affairs of the New American in every sense of the word. At a bilateral level, the United States and Jersey State League of Municipalities, other technologically-advanced nations having served on the Executive Board for have completed agreements with developing eight years and as president in 1967. He con­ TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS AND countries which prohibit the reselling (re­ tinues to be an active member of the Past EXPORT CONTROLS exporting) of sensitive technology sold to President's section and has rarely missed a them. On a multilateral level, the Coordi­ board meeting over the years. In 1981 he nating Committee for Multilateral Export was the first recipient of the league's then HON. LEE H. HAMILTON Controls -a group now consisting just-inaugurated President's Distinguished OF INDIANA of the U.S., Japan, and 14 NATO nations­ Service Award. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has had voluntary export controls for re­ Mayor Bay also has been extremely active stricting strategic trade and technology in the National League of Cities, having Wednesday, June 17, 1987 transfers to Eastern Europe since 1949. served on the Board of Directors of the na­ Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Several reasons account for why these tional organization from 1968 to 1970 and as insert my Washington Report for Wednesday, control mechanisms have not worked as well a member of the Advisory Council from June 17, 1987, into the CONGRESSIONAL as they might. First, a real debate exists in 1970 until the present. At its March 1987 RECORD: the U.S. over which technologies should be meeting in Washington, NLC's Executive on the list of restricted items and when Board presented Mayor Bay with a congrat­ TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS AND EXPORT items should be removed. The U.S. main­ ulatory resolution on the occasion of his re­ CONTROLS tains a long control list, reportedly totaling tirement. The sale of the latest U.S. manufacturing, several hundred thousand items, with both League President Alfred H. Baumann, the electronics, and computer equipment to the Departments of Commerce and Defense mayor of West Paterson, NJ, and a personal other countries has made an important con­ having genuine disagreements over what friend of Mayor Bay, commented that "Lou tribution to global development, while at should be controlled. Second, there are also Bay's record of service to Hawthorne is the same time providing an important frequent disagreements among COCOM nothing short of extraordinary. His length market for U.S. firms. Yet some technology countries. Europe and Japan do not always of service to the people has rarely been transfers have become controversial because share our views as to what controls should equalled and his dedication and leadership of their potential for use by the Soviet be enacted, because of differing economic have set standards that are difficult to Union and its Warsaw Pact allies to improve and political interests. The Soviet natural equal." their military capabilities. A crucial task gas pipeline crisis of 1981-1982 dramatically facing the U.S. is to devise a more effective illustrated these disagreements. While the Among his many positions, Louis Bay 2d policy on technology transfers which meets United States wanted to restrict Soviet was a member of the Passaic County Board both our commercial and national security access to sensitive new technology to com­ of Chosen Freeholders for 6 years, including needs. plete its pipeline to Western Europe, the 1955-56 when he served as director of the Although the magnitude of technology di­ Europeans wanted to gain access to the board. He was also chairman of the board's versions is difficult to document fully, some Soviet gas and to reap the economic and em­ evidence is beginning to emerge. We now ployment benefits of selling the technology. welfare committee, which included all the know that a substantial amount of Western Likewise, many Western European nations county hospitals and welfare institutions. industrial and military technology has today view continued and increased trade Mr. Speaker, Lou Bay also served on the flowed to the Soviet Union-primarily to with Eastern Europe as beneficial to better Hawthorne Board of Health, the Hawthorne the electronics, chemical, petroleum, and relations, while the United States has been planning board, and was a trustee of the communications industries-through legal more skeptical of the political benefits of in­ former Hawthorne Public Library, which is now sales, diversion of equipment originally sent creased economic ties. Third, trying to co­ named the Louis Bay 2d Library and Commu­ to other countries, and espionage. Some ordinate controls with non-COCOM coun­ well-publicized examples include the sale of tries is even more difficult. Many of the nity Center. In addition, he was a member of U.S. ball-bearing technology, which eventu­ countries which purchase sensitive technol­ the Passaic County planning board and is a ally contributed to the development of the ogy from COCOM-controlled countries do former chairman of the Passaic Valley Sewer­ Soviet SS-18 missile; the illegal sale of tech­ not enforce and, in some cases, do not even age Commissioners, as well as a former nology to make submarine propellers by acknowledge the prohibitions against re-ex­ member of the board of directors of the Red other Western companies which improved porting the technology. In addition, some Cross. Soviet submarines; and numerous examples newly industrializing countries, such as Along with activities related to his life in of sophisticated computer sales to Eastern South Korea, Taiwan, and Brazil, are read­ Europe. In one five-year period 0976-1980), ily selling their own technology to Eastern public service, Louis Bay 2d was also highly the Soviets obtained more than 3500 items Europe, and are hesitant to impose restric­ involved in a number of professional and com­ for their industrial requirements, largely tions. Without effective controls by all pro­ munity endeavors. He was a former alternate through illegal means and espionage. In ducers and recipients of technology, unilat­ director of the Manufacturing Chemists' Asso­ 1980 alone, the Soviet Union reportedly eral efforts by the U.S. will not succeed. ciation and a member of the executive adviso­ spent more than $1 billion to obtain needed Because technological development has ry committee of the Chemical Industry Council Western documents, blueprints, test equip­ been at the heart of America's economic of the State of New Jersey. He was also a ment, and other hardware. Some 70% of the prosperity and our continued military former member of the board of directors of technology targeted and acquired by the strength, we must develop a more effective Soviet Union was subject to some kind of policy on technology transfers. Several the Northeastern Bank, and a member of the national security control within the West­ steps are necessary. The U.S. needs to do a Hawthorne Elks Lodge 2260 and Columbus ern nations. better job deciding what technology it Circle in Hawthorne. Louis Bay 2d was one of The flow of technology to the Soviets has wants to protect. That means better coordi­ the founders of the Hawthorne Boys' Club, not been because the U.S. lacks extensive nation among federal agencies, as well as de­ and has been awarded honorary membership export controls. Current U.S. law requires veloping a simplified and more focused list in the Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club and the Haw­ export licenses for the sale of military weap­ of militarily-critical technologies. We need thorne Chamber of Commerce. Among his ons and services, or dual-use technologies to harmonize our list of protected technol­ which could make significant contributions ogies with those of our COCOM allies and many awards have been a U.S. Congressional to the military capabilities of an adversary. then push for rigorous enforcement in Salute, a New Jersey senate citation and the There is growing concern that many of the guarding access to these restricted technol­ Man of the Year Award by the New Jersey U.S. controls are in fact excessive, harming ogies. We also need a more vigorous effort, District IV Unico National. the export sales of American companies. in conjunction with our COCOM allies, to June 17, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16589 persuade non-COCOM countries-and par­ go to the Garden State Cultural Center Fund. segment of our industry is suffering from a ticularly the newly industrialized coun­ The fund sponsors free programs for senior malaise that the doom and gloom soothsay­ tries-to protect advanced technologies citizens, disabled veterans, the blind, and New ers would have us believe to be terminal. from falling into the hands of Warsaw Pact Jersey's school children. Some part of the The fact corporate flight operations are nations. The trade bill currently before the continuing to show gains confirms the need Congress would set up incentives against re­ proceeds will be given to the Irish Festival for modem, high technology, cost-effective exporting, by granting countries better Foundation which contributes to a number of business aircraft. trade treatment from the U.S. in exchange Irish charities. I highly commend the 1987 Irish But increased corporate utilization is only for not reporting sensitive technology. Festival council for their action in contributing one factor in the general aviation equation. None of these actions will be easy or the proceeds to charity, and I wish all con­ All of general aviation today flies more achieve results overnight. Nevertheless, by cerned a joyful day in celebration of their Irish planes, more hours to more places than all better harmonizing our controls with those heritage. the scheduled airlines combined. of other countries, we are more likely both Used aircraft transactions are up and ex­ to remove unnecessary impediments to U.S. ports of certain types and models of new export sales, and to deny our adversaries SURVIVAL OF GENERAL planes, especially in cargo and other special ready access to militarily-important U.S. AVIATION purpose configurations, are improving, and and Western technology. even the military services are operating more general aviation aircraft today than HON. JIM KOLBE ever before. PERSONAL EXPLANATION OF ARIZONA While I'm no authority on light aircraft, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the plight of that market is obvious. This is HON. DAVID E. BONIOR most unfortunate, because the small planes OF MICHIGAN Wednesday, June 17, 1987 in the general aviation fleet are a vital com­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. KOLBE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ponent of the National Transportation System. We need them for business, for Wednesday, June 17, 1987 bring to the attention of my colleagues a speech by James B. Taylor, president and training and many other applications. Mr. BONICA of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, What's happened? The traditional pyra­ chief executive officer of Gates Learjet Corpo­ mid of new aircraft shipments has become was absent from House proceedings yester­ ration, a substantial employer in my district. inverted. Turbine models once at the top in day because of a recurring back problem. My The speech is titled "The Survival of Gener­ comparatively small numbers are now at the physician has prescribed quiet bedrest. Had I al Aviation". And while some might consider base and make up the base of the pyramid been present, on the following rollcall votes I that a form of exaggeration used merely to in relation to the other models. We've seen would have voted: gain the audience's attention, I am afraid the ratio of deliveries-piston versus tur­ "No" on rollcall vote No. 180. there is a great deal of truth to it, at least as bine-reverse itself in recent years. "Aye" on rollcall vote No. 181. far as the manufacturing segment of general The manufacturers are in trouble because "Aye" on rollcall vote No. 182. we seem to have reached our technological aviation is concerned. limits. Consequently, we now have a "used "No" on rollcall vote No. 183. Though a whole host of problems still equals new" situation in the marketplace. plague general aviation manufacturers, Mr. Today, we have eight manufacturers of THE NEW JERSEY IRISH Taylor strikes an optimistic-yet cautious­ corporate jets serving a market which isn't HERITAGE DAY note. He says the reemergence of the industry large enough to keep them all healthy. I is based on innovations born of increased re­ think we will see some more attrition during search and development that makes buying the next few years and possibly some con­ HON. JAMES J. HOWARD solidations. OF NEW JERSEY new aircraft more attractive than buying used Historically, the economic well-being and aircraft. Without these innovations it makes IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the national security of America and its in­ economic sense for many buyers to purchase dustries have always depended on techno­ Wednesday, June 17, 1987 a used aircraft. Further, Mr. Taylor calls on the logical innovation. Thus, if we are to main­ Mr. HOWARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to an­ industry to take a giant leap forward in mar­ tain a position of leadership in corporate nounce a very special occasion of individuals keting its products. General aviation, he says, aviation, as in other fields of endeavor, then of Irish heritage in New Jersey. On Sunday, needs to look at alternative methods of pro­ we must invest and invent. moting aircraft other than direct sales and ex­ I recently read an article in "FORBES" June 28, thousands of Irish individuals from where the founder of Owens-Coming once New Jersey and nearby communities will con­ amine a broader market to include small and said, "You can't be a winner if you don't verge on the Garden State Arts Center in medium size companies that presently under­ have the products." Holmdel for the 1987 New Jersey Irish Festi­ estimate the benefits and overestimate the But, as we all know, you can't get a new val. General chairman of the festival, George costs of corporate use of aviation. product if you don't do the research. A com­ McCormack, exclaims that the event will be These are simply the highlights of a most pany living off its established products the greatest ever. insightful speech, and I highly commend it to won't live very long. Owens-Coming spent The day-long schedule of events is head­ my colleagues' attention. 20 years developing fiberglass for commer­ cial use. In today's highly competitive mar­ lined by a star-studded stage show including SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING, WICH· kets, we don't have that kind of time. Dublin's Brendan Grace, Raphaelle and Frank ITA, KS, APRIL 28, 1987 JAMES B. TAYLOR, Until recently, 30 percent of Owens-Corn­ O'Farrell, and the Shilling School of Irish PRESIDENT AND CEO, GATES LEARJET CORP. ing's research went for projected business in Dance. Tom Dunn, anchorman of Channel 9, SURVIVAL OF GENERAL AVIATION the 1990's. But, because it needed funds to will act as the master of ceremonies. I always enjoy meeting with members of thwart an unwanted takeover bid, the com­ The festival will begin at 9 a.m. with 16 of your profession. I have the utmost respect pany cut its research budget in half, sharply the finest bagpipe bands in the East compet­ for scientists and engineers and whenever reduced its work force and shutdown much ing for a variety of championships in what is I'm around them, I always learn something. of its productive capacity. In fact, just this morning I learned the dif­ Sure, this resulted in an increase in oper­ termed the festival's most colorful ceremony. ference between a scientist and an engineer. ating income and a boost in the price of The Most Reverend Theodore E. McCarrick, The scientist, I was informed, will tell you stock, but the gains are short-term. As one Archbishop of Newark, will celebrate the holy the general principle why something will official put it, "we're cutting into our heart sacrifice of the Mass at 11 a.m., with the Very work. The engineer, on the other hand, will muscle by cutting back on research." Reverend Edward Hughes, bishop of Metu­ tell you specifically why it won't. The same thing applies to our own indus­ chen, as cocelebrant. As in previous years, I'm not sure the "survival of general avia­ try: the parallel is remarkably similar. there will be Gaelic football, free Irish enter­ tion" is a proper title for this discussion. While our problems differed in that they tainment on the plaza, and an interesting Irish General aviation is not an endangered-spe­ started with a decline in sales, one of the cies. It all began at Kitty Hawk nearly 85 first items cut was R and D. Most companies cultural exhibit at which those who are attend­ years ago and-despite the variable winds of are still in that mode today or at least oper­ ing the festival can purchase a tree to have our economic climate-it has grown steadily ating on a limited budget. planted in their native Irish country. ever since. As engineers, you should know the other The festival promises great fun and enter­ General aviation, as a whole, is alive and reason R and D funds are being curtailed. tainment for all participants, and proceeds will reasonably well. Only the manufacturing Conventional approaches no longer excite

91-059 0-89-38 (Pt. 12) 16590 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 17, 1987 the market. Truly innovative certificated nies and corporations today lease automo­ pages, and its circulation has grown to designs, such as the Beech Bonanza and the biles and other vehicles. Why not airplanes 65,000. Model 23 Learjet, are missing-and have or block times or even seats? And over its century of publication the Ex­ been missing for at least 25 years. Our industry must also create new mar­ In aviation, the cost of research and devel­ keting strategies. In addition to selling hard­ ponent has sustained its tradition of excel­ opment has reached staggering proportions. ware and transportation, we must educate lence, excellence which has consistently John Newhouse said it well in his book, everyone on the ever increasing value of placed the Exponent among the top five "The Sporty Game." He stated that you lit­ time and face-to-face communications. Also, Jewish papers in the country. Indeed, the Ex­ erally bet the company when you develop let's make "conceptual selling" a new art ponent has been called "the New York Yan­ an all new airplane in today's environment. form. For one thing, we must increase kees of the Jewish press." Its views are Unfortunately, part of the cost increases public awareness of the vital role corporate widely respected by Jews and non-Jews alike. are due to a lack of resolve to find the most aviation plays in our business lives. beneficial and economically practical solu­ In other words, we must create a positive An article about the the Jewish Exponent tions to engineering problems. image. The business aircraft long ago appears in the June 11 Philadelphia Inquirer. Only a few men spent less than a week in proved itself the most versatile, efficient The article follows: a hotel room designing the famed Liberty means of supplying "on demand, random access" transportation yet devised. Buses ONE HUNDRED YEARS AS A VOICE OF THE JEWS engine of World War I. And the venerable OF PHILADELPHIA DC-3, in a day long before we had comput­ and trains will never replace the automo­ ers, was developed by fewer than 50 people. bile. Public air transportation will never re­ (By Douglas J. Keating) Could these remarkable feats be duplicated place business aviation. Corporation avia­ If you are Jewish and live in the Philadel­ today? Not likely. tion today is a major factor in the Nation's phia areas, the joke goes, you don't have a The bottom line is that we must challenge economy. name, you haven't married or you haven't ourselves to produce more with less. The But so far these facts have escaped those died until it is printed in the Jewish Expo­ money machines are turned off. Now more who are placing unwarranted burdens on nent. than ever, the future of our industry de­ our industry. A biased press, greedy court Albert H. Erlick, managing editor of the pends on the ingenuity, drive and resource­ claims, restrictive trade policies and unin­ Exponent, views his paper "as a kind of fulness of aviation's technical community. formed rule-making have all had a negative communal glue that holds together a com­ Unless we can make such a commitment, impact on our industry. munity that is ever more spread out and di­ the time may come when we would have to The next generation of business aircraft versified. It is one of those voices that consider teaming arrangements or the possi­ should fly still faster, farther and higher. brings the Jewish community together." bility of forming consortiums. Such options The new products should feature innova­ Five generations of Jews have listened to might be the only way we could develop new tions in aerodynamics, propulsion and in­ the Exponent's voice. This year the newspa­ products that incorporate the latest state­ strumentation. They probably will be built per is celebrating its 100th anniversary, and of-the-art. with exotic new materials, new processes, the key event of the centennial celebration Cost effective, innovative design is the and, their flight controls should be even will be a dinner Sunday at the Sheraton So­ answer. It will widen the gap between new more automated. ciety Hill. if Indeed, the industry needs to see some Founded by a group of 43 Philadelphia and used aircraft. I'm convinced that we striking changes in the design and manufac­ offer customers advanced technology prod­ ture of business aircraft. In terms of per­ Jewish businessmen, the Exponent began ucts, they will buy! formance, efficiency, comfort and maintain­ publication April 15, 1887. The first issue Corporate aircraft today, when profession­ ability, the corporate airplane of tomorrow was 14 pages, compared with the average of ally flown and maintained, are every bit as must be far superior to anything flying 105 of the smaller pages that the tabloid safe and reliable as the most modern air­ today. Exponent publishes today. liner. And as we develop new products, we That's where you come in. For unless you The front page of the first Exponent was must keep in mind that they should always can do the job without putting the entire taken up by advertisements for such busi­ equal or exceed the impressive performance company at risk, then we may not be meet­ nesses as Blumenthal Bros. & Co., a boys of commerical transportation. ing together like this much longer. clothing store at 44 N. Third St., and Hirsh However, airline service in the United Contrary to all the pessimists I mentioned & Bros., "the largest umbrella and parasol States today is miserable. It falls far short earlier, our industry is not terminally ill. manufactory in the world" at 1309-17 of meeting the needs of business. More and They would have us believe that the only Market St. The front page of the Exponent more it is pointing up the many advantages answer to our present dilemma is not to is now dominated by an attractively laid-out of private jet travel, a condition that bodes build a better mousetrap, but to build a four-color picture, with headlines preview­ well for corporate aviation. worse mouse. ing important stores inside. After all, no well-run company can afford Yet, if we didn't believe in general avia­ Although the circulation of that first to have its key executives hurriedly leave an tion's future, we wouldn't be here today. issue of the Exponent is not known, it is cer­ important business meeting to catch a Sure, our plate is full of unsolved opportuni­ tainly nowhere near the 65,000 copies now scheduled flight, or waste time in "hub" air­ ties. But, I'm confident that with lots of distributed weekly to serve the estimated ports waiting for an airline connection, or hard work and your innovative contribu­ 250,000 to 275,000 Jews in the Philadelphia worse yet, suffer the inconveniences and in­ tions, we'll soon put our problems behind area. But the motto on the page-one flag of dignities of retrieveing lost luggage. us. the Exponent of 100 years ago-"A weekly The scheduled air carriers today have few When that happens, we'll see a resurgence journal devoted to the interests of the direct flights to anywhere. Even the short­ of activity, a renewed vitality in corporate Jewish People"-would fit just as appropri­ est trips often require a change at one of aviation. And despite all the scuttlebutt, ately on the Exponent of today. the hubs. It's been said that if you go to learjet again will emerge as the technologi­ Erlick freely acknowledges that the Expo­ Heaven or Hell, you'd have to change planes cal and marketing leader. nent, published by the Federation of Jewish in Atlanta. Deregulation has created many Agencies of Greater Philadelphia, is an ad­ more hubs. vocacy publication whose readers want it On the marketing side of the ledger, we IN CELEBRATION OF 100 YEARS that way. "There is an element of trust can no longer expect the larger corporations OF THE JEWISH EXPONENT there," said Erlick. "If you read the story in to consume the lion's share of our produc­ the Exponent, even if it isn't a positive story tion. Sure, they'll always be there, but con­ in terms of Jewish interest, say, about vincing small and medium size companies of HON. PETER H. KOSTMA YER Israel, somehow the fact that you read it business aviation's unique benefits is our OF PENNSYLVANIA there is different than if you read it in say, greatest challenge. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Inquirer." Frankly, as an industry, we've done a There is a lot to read in the Exponent. lousy job. Just as we need technical innova­ Wednesday, June 17, 1987 The paper carries full listing of a milestones tion, we need marketing innovation. A new Mr. KOSTMA YEA. Mr. Speaker, for 100 such as births, deaths, bar mitzvahs and network of business jets, for instance, might years the Jewish community in the Philadel­ weddings. There are dozens of stories about service many companies, regardless of their phia area has been served by a remarkable the activities of individuals and organiza­ tions frequently illustrated by photographs size, through share leasing or even renting newspaper, the Jewish Exponent. The Expo­ aircraft seat time. of plaque- or check-holding people smiling There are many examples of this in other nent began publication on April 15, 1887, and broadly for the camera. forms of transportation. Regardless of a is now the second oldest continuously pub­ It also prints news and commentary about company's size, every executive's time is pre­ lished Jewish newspaper in America. The national and foreign developments. "If cious in terms of productivity. Most compa- paper has expanded from 14 to over 100 there is a program in Luxembourg, we want June 17, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16591 to know about it and we want to write about "They would get off the boat in New York COME ON, MR. PRESIDENT it," Erlick said. "Jews are very interested in and go off to these Godforsaken places on what happens to Jews in other places." the frontier, where they would find them­ Although much of the foreign and nation­ selves totally isolated from Jewish life," HON. JOHN BRYANT al news printed in the Exponent comes from Libo said. "There wouldn't be Jews within OF TEXAS the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the Jewish hundreds of miles of where they were, yet press' equivalent of the Associated Press, they would carry in their peddler's cart IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Exponent does contract with free-lance Lesser's Occident and it would keep them in Wednesday, June 17, 1987 writers to cover important events and occa­ touch." Mr. BRYANT. Mr. Speaker, President sionally sends a staffer abroad or elsewhere The Occident was published for 26 years in the United States to cover a story. Coop­ until Lesser's death in 1868; after a couple Reagan spins a lot of yarns, some of them erating with several other Jewish papers, . of other papers for Philadelphia Jews had with a basis in fact. On one occasion last the Exponent has a writer covering the war­ experienced short lives, the Exponent began year, he actually told a shockingly true story crimes trial of Klaus Barbie in France. publication nearly two decades later. about the cost of housing the poor and home­ Erlick has an editorial staff of 10 working Next week the Exponent will publish a less in New York and even came up with what in the paper's office in an office building at special 210-page anniversary issue. It will seemed like a good idea about trying to find a 16th and Locust Streets. They handle the feature 17 essays, some by nationally nuts-and-bolts news that fills up much of more sensible, less expensive solution. the editorial space, but they also write famous personalities, on the development of Now the President is opposing legislation to longer, issue-oriented pieces that have won various aspects of Jewish life in the last 100 implement the very suggestion he made. I the paper a number of awards among years. It also will carry a chronology of rep­ want to share with my colleagues and the resentative articles, ads and photographs Jewish newspapers. American people an editorial about this issue As might be expected, Erlick regards the gleaned from its pages. Over the years the paper offered exten­ which appeared in the Dallas Times Herald of Exponent as one of the best Jewish publica­ June 17, 1987: tions in the country, but he is not alone in sive coverage of issues pertaining to Jews that opinion. and Judaism, particularly the Zionist move­ REAGAN: WHO THOUGHT THIS UP? Says Robert Cohn, executive editor of the ment and the long story of the creation of a It was bound to happen sometime. Presi­ St. Louis Jewish Light and president of the Jewish state in Palestine. dent Reagan told an anecdote last fall that American Jewish Press Association: "It cer­ Other stories, however, were not so contained the germ of one of the most inno­ tainly has always been among the top five weighty. From the 1950's there is a short vative ideas for housing the homeless in of Jewish newspapers." Because of its large piece about Cleveland Indians third base­ years. To the president's consternation, number of pages and financial resources, man A1 Rosen receiving permission to skip a Congress took him seriously, and now the Cohn said, the Exponent is sometimes re­ game because of Yom Kippur. From the last president is fighting a promising program ferred to as "the New York Yankees of the years of the 19th century, there is an ex­ that he inadvertently proposed. Jewish press." cerpt from a letter to the editor concerning The story began Nov. 19, when Mr. Although the Exponent no longer prints a long-running discussion on the apparently Reagan declared, "I just read this morning advertisements on the front page, there is controversial issue of whether Jews should in the paper about a needy family in New no shortage of advertising in the rest of the attempt to be farmers. York that is being put up in a hotel, and the paper. Sixty to 65 percent of the newspa­ Although the Exponent survived, it was cost to welfare just for the rent of the hotel per's weekly bulk consists of ads. It is, ac­ far from financially successful. It was se­ room is $37,000 a year. And I wonder why cording to Richard Waloff, the paper's busi­ verely buffeted by the Depression, and by somebody doesn't build them a house for ness manager, a good place to advertise. the end of World War II was in deep finan­ $37,000." "The demographic makeup of the Expo­ cial trouble. In 1944 real estate magnate It may have been a throwaway line, but nent reader is of a pretty upscale person," Albert M. Greenfield purchased the finan­ New York officials, who pay to house more he said. "The people who get the Exponent cially troubled paper and turned it over to than 13,000 people in overpriced, run-down shop and support the advertisers. They're a the federation. welfare hotels, took it seriously. They had smart shopping audience." Ownership by the federation-which also been wrestling with federal welfare laws What this means for the Exponent is fi­ owns the city's only other Jewish paper, the that permit officials to spend almost any­ nancial success. Although the paper is Jewish Times, which circulates primarily in thing on emergency shelter, but nothing for owned by the Federation of Jewish Agencies Northeast Philadelphia-guarantees the Ex­ capital costs. of Greater Philadelphia, a charitable orga­ ponent's circulation. Anyone who contrib­ Cesar Perales, New York's commissioner nization, it is hardly a charity. Revenues in utes $25 or more to the Federation gets a of social services, aptly noted, "It is a dis­ excess of operating expenses are turned year's subscription to the Exponent, an ar­ grace that we have federal rules that allow over to the federation-and according to rangement that accounts for 45,000 readers, us to spend this money on hotels, but not on Robert P. Forman, the federation executive or more than two-thirds of the circulation. building housing for poor people." who oversees the Exponent, the paper's fi­ The federation, through Forman, plays an New York's congressional delegation in­ nancial contribution is important. active role in publication of the paper. troduced bills altering rules in the Aid to The Exponent is the second-oldest Ameri­ Families with dependent children program can Jewish newspaper in continuous publi­ Forman said he meets weekly with the edi­ to permit states to use a portion of the fed­ cation.