November 13, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31789 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS THE ELECTION OF WILLIAM L. Frank M. Karsten, who previously had publicized involved in civil rights activities, CLAY AS MISSOURI'S FIRST spent twelve years as Cochran's secretary in Clay had for many years been prominent in BLACK CONGRESSMAN Washington. Like Cochran, Karsten was a the labor movement. Throughout the dura­ staunchly liberal Democrat, strongly favor­ tion of the 1968 primary campaign, Clay ing public housing, federal aid to education, constantly emphasized his commitments to HON. LOUIS STOKES incre&sed minmum wages, and expanded achieving racial equality and social justice OF OHIO social security and Medicare benefits. Both at home and ending the nation's military IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Cochran and Karsten had compiled unblem­ presence in Southeast Asia. ished records in behalf of civil rights legisla­ Wednesday, November 13, 1985 The Democratic Congressional primary tion during their respective congressional was held on August 6th. During the first Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, I would like careers. hours after closing of the polls, Clay main­ to take this opportunity to share with my The First District had also voted Demo­ tained a small, but inconclusive, lead over colleagues an interesting paper on the elec­ cratic in every Presidential election since Carpenter. By midnight, it was projected tion of my good friend and colleague, Con­ 1928. In 1960, Democrat John F. Kennedy that Clay would win the primary by roughly had carried the District by 66,031 votes pro­ gressman WILLIAII L CLAY, to the U.S. 7,000 votes. Th~ official statistics were as viding him with several times his 9,983 follows, William Clay, 23,758; Milton Car­ House of Representatives. The paper was statewide margin of victory. Four years penter, 16,927; Ernest Calloway, 6,405; presented by Dr. Philip A. Grant, associate later, Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson had Harry S. Leahey, 1,571; and John J. Reilles, professor of history at Pace University outpolled Republicans Barry M. Goldwater 1,258. Clay's primary victory was accom­ during the 70th annual convention of the 143,325-45,364 in the District. In the 1960 plished by polling nearly all his votes within Association for the Study of Afro-American and 1964 presidential contests, it was esti­ the St. Louis city portion of the district, Life and History in Cleveland. mated that Kennedy and Johnson averaged while Carpenter was sweeping the suburban At this time, I would like to insert the ar­ ninety percent of the Black vote in the First communities of St. Louis county. The con­ ticle detailing the historic candidacy and District. trast between the city and the suburbs was It was virtually certain that, if Congress­ election of Congressman CLAY into the documented by the following breakdown of man Karsten chose to seek re-election, he the electoral figures: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: would be challenged by a Black candidate in THE El.EcriON OF WILLIAII L. CLAY AS the 1968 Democratic primary. Karsten was a MISSOURI'S FIRsT BLACK CONGRESSKAN good-natured man, who had served his dis­ St.Louis City County On June 28, 1967, the Missouri Legislature trict in a conscientious manner during his passed a bill to reapportion the state's exist­ eleven terms on Capital Hill. Although a ing ten congressional districts. The legisla­ genuine liberal, in his political philosophy, 22,015 843 tive reapportionment was necessitated by he was not especially dynamic and had ~'tm~ ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : ::::~::::::::::: 9,150 7,777 the historic Supreme Court decision of Feb­ never aspired to a leadership role. On ruary 17, 1964, WesbeTrll v. Sanden, a ruling March 4, 1968, the United States Supreme Because the First District was heavily mandating that congressional districts Court permitted Missouri to conduct its con­ Democratic in party enrollment, relatively within individual states be roughly equal in gressional elections under the 1967 redis­ little attention was focused on the Republi­ population. According to the 1967 plan, the tricting plan, and on the following day, de­ can congressional primary. Only 8,033 Re­ ten new districts varied in population from a ciding not to engage in a strenuous primary publicans cast primary ballots. The Republi­ minimum of 420,180 to a maximum of contest, Karsten announced his retirement. can victor was Curtis G. Crawford, a Black. 453,100. Within a few weeks after Karsten's an­ The primary figures were: Curtis C. Craw­ Among the reapportioned constituencies nouncement, it was quite evident that the ford, 3,551; Lloyd E. Baker, 1,825; Walter L. was the new First District of Missouri. The two principal contenders for the Democratic Abrose, 1,104; Marvel B. Schilze, 1,097; and new First District consisted of all or part of nomination in the First District were Milton Morton L. Schwaz, 436. Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26 Carpenter, a White, and William L. Clay, a Because of the solidly Democratic com­ and 27 of the city of St. Louis and five sub­ Black. Carpenter was a former State treas­ plexion of the First District, it was consid­ urban townships in neighboring St. Louis urer of Missouri, who had always carried ered almost certain that Clay would win the County. Located in close proximity to the the city of St. Louis by sizeable margins in general election. Since both the Democratic Mississippi River, the revised district was his past campaigns. Clay, who had previous­ and Republican nominees were Black, Mis­ overwhelmingly Democratic in political reg­ ly served five years as an alderman from souri in 1968 would definitely elect its first istration and approximately fifty-five per­ Ward 26, has spent most of his adult life as Black congressma.11. The principal question cent Black in racial complexion. a civil rights activist. was whether substantial numbers of white During the decade of the 1960s, the over­ Carpenter was a sixty-three year old polit­ Democrats would consent to vote for Clay. all populaltion of St. Louis declined from ical moderate with close ties to Missouri's Crawford was 47 years of age and a former 750,000 to 622,236. While tens of thousands Democratic establishment. He had spent 8 Democrat. Unlike Clay, he had never before of white residents were systematically mi­ years as St. Louis' city controller and four sought political office. During the 1968 cam­ grating to suburban communities, St. Louis' years as Missouri's Director of Revenue, paign, Crawford expressed unqualified Black population between 1960 and 1970 prior to becoming State treasurer in 1961. agreement with the conservative themes was to increase from 216,022 to 254,268. Carpenter's views on nearly all domestic voiced by Richard M. Nixon, the Republican Thus, by 1970, Black would constitute 40.9 issues were identical with Karsten's. Al­ presidential candidate, and Spiro T. Agnew, percent of St. Louis' population. Since the though highly respected for his expertise on his outspoken running mate. Crawford ad­ vast majority of these Blacks were inhabit­ economic problems, he had seldom ex­ vocated "law and order" and demanded less ants of the new First District, it was widely pressed opinions on foreign policy questions government spending. Arguing that Federal assumed that in 1968, the district might and had remained curiously silent on the programs were impractical and wasteful, elect a Black congressman. Vietnam War. Carpenter's campaign strate­ Crawford urged "self-help" projects for Traditionally, the First District had been gy was based on the expectation of attract­ blacks. steadfastly Democratic in its voting pat­ ing the bulk of the District's suburban vote Clay, reasserting the issues stressed terns. Indeed, the District had not elected a and benefitting from his longstanding name during the primary campaign, insisted that Republican congressman since 1910. Be­ recognition. the National Government had to do more to tween 1927 and 1947, the District had been Clay, 37, and a graduate of St. Louis Uni­ alleviate the suffering of the impoverished represented by John J. Cochran, an un­ versity, had been a political maverick during citizens of St. Louis and other urban centers waivering supporter of the domestic policies his tenure on the Board of Alderman. He throughout the Nation. Denouncing the of Democratic Presidents Franklin D. Roo­ had frequently lead civil rights demonstra­ Vietnam War at every opportunity, he com­ sevelt and Harry S. Truman. From 1947 to tions and at one point had spent 105 days in plained that tens of billions of dollars ap­ 1967, the District's congressman had been jail for contempt of court. In to his well- propriated by the Pentagon should instead

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I ' 31790 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 13, 1985 I· be utilized for humanitarian purposes. Clay TRIBUTE TO HON. JOSEPH York State Commission Against Discrimi­ repeatedly assailed Nixon and Agnew, DIFEDE nation. charging that the Republican candidates For 10 years between 1945 and 1955, Joe were pursuing a cynical strategy of catering to the prejudices of southern whites. HON. MARIO BIAGGI DiFede was a successful private attorney specializing in administrative law. As men­ On election night, Clay took a command­ OF NEW YORK ing lead in the early returns. Within an tioned, this specialty Joe DiFede also car­ hour after the final ballots were cast, it ap­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ried into the classroom as a professor of peared that Clay would outpoll Crawford by Wednesday, November 13, 1985 law at New York Law School. As one of his a minimum of 30,000 votes. The official Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, I am proud students, I can most certainly attest to the result of the First District election was as wealth of his knowledge of the law. follows: William L. Clay, 79,275 (63.9%>; and and honored today to pay tribute to a very special man. I refer to the Honorable The fact is Joseph DiFede has not only Curtis C. Crawford, 44,316 <36.1 %>. As in the been an exemplary lawyer and judge, he August primary, Clay easily carried the city Joseph DiFede, an extraordinary public servant and community leader, and a dear has been an outstanding member of the of .St. Louis segment of the district. Craw­ New York Law School faculty for the past ford succeeded in winning the less populous and valued friend. On November 20, it will communities in St. Louis County. be my distinct privilege to participate in a 30 years. During that time he has taught a Although Clay lost St. Louis County by a dinner celebrating the retirement of New wide range of courses. Among the subjects margin of 7 ,954, his vote there escalated York State Supreme Court Justice Joseph he has taught are: contracts, torts, family from 843 in the primary to 13,572 in the DiFede, who is completing a distinguished law, constitutional law, agency and part­ general election. and remarkable career in both the public nership, labor law, labor arbitration, sales, While Clay was elected by 34,959 votes, and private sector spanning 50 ·years. negotiable instruments, insurance, legal Hubert H. Humphrey, the Democratic presi­ It is rare in life to know men of the stat­ ethics, legal research and writing, secured dential candidate, carried the First District ure of Joseph DiFede. It is even more for­ transactions, and labor relations in the by a plurality of 65,739 (72.2%>. Also, Demo­ tunate when a person of his caliber and public sector. Many lawyers today owe cratic Governor Warren E. Hearnes and distinction is also a personal friend. I have their success· to the dedicated and learned Lieutenant Governor Thomas F. Eagleton, the Democratic nominee for the United been so honored by having known Judge Professor DiFede. He is fondly remembered States Senate, prevailed over their Republi­ DiFede for more than 20 years. The origin by many of his students as a fair professor can opponents by majorities of 65,882 of our friendship was a bit unusual. Judge who made the time in the classroom a reg­ <77.5%> and 59,746 (75.3%>. respectively. DiFede was my professor of administrative ular challenge. The fact that Humphrey, Hearnes, and law at New York Law School when I at­ The same year that Joseph DiFede began c Eagleton ran considerably ahead of Clay in tended there beginning in .1963. I entered to teach at New York Law School, he re­ the totals of popular ballots suggested that law school later in life than most, at the turned to State government service, in the several thousand white Democrats opted to age of 45. I did so thanks to another won­ prestigious capacity as chairman and com­ vote for Crawford. derful man, Daniel J. Gutman, then the missioner of the New York State Labor Re­ At the time of Clay's election, there were dean of New York Law School. While it lations Board, serving with special distinc­ only five Blacks among the 435 members of was Dean Gutman who provided me the op­ tion in this difficult position for 6 years. the House of Representatives. These gentle­ portunity to attend law school, it was supe­ men were Robert Nix of Pennsylvania, John From October 1961 until January 1970 rior professors .such as Joseph DiFede who Joseph DiFede resumed his private prac­ Conyers, Jr. and Charles C. Diggs of Michi­ ensured that I received the quality educa­ gan, William L. Dawson of Illinois and Au­ tice. This time specializing in trial and ap­ gustus Hawkins of California. In addition to tion which allowed me to graduate and pellate work. He also worked extensively as Clay, the ranks of these individuals would become a lawyer. an arbitrator. He was a member of panels be augmented in the new Congress by Shir­ From the outset, it was obvious to me of the American Arbitration Association, ley A. Chisholm of New York and Louis that Joe DiFede was a man of great intelli­ New York State Board of Mediation, New Stokes of Ohio, who had been elected to the gence and integrity. From my days in New York State Public Employment Relations House on November 5th and Adam Clayton York Law School up to the present, Joe Board, New York City Office of Collective Powell of New York who was returning to DiFede has been an important influence in Bargaining, impartial chairman of the Congress after a two year absence. my life. He has been and remains a confi­ Broadway Master Barbers Association and Since 1968, Clay has been elected to eight dant, an adviser and, of course, a valued locals 1, 3 and 11, impartial chairman of additional terms by his constituents. Al­ friend. Joe DiFede has enhanced my life though the boundaries of the First District restaurant industry at the 1964 World's and the lives of many; as a result he enjoys Fair and finally impartial chairman under were revised by the Legislature in 1969, 1971 enormous respect in many circles. and 1981 and the population has increased the contract between the city of New York Joseph DiFede was born on December 8, and its administrative employees. from 377,093 to 546,208, Clay has managed 1909, in Valguarnera, Italy. He came to the to retain his House seat with virtually no Joe DiFede began the most distinguished difficulty. His winning pluralities have United States at the young age of 14, and, like so many from his generation, came to phase of his career in 1970 when he moved ranged from 33,226 <1974) to 78,898 <1984) into the judiciary of New York. In 1970, he and his proportions of the vote have varied our Nation with a great dream and worked to make it a reality. became judge of the Civil Court of the city from 64% to 90.5%. of New York. He served with such effec­ Shortly after Clay was sworn in as a He received his B.A. with honors from member of the House on January 3, 1969, he the University of Rochester, a LL.B. from tiveness that 1 short year later he became a was assigned to the Committee on Educa­ St. John's University School of Law and a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of tion and Labor. At the beginning of his J.S.D. also from St. John's. New York. He has served in this prestigious third term in January, 1973, he was also ap­ His distinguished career in public service capacity for 13 years. During this time, he pointed to the Committee on Post Office began in 1935 upon his election to the New has earned tremendous respect from the and Civil Service. Largely because of his se­ York State Assembly. After a short but legal community for he has also proven to niority, Clay was to assume chairmanships note worthy career, he moved to the New be an important voice for the consumers of of subcommittees on both panels. He was York State Department of Labor serving as the State of New York. His most celebrated Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil a referee from 1936 to 1944. From August case involved a conspiracy by the milk pro­ Service <1977-1979> and the Subcommittee 1944 until October 1945 he served as labor ducers of New York State to flx milk on Postal Operations and Services, <1979- prices. Subsequently they pleaded guilty 1983). At the beginning of the present. Con­ relations advisor and chief labor officer of gress, Clay was designated Chairman of the Allied military governments in Europe. and had to pay back millions of dollars by Education and Labor Subcommittee on Joseph DiFede served in this capacity with lowering milk prices. This most significant Labor Management Relations. such distinction that he was awarded the action could not have happened without Medal of Freedom by the U.S. Government. the type of judicial advocacy and aggres­ Following World War II, he returned to siveness that is so characteristic of Judge New York as special counsel to the New DiFede. November 13, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31791 In addition to his many time consuming REMARKS BY PRIME MINISTER In light of the current military imbalance responsibilities in both his public and pri­ SHINYONG LHO between South and North Korea, our tradi­ vate sector work over the years, Joe DiFede tional cooperation with the U.S. must be strengthened to meet the challenge from has remained an active member of the HON. STEPHEN J. SOLARZ the North. same Bronx community. He is a past presi­ OF NEW YORK Parallel to our efforts to deter the threat dent of the Bronx County Bar Association from the North and maintain peace in Asia, and Workers Compensation Bar Associa­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Korean Government has also taken a tion. He has served as chairman of the De­ Wednesday, November 13, 1985 series of diplomatic initiatives to reconcile South and North Korea. catur Democratic Club, one of the most ef­ Mr. SOLARZ. Mr. Speaker, recently the fective of all clubs in the Bronx. It is our firm belief that direct dialogue Foreign Affairs Committee had the oppor­ between the South and North is the only re­ It is obvious that a man with the varied tunity to visit with Shinyong Lho, Prime alistic and common-sense way to ultimately and successful career that Joe DiFede has Minister of South Korea. secure a peace settlement on the Korean pe­ enjoyed would acquire his share of honors The Prime Minister delivered what I con­ ninsula. and awards. In Joe's case they began back sidered to be some of the most perceptive Preoccupied with seeking to negotiate di­ in his college days when he was selected rectly with the U.S., North Korea has not and eloquent remarks about the relation­ responded seriously to the on-going South­ for the Phi Sigma Iota Society, the Nation­ ship between the United States and Korea al Language Honor Society; also in college North dialogues. It always seems that North that I have had the benefit of hearing Korea responds to our calls for negotiation he was elected as chief editor for Pro Ro­ during my 11 years in Congress. only when it believes that it can profit manico. In addition to the prestigious I am including them in the RECORD so under the guise of dialogue or a peace offer­ Medal of Freedom from the United States that my colleagues, who were unable to ing. that he won for his service in World War meet the Prime Minister, will have the op­ Nevertheless, the R.O.K. is determined to II, Joe DiFede also was awarded the Star of portunity to read his remarks. continue in its attempts to persuade North Solidarity First Class by the Italian Gov­ Korea to remain at the negotiation table ernment. He has also received a special ci­ REMARKS BY PRIME MINISTER SHINYONG LHO and to work seriously toward securing peace AT THE TEA PARTY HOSTED BY HON. DANTE and stability on the peninsula. tation from B'nai Brith. FASCELL, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE FOREIGN Taking this opportunity, I would like to Judge DiFede is also a prolific author AFFAIRS COMMITTEE express our hope that our allies, including having written numerous articles in the Mr. Chairman and Distinguished Mem­ the U.S., will refrain from any kind of direct field of labor relations, including the areas bers of the Committee: I would like to ex­ contact with North Korea which could of right to work laws, Federal preemption press my sincere appreciation to the chair­ effect the on-going South-North dialogues. and right to work laws, Federal-State juris­ man and distinguished members of the The second important characteristic of dictional problems in labor management House Foreign Affairs Committee for invit­ the partnership between our two countries relations. ing me to Capitol Hill. It is indeed a great is our trade and economic relationship, pleasure for me to meet personally with you which has been growing and expanding to It is appropriate that the November 20 who have helped shape U.S. foreign policy. our mutual advantage. However, there has dinner for Judge DiFede be billed as a cele­ Looking back into the past, it is easy to been some friction recently in the trade and bration of retirement. Perhaps the one ele­ see that the American Congress has main­ economic relationship between our two ment of his upcoming retirement that Joe tained close relations with Korea since the countries. DiFede looks forward to the most is spend­ Korean War. The Korean people vividly re­ I believe that the current trade frictions ing more time with his family. On that member that it was the U.S. Congress which should be regarded as a temporary phe­ night later this month great joy and pride played a critical role in the painful process nomenon incidental to the expansion of our of my country's rehabilitation from the dev­ economic cooperation. We all know that the will accompany the DiFede family as they astation of the Korean War. stage is set for the further expansion of the celebrate both what he has accomplished in In the 1950's, the U.S. Congress year after Korean-American economic partnership, his life, but also the enjoyment that retire­ year voted in favor of bills lending economic with great benefits for both nations. We ment will bring to all of them. I wish to and military aid to Korea. I remember how must not lose this opportunity simply be­ salute the members of the DiFede family, glad we were when we heard those voices cause our present short-term disagreements his lovely and devoted wife Erma, their raised in the House Foreign Affairs Com­ have been thrust into the political limelight. daughter Ann Cranshaw who follows in her mittee in support of continued aid to Korea. I fear that the U.S., concerned by the in­ For ten years after the end of the Korean creased influx of Japanese goods, at times father's footsteps as a lawyer, as well as War, Korea was completely dependent on treats South Korea as a "second Japan.'' I their three grandchildren Stephen, Sandra, the United States for its recovery. Thirty­ would like to stress that such a perception and Jacqueline. two years later, however, much has overlooks Korea's unique circumstances. Retirment marks the end of one phase of changed. Korea is still a developing country, which life and the beginning of another. Those Now, Korea has become the seventh larg­ must tackle the many problems inherent in who fare the best under retirement are est trading partner of the U.S. and fourth a divided and developing nation. Our per those who have the most to retire to. Judge largest consumer of American agricultural capita GNP is only two thousand dollars, DiFede has all the ingredients for a happy products. less than one fifth that of Japan. We must We are proud that Korea has grown in a spend 6% of our GNP, or one-third of our retirement: a close family, good helath and single generation into a major trading part­ annual budget on national defense. a desire to remain active in the community. ner of the U.S. In addition, it is quite misleading to classi­ Retirement for Joe just means greater Mr. Chairman, I think two basic elements fy Korea as a country with "excess" trade flexibility in his life. Retirement can also might be said to characterize the partner­ surpluses. It was not untill982 that the bal­ be rewarding for those who have had the ship between the U.S. and the R.O.K. First, ance of trade between our two countries kind of career that is joyous to look back together we are confronting and countering tipped in Korea's favor. And Korea's meager on. This one can say without hesitation North Korea's military adventurism which surpluses in recent years could be attributed aims to communize the Republic by force. to the high value of the U.S. dollar. Korea about Joe DiFede's life. He has distin­ We are also facing together the ominous also has an outstanding foreign debt of 45 guished himself for five decades in careers challenge from the Soviet Union to expand billion dollars. Last year, we paid 6.6 billion in both the public and private sector, in law its influence in Northeast Asia. dollars to service that debt, a sum equal to and in academia. Yet throughout, Joe The North Korean communist regime has the cost of our imported energy require­ DiFede remained a good husband a loving been a continuous threat to the R.O.K.'s na­ ments. And I should add that most of these father and grandfather and friend. tional security. North Korea, pouring over payments were made to American financial I wish Judge DiFede all the good life has 25% of its GNP into a military build-up, has institutions. never abandoned its attempt to take over Trade is essential for us to repay our for­ to offer, to receive from life as much as he South Korea by force. eign debts and to carry the defense burden has given. If that be the case, one knows Since General-Secretary Gorbachev took we share with the U.S. in Northeast Asia. his retirement years will be long, fruitful, over, the Soviet Union has increased its Trade is the main engine of development for and most of all enjoyable. I know he has military cooperation with North Korea by the Korean economy. made a lasting impression on my life and providing scores of sophisticated MIG-23 As a trading nation, we are deeply con­ the lives of many others. combat aircraft. cerned over a rising tide of protectionism . 31792 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 13, 1985 around the world, in particular the protec­ "Yes. Bertini. Cathy Bertini," Yates says, When Yates reached Congress his party tionist sentiments building within the U.S. smiling softly. "I wonder what she's doing patrons-men like Gill, Daley, and west-side Congress. now?" congressman Tom O'Brien-saw to it that At a pace commensurate with its develop­ Good God, what are any of them doing Yates never faced opposition from the regu­ ment, Korea has been progressively opening today? There have been so many challeng­ lar ranks. And he has consistently routed its markets through a series of import liber­ ers: 18 at last count. There'll be others in what was put up by the Republicans. When alization measures. 1986. Old Sidney doesn't plan to step down Democratic mapmakers in Springfield We will continue to do our utmost to raise yet. moved his district north into the suburbs in what is called the import liberalization "Why should I retire?" he says. "I have se­ 1981, giving him constituents in Evanston ratio. In fact, the ratio was raised to 87.7% niority. I am in a position where I think and Skokie who-while predominantly this year and by 1998, the year we host the some things good will be lost for my district Democratic-Inight not know who Sidney Summer Olympics, Korea's markets will be if I retire." Yates was, he ran against Cathy Bertini as open as those of any advanced nation. As always, his voice is soft and restrained. with the energy of a freshman. He won big. We have, in the past, solved whatever Too soft, too restrained, his closest support­ And he won big in '84. problems which have arisen between us in ers would say. If only he'd speak a little Yates claims he reads every piece of con­ the spirit of friendship and mutual under­ louder. If only he'd be a little less modest. A stituent mail. standing. I have every confidence that we little less of a gentleman. Then the world I'll talk to any constituent," he boasts. will be able to continue to work together in might know a little more about Sidney "Why shouldn't I? It's my job." this same spirit to overcome any irritants Yates. "I'm standing in Kennedy Airport about that may arise between our two countries in "He's publicity-shy, unbelievably so," says to go to Europe with my wife," recalls Carl the future. June Rosner, a publicist and veteran of Devoe, president of the Executive House So just as the House Foreign Affairs Com­ many north-side political campaigns. "I had and, at age 76, one of Yates's oldest and mittee was instrumental in making our re­ a press conference for him once. The Sierra dearest friends. "And I am made painfully covery from the Korean War possible, I call Club had endorsed him; it was the first time aware of the fact that my passport has ex­ upon the members of the Committee and its they'd ever endorsed a political candidate. pired. I don't know what else to do so I call friends to help defuse the protectionist sen­ He came into the room and went straight to Sid. His secretary says he's on the floor, in timent toward Korea. the back. It was really funny. I mean, it was conference. Well, she got him the message, As I have noted, the ties between our na­ his press conference. I have never seen any he excused himself from the floor and calls tions in the area of security are as strong as other officeholder do that." the State Department. ever, and the future lying before us in trade Did you know that Yates made a name for "To make a long story short, he took care and economic cooperation is bright. We are himself in the 1920s playing semiprofes­ of the whole thing. He does these things, ready to grow and expand with you as we sional basketball? Or that several years ago for everybody. That's part of the reason he have in the past. he was the congressional golf champion? always wins." I am confident that we will be able to look Dan Rostenkowski gets his picture in the back on another 35 years and congratulate papers banging the ball around with the • • • • • ourselves on having found the wisdom and likes of Arnold Palmer and Gerald Ford; but "I was born in Michael Reese Hospital. foresight to bring that future into being. Yates thinks that at his age, he can still My father and my mother were immigrants whip Rostenkowski. from Lithuania. From Vilnius, specifically. And Yates claims he was the clever fellow And they came over here, I would speculate, YATES: 18 GOOD TERMS who back in the 50s nicknamed the subcom­ in, oh, about 1895." mittee chairmen of the House Appropria­ Yates's family lived on Maxwell Street, HON.THOMASS.FOLEY tions Committee the "College of Cardinals," the west-side ghetto where most Jewish im­ OF WASHINGTON for the power they so quietly hold. Yates is migrants settled. His father was a teamster, one himself, one of the most powerful, and eventually he had earned enough IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES chairman of the Interior Subcommittee. money to move the family north to Lake­ Wednesday, November 13, 1985 Yates understands power, all right. In the view. Yates grew up in the same neighbor­ last few years, he has wrangled millions of hood he lives in today. He attended the Net­ Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to federal dollars for the Chicago Transit Au­ telhorst School on North Broadway. He bring to the attention of the House of Rep­ thority, for Navy Pier, for Chicago's Board graduated with honors from Lake View resentatives a recent article in the Chicago of Education ... Meanwhile, he was playing High School. Reader titled "18 Good Terms" which high­ a central if inconspicuous role in defeating Yates didn't care much for politics back lights Mr. YATES of Illinois' outstanding the ABM and SST, in protecting Lake then. His love was basketball. For a time career of public service to the people of Il­ Michigan from pollution, in defending fed­ after graduating from the University of Chi­ linois and to the country: eral support for the arts. cago, he barnstormed the midwest with the The fights he has avoided-assiduously Lifschultz Fast Freights. "We played teams SIDNEY YATES-"18 GOOD TERMS" so-are the ones back home. You're too known as the Tulsa Oilers and the Pitts­ . who votes with Marcantonio? Who votes on They slated Herman Bundesen, the city's They had just come out of the camps in the Communist side of the issue?' Oh, this health commissioner, to run against him. California. They wanted only one promise was big stuff." And Yates got involved. from me-that I would oppose Oriental ex­ A few months before the 1950 election, "I won on Homer's side," he recalls "I clusion laws, which prevented their parents Congress had to act on the Internal Securi­ went knocking on doors. It was my first po­ from becoming citizens. ty Law, which would require all Commu­ litical work and we won."1 "I told them I couldn't promise anything, nists and "Communist front" organizations Three years later, Yates decided to run but that I wanted them to know that their to register as such with the government. himself. He challenged the incumbent alder­ goals were my goals: democratic liberty. And "I remember sitting in the back row with man of the 46th Ward, a fellow named they went out and campaigned for me in some of my friends in Congress, good people James Young, Joe Gill's protege. that area.'' who just felt the pressure so great that they "Smash the Machine was my issue," says The Republicans gloated about their were going to vote for that bill. I said I Yates. "The Kelly-Nash Machine. I was run­ chances in 1948. After 16 years of New Deal couldn't. I made up my mind to vote against ning presumably with the help of Governor Democrats, the Tribune editorialized, the it. I was sick when the vote came up, had a Homer. In retrospect, I didn't have a country yearned for change. The Tribune bad case of the flu, couldn't get to the floor. chance." predicted that this would be the country's "But I had made my position clear. And so he joined the Regular Democratic opportunity to smash, once and for all, the Truman vetoed the bill and I was one of the Organization-whose reputation, in impor­ socialistic policies of the Democrats, which few who voted to sustain the veto. They . tant respects-was far less tarnished than threatened to stifle free trade and American overrode it and it became the law. It's since, that of the organization Alderman Edward initiative. however, been declared unconstitutional. Vrdolyak heads today. At the top of the Democratic ticket in Illi­ And that's the reason I voted against it. "You have to understand. We thought the nois that year were Adlai Stevenson II, run­ "I don't know if this helped me with my Democratic party was the only way to save ning for governor, and Paul Douglas, the political sponsors. I'd come home to Mr. Gill the country," says Carl Devoe. "The farm­ candidate for senator. and he wouldn't understand why I had ers were losing their farms. The home "Well you know what happened," says voted for something. But he was gentleman owners were losing their homes. The banks Yates. It was a big Democratic year. I lost enough to realize that this was something I were going bust. It was the Depression and the areas that were Republican to start believed in. That this was a personal com­ we were trying to save our country." with. But I won by 18,000 votes, which was mitment he wasn't going to disturb. And he "I was an assistant precinct captain," says unheard of. I used to tell Adlai Stevenson, held my position with the other committee­ Yates. "I just came along at election time 'Governor, you were lucky I was on the men." and worked with the precinct captain. Roo­ ticket. I gave you the strength.'" Yates never left the Democratic party, no sevelt was still very strong. Everybody ad­ In Washington, Yates met U.S. Represent­ matter how ugly things got. Never joined mired Roosevelt, except the hard-line Re­ ative Thomas O'Brien, leader of the Cook the Progressive Party, which in the late 40s publicans. Mayor Kelly said that Roosevelt County delegation. They took a liking to attracted liberal Democrats who desired a was the greatest precinct captain the Demo­ one another. O'Brien got Yates named to friendlier approach to the Soviet Union. crats ever had. We would just knock on the Appropriations Committee, an unusual Progressive Party members remember him doors and say, 'We are the party of Roose­ break for a freshman legislator, and he pro­ as what they call a "Harry Truman Demo­ velt.'" tected Yates when Yates opposed Sam Ray­ crat" or a "Cold War liberal.'' Opposing the With World War II, Yates enlisted in the bum over the issue of oil and gas deregula­ Korean War was out of the question. Navy, and was assigned to Washington as a tion. "I remember writing a couple of newslet­ lawyer with the Bureau of Ships. After the "The oil and gas industries wanted to get ters saying that the Korean War was a ques· war, he returned to Chicago eager to run for out from regulation. They wanted to fix tion of meeting Communist aggression in office. their own rates," says Yates. "Rayburn, of Seoul rather than Seattle," says Yates. "In 1948, I went to Mr. Gill and he took course, being from Texas, represented the "He wasn't anti-Communist, but that my name to the congressional slate-making oil and gas people. I joined the other liberal wasn't his cause. That wasn't his end all and committee of the Ninth District. And Mr. Democrats. I don't know if Rayburn ever be all," recalls Sidney Ordower, who was a Gill reported back that I had not been ac­ forgave me. Progressive Party organizer in Chicago. "As cepted. "But I got along with O'Brien even if I the Cold War developed some liberals went "He said that this would be the year for a didn't get along with Rayburn. Whatever I along with the extremists and forgot about German candidate. And that John Hader­ needed, I went to O'Brien. He referred to civil liberties. That wasn't Yates. I always lein, a real estate man, would be the candi­ me as his lawyer; I used to write his speech­ felt you could talk to Yates and he would date. Well that was the time when Harry es.'' listen." Truman was reaching the depths of his pop­ O'Brien was powerful, Yates contends, be­ His causes weren't centered on foreign ularity. Thomas Dewey was supposed to cause he had helped Rayburn get elected policy. They were domestic issues: public sweep the country and sweep every Republi­ speaker of the House. housing, health care, tougher regulations of can into office with him.'' "Rayburn had come to O'Brien and asked the drug industry. Reform causes that he But in August, the city's postmaster died. for his support," says Yates. "And O'Brien and his allies generally lost because the Re­ "This was considered to be a German post. got the whole Cook County delegation to publicans controlled both the House and Haderlein wanted the job and the regular pledge for Rayburn." the Senate. But they laid the foundation for organization got it for him" says Yates. The O'Brien-Gill alliance also protected the domestic programs passed under presi­ "And so the congressional nomination was Yates back home from his own party. In dents Kennedy and Johnson. vacant. Mr. Gill called me and asked wheth­ those days, the seat wasn't safe, with Re­ In 1955, the New York Time& took notice. er I could raise my own funds. I said sure." publicans predicting that voters would The paper's first profile of Yates described Yates managed his own campaign. His reject Yates for being weak on Communism. his efforts to save the life of a Taiwanese friends at the Bryn Mawr Country Club "This is the time that McCarthyism was Army officer named Hsuan Wei. While visit­ getting started. And the issues we had to ing the United States, Wei had been quoted helped him finance it. vote on were the so-called Communist calllng Chiang Kai-shek, a dictator. For his "Housing was the big issue. I can still see issues. I was a liberal Democrat and liberal candor, the Taiwanese government notified my billboards: 'Up with housing, and down Democrats were getting pushed around. I him that upon returning to his homeland with prices.· It's a very good slogan; a very have voted against the Hobbs Bill. It was a he would be executed as a traitor. good billboard," says Yates. bill that gave the attorney general the right The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization In the 1940s, the Ninth was a swing dis­ to place so-called subversive Communists in Service denied Wei's request for citizenship. trict: one election it would go Republican, concentration camps or detention camps. I So Yates attempted to make Wei a citizen the next Democratic. Its boundaries ran think I was one of seven to vote against it. by a vote of Congress. The State Depart­ roughly from Kinzie Avenue on the south to "At that time we had a guy from New ment protested that such an act would be Irving Park Road on the north, from the York, his name was Vito Marcantonio. He viewed as meddling in Taiwan's internal af­ Chicago River east to Lake Michigan. The was very powerful in the New York Labor fairs. Yates spread word of the debate Republican vote was concentrated in the Party. A very progressive, articulate, and el· through his newsletter, which the Times German neighborhoods of the 45th Ward. oquent spokesman. And he was in on all quoted at length. "I campaigned in the slum areas of the these fights. "I am reminded," Yates wrote, "of the 42nd Ward," says Yates. "It was black and "Well, when I ran for reelection they story of Lincoln and the army deserter who Italian. I remember meeting with a Japa- would compare my records to Marcanton- appealed for clemency. 'Has he no family?' ,.

31794 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 13, 1985 Lincoln asked. 'No, he has no family,' Lin­ busting our butts going from 5:30 in the whether the GOP downstate lead can over­ coln was told. 'Has he no friends?' Lincoln morning to 11 at night and some guy in Chi­ come the Democratic margin in Cook replied. 'No, he has no friends.' 'Then I will cago would write a story that says Yates County," wrote the Dally News' political be his friend,' said the president. And he isn't doing anything.'' correspondent, Charles Cleveland. "But this granted the prisoner clemency." In August, under pressure from Daley, the time it looks like only a question of how big "We won that one,'' says Yates trium­ White House announced that President a plurality Dirksen can muster because phantly. Kennedy would come to Illinois in October preelection barometers indicate he will By 1962, after 14 years in the House, he and campaign for Yates. The President's carry Cook County." was ambitious for higher office . .so he went first stop was Springfield. "President Ken­ The Democrats won all but one of the to Daley, seeking the party organization's nedy asked Illinois voters Friday afternoon local races. " 'A Great Day,' Says Daley," support to run for senator. to elect Sidney R. Yates to the Senate in a read the postelection headline in the Daily It is important that future historians speech that neglected to mention Republi­ News. But yes, Sidney Yates lost. The report that Yates went to Daley. That can Dirksen,'' began the account in the Chi­ papers reported that he'd run a surprisingly Yates wanted to be the U.S. senator from Il­ cago Daily News. tough little campaign. The outcome was in linois. Because chroniclers of that time had That night Kennedy flew to Chicago and doubt until after midnight. Yates conceded a different, more skeptical tale to tell. They was escorted by Daley to a rally at McCor­ at a quarter to three in the morning before peddled the idea that Sidney Yates was not mick Place. The papers ran articles on the about 20 campaign workers, their eyes swell­ a legitimate contender for the Senate seat. food the Democrats ate and the fashions ing with tears. That even he knew he couldn't possibly their wives wore. But amid all the gushing The downstate strategy had worked to a unseat Everett Dirksen. hoopla there was not one picture published degree. Yates actually beat Dirksen in the Dirksen, after all, was unbeatable. The of Kennedy and Yates together. senator's hometown of Pekin. mellifluous orator had been the incumbent And Kennedy steadfastly avoided a public denunciation of Dirksen by name. "I had Dirksen. I had him until October since 1950. The Senate's Republican leader, 22 when the missile crisis broke,'' Yates he was a man Democrats could work with, Oh sure, the official transcript of the president's prepared speech at McCormick says. "From that day on it was downhill all even though he'd resisted the most basic of the way. Because Dirksen and Kennedy Democratic initiatives, like Social Security Place said: "There is only one candidate in the Senate race who supported [my] pro­ were very close in people's minds. I lost by a and Civil Rights laws. Indeed, all the evi­ couple of hundred thousand votes. I got dence suggested that President Kennedy grams ... and that is Sid Yates. I look for­ ward to working with him in the Senate.'' about 48 percent of the total. If Chicago wanted Dirksen to win. So he would not had given me what it gave Kennedy in 1960, wind up with a more hostile Republican Kennedy, for reasons unknown, did not deliver that line when he read his speech. I think I would have won. But there wasn't leader in the Senate. anything Daley could do after that. He was Sidney Yates, the story went, was a sacri­ The press dutifully and repeatedly reported the omission. patriotic. This was a real eyeball-to-eyeball ficial lamb being led to the slaughter. In "We were very disappointed with Kenne­ confrontation with the Soviets. And Dirksen return for which Kennedy might offer him dy's speech,'' says Brunner. "We were all de­ was the minority leader. some crumb of gratitude, maybe even a fed­ pressed. Everybody had put a lot of effort "But I have no regrets. I'm glad I ran.'' eral judgeship. into that campaign and then Kennedy A few days after the election, the Tribune, From the outset, Yates denied that it was which had never been friendly to Yates, so. wouldn't go after Dirksen.'' "Senator Dirksen has written his record Later that night, Kennedy cut short his took one final shot. Remember that federal and I have written mine,'' he said, announc­ trip and returned to Washington. His press judgeship we told you Sidney Yates really ing his candidacy. "And that will be the secretary said the president had a bad cold. wanted? it reported. Well, he didn't get it. basis of this campaign. I'll ·show the Repub­ A few days later, the White House told the Dirksen saw to it that a Republican, Ber­ lican senator's foundation has been built on truth. The United States and the Soviet nard Decker, was nominated. As for Yates, Union "stood eyeball to eyeball" in a nucle­ the Tribune article concluded that he shifting sand.'' ar confrontation over the issue of Soviet wasn't certain what he'd do now that he was He thought he could win. He had strategy. missiles on Cuba. out of office. Probably make a living practic­ The plan was to hit Dirksen hard, right Kennedy called on the nation for courage ing law. where the senator would least expect it. and support. Included in that call were the Sidney Yates, the Jew from Chicago, was The article was wrong. After the election, Republicans. Especially Everett Dirksen. Yates became an assistant to Adlai Steven­ going to campaign for voters on Dirksen's The papers ran front-page pictures of Dirk­ downstate turf. son, the U.S. ambassador to the United Na­ sen boarding a plane, summoned by the tions. "I went everywhere downstate. I was president to Washington. there for seven months. And the polls "I thought that would help my career if I "The Senate contest here,'' read an Octo­ was inclined to run for the Senate again,'' showed I had Dirksen. He had more money ber dispatch from the Associated Press, "is than me. But I was at him on the issues. I he says. ending on a curious note of oscillating bipar­ He never did. Daley made it clear that the remember Thalidomide was a big issue, the tisanship on foreign affairs and the suspi­ drug that so many women took in the Ninth Congressional seat was his if he cion that Yates has the political equivalence wanted it back. And so in 1964, Edward Fin­ 1950s.'' of a breach of promise case against Presi­ Hundreds of those women-in West Ger­ negan, who had replaced Yates, stepped dent Kennedy." down to become a circuit judge. And Yates many and Britain-gave birth to deformed Upon his return to Illinois, Dirksen told children. But the Food ·and Drug Adminis­ reporters that in his private meeting with returned to Congress. tration kept the tranquilizer off druggists' Kennedy, the president had said: "What are "I remember campaigning on the north shelves in the U.S. Yates argued that the you worried about, Ev? You've got it in the side,'' says Brunner. "We passed out shoe­ FDA should be, if anything, even more bag.'' shine kits that said, 'I'm in step with LBJ; stringent in regulating the drug industry­ "I do not know whether the president Yates for Congress.' " and he accused Dirksen of being too needs me,'' Dirksen went on to say. I do "I was elected in 1964, so I never voted on chummy with it to be responsive to the dan­ know he calls me frequently.'' the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution,'' says Yates, gers. The White House was too preoccupied, of referring to the 1964 measure overwhelm­ Terry Brunner, now executive director of course, to bother with denials. Yates was fu­ ingly adopted by Congress that enabled the Better Government Association worked rious. Johnson to pour troops into Vietnam. "I'd for Yates during much of that downstate "Dirksen has given the misrepresentation like to think that I was against it.'' swing. that he was in the nature of a special advis­ "At any rate, I supported Johnson on the "I was a law student at Loyola, and I was er to the president because he was one of 17 war until '66 or '67 when I began voting sitting in the cafeteria and someone says, congressional leaders called to Washington against appropriations for support. It an­ 'There's a job with Yates,' " says Brunner. to hear the president's decision.'' gered Johnson. I remember one day flying "And I say, 'Who's Yates?' I interviewed As for the alleged "in the bag" comment, from Chicago to Washington with Hubert for the job as driver and I got it. They paid it was, said Yates, an "outright, contempti­ Humphrey. He and I were arguing. I said, me $65 a week to.work 24 hours a day with ble lie.'' 'Hubert, I just can't do it; you and I don't no days off. The big problem was shirts. But on election day the New York Times have the same ideas.' He really believed in You'd run out of clean shirts and where reported that Dirksen had accepted Kenne­ the war.'' could you wash them? dy's invitation to join the president on an "The war was an issue that really separat­ "Let me tell you, that sacrificial lamb crap around-the-world trip to "examine trouble ed liberals from progressives," says Don was fostered by Sidney's opponents and po­ spots.'' Rose. "Yates was a little slow to come out litical writers who didn't know what the hell Not one political prognosticator predicted against the war, but he was not as slow as a they were talking about. We'd be downstate Yates would win. "Illinois elections hinge on lot of Chicago Democrats. Where he really

,,, November 13, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31795 hurt the independents was on local issues. presidents. And we would review with him, Their first big showdown came in 1981 Like the Singer campaign." when he came, the needs of the city. That over the arts budget. Reagan proposed cut­ It sounds so dated today, especially since was the extent of it. He didn't tell me how ting the budget of the National Endowment William Singer long ago made his peace to vote. He didn't have to. On most issues of the Arts from the $145 million it had with the regulars. regarding federal programs for the city, we been the year before to $70 million. The But in 1969, Singer dared to challenge agreed. matter came under the purview of Yates' In­ committeeman Eddie Barrett's 44th Ward "I wasn't a delegate in 1968. But I terior Subcommittee, which oversees federal Democratic organization. It was a special watched the proceedings on TV. And I arts expenditures. election to fill an aldermanic vacancy. And thought Daley mishandled it. I suppose, I His subcommittee was inundated with tes­ almost all the liberal activists in Lincoln don't know what else he could have done. In timony from museum curators, community Park and Lakeview rallied to Singer's cause. retrospect, he could have trained the police theater organizers, and artists all pleading The independents linked Barrett to Daley, better. But when I asked him about it subse­ for more money. When the hearings ended, Daley to the police pounding protesters at quently, he said there was nothing else he Yates simply put the money back into the the 1968 Democratic Convention. could do because there was an effort by appropriations bill. "If you are on their side, you're on the many of the victims to provoke the reaction Well, maybe it wasn't so simple. During wrong side," one volunteer told a Tribune they got. the final moments of the budget-making reporter. And that went for Sidney Yates as "You see, I'm not a zealot. I am a good lib­ process, the Capitol turns into a brokerage well. eral Democrat. Sure, I got along with Daley. house of sorts, with lobbyists scrambling "When Singer ran for alderman, Yates did But I got along with the independents too. I among legislators, pleading for restitution not endorse him," says Rosner. "He went think both groups wanted to claim me. And of favorite projects. There are trade-offs with the party. So we got together to make that's fine with me. I am a part of both and deals involving millions of dollars, all his life as miserable as possible." groups. I can't be a part of one group exclu­ made under deadline pressure. At one point, the Barrett forces bought an sively because they both have certain ideals "Yates doesn't introduce headline bills," ad in the Tribune that depicted Singer as I believe in.'' says Michael Dorf, from 1978 to 1984 Yates' some sort of rabble-rousing hippie. Yates's For a while, some activists boldly talked of legislative assistant. "He makes incredible name appeared under that ad, even though running an independent against Yates in trades.'' he later denied knowing anything about it. the Democratic primary. Maybe even Singer If, let's say, the Chicago Transit Author­ "We made him repudiate the Tribune ad," himself. But it stayed talk. ity seeks a federal subsidy, Yates speaks says Rosner. "He didn't know anything "No one ever gave a serious thought to with Senator Mark Andrews, the South about it. They just signed his name to it. I challenging him during that time," says Dakota Republican who chairs the Senate's chased him down by phone to some vacation Rosner. "He's impregnable. You can't defeat Transportation Committee. boat off the coast of Florida, and I told him him. It would have been a total waste. Sure, The CTA is not a burning issue in South he had to take his name off the ad. And he we were angry at him. But that was all Dakota. But fishing hatcheries, Indian res­ did it." local. In Congress, he was fighting so many ervations, and wildlife preserves are. All of "I think he had a different view of the good fights. Like the SST." which fall under the jurisdiction of Yates's Democratic party than we did," says Scott The supersonic transport was the jet air­ subcommittee. Simon, now a correspondent for National plane Boeing wanted to build-with federal "He's quiet, but Yates is a master of the Public Radio. "When he joined the Demo­ aid-to carry passengers across the Atlantic process," says Dorf. "That's when he's at cratic party it was viewed as a bulwark in less than three hours. Britain, France, his finest. During the final hours when the against Republican business interests. I and the Soviet Union were using public subcommittee puts in the dollars. There he think that Mr. Yates always felt that it money to build their own SSTs, Boeing's ad­ is, at the center. The only Chicago Demo­ never had changed. vocates argued. It would be unpatriotic to crat on appropriations. The people come to "Besides, I don't think he saw in the ad­ do otherwise in this country. · him." vance of people like Singer a new wave. I'm Yates disagreed. In the case of federal support for the arts, sure he probably knew that a guy like "I was troubled by the costs. And I was Yates insists few trade-offs were needed. Singer eventually would become settled and troubled by the testimony of environmen­ The cause prevailed on its merits. fit right into the Democratic Organization. talists as to what the fleet of SSTs would do "The Congress has said, and every presi­ Which is, of course, exactly what happened. to the ozone. The theory was that they dent except for Reagan has agreed, that the He probably saw Singer as yet another poli­ would become so hot that they'd break up arts budget is important to the life of our tician. That's not a degradation. Mr. Yates the ozone layers. And so I started my fight.'' communities and to the well-being of our likes politicians." It was a vintage Yates congressional cam­ country. The books you read tell you about In the early 1970s, Simon, just out of high paign. The slow but persistent uphill fight Alexander the Great and his military ac­ school, went to work for Yates as an aide in of a legislator who knows that he'll remain complishments. But what's remembered is his Chicago office. Simon's hair ran long in office long enough to wear down his op­ Greek civilization, its architecture, its phi­ then, down to his back. He wore blue jeans, position. losophers, its art. Sure, you have to build rode his bike to work, and disagreed with "The most interesting thing about the your defense. But you are going to have to his boss on many local political issues. But SST battle is to go back and look at the roll make peace someday. Yates never tried to censor him or curtail calls," says Hal Bergan, now a policy direc­ "And so the Congress and perhaps even his political activities, Simon says. tor for the governor of Wisconsin. In the President Reagan have come to recognize "I will never forget the time I went to early 1970s, Bergan was Yates' legislative as­ that the president was in error in trying to Midway Airport to pick up Mr. Yates," says sistant. cut out the arts budget. Although the presi­ Simon. "Dan Rostenkowski was on the same "Look at the numbers of supporters he dent seems to be a slow learner. He last year flight. Rostenkowski looked at me and said, originally had. It started in the low teens tried to eliminate the funds of the Institute 'You know, Sid, he'd look a little better if he and he ended up winning." of Museum Services, which is a relatively got his hair cut.' Yates extracted from congressional hear­ small appropriation of $21 million. I just "And Yates said, 'You know, Dan, some of ings and publicized damaging testimony put the money back into the bill and the us would look a little better if we lost 20 about the project. And he helped organize House approved.'' pounds.' Well, it wasn't himself that he was the sundry politicians, scientists, and envi­ He doesn't always succeed. He's witnessed talking about. Mr. Yates was always trim." ronmentalists who opposed the SST into an massive cutbacks in housing and education Yates remains somewhat noncommittal effective coalition. Always, he operated in in the past five years. But despite the about the issues of those days. He didn't the background, while other politicians, Reagan landslide, Yates believes Congress engage in local fights then and he's not such as Senators William Proxmire and will revive many of these programs. about to now. George McGovern, took center stage. "I believe the people who elected me "I had no generation conflict with the "I sent a lot of letters, the so-called 'dear really wanted to elect Walter Mondale. I young people in the 1960s," says Yates. colleague' letters, to my fellow congressmen, think Reagan was elected for reasons other "They were idealistic and they liked the po­ Yates says of the early days of the SST than ideology. He's fresh; he's handsome; sitions I took.'' fight. "You don't want to alienate anybody. he's exuberant. But to my mind, he stands As for Daley? You can become so dedicated yourself about for the wrong things. I think most people "Daley respected me and I thought he was an issue that you make people angry be­ elected an image. a good mayor. I didn't really see him that cause you talk about it so much.'' "I still think people will support the much. Rostenkowski became the leader of It was, in many respects, a harbinger of Democratic party because it stands for the the Chicago delegation because he was a the 1980s, when Yates and other liberals New Deal programs and the other social ward committeeman. Daley would usually were forced on the defensive by Reagan's programs that evolved out of them. I see come to Washington to talk to one of the assaults on federal spending. guys like Gary Hart and Paul Tsongas and

'· 31796 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 13, 1985 some of the other senators saying you've got "They're all good," says Yates diplomati­ policy not to underut in anyway existing to stand for something else. But they don't cally of the horde waiting to succeed him. treaties, including the Helsinki Final Act. say what else. They write books on the sub­ "But I'm not going to say who the leading Finally, Mr. Speaker, it remains my hope ject, and they don't tell you anything. candidates are. They're kind enough to re­ "The programs we created were supposed spect the fact that I'm doing a good job. I that both President Reagan and Secretary to provide the means for people to move for­ try to be a good congressman and I'd like to Gorbachev may come to some kind of an ward. Do you go back to creating slums? Do think that perhaps my representation is one agreement to resume direct, bilateral nego­ you go back to the miserable conditions? Do that serves as a good example." tiations on a verifiable comprehensive nu­ you do away with education, like Reagan He smiles slightly. clear test ban treaty. As the chief sponsor wants to? Do you do away with health re­ "It's going to be a sad day when Sidney of House Joint Resolution 3-a measure to search after all the benefits we've seen Yates steps down," says Newfeld. "Some­ prevent nuclear explosive testing, which emerge to make us the healthy people we body else will be elected to replace him, but now enjoys the support of 206 of our col­ are? Do you do away with cancer research? they won't really replace him. Do you do away with public transportation? "You can't just replace Sidney Yates. So leagues-it remains my hope that President "There have been mistakes. The huge what you do is encourage him to remain in Reagan will recognize the significance of housing projects, I think they were mis­ Congress and hope he stays in office for as the Soviet Union's unilateral offer to sus­ takes. But the fact remains that people in long as he can." pend nuclear testing activities. In my view, the city still need housing. The problem is such an agreement represents the first that there is so little private housing built most readily achievable and verifiable for people of a lower economic level. So you SUMMIT MEETING IN GENEVA look for solutions, like the earlier low-rise agreement that can be reached between the public housing units along Cicero Avenue. superpowers. Further, it remains my belief They were two-story buildings. They're HON. BERKLEY BEDELL that a resumption of such negotiations good. People can live there and raise a strengthens President Reagan's hand in family. OF IOWA seeking deep cuts in existing nuclear weap­ "The fact is that urban problems are IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ons inventories. problems that have to be met by New Deal In closing I would like to extend to methods." Wednesday, November 13, 1985 He sees in Mario Cuomo the most persua­ President Reagan my sincerest wishes for a Mr. BEDELL. Mr. Speaker, next week's successful summit meeting in Geneva. I sive and articulate advocate of this philoso­ summit meeting in Geneva represents the phy. He'd like to see Cuomo run for presi­ would also like to pledge my willingness to dent. And he'd like to join the Cuomo slate first meeting between the heads-of-state of support the President in a bipartisan effort in 1988, as the Ninth Congressional Dis­ the United States and the Soviet Union in 6 to implement any agreement that enhances tirct's Democratic candidate. years. While I am aware that there are sig­ the long-term national se>!urity interests of That ambition, alas, may uspet a few of nificant disagreements and disputes be­ the United States through reducing the risk the younger politicians on the north side. tween our nations, I believe that some sig­ They won't say it , but you know can be achieved in Geneva. I believe that as that in their hearts they wish the old man States currently at war and promotion of would quietly step aside and let them have a Americans, whether Democrat or Republi­ peace and freedom throughout the global chance. can, we should congratulate and endorse community. Mr. President, our hopes and The Ninth is one of the wealthiest urban President Reagan in his efforts to take ad­ prayers are with you. districts in the country. There is no short­ vantage of this historic opportunity. I also age of eager aldermen, state legislators, and believe that we should commend you, Mr. committeemen-monied, educated, polished, Speaker, for your eloquent remarks made THE STATUS OF THE GENEVA and hungry for higher office. this morning in support of the President, ARMS CONTROL NEGOTIA­ Call them the Sidney Yates Club. Singer, TIONS AND OTHER SUMMIT State Senator Bill Marovitz, State Repre­ and I also believe that the President should sentative Ellis Levin, Alderman David Orr, pay heed to the House Democratic Leader­ ISSUES etc. Many of them have grown to middle ship Statement on the Geneva Summit. age, waiting for Sidney. During the last 6 years, we have seen an HON. DANTE B. FASCELL "What tickles me about the Sidney Yates escalation of the nuclear arms race and an OF FLORIDA Club," says Charlotte Newfeld, a longtime erosion of United States-Soviet relations. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES north-side activist, "is that they don't want Next week's meeting, however, presents the to replace Sidney Yates. They want to be Wednesday, November 13, 1985 Sidney Yates. They want to stay in office opportunity for a new beginning in these for years and years and years." relations. Clearly, each side appears closer Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, under my There's no saying who is the front runner, to some form of framework from which a direction, the staff of the Foreign Mfairs because there's no way of knowing when significant arms control agreement can be Committee has conducted an extensive they'll have their chance to run. Singer and originated. In my opinion, we have before analysis of the various arms control pro­ Marovitz have money and notoriety. But us the chance to begin to reverse the nucle­ posals tabled at Geneva, as well as the posi­ their close ties to Vrdolyak repel many ar arms race and to reduce tensions, such tions the two sides are likely to take at the voters. Levin is considered an effective legis­ that the world may become a safer place in Geneva summit. lator but a poor campaigner. The 1991 reap­ portionment may push the district even fur­ which to live. The attached chart describes the evolu­ ther into the suburbs. That would benefit Like you, I believe the highest priority in tion of arms control proposals ranging suburban politicians, such as state repre­ Geneva must be to take those steps neces­ from the original United States March pro­ sentatives Alan Greiman of Skokie or sary to reduce the risk of nuclear war posal, to the Soviet proposal in October, to Woody Bowman of Evanston. through accident, design, or terrorism. I the United States November position. A Maybe they'll all run, siphoning off from also believe we must make a mutual and brief summary of regional, human rights each other their own tiny fiefdoms of sup­ wholehearted effort to put an end to those and other bilateral issues to be discussed at port. And then some kid will win by default. Some unknown like Sidney Yates was back regional Third World conflicts that threat­ the summit is also provided. in 1948. en to spill over and bring about superpower The information on the chart and the Yates watches the maneuvering from afar. confrontation. It is for this reason that I analysis have been compiled from unclassi­ As always, he stays out of local politics; he commend the Soviet leadership to seriously fied sources. While some of the figures in doesn't get involved in primaries. He pro­ examine President Reagan's offer to pursue the attached chart could be subject to fesses no allegiance in the feud between negotiated settlements to end these region­ modifications depending upon the source Vrdolyak and Mayor Harold Washington, al brush fire wars We must also make cer­ that is, United States, Soviet, European, although he says the mayor is doing a good job. And unlike any other white congress­ tain that the Soviet leadership understands and assumptions (that is, differences over man from Chicago, he campaigned for our commitment to all past negotiated trea­ what is a strategic or theater system), the Harold Washington in the 1983 mayoral ties between our nations. In this regard, it chart represents an attempt to produce the election. He had no choice. Washington was remains my hope that President Reagan best unclassified overview of the status of the party's candidate. and Secretary Gorbachev reaffirm the the nuclear arms control negotiations un- November 13, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31797 derway between the United States and the ICBM and SLBM launchers than the Persistent and deep differences remain be­ Soviet Union. Further, this chart is not in­ United States March proposal while still re­ tween the two superpowers on the issue of tended to resolve ongoing differences over quiring major Soviet reductions in these the President's strategic defense initiative. particular numbers and assumptions. That systems. Second, the U.S. November proposal reaf­ can only be resolved in actual negotiations Seventh, the United States November pro­ firms the longstanding 13-year established based on an agreed data base. posal rectifies the inherent unequal compo­ interpretation of the ABM Treaty which Based on this chart, the following obser­ nent of the Soviet October proposal that allows research, but prohibits the develop­ vations can be made: seemingly bans new United States systems ment, testing and deployment of space­ but permits similar new Soviet systems. based systems. STRATEGIC INF OTBBR SUJIIIIT ISSUES First, what is most revealing about the First, the latest United States and Soviet In other issues to be discussed at the latest arms control proposals is the pro­ INF proposals represent a narrowing of summit, there appear to be mixed prospects gressive narrowing of differences between differences. The current Soviet 10-1 advan­ for success. In the areas of human rights the United States and Soviet positions at tage in United States warheads is reduced and economic trade, Soviet positions are at Geneva. Particularly striking is the Soviet to 6-1 by the Soviet proposal and to 5-1 by present clearly unacceptable to the United October proposal of a 3,600 warhead limit the United States proposal. States and there is little chance of a major on ICBM's in contrast to the United States Second, the U.S. November proposal also breakthrough. In other areas, however, the November proposal of a 3,000 warhead attempts to compensate for any remaining United States and the Soviet Union have limit on ICBM's, leaving a difference of theater imbalance on nuclear systems greater prospects for important agreements only 600 warheads between the two posi­ through arms control by requiring equal which will strengthen United States-Soviet tions. global limits on INF warheads. relations over the long-term. For example: Second, the Soviet October position Third, the U.S. November proposal re­ First, in the sphere of regional disputes, which reduces both launchers and war­ quires a 50-percent reduction in SS-20's in while both sides fundamentally disagree heads represents an important concession Europe (from 270 to 140) while acknowl­ about the causes and solutions to regional to the longstanding United States objective edging that the zero option is not realistic conficts, both sides have already agreed of seeking limitations on warheads. given the current Soviet advantage in INF that superpower consultation on respective systems. Third, the chart demonstrates that both policies in various regions of the world United States and Soviet proposals result in Fourth, the Soviet October proposal re­ should continue and some "rules of the significant reductions in the nuclear arse­ flects for the first time in the current nego­ nals of both superpowers. game" should be crafted on the nature of tiations a willingness on the part of the So­ superpower involvement in Third World Fourth, the latest United States and viets to reduce their SS-20's in Europe and Soviet proposals continue to reflect the disputes; allow some United States/NATO INF de­ Second, there is the possibility of conclud­ persistent differences between the two na­ ployments. tions in the area of heavy bombers. The ing a new cultural agreement, and exchange United States insists that the Backfire Fifth, the Soviet October INF proposal is of consulates in Kiev and New York, and bomber is a strategic bomber which the So­ inconsistent with the general principle they new safety procedures for North Pacific viets deny. have advocated of cutting nuclear delivery flights to prevent a reoccurrence of the KAL Fifth, the U.S. November proposal to ban vehicles by 50 percent. Levels permitted for 007 tragedy. all mobile missiles and to seek limitations both United States and Soviet INF forces in - In light of the crucial-import;.nce of the­ on ALCMS reflects the administration's the Soviet October INF proposal do not Reagan-Gorbachev summit and its implica­ growing sensitivity regarding the difficulty represent 50 percent reductions. tions for United States-Soviet relations, the of verifying such systems. DEFENSE AND SPACE following is a summary of United States Sixth, the United States November pro­ First, the least amount of progress has and Soviet positions on arms control and posal allows the Soviets higher levels of ~n_ m_ade in the space and d.!_fens.!_ area. other summit issues.

STATUS OF GENEVA NEGOTIATIONS

Current United States-Soviet balance U.S. proposal March 1985 Soviet proposal October 1985 u.s. proposal NoYember 1985 CategOIY United States Soviet United States Soviet United States Soviet United States Soviet

I. STRATEGIC ICBM & SLBM launchers ... 1,630 (1,030 ICMB; 600 2,352 (1,398 ICMB; 954 850 (freedom to mix 850 ...... Applying the SO% cut 1.176 ...... 1,250-1,450 (freedom 1,250-1,450. SLBM) . SLBM) . between ICBM and across the board to mu between ICBM SLBM launchers) . ~~~!~sr:~~~B 1 S . and SLBM launchers) . ICBM & SLBM warheads ... 7,506 (2,130 ICBM; 8,830 (6,420 ICMB; 5,000 (no more than 5,000 ...... 6,~Y ~ly:;~.88o 6,000 ...... 4,sr>Jnoon~M~)n . 4,500. 5,376 SLBM) . 2,410 SLBM) . 2,500 ICBM's on both sides) . limit also applies to gravity bombs and short-range attack missiles (SRAMS) . (U.S. rejects this inclusion) . Heavt bombers ...... 263 ...... 48~1:Swi~ 400 ...... 400 (includes 300 131 ...... 90 (Backfire not 350 ...... 350 (inckltes 300 Backfires) . included) . Backfre bonUrs). Soviets deny is a strategic bomber) . Air~~~(~~=·s). 1,176 ...... 200 ...... Not included ...... Not included .•...... 0 ~~rt~f :ifr'an~al 0...... 1,500 ...... 1,500. cruise miSSiles) . Missile throwweight...... 4.4milion pounds ...... 11.9 minion pounds ...... Eq~":.nt not Equa~":.nt not Not included ...... Not included ...... No~~ 6 million Not~~ 6 minion New systems ...... Not included ...... Not included ...... Ba'K:Mr~s ~nd ~~·~~ =:s~Wn:t =~rna =defined what it modernization and considers to be new replacement rans. types. ~5 ~le ~issiles ~~sm:r.man 31798 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 13, 1985 STATUS OF GENEVA NEGOTIATIONS-Continued

Current United States-Soviet balance U.S. proposal March 1985 Soviet proposal October 1985 U.S. proposal November 1985 Category United States Soviet United States Soviet United States Soviet United States Soviet

II. INTERMEDIATE/ THEATER INF launchers...... 134 P 2's and GLCM 's 270 SS-20's in Europe Equal global limits on ...... Zero P 2's 100- 120 243 SS-20's in Europe 140 ceiling on P 2's and 140 SS-20's in Europe (one warhead each). plus 171 in Asia U.S. and Soviet INF GLCM's. plus a freeze on SS- GLCM 's. and 89 SS-20's in totals 441 SS- 20's systems, preferably 20's in Asia currently Asia totaling 229. (3 warheads each) . zero for each side. at 171. 1 1 Medium bombers ...... 254 (198 F-Ill's and 553 (includes Backfires) .. Not included ...... Not included ...... 127 Figures derived by 276 ••••••...... ••...••••••.••.•••. Wilrliesngnraess.ntst_o discuss 56 FB-lll's). applying 50% cut to ;I 1 U.S. figures.

Category Current United States-Soviet balance Soviet proposal October 1985 U.S. proposal November 1985

Ill. SPACE AND DEFENSE SOl ...... Active research programs consistent with the Seek Soviet cooperation to change from offense Seek ban on research, development, testing and Both allowed to conduct research within the ABM Treaty. to defense regime. deployment of space strike arms (some constraints of the ABM Treaty. Continue to signs of flexibility on not banning research ) . seek cooperation to change from offense to defense ·regime and proposed exchange of information with regular visits to the labora­ tories of each country.

1 The Soviets count all U.S. strategic and theater nuclear delivery systems at 3,360 and theirs at 2,500 (does not include SS-20's) . Applying this 50% cut would result in 1,680 systems for U.S. and 1.250 for the Soviets. Source.-Compiled by House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Nov. 1985.

REGIONAL ISSUES affairs of the Soviet Union in violation of tion procedures on North Pacific security United States the Helsinki Final Act; all states have rules prevent a recurrence of the KAL 007 trage­ dy). Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; Cuban and regulations for emigration that should troops and Soviet military support in Nica­ be respected; all those leaving the Soviet Soviet Union ragua, Angola, Kampuchea, Ethiopia, and Union have done so with the exception of those who have had access to national secu­ Trade elsewhere threaten international security rity information, have been requested to Support for increased U.S.-Soviet trade and undermine political support for and ef­ without political preconditions, economic fectiveness of arms control agreements; stay by family members, or who are serving sentences for crimes; the United States has sanctions, and on the basis of reliability, joint U.S.-Soviet agreement required to sup­ regularity and equal benefit; expansion of port local efforts to peacefully resolve con­ its own problems on human rights issues, es­ pecially with unemployment and poverty; trade agreements on the model of the Long­ flicts, reduce foreign military presence and Term Grain Agreement; the flow of outside arms and encourage eco­ public discussion of each other's internal af­ nomic growth and democratic change; con­ fairs is not constructive; a general improve­ Civil Aviation Rights tinuation of ongoing U.S.-Soviet consulta­ ment in U.S.-Soviet relations could improve Willingness to consider mutual civil avia­ tions on regional issues; until U.S.-Soviet ne­ human rights difficulties as well. tion operations without preconditions or gotiations result in progress, U.S. will con­ BILATERAL ISSUES linkage to other issues; no change necessary tinue support for democratic resistance United States on American airline operations in the Soviet forces. Trade Union; willingness to consider improved Soviet Union measures for civil aviation in the North Pa­ Support for increased nonstrategic trade, cific without linkages or preconditions; U.S. policy of expansion in Middle East, including full implementation of the Long­ Africa, the Indian Ocean as well as its ex­ Term Grain Agreement; fair and equitable Cultural, Scientific Agreements tensive military bases and advisors for pur­ treatment for American companies for Renewal of general cultural agreement poses of domination, coercion, and access to Soviet contract bids; no change in legal re­ must include U.S. commitment to security raw materials threatens world peace; a code quirements for Most-Favored-Nation treat­ of participants and to prevent outside interference, hegemony, tion of Jackson-Vanik>; the resumption of Aeroflot flights to New and spheres of influence, peaceful solutions York for Soviet participants; no commit­ to regional disputes to preserve territorial Civil Aviation Rights ment on television appearances; wUling to integrity against separatist movements Willingness in principle to restore civil negotiate a number of American cultural aimed at partition of countries, complete aviation operations for Aeroflot in exchange performances; recognition of state sovereignty over natural for Soviet willingness for U.S. airlines to op­ resources and equality in international eco­ erate competitively in the Soviet Union : sumption of Aeroflot flights to the United reserves the right to support national libera­ Aeroflot rights also linked to agreements on States). tion movements. cooperation in North Pacific aviation safety to prevent a recurrence of the KAL 007 HUMAN RIGHTS REVERSE McCARTHYISM? United States tragedy; Soviet Union has violated Helsinki Final Cultural Scientific Agreements Act and UN human rights accords by failing Renewal of general cultural agreement HON. VIN WEBER to respect civil, political, religious, ethnic, consistent with the principles of reciprocity, OF MINNESOTA and cultural rights as well as failure to re­ equal benefit, and academic and personal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES solve family reunification cases; Soviet freedom for participants; specific commit­ human rights record inevitably affects ments for reciprocal exchange of television Wednesday, November 13, 1985 other aspects of U.S.-Soviet relations; Soviet appearances; a guarantee on the number of Mr. WEBER. Mr. Speaker, I would like Union should end harassment of and release American cultural performances in the to share with my colleagues an excellent prisoners of conscience and political dissi­ Soviet Union, and adequate housing and dents including Andrei Sakharov, Anatoly other financial provisions for American column by Charles Krauthammer, senior Shcharansky, Yuri Orlov, Vladimir Slepak, scholars and their families visiting the editor of the New Republic, correctly call­ Ida Nudel, as well as thousands of Soviet Soviet Union; ing the most argument against aid to Jews, Pentecostals and other seeking to emi­ Kiev-New York Consulates UNITA (the freedom fighters in Angola) as grate. Establishment of respective consulates in McCarthyism. As it is argued by some of Soviet Union Kiev and New York under conditions of my colleagues, supporting Jonas Savimbi U.S. charges of Soviet human rights viola­ strict diplomatic reciprocity and freedom of and his UNITA fighters is supporting apart­ tions are outside interference in the internal operations The vast majority of Congress sup­ still absurd to judge the morality of wars ports the Afghan guerrillas. So does Lewis. a Communist regime. Regardless of who solely by the virtue of one's allies. By that One of the Afghan guerrillas' strongest supports him, Savimbi needs to be judged standard, we should have withdrawn from allies is Khomeini's Iran. They are "march­ on his own merits. I urge my colleagues to World War II. ing for Tehran." give serious attention to this article. The moralist is not content with pointing And finally, : Like Lewis, Moscow and SECONDHAND GUILT out the right things to do. He wants to show Havana oppose U.S. aid to Savimbi. Let us Moralism, the bane of American foreign that he is no geopolitical fool. Accordingly, transpose: Why is Lewis "endorsing one of policy, though prevalent, rarely exists in Lewis wants to show that the right thing is Moscow's main policy objectives"? He has pure form. So if you come across a textbook the smart thing. How to argue that aban­ decided "to come on as an ally of F. Castro. example of the tendency, and a mean-spirit­ doning a pro-Western resistance movement Is he planning to run with Angela Davis on ed one at that, it is worth examining. An­ fighting a Soviet-Cuban satellite is in the an all-Communist ticket?" thony Lewis's New York Times column on West's interest? Enter part two of the mor­ McCarthyism is a two-way street.­ October 31 is the week's lesson. alist's foreign policy, its theory of action. Its Charles Krauthammer. Lewis opposes U.S. aid to Jonas Savimbi central axiom is that the ultimate weapon and his UNITA guerrillas in Angola. There in international conflict is argument. Better are many strategic, tactical, and yes, moral that Savimbi be destroyed than to risk it REAL WORLD CONSEQUENCES reasons why you might take such a position. being said that the U.S. is in this particular civil war, justice is on the "fundamentally in tune with Pretoria." other side. You can believe that wherever Moreover, continues Lewis, we tend to HON. PAUL B. HENRY justice lies, it is not the United States's busi­ think that South Africa, which repeatedly OF MICHIGAN ness who wins, that we want no more for­ has invaded Angola, wants CUba out. Not so. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eign entang::.ements. Lewis cites none of It's a ruse. Botha "wants them to stay. They these. He gives one reason: UNITA is sup­ provide living proof of his devil theory that Wednesday, November 13, 1985 ported by South Africa. Communism lies behind all unrest in South Mr. HENRY. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I in­ South Africa supports Savimbi because Africa and its environs." serted into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD a they share a common enemy. South Africa Now, in Harvard Square it probably is speech delivered by Mr. Marshall Wright, is fighting SWAPO guerrillas in Namibia, more important to be able to make an argu­ who are in turn supported by Angola and its ment than to win a war. You see, if the vice president for corporate affairs of the 30,000 Cuban troops. A Luanda preoccupied Cubans and Russians don't leave, "then, Mr. Eaton Corp., outlining the arguments for a with UNITA has less time and energy for Botha may hope, he will be able to present new and more realistic view of internation­ SWAPO and Namibia. More generally, the the struggle in his own country not as one al trade. stronger Angola, the stronger the challenge for racial justice that it is, but as part of the Today I am inserting into the RECORD it poses to South African power in the East-West conflict." He will have "lost" recent remarks of E.M. DeWindt, chairman region. Angola, and probably Namibia, too. But he and CEO of Eaton, describing his compa­ South Africa and UNITA share a common will do better on "Nightline." Lewis has enemy. They do not share common goals. never been accused of being Clausewitzian, ny's experience with the real world conse­ To believe they do is to believe an absurdity: but this is ridiculous. quences of current trade policy, including a that Savimbi, a lifelong black nationalist, Beyond the geopolitical nonsense, there is loss of business and the forced relocation supports apartheid. And Lewis does not say something particularly annoying about of plant and equipment overseas. The expe­ of UNITA Cas is often said of the Nicara­ Lewis's style of moralism. It's one thing to rience of his company is not, sadly, unique guan contras relative to the U.S.> that it is a be a moralist; it's another to be a mean-spir­ within American manufacturing. Again, I creation of South Africa, or that it is a ited one. And there is nothing more mean­ commend these remarks to all my col­ South African front. He does not because he spirited than his attack on those who sup­ leagues involved in addressing the current cannot. UNITA is an authentic guerrilla­ port giving U.S. aid to UNITA as "Marching national liberation, if you will-movement for Pretoria." Jack Kemp, who with Claude trade imbalance. founded in 1966 to fight Portuguese colo­ Pepper introduced the bill for U.S. aid to REMARKS OF E.M. DE WINDT BEFORE THE nialism. When Portugal left, Savimbi found UNITA, stands accused of having decided AMERICAN SociETY OF CORPORATE ExEcu­ himself in a civil war, won ultimately by a "to come on as an ally of P.W. Botha." TIVES, OCTOBER 10, 1985 Soviet-supplied Marxist-Leninist party backed by 7,000 to 10,000 Cuban ning to run with the Rev. Jerry Falwell on to give you a quick update on Eaton's cur­ troops. Having run out of more respectable an all-apartheid ticket?" rent performance. After five record quarters allies (for ten years the United States, for This is guilt by association of the most during 1984 and the first quarter of 1985, example, was prohibited from helping Sa­ malicious kind. When the right does it, it is Eaton's earnings dropped slightly in the vimbi by the Clark Amendment, recently re­ correctly called McCarthyism. second quarter, and we're expecting a simi­ pealed>, UNITA is receiving logistical sup­ Kemp believes, as I do, that Savimbi is lar drop in the third quarter. Still, our earn­ port from South Africa. Savimbi has taken fighting in Luanda a typically oppressive, ings are the second highest in history. his help where he can get it. typically corrupt, and typically bankrupt Our automotive businesses are continuing The moralist need look no further. Moral­ Leninist regime, propped up soley by a to generate very satisfactory profits, though ism in foreign policy comes in two parts. Soviet foreign legion of Cubans. Lewis not as good as the record profits a year ago. The first is a theory of purity of means. A cannot even argue, as he would like to, that Since the lifting of voluntary restraints on fundamental axiom is that clean hands are the guerrillas are not authentically popular. imports earlier this year, the Japanese have the overriding objective. All other objec­ Savimbi is. At the time of the scheduled carved out another chunk of the U.S. pas­ tives-freedom, justice, to say nothing of na­ post-independence election of 1975, inde­ senger market. Foreign manufacturers now tional interest-bow before it. Thus if a pendent observers of the region believed have close to 30% of the total market and policy we undertake can be found to be ob­ that Savimbi would have won. The election we expect them to have as much as 40% by jectively in South Africa's interest, ipso was never held, because after Cuba tipped the end of the decade. U.S. factory sales of facto the policy is wrong. And anyone who the war to the MPLA, it concluded, as Len­ heavy trucks are off more than 10% this supports that policy, even if he has no sym­ inists invariably do, that elections were un­ year, and we expect another 10% drop next pathy with South Africa, stands accused of necessary. year. The restructuring we carried out in having "endorsed one of Pretoria's main To tar American supporters of aid to late 1982 and 1983 increased manufacturing policy objectives," to quote Lewis. UNITA, Lewis accuses them of backing efficiency and productivity are paying big Follow the logic. Must now Lewis, who apartheid. Let's apply his logic. dividends in the stagnant economic climate. waxes indignantly eloquent on the subject Representative Stephen Solarz, an im­ Our defense business is robust, led by of Andrei Sakharov, not make the parallel peccably liberal Democrat, has decided in shipments of defensive avionics for the B- case that, say, trade with the Soviet Union favor of genocide: he supports American aid 1B. This contract will generate over $3 bil­ is immoral because East-West trade is" one to Son Sann, the respected leader of the lion in sales by completion in 1988, We've of Moscow's main policy objectives"? In noncommunist opposition in Cambodia, and got a sizable backlog in our defense business fact, South Africa has a host of policy objec­ Son Sann is allied with Pol Pot and his gen­ as well, and the potential in this area is ex­ tives: trade with Mozambique, and Indian ocidal Khmer Rouge. Son Sann stands in tremely attractive. Our other electrical and .

31800 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 13, 1985 electronic businesses are doing well. Mar­ suppllers must be more productive and more products in Mexico and we're considering gins in these businesses are steadily improv­ efficient because they have guaranteed manufacturing some of our other products ing due primarily to cost reduction redesign their customers increasingly lower prices. overseas. We've formed joint ventures in of major product lines. As a result, U.S. automotive suppllers Japan to manufacture ion implanters and We're all aware of the intense battle going have been forced to do everything possible other electronic hardware. on between U.S. and Japanese semiconduc­ to reduce costs. At Eaton, we've closed our We've made the bottom-llne decisions for tor manufacturers. Three U.S. companies older, less efficient U.S. manufacturing fa­ our shareholders. We have fulfilled our fi­ have filed suit charging the Japanese with cilities and moved much of the business to duciary responsibility to them. Eaton is dumping semiconductors on the U.S. overseas plants. We've cut our workforce by doing as well as possible in the current eco­ market. Of course, the Japanese deny the a third. We're buying a lot of our raw mate­ nomic environment. I suppose I, too, should charges, but the fact remains that the cost rials offshore. In fact, by the end of 1986, feel smug and content, but deep within me, of 256 K RAMs has dropped from $17 in we'll be buying about 50% of our Truck I find it hard to take pride in that kind of January of 1985 to about $1.75 now. The es­ Group's raw materials from offshore management decision when I consider the timated cost for the Japanese to manufac­ sources. One reason is the strength of the larger implications on the American econo­ ture these products is more than $6. The dollar. The exchange rates give foreign sup­ my. battle is important to Eaton because of our pliers a tremendous advantage. Another is The U.s. economy is the principal battle­ important position in the market for semi­ that often our own foreign plants give us field of global competition. That's why conductor manufacturing equipment. New better productivity. Isuzu, Niss&n, Hino and Mitsubishi are orders came to a crashing hault last Decem­ A third reason is that many foreign coun­ moving in simultaneously to sell medium ber. And we're not looking for an upturn tries have national policies that give foreign trucks here. It's why Siemens and Teleme­ next year. Nonetheless, we continue to in­ suppliers enormous advantages. For in­ chanique are eager to purchase outlets for crease our R&D in this business. We have stance, we can buy Brazlllan steel, landed in electrical products. Foreign companies are not lost any market share and remain the the U.S., cheaper than we can buy it for our shipping products in and we're shipping dol­ world leader in high-current ion implanters. plants in Brazil. The rP.ason is that the gov­ lars out. But it can't go on forever. As the Long-term, we're enthusiastic about the ernment gives steelmakers an export credit dollars increasingly go out, and our trade high potential of the semiconductor equip­ and they pass that rebate along to us. To deficit goes higher, it only makes sense that ment market. give you an example, Eaton today pays 30% eventually, we're not going to be the largest I'd like to address the remainder of my re­ less for alloy bar steel than it did three and richest economy in the world. marks today to the subject of what Ameri­ years ago-all a result of buying from off­ One of the things that has made America ca's free trade pollcy really means. To set shore sources. And we're looking for an­ great is its large industrial base. But today, the stage, let me give you three recent news other drop in 1986. In the United Kingdom, many American manfacturing companies items: the government wants to run the steel mills are in pretty bad shape. Perhaps Roger Mil­ Item: Both GM and International Har­ full bore. The means overproduction of liken said it best. I'm sure many of you read vester have begun importing medium trucks steel, which is sold to the U.S. at discount it. He was quoted in the Wall Street Journal made by two Japanese companies, Isuzu and prices or sold in Europe at even lower prices. as saying, "America is sacrificing its manu­ Nissan, which, by the way, are planning to Malleable castings that we pay 55 cents a facturing infrastructure on the altar of free sell these same trucks under their own pound for in the United States can be pur­ trade, a god no other country worships." names t>lates as well. Hino is not assembllng chased for 35 cents a pound in Europe. A We're spending bllllons to bolster the na­ medium trucks in Florida and Mitsubishi new foundry in Turkey will give us a price tional defense, but we're allowing our indus­ will follow shortly. These inroads by foreign even lower than that because the govern­ trial base, which is so vital to our national manufacturers mean fewer chances for ment wants to gain market share and is will­ defense, to crumble at our feet. Eaton to supply components. ing to cut the price to do that. We're buying One of the reasons we're the world's rich­ Item: Two o~ the seven U.S. manufactur­ Japanese bearings in Europe for 15 to 20% ers of heavy-duty trucks are now majority less than we can buy the same bearings in est economy is that the American worker owned by Europeans, and another is 45% the U.S. because Japan is cutting the price has been paid well. He is able to afford all owned, giving foreign-owned firms more to gain market share. Our domestic manu­ these foreign goods. But many American than 40% of the U.S. market for heavy-duty facturers are now beginning to meet these workers today are being forced to take serv­ trucks. worldwide prices. ice jobs paying minimum wage because the Item: Siemens and Telemechanique re­ We have a plant in Manchester, England, number of manufacturing jobs has steadily cently bought the ITE business of Gould. which manufactures transmissions. The old declined since before 1979. And as the earn­ What they really wanted was access to the plant burned down in 1979 and we rebuilt. ing power of the American worker declines, U.S. market through the local network of We incorporated all the latest technology, our standard of living drops and we will no independent distributors. Eventually this and as a result, we have very high produc­ longer be the world's richest economy. will mean the marketing of German and tivity there. With the inexpensive British The problem is bigger than any one com­ French products in the United States. steel and cheaper British labor, we can build pany or any group of companies. The solu­ These news items illustrate that America's transmissions there and import them into tion must lie with the government. But our free trade pollcy is like honey to bees. For­ the United States cheaper than we can government's unwillingness to do any­ eign companies are attracted to this market build them here. Hence, we're importing thing-and its mindless devotion to the out­ because it's the largest and riches in the 36,000 transmissions a year from our plant moded concept of free trade-is alarming. world, and there are virtually no trade bar­ in Manchester. The government's huge budget deficits riers. Savvy American companies are thus We have a plant in Pamplona, Spain, create high interest rates, which create the being forced to play the international game, which manufactures axle housings. We also strong dollar and tnt the playing field in and, in many cases, it means doing business have a plant in Humboldt, Tennessee which favor of the competition. Yet the govern­ in foreign countries. Let me tell you some of makes the same axle housings. But the ment insists we continue to play on the tilted field. the things Eaton has done. product costs us 40% less in Spain because •, Early in the 1980s, U.S. truck manufactur­ we have better productivity-including There are many perspectives from which ers found their costs 20 to 25% higher than cheaper labor-and we use British steel to view this issue of trade pollcy. One legiti­ foreign integrated manufacturers. In order dumped in Spain at distressed prices. We've mate perspective is the one I have used to compete, the U.S. manufacturers-who been forced by competitive pressures to today. A candid analysis of what current had previously refused to be tied to any move 50% of the processing equipment from pollcy means in terms of the specific prod­ single supplier-began to offer long-term Tennessee to Spain to maintain our position ucts that Eaton makes and the markets that contracts to suppliers in return for graduat­ in the U.S. market. Eaton serves. ed price decreases. As a result, Eaton's brake And the same thing is true in our other But there are other legitimate and indeed products are now quoted at 30% less than businesses. Many of you probably don't necessary perspectives from which this issue they were two years ago. Our axles are know that Eaton is the ·world's largest pro­ must be viewed. I am tempted at this point quoted at 10 to 15% less. In transmissions, ducer of golf club grips. We have about 70% to share with you at least briefly my where we have a dominant market position, of the world market. It's a small business, thoughts upon this subject viewed from we've guaranteed to hold prices for an ex­ but highly profitable. We'll soon be manu­ those perspectives. But I know from painful tended period of time inspite of increasing facturing golf club grips in Taiwan for for­ experience that nothing is more unkind to a costs. eign markets and low-end U.S. markets be­ captive audience than to continue after one These types of long-term agreements, cause we can no longer compete in those speech is finished, to add on another with graduated price decreases, have markets with U.S.-made products. We're speech, and another. It is an undiscipllned become a driving force in the U.S. automo­ also making low-cost electrical switches in act, and it presumes intolerably upon the tive industry. In order to keep margins up, Japan. We manufacture other electrical patience and the good will of the audience. November 13, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31801 I do not however, wish to leave the subject TRAVERSE CITY: UNSULLIED SHORES AND southern Michigan forms a sort of physical without also making available to you TANTALIZING TALES and psychological barrier that serves, as Eaton's analysis of this issue from these much as anything, to preserve the hills, other perspectives. There are, it seems to Tucked away on an unlikely spit of land in lakes, cherry groves, dunes, forests and me, three principal ones. There is the his­ the midst of America's midwestern industri­ beaches of northern Michigan. torical context, which when raised now is al crescent is a beautiful and placid refuge, The cities along that route also serve as a most frequently done by the free traders little-known east of Cleveland. source of tourists: The weekend road trip to who sound as if they are trying to frighten One of the few places in America where northern Michigan is almost as much a part small children with terrifying references to summer is invigorating instead of suffocat­ of the culture of Detroit as the weekend a long/dead monster named Smoot-Hawley. ing, Traverse City, Mich.-250 miles north­ trip to the beach is a part of the culture of A second perspective is that of economic west of Detroit, on the shore of Lake Michi­ Washington. But there is an important dif­ analysis, in which we are assured that the gan-remains unsullied by the interstate in­ ference of degree and available space. ghost of Adam Smith and the divine purity vasion. Traverse City lies in the midst of a five­ of comparative advantage precluded any Once, Cape Code and the Eastern Shore county area-strung along Lake Michigan right-thinking man from even contemplat­ of Maryland must have been like this: miles and a large double bay-that has a year­ ing any adjustment, much less any alterna­ of lake 'shore and scrubby dunes without a round population of about 110,000. In the tive, to the policies of the last 40 years. soda stand; natives breathlessly eager for peak summer months, local tourism officials And finally, there is the national security tourists; a place with an authentically dif­ estimate the five-county area gets 200,000 visi­ sometimes told that the entire structure As refreshing as the mild weather, the tors. There are no traffic jams. Despite the upon which our national security rests will lake-dappled countryside and the absence of fact that nearby Interlochen hosts a music colla.pse around our ankles at the slightest strip schlock is the senie that the Grand festival that rivals Tanglewood, tickets are suggestion of a more protective attitude Traverse Bay region wel­ the beach and usually an open parking An associate of mine has looked at trade comes visitors without having slavishly re­ space in downtown Traverse City. policy from those three perspectives in a molded its personality to accommodate The parking meters give 6 minutes for a paper which I would like to share with you them. penny, 60 minutes for a dime. ... and which I commend to you. Neither It's obvious people live in Traverse City; The city sits at the southern end of a pair he nor I profess to believe that his remarks, and the people are open, proud, helpful and of bays that form a pitch-fork-shaped area or mine, or both together, constitute a de­ trusting. with the surrounding land. The glaciers finitive answer to our trade problems. The winding hilly rural roads around the that carved out the Great Lakes also left But I believe they do suggest what the city run through farms and past cherry or­ Grand Traverse Bay and more than two dozen lakes "Light a Candle: Or Curse the Darkness," barns, silos, cattle and goats; by cherry proc­ within a 25-mile radius of Traverse City. on the table at the rear of the room. I com­ essing plants and endless stands of white Although the tourism types have discov­ birches. Around nearly every twist in the ered the appeal of touting the Grand Tra­ mend it to you, and to your associates who road there is a shimmer of a lake. are wrestling with this problem. And although the area is the fastest grow­ verse Bay area as a four-season resort, it is Finally, I cannot close without confessing ing in Michigan, and rapidly becoming a water that remains at the heart of the to you that-all evidence to the contrary haven for fasttrack refugees, there are no area's appeal. So it is during the warmer notwithstanding-! continue to be an opti­ strip shopping centers, few strips and only a time of year-when the bay and the lakes mist about U.S. trade policy. Our govern­ single, unobtrusive mall. are liquid and so amenable to water skiing, ment is frequently slow and drowsy, and it "Town," as Traverse City is known to the sailing, fishing and swimming-that the seldom faces hard decisions until the need locals is strictly a source of provisions, news­ area is at its most appealing. for them has become indisputable. But once papers, stamps and gossip. Its four-block­ The towns along Grand Traverse Bay and, awakened, our society has shown a remarka­ wide, five-block-long business district has to the west and north, along Lake Michigan ble ability to deal with reality. With govern­ the ruddy-cheeked charm that comes from itself, have marinas and fishing piers, and ment and industry working together, there being the center of a booming agricultural many draw their economic sustenance di­ is no question in my mind that we can . . . and tourist area . where the day's commercial fishing catch is But the time to start is now. At Stacey's, the greasy spoon in the heart cleaned and offered for sale each evening. Thank you. of downtown where Traverse City's elders One can walk the marinas in the area at and enlightened tourists breakfast, the wait­ sundown and hear the tales of sailors from ress puts the coffee on the table as she ad­ Chicago and Bay City and Detroit and TRAVERSE CITY, MI vises, "You want coffee." Toledo, how they managed to sail across the She scolds fiercely for leaving any rem­ Great Lakes in boats no roomier than a nants from the enormous portions, and large car. HON. GUY VANDER JAGT when you're ready to depart and request To the west of Traverse City about 20 miles is the Sleeping Bear Dunes National OF MICHIGAN your check she says with mock gruffness: "You don't need a check! You know what it Lakeshore, which runs for more than 20 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is! Two dollars and 40 cents! Now go put the miles along Lake Michigan. Five hundred money in the register and leave me bel" feet high, the main dune offers spectacular Wednesday, November 13, 1985 It you've been observant, you will have no­ views of the lake to the west and the inland Mr. VANDER JAGT. Mr. Speaker, I call ticed Stacey's patrons making their own country to the east. to your attention and to the attention of change out of the ancient wooden cash reg­ At the main park entrance is a dune that ister. One will happily call out instructions one climbs nearly straight up, for the pleas­ my colleagues in the U.S. Congress an arti­ ure of that achievement, but more for the cle which appeared in the Washington Post on how to get the cash register open so you can pay your tab. thrill of racing back down the dune's face at on Sunday, October 13, 1985, regarding "Amazing, huh?" a regular initiating a breakneck speed. The dune at the park's en­ Traverse City, MI, which is located in the tourist said recently. "Never find a system trance is also the beginning of a three-mile Ninth Congressional District of Michigan. like this in Chicago, would you?" Not to hike across the desert-like dunes to the lake. This article certainly does not exaggerate mention Washington. Or Wellfleet. The hike, not to be undertaken by the weak, the beauty of Traverse City and the sur­ Northeasterners don't usually consider va­ provides immersion in the stark, shifting rounding area-it is truly one of the love­ cationing in the Midwest, let alone in Michi· dune landscape, and completion is rewarded by an invigorating swim in the lake. liest spots in the world. It is especially ap­ gan. The road north to Traverse City-through From the lake shore in the area of the preciated by all those who value the "four what once was the healthy heart of Ameri­ park are visible the low humps of the Mani­ seasons" and who stand in awe of nature at ca's auto industry in Detroit, Pontiac, Flint, tou Island accessible by her finest. I am delighted to have this op­ Saginaw and Midland-seems more likely to ferry from Leland, just northeast of the portunity to share this article with my col­ inspire the glib cynic than to appeal to the park. South Manitou Island has the tallest leagues. first-time visitor. The industrial belt across lighthouse in the Great Lakes region as well 31802 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 13, 1985 as abandoned farms and a white cedar long-time summer residents spotted a 90- of quotations, as in Chairman Mao's little forest. year-old man she hadn't seen in years. She Red Book. Within easy reach by car for day trips greeted him enthusiastically, asked after his from Traverse City are Mackinac Island, the health, asked if he was going to church as I am not a capitalist. Some of my Ameri­ touristy island in the straits between Lake he always did on Sundays and asked where can friends were puzzled when I told them I Michigan and Lake Huron, and Michigan's his dog was. Told the dog had died several was not a capitalist and I don't intend to Upper Peninsula, which remains covered years before, the waitress fondly recalled become one. So friends of mine, like Senator with forest, nearly as it was when first set­ some of the dog's human-like antics, bring­ Jesse Helms, were absolutely shocked. But it tled by Indians. ing a grin to the old man's face. is frank. I don't want to be a capitalist. To In increasing numbers, there are attrac­ As she walked away, the waitress whis­ exploit who? My own people? It is not worth tions of the more conventional variety as pered to a colleague: "It's been so long since fighting for-Jonas Savimbi in "Rebel well. The hilly topography, mild climate I've seen him. I thought certain he was Leader Wages War on Two Fronts", the and long Indian summer of northern Michi­ dead. It's good to see him again." New York Times, December 5, 1982. gan make the region attractive for golfers, Yes, UNITA is a socialist movement ... and there are more than half a dozen top­ We are in favor of socialism because it is flight golf courses in the Grand Traverse QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN necessary to socialize production. Only in Bay area. JONAS SAVIMBI this way can values be created in people. The same topography, along with the pic­ The conflict between the U.S.S.R. and ture-book farms and cherry orchards, make China caused Bejing to receive us with a the area popular with bikers and, in winter, HON. HOWARD WOLPE good deal more interest and affection than with cross-country and downhill skiers as OF MICHIGAN Moscow. They said, "What is done here in well as snowmobilers. · China cannot produce results in your coun­ Although still far less popular as a winter IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES try". But there was a common basis; we felt resort than as a summer one, and far less Wednesday, November 13, 1985 that the Chinese philosophy could succeed popular than other winter vacation areas, in Angola, which was the case-Jonas Sa­ Grand Traverse Bay is actively cultivating Mr. WOLPE. Mr. Speaker, lately a vimbi, interview in Expresso (Lisbon, Portu­ the four-season image. number of our colleagues seem to have gal), September 8, 1984. There is, for example, a free map showing taken up the cause of Dr. Jonas Savimbi, You can't apply capitalism in Africa­ the routes groomed as snowmobile trails, leader of a South African-supported insur­ Jonas Savimbi, quoted in Steven Mufson, and the Vasa, the second largest cross-coun­ gency in Angola. try ski race in the world, is held each Febru­ "Angolan Rebel Leader courts U.S. Aid", ary in the area and is the principal winter Dr. Savimbi's National Union for the the Wall Street Journal, December 17, 1981. draw. Total Independence of Angola is often por­ said there was no fundamental As the ocean is the reason to go to the trayed as a movement of "democratic oppo­ ideological conflict between the two parties shore, so the lakes are the reason to go to sition" to a "Marxist-Leninist" state. This and that a coalition be­ northern Michigan. So it is in the spring is not the reality that Washington Post re­ tween them was "the only solution"­ and summer, when the lakes are refreshing­ porter Leon Dash saw after spending sever­ Joseph Lelyveld, "Angola Rebels Yield 2 ly brisk , that the region al months with UNITA in 1977. "Savimbi," Soviet Capltives", New York Times, Novem­ is it's most inviting. And the best way to ber 16, 1982. take advantage of the lakes is to rent a he wrote on August 13, 1977, "is an enigma, house or cabin. a man on whom many labels can stick­ Both Lake Michigan and the smaller brilliant, charismatic, affable, unyielding, ST. VINCENT HONORS TWO inland lakes are rimmed with houses, most forgiving, temporizing, Machiavellian, op­ DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI privately owned and, becaUse of the bitter portunistic, lying, nationalistic, Marxist, winters, most designed as summer homes. Maoist, pro-Western and Socialist." HON. JOHN P. MURTHA Many-along with their attendant beaches, Nor is it the reality that CIA Director docks, canoes and sunfish-are offered for OF PENNSYLVANIA rent at least part of each summer. William Colby saw in 1975 when he told the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Living in a lakeside house allows one to House Select Committee on Intelligence, savor the particular appeal of the area-cool They (all three Angolan political factions Wednesday, November 13, 1985 but sunny summer days, thick lakeside for­ including the present government and Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, a strong tra­ ests where the light seems almost green but UNITA> are all independents. They are all dition of independent colleges has contrib· where there is no cloying humidity. for black Africa. They are all for some kind uted greatly to the educational pluralism Even if only for a week, such a vacation is of fuzzy social system, you know, without and vitality of Pennsylvania. My congres­ a startling reminder of how different it feels really much articulation, but some sort of to live in the country, how nice to be able to let's not be exploited by the capitalist na­ sional district contains many accomplished stay in a bathing suit or shorts all day, to go tions. academic institutions which have produced educators, business and civic leaders, pro­ swimming or sailing without hassle or fore­ My own conversation with Dr. Savimbi in thought, how insulated city life is from the fessionals and clerics. One such school rhythms of nature. December 1981 did not reveal him to be a with a highly distinguished academic histo­ Traverse City is a roughly the same lati­ democratic capitalist. As Mary McGrory ry is St. Vincent College in Latrobe. tude as Portland, Maine, so while the sun wrote in the Post (December 13, 1981), Founded by the Benedictine fathers in warms it doesn't tan particularly well, and Wolpe taxed him about ideolog­ 1846, St. Vincent's demanding academic when it drops behind the trees the summer ical differences with Angola's ruling Popu­ air takes on an autumnal coolness. A fire in lar Movement for the Liberation of Angola program is based on the dynamic principles the fireplace . Savimbi's tory fans on Capitol Hill of St. Benedict who felt that the spirit must wood was chopped sometime during the might have been saddened to hear him say challenge and enhance the real world. I afternoon> takes the edge off the air and that, while he is indeed anti-Soviet and pro­ have long been personally familiar with the the ache off pleasure-exhausted muscles. Western, he favors socialism, a form mod­ intellectual and spiritual traditions of St. Nights are utterly dark so far from cities, eled on Chinese and Tanzanian collective Vincent. It is an institution of strong and and the stars wheel out in a way that per­ villages. enduring values; a place of high learning mits breathtaking reacquaintance with the Milky Way and the constellations. Occasion­ Therefore, in the interest of enabling Dr. which lives on the horizon with strong ally the aurora borealis, the northern lights Savimbi's fans to obtain a more balanced roots In basic humanism. Today St. Vincent are visible. and complete picture of his politics, I is as contemporary and as sunny as its dy­ The pine-shrouded summer homes rim­ would like to present some quotations from namic architecture which links its distin­ ming the lakes of northern Michigan don't Savimbi on various subjects that they have guished past to the challenging present. change hands very often, passing instead apparently missed. Over 1,000 years ago, St. Benedict found from generation to generation like cher­ Since Dr. Savimbi was received by Com­ his community of clerics and scholars, and ished heirlooms. Traverse City remembers each generation of the summer famUies, munist Chinese leader Mao Tse-Tung in charged them not only with a contempla­ which is as much its charm as its lakes and 1967, and benefited from Chinese financial tive dimension, but challenged them to forests and dunes. support, training, military advisers and make the Lord's work relevant. St. Vincent This summer, a young waitress in one of propaganda, it -s particularly appropriate College's legacy of concern and achieve­ the restaurants frequented by locals and to convey his political message in the form ment was recently manifest in its awarding November 13, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31803 honorary degrees to two distinguished "splendid athlete/scholar, winner and a CIS REPORT: VIOLENCE IN EL alumni, Philadelphia lawyer John M. El­ leader on and off the field." Mr. Elliott also SALVADOR liott and New York business leader Frank won the Economics Excellence Award for E. Resnick. highest academic honors; was a member of HON. VIN WEBER Writer and historian David McCullough Who's Who Among Students in American delivered the principal commencement ad­ OF MINNESOTA Colleges and Universities; and was a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dress. Mr. McCullough's effective pen has member of Delta Epsilon Sigma-honorary also touched my congressional district. He national Catholic scholastic fraternity. He Wednesday, November 13, 1985 authored the award winning "Johnstown earned his law degree (J.D.) from the Mr. WEBER. Mr. Speaker, the Council Flood" and is presently preparing a new Georgetown University Law Center in 1966, for Inter-American Security has asked that book on President Harry S. Truman. Mr. where he won the American Jurisprudence a recent report they did about the type of McCullough's thoughtful address compar­ violence in El Salvador during the first 6 ing the fascinating careers and contribu­ Award for the highest average in constitu­ tional law and legal ethics; was the Willis­ months of 1985 be shared with Members of tions of Father Boniface Wimmer, OSB, Congress. Their report is based on filings the founder of St. Vincent, and Charles ton Research Fellow; a contributor to Res Ipsa Loquitor; a member of the moot court from the Foreign Broadcast Information Darwin, another giant from this era, is also Service [FBIS]. I find it particularly note­ incorporated herein. team; the legal aid committee and Delta Theta Phi-legal fraternity. worthy that guerrillas fighting President Frank E. Resnick, president and chief ex­ Duarte and his government have resorted ecutive officer of Philip Morris, U.S.A., is While in law school, Mr. Elliott served on to terrorist tactics on civilians as well as one of America's most dynamic business the staff of U.S. Senator Joseph S. Clark; government officials. Their desperation to leaders. A member of the board of directors later he was a member of the national cam­ attack the very people they claim to be of Philip Morris, Inc., Mr. Resnick has paign staff of Senator Hubert Humphrey in fighting for reflects the strong support spearheaded many highly creative business the 1968 Presidential campaign; and the President Duarte has from the people of El opportunities for his company which had Pennsylvania coordinator and national Salvador. I urge my colleagues to read this 1984 revenues of $13.8 billion and which re­ staff assistant to the McGovern Commis­ report. cently acquired General Foods. A star ath­ sion on Party Structure and Delegate Se­ The report follows: lete on St. Vincent's 1951 victorious Tan­ lection (1969). President Carter appointed VIOLENCE IN EL SALVADOR (Ali UPDATE ON THE gerine Bowl football team, Frank joined Mr. Elliott to the White House Coal Adviso­ Philip Morris, U.S.A., in 1952 as a research PRo-Go'VEIUOIENT AND REvoLUTIONARY VI­ ry Commission-the Rockefeller Commis­ OLENCE FROM JANUARY 1, 1985 TO JUNE 30, chemist and subsequently held numerous sion. 1985) executive positions at the research center For years, pro-government groups have in Richmond, VA. He became director of A senior partner in the Philadelphia law firm of Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kauff­ been blamed for any civilian murder in El Commercial Development Tobacco in 1967, Salvador. Cases of official military and un­ headquartered in New York. In 1971, here­ man, Mr. Elliott is cochairman of that official pro-government violence exist, but . turned to Richmond as director of develop­ firm's 70 lawyer litigation department not nearly as many cases as revolutionaries ment and was appointed director of re­ where he specializes in m~Qor commercial claim. El Salvador, like any other country, search center operations the following litigations before Federal and State trial has many cases of murder of civilians by ci­ year. He returned to the New York office and appellate courts. Mr. Elliott is admitted vilians for no political reasons. These mur­ to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, ders have been exploited by the revolution­ in 1976 to 1978. Mr. Resnick served as vice aries and blamed on the government forces. president of tobacco operations for Philip the Third Circuit of the U.S. Court of Ap­ Of course, the foreign media, hungry for Morris, Inc., from November 1978 to Janu­ peals, the U.S. District Court for the East­ cases of "oppressive right-wing violence," ary 1980 when he was named executive vice em District of Pennsylvania, the Pennsyl­ gladly feature the rebels' claims. president of the Tobacco Technology Group vania Supreme Court and all Pennsylvania For this report on violence in El Salvador, .•. distinctions are made concerning two differ­ upon its formation in January 1980 and appellate courts. He is a member of the L was appointed its president in February American, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia ent types of violence. The first is that which 1982. occurs during a combat situation, with the Bar Associations and the National Law­ casualties being inflicted upon members of Mr. Resnick has 7 patents to his credit yers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Salvadoran Army or to an armed and has authored or coauthored more than Law. He is course planner and faculty member of the guerrilla forces. The second 30 scientific articles. A native of Pleasant member for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute type of violence is that which is done to Unity, PA, he received a bachelor of sci­ and the National Institute of Trial Advoca­ non-combatants. This includes political k.111- ence degree from St. Vincent College in cy and has lectured for the American Law ings, incidental civilian casualties, assassina­ 1952 and a master of science degree from tions and k.idnappings. It is occasionally dif. Institute-American Bar Association Insti­ the University of Richmond in 1955, both in ficult to distinguish who is and who is not a chemistry. He also attended a special tute on Appellate Practice. Mr. Elliott is combatant in a guerrilla war. The key is the the chairman of the disciplinary board of role of the person being attacked and course at the Massachusetts Institute of whether or not he is a party to an armed en­ Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti­ the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania which oversees the ethics of Pennsylvania's 35,000 counter. Moreover, It is Important to re­ tute, and the Harvard Business School. Mr. member that a guerrilla can be part of a Resnick is a member of the American lawyers. skirmish against the army yet, be stripped Chemical Society-organic and analytical The author of numerous publications, he of his weapons by his comrades after being sections-the Society for Applied Spectros­ is active in many professional, civic and k.1lled. Here are the numbers of the total copy. charitable endeavors including the Penn­ casualties for the first six months of 1985: sylvania Academy of Science, the National In combat, the revolutionary forces in­ John M. Elliott, the son of Mrs. John T. flicted 200 casualties on the government Elliott and the late John T. Elliott of Shen­ Conference of Christians and Jews, the forces. andoah, PA, is a 1963 graduate of St. Vin­ James A. Finnegan Foundation, and is In combat, the government forces inflict­ cent College, where he earned a bachelor of presently chairman of the Irish Education­ ed 267 casualties on the revolutionaries. arts degree in economics with highest al Development Foundation. Mr. Elliott has The revolutionaries were responsible for honors; was a member of the student three sons, John P., Kirwan B., and Kyle 53 casualties to non-combatants, in non­ senate; president of the Alcuin Scholar So­ M. and a daughter, Heather D. combat situations. ciety; chairman of the speaker's committee; No casualties inflicted by government contributing editor of the student newspa­ forces on non-combatants in non-combat sit­ uations were reported in the first half of per; and captain and 4-year letterman in 1985 in FBIS reports. varsity baseball. He captained the champi­ The source that Is used to ardve at these onship West Penn Conference team and is numbers Is the Foreign Broadcast Informa­ affectionately remembered by his coach, tion Service . This news service moni­ the former Pitt great Oland Canterna, as a tors the news media world wide, including .

31804 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 13, 1985 government, commercial and clandestine The FMLN may claim that they are was in his car. The young servant girl who sources, and reports the news of impor­ waging war on the Duarte government, but was accompanying him was let go. The kill­ tance. These are all public sources. While these economic attacks are hurting the ers opened fire on the General and the this service is not all inclusive, it is very working people most. They are the ones event was later praised on the guerrilla sta­ comprehensive in its reports of the violence who have their factories destroyed, their tion, Radio Venceremos. in El Salvador. In this way, the FBIS pro­ electricity knocked out and they are the At the end of March, elections were held vides the most objective source for this type ones who must eventually pay for these for some mayor's offices and 60 seats in the of research and is the best means for one re­ damages in higher prices and taxes. The war National Assembly. The guerrillas were searching without the capacity to actually against the guerrillas in E1 Salvador is not busy trying to intimidate the people, attack­ investigate on the scence. only a political one, it is also a battle to sta­ ing the general headquarters of the Nation­ There has been a drastic drop in combat bilize that country's economy. al Police with Chinese RP G-2 rockets. One violence in E1 Salvador in the last two years. Here are some samples of military clashes civilian lost his legs as a result of this explo­ Included in this over-all trend, however, are in E1 Salvador in January, as reported by sion. two simultaneous developments: first, pro­ the media in Central America: By April 10, the results of the election had government violence against non-combat­ On Jan. 9 heavy fighting was reported for not been announced. During the waiting ants, i.e. "death squad" murders, dropped the past two days in San Vincente Dept. be­ period a PDC government office was at­ precipitously in the first half of 1985 while tween FMLN rebels and units of the 5th In­ tacked by terrorists and one of the attackers secondly, revolutionary violence against fantry Brigade. A C-47 airplane was used by was killed. Also, the FMLN scheduled a non-combatants has risen recently. This can the military for the first time. The FMLN press conference to be held on April 9. How­ probably be best explained by President sustained at least 30 dead. However, they ever, a clash between the armed forces and Duarte's Christian Democratic govern­ were informing the people that they had in­ the guerrillas occurred instead. Also on this ment's success both against the insurgents flicted 60 casualties and suffered few casual­ day a massacre occurred in Santa Cruz, and in controlling the illegal activities of se­ ties themselves. where more than 20 peasants were killed in curity personnel, i.e. in the reorganization Also on Jan. 9, three unidentified men of the treasury police. cold blood by the terrorists. shot 66 year old Jose Vargas, mayor of The results of the election were an­ The best example of the renewed use of Santa Elena. After the three evicted the em­ terrorism by revolutior.aries is the indis­ nounced on April 21 and the PDC had won ployees and shot the mayor to death, they 23 assembly seats and the PCN-ARENA criminate machine-gunnjng of 13 people, in­ fled to the northern part of town. The cluding four U.S. Marine Corps embassy se­ won 15. After the results were given, the assassination of mayors is becoming a favor­ mayor of San Jorge was captured by curity guards in a Salvadoran restaurant. ite tactic of the guerrillas, and one that is Here is how San Salvador's Radio Cadena theERP. characteristic of a desperate army. On April 18, ten barges loaded with weap· described the scene: The month of February began with the Approximately 10 armed men, dressed in ons, dynamite, generators and boat engines dynamiting of some high voltage electrical were seized by a company of the Antonal fatigues similar to those used by the Salva­ pylons, causing a blackout for about 20 min­ doran Armed Forces, jumped out of a red Battalion. They were pursuing a group of utes. Other violent actions for the month of terrorists who had kidnapped 15 families in pickup truck. The men stood in the street in Feb., although incomplete, are the follow­ front of the cafes and opened fire with ing: villages of San Marcoslampa. A clash took high-caliber weapons . . . eyewitnesses On Feb. 4, two-hundred FMLN were har­ place and several terrorists were killed and report that the men fired at anything that assing citizens of the town E1 Paisnel. When then they fled in their boats for an un· moved. the military arrived, an hour and a half known destination. How do the revolutionaries explain this clash took place with an undetermined The FMLN showed its disapproval of the incident? Why of course, it is a great tri­ number of guerrillas killed and two soldiers U.S. trade embargo against Nicaragua by umph of the Salvadoran "people" over the injured. According to local authorities, the kidnapping two mayors in May, burning imperialist Americans. Here is the way FMLN-FDR terrorists had conducted raids down their offices and causing a power Radio Venceremos, the guerrillas' station, on the outskirts of their town for weeks, outage. On May 4, Duarte spoke out against explained the murders: forcing the residents to sup'J)ly them with these and other kidnappings, which had The first U.S. Marines have died on Salva­ food, clothing, money, cigarettes and sweets. amounted to about 10 in just a few days. doran soil. The U.S. Marines who died in A security guard at the U.S. Embassy was Besides the guerrilla's killing of 13 people the Zona Rosa of San Salvador were not in­ in a Salvadoran restaurant in June, they nocent. No Yankee invader is free of guilt shot and killed on Feb. 18, Three days later also kidnapped 5 men and two were eventu­ . . . so long as the Yankee intervention in­ the army and rebels clashed in downtown San Salvador. During a fierce shoot-out, the ally shot to death. creases, more U.S. Marines will die! A large column of the guerrilla forces They make no mention of the seven other guerrillas attacked a truck full of policemen and at least two policemen were killed in were confronted by the army's 6th Infantry people killed by the shooting. The guerrillas Brigade on June 13. The guerrillas had Just would not seem to care so much about the the ensuing two hour shoot-out. On Feb. 24, fifty percent of normal traffic toppled two power poles and were preparing welfare of the people, as they claim, but to ignite two tankers when the army ar­ care more about increasing their war on the was backed up on the country's roads and streets, and terrorists machine-gunned two rived. Three terrorists were killed and many Salvadoran people. wounded before the clash ended. Increasingly, the guerrilla's plan of attack trucks. The terrorists also blocked other roads with vehicles that had their tires per­ The incidents given in this report are not is to wage war against the Salvadoran econ­ exhaustive of the revolutionary violence omy and not the Salvadoran army. In the forated with bullets. In the beginning of March, on the 4th, the that has occurred during this time, but they first half of 1985, the tactic was to destroy should give one a better understanding of electrical wires and to try to stop traffic on office of the mayor of Alegria was set on some road for as long as possible. By doing fire. Fifteen to twenty heavily armed guer· the typical violence that occurs so often in this the guerrillas hope to ruin the economy rillas tore down the doors, put several desks E1 Salvador. and try to artifically ignite a revolution together, and set fire to the files. The rebels For a commentary on the overall situation among the poor. Gradually, the Salvadoran said this action was done to boycott the up­ in E1 Salvador, here is a quote from Arch· people are becoming more aware of who is coming elections and, by this time, they had bishop Arturo Rivera y Damas, Archbishop responsible for the indiscriminate violence destroyed four other mayor's offices. of San Salvador. He is concerned with the in E1 Salvador and who is making life Then, on March 7, gunmen for the leftists violence in E1 Salvador and desires a peace· harder on them by attacking the economy. Polulation Liberation Forces murdered Lt. ful end to the war; however, he realizes the The year 1985 started out with the typical Col. Ricardo Cienfuegos, director of the hypocritical position of the guerrillas: attacks by the FMLN on E1 Salvador's econ­ Armed Forces Press Committee. He was Here and abroad I have always said that I omy. Here is the way the guerrillas brag shot on a tennis court· and his body was see a contradiction in the two obJectives of about their exploits. Although they are ex­ draped with a red banner marked with the guerrillas; that is, to attack military tar­ aggerated, they still show the intent of the yellow letters reading "FLP." Lt. Col. Cien· gets-it is quite logical that in a war like FMLN: fuegos had been instrumental in the fight this one this should occur-and to destroy During the seven days of the nationwide against terrorism and sadly, he became the the country's infrastructure. I feel that if traffic stoppage, we also inflicted losses to­ the victim of those he fought. they want their military actions to have taling $20 million on the dictatorship. We Retired General Medrano, founder of the some success that they need the support of also inflicted losses by the millions by sabo­ National Democratic Organization, the Pop­ the people and they cannot have this sup­ taging the San Luis Coffee Mill ... we in­ ular Orientation Party, the Democratic port if they continue their destructive ac­ flicted losses by the millions by sabotaging United Front, and former director of the tions. These two contradict each other. I see energy installations throughout the terri­ National Guard, was assassinated on March this war as useless because the objectives of tory. 23. Three persons intercepted him while he the guerrillas cannot be achieved since they November 13, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31805 contradict each other. This is my simple equally probable that U.S. firms will obtain should deny them further penetration into way of viewing things. far fewer of these opportunities than we our domestic system. would hope to be the case. We have the op­ Mr. Speaker, a wise man once said that portunity now to send a signal to Japan everyone is a damn fool for at least 5 min­ JAPANESE MARKETS NEED that its unequal treatment of our financial utes every day-wisdom consists in not ex­ COMPETITIVE EQUALITY services companies is not tolerable. ceeding the limit. We recognize the need to Mr. Speaker, it seems clear that evalua­ maintain a strong network of primary se­ HON. FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN tion of any applications on behalf of any curities dealers in order to help fund the OF RHODE ISLAND foreign financial service institution hoping Federal debt and in order to assure the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to do business in the United States should continued liquidity of the Government se­ Wednesday, November 13, 1985 go beyond the usual narrow financial crite­ curities market. The position of these secu­ ria used for judgment in such instances. In Mr. ST GERMAIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise rities dealers is important to the continued the Japanese situation or, for that matter, operation of our credit market. These are today to draw the attention of my col­ in the case of any other foreign financial leagues to the recent applications of two conditions, however, that apply to all other outlets seeking to do business in our finan­ securities markets, and until national treat­ Japanese securities firms, Nomura and cial markets, such criteria should include Daiwa, to become primary dealers of U.S. ment Is obtained on our behalf, we should assessment of the progress made toward move with increased caution in our awards. Government securities. I, along with a ma­ equal treatment for U.S. institutions in the jority of my fellow Banking Committee Mr. Speaker, the letter sent by the m~or­ foreign firm's home country. The Federal ity of members of the Banking Committee members, have written to Mr. E. Gerald Reserve Bank of New York should, there­ to E. Gerald Corrigan, president of the Corrigan, president of the New York Feder­ fore, deny the applications of Nomura and Mr. al Reserve Bank, urging his rejection of the Daiwa and continue to deny such applica­ New York Fed, discussing this situation, follows: applications of these firms until similar tions of Japanese banks until Japan takes U.S.-based securities firms are accorded steps to open its securities markets to U.S. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, full competitive equality in the Japanese firms comparable to the efforts it has made HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, securities markets. to provide equal treatment to U.S. banks. Washington, DC, October 30, 1985. Hon. E. GERALD CORRIGAN, In enacting the International Banking Mr. Speaker, those efforts to secure fair Act of 1978, Congress made a statutory President, Federal Reseroe Bank of New treatment for U.S. banks abroad have York, New York, NY. commitment to the policy of national treat­ helped develop the most efficient capital DEAR MR. CORRIGAN: We understand that ment which would give foreign banks the market in the world, if not in the world's Nomura Securities and Daiwa Securities, ability to compete on an equal basis with history. I think it safe to say that even two Japanese securities firms, have filed ap­ domestic banks in similar circumstances. those with the gravest doubts about wheth­ plications with the Federal Reserve Bank of The decision to adopt a policy of national er a policy of national treatment could New York to become primary dealers of U.S. treatment was grounded in the belief that it produce such an accomplishment have government securities. We are writing to was essential to promoting equal competi­ urge you to reject on the application until since become converts to the doctrine. United States-based securities firms are ac­ tive opportunity for U.S. banks in foreign What we obviously need is a step or two in markets. In 1979, in accordance with the corded full reciprocal treatment in the Jap.. the same direction concerning the expan­ anese securities markets. mandate of section 9 of the International sion and growth of the securities market. The United States has long maintained a Banking Act, the Department of the Treas­ The lessons learned earlier, concerning for­ policy of national treatment towards foreign ury presented a report to Congress on eign government treatment of U.S. com­ securities firms which wish to do business in "Foreign Government Treatment of U.S. mercial banking organizations, bear America. It is no coincidence that we also Commercial Banking Organizations." In review. It is conceivable that the frame­ have developed the most efficient capital 1984, an update of this report prepared by market in the world. As international com­ work of equality of competitive opportuni­ Treasury concluded that the degree of na­ petition in financial services increases, how­ ty spelled out through the International tional treatment received by U.S. banks ever, our policy will become untenable Bank Act of 1978 could provide equally ef­ abroad had improved since 1979. unless it is Inatched by s1milar policies in other nations, as U.S. firms will increasingly The 1984 report contained an analysis of fective guidance on behalf of the securities market. Certainly, we are not interested in be placed at a considerable competitive dis­ the substantial progress made in Japan's advantage. treatment of U.S. banks. A Working Group backing steps by which U.S. firms would be placed at a competitive disadvantage. AJthough the Japanese government has on Yen/Dollar Exchange Rate Issues an­ taken steps to promote the consumption of nounced steps which would lead to freer Last week's report regarding the U.S. certain U.S. exports and to allow greater use of the yen internationally and liberal­ trade deficit and new efforts to further international use of the yen, little has been ization of Japan's domestic financial cheapen the American dollar abroad reflect done to eliminate the barriers faced by U.S. system. Other measures taken which bene­ the blessing and the plague of our curren­ securities firms wishing to do business in fit U.S. banks include the opening of cy's strength. A weakened dollar will make the Japanese domestic securities market. Japan's trust banking business and trading our exports more competitive abroad and Most notable is the fact that, despite years of public sector securities to foreign banks, of effort, no U.S. firm has been able to foreign-made goods more expensive, less at­ obtain a seat on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. relaxation of controls on overseas yen tractive, and less competitive in the United The Exchange's plan to add 10 seats is too lending, elimination of swap limits, and lib­ States. This is offset by the disturbing fact little, too late. Probably no more than 5 eralization of regulations on yen certifi­ that our trade deficit grew to a record seats will go to U.S. firms, and at a price, $4 cates of deposits. The report stated that the figure of $15.5 billion in September-this to $5 mlllion of labor relations, assistant county adminis­ narrow financial criteria, and consider other TRAVERSE CITY.-The Government Admin­ trator and finally county administrator in goals, such as the need to reduce the na­ istrators Association has named Grand Tra­ 1970. Three years later he left Ann Arbor to tion's burgeoning trade deficit, the long­ verse County Coordinator K. Ross Childs as take a Job as assistant general manager of term health of U.S. financial markets, and 1985 recipient of its Michigan Public Serv­ the Southeast Michigan Transportation Au­ the ability of U.S. firms to compete interna­ ant of the Year award. thority . He spent three years tionally. On these grounds, the Nomura and Childs was honored in part for "his finan­ there, including more than a yea,r as general Daiwa applications should be denied until cial prowess," which has led to county ex­ manager. U.S. firms are accorded the same access to pansion without millage increases, selection When a new SEMTA general manager was Japanese securities markets that Japanese committee chairman Lawrence Radine said hired in 1976, Childs decided to return to firms are accorded in the U.S. securities Thursday. county government and become one of the markets. "We look for a variety of things-efforts nearly 100 applicants for the newly-created We would be pleased to discuss this issue beyond the call of duty, extraordinary ac­ position of Grand Traverse County coordi­ with you further, and look forward to your complishments, dedication to the Job, lon­ nator. reply. gevity," said Radine, director of the public Sincerely, administration master's degree program at Charles E. Schumer, Barney Frank, the University of Michigan-Dearborn. ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN OPIN- Robert Garcia, Mary Rose Oakar, Gerald D. That describes Childs, said Karen Strom, ION REGARDING "ACHILLE Kleczka, Doug Barnard, Jr., Richard H. chairwoman of the Grand Traverse County LAURO" HIJACKERS Lehman, Buddy Roemer, Esteban E. Torres, Board of Commissioners. Sander M. Levin, Bart Gordon, Bruce F. "I think people universally respect him Vento, Henry Gonzalez, Stan Lundine, for the kind of job he does and the kind of HON. JIM COURTER Thomas J. Manton, John E. Grotberg, person he is," Strom said. "He's a communi­ OP NEW JERSEY Frank Annunz!o, Marge Roukema, Fernand cator. He makes people feel good about J. StGermain, Steve Neal, Bruce A. Morri­ themselves. He's tireless. He has a phenome­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES son, Stewart B. McKinney, John J. LaFalce, nal memory for detail. Wednesday, November 13, 1985 Marcy Kaptur, B111 McCollum, Chalmers P. "Then there's a whole other part of him. Wylie, George C. Wortley, John Hiler, Jim He's a loyal friend and a real humanitari­ Mr. COURTER. Mr. Speaker, in the midst Cooper, Carroll Hubbard, Toby Roth, Doug an," Strom added. of the TWA flight 847 hostage crisis last Bereuter, Thomas J. Ridge, J. Alex McMil­ The Government Administrators Associa­ June, I thought it important to remark to lan, Paul E. Kanjorskl. tion, a 400-member group of supervisory and the House that: "The present crisis may administrative employees in Wayne County prove less a test of the administration than government, chooses an eight-member selec­ a test of the American people. If the choice K. ROSS CHILDS, MICHIGAN tion committee, which presents the award, PUBLIC SERVANT OF THE YEAR is to use force, and if Americans refuse to Radine said. Childs is the third annual re­ accept the use of force, then this country cipient of the award and the first from will be required to continue enduring ter­ northern Michigan, Radine said. HON. GUY VANDER JAGT rorism rather than combating it." OP MICHIGAN Childs w1ll receive the award Nov. 10 during ceremonies in Detroit. In an analysis of American opinion IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Childs became county coordinator in 1976 about the recent forcedown of the airliner Wednesday, November 13, 1985 in the middle of an economic and popula­ carrying the Achille Lauro hijackers, Dale Mr. VANDER JAGT. Mr. Speaker, I tion boom that placed increased demand on T. Taylor raises this important question in local governments for services. new ways. I set his article before my col­ would like to bring to the attention of my Since then, Childs has overseen: colleagues the outstanding achivements of leagues today because I think it important The construction of the Governmental that we be able to make a firm and united K. Ross Childs, the Grand Traverse County, Center, housing both city and county gov­ MI, coordinator, who was recently selected ernments in a location convenient to mem­ answer. by the Government Administrators Associa­ bers of the public who regularly must deal Mr. Taylor is vice chairman of the New tion as the recipient of the 1985 Michigan with both. Jersey Conservative Union, and his article Public Servant of the Year Award. Many activities of a County Department appeared in the Times of Trenton, N.J. It is indeed my privilege to bring Ross of Public Works, a cooperative venture of [From the Times, Trenton, N.J., Oct. 21, the county, the city and five townships to 1985] Childs to your attention. In the course of provide city water and sewer service to the my work as a U.S. Representative I have townships that ring Traverse City without EvERYBODY APPROVES OP A SUCCESS had many occasions to work with Ross and the bitter turf battles that have character­ have come to know him as an outstanding ized township growth around other cities. American policy opinion is fickle. And the community leader who has dedicated 9 Centralization of emergency police, ambu­ most important element in U.S. foreign years of his life into making Grand Tra­ lance and fire radio communications. policy is the level of leadership demonstrat­ verse County a better place to live for all Creation of centralized data processihg ed by the president of the United States. its residents. I am indeed proud to know and purchasing services. These are two conclusions that I have Construction of a large addition to the reached based on the recent capture of four Ross and to have this opportunity to pay Grand Traverse County Jail. terrorists who had hiJacked the Italian tribute to him for a career that has been Despite the increase in services, the coun­ cruise liner Ach1lle Lauro and murdered 69- distinguished by dedicated service and ty's m1llage rate has decreased from the year-old Leon Klinghoffer of New York. thoughtful action. His untiring commit­ legal limit of 6.2 mills in 1976 to Just over The decision to intercept and force down ment to the people of Grand Traverse 5.7 mills today, the association noted. Nei­ the Egyptian airliner carrying the terrorists County has greatly enriched and ther the Government Center nor the jail rested with President Reagan-and with strenghten his community. building project need a special tax increase him alone. This is the way that our system I want to call my colleagues attention to to be built. works in times of crisis. The world of terror­ Also during that time, the county's tax ism that exists today can rightfully be con­ an article which appeared in the Grand base skyrocketed from $353.7 m1llion in 1976 sidered as a time of crisis. Traverse City Record-Eagle on November 1, to $904.7 m1llion today, allowing the coun­ The president's actions proved to be cor­ 1985, announcing Ross Childs' selection for try budget to grow from $3.1 million in 1976 rect. Indeed, the interception of the Egyp­ the public servant award. I know that my to just over $10.4 million for 1986 without a tian airliner in the dark skies over the Medi­ colleagues will find that this article under- millage increase. terranean by four carrier-based U.S. Navy November 13, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31807 jets was carried out flawlessly. It was, as the to attack and dismantle the hard-fought Voting Rights Act. But Justice has shown stately British might say, a jolly good show. progress our Nation has made over the last since that renewal was only half the battle. Americans responded overwhelmingly in three decades toward achieving a fair and Its approach to enforcement was well dem­ favor of the president's action. The support just society. But the problems of discrimi­ onstrated last Tuesday when it deployed 107 for the president was equal to, or greater Federal poll examiners in New York. In Mis­ than, the support shown when Grenada was nation still vex our country, and we cannot sissippi, where the need is as great, only 25 liberated. afford to abandon this fight until they are showed up. One New England polling firm found a resolved. This is a record of deliberate neglect. It is whopping 91.5 percent level of support. In Last Sunday, the New York Times pub­ the policy of an Administration that seems New York City, a Daily News/ABC news lished an eloquent editorial reflecting on to regard quotas as a "tax," as it described poll found that almost 75 percent of Ameri­ the President's civil rights enforcement them in its last budget message, and like­ cans interviewed favored ·military force in record. I am pleased to share it with our wise all civil rights enforcement. Be that as dealing with terrorism. Seventy-two percent colleagues. it may, there are some taxes a civilized soci­ thought that the president's overall han­ The editorial follows: ety wUlingly pays. Civil rights enforcement dling of foreign affairs in general, based on is one of them. his handling of the AchUle Lauro affair, was [From the New York Times, Nov. 10, 19851 good or very good. GOING BACK TO THE BACK OF THE Bus IMPOSING A TWISTED VIEW OF FAIRNESS I wonder what American opinion would CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT WITH BLUNTED Laxness in general enforcement of civil have been like had a poll been taken before BAYONETS rights laws is bad enough. In one instance, the decision was made to intercept the "My belief has always been . . . that the Administration is going out of its way to Egyptian airliner? Think about it. Here are wherever in this land any individual's con­ attack equal employment opportunities for the set of risks that faced President Reagan stitutional rights are being unjustly denied, minorities and women: on its own projects. when he made the decision: it is the obligation of the Federal Govern­ The Administration would loosen the af­ If the airliner refused to obey U.S. Navy ment-at point of bayonet if necessary-to firmative-action requirements for Federal jets and land at the NATO base in Italy as restore that individual's constitutional contractors. Attorney General Edwin Meese instructed, it could have been fired on. rights." So said President Reagan in May and William Bradford Reynolds, his civil In addition to the four PLO terrorists on 1983. For all of that eloquence, the Reagan rights chief, insist that to do so would board, there was also an Egyptian flight record on civil rights enforcement is dismal, strengthen, not weaken, civil rights. They're crew and Egyptian diplomats. Egypt is an and nothing so drastic as bayonets is needed mistaken. important, if not invaluable, ally of the U.S. to make it better. Companies doing business with the Feder­ in the Arab world. The focus currently is on the contentious al Government have a special obligation not Had the Egyptian airliner crashed, kUling issue of affirmative action, with the Admin­ to discriminate by race or sex. That princi­ all aboard, it is possible Egypt would have istration attacking so-called quotas in Fed­ ple was codified in an executive order origi­ cut off diplomatic relations with the U.S., eral contract compliance rules, in court-or­ nated by President Kennedy, strengthened ordered · all Americans out of Egypt, and dered plans for municipal hiring and in by President Johnson and enforced by scuttled the Camp David accords. Egyptian plans adopted voluntarily by local govern­ Presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter. It re­ President Hosni Mubarak might not have ments and private businesses. quires Government contractors to hire and personally wanted to take such actions. But But the Administration has balked even promote women and minority members in could he have avoided them given the tur­ on the most unexceptional civil rights ways that roughly reflect the composition moil, protest and rioting in his own country issues. Early on, it tried to reverse a well-set­ of their labor markets. that would have resulted? tled principle and give tax breaks to segre­ Now Mr. Reynolds says that focusing on President Reagan did, of course, ma.ke the gated academies. And it remained unchas­ "statistical balance" is actually detrimental right decision. And, thankfully, it was car­ tened even after the Supreme Court slapped to the chances of women and minorities. ried out successfully-as his decision in Gre­ down that attempt. Contractors annoyed by the rules, he sug­ nada was also correct and carried out suc­ SCHOOL DESEGREGATION gests, aren't likely to show much enthusi­ cessfully. The Administration hasn't been content asm for promoting truly deserving minority But, had the risks associated with the cap­ to pursue Mr. Reagan's longstanding opposi­ workers. And those hired under affirmative­ ture of the four PLO terrorists been placed tion to "forced busing," The Justice Depart­ action requirements are likely to be left before the American people before military ment's Civil Rights Division, under assistant doubting their abilities. Indeed, he asserts­ force was initiated, would the same majority Attorney General WUliam Bradford Reyn­ without any documentation-that minori­ of Americans have supported the action olds, found reasons even to object to a St. ties and women fare worse when employed anyway? Would they have supported the Louis desegregation plan that relies on vol­ by Federal contractors than by private con­ president's action in Grenada beforehand­ untary busing. tractors. Ample research in fact demon­ when all of the risks had to be evaluated? I In Norfolk, Va., the department would dis­ strates the opposite. doubt it. solve a court-ordered busing plan that has Ignoring that evidence, Mr. Meese and Mr. We Americans need some fundamental operated successfully since 1970. It favors a Reynolds urge President Reagan to issue a agreement on what it is that we stand for in neighborhood plan that would resegregate new executive order that would not require the fight against terrorism-however or many schools. In two other current cases, but only allow companies to heed affirma­ wherever it rears its ugly head. If we stand minority groups that once relied on the Jus­ tive-action guidelines. That would strip the against terrorism, then let us understand tice Department to press their claims have order of its regulatory teeth and leave com­ that the only way you defeat terrorism is told the courts their trust is gone. panies that try to observe the guidelines through the use of quick and certain force. HOUSING DISCRIMINATION vulnerable to reverse-discrimination suits by Victims of housing bias complain of inac­ white males. GOING BACK TO THE BACK OF tion or delay in their appeals to Justice, Labor Secretary Bill Brock, whose depart­ THE BUS which in tum pleads staff and money short­ ment administers the policy, opposes the ages. The Department of Housing and change. He would modify the order only to Urban Development, meanwhile, lacks make more explicit the prohibition against HON. DON EDWARDS power to enforce fair-housing agreements mandatory quotas. That is surely the better OF CALIFORNIA and the Administration opposes amend· course. Though many companies complain IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ments to give it that power. about paperwork and overlapping reporting In President Reagan's first term, Justice requirements, most companies have accept­ Wednesday, November 13, 1985 filed not even half as many housing discrim­ ed the affirmative-action requirement. The ination suits as the Carter Administration. National Association of Manufacturers, Mr. EDWARDS of California. Mr. Speak· Yet private monitoring groups contend that er, the Reagan administration's record in which represents 13,500 corporations, sup­ bias has increased. "What they are doing ports the existing order. About 200 members the field of civil rights has been the most has resulted in a fairly clear message to re­ of Congress of both parties have urged Mr. dismal and disappointing in our Nation's calcitrant members of the real estate indus­ Reagan to retain it. long history. Its record has not been limit· try," says Martin Sloane of the National But Mr. Reynolds insists that the execu­ ed to battling school desegregation and af· Committee Against Discrimination in Hous­ tive order is "broke and needs fixin'." What firmative action, but sweeps across the ing. really needs fixing is the Administration's board, affecting fair housing, voting rights VOTING RIGHTS attitude, which ignores so much painful his­ and tax exemptions for segregated schools. In 1982, Mr. Reagan grudgingly accepted tory and present evidence to pursue a twist­ The administration has gone out of its way an extension and strengthening of the ed view of fairness. 31808 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 13, 1985 TAX REFORM panies to take advantage of their tax losses. DRINKING AND DRIVING: WORK There are too many ways to make money STILL TO BE DONE HON. NEWT GINGRICH these days through paper manipulation, and most of them spring from the tax code. But OF GEORGIA we ought to encourage real investment in HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES real efficiency at the same time we close OF CALIFORNIA Wednesday, November 13, 1985 loopholes for paper manipulation, and the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. GINGRICH. Mr. Speaker, I am sub­ other House actions that day did not fit. The House Ways and Means Committee Wednesday, November 13, 1985 mitting the following article which may be may have moved us closer to action on tax of interest to the Members. reform, but I'm not sure it has moved us Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speaker, [From the Atlanta Journal, Nov, 11, 19851 closer to a good tax reform. in the wake of the public outcry on the IT'S STILL A LoNG ROAD TO A WORTHWHILE issue of drunk driving, there has been little TAX REFORM change in the numbers of highway fatali­ WEST VIRGINIA COAL MINERS ties. According to the National Transporta­ Ironically, in order to get a tax reform of REACH UNPRECEDENTED GOAL tion Safety Board in the 12-month period the kind it wants, the Reagan administra­ ending July 1, 1984, there were 43,316 high­ tion now has to pull for House passage of a way fatalities in the United States. In the Ways and Means Committee package that is HON. ALAN B. MOLLOHAN 12-month period ending July 1, 1985, the quite far from what it wants. That'•s because OF WEST VIRGINIA total increased to 44,821. This is an in­ the Senate has said it will not act on tax crease of 3.5 percent. Nearly 50 percent of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES reform until the House sends it a proposal, those fatal accidents were alcohol-related. and Ways and Means Chairman Dan Ros­ tenkowski from taxable personnel to high productivity and a never ways. The people at Preferred Risk Mutual income, thus compounding the injustice and quit attitude toward mine safety conscious­ Insurance Co. have been upfront in the disincentive to investment of the first deci­ ness. campaign against drunk driving for decades sion. Mr. Speaker, the industries of America and Bill Plymat typifies the highly profes­ Third, the co~ittee decided to put new sional and intensely personal commitment limits on Employee Stock Ownership Plans can certainly take a lesson from the talent­ that is needed to respond to this issue. which give employees a long-term financial ed and dedicated professionals who at­ It was my privilege to work with Bill interest in the companies for which they tained this safety record while contributing Plymat on the Presidential Commission work. To reduce the present tax incentive to America's energy strength. To the men Against Drunk Driving, and now, as chair­ for these programs is not just another disin­ and women of Consolidation Coal Co.'s man of the national commission, I realize centive to capital formation; it is also a dis­ even more his value as a director. While I incentive to the democratization of corpo­ Robinson Run mine in West Virginia's admire his dedication, I am constantly rate ownership and the enhancement of Harrison County, a hearty well done, con­ amazed at the demand he makes upon him­ productivity which this country greatly gratulations, and thank you. self. If the national commission had a few needs. more Bill Plymats raising their voices for On that same day the Rostenkowski, com­ education and prevention measures we mittee made one decision which I can ap­ would hear the message loud and clear­ prove, it agreed to actions that would limit drinking and driving is socially unacceptable the ability of companies to buy other com- for everyone. November 13, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31809 I was in Salt Lake City on the weekend to portation has recently released an estimate well as the offender. And it should be swift, address the Hotel and Motel Federation of alcohol involvement in fatal traffic acci­ certain, and just. This seeks to isolate the conference and I am leaving here tomorrow dents for 1980-84. The best evidence show a drinking driver; get him or her off the road for Charlotte, NC, to speak at the Interna­ significant, steady decrease in the percent by appropriate measures such as safety tional Conference of American Association of fatally injured drivers who were legally checkpoints, administrative license revoca­ of Motor Vehicle Administrators on Thurs­ intoxicated, i.e., 0.10 percent or greater tion . cess> and heavier penalties. In all three of these presentations I am In 1980, 50 percent of the drivers tested The creation of the sustaining member­ earnestly seeking to recruit citizen-soldiers, were in excess of .10 percent, but in 1984 ship will assist the national commission's ef­ as it were, in an all-out battle against drunk this proportion dropped to 43 percent. In forts overall. Millions of Americans who are driving. The national commission would like addition, between 1980-84, the rate of in­ not identified in any way with citizen action to see every American citizen become a toxicated fatally injured drivers has groups could be the new potential audience member. We plan to institute a program to dropped by one-third; and while the number for this program. offer concerned Americans a sustaining of driver fatalities decreased 11 percent, the You have it in your power to promote this membership for a modest registration fee. number of intoxicated driver fatalities de­ program. I know full well that safe and The first question that might come to creased 24 percent. sober driving is both an industry and indi­ your mind is, "What benefit is there for me? Surely, the most encouraging aspect in vidual priority of the people at preferred And for Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance the battle against drunk driving is the greatr Risk Mutual Insurance Co. You are the very Co.? For society?" Allow me to respond to er awareness of the public about the prob­ people who know the facts about drinking this simply by saying it puts a premium on lem. From the very first days of the Presi­ and driving, so I need not trouble you with a saving lives. In a very real sense, the mem­ dential Commission on Drunk Driving, of recitation of statistics. I am here to make a bers would become "preferred risks" be­ which I had the privilege to serve in 1982- plea, a pitch, if you will, that should strike cause they would choose not to drive after 83, right up to the present time, a national home. drinking lest they become another DWI of­ call has been sounded to enlist the whole I urge you to help the national commis­ fender or worse still-an accident statistic. spectrum of society in this campaign. Grass­ sion to get the sustaining membership drive No one put this overwhelming national roots organizations; local, state, and Federal underway. I have with me copies of the tragedy into better focus than President officials; the private sector, especially the membership form, containing the following Reagan. In his weekly radio address follow­ motor vehicle, insurance and alcohol indus­ pledge: ing the presentation of the Presidential tries have joined forces in responding to the "As a sustaining member of the National Commission's final report in December issue. Commission Against Drunk Driving, I will 1983, he devoted the entire program to the As never before there is a public willing­ not drive under the influence of alcohol or drunk driving issue, saying in part: ness to support innovative programs de­ any other substance, and will not ride with "If I were alerting you about a foreign signed to deter driving under the influence any person who is under the influence of al­ power brutally murdering tens of thousands and to make drinking and driving socially cohol or any other substance. of our fellow citizens, a cry for bold action unacceptable. This is the ultimate goal and, "I will do whatever I can to make drunk would sweep throughout the country. Well, in truth, the only thing that will effect a and impaired driving socially unacceptable." I'm not referring to a foreign enemy. I'm lasting change. All the enhanced legislation, The application also contains a space talking about drunk driving.• • • We should beefed-up enforcement, stiffer penalties and where the individual indicates his or her understand there are no magic solutions. preventive measures are necessary, but they voluntary dues. While we hope for an aver­ It'll take a long-term commitment, coming offer short-term remedies. What is needed is age of $10 per member, the amount of dues at the problem from different directions. an attitudinal change regarding the tolera­ is not nearly as important as the fact that "The first step, according to the commis­ tion of drunkenness and drunk driving. the individual will become a member of a sion, is making sure that our friends and The National Commission Against Drunk great national constituency working to end neighbors, as well as the people in city hall Driving, as the successor body to the Presi­ needless death and injury and on our high­ and the State legislatures, fully comprehend dential commission, is charged with moni­ ways. what we're facing. • • • toring the implementation of the 39 recom­ We want Preferred Risk Mutual Insur­ "We must change the lax attitude about mendations made by the Presidential com­ ance Co. to become one of the leaders in drinking when there's even a question about mission. It would be impossible to invoke all this campaign. We hope you will take this sobriety. We'll need to be stem at times. the proposed countermeasures at one time application and get it in the hands of every But putting our foot down can save some­ with the hope of success. The response must one of your policyholders, together with a one's life. The commission found out that be coordinated, responsible, and over an ex­ letter from the company, urging them to some of our laws and law enforcement are tended period of time. If citizen action become sustaining members. lax as well • • • the commission made nu­ groups spurred public officials to move on Our goal is a great one: To change the atr merous specific recommendations • • • but the drunk driving issue, then it is imperative titude of the American public toward a in a free society such as ours, with the sepa­ that prevention activities should focus on social problem that is costly, deadly, and ration of powers between Federal, State, natural social settings especially among the sorrowful. Working together, we can change and local governments, it will take all of us family, friends and coworkers. The ties that attitude, and make a difference in the working together. among people in these environments will lives of thousands of Americans, both alive ... • • Drinking and driving has caused serve to reinforce each person's sense of re­ and unborn. We need your help. the death of many innocent people. It is up sponsibility. to us to put a stop to it-not in the spirit of As chairman of the national commission, I vengeance, but in a spirit of love." feel we have a mission to carry to every RESOLUTION No. 1 Yes, it is up to us to put a stop to all this comer of this great Nation, a clear and loud Adopted September 19, 1985 at Annual tragic waste of life. It cuts across all seg­ message about the dangers relating to Board Meeting of American Council on Al­ ments of our society without distinction be­ drunk driving. To this end, the board of di­ cohol Problems in Des Moines, Iowa. cause death knows no bounds. rectors at its May meeting adopted 16 Whereas highway traffic deaths in 1984 As a nation we cannot afford-or tolerate majors objectives. increased, reversing a decline that had any longer-the staggering losses that alco­ The one I want to emphasize this evening, spanned the three previous years; and hol-related accidents create each year. however, has to do with the establishment Whereas drinking and driving is the lead­ Just consider the long Labor Day weekend of a sustaining member program. We need ing cause of death among young people and which we observed just 2 weeks ago. It the strength of widespread citizen participa­ a leading cause of brain and spinal cord marks the traditional end-of-summer vaca­ tion if we are to attack drunk driving with injury for people of all ages; and tion season when our spirits and hopes are vigor, "not in the spirit of vengeance," as Whereas if present trends continue, one renewed. Unfortunately, it has the dubious President Reagan cautioned us. By working out of every two citizens will be involved in distinction of being the most dangerous 3- together people get the job done. an alcohol-related collision in their lifetime; day major holiday period of the year. Over The long-term goal of the national com­ and the past decade, the fatalities for Labor Day mission is to make driving under the influ­ Whereas drinking and driving is directly have exceeded those recorded for Memorial ence

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monetary losses caused by drinking and THEY KEEP AN EYE ON MIAMI SHORES VARIED VOLUNTEERS driving to be a national emergency; In a volunteer-happy bedroom community Be it further resolved that we call upon Drive down the palm-lined streets of of 9,200, the patrollers are a mixed bag, the U.S. Congress to assist in making drink­ Miami Shores too slowly, as if you have no heavily weighted with retired people who ing and driving socially unacceptable by en­ definite destination, and you may see an un­ have free time during the week. There are acting <1 > HR 2657 that will make alcohol settling sight: a car with an antenna on top also schoolteachers, doctors, students, sales­ advertising a non-deductible business ex­ and a couple of people wearing red caps sit­ men and housewives. pense; <2> HR 2656 that will place warning ting inside, staring at you as one of them Horace Shuff is a retired construction labels on liquor bottles; and <3> HR 2526 talks into a citizen's band radio. foreman from Washington, D.C., who pa­ that will provide equal time for health If you're like Peggy Rente, who was cruis­ trols four hours a week in his Cadillac Se­ warnings on radio and television; and ing the streets with a real estate broker ville. Wearing his 50 and 100-hour badges on Be it further resolved that we call upon looking for home prospects one day recent­ his cap, he cruised the streets of the Shores state legislators to assist in making drinking ly, there will be cause for alarm. Wednesday morning. and driving socially unacceptable by enact­ "It's an exceptional community service," "You look at the drivers and see if they ing legislation that will <1 > increase the Rente said of the people in red and white are scroungy looking," he said, explaining drinking age to 21; <2> prohibit the concur­ caps, the Miami Shores Mobile Crime his observation tactics. "If you see a dressed rent sales of alcoholic beverages and motor Watch. up old lady, you don't pay much attention fuel; (3) abolish all drink promotions, in­ But if your motives are sinister, say to her." cluding happy hours; <4> prohibit open con­ mobile patrol members, you may think twice about sticking around once you've He turned into the parking lot of the tainers of alcoholic beverages in motor vehi­ Miami Shores Country Club, a spot where cles; <5> make third parties liable for dam­ spotted them checking you out and possibly radioing your description to the police. hubcaps often have been reported stolen. ages when alcoholic beverages are made Passing a beat-up Dodge Charger, he noted available to minors or intoxicated persons; Since they first hit the streets in Febru­ ary, the mobile patrollers have become a fa­ the number of the temporary tag taped to and <6> provide for the administrative li­ the window. "Now that to me is a suspi­ cense revocation of intoxicated drivers; and miliar and comforting sight to Shores resi­ dents. And, they hope, a nuisance to would­ cious-looking car," he said. Be it further resolved that we call upon be muggers and burglars. Shuff decided not to report the license all concerned citizens to become sustaining "The citizens just love us," said Lela Ja­ plate number, surmising that the car prob­ members of the National Commission cobson who heads the voluteer force. "They ably belonged to a club employee. Against Drunk Driving and to not drink applaud when they see the cars. If all the For Shuff, the mobile patrol fits into his before driving, thus making drinking and people who waved or applauded joined, we'd small-government philosophy. "If people driving socially unacceptable. have no end of volunteers." don't do it for themselves, they're going to Though the patrollers could use more have to hire more people to do it. If they help, they're not hurting. In its 10 months hire more, taxes will go up, and taxes are MIAMI SHORES MOBILE CRIME of existence, the patrol has grown from 22 high enough already." volunteers to 125, with more joining all the WATCH: THEY KEEP AN EYE PAIRS OF PATROLLERS ON MIAMI SHORES time. They cruise the streets from 10 a.m. to 6 Most patrollers travel in pairs. Husband p.m., six days a week. They donate their and wife teams are rife. Among them are HON. WILLIAM LEHMAN time and their cars, and the village equips Sam and Mollie Mazur. Sam, a retired per­ them with caps, magnetic signs for their cussionist for musical shows, is 83; Mollie, a OF FLORIDA cars and citizens band radios. former concert pianist, is 73. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EYES AND EARS Sam said he signed · up for the program first, but his wife soon insisted on joining Wednesday, November 13, 1985 "We are extra eyes and ears for the Police Department," Jacobson said. Patrollers are him. "She thought someone was going to Mr. LEHMAN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, in trained to cruise the village and to notify hold me up," he said. our 17th Congressional District, the Mobile the base station of suspicious cars or people. Sam always drives, he said, leaving the The base station radio operator then relays watching to Mollie's keener eyes. "We don't Crime Watch of the Village of Miami argue while we're patrolling," he said. "I Shores is a fine example of a successful cit­ the information to the Shores police. Pa­ trollers have strict instructions not to get never get the chance. She says 'go left' and izen-based patrol that is having a big out of their cars or to try to help police. I go right." impact on the community. Village Manager Les Forney calls the Carol McClure and Doris Sedacca, teach­ If we are to successfully combat crime, mobile patrol "an extremely cost effective ers at Gratigny Elementary School, are a well-organized citizen volunteers are essen­ program." This year, it will cost the village Monday afternoon duo. Their beat is pretty just $9,325 for radio equipment, stationery quiet, McClure said, but fun nonetheless. tial. Regardless of how hard-working or "We laugh for two hours," she said. "We dedicated our police are, they cannot be ev­ and other supplies and Jacobson's $100 a week salary. hash over the things that we didn't have erywhere. Citizen patrols and support are So far, reports by a mobile patrollers have time to finish talking about at lunch." needed to extend the eyes and ears of law led to just one arrest, for loitering and So far, the only suspicious people they enforcement officials. prowling. But the patrollers are full of sto­ have spotted were two prostitutes on Bis­ A driving force behind the program is ries of suspicious-looking characters who cayne Boulevard. "We keep looking and so Shores resident Lela Jacobson. From her left town after seeing the patrollers eyeing far we haven't found anything," McClure dispatch room in the village hall, she co­ them. said. Because the patrol's main purpose is to But the patrollers perform other services. ordinates 125 volunteers who patrol this deter crime, Forney said, it is difficult to They have helped stranded motorists, called community of 9,200 residents 6 days a assess their effect. "You can't measure ambulances for people who have fallen and week. Lela is a true activist. We worked to­ something that doesn't happen," he said. hurt themselves and hunted down stray gether on the problems of public education But he adds: "Anecdotally, there's more dogs, said Jacobson, who records every act starting 20 years ago and continuing than ample evidence of success." of good will in a weekly newsletter. through my tenure on the Dade County And, say Jacobson and the patrollers, the Jacobson, a slender, fashionably dressed School Board. Today, Lela is the right program does as much to promote communi­ woman with silvery hair, is paid $100 a week person in the right job at the right time. ty spirit as it does to fight crime. for what is supposed to be a part-time job. Witness the new ritual that has been Actually, she spends 40 hours a week at the Mr. Speaker, the dedicated volunteers of added to the Pledge of Allegiance and invo­ patrol's dispatch room on the second floor the Miami Shores Mobile Crime Watch are cation at meetings of the Village Council. A of Village Hall. She recruits volunteers, to be commended for their unselfish service group of patrollers, wearing the inevitable makes up schedules, writes the newsletter and community spirit. I hope their example red and white caps, line up in front of the and makes sure the equipment works. will inspire similar efforts throughout the podium as their names are called. Jacobson ORGANIZATION HELPS rest of Dade County. distributes small badges in recognition of 50 or 100 hours of service. Each month, the Most important to the success of a volun­ I would like to share with my colleagues group grows larger, so that villege photogra­ teer operation, she is a cheerleader. a recent article from the Miami Herald pher Charlie Minter has trouble fitting "She has done an outstanding job," said which further describes this remarkable them all into the pictures he takes to com­ Lt. W.J. Brenton, the patrol's police liaison. program: memorate these events. "She's an organizer; she's full of energy," November 13, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31811 Jacobson's dispatch room is a homey peared in the Holland Sentinel on October maintaining revenues to stay in business, al­ place. On one wall, patrollers' coffee mugs 23, 1985, to my colleagues attention. though Thompson disputed recent statistics hang from hooks; others are decorated with Mr. Thompson, who was the 1985 Michi­ that say half the new businesses fail within an autumn theme of paper leaves and gan Small Business Person of the Year is the first year. pumpkins. A notice announces a covered He said statistics indicate more than 97 dish dinner for patrollers. Other noticed, on certainly to be commended for his innova­ percent of businesses that close actually de­ colored construction paper, warn the volun­ tion and determination. He is an outstand­ clare bankruptcy. That means many of the teers to be on the lookout for certain crimi­ ing businessman who has demonstrated his other businesses are closing for other rea­ nal suspects. ability to work hard and master his profes­ sons. Jacobson's newsletter is filled with birth­ sional responsibilities in every task he has The biggest reasons for business failure day announcements, get-well wishes for pa­ attempted. I know my colleagues will join are a lack of managerial techniques and ex­ trollers who are ill and messages of welcome me in wishing him every future success. perience, he said following his address. for new recruits. [From the Holland Sentinel, Oct. 23, 19851 "It's due to a lack of experience in the I'm very proud of them," Jacobson said. field, a lack of business experience-perhaps "Sometimes I feel like I'm Mother Goose THOMPSON ENCOURAGES BUSINESS analytical skills," he said. and they're my little chicks. REVOLUTION For persons desiring to initiate their own In August, the patrollers showed their ap­ business, he noted a new state agency called preciation by throwing a birthday party for ZEELAND.-These revolutionaries don't the Office of New Enterprise Services, her in Forney's office. "It was the warmest, carry signs or wield knives. They don't tout which began operations Oct. 1. It provides most loving thing that's ever happened to fancy slogans or seek to overthrow a govern­ information and referrals, evaluation of me." Jacobson said. ment. They simply have a need for innova­ market potential of a product, assistance in She keeps track of the hours each pa­ tion and success. seeking financing for ventures and a series troller puts in. And when a patroller leaves, These rebels are called entrepreneurs and of forums for entrepreneurs. she makes sure to ask them why. their numbers are rising, according to Pat­ Thompson said the most desirable fields "We lost her to the cultural center," she rick Thompson, 1985 Michigan Business of entrepreneurship are wide ranging. While said, going over a list of names. "She went Person of the Year, and recent statistics. some experts believe that the real future back to school. He had a heart operation." Thompson, speaking at the annual Zee­ growth lies solely in the service industry, She added: "They're not dropping out be­ land Chamber of Commerce membership Thompson maintains growth is taking place cause they don't believe in the program. banquet Tuesday in Lokers Auditorium at in both areas. That's the most important thing." Zeeland High School, said the number of "Notice I said services and products, and How TO JOIN THE PATROL entrepreneurs is increasing because of a re­ not just a service economy," he said. "Many duction in U.S. dependence on large scale knowledgeable people in recent years be­ The Miami Shores Mobile Crime Watch is mass production to an increasing focus on lieve the state of Michigan should dump du­ looking for volunteers. Organizer Lela Ja­ smaller-scale business. rable goods manufacturing and make a cobson says 216 volunteers are needed to "The real growth in the future will come quick transition to hi-tech services. I firmly staff the program fully. The patrol now has from small, new, innovative, specialized believe this is a strategic error. What do you 125. products and services developed by creative think our chances are attracting an IBM, The patrol divides the village into four entrepreneurs," said Thompson, who in HP orTI." sectors. Patrollers ride two to a car for two­ 1968 founded Trans-Matic Manufacturing "There will always be special niches for hour shifts. One person handles radio calls Company of Holland. He transformed it unique manufacturing products requiring for each shift. Because the program does from a small two-employee company to a highly skilled labor or advanced technolo­ not have enough volunteers, some patrollers business with 80 employees and $8 million gy," he said. work more than two hours and cover more in sales. He said the state service and manufactur­ than one sector, Jacobson said. To back up the claim that an enterpren­ ing industries can work hand in hand sup­ New patrollers are given a two-hour lec­ eurial revolution is upon us, Thompson porting each other. ture by Shores Lt. W.J. Brenton, who tells cited statistics. A study by David Birch of "The service sector will provide new op­ them how to spot suspicious-looking people the Massachusetts Institute of Technology portunities and probably more opportuni­ and how to describe them to police. They indicates between 1969 and 1976 two-thirds ties than manufacturing for employment. also are instructed in the use of citizens of all new jobs in the U.S. were created by But manufacturing provides higher value band radios. businesses with less than 20 employees. In added products, and provides us with great­ To qualify, patrollers must be Shores resi­ 1982 and 1983, the Fortune 500 companies er opportunities to create wealth for our dents who are at least 18 years old. They lost 310,000 jobs while the rest of the U.S. state by exporting products to other states must have their own cars and liability insur­ economy created three million jobs. and other countries." ance and they must sign forms freeing the In addition, new incorporations in Michi­ Concerning his business, Thompson said village of liability. Firearms are not allowed gan reached a record 19,474 in 1984. Nation­ he has no specific plans to top off his and patrollers do not make arrests or chase ally, incorporations jumped by 5.8 percent award-winning year, but indicated Trans­ suspects. last year over the previous year. The rate is Matte may acquire another company in the For an application or more information, double the figures of those in the 1960s and coming year. He would not elaborate. He call Jacobson at the patrol office, 756-5767, six times the rate during the 1950s, accord­ also said he may expand his building in Hol­ or stop at Village Hall, 10050 NE Second ing to Thompson. land or in Stanford, Calif. Ave. Who are these briefcase carrying charac­ ters? PATRICK THOMPSON Experts agree entrepreneurs are highly A TRIBUTE TO REAR ADM. motivated people whose need to achieve is EDWARD J. HOGAN, JR. "almost compulsive," he said. "They are HON. GUY VANDER JAGT driven constantly to prove themselves." OF MICHIGAN They also reject security and are risk HON. ROY DYSON takers. OF MARYLAND IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "Entrepreneurs simply want to be in Wednesday, November 13, 1985 charge of their own destiny-they want to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES be their own boss. seek independent Wednesday, November 13, 1985 Mr. VANDER JAGT. Mr. Speaker, recent­ self-determination and self actualization." ly Patrick Thompson, a small businessman A formal definition indicates an entrepre­ Mr. DYSON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to from the Ninth Congressional District of neur is "an individual that creates a new take this opportunity to salute a man who Michigan, was the speaker at the Zeeland product or service and retains ownership in for over 30 years has served our great Chamber of Commerce membership ban­ an enterprise that delivers that product or Nation with valor and distinction, Rear quet in Lokers Auditorium at Zeeland High service to the customer." Thompson said. Adm. Edward J. Hogan, Jr. Making money is one of the least impor­ On October 31, 1985, Rear Admiral School. Mr. Thompson, who is president of tant traits of an entrepreneur, he said. the Trans-Matic Manufacturing Co. of Hol­ Some make more money than they can dish Hogan assumed the position of the Navy's land, MI, had some important things to say out, but still invest in new ventures. Chief of Legislative Mfairs, succeeding during his address regarding small busi­ Garnering revenues is still important for a Rear Adm. Dudley Carlson, who has been nesses and I commend his comments and business to remain afloat. And new, small nominated for appointment to the grade of the article which contains them, that ap- businesses more frequently have trouble vice admiral and assignment to Deputy

51-059 o-87-9 (Pt. 23) 31812 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 13, 1985 Chief of Naval Operations and Chief of cancers, accidents, lung diseases, homi­ WORLD TRADE CENTER Naval Personnel. Prior to this assignment, cides, suicides, and infections. Rear Admiral Hogan was commander, Over 25 million Americans have hyper­ HON. JOE MOAKLEY Naval Air Test Center, as well as the Navy's tension, which will eventually kill them OF MASSACHUSETTS chief test pilot at Patuxent River in Mary­ unless controlled through medication, diet, land's First Congressional District. or surgery. Blacks are hit particularly hard IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, Rear Admiral Hogan's by hypertension and suffer its effects Wednesday, November 13, 1985 career as a naval aviator has been marked almost twice as often as whites. Women Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I would by an enduring commitment to excellence. over 35 have lower rates than men by only like to bring a matter of importance to the Among his many assignments, Rear Admi­ a few percentage points, and the gap nar­ continued viability of the New England ral Hogan has served as landing signal offi. rows as women age; in fact, women over 65 economy to the attention of my fellow col­ cer in Fighter Squadron 33 in U.S.S. Intrep­ have higher rates than men. leagues. The Treasury and Post Office Ap­ id from 1956-59; flying qualities and per­ The contributing effects of salt and fats propriations conference report we had formance project test pilot in the Flight to cardiovascular disease are well known before us last Thursday also makes appro­ Test Division at the Patuxent River, Naval and well documented. And yet, with the priations for the General Services Adminis­ Air Test Center from 1961-62; senior land­ tration. As such, I would like to bring a se­ ing signal officer, Carrier Air Wing Eight knowledge we now have, we still spend enormous amounts of money on open heart rious matter dealing with General Services in U.S.S. Forrestal and U.S.S. Sluzngri-La Administration to the attention of my col­ from 1965-66; commanding officer of surgery, heart transplants, and other exotic procedures, while we spend very little on leagues. Over the past several years, many Fighter Squadron 92 from 1968-69; oper­ businesses in the New England region that ations officer, U.S.S. Kitty Hawk from educating consumers. Certainly we should not stop these proce­ have either been involved in international 1971-72; commanding officer U.S.S. trade issues or aspired to be involved in Kawishiwi from 1974-75; commanding offi. dures, but we know now that prevention is a more effective approach than surgery, international trade issues have worked cer U.S.S. Kitty Hawk from 1976-78; and di­ with State and city officials to create the rector, Aviation Manpower, Training, and both in cost and result. Cutting salt and fat World Trade Center in Boston. The center Aircraft Carrier Programs in the Office of in the diet, unlike surgery, is available to is now approaching completion and will be the Chief of Naval Operations from 1980- anyone, including those in poor health, available for occupancy in January of 1986. 82. those with low incomes, and those without As you might well imagine, there are A true American patriot and hero, Rear medical insurance. quite a number of young companies in· Admiral Hogan has received the Distin­ Now, even highly aware consumers have volved in international trade that wish to guished Service Medal, Bronze Star with only the most general knowledge of how have an active presence in that World Combat V, Meritorious Service Medal, and much salt and fats are in the foods they Trade Center. In no small part, because Air Medal. These high honors stand as a eat. they wish to share the common resources living testament to Rear Admiral Hogan's Most consumers do not shop carrying ex­ that a World Trade Center can offer and courage, compassion and character. haustive nutritional lists of food products, because they wish to develop common Never content to rest upon the laurels of and few carry such encyclopedic knowledge trade issues and strategies. past achievement, Rear Admiral Hogan has in their heads. Even if they do, they have During the past 6 months the World somehow found the time to earn a masters Trade Center has been in discussions with of science degree in international affairs no way of knowing accurately how much salt or the amount and type of fat that a the U.S. Department of Commerce, its re­ from George Washington University in gional office in Boston, and in particular, 1965 and a masters of business administra­ particular type or brand of food contains. Many foods do not fall into simple catego­ the International Trade Administration tion from the American University in 1982. Office UTA]. The focus of those discussions By demanding more of himself in the serv­ ries, and even very similar foods are pre­ pared using different procedures, different has been to let the Department of Com­ ice of his country, Rear Admiral Hogan has merce know of the value of locating its re­ strengthened our Nation, and for this I ingredients, and in different proportions. It is impossible to compare the relative salt gional International Trade Administration commend him. office in the World Trade Center. It could and fat contents of these apparently similar In many ways, Rear Admiral Hogan ex­ be a great plus for both the Department of emplifies that which has made our country foods, as it is with different brands of the Commerce and the World Trade Center in what it is today-a belief that through dili­ same food; yet, to protect themselves, con­ its dealings with U.S. companies and corpo­ gence, determination and dedication we sumers must know. Their lives depend on ration. I believe very strongly, that this is a can accomplish almost anything. So it is having this information at their fingertips. marriage that is absolutely meant to be. with a sense of deepfelt pride, Mr. Speaker, Because hypertension does not have dra­ As recently as August 13, 1985, the re­ that I share these words of praise for a matic early symptoms, we must allow gional office of the Department of Com­ great American, Rear Adm. Edward J. people to help themselves on a daily basis, merce sent a memorandum to the regional Hogan, Jr. throughout their lives. Now, consumers administrator of the General Services Ad­ simply cannot protect themselves adequate­ ministration. In that memorandum the De­ H.R. 3751, THE NUTRITIONAL IN­ ly. partment of Commerce indicated: FORMATION LABELING ACT OF There is no quick fix for those with hy­ Although this office has functioned in a 1985 pertension or cardiovascular disease. They variety of locations over the years, the es­ can't improve their level of risk in one bold tablishment of a World Trade Center in stroke, as can smokers, skydivers, trapeze Boston and the consequent concentration of HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL international trade activities in this a single OF NEW YORK artists, or those who don't wear seat belts. facility creates a unique opportunity for But over the long run, they can improve IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES this agency to fulfill its mission of encourag­ their health just as much, providing they ing and assisting the export of American Wednesday, November 13, 1985 have the information to do so. goods and services. It is essential that our Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, today I am Cardiovascular disease is a long-term dis­ Boston District Office be collocated to per­ introducing a bill to require food labeling ease. It requires long-term control. But form the role for which this agency w~ es­ tablished with the utmost effectiveness. to clearly state the amount of salt and fats consumers can't help themselves without the food contains. · information. And Congress is the only Mr. Speaker, several of us in the Massa­ Cardiovascular disease kills nearly 1 mil­ place they can get it. chusetts delegation are concerned that here lion Americans every year. It kills twice as we are several months later, and even many Americans as any other cause of though the World Trade Center has re­ death. In fact, it kills more than every ceived considerable encouragement from other cause of death combined, including the regional office of the General Services November 13, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31813 Administration about the idealness and ap­ bered for her warmth, her humor and her be described as accurately as possible, and propriateness of locating the ITA office in love for and dedication to our community. that specific recommendations for improve­ the World Trade Center, we have not had a In recognition of Willie Mae's contribu­ ment should be offered in the interest of decision from the General Services Admin­ tions to health services at Highland General the general welfare. The hour is late, but Hospital and throughout our community, the worst consequences of an impending dis­ istration here in Washington that the ITA staff will shortly be dedicating a memorial aster may perhaps be avoided, if public office will be located in the World Trade plaque in the lobby of the hospital in re­ awareness will force policy changes in the Center. membrance of her caring spirit. field of money and credit. Mr. Speaker, my concern is that it is In addition, Willie Mae, who came to Of most fundamental importance are the quite important that we have a positive de­ departure by the federal government from Oakland in 1941 from Louisiana, worked the integrity of a redeemable currency; the cision from the General Services Adminis­ long and hard in pursuing her education. tration in the next 2 weeks so that ITA use by the federal government of the Feder­ In addition to all her community work, she al Reserve System to finance its activities office will be locating in the World Trade attended classes at San Jose State Universi­ Center. The World Trade Center is offering by devices favorable to itself, especially the ty and received an honorary doctorate of conversion of government debt into curren­ the space at a considerable loss at a below humanities degree from Mills College, Oak­ cy; the consequent depreciation of the pur­ market price, and even though the space land, in 1981 for her life-time advocacy for chasing power of the United States dollar, required is very modest-4,000 square Oakland's poor elderly and homeless. breaking the record depreciation during the feet-the functioning of the World Trade All of us in Oakland express our sympa­ Civil War period; and the persistent agita­ Center depends upon the location of agen­ tion in favor of fiat money as a permanent thy to her children, grandchildren and condition, which has monopolized university cies such as ITA and the U.S. Customs those she helped raise. She is a model and Office in the same center. instruction and academic discussion for the beacon to us all. past twenty-five years. All these procedures I would ask my colleagues to join me in have been employed many times and in endorsing the location of the ITA Center in many countries in the past, always with un­ the World Trade Center in Boston and ask "THE TEN PILLARS OF SOUND fortunate and even tragic consequences. that together, we send a strong message to MONEY AND CREDIT" A SOLID Let us reiterate the ten most important the administration and the Secretary of FOUNDATION principles of sound money and credit which, Commerce that they, together, in a spirit of in the light of the theory and experience, great cooperation move forward to take ad­ HON. WIWAM E. DANNEMEYER are the indispensable pillars on which dura­ vantage of this very favorable situation ble prosperity as well as peaceful and volun­ OF CALIFORNIA tary cooperation between labor and capital that can advance the ability of American IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES must rest. companies to successfully compete in inter­ Wednesday, November 13, 1985 1. The principle of the gold standard. national trade. Only in this way can we 2. The principle of free coinage. begin to fundamentally and systematically Mr. DANNEMEYER Mr. Speaker, I am 3. The principle of redeemability. attack the very problems that we have with among those who believe that we will be 4. The principle of monetary policy. trade deficits today. unable to solve trade deficits, balance the 5. The principle of fiscal policy. Federal budget, hold down inflation, lower 6. The principle of no privileges without interest and unemployment rates, and pro­ responsibilities. WILLIE MAE THOMPSON: OAK­ 7. The principle of liquidity. LAND LOSES A GREAT CITIZEN vide a durable climate for economic growth 8. The principle of matching maturities. unless and until we first attain some meas­ 9. The principle of marginal productivity ure of monetary stability. Sound money of debt. HON. FORTNEY H. (PETE) STARK backed by gold. 10. The principle of marginal productivity OF CALIFORNIA Professor Antal Fekete, Professor of of labor and capital. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mathematics at Memorial University of The first five principles concern money Wednesday, November 13, 1985 Newfoundland in Canada, is one of the and the government. In paraphrasing these foremost proponents of a return to the gold principles we must remember that, by the Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, the Oakland, Constitution, ours is a limited government CA, community was lessened recently by standard. He has a revelatory facility for that cannot arbitrarily appropriate all the the passing of one of its finest citizens, explaining complex economics in terms un­ power over the lives and activities of the in­ Willie Mae Thompson. derstandable to the lay reader. His most dividual citizens. recent work is entitled "The Ten Pillars of Willie Mae was one of the most civic­ 1. PRINCIPLE OF THE GOLD STANDARD Sound Money and Credit," which I offer to minded persons I have ever met. Her com­ The purpose of a monetary standard is to munity involvement was not abstract or my colleagues for their interest, informa­ fix the weight and quality of the monetary theoretical. Hers was the life of commit­ tion, and edification. unit. A standard monetary unit is something ment to people in a hands on way. In addi­ THE TEN PILLARS OF SOUND MONEY AND which itself has value; it cannot be an ab­ tion to her own 4 children, Mrs. Thompson CREDIT straction, a legal fiction, or debt, such as the was a foster parent to 22 children, rightly United States dollar is today. A depreciating earning the title of Foster Mother of the During a period of fifty-two or so years monetary unit is not an acceptable standard this nation and the world have witnessed of value. Over a period of several thousands Year in 1978. of years, gold has evolved as the only com­ Some of her many community efforts are various developments in the field of money and credit which in the light of theory as modity with constant marginal utility. well described in a letter from the Director well as experience could be expected to Therefore gold is the only eligible monetary of the Alameda County Health Care Serv­ prove injurious to the well-being of the commodity to serve as the monetary stand­ ices Agency. people. To a large extent, the injury has al­ ard. Willie Mae was a humane, dedicated and ready been done in the form of losses of 2. PRINCIPLE OF FREE COINAGE dynamic advocate of quality health services jobs and businesses, currency depreciation, If a citizen believes that there is too little for all, and a spokesperson for those in the decimation of bond values, bank failures, a money in circulation, he must have the community less able to articulate their decline of productivity, and the runaway in­ right to do something about it. He should be needs. Her concerns in health care ranged creases of the debt-tower-although the able to take his newly mined gold, or old from youth to seniors, from rat control to connection with monetary and banking gold jewelry, to the Mint and convert it into methadone maintenance programs. She was practices is not yet clear to most observers. gold coins of the realm. truly a "Twentieth Century Woman" in the It is only a matter of time before this con­ breadth of her interest, knowledge and ad­ nection will be clear to everyone. However, 3. PRINCIPLE OF REDEEMABILITY vocacy for accessible health care. She was by that time the injury inflicted on the If a citizen believes that there is too much one of the initial appointees to the High­ economy and on society may be too great money in circulation, he must have the land General Hospital Community Advisory and the scars from it may prove to be per­ right to do something about it. He should be Committee, and the first chairperson of the manent. allowed to melt the gold coins of the realm Alameda-Contra Costa Health Systems Therefore it is desirable that the funda­ in his possession, or to export them. He Agency. In addition to her independent ad­ mental errors in principle and practice in should be able to redeem the commodity vocacy for patient care, she will be remem- our monetary and banking structure should value of the monetary standard. 31814 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 13, 1985 By the same token, if a depositor believes since the beginning of the decade. United on developing an effective legislative strate­ that his bank is not managed in the best in­ States Steel might as well change its name gy to deal with the issue of gambling oper­ terest of the depositors, he should be able to to U.S. Oil and Gas Corp., or something withdraw his money in the form of gold. ations being conducted on Indian reserva­ Only if the banks can be forced to pay out else. tions and on Indian lands. I have long been bank reserves to dissatisfied depositors, can Mr. Speaker, I would prefer to hear concerned about the failure of the adminis­ the management of the bank be expected to United States Steel announce more invest­ tration to address the Indian gaming issue follow sound banking principles. This is ments in further modernization of its steel through consistent national procedures and what the bank reserves are for: to keep the operations and efforts to improve the in­ policies. An air of confusion hangs over banks responsive to the needs of the people. dustry's competitive position in a highly what gaming activities are and are not con­ 4. PRINCIPLE OF MONETARY POLICY competitive global economy. Last year sidered legal on Indian reservations. While The government has a carefully circum­ United States Steel abandoned a long-time Indian gaming operations have been gener­ scribed responsibility in the monetary field. proposal to build a modem steel mill in ally beneficial to the tribes-revenues have It cannot act in an arbitrary fashion, nor Conneaut, OH, a community in my con­ can it use devices favorable to itself, such as been raised, unemployment lowered­ issuing bills of credit which it has neither gressional district. United States Steel Indian gaming has suffered the same fate the willingness nor the resources to redeem dashed the hopes of a community that is of other gaming operations; the infiltration at maturity. The sole aim of monetary suffering from high unemployment. of organized crime. To further complicate policy is to keep the value of all kinds of Mr. Speaker, to add insult to injury this problem the legal, administrative and moneys in the system equal to the value of United States Steel has gone to court judicial jurisdictions in Indian gambling the monetary standard. It is not the task of against the city of Conneaut, the Conneaut monetary policy to tamper with the rate of operations are unclear, redundant or lack­ schools and the county government to col­ ing. In order to address these these two interest, or to keep the economy in check lect $1,100,000 in personal property taxes with the threat of higher or lower interest problems-organized crime and jurisdic­ rates. the company claims to have paid for stor­ age of nonexistent raw materials several tional confusion-and ultimately to ensure 5. PRINCIPLE OF FISCAL POLICY years ago. Apparently, United States Steel that the public is protected, I have devel­ The sole aim of fiscal policy must be to oped and am introducing the Indian keep the credit of the federal government at after paying the taxes, discovered that the raw materials had been shipped in inter­ Gaming Regulatory Act of 1985 today and the highest possible level and above all sus­ ask my colleagues for their input and sup­ picion. If the credit of the government is state commerce and were no longer being high, then the value of government bonds kept in Conneaut. United States Steel made port. will be high, which translates into the lower the error. Now it wants to be reimbursed. Mr. Speaker, my legislation embodies possible rates of interest compatible with The company even wants to apparently col­ much of the intent and philosophy of the market conditions. The strictest separation lect 6 percent interest on its own mistake. approach found in H.R. 1920. My bill would between the monetary arm and the fiscal The company•s bill to the Conneaut outlaw and provide Federal criminal penal­ arm of the government must be observed, in ties for gambling operations within Indian order to prevent the monetization of gov­ schools amounts to more than $800,000, ernment debt. It is not the task of fiscal enough to probably pay the salaries of country unless the gambling operation is policy to stimulate the economy, or to redis­ teachers for a school year. If the school conducted in conformity with State law or tribute wealth. If the principle of fiscal system loses a fight before the Ohio Su­ with tribal law as certified by the Secretary policy is compromised, then a deterioration preme Court the schools will be required to of the Interior. While bringing these oper­ of the credit of the government will inevita­ pay United States Steel about $175,000 a ations into conformity with State or tribal bly follow in the form of higher interest year over a 5-year period. The city of Con­ law and providing for penalties without rates and contraction of the maturity struc­ this conformity, the most important feature ture of the public debt. neaut will have to pay the company $55,000 a year over the same period. of this legislation is the creation of a Na­ To rub more salt in already festering tional Indian Gaming Commission. CRITICIZING UNITED STATES civic wounds United States Steel has en­ This National Commission would create STEEL CORP. gaged in some nifty bookkeeping. The com­ some much needed order and oversight in pany has shifted ownership of its Pitts­ establishing and enforcing standards, HON. DENNIS E. ECKART burgh & Lake Erie Dock Co. to a railroad guidelines, regulations, and the review of OF OHIO it owns. The result: a local tax saving of at management contracts. The Commission IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES least $300,000 a year, more lost revenues would have the authority to inspect and ex­ Wednesday, November 13, 1985 for the schools. A nice clean tax break ac­ amine all premises where Indian gaming is complished through a simple paper trans­ conducted, inspect management contract Mr. ECKART of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, re­ action that taxes the dock company differ­ documents, provide for background investi­ cently the United States Steel Corp. an­ ently simply because United States Steers gations, have the ability to subpoena wit­ nounced it was going to invest $3.6 billion railroad now owns the dock company, not nesses, and levy and collect appropriate to acquire the Texas Oil & Gas Corp. the parent firm. · fines for violations of the act. In short, the United States Steers chairman, David Rod­ Mr. Speaker, United States Steel has Commission would be the final authority erick, said this acquisition "in no way les­ proven that its real commitment to steel on Indian gaming. sens United States Steers commitment to production and waging a competitive war the steel business!' Nonsense. The 13-member National Commission to retrieve a more glorious industrial past would consist of 7 voting members and 6 At a time the Federal Government is is highly questionable. The company•s co­ working to limit imports and clamp a lid ex-officio nonvoting members. The Secre­ mitment is not what Mr. Roderick says it tary of the Interior would appoint the on unfair foreign competition, one of the is. And in a community in my congression­ Nation's largest domestic steel producers chairman of the Commission and six voting al district United States Steel has relin­ Commissioners from a list supplied by the decides to drill for oil and gas on Wall quished its title of gooJ corporate citizen. Street, similar to its purchase of the Mara­ Speaker of the House and the majority thon Oil Co. 3 years ago. leader of the Senate. The remaining ex-offi­ This investment by United States Steel is INTRODUCTION OF THE INDIAN cio members would be appointed by the done for the sake of diversification, which GAMING REGULATORY ACT Speaker or majority leader directly. A is not necessarily a sin. In this instance, ·broad range of judicial, law enforcement, however, it does not make for the most ef­ HON. BILL RICHARDSON native American and public interests would ficient and productive use of capital. It is OF NEW MEXICO be represented on this Commission. This legislation is also budget conscious-three not the kind of investment that creates new IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES job opportunities in our society. If this quarters of the Commission's annual transaction goes through United States Wednesday, November 13, 1985 budget would be derived from an assess­ Steel's total revenues from steel production Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, much ment on the gross reve1:ues of gaming op­ will have declined by at least 40 percent attention has been focused in recent weeks erations regulated under the act. November 13, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31815 Mr. Speaker, Indian tribes are turning ing tools for veterans. In many occupa­ EBONY MAGAZINE'S 40TH more frequently to innovative measures to tions, trainees learn best by training in the ANNIVERSARY raise revenues within their reservations. actual work situation and utilizing the em­ According to reports, 75 to 80 of the Na­ ployers' procedures and equipment. The HON. CARDISS COWNS tion's 300 Indian tribes have some form of following features make on-job and ap­ game in operation. As early as 1984, the prenticeship training attractive to both em­ OF ILLINOIS House Interior Committee held hearings on ployers and veteran trainees: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gambling within Indian country-a m~or First, veterans start work immediately. Wednesday, November 13, 1985 concern in this testimony was that orga­ The concept is to hire first and train subse­ nized crime would infiltrate tribal gaming Mrs. COLLINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to quently. Veterans are paid the usual wage honor a fellow Chicagoan on a very special operations. At least one Indian tribal paid all employees doing the same work, gaming operation has been ordered closed anniversary. Forty years ago, this month, following charges of racketeer involvement. and veterans begin paying taxes from the John H. Johnson published the first issue There is a need for oversight but not for beginning of their training. of Ebony magazine. And today there is general alarm. While there have been prob­ Second, veterans are not trained for the great cause for celebration. Of the hun­ lems, there are also success stories. Bingo uncertainty of a future job that may or dreds of magazines published each year, has become one way of replacing Federal may not exist. They have a reasonable as­ few have experienced the tremendous suc­ sources of funding that are being eliminat­ surance of productive, full-time employ­ cess Ebony has enjoyed over these 40 years. ed or severely cut back. In my home State ment at the conclusion of training. And this achievement is all the more im­ of New Mexico, the Sandia, Acoma, and Te­ Third, training is practical and compre­ pressive in light of the tremendous obsta­ suque Puel;los have turned to bingo as a hensive. The training exposes veteran train­ cles which had to be overcome--resistance source of tribal revenue to support their ees to an actual work environment, pres­ to change; resistance to new ideas; resist­ tribal government and tribal programs. On sures, interpersonal relationships with ance to the very thought of dealing with a the Sandia Pueblo just outside of Albu­ fellow workers, and the ritual of company smart black businessman on equal terms. querque, "Sandia Indian Bingo" has been procedures. John H. Johnson truly has been a trail responsible for reducing reservation unem­ blazer. And-against all odds-he has made Fourth, veteran trainees are trained ac­ his way using the very best tools of the free ployment to about 3 percent. cording to employer needs and desires and, fdr. Speaker, on Thursday, November 14, enterprise system: competitive drive, pro­ therefore, become more valuable as train­ ductivity, creativity, innovation. He has the chairman of the Interior and Insular ing progresses. Affairs Committee, my colleague Mo pointed the way for others to follow. And On-the-job and apprenticeship training we all have benefited. UDALL, will focus attention on the issue of were included under the World War II, Indian gaming operations-he has worked We have benefited because the Ebony Korean, and Vietnam era GI bills. These story is more than a story of commercial long and hard on this issue. I invite my col­ programs have been highly successful in leagues to review the transcript of this success. It also is the story of one man's terms of quality of training and the com­ vision of a new, vibrant black image. It is hearing and review the merits of this legis­ pletion rate of veterans enrolled in such lation and join with me in support of the the story of his determination to share that Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Thank you. training. According to information supplied image with the rest of the world. It is the by the Veteran's Administration, 75 percent story of his triumph in reaching the goal­ of those veterans who participated in OJT a celebration of the best of black America. ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AND AP­ and apprenticeship training completed that For these achievements I stand not only PRENTICESHIP TRAINING training. This compares favorably with the to congratulate John H. Johnson, but also SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE 64-percent completion rate for those pursu­ to thank him. To thank him for daring to NEW GI BILL ing college training. Additionally, 89 per­ reach for the American dream. To thank cent of veterans who completed apprentice­ him for making the dream come true. HON. THOMAS A. DASCHLE ship training and 86 percent of those com­ OF SOUTH DAKOTA pleting on-the-job training stayed in jobs A TRIBUTE TO THE AMERICAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES related to their training. VETERAN Wednesday, November 13, 1985 An important purpose of the new G I bill is to aid in the recruitment and retention Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. Speaker, when the of highly qualified personnel for the Armed HON. ROY DYSON Congress enacted the new GI bill last year, Forces. An equally important purpose, OF :MARYLAND we created an educational assistance pro­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gram of which we can all be proud. I have however, is to assist in the readjustment of no doubt that our armed services, our serv­ members of the Armed Forces to civlllan Wednesday, November 13, 1985 ice members and, indeed, our entire coun­ life after their separation from mllitary Mr. DYSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to try will benefit from this new program. service. If the new Gl blll is to be a truly honor the brave men and women, both However, as chairman of the Subcommittee effective readjustment program, it must be living and dead, who have served in uni­ on Education, Training and Employment of broad enough and diversified enough to form as protector of our great Republic. the Veterans' Mfairs Committee, I believe satisfy the needs, talents, and ambitions of It was on a blustery morning 65 years there are improvements which should be all veterans-not just those who choose to ago-the 11th hour of the 11th day of the made so that the new G I bill will be even pursue training in schools. On-the-job and 11th month-that the bloodstained battle­ more effective. apprenticeship training are important skllls fields of France and Germany fell quiet. I am today introducing legislation which training programs, and our newest veterans And as the victors and the vanquished ven­ would extend GI bill benefits to veterans should have the opportunity to participate tured to Versailles to sign the historic doc­ who enter apprenticeship or other on-the­ in these highly successful alternatives to ument marking the end of "the war to end job training programs. Under current law, higher education and technical schools. all wars," the world rejoiced at the prospect benefits are provided only for school train­ Mr. Speaker, joining me as original co­ of a prolonged period of peace and prosper­ ing. The omission of OJT and apprentice­ sponsors of this measure are BOB EDGAR, ity. ship training severely limits opportunities BOB MCEWEN, LANE EVANS, MARCY Much has happened since that hopeful for those veterans who choose not to KAPI'UR, JOHN BRYANT, JIM FLORIO, and day when the armistice was signed. The pursue training at educational institutions KEN GRAY. I urge the rest of my colleagues world has not been made safe for democra­ due to family, financial, or other consider­ to also support this legislation. cy; peace does not reign supreme. We live ations. in troubled times; the forces of darkness, On-the-job and apprenticeship training the yoke of tyranny and oppression, still are very successful employment and train- engulfs much of humanity. Young Ameri- 31816 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 13, 1985 cans still pay the ultimate sacrifice in de­ brings members of the local business com­ colleagues the 75th anniversary of the St. fense of freedom. munity into our high schools to work close­ John's Wendish Evangelical Lutheran Yes, we live in troubled times. But we ly with special education teachers in order Church. also live in a land of unparalled opportuni­ to help students develop skills and contacts On February 10, 1910, the active group ty; a land where our rich and diverse cul­ to enable them to move into private sector, existing today in Bethlehem, P A, first ture flourishes; a land where the flame of unsubsidized employment. formed as the Slovenian-Slovak Lutheran democracy burns bright. Working together in this project are em­ Congregation. While the Slovak representa­ Our Nation does not and will not forget ployers, as well as educators, business lead­ tion withdrew only months later, the those who have given so much to preserve ers, union representatives, agencies which Wends forged ahead and, for $2,500, pur­ and protect our way of life. The sacrifices serve the disabled and employment special­ chased the property on East Fourth Street of American veterans have been great. ists. In particular, I want to commend the where the current church now stands. More than 1 million have died in the serv­ three special education local planning dis­ The present pastor, the Reverend Frank ice of their country; many more have tricts (SELPA's) and the county's school FUsser, came to the congregation nearly 35 become disabled in our defense. districts with secondary schools, all of So I believe, Mr. Speaker, it is altogether which participated in this outstanding pro­ years ago. In his early years, under Dr. fitting that we pay tribute today to the gram. FUsser's leadership, the church added a American veteran. We do this not only out The young people who participate al'e 16- new Christian education building adjacent of respect and rememberance for those who 21 year old high school students in special to the church at a cost of $200,000. have gone before us, but also for the bene­ education programs. About one-third of the Dr. FUsser often refers to his flock of fit of future generations who should know participants have severe learning disabil­ Wends as probably the smallest race among the pride of being an American. ities, while others have orthopedic, visual, all existing races. It also is among the most I think future generations should know hearing or other impairments. unusual. The Wends were the first Slavs to of the valor and bravery of the untold As one in this House who has had a very appear in western Europe, drawing men­ numbers of Americans who gave their lives close involvement in special education and tion from such Roman writers as Pliny and on distant soil, far from friends and family. rehabilitation laws, I appreciate how signif­ Tacitus, as well as from the Alexandrian They should know of the young marines icant an effort it is to promote economic historian Ptolemy (who called them the who 2 years ago were felled as they nobly self-sufficiency for the disabled. Between 50 greatest race on the Wendic Gulf). sought to bring peace to a land mired in percent and 80 percent of disabled adults The Roman historian Jordanis, who lived war. They should know of the courage of are unemployed-many because they have in the middle of the sixth century, designat­ patriots like Navy diver Robert Stethem of been denied adequate education, training ed the Wends as eastern Slavs. But these, Waldorf, MD, who died last summer at the and employment opportunities. Many of again, were a nomadic race, whose mem­ hands of those who turn to terror in the those who hold jobs work at substandard bers included among their numbers the face of American resolve. wages and often under unpleasant condi­ original inhabitants of the province of Yes, much has happened since the guns tions. Venice. In the lower Tyrol, some of the of August fell silent that November day in The success of the OJP Program speaks names of mountains-Venetberg or Vene­ 1918. Free people the world over look to for itself. Of 82 students in Contra Costa diger-echo the days when Wends peopled American might as a bulwark against total­ who participated, 59 were hired at the end itarianism. And for the multitudes who of the OJP period, working in the food the area. wish to be free, America is a source of service, clerical and retail businesses. The The homeland of the Wends today is a great hope and inspiration. We bear the program cost per job placement was less small mountain district now part of Hunga­ burden of defense, we keep freedom's than $3,000. I am delighted that the OJP ry. Because the land has always been poor, lonely vigil. We strive to use might for project is once again being funded this Wends have traveled the world to provide right, to guard our soil, to light the way for year. for the essentials of life. Part of the herit­ others. I want to salute Art Miner, the Executive age they carried with them has been a deep So, Mr. Speaker, let us declare here and Director of Contra Costa's PIC, and Wil­ sense of religion-40 percent are Lutheran. now, that the tremendous sacrifices made liam Sharkey, who chairs the county effort. The first Wendish immigration to Amer­ by previous generations of American sol­ I also want to congratulate the 80 employ­ ica began at the outset of this century, with diers will never be forgotten; that the ers and other supporters who made this the greatest influx in the years from 1907 American veteran will always be hallowed program work by underwriting its creation to 1914. Although there are smaller Wen­ and honored, not only by words, but by and by hiring its participants. dish settlements in Chicago and Pittsburgh, deeds as well. Their legacy, our history and And I also want to congratulate the and in various communities in Connecticut heritage, our commitment to justice, de­ young men and women who are the main and New Jersey, the greatest Wendish set­ mands no less. beneficiaries of this outstanding program. tlement is in the city of Bethlehem, where Their persistence and desire to live life between 5,000 to 6,000 persons of Wendish fully and independently is an inspiration to CONGRESSMAN MILLER OF origin live. all of us who have recognized the great, un­ The Wendish Lutheran congregation, a CALIFORNIA SALUTES CONTRA tapped potential in so many of our fellow COSTA PIC member of the United Lutheran Church of Americans. America, has more than 1,200 members. It HON. GEORGE MILLER The success of the OJP Program is fur­ is a group of people proud of the privilege ther evidence of the cost-effectiveness of to be Americans yet at the same time OF CALIFORNIA investing in young Americans and helping equally proud of its association with a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES them develop the skills and training they need to be productive citizens. great race-small in number but rich in its Wednesday, November 13, 1985 ancient history. Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I, personally, have enjoyed the fellowship I am very proud to call the attention of the ST. JOHN'S WENDISH LUTHERAN of St. John's Lutheran Wendish Church. House to the commendation recently CHURCH: 75 YEARS SERVICE They are a solid, warm family, firmly awarded to the Private Industry Council guided by the experienced leadership of the [PIC] of Contra Costa County. HON. DON RITIER Reverend Dr. Frank Flisser. Contra Costa's PIC received one of 14 OF PENNSYLVANIA Distinguished Performance Awards from IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the National Alliance of Business for the Special Education Local Planning Agen­ Wednesday, November 13, 1985 cies' "On-the-Job Training Project [OJP]" Mr. RITTER. Mr. Speaker, today I would for handicapped youth. This unique project like to bring to the attention of my House November 13, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31817 COMMEMORATION OF THE positive and productive force in today's HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER­ CHEMICAL PEOPLE world. SHIP STATEMENT ON GENEVA SUMMIT HON. DOUGLAS APPLEGATE A TRIBUTE TO NADINE OF OHIO MAYBELLE JONES ANNAND HON. TONY COELHO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA Wednesday, November 13, 1985 HON. LEON E. PANETIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. APPLEGATE. Mr. Speaker, I would OF CALIFORNIA Wednesday, November 13, 1985 like to take this opportunity to publicly recognize and commend the members of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. COELHO. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to share with my The Chemical People, a nonprofit organiza­ Wednesday, November 13; 1985 tion affiliated with the National Federation colleagues the statement issued by the Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today of Parents For A Drug Free Youth. The House Democratic leadership concerning Chemical People is a public service group to congratulate Nadine Maybelle Jones the Geneva summit. The Geneva summit is which has as its objective to educate and to Annand of Pacific Grove, CA, who has significant in that it is the first time in 6 create community awareness about drug been selected as the 27th Woman of the years that the two superpowers of the abuse, in hopes of offsetting the negative Year by the Quota Club of Monterey-Pacif­ world, the United States and the Soviet effects of this problem in the youth of soci­ ic Grove. Mrs. Annand is to be commended Union, will have the chance to begin a dis­ ety. I would like to praise the dedicated for her many achievements and community cussion of issues ranging from arms con­ people who so sensitively and effectively contributions. I am honored to join the trol to human rights and involvement in re­ participate in this program for the better­ members of the club in recognizing and gional conflicts. ment of their community. thanking this outstanding citizen. Up until now, only harsh rhetoric has The benefits to be realized from this pro­ Mrs. Annand has held leadership posi­ been exchanged. However, hopefully, the gram are m.anifold. The counseling and tions in numerous civic organizations, in­ Geneva summit will allow for our concerns guidance offered by The Chemical People cluding the Pacific Grove Civic Club, the to be discussed and a dialog to continue. fosters a sense of community commitment Monterey Civic Club, the Lighthouse Keep­ We as members of the Democratic leader­ and responsibility among those dedicated ers, the Altrusa Club, the Pacific Grove ship support President Reagan in his ef­ people who participate. By means of a net­ Business & Professional Women Club, the forts to improve our relations with the work to keep the problems of drug abuse Monterey County Historical Society, the Soviet Union and to provide a foundation upon which future discussions may be visible to the public eye, these people give Adobe Chapter of National Questers, the based. support to each other, while attempting to Community Center Auxiliary Thrift Shop, reach out and steer the youth of society to the Pacific Grove Boosters, and the Pacific HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP STATEMENT play a more positive role in their communi­ Grove Art Center. Mrs. Annand has also ON GENEVA SUIOoiiT ty. contributed significantly to the Pacific The November summit meeting in Geneva I would like to congratulate those indi­ between President Reagan and General Sec­ Grove PTA and the Chautauqua Hall Pres­ viduals who make The Chemical People retary Gorbachev is an historic opportunity program possible on their insightful dedi­ ervation Society. The extraordinarily di­ for the United States and the Sovet Union cation to the task of informing the commu­ verse and extensive nature of this list is in­ to begin to reverse the nuclear arms race, to nity on the problems of drug abuse in dicative of Mrs. Annand's well-rounded in­ reduce tensions between the two superpow­ terests and qualifications. Where there is a ers, and to impress upon the Soviets our today's youth. In particular, I would like to concerns about human rights and the non­ salute Ms. Carol Ely from Toronto, OH in need, she is willing and able to chip in and use of force in international affairs. my district who is a charter member, as donate generously her time and consider­ We congratulate and support President well as the secretary/treasurer for The able skills to the particular cause at hand. Reagan for seeking this important meeting Chemical People. She has written the fol­ Mrs. Annand is an experienced journalist with the new General Secretary of the lowing song, which will be used as the as well. She has held positions with the Soviet Union. theme song by the National Federation of Seaside Tribune, the Monterey Peninsula President Roosevelt observed near the end of World War II that "great power involves Parents For A Drug Free Youth in the Na­ Herald, and the Pacific Grove Tribune, in great responsibility." Certainly now is the tional Wear-A-Red-Ribbon-Campaign: addition to contributing her publicity time for both superpowers to act responsi­ "WEAR A RED, RED RIBBON" know-how to various clubs and political bly to bring about a freer, more stable, and Oh, wear a red, red ribbon campaigns. more peaceful world. To show the kids that you care-you care. She has shown compassion and concern We recognize that the President's first re­ If we work together, for the area's elderly citizens through her sponsibility is to ensure that the United States is strong enough to deter any attack We'll defeat this burden we bear-we bear. work with the Alliance on Aging. And the Wake up, wake up and see the light; by an aggressor against our Nation and our Get up, get up and join the fight; religious community of the First United allies. We know, we know they have the right Methodist Church of Pacific Grove is also We believe in maintaining a U.S. defense To live, love, laugh and be happy. grateful for her involvement in church af­ capability that provides a strong nuclear Pride and self-esteem make a winning fairs. and conventional deterrent. We further rec­ team-beat the foe. ognize the truth in President John F. Ken­ As if this flurry of activity is not enough, nedy's statement that ". . . in a spiraling Drugs and alcohol only harm us all-they Mrs. Annand and her husband, Alvin, have must go. arms race a nation's security may well be raised 3 children, who have presented them shrinking even as its arms increase." There­ Let them be just kids again, with 12 grandchildren and 5 great-grand­ fore, we hope that the talks in Geneva will Doing what they did again. begin to reduce the pace of the nuclear Please won't you dare children. I am pleased to pay tribute to this ex­ arms race. We believe this statement pro­ To wear a red, red ribbon vides a framework for the discussions in And show the kids that you care. traordinary woman. I commend the Quota Geneva and for the subsequent conduct of Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have this Club for its fine choice of Woman of the U .S.-Soviet relations. opportunity to express my support and full Year. And I thank Nadine Maybelle Jones This is the first U.S.-Soviet summit in six endorsement of this worthwhile community Annend for her dedicated community serv­ years. We are aware that the disagreements action program. It takes committed com­ ice. and disputes between the United States and the Soviet Union are considerable and munity members, such as those who par­ indeed, some of the differences may simply ticipate in The Chemical People, to educate be insurmountable. We believe, however, others about the problems in society so that some significant progress can be made that we can help our youth to grow up as a at Geneva in a number of areas. 31818 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 13, 1985 The highest priority at Geneva is to take Treaty; <2> the longstanding established tarian application, such as agricultural and those steps possible to reduce the risk of nu­ policy that testing, development, and de­ water production, economic development, clear war. We also believe it is crucial to ployment of futuristic anti-ballistic missile and medical care. make substantive gains in the areas of defense systems is prohibited by the ABM In all of these objectives our abiding con­ human rights, regional conflicts and bilater­ Treaty and a pledge to clarify other activi­ cern is the national security interests of the al contacts. ties affected by the Treaty; and <3> agree­ United States and of world peace. Accord­ Mr. Gorbachev may consider · human ment to terminate any military programs ingly, we pledge to help implement these rights in the Soviet Union an internal that violate the ABM Treaty, including the goals in the best bipartisan tradition of this matter. We emphatically disagree with him. Soviet radar at Krasnoyarsk. country. We trust that the leaders of both The time has come for the Soviet Union to Agreement to resume negotiations toward countries will exercise foresight and confi­ comply with the Helsinki Final Act. Better a mutual and verifiable ban on the produc­ dence and explore all mensures that will long-term U.S.-Soviet relations are depend­ tion and use of chemical weapons, and to enable us to take a significant step toward a ent upon the Soviets demonstrating real take steps to end their proliferation. safer and more just world. signs of lasting progress in human rights. Agreement to continue negotiations di­ We note with favor President Reagan's rected toward a moratorium on the testing desire to end the regional conflicts raging in and development of antisatellite A TRIBUTE TO RICK BARNETT Afghanistan, Kampuchea, Africa and Cen­ weapons. tral America. It is a fact of recent history With respect to human rights, we specifi­ that regional conflicts of these kinds have cally urge the President to seek from the HON. LAWRENCE J. SMITH caused more tension between the United Soviet Union: OF FLORIDA Agreement to take concrete steps toward States and the Soviet Union than disagree­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ments over nuclear arms deployments. The fulfilling its commitments under the Helsin­ Soviet leadership should take up President ki Final Act, with particular reference to Wednesday, November 13, 1985 "respect for human rights and fundamental Reagan's recent offer to pursue negotiated Mr. SMITH of Florida. Mr. Speaker, settlements to end these bloody regional freedoms, including the freedom of thought, conflicts. conscience, religion and belief." today I rise to recognize a close, personal There is a rising tide of democracy in the Agreement to fulfill its international obli­ friend and constituent, Mr. Rick Barnett, world. Respect for individual rights and par­ gations and allow the thousands of Soviet for his devoted involvement with the liamentary government is growing around Jews, Pentacostals and others seeking to Jewish Federation of South Broward in the globe. America's message of the benefits emigrate from the Soviet Union to do so ex­ peditiously. Hollywood, FL. Rick recently was named of democracy is being heard by developing recipient of the "Hy and Belle Schlafer nations. It is becoming very clear to them As a first gesture for human rights im­ provements, release and permission to emi­ Young Leadership Award,'' which is pre­ that democracy and free enterprise offer sented each year to a young man or woman the best road to economic growth, individ­ grate for Andrei Sakharov, Anatoly Shchar­ ual opportunity and national stability. ansky, Vladimir Slepak, Ida Nudel, and the who has shown extraordinary commitment The strongest opponent to democratic several hundred prisoners of conscience to the federation's advancement of human values in the world is also our most formida­ being denied their basic freedoms. service ideals and to the humanitarian An end to the repression of free trade principles of the Jewish people. ble adversary in the world, the Soviet unions and intellectuals in Poland. Union. What the United States and the In managing the superpower competition, The Jewish Federation of South Broward Soviet Union have in common is not the the United States and Soviet Union should provides vital services for South Florida's habit of friendship, but rather the experi­ discuss concrete procedures-not declarato­ Jewish community. The organization acts ence of competition. Because this competi­ ry principals with no teeth in them-that as link between the many Jewish families tion is fundamentally ideological in nature will lessen international tensions and reduce in the area and allows them to become in­ and military in scope, it is a competition we the risk of conflict, particularly due to mis­ dare not fall behind in, and one that, with­ volved in activities which furthers Jewish calculation or accident. These include: tradition and provides a foundation for the out a doubt, we do not wish to resolve by a The establishment of limits on the use of test of nuclear strength. force to expand influence We remain par­ community's continued growth and expan­ Consequently, as Congressional Democrat­ ticularly concerned about the continuing sion. ic Leaders we pledge in a bipartisan fashion Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the end Rick Barnett certainly has exhibited un­ our willingness to help implement any of which the President must call for. selfish devotion to this cause. He has agreement that emerges from this summit Continuation of U.S. and Soviet discus­ served as chairman of both the Federa­ that reduces the threat of a nuclear con­ sions aimed at promoting local negotiated tion's Community Relations Committee and flict, lessens tensions between the United settlements. States and the Soviet Union, and promotes its Soviet Jewry Committee. He also has Agreements to avoid destabilizing militari­ chaired the Young Professional's Division peace and freedom in the world. zation of regional conflicts through a con­ The late journalist Walter Lippmann once trol of arms transfers. for 1982-83. Rick is presently the national warned against assuming that "power is the Agreement to enhance crisis control by chairman of the Community Relations substitute for diplomacy or that absolute nuclear risk reduction centers and improved Committee and is on the board of directors power gives absolute security". President "hot lines." of the Jewish Federation of South Reagan has opened up a diplomatic window A broadened agenda to develop further bi­ Broward. of opportunity in U.S.-Soviet relations by lateral confidence building measures, to agreeing to meet with Mr. Gorbachev. We These many activities are only the out­ avoid superpower confrontation. ward manifestations of Rick's commitment. hope that after Geneva the window will not Agreement to cooperate in the struggle be closed again, but rather will be opened against international terrorism. Rick is exceedingly dedicated to what is a wider re·sulting in meaningful cooperation Concrete commitments regarding airline most serious responsibility and has taken it between the United States and the Soviet security to prevent a repetition of incidents to heart. The responsibility concerns the Union. such as the KAL 007 tragedy. future of the Jewish people and what they Accordingly, we offer the following objec­ Finally, in the field of economic, cultural, may offer to the future of our Nation. tives that will help make Geneva a success­ and diplomatic contacts, we recommend: Rick Barnett has distinguished himself, ful summit and foster enduring improve­ Comprehensive educational and cultural not only as a dynamic, young, Jewish pro­ ments in U.S.-Soviet relations. exchange agreements consistent with princi­ In the area of arms control, we hope that ples of reciprocity, equal benefit, and aca­ fessional, but also as an exceptionally con­ the summit meeting will include: demic and personal freedom for partici­ cerned American, highly committed to his Reaffirmation of the policy not to under­ pants. ideals. It is personally gratifying for me to cut existing strategic nuclear agreements as Resumption of direct airline service be­ see a young man with such a promising long as the Soviets reciprocate. Questions of tween the United States and the Soviet futute give so much of himself simply be­ Soviet cheating should be raised at the Union under conditions which enable U.S. cause he feels it is the right thing to do and summit and resolved through the Standing airline companies to operate efficiently and because the community needs help. Consultative Commission . competitively. Agreement to resume discussions on a ver­ Exchange of consulates in Kiev and New As part of the Young Leadership Award, ifiable comprehensive nuclear test ban. York under conditions of strict reciprocity Rick, and his lovely wife, Jacalyn, will be Reaffirmation of the ABM Treaty, with and freedom of operations. in Washington this week to attend the agreement to the following: (1) SDI-related Increased scientific and technological ex­ Council of Jewish Federations' General As­ research is allowable under the ABM change, particularly in areas with humani- sembly. As part of the assembly, Rick will November 13, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31819 take part in the Soviet Jewry Action ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE their suggestions and valuable insight. The Teams, which will seek to advance the AMONG NATIVE AMERICANS legislation that is being presented in the cause of Soviet Jews by talking to you, my 99th Congress reflects information and colleagues, here on Capitol Hill. This is an HON. THOMAS A. DASCHLE ideas gathered from and presented by a issue which is highly salient not only to OF SOUTH DAKOTA wide range of authoritative sources, from Jews, but to all Americans concerned over IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES agencies here in Washington to local tribal the deprivation of basic human rights and Wednesday, November 13, 1985 members who have personally witnessed freedoms. the tragedies caused by alcohol and drug I am extremely proud of my dear friend Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today abuse on the reservation. Rick Barnett and commend his caring and to call to the attention of my colleagues a There has been bipartisan support in the thoughtful efforts on behalf of the Jewish bill which is making its way through the House for this legislation since it was origi­ people and all people. committee process. The Indian Juvenile Al­ nally introduced, and that strong support is cohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Act, H.R. still evident on both sides of the aisle 1156, was introduced by Representative today. A companion bill is being considered CONGRESSIONAL SALUTE TO DoUG BEREUTER and myself in a much­ in the Senate and also e.Uoys bipartisan GEORGE KONDO AND HARRY needed attempt to combat the servere, ad­ support. An issue like this, a desperately HONDA verse impact of alcoholism and drug abuse needed attempt to improve lives, to save among Indian youth. lives, supersedes any other political con­ Alcohol ttnd drug abuse among native Americans, especially among Indian youth, cerns. Numerous hearings have been held HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI across the country in the past 2 years on OF CALIFORNIA remains a devastating and debilitating problem on reservations Jn my home State the Indian juvenile alcohol bill, and it is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of South Dakota and across the country. unanimously acknowledged that we must Wednesday, November 13, 1985 Without question, alcoholism and drug act on it now, before yet another genera­ abuse is the No. 1 social and health prob­ tion of native Americans is ravaged by this Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise to call problem. to the attention of the Congress two men lem among native Americans. The 1980 census shows that the alcoholism rate for Congressional action on the Indian juve­ who have served the Japanese American nile alcohol bill is essential because of the community with unselfish devotion and Indians is 451 percent higher than for the rest of the U.S. population. Alcohol-related current administration's lack of attention great distinction. This Saturday night, No­ death and disease are the biggest killers on and effort toward the Indian juvenile sub­ vember 16, 1985 the Northern California the reservation, nearly eight times greater stance abuse problem. While officials of the Western Nevada Pacific District Council of than that of the non-Indian community. Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian the Japanese American Citizens League The impact of substance abuse in the Health Service admit that alcohol and drug will gather to honor George Kondo and Indian community is revealed in statistics abuse is the most serious social and health Harry Honda. I am pleased to cite just a directly related to trouble with the law, a problem facing Indian people, IHS has di­ few of the many accomplishments of these high rate of suicide, and disruption of rected only 1 percent of its budget toward two gentlemen. family life. the combined area of drug and alcohol George Kondo is currently serving in the These troubles have unfortunately but abuse. Such a lack of resources, a lack of capacity of regional director for the unquestionably been passed along to the response, a lack of initiative applied to the NCWNPDC, the largest JACL membership younger generation of native Americans. drug and alcohol problem clearly proves it region in the Nation. George's leadership in Studies show that Indian children are is not a priority. the Japanese American community and the drinking alcohol frequently by age 13, and BIA officials claim that sufficient fund­ community at large has included service as the use of marijuana and inhalants like ing and adequate programs are already in a member of the Optimist Club, Rotary Lysol, paint thinner, and antifreeze is be­ place to deal with alcohol and drug abuse. I Club International, University of California ginning at earlier ages and occurring more believe such claims are unfounded and that Nikkei Alumni Association, and Deputy often. One study conducted among fourth, they reflect an attitude of insensitivity and Secretariat of the Pan American Nikkei As­ f'lfth, and sixth graders on the Pine Ridge apathy toward the needs that really exist sociation. Indian Reservation shows that as many as on a local level. BIA and contract schools Harry Honda has served as editor, and is 35 percent of elementary school children or most reservations are lacking in compre­ currently managing director of the Pacific have experimented with or continue to use hensive, or even minimal, programs to ad­ Citizen newspaper. The Pacific Citizen is alcohol. We can no longer deny that a dress the abuse problem. the Japanese American community kiosk crisis exists; furthermore, we can no longer The schools are our greatest hope for at­ where ideas and opinions are discussed and afford to sit back and hope that this prob­ tacking the problem of alcohol and drug analyzed. The Pacific Citizen was recently lem will resolve itself. It has not done so in abuse. A preventive approach is the under­ honored by the Los Angeles Commission the past and there is no reason to believe it lying premise of the Indian juvenile alcohol on Human Relations with its John Anson will resolve itself in the future. bill, which provides training for teachers as Ford Award for "timely and balanced cov­ That is why Congressman BEREUTER and well as educational and instructional pro­ erage of human relations and issues of im­ I continue to plead the case for the Indian grams and other structured activities for portance to the diverse people of Los Ange­ Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Abuse Preven­ students. If we can reach Indian students les County." In accepting the award on tion Act. We saw a real need for this legis­ at an early age and make them aware of behalf of the newspaper, Harry remarked lation 2 years ago. In 1983 we began to de­ the dangers of substance abuse, we have an to the distinguished crowd assembled that velop legislation which would focus not important opportunity to prevent their in­ the Pacific Citizen and JACL are dedicated just on the causes of the Indian youth sub­ volvement with the problems mentioned to promoting human and civil rights for all stance abuse problem, but would provide earlier. peoples. To that I would add the name of educational programs about its dangers I hear repeated complaints of an absence Harry Honda, who in more than 20 years and would identify problem cases and es­ of coordination between the Bureau of of devoted service to the community, has tablish counseling and treatment programs Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Serv­ been a leader and a role model in the pro­ as well. ice, and I understand that there are seldom motion of human and civil rights. The Indian juvenile alcohol bill is an im­ any attempts on their part to involve local Mr. Speaker, the honor and recognition proved version of legislation Congressman tribal governments in policy and program being bestowed upon George and Harry BEREUTER and I introduced in the 98th decisions. Other reports I receive from this weekend is richly deserved. I applaud Congress. Throughout the development of Indian leaders· in South Dakota indicate them on a job well done and look forward this measure, we consulted over 700 Indian that there is a serious lack of quality eval­ to their continued leadership in the com­ leaders and health professionals, both uations, monitoring, and direction in the munity. groups and individuals, in order to receive few programs which presently do exist. 31820 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 13, 1985 Title I of the Indian juvenile alcohol bill Over the years Jim has been very active the decimation of that endangered, but would require the BIA and IHS to coordi­ within the agricultural community. He has noble, bird. nate their efforts and resources and to served as director of the California Grain No ecological cause was too small, too review periodically their joint progress. and Feed Association, and as the director distant, too difficult for Ian's active involv­ One of these few successful programs is and chairman of the board of the Western ment. Early in the 1960's he sounded a Project Phoenix, a residential treatment Agricultural Chemicals Association. Jim is warning on Diablo, than for its desecration center for native American youth, located also a member of the Fresno Agricultural of our shoreline. He campaigned vigorously on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It is Roundtable, the Rotary Club, and the against 1080 squirrel poison and its devas­ operated on a contract basis with the Masons. tation of the kit fox and other predators. Indian Health Service. Jim has been a strong and dedicated sup­ He fought to control the juggernaut of free­ While Project Phoenix has made a signif­ porter of agriculture throughout his career. ways despoiling our farmland, and won one icant contribution in the past 5 years in On behalf of the California agricultural battle by thwarting the burying of Cuesta helping hundreds of young Indians salvage community, I would like to thank him for Canyon. their lives from the danger of serious alco­ all that he has done for the betterment of Ian McMillan worked to save Morro hol and drug abuse problems, there are our State's most important industry. I wish Rock and to secure the Santa Lucia Wil­ thousands more who still need help. Each Jim continued health and happir,ess in his derness. He continues to fight to stem the month the project must turn away dozens retirement. premature breakup of farmland and the of potential clients because of a lack of loss of the family farm. For these and space and unsafe facilities. IHS training other causes, he travels endlessly and programs are infrequent and can create fi­ TRIBUTE TO IAN McMILLAN ON HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY speaks and writes eloquently. nancial, transportation, and scheduling dif­ He served on the California State Park ficulties for counselors. Project Phoenix HON. LEON E. PANEITA and Recreation Commission and on the has a number of problems and needs that Montana de Oro Advisory Committee, OF CALIFORNIA must be addressed. Title V of the Indian ju­ which guided the park to preserve natural venile alcohol bill would see these problems IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES features rather than become a paved camp­ by directing the BIA and IHS to study Wednesday, November 13, 1985 ground. He is a fellow of the California thoroughly the extent of the drug and alco­ Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Speaker, at this time Academy of Sciences, a member of the hol problem then would provide treatment Cooper Ornithological Society, the Shan­ services such as detoxification, counseling, I would like to bring to the attention of my colleagues and the Nation the tremendous don Township Sportsmen's Association, and and followup care. carries out special assignments as a field The Indian Juvenile Alcohol and Drug accomplishments of Ian McMillan. Few among those blessed with birth in beautiful observer and reporter for the National De­ Abuse Prevention Act would not only sup­ fenders of Wildlife. plement and strengthen Project Phoenix, San Luis Obispo County in California have shown greater care and love of the land of Ian McMillan's philosophical closeness to but it would improve the relatively few ex­ Henry David Thoreau invokes this passage isting services and develop new preventa­ their birth than has Ian McMillan. At his from "Waldon": tive and educational programs in the 80th year, he can look back on a lifetime of schools. These changes and additions are striving, working, and fighting for that care I went to the woods because I wished to desperately needed by the Indian popula­ and that love of the land. live deliberately, to front only the essential Ian McMillan was born to Alex and facts of life, and see if I could not learn tion. It is my hope that this important leg­ what it had to teach, and not, when I came islation will be passed out of the Interior Frances McMillan on November 15, 1905, in McMillan Canyon on the homestead taken to die, discover that I had not lived. Committee for successful consideration by For these past 8 years, Ian McMillan has the full House. up by his father in 1884. His father was later-1920-22-to serve in the California learned, and indeed, he has lived. State Assembly. Ian was one of five boys JAMES S. LAY TO RETIRE and two girls; three brothers and one sister yet survive. IN HONOR OF ALBERT HARRIS HON. TONY COELHO Ian married May Reed in November 1934. ROTH OF CALIFORNIA Mays father operated the Shandon Grocery IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and coached the Shandon baseball nine, on HON. MEL LEVINE which Ian played. Ian and May have three Wednesday, November 13, 1985 children, Donald C. and Ian Irving McMil­ OF CALIFORNIA Mr. COELHO. Mr. Speaker, at the end of lan and Barbara King, seven grandchildren IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES this year, Mr. James S. Lay will retire from and one greatgrandson. Wednesday, November 13, 1985 the Elanco Products Co. of Fresno after 30 Ian McMillan's schooling in Shandon years of dedicated service to Elanco, and to was interrupted from time to time by the Mr. LEVINE of California. Mr. Speaker, the California agricultural industry. press of getting crops in, or of harvesting I rise today in honor of Albert Harris Roth, Jim was born in Owensboro, KY. He was them. Although Ian did not finish high a constituent of my 27th Congressional awarded his bachelor of science degree in school, he is an avid reader and keen ob­ District, who will celebrate his 70th birth­ 1950 and his masters degree in agriculture server. He learned volumes from the lore of day on November 21,1985. in 1951 from Michigan State University. In nature that is abundant in the semiarid, A resident of Redondo Beach, CA, Mr. 1953 he completed his work for a doctor of shadow-sculptured hills of Shandon and Roth serves as a quality assurance special­ pharmacy degree, and for the next few the Temblor. ist for the Defense Contract Administration years worked as a pharmacist in Michigan. And as the community and country grew, Services Agency. This year marks his 34th In 1955 Jim began his career with Eli Ian became more disquieted by what he year of service with the Federal Govern­ Lilly and Company as a medical represent­ saw man doing to this environment: errod­ ment. Mr. Roth is a founding member of ative. In 1956, he joined Lilly's Elanco ing soil, destroying wantonly native species the Defense Contract Administration Serv­ Products Division in Colorado as an agri­ of plants and animals, and polluting ices region in Los Angeles. cultural representative. Mter having re­ streams. The more he saw, the more he de­ Possessed of natural mathematical and ceived several promotions within the com­ termined to turn back the tide in favor of mechanical skills, Mr. Roth has received pany, in 1965 he became Elanco's western nature. numerous commendations for his work on regional sales manager. In 1970 he was pro­ He worked with his brother, Eben, on a a variety of vital national projects. He has moted to distribution manager, and in 1972 commission from the National Audubon contributed to the development of the Nike he was appointed to the position he now Society to study the decline of condors. Missile Program, the Apollo 8-Saturn V holds, that of industry affairs advisor for Later, in 1968, he authored "Man and the Program, the Apollo-Soyoz test project, and Elanco. California Condor," a consumate work on the Rockeye II Program. November 13, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31821 Mr. Roth married Kathleen Guerin on peace. In 1977 he served as a monitor for CONGRESSIONAL SALUTE TO April 23, 1937, and together they have six the Helsinki Accords, and in 1979 was nom­ THE FOSTER GRANDPARENT children and one grandchild. inated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the SENIOR COMPANION PRO­ It is a pleasure to share the accomplish­ congressional members of the U.S. Helsinki GRAM ments of Mr. Roth with my colleagues in Commission. In 1981 Mr. G~Qanskas re­ the U.S. House of Representatives. I ask ceived the Rothko Chapel Award for his HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI that they join me in extending Mr. Roth commitment to freedom and peace. It birthday greetings and best wishes for con­ would be a grave injustice on our part to OF CALIFORNIA tinued success in all of his future endeav­ forget the brave efforts of this individual IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ors. and to neglect this important opportunity Wednesday, November 13, 1985 to speak in his behalf, as the United States Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise to call A GENEROUS DONATION BY and the Soviet Union prepare to meet in to the attention of the House of Represent­ SOUTHLAND CORP. Geneva later this month. atives the 11th anniversary of the extreme­ I urge my colleagues to consider the ac­ ly meritorious Sacramento Foster Grand­ HON. JOHN BRYANT complishments of Mr. G~Qanskas and the parent and Senior Companion programs. OF TEXAS injustice of his present position, and to The chapter's annual recognition luncheon, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES support efforts to encourage the Soviet which will be held on November 12, 1985, Wednesday, November 13, 1985 Union to allow this individual to emigrate coincides with the 2oth anniversary of the with his wife and young daughter. Mr. BRYANT. Mr. Speaker, I would like National Foster Grandparent Program. to bring to the attention of my colleagues, The Sacramento Foster Grandparent Program is far more than generous older especially those from Virginia, New Jersey, PERSONAL EXPLANATION and Pennsylvania, the donation of four people selflessly donating their time. It is vintage 7-Eleven store locations to the people who are deeply devoted to helping Nature Conservancy by the Southland HON. ROBERT G. TORRICEW their fellow human beings. It is individuals who feel compassion for those who are less Corp., which is headquartered in that part OF NEW JERSEY of Dallas County, TX, which I am privi­ fortunate than themselves and donate a leged to represent in Congress. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES piece of their hearts to warm those of Southland President Jere W. Thompson Wednesday, November 13, 1985 others. It is truly a special group of people. The grandparents volunteer their love, has announced that the conservation group Mr. TORRICELLI. Mr. Speaker, due to plans to sell the properties-two in Virgin­ knowledge, and care wherever these quali­ personal illness, I was absent yesterday. ties are needed. This diversity includes spe­ ia and one each in New Jersey and Penn­ While I requested to be paired yea for all sylvania-and use the money for the con­ cial education classes in three Sacramento votes, there were no nays to complete three school districts, hospital pediatric intensive servancy's national wetlands conservation of my four pairs. project. As many of you are aware, this care units, a juvenile detention center, and project is a 5 year, $55 million private/ Had I been present, I would have voted receiving home and treatment facilities for public effort to protect the best of the Na­ yea for House Resolution 314, the attempt­ the developmentally disabled. tion's endangered aquatic systems. ed defection of the Soviet seaman, yea for Th~ Sacramento Foster Grandparents The wetlands project was initiated in overriding the President's veto on H.R. Program is funded by ACTION Agency and 1983 and now has more than 30,000 acres 2409, and yea for House Joint Resolution receives State and local funds, which pro­ under protection. 441, further continuing appropriations. In vide additional volunteers to work with ju­ I would like to commend my good addition, I was paired yea for House Reso­ venile offenders and disabled children. The friends at the Southland Corp., for this lution 313, adoption of the rule for H.R. Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment generous private donation to an extremely 1616. Agency sponsors the program. worthwhile project that is so very vital in Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the people of preserving our natural heritage and Ameri­ Sacramento, I want to thank the Sacra­ can way of life. Such contributions are an SCHOOL ATTENDANCE IS A mento program's director, Ms. Mary Burke­ example of corporate civic responsibility COMMUNITY AFFAIR Weber, for her boundless energy in enhanc­ on the part of the Southland Corp., that ing the program. I also want to highly com­ should be emulated throughout America. mend the foster grandparent volunteers, HON. STENY H. HOYER whose experience and warmth have OF MARYLAND brought happiness to those around them. FREE BALYS GAJANSKAS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Finally, I offer my heartfelt congratula­ tions on the 11th anniversary of this in­ HON. NICK JOE RAHALL II Wednesday, November 13, 1985 valuable organization. OF WEST VIRGINIA Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, No­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES vember 15, 1985 the Prince Georges County lOOTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LA Wednesday, November 13, 1985 Public Schools and Bowie State College will sponsor the "First Annual Youth Serv­ CRESCENTA PRESBYTERIAN Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise on ices Networking Conference." The subject CHURCH behalf of Mr. Balys G~Qanskas, a Lithuani­ an who has spent 33 of his 59 years in of the conference will be, "School Attend­ Soviet prisons. His release is scheduled for ance Is a Community Affair." The confer­ HON.CARLOSJ.MOORHEAD 1993. However, the substantial deteriora­ ence is designed to bring together educa­ OF CALIFORNIA tors, professionals, parents, students, and tion in his health renders it unlikely that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES he will be able to survive his sentence. The community leaders to focus on the prob­ upcoming summit meeting between the lems surrounding poor school attendance. Wednesday, November 13, 1985 United States and the Soviet Union pro­ We are all painfully aware of the myriad Mr. MOORHEAD. Mr. Speaker, today I vides a rare opportunity for our Govern­ of problems presented by high absenteeism would like to bring to the attention of my ment to intercede on behalf of Mr. G~Qans­ in our Nation's schools. And, I am, person­ colleagues in the House of Representatives kas by encouraging the Soviet Union to ally, aware of the increasing problem of the 1Ooth anniversary of the La Crescenta allow him to emigrate with his wife and 5- poor attendance in Prince Georges County. Presbyterian Church. year-old daughter. I, wholeheartedly, support and endorse From its earlier days, when the church Mr. G~Qanskas has a long and distin­ this worthwhile and creative interagency served as community school house, church guished background serving the cause of effort. and meeting place, this organization and 31822 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 13, 1985 its pastors have served the needs of the President Ron Tellefsen described as en­ which would temporarily halt the detention community-spiritual and otherwise. gendering "baseball skills, mental and and deportation of Salvadoran nationals The La Crescenta Presbyterian Church physical development, and basic ideals of now in the United States for approximately began on December 12, 1885 with an orga­ sportsmanship,'' was sponsored by Toyota 2 years. The bill also calls for a General nizational meeting in the home of Dr. Ben­ Motor Sales, USA. Accounting Office study to investigate the jamin Briggs. A year later a small.concrete In behalf of all the citizens of the 27th security conditions in El Salvador and the chapel was built for a congregation of Congressional District of New York State, general plight of Salvadoran refugees. This seven persons. By 1922 there was a need for and my New York State colleagues in the study would be done while the suspension a larger sanctuary so the La Crescenta Congress, I extend congratulations to Paul of deportations was in effect. church bought the land and built the edi­ Salvatore, his parents, and John O'Connell, During the hearing, a question was fice it occupies today. president of the West Genesee Athletic raised as to whether it would be more logi­ In 1952 a large building program was ini­ Club's Babe Ruth League. cal to conduct the GAO study first and tiated and sufficient funds were raised to Mr. Speaker, Paul Salvatore is a name to then, depending on the outcome of that build a completely new sanctuary, several remember as we look forward to American study, make a determination about whether classrooms, a chapel and a community baseball in the years ahead. to temporarily suspend deportations. My room. In 1967 the church built a Christian response was that I felt the logic was on education facility and children's center. the bill's side-and that the study and the The children's center today provides pre­ THE DEATH OF DR. RALPH GUZMAN suspension of deportations should go hand school and day care for more than 200 in hand. youngsters. It is difficult for me ·to believe that The La Crescenta Presbyterian Church is HON. EDWARD R. ROYBAL anyone could not recognize that El Salva­ a vital and active part of its community. It OF CALIFORNIA dor is currently engulfed in a dangerous has been blessed with outstanding leader­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES civil war in which there are numerous ci· ship throughout its history. Wednesday, November 13, 1985 vilian casualties. We do not need a GAO Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to take this study to determine this basic fact-all one moment to congratulate the La Crescenta Mr. ROYBAL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to extend a few remarks today in honor of needs to do is read the newspapers and the Presbyterian Church and all its members human rights reports of every major on its tOOth birthday. I am greatful for all my personal friend and colleague, Dr. Ralph Guzman, who passed away this Octo­ human rights organization in the world. the church has given to the people of the It seems clear, based on what we already community these many years and I wish ber. Dr. Guzman's untimely death has deeply saddened his students at the Univer­ know, a suspension of deportations is war· for it and its followers the very best as they ranted. The purpose of the study is to de­ begin together their second century. sity of California at Santa Cruz, where he taught political science and public policy, termine-not whether there should be a as well as his former colleagues at the De­ suspension of deportations-but what A SALUTE TO PAUL SALVATORE, partment of State where he served as a spe­ policy options should be pursued upon the NEW YORK STATE'S MOST cial adviser on Central and South Ameri­ completion of the suspension of deporta­ OUTSTANDING BABE RUTH can affairs under President Carter. tions. After the approximately 2 years has LITTLE LEAGUE PLAYER Dr. Guzman, a native Californian, served passed, should we extend the suspension or as one of the finest role models in the should we send the Salvadorans back to El HON. GEORGE C. WORTLEY Mexican-American community. Through Salvador? The GAO study is meant to pro­ OF NEW YORK his diligence and ambition, Ralph Guzman vide Congress with a basis to make such a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES worked his way from agricultural field determination. The advantage of having the GAO con­ Wednesday, November 13, 1985 hand to foreign policy adviser to the Presi­ dent. Along the way, he contributed his duct the study as opposed to a commission Mr. WORTLEY. Mr. Speaker, to be the knowledge, time, and compassion to the or the administration, is that the GAO is best in whatever we do is fulfillment of the Peace Corps, the civil rights movement, his generally viewed as nonpartisan and objec­ American dream. So it is with both pleas­ own community, and his country while tive. This is not to say that every GAO ure and pride that I bring to the attention serving 4 years in the Navy. He received his study is perfect; no agency or commission of the Congress a constituent of mine who education through the California State uni­ can boast such a record. However, both has fulfilled this dream. versity system, and became a published Democrats and Republicans are more He is Paul Salvatore, the 15-year-old son author and journalist. likely to approach a GAO study with less of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Salvatore, residents Dr. Guzman carved a path of success for suspicion and be more apt to evaluate such of 103 Rowena Drive in Camillus, NY. himself and other Hispanics when very few a study on its merits-rather than on its A sophomore at West Genesee High of those paths were even to Hispanics. He political implications. School, Paul is the recipient of the 1985 was an idealist who did not believe, and Congress is faced with two choices: we Babe Ruth Baseball Most Outstanding would not accept, those divisions of race can either continue to deport those Salva­ Little League Player Award for the State of and economic class which had for so long dorans in the United States back to the tur­ New York. As a player in the West Genesee subdued and crushed the American dream moil in El Salvador or we can offer them Athletic Club's Babe Ruth League, he has for many minority Americans. We will re­ temporary safe haven. In view of all the an amazing 1985 batting record of .627, member his achievements and attempt to evidence that is currently available to us, with 47 RBI's, 4 home runs, and 25 stolen emulate his accomplishments. Above all, we how can Congress not err on the side of bases. For 3 consecutive years, Paul has will miss Ralph Guzman, stateman, author, caution? Let's do the right thing and tem­ won the honor of playing on the Babe Ruth teacher, friend. porarily suspend deportations. All Stars Team. This past September, before a sell-out crowd in Yankee Stadium, this gifted ath· HEARINGS HELD ON H.R. 822 REMEMBERING OUR NATION'S lete was presented the MOP trophy in cere· VETERANS monies preceding a game between the Yan­ HON. JOE MOAKLEY kees and Toronto. At the Friday 13th OF MASSACHUSETTS HON. LAWRENCE J. SMITH evening game, Paul received the justly de­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 01' FLORIDA served congratulations of Yankee team IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES members Ricky Henderson, Don Baylor, Wednesday, November 13, 1985 and Joe Cowley, all three Babe Ruth Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, last week, Wednesday, November 13, 1985 alumni. the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refu· Mr. SMITH of Florida. Mr. Speaker, The First Annual Most Outstanding gees and International Law held hearings today I rise in commemoration of Veterans Player Program, that Bab~ Ruth Baseball on H.R. 822-a bill that I have introduced Day-a day when all Americans paused in November 13, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31823 honor of the men and women who sacri­ income students. By removing any limits to notify the Office of the Senate ficed in order that we all might live in free­ on the money to be deposited in ESA's, we Daily Digest-designated by the Rules dom and in peace. encourage more savings and by making the Committee-of the time, place, and Veterans Day brings to mind visions of interest earned on such savings tax free, we purpose of the meetings, when sched­ battle, suffering and bloodshed-but we further encourage savings. Obviously, the uled, and any cancellations or changes should celebrate this day as a day of peace. more in the ESA's the more that will be in the meetings as they occur. Its origins were the end of World War I available for low-income students. By al­ As an additional procedure along and its initial observance was heralded as lowing unrelated persons or businesses to with the computerization of this infor­ the day that would mark the end of all open an EAS for any student, we widen the mation, the Office of the Senate Daily wars. universe of resources for ESA's, encourage Digest will prepare this information Although the original promise of this day philanthropy and encourage a sense of for printing in the Extensions of Re­ went unfulfilled, the idealism that inspired community. By requiring the direct recipi­ marks section of the CoNGRESSIONAL the prophecy that man would rise above his ent of ESA's to pay the taxes on interest, RECORD on Monday and Wednesday of proclivity for violent conflict must never be we gain revenues. By taking 5 percent of each week. forgotten. the interest earned for a fund for low­ Any changes in committee schedul­ November 11 is a day to remember the income students, we provide a source of ing will be indicated by placement of terrible . and tragic cost of past struggles revenue to foster education without creat­ and to rededicate ourselves to the effort to ing a new bureaucracy or raising taxes. an asterisk to the left of the name of build a lasting peace of universal dimen­ the unit conducting such meetings. Meetings scheduled for Thursday, sions. KILLINGWORTH COMMUNITY November 14, 1985, may be found in On Veterans Day, we pay homage to the LEADERS RETIRE men and women who served our Nation by the Daily Digest of today's RECORD. placing the goals, ideals, and preservation of our country above all-including their HON. BRUCE A. MORRISON MEETINGS SCHEDULED own lives. But on each and every day, we OF CONNECTICUT honor them by doing all we can to provide IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER15 the best possible benefits and services to Wednesday, November 13, 1985 9:00a.m. veterans and their families. The Federal Mr. MORRISON of Connecticut. Mr. Commerce, Science, and Transportation budget deficit notwithstanding, we must Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to two Merchant Marine Subcommittee continue to do all we can to protect these very special public officials from Killing­ To hold hearings on S. 1832 and S. 1833, important programs and provide the best in bills to authorize the establishment of wbrth, CT, Ms. Hazel Haynes and Mr. a Merchant Ship Revolving Fund. health care, education, housing, and other Walter Albrecht, on the occasion of their services to those who have given so much SR-253 retirement. Hazel and Walter will be hon­ 11:00 a.m. to our country. ored tonight for their generous and wide­ Finance ranging public and political service to the Taxation and Debt Management Subcom­ town of Killingworth at a testimonial mittee dinner given by Friends of the Town Hall To hold hearings on S. 1510, to ellmi· ENCOURAGE THE RICH TO SAVE nate restrictions on the taxing power SO THE POOR CAN LEARN and Killingworth Democrats. Both officials have held office for over 20 of the States to impose, collect, and years, serving Killingworth in many capac­ administer State and local sales and HON. ROBERT GARCIA use taxes on sales in interstate com· ities. Both are hardworking, dedicated com­ merce. OF NEW YORK munity leaders whose contributions to Kil­ SD-215 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lingworth transcend political boundries. 2:00p.m. Wednesday, November 13, 1985 This year marks the 22d year Hazel has Judiciary served the town as town clerk. In addition, To resume closed hearings on the nomi­ Mr. GARCIA. Mr. Speaker, today I am she has been active in the charter revision nation of Stanley Sporkin, of Mary­ introducing the Education Savings Account committee, the New England Town Clerks land, to be U.S. District Judge for the Act of 1985. This legislation offers tax in­ Association, and served the historical socie­ District of Columbia. centives for people to save for education ty as its director. S-407, Capitol while at the same time providing money for Walter has been chairman of the board poor kids to go to college. The bill would of assessors since 1957, and has served on NOVEMBER18 work in the following way. the Killingworth Ambulance Association, Any amount of money could be deposited 2:00p.m. and the Killingworth Volunteer Fire Com­ Environment and Public Works in an education savings account [ESA]. pany. He has also worked as a zoning en­ Environmental Pollution Subcommittee This money would be deductible from the forcement officer and as a Little League To hold hearings on S. 740, authorizing gross income of the depositor. It could be coach. funds through fiscal year 1995 to pro­ deposited by a parent, relative, business, or Mr. Speaker, I am proud of the dedica­ mote the conservation of migratory whomever, to use only for educational pur­ tion and outstanding service Hazel Haynes waterfowl and to offset or prevent the poses. The interest earned from ESA's and Walter Albrecht have shown to the serious loss of wetlands and other es­ would be tax free for the depositor. Howev­ sential habitat. people of Killingworth. I know that my col­ SD-406 er, this tax loss on the interest would have legues join me in extending congratulations to be repaid by the student within 10 years and best wishes for the future to Hazel and after he/she reaches the age of 35. Five Walter as they continue to make Killing­ NOVEMBER 19 percent of the interest earned from the in­ worth a better place to live. 9:00a.m. dividual's ESA would go to a fund provid­ Armed Services ing grants for low-income students to To resume hearings on the organization attend college or other institutions of and decisionmaking procedures of the higher learning. Low-income students SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS Department of Defense and the Con­ would have to meet eligibility requirements Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, gress. of existing student aid programs-Pen agreed to by the Senate on February SR-325 grants. The money for low-income students 10:00 a.m. 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a Commerce, Science, and Transportation would be distributed by existing State fa­ system for a computerized schedule of Business, Trade, and Tourism Subcommit­ cilities. all meetings and hearings of Senate tee The enactment of this legislation would committees, subcommittees, joint com­ To hold hearings on the promotion of encourage savings for education and pro­ mittees, and committees of conference. domestic tourism. vide additional educational funds for low- This title requires all such committees SR-253 '

31824 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 13, 1985 Environment and Public Works Governmental Affairs Labor and Human Resources Transportation Subcommittee Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Gov­ Education, Arts, and Humanities Subcom­ To hold oversight hearings on the imple­ ernment Processes Subcommittee mittee mentation of the disadvantaged busi­ To hold hearings on the 1985 Confer­ Business meeting, to mark up proposed ness enterprise program payments for physicians' serv- North Dakota. ices. SD-366 NOVEMBER 14 SD-215 Environmental and Public Works 9:30a.m. Toxic Substances and Environmental DECEMBER10 Governmental Affairs Oversight Subcommittee Permanent Subcommittee on Investiga­ 10:00 a.m. To hold oversight hearings on environ­ tions Energy and Natural Resources mental effects of global atmospheric To resume hearings on espionage activi­ Water and Power Subcommittee warmings. ties in the United States. To hold hearings on S. 1785, to amend SD-406 SD-342