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IMPACT AID AMENDMENTS the Honorable Carrie Saxon Perry, high lights tions. These organizations include: Diplomate the significant contributions made by African­ of the American Board of Orthopaedic Sur­ HON. WILLIAM F. GOODUNG Americans during the growth and development gery; Fellow of the American Academy of OF PENNSYLVANIA of the United States and Connecticut. The pa­ Orthopaedic Surgery; and Fellow of the Amer­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rade features marching bands, concerts, ican College of Surgeons. Moreover, Dr. Mor­ speeches, and entertainment. gan is licensed to practice medicine in Indi­ Thursday, September 5, 1996 Congratulations are in order for the mem­ ana, Illinois, Ohio, and California. Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, on May 7, bers of the African American Committee, Inc.: Dr. Morgan has shared his expertise with 1996, the House passed H.R. 3269, amending Jackee Bryant, Ernestine Brown, Ula Dodson, many professional organizations of which he is the Impact Aid Program to make technical Phyllis Lewis, Louis Martin, William Turner, a member. These memberships include: changes and address several issues which James Turner, Mona Holden, Barbara Ann American Medical Association, since 1974; have arisen since the program was last modi­ Williams, Ron Harris, Louise Cooper, Ebony National Medical Association, since 1975; Indi­ fied during the 103d Congress. Adams, Nelson Bank, Alvin Bingham, Michael ana State Medical Society, since 1976; Lake The Senate has now amended this legisla­ Fothergill, Valerie Joyner, Leslie Manselle, County Medical Society, since 1976; Indiana tion and returned it to us for further consider­ Jonis Martin, Hazel Patrick, Mattie Reynolds, Orthopaedic Society, since 1977; Illinois ation. Several of the Senate amendments take Bonnie Rowe, Matthew Steele, Roma Wil­ Orthopaedic Society, since 1977; International the approach of the House-passed legisla­ liams, Clarice Webb, and Andrew Woods. Arthroscopy Association, since 1981; tion-they either correct problems with current We are proud to have these individuals as Arthoroscopy Association of North America, law or address issues which have arisen since members of our community. Their work and since 1981; Mid-America Orthopaedic Asso­ its enactment in the 103d Congress. For ex­ efforts help strengthen our community and are ciation, since 1982; Clinical Orthopaedic Soci­ ample, the bill contains a provision which al­ something that we can all be proud of. ety, since 1986; and board of directors of lows heavily impacted districts to use prior Bane One Merrillville, since 1986. year, rather than current year data when they Dr. Morgan's success has been recognized apply for impact aid benefits. This provision CONGRATULATIONS DR. RANDALL by several prestigious institutions. In 1992, he will prevent the long delays-19 to 22 months C. MORGAN, JR. received an honorary doctor of science degree after funds have been appropriated-such dis­ from Grinnell College in Grinnell, lA. In 1986, tricts currently experience in receiving impact HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY Dr. Morgan was named "Physician of the aid dollars. OF INDIANA Year" by the National Medical Association, However, there are other amendments IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES northwest Indiana chapter. In 1972, Dr. Mor­ which provide special fixes for individual Thursday, September 5, 1996 gan was recognized as "Orthopaedic Resident school districts. of the Year" by Northwestern University in I would like to reiterate the statement I Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, I am proud Chicago, IL. made when H.R. 3269 first passed the House to commend Dr. Randall C. Morgan, Jr., a Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my other distin­ in May. All the special changes we made to decorated physician who has dedicated his life guished colleagues to join me in commending impact aid over the years of its existence, in to improving the quality of life for African­ Dr. Randall Morgan, Jr. for his dedicated serv­ the long run, were harmful to the program. Americans, as well as all Americans. On July ice to the medical profession. He, his wife, They gave it a bad reputation as a pork pro­ 31, 1996, Dr. Morgan was installed as the Karen, and their children Sharon, Laura, and gram and affected its appropriations. While I 95th president of the National Medical Asso­ Carla, can all be proud of his commitment to will not object to enactment of this legislation ciation [NMA]. improve the quality of life for the residents of because it contains provisions which will bene­ Dr. Morgan announced that the theme of his Indiana's First Congressional District. Dr. Mor­ fit a large number of school districts affected 1-year term as NMA president would be "NMA gan, like his father, is a true pioneer in his by a Federal presence, I do want to go on Development for the 90's." The goals of this profession. record indicating that I will be very reluctant to agenda are to enhance the organization's accept such changes in the future. membership, image, and financial develop­ ment. TRIDUTE TO CALEB RICHTER-TATE Our Nation's oldest and largest minority THIRD ANNUAL AFRICAN­ physician organization, the National Medical HON. Bll! BARRETT AMERICAN DAY PARADE Association, was founded in 1895 to represent OF NEBRASKA the interests of more than 22,000 African­ HON. BARBARA B. KENNEUY American physicians. The organization's mis­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, September 5, 1996 OF CONNECTICUT sion to improve the health status of America, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES particularly black Americans. Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I Dr. Morgan's family has lived in Gary, IN for have received the following script by Caleb Thursday, September 5, 1996 three generations. Dr. Morgan graduated from Richter-Tate, a fine young Nebraskan. Caleb Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, Gary Roosevelt High School, Grinnell College, is the Nebraska winner for the Voice of De­ September 28, 1996, the residents of Con­ Howard University Medical School, and the mocracy broadcast script-writing contest, con­ necticut will participate in the third annual Afri­ Northwestern University Medical Center. ducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and can-American Day Parade. The parade is an Dr. Morgan has practiced medicine in his the Ladies Auxiliary. I believe his statement opportunity to celebrate and dramatize the dy­ hometown for over 20 years. With the assist­ serves as a challenge to all Americans. namic history of African-Americans, as well as ance of his late father, Dr. Randall Morgan, ANSWERING AMERICA'S CALL to salute the outstanding achievements of Afri­ Sr., he founded the Orthopaedic Centers and (By Caleb Richter-Tate) can-Americans in the fields of education, served as its president until its affiliation with "Good morning. This is your wake-up science, music, history, arts, and sports. This the Indiana Hand Center in 1966. Dr. Morgan call." year's theme will be "The Celebration of Afri­ currently has offices in Gary, Hobart, When I'm on vacation, it is very enjoyable can Children." Merrillville, Portage, and Valparaiso. for me to be awakened by a pleasant-voiced The parade, which was conceived by the Dr. Morgan has enhanced his professional individual on the other end of the phone. If late Isabell Mendes Blake, Jackee Bryant, and skills by being certified by several organiza- I choose to answer my wake-up call, I'm

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. 22228 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 5, 1996 alerted to the beginning of a new day and make a decision that affects only you and Veterans Association says it best in their Sep­ I'm awake to see what it has to offer. your plans for the day. But as an American, tember newsletter: "A free America is the Throughout the day our lives are filled choosing to answer your country's wake-up most precious gift we can bestow upon our with a variety of calls-people call us to call affects all of your fellow citizens not breakfast, bells call us to classes, sirens call only for today, but perhaps for a lifetime, or children. Freedom is not free." I ask all of my our attention to misfortune or danger, and perhaps even into that hopeful future we colleagues in the House of Representatives to telephones call us to relaxation or to busi­ wish to create. join me in saluting the Korean War Veterans ness concerns. If we are fortunate, we are When you receive America's wake-up call, Association and all of its members, for all they able to answer these varied calls. But like answer it. do for our veterans and for all they've done for the person on vacation, we can only respond America. to the demands of our various calls if we have first answered our wake-up call. A TRIBUTE TO THE KOREAN WAR In a similar manner, every day America VETERANS ASSOCIATION OF ST. PETER'S LUTHERAN CHURCH­ sends all of us a wake-up call. If we choose to LONG ISLAND PASTOR MARK TElKE answer it, we are awake to the demands and challenges of local, state, and national con­ cerns. If we ignore the call, we sleep through HON. MICHAEL P. FORBFS HON. DAVID M. MciNTOSH events and situations that we are never able OF NEW YORK OF INDIANA to influence simply because we weren't even IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES aware of them. Thursday, September 5, 1996 Early in our nation's history, Americans Thursday, September 5,1996 Mr. MciNTOSH. Mr. Speaker, on many oc­ chose to answer our country's wake-up call. Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to casions, my wife Ruthie and I have worshiped For George Washington, Patrick Henry, and pay tribute to the Korean War Veterans Asso­ with our special friends at St. Peter's Lutheran Thomas Jefferson, that call awakened them ciation of Long Island, an organization dedi­ to the challenges of American independence. Church in Columbus, IN. Almost a century later, William Tecumsah cated to honoring the dedicated courage and On each visit we are lifted up by the ser­ Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, and Abraham selfless sacrifices of America's war veterans mons of Pastor Mark T eike, a dynamic min­ Lincoln answered the call that summoned during the Korean conflict. ister whom we have grown to know well in the them to preserve Americans' unity. And History has sometimes chosen to .shine a past few years. His talents and interpretation early in the 20th century, Andrew Carnegie, less prominent light on the Korean war, but of holy scripture is truly moving. John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford heard the sacrifices and heroic efforts of its veterans and answered the call to industrialize Amer­ This past Independence Day, Ruthie and I were just as important as those made in had the honor to join the congregation of St. ica. America's other conflicts. Because of the Ko­ As long as there is an America, she will be Peter's for a very special Fourth of July ser­ issuing wake-up calls to her citizens so that rean War Veterans Association [KWV A], their mon. Ruthie and I were both deeply moved. we may answer and rise to the challenges of sacrifices are recognized and honored more And, I would like to share the transcript of his the day. than ever before. Korean war veterans stand sermon with my colleagues and the American As we step toward the 21st century, we tall among all veterans, proud of all they have people. need to shake off our sleepy complacency done to keep Democracy strong. The Bible teaches that God, because of His and answer America's present-day call-the This Sunday, September 8, 1996, the cen­ love for us, has established three institu­ call is to educate ourselves, the call is to im­ tral Long Island chapter will honor those who tions, for our benefit: the church, the family, prove our society, and the call is to reestab­ lost their lives during the Korean conflict when and the government. We spent much of the lish our national morality. last two years, in our study of the book of Just as the wake-up call received by a va­ it dedicates a commemorative stone bearing the KWV A's logo during a ceremony at Acts, looking at what God says regarding the cationer enables him to begin a day of sight­ church. We are devoting our summer, with seeing and adventure, we must answer the Calverton National Cemetery. Thousands of our series of messages under the theme of call from America that alerts us to the fact veterans and their families will be on hand to Home Improvement. looking at what God that an educated citizenry is crucial for us support the Central Long Island Chapter of the says about the family. And this weekend, as to remain a world-power in the 21st century. Korean War Veterans Association. our nation celebrates another birthday, We must focus efforts on keeping students The Central Long Island Chapter of the we're going to examine what God says about in school, on providing advanced educational KWV A was founded in 1989 by Bob Morga, to government--or as the message has been ti­ opportunities for those who are qualified, raise funds for a national monument in Wash­ tled, "The Truth About Government." and on harnessing the advances in tech­ We find the Bible addressing this topic the nology toward the benefit rather than to­ ington, DC, which was dedicated on July 27, 13th chapter of the New Testament book of ward the destruction of mankind. 1995. Central Long Island chapter members Romans. I'd like to invite you to read with Secondly, we need to answer the call from also worked to build a war memorial on Long me, from the first ten verses of Romans 13, America reminding us that our society st111 Island, which was dedicated in June of 1992 as they're printed in your bulletin on page 5. has problems to be solved. We cannot drift at the Armed Forces Plaza in Hauppauge. "Everyone must submit himself to the gov­ back to sleep and close our eyes to the issues Among those who helped make the Long Is­ erning authorities, for there is no authority of drug abuse, homelessness, and prejudice. land memorial a reality was the late Suffolk except that which God has established. The Only if we are wide awake to these problems authorities that exist have been established will we ever have a chance to solving them. County Legislator Rose Caracappa, whose by God. Consequently, he who rebels against Finally, perhaps the most important wake­ tireless efforts inspired the Korean War Veter­ the authority is rebelling against what God up call we can answer is the call from Amer­ ans Association to make her an honorary has instituted, and those who do so will ica asking us to reevaluate the condition of member. bring judgment on themselves. For rulers our own national morality. Have we become While their focus was on creating these hold no terror for those who do right, but for a country of people who care more about the monuments, Long Island's Korean war veter­ those who do wrong. Do you want to be free amount of money in our bank accounts than ans have discovered a purpose of equal im­ from fear of the one in authority? Then do we do about the welfare of our neighbors? portance. They have created a place for Ko­ what is right and he will commend you. For Have we become a country of people who he is God's servant to do you good. But if spend more money on recreation than we do rean war vets to build a fellowship among you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear on charity? And have we become a country themselves and their families. Along with the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, of people who credit our successes and stat­ marching in veterans' parades and attending an agent of wrath to bring punishment on ure to ourselves rather than to the God who memorial ceremonies, the KWV A is actively the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to has given them to us? involved in assisting disabled and needy veter­ submit to the authorities, not only because For over 200 years citizens of our country ans, including those at the veterans hospital in of possible punishment but also because of have answered America's call to wake-up and Northport. Each Christmas chapter members conscience. This is also why you pay taxes, respond to whatever challenge has faced us. visit the Long Island Veterans Nursing Home for the authorities are God's servants, who Again, America calls us. She asks us to in Stony Brook to deliver holiday gifts and give their full time to governing. Give every­ waken to the challenges of education, of im­ one what you owe him. If you owe taxes, pay proving our society, and of reestablishing good cheer. taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, our national morality. We enjoy the plentiful fruits of democracy then respect,; if honor, then honor. Let no As a person on vacation choosing to answer and should always remember that our freedom debt remain outstanding, except the continu­ or not to answer your wake-up call, you was paid for with their blood. The Korean War ing debt to love one another, for he who September 5, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22229 loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. The We have just seen that the government is wage war against Christianity, that revolu­ commandments, 'Do not commit adultery,' a servant of God and as a servant must be ac­ tion would have been strangled in its cra­ 'Do not murder,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not countable to his master, so the government dle.'' covet,' and whatever other commandments is accountable to God. Before the govern­ And then, nearly 100 years later, in 1947, in there may be, are summed up in this one ment or those who serve in government are a case known as Everson v. the Board of Edu­ rule: 'love your neighbor as yourself.' Love accountable to their constituents, before cation, the Supreme Court took a different does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love they are accountable to their special interest angle on the church/state issue and their rul­ is the fulfillment of the law." groups, they are first and foremost account­ ing was this. "The first amendment has Did you notice how many times the words able to God. erected a wall of separation between church "authorities" and "God" are found together You know, it seems to me, that if govern­ and state which must be kept high and im­ in this chapter? Every time you find a ref­ ment is accountable to God and God has laid pregnable." And that was the first time the erence to authority or to government, you'll down His guidelines for right and wrong­ original understanding of the separation of find God being mentioned. That's because then it's pretty much a no-brainer when it church and state, presented by our founding God himself is the source of all authority. comes to some of the laws we pass-regard­ fathers in the constitution, had been re­ All authority begins with Him and flows less of the social or political climate. versed. It was originally intended to protect from Him, be that in the home, or in school, For example, regarding the subject of abor­ the church from the state, and now it is in­ or in the work place, or in government. tion, the scriptures say that the taking of tended to keep the church from influencing I life in the womb is murder and is to be treat­ the state. It was an absolute, about face, 180 First of all we find here in Romans 13 that ed as such. It is not debatable on the basis of degree reversal from what our forefathers in­ government was established by God. Verse scripture. And if government and those who tended. govern are accountable to God, then the de­ And since 1962, which was the first ruling one says it, "The authorities that exist have to officially separate religious principles been established by God." Government was cision seems pretty clear. Or the issue of same sex marriages-as has from government, in our schools and other established by God. It says in verse two, "He areas, since that time, when the high and who rebels against the authority, rebels come up in several of our states as of late. The scriptures again speak clearly-very impregnable wall was erected to keep reli­ against what God has established.'' God did gious principles out of our government, teen­ not institute a certain style of government. clearly-that such is an offense to God-and if government recognizes that is accountable age pregnancies for girls between 10-14 has He didn't place one form of government over increased over 600% . Sexually transmitted another. He didn't endorse one party over to God-then the decision on such an issue should be pretty simple-regardless of the diseases skyrocketed. SAT scores in school another, but He did establish government. went down for 18 straight years. And violent He did that because He's a God of order. he pressure that might come from various spe­ is not a God of chaos. From His perspective, cial interest groups. crimes increased over 600%. George Washing­ I'm not trying to pick on a select group of ton put it well when he said, "If you remove order in society must be maintained, and so religious principles, you will lose morality in God established government. people. I'm simply pointing out that if gov­ ernment is accountable to God (which the America." n Bible says it is) and 1f God has spoken clear­ The Bible says that government and its And what's the purpose of government? ly on certain issues (which he has) then re­ leaders are accountable first and foremost to Ask a lot of people that question and you'll gardless of what we might think or regard­ God. get a lot of answers. Look at Romans 13 and less of what happens to be "politically cor­ IV you'll find one recurring chorus as to the rect" at the time-government is called to I don't have a lot of time to cover the purpose of government. It is to protect its take a stand in obedience to the One to fourth point in your outline, except to say citizens. whom they are accountable. that all of us, who are citizens of this coun­ Our God knows the condition of the human I realize that some might respond to that try are commanded by God to submit to the heart. He knows that the human heart is not and say, "But you can't legislate morality." government, regardless of who we are or how prone toward good but toward evil. Luther Some say it might interfere with the separa­ much money we have or what position we said the easiest thing in the world is to sin. tion of church and state. So let me just say fill. And the only time we're given permis­ It comes naturally. You've heard me say it a words about that, as well. sion not to submit to government is if gov­ many time before-you don't have to teach a Our founding fathers, a long time ago, ernment commands us or forbids us to do little child how to be naughty. wrote, " Congress shall make no law estab­ that which is contrary to the word of God. Look at verse 4, "For he (government) is lishing one denomination of Christians high­ And if you want a proof text for that, it's God's servant to do you good. but if you do er than another.'' The intention was that found in Acts 5:29. wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the they did not want in America what they had We're also told to pay taxes. Not only did sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an in England, which was one denomination ba­ Paul write it in Romans 13, but Jesus said it agent of wrath to bring punishment on the sically running the country. They said, "We in Matthew 22, as we heard earlier in the wrong doer." The government is there to want God's principles in government, but we service. Loopholes may be legal, but cheat­ protect us from the criminals and thugs and do not want one denomination running the ing isn't. tyrants and swindlers and others who might government." And as a child is called to give honor and otherwise harm us. God has given the gov­ In 1801 the Danbury Baptist Association of respect to parents and an employee to an ernment the authority to punish those who Danbury, Connecticut heard a rumor that employer, so citizens are called to show do wrong. the Congregational denomination was to be honor and respect to those who govern. We all know that our government today, made the national denomination of America, v has, in many ways, extended itself into a and that bothered them (understandably so.) And fifth, what does Romans 13 say about number of areas that stretch beyond simply So they wrote President Thomas Jefferson protecting its citizens from harm and dan­ the specific role of we who are Christian citi­ expressing their concerns. On January 1, zens? In verses 9 and 10 it says, "Love your ger. And that's not to say that's wrong. But 1802, Jefferson addressed that group saying neighbor as yourself. Love does no harm to the Number one primary thing that govern­ that "the first amendment of the Constitu­ its neighbors. Therefore love is the fulfill­ ment was established by God to do, was to tion has erected a wall of separation between ment of the law." You want to know how to protect its citizens from the harm brought church and state, but that it is a one direc­ help the government? Don't add to their on by others. tion wall. It keeps the government from run­ work load. If, in all that you do, you're at­ m ning the church, but it makes sure that the tempting to respond to the needs of those Look one more time at verse 4. Twice it Christian principles will always stay in gov­ around you, treating them with love, wheth­ says of the government, "He is God's serv­ ernment.'' But all we hear today is a portion er that be the person next door or the guy in ant." "He is God's servant." Every servant is of that statement, taken out of context, that traffic next to you, or the person at work to be submissive to the will of his master. He the first amendment has erected a wall be­ who wronged you-if you are treating them may not know the master very well, but the tween church and state. with Christian love-then the government one thing he must do, if he is to serve the In 1853, a group came to Congress with a doesn't have to worry about you and their master, is to carry out the wishes of the petition to separate Christian principles job becomes much easier. master. Those who serve in government may from government. The petition was referred And Christian citizens, also, because they, not all be strong and mature in their faith. to the House and the Senate Judiciary Com­ or at least they should have a clear under­ They may not even all be Christians. They mittees and they investigated the issue for a standing of the word of God-have a respon­ don't necessarily HAVE to be Christians. But full year to see 1f it would be possible to sep­ sibility to keep the government and law if they are to be faithful servants of the mas­ arate Christian principles from government. makers in check, when it comes to issues on ter, they MUST at least know what the word After one year they came back with the re­ which God has clearly spoken. We cannot re­ of God says regarding His laws of right and port saying, "Had the people during the Rev­ main silent. And if we do, we have no right wrong. olution had a suspicion of any attempt to to complain. 22230 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 5, 1996 And Christian citizens have been in­ TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE Once World War II began, eight of the structed in Paul's first letter to Timothy to FOUNDING OF LATINO/AS Haber sons entered the military to fight to pre­ pray for those in authority over us-which CONTRA SIDA-LATINOS AGAINST serve democracy. Paul and Peter served in we'll be doing a little later in the service. AIDS the U.S. Army, while John served in the U.S. CONCLUSION Marine Corps. Andrew, Michael, Joseph, HON. BARBARA B. KENNELLY Steve, and Frank all served their country in Some concluding thoughts: Benjamin OF CONNECTICUT the U.S. Navy. Franklin said, "We need God to be our IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Charles and Anna Haber's son, Frank, and friend, not our enemy." You've seen what's his wife, Lillian, have resided in Indiana's First Thursday, September 5, 1996 happened to our country since we began to Congressional District for 44 years. They have remove God's influence from our land. Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today three children, Charles, Maureen, and Colleen, To you, who are here today as our govern­ to recognize the 1Oth anniversary of Latino/as and seven grandchildren. Frank and Lillian are mental officials, I want to thank you for Contra SIDA-Latinos Against AIDS in the First proud that their oldest grandchild, Jennifer, is taking the time to be here. Some of you are Congressional District of Connecticut on Sep­ carrying on the family tradition as a student at members of our congregation and would be tember 27, 1996. the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.' here anyway, but that's not the case for a LCS was founded in 1986 by concerned Mr. Speaker, the Habers' service to our number of you. Some of you, like Congress­ Latino volunteers who recognized the dire great country is a shining example of one fam­ man Mcintosh have traveled a long way to need for specialized services for Latina/as in­ ily's dedication and valor. I ask that you and be with us today and we thank you for mak­ dividuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS. my other distinguished colleagues join me in ing the effort. And I want to encourage all of Through education and prevention efforts for honoring this fine family for such patriotic her­ you who are our elected officials to be bold, adults, children and youth as well as HIV oism. courageous leaders, not blown by the whims precounseling, testing, assistance, advocacy of what may appear to be popular opinion, or and case management services, LCS has political correctness, but directed by what is served over 5,000 individuals in the Greater WAY TO GO: PACKAGING OUR CEN­ right. Hartford area. TURY AS A PARTING GIFT TO Secondly, I want to say especially to our With a mission of preventing the further THE NEXT governmental leaders, that the church is the spread of HIV/AIDS among the Latino commu­ very best friend government has. Thomas nity in Greater Hartford and enhancing the HON. BITl BARRETT Jefferson said it first when he said, "The rea­ quality of life of those affected by the HIV dis­ OF NEBRASKA son Christianity is the best friend of govern­ ease, LCS has become a major collaborator of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment is because Christianity is the only reli­ health care services. gion in the world that deals with the heart." LCS is comprised of a dedicated and ener­ Thursday, September 5,1996 The threat of punishment is sometimes ef­ getic board of directors and a base of commu­ Mr. BARREn of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I fective and rehab111tation has a purpose but nity volunteers who continue the significant ef­ have received the enclosed statement made unless you change the heart, you won't do forts of its founders: Hector Seda, Roberto by Retired Colonel Barney Oldfield, a distin­ much to affect behavior. And the Church, the Negron, Gladys Capo and Myrna Vargas. guished Nebraskan, during his address to the Body of Christ, is committed to affecting I applaud the work of Latina/as SIDA during Nebraska American Legion Convention. I en­ hearts. the past 10 years and offer my sincerest grati­ courage my colleagues to pay heed to his re­ Thirdly, to our public servants, I want to tude and hope for LCS's continued success. marks, which reflect his wisdom and experi­ encourage you to stay close to God. In light ence. of what we've seen today from Romans 13, I A THANK YOU TO THE HABER "WAY TO Go: PACKAGING OUR CENTURY AS A don't know how you can do your job if you FAMILY PARTING GIFT TO THE NEXT!" don't. If you're from our community and Nebraska Friends: When Commander Bob don't have a church home, then please know Zersen's invitation came to join you for this that you are always welcome in our midst. HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY 78th annual convention of the Nebraska De­ Be reminded that you have a God who loves OF INDIANA partment of the American Legion here in you, just as you are, even when others might IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Grand Island, my first thought was whether be on your back and constantly criticizing. Thursday, September 5,1996 I should check to see if the statute of limita­ You can't be in any position of leadership tions for suspicions of misconduct had run Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, I would like out! Still apprehensive, I came in last night and not have someone taking shots at you. to introduce you to a true American family who under cover of darkness. But God loves you. has sacrificed and served our great Nation. What troubled me was a "paper trail" He is a God who came to be your servant, Eight of Charles and Anna Haber's sons all thing. I've just had a letter from Lori Cox­ nearly 2000 years ago, as He paid for your of­ proudly served in World War II between 1936- Paul of the Nebraska State Historical Soci­ fenses and your sins as well as those of the ety in Lincoln which refers to a Grand Island 47. "happening" away back in 1940 ... asking rest of us, on a splintered, wooden cross, and The story of the Haber family is one of two who offers you not only his love, but also his for an explanation. people immigrating to the United States, meet­ That letter said: full and complete forgiveness. ing, and overcoming hardships, to live out the "We are assembling an exhibit we are And to the majority of us who hold no pub­ American dream. In the early 1900's, Charles going to call: Believe it or Not: The Lives lic government office, but who are citizens of and Anna each left Czechoslovakia to come to and Times of Vada and Col. Barney Oldfield! this blessed land, we need to understand, the United States. However, they did not know In our researching finds is a photo of Vada that 1f people are to be put into office, men each other at the time. They both happened to discovering a nightgown in your suitcase on and women who will stand firm on the issues the Grand Island Union Pacific station plat­ settle in a mining town in Pennsylvania which form! The note on the picture says '. . . they on which God has spoken, and whose first is where they met. They soon were married concern is obedience to the one to whom put a nightgown in my suitcase for Vada to and had a large family of nine sons and three find on my return . . . '. Do you remember they're accountable, then you and I must daughters. the circumstances behind it? Can you tell me participate in the process, at every level. We However, the story does not end there. where you were coming from? Had you been need to make our views known and to exer­ Tragically, in 1928, there was a terrible explo­ covering a movie premiere?" cise that privilege that we've been given in sion in the coal mining town of Mather, PA, How about that for openers? this country. which killed 211 miners. Charles, aged 42, If their researching is surfacing things like May God bless you, our elected and ap­ that ... I thought ... what other things of and his brother, George, aged 21, were surprising nature are apt to be in store for pointed officials. May God bless us as a com­ among those casualties. munity. And may God bless America. me? It seemed to me that only the White Determined to go on with her life, Anna took House has to contend with things like that. Please remain seated, as David Florine her children to the Pittsburgh area to live. My wife Vada's parents lived here then, comes forward to lead us in a time of prayer However, before this move, two of her daugh­ highly respected pillars in this community. and confession. ters had died from illnesses during childhood. Some of my warmest remembrances I have September 5, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22231 . . . are holidays and family gatherings here. the New Yorker got home ... was regaling school class. Who knows . . . maybe an occa­ It was on a Union Pacific train out of here his wife with stories of the trip ... while un­ sional student who thought all life began that Vada took to enlist as one of the origi­ packing ... out fell the nightgown! How when he or she was born ... will think well nal WAACs, forerunner of the Women's Army much better could it be? He told her the of the people who lived in ... and made this Corps in which she was to serve as a teletype truth about it, and she didn't believe him! century of ours extraordinary! operator in the Communications section of Live by the sword-die by the sword, right! This handing off takes surprising forms. Hq 12th Air Force, crossing North Africa, So much for reflection, what I'd like to On that recent and much written about and Sicily and Italy. With two years overseas be­ chat with you about today is projection! Pro­ talked about 50th anniversary of D-Day, I hind her, here she had come to wait for me jection of our part of this remarkable 20th went to France with a cameraman to make at war's end when I returned from Berlin Century . . . the most fantastic century of a video, Normandy Remembered. It gives the with the 82nd Airborne Division. I'd run the all time. How lucky we were to have lived in background on the four Nebraskans who successful campaign to avoid its deactiva­ it . . . and even luckier to have lived were killed in the first hours on June 6, 1944, tion and saw it achieve the extra dividend of through it! It's now up to us to hand it off to two from Omaha, Paul Scott Rodstrom, and selection to do the Victory March in New the looming 21st Century and our inheritors Marcelino Shata; one from Morrill, Lester York on January 12, 1946 representing all the ... the great examples of courage, sacrifice John Horn, and from Steinauer, Corporal 16,000,000 men and women who had served in and inspiration as a tribute to our friends Herbert Leonard Ulrich. Ulrich's citation WW II. It was on that same Union Pacific who were lost along the way. They, too, were says he "greatly aided" the breakout from platform at 3 a.m. one morning that we had once wheels under the extraordinary country the withering gunfire which was spraying our "family reunion." She never said any­ we've come to be. Omaha Beach. As a young farm kid, he'd thing about that photo in 1940 which was all Since awayback when ... I've been aware made primitive eat's whisker radio sets. right with me. of and applauded the many scholarships . . . When the Army got him, they made him into While I'm not running for office . . . re­ large and small ... provided by individuals an artillery spotter with a walkie talkie quiring the publishing of my tax returns and and posts of the American Legion. As a radio which he used to call in offshore naval other confessions . . . that 1940 escapade young newspaperman I often went to Ed barrages which tore great holes in the Ger­ started with a telegram which came to me as Boschult when old and crusty General John man fortifications through which his com­ the Lincoln Journal and Star's movie editor J. Pershing used to come to Lincoln to visit rades poured. and columnist. It said I was invited to the his sister, May. Pershing was a formidable Standing there at his Omaha Beach mark­ premiere of the latest Errol Flynn movie, and intimidating presence . . . didn't like er, talking about him on camera, born nine Virginia City. It was about that old mining newspapermen much ... but Ed eased me in years after I was, nine miles from where I town perched several thousand feet above with the required tolerance for snippets of was born, a Detroit Lakes, Minnesota father Reno, Nevada. It said they were running a interviews. I don't know what his name on and his two kids became curious. They special Union Pacific train from the east and your scholarship means to those who win it, tagged along after us when we went to the would pick me up in Grand Island. That east­ but he was a right guy to be so memorialized time capsule which is at the entrance of the ern train would meet a special train from ... for sure. Young people should be nudged Omaha Beach US military Cemetary. It was Hollywood with movie columnists and War­ beyond the monetary to be curious about placed there by the war correspondent who ner Brothers stars on board in Reno for the what the name piggy-backed on it did ... covered D-Day, and contains some of the sto­ big promotional hoopla. Vada and I drove and why he does an outreach in this form for ries written at invasion time by them, plus over from Lincoln and she was going to visit students of today. old typewriters, and my book, Never a Shot her parents while I was off "just doing my While I have no quarrel with those who in Anger. I had given rights for it to be re­ job", as they say. She would be there to · make money writing on military subjects printed as a Battle of Normandy edition-to meet me when I returned and we'd drive ... I have been writing on military subjects be used as a fund raiser for the Nebraska back to Lincoln. all my life ... but have never felt com­ Normandy Scholarship Fund. That time cap­ Do you get the picture? fortable pocketing the compensations. When sule is to be opened in the year 2044 on June That 15-car special train ... loaded with your national American Legion magazine de­ 6th-the lOOth anniversary of D-Day. For the roistering newspaper guys was the locale of cided to do a three-parter on the 20th anni­ video, I wanted to make the point that when endless practical jokes to relieve the bore­ versary of the Battle of the Ardennes and as­ that time capsule is opened because of that dom of that long train ride. They had seen signed it to me ... that check went to the re-cycled old book, 200 Nebraska students Vada when I boarded ... and two days later University of Nebraska Foundation as part will have benefitted from scholarships en­ when we were returning . . . somewhere in of the endowment for one of our ROTC schol­ dowed by it, and that's only the beginning as Wyoming as I recall . . . they clustered arships. If one is lucky enough to live it will go on forever. around me asking me if she was going to through wars others do not ... that's re­ That Detroit Lakes father wrote me re­ meet me when we arrived in the middle of ward enough. cently that they have entered into a "family the night . . . around 2 a.m. the next morn­ The scholarship alternative has motivated pact", that on that lOOth anniversary, he'll ing. Dumb guy that I was ... I told them us for a long time ... perhaps because Vada be 91 and the kids in their '60s, if still alive, she would. Several said they would like to and I are both veterans. To us scholarships one or all intend to go back to Normandy for meet her. As that special train roared east­ have been the "best game in town." People the lOOth anniversary time capsule opening. ward in the nighttime blackness ... I noted often say: "Why are you so interested in They want to tell all present that they knew with some vague relief that most seemed to scholarships when you have no kids?" Our that guy from Nebraska who wrote that book tire and wander off to their berths and get response always is: "Who says we have no and wore a red hat and they met him fifty some sleep. kids . . . you should read our Christmas years earlier, and how he turned it into The train braked and stopped in Grand Is­ mail!" It comes from all over the world ... scholarships! Wow! I've been accused of land and I jumped off thinking I was alone. and in these bits of correspondence are state­ thinking ahead a few times in my life, but it Not so. Off with me came a photographer ments about how crucial the scholarships' boggles one's mind to think of setting up a from Cleveland, a New York columnist and a arrivals were for continuance of studies story to be retold a half century from now! Boston editor. They said this nightgown had which led to careers now being pursued. The video itself is to insure that those Ne­ fallen out of my bag! It would have taken The US Census Bureau projects that by braskans never get reduced or lost in the sta­ three of Vada to fill it. The flashbulbs mid-21st Century ... we will have grown tistics of being just part of the 90 Nebras­ popped in the night. Afterthat they all re­ from our 150,000,000 population of today to a kans and 9,386 Americans to be forever there boarded, the train pulled out. As we walked nation of 400,000,000! Imagine the whopper on Omaha Beach. This video is to be given to along the platform to our car, Vada said: problems which will be on their plates ... scholarship winners throughout time to ex­ "I'm glad they had their little joke ... but and how much in the way of smarts will be plain to them who these honored soldiers even gladder it was in the middle of the required to cope. Accomplishing a more and were and why the awards bear their names. night when my parents and all their friends better educated resources pool will call for a There were more than 6,000 media people in were asleep in their beds!" massive and sustained effort. Perhaps from Normandy for the 50th anniversary of D-Day That practical joke had worked so well on us they can pick up on the merits of endow­ observances, and all of them were doing me as the fall guy, they did it to two others ment over instant gratification if we have "looking back" stories. The French were so enroute to Chicago with the same night­ such things in place for them to guide on. intrigued, and maybe a little bored, with the gown. The cameraman got off in Cleveland, As we hand them our considerable bag of endless recountings, that they took pictures developed the pictures and sent them along endowments . . . linking our evidences of of our effort to use the anniversary to launch with the negatives to the butts of the courage, adversities conquered, victories of something not ceremonial but substantial pranks. But as pranksters will ... just be­ the human spirit ... with aid to education into the future. I'm told they have even fore he got off the train . . . he stuffed the and do it right ... we can never be dis- placed one copy of Normandy Remembered nightgown in the Warner Brothers souvenir missed as ancient history. We be in place in the reference archives of the invalides in presskit of the New York columnist. When ... as current as the next graduating high Paris, so it's side by side with Napoleon! 22232 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 5, 1996 The Nebraska Normandy Scholarship Fund The USS Arizona Memorial has taunted me importantly .. . it might inspire them to in the University of Nebraska foundation ever since. The Air Defense mission where I outdo us .. . which is how the human race w111 always give awards to students desiring was serving had been created to prevent any progresses! career directions similar to the interests of future sneak attack. But there were 1,177 One of the things worth doing as this cen­ the four Nebraskans who died that invasion killed in action there on December 7, 1941 tury ends is to remind everyone that places morning. Morrill, Nebraska's Lester J. Horn . . . and 1,102 of them are still there trapped in Nebraska as small as Potter, Newark, was the son of a severely disabled World War below decks . . . 46 of the then 48 states, plus Alda and St. Michael . . . can produce sons 1 veteran who died when Lester was three. Guam, the Philippines, Hawaii and Canada and daughters ... who can have roles in the His mother re-married and she died when he they came from ... a silent population re­ greatest milestones in our country's history. was six. His stepfather took his government duced to the convenience of a number, an Think about it! allowance to buy booze and fed the young­ awesome statistic. And thanks for giving me one more excuse ster on garbage dump scraps. He suffered But once they were real people, and sixteen to come back to Nebraska! malnutrition and had great learning difficul­ of them are from Nebraska! ties in school. He was rescued and reared by I have waited over time for some later, an uncle and aunt and his foster mother grander, more powerful speaker to stand lived to be more than 100 years old. She re­ there above them and say: HONORING THE CARLOW COLLEGE ceived a monthly check for S90 as long as she "On this day . . . I'm going to establish STUDENTS OF SPffiiT lived ... the result of a government life in­ 1,102 scholarships . . . each named in honor surance policy he'd taken out for her ... a and memory . . . of each of those here for all token gesture to her for what she'd meant to time . . . and remind generations to come HON. WilliAM J. COYNE him. Just before coming here, I had a letter through educational assistance ... what the OF PENNSYLVANIA from a Nebraska student, named Carissa price was to give us the country we now IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Lindquist who lives in Firth, Nebraska. She have ..." is taking Teachers College courses preparing It hasn't happened. Thursday, September 5, 1996 her to instruct those with learning problems, I asked Daniel Martinez, the historian of Mr. COYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the very kind of thing Lester J. Horn strug­ the National Park Service USS Arizona gled with all his short life. Her letter says: there in Pearl Harbor to send me the names honor some very special women-the Carlow "I would like to thank you for the Lester of the Nebraskans. Perhaps ... since there College Students of Spirit for the year 1995- John Horn scholarship, and also for the won­ are sixteen ... we ... together .. ·. can at 96. Carlow College is a private Catholic col­ derful video, Normandy Remembered . . . least . . . so honor the ones who came from lege for women in Pittsburgh. The college has and the explanatory brochure about the Ne­ this Nebraska part of the world's geography. braska Normandy Scholarship fund. It is a created a "Woman of Spirit" award to call at­ valuable resource that I w111 use all my I had never seen their names before . . . and tention to women in the Pittsburgh area who teaching years to come." apparently a request like mine is not often exemplify the college's ideals of competent If she teaches until normal retirement made. I have apparently done the historian a and compassionate service in both their per­ service . . . as it shows the only officer time, we have enlisted a surrogate who will sonal and professional lives. The college pre­ be standing before classes telling about Les­ among them . .. Navy Ensign Frank S. Lomax ... as having come from Broken sents a Woman of Spirit award every month, ter Horn all the way to the 100th anniversary and it holds a gala event each year to pay of D-Day. A young lady in Firth, Nebraska. Box, Nebraska. I told he'd better change it to There is a special something about a cen­ Broken Bow . . . and on the roster he's sent tribute to the previous year's recipients. This tury ending and a new one beginning. No me . . . it has been corrected! year, Carlow College began honoring a "Stu­ matter how much has been done in the old The other fifteen are: dent of Spirit" each month as well. Each Stu­ one . . . there's always the wonder about From OMAHA, there are four-Richard dent of Spirit has an excellent academic whether there is time enough to do the rest. Everett Ellis, James Thomas Hasl, Stanley record and has been actively involved in her Two things have haunted me particularly. Kula and Tom Savin. From LINCOLN, there are two-Edward J. community life. One was what happened here in Grand Island The first individual to receive the Student of in March of 1944. The intense focus then was Clough and Peter John Harris. on Normandy and one man came here lit­ From far western Nebraska, Naaman Chap­ Spirit award from Carlow College was Amy erally un-noticed. He had a crucial mission man of Mitchell, Kenneth Robert Bickel of Hryckowian. Amy, a senior in early childhood and had been carefully selected for it. What Potter, and Elmer Ellis Yates of Palisade. education and a 1992 graduate of Ambridge he started here ended World Warn abruptly. Working eastward, Gerald Arthur Atkins Area High School, is an active participant in After living through the required 25 B-17 of Gothenburg, Elmer Pershing Schlund of Carlow College's student government and in missions over Germany, his role here was to St. Michael, Neal James Redford of Newark, many service projects. An advocate for wom­ Lloyd Christensen of Alda, and Warren Allan lay out the re-training instructions for B-17 en's issues, Amy attends college leadership bomber pilots who would transfer to the Pa­ Jones of Kearney. And from Nebraska's northeast, Lester conferences in the Pittsburgh area and in cific in longer range B-29s. He was picked to Washington, DC. Amy has contributed her ac­ be the unit commander for the atomic bomb John Hoelscher of Madison. drop on Hiroshima. Considering the size of some of those tive support to Pittsburgh's Central Blood Bank For many years afterward . . . anti-nuke towns, it is easy to visualize what a dif­ for 3 years, organizing the annual blood drives and peacenik cocktail commandos . . . ference a day made-Pearl Harbor so far at Carlow College, and she was actively in­ flayed him as a villain. When they made me away on December 6, 1941, and how it came volved in the 1995 United Way campaign at a member of the Board of Nominations of the crashing in so close to them a day later with Carlow College. the loss of someone they knew. National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, The Student of Spirit for November 1995 is Ohio . . . I began pushing his candidacy for For sure ... they deserve more than dis­ enshrinement there. On July 20, 1996, Brig. missal as a statistic and anonymity given a wife and a mother who has raised three chil­ Gen. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. is to be enshrined them by distance of both mileage and time. dren and provided care for two family mem­ in the National Aviation Hall of Fame. For that reason ... I propose that ... since bers with disabling illnesses. Marian Beth The other one remains unfinished. they are within our collective reach and ca­ Allen is a junior nursing student who returned In 1956 . . . while I was in the Air Force pability ... that with the three and half to college to pursue a lifelong interest in nurs­ and stationed in Colorado Springs at the Air years between now and "lights out" on this ing. Marian holds an undergraduate degree in Defense Command . . . I took leave to cover 20th Century that we busy ourselves. And es­ biology and a master's degree in public health. the Melbourne, Australia Olympic Games for tablish within the Nebraska State Historical a New York magazine. My book, Never A Society Foundation what we might call the She has been a teacher, a researcher, and a Shot in Anger, was just coming off the press­ Nebraska Pearl Harbor Remembrance Fund day care provider. Active in community serv­ es, and the publisher thought my being in which will link these names to individual ice, Marian has facilitated activities for chil­ the pressbox could lead to some promotional scholarships for all of time to come. dren, senior citizens, and young adult families references in sportswriter columns. As the When you have contributions to that en­ as a member of her temple's Leadership Com­ Games were nearing the finish, there was a dowment at the $5,000 level, on such notifica­ mittee. cable for me in the pressbox from Hq Pacific tion my wife, Vada, and I will add another Originally from St. Croix in the Virgin Is­ Air Forces in Honolulu. It said on my return $5,000! lands, Corinne Francis was honored as to the States, they would like me to lay over Personally ... when it comes to handing in Hawaii and be the 15th anniversary speak­ off our huge century to our inheritors in the Carlow College's Student of Spirit for the er for the annual Pearl Harbor observances. next one, I think it w111 testify to the su­ month of December. A junior theology major, It was both easy and emotional to say YES, preme tests of what we were made of ... and Corinne has been involved in student outreach and I did it. intimidate them a little, perhaps. But more projects and campus ministry throughout her September 5, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22233 college career. She has influenced other stu­ The June 1996 Student of Spirit is Now this bustling maritime port, nestled dents to join her volunteer efforts with Pitts­ Fabyonne Williams, a 1990 graduate of Wes­ within the rich farmland of the Hamptons, is a burgh's Sojourner House and Habitat for Hu­ tinghouse High School. An elementary edu­ destination for thousands of tourists and sum­ manity. Corinne supports herself at college by cation major, Fabyonne has been active in mer residents who come to enjoy the beautiful working in a nursing home while maintaining educational activities for teenagers and new nearby beaches and local sites that the Sag her place on the dean's list and in the honor parents. Fabyonne is very involved with the Harbor Historical Society have fought to pre­ student program at Carlow. Her dream is to Pentecostal Temple Church, working with serve. Though several groups have worked to develop a volunteer organization to improve young members of the parish. She also maintain Sag Harbor's unique legacy, none community life. served as a vice-president of United Black were still active when the Sag Harbor Histori­ English and writing major Margaret Horvath Students in 1993 and served as the president cal Society was created in 1985. was selected as January's Student of Spirit. A of that organization in 1994. Among the group's most notable projects 1992 graduate of West Mifflin Area High July's Student of Spirit was Andrea was the defense of the Umbrella House, a co­ School, Margaret was recently inducted into Molinaro. Andrea was vice president of the lonial-era building that suffered a direct can­ the Alpha Psi chapter of Delta Epsilon Sigma, Student Athlete Association her senior year non shot during the War of 1812. With its a national scholastic honor society. She exer­ and attended the first National Student Athlete high-pitched gable roof and other unique fea­ cised editorial leadership in the founding of Association Conference in Chicago. Andrea tures, the Umbrella House is typical of early Carlow's student news magazine and has was treasurer for the class of 1996 for 2 American architecture. Along with placing Sag been a contributor to Carlow College's literary years, and she interned at the Rangos Re­ Harbor's downtown district on the National anthology. search Center exploring chromosome inactiva­ Register of Historical Places, the society also Ross Township resident and graduate of tion. She was also active in the Forum to Ad­ published a 395-page tome of local history in Winchester Thurston School in Shadyside, vance the Awareness of Human Rights, and 1991. Beth Walter was named as the February Stu­ she participated in the Meager Meals program Committed historians that they are, the Sag dent of Spirit by Carlow College. Having en­ at Carlow College. Harbor Historical Society members are com­ tered Carlow College on a half-tuition aca­ Shannon R. Smith was honored as Carlow pletely devoted to preserving every aspect of demic scholarship in 1993, Walter has main­ College's Student of Spirit for August 1996. the village's fertile heritage. This Saturday, tained dean's list standing for the past 3 Shannon is a biology major with a minor in September 7, the society is dedicating the years. A student of piano and ballet, she has chemistry. She has been able to maintain a opening of a new historical landmark, the his­ been a dance and piano instructor for the ele­ 4.0 GPA while at Carlow College. Shannon toric Sag Harbor jail, located behind the equal­ mentary grades at Winchester Thurston views graduation as the beginning of new edu­ ly significant municipal building. The historic School. Committed to the Carlow College ideal cational opportunities that she will share with Sag Harbor jail will serve as a public museum, of lifelong learning, Walter plans to pursue a others. She has a deep appreciation for the with exhibits on the history of law enforcement doctorate after finishing college. struggles and triumphs of women in the past The Student of Spirit for March 1996 was and correction in America. and looks forward to the challenges in the fu­ Built in 1915, the jail house is a classic ex­ Patti Higgins, a graduate of Gladstone High ture that will be beneficial to all women. School. A student of the Carlow Hill Program, ample of an early 20th century lock-up and is DeLacey Ellis was selected as the Carlow an integral part of Sag Harbor's fascinating Patti Higgins is also a clerk stenographer for College Student of Spirit for September 1996. the Allegheny County Health Department in downtown architecture. Built of native hard A beneficiary of Carlow College's Elizabeth burned brick, the lock-up has 8 inch thick the Division of Public Drinking Water and Carol Program, DeLacey has stated that Waste Management. Believing strongly that walls around two steel cells for male prisoners Carlow College has been a very important and and another for women. But then in 1985, the children need a solid foundation in education positive influence on her life. Fulfilling her touched with a sense of wonder to develop little brick jail house was slated for demolition roles as both a wife and a mother, DeLacey to make way for new development. their minds, she has been active in parent was still able to attend to her Carlow College groups and is a volunteer tutor and school li­ The local historians who fought to preserve course work with consistency and accomplish­ the jail house organized to become the Sag brarian for elementary school children. A writ­ ment. DeLacey salutes Carlow College for its ing major with an avid interest in science, she Harbor Historical Society, dedicated to pre­ rigorous academic programs and the loving serving their hometown's heritage for future is considering the possibility of teaching after and graceful community the college supports. graduation. generations. So I ask my colleagues in the Mr. Speaker, all of these women have been House of Representatives to join me in salut­ A lifelong resident of Dormont, Kelley blessed with a number of precious gifts-en­ Beeson, was named as the Student of Spirit ing the Sag Harbor Historical Society for all ergy, enthusiasm, intelligence, compassion, their efforts. for April 1996. Kelley is a 1992 graduate of competence-and they have made it a point Keystone Oaks High School and has made to share these gifts with those around them. the dean's list for four semesters at Carlow Carlow College has chosen well in selecting College. Kelley is senior editor of Carlow Col­ PASTOR JIM LYON'S-LIFE IN A them as its Students of Spirit for this year. lege's literary anthology. She has also pub­ CHRISTIAN HOME lished poetry in national anthologies of the writings of college students. Last fall, she was A TRffiUTE TO THE SAG HARBOR HON. DAVID M. MciNTOSH officially invited to join the Madwomen in the HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF INDIANA Attic, Carlow College's program for women IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES writers in the Pittsburgh area. HON. MICHAEL P. FORBES Thursday, September 5, 1996 Amy Semancik was selected as Carlow Col­ OF NEW YORK lege Student of Spirit for May 1996. A senior Mr. MciNTOSH. Mr. Speaker, on many oc­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES business management major minoring in com­ casions my wife Ruthie and I have worshiped munications, Amy will assume the presidency Thursday, September 5, 1996 with our special friends at North Anderson of the Student Government Association at Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Church of God. Carlow College this fall. Always a trailblazer, pay tribute to the Sag Harbor Historical Soci­ On each visit we are lifted up by the ser­ Amy was active in the creation of the Student ety and its efforts to preserve the rich heritage mons of Pastor Jim Lyon, a young dynamic Senate to represent student concerns about of this colonial-era village on Long Island's minister whom we have grown to know well in issues on the Carlow College campus. For 2 east end. the past few years. years, Amy was a volunteer at Sojourner Settled in the mid-1970's, Sag Harbor is a His talents and interpretation of Holy Scrip­ House, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center bucolic seaside village that was once home to ture is truly moving. in Pittsburgh for women and their children. a fleet of whaling ships during the last century. I would like to summit Pastor Lyon's 10 in­ She has served as a volunteer for the Strategically situated on Long Island's south spiring points on Life at Home into the CON­ Bishop's Annual Dinner for Catholic Charities fork, Sag Harbor has played significant roles GRESSIONAL RECORD for my friends and col­ and the Carlow College Alumnae Association's in many of America's earliest events, from the leagues. annual phonathon, and as an organizer for a Revolutionary War to the Civil War and the in­ The points that Ruthie and I take to heart­ number of student social events. dustrial revolution. ones that all Americans should follow. 22234 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 5, 1996 In my series of ten messages (beginning 9. Biblically-based money management. August 10. On August 11, a church service May 5), I have attempted to highlight some Don't hoard. Develop a budget. Give God the and block party were held in Gary. of the most important characteristics of Life first 10% of your gross income. Measure your Froebel, which was also known as the immi­ in a Christian Home. We spend more time at financial priorities by God's Word. Take con­ home than we do anywhere else; how we ex­ trol of your finances for God, or they will grant school, is presently being surveyed for perience life at home will determine how we control you-reducing you to servitude. landmark status. The Pony Express and stage relate to the rest of our world. 10. Healthy diversity and understanding of coaches changed horses at a way station lo­ LIFE AT HOME SHOULD BE DISTINGUISHED BY God's gender design. God created two kinds cated on the Froebel property en route to Chi­ 1. A commitment to biblical boundaries for of people in this world: male and female. cago. Friedrich Froebel, who believed toddlers the expression of human sexuality. Biblical Recognize and celebrate the different ways could be educated, instituted the first kinder­ boundaries for sexual activity are more nar­ each gender perceives the world and each gartens and invented the alphabeticaVnumeri­ rowly drawn than those established by our other; do not allow that diversity to com­ cal building blocks that are used worldwide by promise harmony and peace in your Life at society; the Bible forbids sexual activity be­ preschoolers. On September 9, 1907, actual tween persons who are not married to each Home. Use it instead to make Life at Home other. All sexual activity (that involves gen­ more interesting. class work began at the 14th street school as ital contact) between persons outside of mar­ There are, of course, other elements that it was called before Froebel opened. In 1910, riage is sin and severely compromises your should characterize Life at Home for Chris­ the city of Gary authorized a 1D-acre site for ability to experience God's presence and tians. But these are beginning points. Once I the construction of Froebel. It was completed blessing in your home. A clear and absolute have mastered these, I will be in a position and opened in September 1912. William A. commitment to biblical values in this area to suggest some others. All of these ideas, however, are contingent Wirt, a student of Froebel's philosophies, will protect your home and enhance every made it mandatory that the Gary schools im­ relationship you have. upon the Lordship of Christ in your personal 2. Forgiveness. Relationships at home can life. If you have not been transformed by the plement kindergarten through 12th grade at bring great pain-people do not always meet Holy Spirit (in process Jesus described as this school. All of the high tech concepts of our expectations, sometimes they delib­ being born again), the application of these the era were realized in the Froebel curriculum erately injure us, sometimes they hurt us principles cannot be maximized. Start with a and soon this Gary plan gained prominence without intending to do so (but the pain is commitment to Christ. Give yourself-and and was adopted by many school districts na­ real, nonetheless). Life at Home can never your home-to His control. Then, pursue the tionwide. Froebel High School was converted include the Spirit of Christ if unforgiveness ten distinguishing marks above-and Life at into a middle school in 1969 and the last class is allowed to reside there. We cannot receive Home will never be the same; you will find God's forgiveness if we are not willing to ex­ that it has never been better. that was held in that building was in 19n. tend forgiveness to others; we cannot find Since that time, Froebel School has remained peace at home, until we choose to forgive at closed. home. TRIBUTE TO ALUMNI OF FROEBEL Mr. Speaker, I am thrilled that the residents 3. Acceptance. If you do not feel accepted HIGH SCHOOL AND ROOSEVELT of Gary took the time to celebrate and appre­ at home, insecurity will undermine all of HIGH SCHOOL ciate their city's history. May the alumni of your relationships everywhere else. To know that you have intrinsic worth apart from Froebel and Roosevelt High Schools continue how you perform 1n life, empowers you to HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY to honor their schools and exude the pride love and accept others--and to comprehend OF INDIANA that has persevered to unite everyone in Gary. the love of God. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 4. Righteous Memory. Intentionally create wonderful, righteous memories for the peo­ Thursday, September 5, 1996 RECOGNITION OF THE ple in your home, so that when they are Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker: It is with PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW faced with difficulties and challenges, they great pleasure that I commend the alumni of will be able to draw from a reservoir of memories that will bring the Lord to mind Froebel High School on the celebration of the HON. JOHN P. MUR1HA and give them hope. 12th anniversary of their first reunion family OF PENNSYLVANIA 5. Boundaries. Every home needs bound­ picnic. This picnic was held on Saturday. Au­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES aries. Establish clear lines of acceptable be­ gust 10, 1996, on the grounds of what used to havior-and reasonable consequences for liv­ be Froebel High School in Gary, IN. Thursday, SeptemberS, 1996 ing within or outside those lines. Adults An originator of the event and current chair­ Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, when the Pitts­ must set boundaries and consequences for man of the Froebel class of 1962, the honor­ burgh Press ceased publication of its after­ their children, for themselves, and for each other-and then follow-through with them. able Vernon Smith, State representative for In­ noon daily and Sunday editions, the Pittsburgh Failure to do so is a prescription for disaster. diana's fourteenth district, stated that this pic­ Post Gazette increased its service to the area, 6. Husbands who love their wives as Christ nic was originated in 1984 to maintain the but a tradition of newspaper competition that loves the Church. In every home established inner city spirit and rivalry between the alumni had existed for many decades disappeared. by marriage, there should be a husband who of the Froebel Blue Devils and the Gary Roo­ Several publications tried to fill that void, but knows how to prove his love to his wife, with sevelt Panthers. Initially, the graduating class­ the most successful has been the publication passion, intimacy, and commitment. A man es of 1962 from both high schools combined of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, headed by should not expect to enjoy the privileges of Richard Scaife. The paper has had remark­ marriage without first assuming its respon­ efforts to create a nostalgia reunion. This sib111ties: loving, giving, protecting, and began with a basketball game between the able circulation growth and annual increases honoring his wife. two alumni groups and was followed by a in advertising linage. 7. Speaking the truth in love. Life at Home dance. Recently, however, the Roosevelt class In an age when we seldom see newspaper should be grounded in honest, straight­ of 1972 has taken over responsibility from its expansion, I want to note that on September forward, and loving conversation. Don't class of 1962 and the two schools have sepa­ 10, Mr. Scaife will break ground for a new fa­ pout, use sarcasm, accuse, or avoid difficult rated a few of their events. The current chair­ cility called the Newsworks, in Marshall town­ issues. Recognize that truth may have more man of Roosevelt's class of 1972 is Dwight ship, a suburb of Pittsburgh. This will increase than one perspective and that all commu­ E. nication must be predicated with love. Pointer. the number of new presses for the newspaper, 8. The way parents are honored. Honoring Representative Smith stated that Roosevelt create some 500 jobs during the construction our parents (even when they are trouble­ and Froebel were the most competitive phase, and create over 100 permanent skilled some) is a commandment of God-the first schools in this area. Therefore, they created craftsperson positions when the plant be­ with a promise. Respect for authority is a this event to recapture the great memories comes operational. key to establishing healthy relationships and allow the generations of graduates to con­ The news media is always stronger for com­ throughout life; respect for our parent is the tinue the tradition. In fact, many people return petition, and the continued development of the first step in developing respect for others. Search for the good in your parents, and to Gary to attend this celebratory event. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is good for western honor them for it. Sometimes parents need This event, which usually attracts over 3,000 Pennsylvania, good for workers, good for the to be confronted with the truth of their people, was again held in conjunction with the news business, good for the full coverage of shortcomings-that honors them, too. Mak­ week-long nostalgia event. On August 7, a ca­ controversial subjects, good for a selection in ing peace with our parents opens the door for sino night was held at the Genesis Center fol­ editorial commentary, and good for the overall · whole relationships at home and elsewhere. lowed by the picnic and nostalgia dance on rebuilding of western Pennsylvania's economy. September 5, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22235 It's a pleasure for me to congratulate Rich­ TRIBUTE TO A FLIER some of the best colleges in the country. He ard Scaife and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review chose the University of Pittsburgh because of its exemplary track program. He was on a on this positive development. I hope this ex­ HON. WILLIAM (BIU) CLAY world record relay team. ample lends impetus to other business leaders OF MISSOURI Although sports were important to Jones, to reinvest in their core businesses to expand IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES academics came first. In college, Jones got and grow. up at three o'clock every morning to study. Thursday, September 5,1996 His dedication and self-discipline paid off Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, bustling in the skies when he was hired right out of college as an engineer by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. OCEAN DUMPING TERMINATION overhead-airplanes and helicopters, satellites ACT OF 1996 After one year at Lockheed, Jones joined and spaceships, dirigibles and sometimes the Air Force, and entered flight training. even UFO's-orbit the Earth in voyages of He ranked first in academics and first in fly­ HON. JIM SAXTON commerce, missions of mercy, war, flights of ing ability, but he was sent to navigation OF NEW JERSEY fantasy, and excursions of adventure and lei­ school and became a navigator. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sure. It was not until he had completed navi­ gator training and was assigned to Travis Thursday, September 5,1996 For centuries our ancestors had no paths Air Force Base in California that he got the through the clouds. Once, most thought man opportunity to attend pilot training. A gen­ Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to would never fly; that only birds might soar the eral recognized Jones's ability and mentored introduce a bill entitled the "Ocean Dumping kingdom of clouds and rainbows. Today pilots him, leading to his return to aviation school Termination Act of 1996." steer passengers through the clouds and and pilot training. Next, he was sent to Viet­ This bill goes a long way to solving some across the starry skies because dreamers and nam, where he flew air tankers that refueled recent problems we have had with attempts to bombers in flight. After six years in the Air thinkers and inventors held to a faith that Force, during which he flew 126 missions in weaken ocean dumping regulations. While someday man would navigate the heavens. some would have us believe that protection of Vietnam, Jones left military life to become Those who keep faith in their missions open the first African American pilot to fly for the oceans is something we can worry about new worlds and inspire us all to reach new Pan American Airlines. later, coming from the Third District of New heights. Because of his rich experiences in aviation, Jersey, I know that ocean protection is some­ I would like to take this opportunity ·to share Captain Jones strongly believes that young thing that must happen now. people should continue to pursue aeronauti­ a little bit of the story of one of our Nation's cal careers: "Opportunities will be there for In 1988 I was part of the original effort to first black commercial airline pilots. Perry cease the dumping of toxic substances into young people who want to be in aviation, Jones is one of those faithful whose hard even with the current trend toward scaling the ocean. I was part of this effort because I work, spirit, and dedication chartered a new down the airlines." personally saw and had to live through the en­ course to the future. He is a model for young As president of the Organization of Black vironmental havoc caused by wholesale ocean people who are pursuing dreams of flying and Airline Pilots, Captain Jones testifies before dumping. The beaches of New Jersey were he is a model for older people who are Congress and makes television and radio ap­ coated with trash and toxic waste--the beach­ pearances about blacks in aviation-there searching out new rainbows when they retire are approximately 660 black airline pilots in es were closed and the coastal economy was from their life's work. Mr. Speaker, Capt. M. in ruins. the United States today. The Organization of Perry Jones is one of our Nation's high-flying Black Airline Pilots holds seminars and Today, through stringent ocean dumping heroes. flight schools, and provides support to aspir­ regulations, the beaches of New Jersey have Enclosed is a copy of an article on Capt. M. ing pilots and persons already flying for the rebounded. Each year we get millions of visi­ Perry Jones which was recently published by airlines. tors to New Jersey's beaches. These visitors Captain Jones believes that he owes a debt Visions magazine and written by Mr. Ronald to the people who helped him, so he volun­ generate billions of dollars of revenue for the Johnson and Ms. Constance Gipson of the State and the Nation. teers countless hours working with young California Department of Education. African Americans, helping them pursue Why, then, have there been recently at­ CAPTAIN M. PERRY JONES their career goals. He wants to see young Af­ tempts to turn back the clock on this great en­ rican American men gain self-esteem vironmental success story? Because of the PILOT, DELTA AIRLINES; PRESIDENT, ORGANIZATION OF BLACK AIRLINE PILOTS through meaningful employment so that greed and political aspirations of a few. Why there can be a return to the sense of family should those few benefit from environmental Birthplace: Cartersville, Virginia. that has traditionally been part of the black Raised: Montclair, New Jersey. culture. "Young men need to learn how to degradation? They should not. And they will Resides: Glen Ridge, New Jersey. not on my watch. get a good job so that they can raise their Captain M. Perry Jones was born in fam1l1es with dignity. They can't respect Today I introduce the Ocean Dumping Ter­ Cartersville, Virginia, and lived with his others until they have learned to respect mination Act to stop this downslide of environ­ grandparents on a small farm. His grand­ themselves." Captain M. Perry Jones lives mental protection. This bill will close the only father was his hero. "Wherever he went, I and practices the philosophy, "I judge myself remaining mud dump site off the coast of New went. I was his shadow," he recalls fondly. on how I have helped other people to reach Jersey 6 months from enactment of the act. "He, my grandmother, and my aunts played their goals." a major role in my life." Captain Jones From the date of signature on this act, all cat­ joined his parents and his brother in New egory II dump materials-materials toxic to the Jersey when he was ten. ocean and to people--will completely cease. TRIBUTE TO THE PONAGANSET "I knew I wanted to be a pilot when I was WIND ENSEMBLE And this bill will assure that steps can be five or six years old. I used to watch planes taken to mitigate any remaining environmental fly over my house and dream of becoming a harm that could result from this mound of pilot. Because I was poor, I didn't know how HON. JACK REED sludge sitting just 12 miles off the coast of I was going to do it, but I knew what I want­ OF RHODE ISLAND New Jersey. ed." Now, after overcoming numerous obsta­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cles, Captain Perry Jones flies an A310, also Thursday, September 5, 1996 As one of my esteemed colleagues, who known as an air bus, between New York and has served the interests of the oceans for over Europe, touching down in such cities as Bu­ Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec­ 20 years, stated earlier today on this floor, we charest, Warsaw, Hamburg, and Budapest, ognize the superb performance of the work for the sanctity of the critters of the and many other exciting places. Ponaganset Wind Ensemble at the 1996 Inter­ ocean. Those critters do not care about the An honor student and athlete in high national Youth and Music Festival in Vienna, demarcation between Democrats and Repub­ school, Jones went on to earn two college de­ Austria. licans-but they care more than they are able grees at the same time, one in aeronautical The Ponaganset Wind Ensemble, instructed to say about the health of their environment. engineering and the other in mechanical en­ by Mr. Nedo Pandolfi of Ponaganset High I care about the health and welfare of that en­ gineering at the same time. Being focused was his key to success in high school and School in Rhode Island's Foster/Glocester Re­ vironment and the people of New Jersey and college. He was determined to be the best. In gional School District, met all expectations by this Nation and I can do something about it. high school, he excelled in math, science, taking first place in the festival's band com­ Today, I did. I urge broad support for this bill, and physics, and his extraordinary efforts petition-a feat never before achieved by an the Ocean Dumping Termination Act of 1996. earned him several scholarship offers to ensemble from the Ocean State. 22236 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 5, 1996 Chosen as one of only three bands to rep­ mendous impact on educating children in the tion-which, I hasten to add, I sincerely hope resent the United States, Ponaganset, which School City of Hammond, IN. Mrs. Marge there will not be. placed third at the 1982 Vienna Festival, Keltner, title I director for the School City of Mr. Speaker, an excellent analysis and sum­ showed the world how countless hours of Hammond, retired at the end of the 1996 mary of the Republican platform appeared as practice and dedication can produce brilliance. school year. an editorial in the September 2 issue of The So impressive was Ponaganset's performance Mrs. Keltner began her career in education New Republic. I ask that this excellent editorial that the student's were awarded the Cup of Vi­ in 1955 as a fourth grade classroom teacher. be placed in the RECORD. I urge my col­ enna, an accolade not given every year and She came to the School City of Hammond in leagues to read it. This editorial gives an ex­ awarded only when the festival panel recog­ 1959 in the same capacity. In 1965, Mrs. cellent summary of some of the most egre­ nizes exemplary musical performance. Keltner's teaching assignment changed when gious and disturbing problems with that ex­ The Ensemble's 46 young musicians, ages she became the title I reading teacher. Title I tremist document. 14 to 18, not only successfully competed on is a federally funded educational program that [From the New Republic, Sept. 2, 1996) an international stage, but also found bound­ assists students who have reading problems. PLATFORM DIVING less opportunities to receive a priceless musi­ Mrs. Keltner's role with title I expanded Is the Republican platform worth reading? cal education. The Wind Ensemble performed through the years as she became a title I Not to Bob Dole, who still hasn't found the for numerous crowds at local fairs and open reading teacher coordinator, instructional su­ time, nor to the GOP's oh-so-moderate con­ air arenas throughout Vienna's historical pervisor, and, finally, program director. Mrs. vention speakers, who appear chosen largely downtown area, and also visited the memori­ Keltner also taught undergraduate and grad­ because they disagree with its plank on abor­ als to some of the world's most legendary uate level education at Indiana University tion (criminalize it, even when the mother's composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, and Northwest and Purdue University Calumet. life is at stake). But although the platform is, predictably, a farrago of inoffensive pab­ Strauss. In addition to her work with the title I pro­ ulum ("We are the party of the American Mr. Pandolfi established the Ponaganset gram, Mrs. Keltner worked diligently to foster family, educating children, caring for the Wind Ensemble program in 1960, the same literacy. She is currently a charter member of sick ...") and unintended hilarity ("Prisons year that Ponaganset High School was found­ the Hammond Area Reading Council and has should not be places of rest and relaxation"), ed. Thirty-six years later, both the instructor served on the board of directors for the Cal­ it still provides a useful glimpse into the and the pupils should be praised for their mo­ umet Area Literary Council. In addition, Mrs. contradictions of what remains the closest mentous achievement, which is an experience Keltner served two terms as president of the thing America has to a majority party. whose memories will last a lifetime. Indiana State Reading Council and was ap­ Take, for example, the planks on terror­ ism, which both excoriate President Clinton Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me pointed by Governor Bayh to a statewide Lit­ for coddling terrorists and pander to the in congratulating the following members of the eracy Coalition. GOP's Ruby Ridge wing: "To take away the Ponaganset Wind Ensemble, who have clearly Marge Keltner can be very proud of the liberty of the American people while fighting illustrated what we can achieve when we fol­ work she has done to improve the quality of terrorism is repugnant to the history and low our dreams. Their accomplishments are life for the citizens of Indiana's First Congres­ character of our nation." How will the anti­ indicative of the perseverance and effort nec­ sional District. She serves as a positive role big government Republicans fight terrorism essary to achieve success: model for teachers and students alike, and while opposing things like taggants to trace Monique Barrett, Foster; Jesse Poulin, Fos­ proves that with a little assistance from a car­ bomb-powder? Establish a "blue ribbon" commission. Nothing scares killers like a ter; Josh Bedard, Foster; Katie Bedard, Fos­ ing teacher, a child can grow into and prosper panel of experts. ter; Andrew Fast, Foster; Aletha Holmes, Fos­ as a productive adult. Elsewhere, the platform gets similarly ter; Hilary McElroy, Foster; Richard Muldoon, caught between its enthusiasm for states' Foster; Jennifer Sherblum, Foster; Diane rights and its insistence that they do the Shippee, Foster; Dyani Tait, Foster; Diana THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLAT­ right-wing thing. The GOP would "require Walden, Foster; Colin Walsh, Foster. FORM: FORMER SENATOR BOB the original sponsor of [any) proposed federal Melissa Alberg, Glocester; Tom Alberg, DOLE SAID HE DID NOT READ legislation to cite specific constitutional au­ Glocester; Kim Angarella, Glocester; Roger IT-BUT IT SHOULD BE READ thority for the measure." Yet the platform Bissell, Glocester; Daniel Boucher, Glocester; cites no such authority for its own calls to nationalize product-liability law and to force Katie Broccoli, Glocester; Brooke Brown, HON. TOM LANTOS legal reforms upon the states: "restore lim­ Glocester; Courtney Brown, Glocester; Peter OF CALIFORNIA ited liability" to churches "to provide pro­ Carpenter, Glocester; Scott Carpenter, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tection against profit-seeking lawsuits," Glocester; Brendan Carroll, Glocester; Jesse Thursday, September 5, 1996 "eliminate the use of junk science" by "op­ Chace, Glocester; Nick Collins, Glocester; portunistic attorneys" and so on. Sarah Colwell, Glocester; Stephanie Darigan, Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, 3 weeks ago the Along with scrapping the Education De­ Glocester; Matthew Dube, Glocester; Chris­ American people were treated to a confusing partment, the platform says plainly, "the topher Fellow, Glocester; Tara Foley, spectacle in San Diego. The platform adopted federal government has no constitutional au­ by the Republican Party 1 week before the thority to be involved in the school curric­ Glocester; Beth Hammond, Glocester; Danielle ula." But a few lines later comes a truly bi­ Lavendier, Glocester; Bethany Lyford, Republican convention reflected the same ex­ zarre call for Napoleonic micromanagement: Glocester; Megan Mason, Glocester; Nathan tremist, Contract-With-America rhetoric that we an exhortation to "requir[e) our public Mason, Glocester; Nicholas Pinder, Glocester; in the Congress have witnessed for the past schools to dedicate one full day each year to Jane Ragno, Glocester; Michael Roberto, 20 months. This is the same extremist pro­ studying the Declaration of Independence Glocester; Pamela Roberto, Glocester; Re­ gram that the majority of the American people and the Constitution." becca Ruge, Glocester; Sarah Stevenson, have clearly and unequivocally rejected. Why not a week? For when the Repub­ Glocester; James Teeter, Glocester; Adam The following week, a tightly-scripted con­ licans get through with the Constitution, vention took place in San Diego which ignored there'll be a lot more of it to study. A cur­ Tillinghast, Glocester; Elizabeth Tucker, sory count yields calls for six new amend­ Glocester; Rachel Zanella, Glocester. the existence of this radical document. That ments: to extend Fourteenth Amendment same convention-for obvious reasons-also citizenship protections to the unborn; to ignored the so-called Contract With America. deny them to the children of illegal immi­ TRffiUTE TO MRS. MARGE The Republican Presidential candidate, grants born in the U.S.; to protect "victims' KELTNER former Senator Robert Dole, told the press he rights"; and, of course. to outlaw the various had not read his party's platform. The Repub­ forms of mutilation and political adornment HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY lican platform, however, does deserve to be that might fall under the category of "dese­ read, Mr. Speaker, because it is important for cration" of the American flag. Banning abor­ OF INDIANA tion and flag-burning are hardy perennials, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the American people to know the views of and victims' rights, too, is becoming a famil­ those who are in the majority within the Re­ Thursday, September 5,1996 iar pander. The denial of birthright citizen­ publican Party. The Republican platform tells ship, however-a radical shift in our notion Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, I would like us the views of the people who will play lead­ of Americanhood-demands vociferous rebut­ to honor a great citizen who has made a tre- ing roles if there should be a Dole administra- tal from all responsible quarters. September 5, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22237 In its economic planks, the platform Richard" decision, subsequently got into an INTRODUCTION OF PRIORITY states, '"Research and development is our embarrassing traffic scrape with police. Now SMALL BUSINESS PAPERWORK commitment to the future." It then endorses comes word Loren Heinemann, the lawyer REDUCTION ACT "de-emphasizing the role of government"­ who won custody of "Baby Richard" for that is, cutting spending-on R&D, which is Otakar Kirchner, (a decision upheld by what the GOP Congress proposed. The next Heiple), has filed for personal bankruptcy. paragraph praises a Dole-sponsored law that According to the Chicago Daily Law Bul­ HON. BERNARD SANDERS expanded federally funded research. The GOP letin, Heinemann lists $602,000 in liabilities. OF VERMONT sounds similarly confused on homeowner­ He also is defending himself in five unrelated ship, which, it declares, "is not something cases of professional misconduct. Do we de­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES government gives to the people, but rather tect a "Baby Richard" curse at work here? something they can attain for them­ Thursday, September 5, 1996 selves.... " Two sentences later, it reiter­ ates support for the mortgage interest tax Mr. SANDERS. Mr. Speaker, last year the deduction, a subsidy the government pro­ 104th Congress marked up and passed the TRIBUTE TO GERTRUDE "GERT" vides to boost homeownership. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. I was On foreign policy, the platform betrays R.TABER open warfare between the party's neocons pleased to support that legislation in commit­ and its America-firsters. "We vigorously sup­ tee and on the House floor. In fact, I was suc­ port restoring the promotion of democracy HON.GEORGEP.RADANO~CH cessful in including an amendment to this new worldwide," the preamble announces. How? law which makes it a top priority for the Office OF CALIFORNIA Not by using economic aid to reward poor of Management and Budget [OMB], when col­ countries for breaking with authoritarianism. That, the platform says, is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lecting information and applying new informa­ "social welfare spending in the Third Thursday, September 5, 1996 tion technology, to make certain that small World." The multinational disarmament and businesses selling goods and services to the election-monitoring efforts that have given Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I have the Federal Government get paid on time. birth to democracy in Mozambique, Cam­ sad duty today to report to this House the bodia and El Salvador meet with reproof, But this new statute still does not assign death of a fellow elected official, Gertrude too. "Bill Clinton's peacekeeping operations nearly enough priority to cutting the redtape "Gert" R. Taber, from the fifth supervisorial and other global ventures" haven't had "any and paperwork on the smallest of the small discernible benefit to U.S. national secu­ district in my home county of Mariposa, CA. I rity." Of course not. Promoting democracy had the privilege of serving with Gert on the businesses that are most in need of relief. in impoverished corners of the globe isn't an Mariposa County Board of Supervisors, and of This is because the executive branch gen­ expression of American interests in any di­ knowing Gert as the first lady of Mariposa erally defines a small business to mean any rect way, it's an expression of American be­ since I was a young child. employer of 500 or fewer employees. liefs. But the Buchanan wing of the party doesn't think that America should have Gert served on the board from November Most businesses in Vermont have 10 or moral concerns beyond its borders. So the 1979 until her passing last week. She pro­ fewer employees. Furthermore, I venture to platform's specific foreign policy planks vided the citizens of Mariposa County with 17 say that most Americans don't think of a com­ render its preamble meaningless. years of dedicated service during a time of pany that employs 499 employees as having Bob Dole has, understandably, tried to bury this mishmash of confusion and dishon­ great change in California, and in Mariposa the same needs and problems as a company esty in the scripted moderation of San County. Adapting to change was a starting that employs 25 or fewer employees. point for Gert, when she broke the barriers of Diego. Still, if this is the best statement his We need to focus the attention and limited party can offer about what it would do in of­ the board of supervisors as the first woman resources of OMB and other Federal agencies fice, what does it say about the policies he supervisor in the then 125 year history of that would pursue as president? board. on reducing burdensome paperwork on those it is hurting the most-the smallest businesses Gert had many accomplishments as a su­ that can least afford the time, personnel, and pervisor, mostly for modernizing Mariposa JUSTICE WILL BE DONE additional costs associated with meeting all of County's government by creating new admin­ the Federal Government's regulatory and re­ HON. JOHN T. MYERS istrative, personnel, data processing, commu­ nity services, fire and other departments and porting requirements. OF INDIANA government functions. In addition, she led the This bill does just that. It defines microenter­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES charge for improved planning and instituting prises to be small businesses in America that Thursday, September 5,1996 land use reform; for a comprehensive budget employ 25 or fewer employees. In addition, it Mr. MYERS of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, justice process; for addressing long term space calls upon the Director of the Office of Infor­ sometimes is slow in coming, but usually does needs of the county; and for ensuring that mation and Regulatory Affairs within OMB to prevail. This is the issue in the case involving seniors and children received the best pos­ make it a priority to first consider the adverse sible services. Gert was always an advocate "Baby Richard." This little boy, whose only of­ effects on the smallest of small businesses, for those not able to advocate for them­ fense was being born to a mother who did not when directing and overseeing efforts to cut want him, was taken from the only parents he selves-for making government work for the Federal paperwork and information reporting. ever knew who had legally adopted him at people it can best serve. birth. Through the action of a judge and an at­ Perhaps more importantly, Gert gave of her­ It also makes helping the smallest of small torney he was given to a father who did not self as a wife to Bud Taylor for 49 years, and businesses a priority for voluntary pilot know he existed at the time of his birth. He as a mother of six children. She was an active projects when OMB, other Federal agencies, was promised that he could see his adoptive community member as a Scout leader, 4-H and non-Federal entities test alternative poli­ brother, but that has been denied to this little leader, Key leader, sponsor of youth sporting cies, practices, regulations, and procedures to fellow. activities and rodeo events, and as the candy reduce the Federal paperwork burden. The following article by Hevrdejs & Conklin, lady to a whole generation of Mariposans. Inc. appeared September 3, 1996 in the Chi­ We live in a time when the Federal Govern­ cago Tribune. Gert was an independent, active and caring ment must Jearn to do more with less. There­ [The Chicago Tribune, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1996] voice in the community, and Mariposa will fore, in setting out to cut Federal regulatory miss her. ATTORNEY'S LUCK RUNNING SHORT AFTER costs and paperwork for American businesses, "BABY RICHARD" CASE Mr. Speaker, by honoring Gert Taber, we we should first strive to help the truly vulner­ (By Hevrdejs & Conklin Inc.) hold an example for all Americans as contrib­ able small enterprises who operate much clos­ We know many readers were delighted uting members of their communities. For this er to the margin and whose survival is always when illinois Supreme Court Justice James reason, I am honored to pay tribute to Gert in greater jeopardy. Heiple, who wrote the unpopular "Baby Taber, truly the first lady of Mariposa. 22238 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 5, 1996 THANK YOU, JIM FINLEY, FOR basketball season, Jim can usually be found in Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, August 4, 1996, YOUR LOYAL SERVICE front of a television set, watching his beloved Mrs. Charbonnet's family and friends gathered Arkansas Razorbacks triumphing over their at Los Angeles' renowned Wilfandel Club to HON. JACK FlEIDS opponents. pay tribute to this remarkable and indefati­ OF TEXAS Jim Finley is one of those hard-working men gable woman. I am sure that it was grand IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and women who make all of us in this institu­ celebration, for she is a grand lady. I am tion look better than we deserve. I know he proud to count her as my friend, and delighted Thursday, September 5, 1996 has done that for me, and I appreciate this op­ to have this opportunity to share a glimpse of Mr. FIELDS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it was portunity to publicly thank him for the dedica­ her wonderful life with my colleagues. Please with mixed emotions that I announced last De­ tion, loyalty and professionalism he has exhib­ join me in extending our heartfelt birthday cember 11 my decision to retire from the ited as a member of my staff. wishes to this outstanding centenarian. House at the conclusion of my current term. Jim has yet to decide what he wants to do As I explained at the time, the decision to re­ when I retire from office. But I am confident tire was made more difficult because of the that the skills and professionalism he has DeLAURO HONORS ST. PAUL UAME loyalty and dedication of my staff-and be­ demonstrated as my district administrative as­ CHURCH ON ITS 150TH ANNIVER­ cause of the genuine friendship I feel for them. sistant will lead to continued success in the fu­ SARY Each one of them has served the men and ture. women of Texas' Eighth Congressional District Mr. Speaker, I know you join with me in HON. ROSA L Del.AURO in an extraordinary way. saying ''thank you" to Jim Finley for his years OF CONNECTICUT Today, I want to thank one member of my of loyal service to me, to the men and women IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES staff-Jim Finley, my district administrative as­ of Texas' Eighth Congressional District, and to sistant-for all he's done for me and my con­ this great institution. And I know you join with Thursday, September 5,1996 stituents in the 16 years that he was worked me in wishing him, and his lovely wife, Margie, Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, in my office. the very best in the years ahead. September 15, 1996 the officers and members I met Jim in 1980, when I was first running Thank you, Mr. Speaker. of Saint Paul Union American Methodist Epis­ for Congress and he was working as manag­ copal Church will gather to celebrate the ing editor of the Baytown Sun. While Jim and church's 150th anniversary. I am pleased to the Baytown Sun remained scrupulously fair TRIDUTE TO ODETTE ORAH rise today to congratulate the St. Paul UAME and impartial throughout the campaign, he and LOUISE CHARBONNET congregation on this special occasion. I developed a friendship as a result of frequent The church has an incredibly rich history. meetings. Jim had worked at various news­ HON. JUUAN C. DIXON The church traces its roots as far back to papers throughout southeast Texas in the pre­ OF CALIFORNIA 1805 and developed from a strong tradition of ceding 19 years, and had served as the man­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES grass-roots initiatives and organizing. The aging editor of the Baytown Sun for the pre­ Thursday, September 5, 1996 Saint Paul Union American Methodist Epis­ vious 10 years. Mr. DIXON. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased copal Church, as it is now known, has a his­ I admired his hard work and professionalism to salute Mrs. Odette Orah Louise Charbonnet tory which begins in 1847. Organized in 1952 at the Baytown Sun, and after the election, I of Los Angeles, CA, on the occasion of her by lay Elder John Williams, it was originally was delighted when he agreed to head up my 1Oath birthday, which she observed on August called the Ecclestial Society and was located district office. 8, 1996. at 47 Webster Street. The church was later As a result of redistricting, Jim now over­ Affectionately known as Mother, Odette was moved to 69 Webster Street and renamed the sees three district offices-in Humble, Conroe, born in new Orleans, LA, on August 8, 1896. African Union Church by lay Elder William and College Station. Jim's work in managing She was the third child born to Thomas and Walker. Finally, in 1920 the church became the operations of my district office was recog­ Julia Clayton. As a young girl, Odette teamed the Saint Paul Union American Methodist nized in 1986 when he was asked to come to with her sister to form a dancing and singing Episcopal Church. In 1938 the city of New Washington, DC, to advise newly elected Re­ duo known as the Clayton Sisters. The Clay­ Haven began the Elm Haven housing project. publican Members of Congress on the effec­ ton Sisters performed in New Orleans, as well St. Paul was located in the middle of the pro­ tive and efficient workings of district offices. as in surrounding areas. posed project and a decision was made to The advice he provided helped many of my It was at one of these performances that move the church, intact, to the south side of colleagues get their own district offices up and Mother met the debonair Joseph Louis Dixwell Avenue. The church was moved and running in a manner that effectively serves Charbonnet, Daddy Joe. Daddy Joe and Moth­ completely renovated. The church was dedi­ their constituents. er married in July 1918. They were blessed by cated on May 12, 1940 under the pastorate of Jim has represented me at countless meet­ a union spanning 40 years-a union that pro­ the late Rev. James E. Henry. ings over the years I was unable to attend, duced five children: Helena, Joseph, Jr., The church continued to grow and in 1956 and has attended virtually all of my 569 town known as Bubby, Leroy, Joyce, and Nolan. was assigned the Rt. Rev. David E. Hackett. meetings held throughout the Eighth Congres­ By 1950, Mother and Daddy Joe had settled It was the leadership of Reverend Hackett sional District. in Los Angeles. They were joined by many of which facilitated great progress and growth of Jim has long been active in his community. their friends from New Orleans, and soon the church. During that time church property He is a past president of the Kiwanis Club of formed social clubs which would become the was improved, a financial reserve maintained Baytown, and served as chairman of the com­ hub for many of their social and philanthropic and community services were expanded. The mittee responsible for the construction of the activities. church also fondly remembers the tenure of Kiwanis War Memorial in Baytown. He is a Mother was a gifted seamstress, who could the Rev. Dr. Clyde J. Bobo Bowman who was former member, and past president, of the always be found at her sewing machine turn­ assigned to St. Paul in 1971. The Reverend board of directors of BayCoast Hospital. And ing out enviable designs to rival the most tal­ Bowman initiated a community based ministry he is a charter member of the Baytown Go­ ented couturiers. She would spend all day la­ that sought to address the problems and con­ Texas Committee of the Houston Livestock boring over her elegant designs, but in the cerns of senior citizens, the church's neighbor­ Show and Rodeo. evening her attention would turn to her second hood, and the young people and children in When he is not working, Jim enjoys spend­ love-playing cards. Her love of card games the area. This community based philosophy is ing time with his children and grandchildren: would evolve into a passion for Las Vegas. one that the church continues to espouse. his daughter, Robin, and her husband, Steve Most of all, however, Mother has always The St. Paul UAME Church is a clear exam­ Richards, and their children, Katie and Reid; adored her family and her church. She is a ple of the important role of the church in peo­ and his son, Scott, and his wife, Jackie Finley, steadfast and devout member of Trans­ ple's lives today. The church gives everyone a and their children, Devin and Falynn. An avid figuration Catholic Church. For the past quar­ place to find their spiritual center and to solid­ race fan, Jim worked for many years as a ter of a century, she has been the proud recip­ ify and support their values. In addition to min­ member of the pit crew of Scott's champion­ ient of the church's Mother's Day corsage, istering to the needs of its own congregation, ship racing operation. And come football or presented to the oldest member in attendance. the St. Paul UAME Church r~ches out to the September 5, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22239 whole community. The church tackles difficult Khalra's kidnapping by releasing him, end­ Gateway, as well as the hospital utilization social problems like drug use, poverty and vio­ ing the mass cremation policy, and arresting project, Equibank, McDonald's Corp., and the lence. At a time when public support for gov­ and trying those responsible for these atroc­ Urban League of Pittsburgh. She serves on ities. Otherwise, the United States, the na­ the executive committee of the Arthritis Foun­ ernment intervention and programs is low, it is tion that is truly the world's largest democ­ critical that churches and community organiza­ racy, should stop all aid to the Indian gov­ dation. She is a cochair of the Nursing Re­ tions reach out to those most in need. I com­ ernment and institute an embargo against cruitment Coalition fund-raiser. Ms. Martin has mend the St. Paul UAME Church for leading India so that American companies cannot been actively involved in the Bethesda Center, the way and rising to the challenges of com­ prop up this repressive tyranny with their the Urban League of Pittsburgh, the bating these social problems. I am pleased to dollars. It is the only decent thing to do. Lemington Home for the Aged, and N.E.E.D. offer my sincerest congratulations to the Susan Bohn, executive vice president of church on its 150th anniversary. I know the corporate development and communications church will continue to be an important force HONORING THE CARLOW COLLEGE for PNC Bank Corp. was selected as the in the lives of both the members of the con­ WOMEN OF SPIRIT Woman of Spirit for December 1995. She has gregation and the larger community for many held a number of positions of responsibility at more years to come. HON. WIWAM J. COYNE PNC Bank Corp. and its predecessor org·ani­ OF PENNSYLVANIA zation, PNC Bank. Ms. Bohn holds a Ph.D. in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES language communications from the University FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF KHALRA of Pittsburgh. She has served on the board of Thursday, September 5, 1996 KIDNAPPING: FREE KHALRA NOW the Pittsburgh Public Theater and as program Mr. COYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to leader for the Financial Women International HON. EDOLPHOS TOWNS honor some very special women-the Carlow and the National Educational Researchers' As­ OF NEW YORK College Women of Spirit for the year 199~96. sociation. She has been a featured speaker IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Carlow College is a private Catholic college for the Bank Marketing Association, the Amer­ for women in Pittsburgh. The college, founded ican Marketing Association, and the American Thursday, September 5,1996 in 1929, created its Woman of Spirit Award to Society for Training and Development. She Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today tore­ call attention to women in the Pittsburgh area has served as an adjunct faculty member at mind my colleagues that Friday, September 6, who exemplify the college's ideals of com­ Carlow College and as a communications con­ marks the anniversary of the kidnapping of petent and compassionate service in both their sultant for various Pittsburgh-based compa­ human rights Jaswant Singh Khalra by the personal and professional lives. The college nies and area school districts. Punjab police. Mr. Khalra observes this anni­ presents a Woman of Spirit Award every The Carlow College Board of Trustees se­ versary still in custody, his whereabouts un­ month, and it holds a gala event each year to lected Ms. Jo DeBolt as the Carlow College of known. His wife states that he is in the cus­ pay tribute to the award recipients for the pre­ Spirit for January 1996. Ms. DeBolt has been tody of India's brutal Intelligence Bureau, one ceding year. the executive director of the Mon Valley Initia­ of the agencies involved in beating an elderly This year's Woman of Spirit Award recipi­ tive, a regional grassroots community develop­ Sikh leader in need of emergency medical ents are prominent members of the area's ment organization, since 1988. The Mon Val­ treatment. According to an eyewitness who business community, the art world, the edu­ ley Initiative is widely recognized as a model shared a jail cell at Nangal Police Station with cation community, and the medical profession. for regional development. Ms. DeBolt serves Mr. Khalra last October, Mr. Khalra had been Many of them are active in local charities and on the boards of many Pittsburgh area organi­ beaten into unconsciousness at that time. One community organizations. In fact, many zations, including the Lazarus fund for the can only imagine the brutal torture he has suf­ Woman of Spirit have impressive accomplish­ Pittsburgh Presbytery and the Methodist Union fered in the past year. I am inserting into the ments in more than one fields, and all of them of Social Agencies. Ms. DeBolt holds an MBA RECORD a press release on this gruesome an­ also have noteworthy personal and spiritual from the University of Pittsburgh. She is the niversary from the Council of Khalistan. lives. I would like to mention each award re­ mother of four children. Mr. Khalra was general secretary of the cipient personally. Loti Falk Gaffney was selected as the Human Rights Wing (Shiromani Akali Dal) The Carlow College Woman of Spirit for Oc­ Women of Spirit for February 1996. She at the time that he was kidnapped. In that tober 1995 was Joyce Bender. Ms. Bender is serves on the boards of a number of local cul­ capacity, he published a report showing that the president and owner of Bender & Associ­ tural institutions, including the Pittsburgh Ballet the Indian regime had kidnapped more than ates and Bender Consulting Services, Inc. She Theater, the Pittsburgh Symphony Society, 25,000 young Sikh men. These innocent Sikhs were then tortured and murdered by the po­ has been active in the executive search indus­ and the Chamber Music Society. Mrs. Gaffney lice. Their bodies were declared "unidenti­ try in Pittsburgh for over 16 years. Ms. Bender is also a member of the board of the fied" and cremated to cover up police re­ is a board director for the Data Processing Shadyside Hospital Foundation. She is a sponsibility. After publishing this report, Management Association, and she is a past founding member of the Academy for Life Mr. Khalra was told by the Tarn Taran po­ president of the Association for Business Man­ Long Learning affiliated with Carnegie Mellon lice chief, Ajit S. Sandhu, "We made 25,000 agement and the Pittsburgh Case Users University. Mrs. Gaffney attended the disappear. It would not be hard to make one Group. Ms. Bender has also demonstrated a Sorbonne and New York Cooper Union, and more disappear." long-term commitment to creating employment she holds honorary doctoral degrees in art Just last month, however, the government confirmed the policy of mass cremations. Its opportunities for women and individuals with from Bethany College and Shenandoah Con­ own Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) physical disabilities. She is a member of the servatory and University. She has 2 sons, 8 told the Indian Supreme Court that it had Business Advisory Committee for the Institute stepchildren, 4 grandchildren, and 18 "prima facie evidence" of at least 984 such of Advanced Technology, an organization that stepgrandchildren. cremations based on its preliminary inves­ provides computer systems education to indi­ Patricia Regan Rooney, a mother of nine tigation. The Supreme Court justices who viduals who are physically challenged, and with a formal background in education, has heard the case called the mass cremation she was the 1995 chairperson for Tech-Link, been active in a number of community cultural policy "worse than a genocide." and charitable organizations. Mrs. Rooney The investigation is ongoing, but no one an organization that introduces middle and has yet been punished for these brutal acts. high school students with physical disabilities holds a master's degree in education from the The Indian regime refuses to punish Mr. to technology. She recently opened Bender University of Pittsburgh. She has worked as Sandhu. Despite an indictment against Mr. Consulting Services, Inc., to provide employ­ an instructor at Robert Morris College, where Sandhu and eight other police officers in­ ment opportunities in the information industry she has also served on the college's board of volved in kidnapping Mr. Khalra, he has not to physically challenged people who are directors. She has been actively involved in yet been arrested. Instead, he gave an inter­ trained in information systems. volunteer work for the Salvation Army, the Re­ view to an Indian newspaper in which he said Marcia Martin was honored as the Woman habilitation Institute, the American Diabetes that he is proud of his actions. Why is Mr. Association Western Pennsylvania Chapter, Sandhu still at large? of Spirit for November 1995. Ms. Martin is the If India is serious about the democratic vice president of marketing and community re­ the board of advisors of the Pittsburgh Sym­ values it so loudly proclaims, it would be ap­ lations for Gateway Health Plan in Pittsburgh. phony, the International Poetry Forum, and the propriate to observe the anniversary of Mr. She has held other management positions at National Center for Learning Disabilities. She 22240 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 5, 1996 has nine grandchildren. Mrs. Rooney was cho­ She is the proud mother of 9 children and the cratic Congress made some extremely difficult sen as the Woman of Spirit for March 1996. grandmother of 18 grandchildren. decisions in 1993, we have succeeded in cut­ Artist and designer Gerry Rosella Boccella Velma Scantlebury, M.D., was selected as ting in half that Reagan/Bush-era legacy of was selected as the Carlow College Woman the Woman of Spirit for August. One of a few huge annual budget deficits. It truly boggles of Spirit for April 1996. Ms. Boccella is a grad­ female African-American transplant surgeons the mind to contemplate the serious con­ uate of Carlow College, and she has been the in the world, Dr. Scantlebury is recognized not sequences that would follow the enactment of creator of the thematic artistic environment for only for her clinical and research contributions the Dole economic plan. the college's Women of Spirit gala celebra­ to the field of transplantation, but for her con­ Mr. Speaker, one of the best summaries tions since the program began. She has de­ tribution as a role model to young students, and analyses of the Dole economic program signed rooms for Sacred Heart Church and the African-American community, and to appeared in an article by Matthew Miller which Carlow College, and she has created designs women pursuing careers in medicine. Dr. was published in the September 2 issue of the for the Diocese of Pittsburgh's Sesquicenten­ Scantlebury is a member of several profes­ New Republic. I ask that this article be placed nial Celebration, the Pittsburgh Opera's benefit sional and scientific societies, including the in the RECORD and I urge my colleagues to Maecenas Ball, the Columbus Day Parade, American Society of Transplant Surgeons and give it careful and thoughtful consideration. and a number of other art events in the re­ the American College of Surgeons, which is [From the New Republic, Sept. 2, 1996). gion. She is a founding member of the East 1994 named her as a fellow. She also serves CHARADES Uberty Arts Council, and she has served on on the Medical Advisory Board and is vice (By Matthew M1ller) the steering committee for the Regent Thea­ chairperson of the African-American Outreach Everybody in this room's gonna get tax re­ ter. She is a board member for Citizens for the Committee at the National Kidney Foundation lief!''-Bob Dole, August 5, 1996. Arts in Pennsylvania. of Western Pennsylvania. When respected politicians offer silly plans Carol Massaro, who was selected as one of Sister Elizabeth Carroll was the September claiming to fix big national problems, jour­ two Women of Spirit in May 1996, has been 1996 Woman of Spirit. After completing her nalists are nonetheless expected to give them the rational analysis only serious plans actively involved in a number of local chari­ doctorate in medieval history from the Catholic deserve. The very effort legitimizes such pro­ table and cultural organizations. She is a University of America in Washington, DC., Sis­ posals as constructive additions to public de­ member of the Pittsburgh Opera Association, ter Carroll taught history for many years at bate. Especially when these schemes are of­ the Pittsburgh Symphony Association, the Carlow College and served as Carlow Col­ fered by a major party's presidential can­ Civic Light Opera Guild, and the 25 Club of lege's President from 1963-66. She also held didate, there's no way around the conun­ Magee Women's Hospital. She has recently teaching positions at Catholic University and drum, except to note it. Which brings us to chaired events for the Pittsburgh Opera, the Marquette University. Often connected to her Bob Dole's new economic "plan." Civic Light Opera, Central Catholic High Everyone knows that Dole's call to cut community, Sister Carroll served on many ad­ taxes S550 billion over six years while also School, and a benefit for multiple sclerosis. visory boards, most notably the board of trust­ balancing the budget betrays his lifelong She is a graduate cum laude from Chatham ees for Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh. An active claims to be a fiscal conservative in favor of College with a degree in history and a minor author and scholar, Sister Carroll has pub­ the "supply-side" voodoo he's loathed. But in art history. She has four children and six lished extensively on many subjects. you need to look at the plan's "details" to grandchildren. Mr. Speaker, all of these women have been really appreciate how it brings budget chica­ Carol Anton Murphy, who shared the blessed with a number of precious gifts-en­ nery to dizzying new heights. Indeed, if Woman of Spirit Award for May 1996 with ergy, enthusiasm, intelligence, compassion, Dole's team of job-seeking economists and Carol Massaro, is a graduate of Carlow Col­ competence-and they have made it a point GOP has-beens had set out to discredit his lege. Ms. Murphy has worked as a speech career-long reputation for fiscal courage, to share these gifts with those around them. they couldn't have done it any better. therapist for the Allegheny County School Sys­ Carlow College's has chosen well in selecting Begin, as Dole does, with the candy. Dole's tem and the Diocese of Pittsburgh. She has them as its Women of Spirit for this year. basic assortment (using his campaign's six­ been active in fundraising for a number of year cost estimates) includes a phased-in 15 schools. She is a former chairperson of St. percent cut in income tax rates ($400 billion); Philomena's Guild, and she served as presi­ THE DOLE ECONON.UC PROGRAM­ a $500 per-child tax credit ($75 billion); a re­ dent of both the Central Catholic High School BEEN THERE! DONE THAT! IT peal of Clinton's 1993 increase in the portion Mothers Guild and the Duquesne University DIDN'T WORK! of whether Social Security recipients' bene­ fits that are subject to taxes ($27 billion); a Women's Advisory Board. She has served as cut in the top capital gains tax from 28 to 14 a member and as president of the Carlow Col­ HON. TOM LANI'OS percent ($13 billion); and a potpourri of such lege Alumnae Association Board. OF CALIFORNIA savings incentives as IRA expansions and Janice Friedman was selected as the ill THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tax-favored education accounts (S27 billion). Carlow College Woman of Spirit for the month To put Dole's new recklessness in perspec­ of June. Ms. Friedman is a board member of Thursday, September 5, 1996 tive, these tax cuts amount to more than the Civic Light Opera Society and serves on Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, a few days after twice what Republicans considered "revolu­ the production and academy committees. She the Congress adjourned for our August re­ tionary'' in the budget the president vetoed cess, the Republican presidential candidate, last fall, and nearly five times what the GOP serves on the executive committee of the Leu­ specified in its updated budget blueprint this kemia Society of America; she is a member of former Senator Robert Dole, unveiled his eco­ spring. As Martha Phillips of the Concord the Parental Stress Board; she is on the Advi­ nomic program. Although the fight over abor­ Coalition notes, Dole's projected revenue sory Council of the International Poetry Forum; tion at the Republican platform meetings in loss for 2002 alone is what this year's Con­ she is a board member of the National Council San Diego at the same time upstaged the un­ gress hoped to enact for the next six years of Jewish Women, and has been actively in­ veiling and dominated the news coverage that together. volved for over 15 years with their Designer week, Mr. Dole nevertheless continues to Unfortunately, cost aside, the economics of press forward with his economic program, the plan are no better. Capital gains devo­ Days. She is past national vice president for 6 tees say lower rates are needed to spur sav­ years of Alpha Epsilon Phi, her national soror­ which includes a 1~percent tax cut. ings and investment. Yet last time we ran ity, and she received the Devoted Alumni Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, we have been that experiment and lowered top rates from Award this past summer. there. We have done that. In the words of the 35 percent to 20 percent between 1978 and July's Woman of Spirit was Lois Wholey. A distinguished Senator from South Dakota, Mr. 1985, savings and investment fell. According graduate of Mount Mercy College, Ms. Wholey DASCHLE, who I believe deserves the credit for to most economists, Dole-style IRA expan­ has served as Mount Mercy alumnae presi­ the most remarkable and descriptive phrase sions give people tax breaks for saving dent. She has been a 4Q-year member of St. for this program, this is "deja voodoo econom­ they're already doing, meaning that or dis­ Bernard's Women's Guild, and she is a former ics all over again." We saw all of this when mal overall savings rate would be unaffected. Demagoguing Clinton's modest Social Secu­ board member of the Pittsburgh Symphony Ronald Reagan was elected President and his rity tax hike, which affected only the best­ Association. Lois Wholey was a copy writer at supply-side economic advisors brought us the off 13 percent of beneficiaries, poisons the Kaufmann's for 28 years under the pen name tax cuts of 1981 and the budget deficits that well for the kind of sensible means-testing Frances Fish and coauthored the book, Inter­ plagued our Nation throughout the 1980's. that Dole knows will son have to be consid­ national Cuisine by the World's Great Chefs. Now, after President Clinton and the Demo- ered. And even the growth crowd admits September 5, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22241 Dole's child tax credit will boost only cur­ The bottom line? Its a fraud, covered up they see their hard-earned dollars paying for rent consumption-unless parents sock it through deception and double counting. Dole less. This legislation is an opportunity to in­ away in Dole's new education account, con­ says he'd seek deep cuts in the Energy and crease their earning power. Together with wel­ verting it, in effect, to a huge, government­ Commerce Departments, but those cuts (if funded savings plan of the kind liberals achievable) would already have been used by fare reform, I am convinced that the minimum­ would blush to propose. the GOP to meet the zillions in unspecified wage increase will give low-income Americans Of course, the income tax cut is the plan's prior savings Dole wants to count in his own a chance to work their way out of poverty. "crown jewel" when it comes to supposed in­ plan. His additional "10 percent cut in non­ centives for work and growth. Assessing its defense administrative costs" preposterously likely impact means entering into the reli­ assumes that S150 billion of today's $265 bil­ TRffiUTE TO TOM AUTH gious war over the economic lessons of the lion in domestic spending is "administra­ 1980s. The mainstream view is that, yes, Rea­ tive" (by Dole's reckoning, FBI and DEA HON. WilliAM J. MARTINI gan's lower marginal rates spurred some un­ agents fit this category). determined growth (though for most work­ How does the campaign defend this? As all OF NEW JERSEY ers, subsequent payroll tax hikes offset any pols know, the trick on television is to have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES income tax cuts). But the "boom" supply­ two "talking points" that sound "credible," Thursday, September 5, 1996 siders love to tout, the 3.8 percent annual because after two nonanswers, interviewers growth between 1982 and 1989, came mainly move on. So we see Donald Rumsfeld ear­ Mr. MARTINI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to because we were emerging from a deep reces­ nestly explaining that with a line-item veto, honor a very special member of the Eighth sion that left jobless rates in double digits Dole can do it-though the "pork" such a Congressional District of New Jersey. and much idle capacity. When easier Fed pol­ veto could excise amounts, under the most During the summer of 1996, every American icy and the demand-side boost from Reagan's porcine estimates, to 1 percent of federal unprecedented deficits picked up this applauded the Olympic struggles of the U.S. spending. Jack Kemp sidesteps questions gymnastics team and awed at the stunning "slack," we grew faster for a time. Measured about whether Social Security or Medicare properly, however-from peak to peak in the w1ll be touched with the usual blather on achievements of Michael Johnson and Carl business cycle-the 1970s actually saw faster growth. Since network interviewers-thanks Lewis. growth (3.4 percent) than the 1980s (2.7 per­ to ignorance, time limits, fear of offending However, Mr. Speaker, there are some re­ cent). markable athletes that never reached the tele­ The supply-side elixir is an illusion, some­ "star" guests or eventual frustration-usu­ thing Dole's plan unintentionally admits ally tolerate such official dishonesty, the vision screens in the homes of American fami­ itself. As Robert Reschauer of the Brookings scam invariably works. So the question of lies, but nevertheless deserve our recognition Institution points out, Dole's plan implicitly whether Dole's plan is serious becomes, in and admiration. One of these athletes, a mem­ assumes we'll get to about 2.5 percent the public mind, a legitimate matter for de­ ber of the U.S. rowing team, is a constituent growth from 2.2ish today. That's a far cry bate, rather than being branded-as Newt Gingrich rightly implores the media to dub of our very own congressional district. from the 3.5 percent Dole and new soulmate Tom Auth of Maplewood, NJ, in the Eighth Jack Kemp peddle on the stump. Clinton's rhetoric about Medicare "cuts"-a When it comes to paying for this bonanza, con. Congressional District, participated in the light­ Dole offers a hoax wrapped in a farce tucked Dole allies, putting the bet spin on their weight double sculls events. In fact, he inside a charade. He conveniently extrapo­ man's move, say that he's still a budget-bal­ reached the semi-finals of the competition. lates a mysterious current revenue blip to ancer and that his embrace of whopping tax Furthermore, Tom is not only a great athlete bank $80 billion more than the Congressional cuts is in the noble tradition of "Nixon going who has succeeded on the field, or in this Budget Office now expects will come in. He to China." They have it exactly wrong. Nix­ on's alchemy turned a lifetime of dishonor­ case, in the water, but also a bright, young says a third of his supply-side tax cuts will scholar. Tom is a graduate of the Columbia pay for themselves via higher growth, nearly able redbaiting into a historic overture for twice the "magic" Ronald Reagan himself peace. By contrast, Dole now squanders a Law School of Harvard University. relied on in the '80s. Dole also books, in ad­ lifetime of honorable resistance to candy­ Mr. Speaker, Tom Auth heartily embraces vance, the so-called "fiscal dividend" that a cane politics in a blatant pander that will the true spirit of the Olympic flame. He is not credible balanced budget plan might bring only hamstring responsible governance even only a credit to his hometown, but also a role (through lower interest rates and higher if it works and he wins. If he needed to ener­ model for the children of Maplewood. As rec­ growth, even though his plan is anything but gize Republicans, Dole could have proposed a ognition for these achievements, Tom will be credible. reckless plan like this, or named Jack Kemp as veep. Surely he didn't have to do both. honored with a parade in Maplewood, NJ, on Then, if possible, it gets worse. Dole as­ September 7, 1996. sumes enactment of $393 billion in spending cuts from the GOP budget that Clinton ve­ Mr. Speaker, I am proud to represent Tom toed last year. But tons of these cuts were THE SMALL BUSINESS JOB PRO­ Auth in the House of Representatives. I ask legislated by a mere spending "cap," and TECTION ACT/MINIMUM WAGE IN­ you and the other Members of this body to thus never specified at all. Even with this CREASE CONFERENCE REPORT help me salute Tom for his illustrious perform­ gimmick, dole still falls $217 billion short of ance in the 1996 Summer Olympics Games. balance. That's trouble, since Dole has irre­ sponsibly sworn to keep the most expensive HON. BLANCHE LAMBERT UNCOLN programs-defense and Social Security-off OF ARKANSAS MASS CREMATIONS OF SIKHS TO the table, along with any Medicare and Med­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BE INVESTIGATED icaid savings beyond what Republicans have Thursday, September 5,1996 offered already. That leaves basically one area to slice: so-called "domestic discre­ Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in HON. PETER T. KING tionary" spending, which makes up just 15 support of "The Small Business Job Protection OF NEW YORK percent of the budget, and which has already Act/Minimum Wage Increase" conference re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES shrunk from 5 percent of national income port. twenty years ago toward 3 percent today. Because of the high number of small busi­ Thursday, September 5, 1996 This category includes everything we nor­ nesses and minimum-wage workers in the Mr. KING. Mr. Speaker, on August 2 India mally think of as government, from national First Congressional District of Arkansas, I West reported that the mass cremations of parks to NASA to the FBI. Follow the bouncing ball here. Last year, have consistently supported the 9D-cent mini­ Sikhs would be probed by India's Central Bu­ with its painless "cap," the GOP pledged to mum-wage hike, as well as small business tax reau of Investigation [CBI]. This is the inves­ cut such discretionary spending 25 percent in breaks that include expanded tax credits for tigation which led the Indian Supreme Court to real terms by 2002. Now, Dole sees that cut restaurants and increased tax deductions for describe the policy of mass cremation as and raises it to 40 percent. If you assume business-related equipment services. The in­ worse than genocide. Dole would spare R&D, crime-fighting, veter­ clusion in conference of a $5000 tax credit for On September 6, 1995, a year ago this Fri­ ans and education money, he'd have to cut adoptions and the $2000 homemakers IRA day, Jaswant Singh Khalra was kidnapped by the rest-things such as airline safety, envi­ ronmental protection and low-income hous­ make this an exceptionally well-rounded piece the police from his home in Amritsar for pub­ ing-an astonishing 60 percent. This, when of bipartisan and bicameral legislation. lishing a report exposing these mass crema­ Republicans already say privately that last Men and women across the country who tions. Here in America, reporters often write year's proposed 25 percent cut is both politi­ own small businesses and those who work for stories questioning official findings. Can you cally impossible and bad policy. them are facing more economic uncertainty as imagine the outrage if these journalists were 22242 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 5, 1996 picked up by the police and made to dis­ After the installation of a state govern­ honor of the 1OOth anniversary of that occa­ appear? That is what happened to Mr. Khalra ment headed by Beant Singh, in 1992, the sion. The Festival Committee has planned a year ago. militancy withered away. However, Singh many events highlighting the literary contribu­ The Reuters article in India West, which I was killed in a car bomb blast last year. tions made by the author during his lifetime. am inserting into the RECORD, quotes a senior Included in the schedule of events are read­ CBI official as saying that innocent Sikhs were TRffiUTE TO COL. LINWOOD H. ings of his works and a literature festival fo­ killed in the 1980's and confirms that the In­ "WOODY" SNELL, JR. cused on educating high school students. A dian regime paid cash rewards for killing statue honoring the author will also be un­ Sikhs. In 1994 the State Department reported HON. TERRY EVERE'IT veiled and placed in downtown St. Paul near that more than 41 ,000 of these bounties were a revamped theater also named after the au­ OF ALABAMA paid in a 3-year period from 1991 to 1993. thor this past year. As vice chairman of the International Oper­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Nation was fortunate to savor the spe­ ations and Human Rights Subcommittee, I will Thursday, September 5,1996 cial stories of this most talented individual, continue to monitor this investigation and I Mr. EVERETI. Mr. Speaker, I would like to whose works leave an important legacy for us urge every Member of Congress to join me in recognize the achievements of Col. Linwood and for our children. I'm sure my colleagues this effort. The United States must be willing H. "Woody" Snell, Jr., upon his retirement will join me in paying tribute to the literary ac­ to do whatever we can to insure that the peo­ from the Air Force after 30 years of exemplary complishments of this fine American author, ple of the world are free from persecution and service. Colonel Snell began his career as a and I join the Nation in applauding the literary are afforded their basic human rights. distinguished graduate of the North Carolina classics page of history devoted to St. Paulite [From Reuters, Fri., Aug. 2, 1996) State Reserve Officer Training School, and will F. Scott Fitzgerald. CBI TO PROBE CREMATION OF 1,000 BODIES IN end his service as the commandant of the Air PuNJAB Force Human Resource Management School DETROIT NEWSPAPERS AND THE AMRITsAR-The Punjab police said July 25 at the Air University in Montgomery, AL. they would cooperate in a federal investiga­ Among Colonel Snell's many assignments 14-MONTH STRIKE tion into charges they secretly disposed of was as the chief of the Inquiries Division and almost 1,000 "unidentified" bodies between later as the associate director of the ·Office of HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. 1990 and 1995. Legislative Liaison for the Secretary of the Air OF MICHIGAN The claim against the police was made in a public interest litigation filed at the Su­ Force. His complete understanding of the leg­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES preme Court by the human rights wing of the islative process, along with his sound judg­ Thursday, September 5, 1996 ment, greatly benefited the Congress, the Air Akali Dal. Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, In the 1930's The party has accused the police of tortur­ Force and the Nation. ing, killing and then cremating Sikhs. Colonel Snell continued to demonstrate his and 1940's, Mahatma Gandhi used nonviolent "Whatever record is asked for by the Cen­ leadership abilities when he assumed com­ civil disobedience to win independence for tral Bureau of Investigation w1ll be handed mand of the 363d Combat Support Group at India. In the 1950's and 1960's, Dr. Martin Lu­ over without delay to the concerned authori­ Shaw AFB in South Carolina. His leadership ther King, Jr., used nonviolent civil disobe­ ties," Deputy Inspector General of Police dience in the struggle against racial discrimi­ B.S. Sandu told Reuters. skills were further honed as the Assistant Chief of Staff for the U.S. Air Forces in Eu­ nation in the United States. In the late 1980's " We will provide all necessary help to the opponents of apartheid engaged in nonviolent CBI to speed up the investigations,'' he rope, followed by a stint as the Deputy Chief added. of Staff for Personnel for the U.S. Air Forces, civil disobedience outside the South African Earlier in the week, the CBI submitted a Europe, Ramstein AB, Germany. Embassy in Washington, DC. Last week, report to the court which said 984 bodies had Woody has served the Air Force with great some of the Nation's top labor leaders and been cremated by the Punjab police. distinction, and has earned our respect and politicians were arrested in a nonviolent sit-in "The police confirmed the existence of gratitude for his many years of service to our on the front steps of the Detroit newspapers these bodies, but we have yet to ascertain which are embroiled in a 14-month strike that who they are and how they got killed," a Nation's defense. My colleagues and I bid Woody a fond farewell, and wish he and his has had a devastating impact on 2,000 striking senior CBI official said. workers and their families. He said it was normal for police to cremate family the very best as they move on to face The Detroit sit-in, which marked the first bodies they have been unable to identify. new challenges and rewards. Senior Punjab police officers, who declined time labor leader John Sweeney has been ar­ to be named, told Reuters that innocents rested since becoming president of the AFL­ were killed during a violent Sikh separatist REMEMBERING THE CONTRffiU­ CIO, took place on the 414th day of a strike insurgency in the 19805-when rewards were TIONS OF AMERICAN AUTHOR F . in which the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit offered for the capture of guerrillas. SCOT!' FITZGERALD News are losing more than $5,000 an hour­ Akali Dallawmakers staged a sit-in on the or about $1 million a week. floor of the Lok Sabba in Delhi July 25 to I was among the 21 protestors who blocked protest against the government's silence on HON. BRUCE F. VENTO the cremated bodies claim, the United News OF MINNESOTA access to the newspaper building on the Fri­ of India agency said. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES day before labor Day. We took nonviolent ac­ The speaker of the house placated the pro­ tion to reaffirm the validity of the collective testers by promising to look into the case Thursday, September 5, 1996 bargaining process and to focus attention on and, if necessary, publish a report on the Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the struggle of working class people to secure probe's findings. celebrate the centennial celebration of the decent wage jobs. In the tradition of civil rights An Akali Dal activist and a vocal critic of birth of an extraordinary Minnesotan, author F. protests, we knowingly broke the law to dem­ the police, Jaswant Singh Khalra, was ab­ Scott Fitzgerald. I am proud to say that Mr. onstrate our moral resolve to force the news­ ducted from his house last September and has been missing ever since. Fitzgerald was not only a native Minnesotan, papers to bargain fairly with the strikers. His disappearance has prompted reactions but he hailed from my home city of St. Paul, Among the strikers and supporters watching from human rights organizations and even MN. Regarded by many as one of this Na­ us that day were a middle-aged African-Amer­ U.S. President Bill Clinton, who wrote a let­ tion's all-time great novelists, the young author ican man with heart disease who has lost his ter to a radical Sikh leader expressing con­ contributed short stories and novels with a dis­ home and his health insurance; a teenaged cern. tinctly American cultural view to a captivated girl who talks wistfully of prestrike days when The campaign for an independent Sikh American readership. His most famous work, her father had the money to take the family to state was fuelled in 1984 by Sikh outrage "The Great Gatsby," today remains a widely Detroit Red Wings games, and a striker's wife over the Indian Army's storming of Amrit­ sar's Golden Temple. read classic in literature classes across the who lost her 15-year job around the same In October that year, Prime Minister United States. time her husband lost his. Indira Gandhi, who had ordered the action F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul in Each of these people represents untold against the temple, was assassinated by her 1896, and during the week of September 23, thousands of Americans whose lives have own Sikh bodyguards. 1996, the city will be hosting a festival in been uprooted by socially myopic companies September 5, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22243 that ignore their responsibility to be fair and spirits. The intellect and compassion of this Boat Service Royal Marines. His accomplish­ respectful to employees and the community. community continues to capture the imagina­ ments while assigned there are recounted by The outcome of this strike will resonate tion of the Nation. members of this elite unit to this day. Upon his across the country. If the newspapers can de­ More than 50,000 Hungarian-Americans re­ return to the United States in 1977, Captain stroy the unions in Detroit, the future of all main in the Detroit metro area, with their posi­ Woolard served as the executive officer of Un­ unions is in jeopardy. It is time for people of tive influence still shinging brightest in Delray derwater Demolition Team 21. He then com­ good will to join me and others in urging the and Allen Pari<. It is to these friends, to all pleted the Command and Staff Course at the Detroit newspapers and the striking workers to Americans of Hungarian descent, and to the Naval War College in 1979 and served in a settle this dispute at the bargaining table or to honor of a nation whose turbulent past has Naval Special Warfare staff assignment. From submit to binding arbitration. produced such a delightful people, I offer 1982 to 1984 Captain Woolard commanded Common ·sense, decency and historical tra­ these words from the Hungarian National An­ SEAL Team Two. dition demand that this labor dispute be them: Following an assignment with U.S. Forces brought to a quick and just conclusion. God, bless the Hungarian Caribbean, Captain Woolard embarked on With Abundance, gladness, three more command tours. In 1987, he com­ Graciously protect him when manded the Navy's antiterrorist security ·co­ llOOTH ANNIVERSARY OF Faced with foes or sadness. ordination team. He then commanded SEAL HUNGARY Bring for people torn by fate T earn Six, the premier combat unit within Happy years and plenty: Sins of future, sins of late, Naval Special Warfare, followed by command HON. JOHN D. DINGEI! Both are paid amply. of the Naval Special Warfare Development OF MICHIGAN Group. In 1990 Captain Woolard became the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Director for Combatting Terrorism, Office of Thursday, September 5,1996 COMMEMORATING THE CAREER OF the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special CAPTAIN RICHARD WOOLARD, Operations and Low Intensity Conflict where Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to UNITED STATES NAVY he was recognized for his strategic vision in join the State of Hungary and Hungarian­ the formulation of counter terrorism policy. Americans everywhere in commemorating the HON. PATRICK J. KENNEDY Throughout his career, Captain Woolard has 11 OOth anniversary of the settlement of the OF RHODE ISLAND set the standard for achievement amongst Hungarian people-1, 100 years ago the an­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Navy SEALS. His contributions both on and cestors of the Hungarian people settled in the off the battlefield have contributed immensely Carpathian Basin. Thursday, September 5, 1996 to the accomplishments of our Nation's elite Before this time Hungarian ancestors Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island. Mr. Speak­ maritime special operations force. The legacy roamed the area as a seminomadic people, er, I rise today to recognize Capt. Richard of his leadership and foresight will carry on but in 895-896 A.D. Magyar tribes passed (Rick) T.P. Woolard, one of the last Vietnam well into the next century as special oper­ through the Verecke pass in the Carpathian era officers of the U.S. Navy's Sea, Air, Land ations forces meet the challenges of the bat­ mountains and settled on the plains. The fer­ [SEAL] teams. Captain Woolard will retire in tlefield of the 21st century. tile land of the region helped the agrarian October after 30 years of outstanding service I bid Captain Woolard, his wife Sandra, his tribes to settle permanently in the Carpathian to our Nation. He is known throughout the mili­ daughter Jennifer and his son John Paul fair Basin. The Magyar system of social and politi­ tary not only as a consummate warrior, but as winds and following seas. cal institutions served as a direct link to the a strategic thinker whose contributions will foundation of the Christian Kingdom of Hun­ have a lasting impact as the U.S. military en­ gary. ters the 21st century. TRIBUTE TO DAVID ALAN STEIN The Hungarian Apostolic Kingdom was es­ Captain Woolard began his Navy career as ON THE OCCASION OF IDS RE­ tablished in 1001 A.D. by Saint Stephen, the an ensign in 1966. Following graduation from TIREMENT first King of Hungary and founder of the State. underwater demolition training he served as a This monumentous event is celebrated by all platoon commander with Underwater Demoli­ HON. PAUL E. GlllMOR Hungarians and those of Hungarian descent tion Team 21 where he conducted his first de­ OF OHIO on the Hungarian National Holiday, Saint Ste­ ployment to the Caribbean. Upon graduation IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES phen's Day, which occurs on August 20. The from U.S. Army Ranger School in 1968, Cap­ coronation of Saint Stephen put Hungary firm­ tain Woolard was assigned as a platoon com­ Thursday, September 5, 1996 ly on the path of Western-type European de­ mander with SEAL Team Two. From 1968 to Mr. GILLMOR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to velopment, which was defined Hungary's 1970 he made two deployments to the Repub­ pay tribute to Capt. Dave Stein, an outstand­ place on the continent up to the present day. lic of Vietnam where he led over 145 combat ing individual and a fine officer, who is enter­ In the many centuries of struggle for survival missions. For his courageous and distin­ ing civilian life after a distinguished career in and advancement, cultural represented the de­ guished actions he received the Silver Star the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserve. cisive factor whose beginnings are rooted in a and three Bronze Star medals. While Captain Captain Stein was born in Sandusky, OH. structure and political culture in harmony with Woolard was repeatedly recognized for his He was appointed midshipman, U.S. Naval the specific natural environment and social courageous leadership and success in inflict­ Reserve, in September 1961 and attended conditions prevailing in the Carpathian Basin. ing numerous casualties upon enemy forces, Villanova University on a 5-year NROTC In fact, three major ecological regions-the he was also recognized for his humanity. Dur­ scholarship. After graduating with a degree in Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Continental­ ing an operation in April 1970, while taking in­ mechanical engineering in 1966, Captain Stein come together in the basin. These factors de­ coming enemy rocket fire, he acted with com­ was commissioned as a regular line officer on manded the need for great flexibility and ca­ plete disregard for his own safety, plunging May 16, 1966, and ordered to duty in USS pacity for adjustment. The early Hungarians into the waters of the Song Ong Doc River to Hassayampa, AO 145, as cargo fuels officer were successful in adapting to meet the chal­ rescue Vietnamese civilians caught in the and assistant engineer. He served in the Ton­ lenges of their age. crossfire of a Viet Gong ambush of his pla­ kin Gulf for 3 years duty and four Vietnam During the early years of this century, large toon. His actions saved the lives of three campaigns. In 1969, he completed EASTPAC, numbers of Hungarians migrated to the indus­ women and children. LANT, and MED cruises and completed quali­ trial centers of the American Midwest. Detroit, After his second deployment to Vietnam, fication as fleet officer of the deck and surface and especially its downriver communities, ben­ Captain Woolard served as the training officer warfare officer. He was designated a surface efited dramatically by this influx of a people at the Naval Amphibious School, Little Creek, warfare officer in 1975 and an engineering ~nown for their honesty and work ethic. Hun­ passing on his combat knowledge to under­ duty officer in 1986. garian immigrants played an integral part in water demolition/SEAL trainees. Following a Captain Stein joined the Naval Reserve in the industrial growth of Michigan and the Na­ tour with the Bureau of Naval Personnel in 1970 and began his civilian career with Uni­ tion. Yet, Hungarian immigrants were known Washington, DC Captain Woolard was as­ versal Electric, Inc., as an electrical power for far more than just strong backs and willing signed as an exchange officer with the Special systems designer and project manager. In 22244 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 5, 1996 1975 he was appointed vice president and in combating the latest scam being used to rip caring public officials, Assemblyman Dan chief engineer, and in 1980, president of the off the food stamp program. Recently, I Hauser. I wish that I could be there with his company. He served for 14 years as presi­ learned that a Long Island couple went to a family, friends, and colleagues tomorrow dent, leaving the company in 1994. During this local supermarket and bought more than $120 evening as we celebrate his remarkable ac­ period, he completed an MBA in business sys­ in caviar with food stamps. And worse, instead complishments. tems analysis from Baldwin-Wallace College, of using the extravagant cuisine for their own Dan Hauser is particularly recognized for graduating first in his class and was selected consumption, the couple took the caviar and serving the people of the north coast of Cali­ for distinguished membership in the national resold it for a considerable profit at a local flea fornia. A pioneer in ocean protection, Dan has honorary graduate business society. market. been a strong advocate against offshore oil In addition to his distinguished careers in Uke most taxpayers in my district, I was ap­ drilling and has passed landmark legislation the Navy and business, Dave has been a palled to learn of this blatant ripoff of the food making the north coast an ocean sanctuary. leader in his community. Captain Stein is a stamp program. However, after checking the His environmental efforts earned Assembly­ past president of Kiwanis and the Lake Erie rule of the current program, I was shocked to man Hauser "Legislator of the Year'' awards Chapter of the Ohio Society of Professional learn that this practice is perfectly legal. from the Planning and Conservation League, Engineers and a past director of the National Therefore, today I am introducing legislation Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Asso­ Electrical Contractors Association. He is a to prohibit the practice of selling food pur­ ciations, and the League for Coastal Protec­ Sandusky, OH city commissioner and a mem­ chased with food stamps for profit. Under my tion. ber of various military, civilian, and engineer­ bill, called the Food Stamp Conversion and ing societies. As the long time chairman of the Assembly Mr. Speaker, Dave Stein's distinguished Profiteering Prohibition Act of 1996, the couple military service is a model of patriotism and that sold the caviar would face the same ineli­ Housing and Community Development Com­ citizenship. I ask my colleagues to join me in gibility penalties as they would for other forms mittee, Dan authored and worked on many wishing Dave, his wife Carol, and their chil­ of food stamp fraud. pieces of legislation to promote affordable dren, Paul, Rebecca, Christy, and Nathan well As you know, the welfare bill recently signed housing, improve building standards, protect as the Stein family begins this new chapter in into law already takes significant steps to historic buildings, and assist mobile horne resi­ their lives. clean up the waste, fraud, and abuse in the dents, condominium owners, veterans, sen­ May the Stein family fully enjoy the bless­ food stamp program. Combined with my legis­ iors, native Americans, and other groups ob­ ings of peace and freedom that Dave Stein lation to combat this latest scam, Congress tain better housing and living conditions. The has so ably defended as an officer in the U.S. can help restore honesty and accountability to California Aging Network named Dan "1988 Navy. the food stamp program. I urge my colleagues Legislator of the Year," and he received the to cosponsor this legislation. "1989 Rural Housing Award" from the Rural Builders Council of California. In 1992 Dan INTRODUCTION OF THE FOOD was recognized as the "Legislator of the Year" STAMP CONVERSION AND PROF­ TRIBUTE TO ASSEMBLYMAN DAN by the League of California Cities. ITEERING PROHIBITION ACT OF HAUSER 1996 Mr. Speaker, it is my great pleasure to pay tribute to Assemblyman Dan Hauser during HON. LYNN C. WOOlSEY this special evening in Bodega Bay. The north HON. BOB FRANKS coast owes a great deal of gratitude to him for OF NEW JERSEY OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his tireless · efforts throughout his over 20 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES years of public service. I extend my hearty Thursday, SeptemberS, 1996 Thursday, SeptemberS, 1996 congratulations and best wishes to Dan and Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to his wife Donna for continued success in the today I rise to invite my colleagues to join me honor one of California's most dedicated and years to come. They will be missed.