31694 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 10, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS SUPPORT FOR JOBS WITH happening in Massachusetts or California, but PERSIAN GULF CONFLICT JUSTICE CAMPAIGN about what is happening in every State and every town in America. Try telling the people HON. JIM JONTZ HON •.ROBERT E. WISE, JR. of Appalachia that they are experiencing an OF INDIANA OF WEST VIRGINIA economic recovery, and they will tell you IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES about the 90-percent unemployment rate in Tuesday, November 10, 1987 Tuesday, November 10, 1987 Gary, WV. In testimony given before the Education and Mr. JONTZ. Mr. Speaker, as conflict in the Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, the time has arrived Persian Gulf continues, we should listen care­ for working people to speak out against the Labor Committee in Nashville, TN, Dr. John Gaventa presented figures produced by the fully to what the people across our Nation are erosion of fundamental labor rights, which are saying about this matter. being excused in the name of economic ne­ Appalachian Regional Commission. These fig­ Allen Maxwell of Kokomo, IN, recently wrote cessity. This Nation has great wealth and ures described how in "the first 4 years of the a letter to the editor on the subject of the War power and there is no need for its workers to 1980's, the Appalachian region lost two and Powers Act which I'd like to give my col­ suffer disproportionately every time the coun­ one-half manufacturing jobs for every one that leagues the opportunity to review. I ask that try faces economic difficulty. had been created in the 1970's." Further, "at this letter be printed in the RECORD at this I returned recently from an Education and the end of 1985, four-fifths of the regions point. Labor field hearing in Nashville, TN, where we counties had an official unemployment rate PERSIAN GULF DECISION Is Too MUCH FOR discussed the adequacy of current labor laws higher than the national rate of 6. 7 percent; ONE PERSON in protecting the rights of workers and the 85 counties had double the national rate, and Although the Kokomo Tribune and the consequences of inadequate protection on 28 had triple the rate-for an official unem­ the well-being of American society. I was dis­ President may disagree with the wisdom of ployment rate of over 20 percent." the War Powers Act, it is unquestionably tressed by the extent to which the economic The policies of the Reagan administration the law of the land and the President has and labor policies of the current administration sworn to "take care that the laws be faith­ have negatively impacted American workers. have undoubtedly played a significant part in fully executed." To state that he "quite In response to the continued multifaceted . the economic decline of that area. The rightly" declines to obey the law of the land attack upon basic labor rights, different organi­ present administration argues · that labor is to suggest a dangerous precedent-that a zations including trade unions, as well as reli­ unions represent an unnecessary and undesir­ President can pick and choose which laws gious, civil rights, and community groups, have able obstacle in the way of free market oper­ he wishes to obey and which he wishes to joined together to form the Jobs With Justice ations. Further, it is argued that union at­ ignore. That is not the way it is done in America. campaign. The aims of this movement are tempts to secure for its workers a level of The framers of the Constitution carefully threefold. It seeks to achieve: wages sufficient to provide them with a decent delineated the power to make foreign First, the right to job security for all Ameri­ standard of living will necessarily result in job policy-which they clearly gave to the Con­ can workers, both union and nonunion. losses. gress as the body representing the people­ from the power to execute or carry out for­ Second, the right for an adequate and fair Given its attitude toward unions, the standard of living; and eign policy-which they gave to the more Reagan administration has used the National remote, less responsive, and less accountable Third, the right to organize on the job. Labor Relations Board as part of, its strategy President. I do not believe these demands are unrea­ to undermine the ability of labor unions to rep­ The question of whether the United sonable. Indeed, I believe what the Jobs With resent their members effectively. I agree with States is going to war in the Persian Gulf indisputably involves the making of foreign Justice campaign asks for are rights which the sentiments expressed by UMW president, policy and such a grave commitment should should naturally be afforded every American Richard Trumka, in the West Virginia Law be based on the best judgment of the elect­ worker. The basic industrial rights possessed Review: ed representatives of the people-the mem­ by American people have been hard won, and bers of the House and Senate. If the Presi­ deserve protecting. It is without question that the National dent and his foreign policy advisors cannot Labor Relations Board has transformed convince our elected representative of the The Jobs With Justice campaign will under­ itself under Ronald Reagan into an active wisdom of going to war in the Gulf, then take to educate and mobilize people to and conscious proponent of the destruction the United States should not go to war in defend labor rights. Rallies and hearings are of labor unions, of American industrial de­ the Gulf through presidential subterfuge taking place throughout the country so that mocracy, and ultimately, of workers' rights and a willful disregard for the law. the widest possible audience can be reached. and prosperity. The intention of the War Powers Act was This is an issue which I firmly believe should to "ensure that the collective judgment of receive a high priority ranking on the national The present multifaceted attack on the in­ both the Congress and the President," not just the will of the President, would apply agenda. terest of working people needs to be resisted. to the introduction of U.S. forces into hos­ We are constantly told about our "sustained It is for this purpose that I urge you to support tile or potentially hostile situations. One economic recovery," but it is a recovery many the Jobs With Justice campaign in its attempt reason that more than 50,000 Americans working people have great difficulty relating to. to secure widespread recognition of the rights were killed in Vietnam was that the process Certainly, in my district in West Virginia people of workers. We cannot have economic free­ of "collective judgment" involving the Con­ see little evidence of improvement. On the gress and the American people in the deci­ dom without worker protection. This extends sion to go to war was not followed. contrary, we are more familiar with the advent to every aspect of American society-the cur­ Once Congress makes the momentous de­ of plant closings and layoffs than with industri­ rent takeover mania, airline deregulation, trade cision to go to war, or to start the process al recovery and employment growth. While legislation, and labor-management relations. that may pull us into war, it is of course some may indeed "have never had it so To every degree possible we must -see that proper for the President, as Commander in good," West Virginia suffers from one of the the workers of America are guaranteed a fair Chief, to execute that policy by overseeing highest unemployment rates in the country. the day-to-day tactical military decisions. reward for their productivity, or productivity will A decision to send American men and Therefore, I emphasize that the so-called decline. The key to a secure economy is the women to the Persian Gulf or to the jungles economic recovery is not just about what is stake every individual has in preserving it. of Central America to fight and to die is too

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. November 10, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31695 critical a decision to be left up to the Presi­ Nevertheless, many still claim that Zionism HONORING OUR VETERANS dent alone. The intent of the War Powers is racism, and so forth, that Zionism-and Act was and is to require that the critical determination to take the nation into war thus Israel-discriminates against all who are HON. GEORGE MILLER be a nationally debated and decided commit­ not Jewish. This assertion is absurd. Those ment, and not simply the action of one indi­ who make it conveniently ignore the fact that OF CALIFORNIA vidual, even if he is the President. Jews from over 100 countries, of all back­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The War Powers Act is the law. The Presi­ grounds and colors, are presented in Israel's dent should obey it. population. Upwards of a half million Moslem Tuesday, November 10, 1987 ALLEN B. MAxWELL, and Christian Arabs, Druze, Bahai's, Circas­ Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, to­ KOKOMO, IND. sians, and other ethnic groups are also citi­ morrow we pay tribute to the millions of Amer­ zens of Israel, minorities living under full and icans who have served in our Armed Forces. I IN SUPPORT OF SENATE JOINT vigorous protection of their democratic and re­ take this opportunity to assure our veterans RESOLUTION 205 ligious rights. that we will never forget their courage and the Ironically, many of the same countries that tremendous sacrifices they have made in the spearheaded the Zionism is Racism resolution defense of our country. HON. MEL LEVINE are despotic, antidemocratic dictatorships Whenever we called on our veterans to OF CALIFORNIA which flagrantly violate the most fundamental ~eet the Nation's challenges-defending our IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES human rights and commit abuses against interests overseas, protecting American citi­ Tuesday, November 10, 1987 much of their citizenry. Syria and Libya are but zens around the globe, or risking their lives two examples of such tyrannical regimes. and limbs in battle-they responded with un­ Mr. LEVINE of California. Mr. Speaker, I flinching spirit. That same spirit must guide us want to express my strong support for Senate Regrettably, since the mid-1970's, the United Nations has degenerated into a forum when our veterans call on their country for as­ Joint Resolution 205, a joint resolution ex­ sistance. Whether it be assistance for hous­ pressing the sense of Congress that U.N. where attacks on Israel are inevitable-and commonplace. In the General Assembly, 9112 ing, education, or health care, we must be General Assembly Resolution 3379-which ready to respond. equates Zionism with racism-should be over­ percent of the world's population controls two­ thirds of the votes. Thus, the Arab, Soviet, . ~ am pleased th~t the House has made sig­ turned. nificant progress m addressing the concerns Senate Joint Resolution 205, introduced in and Third World countries can coalesce to pass the kind of vicious and vitriolic resolu­ of veterans this year. Legislation has been en­ the other body by Senator MOYNIHAN, is iden­ acted to make the new GI bill a permanent tical to House Joint Resolution 385, intro­ tions exemplified by 3379. In the last decade, such bloc voting has de­ program. The House and Senate have agreed duced in the House by Congressman FISH. I to a veteran's budget with an increase for in­ commend the two gentlemen from New York stroyed any vestige of credibility the U.N. General Assembly might once have had. On flation. The budget includes full cost-of-living for their exemplary leadership in focusing on increases, a significant budget for health care this important issue and for bringing this legis­ Middle East issues in particular, ritualistic de­ nunciations of Israel, as well as attempts to and no increase in the home loan user's fee'. lation to the floor of both Houses so expedi­ The House will soon consider a measure to tiously. Senate Joint Resolution 205 passed deny Israel its credentials, have led the United States to reconsider its participation in and improve the service delivery system for veter­ the Senate by voice and yesterday passed the an's employment programs administered by House overwhelmingly by a vote of 394 to o. funding of the United Nations and its various agencies, such as UNESCO. the Department of Labor. In addition, the Mr. Speaker, Senate Joint Resolution 205 House has passed the following bills: seeks to overturn one of the most insidious Unfortunately, even though in this country U.N. Resolution 3379 provoked an outcry and H.R. 1504-extends the Veterans' Job resolutions ever enacted by the United Na­ Training Act for three years . year-old dream to rebuild the Jewish state slanders spoken against Jews for centures. In H.R. 1811-would, for the first time ever after the destruction of the Second Tempie in short, 3379 provided an opening through provide compensation payments to veter~ 70 C.E. The expulsion of many of the Jewish which anti-Semitism could now be masquerad­ for certain ailments presumed to be the subjects in what was then Palestine began an ed merely as anti-Zionism. , result of exposure to radiation. Would in­ Mr. Speaker, yesterday was a most propi­ clude nearly all forms of leukemia and sev­ almost 2,000-year exile of the Jewish people eral types of cancers known to be related to which ended with the establishment of Israel tious time to consider this resolution. Later radiation exposure. in 1948. During those two milennia, Jews who this afternoon, we will convene a joint session ~·~· 2327-relaxes severe eligibility re­ scattered throughout the world continued to of Congress so that we can hear Israel's strictions for the VA beneficiary travel al­ long and pray for the "return to Zion," an in­ President, the Honorable Chaim Herzog. This lowanc~. Current restrictions are causing junction which is one of the major tenets of is an historic occasion, since it is the first time hardships for many rural, low income, and Judaism. an Israeli President has been invited to the even disabled veterans who need financial Zionism not only has strong religious roots, United States, 12 years ago, Mr. Herzog was assistance in order to get to the nearest v A hospital. The following groups would be eli­ however. Jews have lived in that land along Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations. gible under this legislation: the Mediterranean for over 3, 700 years, thus During the debate on 3379, he declared, "this <1 > service-connected veterans for treat­ never completely losing physical ties with their day will live in infamy. Hitler would have felt at ment of service-connected disabilities; historic homeland. In addition, the pogroms home in this Hall." (2) veterans with a 50 percent or greater and persecutions inflicted upon Jews through­ The vote of 394 to O on Senate Joint Reso­ disability rating could receive the allowance out the centuries-culminating in the heinous lution 205 .is the best welcoming present we for treatment of any disability; crimes of Nazi Germany-demonstrated an could possibly have provided President (3) veterans who receive a VA pension; overwhelming need to ensure Jewish security Herzog. Such a vote shows him-and the <4> veterans who do not have an income that exceeds the maximum annual amount through a national entity. world-that the U.S. Congress is on record as of a VA pension; Mr. Speaker, I relate these facts simply to overwhelmingly opposing this odious resolu­ (5) veterans who need but cannot afford highlight the practical and moral imperatives tion, and is seeking _its immediate repudiation. special mode transportation any other veteran the VA determines would provide space in existing VA facilities nomic background of the student is a prime to be unable to afford transportation. and support services for indicator in the potential for GSL defaults. H.R. 2616-a comprehensive health care the centers. Personnel expenses would be bill that, among other things: covered by charges established by the cen­ Among the Secretary's list of schools with <1) establishes an entitlement to outpa­ ters. high default rates, I find many schools who serve primarily minority students from poor tient care for service-connected and low­ These measures will provide critical im­ income non-service-connected veterans. economic backgrounds. By practicing the Sec­ This is a followup to an entitlement estab­ provements and services. I will continue my retary's recommendations, these institutions lished by the 99th Congress, which became strong support for veterans and, as we honor may lower their default rate. However, I am effective July 1, 1986. Public Law 99-272 en­ the sacrifices of veterans. for our country, I alarmed at the prospect of schools, in an titles service-connected veterans, former urge my colleagues to do the same. effort to keep their default rate below 20 per­ POWs, Agent Orange and atomic veterans, and low-income non-service-connected veter­ cent, closing their doors to high-risk students. ans to hospital care; IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL Years ago postsecondary education was re­ <2> requires the VA to submit reports to WOMEN VETERANS WEEK served for the wealthy. Happily times have Congress justifying proposals to close or changed. We have come to a critical point in transfer any Vietnam Veterans Readjust­ student aid. Can we have a low GSL default ment Counseling Center would provide a 4.1 percent prohibited from service in combat positions, CRATS ON THE CENTRAL COLA for compensation benefits paid by AMERICAN PEACE PROCESS the VA to 2.2 million veterans with service­ women veterans have nonetheless patriotical­ connected disabilities and to 265 thousands ly served since the Civil War and made the surviving spouses and 48 thousands children necessary sacrifices the defense of our coun­ HON. GEO. W. CROCKETT, JR. of veterans who died of service-connected try requires. OF MICHIGAN causes. Pension COLA is tied to the Con­ Women veterans are deserved of the recog­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sumer Price Index. Both COLAs are effec­ nition House Joint Resolution 43 bestows and tive December 1 and payable in January I am pleased to be a cosponsor. Tuesday, November 10, 1987 checks; Mr. CROCKETT. Mr. Speaker, I recently re­ <2> adds three conditions to the list of ail­ ments for which the VA may pay compensa­ ceived a letter from the Honorable Dietrich GUARANTEED STUDENT LOAN Stobbe and the Honorable Hans-Jurgen tion benefits to eligible veterans: peripheral PROGRAM neuropathy due to trauma, a desease that Wischnewski, two members of the West affects nerve endings of hands and feet; German Bundestag from the Social Democrat­ spastic colon; and peptic ulcers; and HON. MARIO BIAGGI ic Party. The letter addressed the issue of the (3) reduces from six months to 90 days the OF NEW YORK Central American peace process and en­ period of captivity required for former pris­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES closed the text of a resolution submitted by oners of war to qualify for VA dental care. the parliamentary group of the Social Demo­ H.R. 2957-would make improvements in Tuesday, November 10, 1987 the National Cemetery System by, among crats. other things, authorizing the VA to: Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, I rise in concern The resolution calls upon the West German ( 1) make contributions to local authorities over Education Secretary Bennett's proposal Government to "appeal to the Government of for construction of traffic controls, road im­ to lower the default rate of the Guaranteed the United States of America to comply with provements or other devices adjacent to a Student Loan [GSL] Program. the judgment of the International Court of Jus­ VA national cemetery for purposes of allow­ I agree with the Secretary that the current tice in The Hague * * * to stop military and ing safe ingress or egress; student loan default rate is "disgraceful"; I paramilitary activities vis-a-vis Nicaragua * * * (2) provide graveliners for use in VA na­ concur that the student borrower has the and to constructively promote the peace proc­ tional cemeteries and Arlington National major responsibility for paying back his or her ess in Central America." Cemetery; and (3) place flat markers on gravesites of cre­ loan. I also understand that the Guaranteed Mr. Speaker, our West German counter­ mated remains (garden niches). Student Loan Program has a number of play­ parts state the case very succinctly: "If the H.R. 3449-( 1 > authorizes the VA, at hos­ ers including the student, the lender, the guar­ United States does not support the agreement pitals and clinics where critical nurse short­ antor, the Department of Education, and the * * * it will not be successful." I attach, for ages have been identified, to offer incentive institution. While the Department of Education the information of my colleagues, the full text pay to registered nurses in exchange for an issued a range of proposals for default reduc­ of the letter and the resolution of the Social agreement to stay with the agency for a tion, I am disturbed that the Department's ac­ Democratic Party of the West German Parlia­ specified period of time. It also authorizes tions in default reduction focus solely on insti­ the VA to set pay rates for pharmacists and ment. occupational therapists; and tutions with high default rates. THE PEACE PROCESS IN CENTRAL AMERICA <2> authorizes the establishment of child I am disturbed by a simplistic approach to a On 7 August 1987 the Presidents of Costa day care centers for Veterans Administra­ very complex problem. Studies on why stu­ Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras tion medical center employees. The VA dents default show that the family and eco- and Nicaragua signed an agreement in Gua- November 10, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31697 temala City containing guidelines for a CONGRESSIONAL CALL TO 3. To be based upon the Soviet law in peaceful settlement of the Central Ameri­ CONSCIENCE FOR SOVIET JEWS force and not to require its alteration; and can conflict. The peace plan, which is based as a whole, to provide the proper legal guar­ on an initiative by President Oscar Arias of antees of observance and protection of the Costa Rica, constitutes an important step HON. JOHN MILLER civil rights and law protected interests not toward solving one of the most dangerous OF WASHINGTON only for those who stay but also for those regional conflicts in the world. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES who leave. The plan provides in particular for the Tuesday, November 10, 1987 Presently the financial relations regula­ entry into force within 90 days of a ceasefire tions procedure concerning those who leave between government troops and guerrillas · Mr. MILLER of Washington. Mr. Speaker, and those who stay is the following: Those in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. over the past 6 months I have had the honor who leave must submit to the OVIR office a All rebels who lay down their arms are to be to serve as cochairman, along with my distin­ notarized application signed by the person granted an amnesty. Moreover, democratic guished colleague, Representative CARDtss who stays that he or she has no financial or CoLLINS, of the Congressional Call to Con­ other claims with respect to the person who reforms, including free elections, are to be leaves. This procedure does not comply with introduced. science for Soviet Jewry. During this time, the principles of the constitutional rights The agreement has been welcomed by the dozens of our colleagues have spoken out on and does not solve the problem of regula­ Contadora Group and the Support Group. behalf of freedom-freedom for those who tion of financial relations. In this connec­ The Secretary-General of the Organization only wish to exercise their basic right to emi­ tion, we believe that it is necessary to abol­ of American States COASl is involved in its grate. In this era of glasnost, our hopes have ish the requirements of paragraph No. 24 of implementation. been raised that real reforms will take place in the Entry and Exit Regulations: "Submis­ The signing of the agreement on 7 August the Soviet Union. However, despite the re­ sion to the OVIR office of a Notarized Ap­ 1987 is in line with a resolution adopted by lease of some well-known dissidents and re­ plication." the 77th Inter-Parliamentary Conference fuseniks, thousands of others, people who are Our proposals are designed to make the held in Managua from 27 April to 2 May following alterations and amendments to 1987. perhaps not well-known or not publicized by the Entry and Exit Regulations: Within the framework of European Politi­ the media, still languish inside the Soviet 1. In Paragraph No. 24, beginning from cal Cooperation, the European Community, Union. Today, I take this time to speak out on the words "of the appropriate foreign coun­ in its declaration of 13 August 1987, wel­ a case of special concern to me. Mr. and Mrs. try," change to: "and the application signed comed the agreement and pledged full sup­ Arkadi Beinus, residents of my home State of by the members of the family who stay, as port. The Federal Government has thus as­ Washington, have for over a decade been well as ex-spouse ; States of America constructively to promote sent to the Ministry of Justice of the U.S.S.R. or he has the right to bring a suit to court the peace process in Central America; and the Board of Legislation of the State having informed the person who leaves by a Substantially increase the material aid notarized application. Projects. The letter sets forth a proposal to If the person who leaves is obligated to granted to the Central American states and, make changes in Visa issuing procedures. in particular, to pay alimony to his or her ex-spouse who CONGRESSIONAL CALL TO CONSCIENCE FOR stays and if their children are under age, Resume development aid for Nicaragua SOVIET JEWS, OCTOBER 1987 and provide DM 100 million in fiscal 1988. then the person who is leaving must be enti­ We, the group of Jewish Refuseniks, put tled to pay a total sum of the alimony all at Nicaragua's financial requirements have forward the following proposal to amend once. This can be done by changing the pro­ become particularly great in the last few the bill named, "Enactment of the Visa Is­ cedure of the court decision, if the way of years, especially since several governments, suing Procedure for those Permanently paying alimony was earlier enacted by the including the Federal Government, have Leaving the USSR." We wish this bill: courts, or by putting the mentioned sum of stopped granting any aid to Nicaragua. Only 1. To comply with international law and alimony on deposit at a notary public office. equal treatment of the Central American to provide authorities with opportunities to Thus, one has to take into consideration States will promote the peace process. promote the rights of the citizens to leave the following methods of calculation of the the USSR permanently. amount of alimony that is subject to pay­ 2. To regulate the financial obligations be­ ment by the person who leaves. It is neces­ tween those citizens who leave the USSR sary: and those members of their families who a. To proceed from initial average month­ stay in the USSR. ly income, acknowledged in the USSR, or 31698 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 10, 1987 from the average monthly income of the Messerman, Dimitri Slevnyak, Rita Vino­ for. Many of us did die, and many have spent person who leaves. kurova, Yuri Goldman, Vladimir Meshkov, years of pain and suffering as a result of the b. To introduce a reasonable factor to the July Shuruht, Vladimir Dashevsky, Yuri Se­ said initial monthly income. · menovsky, Gennady Crochek, Vladimir service we so gladly provided our country." If the person who leaves does not ac­ Khinich, Alla Dubrovskaya, Yakov Katz, On Veterans Day and throughout the year, knowledge the financial or other obligations Borris Bekker. let us honor the commitments we have made or its amount; or if the person who leaves to the veterans who have defended our coun­ does not agree with the way, the place, or try so bravely. the date of its performance; the person who A SALUTE TO OREGON stays must, in accordance to the established VETERANS procedure, bring a suit to the court. The law VETERANS DAY suit should be brought to court no later HON. RON WYDEN than a week's time, beginning from the day the person who stays received from the OF OREGON HON. PETER W. RODINO, JR. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES person who is leaving, the second notarized OF NEW JERSEY application requesting to bring a suit to the Tuesday, November 10, 1987 court for the said person. . Oregon Memorial Fund deserve praise for of peace and prosperity. 2. To amend Paragraph 28 of the Entry their hard work over the last 5 years in raising On this special day, we take great pride in and Exit Regulations with the following money and organizing volunteer support to the gallantry and bravery of America's veter­ subparagraph: make this memorial a reality. It's a tribute to ans. They lived in trenches, foxholes, and rice "The protection of the civil rights of those their abilities and to the support Oregonians paddies. They faced fear, homesickness and who come to the USSR and those who leave the horrors of war. Yet freedom was defended the USSR is carried out by the administra­ have given to this project that the $610,000 tive action of the Ministry of Interior needed to build the memorial came entirely and oppression was fought on every continent whereas, protection outside the USSR is from private donations. with valor and heroism. Both in wartime and carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Af­ Mr. Speaker, in addition to my comments on peacetime, these individuals were always fairs. Both Ministries assist citizens to per­ the Vietnam memorial, I would like to empha­ ready to protect our Nation. form acts and formulate documents re­ size that Veterans Day is a time to honor all As a veteran, I want to urge all Americans quired for visa issuing procedure including: those who have served this country in Ameri­ to celebrate Veterans Day with remembrance, Obtaining the necessary documents from ca's nine major wars. pride and an appreciation for the contributions the state and social organizations, enter­ of our veterans. In moments of great sacrifice prises and institutions; and searching for Originally, the day that Americans chose to the individuals and ex-spouses." honor its war veterans was called Armistice and hardship, they never forgot us and we 3. To introduce this similar alteration to Day, celebrating the end of World War 1- can never forget them. We must maintain our the law on citizenship. ''The War to End All Wars." But shortly after responsibility to honor and care for this Na­ 4. For the Ministry of Justice and the the holiday was officially proclaimed in 1938, tion's veterans. Their determination and spirit Ministry of Interior to recommend that the World War II broke out in Europe and shat­ continue to serve as symbols of pride and organs of the notary introduce a new form tered the dream of peace. strength and to provide the cornerstone for of application, a sample of which is en­ So in 1954, President Eisenhower signed a peace. closed. Being aware of the Justice Ministry's rou­ bill proclaiming November 11 Veterans Day. In doing so, he called for Americans to rededi­ tine responses to our appeals which go no IN MEMORY OF JACK ENGLISH further than simply acknowledging the fact cate themselves to the cause of peace. And that the Ministry received them, and trying he proclaimed the day an occasion for honor­ to establish barriers in front of the social ing veterans of all wars, a group that now HON.THOMASJ.MANTON demagogy regarding the effect that the re­ numbers more than 38 million, of whom more structuring has on the whole issue of leav­ OF NEW YORK than 27 million still survive. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing the Soviet Union, we make our concrete We owe our gratitude to those who have proposals open by publicizing them in the Tuesday, November 10, 1987 West. fought to protect those values which make Signed: Alexander Gashunin, Sergei Mele­ America one of the freest and most prosper­ Mr. MANTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with great chin, Alexei Lorentson, Natalia Samarovich, ous countries in the world. As one disabled sadness that I rise today to mark the passing Sergei Mkrtchyan, Yakov Strelchin, Olga Oregon veteran said, "Freedom is worth dying of my good friend Jack English. November 10, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31699 Mr. Speaker, Jack was a driving force in the big hole in the wall where the truck came IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL Democratic Party in New York. His leadership through. FOOD BANK WEEK was known throughout the State. In 1958, he I am sure that it was a very frightening sight was elected chairman of the Democratic Party to Kimberlee when she saw what had hap­ of Nassau County. As chairman, Jack built a pened. HON. NICHOLAS MA VROULES thriving and prestigious political organization Kimberlee had to leap into the wreckage OF MASSACHUSETTS that advanced the causes of the Democratic where the truck had fallen into the basement IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Party on Long Island. and then climb back up to the small piece of Jack also played a major role in national floor where the two boys were huddled. Tuesday, November 10, 1987 Democratic Party politics. Jack was a key She broke a window and the three of them Mr. MAVROULES. Mr. Speaker, I want to figure in New York Senator Robert F. Kenne­ ran to safety as far away from the house as commend to my colleagues' attention H.J. dy's bid for the Presidential nomination in they could get. Res. 368, a resolution designating November 1968. Jack was also director and chief politi­ In spite of an injury to her arm, Kimberlee 8 through 14, 1987, "National Food Bank cal tactician for Senator Ed Muskie during his stayed with the children until their mother re­ Week." quest for the Democratic Presidential nomina­ turned from grocery shopping to find the I am pleased to be a cosponsor of this res­ tion. Although Jack was a close advisor to emergency equipment in front of her home. olution, which recognizes the tremendous Senator EDWARD M. KENNEDY during his at­ There was added danger from several service nonprofit food banks provide to all of tempt to win the 1980 Presidential nomination, broken gas lines that made quick action on our communities throughout the country. The he worked tirelessly for the Carter-Mondale Kim~erlee's part even more essential. Sixth District of Massachusetts is served by ticket as a deputy national campaign chair­ In 1950, Congress created an awards pro­ the Boston Food Bank, the Worchester Coun­ man. Jack was also a member of the Demo­ gram to recognize brave young people like try Food Bank, and the Western Massachu­ cratic National Committee from 1968 to 1972, Kimberlee, who are role models for young setts Food Bank. Last year, these organiza­ and was its general counsel in 1972. people across the country. tions distributed over 7 million dollars' worth Mr. Speaker, Jack English had a brilliant po­ I am very proud of the fact that Kimberlee of donated food products. Recipients included litical mind and an unlimited commitment to has been chosen to receive this award-The soup kitchens, day-care centers, home for the improving the lives of all Americans. His posi­ Young American Medal for Bravery-from elderly, halfway houses, church-operated food tive influence on the Democratic Party will President Reagan at Friday's White House programs and social service agencies which always be felt. Jack was a fighter for justice, ceremony. provided direct distribution to needy families in fairness and the less fortunate. Jack's contri­ Kimberlee's coolness under pressure and the community. In eastern Massachusetts butions will long serve as an example to all bravery in the face of clear and present alone, over 4 million pounds of food is collect­ who follow. danger deserve to be recognized in a national ed and distributed to some 600 agencies. Jack will be sorely missed by all those who forum. At a time when the administration is cutting knew and loved him. I know all of my col­ Kimberlee is a very special person who very vital domestic programs, it is important that leagues join me in sending our deepest sym­ much deserves our special recognition. we take a moment to recognize the tremen­ pathies to Jack's wife and family. dous volunteer effort food bank organizations make in distributing volunteer effort food bank CLEARING THE TITLE OF THE organizations make in distributing much­ A SPECIAL HONOR FOR A REAL "BARLOVENTO" needed foodstuff to our local communities. HERO I endorse the outstanding work of food HON. JOHN MILLER bank organizations across the country and en­ HON. DEAN A. GALLO courage my colleagues to support House Joint OF NEW JERSEY OF WASHINGTON Resolution 368. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, November 10, 1987 Tuesday, November 10, 1987 FISHING VESSEL Mr. GALLO. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Mr. MILLER of Washington. Mr. Speaker, ANTIREFLAGGING LEGISLATION share with my colleagues in the House the today I am introducing legislation which would pride I feel today that, as the Representative clear the title for the sailing vessel Barlovento, from the 11th District of New Jersey, I can Coast Guard official No. 231569, which was HON. MARIO BIAGGI claim as one of my constituents a genuine built in the United States and is presently OF NEW YORK American hero. owned by two of my constituents. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES On Friday, Rockaway Township, NJ, resi­ The Barlovento has a fascinating history. dent Kimberlee Rush will receive the Young She was built during 1931 in Maine for Pierre Tuesday, November 10, 1987 American Medal for Bravery from President S. Dupont who raced her in the 1932 Bermu­ Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, I urge my col­ Reagan at the White House. da race. This vessel represents the very best leagues to support H.R. 2598, the Commercial Before I elaborate on the particulars of her of American craftsmanship and design and Fishing Industry Vessel Anti-Reflagging Act of remarkable story, let me say that I am very truly is representative of American maritime 1987. The measure furthers the goal of Ameri­ proud of Kimberlee Rush for her unselfish ac­ history. All previous owners were United canizing our fisheries by prohibiting the reflag­ tions and I am very glad that this story has a States citizens except for the immediate past ging of foreign-built or foreign-converted fish happy ending. owner, who was a citizen of the British Virgin processing vessels. The problem with reflag­ Kimberlee was babysitting for friends in Islands. ging is the former foreign-flagged vessels can Denville, NJ, as she had done on a number of My constituents, Lee W. Wayman Ill and remain under foreign control and qualify for other occasions, but this particular day, March Christine C. Wayman purchased her for per­ the same advantages enjoyed by vessels that 11, 1986, was to be a very special, and poten­ sonal use and historical interest in 1986. This are built, manned, and registered in the United tially tragic time for Kimberlee and her young year, they became interested in using the States. charges. vessel for chartered nature trips and cruises in H.R. 2598 contains an important amend­ Kimberlee was in the kitchen taking a northern Puget Sound. During this process, ment designed to assure that, under ordinary phone message and the two boys she was the Waymans discovered that because the circumstances and as far as practicable, U.S. babysitting were in the living room watching previous owner was not a U.S. citizen, they citizens man U.S. ships. On July 8, 1987, the television. could not obtain the necessary Coast Guard House passed similar language in my amend­ A large dump truck filled with 20 tons of permits for the Barlovento. ment to H.R. 2342, the Coast Guard authori­ sand lost its brakes and came crashing into I believe that clearing the title for the Barlo­ zation bill. I offered the amendment to H.R. the house. vento should be a simple noncontroversial 2598 so that the manning language in H.R. I have seen the pictures of that house, with action and urge my colleagues to support this 2598 and the Coast Guard authorization bill the truck tipped over in the basement and a legislation. would be consistent. 31700 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 10, 1987 With certain exceptions, my amendment re­ and caused to disappear hundreds of leftwing "False democrat. Idiot useful to commu­ quires that all officers and unlicensed seamen activities, union leaders, students, teachers, nism. Reject of the conservative party. Dan­ on a U.S.-flag vessel be U.S. citizens-what­ human rights workers, lawyers who defended ,gerous as a member of the Provisional Revo­ ever the port of departure. It will affect certain political prisoners, and Indian leaders. Amnes­ lutionary Government of the FARC-UP." ty International estimates that the number of Hector Abad Gomex: President Human types of fishing vessel operations and the op­ Rights Commission in Antioquia. "Medic eration of larger commercial freighters and victims of political violence by rightwing death helper of guerrillas. False democrat. Dan­ tankers. The amendment makes no changes squads and members of the security forces gerous because of his support for popular to the existing citizenship requirements for was more than 1,000 in 1986 alone. Clearly, elections of mayors in Medellin. Idiot useful crewmembers of yachts, offshore supply ves­ the Patriotic Union has suffered the most vic­ to PCC-UP." ing in foreign waters, and certain fishing members of the Patriotic Union have been Jaime Pardo Leal: "Political chief of the vessel operations. killed in politically motivated violence. guerrillas in Colombia, when he was judge, A U.S. citizen replacement is mandated as Recently, the perpetrators of this violence he irresponsibly liberated terrorists of the soon as the vessel returns to a port at which, published a "death list" comprised of some of FLN. Presents great danger on account of his national sympathy and access to media." in the most expeditious manner, a U.S. citizen the most well-known Colombians, including former diplomats, actors, journalists, priests Communists in the liberal Party." Eduardo Umana Mendoza: Lawyer. "Critic Carlos Valencia: Counselor of the State. citizenship replacement reflect technological "Dangerous for knowing many things about advances and what is often industry practice. of the military operation in the takeover of the Palace of Justice." the Justice Palace. Declared enemy of the I ask you to close some of the loopholes in Iman Marulanda Velez: Director, Nuevo armed forces and fiscal controller of our ac­ the laws governing commercial fishing industry Liberalismo. "Subject suspicious because of tions." vessels and Americanize the fisheries by his criticism of Ministry of Defense and flir­ Jorge Child: Economist and journalist for voting for H.R. 2598. tations with extreme left in the Parlia­ the Spectator. "Immoral subject. Idiot ment." useful to subversion, which he supports Horacio Serpa Uribe: Director of Libera­ through his economic and political criti­ RIGHTWING DEATH SQUADS IN lismo-Fila. "Unconditional ally of the cism." COLOMBIA ISSUE DEATH LIST FARC-UP in the Magadela Medio." Patricia Lara: Journalist. "Lover of guer­ Gen. Jose Joaquin Matallana (ret.): Ex­ rillas, agitator in her writings on armed sub­ commandant of the armed forces. "Agent of version. Foreign correspondent of the M- HON. GEO. W. CROCKEIT, JR. the Organization of Latin American Mili­ 19." OF MICHIGAN tary Persons for Democracy. Traitor to the Alberto Aguirre: Journalist. "University IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES honor of the military and enemy of the in­ professor, maker of future liablers of the In­ Tuesday, November 10, 1987 stitution". stitution, critic of the Church and healthy Major Gonzales Bermudez Rossi: "Critic customs in his column El Mundo, and apolo­ Mr. CROCKETI. Mr. Speaker, when Colom­ of the armed forces in his book 'Military gist for subversive ideas." bian President Virgilio Barco took office as the Power in Colombia,' traitor to the military Carlos Gimenez Gomez: Ex-Attorney Gen­ duly elected President of Colombia on August of the state." eral, "one of the harshest critics of the mili­ 7, 1986, he confronted a country troubled by Marilu Arango: Artist in Cali. "Commu­ tary establishment. The armed forces con­ nist activist, subversive in circles of Cali so­ sider him an enemy because he is a loud­ guerrilla warfare and by serious human rights ciety." violations. Both Colombia's Armed Forces and Carlos Vives: TV actor. "Subversive ele­ speaker of the extremists." the guerrillas have used tactics similar to the ment in the arts and culture. Participated in Alberto Rojas Puyo. Parliamentarian of the IX festival of the communist newspaper the FARC-UP. "Shows to the world a demo­ dirty war in Argentina to get at each other. cratic position but is really a F ARC ideo­ A peace accord reached by the Govern­ VOZ. Dangerous because of populist sympa­ thies." logue and Soviet agent.'' ment with the largest guerrilla group, the Rev­ Antonio Caballero: Journalist. "Speaker olutionary Armed Forces of Colombia [FARC], Edelmira Franco: Journalist for Servi­ prensa. "Microphone of the armed subver­ for ideas against the institution. Has con­ included a cease-fire and participation by the sives." verted Semana magazine into organ of the left in electoral politics. As part of the agree­ Ligia Riveros: Journalist for Cromos mag­ armed subversion.'' ment, the FARC joined forces with the Com­ azine. "Recognized interviewer of terrorist Hernando Hurtado: Parliamentarian. munist Party to create the Patriotic Union, leaders. Creator of a bad image for the insti­ "Member of the PCC-UP and of the Perma­ which ran candidates in last year's elections. tution." nent Commission for the Defense of Human However, attempts by the civilian government Vicki Hernandez: Theatre and TV actress. Rights. Disseminator of foreign ideologies." to strengthen the peace accord have been "Loudspeaker of the FARC-UP, growing Braulio Herrera: Commandant of the sympathy with the public." FARC-UP. "Principal man of the FARC in undermined by violence against leftists of all Hernando Corral: Journalist. "Worked in the Parliament.'' walks of life by rightwing death squads. the subversive magazine Alternative. Re­ Gilberto Viera: Sec. General of the PCC. According to Amnesty International, since sponsible for bad image of the actions of the "Soviet agent, KGB informer.'' the creation of the Patriotic Union, members military." Arturo Alape: Writer. "Disseminator of of the Colombian Armed Forces and gunmen Alfredo Vasquez Carrizoza: President ideas for the guerrillas for whom he writes working with them have executed, tortured, Human Rights Commission of Colombia. his books." November 10, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31701 Patricia Ariza: Member of PC central com­ During long meetings with government of­ charges are usually thrown out for lack of mittee. "Theatre actress, alcoholic, and ficials following Pardo's slaying, military evidence. lover of any intellectual. Cuban agent." leaders disavowed "any participation of the In his last press conference Sept. 1, Pardo Maria Luisa Mejia: Journalist. "Member Army as an institution,'' Cepeda said. "We suggested that investigating officers, who M-19. Lover of guerrillas, her writing dem­ cannot say it is impossible that there are in­ are usually officials of the Administrative onstrates hate for armed forces." dividuals in that process,'' Cepeda added. Department of Security, or DAS, produce Abel Rodriguez: President of FECODE. "We are trying to clarify that." inadequate reports as a way to thwart jus­ "Agent of FECODE and of international Retired general Alvaro Valencia Tovar, a tice. The head of DAS, which is the equiva­ communism, corrupts teachers using foreign former Army commander who is considered lent of the FBI, is a military officer. orientations that will reach the children of one of Latin America's foremost counterin­ In a letter sent Oct. 15 to President Barco the state." surgency theorists, said he believes abuses following Pardo's murder, the Patriotic Alberto Vasco: M.D. "Professor of the were committed by "the isolated officers Union demanded that DAS be reorganized Univ. of Antioquia. Colaborator of the convinced that through these methods they FARC-UP." . under civilian leadership. The next day the can improve their fighting ability and the government asked congressional approval Eduardo Umana Luna: Lawyer. "Defender possibilities of destroying their enemy." of human rights." for a shake-up of DAS, but nothing has Colombia has been wracked by guerrilla been said about replacing its military direc­ insurgency for the last 25 years, but the tor. [From the Washington Post, Oct. 24, 19871 principal target of recent political violence COLOMBIAN MILITARY ACCUSED OF ABUSES­ has been civilian political activists rather In a televised speech Oct. 17 following TOP OFFICERS AGREE To CooPERATE WITH than armed rebels. Pardo's murder and two days of violent pro­ PROBE The Patriotic Union, or UP, has suffered test against the killing, Barco acknowledged the most victims. Pardo was president of the the wide public skepticism of Colombia's overworked and underfunded justice BOGOTA.-Colombia's top military leaders Patriotic Union and, with his death, 471 party members have been killed, according system. He promised widespread reforms. have agreed to cooperate in any investiga­ In an attempt to offset criticism that the tion of charges that middle-ranking officers to the party's statistics. Diplomatic sources said the number is lower, but no one denies government is doing nothing to halt the ad­ in the national Army and police are deeply vance of violence, the Communications Min­ involved in the persistent assassinations of that the Patriotic Union has been hit hard. hundreds of leftist militants and labor lead­ According to government statistics, au­ istry issued a statement Wednesday saying ers. thorities are holding suspects in only three that 443 murder suspects had been arrested In a report last year, Amnesty Interna­ of the killings. and 12 of them tried in the last year. tional accused the Colombian armed forces The Patriotic Union was launched in 1985 Prosecutors are now looking into a recent of waging a "dirty war" like the one in Ar­ by the country's largest guerrilla group and political killing that has focused public at­ gentina in which thousands of suspected the Communist Party to run candidates in tention on the Army's intelligence service. leftists were killed. Asked about the charge, last year's elections under a peace plan call­ Following the slaying of a Patriotic Union Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Eduardo ing for a cease-fire and participation by the mayor in the small, north-central town of Arevalo said, "It's probable, it's possible, left in electoral politics. Although former Sabana de Torres, former soldier Gonzalo that individuals in the armed forces are guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Ortega stepped forward to tell the attorney committing crimes, but it's not up to Amnes­ Forces of Colombia, or FARC, are in the general's office that he had been hired by ty International or the extreme left to ranks of the Patriotic Union, the party's 15 an Army intelligence officer to help plan judge them but to the judges of the repub­ congressmen and dozens of local officials the assassination. lic." have made a name for themselves as aggres­ Ortega, now under government protection, Amnesty International said soldiers, police sive reformers rather than violent revolu­ made his charges public in an interview that officers and gunmen working with them had tionaries. was published last month in the weekly executed, tortured and caused to disappear Pardo, a 46-year-old former Superior news magazine Cromos. hundreds of left-wing activists, union lead­ Court judge, was the Patriotic Union's presi­ According to Cromos, Ortega said that ers, students, teachers, human rights work­ dential candidate last year. He was gradual­ over the last year he had been receiving $40 ers, lawyers who defended political prison­ ly accepted into the political establishment a week to carry out undercover jobs for ers and Indian leaders. Amnesty estimated as a radical who played the game fairly even Capt. Luis Ardila, head of the military intel­ the number of victims in 1986 at more than while trying to change the rules of Colom­ ligence division known as S-2 in the regional 1,000. bia's tightly controlled two-party system. capital of Bucaramanga. The Oct. 11 assassination of leftist politi­ The government sent an official delega­ Ortega told Cromos that he was sent to cian Jaime Pardo Leal, an outspoken critic tion to Pardo's funeral. He was buried Sabana de .Torres in August to prepare the of the armed forces, prompted charges by among the rich and famous in the municipal assassination of its Patriotic Union mayor, leftists that the military chiefs of staff were cemetery. Alvaro Garces. Ortega said Ardila believed involved. The high command issued a state­ His murder is seen as a direct assault not the mayor was meeting secretly with F ARC ment calling the charges slanderous, and no only on the Patriotic Union but on Colom­ guerrillas. proof of a high-level plot has emerged. bia's democratic system, one of the longest "The high commanders are ready to allow running in Latin America. The country's After 12 days, Ortega returned to tell any investigation, and they are ready to elites now fear that the explosion of politi­ Ardila that he did not want to participate in punish any member of the armed forces cal assassinations will rock the political killing Garces because he could find no con­ who might be involved in these crimes," system. nection between the mayor and the guerril­ Communications Minister Fernando Cepeda A recent editorial in the Bogota newspa­ las, according to the Cromos interview. said in an interview. per El Tiempo, which speaks for Colombia's Ortega said he was then imprisoned and Former attorney general Carlos Jimenez traditional elite, warned that Colombia is in later escaped. last year acc~ed security forces of complici­ "the most dangerous moment in its histo­ On Aug. 16 Garces was attacked by five ty in what he ealled an official campaign of ry." assassins and murdered. Colombia has so violence. His name subsequently appeared "This has gone too far," El Tiempo editor many violent crimes, most of them nonpo­ on a death list. Since then, two of those on Hernando Santos said in an interview. "You litical, that newspaper editors probably the list, including Pardo, have been shot can't stand all these killings all the time. would have put the story on back pages if down by unidentified assassins. The country can't stand it." one of the suspected killers had not been Newspaper columnists and the editors of Santos, who staunchly defends the Colom­ chased down, caught, and found to possess a news magazines now write regularly about bian armed forces on the editorial pages of gun permit carrying the seal of the Army an Argentine-style "dirty war" against left­ his family's newspaper, leans toward the and what appeared to be Ardila's signature. ists and critics of the military. theory that the left killed Pardo as part of a Ardila said the signature was false. In a Communications Minister Cepeda, who is Machiavellian move to destabilize the gov­ letter to Cromos, he acknowledged knowing considered one of President Virgilio Barco's ernment, but he does not dismiss the notion Ortega but strongly denied his accusations. closest advisers, and Colombia cannot be that military officers carried out the crime.· But the discovery of the gun permit and the compared to Argentina, where the military "We have to accept all possibilities, in­ published statement of a confessed collabo­ government itself directed the murder of cluding the military," said Santos. "I hope it rator jolted even the most fervent support­ dissidents. is not true." ers of the military. "I was astonished," said "It's not the kind of dirty war that we all Colombian judges rarely have a chance to El Tiempo editor Santos. "I called [Defense know in Argentina, because you can be sure making a ruling on the frequent accusations Minister Gen. Rafael] Samudio. I said: 'This that the Colombian government is not in­ that specific members of the armed forces guy [Ortega] is saying he received orders'" volved at all," he said. are involved in murder and torture. The from Capt. Ardila. 31702 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 10, 1987 Santos said he has decided that the con­ For the first time, I believe the average Rancho Los Cerritos Board of Realtors in rec­ fession published in Cromos does not carry man or woman on the street believes such a ognition of his outstanding service as the enough detail to be convincing. measure is not simply a good idea, but is es­ board's past president. This auspicious occa­ Retired Army general Joaquin Matallana sential to the continued prosperity of the is convinced that Colombia is in the midst country. I believe they are quite ready to sion gives me an opportunity to express my of a dirty war and that "a consensus has accept fewer government services and even appreciation for his work on behalf of the been reached in all levels [of the armed higher taxes because they prefer either of 32nd District. forces] that to save the nation, the commu­ those things to the alternative, which ap­ Tom currently serves as president of the nists have to be eliminated." pears to be a deep and lengthy recession. Rancho Los Cerritos Board of Realtors, a post Matallana's name appeared with 21 others It is my hope that the members of Con­ he acheived after only 5 years of distinguished on a death list published in August. Two of gress will make the most of this opportunity service and commitment to the board. Tom those on the list, Pardo and human rights durirtg this rare time in which there is such activist Dr. Hector Abad, have been shot a strong public awareness of the need for began his involvement with the board in 1982 down so far. Matallana said he does not give immediate change. when he served on the Multiple Listing Serv­ much thought to it, but he knows he could Sincerely, ice Committee. In 1983 h_e added the Bylaws be next. JIM PAXTON, Committee to his membership list, and by Matallana said he thought he was singled Editor, the Pa.ducah Sun. 1984, Tom was also serving on the Budget out because he is "the only retired general and Finance Committee. From that point on, who has come out openly in defense of the Tom's involvement with the Rancho Los Cerri­ peace process" begun by former president IN MEMORY OF AUGUST Belisario Betancur. SCHUMACHER, SR. tos Board of Realtors increased significantly. Betancur's government negotiated a cease­ By the time Tom was elected president in fire with the FARC guerrillas that allowed 1986, he had already served as board treasur­ them to keep their arms while launching HON.EDWARDJ.MARKEY er, board director (5 consecutive years), and the Patriotic Union as a political party. OF MASSACHUSETTS had served on various committees like Long The agreement was denounced by conserv­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Range Planning, Policy, American Home ative military commanders and many mem­ Tuesday, November 10, 1987 Week, Membership Orientation, and the Pro­ bers of the nation's traditional elite, but Matallana said the agreement simply recog­ Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay trib­ fessional Standards and Arbitration Commit­ nized that after more than two decades of ute to the memory of August Schumacher, Sr., tee. fighting, "neither the Army nor the guerril­ a constituent and long-time farmer from Lex­ Although Tom dedicates most of his time lo­ las could defeat each other, and the best ington, MA, who died on November 2, 1987. cally to the Rancho Los Cerritos Board of Re­ thing was to get the guerrillas into the Gus Schumacher settled in Lexington in altors, he is also quite active at the State level system." 1938 and farmed for more than 30 years in by serving as a State director of the California Extreme right-wing members of Colom­ this important seventh district community, and Association of Realtors from 1985 to 1987. In bia's landed and industrial elite have never Addition, Tom has served on State commit­ accepted Betancur's peace process, Matal­ the surrounding area. He was an active lana said, and they have been holding semi­ member of the Middlesex County Farm tees like the Board of Presidents, Professional clandestine meetings with military leaders Bureau and the County Soil Conservation Standards, Membership, and the lnterboard to persuade them "to harden their line." Committee. He was also past president of the Arbitration Committee. Tom also selflessly Matallana said the powerful local families Boston Market Gardens Association now lends his time and experience to other Califor­ who have dominated regional politics for known as the New England Vegetable Grow­ nia Association of Realtor's affiliates like the generations feel threatened. "They have the ers Association. Buena Park-Cypress-La Palma Board and the idea that the only way to save the country Long Beach District Board of Realtors. is to physically eliminate all those individ­ Mr. Schumacher was instrumental in putting our area on the agricultural map. He devel­ While dedicated to a career in real estate uals who are coming up on the left," Matal­ and realtor organizations, Tom has given a lana said. oped new vegetable varieties, like the well known "Waltham Butternut Squash." He also significant amount of his time and energy to designed and developed various kinds of farm various civic duties. In addition to his participa­ DEFICIT REDUCTION IS machinery, many of which are still in use tion in professional associations, such as the ESSENTIAL TO AMERICA across the Nation. Realty World Broker's Council of Southern Schumacher passed his interest in agricul­ California, which he served as treasurer in HON. CARROLL HUBBARD, JR. ture on to his four children, all of whom have 1986-87, Tom has also volunteered his time OF KENTUCKY been active in rural concerns in many parts of to fundraisers for United Cerebral Palsy, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the world including one son who has risen to has been a long-time member of the chamber of commerce. Clearly, Tom's numerous ac­ Tuesday, November 10, 1987 the position of Massachusetts Commissioner of Food and Agriculture. complishments highlight the . truly remarkable Mr. HUBBARD. Mr. Speaker, I have re­ Mr. Speaker, the seventh district has lost a contribution he has made toward the better­ ceived an October 29, 1987, letter from one man who has made nationally significant con­ ment of our community. of my constituents, Jim Paxton of Paducah, tributions by serving the community in his area Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to KY, which I believe is worthy of consideration of excellence. We shall not soon forget Gus recognize the achievement and civic spirit of by my colleagues in the U.S. House of Repre­ Schumacher, or the contributions made possi­ Tom T. Yokoyama on this special occasion. sentatives. ble by his public spirit, Mr. Schumacher's My wife, Lee and I congratulate and thank Jim Paxton is editor of the Paducah Sun, an loved ones may take solace in the knowledge Tom for all he has done for the Rancho Los outstanding, daily-except Saturday-newspa­ that the spirit of his accomplishments will Cerritos Board of Realtors and our community. per in my congressional district. I believe his always have an influence on his community His many years of service are an inspriation to comments that "the average man or woman and its people. us all. We wish Tom and his wife Chit all the on the street believes" a bipartisan deficit re­ best in the years ahead. duction measure is "essential to the continued prosperity of the country" are accurate and A CONGRESSIONAL SALUTE TO timely. TOM T. YOKOYAMA -AMERICAN AGRICULTURE AT The letter from Jim Paxton follows: THE CROSSROADS PADUCAH, KY, HON.GLENNM.ANDERSON October 29, 1987. OF CALIFORNIA HON. ED JONES Hon. CARROLL HUBBARD, OF TENNESSEE Rayburn Office Building, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Washington, DC. Tuesday, November 10, 1987 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DEAR CARROLL: This is just a quick note to Tuesday, November 10, 1987 advise you of my intense interest in seeing Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today the ongoing bi-partisan efforts to adopt a to honor a distinguished business and civic Mr. JONES of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, as significant deficit-reduction measure suc­ leader in my district, Tom T. Yokoyama. Tom chairman of the House Agriculture Subcom­ ceed. will be honored on November 20, 1987, by the mittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural De- November 10, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31703 velopment, there have been numerous oppor­ highly erodible lands and wetlands. Three comes from a perfunctory legislative proc­ tunities over the past several years when I aspects of thse programs seem particularly ess. have called on assistance from the Congres­ noteworthy from the congressional perspec­ Opinions about the purposes of the re­ tive. serve and their relative weights are still sional Research Service. Without exception, First, these programs are a significant, varied, over a year after implementation has every such experience has been most reward­ some might say radical, departure from the started. Is the conservation reserve a pro­ ing, and has contributed greatly to the legisla­ traditional approach of the approximately duction control program or an erosion con­ tive and oversight responsibilities of the Com­ two dozen soil and water conservation pro­ trol program? Does the conservation reserve mittee on Agriculture. grams operating before 1985. These older have one paramount objective or several ob­ I cannot adequately express how much I re­ programs are all based on incentives and jectives that should receive equal treat­ spect and appreciate the quality and profes­ voluntary participation-there are no penal­ ment? Opinions on both these questions are sionalism demonstrated time and time again ties for not participating except that the in­ s. source of political conflict. The Adminis­ by the CRS staff with whom I have dealt. On centives, which are often modest, are fore­ tration has attributed dual and equal pur­ gone. The reserve's financial incentive far poses to the reserve. In its FY 1988 budget this occasion, I want to give particular notice exceeds incentives in most earlier programs. proposal, the Department stated that "the to the work of Jeffrey A. Zinn, specialist in the The penalties associated with the compli­ primary objectives of the CRP are to help CRS's Environment and Natural Resources ance programs are significant-leaving most farmers control critical soil erosion that Policy Division. producers little choice as to whether they occurs on about a third of America's crop­ On November 1-3, 1987, in Kansas City, should comply. land and to decrease production of surplus MO, Dr. Zinn participated in a conference Second, these programs are the result of a agricultural commodities." By contrast, the sponsored by the Soil Conservation Society of new political alliance, and program differ­ House and Senate Agriculture Committee America, in cooperation with the U.S. Depart­ ences from the old conservation activities reports on the Food Security Act The controversy over the amendment to ceived, although some aspects were exten­ INTRODUCTION sodbuster on growing grasses or legumes in sively discussed. The conservation compli­ The 1985 Food Security Act contained sev­ a proven rotation was unexpectedly conten­ ance provision also appeared only in 1985. eral significant new conservation initiatives. tious. Current efforts to get Congress to But, unlike the swampbuster, the concept This discussion is limited to the four that adopt an amendment to the Farm Credit behind compliance had received extensive many resource conservationists view as most System bailout that would expand the con­ discussion in prior years. The lack of an ex­ important: the conservation reserve pro­ servation compliance provisions so they tensive legislative history leaves the intent gram prepare an evaluation of the necessary data can be collected as a part of mentation of these programs? What re­ program with particular attention to "the the program implementation process. Below sources are needed? If resources are not ade­ overall costs and benefits of the program, is a sampling of questions, beyond the cur­ quate, where is SCS reducing its effort? including the effect of the CRP on crop sur­ rent GAO activity, that Congress can be ex­ 6. What effects has swampbuster had on pluses, prices and government support pay­ pected to ask. Many more questions are the rate and pattern of wetland conver­ ments." Other topics of. GAO has been identified for the CRP, which already has a sions? asked to review include benefits and costs of "track record" than for compliance. After 7. What public and private efforts are expanding the reserve size about 45 million 1990, many of the compliance concerns being initiated to develop low-cost or non­ acres, the bid process, how the CRP is af­ could change as conservation compliance engineered measures that would enable pro­ fecting land values and land rental rates, takes effect. ducers to comply? the criteria used for eligibility, and the Conservation Reserve Program effect of participation incentives such as THE FUTURE this year's corn bonus. 1. Why is the signup rate so low in some In this Congress, more than 2 dozen bills Any follower of agriculture on Capitol Hill of the areas identified as having high rates have been introduced that would amend can identify other feel good programs of erosion; what are some remedies? these four programs. Some of these bills where, after early evaluations, support has 2. If CRP is a production control program, would weaken these provisions, while others turned to questioning or criticism, such as how are the problems associated with the seek to build on initial activities. As prob­ the Federal Crop Insurance Program and old soil bank program to be avoided? lems, concerns or opportunities surface in the payment limit debate. This is not to sug­ 3. Why so few tree acres in the program, the future, additional legislative initiatives gest or even imply that the reserve will or and what can be done to attract more into will appear. Information from program eval­ should befall such a fate. But it is important the program? uations will be critically important in these to remember that once this review process 4. Is land still coming into the reserve in debates. Debates that are most likely to starts, some difficult questions may be the most cost-effective manner if the ac­ occur include the following: raised that may be introduced into the legis­ ceptable bid levels are known in advance 1. What happens after 10 years in the re­ lative process as proposals to amend the and almost all bids are within a dollar or serve? Should producers be offered an op­ program. One can only say at this point two of the acceptable limit? portunity to extend their contracts? Should that few if any xeasons not to feel good 5. What offsetting savings in commodity producers who participated be given a grace about the overall effort in the reserve have programs can be demonstrated, given other period before they must meet compliance surfaced to date. trends in the agricultural sector? requirements? Funding has become a major concern for 6. How would the program change if the 2. Should the reserve be expanded or its the CRP. Under current law the CRP is Department also accepted land that poses mix of purposes be altered, as several bills funded through the Commodity Credit Cor­ an off farm environmental threat or be­ propose? poration through FY 1987. Starting cause of high soil salinity, as is now allowed 3. With the next farm bill coming up in with FY 1988, funds must be appropriated by law? 1990, the same year that conservation com­ by Congress to the CCC to support any new 7. How would the reserve change if it were pliance takes effect, what information will contracts. Supporters of the program worry tied into legislation pending to protect be used in any debate to amend the compli­ that the program may be imperiled by more groundwater? ance provisions? general budget constraints just as it begins 8. Is the 1982 National Resource Invento­ 4. Will SCS resources be adequate after to have positive impacts, and they are seek­ ry still a relevant data series on which to 1990; or will any inability to meet all their ing to remove future funding from the ap­ assess the distribution of highly erodible new and old mandates between now and propriations process. land, given changes in agriculture over the 1990 affect agency capabilities long after­ Conservation compliance is politically dif­ past five years? wards? ferent from CRP. While the reserve is a 9. Has the CRP affected the quality of the giant "carrot" with strong incentives, com­ land that is going into the annual set-aside pliance is a stick that will grow much heav­ programs? In what ways are these acres dif­ INTRODUCING LEGISLATION ier after 1990 when the conservation compli­ ferent? LOWERING THE CAPITAL cance provisions are activated. For some 10. How has the CRP affected the struc­ GAINS TAX RATE producers in certain areas of the country, ture of agriculture? Specifically, is the aver­ the stick is reportedly extremely heavy al­ age age of those in the programs older than ready. Implementation has moved at a more the average age of all producers? Also, do HON. LES AuCOIN cautious pace. The Agricultural Stabiliza­ the number of enrolled acres from small OF OREGON tion and Conservation Service has had the farms where the owners derive a large por­ very difficult job of writing regulations for tion of their income from sources off the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the program. The degree of difficulty is re­ farm reflect the overall structure of agricul­ Tuesday, November 10, 1987 flected in the 8,400 comments received in re­ ture? Should these farms, or any subgroup sponse to draft rules and the delay of over a of the overall farm sector have different eli­ Mr. AuCOIN. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to year until the final rules were released. And gibility requirements? join Congressman S10 MORRISON today in in­ those rules are not completely final as yet. 11. How has the limit of 25 percent par­ troducing legislation that will restore the tax At this time, members of Congress are ticipation in any county affected the pro­ preference for capital gains. hearing of some confusion at the field level gram? Should it be changed and what would Last year, I supported final passage of H.R. about who is affected, whether the soil be the impacts of a change? 12. How do payments from the CRP affect 3838, the Tax Reform Act of 1986 [TRA], be­ maps accurately show where highly erodible cause I felt that overall it was in the best eco­ land is located, where professional manpow­ the size of Social Security payments? er iS not adequate for the demand, and Is that relationship having any impact on nomic interests of Oregon and the Nation. But whether the program is being implemented participation in the CRP? there were some changes made that I would consistently from county to county. Two im­ Compliance provisions not have supported had they stood alone. plementation issues do remain, finalizing 1. How is the Department monitoring One such change made by the TRA was the regulations that define "economic and farmer compliance with these provisions? the repeal of the capital gains tax preference. technical feasibility" and resolving the man­ Are these efforts adequate? For years, gains made by an individual or a power question as it affects the ability of 2. How is compliance affecting land rent­ corporation have been taxed at a lower effec­ the Department field staff to both imple­ als? tive rate than ordinary income. Beginning this ment and enforce the compliance provi­ 3. Are data from the 1982 National Re­ January, however, capital gains will be taxed sions. Given the status of implementation, source Inventory still relevant as a baseline, what are some of the evaluation questions the same as ordinary income. Thus, individ­ given all the changes that have occurred in uals will pay up to 28 percent on their assets that will attract congressional attention? agriculture? . QUESTIONS FOR EVALUATION 4. How many farms may be forced out of and corporations will pay up to 34 percent. These questions are offered with the real­ business by the compliance provisions as Under normal circumstances, I would ization that it is much easier to identify currently administered, and what effect will oppose eliminating the capital gains tax differ­ them than to answer them. However, the that have on agriculture? Will compliance ential. Such a change will only result in the November 10, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31705 transfer of personal capital to government­ year, capital gains tax receipts poured into the ILLEGAL DRUGS KILL IN MORE mainly for consumption rather than invest­ Treasury at unprecedented levels, triggered by WAYS THAN ONE ment. And the consumption of capital reduces people trying to avoid the higher rates that the base for production of goods for the were going into effect. HON. JOE BARTON public. Since 1978, the capital gains tax has been OF TEXAS But this is a particularly inappropriate time reduced from 50 to 20 percent last year. But to make this change. revenues were 184 percent higher in 1985 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES That's because American industry is at a than in 1978. In 1979, the first year of the Tuesday, November 10, 1987 crossroads. As our trade and budget deficits capital gains tax cut, Treasury collected $11.7 continue to hover at record levels, we must Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, illegal begin to retool our industries, retrain our work billion in capital gains tax revenues, up from drugs are destroying thousands of American force and reinvigorate corporate innovation if $8.1 billion collected in 1977 and $9.3 billion lives each year. Many of these lives are young we hope to turn these disturbing trends collected in 1978. ones, full of potential for the future. around. Obviously, the additional revenue would be A recent reminder of drugs' corrosive influ­ But these actions require capital. And indus­ very helpful in our efforts to reduce the Feder­ ence occurred in Midlothian, Texas. Evidence try is going to find that the pool of capital has al deficit. indicates that George William Raffield, Jr., a dried up considerably because we've eliminat­ 21-year-old undercover police officer, was ed the tax benefit on capital gains. I'd like to point out how this bill will be es­ shot and killed by high school students. Offi­ Make no mistake about it-this is not a pecially helpful to two industries of importance cer Raffield was posing as a high school stu­ hollow threat. it is borne out by history. The to Oregon's economic development-high dent as part of the local police department's fact is that when we increase capital gains tax technology and timber. effort to find and seal off the channels rates, it discourages capital investment. This, The economic vitality of America's high through which drugs were flowing into the in turn, inhibits technological advances and technology industry is dependent on the con­ local high school. Unfortunately, two students general economic growth. History does show, stant production of innovative products. To apparently discovered Officer Raffield's identi­ ty and murdered him. however, that when we decrease capital gains succeed in their intensively competitive mar­ This tragedy also reminds us that drugs are tax rates we get more venture capital, greater kets, high technology companies need to economic growth, and higher Federal tax rev­ by no means confined to the inner cities of grow at a faster rate than they can finance enues. America. No community, regardless of its size, Let me cite an example. through retention of their own earnings. Thus, is immune to the problem. Although the Between 1970-77 there was practically no they must frequently seek new infusions of events surrounding the death of Officer Raf­ differential between the tax rates for ordinary outside risk capital investment. The investors field have placed Midlothian in the spotlight, income and capital gains. In each of these who provide this capital know they will receive the misuse and abuse of drugs is no worse years the amount of venture capital raised no dividends. They can only hope for capital there than in any city or town. never rose about $100 million. appreciation. This makes their investment de­ The U.S. Congress is an ally of the Nation's In 1978, however, the Congress cut the cisions extremely sensitive to fluctuations in law enforcement agencies in the battle capital gains rate from 49 to 28 percent. This the rate of tax on capital gains. against illegal drugs. The President and Mrs. spurred a tremendous movement of dollars to It's crucial that this tax preference be re­ Reagan are also committed to sweeping venture funds, increasing by nearly 7 to 1 the stored for America's sunrise industry. Last drugs from our schools. We must rid our amount of capital raised over the previous year, the American electronics industry posted schools of illegal drugs and, ultimately, from year. In 1981, when the rate was further de­ its first ever trade deficit. There are a variety our society. creased, venture capital funds increased by of factors behind this disturbing statistic, but The war against drugs is just that: a war. an additional $1.3 billion. certainly this is no time to take away a tax in­ The police and elected city officials in Midloth­ Another reason why we must encourage the ian, TX are active participants in the war. "In centive that has served the industry well. formation of capital is that the pool of national this community," Police Chef Roy Vaughn savings is dwindling at dramatic rates. Net na­ Another industry that has been affected by said: "We have taken a stand against drugs. tional savings has declined from 7 .1 percent the repeal of the capital gains differential is We want to get narcotics out of our city." of GNP in the 1970's to 3.4 percent in the the timber industry. Until 1986, timber was Officer Raffield's sacrifice is no-less heroic 1980's. In fact, in 1982, 1983, and 1986, U.S. treated like other capital assets, whether sold than the sacrifices made by thousands before net national savings actually dipped below 2 outright, sold under contract, or processed in him in our Nation's battles. This war, though, percent of GNP. This further limits the amount the owner's plant. This more equitable tax presents a unique foe, drugs. It may very well of money that could be plowed into invest­ treatment quickly fostered both increased prove to be the toughest enemy we have ever ments in American industry. plantings and higher productivity on private faced. As has already been proven, those I believe it's time to reverse these danger­ forest lands. lined up on the enemy's side are willing to kill ous trends. those they view as a threat to their way of life. · It's time to do whatever we can to encour­ The risk involved in timber growing is often George William Raffield, Jr., was the kind of age investment and innovation. And that's higher than that encountered in other invest­ person anyone would be proud of. We owe a what this bill will do. ments. Unlike most assets, timber can be ad­ great debt to Officer Raffield and his family. I First, it reduces the tax rate on capital gains versely affected by uninsurable risks. The , believe this debt can best be paid by continu­ for corporations from the current 34 to 28 per­ recent fires in Oregon are a testimony to that ing to strengthen our assault on drugs; attack­ cent. Second, it would restore the capital fact. This bill would restore the capital gains : ing in the cities, towns, and countryside and gains differential for individuals. For all gains differential for timber. , never retreating until victory is won. George held for 5 years or more, there would be no Mr. Speaker, I don't like the idea of going William Raffield, Jr.'s sacrifice will not be for- tax. For gains held from 3 to 5 years, only 40 back to the recently enacted Tax Reform Act gotten. percent of the gain would be taxed. And, for and making changes. I believe it's very impor­ gains held from 1 to 3 years, 60 percent of tant to maintain some sense of stability in our FROM DEPENDENCY TO the gain would be taxed. Tax Code. This legislation will provide the stimulus DIGNITY needed to get American industry back on its But the next few years will be the years feet. And the bill will have another welcome where the rubber meets the road for American HON. WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER industry. We can continue to sink into an eco­ effect-over the long run it will generate reve­ OF CALIFORNIA nues. nomic abyss or we can begin to climb out of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Changes in the tax code are dynamic; that the fiscal doldrums and regain our competitive is, they encourage people to change their in­ status throughout the world. It's incumbent Tuesday, November 10, 1987 vestment patterns. That is evidenced by the upon us to help the drivers of America's eco­ Mr. DANNEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, in light of fact that just before the end of the 1986 tax nomic engine as much as we can. the current debate regarding the level of fund- 31706 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 10, 1987 ing for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights the most disadvantaged in our society-pre­ nifer Roback in a study of the post-Civil and the amount of that funding to be ear­ dominantly blacks and the poor. War South. The codes allowed former slave­ marked for certain items, I think the following The civil rights movement today faces a holders to preempt market forces and re­ article may be instructive as to the real choice. It can continue to forsake the store as closely as practicable the feudal agenda of the Commission. market, the route to upward mobility tradi­ order that prevailed before the Civil War. tionally traveled by ethnic minorities in this Typical of the black codes was South FROM DEPENDENCY TO DIGNITY country. Or, replenished by the natural Carolina's licensing statute, under which and written compo­ Law, for instance, forbade racial mixing in Orleans ordinance limiting to two the nent. The written portion tests such esoteric private schools, which were viewed as in­ number of hot dog pushcarts in the French concerns as the chemical composition of struments for integration. Quarter, thus depriving the plaintiff of her bones. Thus, as political economist Robert Higgs livelihood in that quintessential entry-level In a recent examination, he reports, observes, "The fountainhead of effective enterprise. blacks passed the practical component at discrimination" lay not in private efforts The passage of the Civil Rights Act of the same rate as whites but failed the writ­ but "in the governments of the Southern 1964 provided a mechanism to challenge em­ ten part disproportionately. In other words states, counties, and cities." Blacks were ef­ ployment discrimination. But the law was a large number of black would-be beauti­ fectively disenfranchised, and a "racial mo­ not even applied to governmental action cians are prevented from engaging in their nopoly of politics allowed the hostile whites until 1972, and it still contains no explicit chosen field, for which they are demonstra­ to treat the blacks as they pleased." provision prohibiting state-imposed barriers bly qualified, solely by operation of an oner­ Over time, competitive market forces were to practicing a trade, opening a small busi­ ous and arbitary state law. This scenario is largely snuffed out by these governments. ness, and other such traditional avenues to surely repeated in dozen of entry-level pro­ Between 1892 and 1907, for instance, blacks economic progress in our society. fessions. initiated boycotts against segregated transit Meanwhile, in the years since the Civil Likewise, state-granted monopolies re­ systems in two dozen cities across the South Rights Act, the civil rights establishment strict start-up opportunities in businesses and launched their own competing compa­ has jettisoned the effort to knock down running the gamut from furniture moving nies, only to have them shut down as viola­ state-imposed barriers so that individuals to cable television. But none is more brazen tions of licensing laws. can control their own destinies. Instead it than taxicab franchising. The unambiguous legacy of the Supreme has focused on enlisting the power of gov­ Washington, D.C., is one of the few cities Court's abandonment of economic liberty in ernment to achieve specified levels of em­ with virtually open entry to the taxicab Slaughter-House is that Southern blacks ployment, integration of schools, contract­ market . Entrepre­ nate caste with little hope of economic on. And a stagnating underclass with ever­ neurs may initiate service by satisfying emancipation. This sordid legacy persists diminishing prospects for upward mobility safety and insurance requirements and today in its most fundamental aspects, re­ remains largely untouched even as its exist­ paying a modest fee. Consequently, the taxi­ maining largely untouched by the civil ence is widely lamented. cab industry provides broad and easily ac­ rights gains of the 1960s. Entry-level, small-entrepreneurial oppor­ cessible business opportunities. Seventy per­ For a time, the Supreme Court moved to tunities, traditionally a hallmark of our cent of Washington's cabs are owned by afford some protection for economic liberty. system, have fueled the efforts of genera­ blacks. In Yick Wo v. Hopkins in 1886, the Court tion after generation of newcomers to attain Contrast the system in New York City, bowed to the 14th Amendment in ruling on self-sufficiency. But today, many of the where a potential cab owner must first a San Francisco ordinance that required, likely avenues for economic advancement obtain a "medallion." The number of medal­ among other things, permission from the are artifically blocked for those who could lions is tightly controlled by the city, and as board of supervisors to operate laundries. most benefit. a result these permits to do business now go 31708 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 10, 1987 for $100,000. Blacks drive cabs in New York, umphs of the 1950s-chipping away at bar­ REMARKS OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVE NICK J. but they rarely own them. Indeed, wherever riers incrementally until the courts are once RAHALL 11, RE-OPENING OF ROSE LAUNDRY, new entry into a business is proscribed or re­ again receptive to the principles of natural INC., HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA-OCTO­ stricted, entrepreneurial opportunities are rights. A new civil rights litigation program BER 31, 1987 diminished, particularly for minorities and can combine principled constitutional argu­ Thank you and good morning, the poor. So while 2,000 blacks own cabs in ments, based on the Ninth Amendment, It is certainly an honor for me to be a part Washington, only 14 blacks own cabs in privileges or immunities, equal protection, of such a momentous occasion as this re­ heavily regulated Philadelphia. and so forth, with more pragmatic legal dedication this morning, not only for the And, of course, entry restrictions affect hooks, such as antitrust laws and the Civil employees of Rose Laundry and their fami­ not just would be entrepreneurs but con­ Rights Act's proscription of employment lies, but for the entire city of Huntington, sumers, as well. By limiting the number of discrimination. and in the realist sense the blossoming of a suppliers, they lead to higher price and re­ Slowly but' surely, such efforts could erode new relationship between two nations' busi­ duced service, especially in poor neighbor­ the Slaughter-House doctrine, until econom­ ness interests, the United States and the hoods. ic liberty is finally restored to its rightful Most of these laws are based on faulty place among our most precious civil rights. United Kingdom-Rose Laundry and Initial Nothing less than this will secure for min­ PLC. economic or public-welfare premises. They It was early this year when I was ap­ work their greatest hardship upon the most iority individuals, as equals among equals, proached by my good friend, Tony Culley­ disadvantaged in our society, depriving the right to control their own destinies and Foster, Initial's Washington representative, them of the fundamental liberty and the earn their share of the American dream. who advised me that the British firm which basic opportunity that is the birthright­ owned the fire-gutted Rose Laundry plant the civil right-of every American. was in the process of determining its future Two hundred years after adoption of our PERSONAL EXPLANATION Constitution and a quarter century after in the wake of the January 23, 1987, disas­ civil rights activists marched on Washington ter. to remind Americans of the individual HON. BILL LOWERY One course obviously, would have been to rights enshrined in that document, someone give up on Huntington and move somewhere ought to be standing up for these funda­ OF CALIFORNIA else-a move which may have been more mental liberties. Recent calls for "self-help" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES feasible to the parent company. I believed from black leaders such as Benjamin Hooks then, as I believe now that the potential of of the NAACP and John Jacob of the Na­ Tuesday, November 10, 1987 bringing together a dedicated company tional Urban League are a long-overdue and looking to invest in America with a commu­ Mr. LOWERY of California. Mr. Speaker, nity that was dedicated to progress would welcome move. But they are not enough. due to official business in San Diego I was The civil rights establishment, along with prove to be a match made in heaven, or conservatives who have long deplored its unable to attend the House session on should I say almost heaven. Look around, I failure to look to the rich self-help tradition Monday, November 9, 1987. Had I been think you will have to agree-for once I was among blacks, must recognize that very real present, I would have voted in the following right. barriers to self-sufficiency remain. manner: I then met with the gentlemen seated The increased welfare spending, quotas, Roll No. 417: "yea"; Roll No. 418: "nay"; here at this table with me, and I could see and set-asides that have dominated civil Roll No. 419: "yea"; Roll No. 420: "nay"; Roll that they shared the same vision I had. rights policy for the past 25 years have not They, too, realized the enormous potential No. 421: "yea"; Roll No. 422: "yea"; Roll No. here in Huntington, and they could see that changed the course of dependency and de­ 423: "yea"; Roll No. 424: "yea." spair. Even stalwart defenders of this we were serious about making it work here. agenda are coming reluctantly to recognize And, now, just ten short months later, this. So it is an opportune moment to refa­ here we are. shion the terms of the civil rights debate­ But, today is just the culmination of a lot from collectivism to individualism, from co­ INITIAL PROVES INTERNATION­ of hard work and dedication by so many ercion to opportunity, from dependency to AL INVESTMENT CAN LEAD TO people who shared our dream of a thriving dignity. AMERICAN JOBS tri-state area. What got us here was a com­ Legislation-filling the void left by the munity which proved to foreign investors Civil Rights Act of 1964-is one way to start that we were a smart bet, that we were the on an alternative agenda. An Economic Lib­ HON.EDOLPHUSTOWNS type of community that could pull together, unified in our quest to make this project erty Civil Rights Act, guaranteeing the OF NEW YORK right of every individual to pursue work and successful. business opportunities free from arbitrary IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I had the opportunity to meet with Brian governmental constraints, could provide a Tuesday, November 10, 1987 Thompson and his associates, first in Wash­ focal point for a forward-looking civil rights ington and later in London. I could see that program. Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, last month a Brit­ they were the kind of people that the city of A reinvigorated quest for civil rights must ish firm, Initial, PLC, reopened a laundry facili­ Huntington could team up with in our drive also, as in the past, utilize the branch of ty in Huntington, WV. This facility was gutted for progress. I could tell that they shared government designed by the framers as the by fire earlier this year and it could have my confidence in this area and were willing first line of defense for individual rights­ meant the loss of over 100 jobs to this small to take a risk to get this project off the the judiciary. And just as the classical civil ground. rights movement had as its objective repudi­ community. Yet Initial, PLC, through its Wash­ And what has been accomplished here in ation of the pernicious Plessy doctrine, so ington representative, Tony Culley-Foster, was Huntington stands as a model of what I feel must the contemporary movement resolve persuaded to reopen the plant and to contin­ is the prototype for other communities, to dismantle Slaughter-House. ue its operations in West Virginia in the con­ other governments, other American busi­ The restoration of judicial protection for gressional district of our colleague, NICK nesses to look to as evidence of the realities economic liberty will not be a simple task. RAHALL. of today's ever-expanding global economy. Not a single member of the Supreme Court I am very pleased that Initial, PLC, has de­ We in the United States can choose not to seems prepared to exhume Lochner, with its cided to make a similar investment in my con­ be a partner in the world economic scene, insistent on the freedom to labor as one yet I believe that if this is the path we chooses. In any case, for all its desirable gressional district by maintaining its wiper choose, we will be left far behind. conclusions, Lochner was probably defective cloth processing business in Brooklyn. We are Our friends from the United Kingdom in its constitutional analysis. program was ports combined with a shortage of needed California. There is an estimated one mil­ enacted in 1985 to help welfare parents services and a lack of interagency coopera­ lion children in the State whose families obtain training and employment. However, tion have resulted in severe workload prob­ qualify for subsidized child care and do not there is concern that GAIN recipients may lems and reduced the level of service provid­ receive it. In addition, there are an estimat­ displace the children of the working poor ed to abused and neglected children. ed 136,000 families on waiting lists for child who are on waiting lists for subsidized child Finding No. 19.-Current approaches for care services. care programs, or that there will be insuffi­ abuse and neglect may prove damaging to Finding No. 4.-Some work poli~ have a cient child care spaces for GAIN recipients families and children.-Due to the sheer negative impact on the ability of parents to in such programs. volume of cases for investigation, the inad­ provide care for their children.-Many Cali­ Finding No. 12.-Problems of runaway/ equate training for some workers, and a lack fornia employers do not have policies or homeless youth are not fully recognized.­ of necessary services, some families who are programs that are supportive of working There are an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 run­ reported to child welfare services for sus­ parents. As a result, many parents who away /homeless youth in California on any pected abuse and neglect are harmed by un­ would like to provide full or partial care for given day. Although these children have a necessary or inappropriate treatment. their children cannot do so because they are multitude of health, mental health, and Finding No. 20.-Lack of comprehensive afraid of negative employment repercus­ other problems, adequate programs and training for child welfare professionals, sions, such as loss of tenure, demotion, or services are not available to them. As a foster parents and mandated reporters.­ loss of promotion opportunities. result, these children have a difficult time There is limited training for child welfare Finding No. 5.-The public and private becoming productive members of society. professionals, foster parents and those re­ sector can take further actions to facilitate Finding No. 13.-Runaway/homeless quired by law to report suspicions of child the expansion of child care in California.­ youth tend to ''fall through the cracks" of abuse and neglect. This lack of training California has a diverse and extensive child public and private programs.-California combined with high caseloads contributes to care system, but there is a persistent and does not have an ongoing program for run­ faulty investigations, inadequate recogni­ growing unmet need for services. Various away/homeless youth. Currently, the State tion of the needs of abused and neglected options exist for the public and private sec­ is spending only $1.1 million on two pilot children, as well as inappropriately pre­ tors to encourage the expansion of quality projects specifically designed to serve these scribed services and case management. child care. Moreover, it has been demon­ youth. As a result, many runaway/homeless Finding No. 21.-The court system is expe­ strated that quality child care can improve youths throughout the State are not receiv­ riencing d'i.fficulties in dealing with cases of morale and productivity and reduce employ­ ing needed shelter, medical treatment and abuse and neglect.-The Court System is ex­ er turnover and absenteeism. counseling. periencing problems handling the increased Finding No. 6.-Quality child care is bene­ Finding No. 14.-Models of treatment de­ number of cases being referred to it. For ex­ ficial to children and can result in long­ veloped for abused and neglected children or ample, the number of dependency Judicial tenn savings to the State.-Quality child youthful offenders generally do not suit the reviews increased in Los Angeles from care is cost effective for the State and bene­ needs of homeless youth.-Runaway/home­ 11,610 in fiscal year 1981-82 to 38,215 in ficial for children. High quality child care less youth generally require a wide array of 1986-87, an increase of 229 percent. As a can substantially reduce problems later in services involving numerous agencies. Stabi­ result, delays in the court system can fur­ life, such as Juvenile delinquency or the lization in a safe environment with a fixed ther traumatize abused and neglected chil­ need for special education programs. By responsibility for services is a key to effec­ dren because ultimate placement decisions making such child care available, the State tively serving these youth. Unfortunately, may be prolonged. will experience long-term cost savings of as few communities provide such coordination. Finding No. 22.-Lack of emphasis on pre­ much as six dollars for each dollar spent. As a result, many runaway /homeless youth vention of abuse and neglect is resulting in Finding No. 7.-California has varying are not served and those that are served long-tenn problems for children and in­ guidelines and requirements for child care may have only a portion of their needs met. creased cost to the State.-There are various services.-California has two sets of goals Finding No. 15.~Family reuntfication is accepted prevention strategies to reduce the and standards for providing child care serv­ not a realistic goal for many runaway/ incidence of child abuse and neglect which ices. One set exists for State-subsidized pro­ homeless youth.-Although family reunifica­ are not being fully implemented in Califor­ grams and emphasizes child development, tion is a primary objective of State-mandat­ nia. As a result, the State is incurring cur­ parent education and services. The other set ed children's services, it is not a realistic rent and long-term social program costs exists for non-subsidized programs and is goal for a significant portion of the run­ that could be avoided. primarily concerned with providing supervi­ away /homeless population who have been Finding No. 23.-Shortages of seroice and sion. As a result, the quality of child care abandoned by their parents or who have placement resources for abused and neglect­ that children with similar needs receive may left abusive family situation. However, few ed children and their families.-There is a be inconsistent and the cost of services can programs exist to assist such youth seeking shortage of necessary services in California vary considerably. emancipation to live independently off the for abused and neglected children and their Finding No. 8.-The number of subsidized streets. families, including family support services, child care spaces available in California is Finding No. 16.-Impediments exist to pro­ health services, foster care services, services insu,ffi,cient to service the working poor.­ viding seroice to runaway/homeless youth for children with special needs, and group There is a shortage of subsidized child care at the local level.-Im.pediments at the local home services. As a result, children and

91-059 0-89-46 (Pt. 22) 31712 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 10, 1987 their families who are in need of services away /homeless youth who are not residents Oleg had developed an interest in trotter are not receiving them. of a country; racing relatively late in iife, but his devotion The Commission's final report presents 36 25. Reassess the definitions of abused and not only to the sport but to the very principles recommendations to improve the delivery of neglected children and status offenders to children's services in California. These rec­ consider including runaway /homeless of good sportsmanship have already made ommendations address problems in the youth; him legendary in racing circles throughout our overall children's services delivery system 26. Give priority to programs that prevent region. Oleg Cassini is an excellent choice for and specific problems in providing services child abuse and neglect; the 1987 "Good Guy Award," and we join in to children in need of child care services, 27. Ensure that Senate Bill 14 services are saluting this outstanding reinsmen. runaway /homeless youth, and abused and fully implemented; Mr. Speaker, I know our colleagues would neglected children. Specifically, the Com­ 28. Evaluate and develop funding streams want to share in acclaiming these two out­ mission recommends that the Governor and that promote intera.gency cooperation and standing sportsmen: Vincent Bergamo and the Legislature take the following actions: coordination; 1. Establish a Statewide Commission on 29. Require the use of court mediators, Oleg Cassini. Children and Youth; or a Children's Czar to where appropriate; direct and control state children's programs; 30. Require that all counties develop and 2. Adopt a uniform children's services implement an administrative review process SOCIAL SECURITY FLAT-RATE policy to address the needs of the "whole for children in out-of-home care who have COLA ACT OF 1987 child"; had a. permanence planning hearing; 3. Include child care in community general 31. Require the use of video or audio tapes plans as an essential service; in investigations of child abuse and neglect; HON. TIMOTHY J. PENNY 4. Modify the California Revenue and -32. Encourage continuous case manage­ OF MINNESOTA Taxation Code to provide income deferment ment for a.bused and neglected children for child care; after emeregency response; IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 5. Encourage the expansion of quality 33. Encourage the statewide use of multi­ Tuesday, November 10, 1987 child care; disciplinary teams; 6. Perform a study evaluating the effects 34. Establish a. State-supported, multi-fac­ Mr. PENNY. Mr. Speaker, the Nation is still of modifications to subsidized child care for­ eted interdisciplinary training program; looking to Washington for meaningful action mulas on the availability of child care 35. Require certification of all case work­ on the budget deficit, but there seems to be a spaces; ers; and refusal on both sides of the negotiations to be 7. Establish a pilot project to evaluate the 36. Ensure that health needs of children the one to "blink first." Perhaps it's time to impact of caregiver-to-child ratios on the in out-of-home care arrangements a.re ade­ quality of child care; . look to folks out in middle America for some quately met and maintained on a. regular leadership on the deficit issue. 8. Establish statewide minimum training basis. and educational requirements for center­ For the past several years, constituents based child care teachers and caregivers; from throughout my district have told me that 9. Evaluate the feasibility of recognizing a U.S. HARNESS WRITERS SA­ they are willing to do their part in reducing the variety of innovative child ca.re training LUTES VINCE BERGAMO AND methods; deficit if all share in the sacrifice. Senior citi­ 10. Expand respite child care programs for OLEG CASSIN! zens, particularly, have indicated their willing­ families who show risk factors for child ness to give up regular Social Security cost­ abuse or neglect; HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN of-living increases if other portions of the 11. Decrease outdoor square footage regu- OF NEW YORK budget are also being frozen at the same lations for infant care; . IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES time. However, a freeze or a reduction in the 12. Require employers to grant unpaid Tuesday, November 10, 1987 COLA would be especially harmful to low­ job-protected leaves to new parents who income seniors. desire them; · Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, this weekend the 13. Enforce Senate Bill 303 which requires One of the fairest ways of addressing the child care contractors to provide child care Monticello-Goshen chapter of the U.S. Har­ need to reduce the deficit while at the same for disabled children; ness Writers' Association will be conducting time protecting those Social Security recipi­ 14. Make training materials available and its 29th annual awards banquet. The recipi­ ents most in need of the COLA, is to provide disseminate them to those caring for handi­ ents of the association's highest honors are a flat-dollar cost-of-living adjustment for all capped children; two individuals who are more than worthy of Social Security recipients. Under the current 15. Ensure that the Greater Avenues for every consideration that we can afford. Independence participants are fully in­ system, Social Security COLA's are based on Vincent Bergamo has, for a quarter of a the individual's current benefit level, multiplied formed of the child care options open to century, established himself as "Mr. Harness them; by the inflation adjustment. This means that 16. Ensure that Greater Avenues for Inde­ Racing" throughout southeastern New York. individuals already receiving higher Social Se­ pendence participants are not given prefer­ He has served as an official racing judge for curity benefits also receive larger dollar in­ ential entitlement to state-subsidized child the State of New York since 1962, but it is creases when cost-of-living adjustments are care; due to his many activities to promote this made. 17. Provide a mechanism for stimulating sport of gentlemen that he has become public-private partnerships to increase the known and so highly respected. The historic In contrast, the flat-rate COLA would be based on the 20-percentile benefit level...... :.in availability of child care and to improve the track in Goshen, NY-a living museum-in quality of existing child care programs; 1987 approximately $320-multiplied by the many ways owes its continued existence and 18. Amend the Mello-Roos Community projected CPl-4.2 percent. This means that all success to Vince. Goshen Track is the oldest Facilities Act of 1982 to name child care as Social Security recipients-rich or poor-would sports facility in the United States still in exist­ an eligible service; receive an increase of approximately $13.40 19. Modify State law to specify child care ence, and was the first sports facility to be per month in 1988, regardless of benefit level. facilities as eligible for tax increment fi­ listed on the National Register of Historic nancing; Places, due in good part to Vincent Berga­ While we protect those most in need of the 20. Amend the Quimby Act to allow for mo's efforts. Vince's devotion to this, and to cost-of-living allowance, we would at the same the funding of child care facilities on park so many other worthy causes, make Vince a time make appreciable savings for the Treas­ land; 21. Continue the Homeless Youth Act most worthy recipient of the 1987 harness ury. Estimated savings from the flat-rate bill pilot projects as an ongoing program; writer's "Special Distinguished Service Recog­ would be somewhere between $30 and $45 22. Require that the Homeless Youth Act nition Award." billion over 5 years. pilot projects coordinate public and private Oleg Cassini became a household word 25 Today, along with my Minnesota colleague, sectors services; years ago due to his innovative fashion de­ Representative ST ANGELAND, I am introducing 23. Require an annual report on the oper­ signs. Oleg Cassini has internationally become the Social Security Flat Rate COLA Act of ations of the California Runaway Hotline to provide continuing information on the need a byword for beauty, for glamour, and for 1987. This legislation is fair to seniors and for services; grace. However, many of us have now come takes responsible action on the deficit, which 24. Require implementation of the Attor­ to respect Oleg Cassini for yet another role: will ultimately be the greatest benefit we in ney General's opinion on services to run- that of the model harness racing sportsman. Congress could possibly provide. November 10, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31713 THE VIETNAM WOMEN'S I urge rriy colleagues to cosponsor this leg­ Second, neither Government trusts Wash­ MEMORIAL PROJECT islation. The women who served and died in ington. They believe that its idea of coop­ Vietnam deserve no less. eration is to mount a bailout effort only when the United States is in trouble. They remember the Administration's arrogance HON. SAM GFJDENSON about Reaganomics and its indifference to OF CONNECTICUT their pleas a few years ago, when American THE LOOMING CRISIS WITH interest rates were high and the dollar was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BONN AND TOKYO soaring. Tuesde,,:y, November 10, 1987 Third, the current objectives of the three nations are incompatible. The United States Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, I am intro­ HON. BOB TRAXLER OF MICHIGAN wants growth to offset the crash, and seems ducing legislation today to establish .a memori­ willing to accept some inflation in the proc­ al for women who served in the Armed Forces IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ess as well as a declining dollar. Bonn wants, during the Vietnam war. As Congress and the Tuesday, November 10, 1987 above all, stable prices and is prepared to Nation stops tomorrow to recognize America's Mr. TRAXLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sacrifice growth. Both are willing to see the veterans, we must remember that the unique call the attention of my colleagues to an arti­ dollar slide. Tokyo wants low prices, growth contributions of the 10,000 women who cle that appeared in the November 8 New and, with an eye on its exports to the served in Vietnam have not been fully ac­ United States, a stable dollar-yen relation­ York Times. I believe Mr. Garten's article, de­ ship. Something has to give. knowledged by our Nation . .. tailing the urgent need for serious economic Fourth, and most important, it may be Three years ago; the Vietnam women's me­ cooperation between the United States, West Germany, and Japan raises many interesting that the rules of the game have changed. morial Project [VWMP] was founded. The Americans have in their minds that West VWMP set out to educate the public about the points. I would also emphasize his comments Germany and Japan are partners but, for about the need for the United States to con­ service of women during the Vietnam war and historical reasons, we expect them to be vince the governments of Bonn and Tokyo to to build a memorial honoring their service. compliant partners. Now that era may be shoulder a greater portion of their own de­ over. While the VWMP has made great advances fense needs. in showing that women made major contribu­ Nothing symbolizes the new realities more tions, and tremendous sacrifices, to support CFrom the New York Times, Nov. 8, 19871 than our escalating debt and our plummet­ their Nation during the Vietnam conflict, the THE LoOMING CRISIS WITH BONN AND TOKYO ing currency. Once, not so long ago, we fi­ nanced the free world; now we are rattling a goal of building a memorial in Washington has tin cup. Once the dollar was the symbol and proven to be more elusive. As the panic on Wall Street fades, another crisis is brewing, this time between Wash­ means of power and influence; now promi­ The proposed statue to complete the Viet­ ington, Bonn and Tokyo. It may be of more nent Americans are prescribing ever lower nam memorial will be placed unobtrusively on lasting significance than the financial deba­ levels for the dollar. the tree-lined ridge opposite "The Wall." It will cle. West Germany, moreover, is so tightly be compatible in size and detail with the While last week's moves by West Germa­ tied to Europe that it may feel that reduced ny and Japan to lower interest rates are wel­ statue of the "Three Fighting Men". links to the United States are acceptable. come, more significant reductions will be Japan always acts politely, but it is in a po­ necessary. As the Reagan Administration Secretary of the Interior Donald Hodel en­ sition to wield the 1big stick like the power­ dorsed the project in a letter sent to the Com­ and Congress get closer to a compromise on ful creditor that it is. mission on Fine Arts last month. However, in the Federal budget, there could be major international conflict as America strong­ There has been over the last 30 years a a short-sighted decision, the Commission re­ arms its allies to do more to avert a global not-so-implicit deal. America has borne the jected the proposal on October 22, 1987. The recession. defense burden. In return, the allies would Chairman of the Commission subsequently Moreover; the recent interest-rate cuts support our economic goals in an open stated his view that only action by Congress will not convince the markets, which have world economy. That deal could be unravel­ could authorize a Vietnam women's memorial. seen such accords break down before the ink ing now. It's not that Europe and Japan do My legislation accomplishes that goal. dried. not want military protection. But neither Beyond the cosmetic quick fix, the pros­ seems inclined to hold up their ends of the The beauty of the memorial, Mr. Speaker, is pects for effective cooperation do not look bargain now, and both doubt that the that it does not cost the U.S. taxpayer a single good. Since the late 1970's, in fact, global United States will pull part of the defense dollar. The Vietnam Women's Memorial economic cooperation has been a miserable rug out from under them. failure. From private shuttle diplomacy to Project will raise all funds necessary for con­ summit meetings, mud-slinging contests to That's where they could be wrong. The struction of the monument. This bill directs the harmonious photo sessions, nothing much major issue facing the next Administration Secretary of the Interior to work with the has happened, save some collaboration to is not whether to share financial, trade and VWMP, overriding the decision of the Com­ guide the dollar. security burdens more evenly with the mission of Fine Arts, to make a memorial for allies, but how to do it-fast. The fiscal and For the last few years, America's agenda trade pressures on America will leave no female Vietnam veterans. has been consistent: We'll cut our budget, the Administration would say, if West Ger­ choice. The Vietnam Women's Memorial Project is many and Japan agreed to take up the eco­ If Bonn and Tokyo fail to make lasting supported' by a broad coalition of veterans' or­ nomic slack with new spending and tax cuts. and significant accommodations, the politi­ ganizations. The support list includes the Only, we never delivered and, not surpris­ cal backlash here could be fierce. Farmers, American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign ingly, neither did they. exporters of manufactured goods and labor Assuming a budget agreement is reached, unions will have a new whipping boy for Wars, Vietnam Veterans of America, the their trade problems. This time they will be American Nurses Association, the Disabled Washington will be screaming for the allies to ante up. If Bonn and Tokyo don't oblige, joined by Wall Street and Main Street, both American Veterans, the Reserve Officer Asso­ they may precipitate a major crisis. This is dreading an economic downturn. ciation, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, no one's preferred outcome, but here is why In the end, there is little that Wa':shington and the Military Order of the Purple Heart. it could happen anyway. can do if Bonn and Tokyo stonewall-at Mr. Speaker, this statue will complete the First, there is a strong feeling in Bonn and least little that won't hurt us, too. But we Vietnam memorial by ensuring that the sacri­ Tokyo that their policies have been right should not assume that rationality will tri­ fices of all Americans are recognized officially and ours wrong, and they don't want to pay umph over emotion. So far, one lesson about by the Nation. The Vietnam women's memori­ for what they see as our chronic lack of dis­ the 1930's-the one about providing ade­ cipline. In West Germany, there is the quate liquidity after a crash-seems to have al will serve as an unending reminder of the added neurosis about inflation; in Japan, a been learned. But what about the lesson of great contributions and sacrifices made by the sense that the Government has already what happens when there is no one, strong 10,000 women who served their Nation in an stretched itself to the limits to accommo­ leadership and international cooperation unpopular war. date American demands. breaks down? 31714 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 10, 1987 THE AYATOLLAH WATCHES THE country, communicate uncertainty to be administered in a fair, efficient and accom­ CONGRESS our friends overseas, and send a signal modating manner and I intend to work with of vacillation to our opponents. the VA and constituents to help make that HON. WM. S. BROOMFIELD None of us want to see the United happen. OF MICHIGAN States run out of the gulf by a pack of Another measure recently passed by the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Iranians gloating over how they suc­ House is expecially worthy of note: H.R. 2327. cessfully manipulated our political Tuesday, November 10, 1987 This bill relaxes severe eligibility restrictions process. Our presence there is wanted for the VA beneficiary travel allowance. Cur­ Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, believe it and needed by our allies in that criti­ rent restrictions are causing hardships for or not, the Ayatollah and his followers are cal region of the world. Their interests many fourth district veterans who need finan­ good students of the American political proc­ and ours are served by a firm U.S. cial assistance in order to get to the VA hospi­ ess. The Iranian Government is closely moni­ commitment in that strategic area tal, a burden that would be substantially eased toring congressional proceedings and atti­ until the job is done. under H.R. 2327. tudes concerning the Persian Gulf. The Irani­ I am proud of these efforts, but the agenda ans are trying to keep tensions high in the does not end there. We must continue efforts gulf. They hope that congressional concern COMMEMORATING VETERANS DAY to get full information about our POW's and about future clashes in the region involving MIA's-as envisioned in H.R. 2260 of which I U.S forces will lead this body to pressure the am a cosponsor. And in the Fourth District of administration into withdrawing U.S. naval HON. DAVID E. PRICE North Carolina, we are continuing to pursue units from that vital area. I hope that the Con­ OF NORTH CAROLINA the establishment of a full-time Vet Center to gress will not play into the Ayatollah's hands IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES provide counseling and readjustment services by taking actions designed to break the ad­ Tuesday, November 10, 1987 in the Raleigh-Durham area. ministration's resolve in the Persian Gulf. So, as the trumpets blare and the flags are Our Government's Foreign Broadcast Infor­ Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, waved during this celebration, let us continue mation Service, which routinely monitors Irani­ as we near Veterans Day on November 11, to honor our veterans in an even more sub­ an news broadcasts, reported that Tehran 1987, millions of Americans will pay tribute to stantial manner-by continuing to enact effec­ Radio announced on October 12 that the those who have fought for our country. There tive and responsive legislation for the benefit latest incidents in the gulf had caused a new will be parades, special ceremonies, and news of veterans and their families. wave of anxiety and fear in Congress. The Ira­ programs all over the country focusing for a nian announcer discussed the means by few days on our veterans. This recognition is which Congress' invoking of the War Powers important and I will be reviewing such a COL. WILLIAM L. HENDRICKS, Act could compel a reversal of administration parade in Raleigh, NC tomorrow. But the com­ CO FOUNDER OF MARINE policy. Radio Tehran went on to note' that mitment to veterans need not end on Novem­ CORPS' TOYS FOR TOTS Congress' apparent solidarity with the admin­ ber 12-the day after. I firmly believe that istration will not last long if the consequences honoring our veterans should not be confined HON.CARLOSJ.MOORHEAD of Reagan's policy become apparent. only to holidays and parades, but to making OF CALIFORNIA On October 5, a Tehran Radio com­ government work effectively for veterans and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mentator observed that the American their loved ones. Nation would be unable to tolerate a Thus, I am proud of the work that our Veter­ Tuesday, November 10, 1987 situation in which it will have to re­ ans Affairs Committee has done to advance Mr. MOORHEAD. Mr. Speaker, this year the ceive the corpses of American soldiers veterans' issues and want to comment on two U.S. Marine Corps Reserve celebrates the killed in the Persian Gulf. areas in which I have a keen interest-educa­ 40th anniversary of the renowned and re­ Tehran Radio commentary has also tion and training and accessibility to health spected Toys for Tots Program. On Nov. 28, compared a possible setback of United care. One measure to which I lent my active Mr. Bob Hope and the Marine Corps Reserve States efforts in the gulf with the support-which has now become law-made will honor the program and one of its three United States defeat in the Vietnam the GI bill permanent, offering veterans exten­ founders, William L. Hendricks of Burbank, war. sive educational assistance. This program has CA. I believe that Congress must stand opened doors of educational opportunity to I am delighted to play a cameo role in the firm in the face of the Ayatollah's thousands of veterans, and it has also helped tribute to Bill Hendricks. As a longtime produc­ threats and not let our democratic attract highly qualified recruits-an important er-publicist for Warner Brothers Studios, he process be manipulated by a religious element in maintaining American military began his career 4 7 years ago as an usher fanatic. strength and preparedness. The GI bill is com­ and theatre manager in Wisconsin, OH, New Although I was one of the original plemented by H.R. 1504, the reauthorization York, West Virginia, and Tennessee before cosponsors of the war powers resolu­ of the Veterans' Job Training Act through moving to Los Angeles to become·the manag­ tion, Congress must work together 1990, which recently passed the House. This er of all Warner Brothers theatres. with the. President to ensure that any program, which reimburses employers who A Texan by birth, Bill Hendricks became application of the resolution supports train and hire long-term unemployed veterans, Warner's publicity director and later an assist­ rather than detracts from the efficacy has already put 55,000 veterans back to work ant to Jack Warner before taking over the stu­ of U.S. military deployments in com­ and on the road to a more productive future. dio's cartoon division. He then became direc­ plex and dangerous circumstances These measures provide great opportunities tor of the industrial and commercial film de­ abroad. for many. Equally significant are efforts to partment where he produced hundreds of gov­ Because of on going legal disagree­ ensure veterans proper health care. Given ernment and educational documentaries. He ments over the resolution and the in­ current budget constraints, it is difficult to was given the Academy Award for the Marine herently complex nature of the issue, expand current services beyond increases for Corps' "A Force in Readiness." He was nomi­ Congress should undertake construc­ inflation. What can be done, however, is to im­ nated for an Academy Award for "The John tive dialog with the administration. prove the access to health care. Many people Glenn Story." This is not the time to unilaterally in the Fourth District of North Carolina have He is a member of the Academy of Motion invoke the War Powers Resolution. told me of their difficulties in receiving ade­ Picture Arts and Sciences, the Television Premature or unwise application of quate service in our VA hospital. Such in­ Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Screen the resolution could have undesirable stances partially reflect the problems of the Publicists, the Writers Guild of America/West, political consequences both at home Veterans' Administration in meeting the needs and ASCAP. and abroad. When U.S. forces are com­ of an increasingly aging veterans population Bill Hendricks is a retired colonel from the mitted to a dangerous and vital mis­ with a limited amount of funding. However, USMCR. In 1969, he was given the Legion of sion abroad, disputes over war powers funding is only part of the problem. It is just as Merit by the then Commandant of the USMC, can harm their morale, divide the important that existing facilities and programs Gen. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr. November 10, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31715 This high honor came to Bill Hendricks be­ Disease Control that they are unable to per­ quire the VA to provide Congress with better cause of his key role in the founding and op­ form a strict epidemiological study of the information regarding the nature and inci­ erating of one of the greatest charities of all impact of agent orange on American ground dence of agent orange-related illnesses. time, the Marine Corps Toys for Tots Christ­ troops in Vietnam because they are unable to Mr. Speaker, those who had faith in Amer­ mas Program. As the lyricist for the Toys for find enough soldiers who were exposed to ica and served in Vietnam, and who are now Tots March, he has been responsible for significant levels of the herbicide suggests suffering from various types of cancers and bringing joy and pleasure and fond memories that this scientific insufficiency may be perma­ other serious diseases due to exposure to to thousands of youngsters who otherwise nent. agent orange should not have to wait any would have been overlooked and unhappy. A recently released Veterans' Administra­ longer to receive service-connected disability I take special pleasure in recognizing before tion [VA] study has found a statistically signifi­ compensation benefits. I strongly urge my col­ my colleagues in the U.S. House of Repre­ cant "excess" of deaths due to non-Hodgkin's leagues on both sides of the aisle to cospon­ sentatives, the great and enduring contribu­ lymphomas and lung cancer among Marines sor and support H.R. 3486. tions of Col. William L. Hendricks. Because of who were veterans of the war in Vietnam. his vision and compassion, thousands of our However, while this VA study contends that children will remember Christmas as a time of "exposure to agent orange may be suspect­ TRIBUTE OF AMBASSADOR joy and hope, not a time of disappointment ed," no one knows what caused this "excess" RICHARD SCHIFTER, ASSIST­ and sadness. Because of his efforts and com­ because the study was not designed to make ANT SECRETARY OF STATE mitment, thousands of impressionable young­ this determination. FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, TO sters have reason to hope. Mr. Speaker, we For almost a decade, I and many other RAOUL WALLENBERG owe the Toys for Tots Program and Bill Hen­ Members of Congress hae been hoping that dricks our full and sincere gratitude. somehow the difficult questions surrounding the exposure of Vietnam veterans to agent HON. TOM LANTOS orange would be answered by scientific and OF CALIFORNIA VETERANS DAY 1987 medical research. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I am tired of waiting. HON. PETER H. KOSTMA YER And I know the veterans in my district who Tuesday, November 10, 1987 OF PENNSYLVANIA served in Vietnam and who are suffering from Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, recently the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the terrible effects of agent orange exposure Congressional Human Rights Caucus and the are tired of waiting. Tuesday, November 10, 1987 American Jewish Committee sponsored a re­ As a result, I am today joining several mem­ ception to mark the sixth anniversary of the Mr. KOSTMAYER. Mr. Speaker, November bers of the Vietnam-era veterans in Congress signing of legislation conferring honorary 11 is Veterans Day, a day on which we recall in cosponsoring the Veterans Agent Orange United States citizenship upon Raoul Wallen­ the sacrifice of those men and women who Disabilities Act of 1987 (H.R. 3486). This berg. At that reception, my dear friend Ambas­ have born the responsibilities of defending the measure would do the following: sador Richard Schifter, the Assistant Secre­ Nation's freedom. As surely as we have been First. Establish a presumption of service tary of State for Human Rights and Humani­ diminished by their dying, we were enriched connection for disability compensation pur­ tarian Affairs, paid tribute to Raoul Wallen­ by the example of their lives. poses for veterans who served in Vietnam, berg. Veterans Day also is a day on which we were exposed to dioxin or other toxic herbi­ Ambassador Schifter has served as Assist­ honor those who have participated in-and cides, and are suffering from a non-Hodgkin's ant Secretary of State for Human Rights and survived-those wars in which this country lymphoma or lung cancer. Humanitarian Affairs since November 1985. has been engaged. These men and women Second. Authorize the National Academy of During 1984-85, he served as Deputy U.S. know best the price of peace and freedom Sciences to establish a nonprofit private sci­ Representative at the United States Security that we all enjoy. They understand all too well entific committee to survey existing and ongo­ Council, and from 1983 to 1986, he also held that democracy is not a gift, but a challenge. ing scientific data in order to determine what the position of U.S. member of the United Na­ I believe that accepting that challenge de­ disabilities may be "reasonably associated tions Human Rights Commission. Prior to his mands a special kind of faith in America and with damage to or suppression of the human entry into full-time government service, Am­ its future. It is a faith that has guided our vet­ immune system resulting from exposure to bassador Schifter practiced law in Washing­ erans through nine major wars and countless dioxin or any other toxic herbicide used, ton, DC. conflicts. during the Vietnam era, in support of United Mr. Speaker, Ambassador Schifter's We in Congress have a vital role in the States and allied military operations in the Re­ thoughtful remarks reco1Jnt the involvement of maintenance of our veterans faith in America. public of Vietnam." the United States Government in initiating It is one of seeing to it that our Nation does Within a year of enactment, the academy Wallenburg's mission in Budapest, he pro­ all that it should for our veterans. would submit to the VA a written report listing vides the flavor of that turbulent period and of I rise today, Mr. Speaker, because I believe these immune-suppression disabilities. The VA Wallenburg's real heroism, and he is appropri­ that we are failing in that role with regard to would then be required to add those disabil­ ately critical of the Soviet Union for the arrest those Vietnam veterans who are suffering ities to the list of compensable disabilities of Wallenburg and the consistent refusal to from the toxic effects of dioxin, better known which are presumed to be service-connected. provide information about his whereabouts. I as agent orange. Third. Require the VA to compile and ana­ place his remarks in the record for the benefit There is no question that the veterans who lyze, on a continuing basis, all clinical data of my colleagues. performed military service in Vietnam were ex­ from the health records of veterans examined posed to agent orange. Over 11 million gal­ or treated by the VA for disabilities related to REMARKS OF RICHARD SCHIFTER lons of the chemical were sprayed from air­ agent orange since the enactment of Public A debate has been raging for many years craft and hand-held dispensers in order to kill Law 97-72, the law which mandated treat­ as to what the Western world could or should have done that would have reduced the dense vegetation that hid the enemy. ment for agent orange-related health prob­ the number of victims of the Holocaust. There also is no question that agent orange lems. The VA would be required to submit Should planes of the Fifteenth Air Force. causes several types of cancers. That has annual reports of the dise.bilities treated and Based in Italy, have been sent on a mission been demonstrated repeatedly in numerous the incidence of such disabilities to the House to bomb the rail lines leading to Auschwitz epidemiological studies conducted since the and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees. or the crematoria and gas chambers at Bir­ late 1970's. In summary, H.R. 3486 would establish a kenau? Should clear instructions have been Unfortunately, there is at this time a lack of presumption of service connection for Viet­ issued to Western consular officers every­ strict scientific and medical evidence which nam veterans who were exposed to agent where to place the saving of lives ahead of all bureaucratic requirements? Should demonstrates that agent orange is the primary orange and are now suffering from non-Hodg­ Western leaders have issued clear state­ cause of the various types of cancers which kins lymphomas, lung cancer, or disabilities ments that they knew of the slaughter of afflict many individual Vietnam veterans. The associated with the weakening of the human the Jews, coupled with warnings about the conclusion by the scientists at the Centers for immune system. This legislation also would re- punishment that would be meted out to 31716 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 10, 1987 those who were responsible for the slaugh­ the same time, the Szalasi regime declared nicipal and Superior courts, and has the dis­ ter? all the protective passports void. Wallen­ tinction of being the only active jurist to have Raoul Wallenberg's extraordinary berg managed to get that ruling retracted. achievements would suggest that those who Once, an armed patrol entered an area of been seated on both benches by an over­ contend that more could have been done Swedish protected houses and began to seize whelming majority of the electorate. have the better argument. Jews. Wallenberg appeared and shouted, One outstanding trademark of Judge Aisen­ Credit for the concept to establish the 'This is Swedish territory • • •. If you want son's service is the manner in which he expe­ agency which later went on to employ Wal­ to take them you will have to shoot me diently and judiciously cleared his court calen­ lenberg goes to a group of young lawyers in first.' The Jews were released. Again, when dar. In fact, this is the one aspect of his judi­ the Foreign Funds Control Division of the he learned that eleven people with Swedish cial career which seems particularly appreciat­ U.S. Treasury Department. The nature of passports had been on a train for Austria, ed by both prosecutors and defense attor­ their work had made them particularly Wallenberg pursued it by automobile, neys, alike. aware of the reports of mass slaughter in caught it at the last stop before the border, Europe of civilians, men, women and chil­ and took the eleven off. At the time of the Judge Aisenson served two 60-day appoint­ dren, on the basis of their ancestry. As dis­ ghastly marches to Austria, he carried food ments to Division 5 of the Court of Appeals, tinct from the equally knowledgeable offi­ and other supplies to the victims. And he Second Appellate District, was appointed as­ cials of the State Department, the Foreign succeeded, by various pretexts, in removing sociate professor at the University of San Fer­ Funds Control lawyers did not avert their hundreds of Jews from the columns and re­ nando Valley College of Law, and has lec­ eyes. When other efforts failed, they decid­ turning them to protected houses in Buda­ tured at the Los Angeles Police Academy on ed to undertake a frontal attack on another pest." What turns this story of the heroism into various occasions. department of the United States Govern­ The Los Angeles community is fortunate to ment in a memorandum to the Secretary of a Greek tragedy was its conclusion. It would the Treasury. That document, which they seem that the War Refugee Board and have been the beneficiary of Judge Aisen­ entitled, with the deliberate intent to shock, Raoul Wallenberg simply did not fit into a son's dedication and commitment to public "Report to the Secretary on the Acquies­ Marxist-Leninist concept of the world. Here service. cence of This Government in the Murder of was this Swedish son of a wealthy family, I call on my colleagues to join me in praise the Jews,'' was delivered to Secretary Mor­ with a great deal in his possession, claiming of the distinguished Judge David J. Aisenson genthau on January 13, 1944. Three days to have no other responsibility but to save on this momentous occasion. later, the Secretary took one of the key au­ lives. That, thought the Soviet authorities thors of the memorandum, John W. Pehle, who arrived in Budapest in early 1945, who, incidentally, still lives in our communi­ couldn't be. He must be an American spy. And so, in January l945, Raoul Wallenberg KILDEE HONORS MR. WADE ty, to a meeting with President Roosevelt. MAINER They convinced the President that some­ disappeared into the Gulag. thing had to be done and done quickly. A few weeks, ago, in Moscow, I raised the Within less than another week an executive Wallenberg case with a Soviet official. He HON. DALE E. KILDEE order was issued which established the War responded with the Soviet Union's formula answer on this subject: Raoul Wallenberg OF MICHIGAN Refugee Board. And a few months later the died in Lubyanka prison in 1947. The Soviet War Refugee Board linked up with Raoul Government has expressed its regrets to the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wallenberg. Swedish government, Raoul Wallenberg's Tuesday, November 10, 1987 By that time, the spring of 1944, millions family, and his friends. had already been killed. But hundreds of Raoul Wallenberg's name in history is Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thousands were still alive and were now, secure. That is not the issue. But what the urge Members of the House of Representa­ more than ever, at great risk. The greatest Soviet Union owes the world is not a cursory tives to join me in honoring Mr. Wade Mainer, number of them and most seriously at risk statement of regret. It owes the world a full were in Hungary. And it was to Hungary an excellent musician and longtime resident of explanation of what happened to one of the Flint, Ml, who has entertained thousands with that Raoul Wa1lenberg wanted to go. true heroes of this century. And it was in Hungary that the name of his performances of traditional Appalachian Raoul Wallenberg was etched into the pages music. of history. At enormous personal risk heap­ A TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE It is with great pride that I inform my col­ plied his talent, his dedication, and his re­ DAVID J. AISENSON leagues that Mr. Wade Mainer has been sourcefulness to snatch human beings from awarded a National Heritage Fellowship for the Nazi murder machine. 1987. These awards are made each year to If we ever want to look for proof that one HON. MERVYN M. DYMALLY person can make a difference, a tremendous OF CALIFORNIA exemplary master folk artists who have been difference, we need not look further than to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nominated by a panel of their peers. By hon­ Raoul Wallenberg. He was thrown into a to­ oring master artists such as Wade Mainer, the tally unprecedented situation and he re­ Tuesday, November 10, 1987 National Endowment for the Arts celebrates sponded to it in a totally unprecedented Mr. DYMALL Y. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the many traditional art forms that give special manner. He was not traveling along a bring to the attention of my colleagues and to distinction and identity to each region of our beaten path. He was inventing new meth­ honor the distinguished California Superior country. ods, new approaches as he darted around Court Justice-the Honorable David J. Aisen­ In an artistic career that spans five decades Budapest, bestowing Swedish identification documents and ostensibly Swedish protec­ son-on the occasion of his retirement from and ranges from spontaneous renditions for tion upon many potential victims without the bench after more than 25 years of service cotton mill workers to command performances the slightest concern over whether he was in the California judicial system. for royalty, Wade Mainer's life story could authorized to do what he was doing or Judge Aisenson will be honored by friends, read as a history of Appalachian music in whether his government would approve. His family members, and colleagues on Monday, America. Wade's story includes the bringing unorthodox methods and approaches served November 16, 1987, and today I would like to together of deeply rooted family music with only one purpose: to save lives. And he pay tribute to his many achievements. modern media such as radio and records. He saved them, tens of thousands of them. It Born in New York City on February 14, uses Anglo-American and Afro-American in­ was a truly incredible performance. Let me quote just one passage on Raoul 1924, Judge Aisenson has spent the last 53 struments to form a distinctively new regional Wallenberg from David Wyman's book "The years in the Los Angeles area. He is a 1942 style. His music exhibits a strength of deeply abandonment of the Jews." Speaking of the graduate of Los Angeles Fairfax High School, felt convictions, religious and artistic, resulting period mid-October to mid-November 1944, and a 1950 graduate of UCLA, with a bache­ in an integrity which resonates throughout. after the so-called Arrow Cross government lor of arts degree in economics. After meritori­ Wade Mainer, born in 1907, grew up near had been installed in Hungary, Wyman had ous service with the Army Air Corps in World Weaverville, NC, in the Blue Ridge Mountains this to say: War II, he received a J.D. degree from South­ north of Asheville. He moved to Concorde, "The Szalasi period put Raoul Wallenberg western University in 1955. NC, in the 1930's to join his brother, J.E. to his severest tests. The day after the Arrow Cross came to power, his mostly Passing the California Bar Examination in Mainer, at work in a cotton mill. The brothers Jewish relief staff completely disappeared. 1955 was the beginning of a long and illustri­ formed a string band, with Wade on banjo and The next day, he located them, one by one, ous public service career in the Los Angeles J.E. on fiddle, to play at local fiddlers' conven­ and moved them to safer locations. At about area. Judge Aisenson has presided over Mu- tions and social gatherings. November 10, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31717 In 1934, J.W. Fincher, head of a patent of the New York Stock Exchange. Upon his men and women of our Armed Forces chose medicine company, asked the Mainer brothers resignation as president of the stock ex­ to serve and fight to protect the liberty so to appear on the Crazy Water Crystal Barn change in 1951, h.e left the national spotlight dear to us all. Dance, a radio program broadcast from Char­ to return to his native Indiana. He became a We must also revere the memory of the vet­ lotte, NC. The popularity of the group, per­ board member of the Peru Trust Co. and later erans who are no longer with us, who have forming under the title "J.E. Mainer and his its chairman. In his semi-retirement, Mr. paid the ultimate price forced upon freedom­ Crazy Mountaineers", led to radio appear­ Schram continued to be active as a board loving nations by the forces of greed and tyr­ ances throughout the South. In 1935, the member of the Associates Investment Co., anny. For, as our veterans know more than band recorded 14 songs in Atlanta for the South Bend; the Indiana National Bank, Indi­ anyone else, freedom is not bestowed upon RCA Victor Bluebird label, including their big­ anapolis; and Cities Service Co., New York. us-it must be fought for and defended. While gest hit, "Maple on the Hill". The song was Mr. Schram first received national recogni­ our veterans have secured our freedom and composed in the 1890's by Gussie L. Davis, a tion as chairman of the board of the National that of millions of our grateful friends and popular black lyricist, and has since become a Drainage Association from 1931 to 1933. In allies around the world, the goal of peace still country standard. 1933 he joined the RFC as chief of the drain­ eludes the world. We must remember that, Wade formed his own group in 1936 and age division. He became a director of the RFC just as many nations of the world live under continued to perform on the radio and to in 1936, and then was appointed its chairman the shadow of tyranny, many others are make recordings. His groups were always by Franklin D. Roosevelt 3 years later. During gripped by the horrors of war and civil strife. noted for their traditional repertoire and the Depression, Mr. Schram was a director of Americans and our friends around Wade's distinctively melodic two-finger banjo­ the Federal National Mortgage Association, of the world had to face the reality of en­ picking style, a personal trademark. Later Federal Prisons Industries, and of the Export­ during war and injustice soon after we bluegrass scholars were to point to his banjo Import Bank of Washington. He was a celebrated the original Armistice Day style as a source for the tremendously popular member of the National Power Policy Com­ on November 11, 1918. We learned bluegrass banjo finger-picking technique. Be­ mission, and president of the Electric Home then that the "war to end all wars" tween 1935 and 1941, various Mainer band and Farm Authority, and president of the Dis­ was not going to live up to our hopes. combinations recorded over 165 songs for aster Loan and Defense Plant Corp. We learned then that what we had RCA Victor, making them some of the most Emil Schram was a truly admirable man. He hoped would be an enduring peace heavily recorded country artists of that era. will be long remembered for his extraordinary became but a short-lived respite from Wade was invited to Washington DC in service to both his country, State, and com­ world conflict. Our young men and 1941 to perform at the White House for Presi­ munity. women were called soon thereafter to dent and Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt and their preserve the freedom of the people of guests the King and Queen of England. He HASSAN DAHIR OF SOMALIA Europe and to defend our own shores still reminisces about the interest of Mrs. Roo­ from attack as the world once again sevelt in his music and says he was worried HON. HAMILTON FISH, JR. plunged into war. about the reaction of the royal couple to his Thus our celebration of peace music until he "saw the old king was patting OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES became a tribute to the brave men and his foot and I knew everything was all right." women who fought to preserve peace, For religious reasons, Wade left the music Tuesday, November 10, 1987 and our Nation began celebrating Vet­ business in 1953. Along with many Appalach­ Mr. FISH. Mr. Speaker, I am concerned erans Day after the end of World War ian out-migrants of that period he moved to about the imprisonment of Hassan Dahir of II. I am proud to be a part of that Flint, Ml where he worked for General Motors Somalia. Mr. Dahir has been designated a commemoration on behalf of the until his retirement. Most of this time he per­ prisoner of conscience by the human rights people of Florida's Tenth Congression­ formed only religious music at local church organization Amnesty International. al District. functions. Amnesty International states that Mr. Dahir My district is home to many veter­ During the 1970's there was a renewal of was arrested in Mogadishu in May 1986, prob­ ans who have served the United States interest in "old-time" music and, with some ably under the preventive detention law of through the major conflicts of this persuasion from fans, Wade Mainer began to 1970. He has not been charged, tried, or sen­ century, and to many more who have play music again, accompanied by his wife, tenced. devoted their careers to the armed Julia, who is a fine singer in her own right. I understand that Mr. Dahir was one of a Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have this op­ services in times of peace. As the number of religious persons arrested at the proud Representative of the veterans portunity to recognize the work of Mr. Wade time in Mogadishu and Merca. Amnesty be­ Mainer. His performances today still resemble of Florida's Tenth Congressional Dis­ lieves that Mr. Dahir-a former major in the trict, I would like to recognize them very much those of 50 years ago. They are Custodial Corps, a Mufti, and a teacher of the still marked by an artistic mastery and cultural today and to thank them for their Quran-has been imprisoned for his religious service and sacrifice. integrity that are truly worthy of presidents, beliefs, which do not include the use or advo­ king's and his fellow man. As a member of the Committee on Armed cacy of violence. Services, I have also gained a deep apprecia­ Mr. Speaker, I have long been an admirer of tion for the crucial role played by the profes­ EMIL SCHRAM, A TRULY Amnesty International and put much faith in sional men and women stationed here and ADMIRABLE MAN their findings. I support their efforts to pro­ around the world who work daily to defend the mote an end to injustice throughout the world. free world. To our active duty personnel, I HON. JIM JONTZ also say thank you, and keep up the good OF INDIANA A TRIBUTE TO OUR VETERANS work. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In addition to the yearly thank you to our veterans, our country continues to demon­ Tuesday, November 10, 1987 HON.ANDYIRELAND OF FLORIDA strate its commitment to those who have Mr. JONTZ. Mr. Speaker, I would like to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES served. The Congress provides health care take a moment to pay respect to Mr. Emil services through a system of Veterans' Ad­ Schram who has just passed away the 18th of Tuesday, November 10, 1987 ministration medical centers and the CHAM­ September. Mr. IRELAND. Mr. Speaker, Americans pay PUS Program. The GI bill, which was perma­ Born and raised in Peru, IN, Emil Schram tribute on Veterans Day to those who have nently reauthorized recently, provides impor­ was a prominent figure in our Nation for many served our Nation in the Armed Forces in tant educational benefits allowing veterans to years. times of war and in times of peace. We can gain skills and get ahead in their careers. The He served as chairman of the Reconstruc­ thank the more than 27 million living veterans Small Business Administration offers assist­ tion Finance Corporation under President in the United States for the preservation of ance to veterans who wish to set up their own Franklin D. Roosevelt, and then as president our cherished liberty. For in their freedom, the businesses and the VA provides funding for 31718 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 10, 1987 home loan programs. In addition, the Govern­ I have the highest admiration for Hugh ters for poor working mothers, recreational ment provides pensions to low income veter­ Scott, and I am glad to have known him while programs for youth, and homes for neglected ans and assists, through special benefit and he served in Washington. The Pennsylvania or orphaned children. compensation programs, widows, and depend­ delegation, Members of the House and During the past 16 years Dr. Cooley has ents of those who have given their lives for Senate, and I salute Hugh Scott on his 87th been the recipient of over 200 honors for his their country. birthday and we wish for him all of the good charitable work, including the International We can, perhaps, go further by recognizing health and happiness he so richly deserves. Register of Profiles, International Who's Who the plight of POW's and MIA's. A great debt in Community Services, Who's Who in Amer­ would be paid to all our veterans and their ica, Men and Women of Distinction, and the families if the United States and the countries RECOGNITION OF DR. J.F. COOLEY International Platform Association. The local of Southeast Asia would expedite the process community has also recognized Dr. Cooley. of locating and returning our loved ones who On March 18, 1987, the city of North Little might still be lost or held in the jungles of HON. TOMMY F. ROBINSON Rock named the Dr. J.F. Cooley Drive and on Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. That would be OF ARKANSAS August 1O of the same year a road in Pulaski a great tribute to our veterans and the end of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES County was named Dr. J.F. Cooley Cut Off a gross injustice. Tuesday, November 10, 1987 Road. The city of Jacksonville, AR, declared So let us revere the memory of our depart­ November 8, 1986, as "Dr. J.F. Cooley Day" ed veterans on this special and sacred nation­ Mr. ROBINSON. Mr. Speaker, as we ap­ for his outstanding works and unselfish acts of al day by being thankful for the freedom they proach the day of commemoration and re­ kindness toward mankind. have secured for us. At the same time, let us membrance of those who have served in the It was just about a year ago that friends and work to uphold our commitment to those U.S. armed services, I would like to take this former students of Dr. Cooley gathered at among us who have already served and are opportunity to share with you the accomplish­ Shorter College to show their support and ap­ now an important part of this great Nation. ments and services of one of Arkansas' finest preciation for the countless contributions Dr. And finally, let us support with our thoughts veterans-Dr. J.F. Cooley. A native of Row­ Cooley has made to their community and and prayers those brave men and women who land, NC, Dr. Cooley came to Arkansas in De­ State. This day also marks the 2-year anniver­ make up today's Armed Forces. cember 1957 and since that time has worked sary of Dr. J.F. Cooley Day in Wrightsville, AR. diligently for many years toward the irriprove­ I am proud to have this opportunity to show ments of the quality of life for the underprivi­ my appreciation for Dr. J.F. Cooley and his leged in the State of Arkansas. hard work, determination, and dedication to Dr. Cooley was the only member of his justice that has made Arkansas a better place. A TRIBUTE AND BIRTHDAY family to attain a formal education. His many GREETINGS TO FORMER U.S. years of schooling were interrupted by 2 years SENTOR HUGH SCOTT of service in the U.S. Army, where he was SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO DR. awarded two campaign medals during combat ABRAHAM TWERSKI HON. JOSEPH M. GAYDOS action in Europe and Asia and six Bronze Stars during combat in Europe. He is a 1949 OF PENNSYLVANIA HON. DOUG WALGREN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES graduate of Southside High School at Row­ land and a 1953 graduate of Johnson C. OF PENNSYLVANIA Tuesday, November 10, 1987 Smith University at Charlotte, where he also IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. GAYDOS. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow is my received a B.D. degree in theology in 1956. In friend and former colleague Hugh Scott's 1971 he received an M.A. degree in sociology Tuesday, November 10, 1987 birthday. On his 18th birthday, America signed and has two honorary degrees-doctor of di­ Mr. WALGREN. Mr. Speaker, I want to pay the armistice agreement which ended World vinity and doctor of civil law. special tribute to Dr. Abraham Twerski, found­ War I, and tomorrow on his 87th birthday, Dr. Cooley has been the pastor of two er and medical director of Gateway Rehabilita­ America will celebrate Veterans Day. churches including St. Andrew's Presbyterian tion Center. Dr. Twerski's outstanding contri­ For 34 years Hugh Scott represented the Church at Forrest City, AR, where he also bution in the field of alcohol abuse and drug Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Congress, taught in the public schools for 11 years. In addiction has distinguished him among his first in the House and then in the Senate. I 1969 he joined the staff of Shorter College in colleagues and honored his community in had the pleasure of working with him while he North Little Rock, AR, as dean of men and western Pennsylvania. served in the Senate, and I clearly remember served as academic dean from 1971 to 1973, To understand the deeds, we need to un­ his eloquent speeches, his friendliness, and while also working with the ministry of serv­ derstand the man. the fine example he set for all of the other ices. Following family tradition, Dr. Twerski was members of the Pennsylvania delegation. Among his many distinguished accomplish­ ordained a rabbi in 1951. Finding the postwar Between the time he came to Congress in ments, Dr. Cooley served as the first black era one in which psychology and psychiatry 1941 and his retirement in 1977, Hugh Scott chaplain at Tucker Prison, earning a certificate were in great demand, he developed consider­ gained the respect of his colleagues on both of merit from former Governor of Arkansas, able interest in these disciplines. Not content sides of the aisle. His dedication to civil rights DALE BUMPERS, in 1973. While serving as to fulfill his desire to help others as a rabbi legislation, attention to issues affecting Penn­ chaplain, he established the first inmate col­ alone, he pursued his love of psychiatry. sylvania, and his reputation as a brilliant orator lege educational program for inmates at This strong sentiment led him to work with will long be remembered by those who had Tucker Prison, a tutoring program leading to a alcoholics. He immediately recognized a great the good fortune to know him. GED for Pulaski County inmates. He has need for rehabilitation facilities. Thirteen years In the Senate, his colleagues. recognized his served as a deputy prosecuting attorney and ago, the Gateway Rehabilitation Center was abilities and awarded him the position of mi­ as a staff member of the Arkansas attorney born. nority leader in September 1969, a posit~on general's office and currently serves on the Dr. Twerski's medical career is a web of which he ably filled until his retirement. He attorney general's community relations com­ constant threads, recognizing community also served his party in many important posi­ mittee. He is also a member of the National needs and producing the means to alleviate tions, including his tenure as chairman of the Chaplain's Association in which he was pro­ them. His astute, timely, and vitally informative Republican National Committee, as a member moted to major general in January of this published works have reached out to many of President Eisenhower's staff, and as vice year. nationwide. president of the senatorial campaign commit­ In his service to the community he has es­ Unafraid to tackle controversial issues, Dr. tee. tablished countless programs encouraging ju­ Twerski took on his own profession when he Throughout his years in Congress, Hugh venile crime prevention, prison parolee and published "It Happpens to Doctors Too." This Scott was a brilliant and compassionate legis­ prison reform, scholarships for school drop­ publication examined in meticulous detail the lator, and he spent his life serving his party, outs, help for unwed mothers, free lunch pro­ particular vulnerability physicians have to drug our Nation, and the people of Pennsylvania. grams for deprived teenagers, day care cen- and alcohol addiction. November 10, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31719 Dr. Abraham Twerski's work and manage­ AIDS HEAPS HARDSHIP ON find themselves a minority within a minori­ ment have dramatically enhanced the psychi­ WASHINGTON SLUM ty, treated as pariahs by many people­ atric program at St. Francis. "Anything that black and white. At 8th and M, in the city with the fifth­ has happened in the department of psychiatry HON. ROBERT GARCIA highest incidence of AIDS in the U.S., the in the last 20 years is largely the result of his OF NEW YORK disease is impossible to ignore. Called "the efforts," says Dr. Marjorie TaVoularis, "Then, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Graveyard" by local drug users, this is a no one who was in psychiatry wanted to go to Tuesday, November 10, 1987 dingy neighborhood of $6 hookers and St. Francis. Now we have a good staff, a com­ heroin shooting galleries, the last stop in Mr. GARCIA. Mr. Speaker, I wish to call the munity mental health center, drug and alcohol life for many a local Junkie. Talk of death attention of my colleagues and the public to here, which for years centered on gunshot treatment, a physicians program. All have de­ an article which appeared in the November 4, wounds and overdoses, now focuses as well veloped because of Dr. Twerski's endurance, 1987, edition of the Wall Street Journal enti­ on the pneumonia that ultimately kills so his constant pointing out that we need tled, "Mean Streets, AIDS Heaps Hardship on many AIDS patients. things." "There are only a few places for people Washington Slum called 'the graveyard' ". like me-Jail, the grave and, now, the world I know you will join me in saluting Dr. Abra­ The article describes the impact AIDS is of AIDS,'' says Gloria Smith, a heroin ham Twerski. His whole medical career has having on the black and Hispanic communi­ addict whose AIDS was diagnosed about a been a tireless effort of obtaining life support ties, but it goes on further to describe the feel­ year ago. Before she got sick, the mother of systems for those in need of a safe haven. ings of hopelessness these people are experi­ four visited 8th and M to buy drugs. "Why encing. Statistics show that minorities account us?" she asks. We in western Pennsylvania, indeed, the for a large portion of the total number of AIDS OVERWHELMING HOPELESSNESS whole Nation, are much better off because of cases. However, there exist many barriers to A week spent recently in this bleak neigh­ Dr. Twerski's many medical contributions. educating these people and as a result, many borhood illuminates the gargantuan prob­ of them are suffering. Sooner or later society lems created by AIDS in the nation's slwns. will have to cast away their moral judgments Among them: the frustrations of educating and concentrate on the need to educate ev­ people about a disease entangled with sex and drugs; the difficulties hospitals and CASTRO'S CUBA eryone about the transmission and prevention other social-service agencies have treating of this disease. If we continue to spend our the illness; and the overwhelming sense of time arguing the morality of AIDS, then we are hopelessness among residents fearful of con­ essentially allowing people to die. tracting AIDS. HON. NORMAND. SHUMWAY CFrom the Wall Street Journal, Nov. 4, Still, few institutions in the inner city ac­ knowledge the AIDS crisis. The church, tra­ OF CALIFORNIA 1987] AIDS HEAPS HARDSHIP ON WASHINGTON ditionally the black community's pillar of IN ;i'HE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SLUM: CALLED THE GRAVEYARD strength and guidance, is ambivalent about even discussing the sickness. At the 6,000- VICTIMS ARE HARD TO GET TO WITH THE HELP Tuesday, November 10, 1987 member Shiloh Baptist Church, a huge THERE IS; THE BARRIERS TO EDUCATION-GAY brick structure at 9th and P, AIDS does get BLACKS AND NEEDLE USERS mentioned sometimes, but clergymen are Mr. SHUMWAY. Mr. Speaker, Fidel Castro still grappling with how to confront the dis­ came to power promising "individual rights WASHINGTON.-Almost any morning, ease from the pulpit. "It's tough,'' says the that will be fully practiced in real life" and "a Squeaky can be found here near 8th and M Rev. Ronald K. Austin. "We'll probably representative government based on the gen­ streets, N.W., resting on the stoop of a ram­ have to do something about AIDS, but we uine expression of the general will." For shackle house or, if he is too weary, sitting don't know what yet." nearly three decades the Cuban people have on the sidewalk with his long legs stretched The black middle class also has been re­ into the gutter. luctant to offer support to people with endured a very different reality. Today Cuba Gaunt and red-eyed, he sings sad songs for AIDS, fearing the disease will be perceived has the highest number of political. prisoners passers-by while clutching a bottle of booze. as a black problem and thus increase racism. per capita in the world. The length of sen­ He is in pain, he says, and he is convinced "It shames me for the color of my skin that tences for political prisoners, often exceeding he won't live beyond this, his 39th year."I my own people won't do anything to help,'' 20 years, and the arbitrary extension of these don't want him to take me away," Squeaky Ms. Smith says. National black organiza­ says, gesturing with black hands at the open tions insist that AIDS education is at the sentences is unprecedented in Latin America sky. top of their agencies. But, for the most part, or elsewhere. "I'm afraid I'll die," he says, weeping the word doesn't seem to reach the streets. "They told me I got the virus." The "virus" TOUGH AUDIENCE In the words of Armando Valladares who is HIV, which causes AIDS. Squeaky says spent 22 years in Castro's prisons. "Someday, that earlier this year when he was a prison­ The real work is left to a handful of grass­ when the truth is known in detail, mankind will roots groups that are diligently trying to er in Washington's Lorton Reformatory, his teach the inner city about AIDS. They face feel the revulsion it felt when the crimes of blood tested positive for HIV. a misinformed and greatly skeptical audi­ Stalin were brought to light." More and more, AIDS is threatening to ence, which often disregards this basic overwhelm inner-city people, who already appeal: Mitigate high-risk behavior by wear­ It is time for the international community to endure enough hardships. Some say it is ing condoms during sexual intercourse and shine a light on the realities of life in Castro's only a matter of time before the most im­ by not sharing needles and syringes. That Cuba. I commend General Walters for his ef­ portant occupations at 8th and M-prostitu­ way, blood and semen are less likely to be tion and drug dealing-are supplanted by exchanged. forts to bring this issue before the United Na­ the work of undertakers. tions. An organization created to promote and Culture complicates things. For many in UNFAIR SHARE encourage respect for human rights and fun­ the black community, condoms suggest in­ Statistically, one black dies in the U.S. of voluntary population control-white people damental freedoms cannot ignore the thou­ AIDS every two hours, most often in pover­ trying to limit the number of blacks-and sands of political prisoners who languish in ty. Though they make up just 17% of the therefore are an abomination. Moreover, Cuban prisons and claim to be true to its population, blacks and Hispanics account unbridled sex remains an expression of ma­ chapter. for 39% of the nation's 43,000 AIDS cases. chismo for many men. In the District of Co­ More than 70% of the women and children lumbia, 67.1% of black births are out of I am pleased to join with over 75 of my col­ who get the disease are from minority wedlock. leagues on both sides of the aisle in urging groups. Eighth and M isn't far from the parks and the U.N. Human Rights Commission to place Inner-city AIDS victims have had particu­ monuments of the nation's capital. But it is Cuba among the highest of its priorities when lar difficulty coping with their fatal illness. virtually impossible to walk up 8th toward Intravenous drug users, among whom AIDS N-past the piles of garbage heaped in front it meets in Geneva next year. This week Sen­ is now spreading the fastest, live in the of Mac's filling station and the burned-out ator DENNIS DECONCINI will introduce a com­ shadows. Gay blacks, who so far acccount clapboard facade of the New Fountain Bap­ panion resolution which has received broad bi­ for more AIDS cases than any other group tist Church-and not find someone who has partisan support in the Senate. in the black community (47% nationally), been touched by the disease. 31720 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 10, 1987 One man, nicknamed Dog, has seen two For Reed Tuckson, the District of Colum­ questions about AIDS and even leaves her friends die of AIDS in just the past few bia's health commissioner, AIDS results in home phone number behind the bar, so any­ weeks. Francine, who like others in the difficult dilemmas. "I'm fearful of the body inhibited about asking a question face neighborhood is unwilling to give her last choices we'll have to make when given only to face can call for advice, "There's more to name, was close to two people who died, and so much money to spend,'' he says. "AIDS me than a song and dance," she says, "be­ she says she has seen many familiar faces will compete for resources." Dr. Tuckson's cause we've got to do something about this." grow thin and sickly and suddenly vanish office will spend $3.6 million-about 4% of For many gay blacks, it is already too late. from the streets. Skip, an intravenous drug its total budget-specifically to combat With relatively little support, blacks say user, thinks he might be an HIV carrier, but AIDS in fiscal 1988. they must turn to traditionally white gay he is afraid to be tested, and he is afraid of RUINED LIVES institutions, where it is more difficult to getting AIDS from the women he sleeps Even if limitless sums of monty were find people they can relate to. For instance, with. "These days," he says, "I go to bed available, he adds, fighting AIDS still without housing provided by the Whitman­ with a girl-and then I Just pray." wouldn't be easy. "You have to learn the Walker Clinic and without a monthly check The strain on the system is great. At subtleties of culture,'' says the 36-year-old from Social Security, James McLaurin says Washington Hospital Center, a private facil­ District of Columbia native, who watched he would have perished long ago. ity, limited bed space has been made all the his best two childhood friends ruin their Since last year, when his AIDS was diag­ more so by the 300 AIDS patients treated lives with drugs. One has spent most of his nosed, the 37-year-old has lost his job as a there since 1981. The most tragic cases, says life in prison; the other died of an overdose. house painter. He no longer has health in­ Dr. Charles Levy, are those who come from "You're really asking people to change their surance, and he was evicted from his apart­ the slums. "It's really America a.t its worst," life styles." ment after fellow tenants intimidated the he says. At 8th and M, that seems impossible. All landlord. The personnel in unit 1-E of the hospital day, every day, people here are engaged in FOLLOWED BY DEATH nod knowingly when they hear the words activities that allow AIDS to thrive. The "8th and M." Usually, says nurse Mary mornings belong to the addicts. And the Mr. McLaurin, no stranger to hardship, Reilly, AIDS victims from such neighbor­ nights belong to the drag queens. About 10 grew up in downtown Washington and hid hoods are so sick when they arrive, they are a.m., the ghetto awakens. Scores of men and his bisexuality for most of his life. He "scooped up in a comatose state, dumped women wander about, looking for an active fought in Vietnam and lost his first wife, a here, diagnosed, and then they die." "oil Joint" so they can get their first fix of Cambodian, and their twin daughters to a the day. Viet Cong attack. "For some reason," he NOT KNOWING HOW TO SEEK HELP "Sunkist, Sunkist," a drug dealer barks says, "death seems to follow me around." That relatively few AIDS patients in out, using a local term for heroin. Others But AIDS for him has been more over­ Washington receive Medicaid and other act as "hitters," charging about $5 to find whelming than his other Iniseries. Until last benefits for which they are eligible is an­ for a buyer a vein that isn't already col­ year-believing that AIDS was a disease of other part of the AIDS tragedy in the inner lapsed from repeated injections. Many ti.mes white people-he didn't think much about city. Although an impoverished person diag­ a hitter will place the needle in a groin, a it. Since being diagnosed, though, he has nosed with AIDS is automatically eligible neck or, most desperately, a forehead. learned of at least 40 acquaintances who for the District of Columbia's General One man pulls out a wad of bills-a shot have died of AIDS. Public Assistance program, only about 75 of heroin costs about $40 or $50-and then "I'm almost all alone," Mr. McLaurin says. AIDS victims have applied for it in the past doesn't even wait to get indoors to shoot up. Nights are the worst, he says, because he two years. One reason, officials say, is the Standing in someone's dusty front yard, he often can't sleep. daunting red tape involved in applying for pumps the needle into his arm, ignoring sev­ When he does manage to doze off, an these benefits, which usually come to about eral bystanders. Most of them seem uninter­ alarm clock rings every four hours, remind­ $225 a month. Additionally, Medicaid will ested anyway. ing him to take his AIDS medicine, azidoth­ ymidine. Even with AZT, an extremely ex­ pay all medical expenses for the very poor. SEX FOR SALE But people around 8th and M often don't pensive drug paid for in his case by Medic­ know how to apply. When the sun goes down, sex is for sale. aid, the once-muscular Mr. McLaurin finds Those who do get help live precariously, Locals say that on some nights, the traffic his energy sapped. He has been in and out Cedric, 32 years old, was diagnosed as HIV­ gets so heavy on 9th Street at N-a spot of the hospital and once was in Washington positive in 1985-he says he thinks the got it where men solicit other men-that it ap­ Hospital Center's intensive-care unit with from a woman he picked up at a bar-and proaches gridlock. But even in Washington, pneumonia. since then he has developed AIDS-related where 71 percent of the black AIDS cases He says he can't go through that again. A complex, symptoms that often lead to a di­ have involved homosexual contact, this pro­ handsome man with a touch of gray in his agnosis of AIDS. He survives on $229 a Iniscuous subculture is a taboo subject. Gay beard and a melodic voice, Mr. McLaurin month from Social Security, in perpetual blacks say they are scared of being harassed has asked two friends to kill him if he is fear of being cut off. "I guess I'd have to by the straight men in their neighborhoods, ever completely incapacitated again. turn to a life of crime," he says. "Or I'd be who perceive homosexuality as a sign of He says they have agreed. back out on the streets." weakness. Caring for addicts presents the greatest Many black homosexuals and bisexuals challenge. "People can't go to the i.v. drug can't bring themselves to admit that they VETERANS DAY abuser and say, "We don't care about the have sex with other men, and they don't rest of your self-defeating behaviors, only think of themselves as gay. Some who have about AIDS,' " says Ed Pitt, the director of AIDS have created a fictitious history of in­ HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY health and environmental services at the travenous drug use rather than confront OF INDIANA the real reason for their illness. Such denial National Urban League. He believes that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES getting people to stop injecting drugs with creates a group difficult to reach with mes­ dirty needles requires doing something sages imploring condom use and other so­ Tuesday, November 10, 1987 about the underlying causes of addiction­ called safer-sex techniques. Meanwhile, women who are inti.mate with bisexual men Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, Veterans including poverty and the despair that goes Day is a time for expressing special apprecia­ with it-while also improving available drug can become unsuspecting conduits to other treatment. heterosexuals, as can women who go to bed tion to the men and women who have risked, District of Columbia social workers have with needle users. and sometimes sacrificed, their very lives in been very successful at finding housing for NEEDING CONDOMS defense of our country's security. While we people with AIDS, but many junkies can't "You've got to tell these people they need are a nation of peace, we know that too often stand the regimentation of life under some­ to wear condoms,'' says Adrianne Blackwell, our freedom has hinged on our ability to one else's roof. So they head back to old an outspoken community activist and 33- defend it. haunts, where addicts share needles and year-old transvestite who serves drinks at This year we mark the 200th anniversary of fresh hypodermics sell illegally for as much the Brass Rail, a black gay bar. "They are our Constitution, a document as unique as our as $3 each. not going to abstain." On this night, many "So many people use dope today, they of the men will leave the saloon at 13th and country. We were founded as a bastion for in­ don't care which way they go," says Kevin I and go to 9th street in search of a little dividual freedom and our Government was to Matthews, an 18-year-old now serving ti.me action. be derived from the citizenry, not an aristocra­ in a juvenile detention center for dealing Such reality has motivated Ms. Blackwell cy or ruling class. It is a noble cause that has drugs on the streets of Washington. the U.S. Large Japanese trade surpluses to foreign creditors. Inside Japan's Ministry of Finance, direc­ have mirrored even wider U.S. trade deficits. Other economists are more worried about tor general Makoto Utsumi unfolds a grid­ And Japan's high savings rate has left it the U.S.'s growing debt-service obligation to like chart portraying the U.S., Japan, West awash with so much cash that a lot must go Japan. They say that if the trend continues, Germany and Britain at various stages of offshore-where it helps finance U.S. it could crimp the U.S. standard of living in economic power. budget and trade deficits. decades to come. November 10, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31723 GRATING ON AMERICANS effect. The U.S. could erect more tariffs depend on volunteers, without whom they "Ultimately, you have to pay off the for­ against imports, but it would risk a world­ would be severely understaffed. Over 600,000 eign claims," says Kermit L. Schoenholtz, wide recession in doing so. And with an elec­ adult volunteers nationwide selflessly share an international economist at Salomon tion year ahead, U.S. politicians are unlikely to risk recession in attempting to narrow their time and experience with our youth. The Brothers Inc. in New York. This, he ex­ average volunteer donates 220 hours every plains, could lead to increased inflation, a the trade deficit. Or the U.S. could ersuade recession or higher taxes to service the debt. others, particularly Germany and J apan, to year leading and teaching 4-H members. And that means less disposable income to stimulate their domestic economies so they This week, the National Association of 4-H spend on goods and services, and possibly can absorb more imports. But progress in Agents is holding its national conference in cuts in federal spending. Moreover, there is this area has been slow. San Diego. November 10, 1987, has been potential for crowding out the investment "We know how to improve the situation," proclaimed as "Volunteer Day," and I invite necessary to boost U.S. competitiveness, if says Toyoo Gyohten, Japan's vice minister of finance for international affairs. But, he my colleagues to join me in honoring the fol­ the cost of funds increases. lowing volunteers who have so generously Meanwhile, Japan's presence in the U.S. laments, "to prescribe medicine and cure already grates on some American sensibili­ the disease are different things.'' It takes served as 4-H leaders for 50 years or more: ties. Tomomitsu Oba, president of the time for macro-economic adjustments to Edward Henry Lewis, Downey, CA (50 years); Japan Center for International Finance, occur; meanwhile, social and political ten­ Luther Bagent, Southern Zanesville, OH (50); tells of a cartoon he saw in a Philadelphia sions heat up. Carrol Frank, Bowling Green, OH (50); Virginia newspaper. It showed an American worker "We are driving on a very dark road with­ Harsh, Phillipsbury, OH (57); Nora Helbig, carrying a placard that read: "Buy Ameri­ out headlights," the Finance Ministry's Mr. Utsumi says. Japan already has taken steps Salem, ND (50); Erwin Klusmann, Salem, ND can." Next to him, says Mr. Oba, was a (50); Cecil Krekel, Burlington, IA (55); Flor­ "small Japanese fellow with a small placard to pep up its domestic demand and "can't that read: 'Buy America.' " always give sweetenings to the economy," ence Lane, Johnston, PA (52); John T.G. Mr. Oba adds: "I became slightly worried. he says. "The U.S. should take some bitter­ Stiles, Westminster, MD (58); Joyce Thomp­ I want Americans to see these issues will be ness.'' son, Ravenna, Ml (56); Mildred Hoops, New by a weaker dollar.'' Should the new-found financial bond be­ Lexington, OH (55); Floyd Wachtel, Big Prairie, Tension between Washington and Tokyo tween Japan and the U.S. dissolve, Japan ul­ OH (53); Hilda Highbe, Beaverton, OR (55); over trade issues is already high, and some timately may be more vulnerable. As an ex­ porter of capital, it is exposed to potential Andrew Anthony, Marysville, OH (53); Gladys fear it could worsen. Some worry that E. Donant, Canton, ME (50); and Lenora Pool, Americans will tum xenophobic if the Japa­ dollar devaluations, default and a freeze on nese continue buying dollar assets, in a Japanese assets. In fact, by engineering the Manchaca, TX (50). replay of the response to rising Arab wealth dollar's steep decline the past two years, the U.S. has effectively paid for billions of dol­ in the 1970s. RESTRUCTURING FINANCIAL "I'm afraid the U.S. will pursue a path of lars of imports with discounted dollars, says autarky and isolation and close its doors," a a senior Japanese official. FIRMS Japanese oficial says. "We exported, exported and exported, but In the 'J .S., one of economists' biggest not beneficially; we just acquired dollars," he says. HON. DAVID DREIER worries is a free fall by the dollar that OF CALIFORNIA would raise inflationary expectations and The U.S. on the other hand "imported, cause Japanese and other foreigners to imported, imported and then devalued,'' the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dump their dollar assets. That could force official says. "It is a very clever monetary Tuesday, November 10, 1987 the Fed to raise U.S. interest rates sharply policy: The Fed prints money and reduces to damp inflation and protect the dollar. the value of its overseas debt.'' Mr. DREIER of California. Mr. Speaker, over And that in tum could send the U.S.-and This view of the Japan-U.S. relationship the weeks and months, there will be a neces­ possibly the world-into recession. as a game of hardball shows up on Wall sary soul searching underway in Congress Street, too. "If the Japanese don't buy and the Nation in order to get a better under­ DOLLAR IS 'LAST RESORT' American securities, the U.S. will be The Japanese themselves are divided able to sell its debt domestically,'' says standing of the events that are impacting our about how they would react to further Albert M. Wojnilower, a managing director capital markets. It is clear that fundamental slumps in the dollar. at First Boston. At worst, Mr. Wojnilower forces are at work, that we are not seeing a "If the U.S. continues to depreciate the says, interest rates might rise. temporary aberration that will cure itself. One dollar, there is a significant risk that for­ If the Japanese "don't want to buy our se­ of the most needed prescriptions is for the eign investors won't want to buy dollar curities at a discount," he says, "they can't Federal Government to get its house in order. assets," says Kinya Hiroi, chief investment sell us their Another area that needs attention is the fi­ officer for Dai-Ichi Mutual Life Insurance goods at a discount.'' Co. nancial markets themselves, and the institu­ But Ariyoshi Okumura, chief financial tions which participate in those markets. I am economist at Industrial Bank of Japan, says: HONORING 4-H VOLUNTEERS pleased that the House Banking Committee "There is no reason why Japanese institu­ has at long last launched a series of hearings tional investors would pull out totally from on reform of the Nation's banking and finan­ the U.S. The dollar is the last resort for the HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR. OF CALIFORNIA cial system, because there is no question that Japanese people.'' reform-fundamental and comprehensive-is Besides, of all the possible non-Japanese IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES needed, and urgently needed. On Wednesday, investments, only the U.S. stock and bond Tuesday, November 10, 1987 markets are deep enough to absorb Japan's October 28, Robert L. Clarke, the Comptroller torrent of cash, many Japanese money man­ Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speaker, of the Currency, and L. William Seidman, agers say. today I rise to honor the 4-H Program and the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Many Japanese have a different worry: volunteers who play such a major role in the Corporation, both testified before the Financial another oil crisis or steep increases in the education of our youth. 4-H is a dynamic pro­ Institutions Subcommittee that we need to prices of all commodities. Either event gram that combines the vast resources of move ahead with changing the laws that are would shrink Japan's trade surpluses, drain America's youth; volunteer leaders; State land its wealth and prompt Japanese investors to restricting our banks, bank holding companies, withdraw from foreign investments. grant universities; Federal, State, and local and other financial firms and consequently are Another critical issue is what the U.S. can governments; and the U.S. Department of Ag­ working against more efficient and stronger do to narrow its yawning trade and budget riculture. 4-H programs create a learning envi­ capital markets. deficits. ronment for our youth that stimulates the de­ My own bill, H.R. 3360, is also a step in "Unless the two deficits are solved, the velopment of life skills, and attitudes that will moving these necessary discussions forward. fact of the matter is the U.S. will have to enable them to become self-confident, pro­ H.R. 3360 would allow financial firms to estab­ stay dependent on foreign capital," says Yo­ ductive, and responsible members of society. lish an "umbrella" Financial Services Holding shihisa Tabuchi, president of Nomura Secu­ Because 4-H programs reach out to over Company and, through this corporation, to rities Co. in Tokyo. Remedies for the U.S. seem unappealing. 3,000 counties in the United States and its own bank and thrift holding companies, insur­ The U.S. could devalue the dollar to make territories-including the District of Columbia, ance companies, securities firms, and the like. its goods more competitive; but that tactic Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Of course, financial firms today have nothing has already been tried, with still uncertain American Samoa, and Micronesia-they like the flexibility that they would have under 31724 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 10, 1987 my bill. A securities firm or an insurance com­ Those were the words of an enraged Peter is relative. He is still subject to apartheid laws pany may not own a full-service commercial Finch in the movie "Network" and they're the which place severe restrictions on where he bank, and a bank or bank holding company words that we'll hear more and more unless may live and work, as well as when, where may not own an insurance company Qr securi­ we do something dramatic about reducing the and if he may travel. Under apartheid law, he ties firm. I am convinced such artfficiaf barriers to deficit and do it soon. Last week we spent is a "listed" person, which means no domes­ competition are anachronistic and counterpro­ over 1O hours debating whether to allow em­ tic media may quote him in the future. He is ductive. Many of the critics who oppose my bill ployers to use lie detectors in hiring people, "listed" because of his membership in the and other positive proposals couch their argu­ while the market dropped and the dollar was outlawed African National Congress and the ments as if the only affected parties are the in free fall. Frankly, if we don't do something South African Communist Party. institutions themselves. Yet in fact the competi­ about the deficit, lie detectors will be irreve­ While a government may disagree with the tive barriers that need to be broken down vant because no one will be hiring. My col­ views of a given group, it should not have the adversely affect the economy as a whole and leagues, the house is burning down around us authority to abolish such fundamental rights of of course American consumers. Any time artifi­ while we debate whether to fill up our water freedom of speech and of the press, as the cial barriers exist in a market, there is a high pistol to try to put out the fire and the world South African Government does under apart­ degree of likelihood that prices are higher, and watches and decides we're not going to get heid. that other inefficiencies exist. our act together-that it's business as usual. Mbeki along with 23 million other black In light of the turbulence in the markets, With Republicans blaming Democrats, Demo­ South Africans is still captive under the apart­ however, I believe it is possible to identify crats blaming Republicans for the fiscal crisis heid system, a system that breaks up families, another advantage my bill would offer, and that while the clouds darken and the storm gath­ denies the majority population the right to is diversification of risk. Mr. Speaker, there are ers. I suggest it's time for we back benchers vote, participate in government, and own two fundamental ways to diversify risk in the on both sides of the aisle and of all political property. A system which arrests, imprisons financial marketplace-you can diversify geo­ persuasions to tell our leaders representing us and brutally tortures children. graphically and by product line. In times of at the summit that we want a meaningful defi­ Tougher United States economic sanctions economic turbulence, of course, diversification cit reduction package to vote on and we want against South Africa are the only peaceful offers obvious advantages. We have seen how it soon because we're mad as hell and we're means left to force the recalcitrant regime to banks confined geographically to certain areas not going to take it anymore. abolish apartheid, free Nelson Mandela and have suffered losses in energy, farm and real all other political prisoners, lift the ban on the estate lending, for example. Now, by operation African National Congress and other outlawed of the capital markets, we are seeing the dan­ antiapartheid groups, and begin negotiations gers of product concentration. A number of with the ANC, which has the support of South securities firms have failed, others are hard Africa's majority. I support H.R. 1580, Con­ pressed to survive. They are not diversified, THE RELEASE OF SOUTH AFRI- gressman RONALD DELLUMS' measure that and they have, so to speak, put all of their eggs CAN POLITICAL PRISONER would strengthen existing economic sanctions in one basket. GOVAN MBEKI against South Africa. I urge my colleagues on What if we had a different structure, such as both sides of the aisle to join me in that sup- H.R. 3360 provides? A financial firm might have • port, as a peaceful way to help end the daily a bank holding company as a subsidiary-and HON. MAJOR R. OWENS violence, injustice and indignity under which today most bank holding companies are doing 23 million people must live. quite well; it might have a life insurance compa­ OF NEW YORK ny as a subsidiary-and today most life insur­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ance companies are doing quite well; and it might have a securities firm as a subsidiary­ Tuesday, November 10, 1987 BILL TO SUSPEND DUTIES ON and today securities firms are feeling financial Mr. OWENS of New York. Mr. Speaker, on IMPORTED METALLURGICAL- pressure. But what a different level of perform­ GRADE FLUORSPAR ance could be expected from such a diversified Thursday, November 5, the South African company. Sure, the securities operations might Government released former African National be temporarily suffering, but they would be Congress president Govan Mbeki from prison HON.DONALDJ.PEASE offset by the profitable operations in the bank­ after serving 23 years of a life sentence for OF OHIO ing and insurance subsidiaries. This kind of treason. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES diversified financial firm promises to be much Mbeki, who is 77 years old, was imprisoned Tuesday, November 10, 1987 along with other African National Congress more stable and would provide greater stability Mr. PEASE. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ in our financial markets. leaders, including Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, following a 1964 trial in which they ducing a bill to temporarily suspend the duty We need to stop thinking in archaic terms on imported metallurgical-grade fluorspar. Cur­ and face the reality that our markets have were wrongly and unjustly convicted; for in South Africa, any attempt to abolish the racist rently, metallurgical-grade fluorspar is dutiable changed, and our financial institutions must at a rate of 13.5 percent ad valorem. change with them. Failure to act does not just system of apartheid is labeled a "treasonous" act by the ruling white minority regime. It is my understanding that virtually all of the mean that financial institutions will be adversely metallurgical-grade fluorspar consumed in the impacted, it also means that the American There are those in the Reagan administra- United States is imported from Mexico. The economy and the public at large will suffer the tion who would attribute Mbeki's release to mineral is used by the domestic steel industry consequences of a failure-prone system creak­ the United States policy of "constructive en- as a fluxing agent. ing along on worn-out parts. gagement" or "quiet diplomacy" with South Mr. Speaker, we are all aware of the difficul­ Africa, but I submit that his release, along with ties encountered as of late by the U.S. steel that of four other South African political pris- industry. It makes little sense for the Federal oners, is due to United States economic sane- Government to exact from the industry one of tions against that country. the highest duties charged for any primary THE DEFICIT Coupled with the withdrawal of several commodity when that commodity, to my United States Corporations in the past year knowledge, is not produced in significant HON. WIWAM F. CLINGER, JR. and a half, economic sanctions have proved quantities in the United States. If there were to be the most effective means for forcing the ever an item for which it makes sense to sus­ OF PENNSYLVANIA South African Government to make even the pend a duty, surely metallurgical-grade fluor­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES piecemeal changes they have made within the spar is it. Tuesday, November 10, 1987 apartheid system. _ _ Over the years, there have been several Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, "I'm mad as But piecemeal changes are not good legislative attempts to suspend the duty on hell and I'm not going to take it anymore." enough. Although Mbeki is "free," his freedom both this product and a closely related prod- November 10, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31725 uct, acid-grade fluorspar. Acid-grade fluorspar manently authorizes the Farmers Home Ad­ For a moment bombs no longer rain from is used in the manufacture of hydrofluoric ministration, preserves existing housing stock the skies. acid, a key ingredient in the aluminum, urani­ in both rural and urban programs, reauthorizes Thank God! um, and fluorochemical industries. Past efforts the Neighborhood Development Demonstra­ But to those of us who did serve on the field to suspend the duty on both products failed tion Grant Program, permanently authorizes of battle those sounds of horror will because there remains significant domestic live in our memories until they fire the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and pro­ the last volley and taps are played production of acid-grade fluorspar and be­ vides permanent authority for mos Federal over a flag covered casket. cause South Africa is a supplier of acid-grade Housing Administration [FHA] mortgage insur­ fluorspar to the United States. I have modified ance programs. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Whittle expresses the feel­ the legislation this year to take into account This conference agreement also authorizes ings that many veterans share. I want to com­ these concerns by proposing to suspend only a new fair housing initiative program and a mend him for this excellent poem and for his the duty on metallurgical-grade fluorspar-that new initiative entitled the "Nehemiah" pro­ own dedication to our country. is, below 90 percent calcium fluoride con­ gram, under which moderate-income first-time tent-. Accordingly, I anticipate that the new homebuyers would receive assistance toward U.S. SUGAR PROGRAM bill will be noncontroversial. the purchase of homes. Also, the agreement I urge my colleagues to support this bill, reauthorizes the Community Development which would assist the beleaguered U.S. steel Block Grant [CDBG] and Urban Development HON. BILL EMERSON industry and, to my knowledge, have no ad­ Action Grant [UDAG] Programs-two pro­ OF MISSOURI verse effect on U.S. production. grams which are essential if we are to see IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES continued economic development throughout the Nation's cities. Tuesday, November 10, 1987 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY Specifically, the conference agreement au­ Mr. EMERSON. Mr. Speaker, a number of DEVELOPMENT ACT thorizes $9.2 billion in fiscal year 1988 and our colleagues soon will be introducing legisla­ $9.7 billion in fiscal year 1989 for assisted tion to try and sweet talk the Congress into HON. KWEISI MFUME housing programs-including section 8 low­ dismantling the U.S. Sugar Program. Many of income assistance, elderly and handicapped OF MARYLAND them don't understand that the Sugar Pro­ housing, new public housing, and grants for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gram is good for corn growers. public housing comprehensive improvement My corn producers aren't into sweet talk. Tuesday, November 10, 1987 assistance programs-$2.2 billion in fiscal They're into the sweetener business, and they Mr. MFUME. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the year 1988 and $2.3 billion in fiscal year 1989 know that the corn sweetener market adds as House of Representatives passed S. 825, the for rural housing assistance and grant pro­ much as 25 cents to the value of a bushel of conference report on the Housing and Com­ grams, $3 billion in each fiscal year for the corn. That adds $1.8 billion to the value of the munity Development Act, with an overwhelm­ CDBG Program and $225 million in each year 1987 corn crop. That's corn that doesn't con­ ing vote of 391 to 1. This legislation repre­ for the UDAG Progam, and such sums as tribute to the surplus, and corn that doesn't go sents a responsible conference agreement necessary in fiscal year 1988 and $150 million into Government storage. with bipartisan and bicameral support and is in fiscal year 1989 for the "Nehemiah" Hous­ The sweetener business is intensely com­ legislation which the President should support. ing Opportunity Grant Program. petitive because corn sweeteners compete di­ This year marks the 50th anniversary of our Mr. Speaker, I applaud the conferees for rectly against sugar made from cane of sugar Nation's commitment to providing decent and their work and I applaud the House of Repre­ beets. In fact, the USDA estimates that corn affordable housing opportunities for all Ameri­ sentatives for recognizing the importance of sweeteners recently have been selling at cans. It also marks the 1Oth anniversary of assisting the Nation's disadvantaged and pro­ roughly a 35-percent discount to sugar. That's BUILD-Baltimoreans united in leadership de­ viding them with the most basic need of hous­ competition that's good for consumers and velopment-. BUILD is a coalition of churches ing. I hope that we will witness the signing of good for corn farmers. and unions who have worked long and hard to S. 825 into law in the near future because the Unfortunately, the rest of the world doesn't make safe and affordable housing a reality. time to act on a housing bill is now. have that kind of competition; it's government Their efforts as well as the efforts of other subsidy against government subsidy. The Eu­ such organizations nationwide have been re­ ropean Community is currently paying its sponsible for, in large part, keeP,ing this very VETERANS DAY sugar producers a subsidy of 24 cents per important, and necessary issue on the nation­ bushel to export sugar while it discriminates al agenda. As such, I argue that the President HON. J. ROY ROWLAND against the production of lower corn sweeten­ must follow the lead of the Congress and OF GEORGIA ers. seize this opportunity to place housing as a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, let's not subject U.S. corn national priority once again and an opportunity farmers to such economic nonsense. The U.S. to enact the first freestanding housing authori­ Tuesday, November 10, 1987 Sugar Program works; something else might zation bill in 6 years. Mr. ROWLAND of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, to­ not. Sadly, Housing and Urban Development morrow Americans across this great country programs have been slashed by more than 70 will take time to honor the contributions and percent since 1981, and thus, this anniversary sacrifices made by those men and women IN RECOGNITION OF VETERANS year has been met with signs of homeless­ who have made the ultimate commitment to DAY 1987 ness across America and an ever increasing our freedom: our veterans. lack of affordable housing. One veteran, Charles D. Whittle, a constitu­ HON. LAWRENCE J. SMITH In this anniversary year, we need to recom­ ent of mine living in the Georgia War Veterans mit our energy and resources toward meeting Home in Milledgville, GA, sent me a copy of a OF FLORIDA pressing housing needs and S. 825 contains poem he has written regarding Veterans Day. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES desperately needed authorization levels for It reads as follows: assisted housing and community development Tuesday, November 10, 1987 programs. The conference agreement author­ VETERANS DAY Mr. SMITH of Florida. Mr. Speaker, Novem­ izes a total of $15 billion in fiscal year 1988 ber 11, 1987, marks Veterans Day-a day for and $15.6 billion in fiscal year 1989 for most 0, how proud we were to serve this nation all America to commemorate the valuable housing and community development pro­ that we all love so well. contribution that former members of the grams administered by the Department of Just to follow in the footsteps of our forefa­ armed services have made to our country. As Housing and Urban Development [HUD] and thers who fought and bled and died we take time to observe this day, we should the Farmer's Home Administration [FmHA]. with that same pride and love of free­ remember that we are honoring the countless The bill includes significant provisions that dom we hold so dear. number of men and women who have defend­ improve programs which assist the poor, per- The thunder of cannons is silent. ed our country against its enemies and have 31726 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 10, 1987 devoted lheir efforts to the preservation of our CABLE SYSTEMS, INC.: northeast Philadelphia and a Yiddish musi­ freedom. COMMITMENT TO A VISION cologist. Veterans have served our country in times Mr. Helzner has been the spokesman for of turbulence. Therefore, it is fitting that we HON.EDWARDJ.MARKEY Yiddish music in the Delaware River Valley for set aside a day to acknowledge veterans and over 47 years. Through his teaching, lecturing, OF MASSACHUSETl'S their families. Congress must not lose sight of and performing, thousands of Jewish children its commitment to our Nation's veterans. Con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and adults have experienced the joys of Yid­ gress has enacted legislation to provide for Tuesday, November 10, 1987 dish music. job training and placement, educational ad­ Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, on October 14, Before coming to America in 1922, Morry vances, quality health care, home loans, com­ 1987, Cable Systems, Inc., of Everett, MA, re­ Helzner learned of Yiddish music from his pensation, insurance and mortgage assist­ ceived an award from its most valued and grandfather in Russia. After passing through ance. We must not lose sight of our commit­ oldest customer, Raytheon Co., in recognition Ellis Island as an 8-year-old, he added Yiddish ment to veterans. of the long and productive relationship be­ and English to his native Russian tongue. Not only on Veterans Day, but everyday tween those two firms. Today I wish to recog­ Mr. Helzner's Workmen's Circle Chorus was should we remember and salute those who nize Cable Systems for aggressively expand­ one of the first Jewish choruses to present Yiddish music from the Holocaust. The Work­ sacrificed something of themselves for the ing its operation to service critical commercial men's Circle Chorus provided music for a CBS good of our Nation. We should display our re­ markets dedicated to the advancement of technology and improved medical services. 20th anniversary documentary on the Holo­ spect and pride for a select group of Ameri­ caust, "Of Cannons and Fugue," and are reg­ can citizens-our veterans. The visionary who is leading the Cable Sys­ tems team into its third decade of innovation ularly broadcast on Radio Liberty for Soviet is Eugene F. Vecchia. Jewry in the U.S.S.R. From its beginning in 1957, Cable Systems In addition to his dedication to Yiddish has played a major role in providing cable as­ music, Mr. Helzner was on the faculty of the THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF Walter Biddle Saul High School of Agricultural OUR CONSTITUTION semblies designated for defense applications. During the past 30 years Cable Systems has Sciences for 35 years and is a former director established a strong relationship with Rayth­ of the Diamond Band of Temple University. HON. MARGE ROUKEMA eon Co., the first certified contractor for the Mr. Helzner has been honored by such varied U.S. Government. Cable Systems was at the organizations as the Future Farmers of Amer­ OF NEW JERSEY ica, B'Nai B'rith, and the Pannonia Beneficial IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES forefront of the important Hawk and Sparrow Programs, and was recently awarded a mul­ Association. Tuesday, November 10, 1987 tiyear contract for production of cable assem­ I join the entire Jewish community of the blies for the Patriot Air Defense System. Delaware Valley in honoring this dedicated Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, the citizens Yiddish musicologist. of this great country, for the better part of this Mr. Speaker, the awards that have been year, have been celebrating perhaps the made to Cable Systems were made strictly on single most important event in our Nation's the basis of merit. Massachusetts boasts a THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF history, that of the 200th anniversary of our highly skilled work force and a well developed THE FORKS UNITED CHURCH high-tech industry. The Department of De­ Constitution. This unique document has OF CHIRST fense has recognized the strength of the served to define the very foundation of this region. Raytheon has recognized the talent of HON. DON RITl'ER Nation and the principles for which it stands. Eugene Vecchia, and the quality of his com­ Tomorrow, November 11, we will recognize pany. OF PENNSYLVANIA an important element of this Nation's ability to I rise today to recognize his vision, and the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES preserve that very document which we cherish innovation that he is introducing to this indus­ Tuesday, November 10, 1987 so dearly. On this day, we will honor the hero­ try. Mr. RITTER. Mr. Speaker, in this year of re­ ism and sacrifices of some 40 million veterans Cable Systems is dedicated to the goal of membering our foundations as a country, we of our Armed Forces who have fought and becoming a prominent leader in the intercon­ have further reason to celebrate. The Lehigh died in the defense of our way of life. nect industry by increasing market share to in­ Valley in Pennsylvania is very proud to pay Just as a fledgling nation did over 200 years clude more commercial projects. They are special attention to Forks United Church of ago when it called upon those brave veterans striving to set standards which will maintain Christ located in Stockertown, PA. Sunday, of the Revolution, 23 of whom went on to sign the dominant technological edge that America November 22, 1987, marks the 175th anniver­ the Constitution, we have called upon our has traditionally enjoyed. sary of its current church building. young men and women time and time again to It is time to recognize that in today's econo­ German settlers immigrated to this country uphold this tradition and duplicate those ef­ my we can only compete in world markets by in the early part of the 18th century, cleared forts. From Valley Forge and Trenton to Bull nurturing a commerically viable high-tech in­ and tilled the rich soil of Northampton County, Run and Gettysburg to Argonne, Normandy, dustry. I commend the Cable Systems vision PA, and befriended the local Delaware Indi­ Inchon and Hue, brave American men and to the attention of my colleagues because this ans. In this amicable manner, they construc­ women have put forth the supreme effort for is the kind of company, dedicated to innova­ tively cut out a place for themselves in their freedom and democracy. tion, that will maintain our international com­ new land. War · is something we must always try to petitiveness in the high-tech industry. Eugene From the modest beginning of the barn of Vecchia is leading a team in Everett, MA, that avoid yet always be prepared to meet. As we Andreas Stocker, a member of the church, the has heard that message and is working to­ look west out of this building toward Arlington settlers built the first church in Forks Town­ gether to lead an industry, and an economy, ship, completed in 1814 at a cost of Cemetery and the Vietnam Memorial, two tes­ into the 21st century. taments to the frailty of mortal men, we recall, $2,684.16112. all too vividly, those Americans who faced the Forks began as a "union" church, the home trauma and tragedy of war and realize that we TRIBUTE TO MORRY HELZNER of a Lutheran and reformed congregation. Until 1970, Forks shared its building with the can never forget what they did and must Lutheran congregation because a single con­ always be willing to extend our eternal thanks HON. ROBERT A. BORSKI gregation was unable to afford the building. and gratitude for the liberties· and freedoms OF PENNSYLVANIA This remarkable collaboration has been a hall­ they sacrificed so gallantly to preserve. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mark of the congregation for the extent of her To the 27 million veterans across this great history. Tuesday, November 10, 1987 land and to the 900,000 vets who reside in my Seven pastors have faithfully shepherded State of New Jersey, this Nation salutes you Mr. BORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to their members, maintained and refurbished and thanks you very much. . pay tribute to Mr. Morry Helzner, a resident of the church building and conducted the wor- November 10, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31727 ship due to God: Theodore Ludwig Hoffeditz 80), and Charles Edward Strasbaugh, Jr., church makes the good of her members and (1812-58), Ernest William Reineke (1858-90), 1980 to Present. the common good of the entire surrounding Robert Charles Weaver (1891-1910), Floyd Mr. Speaker, it is most fitting that the Con­ community her very reason for existing. Our Raymond Shafer (1910-67), John Zerbe gress honor Forks United Church of Christ. country is made strong and vibrant by the Martin (1967-75), R. Craig MacCreary (1975- Thriving at the center of Forks Township, this contribution of such church life.