E144 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks February 11, 1998 County, California. Described as a moral, car- 1989, the McLeans took another step in look- Jewish Museum in New York through March ing and generous man by residents in the ing out for their employees when they set up 29, as well as The Celebration, community of Fortuna and the Northern Cali- an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Under which will be on display at the San Francisco fornia County of Humboldt, Mr. McLean is an the plan, the employees will eventually own Main Library after March 8. example of the American Dream. the company. [From , Feb. 9, 1998] Mel McLean still greets visitors with a twin- Mel McLean wants to improve the quality of A REAL AND UNLIKELY HERO—HOMAGE TO kle in his eye and a firm handshake, despite life for all residents of the Eel River Valley. He VARIAN FRY a stroke that limited his speech 11 years ago. has made, and continues to make, generous (By Alfred Kazin) That's appropriate for a man who, for many donations to local groups, schools and organi- The Armistice with Nazi that years, sealed important deals with little more zations. He always treats his employees fairly France had to sign in June 1940 contained a than a handshake. and the respect between him and the workers clause, Article XIX, obliging the French Though he is known locally as a philan- is evident whenever McLean tours the plant. Government to ‘‘surrender upon demand all thropist, Mel got where he is today by hard He always lets each man know he is important Germans named by the German government work, despite setbacks along the way. He and leaves the impression that the entire staff in France, as well as in French possessions, started his career in logging more than 50 is his extended family. colonies, Protectorate Territories, and Man- years ago with various jobs in the woods. In On February the 12th, 1998, Mel McLean dates.’’ ‘‘Germans’’ originally meant all in- habitants of the greater German Reich—Ger- 1938, he and a partner contracted to run a tie will be honored and named to the Republican mans, Austrians, Czechs, and many Poles— mill just following his marriage in 1937 to Hall of Fame in the Humboldt as a devoted but by 1940 it meant every political opponent Grace, his close friend and companion for advocate of Conservative causes. The honor whom the Nazis wanted to get their hands over 50 years before her death in 1989. is well deserved for his generous and fair spir- on. There were American relief organizations The young couple struggled through the De- it. We wish him many years of continued and in France sponsored by the YMCA, the Uni- pression, even hauling away logs discarded by rewarding accomplishments. tarians, and the Quakers. But a group of the loggers. They peeled the bark off by hand f American liberals, outraged by the Nazis’ and sold it for 35 cents a truckload. Beans open violation of the right of asylum, formed the Emergency Rescue Committee to bring and potatoes were their supper most nights. HOMAGE TO VARIAN FRY, A REAL AND UNLIKELY HERO political and intellectual refugees out of In 1946, Mel and another partner became France before the and the Italian involved in the grocery business, a venture and Spanish Fascist police caught them in that grew to include four stores. Two years HON. TOM LANTOS what their rescuer Varian Fry was to call later he moved his timber business to Hum- OF CALIFORNIA ‘‘the most gigantic man-trap in history.’’ boldt County and formed a partnership named IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The volunteer (there were not many) whom the Committee chose to direct this effort Lindsey Lumber Company. They bought the Wednesday, February 11, 1998 East family sawmill and the logging operation from was Varian Fry, a 32-year-old Harvard-trained classicist perfectly at home at the Bar W Ranch near Bridgeville, hiring 15 Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, Varian Fry was one of the greatest, albeit one of the most un- in . Indeed, on the surface, with his men. elegant name and his precise manner, he In 1950, a fire destroyed the mill, so they recognized, American heroes of the twentieth may have seemed just a little too refined. moved to McCann. The company grew to own century. As a young relief worker in Vichy With his classmate , he had 10 tie and stud mills, and built a planing mill France during the early years of World War II, founded the pioneer journal of modernism at McCann. The planing mill was destroyed in he responded to the onslaught of Nazi perse- The Hound and Horn. When I met him at The the 1955 flood, but they rebuilt it and contin- cution with a degree of bravery which stands New Republic after the war, he liked, on our ued operations. In 1958, he and his partner out even when compared to the courage of many walks, a little affectedly, to show off the little dogtricks that he had taught his bought another sawmill just north of Rio Dell. other noble men and women who resisted German oppression. Fry led a small group of French poodle Clovis, whom he had named This was the beginning of Eel River Sawmills. after the ancient king of the Franks. But To keep an eye on his diverse interests, Mel American liberals in creating the Emergency Varian was at heart so pure and intense a became a pilot. His wife, Grace, usually ac- Rescue Committee (ERC), an organization democratic conscience that he could not companied him on these trips. The couple en- dedicated to using every means at its disposal bear the lingering Popular Front senti- joyed visiting other countries, but their hearts to help political and intellectual refugees es- mentality about Stalin on The New Republic; were with the people of the Eel River Valley. cape from Nazi-dominated France. The ERC and he resigned from the magazine in 1945, Mel McLean believes strongly in seeing that operated for two years, from the fall of France just before Henry Wallace took it over. residents of the Eel River Valley have jobs. He in 1940 until its offices were forcibly shut down In fact, for thirteen months in France, in 1942, and its work saved the lives of at Varian was our own Scarlet Pimpernel. He has proved that several times by rebuilding in- was endlessly bold and resourceful in the al- stead of just walking away from the disaster. least 2,000 talented scholars, artists and lead- ways correct manner that was natural to When fire destroyed two-thirds of the mill in ers, including such cultural luminaries as Marc him. And he was forced to leave France be- 1961, he rebuilt immediately, using the sawmill Chagall, and . Fry's cause his labors on behalf of and politi- employees in the reconstruction so that not actions led to the founding of the International cal refugees had enraged both Vichy’s pro- one man lost his job. Rescue Committee after the war. Fascist bureaucrats and reactionary Amer- The company incorporated in 1963 and built Varian Fry's lifesaving efforts are all the ican consular officials. Varian was one of the a new planing mill. It had about 90 employees, more remarkable in light of fierce opposition great civilian heroes of the war. In the face not only from the pro-Fascist Vichy govern- of the most maddening bureaucratic slights, up from 33 in 1961. The following year was a delays, and hostilities presented by Vichy good one and saw the addition of a new ment, but also from resentful American con- France, Franco’s , and the American debarker and a new chipper plant. Then came sular officials. As a result of this antagonism, in Marseille (he finally got the the Christmas flood of 1964. More than 8 mil- Fry's heroism went unrecognized in his life- French to expel Varian), my friend organized lion board feet of logs and 5 million feet of time. He died in obscurity over thirty years from a room in the Hotel Splendide the ram- lumber went down the river, along with most ago. shackle yet somehow effective organization of the mill. Varian Fry's contributions have been recog- that helped to get virtually 2,000 people to This gave them a choice, according to nized by , Israel's memorial to the safety. Varian is the only American honored Holocaust, where he stands as the only Amer- as a ‘‘Righteous Gentile’’ at Yad Vashem, Grace McLean in a 1989 interview. ``It was ei- Israel’s memorial to . ther go down the road with a sack on our ican honored as a ``Righteous Gentile.'' Mr. Surrender on Demand, Varian’s wonderful back, or hard work and start it over again.'' Speaker, it is long past due for the American account of his noble adventure in France, his For Mel, the answer was clear. The men of government and the American people to pay ‘‘story of an experiment in democratic soli- the Eel River Valley deserved jobs, and he tribute to this heroic champion of human darity . . . of illegal work under the nose of would provide them. The company reopened rights. I would like to enter into the record a the Gestapo,’’ was first published without and had men back on the payroll in 3 to 5 touching and inspiring review of Fry's auto- much effect in 1945, and it has now been months. biography, Surrender on Demand, written for brought back into print in conjunction with the splendid exhibition ‘‘Assignment: Res- By 1979, the company had added mills in ``The New Republic'' by Alfred Kazin. I would cue, The Story of Varian Fry and the Emer- Redcrest and Alton. And in early 1987, the also like to invite my colleagues to attend As- gency Rescue Committee’’ at the Jewish Mu- company added the Fairhaven power plant on signment: Rescue, The Story of Varian Fry seum in New York. The museum has also en- the Samoa peninsula, utilizing waste products and the Emergency Rescue Committee, a closed in its press kit Varian’s essay ‘‘The from the mills to produce clean energy. In moving exhibit which will be featured at The Massacre of the Jews,’’ which appeared in February 11, 1998 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E145 The New Republic’s issue of December 21, 1942. visas waiting for them at the Consulate. But money, to go down to the Spanish frontier Unlikely as this seems now, the anguish that there was now a general ban on exit visas. and cross over on foot. One of them gave Varian brought to the subject did not alto- The Werfels insisted on ordering up cham- Varian a map of the frontier, showing that gether interest people at the magazine (I had pagne as they went over their problem with they planned to cross along a cemetery wall just joined the staff), who were languishing Varian. He had just arrived and he hadn’t yet at Cerbe`re. They knew where to avoid the for the New Deal that Roosevelt had dis- found out what the possibilities were. The French border control. You were not to go carded in wartime. ‘‘That such things could Werfels had heard of refugees going down to farther into Spain until you got the Spanish be done by contemporary western Europeans, the Spanish frontier and getting over safely, entrada stamp on your passport. The Span- heirs of the humanist tradition, seems hard- but they didn’t know if those lucky souls had iards were interested only in Spanish transit ly possible’’: only Varian, hardly innocent reached Lisbon for passage to America. Most visas and, above all, in money. but obstinately virtuous, would have written of them had probably been arrested in Spain Refugees who hadn’t yet received Amer- that sentence. He ended his article by de- and handed over to the Gestapo. There was ican visas were taking Chinese or Siamese manding ‘‘a little thing, but at the same also the risk of being arrested for travelling visas and getting Portuguese transit visas on time a big thing’’—that the without permission. It was all very confus- almost any identification they possessed ‘‘offer asylum now, without delay or red ing. What were they to do? They finally got which seemed to promise that the holder tape, to those few fortunate enough to es- away, at first encumbering their saviors would go on from . The first dif- cape from the Aryan paradise.’’ with twelve suitcase. But Alma made it into ficulty was getting into Marseille, that is, In on July 15, 1935, Varian had seen Spain on foot, Mahler, manuscripts in her past the police control for passengers arriv- Hitler’s troppers attack Jews in ‘‘the first pack. ing by train. You could avoid the police only pogoam.’’ On November 9, 1938, Nazi leaders The American Federation of Labor had by going into the station restaurant through had openly encouraged the burning of syna- succeeded in persuading the State Depart- a service corridor to the Hotel Terminus. gogues, the pillage of Jewish homes, and the ment to grant emergency visas to a long list There were risks. Foreigners weren’t sup- murder of their inhabitants. ‘‘Injecting air- of European labor leaders, and it had dis- posed to travel in France without safe con- bubbles into the bloodstream,’’ Varian ob- patched Frank Bohn to help them with the ducts issued by the military authorities. Any served in his NEW REPUBLIC article in 1942, escape. Bohn, a hearty extrovert who talked foreigner caught traveling without such a ‘‘is cheap, clean, and efficient, producing like ‘‘an itinerant revivalist,’’ was one of the safe conduct was likely to be sent to a con- clots, embolisms, and death within a few two or three Americans in France prepared centration camp, where his future was uncer- hours . . .’’ to help Varian. Through Bohn he met a tain, and where the Gestapo could get him if ‘‘Even though Hitler may lose this war, he young German social democrat named Albert he was wanted. may win it anyway, at least, as far as Europe Hirschman, a political refugee who was The Nazis were dreaded, the French were is concerned. . . . The Christian churches ‘‘very intelligent and eternally good-natured corrupt and brutal, the American consular might also help . . . the Pope by threatening and cheerful,’’ who joined his staff. ‘‘I began officials were difficult and nasty. So difficult with excommunication all Catholics who in to call him Beamish,’’ Varian wrote, ‘‘be- and nasty, indeed, that they became Varian’s any way participate in these frightful cause of his impish eyes and perennial pout, particular antagonists. In a short preface to crimes. . . . There is a report, which I have which would turn into a broad grin in an in- Surrender on Demand, ex-Secretary of State not been able to verify, that the Office of stant.’’ Staff conferences were held in the Warren Christopher writes of Varian that War Information has banned mention of the bathroom, where Varian turned on the fau- ‘‘regretfully, during his lifetime, his heroic massacres in its shortwave broadcasts. . . . cets to create a deafening rush of water. actions never received the support they de- The fact that the Nazis do not commit their Another invaluable aide was ‘‘vivacious served from the United States government, massacres in Western Europe, but transport and ebullient’’ Lena Fishman, who had particularly the State Department.’’ That is their victims to the East before destroying worked in the office of the joint Dis- putting it mildly. Varian’s book is too taken them, is certain proof that they fear the ef- tribution Committee, was competent in up with the many people he saved (and the fect on the local populations of the news of English, French, German, Russian, Polish, many more he couldn’t save) to relate how their crimes. and Spanish, and was especially useful in Assistant Secretary of State Breckenridge Despite the fact that the urgency of the calming the excited. ‘‘Il ne faut pas Long managed to keep immigration quotas situation has never been greater, immigra- exage´rer,’’ she used to say. (Lena had her unfilled when thousands of refugees were tion into the United States in the year 1942 own way of talking. When I first met her, she desperate to get into America. will have been less than ten percent of what asked me who my publisher was. I told her, When a member of Varian’s staff named it has been in ‘normal’ years before Hitler, but the name obviously meant nothing to Danny was arrested, and Vichy’s Ministry of when some of the largest quotas were not her. ‘‘Je n’ai jamais couche´ avec,’’ she said.) Finance intimated that Danny would be let filled. There have been bureaucratic delays Most of the refugees whose names had been off with a fine if the American Embassy in- in visa procedure which have literally con- given to Varian in New York were still miss- tervened, Varian had no hope that this would demned to death many stalwart democrats.’’ ing. Nobody knew where they were or what happen. He was aware of the Embassy’s hos- This was the man who had gone to had become of them. But refugees started tility to ‘‘aliens.’’ To his surprise, he was Marseille two years before with just $3,000 coming to Varian’s room at the Splendide as able ‘‘to touch something very deep in the from patrons of the Emergency Rescue Com- soon as word went out. American consul at Marseille, who helped mittee, only to find himself initially frus- ‘‘Many of them had been through hell; get Danny off.’’ This was astounding. Harry trated by the delusions of some VIPs whom their nerves were shattered and their cour- Bingham, son of Hiram Bingham, the former he had come to rescue. Rudolph Breitscheid, age was gone. Many had been herded into governor of Connecticut and United States the leader of the Social Democratic bloc in concentration camps at the outbreak of the senator, had been a humane, helpful figure as the Reichstag, openly frequented a sidewalk war, then released, then interned again when head of the visa section at the Marseille Con- cafe with Rudolph Hilferding, formerly Ger- the Germans began their great offensive in sulate. But he was recalled, and his succes- man Minister to France. He boasted that May. In the concentration camps they had sor, Varian wrote, ‘‘seemed to delight in Hitler would ‘‘never dare’’ to arrest him. He waited fearfully while the Wehrmacht drew making autocratic decisions and refusing as was wrong. He was nabbed and never heard nearer and nearer. It was often literally at many visas as he could.’’ from again. Giuseppe Modigliani, the head of the last moment that they had had a chance Varian sought a visa for Largo Caballero, the Italian Socialist Party and a Jew (and to save themselves. Then they had joined the the Socialist prime minister of Republican the brother of the painter), was easy to spot. great exodus to the south, sometimes walk- Spain when Franco launched the Civil War. He insisted on wearing in all weather a fur ing hundreds of miles to get away from the The Consul had never heard of him, and coat, a gift from the Garment Workers Union Nazis. . . . when he was finally informed who Caballero in New York, and he adamantly refused to Nor was it only the refugees from Germany was, he said: ‘‘Oh, one of those Reds.’’ Varian shave his beard, ‘‘I’ve always worn it.’’ and Austria who were worried. Luis Compa- explained that Caballero had resigned the and his wife Alma were at the nys, the Catalan trade-union leader, had premiership rather than continue to cooper- Hotel du Louvre et de la Paix, in hiding been picked up by the Nazis in Belgium or ate with the Communists. ‘‘Well,’’ the Vice- under the name of Mrs. Werfel’s former hus- the occupied part of France and sent down to Consul said, ‘‘it doesn’t make any difference band Gustav Mahler, who had died in 1911. Spain, where he was promptly garroted. And to me what his politics are. If he has any po- Werfel looked ‘‘exactly like his photographs: the French police were treating foreigners litical views at all, we don’t want him. We large, dumpy, and pallid, like a half-filled with a combination of muddle and brutality don’t want any agitators in the United sack of flour. His hair was thin on top and which left very few of them with any desire States. We’ve got too many already.’’ The too long on the sides. He was wearing a silk to stay in France longer than they had to.’’ court at Aix had refused to grant Caballero’s dressing gown and soft slippers and was sit- In big cities such as Marseille, the large extradition to Spain. If he could get him an ting all over a small gilt chair.’’ The Werfels and constantly changing refugee population American visa, Varian thought, he might be had fled from Paris to Lourdes, where they kept the police nervous, and occasionally able to smuggle him to Casablanca and there had sought the protection of the Church. stirred them to mass arrests called rafles. put him on a boat for America. Caballero re- Werfel, a jew, had begun The Song of Berna- Fortunately for Varian, the first to come to mained a prisoner of the Nazis until the end dette. When they realized that they would the Splendide were young and vigorous Ger- of the war. never be able to leave France from Lourdes, man and Austrian Socialists who were not Both the Vichy French and the American they came to Marseille to get the American afraid, once Varian gave them American Embassy now sought to get Varian out of E146 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks February 11, 1998 France. The Gestapo was bringing pressure the surrounding communities to the point that honor, I want to share with my colleagues and on the French police to arrest him imme- Chitimacha is the biggest employer in the par- others throughout the nation some important diately. A high police official informed him ishÐaside from government. information concerning the late Mr. Kaufman. that ‘‘you have caused my good friend the But is was not only jobs and economic Ben Kaufman was one of the finest printers Consul-General of the United States much annoyance. . . . Unless you leave France of growth that Chairman Darden accomplished throughout the Greater Cleveland area. It was your own free will, I shall be obliged to ar- for the Chitimacha and southern Louisiana. He a trade that he learned at an early age and rest you and place you in re´sidence force´e in was committed to seeing that every devoted his life to perfecting. He was born and some small town far from Marseille, where Chitimacha child got a college education if reared in Cleveland. Upon his graduation with you can do no harm.’’ As Varian got up to they so desired and thus he helped underwrite honors from South High School, and armed go, he asked the official, ‘‘Tell me frankly, their college scholarship program. He had with his printer's union card, he began working why are you so much opposed to me?’’ ‘‘Be- served as President of the Chitimacha tribal in various print shops. His employers included cause you have protected Jews and anti- school board and as a board member of the the Plain Dealer, the Cleveland News, and the Nazis.’’ United South and Eastern Tribes. And he real- Cleveland Shopping News. Varian played for time. He had no assur- In 1951, Ben Kaufman became a partner in ance of a replacement, and his staff was ized that the tribe had to diversify its economic afraid that their ‘‘relief’’ organization would interests and invest in land purchases and Brothers Printing. Eight years later, he be- collapse if he was forced out of France. And other industries for long term security. Already came the sole owner of the business. Those finally he was. The Embassy had refused to the tribe had one of the finest restaurants in of us who came to know Ben Kaufman reissue his passport unless he agreed to leave south Louisiana named for the tribe's oldest learned that although he owned the print shop, at once. The organization sent out nearly 300 living member, Mr. Lester. Chairman Darden he was one of its best workers. He often people between the time he left in August looked out for the long term interests of his worked long hours, arriving before sunrise 1941 and the time it was raided and closed by each morning and working late in the evening. the police, on June 2, 1942. people. And he made his tribe one of the most respected ``model'' tribes in the country. Throughout his career, Mr. Kaufman took Varian returned to the States, wrote his pride in the fact that he retained his union book, and quit The New Republic in protest Chitimacha Chairman Darden had earlier against the pro-Soviet sentiments of its edi- worked for the current Governor Mike Foster membership. Individuals who ran for public of- tors. His last years were unhappy. His first and they remained good friends. fice, regardless of party affiliation, utilized his wife died, and he was separated from his sec- That he was widely respected and appre- print shop. In fact, I recall that it was not un- ond. He moved to Connecticut, taught Latin ciated by the tribal members and by the sur- usual to encounter your political opponent at a local school, and died in 1967. During his rounding community members was evidenced while visiting Brothers Printing. My brother, the thirteen months in France, Varian’s organi- at his funeral attended by about 1,000 people. late Ambassador Carl B. Stokes, and I could zation offered assistance to 4,000 people, and always depend upon Ben Kaufman for printing between 1,200 to 1,800 of those people made it His sons gave moving tributes to their father and a young girl sang the ``Colors of the advice and political advice as well. to safety. Varian’s organization saved Brit- Mr. Speaker, Ben Kaufman was also an in- ish soldiers and pilots, , Wind'' song from the movie Pocahontas. , Andre´ Breton, Max Ernst, I cannot improve on the tribute poem written dividual who cared about the community. He Andre´ Masson, , Hannah by another notable Indian Howard Rainer ``To was affectionately known as the ``Mayor of Eu- Arendt, , Marcel A Dear Friend'': clid Avenue'' for his commitment to maintain- Duchamp, Randolfo Pacciardi (leader of ing the neighborhood. Other merchants and ‘‘Who was this leader among Chitimachas? Italian exiles fighting in the Spanish Civil Whose visions for his people went beyond the residents of Euclid Avenue looked forward to War), the German poet Hans Sahl, Victor eyes of many? the American flags which would line the Serge, Max Ascoli, the pianist Heinz Jolles, A man who shared his example that others streets on various holidays. We also recall that the Catholic writer Edgar Alexander- might succeed. he would plant trees along Euclid Avenue in Emmerich, the psychiatrist Dr. Bruno A Chitimacha who gave of his time for the Strauss, the German art critic Paul order to beautify the neighborhood. cause of his tribe. Westheim, the Sicilian novelist Giuseppe Ben Kaufman was proud of the fact that his A man who prayed for goodness to prevail to Garetto, the Surrealist poet Benjamin Pe´ret, sons, Jay and David, followed in his footsteps the prevail to the next generation. the former liberal Prime Minister of Prussia and continue to operate Brothers Printing. I A leader whose heart heard the woes of Otto Klepper, the museum director Charles have enjoyed a close friendship with the Kauf- many, and extended his hand to go on. Stirling, the novelist Jean Malaquais. There Who was Ralph Darden? man family and I extend my deepest sympathy were many, many more. Chagall would not A mortal who gave that others might re- to Jay and David upon the loss of a devoted leave until he was assured there were cows in ceive, father. I also want to express my sympathy to America. A husband cherished by his wife, Ben's wife of 48 years, Dotty; his daughters, Varian rescued also many people who were A father admired, not famous, not distinguished, not artistic. Rosean and Laura; his grandchildren and A light to those who now shed their tears, And how it burned him that there were other members of the family. Ben Kaufman May the Great Creator God Hear my prayer, many, many more he was unable to rescue. will be remembered as an outstanding busi- I thank Him for my brother, This man really cared. nessman, a loving husband and father, and a Who shared his love and friendship, a gift I f shall cherish, until we meet again!’’ very special friend to all who knew him. He will never be forgotten. Mr. Speaker, I knew Chairman Darden. TRIBUTE TO A GREAT LEADER, f CHITIMACHA CHAIRMAN RALPH I want to extend my personal condolences DARDEN to Chairman Darden's family and to the TRIBUTE TO HOSPICE Chitimacha and surrounding communities, and pay my personal tribute for his many achieve- HON. ALLEN BOYD HON. W.J. (BILLY) TAUZIN ments. His death is a big loss for all of us. OF FLORIDA OF LOUISIANA f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTING THE PASSING OF BER- Wednesday, February 11, 1998 Wednesday, February 11, 1998 NARD ‘BEN’ KAUFMAN AN OUT- Mr. BOYD. Mr. Speaker, while November Mr. TAUZIN. Mr. Speaker, we have recently STANDING BUSINESSMAN was National Hospice Month, I would like to lost an important leader who made a signifi- take a moment now that the busy holiday sea- cant difference in the lives of many people in HON. LOUIS STOKES son is over to recognize and thank several of southern Louisiana. The Chitimacha Indian OF OHIO the hospices which serve the communities in tribe Chairman Ralph Darden had his life cut IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES my district. Hospice of North Central Florida, short on January 8th by a car accident. Bay Medical Center Home Care and Florida Wednesday, February 11, 1998 Chairman Darden took the small and impov- Hospices, Inc., which is based in Tallahassee erished Chitimacha Indian tribe virtually from Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, it is with great and serves all of Florida's hospices, make in- rags to riches in the decade he led the tribe. sadness that I announce the passing of Ber- valuable contributions to North Florida's fami- He believed in hard work and in the tribal nard ``Ben'' Kaufman, an outstanding member lies, all year round. members gaining self-reliance and not de- of the Cleveland business community. Mr. Hospice care involves a team of profes- pendency on the federal government. He Kaufman passed away on February 4, 1998. sionals, including physicians, nurses, thera- helped bring about a dramatic economic de- He was a good friend and an outstanding gen- pists, home care aides, counselors and volun- velopment for both the Chitimacha tribe and tleman whom I respected and admired. In his teers who help terminally ill patients and their