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KOREAN WAR VETERANS' Leonard Wood. As a result of his outstanding IN HONOR OF THE lOQTH ANNIVER­ MEMORIAL leadership and keen vision Fort Leonard SARY OF THE HOUSTON FffiE Wood has been established as an expanding DEPARTMENT HON. SAM GFJDENSON TRADOC center for excellence. He masterfully OF CONNECTICUT employed information-age technology, con­ cepts and doctrine to launch the engineer regi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. KEN BENTSEN ment toward Force XXI, thereby posturing the OF TEXAS Thursday, July 27, 1995 Engineer Center to lead the Army into the 21st Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today century. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in honor of the dedication of the Korean War General Ballard established Fort Leonard Thursday, July 27, 1995 Veterans' Memorial. The Korean war lasted 3 Wood as a force projection platform by ex­ years, but our memories of those men and ceeding Army and FORSCOM readiness goals Mr. BENTSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to women who gave their lives and livelihoods within Fort Leonard Wood's tactical units and honor the Houston Fire Department on its while fighting in Korea will last forever. The deploying combat-ready units to Haiti, Cuba, 1Oath anniversary and to salute these brave Korean War Veterans' Memorial aptly provides Korea, Honduras, and Panama for operations men and women who have served the city of this recognition. This tribute to the brave men other than war. Houston so well. and women who fought in Korea more than 40 During a period of rapidly changing force The full-time Houston Fire Department years ago is long overdue, and I am pleased structures and declining resources, General began at 1 minute past midnight on June 1, that after nearly a decade of work, the memo­ Ballard built Fort Leonard Wood into the 1895 with 44 men and 40 horses in 7 stations rial will finally be unveiled today. model of fiscal stewardship, establishing a to serve Houston's 9 square miles. Only The memorial is also a good opportunity to "Total Quality" standard for TRADOC installa­ 32,000 people lived in Houston, and down­ improve citizen awareness of the sacrifices tions. Indicative of General Ballard's pursuit of town was just a few square blocks. Today, the made, and the service given, by our veterans excellence, Fort Leonard Wood was selected department employs 3,115 firefighters in 81 in defense of our Constitution and the liberties as TRADOC's "best large installation" during stations that serve 1.65 million people who live it guarantees. All too often, we take our free­ the 1994 "Army Communities of Excellence" throughout Houston's 594 square miles. doms for granted. These precious freedoms competition. The resounding success of his were defended by those who sacrificed their Today, Houston has the third largest fire de­ "U-DO-IT" self-help dormitory modernization partment in tlie Nation, and its emergency lives in times of war. They are preserved by project drew such widespread praise that it medical service ambulance division is recog­ those who exercise their rights in defense of was featured in Soldier magazine, the NCO nized as one of the Nation's best for trauma peace. Journal, and Army Times. He also saved $1.6 care. The department's hazardous materials Today, there are more living American vet­ million per year by converting the directorate response team is also among the world's most erans than at any point in history. They are of logistics from contract to in-house oper­ experienced in handling petrochemical leaks, among the reasons that the United States is ation. spills, and incidents. the mightiest, wealthiest, most secure Nation When faced with a $10 million budget re­ We seldom think of firefighters unless we on the Earth today. They are the reason the duction in fiscal year 1995, General Ballard hear a screaming siren or see the flashing United States has been, and will continue to took the lead among TRADOC installation light of a fire engine. But the fact that we don't be, the bastion of support and solace for those commanders, directing a comprehensive orga­ think often about firefighters is a testament to in a world still searching for freedom and nizational-functional review to achieve the how well they do their job-we comfortably go human rights. most efficient organization in every activity. about our everyday lives because we know As a Member of Congress, I am pleased to This review will continue to direct and shape that these dedicated people stand ready to re­ be in a position to honor our veterans. They Fort Leonard Wood for the decade to come. spond quickly and effectively in an emergency. willingly went to war to defend our freedoms General Ballard's insightful planning brought and the American dream we all strive to to fruition the interservice training review orga­ So it is appropriate to mark this anniversary achieve. In this time of restricted budgets and nization. His mastery of installation manage­ by thanking those who provide us with this ev­ divisive rhetoric, we must pause to recall the ment, extensive expertise on the Department eryday security and who stand ready to risk commitment given to use by those veterans of Defense Base Realignment and Closure their lives to protect us. Much of firefighting is and we must honor the commitments we have Program, and tactical expertise in the combat undramatic-keeping equipment in condition, made to them. support disciplines combined to promote Fort teaching fire prevention, anticipating causes of Leonard Wood as a TRADOC hub and future fire. But a life-and-death emergency is always center for maneuver support training and com­ only a 911 call away, and firefighters and their TRIBUTE TO MAJ. GEN. JOE M. bat developments and to consolidate the engi­ families live with that constant risk. For that, BALLARD neer, military police and chemical schools at we say thank you. Fort Leonard Wood. This exceptional vision It is especially appropriate that the Houston and drive has ensured that Fort Leonard Fire Museum, is sponsoring a celebration to HON. IKE SKELTON Wood will be a premier Force XXI Army Train­ honor these men and women for their 100 OF MISSOURI ing Center. years of dedication and service. And I con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES General Ballard's accomplishments during gratulate the museum on the service it pro­ his command of the Engineer Center at Fort vides in honoring firefighters and educating Thursday , July 27, 1995 Leonard Wood are in keeping with the finest the public about the importance of fire safety Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, today I pay traditions of military service and reflect great and the history of the fire service. tribute to, an outstanding Army officer: Maj. credit upon him, the corps of engineers, and Again, I would like to congratulate the Hous­ Gen. Joe M. Ballard. Major General Ballard the U.S. Army. I wish him well in his new as­ ton Fire Department and the men and women most recently distinguished himself through signment as Chief of Staff of TRADOC. He who have dedicated themselves to serving exceptionally meritorious service, as com­ and his wife Tessie made scores of friends in others. For 100 years, they have kept the city mander, U.S. Army Engineer Center and Fort Missouri and we will miss them. of Houston safe.

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. July 27, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20853 A NOT-SO-HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR Texans who will be cheering for her during the Nation's Capital and pay long-overdue tribute MEDICARE Miss America Pageant. I would like to take to those who fought and lost their lives in this opportunity to congratulate Miss Jarmon Korea. The monument being dedicated today HON. BOB f1LNER on her recent accomplishment, and I would in Washington is a proud symbol of our grati­ OF CALIFORNIA also like to wish her lots of luck as she vies tude for the efforts of the American men and for the crown of Miss America 1995. women who proudly served our country in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Korea. Thursday, July 27, 1995 I cannot help but feel the emotion as I talk IN RECOGNITION OF JOHNSON Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to to Korean war vets from Connecticut who celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Medicare CHESTNUT WHITTAKER have come to the Capital for this solemn occa­ Program-a program that has successfully sion. They are here today to honor their provided much-needed health care benefits to HON. LOUIS STOKFS friends and comrades who gave their lives for millions of older Americans. OF OHIO their country. Unfortunately, there is a very dark side to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Freedom, democracy, and opportunity­ this week's celebration. Medicare is under at­ Thursday, July 27, 1995 these are the foundations of our society. tack, and the new majority threatens to make Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to These ideals are what set America apart, but deep and dangerous cuts in this critical pro­ pay tribute to Johnson Chestnut Whittaker. too often, we take them for granted. We must gram. This individual, one of the first black cadets to never forget that our freedom was achieved, Their disdain for the Medicare system is not attend West Point, was posthumously commis­ and has been maintained, at a cost. Countless new. These are the same uncaring folks who sioned as a second lieutenant by President American men and women have put their lives 30 years ago claimed that Medicare was so­ Clinton in a White House ceremony earlier this on the line to uphold and defend these guiding cialized medicine. The same people who week. The road to achieving this high honor principles. fought every expansion of the program. The has been long and arduous for the descend­ This national monument recognizing men same people who last year, given the chance ants of this distinguished American. and women who so bravely served our coun­ to save our health care system, said there Many of us have followed closely recent try in Korea, is long overdue. While the sol­ was no crisis. press stories which detail a shameful incident diers who fought in World War II and in Viet­ And now, the new majority has targeted in our Nation's history. In 1880, Johnson nam have rightfully been recognized with na­ Medicare to pay for their tax cuts for the Chestnut Whittaker, a black West Point cadet, tional memorials, the Korean veterans have wealthy. In return, 37 million seniors-people was found beaten and unconscious in his not. Today, our Korean vets are finally getting who have worked hard, paid their taxes all room. Although his legs had been tied and his the national recognition that they too deserve. their life-will see their Medicare benefits face and hands were slashed, West Point ad­ I salute our Korean war veterans for the slashed and their quality of care eroded. ministrators falsely accused Johnson of stag­ contributions that they have made to this great Dipping into Medicare to make up for an un­ ing a racist attack on himself. Following a country of ours. This memorial marks a mile­ related tax cut is quite simply an outrage. court martial in 1881, Johnson Chestnut Whit­ stone as we begin to pay the debt of honor Medicare is a sacred compact with America's taker was expelled from the institution. owed those Americans who lost their lives in seniors-not a fiscal candy jar. Mr. Speaker, despite the grave injustice Korea. Next year when we celebrate Medicare's which he suffered at West Point, Johnson anniversary, I want to be able to look seniors Chestnut Whittaker persevered and made straight in the eye and say "yes, we have kept great achievements. During his lifetime he TRIBUTE TO DR. CARL S. our word, and we have honored the compact practiced law, served as a high school prin­ CLEVELAND, JR. we made with you." cipal, and taught psychology. Johnson Whit­ I know I'll keep my promise and I hope a taker died in 1931, never realizing that one HON. IKE SKELTON new, new majority will do the same. day, his descendants would stand proudly to OF MISSOURI receive the rank and honor which was never IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES afforded him by West Point. TRIBUTE TO CARLY JARMON One hundred and fifteen years following the Thursday, July 27, 1995 West Point incident, and 64 years after the Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, today, I wish to HON. MARTIN FROST death of Johnson Chestnut Whittaker, his pay tribute to Dr. Carl S. Cleveland, Jr., of OF TEXAS granddaughter, Cecil Whittaker Pequette, re­ Kansas City, MO. Dr. Cleveland, Jr., who was ceived the gold-plated bars from President IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES known worldwide as a chiropractic lecturer, Clinton, posthumously commissioning him as passed away at the age of 77, at his home in Thursday, July 27, 1995 a second lieutenant. In his remarks at the Kansas City. At the time of his death he was Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I would like to White House ceremony, President Clinton serving as chancellor of the Cleveland Chiro­ take this opportunity to recognize the 1995 noted that, "We cannot undo history. But practic College of Kansas City and Los Ange­ Miss Texas, early Jarmon. I am pleased that today, finally, we can pay tribute to a great les. Ms. Jarmon, representing the Oak Cliff area in American and we can acknowledge a great in­ Dr. Cleveland, Jr., served as president of my congressional district, will be competing in justice." the Cleveland Chiropractic College of Kansas the Miss America Pageant in September. Mr. Speaker, I am certain that many in this City and of Los Angeles, before being ap­ Miss Jarmon is currently a sophomore at Chamber share the President's sentiments. I pointed chancellor. He also served as chair­ Texas Tech University in Lubbock where she offer my heartfelt appreciation to Cecil Whit­ man of the Board of Directors of the Unity is a public relations-advertising major. Upon taker Pequette and other members of the Temple. Dr. Cleveland, Jr., was a graduate of graduation, Miss Jarmon hopes to become a Whittaker family for their unyielding pursuit of the University of Nebraska and the Cleveland public relations advocate for charitable and justice. We pause today in this Chamber to Chiropractic College. nonprofit organizations. pay special tribute to 2d Lt. Johnson Chestnut Dr. Cleveland, Jr., was an institutional mem­ A volunteer at Methodist Medical Center, Whittaker. ber of the Council on Chiropractic Education, Miss Jarmon has chosen organ and tissue do­ and a founding member of the Beta Chi Rho nation awareness as the focus for her year of HONORING KOREAN VETERANS Fraternity. He was also a member of the As­ service as Miss Texas. Her "Circle of Life" sociation of Chiropractic Colleges and the message will be spread across the State of Sigma Chi Fraternity. Texas, where she will speak to over 300,000 HON. ROSA L DeLAURO Dr. Cleveland, Jr., is survived by his son; children and adults about the importance of OF CONNECTICUT Dr. Carl S. Cleveland Ill, his daughter-in-law, organ donation. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES five grandchildren, and his sister-in-law. He This talented young woman is not only an Thursday, July 27, 1995 will be remembered by all who knew him, as inspiration to the residents of Oak Cliff, but Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, today Ameri­ an outstanding citizen of Missouri and the she is also a great inspiration for the many cans everywhere will turn their attention to our United States. 99-059 0-97 Vol. 141 (Pt. 15) 8 20854 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1995 KURDS IN TURKEY: THE TRUE Since its inception in 1984, the PKK has an election board on election day. These and STORY based its operations on intimidation. To force similar incidents impugn the integrity of this its ideology upon the masses, the PKK uses country's election process. HON. DAN BURTON an extensive policy of oppression, and forces This issue is particularly important to me in OF INDIANA villagers, both Turks and Kurdish Turks, who light of allegations of electoral abuse and offi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES are loyal to the State, to vacate their villages cial misconduct in Maryland during the last gu­ Thursday, July 27, 1995 and move elsewhere. It has killed thousands bernatorial election, which was decided by a of civilians, many of whom are the same Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, the record slim margin of several thousand votes. Kurds that the PKK claims to represent, while Concerned citizens from around the State relationship between Turkey, its Kurdish popu­ sabotaging economic development projects lation, and the PKK-the Kurdistan Workers began to investigate widespread reported that would assist in the strengthening of de­ irregularities the day following the election. Party-is greatly misunderstood. Contrary to mocracy in Turkey. It has also extorted money what Turkey's critics in the United States Con­ Besides problems with extremely lax voting from the Kurds. Those who resist are mur­ booth security, these investigations deter­ gress would like the rest of the world to be­ dered in groups. Their houses are burnt, and lieve, Turkey's Kurdish population is not op­ mined 34,000 voters were not purged in Balti­ their harvests and livestock are destroyed. It is pressed by the Government. In fact, the Turk­ more City in 1994 prior to the elections as re­ absurd to say that the PKK is an organization ish Constitution provides that all citizens, in­ quired by law. waging an armed struggle for the freedom of cluding Kurds, have the same political rights The Baltimore City election supervisor was the Kurdish people. and civil liberties which they may exercise reminded by a deputy 7 months prior to the What we are dealing with is a group that equally, without impediment, regardless of eth­ election that the purge had not been con­ could seriously undermine the future of de­ nic or religious background. ducted. It was never done, and that fact ap­ mocracy in Turkey. It has defied the laws that Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin live freely pears to have been concealed from city and are designed to promote economic opportunity throughout Turkey, and participate in all walks State election officials. The enormous implica­ and preserve law and order, in a democratic of life without discrimination. Kurds are doc­ tions of this official malfeasance is apparent society that respects the rights and freedoms tors, lawyers, teachers, and artists. This is an from the following sample facts about the No­ of all people in the region. Supporting a strong important fact that is widely misunderstood. vember election: Twenty-five percent of the Turkish Parliament democratic Turkey in a generally volatile re­ gion has long been regarded as important to A computer analysis done of total vote is composed of Kurdish Turks, even though counts for each of the 408 precincts in Balti­ only 18 percent of the general population is the United States. Therefore, it is in the inter­ est of the United States to support Turkey's more City using the Baltimore City Election Kurdish. Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister is Board electronic tape of registered voters and Kurdish. Even Turkey's former President policies to combat PKK terrorism. It is not cor­ rect, however, to target Turkey's fight against the certified list of votes cast on election day Turgut Ozal was Kurdish. forwarded to the State board of elections re­ In addition, Turkey works to protect the live­ terrorists like the PKK as a sign of democracy vealed 5,929 more votes were cast in the lihood of Kurds in northern Iraq. When Sad­ in danger. On the contrary, true danger would election than individuals recorded as having dam Hussein attacked his own Kurdish citi­ be signified if a democratic government were appeared to have voted at the polls or by ab­ zens with poisonous gas years before the gulf unwilling to protect its country's territorial in­ sentee ballot. war, Turkey opened its doors and clothed, fed, tegrity or its citizens' human rights from the in­ and sheltered them until it was safe for them human measures of a terrorist organization. Another analysis was done comparing the to return to their homes. After the gulf war, By conditioning and threatening to cut off same electronic tape of registered voters in Turkey again accepted half a million Kurds aid to Turkey, the United States is undermin­ Baltimore City with records of abandoned fleeing from Saddam Hussein's tyranny. ing a democratic government that is only houses provided by the city housing commis­ Today, Turkey hosts Operation Provide Com­ seeking to protect its citizens and its territorial sion. This revealed a total of 667 votes cast in fort, the international effort which operates integrity. It is especially counterproductive to the election. Furthermore, 1,881 votes were from Turkish bases to protect Iraqi Kurds. condemn Turkey's policies at this critical junc­ cast from houses owned by either the mayor These facts, however, are overshadowed by ture when the Turkish Parliament is consider­ and city council of Baltimore or the city hous­ Turkey's fight against the PKK-Kurdistan ing a series of constitutional reforms to bring ing authority. There is compelling evidence Workers Party-a Marxist-Leninist terrorist Turkey's laws in line with those of the Euro­ that a total of as many as 2,548 votes were group that is supported by Iran, Iraq, and pean Union, and just recently approved a 6- cast from abandoned or unoccupied buildings. Syria. Western societies fail to understand that month extension of Operation Comfort to pro­ Where did these voters live? the Kurds now fighting against Turkey are not vide relief to Iraqi Kurds in northern Iraq. In Deceased voters still exercised their right to the same Kurds suffering under the brutality of order to promote Turkish democracy, the Unit­ vote. Analysis of voter authority cards, precinct Saddam Hussein. Although the Kurdish people ed States should support Prime Minister Giller binder printouts, and requests for absentee of Turkey have little sympathy for the PKK, the in her efforts to fight PKK terrorism and im­ ballots revealed that a possible total of 42 PKK has the audacity to claim that it rep­ prove democracy. The Turkish people deserve votes were cast by people no longer living. resents the Kurdish people. the support of their democratic allies in the Was their a direct correlation between the Another little-known fact about PKK terror­ face of PKK intimidation. failure to purge and these terrible statistics? I ists is that they are not all Kurds. The PKK think there was. So did State election board ranks include mercenaries and the unem­ VOTE FRAUD IN AMERICA officials. After these facts were discovered, the ployed from a host of other countries. The State election board made a bipartisan call for only support it receives from within Turkey, it the purge to be conducted after the fact to extorts from innocent Kurdish businesses. The HON. ROBERT L. EHRUCH, JR. correct the previous mistake. PKK is only able to continue its war against OF MARYLAND Let me reiterate, the State board of elec­ Turkey by maintaining bases outside of Tur­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES key, such as one in Syria's Bekaa Valley, and tions consisting of three Democrats and three training with other extremist organizations. Not Thursday, July 27, 1995 Republicans wanted the purge done to pre­ only is the PKK unrepresentative of the true Mr. EHRLICH. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the vent similar problems in the future. aspirations of the Kurdish people, but its goal House Oversight Committee held its first hear­ Instead, the State attorney general's office of "freeing the Kurdish people" is ironic when ing on vote fraud in America, geared primarily represented the city election board against the one considers what the PKK is ultimately to the Federal motor-voter law. Officials and State election board and convinced the court seeking to accomplish: To set up an inde­ advocates from around the country spoke of to retroactively apply the motor-voter law in pendent Kurdistan State based on Marxist­ abuses and misconduct during the balloting order to prevent any purges from being con­ Leninist ideology. Such a Marxist-Leninist process. In California, witnesses testified non­ ducted. State would endanger the lives of many Turks citizens regularly voted, as did a 5-year-old This is not the purpose for which the motor and Kurdish Turks living in the region and child and a dog. In Alabama, witnesses re­ voter law was designed. Clearly, we in Con­ threaten peace and stability throughout the en­ ported three briefcases containing 1, 100 com­ gress are concerned that similar problems are tire Middle East. pleted absentee ballots were hand carried to not repeated in any State or Federal elections. July 27, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20855 Problems such as those encountered in Mary­ TRIBUTE TO THE WORLD LEAGUE Dee Smith was the club's founding vice presi­ land should be corrected immediately. Vigor­ FOR FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY dent. She was also the senior center's director ous investigation must be conducted to deter­ from 1977 to 1981. mine if there was any fraud or official mis­ HON. DONALDM. PAYNE Eddie Dee Smith has always been at the conduct. If there is evidence of such behavior, OF NEW JERSEY forefront of Rubidoux's advancement. She was a founder of the Mount Calvary Baptist it should be prosecuted to the fullest extent IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES possible. It should not and must not be con­ Church, the Mount Vernon Baptist Church, the doned or ignored using the cloak of law ap­ Thursday, July 27, 1995 Rubidoux Senior Center, head of the Jurupa plied retroactively. Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I Area Girl Scouts, member of the Avalon Park Mr. Speaker, in an election there is no such would like to ask my colleagues to join me in Committee, regent of the Jensen-Alvarado thing as a little fraud. Such behavior attacks acknowledging the many accomplishments of Ranch, president of the Jurupa Democrat the very foundation of our society because it the World League for Freedom and Democ­ Club, and 1993 Jurupa Chamber of Com­ destroys the fundamental trust between voters racy [WLFD] in its 40 years of existence. The merce citizen of the year. and their elected government. To tolerate such World League for Freedom and Democracy is On behalf of the many people whose lives abuse or circumvent the laws designed to pro­ an international organization comprised of this remarkable woman has touched, I would tect the sanctity of the citizens right to vote by some 137 member nations whose primary like to add my personal congratulations, and any means possible will only make Americans goal has been to promote the principles of the thanks of the people of the 43d Congres­ more cynical and disinterested. In Maryland, democratic forms of government, free enter­ sional District. we must not let this situation happen again. prise, and human rights among all people of the world. WLFD has long been an advocate of worldwide democracy, monitoring various CELEBRATING UNITED STATES-RE­ parts of the world to ensure that human rights PUBLIC OF KOREA PARTNERSHIP EMPLOYEE LEGISLATION are upheld. AND THE STATE VISIT OF WLFD should be commended for being a PRESIDENT KIM YONG-SAM strong voice for the principles of universal po­ HON.GEORGEP. RADANO~CH litical freedom and the rights and responsibil­ HON. DOUG BEREUTER OF CALIFORNIA ities of the democratic process for all citizens OF NEBRASKA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of a country. WLFD, along with the United Na­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tions, was formed with the intent of maintain­ Thursday, July 27, 1995 Thursday, July 27, 1995 ing a peaceful dialog between nations and sta­ Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, the long Unit­ bilizing relations between sovereign govern­ Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, today I am ed States partnership with the Republic of introducing legislation that will resolve an ments. This year, WLFD is holding its 27th annual Korea spanning nearly five decades will be issue of great concern to employees of our celebrated this week in two major events. The Nation's community colleges. conference at the United Nations. I am hon­ ored to participate in WLFD's dinner to wel­ first is the visit of South Korea's democratically Under current Labor Department interpreta­ come the over 250 delegates attending the elected President, Kim Yong-sam, and his ad­ tion of the Fair Labor Standards Act, classified U.N. conference from over 50 countries, in­ dress today to a joint session of Congress. employees of community colleges-instruc­ cluding the Presidents of Costa Rica and Fiji. The second will be the dedication of the long­ tional aides, bus drivers, groundskeepers, and awaited Korean War Memorial. It is a great It is also with great pride that I was chosen to other school support personnel-are pre­ share my experiences and lend my support to pleasure to have President Kim here with us, vented from pursuing an expanded role as in­ and a source of immense satisfaction that the continuing struggle to secure human rights structors. in all parts of the world. those who fought our most forgotten war are Many classified employees earn academic Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join finally being appropriately remembered and certification in order to teach certain courses me in paying tribute to the WLFD as they con­ honored. Meanwhile, South Korea has at the community college where they are em­ tinue their crucial mission, because the fight emerged as a robust industrial power and a ployed. Unfortunately, current law makes it for freeom and democracy serves in the inter­ fully functioning democracy, and a steadfast cost-prohibitive for community colleges to ests of all humanity. United States friend. allow these employees to each in addition to CELEBRATING SOUTH KOREA'S DEMOCRACY their regular duties. How South Korea moved with United States The legislation I am introducing today will TRIBUTE TO EDDIE DEE SMITH encouragement into the family of democratic allow classified employees of community col­ nations, and the pivotal role played by Presi­ leges to teach, in addition to their regular du­ HON. KEN CALVERT dent Kim, deserves reiteration. ties, without violating the overtime provisions OF CALIFORNIA In 1987, South Korea began a transition to of the Fair Labor Standards Act. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES democracy after 26 years of military-domi­ nated governments. A new constitution was The Department of Labor's requirement that Thursday, July 27, 1995 classified employees must be paid a blended adopted, and free elections for President and overtime rate that reflects both their com­ Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, one of the a National Assembly subsequently were held. President Kim Yong-sam had fought for a pensation for their full-time work in a classified things that makes America great is the fact democratic South Korea since the 1960's. He capacity and the higher rate as instructors that in towns and cities across the face of our had endured constant harassments and peri­ makes the use of these workers impractical. country there are citizens who are willing to step forward and dedicate their talents and en­ ods of confinement from the military-domi­ If these employees were paid a time-and-a­ ergies to make life better for their friends and nated regimes. Elected President in December half overtime rate computed solely on their neighbors. Riverside County has been fortu­ 1992, Kim Yong-sam is the first South Korean classified wage, the costs would diminish sub­ nate to have many such citizens. Men and leader since 1961 from a purely civilian back­ stantially and community colleges would be women who have given freely of themselves ground. able to utilize these workers, who already so that our beautiful area in southern Califor­ STRENGTH OF UNITED STATES-REPUBUC OF KOREA have a commitment to education and want to nia will continue to be a desirable place to live SECURITY TIES pursue an expanded role as instructors. for generations to come. Mrs. Eddie Dee United States-Republic of Korea security re­ My bill has been endorsed by the California Smith is one of these exceptional citizens. lations were forged in blood during the Korean School Employees Association and the Amer­ A ceremony is scheduled on August 5 to re­ war and formally established in 1953. The ican Association of Classified School Employ­ dedicate the Rubidoux Senior Center as the dedication of the Korean war memorial during ees. Eddie Dee Smith Senior Center. President Kim's visit to Washington symbol­ I urge my colleagues to join me and the co­ The North Rubidoux Women's Club, found­ izes the long, intimate United States-Republic sponsors of this bill in supporting this much ed in Smith's home in 1954, was the driving of Korea security relationship, including partici­ needed change in the law. force in getting the center established. Eddie pation in the Korean and Vietnam wars. 20856 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1995 The United States stations 37,000 troops in QUESTIONABLE NATIONAL FISH The groups deny this charge. But the cu­ South Korea as the embodiment of its defense AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION mulative effects of the litigation they commitment to South Korea. These and other GRANTS AWARDED IN OREGON bring- and even of their well-meaning United States forces stationed in the western projects-is to raise the cost of doing busi­ ness for public-lands ranchers. This is a Pacific area are an essential element in main­ HON. WFS COOLEY story about how environmental groups pros­ taining stability in the Asia-Pacific region and OF OREGON per by tapping into endless sources of fund­ in ensuring that North Korea will never dare to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing- some of it straight from taxpayers. attack the South. Thursday, July 27, 1995 Consider the Eugene-based Pacific Rivers THREAT POSED BY NORTH KOREA Council (PRC). This is the group behind last At present, our security relationship faces its Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to July's injunction halting all ongoing activi­ strongest test in dealing with the nuclear recognize the exhaustive and very profes­ ties that could affect salmon in Oregon's threat posed by North Korea. South Korea has sional research done by my constituents Bob Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman national supported the United States-North Korean and Sharon Beck and the Oregon Cattlemen's forests, where the Becks are permittees. Association regarding how environmental " We were out of town and read about it in agreed framework despite the mixed impact the newspaper," recalls Sharon Beck. "We the agreed framework has on North Korea­ groups receiving Federal funding engage in political advocacy which threatens the survival were stunned. Our cattle were in the forest." South Korea relations and the security situa­ Ultimately, the Forest Service ordered cat­ tion on the Korean peninsula. This commit­ of ranchers and other public land users. tle removed from some allotments. The expe­ Oregon ranchers are painfully aware that ment includes up to $3 billion to finance the rience burned the Becks and others as per­ certain environmental groups have an agenda light-water reactor project. manently as a brand. " We realized just how Analysts contend that North Korea views the which includes putting them out of business. precarious our position is," says Beck. Unfortunately, Pacific Rivers Council and agr~ed framework as a window of opportunity Bob Doppelt, PRC's general counsel, de­ to Isolate South Korea diplomatically, divide Waterwatch of Oregon, Inc.-two of the more fends the suit: "We were only trying to get radical and litigious of these groups-have re­ the Forest Service to do a good job. They South Korea and the United States, and draw were allowing timber sales without consult­ the United States into a bilateral peace agree­ ceived substantial Federal grants from the Na­ tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation [NFWF]. ing with the National Marine Fisheries Serv­ ment. I am committed to seeing that this does ice [NMFS]." PRC's suit charged that the not happen. This issue has been addressed in Although NFWF maintains it places restric­ tions against grantees using Federal funds for Forest Service violated the Endangered Spe­ House Joint Resolution 83, the first legislation cies Act by failing to consult with NMFS on reported out by the Subcommittee on Asia and lobbying and litigation, at the very least these its overall 1990 forest plan. Instead, the For­ the Pacific since I became chairman in Janu­ Federal funds free up other resources for est Service checked with NMFS before ap­ ary. The resolution has been reported out fa­ these environmental groups to use for political proving individual projects-logging, road vorably by the full House International Rela­ advocacy. repairs or whatever. Last month, the Su­ As my colleagues are well aware, this prob­ tions Committee. preme Court agreed with PRC that the En­ I am confident that this statement of con­ lem has extended far beyond the NFWF to dangered Species Act requires more than a many other nonprofit groups that receive Fed­ project-by-project consultation. gressional policy can materially a~sist the ad­ eral funds. Representatives MCINTOSH, The Forest Service, meantime, has com­ ministration in removing any illusions that pleted the consultation in question- but North Korea might entertain about American ISTOOK, and EHRLICH have documented many horror stories in this regard and intend to offer under the Endangered Species Act, which re­ determination to demand full adherence to the quires the loser to pay the costs of lawsuits, essential provisions of the accord-if they an amendment to the Labor-HHS appropria­ it must reimburse the Sierra Club Legal De­ properly use this expression of congressional tions bill to limit this abuse of taxpayers dol­ fense Fund for the costs of its legal fight on views. lars. I strongly support their efforts and hope behalf of PRC. To say the Forest Service similar amendments are adopted to all appro­ UNITED STATES-SOUTH KOREAN TRADE RELATIONS must foot the bill, of course, is another way priations bills. of saying that the taxpayer inust. Though South Korea has grown during the past dec­ Although I believe the NFWF should have the amount for this case is not established, ade as a market for United States exports. In its Federal funding terminated, the Interior ap­ the group has received "about $2 million" in recent years trade has become increasingly propriations biii-H.R. 1977---contained $4 attorneys' fees from the federal government more balanced. Between 1985 and the end of million for the NFWF for fiscal year 1996. in the past two years, says Buck Parker, a 1994 United States exports tripled to $18 bil­ However, I am encouraged that the committee defense fund vice president. lion, while our imports of South Korean roods The fight cost Oregon public-lands ranch­ report-House Report 104-173-accompany­ doubled. The United States had a ers $39,000 in legal fees. Since the Forest rel~tively ing this bill clearly states that fiscal year 1996 small $2 billion trade deficit with South Korea Service completed the consultation sought is the last year for Federal funding of NFWF. in 1994 on total trade of $38 billion. Thus far by PRC before the lawsuit was even decided, It is imperative to ranchers like Bob and Shar­ " All it did was cost the government and us a during 1995 the United States enjoys a sur­ on Beck that this Federal funding be termi­ lot of money," says Beck. plus. nated as the committee report promises. Sharon and Bob Beck have a stake in what South Korea has taken steps to remove I would urge my colleagues to read the fol­ happens here. Their cow-calf· operation lies many barriers to imports and otherwise to im­ lowing articles from Beef Today, the Chicago in this nearly flat 150,000-acre valley, which prove the environment for foreign trade and in­ Tribune, and the Washington Times on how is planted to grass and crops as diverse as co­ ~estment. During the past 5 years the Repub­ riander and sugar beets. The whole is sur­ Federal funds from the National Fish and lic of Korea Government has significantly low­ rounded by mountains. While water is abun­ Wildlife Foundation are used for lobbying and ered import tariffs and has liberalized its im- dant in spring, this is high country some litigation by environmental groups. . port licensing regime to permit a greater range 2,500' above sea level. Pastures can become [From Beef Today, June-July 1995] of products to enter the country unimpeded. parched in summer, so cattle are moved to South Korea also has been one of the most WEST SIDE STORY the forest in May. (By Patricia Peak Klintberg) "To us the land is everything. It is our important countries supporting the 18-member connection with our history and our connec­ Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation [APEC] or­ In the high country above Oregon's Grande Ronde Valley, an occasional spray of daf­ tion with our future," Sharon Beck says. ganization. Bob's great-grandfather led a wagon train Problems remain in United States-South Ko­ fodils or crocuses is all that remains of homesteads now long gone. It is in the valley to western Oregon. Sharon was born here, rean economic relations, for instance in dis­ below that one finds ranchers like Bob and surrounded by reminders of her ancestors. crimi~atory treatment of automobile imports, Sharon Beck, offspring of the hardiest pio­ The front door is Carolina poplar, the tree and 1n the use of standards, certification, and neers. Sharon's grandmother nurtured with left­ testing requirements to discriminate against !hough they thrive in this emerald valley, over wash water. With their two daughters foreign goods, especially agricultural products. criss-crossed with creeks brim-full in spring, grown and gone and son Rob farming 14 crops Mr. Speaker, I remain persuaded that these the battle they fight today is just as dan­ on hundreds of acres of arable land, Bob han­ dles the cattle while Sharon delves ever and other problems can be resolved and that gerous, and infinitely more complex, than their ancestors' struggles against the ele­ deeper into the tangled web of local environ­ both our political, security, and economic ties ments. mental group financing. will continue to grow and flourish. It is a privi­ "The agenda of some environmental groups Teamed with Oregon Cattlemen's Associa­ lege to play a role in welcoming President Kim in this state is to put us out of business," tion attorney Lindsay Slater, she discovered Yang-sam to Washington. says a no-nonsense Sharon Beck. that PRC was receiving grant money from July 27, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20857 the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation larger than they were a year ago, according Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) accused (NFWF). Indeed, 75% of PRO's funding in 1994 to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department. Mcintosh of engaging in a "systematic effort came not from individuals but foundations. "I went back 30 years, and I couldn't find to silence voices that disagree with the new What's unique about NFWF among founda­ a higher count at this time," says district bi­ Republican majority." tions, though, is that a third of its funding­ ologist Mike Evenson. Mcintosh replied: "We are not trying to si­ millions of dollars--comes from taxpayers As for the argument that fixing the dam lence them. We are just not going to give (see sidebar). would be hugely expensive-the federal gov­ them taxpayer money to exercise their free­ Slater lays out the irony neatly: "Here was ernment says it would cost millions--Emer­ speech rights." a foundation giving taxpayer dollars to a son Roller, a contractor for 45 years who Among his targets is the National Fish and group that then turned around and sued the lives in the area, says the fish ladders on the Wildlife Foundation, the group the Becks federal government.'' dam could be repaired for $100,000. " It needs discovered was helping fund local environ­ Slater obtained a list of all NFWF grants maintenance. If they use common sense they mental groups in Oregon. made to groups in Oregon since 1988-$9.3 can probably fix it for less. Congress created the foundation in 1984 to million worth. While NFWF staff prepared to "Why not use NFWF's money to fix the finance public and private partnerships for come to Oregon to meet with the cattlemen, ladders?" asked Waldon, who by now believes conservation projects. It is authorized to re­ Sharon Beck spotted two troublesome the effort to take down the dam is tinged ceive $25 million a year in federal funds, al­ grants. with conspiracy. though appropriations have never exceeded The first was a $180,000 grant to PRO for a "NFWF never came to Oregon before mak­ $10 million in a year. project dubbed " Salmon Safe." Though this ing the grant," says Sharon Beck. "They The federal money is given as a "chal­ grant had nothing to do with the earlier law­ never talked to anyone in the community. lenge" grant, which means private contribu­ suit, it was not lost on Beck and Slater that They just gave them the money to take out tions must match the federal portion of the such funding keeps PRO flush, enabling it to the dam. There is no accountability." grant. pursue litigation. Well, there wasn't-but now there is. As a The foundation is barred by law from lob­ Just as bad, the Salmon Safe project result of Slater's deft work and some pres­ bying. Yet in a letter last March, its deputy seemed unnecessary. The idea was to create sure from the district's Rep. Wes Cooley (R­ director, Barbara Cairns, asked board mem­ a green label for ranches that participate in Ore.) and Idaho's Rep. Helen Chenoweth (R), bers to contact certain members of Congress PRO projects to improve riparian habitat. NFWF has been responsive indeed. It will to save the National Biological Service from But the Oregon Cattlemen's Association rou­ now ask grant applicants if they are parties budget cuts. tinely conducts watershed workshops with to litigation, and allow the Oregon Cattle­ It also is barred from litigating. But ac­ university scientists who bring cattlemen men's Association to review grant applica­ cording to Lindsay Slater. an attorney for the latest in riparian and range manage­ tions for projects in the state. Other states the Oregon Cattlemen's Association, it has ment. "NFWF just throws the money out can make the same request. given grants to groups that do. there and never looks back," says Beck. At Nevertheless, Chenoweth wants all federal While environmental groups are a particu­ the meeting with NFWF staff in January, funding for NFWF ended. Other members of lar target of congressional budget cutters, the cattlemen convinced them the project Congress are reluctant to go that far, but they are not the only non-profits that lobby couldn't fly. with pressure to cut the deficit building, the and litigate while receiving taxpayer dollars. "The Pacific Rivers lawsuit took us by sur­ President's request for NFWF federal fund­ The American Bar Association received $9.5 prise," admits NFWF's Krishna Roy. " It is ing of $7.5 million may be in jeopardy. It cer­ million in federal funds in 1992. Local Cham­ not something where we would necessarily tainly wouldn't break the environmental bers of Commerce received $2 million over have turned down the grant if we'd known movement: In 1992, 379 foundations gave $356 the past two years. they were suing someone else, but we have to million to environmental and animal causes. The lawsuit that threatened to disrupt the keep it in mind in determining whether a Because of the federal funding it receives, Becks' cattle operation was brought by the project can be successful." The federal por­ NFWF is not included in this count. It is Eugene-based Pacific Rivers Council, which tion of the grant, $60,000, has been frozen. considered a "public" charity. received a $160,000 grant from the National "We contacted PRO," Roy says, "and said, [From the Chicago Tribune, July 1, 1995] Fish and Wildlife Foundation, $60,000 of that Look, we are not going to dispense any fed­ from taxpayer money. eral funds until we are satisfied that private NON-PROFIT GROUPS' FUNDS UNDER FmE The suit charged that the Forest Service landowners are willing to participate in this (By Patricia Peak Klintberg) violated the law because it failed to consult program and that it can work." CovE, ORE.-What really galled Sharon with the National Marine Fisheries Service PRO isn't worried. Doppelt says, "Whether Beck was when she learned that her tax dol­ on its overall forest management plan. In­ NFWF gives us money or not, it won't stop lars were hard at work. Against her. stead, the Forest Service had been checking us." Cattlemen need "to get real. It's a sad She and her husband, Bob, raised cattle in with the agency before approving individual thing to see them spin their wheels and look the Grande Ronde Valley. While their cattle projects, such as logging or road repair. for scapegoats. The world has fundamentally graze at the ranch in spring, they are moved In May, the Supreme Court upheld the de­ changed and they don't like it." to public forest land during the summer's cision of a lower court, agreeing that the En­ The second grant that caught Sharon dry months. dangered Species Act requires more of the Beck's eye was to another local group suing A year ago, a local environmental group Forest Service than a project-by-project con­ ranchers: Water Watch of Oregon, Inc. In went to court to protect endangered salmon, sultation. 1992, NFWF gave the group $201,674, $62,903 of and that action almost forced the Becks' cat­ In the end, the Becks' cattle were able to it federal funds. The money "supported" an tle off the forest land. remain in the forest. But the Becks and effort to remove the Savage Rapids Dam on What the Becks didn't find out until later other Oregon ranchers whose cattle graze on the Rogue River. The turn-of-the-century was that their own tax dollars partly funded public land had to lay out $39,000 in legal fees dam supplies irrigation water and recreation the group. to fight the injunction. and recharges wells. Sharon Beck initially Their experience is not unique. Thousands The Becks are further angered that, as tax­ thought the grant might be a positive exam­ of non-profit groups that receive taxpayer payers they must also help foot the legal ple of NFWF's work-but then she talked to funds lobby and participate in litigation. So bills of the Pacific River Council: The coun­ local people like Jack Waldon, who runs a common is the practice that freshman Rep. cil's legal team will be reimbursed by tax­ small newspaper, The Little Company. David Mcintosh (R-Ind.) held a congressional payers because the Endangered Species Act "This isn't about saving the salmon, it's hearing this week to investigate. requires losers--in this case, the Forest about who controls the water," says Waldon. Some 600,000 non-profits or charities, rang­ Service-to pay. "Taking the dam out will affect people's ing from hospitals to cultural centers, re­ Said Slater: " Here was a foundation giving water rights. If they were worried about the ceived $159 billion in federal funds in 1992, ac­ taxpayer dollars to a group that then turned salmon, the town would stop using the Rogue cording to Independent Sector, a coalition of around and sued the federal government." River for sewage treated with chlorine." 800 non-profits. The foundation grant to the Pacific Rivers Attorney later checked out Water Watch Mcintosh says he is interested in all non­ Council was for a project that was unrelated and confirmed that it has objected to every profits that use taxpayer dollars to lobby to the lawsuit. But it helped keep the coun­ proposed water right in Oregon. Fighting and litigate on the local or national level. cil "flush" so it could pursue litigation, these objections costs farmers and ranchers "Whether it's the Nature Conservancy on Slater said. time and money. the left or local Chambers of Commerce on "The PRO lawsuit took us by surprise," ad­ NFWF's Whit Fosburgh argues the grant is the right, if special interest are using tax­ mitted Krishna Roy of the National Fish and justified: "The dam's a big fish killer and it's payer money to lobby for more money, it's Wildlife Foundation. It is not something going to be a tremendous expense to bring it just plain wrong," said Mcintosh, chairman where we would necessarily have turned up to specifications," he says. But spring of the House regulatory affairs subcommit­ down the grant if we'd known they were chinook salmon runs on the Rogue are 25% tee. suing someone, but we have to keep it in 20858 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1995 mind in determining whether a project can trickle-down economics in 1984, its purpose RAMPANT ANTI-SEMITISM IN IN­ be successful." was to raise private monies for federal and DONESIA-ISRAELI ARCHERY private preservation causes. Orgininally, it TEAM NOT PERMITTED TO COM­ The foundation has since agreed to ask was expected to become self-supporting. Gov­ grant applicants if they are parties to litiga­ PETE UNDER ISRAEL'S FLAG ernment, Congress then supposed, would tion, and it will allow the Oregon Cattle­ men's Association to review grant applica­ only provide the seed money to get it start­ HON. TOM LANTOS tions for projects in the state. ed. To this end, it promised to match, one for one, each dollar the Foundation raised from OF CALIFORNIA But the Interior Department appropria­ private sources, up to $1 million. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tions bill approved by a House panel Tuesday Thursday, July 27, 1995 cuts the foundation's funds to $4 million in This federal commitment of course, was fiscal1996 and recommends eliminating it al­ entirely unnecessary. America has plenty of Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I was outraged, together in 1997. philanthropies and doesn't need another. By appalled, and dismayed-but unfortunately not House Resources Committee Chairman Don 1993, according to the Environmental Data surprised-by the latest case of blatant anti­ Young (R-Alaska) said he has supported the Institute, there were more than 1,800 envi­ Semitism in Indonesia. Fish and Wildlife Foundation in the past, ronmental grantmakers, which since 1988 "but they ought to be spending their money made more than 22,000 grants. Just the top The facts of the case are appalling. The on wildlife projects, not funding our adver­ 417 of these givers have combined assets to­ world archery championships are to be held in saries." taling more than $110 billion and collectively Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 1--6 of this year. [From the Washington Times, Feb. 18, 1995] award more than $340 million to recipients The Indonesian officials organizing the event WHY ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING IS FOREVER each year. refused to permit the team representing Israel (By Alston Chase) to participate under the name of the country of Nevertheless, the foundation's "private Israel and under the Israeli flag. The Indo­ If you've wondered why it's so hard to re­ fund-raising" idea jerked the right chains of nesian organizing officials proposed that the duce government spending, consider this: congresspeople infatuated with free enter­ Israeli archery team be designated group A, The whole country is on the dole. The poor prise. In 1987, the cap on federal matching that it march at the opening and closing cere­ funds was raised to $5 million and, in 1994, have welfare. The middle class has college monies under the flag of the International lifted again to $25 million annually for the loans and National Public Radio. And the Archery Federation [FITA], and, if an Israeli ar­ truly affluent enjoys handouts too. These are next five years. In 1993, 31 percent of the called "environmental," but you can think Foundation's $17.9 million in revenues came cher wins a medal, the Indonesian officials of them as pork. from taxpayers. want the fanfare of the FITA to be played in­ stead of the national anthem of Israel. This is worth keeping in mind as we watch Republicans try to reform preservation pol­ Meanwhile, the foundation befriended the Mr. Speaker, this request from Indonesian icy. GOP bean-counters promise to make power elite. It put, on its Board of Directors officials is both ludicrous and outrageous. welfare mothers and Sesame Streeters work and Advisory Committee, people like Caro­ Israel is a sovereign nation, a member of the line Getty, James A. Baker IV, Marshall for a living. Federal monies to both should United Nations, and is recognized by most be scrapped, they insist, because welfare Field and Nancy N. Weyerhaeuser. It made grants to the favorite environmental and countries. Indonesia, as a matter of policy, doesn't work and public broadcasting does. does not have diplomatic relations with Israel, One wastes public money, and the other can sporting causes of the rich, such as the Na­ do without it. tional Audubon Society, Nature Conser­ and that, I am certain, is a clear reflection of vancy, Natural Resources Defense Council, the reason these Indonesian officials have But while many preservation programs are National Wildlife Federation, Ducks Unlim­ taken such an offensive racist, anti-Semitic both wasteful and redundant, congressional ited and Trout Unlimited. It bestowed sti­ and anti-Israel position. cheese-parers have left them alone. And the pends on individuals, too. In 1992, according reason isn't hard to find: The bureaucrats to the Environmental Data Institute, it Unfortunately, this is not the first instance of who run preservation agencies are smarter awarded one Rick Weyerhaeuser $80,000 to such intolerance. When the film "Shindler's than their Hill adversaries. They know that write a book on the environment. List" was produced a few years age by Ste­ merely speaking the magic words "private phen Spielberg, Indonesia was one of the few enterprise" reduces the most frugal GOP countries on the face of the Earth which re­ lawmaking to an oozing puddle of acquies­ And according to insiders, such disburse­ cence. ments escape adequate oversight. Taking fused to permit the movie to be shown. I inter­ place in the noman's land between public and vened with the Indonesian Ambassador and I Ever since the November Republican land­ private sectors, they are not subject to the am delighted to report that eventually the slide, Beltway empire builders have been same accountability other federal programs movie was screened in Indonesia. heavily playing this card. Quicker than you are. Complaining of a lack of sufficient can say "Enola Gay," they have switched po­ "scrutiny" of grants awarded, in 1992, one A year or so ago, I also raised with the In­ litical sides, magically remaking their im­ board member noted, "staff review ... donesian Ambassador and discussed in a ages from collectivist ecosystem groupies seems to tend toward advocacy rather than hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Com­ into staunch free-market libertarians. And critical review." mittee the publication in Indonesia's leading conservatives are falling for it. English-language newspaper, the Indonesia Such, for example, is the tactic of an Despite these concerns, the Foundation, Times, an article by Prof. Agha Hamid, which upper-class entitlement called the National with friends in high places, remains insu­ was one of the most vicious anti-Semitic dia­ Fish and Wildlife Foundation. This organiza­ lated from budget cutters. A former Founda­ tribes that I have seen, and I have seen a tion is authorized to spend up to $25 million tion staffer now works for the House Interior great deal of vicious anti-Semitism. Just one in federal funds a year, which it funnels to Subcommittee on Appropriations. And when sample: "Actually the Jewish religion is not a environmental advocacy groups and upscale the subcommittee staff recently discusses religion at all. It is infact [sic.] a bloody, sadis­ hunting and fishing organizations. But its possible cuts to the Foundation budget, word tic and obscene code devised by Zionist-Tal­ executive director, Amos Eno, a former Na­ reportedly got back to Mr. Eno, who, accord­ mudist sages." And further: "The Jewish tional Audubon Society staffer, has con­ ing to sources, then visited the Hill to con­ vinced conservatives that this effort is a bas­ vince lawmakers of the Foundation's con­ sages were not exclusively interested in homi­ tion of the free market. Last month, Forbes servative bona fides. cide. Sexuality, particularly in far lesser con­ magazine praised the Foundation, urging ventional modes, is a strong rival for their at­ that "other environmental groups would do Thus, while Republicans pick on "Master­ tention." The Indonesian Government at that well to adopt a down-to-earth, Eno-like ap­ piece Theatre," they leave rarefied precincts time knew of my outrage over the publication proach." of preservation alone. This is too bad. If pub­ of such disgusting trash. lic broadcasting should be weaned from the To be sure, other conservation organiza­ Mr. Speaker, in light of this latest intolerable tions, such as the Sierra Club, that are expe­ federal teat because it can survive without riencing financial problems, would do better aid, so should silver-spooned enclaves like action by Indonesian officials organizing the on the public dole, too. The Foundation re­ the Foundation. But this probably won't world archery competition against the citizens veals why public subsidies are forever. Estab­ happen. Like all bad environmentalism, its of a sovereign, independent country, I have in­ lished by Congress during the heyday of support is bipartisan. troduced a resolution which puts the Congress July 27, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20858A on record as opposing the effort to deny rec­ ON THE PASSING OF GEORGE L.P. He participated in investigations of labor ognition to the State of Israel and its citizens WEAVER conditions in various Asian countries for the and reaffirming the Congress' strong opposi­ International Confederation of Free Trade tion to racism and anti-Semitism. This resolu­ HON. WIWAM (BilL) CLAY Unions. tion calls upon the Indonesian Government to OF MISSOURI In 1958, Mr. Weaver resigned from the act to end this outrageous anti-Israeli action. I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AFL-CIO to become assistant to the presi­ dent of the International Union of Electrical, invite my colleagues to join me as cosponsors Thursday, July 27, 1995 of this resolution. Radio and Machine Workers and director of the union's political education program. He Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call The Text of my resolution is as follows: remained in that job until joining the Labor to my colleagues' attention the following obit­ Department in the Kennedy administration. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION uary for George L.P. Weaver which appeared in the July 18, 1995 issue of the Washington In 1963, he was the first American to re­ Mr. LANTOS submitted the following reso­ ceive the Malayan honorary award of Post. With the passing of George Weaver, the Panglim Mangku Megara. He had served on lution; which was referred to the Committee country has lost a great American--one who on International Relations. the boards of trustees of Washington Tech­ dedicated himself to ensuring equal oppor­ nical Institution and the University of the A resolution condemning the refusal of the tunity and justice for all Americans. The prin­ District of Columbia, was chairman of the Indonesian officials organizing the World ciples for which George Weaver dedicated his Finance Committee of the United Negro Col­ Archery Championships in Jakarta, Indo­ life-an abiding respect for the dignity of work­ lege Fund and was a life member of the nesia, in August 1995 to permit a team from ers and the worth of labor and an unshakable NAACP. Israel to participate in the competition commitment to ending the scourge of segrega­ Survivors include his wife of 54 years, under the name of Israel and under the flag tion and racis~th in his service to the Mary S. Weaver of Washington, and two sis­ of Israel, and urging the government of Indo­ labor movement and in his work in Govern­ ters, Vivian Belden of Detroit and nesia to join in condemning this manifesta­ Annalouise Jenkins of Cleveland. tion of racism and anti-Semitism. ment, are the principles that have served to make this country what it is today. This House turns its back on those principles at its own Whereas the Congress has repeatedly ex­ TRIBUTE TO MAJ. GEN. JAMES J. pressed its abhorrence of racism and anti­ and the Nation's peril. CRAVENS, JR. Semitism in any form; [From the Washington Post, July 18, 1995] GEORGE L.P. WEAVER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY Whereas the constitution of the Inter­ OF LABOR HON. RONALD D. COLEMAN national Archery Federation (FITA) bars dis­ OF TEXAS crimination against any country, association George L.P. Weaver, 83, a former labor IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES or person on grounds of race, religion or poli­ union official who served as assistant sec­ tics; retary of labor for international affairs dur­ Thursday, July 27, 1995 ing the Kennedy and Johnson administra­ Whereas Indonesian officials organizing tions, died July 14, of complications related Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the World Archery Championships in Ja­ to emphysema and asthma at George Wash­ pay tribute to a man that has served as Com­ karta, Indonesia, in August 1995 have refused ington University Hospital. manding General at Fort Bliss, TX for the past to permit a term representing Israel to par­ 2 years with distinction, Maj. Gen. James J. ticipate in the competition unless the team Mr. Weaver spent most of his working life agrees to conceal its national identity and in activities related to the labor movement, Cravens, Jr. He is highly regarded as an out not compete under the flag of Israel; and beginning in the 1930s when he carried pas­ standing leader, and maintained Fort Bliss' sengers' baggage as a redcap at railroad sta­ reputation as a good neighbor to El Paso. Whereas officials of the International tions in Chicago. As a young man, he joined Archery Federation (FITA) have confirmed the United Transport Service Employees General Cravens has served his country that Indonesian officials have refused to per­ Union. since 1966 when he was commissioned a mit an Israeli team to participate under its Second Lieutenant of Artillery upon graduation country's name a.nd with its country's flag in Later, he was assistant to the secretary­ from North Georgia College where he received the World Archery Championships; now, treasurer and director of the civil rights a bachelor of science degree in business ad­ therefore, be it committee of the old Congress of Industrial Organizations. After the CIO's merger with ministration. He also holds a master of science degree from Clemson University. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the the American Federation of Labor in 1955, he Senate concurring), That Congress: became executive secretary of the new union's civil rights committee. His military education includes the Air De­ fense Artillery Officers Basic Course, the Air (1) Condemns the Indonesian offices orga­ In his capacity as assistant secretary of nizing the World Archery Championships in Defense Artillery Officer's Advanced Course, labor for international affairs, Mr. Weaver Jakarta, Indonesia, for this refusal to permit the Army Command and General Staff Col­ was the U.S. representative on the governing lege, and the National War College. a team representing Israel to participate in body of the International Labor Organiza­ this international competition under the tion. He was chairman of that body in 1968. name and flag of their country; General Cravens' military decorations and After steeping down as assistant secretary of awards include the Legion of Merit (with two (2) Calls upon the Government of Indonesia labor in 1969, he was assistant to the presi­ Oak Leaf Clusters), Bronze Star Medal (with dent of the ILO for about six years. to repudiate publicly the position that has Oak Leaf Cluster), Meritorious Service Medal been taken by those Indonesian officials or­ Mr. Weaver, a Washington resident, was (with four Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Com­ ganizing the World Archery Championships born in Pittsburgh and grew up in Dayton, mendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Par­ in Jakarta regarding the participation of a Ohio. He attended what now in Roosevelt team representing Israel in the competition achutist Badge, Pathfinder Badge, and Army University in Chicago and Howard Univer­ Staff Identification .Badge. and to urge the inclusion of the team of sity law school. Israel under the name of Israel and under the As Commanding General of the Air Defense flag of Israel; In 1941, he came to Washington as a mem­ ber of the CIO's War Relief Committee. A Artillery Center at Fort Bliss, General Cravens (3) Condemns all manifestations of racism year later, he became assistant to the sec­ has overseen the instruction of air defense ar­ and anti-Semitism wherever they may ap­ retary-treasurer and director of the civil tillery students from all over the world. The pear in Indonesia and elsewhere throughout rights committee. During the next dozen ADA School trains air defenders, develops air the world; and years, he took leaves of absence to serve on defense doctrine, and defines air defense special government assignments and on over­ equipment requirements. As you know, Mr. (4) Directs and Clerk of the House of Rep­ seas missions. The assignments included resentatives and the Secretary of the Senate service in 1950 as special assistant to Stuart Speaker, some of the school's graduates dis­ to convey a copy of this resolution to the Symington, chairman of the National Secu­ tinguished themselves operating the Patriot President of Indonesia and to the President rity Resources Board, and assisting in there­ Missile during Operation Desert Storm when of the International Archery Federation organization of the Reconstruction Finance the allied forces fought off various SCUD mis­ (FITA). Corporation. sile attacks from the country of Iraq. 20858B EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1995 When James Cravens assumed his com­ do better than parochial, stenographic report­ "another Monday" in my professional life. It mand at Fort Bliss, I found him to be a man ing, and got as passionate as deadlines permit will be the first Monday in more than 17 of integrity and great talent. He quickly carr about looking at the bigger picture. As an edi­ years that I will not be contemplating my responsibilities as editor of the Times. tured the affection of El Pasoans with his tor, he inaugurated "Cape Cod Agenda" to unyielding quest to produce the finest air de­ sort out the real impact of development on the Tomorrow I will assume the Title of "edi­ fense specialists in the world. The over­ cape and islands. As a citizen, he has worked tor emeritus"-which means I will begin whelming skill and superiority that our air de­ through the Center for the Environment and fishing though 17 years' accumulation of of­ fense forces displayed in Operation Desert Sustainable Development to pursue the twin­ fice files and clutter, to make room for the Storm is due in large part to the intense train­ and, notwithstanding the nay sayers, the com­ lucky individual who soon will be elected to occupy my chair. It also means that while I ing they received at the ADA School at Fort patible-<>bjectives of economic development will continue to sit on the Times editorial Bliss. and environmental protection. board, our newsroom staff will be free to dis­ miss my notions concerning what is, or isn't, Mr. Speaker, I would like to wish my friend, You do not get that from a sleepy country newsworthy. James Cravens, all the best as he prepares to editor, any more than from a cigar-chomping assume his next assignment as Deputy Chief Lou Grant. As Adlai Stevenson once said, Our readers, on the other hand, will not get of Staff for Combat Development at Fort Mon­ "Via ovicipitum dura est"-"the way of the off the hook so easily. roe, VA. It has been a pleasure to work with egghead is hard." It will surprise no one that For the next few months at least, I will be General Cravens to ensure that Fort Bliss con­ this was in a speech to Harvard students. Or spending a portion on my time at something tinues to live up to its motto, "First to Fire." that they needed to have it translated. we in the trade have come to refer to as General Cravens, his lovely wife, Joe Beth, "public journalism," a major part of which and his children, Jay and Tonya, will be sorely With a steady rudder, an even keel and nu­ involves listening more closely to readers. merous other maritime metaphors, Bill has missed. To journalists who are captivated by the guided the Times through these shoals with idea, public journalism generally means find­ dignity, professionalism, compassion, and ing new ways to involve readers in their RETIRING? NOT EXACTLY humor. He must have even overcome that newspapers, and to involve newspapers in the highest of all hurdles, since I have not heard communities they serve-reporting on the HON. GERRY E. STIJDDS anyone ask recently how many generations issues of the day as they are seen by the peo­ OF MASSACHUSETTS ago his family settled on Cape Cod. In the ple who live here, rather than relying on elected officials and the bureaucracy. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES process, he has earned the affection and re­ spect of the community he's worked so hard Thursday, July 27, 1995 To some skeptical editors who are less to define. than enchanted with the concept, public journalism means handing the reins over to Mr. STUDDS. Mr. Speaker, when Bill And in case you were wondering-and let amateurs-and trading objectivity and de­ Breisky announced recently his decision to us hope that the various editors who may be tachment for reader chumminess. step down from the helm of the Cape Cod interested were wondering-yes, Editor and Times, the newspaper launched a national Publisher does think the word barrelful" has There is no prescribed formula for the practice of public journalism, however, and search for a new editor. The advertisement three L's. The way this session of Congress is sought-and, in case any Member of this there's no reason why common sense going, resolving that question may require an­ shouldn't prevail in applying it. House is interested, is still seeking...-....can­ other amendment to the Constitution. didates with a "proven track record of staff When great numbers of readers take a pro­ motivation, community leadership, innovative In spirit, and in preparation for festivities at prietary interest in the Times-when they product improvements, a bias toward strong home this weekend in Mr. Breisky's honor, it call us to applaud or criticize "my news­ local news coverage, a belief in the principles is my privilege to enter into the RECORD his paper," and when people who work here take the position that public service is their pri­ of public journalism, and a respect for the "Centerprice" column of July 2, 1995--entitled "Retiring? Not Exactly"-in which Bill made of­ mary mission-we're surely on the right budget. Our 72-person staff is highly talented track. and has won a barrel full of excellence ficial his graduation to emeritus status. awards. No "now hear this candidates need [From the Cape Cod Times, July 2, 1995] Letters to the Editor, and a range of opin­ ion columns by writers who live in our apply." RETIRING?-NOT EXACTLY towns, and our "Sound Off" feature, and our It is hard to imagine a more fitting tribute to (By William J. Breisky) Earthkeeping Forum, and our Cape Cod Times Needy Fund, and the volunteers in the standard and example set over the last 17 Seventeen years ago, I assumed the editor­ years by Mr. Breisky. A daily reporter at heart, Journalism group recently established by ship of the Cape Cod Times, and members of our news staff-all are aspects of Bill would nonetheless hold a story to ensure inauguarated a column entitled "Another what I think of as public journalism. its accuracy. He cares far less about journal­ Monday." It ran in place of the second Mon­ istic conventions like political box scores, than day editorial, and was meant to serve as But we can and should be doing more. something of an antidote to the unpleasant reporting how we on the cape and islands-as Last year's "Cape Cod Agenda" project was a geographic community and as what he calls surprises so often in store for us on a typical Monday morning. our most thoroughgoing effort at inviting "communities of interest"-actually conduct the public to tell us and their political rep­ our business. In the six years that I managed to meet my resentatives where we should be focusing our self-imposed deadline for "Another Mon­ attention. In order to help persuade Novem­ Bill has grappled thoughtfully with the high, day," I never succeeded in finding writing ber's batch of candidates to focus on issues often irreconcilable expectations of Times time at the office, and the task became, all that matter, we asked members of our Citi­ readers-not to mention those of its editorial too often, a Sunday-evening stress test. So I zens Election Panel-a diverse panel of pub­ staff, or of people whose activities we read declared a sabbatical. lic-minded citizens chosen for us from a pool about in the paper. We sometimes seek all of volunteers by the League of Women Vot­ Part of the reason I never got around to re­ things from our local paper, from the House ers-to cite the local and regional issues turning from that sabbatical was a gentle­ most important to them. Then we invited floor to our back yard. Beyond the hour-by­ woman who approached me regularly during readers to narrow the panel's two dozen hour crises and judgments that on into making the coffee hour that followed our Sunday­ issues, to six, and we declared those issues to sure the paper actually hits the street each morning church service. For two years' constitute the "Cap Cod Agenda." day, there are important questions about the worth of Sundays after "Another Monday" future of the industry. The traffic on the infor­ had vanished, this charming and faithful Agenda issues were debated by can­ mation superhighway is increasing as fast as reader assured me, week after week, "I love didates-and discussed at length at a series your column. Never miss it." of programs where the citizenry did most of the price of newsprint. the talking and the candidates came pri­ About this and other things, Bill Breisky ac­ That was reassuring. marily to listen. tually sits back, puts aside the crisis of the Well, this is a long-winded introduction to This fall the Times will again invite you moment-and reflects. He set out in 1978 to the fact that tomorrow will be anything but and your neighbors to set an agenda for Cape

------. - - - ~ - July 27, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20858C Cod, and to talk to use and each other about service and they served with honor and dis­ heroes. As a nation, we must ensure that things that matter individually and collec­ tinction. Six hundred and eighty-eight Min­ those who have honorably served and died in tively. The agenda format may change this nesotans were killed in action. our Armed Forces are remembered with grati­ year, but the objective will be the same-en­ tude. The decision to serve this country was a couraging community leaders, and the Times Because of their sacrifices and those of selfless act not only to protect the future of the itself, to do a better job of serving our com­ other United Nations Troops, the Republic of munity of readers. United States, but the beliefs on which we Korea's freedom was preserved. Over the past founded our Nation. When the country called, Do you think we're on the right track? 42 years, the Republic of Korea has emerged these courageous young soldiers stared fear from the ruins of the war and has built one of in the face and accepted the challenge no Would you like to be involved in one way the most successful economies in Asia. or another? A postcard or letter to Agenda matter the cost. They embody the traits that we, as a nation, should all strive to emulate. '95, Cape Cod Times, '319 Main Street, The Korean War Veterans Memorial will be Hyannis, MA 02601, will get my attention and a permanent reminder for visitors to our Cap­ will assure you a seat on the train. Mr. Speaker, I hope that we all bow our ital of the American soldiers who served in a heads in remembrance of the valiant young Welcome aboard. difficult and costly war in Korea. As a Member men and women who have pledged to protect from the State of Minnesota, I am proud to the principles of freedom that we as Ameri­ And while I have your attention, I would say that the cutting, etching, and polishing of like to go on record with a couple of con­ cans, cherish as no other nation on Earth. cluding observations. the soldiers' faces on the granite of the memo­ rial was done in our State at Cold Spring, Min­ First, I'd like to say that serving as editor nesota. THE FOURTH ANNUAL OSCE of the daily newspaper that serves this re­ PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY markable corner of America has been more The memorial on the Mall is a testament to fun than a barrel of cranberries. (Well, most the sacrifices of the soldiers who fought and to HON. BENJAMIN L CARDIN days.) That has been so because I've had the those who never made it home. It is also a OF MARYLAND privilege of working with a wondrous crew of testament to those veterans who vowed never talented, steadfast journalists who care IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES deeply about their world and their chosen to forget their comrades. It was through their Thursday, July 27, 1995 profession. efforts that this memorial was built, I was proud to have a role in supporting and helping Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, I was privileged And second-to the legions of friends and guide the policy and laws that facilitated this to serve as a member of the U.S. delegation acquaintances who greet me these days with Korean War Veterans Memorial. the words, "I hear you're retiring," I would to the recently concluded 4th annual meeting like to say: I join with all Americans in proudly saluting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, held in Ottawa from July 4-8. Our delegation was co­ You've got to be kidding! My wife's got 17 the bravery and service of America's Korean War veterans. chaired by Helsinki Commission ranking mem­ years' worth of untended chores saved up as ber, STENY H. HOYER and Representative MI­ retirement projects. CHAEL P. FORBES, and included our col­ I'm not the retiring type. It's just that TRIBUTE TO KOREA VETERANS leagues, LOUISE M. SLAUGHTER, ROBERT G. someone else deserves a turn at this nifty job TORRICELLI, RONALD D. COLEMAN and THOMAS I've had. HON. WilliAM J. MARTINI C. SAWYER. OF NEW JERSEY The Parliamentary Assembly, created as a IN RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES result of the United States initiative during the OF KOREAN WAR VETERANS Bush administration, is designed to help inte­ Thursday, July 27, 1995 grate newly independent countries and emerg­ HON. BRUCE F. VENTO ing democracies in Central and Eastern Eu­ Mr. MARTINI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rope and the former Soviet Union into west­ OF MINNESOTA remember an important chapter in American IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ern-style organizations. Through the Assem­ history. It was not long ago that American sol­ bly, those responsible for crafting the laws Thursday, July 27, 1995 diers were fighting in the name of democracy which implement civic and economic reforms on the shores of Korea. While it is necessary in the new democracies have the opportunity Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, today our Nations to put those days behind us, it is also impor­ to share their experiences with, and gain ad­ honors the many soldiers who fought in the tant not to lose sight of the tremendous acts vice from, parliamentarians from established forgotten war in Korea by dedicating the Ko­ of courage by our Armed Forces that are re­ democracies. Participation by parliamentarians rean War Veterans Memorial on the Mall. This sponsible for this new cordial period. from the reforming countries was strong in Ot­ Memorial is a tribute to the contributions and Today, here in our Nation's Capital, we will tawa. Forty seven of OSCE's 52 fully partici­ sacrifices made by all the men and women pating States were represented in Ottawa, as who served. honor the men and women who gallantly served our country in the Korean war. Across well as observers from Macedonia and Japan. Near the entrance to the memorial, an in­ from the Vietnam Memorial and in the shadow Due to the continuing siege of Sarajevo, par­ scription reads, "Our Nation Honors Her Sons of the Lincoln Memorial, the Korean War Me­ liamentarians from Bosnia-Herzegovina were and Daughters Who Answered the Call to De­ morial will stand in the company of the most unable to attend. Their Ambassador to the fend a Country They Did Not Know and Peo­ celebrated monuments in the Nation. It is a OSCE was present, however, and at his re­ quest, I was pleased to make a statement on ple They Had Never Met." The bravery of tribute to all those brave men and women who behalf of the people of Bosnia during the clos­ these Korean War veterans is inscribed in our donned a U.S. military uniform, including those ing plenary session. history. They served our country in places like who lost their lives and those still missing. As the Chasin Reservoir, Inchon, and Pusan. Americans, we are indebted to the soldiers Mr. Speaker, in his statement to the Assem­ Some who went and fought did not come who placed their own lives on the line in order bly during the closing plenary session Mr. home, but made the ultimate sacrifice. In fact, to protect the cornerstones of American free­ HOYER reminded us that August 1, 1995 some 54,000 Americans lost their lives. Others dom. They fought to protect the freedom to marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of who served experienced events that changed speak without the fear of Government censor­ the Helsinki Final Act. In that speech Mr. their lives forever. ship. They fought for the freedom to freely HOYER recalled the words of President Gerald worship any religion without fear of retribution. Ford upon the signing of the historic accord­ In Korea, United States soldiers fought in a All in all, they fought for the very principles "This document will not be measured by the United Nations force alongside soldiers from that our Founding Fathers wrote into the four promises made in the Helsinki Final Act, but all over the world. As part of this multinational corners of the Constitution. by the promises kept." force, some 114,000 men and women from Minnesota answered the call to serve. Min­ In an era that is often assumed to be bereft The tragic overrunning of Srebrenica and nesotans served in all branches of our military of leaders, we overlook these true American Zepa by the Bosnian Serbs, and the creation 20858D EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1995 of thousands of more victims of war crimes stop the criminal behavior. But we have not immunity is a viable option for the architects of perpetrated by the Serb aggressors is a sear­ yet succeeded. And we must, therefore, do ethnic cleansing and those charged with geno­ ing reminder to all of us that there are prom­ more. cide; the continued silence of top U.S. officials ises to be kept. I agree wholeheartedly with I believe this organization can be an im­ on this matter undermines confidence in the my friend and colleague STENY HOYER that we portant instrument in realizing a world U.S. commitment to hold such individuals per­ can, and must, do more. I commend to you order based upon law and the principles of sonally accountable. In addition, the U.S. Am­ his remarks: the final Act. I, and the members of my dele­ bassador to the United Nations, Madeleine gation, pledge to you our every effort to en­ STATEMENT OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVE STENY sure the full participation of the United Albright, should publicly state American re­ HOYER, 4TH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE OSCE States Congress as a partner in the vital solve to use our veto, If necessary, to ensure PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY, quest to ensure that history's judgement of that sanctions against Serbia remain in place July 8, 1995. the Parliamentary Assembly, and the OSCE, until Belgrade cooperates with the Tribunal by is that our words of principle were supported surrendering to the Hague indicted criminals President Swaelen, Officers of the Assem­ by our decisive and effective actions. present on Serl:rcontrolled territory. Easing bly, fellow delegates: In twenty-three days, on August 1, 1995. we will celebrate the lOth It is said in America that many can " talk sanctions throughout the past year has only anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki the talk," but only a few are prepared to been followed by Serbia's continued support Final Act. That date also holds significant "walk the walk." The tyrants and terrorists for those responsible for war crimes and viola­ personal interest for me because, ten years of our world are not dissuaded or intimidated tions of humanitarian law, including the fall of ago, as a new member of the U.S. Helsinki by talk. But they can and must be con­ Srebrinica and Zepa. Commission, I attended my first OSCE meet­ fronted and confounded by our walk. I be­ ing- a Conference on the Human Dimen­ lieve together we can see the realization of a Mr. Speaker, there are those who have long sion-here in Ottawa. new world order. sought to minimize the importance of this Tri­ bunal. They have argued that it cannot suc­ When President Gerald Ford signed the historic accord in Helsinki on behalf of the INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL ceed because we will not gain custody of the United States he said, " This document will TRIBUNAL indicted-and therefore we need not try. They not be measured by the promises made in the have argued that it cannot succeed because it Helsinki Final Act, but by the promises HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITII lacks resources-and therefore we need not kept." bother to provide it with the means to do the OF NEW JERSEY job we have given it. And they have argued Many signatory states viewed the words of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that it cannot succeed because war criminals the act dealing with human rights and the Thursday, July 27, 1995 obligations that each state had toward its sit as negotiators-and therefore we should own citizens, as well as those of other states, merely continue to negotiate with them rather as essentially meaningless window dressing. Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. Speaker, I than seek to bring them to justice. But even if Their objective was to secure a framework in hail the indictments issued this week by the those indicted this week are never brought to which their international political position, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former trial, this Tribunal has already ensured that Yugoslavia. The number of indictments has and the then existing map of Europe would they will be fugitives for the rest of their lives, now grown to 46; more significantly, they now be adjudged a fait accompli. subject to international arrest warrants wher­ include the infamous names of Radovan ever they go. Moreover, by identifying indi­ Ten years ago, when I came to the Helsinki Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, the highest rank­ vidual perpetrators, this court may pave the meeting in Ottawa, I was told by my Soviet ing political and military leaders among the counterparts that the discussion of the Bosnian Serb hierarchy in Pale. With their in­ way for the innocent among all ethnic groups rights of Soviet citizens was inappropriate, in this conflict to reconcile the divisions in so­ and an interference with their internal af­ dictment, Chief Prosecutor Richard Goldstone has proven himself a man of his world. Upon ciety that these war criminals exploited for fairs. My delegation rejected that rationale. their own personal ends. Words, we strongly maintained, were not his appointment in July 1994, Goldstone prom­ enough. Words are not enough today. ised to take his prosecution where the evi­ dence leads and to bring the most culpable­ INTRODUCTION OF THE SMALL The relevance of this organization or al!y those who order and enable others to commit international organization must be judged BUSINESS TRANSFER ACT OF 1995 not solely on the merits of its principles, but atrocities-within the reach of the court. In so on the strength of its commitment to those doing, his indictments bring us one step closer HON. DAVID DREIER principles and on its unwillingness to wit­ to holding those responsible for the orchestra­ ness or permit violation of those principles tion of the most egregious crimes of the Yugo­ OF CALIFORNIA by signatory state. slav War personally responsible for their ac­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tions. Thursday, July 27, 1995 The Helsinki Final Act, like the United Nations Charter, was an attempt to avoid To further advance the work of this Court, Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, one of the goals the egregious mistakes of the past which had the United States should take two key meas­ of the new Republican majority in Congress is allowed so much human suffering and car­ ures. First, the United States must ensure that to evaluate the performance and objectives of nage. A history which witnessed too often the Tribunal has the financial resources to all federal programs and agencies. In under­ the rationalization of inaction. bring these cases to trial and continue with ef­ taking such evaluations, I believe two funda­ fective investigations and prosecutions. Al­ President George Bush, in assessing the mental questions need to be answered: end of the cold war and the fall of the Berlin though last year, during a period of initial start­ Wall, called for a "New World Order" in up, the United States made a $3 million vol­ First, what aspects of the program or agen­ which the international community would untary contribution to the Tribunal, a subse­ cy continue to serve a beneficial public policy act in order to assure a global political envi­ quent voluntary contribution has not been purpose? ronment dependent upon right not might. forthcoming. Failure by the United States to Today we are confronted within the Hel­ provide adequate financial support to the Tri­ Second, how can we redesign the program sinki sphere by the actions of those adjudged bunal-at the very time the Tribunal's initial in­ or agency to perform the useful functions in a by my government, as well as by many of vestigations are producing meaningful re­ cost-effective manner? yours, to be war criminals, Actions which sults-would send a regrettable sign of weak­ Today, Representative JOEL HEFLEY, vice have repeated genocide on the European con­ ening U.S. resolve to see war criminals held chairman of the Committee on Small Busi­ tinent, and created the largest number of truly accountable. If the Administration will not ness, and I have introduced H.R. 2125, the refugees on that continent since the second take the lead, Congress should earmark ap­ world war. Small Business Administration Transfer Act, propriations for the Voluntary Fund for the Tri­ which addresses these two questions in a We have in past meetings condemned these bunal, consistent with the authorization in H.R. positive way. In conversations with small busi­ atrocities. As parliamentarians we have 1561. urged that such actions be stopped. And ness owners and their representatives here in many of our members have committed peo­ Second, President Clinton should, once and Washington about the role of the Small Busi­ ple and resources to relieve the suffering and for all, put to rest the notion that amnesty or ness Administration, I am told consistently that July 27, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20858E the two areas were the Federal Government antee fee as part of the loan. The Treasury legitimate small businesses. Until those regu­ can be helpful are in providing access to cap­ Secretary would be required to adjust the lations can be eased, a case can be made for ital and a voice at the highest levels of gov­ guarantee fee, subject to the normal reporting maintaining a loan guarantee program. ernment. The remaining functions of the Small requirements, to ensure a guarantee fund that Business Administration have little to do with is self-financing. The Small Business Transfer Act offers a or actually hinder, small business growth. unique opportunity to make Government more The reforms made to the loan guarantee effective by expanding small business capital, The Small Business Transfer Act strength­ programs respond to a December 1992 Gen­ reducing taxpayer risk, and giving small busi­ ens the programs that matters most to small eral Accounting Office study of Housing and ness an antitax and antiregulatory voice at the business while saving taxpayers $3 billion Community Development issues. The study highest level of Government. For these rea­ over 5 years. Under the legislation, the made the following observations: sons, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to present Small Business Administration, with its join us in cosponsoring H.R. 2125. outdated and heavily bureaucratic regional, There has been no recent assessment of district, and field structure, would cease to what sector of small business, if any, would exist on October 1, 1996. An Office of Small receive financial assistance if SBA did not exist. Nor has there been a recent assess­ IT IS TIME WE TRULY TAKE BACK Business Advocacy would be established in OUR NEIGHBORHOODS the Executive Office of the President. This of­ ment of the economic impact that has re­ sulted from billions of dollars in Federal fice, which would function in a manner similar guarantees that SBA has provided to small HON. BOB FlLNER to the SBA's Office of Advocacy, will give businesses. Yet in fiscal year 1992, SBA al­ small business a voice inside the White most doubled the value of the business loans OF CALIFORNIA House. that it guaranteed-from $3.8 billion in fiscal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES year 1991 to $6.4 billion in fiscal year 1992. Thursday, July ,27, 1995 The bill also establishes an Office of Small Our work has shown that SBA's loss rate is Business Lending in the Department of the greater than that of private lenders and that Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, today I have in­ Treasury. The office would consist of an SBA has not adequately overseen the oper­ Under Secretary, Deputy Under Secretary, ations of lenders receiving government loan troduced legislation to bolster our Nation's and no more than 200 auditors who would ad­ guarantees. crime fighting efforts and to encourage citizens involved in crime prevention, I am minister a small business general loan guar­ to get joined in this effort by Congressman STUPAK, antee program. All other SBA credit programs Mr. Speaker, the reason the GAO's assess­ and revolving funds would be transferred to ment of the SBA is so negative is that the cochairman of the Law Enforcement Caucus­ of which I am a member. this office of servicing and liquidation. agency's mission statement is faulty. In 1985, then OMB Director David Stockman called the The Taking Back Our Neighborhoods Crime The guaranteed loan program would func­ SBA a billion-dollar waste-a rathole. Ten tion like the current Preferred Lenders Pro­ Fighting Act will give a $50 tax credit to peo­ years later, the agency has undergone numer­ ple actively involved in neighborhood watch gram, whereby the lender would have the ous reorganizations and credit reforms that complete authority to make close, service and groups and other organizations committed to have brought down default rates and improved the reduction of local crime. liquidate loans. Maximum loan amounts would the operations of credit programs. But the remain the same, but the guaranteed portion agency is still a failure because of the faulty I am proposing this tax credit because may not exceed 75 percent of the financing premise that Government can create private neighborhood watch works. It is the most ef­ outstanding at the time the loan is made. No sector jobs. Even if the Government could cre­ fective crime reduction program available to direct or immediate participation loans could ate private sector jobs, the SBA's programs our communities. Throughout the country, be made. are inconsistent with that mission. neighborhood watch groups have made peo­ ple feel safer and more secure in their homes, To be eligible for a guaranteed loan, a busi­ Instead, what we have is an agency that re­ parks, and streets. ness must meet: allocates credit to the least credit worthy; pro­ First, the credit elsewhere test, denied credit vides noncompetitive contracts to millionaire Neighborhood watch establishes relation­ by two lending institutions; second the defini­ minorities at the expense of small business; ships among neighbors-and it establishes tion of a small business; and third, the require­ plants trees at a cost of up to $1,200 per tree; partnerships between neighborhoods and their ments of Section 7(a}(6) of the Small Business and provides $70 million a year in grants to police officers. Citizens are trained how to Act that all loans be of such sound value or universities, which is the last place a small watch out for their families, monitor their so secured as reasonable to assure repay­ business person goes for advice. neighborhoods, how to be observant and reli­ ment. In his book "The Effective Executive" Peter able witnesses, and how to assist their local Drucker, my professor at the Claremont Grad­ police. Police chiefs and officers around the For lenders to be eligible to participate in country firmly believe in neighborhood watch the program, the lender must maintain at least uate School, referred to an order by President Johnson that all Government agencies adopt and have endorsed the idea of encouraging a 6-percent capital-to-asset ratio. The bill con­ participation through tax credits. tains language explicitly subjecting lender loan program reviews to weed out obsolete and un­ portfolios to an annual compliance review con­ productive work. "This is a good first step, and Over the last decade, in my congressional ducted OSBL auditors. As an option, this badly needed," Drucker said. "But it will not district, we have pioneered the concept of could be done as part of an institution's overall produce results as long as we maintain the community oriented crime fighting, and we compliance review conducted by the appro­ traditional assumption that all programs last have seen the difference it makes. priate bank regulator. forever unless proven to have outlived their usefulness. The assumption should rather be Serving on the San Diego Council for 5 The bill also contains language capping tax­ that all programs outlive their usefulness fast years before I came to Congress, I worked payer exposure with excess or above historic and should be scrapped unless proven pro­ hand in hand with residents to attack crime. average losses on each lender's portfolio. For ductive and necessary. Otherwise, modern We helped establish neighborhood watch example, if the lender's portfolio is 10 percent Government, while increasingly smothering so­ groups. We went on walking patrols through above the industry's historic loss average, the ciety under rules, regulations, and forms, will the streets and created support networks guarantee on loans originated by the lender itself be smothered in its own fat." among neighbors. We established drug free would fall by 10 percent-from 75 percent to zones to keep dealers away from our schools. 68.5 percent. Mr. Speaker, the Small Business Adminis­ And we organized a graffiti patrol to clean up tration has clearly outlived its usefulness. our neighborhoods and restore pride in our The Treasury Secretary would be required While I also question whether a guaranteed community. to collect a minimum guarantee fee of V2 of 1 loan program remains productive and useful, percent of the amount of the deferred partici­ there are legitimate concerns that excessive We also worked directly with local police to pation share of any guaranteed loan. The Government regulation of lending institutions create innovative crime fighting strategies. We lender would be permitted to finance the guar- has made it cost-prohibitive to lend to many instituted walking patrols in the streets, in the 20858F EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1995 schools, and in the neighborhoods. Police offi­ relationships, the unique genetics of Yellow­ SIKHS DESERVE RIGHT TO SELF­ cers got to know the neighborhoods they pro­ stone's wildlife and yet address the potential DETERMINATION tected and the people in them. They talked to threat of brucellosis in the wildlife population residents, and residents knew exactly who to and its possible transmission to livestock out­ HON. PHIUP M. CRANE call if they saw someone in trouble. side the park and resulting economic con­ OF ILLINOIS These efforts have been successful. During sequences to the livestock industry. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the last year in San Diego, we have seen a Thursday, July 27, 1995 reduction of at least 10 percent in every major My legislation protects livestock producers category of crime. from that threat and the harm of unfair eco­ Mr. CRANE, Mr. Speaker, I rise today to nomic sanctions by establishing a comprehen­ bring the attention of the House to an ex­ tremely sensitive situation in India. In a time And most importantly, we were empowered, sive framework for the National Park Service we felt stronger, we fostered a sense of com­ when civil rights abuses around the would are to address and manage and control brucel­ munity, and we saw that we could make a dif­ being condemned, the treatment of the Sikhs ference in peoples lives. losis in the Yellowstone area. by the Indian Government should not go unno­ ticed. Neighborhood watch groups have proven to For far too long, the bison-brucellosis con­ be an effective and economical approach to troversy has swirled with hearsay, unsubstan­ This shameful treatment has included docu­ providing a better and more secure society for tiated claims and fear. This bill replaces fear mented cases of rapes of young women, the ourselves and our children. with facts, rumor with research, supposition beating of old men, and the murder of young boys. Innocent Sikh people have also been with science and, most important, it replaces Giving people in neighborhood watch subjected to imprisonment without trial, and talk with direct and specific action to remove groups a $50 tax break will support the many this practice has been occurring for more than citizens already involved in crime prevention the threat of brucellosis. a decade. and encourage more community participation. In the short term, this bill sanctions the in­ The Sikhs are being persecuted in their own I ask my colleagues to support this impor­ terim bison management plan signed by the homeland. They live in fear everyday, and the tant piece of legislation. Working together­ U.S. Forest Service, the State of Montana and freedoms we take for granted simply do not and only by working together-can we truly Yellowstone National Park. It concurs with the exist in this part of India. Those Sikhs that start to reclaim our streets. need for a long term environmental impact have the courage to speak out against these abuses are often arrested and held for no rea­ statement in the form of a bison management son. INTRODUCTION OF THE YELLOW­ plan. It also establishes the Yellowstone Bru­ STONE BRUCELLOSIS-FREE MAN­ cellosis-Free Management Area with special The imprisonment of innocent Sikhs is made AGEMENT ACT regulations to provide economic stability in worse by the unfair treatment they receive terms of the brucellosis-free status for the once in prison. This despicable treatment all WilliAMS States of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho as too often leads to the murder of innocent pris­ HON. PAT oners. Many times these deaths go unreported long as the interim plans are in effect within OF MONTANA by police, and the bodies are cremated and, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Yellowstone area. therefore, go unclaimed. Thursday, July 27, 1995 One of the most important features of the I believe this situation deserves and de­ Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ bill is the prohibition on unfair or arbitrary mands the attention of this body. Just as we troducing the Yellowstone Brucellosis-Free sanctions imposed by APHIS on other States have supported democratic reforms and the Management Act to provide a comprehensive or livestock producers of Montana, Wyoming, right to self-determination in Eastern Europe, I and practical strategy to address the problems and Idaho because of the presence of brucel­ believe we should support independent and self-determination for Khalistan. The behavior of brucellosis in the Yellowstone. losis in wildlife within the Greater Yellowstone of the Indian Government should not be toler­ area. Yellowstone, our Nation's first national park ated, and their treatment of the Sikh people represents the true flowering of the idea of should be condemned. In the long term, the bill directs the Secre­ public lands set aside for the use and enjoy­ PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES taries of the Interior and Agriculture to cooper­ ment and education of all the American peo­ PUNJAB (TREATMENT OF SIKHS) ple. It is unsurpassed in scenic beauty and ate with the States of Montana, Idaho, and natural features and remains today one of Wyoming in seeking the elimination of the dis­ Mr. Terry Dicks (Hayes and Harlington): I America's outstanding wildlife sanctuaries, lit­ eases brucellosis from the Greater Yellow­ wish to bring to the attention of the House the continuing persection of the Sikhs living tle altered by human settlement. stone ecosystem. To accomplish this goal, the in their homeland, the Punjab-an issue that bill provides strong direction and authority for Yellowstone provides refuge for rare and I have brought before the House on three science-based management of the diseases. previous occasions in the 12 years that I have endangered species such as the threatened been a Member of Parliament. grizzly bear, the rare mountain lion and The bill provides recognition of the facts that wolvering, bald eagles and trumpeter swans, I noticed that nearly 30 hon. and right hon. the Yellowstone cutthroat trout and arctic American Indians have long-standing spiritual Members were in the Chamber to listen to a grayling. The public lands surrounding Yellow­ and cultural ties to the American bison and, as debate about Bosnia, about which British such, have shown an interest in participating people are not really interested because it is stone offer complementary scenic vistas, rec­ not of direct concern. We now have a de­ reational opportunities and outstanding wildlife in the disposition of surplus bison for subsist­ bate-at least, a statement-about the posi­ habitat. ence or to restore herds on American Indian tion in a Commonwealth country, and the 30 lands. people who were in the Chamber at 10 o'clock This greater Yellowstone area represents have almost all left. I find that surprising the largest undeveloped land of wilderness Mister Speaker, this is a good bill for Mon­ and disappointing. quality in the lower 48 States, and it includes tana's fivestock producers. It protects their le­ the largest free-ranging herds of elk and bison Sikhs in my constituency and throughout gitimate interests at the same time it provides the world are worried for relatives and in the world. for proper long-term management of Yellow­ friends who continue to live in that part of However, it is those herds, and particularly India. The rape of young women, the beating stone's bison. This is a good bill for the bison. of old men and the murder of young boys, to­ the bison, which have raised concerns about This is a good bill for the Yellowstone. gether with the imprisonment without trial the risks of brucellosis which is carried by of thousands of innocent people, have been some animals in both herds. The dilemma is taking place for more than a decade and con­ how doe we protect the delicate wildlife inter- tinue to this day. July 27, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20858G Living in fear in part of everyday existence to enter the country? I reiterate my offer to not raise the issue of human rights with the in the Punjab. The freedom that we take for the Indian Government; if my Sikh friends Indian Government and that they will not granted in Britain does not exist in that part are telling me lies, I will condemn them out­ consider doing away with the aid programme of India. right upon my return from the Punjab; on because of the abuse of human rights in the other hand, if the Indian Government India. I shall probably hear-with great re­ Recent evidence obtained from police files have been misleading the rest of the world, I spect to my hon. Friend-platitudes and no shows that bodies of police suspects mur­ will shout the facts from the rooftops upon firm decisions. dered in police custody have been cremated my return to Britain. as "unclaimed" and that that practice has There are about 300,000 Sikhs in this coun­ continued since 1984. The documents that I With such a reasonable offer available, per­ try. The 9,000 Sikhs in my constituency will have with me were given by or bought from haps the Government and my hon. Friend want to know how Parliament can spend police authorities in the Punjab. They list the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State hours talking about Bosnia-which is of no names of people relating to the bodies that for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will concern to this country in any shape or have been cremated; yet the Indian authori­ seek to persuade the Indian Government to form: the Balkans were never part of the ties denied the existence of such records. grant me a visa. I sincerely hope that they Commonwealth-and yet can debate this will. As the elected representative of some very important issue for half an hour four The Indian Express carried a front-page 8,000 Sikhs, it is important that I see the po­ times in 12 years. I know that my hon. story in its edition of 3 February 1995, in sition for myself. I hop that, with the help of Friend the member of Gravesham (Mr. Ar­ which it said that during the three years the Foreign Office, I shall gain access to that nold) has many Sikhs in his constituency, so 1991-93, the Punjab police dumped about 426 country. I now give way to him to say whatever he bodies for cremation as "unclaimed" on the wants to say. Patti Municipal Committee. In many cases, Recognition of the rights of Sikhs who are the relatives had not been informed even living in the Punjab is all that Sikhs else­ Mr. Jacques Arnold (Gravesam): I am ex­ though the bodies had been identified. where want. That means the right to press tremely grateful to my hon. friend the Mem­ for self-determination and to strengthen the ber for Hayes and Harlington (Mr. Dicks) for In the same region last year, another 17 call for an independent Kalistan, Sikhs can raising this very important subject. As he "unclaimed" bodies were sent by the police not understand how Britain, which is their said, many thousands of Sikhs live in for cremation. Why cremation? Because mother country in some ways, can take such Gravesend and Northfleet in my constitu­ burnt bodies cannot be examined later for determined action against the Iraqi invasion ency. They are very concerned about their evidence of torture or other abuse. of Kuwait and yet stand by and do nothing families and friends who remain in the Pun­ about human rights abuses in India. They jab and may hundreds of my Sikh constitu­ Police sources have disclosed that, al­ wonder why they are treated differently, but ents travel to the Punjab every year to visit though some of those so-called "missing per­ they are also aware that the Punjab is not an them. They find the situation there to be ex­ sons" may have died as a result of torture oil-rich region. Our Government gives the tremely insecure, Constituents travel to the while in police custody, others may have impression that they are being selective in Punjab every year to visit them. They find been eliminated because they had some evi­ their opposition to human rights abuses. If the situation there to be extremely insecure. dence of police brutality-in other words, that impression is to change, our Govern­ they had witnessed what was going on and ment must condemn outright the behavior of In this country we take it for granted that they had to be put away together with those the Indian Government. human rights will always be preserved, and who were murdered as suspects. that if difficulties arise for ourselves and our There should be no aid programmed to families, in extremis we can turn to the po­ A local human rights group brought that India, particularly because aid is now tied to lice for help. Those are freedoms and rights position to the attention of the Indian high good human rights practices. If that is the not easily available to residents in the Pun­ court, but its action was dismissed on the case, how can we give a penny to the Indian jab. Not only are their families vulnerable to grounds that only relatives of murdered indi­ Government which use and abuse the Punjab the depredations of the police but, if things viduals could be party to any litigation. people in their own country? If that has no go wrong and they are the victims of extor­ That approach is a bit like telling the rel­ effect, I believe that our Government should tion or violence of any sort, they cannot atives of Kuwaits who disappeared during break off all diplomatic ties with India. Per­ have recourse to the police authorities, as the occupation of Kuwait to apply to the haps the "curry club" lunches between hon. should be their right. Iraqi high in Baghdad for an inquiry to be Members in the House and the people who held into their disappearance. represent the Indian Government should also What remains in the Punjab is an extreme come to an end. There can be no appease­ uneasiness for the individual, especially as Investigation into allegations of police tor­ ment of a Government who treat one of their there has been no proper investigation of the ture are rare and, even when such alloca­ ethnic minority groups in that way. considerable number of cases of people who tions have been ~stablished, prosecutions have disappeared over the years. Families have not taken place. According to recent re­ We are now celebrating the end of the sec­ throughout the Punjab--and therefore, by ports by Amnesty International, there is no ond world war-a war that was fought to pre­ extension, families in this country-have evidence of a police officer having been con­ serve freedom of expression, freedom from seen their members disappear. Justice does victed of human rights violations in the Pun­ tyranny and freedom of self-determination. not ensure. jab. That says it all about the so-called free In the Punjab there is no freedom of expres­ and democratic nature of that place and the sion, only its restriction. In the Punjab there Mr. Deputy Speaker: Order. Let us have a police reaction to law and order. is no freedom from tyranny, only the fear of little order here. First, I hope that the hon. tyranny. In the Punjab there is no freedom Member for Gravesham (Mr. Arnold) has the The British Parliament has refused to con­ of self-determination, only the ability to Minister's permission too. This is not some­ demn the behavior of the Indian Govern­ whisper the word "Kalistan" because to do thing that can just be done off the cuff, on ment, no matter how well documented the otherwise would put lives at risk. the spur of the moment. Does the hon. Mem­ facts are. The Government refused, sup­ ber have the Ministers' Permission? posedly because India is a powerful Common­ For Sikhs in the Punjab, we should read wealth Country. Indeed, India refers to itself Muslims in Kashmir. Who is causing their The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of as the "largest democracy in the world". suffering? It is none other than the Indian State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Perhaps the phrase the "largest hypocrisy" Government. The Sikhs in the Punjab and (Mr. Tony Baldry): I am perfectly content for is more appropriate; it is one that I use fre­ the Muslims of Kashmir turn to us for help. the hon. Member for Gravesham to inter­ quently to describe that Government and They believe in the democratic principles vene, Mr. Deputy Speaker. that country. The Labour party, with its upon which our Parliament is based. How close links with the Congress party and the much longer must they suffer and how many I was saying that many of my constituents Gandhi family, prefers to say nothing at more excuses will be found to justify ignor­ are concerned about the lack of follow-up to all-I suppose that that is par for the course ing their pleas? the disappearances that have occurred in the for that party. Punjab, especially when young men from As I said earlier, this is the fourth time their extended families have disappeared. Abuses elsewhere, such as in Bosnia and in that I have raised the issue on the Floor of For instance, there was a ghastly case of a parts of the Soviet Union, have led to con­ the House Commons. I suspect that, for the young man disappearing and all the stories demnation by our Government. Why have fourth time, my hon. Friend will read a For­ were that he was being held in prison in a po­ the Indian Government escaped Britain's eign Office brief and that no further action lice station. The family was eventually ad­ wrath? If the Indian Government have noth­ will be taken. I suspect that there will be no vised that the young man had died in cus­ ing to hide, what are they attempting to effort to help me to secure a visa to visit tody, yet only a few weeks later he was cover up? Why will they not grant me a visa India. I suspect that the Government will clearly seen at the window of the prison. 20858H EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 27, 1995 When the case was pursued with the prison the day took at his word and at face value in Italy as part of the imperial Indian army authorities and the place was eventually the promises that Mr. Nehru made them con­ under the Raj. checked out, the young man had disappeared cerning the autonomy and the governance of yet again. greater Punjab, as it then was-promises We owe a debt of gratitude to those people. that he subsequently broke. We owe it to them to speak up for human With my Latin American experience, I rights in the Punjab, so that they can live in know about the concerns about those who As a result of the haste with which we left peace in the land of their forefathers. have disappeared in Argentina. In the last India and of the lack of care taken at the decade of the 20th century such dreadful time to ensure that the legitimate rights of Here is the true face of Indian "democracy" things are still happening. the Sikhs were sustained, we have a respon­ revealed for all to see. All over the world, their sibility. tyranny is being exposed. These strong state­ It is especially relevant to raise the matter ments reveal yet again that India is in truth a in the House of Commons, because until 1947 The debate is especially relevant this brutal, repressive tyranny which tortures and the House was responsible for the conduct of week, because over the past weekend we affairs in India. In some ways the agreement have celebrated Victory in Europe day. murders routinely. This is the truth that will made by Mountbatten with the successor au­ While I was doing so in my borough of cause India to collapse. Freedom for Khalistan thorities, especially Nehru and the Congress Gravesham, I met an elderly Sikh visiting and all the nations living under Indian occupa­ party, for the creation of India led to the from India, who told me how he had served tion is inevitable. (Dr. G.S. Aulakh, President, current position. The great Sikh leaders of as a sergeant-major with the British forces Council of Khalistan.)