932 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 3, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS' plication, the rest of Cental America> to the president and with those in Congress POLICY TOWARD NICARAGUA Cuba and to the Soviet Union. It would do who support him. so by effectively terminating all further For lack of any name at all, these isola­ funding to the revolutionary "Contras" . congressional Democrats narrow-gauge, reactionary, Reaganite, war­ marks. Only upon fulfillment of the absolutely mongering, anti-peace, pro-war, troglodite" (as I urge my colleagues to study them careful­ unachievable accounting requirements of ly-particularly the stark contrast in mentality H.J. Res. 175 might the Write-Off Doc­ almost all of us Republicans are at times la­ trine's proposed funding moratorium be beled by pseudo-liberal elements of the and in foreign policy outlook which exists be­ tween this new "Write-off Doctrine" and the lifted. Under its provisions, all 1985 and sub­ media) but from a good, solid, centrist, classi­ major foreign policy doctrines toward Latin sequent monies (public, private, and for­ cal-liberal Democrat. He calls himself a "Harry eign) appropriated, sought after or even Truman/Scoop Jackson/Russell Long/Chuck America (and toward communism) which have "encouraged" by any government official preceded it-namely, the Monroe Doctrine, Robb Democrat" to be exact. must be "fully and adequately" accounted Mr. Guirard, who spends a great deal of the Roosevelt doctrine, the Truman doctrine, for-short of which the Write-off moratori­ the Kennedy doctrine and the Reagan doc­ time and effort in the field of gee-political lan­ um would remain forever in effect. trine. guage and labeling-what we call the "war of Another cynical element of H.J. Res. 175 All of these earlier doctrines (three of them was that it would not matter whether the words" -is deeply concerned that his fellow­ funds in question were "actually received by Democrats' policy of appeasement and ac­ bearing the names of Democrats, plus the hal­ lowed name of James Monroe) say basically the democratic resistance." In effect, a commodation toward Soviet and Cuban colo­ series of impossible conditions-precedent nialism in Central America has no name-no the same thing. All of them are, therefore, in were sought, in order that the proposed equally sharp conflict with the "Write-off/ name at all. moratorium might continue indefinitely. He points out that this misguided policy is, Wright-off" approach to dealing with rampant Clever? therefore, able to hide its true identity behind Soviet and Cuban colonialism in this hemi­ "Maybe not so clever," say those congress­ sphere and throughout the world. men and senators who are now drawing in­ such disinformational good-guy labels as vidious comparisons between the Write-off "peace" and "negotiations" and Contadora" [From the Washington Times, July 15, 1987] Doctrine and various earlier doctrines by and "Arias No. 3," and so forth. He calls which a long succession of American presi­ these "semantic masks." CALL IT THE WRITE-OFF DOCTRINE dents have attempted to keep European co­ Frustrated by all of this false labeling, Jim (Jim Guirard Jr.) lonialism-and, in recent decades, Soviet co­ Guirard wants to apply "a bit of truth-in-label­ As we thumb through the lexicon of geo­ lonialism-out of the Western Hemisphere. ing," as he describes it, and call the congres­ politics, a major new label seems desperate­ Notice how the earlier presidential state­ sional Democrats' policy toward Nicaragua ly needed with respect to what is going on in ments

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. February 3, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 933 tain, are henceforth not to be considered as Empire. The name is gradually catching on, eral ones) was at one time very clearly subjects for future colonization by any Eu­ simply because it is true. stated: ropean powers." Some thought was given to naming this Reagan Doctrine: "We must not break Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doc­ isolationist-pacifist policy after House faith with those who are risking their trine: ". . . the adherence of the United Speaker Jim Wright: "The Wright-Off Doc­ lives-on every continent, from Afghanistan States to the Monroe Doctrine may force trine." But there was still hope that the to Nicaragua-to defy Soviet-supported ag­ the United States, however reluctantly, in Texas Democrat might desert the pseudo­ gression and secure rights which have been flagrant cases of wrongdoing or impotence, liberal "left" wing of this party and join ours from birth." to the exercise of an international police those seeking to liberate Nicaragua from That highly principled statement, howev­ power." Soviet and Cuban colonialism. er, was made when "Reagan was Reagan"­ Truman Doctrine: ". . . I believe that it For a fleeting instant, Wright did seem to before certain "pragmatist" advisers led him must be the policy of the United States to tilt away from his "write-off" colleagues. He away from himself and into the camp of support free peoples who are resisting at­ even proposed-jointly with President those who speak incessantly of "peace" but tempted subjugation by armed minorities or Reagan, no less!-a plan which, while seri­ who become highly uncooperative when by outside pressures." ously defective, placed at least some real they hear someone insisting on freedom and Kennedy Doctrine: ". . . Let every nation presure for reform on Nicaragua's "Stalin­ liberty as well. know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that ista" dictatorship. Before his presidential terms are too far we shall pay any price, bear any burden, But, almost immediately, the Speaker gone to permit him to help liberate Nicara­ meet any hardship, support any friend, ruled his own plan out of order, in favor of gua, Ronald Reagan must recognize what oppose any foe to assure the survival and the far weaker "Arias Plan no. 3." The des­ normally results from the "peace plans" he the success of liberty." ignation "no. 3" for this proposal by Costa is currently embracing and "welcoming." Reagan Doctrine: " ... We must not break Rican President Oscar Arias is, incidentally, Almost without exception they produce faith with those who are risking their the result of its having been twice rewritten something more correctly spelled p-i-e-c-e­ lives-on every continent from Afghanistan to satisfy Nicaraguan and Cuban objections. the tragic write-off of yet another piece of to Nicaragua-to defy Soviet-supported ag­ So where does this leave President the planet and another piece of humanity gression and secure rights which have been Reagan, who set aside his own liberation to the Soviet Empire. ours from birth." doctrine to accommodate Speaker Wright? Write-off Doctrine: H.J. Res. 175 would In limbo, halfway between the now defunct impose a never-ending " ... moratorium on Wright-Reagan plan and the retrograde THE WITHERING OF THE additional assistance for the Nicaraguan Arias-Wright plan-endorsed now by none UNITED STATES AT THE U.N.? democratic resistance until ... the Con­ other than Fidel Castro! gress has determined, by enacting of a joint Bluntly speaking, it leaves the President's resolution ... that the president has fully "keester" fully exposed to those in Congress HON. LAWRENCE J. SMITH and adequately accounted for and in the media whose wishful thinking OF FLORIDA ( 1) any proceeds from the sales to Iran of and whose appetite for surrender do, indeed, military equipment provided by the United promise to abandon Nicaragua to Castroite IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES States ... regardless of whether the assist­ tyranny. Wednesday, February 3, 1988 ance was received by the resistance; But there is a way out. Now that the (2) the $27 million that was appropriated Speaker and his band of "Wright-wingers" Mr. SMITH of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I'd like On 1985) for 'humanitarian assistance' ... the Washington Post, Jan. 21, 1988] tional police power." will they begin coming to their democratic AMERICA'S U.N. POLICY: LAPSE OR COLLAPSE? Truman Doctrine: ". . . I believe that it good senses and vote to write off the Write­ United States and other major donors more President George Bush. The U.S. resur­ say in decisions affecting the use of the gence at the U.N. did not take place during Television loves action. It is focusing often U.N.'s resources. Instead, the assembly his tenure there, but he has an opportunity these days on the action in Gaza and the voted to enlarge the membership of the key to step in and prevent complete surrender West Bank. When Israeli soldiers swing program-budget committee, making it too of the gains made in recent years. Whether clubs among rioters, TV news gets a lot of unwieldy to be effective. Though the United as a sitting administration official or as a what it likes best-great moments. They States voted against the move, neither the presidential candidate, Bush should make shock the viewer; they compel attention. State Department nor the U.S. mission at clear now that he is not prepared to aban­ When action is the essence of the story, as the U.N. did anything effective to oppose it. don the fight to restore America's influence it is most simply in something like a sports Now a plan is being considered to issue the in international forums. event or an earthquake, the moments can required certification based on the easily re­ add up to a truth. In the West Bank and versible personnel shuffling the U.N. has Gaza riots, the moments have added up to a been doing for the past year. Officials at the MEDIA DISTORTIONS OF ISRAEL lie. U.S. mission joined in a post-General As­ AND NEW HOPES FOR PEACE Television has polluted the public debate sembly media boomlet characterizing these IN THE MIDDLE EAST because it is inherently difficult for pictures administrative moves as part of an era of re­ to give context, history and meaning to surgence for the U.N. They did so despite events. It is asking too much for pictures in the fact that, according to preliminary tal­ HON. DON BONKER a half-hour news program to summarize 40 lies, the United States took its worst beating OF WASHINGTON years of the history of Israel, or the history in years in the voting at the 42nd General IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES since 1967 or since the Yorn Kippur War, or Assembly. Even though the U.S. delegation even the history that forced Israel to took weaker stands (fewer U.S. "no" votes, Wednesday, February 3, 1988 occupy the West Bank and Gaza. Words are more abstentions>, even though it did not Mr. BONKER. Mr. Speaker, the violence necessary. The disturbing feature of the TV push hard for any potentially difficult U.S. that has taken place in the Israeli-occupied reporting of the West Bank and Gaza is not proposals, even though it gave the U.N. $100 West Bank and Gaza Strip over the past 2 only that the words have been inadequate; some of them have been inflammatory. million before any results were in, the out- months has been deeply disturbing to all . come indicates a significant decline in the They have compounded the lie . number of states voting with the United Americans. Equally disturbing, however, has I refer in particular to the reporting by States. been the way in which the media has distort­ ABC television last month and its compari­ At this year's General Assembly not a ed the tragedy of these events. Although the son of the Gaza uprising to riots in South single U.S.-initiated resolution met with any Israeli Government responded quickly and Africa, suggesting an odious moral equiva­ success. We seem to be returning to the positively to international concern about an lancy between the two. There is a superfi­ days when U.S. leadership on a resolution "iron fist" policy, some in the media persisted cial resemblance in Israeli soldiers swinging meant automatic failure. Congress asked for in highlighting incendiary events. Such lop­ clubs and South African police swinging effective action against the abuse of "se­ sided presentations only serve to fan the clubs, between disenfranchised blacks and condment," a procedure that allows member West Bank Arabs without full political states to place their nationals in U.N. posi­ flames of emotion and obfuscate thoughtful rights in their own land. But these are facile tions on a temporary basis. Vietnam War of care in the private sector is going straight not a legal one anyway. And Mr. Beilenson period paint a very different picture than through the roof, should spend a week on the deck of a de­ Mr. Beilenson's account. According to DoL, Conducting a medical research program stroyer in the Persian Gulf if he thinks disabled vets are nearly twice as likely to be that has produced Nobel laureates and "peacetime" duty is such a treat. unemployed as nondisabled vets. Among the counts the CAT-Scan as one of its achieve­ Compared to just about any disabled vet­ unemployed, DoL counts two-thirds of those ments, eran I've ever met, Mr. Beilenson has led a Vietnam vets whose service-connected condi­ Gathering an immense amount of exper­ charmed life. He's wrong to judge the needs tions are rated at 60 percent or more. tise on treatment and rehabilitation of per­ of America's veterans against the opportuni­ The American people don't want these sons with traumatic injuries, ties and outright gifts that life has bestowed disabled vets out on street corners selling Backing up a military medical system upon him. He should recognize this fact if apples and pencils. A Congressman should that's in shambles, and he wishes to speak with authority on veter­ be honest about the consequences of his Offering a potential gold mine in the area ans' programs. proposals before he blandly starts talking of gerontological research with a population He should also recognize that the advan­ about throwing vets off the compensation who will hit the health crisis years a decade tages he's enjoyed in his life-blessings roles. ahead of the general population. granted to a select few-come at a cost Mr. Beilenson also describes the VA pen­ That's just the VA's medical system. But that's been paid by others. The economic sion program as "a separate government shouldn't a U.S. Congressman also know and political systems that create those ad­ welfare system for veterans." Honestly, de­ more about the impact of the G.I. Bill on vantages would not exist if it weren't for scribing any veterans' program as "welfare" the educational level of America's work America's veterans, and it seems to me that is an insult to every man and woman who force? Shouldn't he check out how that pro­ Mr. Beilenson's attitude lacks gratitude. has ever served in this country. Veterans' gram has touched virtually every institution I'd like to discuss the points Mr. Beilen­ benefits are earned benefits. of higher learning in America? son's Wall Street Journal piece brought up Mr. Beilenson devotes a substantial por­ in his argument against Cabinet-level status tion of his Wall Street Journal piece to his Shouldn't he be interested in the effect of for the VA. But really there's only one. "A argument for shutting down the VA health VA home loan guaranteed programs on the position in the president's cabinet," he says, care system. In this, he cites a National development of private home ownership in "should be reserved for heads of depart­ Academy of Sciences CNAS) report that, he our country? Shouldn't he look closely at its ments who formulate policy in areas that says, found the VA "wasteful, unnecessary impact on our nation's construction and really do need the president's attention." and inefficient." mortgage banking industries? Perhaps, if Mr. Beilenson felt veterans' That judgment, in my opinion, grossly ex­ In the absence of answers to questions like programs were an area that really does need aggerates what the NAS report really had those, it might be possible to buy Mr. Beil­ a U.S. Congressman's attention, he wouldn't to say. At any rate, everyone in veterans' af­ enson's assertion that the VA doesn't have have had so many uninformed things to say fairs believes that report to be biased. the kind of public policy clout that deserves in his wholesale attack on VA benefits and They believe it was heavily influenced by a slot in the President's Cabinet. But, with services. And that's what his Wall Street management personnel from the private the answers to those questions, one can see Journal piece really was. sector of the medical economy-people how pervasive an influence the VA really He brings up that old saw about separat­ whose employers stand to pick up at least wields in a broad specturm of public policy ing combat and noncombat vets when $11 billion in new business if the VA ever concerns. paying out service-connected disability com­ shuts down. Finally, why shouldn't the head of the VA pensation. How is a leg lost in war worth These are the people who told Mr. Beilen­ be present when the Cabinet discusses more than a leg lost in peacetime? Further, son that medical care costs more in the VA issues of war and peace? At those times, anyone who watches the news knows the than it does in the private sector. It's hard someone ought to remind the President and line between war and peace has become to compare apples and oranges, but every his key advisors that war's cost extends far rather blurry in recent history. study to date indicates the VA is less expen­ beyond missiles, tanks, ships and fighter Finally, what the VA pays in compensa­ sive and more efficient than the private jets. tion for just about any disability is peanuts sector in health care delivery. There are vir­ Someone ought to remind them that the compared to what the courts are awarding tually no studies that show the VA to be human cost of war goes on for decades after for comparable disabilities in civilian liabil­ more expensive. the guns stop firing-that people lose arms, ity cases. Whenever anyone shoots his There's also no research that substanti­ legs, eyes and life itself-that America's tax­ mouth off about the high rates of VA com­ ates Mr. Beilenson's charge that the VA payers will ultimately be required to pick up pensation, I want to know why a soldier's medical system "is generally acknowledged the monetary portion of those costs. sight is worth less than a civilian's sight. to be less than first rate." Nor is there any Mr. Beilenson describes America's veter­ Next, Mr. Beilenson brings up VA pay­ justification for saying, "Veterans probably ans as a "special-interest group." I have to ment of compensation for such disabilities would receive better health care if the VA take exception to that. With their families, as "arthritis, diabetes and epilepsy." Such hospital system were abolished." those veterans make up one third of the disabilities make up a tiny portion of the Whether he knows it or not-and I sus­ American population. VA's compensation cases. And how does he pect he won't like hearing me say this-Mr. Those men and women, their spouses and know these disabilities "would have devel­ Beilenson is in the pocket of the private their kids could hardly be described as a oped whether or not they were in the mili­ medical industry on this one. Abolition of special-interest group at odds with average tary." the VA would pump a great deal of trade in America. They are average America. Finally, any civilian working for a compa­ the direction of private health care provid­ The only thing that sets them off is what ny with decent disability insurance gets ben­ ers, and that's what motivates everything they've done for our country and every one efits if catastrophic illness strikes. Why they say about the VA. of its citizens, including Harvard educated should members of the U.S. Army, Navy, The VA's patient load is made up of veter­ lawyers who hale from the chic suburbs of Air Force and Marines be entitled to any­ ans who are service-connected or medically LA. In talking about issues that affect veter­ thing less? indigent. These veterans would gain virtual- ans lives, let's remember what they've done. February 3, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 937 America's businesses, its workers, its and the fact that its survival now seems pay higher prices and have less to choose teachers, its farmers, and many others are secure is probably the most fitting tribute from. represented on the President's Cabinet. We to his memory. If we restrict imports, we must consider don't have a quarrel with that. But who de­ the price we will pay. Last year, Congress cided veterans deserve government adminis­ passed another Textile Quota Bill. Taiwan­ tration of a lesser order than other Ameri­ DELIBERATION ON H.R. 3 ese buyers of Oregon wheat made it clear cans? that if Congress refused to sustain the presi­ dent's veto, the buyers would defer any pur­ HON. LES AuCOIN chases of Oregon white wheat. MONO LAKE'S DEFENDER OF OREGON The cost to Americans of protecting one IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES job in the textile industry is estimated at HON. NORMAND. SHUMWAY $86,000, based on the additional prices we Wednesday, February 3, 1988 pay for clothing. Is it worth it? Can we OF CALIFORNIA Mr. AUCOIN. Mr. Speaker, as the House afford this approach? IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and Senate conferees continue their delibera­ Indeed, our trading partners maintain all Wednesday, February 3, 1988 tions on H.R. 3, the omnibus trade bill, I'd like types of trade barriers against American to share with my colleagues an excellent arti­ goods and services. We are told that Japan Mr. SHUMWAY. Mr. Speaker, California and won't let particular products in and restricts the Nation have lost a dedicated, articulate, cle on the perils of protectionism. It was writ­ imports of many items. The protectionists and effective defender of our precious natural ten by Mr. Steve Newman, a customs broker demand that we retaliate in kind. resources with the passing of David Gaines. in Portland, OR, with Newman, Wilson & Co. In fact, the United States already protects The Sacramento Bee recently carried an edi­ He is also president of the Pacific Northwest an array of products, including peanuts, torial in tribute to David Gaines' contributions International Trade Association. sugar and ice cream. We raise the duty on which details his successful effort to save The article follows: cucumbers from 1.5 cents to 3 cents between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30. We have absolute Mono Lake. Prior to reapportionment, I had PROTECTIONIST MEASURES HURT, NOT HELP, quotas on Parmesan and Gouda cheeses. U.S. BUSINESSES the honor of representing that unique saline Are we willing to do away with these bar­ lake, and to introduce legislation to protect it.

TRIBUTE TO LEE TENG-HUI TRIBUTE TO ANNA DATO HON. E. CLAY SHAW, JR. THE FAILURE OF SWAPO OF FLORIDA HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO HON. DONALD E. "BUZ" LUKENS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA OF OHIO Wednesday, February 3, 1988 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. SHAW. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express Wednesday, February 3, 1988 Wednesday, February 3, 1988 my admiration and respect for the new Presi­ dent of Taiwan, Lee Teng-Hui. President Lee Mr. DONALD E. LUKENS. Mr. Speaker, Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to Teng-Hui succeeded President Chiang Ching­ over the past few decades, thousands of inno­ pay tribute to Anna Dato who is retiring from Kuo following Chiang's death on January 13. cent Namibians have died in SWAPO's "war the Goleta Chamber after 13 years as execu­ Lee Teng-Hui was educated at Cornell Uni­ of liberation" in Namibia, as time goes on, as tive director of the Goleta Valley Chamber of versity where he earned his doctoral degree. more civilians die needlessly, one thing be­ Commerce. He was recruited into government service in comes increasingly clear: SWAPO is the least During her time with the chamber, Anna 1972 by former President Chiang Ching-Kuo. successful liberation movement of all time. Dato initiated a monthly chamber newsletter, Lee served in a number of government posts Twenty-one years after the start of its "armed started chamber mixers, was one of the including mayor of Taipei and Governor of struggle" SWAPO controls not 1 inch of Na­ founders of Goleta Valley Days and the coor­ Taiwan Province. Lee's preformance in each mibian territory. dinator each year since its inception. She also of these positions demonstrated his dedica­ As a Namibian Government cabinet minister instituted the annual program of work for the tion to public service as well as his energy, recently put it, "SWAPO has discovered that chamber and quarterly board planning meet­ wisdom, and leadership abilities. * * * calls for the implementation of U.N. ings. She participated in the initial fundraiser President Lee's new job will be his most dif­ Resolution 435-on Namibian independ­ for a Lancaster scholarship at UCSB. ficult. I am confident that he will continue to ence-and communiques claiming incredible Anna did not limit herself to the chamber, guide Taiwan toward even greater economic military triumphs are no substitute for an ef­ but held several additional community posi­ fective administration addressing the needs of prosperity and political liberalization. Taiwan's tions. She served as a director of Goleta the people." "SWAPO has not provided effec­ continuing economic and political stability is Beautiful, a member of the Los Gameros Park extremely important to the interests of the tive administration. It has done nothing but provide a barrier to meaningful independence Advisory Committee, and a director of the Co­ United States and serves as an example for alition for Cityhood. She has been one of the other nations in eastern Asia and the Pacific for Namibia. leading fundraisers for the Goleta Depot's Rim. Lee's administration will, I am sure, The members and supporters of the Namib­ annual fundraiser each year. honor his mentor Chiang Ching-Kuo and set a ian Transitional Government of National Unity standard for future administrations to emulate. [TGNU] know Namibia has no alternative to Through her efforts, Anna obtained advertis­ peace. Prosperous and stable independence, ing funding each year for the Goleta Chamber so rare in the world today, depends on peace and other county chambers and initiated a and national reconciliation. All Namibians are policy of providing yearly funding for capital A TRIBUTE TO CLARK BOWER entitled to a peaceful, stable unified nation. improvements to the Goleta Valley Historical SWAPO does not seem to agree, SWAPO Society and the Goleta Depot. HON. GEORGE W. GEKAS remains committed to an "armed struggle" as Anna's contributions in the area of manage­ OF PENNSYLVANIA their only means of achieving independence. ment and community service were recognized IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The parties represented in the TGNU have in 1981 by the Santa Barbara County Wednesday, February 3, 1988 chosen a different road, the road of national Women's Achievement Awards. In 1985, Anna reconciliation within the framework of a bill of Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, each year since was named the " Goleta Woman of the Year." fundamental rights. 1981 Pennsylvania Farmer magazine and the Anna's service to the chamber was recog­ When the TGNU took office, on June 17, cooperative extension services of the five nized at the Goleta Chamber's annual dinner 1985, the first chairman of the cabinet, Dawid States serviced by the magazine-Pennsylva­ on January 15 where she was presented with Bezuidenhout, spoke eloquently of their goals: nia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and an honorary lifetime membership in the Goleta New Jersey, have cosponsored the "Master The struggle to which we have committed Valley Chamber of Commerce. ourselves is a struggle for peace, for nation­ Farmer" award. This award is based on a al reconciliation, for political stability and I join with the community of Goleta Valley in farmer's financial progress, farm management economic and social progress for all in this, saluting Anna's efforts and expressing our sin­ and marketing skills and personal growth our beloved land • • •. cere appreciation for her many years of serv­ during their careers. Unity in diversity has become our watch- ice. 940 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 3, 1988 A NATIONAL SALUTE TO starvation. It is imperative that the United WHO GOVERNS COLOMBIA? HOSPITALIZED VETERANS States generously respond to this impending tragedy. Our assistance will be critical in HON. LA WREN CE J. SMITH HON. BILL SCHUETTE saving the lives of millions of Africans. OF FLORIDA OF MICHIGAN I am pleased to submit for the RECORD an IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES article written by Willet Weeks, director of Afri­ can Programs for Save the Children Federa­ Wednesday, February 3, 1988 Wednesday, February 3, 1988 tion in Westport, CT. Mr. Weeks highlights the Mr. SMITH of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the Mr. SCHUETTE. Mr. Speaker, today, I would urgency of the situation and applauds the Miami Herald recently asked, "Who governs like to take the opportunity to pay tribute to generosity of the United States during the last Colombia?" For anybody concerned about the hospitalized veterans across the Nation and to famine relief efforts. increasing flood of cocaine into the United let my colleagues know that the week of Feb­ I urge my colleagues to support all efforts to States, that is a crucial question in 1988. ruary 8-14 has been designated as "National assist the drought-stricken African nations. The Medellin cartel has declared war on Salute to Hospitalized Veterans." There is enough food in the world to feed public officials who oppose drug trafficking. Special activities are being planned at each over 7 billion people. When the current world The recent murder of Attorney General Carlos of our Veterans' Administration medical facili­ population stands at approximately 5 billion, Mauro Hoyos is only the latest example of the ties and this national salute, especially since it we must ask ourselves why hunger continues depths to which the cocaine barons will go to has been chosen to be observed during the protect their illicit operations. to be one of the most devastating problems week of Valentine's Day, represents an ideal President Virgilio Barco has assured the Co­ facing the world. Now is the time to act. annual opportunity for all Americans to ex­ lombian people that he will not cave in to the "Hungry children cannot wait." press their compassion and gratitude to those threats of the cartel. As chairman of the who served our Nation to protect our freedom HUNGRY CHILDREN CANNOT WAIT House Foreign Affairs Committee's Task by visiting those who are hospitalized. my Willet Weeks) Force on International Narcotics Control, I en­ In celebrating the National Salute to Hospi­ WESTPORT, CT.-Last month, I was in courage and applaud this decision. The mur­ talized Veterans, we are paying tribute to the Ethiopia's Shoa province, at the end of ders and trafficking occur in Colombia, and thousands of veterans who are hospitalized what should have been the "rainy" season. Colombia must take whatever steps are nec­ each year to help establish and promote a Normally, the fields would have been filled essary to purge this cancer. If their response continuing awareness of the patriotism of with sorghum eight feet high, bent under is too little, it may constitute a signal to the these Americans. In addition, through open the weight of seed-filled heads. Instead, I cartel that the Government is not willing to house activities in VA hospitals, it will increase saw fields of straw, fit only to be plowed fight them. community awareness of the role of VA activi­ under or used as animal fodder. To further complicate an already difficult sit­ ties, and will most importantly, encourage In good times, 10-foot towers in every field uation, the New York Times reported on Feb­ would be occupied by boys armed with sling­ Americans of all ages to join the faithful volun­ ruary 1, that "many influential Colombians" shots, mounting a never-ending vigil against teers whose concern for hospitalized veterans birds that threaten the harvest. This year, are becoming weary of the war against the brings them to VA medical facilities throughout they stood empty as a flock picked unmo­ drug traffickers. I trust this is hyperbole. Demo­ the year by serving as hospital volunteers. lested over the meager remains of a field cratic governments cannot endure when the Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues will join that should have fed a village for a year. rule of law is undermined by interests that with me in celebrating the week of February Terrible drought has returned with un­ recognize no law except that dispensed from 8-14 as a special tribute to hospitalized veter­ precedented suddenness. The centuries-old the barrel of a gun. And make no mistake about ans. As we all know, America's veterans are pattern- drought once a decade-has been it, the Medellin cartel sees itself as above every the backbone of our freedom. Although it is cruelly disrupted. Five million people are law in Colombia and elsewhere. easy to forget the important contributions and again at risk of starvation. The United States remains willing to provide sacrifices our veterans have made, especially The playful youngsters who grabbed at sufficient legitimate assistance to Colombia in when we are not faced with threats to peace my hands and danced around were unaware our mutual war against the poison of the Me­ that death again stalks them. Those chil­ and our way of life; this week serves to help dren are alive because of a worldwide dellin cartel. The sooner Colombia realizes remind us of the debt we owe to all veterans. effort-perhaps one of the largest logistics that its future is at stake here, the sooner our It is they who have given their resolution, their operations mounted outside of war. Most of two countries could work together and defeat courage, their love for this country, and some­ the food was from the USA; most of the the cartel. times their blood, in order to protect peace money that financed its delivery came from For the benefit of my colleagues, I urge and freedom for all peoples throughout the the U.S. people. And the overwhelming bulk them to read the January 27, 1988, editorial of world. of aid reached those for whom it was in­ the Miami Herald. Therefore, I invite you, Mr. Speaker, and my tended. Save the Children has records cov­ COLOMBIA: "TOTAL WAR" ering every bag of food it was responsible colleagues in the U.S. House of Representa­ Who governs Colombia? The Medellin tives, to join me in participating in this salute for, from the moment it reached the port of Assab to its delivery to a family in Shoa. Cartel? Or the democratically elected gov­ to our hosptialized veterans by taking time out ernment headed by President Virgilio The loss rate was less than 1 percent, a of your busy schedules to visit your nearest truly remarkable figure. Barco? Veterans' Administration Medical Center to The question arises anew after the latest Steps must be taken to increase Ethiopia's casualty in what drug traffickers have say thanks to a veteran for the patriotic serv­ food security by helping small farmers in­ ice that has preserved our Nation's precious branded a "total war." Colombian Attorney crease productivity and by establishing stra­ General Carlos Mauro Hoyos, one of the na­ freedom. tegic reserves. But even with a multibillion­ tion's toughest officials in that war, was kid­ dollar effort in place, it would be well into napped and later assassinated on Monday. A the next century before Ethiopia could rely HUNGRY CHILDREN CANNOT group calling itself " the Extraditables" upon its own resources. claimed responsibility. The group reported­ WAIT But the children can't wait. ly was formed by Colombian drug traffick­ For them, we must act now. ers indicted by the U.S. Government, which HON. CHRISTOPHER SHAYS The U.S. government has pledged 115,000 seeks their extradition. OF CONNECTICUT metric tons of grain; others have followed Mr. Hoyos had just finished a week in Me­ its lead; all available reserves in Ethiopia dellin investigating the release from prison IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES are being marshaled. Another great relief last month of cartel boss Jorge Luis Ochoa. Wednesday, February 3, 1988 effort is in motion. And it must extend Recently Mr. Hoyos told Colombia's senate beyond Ethiopia. In the Sudan, areas are in that murders of public officials were never Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, today I would like crisis already; in Angola and Mozambique, solved because, "Fear has us in a state of to address an issue of utmost importance­ civil war isolates families from aid needed siege, and the proponents [of killing] have the famine threatening the African Continent. for survival. as accomplices the terror-stricken citizens." Another year of drought has placed an esti­ A tall order for a relief-weary USA. But Indeed, traffickers practice the worst kind mated 5 to 8 million people on the brink of the stakes are too high not to respond. of terrorism. They fight their war with two February 3, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 941 powerful weapons: ruthless willingness to Hal Cessna was the Washington corre­ sphere can never be negotiated."-President murder whoever gets in their way, and un­ spondent for Cox Broadcasting for the past 18 John F. Kennedy, Inaugural address. limited money to bribe whoever can serve years and covered Capitol Hill, the White Congress will have a decisive vote next their evil cause. Their strategic objectives House and many Government agencies. He week on President Reagan's request to aid are also two-fold: to continue flooding the the Nicaraguan democratic resistance, the United States with their poisonous sub­ did a fine job and was always gracious and contras. The presidency of the only Missou­ stance, and to avoid being extradited at all thorough no matter how tough his deadline. rian ever to occupy the office provides an in­ costs. "Better to be in a Colombian grave Hal was the sole Cox correspondent re­ structive lesson. than an American jail," they say. sponsible for regular reports to six major radio Consider this arresting passage from In a nationwide television address on stations around the country, including WIOD in Harry Truman and the Crisis Presidency, by Monday night, President Barco said that his Miami, as well as a half-hour television pro­ Bert Cochran, in a chapter relating how the government would not "cave in to vile black­ gram in three cities. His background on the Truman Doctrine containing Communist ex­ mail and infamous threats" from Colom­ issues was impressive, his reports were fair pansion came into being. A climactic bia's cocaine barons. His courageous stance moment in the White House early in 1947 deserves the fullest U.S. support. If a "total and objective, and his interviewing style was for Truman, his top advisers, and Senate war" is required to end the cartel's ruthless always pleasant and personal. leaders is described: threat to Colombian society's very founda­ Mr. Speaker, in a world in which representa­ "The meeting was turning sour. Acheson tions, then Colombia must fight. Its very tives of the media are often considered an­ and 49 states ( 1984), and who forty years HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY ago was a labor union president and a BEWARE OF THE NOISE proud, Harry Truman Democrat. OF INDIANA Forty years ago this year, Harry Truman IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. LAMAR S. SMITH kicked the leftists out of his party and, facing challenges from both Strom Thur­ Wednesday, February 3, 1988 OF TEXAS mond and his "Dixiecrats" on the right and Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, on January IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES from Henry Wallace on his left, held the 28, 1988, I had the honor of participating in a Wednesday, February 3, 1988 great, anti-Communist center in a lonely hearing in Chicago, IL, sponsored by Repre­ Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, allow me battle that won him the greatest upset in sentative Gus SAVAGE entitled "The $32 Bil­ American political history. to read a letter to the editor by M.L. Gilliam lion Defense Department Set-Aside: Implica­ I think we know how the man from Inde­ that appeared in the San Antonio Light yester­ tions for Minority Enterprise." Because of the pendence would handle this one, were he day and was headlined, "Don't worry about importance of this issue, I would like to share alive today. that little noise:" with my colleagues my opening remarks. It first became apparent about 3 months TESTIMONY OF REPRESENTATIVE PETER J. VIS- ago-the little noise under my car that I didn't FARMER TAX REFORM CLOSKY ON THE SECTION 1207 MINORITY 5 LEGISLATION PERCENT DOD SET-ASIDE JANUARY 29, 1988 want to hear. "It's not too bad," I thought. "It'll go away." Good morning, Mr. Chairman. I am HON. BYRON L. DORGAN pleased to be here today as the House De­ It didn't, but I still didn't want to hear it. It got OF NORTH DAKOTA fense Procurement Policy Panel and the worse. Finally, I took it to a mechanic. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES speaker's task force on minority enterprise "It's a filter in your transmission," he said. examine the implementation of the section "Didn't you hear that noise?" I didn't want to Wednesday, February 3, 1988 1207 minority business set-aside. This 5 per­ hear it. I had just shelled out $300 to a plumb­ Mr. DORGAN of North Dakota. Mr. Speaker, cent set-aside is the largest one in U.S. His­ er. Daughter's college tuition was coming up today I am introducing a bill for myself and 34 tory, and offers us an unprecedented oppor­ again. We were making long-delayed vacation of our colleagues designed to repeal a com­ tunity to increase contracting prospects for plans. plex and burdensome accounting requirement small disadvantaged businesses. This panel is convened here today not to castigate the "I'll be back," I said. A month later, the for farmers under the Internal Revenue Code. Department of Defense for failure to meet noise was even worse. I finally drove back to The Tax Reform Act of 1986 applies the the set-aside, but to discover a constructive see the mechanic. The filter and the transmis­ uniform capitalization rules to taxpayers en­ manner in which to meet this 5 percent sion, itself, were in bad shape. The repair esti­ gaged in the trade or business of farming goal. mate: $2,500. "Like I've always said," the me- ..~_ ...... _..._

February 3, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 943 chanic intoned, shaking his head, "you can to them than do other institutions, would be eastern railroad freight market gradually pay me now or you can pay me later. If you'da granted equal regulatory treatment following 3 expanded. brought it in when you first heard that noise, years of compliance with the stricter require­ Special dispensations from most of the parties involved were crucial to Conrail's you'da been out of here for a lot less." ments. turnaround-$3.28 billion in government Do you hear that little noise down in Central Prohibitions against serving on the boards money, state and federal tax concessions, America? What's that, you say? You don't of different financial institutions would be limit­ authority to cease passenger operations, want to hear it? Does anybody remember the ed to anti-competitive circumstances. scrap 9,300 miles of track and let go 35,000 little noises coming out of Germany and "Net worth maintenance agreements," freight employees. Most important of all, Japan in the 1930's? We didn't want to hear which now require companies acquiring a thrift Crane wrung major wage concessions from them, either, did we? to guarantee the thrift's net worth indefinitely, the labor unions, all of which ended as Con­ would be limited as to time. rail prepared to go public. With those things going for it, what made INTRODUCTION OF THRIFT Conrail so imposing a player in the current CHARTER ENHANCEMENT ACT HOW NOT TO RUN THE transportation game was the Staggers Act RAILROADS of 1980. Staggers effectively deregulated HON. DOUG BARNARD, JR. railroad pricing for the first time since the OF GEORGIA turn of the century. The act was the govern­ HON. NORMAN F. LENT ment's long overdue recognition that the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW YORK railroads' once-vaunted transportation mo­ Wednesday, February 3, 1988 nopoly was no more. Costs and competition IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES would henceforward determine the indus­ Mr. BARNARD. Mr. Speaker, today, on Wednesday, February 3, 1988 try's price structure. The impact of that act behalf of Mr. PARRIS and myself, I am pleased turned the industry upside down. to introduce the Thrift Charter Enhancement Mr. LENT. Mr. Speaker, as a proponent of For one thing, the Staggers Act permitted Act of 1988. This bill is intended to increase the public stock offering for the sale of Con­ a railroad to cancel the joint rates it had the attractiveness of thrift institutions, particu­ rail, I would like to call Members' attention to with connecting railroads if it couldn't make larly troubled thrifts, to a wide range of poten­ an article in the February 8, 1988, issue of money on them. That's a matter of no small tial investors and thus enhance the value of Forbes magazine. Entitled "How not to run a importance, considering that half of a rail­ thrift charters. Its central thrust would be to railroad," the article chronicles the Conrail road's business may be interchanged with remove certain onerous features of thrift regu­ success story and the effective leadership of somebody else's. lation that are now reducing the desirability of its chairman, L. Stanley Crane. It also focuses In the old days, as Crane explains, if you thrift ownership and preventing new acquisi­ on the need for Congress to take care in its carried a shipment half the total distance, deliberations on proposed amendments to the you got half the revenues- no matter tions of failing and healthy thrifts alike. The re­ whether you incurred half the costs. Conrail sulting private investment that could be ex­ 1989 Staggers Act. I recommend this article and its predecessors had complained for dec­ pected from enactment of the bill would inject to each and every Member. ades that, with its high terminal costs, it got much needed capital into the thrift industry How NOT To RUN THE RAILROADS the short end of the stick in dividing the and significantly help the FSLIC to find buyers which would grant veter­ We must end the distinction of being the knowledged interceding for Wedtech in ans status to the merchant seamen of World only nation in the world that does not rec­ 1982, when he was still a White House con­ War II. As an original cosponsor of this ognize its merchant marine on an equal selor and the company was trying to win an much-needed legislation, I hope the House basis with its military service personnel Army contract. Veterans Affairs Committee, the House during time of war. It is time that we finally Recently some apparent irregularities Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee enacted legislation, first proposed by Presi­ were disclosed in a blind trust established by and the full House will act favorably on this dent Roosevelt, to extend veterans benefits Meese. The trust has earned him consider­ important proposal this year. to these highly deserving an incredibly pa­ able money. According to his financial dis­ Indeed, the men who served in America's tient merchant mariners. Even at this late closure forms, the trust's investment man­ merchant marine during World War II have hour, we can and we must right this wrong ager-Chinn-had bought and sold stock every reason to feel neglected by the coun­ which has existed for too long. worth far more than the $55,000 Meese had try they helped defend. Gene DeFries, president of the Marine in trust accounts. Meese said he didn't know We know that 168,000 merchant seamen Engineers Beneficial Association recently where the extra funds came from, and helped to deliver troops and war material to addressed the need to accord veteran status Chinn had declined to shed any light on the every Allied invasion site from Guadalcanal to the merchant seamen of World War II. matter because of his Wedtech legal prob­ to Omaha Beach. General Douglas MacAr­ In his National Maritime Day speech, Mr. lems. thur said that "the merchant seamen par­ DeFries noted that "these merchant seamen Meese was severely criticized last month ticipating in the liberation of the Philip­ are men who passed the test, a greater test by the Senate-House committee that inves­ pines shared the heaviest enemy fire. They than most have ever been called upon to tigated the Iran-contra affair. Its majority . . . contributed tremendously to our suc­ face. These are men who went to sea. They report accused him of being less than dili­ cess." The price they paid to keep us free are not arm-chair warriors. They are not gent in pursuing the matter in its initial was heavy: 569 U.S. merchant ships were de­ "Rambo's" who have never seen the face of phases and of giving President Reagan bad stroyed; 6,632 seamen were killed; and 609 war. These are men of true courage. These advice about how to respond to it. The merchant mariners were taken as prisoners are men who deserve our thanks, deserve panel said the President was "poorly of war. our support and above all, deserve our served" by the attorney general. Indeed, the casualty rate for merchant honor.'' Meese also has been criticized for giving seamen was second only to that of the U.S. They also are men who deserve veterans Reagan poor advice on the nomination of Marine Corps during World War II. status and veterans benefits. I intend to Douglas Ginsburg to the Supreme Court. In recognition of their efforts, President continue to work to ensure that that goal Ginsburg withdrew his name after it was re­ Roosevelt noted that they were men who becomes a reality as soon as possible. vealed that he had used marijuana while a "returned to their jobs at sea again and law professor. again, because they realized that the life­ The Wedtech probe and trials will drag on lines to our battlefronts would be broken if MEESE OUGHT TO QUIT for months, and Meese's name no doubt will they did not carry out their vital part in be associated with it at every step. The this global war." But despite President Ei­ HON. HAROLD E. FORD Reagan administration hardly needs such senhower's stated hope that America's mer­ OF TENNESSEE publicity during its last year. Meese ought chant mariners' efforts in the war would to do the right thing and bow out. long be remembered, the contributions IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES made to winning the war by these brave Wednesday, February 3, 1988 men was all too readily forgotten. Mr. FORD of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, A SUCCESSFUL FORUM ON Whether by bureaucratic incompetence or DRUG ABUSE petty jealousy, our government's treatment rose on December 17, 1987, to speak about of these brave merchant mariners has been the responsibility of Edwin Meese to resign regrettable. While the Department of De­ from his position as Attorney General. I rise HON. J. DENNIS HASTERT fense's Civilian Military Service Review again today to share with my colleagues an OF ILLINOIS Board made a small step in the right direc­ editorial which appeared in the largest daily IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion by granting veterans status to a group newspaper in the Memphis area, The Com­ of merchant seamen who participated in the mercial Appeal, on December 26, 1987. This Wednesday, February 3, 1988 Normandy Invasion of 1944 and Ar­ 46 on January 1, 1988. NOMIC GROWTH: ISSUES FOR gentina ($52 billion>-are in the throes of I don't think Paul Firica wanted to be, or THE UNITED STATES IN LATIN economic crisis and repayment difficulties. tried to be, a hero. He sought no headlines, AMERICA Weakened by years of austerity, high infla­ tion and unemployment, these governments he contacted no newspapers or television net­ fear political suicide if they make painful works. But he knew what he did want: He HON. LEE H. HAMILTON economic reforms or pay all their creditors. wanted to be free, to live in a completely free OF INDIANA Eight countries in Latin America have de­ society. And this same desire is perhaps the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES clared a moratorium on interest payments, strongest urge of all people for thousands of Wednesday, February 3, 1988 and most voluntary lending to the region years. It is the same desire that has toppled has ceased. Starved for new investment, Mr. HAMIL TON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to empires, destroyed kings and kingdoms, and Latin American economies have been unable insert my Foreign Affairs Newsletter for Febru­ brought down dictators whenever those gov­ to resume growth. ary 1988 into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Latin America has a strong influence on ernments forgot the rights of people. For Paul DEMOCRACY, DEBT, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: the U.S. economy. We need healthy eco­ Firica, it was his desire to come to this new ISSUES FOR THE UNITED STATES IN LATIN nomic partners in the region, both as a land and see if this country could give him AMERICA market for our exports and as a source of help and hope. The community of Austin, There is trouble in Latin America and the resources and products. But debt places a TX-and particularly the Central Assembly of U.S. is not paying enough attention to it. sharp constraint on their ability to import. God Church-has done that. The congrega­ Many democracies have emerged in Latin U.S. exports to the region peaked in 1981 at tion, the caring leadership of Rev. Tom America over the past decade, but they are $42.1 billion, and have since declined by Wilson, opened its heart to Paul and his fragile. They face serious social and political over 25%. This may have cost the U.S. problems because of the prolonged econom­ family. 400,000 jobs. ic crisis that has gripped the region since Increasingly, Latin America has turned to We must not forget this readjustment is a 1982. Nearly all face large and growing ex­ the more open U.S. market to earn the typical American tradition. The United States, ternal debts. These and other problems-in­ income it needs to service debt. Since 1981 for our 215 years, has been the one open so­ cluding the drug trade in Colombia, military the U.S. share of Latin American exports to ciety for all the nations of the world. Remem­ revolt in Argentina, guerrilla war in Peru, the industrial world has increased, and the political paralysis and 900% inflation in U.S. trade balance with Latin America, a ber, we are a diverse people. We, or our an­ Brazil-increase the appeal of extremism cestors, came to America. Few of our families and the dangers of instability. Many Latin $1.3 billion surplus in 1981, is now a large are native in the true sense. Our ancestors Americans are dissatisfied and apprehen­ deficit. Nonetheless, total Latin American came here, like Paul, propelled by the same sive. exports are stagnating, and the level of Latin debt has increased since 1982 from desire that propelled Paul off his ship at great I am impressed with the contrasting views $325 billion to $400 billion. New approaches risk. of U.S. and Latin American leaders. The Ad­ ministration speaks of the "resurgence of must be found: Perhaps for no other reason than to remind democracy" in Latin America. It believes Industrial countries must work to reduce us of our heritage, Paul Firica's life has spe­ debt problems are being overcome and that interest rates and expand trade. Europe and cial meaning. To all of us, he has given assur­ market-oriented economies in the region are Japan especially must open their markets to ance that men and women can change their getting stronger. It assesses the U.S. rela­ more Latin American goods; lives and, with God's help, can rekindle the tionship with Latin America with satisfac­ Some negotiated agreement between debt­ flame of independence that burns deep inside tion, even complacency. Latin American ors and creditors is required. As the U.S. leaders, however, are worried and disillu­ each of us. Though his life's duration with us now acknowledges, full debt service is un­ sioned. They think the U.S. is obsessed with likely. New approaches, including Mexico's was short, we know he has aroused the pride communism in Central America, has not plan to guarantee payment of written-down and spirit of hundreds of people in central provided effective economic leadership, es­ loans, should be explored; Texas. He has been our special friend. Austin pecially on debt matters, and has set a poor The U.S., Europe and Japan must work to has been proud to have him as a resident. example by running huge budget deficits provide new resources to the region through The church loved him like a brother. He was which contribute to higher interest rates. international financial institutions and for­ They worry about debt, poverty, unemploy­ different, and he made a difference. We do eign investment; and ment and income inequality, and do not Latin American economic reform is the not know why Paul was taken from our midst share our fixation with Nicaragua, which anymore than we did not know why he was comprises less than 1% of the population of most important step to spur new growth. Latin America. These different views leave Latin governments need to reduce public sent to us in the first place. Right how, it is sector deficits, sell inefficient state enter­ simply the time to pay our respects to this the impression that U.S. and Latin Ameri­ can leaders are looking at different conti­ prises, strengthen private sectors, attract brave soul. nents. My sense is that Latin American lead­ foreign capital, expand savings and invest­ Government plays a key rule in the destiny ers are disappointed in U.S. leadership, es­ ment, and promote exports. of men. Government should be both the pro­ pecially on economic issues, and that U.S. More effective U.S. policies on debt, trade, tector and guardian of the rights of individuals, influence in the Americas is eroding. and economic growth can strengthen Latin so that each person has the opportunity and We simply must be more attentive to America's democratic leaders. My impres­ right to pursue his goals as a person created Latin America. Several urgent international sion is that they understand their problems, problems-drugs, immigration, terrorism, and recognize the burden of leadership to by God and endowed with certain rights. and protection of the environment-cannot solve them. But they also need our under­ When any government violates or neglects to be solved without help from Latin America. standing, respect and cooperation. Washing­ guarantee those rights, then that government Our central concern is whether democracy ton must respond to their problems positive­ will be held accountable by the people who in the region will endure. If elected govern­ ly, making Latin America a priority for U.S. have bestowed that right in the first place. ments fail to address economic and social foreign policy, and with a recognition that This is the message our Founding Fathers ills, opportunists will push for radical poli­ Latin American countries are prepared to be cies and armed forces may intervene. active partners in solving shared problems. proclaimed. We, the people, must prevail. A Latin Americans themselves must consoli­ violation of these rights-by any nation, no My feeling is that the U.S. is missing op­ date democracy, but the U.S. and the inter­ portunities for inter-American cooperation matter what its ideology, will eventually bring national community can help. The U.S. because of our focus on Nicaragua. Wash­ about its own destruction. And when those should continue to assist the development of judicial, police and electoral systems, and ington cannot make Latin America safe for rights are abused, people will rebel-or flee. democracy, and it may not be able to pro­ That is what Paul Firica believed. That is to speak out in favor of a free press, fair elections and human rights. Fighting eco­ vide billions of dollars in aid. It may no what caused him to choose to live his life in nomic injustice and the drug trade through longer dominate Latin America, but it re­ America. That is why his church chose to our aid programs can also help democracy. mains an important actor in the region. adopt him and his family. His life with us has Perhaps the biggest contribution to de­ Through cooperative measures Washington renewed our faith in the goodness of people mocracy in Latin America would be progress can help the region confront its pressing everywhere. on the debt issue. The region's external debt problems. is staggering. The biggest debtors-Brazil 950 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 3, 1988 TRIBUTE TO SAM GREENBERG A very special event honoring her will be The Colorado Technical College (CTC) held February 15, 1988, in Nashville. In the began as a one room classroom, radio and HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN true spirit of Mae Boren Axton, proceeds from television repair school 21 years ago. In these OF CALIFORNIA this event will be given to the Spina Bifida As­ few short years, this college has a $2.5 million sociation of America. The most common dis­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES investment in an all-new campus, classrooms abling birth defect in America, spina bifida is and laboratory equipment. Colorado Technical Wednesday, February 3, 1988 caused by a defect in the spinal column of a College will eventually provide 80,000 square Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to developing fetus which damages the spinal feet of classroom, lab, office, and library re­ pay tribute to a truly outstanding member of cord. Mae Boren Axton's long involvement sources. The college is committed to excel­ my community, Mr. Sam Greenberg. Sam has with the Spina Bifida Association is testimony lence and has invested heavily in state-of-the­ been an active member of the San Fernando to her humanistic ideals. art computer systems and electronics for Valley Association for the Retarded for more Mae Boren Axton is perhaps best known as classroom training. than 30 years. On February 6, the association coauthor of Elvis Presley's first million-selling CTC offers bachelor of science degrees in will honor him for his work and dedication to record, "Heartbreak Hotel." This cemented electrical engineering, electronic engineering its worthy cause. her long association with the "King of Rock technology, and computer science. Associate Sam Greenberg has been an integral part of and Roll. " She has since written or cowritten degrees are available in electronic engineering the San Fernando Valley community for more more than 200 songs that have been record­ technology and biomedical engineering tech­ than 50 years. Having grown up in Van Nuys, ed by artists including Red Foley, Hank Snow, nology. he returned there after graduating from the Feron Young, and Conway Twitty. The college has significant success in plac­ University of California, Berkeley. As the But Mae's accomplishments extend beyond ing its students after graduation. Industry hires owner of Sam's U Drive, he was known the realm of songwriting. She has been the over 95 percent of Colorado Tech's graduates throughout his community as a tough busi­ catalyst in the careers of numerous perform­ within 3 months of receiving their degree. nessman. Sam also served as a commissioner ers, songwriters, and business professionals. It is an honor to acknowledge an institute for the city of Los Angeles Department of Air­ She discovered Willie Nelson in the State of that fills such a need in our community and I ports and has been an active member of the Washington; publicized Johnny Tillostston; commend all those associated with it's suc­ National Rental Association. wrote the first article about Waylon Jennings; cess. Although Sam has been involved with many and took a young Jerry Reed into her home. philanthropic organizations, he considers the She has written countless articles for coun­ San Fernando Valley Association for the Re­ try music trade magazines, promotional sto­ IT'S TIME TO SOLVE DALLAS tarded his "pet charity." His generosity toward ries, and album liners, and is the author of POLICE-COMMUNITY RELA­ this organization stems from a sincere desire four books. The featured columnist for 15 TIONS PROBLEMS ON THE to help those who were born retarded. In fact, years for Charlton Publications, publisher of LOCAL LEVEL Sam's concern for these individuals has been magazines such as Hit Parader and Country a key factor in the survival of the association. Song Roundup, Mae has helped shape the destiny of country music and those who HON. MARTIN FROST Over the years, he has provided the organiza­ create it. OF TEXAS tion with contributions, memorial grants and Hardworking and dedicated, Mae Boren equipment necessary for its operation. In IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Axton commends the respect of the music in­ 197 4, Sam's generosity enabled the associa­ dustry. As an activist, Mae successfully lob­ Wednesday, February 3, 1988 tion to build a new rehabilitation facility more bied the Tennessee State legislature to than three times larger than its previous one. Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, the events of the combat tape piracy and copyright violations. Two years ago, Sam established a $450,000 last week surrounding the death of Police Offi­ She is an able force in the American political matching fund to help build the Continuing cer John Chase present a great challenge for arena. Action for Food Service Education Building the city of Dallas. Mae Boren Axton, whose first career was [CAFE]. The association is determined to A year ago I joined with local black elected teaching, is also the mother of two successful officials in urging a public airing of tensions meet this challenge and is now in the last sons. John is a lawyer in Ada, OK. Hoyt is a stages of raising the necessary funds. Once between the minority community and the songwriter and singer in his own right. Dallas Police Department. A very constructive completed, this new building will offer the re­ She has made real humanitarian contribu­ tarded citizens of our community a place to hearing, requested by the Dallas City Council, tions by coordinating benefits for Easter was conducted by the Criminal Justice Sub­ lead more productive and fulfilling lives. Seals, March of Dimes, United Way, Autistic Sam, together with his late beloved wife committee of the House of Representatives in Children, and Spina Bifida. May which all sides had the opportunity to air Helen, unselfishly devoted their time and Mae Boren Axton has been honored as an energy to improve the quality of life for the their views. Outstanding Tennessean; has received the The city council, under the leadership of residents of the San Fernando Valley. He has Tex Ritter Award; was inducted into the Song­ diligently continued their work for the better­ Mayor Annette Strauss, is in the process of writer Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma implementing many important reforms in city ment of the community. Women's Hall of Fame; and has received It is my honor and pleasure to join my col­ and police department policies to address the seven BMI songwriting awards. legitimate concerns voiced at the congres­ leagues and the San Fernando Valley Asso­ It is a pleasure to bring Mae Boren Axton's ciation for the Retarded in honoring Sam sional hearing. These problems are being outstanding record of public service to the at­ solved on a local level, and that's clearly the Greenberg for his generosity and dedication tention of my colleagues in the House of Rep­ toward the retarded and those serve them. best possible approach. resentatives. I ask that they join me in paying The death of Officer Chase last Saturday tribute to her. was a tragedy. I attended Officer Chase's fu­ A TRIBUTE TO MAE BOREN neral in Des Moines yesterday and was AXTON THE COLORADO TECHNICAL deeply moved by the love and respect shown COLLEGE for him by everyone who knew him and by the HON. BART GORDON law enforcement community. OF TENNESSEE HON. JOEL HEFLEY There is a dispute over the degree to which any bystander last Saturday urged Officer IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF COLORADO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Chase's mentally ill assailant to kill the officer. Wednesday, February 3, 1988 If this actually occurred, it is wrong, and Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Wednesday, February 3, 1988 anyone who took part in this action should be salute an outstanding American, Mae Boren Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, it is with great prosecuted. It is clear to me that if anyone Axton, of Hendersonville, TN, a songwriter, pleasure that I pay tribute to an outstanding really did urge the assailant to shoot Officer journalist, activist, teacher, and, most impor­ institution of higher learning located in Colora­ Chase, this does not represent the sentiment tantly, a humanitarian. do Springs, CO. of the black community. February 3, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 951 Dallas' black citizens respect authority every the following fashion: Rollcall No. 2, the these heroic men are at last getting the recog­ bit as much as its white citizens, and while House approved the Journal of Monday, Feb­ nition they deserve. they want improvements to be made in the ruary 1, "no." police department, the black population of Dallas does not condone what happened last TRIBUTE TO LARRY BIRD UNSUNG HEROES Saturday any more than the white population. Statements made by Chief of Police Billy HON. CHESTER G. ATKINS Prince, blaming local black officials for creat­ HON. MIKE SYNAR OF MASSACHUSETTS ing a climate that contributed to last Satur­ OF OKLAHOMA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES day's shooting, were not responsible. Council­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, February 3, 1988 members Al Libscomb and Diane Ragsdale Wednesday, February 3, 1988 have every right to raise questions about past Mr. ATKINS. Mr. Speaker, tonight the most police practices and to advocate changes in Mr. SYNAR. Mr. Speaker, when Karl von knowledgeable and loyal sports fans in Amer­ police policy to give Dallas a better police de­ Clausewitz wrote of the fog of war, he was de­ ica, the fans of the NBA Eastern Conference partment. scribing the confusion and turmoil which bring Champion Boston Celtics, honor the "Prince The city council has responded in a very uncertainty to the battlefield. But there is an­ of Parquet," Larry Bird, at an unveiling of a positive way during the last year, and the very other fog in war, one that continues long after life-sized wooden sculpture of Boston's pre­ important changes the city is making should the final sounds of gunfire have receded, ob­ mier starting forward. not be obscured by the passion of the last 7 scuring the complete record of the conflict. While this statue, 7 feet and 275 pounds of days. On April 23, 1944, the 465th Bomb Group laminated basswood, is a fitting monument to About a month ago, County Commissioner of the 15th Air Force took wing on the first leg a great champion, it is still less real and less John Wiley Price sent me a copy of a letter he of a mission over hostile territory. Leaving permanent than the memories Larry Bird has had written to Assistant Attorney General Wil­ their base in sunny Italy, this flock of war birds already left in the minds of Celtics fans. liam Bradford Reynolds. Commissioner Price headed north to their targets in Austria. The A three-time all star, Larry Bird is, arguably, requested a meeting with Mr. Reynolds to dis­ feelings of expectancy were high, lulled only the most inspirational athlete in America. Pos­ cuss complaints about the Dallas Police De­ by the steady drone of the B-24 engines. sessed of tremendous individual abilities, his partment. His request was made prior to the Suddenly, the air filled with Nazi fighter air­ greatest talent is his selfless playing style. shooting of Officer Chase and was not directly craft; 200 gray metal demons leaped from the Larry Bird is the consummate teammate. He related to that tragic event. sky, spreading death and destruction in their makes his team play better and harder. Commissioner Price, as one of the leading wake. It was in this maelstrom of fire and iron We've all heard a lot recently about the elected officials in the black community, has that the plane commanded by James Gardner "Massachusetts miracle"-well, as far as I'm every right to present his grievances to the was shot out of formation. concerned, tonight we honor him. Justice Department. Even though the city The situation seemed hopeless. Descending council has made real progress since the con­ at 60 mph over redline speed, the alarm bell was sounded from the cockpit for the evacu­ ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS gressional hearing last year, Commissioner IN THE DECENNIAL CENSUS Price apparently feels stronger action is ation of the crippled bomber. It was at this needed. most furious moment that two men revealed My personal preference at this point is for the depth of human courage. HON. MERVYN M. DYMALLY this matter to be handled on a local level in As engineer and crewchief, Frank Coupe OF CALIFORNIA Dallas by our mayor and, city council. I agree and radio operator Cpl. Robert Field were pre­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES paring to abandon their stations on the waist­ with the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Pettis Wednesday, February 3, 1988 Norman, and others that it's now time for guns and bail out, they noticed the ballgunner Dallas to solve its own problems. I have no trapped in his turret. As their stricken aircraft Mr. DYMALL Y. Mr. Speaker, I would like to current plans to attend the meeting between plummeted toward the Earth below, these two take this opportunity to express my support of Commissioner Price and Justice Department men disregarded their own safety and rushed H.R. 3828, which requires certain detailed tab­ officials, but I will monitor the situation and to the aid of their trapped comrade-in-arms. ulations relating to Asian Americans and Pa­ make sure that Commissioner Price has every Because the hydraulic system had been dam­ cific Islanders in the decennial census of pop­ opportunity to have his views considered. aged in its encounter with the German fighter, ulation. The Federal Government played an ex­ the two men had to crank open the ballturret Under the current plans of the Bureau of tremely important role last May by holding a manually. Then, they helped the ballgunner the Census for the 1990 census, Asians and congressional hearing in Dallas and focusing put on his parachute and followed him out the Pacific Islanders will be counted as a single local attention on a problem that had long camera hatch. category of individuals on the 1oo percent and been ignored. Sadly, this tale of uncommon bravery does sample forms. The 100 percent form is sent to We should all support our police depart­ not have a happy ending. The parachute of all households and the longer sample form is ment, because they have a very difficult job to Sgt. Frank Coupe failed to deploy, thus ending sent to a selected number of households. perform, and it is natural for our citizens to this heroic young man's life. The chute of Cpl. Both forms will provide space for respondents rally behind the police when an officer is killed Robert Field barely opened in time, but left to write their ethnic subgroup. in the line of duty. him, along with four other crew members, In the 1980 census, Asians and Pacific Is­ We also should work to improve the depart­ stranded behind enemy lines. These men landers were asked to indicate their ethnic ment, for the benefit of the police officers, soon joined the ranks of prisoners of war. background by selecting from a list of nine who deserve the best possible working condi­ As for the fate of the bomber, four crew subcategories listed on the questionnaire. This tions, and for all citizens of Dallas, who de­ members remained on board and nursed the information was tabulated by the Census serve the best possible police protection. lumbering giant back to its Italian base. Once Bureau to obtain relatively complete statistics there, it was determined that the plane was on these subgroups. too unsafe to land and the four airmen bailed The Census Bureau claims that certain PERSONAL EXPLANATION out. These four men were awarded the Distin­ operational problems were associated with the guished Flying Cross for their tremendous 1980 format which warranted the change to a HON. WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR. feat. write-in format. The write-in format requires OF PENNSYLVANIA It was not until years later that the story of the respondent to indicate in writing his/her IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sargeant Coupe and Corporal Field came to ethnic background. The Census Bureau has light at a recent reunion of their copilot Wil­ decided, however, to tabulate the write-ins Wednesday, February 3, 1988 liam Boyd and the five crew members who only from the sample forms which yield less Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, on February 2, were interned in a German prison camp. The detailed data. 1988, I was absent from a vote on the Jour­ two airmen had been overlooked, but not for­ By attempting to address the operational nal. Had I been present, I would have voted in gotten. Now the fog of war has lifted, and difficulties of the 1980 format, the Census 952 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 3, 1988 Bureau created a different problem. The write­ A WELL-DESERVED TRIBUTE TO Noting Mr. Bellamy's awards have included in and tabulation plans for 1990 would lead to HERBERT L. BELLAMY an honorary degree from Canisius College, less accurate and detailed information on the Buffalo News "Citizen of the Year" award, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Given HON.HENRYJ.NOWAK the Roberto Clemente Humanitarian Award, the uses of census data by the Federal, State, OF NEW YORK service awards from the United Negro Schol­ and local governments, the insufficiency of in­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES arship Foundation, the YMCA, the NAACP and formation on Asians and Pacific Islanders be­ the Urban League, Reverend Smith described Wednesday, February 3, 1988 comes a critical issue. him as "a leader of compassion, concern and Federal assistance to the elderly, State edu­ Mr. NOWAK. Mr. Speaker, this Thursday commitment" and added: cational policies, and local government hous­ evening a testimonial dinner will be held in my That leader emerges every year to host ing programs are only samples of social pro­ hometown of Buffalo, NY, honoring one of the the Black Achievers Dinner now heading grams that rely on the accuracy of census leaders of our city's black community, Herbert toward its 16th year. It is the brainchild of data for their effectiveness. Inaccurate infor­ L. Bellamy. Bellamy, designed to give recognition and mation undermines the needs of the Asians This is a well-deserved honor for Herb, community pride to those who have made and Pacific Islanders when governments de­ whose public and private sector achievements contributions to the Black Community. The annual awardees provide significant insight velop and administer their social services. include service as an appointed and elected official, and recognition as a community activ­ into the purpose of the dinner. The cele­ As chairman of the Subcommittee on brated and the sensational find seats next Census and Population, the panel with over­ ist and a successful businessman. He is truly to unadorned and the ordinary. And both sight jurisdiction of the census, I fully under­ a multifaceted person. get recognized for their own particular con­ stand yet another important reason for obtain­ His career has included 9 years as council­ tributions * * *. ing the most accurate possible count of our man-at-large on Buffalo's Common Council, Mr. Speaker, Reverend Smith's comments population. Without such accuracy, we would which followed a dozen years as a commis­ eloquently paint the complex picture that de­ not be able to satisfactorily fulfill our constitu­ sioner on the Buffalo Civil Service Commis­ picts Herb Bellamy's many and diverse contri­ tional responsibility of enumerating our popu­ sion, the first black to serve in that capacity. butions to our community. I would simply like lation for purposes of fair representation in A close friend of Herb's and one of the or­ to add my congratulations to Herb on this oc­ ganizers of this week's testimonial is the Rev­ legislatures. casion and wish him continued success. H.R. 3828 requires the Census Bureau to erend Bennett W. Smith, Sr., pastor of St. determine the best method for tabulating the John Baptist Church in Buffalo, another promi­ population of Asian and Pacific Islanders sub­ nent leader in the city's black community. PERSONAL EXPLANATION groups. The only restriction is that the Census In a recent article he prepared, Reverend Bureau may not obtain such tabulation Smith described Herb Bellamy as "a doer, an HON. BILL LOWERY through the sample form. engine, a driving force * * * a dedicated, de­ termined and effective public servant." OF CALIFORNIA I commend the author of this measure, Con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gressman ROBERT MATSUI, for his diligence in Reverend Smith wrote: bringing this issue to the forefront. I am very One of 12 children of a North Carolina Wednesday, February 3, 1988 sharecropper, Herb Bellamy settled in Mr. LOWERY of California. Mr. Speaker, be­ pleased to have joined him in this effort. I Lackawanna, New York where he literally urge my colleagues to consider supporting pedalled his way to success. He was a bicy­ cause of a previous commitment I was unable H.R. 3828. cle-borne liquor deliveryman in 1954. Eleven to be in Washington yesterday, February 2, years later, he'd ridden his way to his own 1988. Had I been present, I would have voted business, the first of 12 he'd found. In 1968, in favor of H.R. 3884, to rescind the $8 milion HOMETOWN HERO he opened Bellamy Liquors and when appropriation for Jewish refugee schools in others were moving out of the East Side, France. HON. JOE SKEEN Bellamy recalled his own struggles in pover­ While I appreciate the concern over the ty and stayed. His businesses created jobs in OF NEW MEXICO status of north African Jews in France that a community where hope was only a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES memory and opportunity was only as close motivated this appropriation, this is not a Wednesday, February 3, 1988 as the next government check. Bellamy project that should be funded by the U.S. knew that jobs were the key to a stronger, Government. I support needed foreign aid pro­ Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Speaker, just as Sunday's prouder, thriving black community. He grams such as refugee assistance. However, Super Bowl united the city of Washington in knew that you solved 90 percent of a man's the construction of private schools in a devel­ victory, the city of Hobbs, NM, also rejoiced in problems by putting him to work and he put oped nation like France is not a vital refugee that victory because their hometown hero hundreds of people to work in various busi­ program and raises other questions that Timmy Smith played a part in it. nesses he created. should have prevented the original approval of Today as we honor the world champions of Herb Bellamy was a dreamer. He dreamed of a better life. He dreamed of a better com­ this funding. football with a parade here in Washington, let I support passage of H.R. 3884 to rescind me congratulate Redskin Timmy Smith from munity. He dreamed of a better way to raise his family. But he was more. Herb Bellamy this appropriation. my home district-the city of Hobbs, NM. was prepared to pay the price to make his Timmy's education at Hobbs High School and dreams realities. But still he wanted more. his participation on "Eagle" athletic teams laid He wanted to make the dreams of others U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMIS­ the ground work for what has become, in one come true as well. Those dreams were the SION TO DISCUSS EAST TIMOR short year, an impressive career for Timmy in beginnings of 1490 Enterprises, Inc. Bellamy the National Football League. In Sunday's Su­ took a blighted inner city warehouse and HON. TONY P. HALL perbowl victory over the Denver Broncos turned an eyesore into the soul of an entire community. Today, that dilapidated build­ OF OHIO Timmy gained more yardage than any other ing houses 32 local, state and federal gov­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES player, outdistancing the previous Superbowl ernment agencies. It feeds 150 senior citi­ Wednesday, February 3, 1988 record and scoring two impressive touch­ zens a day. It provides vital services to a downs to help the Redskins to one of the community in need. It's a gathering point Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, this week most lopsided Superbowl victories in history. for neighborhood old folks where they pass the U.N. Human Rights Commission will be in Congratulations Timmy, congratulations to the time together at cards, quilting or con­ session. During the course of its deliberations, your family and friends in Hobbs, NM, and versation. And it's an anchor, a monument it is expected that it will address the issue of congratulations to the people of Hobbs for all to stability in a community of flux. North human rights in East Timer. you did to encourage this young man to be on Jefferson Avenue stands the neat Tudor A large number of my colleagues in both housing complex that Herb Bellamy created the accomplished athlete he is today. I know back in 1980. More than 20 families live the House and the Senate have had a sus­ Timmy will continue to set records in the NFL. there. Just South in 1490 Manor, a Senior tained interest in the plight of the people of While he sets a fine example for all our young Citizens Home. It too is part of the Bellamy East Timer, the former Portuguese colony athletes across the country. legacy * * *. which was invaded by Indonesia in 1975. • ' ... .Y""2""'W'IJ

February 3, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 953 Most experts believe that a minimum of several independent sources to have been tions of life to enable them to survive as a 100,000 Timorese perished as a result of the dropped to their deaths from helicopters. people ... the people live in a state of per­ Indonesian invasion and subsequent occupa­ There have been reports of a photograph in manent encirclement. They are not allowed an Indonesian newspaper showing Indone­ tion. to go more than three kilometers outside sian soldiers holding up the heads of their their villages. In addition, they always have While some improvements for the people of Timorese victims. to have a 'pass' issued by the Indonesian East Timer have been noted in recent years, Exact death tolls can only be estimated military authorities. there is little doubt that serious problems per­ because the Indonesians have virtually shut " It happens easily that East Timorese are sist and need to be addressed. Consistently off the island to access by outsiders. But accused of having contact with the guerril­ disturbing reports from respected organiza­ sources with contacts in East Timor insist las and then they become victims of torture, tions like Amnesty International, the United the reports of inhuman treatment by the massacres, etc." States Catholic Conference, Asia Watch, and Indonesians are not exaggerated. Msgr. Costa Lopes has testified that, when a variety of other credible sources underscore THE STAGGERING STATISTICS foreign visitors requested a meeting with the need for action to end the suffering of the The International Committee of the Red him at his East Timor home, his home was Timorese people and to bring a lasting peace Cross has been able to provide food and first searched and Indonesian intelligence medical aid to limited parts of the island officers were often present during the dis­ to the island territory. and is the only humanitarian organization In the 99th Congress, 136 of my colleagues cussions. allowed access to the island, even on a re­ East Timor is predominantly Catholic. In­ joined me as cosponsors of the resolution I in­ stricted basis. donesia is a Moslem nation. troduced which called for a wide range of Some evidence of the human suffering measures regarding East Timer. Given the on­ can be surmised from the report in 1985 of CONDITIONS IN EAST TIMOR going international concerns about the well­ East Timor Gov. Mario Carrascalao, who Sources recently in contact with East being of the people of East Timer, I intend to said that 100,000 East Timorese had died Timor offer this picture of current condi­ renew this initiative in the near future. since 1975 and the island had 20,000 or­ tions there: At this time, the most immediate focal point phans, 13,000 widows and 8,000 crippled or A knock on the door is enough to make maimed. people afraid. Homes are raided and for action to help the Timorese people is the The 12-year agony of the Timorese began searched. People suspected of sympathizing U.N. Human Rights Commission meeting in Dec. 7, 1975, when Indonesian troops invad­ with or supporting the guerrillas are arrest­ Geneva. I urge all members of the U.N. Com­ ed the island under the guise of preventing ed, often at night. People are afraid to be mission to adopt a resolution that will respond a communist takeover. They claimed that seen talking in groups. to the suffering of the people of East Timer. the East Timorese had sought integration It is illegal to listen to foreign broadcasts. Human rights violations and grievances are a with Indonesia. People are arrested for having aerials. reality in East Timer, and the U.N. Human According to Massachusetts Institute of When foreign broadcasts do refer to East Technology professor Noam Chomsky, Timor, military vehicles tour the capital city Rights Commission is an appropriate forum for President Gerald Ford and Secretary of their consideration. of Dili with loudspeakers denouncing the State Henry Kissinger had advance knowl­ broadcasts as lies. Portugal, a nation with a long historical obli­ edge of the invasion and authorized it. More gation to East Timer, now sits on the U.N. Most jobs and places in schools go to Indo­ than 90 percent of the invading troops car­ nesians who have been moved into the Commission. It is the hope of many in the ried American weapons, Chomsky has writ­ island. Indonesian culture and language is U.S. Congress that Portugal will take advan­ ten. being forced on the Timorese. tage of its position to gather the Commission's In the aftermath of the invasion, the On the rare occasions when foreigners are support for measures that will lead to an im­ United States protested its illegality by an­ allowed to visit, they are restricted in their provement in human rights for the Timorese nouncing an embargo on the sending of American weapons to Indonesia. The embar­ movement, Indonesian soldiers are dressed people. go was nothing more than a political smoke­ in civilian clothes, and military vehicles are The tragedy of East Timer will be com­ screen. Professor Benedict Anderson of Cor­ taken off the streets. pounded if the U.N. Human Rights Commis­ nell University, an Asia expert, discovered When foreign journalists visited the sion fails to endorse human rights for the from a Pentagon report that the flow of island during Indonesian elections in April, Timorese people on this occasion. arms to Indonesia had never been halted. people were forced to take part in pro-Indo­ Prior to 1975, East Timor had been under nesian demonstrations. Even the prison pop­ Mr. Speaker, in order to update my col­ ulation was released to swell the ranks of leagues on human rights conditions in East Portuguese rule for 400 years, but the Por­ tuguese government had all but abandoned the demonstrators. Timer, an article from the Boston Globe of People who did not vote could not get December 13, 1987, follows: the island in the wake of domestic political problems at home, leaving it vulnerable to identification cards, which are required for [From the Boston Globe, Dec. 13, 1987) Indonesian expansionist interests. jobs and other means of survival. A " HIDDEN HOLOCAUST" IN THE PACIFIC Ten days before the invasion, the East Prisoners are held in secret prisons, which or they lose from a pollution-caused illness or pre­ THE FOUR STEPS IN CALCULATING HEALTH COSTS can examine the effects of pollution on mature death from exposure to air pollution OF AIR POLLUTION injury and sickness rates ; but the late sles and polio vaccine administered in­ a rapid influx of persons displaced from the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Arthur creased slightly in 1985, reaching approxi­ war zones. While war-related disruptions Burns, once observed to him that this was mately 188,000 and 2,189,000 doses respec­ appear to have slowed or halted improve­ precisely his advantage. In addition to his tively. This followed a more rapid rise in the ments in the country's health situation, de­ work as a consultant and economist, Wan­ number of doses administered during 1980- terioration in the population's overall niski edits The Media Guide, an annual 83. The number of vaccine doses provided in health status has not been noted. The Min­ survey and review of the media that is wide­ preventive health campaigns, which grew istry of Health's primary short-term goal is ranging in its coverage and outspoken in its rapidly during the 1980s, has continued to to maintain the improvements in the popu­ evaluations. rise rapidly during the past three years. In lation's health status which occurred in the This conversation took place in Wannis­ 1985, health campaigns provided 45 per cent early 1980s

19-059 0-89-31 (Pt. 1) 962 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 3, 1988 world applying a correct economic policy. different today than it was 30 years ago on still out in the minds of many Americans-and Then the only solution for the rest of the June 27, 1958, when the first agreement was Congressmen-as to the advisability of such world would be to move to the United signed by President Eisenhower and Nikita States. Everyone would come to the United formal agreements. While the ABA is com­ States eventually if you had open immigra­ Khrushchev. prised of attorneys dedicated to the rule of tion and if tax rates were 100 percent The United States, for its part, hopes that law-and a fair trial for their clients-the ASL around the rest of the world and they were the effect of sustained interface with a robust is subordinate to the Communist Party, and at optimum here. But we shouldn't have to democracy, guaranteed protection of human presents the Soviet human rights record and do that. We shouldn't have to import the rights, due process of law. a free media, an in­ legal system to the West in favorable light. rest of the world just because we're the only dependent judiciary and a free market system The ASL is not an independent, autonomous land of opportunity. will impress Soviet leaders, at least incremen­ organization. Its vice president, Samuil Zivs, Our mission is to serve as a beacon to the tally, that these basic tenets of American life rest of the world, so that we can export our who also serves as vice-president of the ideas. People in Mexico shouldn't have to do indeed work effectively and are not to be Soviet Anti-Zionist Committee, has been se­ move to San Diego to fulfill themselves. regarded with trepidation or suspicion. Lest verely critical of Anatoly Shcharansky and Dr. They should be able to stay where they are, we be too confident about the immediate posi­ Sakharov and accused Amnesty International with their families, their friends, their tive impact of our values on Soviet leaders. of "poisoning peoples' minds with disinforma­ roots, their background and their culture. we do well to note Mikhail Tsypkin's testimony tion about the Soviet Union". That is the objective of the 1990s. This is at a recent Helsinki Commission hearing. He At a 3-day meeting in Holland in early Janu­ the challenge for the next American Presi­ said: dent and the growth leaders in the United ary, I asked Mr. Alexander Sukharev, presi­ States and in the Western world: to export There is no established correlation be­ dent of ASL several specific questions con­ the ideas of growth so that we solve the tween visiting a democratic society and be­ cerning the due process rights of accused problems by having the rest of the world coming a democrat. On the one hand, Lenin, Soviet citizens. I asked him if basic due proc­ grow, not by having the United States de­ the father of Soviet Communism, spent most of his adult life in Great Britain and ess rights exist in the Soviet Union, such as cline. the right of counsel and a presumption of in­ That's the challenge. But what do you Switzerland, and he had nothing but con­ think will really happen? tempt for democratic values. On the other nocence until proven guilty. My questions The crash we had in October 1987 was a hand, the most active proponent of democ­ went unanswered. Perhaps more dialog will good dose of ice water, even on those racy in the Soviet Union, Dr. Andrei Sak­ induce more introspection and will yield reform growth-oriented politicians and businessmen harov, has never been out of the Soviet in Soviet jurisprudence. But that dialog could who have come to take it all for granted and Union.• • •. have proceeded absent the agreement con­ who may have brushed aside the idea that But then again Dr. Sakharov has had the ferring "equality" between the two organiza­ we have to worry about the rest of the advantage of 20-20 hindsight observing the tions. world, believing that we can be an island of devastating results and being victimized by a prosperity in a world of either semiprosper­ One of the issues that I raised repeatedly in ity or poverty. The world won't let that 70-year-old experiment called communism Holland with Theodore Burlatsky and Alexan­ happen. The global electorate won't let that that has littered the Soviet Union with much der Sukharev was the need for an amnesty happen. human misery and pain. For Lenin, at least for persecuted Christians and other people of Even if 98 percent of the world is prosper­ before 1917, communism was an idea and he faith during the celebration of the millennium. I ous and 2 percent somewhere has still not saw communism only in its infancy and even believe that an amnesty, and a liberalization of been brought aboard-and I can imagine that, however, was a nightmare. Soviet law permitting freer exercise of religion, this happening centuries from now-that 2 I would note here that there are many in­ contact and exchanges of coreligionists in the percent will give the rest of the world great formed Americans who, while cautiously em­ headaches until we resolve that. They have West would establish a real basis for growth to be brought up to the next stage. That's bracing U.S. Soviet exchanges, believe that in relations between our two countries. If ex­ the march of history, the way I see it. the Soviet Union is accelerating certain types changes of religious leaders are permitted So in the long run, and in the short run, of contact with the United States for purely only for peace conferences, or nuclear disar­ I'm very optimistic. I think this time pragmatic reasons that could prove injurious mament talks, the view will persist here in the around, the United States is going to side­ to United States security. There are many who Congress that such contact is permitted pri­ step protectionist trade legislation. We're believe that the bottom line for the Soviets is going to avoid a recession. And we're going, marily to serve Soviet propaganda purposes. to acquire Western technology for both eco­ What we hope the Soviets will consider is the in 1988, to choose a political leader who will nomic and military purposes. There is much to be able to deal with the rest of the world freer contact and exchange of church leaders problem. But the margins for error have this argument. As Richard Perle, former As­ on issues of theology, social justice and other narrowed. It's a very sporty course out sistant Secretary of Defense for International topics. there. and Security Policy, has warned: It is also hoped that the Soviet Government The unhappy fact is that we have no will permit freer travel at home and abroad of policy. no deliberate sense of gains and UNITED STATES-SOVIET loses, no orderly interagency process for its own citizens and allow Americans-particu­ EXCHANGES evaluating risks-"assessing the implications larly those with family ties-to visit and stay for our national security of cooperative ar­ with relatives in their own residences. Con­ HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH rangements with Soviet intelligence agents gress is really interested in this issue. Last and their co-opted scientific and technical year Congress passed a resolution I intro­ OF NEW JERSEY colleagues"-and benefits. duced calling on the Soviet Union to permit IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES These are sobering thoughts. Representa­ this kind of contact between family members. Wednesday, February 3, 1988 tives from both sides, however, repeatedly This right is guaranteed by the Helsinki ac­ Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, assert that such exchanges should be on spe­ cords and its implementation would dramati­ yesterday I had the privilege of offering the cific formats for exchanges are designed to cally enhance mutual understanding and re­ "congressional perspective" on exchanges promote mutual understanding, mutual re­ spect between our two countries. between the United States and the Soviet spect, sharing of information and a corrspond­ I believe that Americans who visit the Soviet Union at a conference with top Soviets includ­ ing lessening of tensions, prejudices, and mis­ Union as part of an exchange should be per­ ing Soviet Culture Minister Vasiliy G. Zakhar­ perceptions that exacerbate relations. These mitted freer access to Soviet citizens without ov. The debate/dialog was sponsored by the certainly are laudable goals. the latter fearing retribution. Isolating the gen­ Eisenhower Institute and Helsinki Commission I believe there is an undue emphasis by the eral Soviet population from face-to-face con­ on which I serve, and provided a useful ex­ Soviets on the need for establishing a certain tact only reinforces the contention that the change of ideas. hopes, as well as criticisms aura of symmetry between various institutions Soviet Union is a closed society. I think of such exchanges. It seems clear to me that in both countries. While I have been very criti­ mutual understanding will be further advanced both the United States and the Soviet Union cal of agreements like the 1985 American Bar if younger students, especially those of high are acting in their own self interest in promot­ Association and the Association of Soviet school age, are permitted to study in the ing exchanges of various kinds and this is no Lawyers-ASA/ ASL accord, I think the jury is United States and Soviet Union for extended February 3, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 963 periods of time. The young should be permit­ NATIONAL BURN AWARENESS GIVE DEMOCRACY A CHANCE ted-let me rephrase that, not just permitted WEEK but positively encouraged-to seek the truth, HON. ALFRED A. (AL) McCANDLESS to ask probing questions and demand an­ OF CALIFORNIA swers. And if they are so inclined, to dissent, HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES without inviting the ire of Soviet officials. OF NEW YORK Finally, let me just say that there is a strong IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, February 3, 1988 undercurrent of guarded optimism on the part Mr. McCANDLESS. Mr. Speaker, few issues Wednesday, February 3, 1988 of many Americans concerning the hope of are debated at such length and as passion­ "glasnost" and "perestroika" in the Soviet Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ately as the issue of aid for the freedom fight­ Union. Exchanges can play a part in initiatives draw my colleague's attention to the week of ers in Nicaragua, also known as the Contras. I and furthering democratization in the USSR February 8, 1988, "National Burn Awareness support aid to the freedom fighters. Their goal and bringing the two superpowers closer. Week." As many of us are aware, burns are is to force the Sandinista government to I dare say that the one exchange that one of the leading causes of death in the honor the promises of the Sandinista revolu­ Americans would most like to see however, United States, with almost 12,000 people tion-promises of freedom and democracy for a troubled Central American country. Howev­ isn't horizontal-that is to say-East/West. dying each year as a result of burns, a majori­ er, those promises have been ignored. The But rather an ongoing meaningful vertical ex­ ty of them children, the elderly, and the dis­ Sandinistas have closed opposition newspa­ change-Soviet citizen to Soviet Government abled. and vice versa. pers and radio stations, and other basic free­ Each year millions of dollars are spent doms and human rights are nonexistent in There is a strong belief here in the Con­ trying to remedy the effects of burns and gress that any country that keeps its word Nicaragua. In short, the Sandinistas have re­ burn-related incidents; each year, 70,000 indi­ placed their promises of freedom and democ­ with its own citizenry-that is, respects human viduals are hospitalized as a result of burns. rights of its people-is indeed a country that racy with Marxist-Leninist ideology and an an­ Fortunately, a special group of individuals nounced objective of spreading a socialist rev­ can be trusted on matters of international im­ have devoted themselves to helping burned olution throughout the region. portance and is worthy of our deep and abid­ children, conducting burn research and train­ Contra aid has been successful. Without ing respect. ing medical personnel in the treatment of burn Contra aid, there would be no negotiations be­ injuries. The Shriners of North America have tween the Sandinistas and the freedom fight­ committed themselves to improving the quality ers; there would be no recently opened oppo­ YOUNG WOMEN PROMOTE of life for burned children. sition newspaper or radio station; and, most TENNESSEE HONEY Recognizing that thousands of children are importantly, there would be no hope of de­ crippled, disfigured or killed each year by what mocracy. We must keep the pressure on the has been called one of the largest hazards of Sandinista government to honor the promises HON. DON SUNDQUIST children, the Shrine of North America opened of their revolution. We must support the Nica­ raguan freedom fighters. We must give de­ OF TENNESSEE three burn institutes in Boston, Cincinnati and Galveston, providing excellent care to severe­ mocracy a chance. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In the February 1, 1988, issue of U.S. News ly burned children requiring immediate acute & World Report, was an excellent and concise care, reconstructive or restorative surgery, and Wednesday, February 3, 1988 article on why it is "Time for a 'Yes' Vote on rehabilitation from severe burns. Almost unbe­ Mr. SUNDQUIST. Mr. Speaker, I would like the Contra Aid." I commend the article to the lievably, there is never a charge to the patient careful consideration of my collei;).gues. to take just a moment to call the attention of or parent for any service or medical treatment my colleagues to accomplishments of two [From U.S. News & World Report, Feb. 1, received at Shriners Hospitals. 1988] young constituents of mine, Miss Donna Nich­ The Shriners burn institutes have been in TIME FOR A "YES" VOTE ON CONTRA AID olson, of Clarksville, TN, and Miss Stacey the vanguard of burn research. One of the Green, of Dickson, TN. better known achievements of Shriners Hospi­ Guatemala City peace plan re­ In view of the evolution of this issue, the the White House has squandered its credi­ mains a vital instrument toward peace and central question we must answer today is bility with respect to Central America. It freedom, or simply fades away as another which policy will continue the process toward has lied to Congress, shifted its goals and missed opportunity for Central America. achieving peace, freedom, and democracy? misread the mood inside Nicaragua. The As one who at first opposed military aid to Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega suggests upside is that the Sandinistas have been we eliminate the Contras; then he will allow contained and that the time bought by that the Nicaraguan resistance, I rise in support of containment has permitted the consolida­ the assistance package before us today. It freedom and democracy. President Reagan tion of democracy elsewhere in the region, was true, at one time, that there were other argues the opposite, that the vitality of the re­ most notably in El Salvador. But President options for the United States to pursue in sistance is what is pressuring the Sandinistas Duarte's limited success there-and the fra­ trying to promote stability and freedom in Cen­ toward those goals. gility of representative government in Gua­ tral America. It could also be said that the A cursory review of history provides some temala and Honduras-only raises the United States had no business supporting a valuable insight. It is inarguable that the Sovi­ stakes further if the Contras are disbanded. group like the Contras. ets would never have agreed to the terms of ARIAS' FALLBACK: A FEW GOOD MEN But as we debate this issue today, we must the INF Treaty were it not for the presence of Today's anti-Contra lobby echoes an earli­ recognize that the times have changes, the American Pershing II and cruise missiles in er na"fvete when Americans, circa 1979, actu­ Contras have changed, and the issue before Europe. The Soviets would never be willing to ally believed that Thomas Jefferson was the negotiate their withdrawal from Afghanistan Sandinista patron saint. "Give peace a us has changed. chance," they now say. "Trust the latest The events over the past few months ought were it not for the strong stand of the mujahe­ democratic pronouncements of Nicaragua's to give all of us a new perspective on the din rebels, supported in part by the United President, Daniel Ortega." If we're wrong, Central American question. The most salient States. says House Democratic Whip Tony Coelho, issue, of course, has been the Guatemala City The analogy rings true for Nicaragua. Daniel then the four other Central American Presi­ peace plan, which was signed by the five Ortega would never have signed an agree­ dents will come to us and "seek some help­ Presidents in the region in August. This plan ment instituting comprehensive democratic re­ and we should give it to them." holds the governments to a variety of far­ forms were it not for the Contras. Two week­ What kind of help? Oscar Arias, the Costa Rican President who authored the current reaching reforms, including amnesty for insur­ ends ago, in the face of censure from the peace proposal, has told friends that an in­ gents, cease-fire negotiations, basic freedoms, other four Central American Presidents and vasion by the U.S. Marines would fit the release of political prisoners, suspensions of another Contra aid vote in Congress, he finally bill. Which is fine for him to say. He's not state-of-emergency laws, cessation of support offered direct talks with the resistance and talking about Costa Ricans making Central for insurgents, and other provisions. lifted the state of emergency. America safe for democracy; he's talking Those of us who support this plan have How did the Sandinistas behave in re­ about our boys doing the job, the same job been encouraged by the hope and dynamism sponse to 4 months of moral pressure by the the Contras-native Nicaraguans-are will­ engendered by this document. It has sparked Central American Presidents after the signing ing to do themselves. Even the most politically blind should feel a process by which the Central American of the peace plan? The record shows: queasy about the Sandinistas' lastest good­ people might achieve not just peace alone, In September, they worked out a plan with guy promises and should welcome the Con­ but peace together with freedom. Soviet and Cuban assistance, to construct a tras as an insurance policy. Cut them off The Nicaraguan resistance, unlike other in­ 600,000-man armed force equipped with now, and they will be gone for good. Once surgencies in the region, seeks to participate modern, offensive weapons. El Salvador, with February 3, 1988 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 965 a force of 46,000, is the next largest army in Article II under the procedures set forth in the Proto­ the region. This article defines the key terms used in col on Elimination. No later than 12 months During September and October, the Sandi­ the Treaty. Definitions are provided for the after entry into force of the Treaty, all non­ nistas trained members of the Salvadoran terms: ground-launched ballistic missile deployed shorter-range missiles are to be eliminated in accordance with the Protocol guerrillas in the use of anticraft weapons. . produce a type of ballistic missile not limit­ leased all its political prisoners, including the For the Soviet Union, it is the SS-20, SS-4, ed by this Treaty which uses a stage that is and SS-5. The shorter-range systems that outwardly similar to, but not interchange­ kidnappers of President Duarte's own daugh­ are to be destroyed is the Pershing IA for able with, a stage of an existing type of in­ ter and the murderers of American soldiers, the United States and for the Soviet Union, termediate ballistic missile. This permits land reform experts, and union officials. the SS-12 and SS-23. the continued production of the first stage The list goes on, and includes the arrests NOTE: The Soviet SSC-X-4 and of the SS-25 missile which is similar, in out­ and mistreatment of civic opposition leaders, the U.S. Pershing IB which are also to be ward appearance, to the first stage of the intimidation and repression of opposition eliminated are not categorized as existing SS-20 missile. media, and other human rights violations. In types of missile but rather as "missile sys­ Article VII fact, the Sandinistas fall short at every point tems tested but not deployed prior to entry into force of the treaty" and therefore are This article contains twelve paragraphs of the Guatemala City plan. not listed under Article III. Article X re­ which set technical parameters for the defi­ The vote today, then, is not a vote to give quires that they be eliminated within the nitions of what are, or are not, intermedi­ peace a chance. The vote today is really this: first six months after entry into force of the ate-range and shorter-range ballistic mis­ Should we do our part to ensure the existence Treaty. siles and Ground-Launched Cruise Missiles of a viable political opposition within Nicara­ subject to elimination by the Treaty. Article IV Paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 define all Ground­ gua? For if the resistance loses its support, Paragraph 1: Both parties will eliminate Launched Ballistic Missiles . posed legislation relating to veterans' MARCH 15 SH- 219 home loan guarantees. 10:00 a.m. SR-418 Appropriations FEBRUARY 19 10:00 a.m. Agriculture, Rural Development and Re­ 10:00 a.m. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs lated Agencies Subcommittee Select on Intelligence To continue hearings on the Federal Re­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ To continue closed hearings on the pro­ serve's first report on the conduct of timates for fiscal year 1989 for the De­ visions of the Treaty Between the monetary policy for 1988. partment of Agriculture, focusing on United States and the USSR on the SD-538 Agricultural Stabilization and Conser­ Elimination of Intermediate-Range vation Service, Soil Conservation Serv­ and Shorter-Range Missiles