17098 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 31, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK new hope that the people of Cambodia, Well, I have just returned-hopeful, and Laos, and Vietnam will regain some day encouraged-from visits to Poland and Hun­ their long-denied political and religious free­ gary, two nations on the threshold of histor­ HON. ROBERT K. DORNAN dom. Such hope has also returned for many ic change. And I can say to you: The old OF CALIFORNIA of our neighbors to the south. In Nicaragua ideas are blowing away. Freedom is in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and other Latin American nations, popular air. Monday, July 31, 1989 resistance to attempts at repression by local For forty years, Poland and Hungary en­ dictators-as well as resistance to political dured what's been called the dilemma of the Mr. DORNAN of California. Mr. Speaker, and military interference from Cuba and single alternative: one political party, one would like to call your attention to the Presi­ the Soviet Union-has proved to be formida­ definition of national interest, one social dent's proclamation regarding the captive na­ ble. and economic model. In short, one future­ tions of the world and also the eloquent In Eastern Europe, even as we see rays of prescribed by an alien ideology. light in some countries, we must recognize speech President Bush made last week in the But, in fact, that future meant no future. that brutal repression continues in other For it denied to individuals, choice; to soci­ White House Rose Garden to commemorate parts of the region, including the persecu­ eties, pluralism; and to nations, self-determi­ Captive Nations Week, 1989. tion of ethnic and religious minorities. nation. And yet in Poland and Hungary, a Americans are blessed to live in a free and This week, we recall with deep sadness the courageous people would not yield to de­ open society. However, billions of people infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop pact between spair. There, as elsewhere, the light of liber­ throughout the world yearn for freedom, but Nazi Germany and the U.S.S.R. that ty would not go out. are held captive by Communist oppression. doomed Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithua­ And ten days ago, I watched thousands We Americans, coming from many different nia to dismemberment and foreign domina­ brave a driving rain to acclaim this love of tion. The United States refuses to accept ethnic backgrounds, declare our solidarity with liberty. They cheered for free assembly, free the subsequent incorporation by the Soviet press and speech, and freedom of religion, the people of the world who cry for freedom Union of the Baltic States during World and filled a square in Budapest named after and democracy. War II. Since their forcible annexation in a freedom fighter who believed in that de­ America is the beacon of freedom through­ 1940, the people of Lithuania, Latvia, and mocracy which linked the people of Hunga­ out the world. May that beacon especially Estonia have faced political oppression, reli­ ry with the peoples of the world. shine with increased intensity on the captive gious persecution, and repression of their Lajos Kossuth arrived in America in 1851 nations of the world. national consciousness. But decades of op­ after Hungary's struggle for freedom had pression have not broken the great spirit of CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK, 1989 temporarily been lost. And yet in his re­ the Baltic people and other victims of marks to the United States Congress, he Hundreds of thousands of men and his "Steady faith in principles" of self-gov­ A PROCLAMATION women around the world continue to dem­ ernment, opportunity, and individuality. Each July, we Americans celebrate our onstrate publicly their desire for liberty and The heroism of such patriots inspires us, Nation's independence and the blessings of democratic government, demanding free­ and teaches us. For they embody the spirit self-government. As we give thanks for the dom of speech, assembly, and movement, as of Captive Nations Week-the spirit which rights and freedoms that citizens of this well as the freedom to practice their reli­ says that freedom around the world is not Nation have enjoyed for more than 200 gious beliefs without fear of persecution. divisible, and which lives in the brave immi­ years, we also recall our obligation to speak Their voices are being heard; there have grants from Captive Nations who are beside out for oppressed peoples around the world. been improvements in human rights prac­ me: Polita Grau de Aguero, for instance, a We thus pause during Captive Nations tices by the ruling regimes in many of these political prisoner in Cuba before fleeing to Week to remember in a special way those countries. But justice demands that more America. Or Haing Ngor, who fled Cambo­ peoples who suffer from foreign domination positive steps be taken. The fundamental dia after the holocaust and won an Acade­ and from ideologies that are inimical to the rights and dignity of individuals must be my Award for his role in the "Killing ideas of national sovereignty and individual recognized in law and respected in practice; Fields." liberty. the peoples living in captive nations not These seven people are heroes. For they Today, the leaders of the Soviet Union only ask for but are entitled to lasting pro­ have shown the power of courage and free and other Communist governments are dis­ tection of their God-given rights. expression. And last week, I saw how the covering that the voices of those who long The United States shall continue to call peoples of Poland and Hungary are leading for freedom and self-determination cannot upon all governments and states to uphold the way toward this democratic future­ be silenced. Around the world, men and the letter and the spirit of the United Na­ casting rays of light on other nations that women in captive nations are calling for rec­ tions Charter and the Helsinki Final Act are not as fortunate. For within these na­ ognition of their basic human rights. Their until freedom and independence have been tions, men and women are standing up for calls-the undeniable expression of just as­ achieved for all captive nations. the cause of liberty, often at enormous cost. pirations-are beginning to be heard. A cause the Czech writer Valav Havel once In Afghanistan, the nightmarish years of REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT DURING called the "Living in Truth." Soviet occupation are over, and the Afghan CEREMONY FOR CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK This truth forms the heart of Captive Na­ people's demand for self-determination is Thank you all for coming today to the tions Week. For it dictates that liberty be drawing closer to realization. Unfortunately, White House. And I want to welcome you to political, and economic; religious, and intel­ a decisive end to the Afghans' long ordeal the White House and to an occasion-Cap­ lectual. "Living in Truth" suggests that remains elusive while a puppet regime in tive Nations Week-ma.ked by sadness, but democratic ideals can make all things possi­ Kabul continues the proxy devastation of blessed by hope. ble for a nation, and for its people, and that their war-ravaged homeland. And today we meet to signal our deep con­ the individual, not the state, is the voice of In Africa, the people of Angola have a real cern at the fate of nations, and peoples as tomorrow. chance to find peace after years of violent well, whose liberty has been held captive. We see that truth in the successful return struggle against the ruling Marxist-Leninist And we applaud the movement toward de­ of democracy to Pakistan. And in Africa, regime. Our hopes for national reconcilia­ mocracy taking place in the world, and the where liberty lights those nations moving tion in Angola will remain tempered, howev­ changes yet to come. away from state socialism with new success. er, as long as armed Cuban mercenaries con­ Six months ago this week, I said in my In­ The hated system of apartheid is on the de­ tinue to stalk the forests and veldt of that augural Address: "In man's heart, if not in fensive. And in our hope for a Cambodia land and other countries on the African fact, the day of the dictator is over. The to­ with self-determination for her people-and continent. talitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown a complete and verified Vietnamese with­ Communist expansionism has been frus­ away like leaves from an ancient lifeless drawal, with no return to power by the trated in Southeast Asia, and today there is tree." Khmer Rouge.

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. July 31, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17099 And today, the light of liberty is illumi­ NATION'S AVIATION INDUSTRY provements or the tax rate cut. Now, they nating the face of Eastern and Central OPPOSES TRUST FUND DIVER­ are about to renege on the deal, and to place Europe, and reflecting the changes taking SION an additional $976 million of aviation user place within the Soviet Union-toward fees in the general fund instead of the trust greater openness at home and away from fund. Who can say what might happen to confrontation abroad. Such openness HON.GLENNM.ANDERSON other trust funds such as those dedicated to prompted the barbed wire fence between OF CALIFORNIA sufferers of black lung disease or for Social Austria and Hungary to be dismantled. And IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Security beneficiaries." the portion I received-sitting right here­ Monday, July 31, 1989 The coalition urged Congress to assure the portion I received as a gift is now on dis­ the immediate withdrawal of the proposal play, and I'd love to have you all take a look Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, when Con­ and that Aviation Trust Fund monies not be diverted away from needed airport and air­ at it after this. gress returns after Labor Day, one of the leg­ islative priorities will be consideration of the ways safety and capacity projects. And a spirit of renewal lights the Baltic Aerospace Industries Association; Air­ States-Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia-striving fiscal year 1990 reconciliation bill. It is my un­ derstanding that this bill will include the recent craft Owners and Pilots Association; to recapture-China, and Vietnam urges "Congress to assure the immediate and Laos, Ethiopia and Nicaragua striving tion Association; National Association for freedom, we say: America stands with withdrawal of the proposal." of State Aviation Officials; National you. The diversion proposal must be deleted from reconciliation and I urge Members to MENT ADVISOR SELF-REGULA­ Indeed, to all nations, America proclaims TION ACT OF 1989 the truth cannot forever be intimidated by support that effort: force. For history shows-and the human TRUST FuND DIVERSION CALLED SKYWAY will proclaims-that liberty can light the ROBBERY HON.EDWARDJ.MARKEY darkest night. WASHINGTON, D.C., July 19, 1989.-A coali­ OF MASSACHUSETTS tion representing the nation's aviation in­ Last Tuesday, thousands filled the streets dustry today called the proposed diversion IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in Gdansk-peacefully, movingly-to honor of taxes collected for the Aviation Trust Monday, July 31, 1989 the spirit of Solidarity. But their presence Fund "skyway robbery." did more. It expressed the belief that de­ The House Ways and Means Committee, Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ mocracy underscores the dignity of man. in an effort to raise revenues for budget rec­ troducing, with Mr. DINGELL, chairman of the Among the celebrants was the patriot onciliation, has proposed that $976 million Committee on Energy and Commerce; Mr. who, above all others, has made Poland's in 1990 Aviation Trust Fund revenues be RINALDO and Mr. LENT, ranking minority mem­ future possible. Astonished by the turnout, transferred to the general fund. The com­ bers of the Telecommunications and Finance he found pride in freedom's past-and hope mittee's action would also suspend a trigger Subcommittee and the Energy and Commerce in its tomorrow. As Poles-cheering, many tax provision, which was devised by the Committee, respectively; and, Mr. ECKART, Mr. same committee in 1987, to reduce or elimi­ crying-flanked our motorcade, Lech nate the taxes on airline tickets, air cargo OXLEY, Mr. MOORHEAD, and Mr. RITTER, my Walesa turned to me-(applause)-and said shipments and general aviation fuel if Con­ colleagues on the Telecommunications and simply: "This is fantastic." And he was gress failed to appropriate sufficient funds Finance Subcommittee, the "Investment Ad­ moved-and stirred-by the wonder of the for airport and airway projects. viser Self-Regulation Act of 1989." moment, and the crowds that came out to The Avia tion Trust Fund is one of several Mr. Speaker, last year the North American pay their respects to the freedom that the such funds set up to support important na­ Securities Administrators Association [NASAA] United States of America epitomizes. University of California at On June 12, 1989, Wendy won the title of registered investment advisers and bringing Davis in 1962 and a Ph.D. in plant ecology Miss California and a $10,000 scholarship enforcement actions when necessary to from Oregon State in 197 4. Academics and which she plans to use to further her educa­ combat fraud. Yet, in the face of tremendous the academic process was an important ele­ tion at California State University, San Diego regulatory challenges, the resources at the ment of Carl Schoner's career. and Stanford University in the field of behav­ Securities and Exchange Commission for in­ By utilizing knowledge gained in his educa­ ioral psychology, specializing in forensic psy­ specting have been woefully inadequate. In tional endeavors, Carl was able to greatly en­ chology as used with law enforcement. the last decade, the SEC has witnessed a hance California farming techniques. The re­ Wendy was born and raised in California, 217-percent increase in the number of regis­ search Carl conducted covered a broad ex­ she has won many scholarships and honors. tered investment advisers, from 4,850 to panse of agriculture and many of his discover­ Among her achievements are: high school 14,500; a 400-percent increase in investment ies are still being used. One example of Carl's student of the year, Silver Seal Award, Who's adviser registration applications filed annually, numerous contributions can be seen in a 1970 Who among American high school students, from 400 to 2,000; and a 945-percent in­ study he conducted on timing of seeded alfal­ first female sport editor of her high school crease in investment adviser assets, from fa which set forth the value of an early seed­ yearbook, Soroptimist Youth Citizenship $440 billion to $4.6 trillion. However, the Com­ ing. By proving that late fall harvesting of alfal­ Award, American Business Womens Scholar­ mission's examination staff has not increased fa was detrimental to next season's yields, ship, Lawndale Soroptimist Scholarship significantly since 1980. The Commission staff Carl's study led to a 5- to 10-percent increase Award, Lawndale Rotary Club Scholarship currently inspects investment advisers only in alfalfa acreage in the central valley of Cali­ Award, Pennsylvania Ballet Scholarship once ever 12 years. Clearly, the continuation fornia, and subsequent economic gains for Award, Jeffery Ballet Scholarship Award, Pa­ of this situation is intolerable. local alfalfa producers! cific Northwest Ballet Scholarship Award, and Unquestionably, the best approach to this Many Yolo County farmers recognize and the Boston Ballet Scholarship Award. problem would be a fully staffed SEC to moni­ appreciate Carl's contributions. Rich Ro­ As Miss Centinela Valley, Wendy Berry was tor directly all the activities of investment ad­ minger, a local farmer and former director of an active community volunteer. Wendy partici­ visers. But clearly, some immediate action the California Department of Food and Agri­ pated in the senior citizens Christmas party, must be taken to address the currently inad­ culture, commended Carl for his ability to visited the local convalescent hospital, partici­ equate level of Federal oversight. In this light, "continue a strong program in the face of pated in the fundraisers for leukemia, cystic fi­ I am introducing this legislation today-not as budget cuts." Lynnel Pollock who worked with brosis, polioPlus program, Big Sisters of Los the heralding of the full solution, but as a Carl in her capacity as former Yolo County Angeles, and many others. Farm Bureau president, applauded him for means of illuminating the problem and begin­ Miss California, Wendy Berry will represent running "a tight ship" and encouraging cost ning the process of serious efforts at reform. the State of California at the Miss America containment. Many issues remain to be debated, but the Pageant in Atlantic City on September 16, Carl is also well loved and admired by co­ process must begin. 1989. workers. The most common description of This legislation would recognize an inde­ It is a pleasure to bring Wendy Berry's Carl is to refer to him as an "outstanding pendent self-regulatory organization to take record of accomplishments to my colleagues. person." Yolo County Agricultural Commis­ over much of the frontline function of exami­ I ask that they join me in congratulating her sioner Ray Perkins, his colleague for 26 years nation and investigation of investment advis­ on her good works and best wishes on her said of Carl "He projected a nice-guy quality ers. Such an approach would be modeled future endeavours. that so many of us wish we could. He was after similar SRO's for broker-dealers, such as able to do an outstanding job while remaining the New York Stock Exchange [NYSE] and that same nice person." Those who worked the National Association of Securities Dealers CHARLIE CROWDER SEES with Carl are quick to sing his praises. [NASO]. The SEC would supervise the efforts UTOPIA, AND IT'S A BORDER Mr. Speaker, it has been a great pleasure to TOWN of the newly designated investment adviser work with Carl over the years. He has been a SRO. tremendous asset to the University of Califor­ HON. BILL RICHARDSON In summary, Mr. Speaker, I look forward to nia Cooperative Extension, the Yolo County moving ahead in the examination of problems Farm Bureau, and the local farm community OF NEW MEXICO in the investment adviser/financial planner in­ as a whole. On this special occasion, I would IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dustry, and developing a consensus approach like to extend my personal thanks and appre­ Monday, July 31, 1989 to finding a genuine solution. ciation to Carl, his wife Alice and their family. Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, as you Fondly, I offer them all my wishes for the best know, the United States-Mexico border region TRIBUTE TO CARL SCHONER of everything. suffers from a multitude of problems. Clean water is in short supply, the area is polluted, HON. VIC FAZIO SOUTH BAY HOMECOMING TO housing is substandard, unemployment is OF CALIFORNIA MISS CALIFORNIA, WENDY high, and there is a dire need for health care. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BERRY These are only a few of the troubles that beset this area of our country. While Congress Monday, July 31, 1989 HON. MEL LEVINE is only beginning to recognize and address Mr. FAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay OF CALIFORNIA the pressing needs of the border region, a citi­ tribute to my good friend Carl Schoner. After IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES zen of New Mexico is working hard to estab­ 35 years of service to Yolo County farming, lish a model community on the New Mexico­ Carl recently retired from his position as direc­ Monday, July 31, 1989 Mexico border. tor of the Yolo County University of California Mr. LEVINE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Charlie Crowder has recognized that the Cooperative Extension. His contributions to ask my colleagues in the U.S. House of Rep­ border region's economic health is linked to Yolo County and the University of California resentatives to join me in commending Wendy its ability to provide decent living conditions Cooperative Extension stretch considerably Berry, who was recently named Miss Califor­ for its workers. In a recent interview he asks, beyond his 20 years as director. I know that nia, as she is honored by her friends and "How can you be efficient if you wake up with my colleagues will agree that Carl's undying family at a special homecoming dinner dance no plumbing, walk through a slum to work, devotion to the farm community warrants our on Saturday, August 5, 1989, in Manhattan and worry about your grandmother's safety?" honoring him today. Beach, CA. Mr. Crowder has been working for years to es- July 31, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17101 tablish the city of Santa Teresa-an industrial it have failed. The developer dismisses ques­ containing reviser's notes and tables-to ac­ city which provides workers with a strong tions about financing with one-liners: "I company the bill should contact: Edward F. have people all over the world making in­ Willett, Jr., Law Revision Counsel, House of standard of living and businesses with an effi­ stallments on my MasterCard," he says, re­ cient and productive work force. I would like ferring to those trying to drum up funds. Representatives, H2-304, House Annex No. to insert into the RECORD a recent article from But Grubb's chief executive, Harold A. Ellis 2, Washington, DC, 20515. Business Week magazine which details Char­ Jr., admits that financing is "always a con­ Persons wishing to comment on the bill lie Crowder's efforts. I recommend my col­ cern." Crowder's partner and financial ad­ should submit those comments to the Office leagues read the article and learn from Charlie viser, Christopher 0. Lyons, says that the of the Law Revision Counsel not later than Crowder's innovative efforts. project needs $30 million to get started. October 31, 1989. CFrom Business Week, July 31, 19891 The other potential worry is Mexico. Al­ though Crowder has an authorized border CHARLIE CROWDER SEES UTOPIA, AND IT'S A crossing for cattle on his land, he hasn't yet HOW POLITICS BURIED A GOOD BORDER TOWN received permission from Mexico for an in­ dustrial crossing. Such paperwork can para­ AIRPLANE DESIGN Charlie Crowder points to a path stretch­ lyze projects. But here, Crowder can count ing behind a lone bulldozer in the desert. on a powerful friend, outgoing Juarez HON. BOB McEWEN "That " he says, "is the Santa Teresa Inter­ Mayor Jaime Bermudez, the biggest maqui­ natio:r{al Beltway." A fast-talking, chain­ ladora developer in Mexico, who's helping OF OHIO smoking land trader, Charles L. Crowder to develop Santa Teresa. Says Crowder: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has big plans for his chunk of desert about "Jaime wrote the book." 10 miles west of El Paso along the U.S.­ Crowder has scrawled a few pages himself. Monday, July 31, 1989 Mexico border. He envisions a brand-new The 57-year-old made himself a legend in Mr. McEWEN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to city, half in Mexico, half in the U.S., built the Southwest as a politically connected call to the attention of my colleagues the fol­ around a group of border-zone assembly land trader. He built his fortune by pur­ lowing editorial-opinion written by Charles plants, the maquiladoras. chasing plots of land-such as a chunk of Whited. It is my hope that Mr. Whited's writing The maquiladora industry, based on $4-a­ Arizona that in 1987 was annexed to the day Mexican labor, has tripled in this Navajo reservation-and then trading them will raise Member's consideration of the Amer­ decade, with U.S. and Japanese companies for better lots elsewhere. But to date, his ican aviation industry, Government interven­ employing some 400,000. And that has development efforts have been one-man tion in a free marketplace, the determination stretched Mexico's border cities thin. shows, rarely exceeding the scope of his of the human spirit, and the advancement of They're grievously short of water, roads, checkbook. technology for both military and commercial bridges, and housing. South of El Paso, Driving the sandy red roads of his border use. Cuidad Juarez, the maquiladora capital of domain, Crowder sounds more like Mother North America, alone is short some 40,000 Teresa than a developer. The key to success, How POLITICS BURIED A GOOD AIRPLANE housing units. he says, is meeting the workers' needs. DESIGN The lack of services makes it hard on "How can you be efficient," he asks, "if you Houston, likes much. But she allows it's UNITED STATES CODE, ALIENS Burnelli was built in the late '40s. "not totally outside the realm of possibili­ AND NATIONALITY And yet a small clutch of believers still ty." More to the point, Crowder has some cite the Burnelli as a stunning example of rock-hard assets: He controls 25,000 acres on HON. JACK BROOKS power politics in the military-industrial es­ the U.S. side of the border and even more tablishment, by which rival airplane manu­ on the Mexican side-"all the way to those OF TEXAS facturers have kept the flying public shack­ mountains," he says, pointing to distant IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES led to inefficient, dangerous aircraft types peaks. Santa Teresa even has an airport. Monday, July 31, 1989 that today girdle the earth. It also lies atop large groundwater sup­ "It's insane ... an evil conspiracy that plies. "Charlie's sitting on enough water to Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, on July 19, starts at the Pentagon." take him well into the 21st, if not the 22nd, 1989, I introduced H.R. 2925, a bill to revise, Thus, in an office in Dade County, Fla., a century," says Jeffrey B. Peters, president codify, and enact without substantive change debonair one-time test pilot of America's of the U.S.-Mexican Development Corp. and certain general and permanent laws, related first supersonic aircraft, Chalmers "Slick" an adviser to Crowder. Hype? Yes, but the to aliens and nationality, as title 8, United Goodlin, 66, keeps vigil for the creations of fact is, there's so much water on Crowder's Burnelli, whom he has venerated since boy­ parcel that El Paso has spent 12 years and States Code. This bill has been prepared by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel as a hood as an unsung aviation genius of all $8 million in legal fees trying to tap it. time. Grubbs & Ellis Co., a big San Francisco­ part of the program of the Office to prepare In the late 1940s, Goodlin flew the Bell X- based real estate developer, recently agreed and submit to the Judiciary Committee of the 1 rocket plane to the verge of Mach 1 before to promote Santa Teresa. Grubb formed a House of Representatives, for enactment into turning it over to Chuck Yeager, who broke 50-member team that will tour Northeast­ positive law, all titles of the United States the sound barrier. Today, Goodlin makes ern and Midwestern cities, trying to lure Code. his living running a firm that buys, sells and companies south. "The Pittsburghs, Phila­ leases aircraft. But his heart is with the delphias, Detroits, and Bostons of this world This bill makes no change in the substance of existing law. It is the successor to H.R. Burnelli Co. Inc., of which he is board chair­ have many companies that will come down man and president, holding the Burnelli here," says Franklin K. Skinner, the team's 3321, 99th Congress, and updates that bill to incorporate laws enacted during the last two patents. director. None has yet signed up, however. The old frustrations are revived afresh ALWAYS A CONCERN Congresses and to reflect comments received following two aviation events last week. The hitch is financing. Crowder needs to on that bill. One was the maiden flight of the build housing first. For that, he needs up­ Anyone interested in obtaining a copy of the batwinged B-2 stealth bomber, whose design front money, and efforts since 1987 to raise bill and a copy of the draft committee report- so closely resembles Burnelli technology 17102 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 31, 1989 that Goodlin fired off a protest to the Pen­ ported a number of programs to help our citi­ A TRIBUTE TO MR. CARL tagon. zens of modest means achieve the American VOLLARO The other was the Iowa crash of a United dream of adequate, affordable housing, but Airlines DC-10 in which at least 109 per­ ished, mostly by fire. Modem Jet planes are the system at HUD has distorted and under­ HON. RONALD K. MACHTLEY so laden with fuel-in the wings, under the mined that dream. Programs were set up to seats, in fuel lines-as to render the typical direct scarce Government resources into OF RHODE ISLAND tube-fuselage airliner a flying bomb. areas of the greatest need, but instead-in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Bumelli flew by a different shape. case after case-we have seen those scarce Monday, July 31, 1989 Texas-born Vincent Bumelli, inspired by resources doled out to projects which are not the Wright brothers, built his first model Mr. MACHTLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today airplane as a boy, became an aircraft design­ the most meritorious or the most worthy, but to pay tribute to a dedicated and honorable er and engineer, and by 1920 had his first rather to those projects which have the best public servant in every sense of the word, Mr. real plane in the air. Its fuselage resembled connected political consultants. Carl Vollaro. a giant wing section, big enough to carry people and cargo, with wings jutting on Mr. Speaker, we in the Congress can and Mr. Vollaro, a member of the National Asso­ each side. Air rushing over the airfoil shape must act to eliminate these serious abuses of ciation of Letter Carriers, has dedicated 20 gave it enormous lift. By 1924, the Bumelli our governmental process. With my distin­ years to his route in suburban Barrington, RI, compartment was as big as a garage, with guished Republican colleague from Connecti­ and has always kept an eye out for his pa­ such lifting power that it carried two Essex cut, Mr. SHAYS, I am introducing the Clean trons. Recently, when mail and newspapers automobiles. Consulting Act of 1989. began piling up at the home of two elderly Fuel was stored in the wings, which were women, he contacted the police. One of the designed to break off in a crash leaving the Our legislation, which is identical to an women had fallen several days earlier and her passenger compartment free of fire. amendment introduced by Senator ROBERT bedridden mother was stranded on the Later tests of the Burnelli design demon­ BYRD to the Interior appropriations bill adopt­ strated an astonishing aircraft that carried second floor, unable to help. The Barrington twice the load of the conventional plane, ed last week by the Senate, makes a number Town Council honored Mr. Vollaro with a cita­ landed and took off at half the speed, and of important changes regarding the use of tion for his humanitarian assistance. had greater range on an equal fuel load. consultants in dealing with agencies of the Mr. Vollaro's benevolent vigilance is just Goodlin insists that a jet-powered Bumelli Federal Government. one of the many services letter carriers pro­ today would have the cruising speed of a First, the bill prohibits recipients of Federal vide for their communities. Mr. Vollaro's act of Boeing 747, carrying more payload. heroism is repeated every day by thousands grants, contracts, loans, or cooperative agree­ But for a presidential tantrum, Bumellis of letter carriers across the Nation. These could be the standard of aviation. ments from using Federal funds to pay con­ In 1941, Vincent Bumelli went to the same men and women also regularly raise sultants-directly or indirectly-in order to in­ money for charity, volunteer in their communi­ White House where President Franklin fluence or attempt to influence executive or Roosevelt was to sign an order for Bumelli ties, look out for missing children, and check warplanes. FDR casually asked who was fi­ legislative decisionmaking in connection with on the elderly and disabled along their routes. nancing the enterprise. The financier the Federal award. I commend Mr. Vollaro for his heroic act turned out to be a backer of FDR's archri­ Second, the bill requires that any person or and 20 years of service to Barrington. On the val, Wendell Willkie. Roosevelt threw his organization requesting or receiving a Federal 1OOth anniversary of the National Association pen across the Oval Office and told Bumelli Government contract, grant, or loan must of Letter Carriers, it is also an honor to pay to get out. The War Department ruled the Bumelli aircraft unacceptable, and the report to the Federal agency involved the tribute to all the letter carriers in Rhode ruling remains in effect to this day. name of any lobbyist or consultant paid with Island, a distinguished group of caring citizens The U.S. standard, and that of the world, non-Federal funds, the amounts paid, and the whose work is an invaluable contribution to became airplanes with fuselages shaped like purpose for which they were paid. Federal the communities of our Nation. cigars. agencies will be required every 6 months to "We've been flying the wrong aircraft," file a complete public report of all this infor­ says Goodlin, "for 50 years." SHERIFF TERRY ASHE EPITO­ mation. MIZES PRIDE, PROFESSIONAL­ To enforce these provisions, our legislation ISM provides for penalties of up to $100,000 for the use of Federal funds to pay lobbyists or HON. BART GORDON consultants, and gives the heads of Federal Government agencies the authority to cancel OF TENNESSEE THE CLEAN CONSULTANTS ACT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF 1989-POLITICAL INFLU­ contracts, grants, or loans to those organiza­ ENCE PEDDLING AND CON­ tions or individuals who violate the provisions Monday, July 31, 1989 SULTANT ABUSES MUST STOP of the bill. Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, it is with great Our legislation does not prohibit reasonable pleasure that I rise today to pay tribute to a HON. TOM LANTOS payments to consultants for professional and law enforcement leader who not only works to OF CALIFORNIA technical services in connection with meeting keep his community safe, but also to make it IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the requirements for receiving Federal con­ a better place to live and raise a family. Mr. Terry Ashe, the sheriff of Wilson County Monday, July 31, 1989 tracts, grants, or loans, but it does eliminate in my district in middle Tennessee, has coped the use of Federal funds for political influence Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, as chairman of with the growing pains of a rapidly expanding peddling. the Employment and Housing Subcommittee population and a growing force of deputies which has been conducting the congressional Mr. Speaker, there are many other grave during his 7-year tenure. investigation of serious abuses at the Depart­ problems that we have uncovered in our in­ When cities grow outward into formerly rural ment of Housing and Urban Development vestigation of HUD and others continue to areas, they bring along some of the city prob­ [HUD]. I have been shocked and astonished arise as our investigation continues. This leg­ lems people move to escape. Sheriff Ashe at the widespread use of highly paid political islation deals with only one of those prob­ has done a great job of maintaining the pro­ consultants by developers and others seeking lems-political influence peddling-but it is fessionalism of his force and protecting the Federal funds. Political influence peddling and communities in his jurisdiction. many of the other serious abuses that we among the most serious and troubling of the problems we have discovered. It is a problem At the same time, he has become a leader have discovered at HUD have been encour­ in law enforcement circles. that we can and must correct. aged and supported by these consultants. A veteran of the Vietnam war who was At HUD, we have found a complete distor­ Mr. Speaker, I urge our colleagues in the wounded and decorated for bravery, Terry tion of the system in many programs. The Congress to join us in cosponsoring this legis­ Ashe joined the Wilson County Sheriff's De­ Congress and the American people have sup- lation. partment in 197 4. He switched over the police July 31, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17103 department in Lebanon, the county seat, makers, from chemists to congressional staff­ Except 150 American teenagers. where he was appointed chief of detectives in ers. The Carroll family is making its mark in so As I remember, it was a less than enthusi­ 1980. many different fields. astic performance we gave that afternoon. Terry managed during those years not only One of the Carrolls, Matthew Henson, was And we were a somber group of kids as we boarded the bus back to the hotel. There to do an outstanding job as a police officer with the expedition that went to the North was none of the usual good-natured kidding but also to complete a criminal justice degree Pole in 1909. He was Admiral Perry's only as­ and joking which usually followed a concert. at my alma mater, Middle Tennessee State sistant on that dangerous journey. This coura­ And as we passed a solid grey, concrete University. geous explorer was also a proud family wall, topped with barbed wire and complete Shortly afterwards, he was elected sheriff member. After his successful journey to the with soldier holding a machine gun, which, and entered a new phase in his distinguished North Pole, he returned to his roots in Nanje­ we were told, was their version of Congress, career. moy, visting the cemetery where Anthony and I remembered the summer I went to Wash­ Recognizing his county's growth, he Angeline are buried, only a short distance ington, D.C. with my parents. Where I was promptly opened a sheriff's substation in the from where the little long cabin still stands. Free to walk the halls and come and go, and sit in on a session of Congress. To visit the western part of the county, where much of the I had the wonderful opportunity to meet this White House, to walk through the Penta­ growth has been taking place. remarkable family at their most recent family gon. "Freedom!" I thought. Recognizing the rapid growth of what has reunion. I was impressed by their many ac­ Just then, from the rear of the bus, some­ become our country's worst problem, he orga­ complishments, stirred by their family values, one began to sing, "Oh say can you see, by nized antidrug operations. Last year, he and touched by their warmth and hospitality. the dawns early light ..." helped form a judicial drug task force for a Theirs is a family that exhibits all that is One by one, voices joined in. five-county area. great in the American family. The rise of a By the time we reached the final phrase, He also worked to bring his department in family, from humble and happy beginnings, to "O'er the land of the free, and the home of closer touch with his community, organizing a large, close-knit group of successful Ameri­ the brave," there wasn't a dry eye on the bus. neighborhood watch programs, a criminal in­ cans. The Carroll family heritage is an Ameri­ Even our British tour guide was in tears. vestigation division, and a deputy reserve pro­ can success story that makes us all proud. No sell-out Reds or Bengals game could ever gram. match our 150 voices as we proudly sang our Terry Ashe has shown that recognition of THE AMERICAN FLAG national anthem, and clapped and cheered, his professional standards crosses party lines. as we exited the bus in front of the hotel. Gov. Lamar Alexander, a Republican, made What a spectacle we must have been as we Terry Ashe the first sheriff appointed on the HON. BOB McEWEN hugged and wished each other Happy Birth­ State juvenile justice commission. OF OHIO day, on the sidewalk and in the hotel lobby. A few years later, Gov. Ned Ray IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES So, when you talk to me about the 1st Amendment right to burn the symbol of my McWherter, a Democrat, appointed Terry to Monday, July 31, 1989 freedom in protest, you'll get an argument serve on the Tennessee Peace Officer Stand­ Mr. McEWEN. Mr. Speaker, weeks have from me everytime. ards and Training Commission. passed since the Supreme Court handed Because a 33-year-old housewife and · There are few law enforcement officers so down its unfortunate ruling that defined the mother, remembers what it is like to be an well respected in the State of Tennessee as 18-year-old girl, in a foreign country on burning of the American flag as a form of America's Birthday. Sheriff Terry Ashe. One runs out of breath speech. I am worried that some in Congress going over his accomplishments in a career Sincerely, hope that public passions will cool on this Mrs. CYNTHIA L. WILSON. that has many, many years to go. issue, so that we can forget how important The people of Wilson County and the Sixth protection of the flag is to so many Ameri­ THE AMERICAN FLAG Congressional District are very lucky to have a cans. I firmly believe that the majority of the sheriff of the caliber of Terry Ashe. Court made an egregious error in ruling that statutory protection of the flag is unconstitu­ I am the American Flag. tional. When I was first made, I was respected and shown much dignity. STATEMENT IN HONOR OF THE I recently received a very moving letter from Brave soldiers felt a great deal of pride if CARROLL FAMILY a young lady expressing why our flag is a they carried me in battle. unique national symbol that must be accorded But now, at times, that feeling of respect for HON. ROY DYSON unique protection. I would like the text of the me is gone. OF MARYLAND letter to be placed on the record. I would also I'm sure you see me in some places on a tall IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES like the text of "The American Flag," a poem flagpole waving briskly in the air. written by a high school student in my district, I'm only flying during clear weather-I'm Monday, July 31, 1989 to be placed on the record. The distortion of only flying under a patriotic light. Mr. DYSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speech to the extent that flag burning is legal When I am taken down, I am saluted prop­ congratulate the Carroll family of Nanjemoy, should be corrected by the Congress. erly and folded in the right manner, MD. Their family is a living testimony to the The material follows: not crumpled up like dirty laundry. American dream. DEAR MR. McEWEN: As I write this letter, I But, unfortunately, in some places my value Over 115 years ago, Anthony and Angeline understand two things. is interpreted differently. Carroll began their family in a little log cabin First, that you do not represent my dis­ Suddenly no one cares. trict, although I live only five short miles They stick me on a flagpole, thinking they near the shores of the Potomac River. Mary­ are being patriotic. land was a free state and so the two were not from the Highland County line. Secondly, I realize that the decision to The ironic thing about this is that they bound by the ties of slavery. They were free forget about me. to work the land and fish the waters. And they support the burning of the flag under first amendment rights was a Supreme Court de­ Slowly I start to fray at the ends. were free to start a family of their own. cision. It hurts a little but I will overcome. Anthony and Angeline Carroll had eight chil­ However, I want to share with you the The fringe on the end of me starts to rip. dren and raised them in that log cabin. Their memory of an 18-year-old girl, who spent I begin to cry. children were healthy and happy, and all went the summer of 1974 in Europe. I was only The tears and the blood I am shedding mix on to have families of their own. The third together and discolor me into a dull one of 150, 17- and 18-year-olds singing pink. generation numbered 38 children. Those chil­ with the Ohio State Fair /European But I will adapt. dren have gone on to start more happy Carroll Youth Choir. I'll have to. families. thousanas OI mues Irom nunu:: uv~.- uui 11~- tions most revered holiday, I don't believe I am starting to become very thin and the Today, the legacy of Anthony and Angeline that any of us realized the importance of rain that is falling is piercing me like a Carroll is a large and close-knit family of tal­ the date. knife. ented Americans. Their descendants work in Until, we woke up in a foreign country, I hurt so badly but no one cares. many different walks of life: from farmers to where no one cared that it was the 4th of I will improvise. computer specialists, from lawyers to home- July. It is getting dark again. 17104 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 31, 1989 I should be frightened, but I am not. Every Member of Congress has his or her tudes have been changed on both sides I know God will take care of me. own reason for entering public service. Each through its effect. I pray to Him that someone will remember of us took the joys and burdens of this job in We thank our colleagues who have helped me. I'm sick of being up here alone, bewildered order to fulfill our personal ambition to leave make these broadcasts possible. Many of and forgotten the world a better place than we found it. But them have appeared as panelists, question­ People look at me and frown. of all the expectations a Member of Congress ers, and guests. Others have made vital con­ I hear they say, "what a disgrace". might have, few of us ever expected to win an tributions by lending their committee rooms, In preparing for America's future, people Emmy as part of our career on Capitol Hill. which were transformed into studios. We owe should punish others for the agony For the Members of Congress who make up Tina_Tate, Jack Russ, and countless techni­ they put me through.... the steering committee for "Capital to Cap­ cians our thanks for their help in working with Not overlook it! ital," the Emmy is a tangible reward for the ABC during late hours and on short notice. Good, dawn is coming, I try to stretch but my frozen body won't budge. effort that has gone into these shows. In addi­ We want to recognize the efforts and sup­ I get frustrated and I start to cry. tion to myself and Ms. ScHNEIDER, the other port of our friends at ABC News. This season The warm tears slowly thaw my icy body. members of the steering committee are CL.Av we are losing the creative talent of our execu­ But wait, what is this that God has sent? SHAW, JIM LEACH, STENY HOYER, TOM tive producer, Richard Kaplan. Rick is leaving It seems to be two young soldiers in their DoWNEY, and Senator ALAN CRANSTON. our series to produce a new fall show entitled battle dress uniforms. These exchanges are intended to tackle the "Prime Time Live" with Diane Sawyer and They look so healthy and vivacious. toughest areas of disagreement between our Sam Donaldson. We feel fortunate that Rick So caring and understanding. was able to tackle the challenge of working But at the same time, so young and vulnera­ two countries in a way that seeks to reach ble. beyond posturing and speechmaking. The with Members of Congress to produce Capital One of them sees' me. shows offer policymakers an opportunity to to Capital while he continued producing a I see the dismay on his face as he looks up challenge viewpoints, to look for areas of daily show for Nightline. A large measure of at my cold, wet, tattered form. compromise and agreement, and to offer pos­ the show's success is due to his effort. We I see in his eyes shame and despair as he sible solutions. Basically, it represents an thank Rick for his hard work, and wish him taps the shoulder of his battle buddy. effort to improve communication and under­ and his assistant, Susan Sigel, the best of "Look, Look"! standing between policymakers in both coun­ luck. They both quickly dash toward me. Capital to Capital will begin this year with a A sense of revival falls upon me. tries, not to negotiate agreements or make My bellowing cry could have been heard commitments on programs. new executive producer, Jeff Gralnick, and a miles away by anyone who wanted to We Americans have been forced to take a show on the critical environmental problems listen. critical look at our own country through the facing both nations and the entire Earth. We They approach the pole and quickly loosen eyes of an adversarial world power. We have invite your continued participation and support the ropes that keep me in torment. been put on the spot to respond to their per­ as we begin our second year of broadcasts As they unhook me, they keep me far from ception of our system, and our inability to pro­ this fall. the ground. They look at my frail and raveled body. vide the American dream to all of our citizens. They both begin to cover their eyes. Americans, in turn, have been able to discuss ALTON COAL LEASE EXCHANGE As they remove their hands, I see their tear­ arms control and human rights abuses directly swollen eyes. with the very Soviet officials who hold power HON. WAYNE OWENS They wept for me, much the way soldiers to make decisions on these issues. wept for me in battle. Like any new venture, we have not always OF UTAH What a feeling of rebirth. been successful. Some of us on both sides IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Each looks in the others eyes, not watching have been unable to overcome the stiffness Monday, July 31, 1989 me but folding me in the proper and the occasional rhetorical excess that manner. Mr. OWENS of Utah. Mr. Speaker, it pleas­ The respectful manner. comes in speaking before a live audience and es me to be able to join my Utah colleagues I feel their hands, warm stern, proud, assur­ a camera lens. Some critics have labeled the in the House of Representatives and in the ing hands. shows as "boring." But unlike a majority of Utah Legislature in support of legislation that These men, by remembering the past, re­ television shows, we are not seeking to enter­ recognizes the importance of balancing the specting the present and reaching tain, but to inform, and we have been reward­ competing concerns of the industry and the beyond today, are preparing for ed with major breakthroughs. As a result of environment. This bill, which is supported by AMERICA'S FUTURE! the show on human rights, several divided all members of the Utah and Nevada delega­ families were reunited. The names of family tions, authorizes the exchange of Federal coal members allowed to leave the Soviet Union leases proposed for surface mine develop­ CAPITAL TO CAPITAL were announced unexpectedly to stunned TELEVISION SERIES ment in southern Utah, in the Alton coal field, family members seated in our audience. A for Federal coal leases in an existing mining Joint Human Rights Commission has been area in central Utah. HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR. formed following an on-air suggestion to in­ While I am a proponent of many pro-envi­ OF CALIFORNIA vestigate cases involving political prisoners, ronment issues and the designation of addi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES divided families and patients in psychiatric tional wilderness, I have never opposed the hospitals. development of the natural resources of my Monday, July 31, 1989 The Soviet Union has made some dramatic home State of Utah where such development Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speaker, changes since this show began. We have was appropriate. I do not consider a large sur­ rise with my colleague, Representative CLAU­ seen the emergency of new leadership and face mine to be an appropriate neighbor to DINE SCHNEIDER to call your attention to the the struggles of that leadership as it faces one of this Nation's mosl treasured national fact that this September will mark the second change and criticism from within its own coun­ parks, the Bryce Canyon National Park. How­ season that "Capital to Capital" will be aired try. Many of those emerging leaders have ap­ ever, central Utah, where the new leases are by ABC News. As many of you know, these peared on the show. Conversation among located, already supports mining operations. broadcasts feature live, unedited discussions allies is easy; but broadcasting direct accusa­ The expansion of those operations which will between Members of Congress and Members tions to the leaders of a country known not so result from this exchange will increase em­ of the Supreme Soviet. The series is aired si­ long ago as the "Evil Empire" is bold. ABC ployment opportunities and aid in the recovery multaneously on both Soviet and American News and Gosteleradio are to be congratulat­ of the depressed Utah mining industry. This, networks to a combined audience of well over ed for offering this unique forum for critical without endangering the environment. 100 million viewers. Last year this unprece- · dialog between our two countries. While it My concern for the environmentally sensi­ dented series was awarded an Emmy by the would be presumptious to attribute the historic tive area surrounding Bryce Canyon National National Academy of Television Arts and Sci­ changes in Soviet society to the impact of the Park have been heightened in recent years as ences. program, it has certainly been true that atti- it appeared that the owner of the leases in the July 31, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17105 Alton coal field was quickly moving toward de­ foster international good will and understand­ Because the disease seemed to be unique to velopment of the leases. Although the Federal ing. this general locality and was first identified My colleagues, I ask you to join me in con­ in a village called Lyme, it came to be and State governments have taken action to known as Lyme disease. protect unusually sensititve areas, the devel­ gratulating Ira Bornstein for his many years of From 1975 to 1979, Connecticut health of­ opment of a surface mine is proceeding and dedication to the improvement of international ficers recorded 512 cases of Lyme disease. appears inevitable. Fortunately, the coinci­ scientific understanding and cooperation. Further epidemiologic and ecological stud­ dence of several factors lead the owner of the ies, funded by another NIH institute, in­ Alton leases, Nevada Electric Investment Co. NIAID'S ROCKY MOUNTAIN criminated a tiny tick, which lives off ro­ [NEICO] to propose this exchange. If this ex­ LABORATORIES dents and white-tailed deer, as the carrier of change is rejected, Neico will have no re­ the disease. Yet the microbe that actually causes Lyme disease remained unknown. course but to pursue the necessary require­ Meanwhile, back at RML in Montana, Dr. ments to mine coal from Alton. HON. PAT WILLIAMS OF MONTANA Willy Burgdorfer, a pathobiologist specializ­ In proposing this exchange, Neico has con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing in tick-borne diseases, was continuing tinued to show its sensitivity to environmental his work in Rocky Mountain spotted fever. concerns. For instance, Neico only seeks re­ Monday, July 31, 1989 He had become interested in spotted fever serves which can be mined from its existing Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, resolving medi­ cases occurring in New York, among resi­ mine portal. This is consistent with the desire cal mysteries is a difficult task. America has dents of Long Island. Is it possible, he won­ dered, that the Rocky Mountain spotted of the Forest Service to avoid the develop­ long led the way in doing so. ment of a new portal in the Manti-La Sal Na­ fever bacterium, Rickettsia rickettsii, is Out in Montana, in the city of Hamilton, is transmitted by the deer tick? tional Forest. No other mining concern could located one of our Nation's medical research With his collaborator, Dr. Jorge Benach access most of the reserves sought by Neico laboratories. Staffed by biomedical detectives, from the New York State Department of without a new mining portal. Any revenues the Rocky Mountain Laboratory continues its Health, Burgdorfer had examined several which might be lost due to the lack of com­ important work; included in that mission is re­ hundred ticks, but saw no evidence of rick­ petitive leasing of this area are more than search on Lyme disease. ettsial infection. Then, in September 1981, offset by the fact that mining can begin much The following is an article from a December Burgdorfer received one additional ship­ sooner due to its proximity to an existing mine 1988 National Institutes of Health publication. ment of ticks for testing. While examining operation. In addition, Neico is entitled to the tick blood for rickettsiae, he found what CFrom "The Record," a National Institutes looked like microscopic worms. In hot pur­ compensation for its significant investment in of Health publication Dec. 13, 1988) suit, hoping to learn more about these the Alton coal field. BIOMEDICAL DETECTIVE IDENTIFIES ELUSIVE worms, he dissected the ticks and prepared AGENT-NIAID's ROCKY MOUNTAIN LAB­ smears from the removed tissue. ORATORIES He did not find what he had expected. In­ MR. IRA BORNSTEIN RECENT For scientists in basic research, there are stead, his microscope revealed spirochetes­ RECIPIENT OF THE AMERICAN few "eurekas." Piece by piece, researchers the same spiral-shaped microbes later de­ NUCLEAR SOCIETY'S DISTIN­ seek out tantalizing bits of evidence that tected in Lyme disease patients. In addition, GUISHED SERVICE AWARD eventually might prove to be a solid clue. At spirochetes he subsequently isolated from NIAID's Rocky Mountain Laboratories European ticks were identical to the Lyme . Burgdorfer Monday, July 31, 1989 health concern in America-Lyme disease. showed that Lyme disease is actually a Situated in Montana's lush Bitterroot severe form of ECM. The mystery was Mr. FAWELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Valley, RML came into being because of an solved. recognize Mr. Ira Bornstein, a recent recipient earlier medical puzzle. Many of the early In the annals of science, one of the high­ of the American Nuclear Society's Distin­ settlers attracted to the fertile valley were est forms of recognition is naming an orga­ guished Service Award. The Distinguished plagued by a disease they knew as "black nism for the investigator who discovered it. Service Award has been given only 1O other measles" of "spotted fever." In 1902, the In the ancient taxonomic tradition, there­ U.S. Public Health Service sent out a re­ fore, the spirochetes that cause Lyme dis­ times in the history of the American Nuclear search team to find the cause. Tents, cabins ease are now known as Borrelia burgdorferi. Society. Ira is most deserving of this honor. and an old schoolhouse were used for hous­ For his discovery, Burgdorfer was also Ira, a nuclear engineer at Argonne National ing the early labs, where the researchers ul­ awarded the Schaudinn-Hoffman plaque by Laboratory, has been recognized by the Amer­ timately not only identified the source of the German Society of Dermatologists ican Nuclear Society for his 12 years of out­ the problem-tick bites-but also formulat­ during its 34th congress in Zurich, Switzer­ standing service in the development and ad­ ed a vaccine against the agent. In gratitude, land in 1984. Schaudinn and Hoffman, in ministration of the American Nuclear Society I the State of Montana built the present fa­ 1903, discovered Treponema pallidum, the cilities, which the Public Health Service organism that causes syphilis. Further U.S. Department of Energy International Stu­ then purchased in 1931. With the NIH reor­ kudos came last year from Switzerland, dent Exchange Program. The International ganization 40 years ago, the laboratories where the University of Bern presented Student Exchange Program sponsors bilateral became a component of the new Microbiolo­ Burgdorfer with an honorary medical exchanges of engineering graduate students gical Institute, NIAID's precursor. degree in recognition of his spirochete work; from universities located in the Midwestern The 41 scientists now at RML continue re­ this past month, the West German Minister United States with those from universities in search on arthropod-borne diseases in addi­ of Health presented Burgdorfer with the France, West Germany, and Japan. American tion to studying animal infections transmis­ prestigious Robert Koch Foundation Award. students are provided with summer jobs at sible to humans, slow-virus diseases, vaccine For the true scientist, however, an answer leading research centers in France, West Ger­ development, and more recently, the ac­ only stimulates more questions. Doctors quired immunodeficiency syndrome . now know how to treat Lyme disease, but di­ many, and Japan. In return, the students from The following story depicts the kind of work agnosing the disease remains difficult. Not those countries come to the United States to conducted on RML. only are its symptoms similar to those of work at Argonne National Laboratory. In 1975, the Connecticut State Health De­ other diseases, the diagnostic blood tests The exchange program has provided enrich­ partment received a phone call from a presently available are not reliable. Several ing experiences for nearly 100 American stu­ mother concerned about the outbreak of a years ago, Burgdorfer devised a quick test dents and an equal number of students from strange disease in her village. Twelve chil­ for identifying ticks infected with spotted abroad. In addition to learning how technical dren had been affected. Local doctors had fever rickettsiae. Now, in collaboration with diagnosed the disease as juvenile arthritis. other RML researchers, he is working to im­ work is done in a foreign country, these stu­ Soon after, another woman in the same lo­ prove the diagnostic tests for Lyme disease. dents learn about the culture and customs of cality contacted a clinic at Yale Medical In the isolated Montana laboratories, their host countries. By the time these stu­ School about an "epidemic" of arthritis in Burgdorfer continues in his role as a bio­ dents leave their host countries, they have her family. Subsequent investigations medical Sherlock Holmes-even though he become acquainted with the people, formed showed that the clinical and epidemiologic officially retired in 1986. It seems particu­ lasting friendships, and, in a small way, helped patterns were the same in both outbreaks. larly fitting to profile Burgdorfer as NIAID 17106 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 31, 1989 celebrates its 40th anniversary because his demonstrated as they wait in long lines and Rollcall No. 187 "yea." NIAID career, which began in 1951, has spend countless hours sightseeing. I believe, Rollcall No. 188, "nay." very nearly spanned the life of the insti­ Mr. Speaker, that the occasion of the National tute.-Karen Leighty Scout Jamboree is an opportunity for all of us to celebrate what Scouting means to our STOP QUOTAS AGAINST ASIAN­ IKE TRIMBLE'S RETIREMENT young people and our country. AMERICAN STUDENTS Scouting generates solid character. By con­ HON. BILL SARPALIUS stantly aspiring to high standards, Boy Scouts HON. DANA ROHRABACHER develop breadth of view, sympathy, clean OF CALIFORNIA OF TEXAS living, an interest in the welfare of others, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the serenity brought by purposeful living. We IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Monday, July 31, 1989 can ask no more for our future than for it to Monday, July 31, 1989 Mr. SARPALIUS. Mr. Speaker, I would like be led by people who appreciate the natural Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, at the to take a moment of this House's time to pay beauty of this world, as well as the joy of high opening ceremony of the corporate headquar­ tribute to a man who has had not only a great moral purpose. It is exactly these goals that ters of the World Journal, the Nation's largest influence on my life, but on the lives of count­ Scouting embraces. Asian newspaper, Dr. William L. Smith, the less young people across the State of Texas. One of the Boy Scout troops in my district, Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at Ike Trimble has been a teacher for 34 years Troop 86, in Oval, PA, is attending the jambo­ the Department of Education, gave a memora­ and has recently retired from his profession. ree. I welcome them to our Nation's Capital ble speech about the progress of the Asian­ He has dedicated his life to instructing young and wish them a good and productive time American community. To his credit Dr. Smith people about vocational agriculture. His dedi­ here. This troop has an additional privilege touched upon the controversial subject of cation to the students of Texas has been this summer-it is hosting an international quotas that may exist against Asian-Ameri­ amazing; through his caring, Ike made stu­ Scouter, Murray John Roberts, from New Zea­ cans at some of America's greatest colleges dents proud of themselves and the work he land. Scout Roberts has been active in Scout­ and universities. I hope that Dr. Smith's re­ inspired in them. ing for 11 years, and currently serves the marks are seriously considered by the Depart­ Ike graduated from Texas Tech University in Scout Association of New Zealand as a train­ ment of Education and that they complete, as 1955 and began his teaching career shortly ing leader and coordinator. My young constitu­ soon as possible, the compliance reviews they afterward. He served in the U.S. Army and re­ ents will benefit from Mr. Roberts' many are conducting against the University of Cali­ ceived a master of education degree from Scouting experiences and traditions of New fornia and Harvard University. Texas Tech in 1968. Zealand and his varied international adven­ I have introduced House Concurrent Reso­ I first came in contact with Ike through my tures as he teaches skills in canoeing, back­ lution 14 7, a bill that would put Congress on close association with Cal Farley's Boys packing, hiking, and scoutcraft. record as opposing the use of such quotas. I Ranch, near Amarillo, where Ike taught for 5 I ask my colleagues to recognize not only urge my colleagues to cosponsor this piece of years. He also taught in the Texas communi­ the good fortune of my constituents who will legislation. I also ask that Dr. Smith's remarks ties of Dalhart, Post, and Laredo. He then benefit from both the National Scout Jambo­ be placed into the RECORD. ree and the contributions of Murray John Rob­ came to Dumas, TX, where he taught and SPEECH OF DR. WILLIAM L. SMITH ON JULY served as the school's Future Farmers of erts, but our young people everywhere who 21, 1989 are guided and directed by the ideas and prin­ America adviser for 11 years. President T. W. Wang of the World Jour­ His students learned the importance of agri­ ciples of Boy Scouting. nal, President Howard Lee of the World culture and how it affected not only their lives, Journal U.S. Edition, distinguished guests but thousands of others as well. He led his PERSONAL EXPLANATION and friends, I am pleased to be here and cel­ pupils to numerous awards in agriculture and ebrate with you the opening of a new and enlarged corporate office of the World Jour­ livestock shows-awards which proved to be HON. WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER nal U.S. Edition in Queens, New York. just the beginning for the lives he helped culti­ OF CALIFORNIA Ever since the 1850's, the Chinese people vate. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have been an integral part of the ethnic mi­ But, more than any honor or award, the nority population in America. In recent greatest gift Ike gave his students was the gift Monday, July 31, 1989 years, Chinese-Americans became one of the of pride. He taught them to take pride in them­ Mr. DANNEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, I was un­ fastest growing minority groups in the selves, pride in their work, pride in their com­ avoidably absent for part of last week and United States. I was told there are over 1 munity, and in their country. For Ike, the missed several votes. Had I been present, I million Chinese currently living in America. measure of success was not how many prizes I was also told that three out of four Chi­ would have voted as follows: nese-Americans are foreign-born and immi­ his students won; it was how many of his stu­ WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1989 grated from Taiwan, Hong Kong and main­ dents became responsible, productive citi­ Rollcall No. 167, "nay." land China since 1965. I can well understand zens. Rollcall No. 168, "nay." why many of these new immigrants are still The students of Texas will sorely miss Ike Rollcall No. 169, "nay." turning to Chinese language newspapers for Trimble. His talents and his unselfish dedica­ Rollcall No. 170, "nay." news, information about American way of tion will not be replaced easily. But how fortu­ Rollcall No. 171, "nay." life, citizenship, education, consumer tips and others. The World Journal, by being nate we are that he has inspired others to Rollcall No. 172, "nay." carry on his tradition outside of the classroom. the largest Chinese language newspaper in THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1989 the United States and serving over 100,000 Rollcall No. 173, "nay." subscribers in the East Coast and another TRIBUTE TO SCOUTING Rollcall No. 17 4, "yea." 70,000 in the western states, indeed, has Rollcall No. 175, "nay." been playing an important role in assisting HON. GEORGE W. GEKAS Rollcall No. 176, "nay." the Chinese-Americans to be fully assimilat­ Rollcall No. 177, "nay." ed into the mainstream of their American OF PENNSYLVANIA society while enriching the lives of over 1 Rollcall No. 178, "nay." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES million Americans of Chinese ancestry as Rollcall No. 179, "yea." well as other Americans who can read Chi­ Monday, July 31, 1989 Rollcall No. 180, "yea." nese. On behalf of the Secretary of Educa­ Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, I know my col­ Rollcall No. 181, "nay." tion Lauro Cavazos, who is unfortunately leagues have noted this last week the thou­ Rollcall No. 182, "nay." unable to attend this important event on ac­ count of a prior commitment, let me extend sands of young men in olive uniforms visiting Rollcall No. 183, "nay." Rollcall No. 184, "nay." my congratulations to the World Journal on our Capital as part of the National Boy Scout a job well done. Jamboree held at AP Hill in Virginia. I have Rollcall No. 185, "nay." July 1989, marks the 25th anniversary of been awed by the good manners and up­ FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1989 the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. standing demeanor these Boy Scouts have Rollcall No. 186 "nay." Like many other minority groups in the United July 31, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17107 States, of which I am one, Chinese-Ameri­ In closing I would like to give you a status admissions is consistent with Titles IV and cans had overcome many barriers and diffi­ report on the involvement of OCR in the VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and may culties. In spite of these barriers, with te­ question of Asian college admission discrimi­ prove to be the best for everyone: students nacity, diligence, determination, and above nation. The Office for Civil Rights recently of all races, the educational institutions, all, through coethnic cooperation, Chinese­ completed the on site investigation portion and our country as it faces the challenges Americans have slowly but surely gained of the compliance review of University of before it in the next decade and century. their upward mobility while making many California at Los Angeles on Asian quota It is not only a terrible thing to waste a valuable contributions to the United States. discrimination. The on site investigation of mind, it is also a terrible thing to not devel­ The early Chinese immigrants who toiled Harvard University will begin at the start of op to its full potential each individual's in the fields or on railroad construction the 1989-1990 academic year. UCLA and talent. projects could have never dreamed that, one Harvard were chosen for compliance review Keep encouraging your children to study day, Chinese-Americans will be appointed to because statistical data, state government hard. We will see to it that they will have important posts in the Federal Government. studies, general complaints and media re­ an equal and fair opportunity to enter na­ President Bush has appointed Chinese­ ports indicate that these universities may be tion's top universities. Americans as Deputy Secretary of Trans­ having a problem complying with Title VI portation, Ambassador to Nepal, Commis­ of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which pro­ sioner of the U.S. Commission on Civil hibits discrimination on the basis of race, HIS HOLINESS THE DALAi LAMA Rights, Deputy Assistant Secretary of De­ color or national origin in programs and ac­ OF TIBET RECEIVES THE fense, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interi­ tivities that receive Federal financial assist­ or. As you may know from newspaper re­ RAOUL WALLENBERG CON­ ance. GRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ports there are several other important The Office for Civil Rights will schedule posts that President Bush has to fill-in­ further compliance reviews on Asian quota AWARD cluding mine! discrimination in college admissions as war­ Chinese-American accomplishments and ranted. The U.S. Department of Education HON. TOM LANTOS contributions to America cover practically will not tolerate any form of racial or na­ every aspect of American life. In the elec­ tional origin discrimination. In April 1989, OF CALIFORNIA tronic media, there is Connie Chung. In in­ Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos de­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dustry, there is the Wang Laboratories. In nounced discrimination against prospective Monday, July 31, 1989 sports, there is young, 17 -year old Michael Asian American college students saying Chang who won the French Tennis Open that: "We will investigate all complaints in Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, on July 21, a last month. One I like the most, which these areas and follow up." most significant event occurred which I would many of you probably do not know, is the On April 4 this year Secretary Cavazos in like to bring to the attention of my colleagues Bing cherries. A Chinese by the name of a response to a question about Asian college in the Congress. His Holiness the Dalai Lama Bing bias tion to make sure that their admissions Holocaust with the person who has given us of age, particularly old age. process is in compliance with the standard hope in the perfectibility of man and I have brought with me a few sample bro­ for non-discrimination enunciated by the woman-a man who has shown dignity and chures on the civil rights of students pub­ U.S. Supreme Court in Regents of the Uni­ courage and determination in the face of in­ lished by our Office for Civil Rights. We are versity of California v. Bakke. credible obstacles and difficulties. in the process of translating these into Chi­ It may be that this self evaluation will Raoul Wallenberg was a Lutheran Swede nese and other Asian languages. Perhaps, result in a greater understanding that a pro­ who left behind the comfort and safety and the World Journal would like to introduce liferation of subjective criteria and stand­ security of neutral Sweden and his home­ some of these brochures to its readers ards other than academic merit is not the town of Stockholm to go to Hungary at the before we are able to publish them in the method for admissions decisions that is the height of the brutality of the Nazi war ma­ near future as part of its continuing public fairest to all concerned. A return to academ­ chine for the sole purpose of saving his service. ic merit as the overriding basis for college brothers and his sisters, with whom he had 17108 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 31, 1989 nothing in common except his humanity. In people, but the cause of universal brother­ power by the state. That was the seed of the his own lifetime, Raoul Wallenberg has hood and sisterhood. He is our honored human rights tradition which has always in­ become a legend of the ultimate values of guest today. spired by acts. decency to which we all aspire. We are living at a hinge of history, at a 4. Now in modem times, the power of It is most appropriate that the first inter­ time when we are connected to the past but great states is unimaginably greater, so the national Raoul Wallenberg Human Rights we are swinging into new and hopefully need to protect the simple human being Award should be given to and accepted by a better directions of democracy and plural­ against their unjust use of power is greater person who has ironically created a new and ism and religious freedom. There is no one today than ever. I am a great admirer of the meaningful life for one hundred thousand who deserves our respect and honor and human rights movements and of human people. Just as Raoul Wallenberg saved the support and dedication to his cause than His rights organizations, such as the Congres­ lives of one hundred thousand people from Holiness the Dalai Lama. sional Human Rights Foundation, Amnesty the Nazi war machine, His Holiness the On behalf of the Congressional Human International, Asia Watch, and many Dalal Lama has preserved the traditional Rights Foundation, it gives me infinite others. If we are going to solve the problems cultural and religious life of one hundred pleasure and pride to present to him a at the heart of the present global crisis, we thousand Tibetan exiles. symbol which you all recognize, the dome of must begin our work on the level of the My dear friend and distinguished col­ the United States Capitol building. It is a single human being. We must protect him league, Congressman John Porter, with symbol of our Congress, which has kept us or her from real suffering. Only then can whom I have had the pleasure of founding free throughout our history. The Congress we extend such protection to other living the Congressional Human Rights Founda­ is an unruly and noisy and turbulent place beings. And eventually the whole planet. tion, has asked me to convey his deep and where men and women speak their minds in 5. Now I am responsible most immediately profound respect and affection for our hon­ the spirit of pluralism and democracy. We for the lives and liberties and sufferings of ored guest today. present this Raoul Wallenberg Congression­ six million Tibetan human beings. We have The Congressional Human Rights Foun­ al Human Rights Award in the hope that been suffering under Chinese government dation is a broad-based organization. It is to­ before long in Tibet and elsewhere around policy of invasion, occupation, oppression tally bipartisan and has only one goal­ the globe, these notions of fundamental and I am sad to say, actual extermination fighting for human rights wherever human human rights that are enshrined in the for more than thirty years. I do not use the rights are in jeopardy-and that gives us a United States Congress will be as honored words lightly, but we are right now undergo­ lot of territory. We have a very simple, yet and as cherished everywhere as they are by ing a genocide. We are in the midst of a hol­ very compelling issue. We cannot rest-we His Holiness the Dalal Lama. ocaust. Over a million of my people have will not rest until human rights violations perished from Chinese actions. All of my become Just a matter of history's ugly HIS HOLINESS THE DALAi LAMA'S ACCEPTANCE people's human rights are daily violated in pages. SPEECH AT HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD ON JULY all the most extreme ways. All six million During the course of recent years, we have 21, 1989, NEW YORK Tibetans should be on the list of endan­ seen miracles unfold. I shall never forget 1. Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sis­ gered peoples. This struggle is thus my first the number of times that the conscience of ters, thank you very much for the great responsibility. So I am extremely grateful the Congress, Dr. William Ford, who is the honor you have given me with this Raoul for your recognition and help in our emer­ chaplain of our little group of 435 unruly Wallenberg Congressional Human Rights gency. people, John Porter, Catherine Porter, my Award. In receiving it I feel I am represent­ 6. And also in spite of what has recently wife Annette, and I have stood at press con­ ing my brave Tibetan people-six million Ti­ happened in Tibet, leading to the imposi­ ferences feeling somewhat empty inside at betans-who every day stand up and speak tion of the martial law in Lhasa since last the end of a press conference for Shchar­ out against brutal oppression by guns, ar­ March, our stand to find a peaceful solution ansky, Sakharov, or someone else who was rests, torture and execution. The Tibetan to the Tibetan issue as proposed in my Five­ made a non-person by some dictatorial and people and I are honored to receive this Point Peace Plan of 1987 and in my Stras­ totalitarian regime. award named after a great hero of the bourg statement of 1988, remains un­ But we have seen a miracle unfold. People recent holocaust of European Jewry. And changed. have come out. People are honored by re­ we are deeply moved that with this award 7. Last month's tragic event in China is gimes that trampled on them. One of the most remarkable spectacles of recent years you are leading the world to face and wit­ very sad. Led by the students and intellectu­ was to see Dr. Andrei Sakharov on Boston ness and speak out against the ongoing hol­ als, the Chinese people's demand is an in­ television praising the leadership of the ocaust of the people of Tibet. trinsic human nature: for more freedom and Soviet Union. Not too many weeks ago in 2. I understand Raoul Wallenberg was a for more democracy. These principles are my native city of Budapest, we witnessed a hero of human kindness in action, a man very dear to us. The Chinese people's at­ remarkable reburial. The regime which who saw genocide in process. A man who did tempts to achieve their goals through killed Imre Nagy afforded him the highest not turn away, avert his gaze, and a man peaceful means have particularly impressed honor which that nation could provide. His who not only witnessed but acted. A man me very much. I have expressed by solidari­ remains were reburied with pomp and cir­ who not only acted courageously but acted ty with the Chinese people in their just cumstance and respect and the crying out of strategically, effectively. cause and I do so again here today. I sin­ "Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa." Ladies and He showed how one man's determination cerely pray for the people of China at this Gentlemen, we will all be around when the does make a difference, even against the very critical period in their history. young heroes of Tiananmin Square are re­ overwhelming odds of a vast army and ma­ 8. In spite of the fact that the leaders of buried with honor by the Chinese govern­ chinery of oppression. Many people there the People's Republic of China are directly ment. did not know what was going on. Many tried responsible for the destruction of Tibet's What differentiates the massacre of Beij­ not to face it. And many thought it was a culture and suffering of my people over the ing and the massacre of Lhasa is just one hopeless cause. But Raoul Wallenberg rose years, I want to make it clear that from the thing-the presence of the media. The mas­ above all that, worked energetically, all on depth of my heart, I have no hatred to­ sacre of Beijing was brought into every Eu­ his own, at his own risk. And just look how wards any one of them. Instead, I have sym­ ropean and American home, into the living many human lives he saved. pathy for them. room of every Australian and Japanese and 3. I am a simple Buddhist monk. I try to I think they are acting primarily out of Canadian and citizen of every other nation. follow the Buddhist ethic of justice, love tragic ignorance, thus, defeating their own And history could not be changed or denied and compassion. This ethic was not set purposes and ideals. So I consider ours a or obfuscated because we were all witnesses down in an openly revolutionary way, and work of great benefit to them as well as to to history. so we did not develop a language of human us. We seek to let them know the errors of Not many were witnesses of the bloodshed rights. However, Buddha did imply them in their ways, the negative consequences that in Lhasa which has occurred over the last 30 his Law of Karma with its commandments must follow harming others, lying to the years, but particularly during the past two not to kill but to save life, not to steal but to world, depriving life and liberty and sup­ years. But the blood has flowed no less copi­ give gifts, not to misuse sexuality but to pressing knowledge. They must come to ously in Lhasa. These marvelous Tibetan channel it properly, not to lie but to tell know that it is never too late to change, people faced great anguish and pain and truth, not to cause conflict but to make that they, too, have the responsibility to re­ suffering, when their sole crime was that peace, not to accept prejudice but to foster · spect the rights of others and, in doing so, they wanted to practice their own religion realistic views. Here are the human rights to they secure their own rights, too. and lead their own lives in peace and digni­ life, property, privacy, liberty, and educa­ 9. In conclusion, let me mention what I ty. There were few who heard their an­ tion. The Buddha had been a prince, so more and more come to think is the crucial guished cries, and the world barely noticed. when he became enlightened the skilfully factor in winning the struggle for universal One voice, without a moment's pause, has established effective institutions to protect human rights on this planet. We must com­ pleaded the cause, not just of his own the individual against the unjust use of plement the human rights ideal by develop- July 31, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17109 ing a widespread practice of universal That law mandated that assistance to chil­ ist hospital just outside Tegucigalpa, Hon­ human responsibility. This is not a religious dren be channeled only through nonpoliti­ duras. PADF is reimbursing the hospital for matter. It arises from what I call the cal private and voluntary organizations surgeries, which are being performed on a "Common Human Religion"-that of love, or international relief organizations. fee-for-service basis. Since March 22, some the will to others' happiness and compas­ At least half the aid was to be delivered 93 surgical procedures have been performed sion and the will to others' freedom from through organizations operating inside on 72 beneficiaries identified by PADF. suffering. We are all born from love and Nicaragua, but none of this assistance could Project Hope aims to provide medicines to compassion. We all draw our daily suste­ be provided to or through the Government and make repairs at Ministry of Health fa­ nance from it in the thousands of little of Nicaragua. cilties and train community health workers. helps we get from the vast network of A major restructuring of the CSAP pro­ During the reporting period, Project Hope people our lives connect with. We find our gram became necessary after the Sandi­ finalized its implementation plan and com­ only happiness in love and compassion, our nista-dominated National Assembly enacted pleted other project start-up activities. The own and others. And even when we eventu­ a law in October 1988 that outlawed accept­ project should be fully operational by mid­ ally must face death, it is only love and com­ ance of certain U.S. Government assistance, July. passion that can see us through-as we Bud­ including the children's survival program. The United Nations High Commissioner dhists believe, love and compassion are the The penalty for violation of this law is from for Refugees has used CSAP only treasure that we can take with us. 4 to 12 years' imprisonment, the equivalent funds to procure medicine, housing materi­ Our global crisis has come about due to of the punishment for treason. als, water system supplies, mosquito netting, our own ignorance, our not knowing the The commodities purchased and/or supplementary food, utensils, and seeds for long term and long range consequences of shipped with CSAP funds in Nicaragua at the camps in the Mosquitia and Las Vegas. our thoughts and deeds. As we seek to sur­ the time of the suspension included medi­ The current CSAP activity ended June 30, vive, to preserve life for our children and cines, vehicles, office equipment, clothing, and TFHA will be discussing a follow-on future generations, then even our selfish ac­ food and personal hygiene items. The ma­ project with UNHCR during July. tions, if their longterm consequences are un­ jority of the purchased items were moved Two CSAP activities are under way in derstood, will be most practically based on out of Nicaragua and are being used in al­ Costa Rica. In June, CARE and the Minis­ love and compassion. So I believe this ternative CSAP-related activities in Costa try of Health signed an agreement for the common religion is not something unrealis­ Rica or Honduras. Approximately $1.2 mil­ CSAP project. CARE will provide material tic. It is simple. It is correct. It is our only lion of CSAP goods and services were deliv­ support . To date, approximately making some quiet but remarkable progress services, that CSAP commodities provide 14,000 children have benefited from this on child survival in Central America. fair compensation for the use of Ministry of program. During the reporting period, CRS Congress last year authorized some $18 Health facilities and services, and that this identified absorptive capacity problems in approach is less expensive than establishing the clinics and, consequently, may require a million to begin an emergency health and parallel service delivery systems. three-month extension for delivery of medicines the civil war in Nicaragua. The program ad­ ing eligibility requirements for referral ac­ to prevent overloading of the system. dressed such urgent health problems as fitting tivities under CSAP. The guidance specifies amputees with artificial limbs, providing surgi­ that surgical, prosthetic, or rehabilitation cal care for burn victims, and delivering emer­ needs of children had to be a direct, rather NONSENSICAL ABORTION LAW gency food, clothing, and other medical than indirect, result of the Nicaraguan civil care-all through private voluntary organiza­ strife in order to qualify for CSAP assist­ ance. HON. WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY tions. There are currently five CSAP-supported The program has already produced some activities in Honduras. The American Red OF MISSOURI impressive results. The World Rehabilitation Cross' activity will terminate in mid-July. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fund, for example, has treated some 1,000 The organization has been distributing com­ Monday, July 31, 1989 people in need of prosthetic devices. The Pan modities (clothing, blankets, personal hy­ American Development Foundation has giene items> to beneficiaries in El Paraiso Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, the Supreme Court teamed up with an Adventist hospital in Hon­ and the Mosquitia. The latest distribution recently upheld the Missouri State law dictat­ duras to perform nearly 100 surgical proce­ of goods during May and June reached 8,329 ing that life begins at conception. However, as children. In addition, a small amount of the following editorial explains, the State legis­ dures on eligible patients. medical equipment has been provided to the The Agency for International Development regional hospital in Danli and clinics at the lature has an enormous task ahead of it if recently released a report on these and other UNHCR refugee camps at Teupasente, Las every fetus is to be guaranteed all the rights activities. I have excerpted the section on the Vegas, and Guasimos. Four sewing centers of a human being. I commend this excellent Child Survival Assistance Program and re­ have been established in the Mosquitia and analysis of the Missouri problem to my col­ quest that it be included in the RECORD for the one sewing center established at the Las leagues. benefit of my colleagues. Vegas refugee camp. These centers are [From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 26, Excerpts from July 18 A.l.D. Report on teaching 268 students to make clothing for 1989] children. phase Ill follow: The World Rehabilitation Fund ABORTION LAw's EMPTY WORDS CHILDREN'S SURVIVAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM has treated approximately 1,000 individuals In passing the state's abortion law in 1986, in need of prosthetic devices and/or rehabil­ Missouri legislators declared it their wish A major component of the first law refocused its rehabilitative sur­ ment of what the Legislature believes continues. gery activity from Nicaragua to the Advent- should be public policy? 17110 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 31, 1989 Attorney General William Webster might that the level of petroleum imports threatens nancial contributions. The work of UNICO soon have to decide. Even though the state to impair the national security (Presidential members has touched the lives of many. director of revenue, Duane Benton, has Finding, text set forth in "National Energy Se­ Through UNICO, the Italian communities backed off his pledge to seek the attorney curity in Peril," remarks on the House floor, general's opinion on taxpayer deductions throughout the United States have demon­ for fetuses, another public official or legisla­ May 24, 1989). strated a sincere desire to help alleviate the tor should be asking that question. During this period, petroleum imports, as a social ills affecting us. Their beneficence is While he is considering it, Mr. Webster percentage of U.S. consumption, rose from 27 noted and appreciated. might ponder other logical consequences of percent in 1985 to 37 percent in 1988, ac­ The name UNICO stands for Unity, Neigh­ Missouri's law. Is a woman who aborts or cording to the Congressional Research Serv­ borliness, Integrity, Charity, and Opportunity. miscarries entitled to the same tax deduc­ ice, and has been escalating since. From the These noble words exemplify the spirit of the tion for her fetus? Will the state require a first quarter of 1988 to the first quarter of individuals who help to make our country a doctor's certificate to accompany tax re­ 1989, the figure was 40 percent. In mid­ turns if someone declares a fetal deduction great nation. With Dr. Maglio as president, one year, but no child deduction the next? summer 1989, it is currently running at about UNICO is sure to continue fulfilling the mission There's more. Will a pregnant woman on 41 percent, which is approaching the level of that those words proscribe. welfare receive payments for the fetus for imports at the time of the 1973 oil embargo. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Dr. Alfred the full nine months? Will food stamp al­ This increasing oil import dependency is a Maglio on his position of president of UNICO lowances be increased for pregnant women? highly serious matter. Former Secretary of De­ National, and wish him the best of luck during The state, from Gov. Ashcroft on down, fense Schlesinger informed our subcommittee his tenure. has refused to put its money where its that such dependency constrains not only na­ mouth is on this point-especially the gover­ tional security, but also freedom of economic nor, who announces his task force on moth­ and foreign policy (testimony, May 9, 1989). CONDEMNING THE MURDER OF erhood and fetuses only days after vetoing LT. COL. WILLIAM HIGGINS legislation that would have updated the wel­ In this context, the announcement by Admi­ fare standard of need for the already born. ral Watkins is welcome, although long over­ The Legislature mocks itself when it due. I hope President Bush will also become HON. LAWRENCE COUGHLIN passes legislation that will not be translated involved in this process, and that he will mar­ OF PENNSYLVANIA into meaningful action. When it gathers in shal! the support of other executive branch IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Jefferson City next year, the first item on agencies in this effort. Monday, July 31, 1989 its agenda should be a sensible rewriting of We in the Congress, who have been at­ this nonsensical law, keeping abortion legal Mr. COUGHLIN. Mr. Speaker, reports have and available, and removing those provi­ tempting to bring these issues to public atten­ tion, pledge our cooperation in attempting to been received today that the Organization of sions that the state has neither the resolve the Oppressed on Earth, a Lebanese Shi'ite nor the resources to enforce. move the Nation forward toward a more secure energy future that fully considers the fundamentalist group affiliated, if not synono­ interests of producers, industry, business, mo­ mous, with the Hezbollah, has murdered EFFORT TO FORMULATE NA­ torists, and consumers, as well as our United States Lt. Col. William A. Higgins. TIONAL ENERGY PLAN AN­ common environment. The American people dearly pray that these NOUNCED reports are not true. The kidnaping of Colonel Higgins, a United HON. MARY ROSE OAKAR TRIBUTE TO DR. ALFRED C. States marine serving with a United Nations MAGLIO OF OHIO peacekeeping unit in Lebanon, was an utterly IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES contemptuous misdeed. Reports that he has HON. JIM MOODY been murdered by his captors as a result of Monday, July 31, 1989 OF WISCONSIN the Israeli apprehension of Lebanese Shi'ite Ms. OAKAR. Mr. Speaker, according to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cleric Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid are outra­ press reports, the Bush administration is geous. If it proves true that Colonel Higgins taking its first steps to comply with a 12-year­ Monday, July 31, 1989 has indeed been murdered, every effort must old congressional mandate to develop a com­ Mr. MOODY. Mr. Speaker, I am privileged to be made to bring the despicable miscreants prehensive national energy policy plan. honor Dr. Alfred C. Maglio on his installation responsible to justice. The Energy Organization Act of 1977, which as the national president of UNICO on August Mr. Speaker, no doubt there will be some created a U.S. Department of Energy, required 19, 1989, at the 67th Annual UNICO National who will seek to justify the Hezbollah's villainy that the President develop a strategic energy Convention in St. Louis, MO. on the basis of the Israeli action. But let there policy plan integrating "energy production, uti­ Dr. Maglio has distinguished himself through be no mistake about it: the Israelis took a le­ lization, and consumption objectives for peri­ his outstanding dedication and service to his gitimate action to apprehend one of the mas­ ods of 5 to 10 years," and to submit an updat­ family, to his work, to the Milwaukee commu­ terminds of Lebanon's tragic suffering, a man ed plan to Congress every 2 years (Public nity, and to UNICO. A member of UNICO who in fact had previously been implicated in Law 95-91, 42 U.S.C. 7321 ). since 1955, Dr. Maglio has served in the ca­ the kidnaping of Colonel Higgins and others in The Subcommittee on Economic Stabiliza­ pacity of a national organization official since Lebanon and in Hezbollah terrorism against tion, which I am privileged to chair, has held 1958. His progression through the ranks of Israeli civilians. Obeid is a criminal, and in the four hearings this year to explore the national the organization speaks well for his notewor­ absence of any semblance of law or order in security implications of the fact that the thy organizational and leadership skills. Dr. Lebanon, the Israelis had a right to pursue Reagan administration's compliance with that Maglio has served the membership of UNICO him. Moreover, the Israelis, unlike the terror­ congressional direction was in name only. For unstintingly. His election to the honored and ists in Lebanon, have never threatened to example, the 1981 energy plan was 21 pages respected position of president of UNICO is harm their prisoner. in length, and contained only 2 pages on befitting and well deserved. His presidency will The Hezbollah's apparent response was an energy security. From then on, compliance be the cause of joy and pride throughout our act of murder. It was directed at a United went down hill fast. Milwaukee Italian community. States military officer who has sought to bring In 1987 the President sent Congress a UNICO, a service organization for those of peace to a deeply troubled Lebanon. Any press announcement outlining a half-dozen Italian extraction, has contributed to the qual­ action taken against Colonel Higgins is inex­ proposals-exclusively producer oriented­ ity of life on both a regional and national level. cusable and indefensible. plus a very professional analysis by the De­ UNICO, both nationally and locally, has Mr. Speaker, in the days ahead the Presi­ partment of Energy concluding that the Nation helped fund needed medical research for dent of the United States will be under pres­ indeed had an energy security problem, but Cooley's anemia, a disease affecting those of sure to make difficult decisions on a response unfortunately, making no further recommenda­ Mediterranean descent. The group provides to the Hezbollah's crimes. I know he will con­ tions. several educational scholarships annually, and sider this matter carefully, knowing that eight As a result of this inaction. President has the fine tradition of responding to the other American hostages, including my con­ Reagan concluded on January 3 of this year acute needs of global disaster areas with fi- stituent Joseph Cicippio, their families and the July 31, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17111 American people have an urgent interest in founding member of the Beijing University Au­ will return to his home in Minnesota as a this matter. tonomous Student Association who was a champion's champion. I have been in touch with representatives of courageous leader of the student demonstra­ Without diminishing LeMond's stunning per­ the State Department, who inform me that tions in China, Mr. Wuer Kaixi. The Congres­ sonal victory, may I also suggest it represents every avenue possible is being pursued to re­ sional Human Rights Foundation has arranged the best of the American spirit as well. Our solve this situation and prevent further loss of for him to meet with Members of the Con­ Nation has always dug deeply to find the re­ life. Representatives of numerous govern­ gress and to brief the human rights caucus as sources for meeting every challenge-whether ments with connections to the parties involved part of his program in Washington. economic, scientific, political, or social. in Lebanon have been contacted by senior Wuer Kaixi-one of the top 21 on the Chi­ I salute Greg LeMond and include for the United States officials. nese Government's most wanted list of dissi­ RECORD a Christian Science Monitor editorial I know President Bush will exercise his best dents-recently escaped from China via Hong on his achievement. judgment as he contemplates the U.S. re­ Kong. Mr. Wuer, a member of the Uygur mi­ The editorial from the July 27, 1989 edition sponse to this very difficult situation. nority from northwest China, was a freshman of the Monitor follows: at Beijing Normal University who emerged as one of the leaders of the student protest WINNING THE RACE ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE movement. He gained attention when he was Greg LeMond's come-from-behind victory PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY one of the students who met with Premier Li in the Tour de France-winning by eight WE SHOULD HONOR THE VIC­ seconds on the last day of the grueling Peng and argued forcefully for recognition of 2,031-mile mountainous trek-would have TIMS OF ARMY VIOLENCE IN human rights, political freedom, and an end to TIANANMEN SQUARE-WEL­ been inspiring by itself. The victory was the corruption. After fleeing China, he was able to closest in the 86-year history of the world's COME TO CHINESE STUDENT reach France where he was instrumental in greatest bicycle race. LEADER WUER KAIXI the formation of the international underground But the drama of Mr. LeMond's own movement to assist Chinese dissidents and come-from-behind story turned the victory HON. TOM LANTOS promote the continuation of the struggle for into a worldwide lesson on the capacity of OF CALIFORNIA democracy and human rights in China. men and women to overcome adversity through perseverance. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Chinese students in America last week at Since becoming in 1986 the first American Monday, July 31, 1989 the First Congress of Chinese Students in the to win the Tour de France, LeMond was United States. Here in our country their experi­ Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, imagine my sur­ knocked back not once, but three times. He ment in democracy continues, thanks to our had to overcome both a near-fatal gunshot prise when I recently received from the mili­ own commitment to freedom of speech and wound that was supposed to end his career tary attacM of the Chinese Embassy in Wash­ democratic principles. in 1987, and the demoralizing skepticism of ington a gold embossed invitation to a recep­ Wuer Kaixi is here to remind us that the friends and experts as he then dealt with tion tomorrow marking the 62d anniversary of struggle for democracy in China is not over. two more crippling injuries. the founding of the Chinese People's Libera­ The Chinese Army may execute the leader­ One can only imagine what it took for tion Army. This occasion is one of the princi­ LeMond to come back-the private moments ship of the democratic movement, but for of struggle, the determination to return. pal national holidays in China. every person who dies, history shows that Needless to say, I will not attend the festivi­ LeMond is "always able to find something there are new, unrecognized heroes ready to good in the worst possible situation," his ties tomorrow, and I hope my colleagues will carry on the struggle. Young men like Wuer wife says. Yet it's clear he wasn't content also avoid that event. The army which butch­ Kaixi continually reaffirm to us the indomitable only to find a happy but limited accommo­ ered literally thousands of people in Tianan­ human spirit. dation to his problems-but to actively work men Square in Beijing this June and which is Mr. Speaker, we welcome Wuer Kaixi to the to transform them. systematically rounding up Chinese citizens Congress and we applaud his actions as well As LeMond pedaled past the Arc de and subjecting them to tribunals and torture as the courageous stand taken by all of the Triomphe in Paris, the words of the grizzled coach in the British movie "Chariots of for their role in seeking to bring democratic Chinese student leaders. change to China is inviting Members of Con­ Fire" came to mind. A fleet young Scottish gress and others to join in celebrating its anni­ minister-to-be had just collapsed at the THE AMERICAN SPIRIT IS ALIVE finish line-winning the race after being versary. Chinese students and friends of de­ tripped and falling far behind: "That's not mocracy in China will participate in a rally to AND WELL the prettiest [race] I've ever seen," the protest the army's suppression of democracy coach says, "but it's certainly the bravest." and human rights in China. I hope that many HON. BYRON L. DORGAN will show their support for this protest rally. OF NORTH DAKOTA The unrest in Tiananmen Square was not IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF an action by hooligans. It was students, work­ THE WHITE EAGLE/SACRED ers, and intellectuals claiming their fundamen­ Monday, July 31, 1989 HEART SOCIETY OF GREEN­ tal human rights and the democratic right to Mr. DORGAN of North Dakota. Mr. Speaker, FIELD decide the future of their country. The Peo­ those who question whether the spirit of ple's Liberation Army brutally attacked and in­ America is still a powerful force should heed discriminately killed thousands of defenseless, the example of American bicycle racer Greg HON. SILVIO 0. CONTE nonviolent demonstrators. We cannot honor LeMond in the recent Tour de France. OF MASSACHUSETTS the troops who committed the atrocity known Mr. LeMond staged one of the most amaz­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES as the Beijing Massacre. ing come-from-behind victories in modern Unfortunately, the tragedy has not ended. sport as he won the most prestigious cycling Monday, July 31, 1989 Reports indicate that in the last month event in the world. After a grueling 2,000-mile Mr. CONTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 120,000 Chinese have been rounded up for race through the Pyrenees and the French recognize the White Eagle/Sacred Heart of their role in the nonviolent demonstrations. Alps, LeMond overtook the race leader by Jesus Society of Greenfield, MA, as it pre­ The Chinese army-in response to the univer­ posting an incredible 34-mile-per-hour sprint pares to celebrate its ?5th anniversary. sal condemnation of their actions-now car­ time in the last stage ofthe tour. The White Eagle Society took its name from ries out the roundups and executions quietly, Long the province of European cyclists, the the majestic symbol of Poland. For the Polish without the public fanfare and attention that Tour de France has now been captured for people, the white eagle stands for many of surrounded these sordid activities earlier. the second time by LeMond. He became the the same ideals that the American bald eagle Mr. Speaker, it is an appropriately symbolic first American to wear the winner's yellow represents in this country-prosperity, oppor­ gesture that at the time Chinese Government jersey in 1986. tunity, hope, and freedom. With these ideals in and military officials are celebrating the anni­ Since then, LeMond has been riddled with mind, the White Eagle Society was founded to versary of the founding of their army, we in misfortune. But his indominatable spirit and provide opportunities for Polish immigrants in the Congress will welcome to Capitol Hill a fierce determination put him back on top. He the United States. 17112 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 31, 1989 While these brave immigrants moved to this sick and death benefits to its members. These END OF AN ERA IN CHESTER country looking for prosperity and a better life, benefits, initiated 1914, are still paid to this COUNTY they have never forgotten the homeland. It day. still holds a special place in their hearts. Like The importance of such an organization to HON. DON SUNDQUIST so many others in this country, my parents the Polish community cannot be easily meas­ came to America with precious little to speak ured. But it can be seen in the third genera­ OF TENNESSEE of other than their love for each other and a tion Americans who now belong to the organi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES desire to make a better life for themselves zation's membership rolls. Monday, July 31, 1989 and their family. They were adventurers of a I salute the endeavors of the White Eagle sort, because it takes an adventurer to leave Society, and the helping hand I have offered Mr. SUNDQUIST. Mr. Speaker, for 35 years the home and go to a new place, strange and throughout my 31 years in Congress will be Odessia and Red Austin operated the Electric full of people who don't even speak the same Grill in Henderson, TN, a warm, friendly place forever extended to this group and its cause. language. The unknown is a frightening thing. where the food was good and the company During the past 31 years, I have sponsored But they were courageous, and willing to take better. The Electric Grill is the sort of place I many private bills in the House that eventually a bold step into the unknown to seek out the imagine most of my colleagues have some­ new land. They brought with them the most led to the reunion of long-separated members where in their districts, a special place that is precious part of the homeland-a deep love of Polish families. I have also supported the at the heart of a small community or neighbor­ of God and man. appropriation of millions in foreign aid for hood. In 1880, when the first Polish immigrants Poland. Red and Odessia have taken a well earned began to migrate into Greenfield, they shared One of my proudest memories as a Con­ retirement this summer. I want to commend the hopes and dreams of many immigrants gressman was in 1965, when I attended the them for being a vital part of Henderson's before them. They also shared the difficulties dedication of a hospital in Krakow as a civic life for so many years. And I ask that the that invariably accompany immigration to a member of the U.S. Government delegation. following article from the Chester County Inde­ foreign land. We can only imagine how hard Early in my career I worked to appropriate pendent be entered into the CONGRESSIONAL life must have been for these first-time pio­ funds for the American Research Hospital for RECORD. neers from Poland. The language barrier Children in Krakow. I will forever remember a made finding jobs arduous. Then, those fortu­ [From the Chester County Independent, plaque that was placed at the hospital upon June 8, 19891 nate enough to find work were often exploited its dedication, which read: and overworked. END OF AN ERA-AUSTINS RETIRE FROM Erected by the American people to pro­ RESTAURANT BUSINESS In Greenfield, during the early years of mote the welfare and health of the children Polish immigration to the area, church serv­ of Poland and dedicated to the enduring ices were offered in Polish by Holy Trinity friendship between the peoples of the For more than 35 years, Odessia and Red Church on Main Street. Every week, the late United States and Poland. Austin have had a front row seat in Hender­ Father Stanislaw Zdebel went by horse and son. From their restaurant, The Electric buggy from Turners Falls to officiate the That friendship has endured. We have kept Grill, they've been witnesses to all the com­ Sunday masses. This was a godsend to these our commitment to Poland since the beginning ings and goings in town. people, giving them support of their religion, of Stalin's oppression. We kept our commit­ The Electric Grill is not known for its up­ ment during the dark times when the Polish scale decor. There's a calendar on the wall, comfort of having friends close at hand, and a paper rack by the door, a lone ceiling fan, confidence to make their way in the communi­ Communist Party suppressed Solidarity, the tables, chairs and some swivel stools at the ty. Over time, their burden became lighter as legitimate expression of the needs and de­ counter. Customers have been drawn to the they grew accustomed to the new land, grow­ sires of Poland's workers. And we'll keep it comer of Main and Washington, not by ing together as a united and dynamic commu­ now, when the May elections have brought decor, but by good food and good conversa­ nity. Poland its freest government since before the tion. To the kind of place where a regular The White Eagle Society has been a vibrant Nazi invasion 50 years ago. says "I'm ready for breakfast," and Odessia and essential part of Greenfield's Polish com­ knows what to put on the grill. Where Red Today, Poland needs our help. Despite its keeps your cup filled with hot coffee. munity. Seventy-five years ago, on March 29, dawning partial political freedom, its economy In over three decades in the restaurant 1914, Father Zdebel and a group of Polish pa­ continues to sink, and its environment is in business, the Austins have seen a lot of rishioners gathered at a plumbing shop behind crisis. As the ranking member of the Appro­ changes and met a lot of good people. the former townhall on Main Street and cre­ They've had their share of good days and ated the Sacred Heart of Jesus Society. The priations Committee, I'll be working to help hard times. Last Wednesday was the hard­ organization was established to provide Poland's people bring their country back. We est day for Red and Odessia. It was the end mutual assistance for all the Polish families of all know that foreign aid is scarce these days. of an era. Deciding to retire was not as hard the Roman Catholic Church. Meetings were But we can target it far better than we have in as saying "good-bye" to all their friends. held once a month until 1915, when the orga­ the past-to assist Poland entrepreneurs as They dished out more hugs, kisses and they venture into private business operations, handshakes than bacon and eggs that last nization moved to Olive Street and began day. holding weekly social gatherings to promote to use our environmental expertise to help For all these years, the Austins have been good friendship and raise money for the com­ clean up industrial waste sites, and to help getting up at 4:30 each morning to open the munity. rescue the architectural glories of Krakow restaurant at 5:30. They don't consider the The group continued to grow, reaching 80 from acid emissions and smog. early hours the hardest chore. They both members in 1933. That year, the Sacred Heart Our greatest dream of all-a Poland free of say cooking is the hardest. From the home­ Society was incorporated. Then, in 1935, the made spaghetti on Wednesdays, to the oppression, whose people decide their own chicken and dressing on Fridays, they work organization purchased the present building destiny through truly free elections-is yet to to make sure everything is just right. And on Mill Street. To promote more activities on a be realized. But now we can see a time not they have high expectations of their cus­ local, State, and regional level, the society's too far away when that dream will come true. tomers. charter was changed to White Eagle Society That's a tribute to the Polish people's determi­ "When someone cuts one of my home­ Inc. of Greenfield in 1941. nation to be free. They have never given up, made pies, I want them to cut it right. I put The younger men in the society promoted a lot of work into those pies," Odessia said. and never will. For once the spark of freedom sports within the organization and sponsored She's also put a lot of work into making a baseball team under the name of the White is ignited within the hearts of a people, there sure her regular customers get their break­ Eagles. However, there was more to the orga­ can be no going back to repression. fast orders just right. Seventy-five years is a milestone that the "Eggs are hard. But, after all these years, nization than baseball games, social gather­ I can look at a plate of food and tell you ings, and parties for the children. In 1960, an White Eagle/Sacred Heart Society should be who it 's for," she said. annual education scholarship was established truly proud of. I am pleased to congratulate Red says he has poured many cups of for the benefit of college-bound students of the society on this historic occasion and wish coffee over the years and witnessed many the membership. The organization also pays it continued success for another 75 years. changes in the city. July 31, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17113 "Just about everyone who had a business "You are not really black if you are a Republi­ But of course by now the civil rights es­ along this street when we started is gone can or conservative." Efforts to ostracize and tablishment views it main task as agitating now. I can remember when we used to stay isolate those blacks who do not think liberal for special treatment depending on color open till 10:30 on Saturday night and there and sex. Mr. Lucas instead believes civil would be people walking all up and down certainly says something about the lack of re­ spect some people have for blacks and their rights is not a zero-sum game of winners the street," he said. and losers. He says, "One of the things I Odessia and Red look forward to more right to choose their own views. Apparently would like to get away from in this whole time for gardening. She loves her flowers, some liberals think that only they know what civil rights agenda is them and us." especially African violets. She also loves to is right for all blacks regardless of what blacks Not far under the surface of all the criti­ fish. Red plans to work in their vegetable themselves believe. cism lies the suggestion that while his opin­ garden and "just piddle around" some. I believe my colleagues will find the follow­ ions might be forgiven in a white nominee, Of course Odessia will still have some offi­ ing editorial worthwhile and thought provoking. they are anathema for a black such as Mr. cial claims to her time. She's on the Chester REVIEW AND OUTLOOK-THE LUCAS ASSAULT Lucas. "I was quite frankly surprised, when County Library Board and serving her third I ask this black man," Senator Biden said, term on the Henderson City Board. She also With the Biden-Kennedy-Metzenbaum as­ "if we were moving in the right direction or plans to devote more time to helping others. sault on William Lucas, all black citizens are wrong direction on civil rights, and he didn't "I worry about who will take up money being told: If you rise to prominence by con­ have an opinion." And Mr. Lucas is not the for flowers when someone's sick. I've always servative or Republican routes, we will de­ only black Bush nominee being targeted for done that," she said. stroy you. The point of the exercise is to a Bork-like attack. The lobbies are clearly Wednesday was a typically busy day at keep blacks down on the liberal plantation. also set to block Clarence Thomas, a schol­ The Electric Grill. Maybe a little busier, as In the Judiciary Committee hearings on President Bush's nominee for Assistant At­ arly black lawyer Mr. Bush wants to take regular customers took time to offer their Mr. Bork's seat on the federal appeals court good wishes to the Austins. Some sent flow­ torney General for Civil Rights, the Sena­ in Washington. tors softened up their target with the usual ers and cards. Other's spent a little extra Lobbyists who live and breathe racial time at the cash register for a handshake or trivia dredged up by exhaustive FBI back­ ground checks: some trouble with the Cus­ preferences, of course, have a high stake in a hug. stigmatizing any black who dissents from "Everybody in Chester County knows toms Service, a 1981 failure to reveal having flunked his first bar exam 20 years earlier, their dogma. If they do not speak for all them. Odessia has a heart as big as all out­ blacks, what is the source of their moral au­ doors," said longtime customer Leon John­ etc., etc. The sniping is then dignified with the heavy artillery: The nominee spent his thority? Similarly, Democrats have an enor­ son. mous interest in neutralizing any salience Quinten Newman agreed. "She's been a life as an FBI agent, sheriff and county ex­ ecutive of Wayne County; he was not a civil­ Republicans have established in the black mother to everybody in town," he said. community, keeping a key constituency plus The Electric Grill is not closing. Martha rights lawyer, and therefore lacks the tech­ nical qualifications for the post. the ability to criticize Republicans as inhos­ Price began operation of the restaurant on pitable to blacks. Yet some of the ablest June 1. She'll be getting up before daybreak This fastidiousness about legal learning is proffered with a straight face by the same blacks are moving away from the notion of to get the grill hot for the breakfast crowd. racial quotas, recognizing that they detract As for the Austins, they'll be taking things Senators who defeated Robert Bork for the Supreme Court and Brad Reynolds for asso­ from real achievements. And like Mr. Lucas, a little easier. After all these years, will they at least a few politicians are recognizing the still wakeup at 4:30? ciate attorney general. We only hope that the Bush administration recognizes that the interest of no group is served if one party "If I do, I hope I'll turn over and go back assault on Mr. Lucas is fast becoming one of cannot win its votes and the other party to sleep," Red said. its biggest political challenges. It should cannot lose them. notice when Ralph Neas, ringleader of the The stakes in the Lucas nomination em­ CONFIRM WILLIAM LUCAS Bork lynching, remarks of Mr. Lucas, "I brace not just a job but a vision of race rela­ think the nomination is in serious trouble tions and the future of politics. Above all, based on the momentum of the last 48 they include the issue of whether all Ameri­ HON. PHILIP M. CRANE hours." cans have an equal right to think for them­ OF ILLINOIS Of course, what the Senators, Mr. Neas selves, or whether blacks cannot advance IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and the rest of the Washington civil-rights unless and until they agree with their offi. lobbying complex want is to reverse Mr. cial lobbying groups, Mr. Neas, and Senators Monday, July 31, 1989 Bush's election. Assistant Attorneys Gener­ Biden, Metzenbaum and Kennedy. Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to al are chosen by the man who wins the most bring to the attention of my colleagues a votes for President, not by the losing politi­ recent editorial which appeared in the July 24, cal party. Presidents have a right, indeed a DISSENTING VIEWS ON THE duty, to appoint officials who will carry out 1989, Wall Street Journal. The editorial dis­ SAVINGS AND LOAN CONFER­ the policies they offered voters during the ENCE REPORT cusses the lynch mob mentality that appears campaign. to possess some of the members of the Mr. Lucas, though, is being criticized for Senate Judiciary Committee. As in the Bork agreeing with the President and the Attor­ HON. TOBY ROTH hearings, it appears clear that the real prob­ ney General who appointed him. Asked OF WISCONSIN about recent Supreme Court opinions, he lem with the nomination of William Lucas for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the civil rights post at Justice is the fact that repeated administration policy, saying he would follow what the Supreme Court has Monday, July 31, 1989 Mr. Lucas is a conservative-other issues held is the law of the land, and would sug­ raised in the nomination process are simply gest new legislation only if he thought it Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, inasmuch as sepa­ raised as a rationalization for rejecting him. As was required as cases are brought. rate views are not being included in the con­ was pointed out in the Bork nomination, liber­ This is not acceptable, we're now told. ference report on the savings and loan bill, I als cannot quite comprehend the fact that Senator Biden and Rep. John Conyers with­ am today sharing my views with my col­ they have been soundly defeated in the last drew their support, though they surely leagues in the House. three Presidential elections-since they must have suspected the nominee would I have withheld my signature from this con­ follow the administration. We can't recall cannot appoint their own, they simply deny any previous nominee ever required by Sen­ ference report and will oppose its enactment. confirmation to various conservative appoint­ ator to take a disloyalty oath to the superi­ This final agreement falls short of our respon­ ments. ors who nominated him. sibility to the American people, and particularly Although we have seen these desperation And what are these retrograde opinions to the taxpayer who will underwrite most of tactics before, the fact that Mr. Lucas is black held by the President, the Attorney General the $284 billion cost of this rescue. raises another issue which the editorial also and the Supreme Court majority? Mr. Lucas Undeniably, Congress must take action to addresses-liberals will do whatever it takes said he was drawn to serve under President restore the Federal deposit insurance system, to keep blacks on the liberal plantation. Suc­ Bush by his campaign pledge "that every but the magnitude of this plan requires that American will be able to play on a level cessful conservative blacks who stray from playing field, that any injustice-gross in­ the expenditure of public funds be accompa­ the liberal ideology of a Democratic party justice, injustice period-that exists in this nied by stringent reforms that ensure we will which has taken the black vote for granted for country will be corrected." Mr. Lucas does not face this problem again. Although on the years, are all too often isolated and discredit­ not promise quotas or reverse discrimina­ surface this agreement appears to include ed. It is almost as if Democrats are saying tion; he promises no discrimination. strong reforms, in their detail each reform is 17114 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 31, 1989 encumbered and undercut by exceptions, Exchange Commission, the Investment Advis­ approximately 200 foreign firms registered as loopholes, and special deals that have the cu­ er Self-Regulation Act to provide for the es­ investment advisers in this country, reflecting mulative effect of continuing many of the risky tablishment of one or more self-regulatory or­ the increasing globalization of our financial and imprudent practices that led the thrift in­ ganizations for registered investment advisers. markets. dustry into this financial quagmire. These SRO's would establish qualification and In the face of explosive growth in this indus­ When our committee began work on this business practice standards, perform inspec­ try over the past decade, SEC staff levels de­ bill, I said that we must be prepared to make tions, and enforce compliance with the law. At voted to supervising the industry have in­ the toughest decisions in the interests of the no additional cost to the taxpayer, the industry creased only slightly. As a consequence, the taxpayer. When the committee reported the itself, under tough SEC oversight, would set SEC is able to inspect investment advisers at bill to the House, I reluctantly supported that standards for and police its own members for the rate of only once every 12 years. version with the goal of seeking improvements the protection of public investors. On June 19, 1989, the SEC submitted to in conference. I raised several concerns about Earlier this week, NBC Nightly News did a Congress the legislation that I am introducing the House bill. These concerns have not been segment on 67-year-old Norm Dietrich who today in order to further the public debate on met in this final bill. had to come out of retirement and start a the problems associated with inspecting and We know that while most of our 3,000 sav­ metal parts business when he lost his life sav­ regulating the mushrooming investment advis­ ings and loans are well-managed and sound, ings, over $206,000. The Dietrichs were re­ er industry in the face of severe limits on SEC we do have some 600 institutions which must portedly among 2, 700 people who allege that resources. be closed. The insured accounts of many they lost a total of $40 million through Finan­ The committee will also be looking at a thousands of Americans can be covered only cial Concepts, an Illinois financial planning number of other substantive areas such as by the Government raising billions to fill the firm. Lured by advertisements to attend free how to regulate those who hold themselves shortfall in the deposit insurance fund. Inevita­ seminars, clients were persuaded to invest in out to be financial planners, but who are not bly, this will be done. However, we must pay apartments, motels, and other real estate lim­ registered as investment advisers with the equal attention to strengthening the capital re­ ited partnerships that turned out disastrously SEC. We also need to look at the need for serves required as a first line of defense for most of them. Seventy-eight-year-old Eliza­ greater disclosure and customer education, beth Synder learned she lost her $25,000 in­ against loss. The final conference agreement regulation conflicts of interest, and ensuring vestment when she received an envelope in delays this capital requirement by several private rights of action under the Investment the mail stamped: Sorry. You lost your money. years, leaving the taxpayer vulnerable. Advisers Act. Assets from the thrifts that are shut down On June 11, 1986, the Subcommittee on The International Association for Financial will be taken over and sold, by a new Federal Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, Planning has announced its enthusiastic sup­ agency, the Resolution Trust Corporation. De­ and Finance held a hearing on investment ad­ port for this legislation, while the National As­ visers, financial planners, and customer pro­ spite every indication that this is a weak link in sociation of Personal Financial Advisers has tection. The record revealed that while the the plan, the conference agreement contains issued a position paper opposed to self-regu­ the seeds of a major scandal in coming years. vast majority of financial planners and invest­ lation in the investment advisory industry. I en­ ment advisers operate with integrity and com­ The Congress seems to have learned too little courage all industry members and investors from the failures at the Federal Asset Disposi­ petence, there were far too many examples of who have an interest in this legislation to con­ tion Agency and the Department of Housing egregious fraud of unsophisticated investors. tact the committee with their views so that we and Urban Development. Many of the malefactors fell outside the regu­ may responsibly and effectivley fill in the exist­ The conference also rejected a key reform latory reach of the SEC. And the growth of ing regulatory gaps and protect the American to require federally insured institutions to have the regulated industry was far outstripping the public and its savings from unethical and dis­ an annual outside audit and to submit an Commission's resources. honest conduct. annual report on their compliance with safety On February 12, 1988, the SEC submitted The material follows: and soundness rules. This reform was sup­ to the subcommittee a report based on a ported by the General Accounting Office and study of the financial planner industry in re­ SECURITIES AND the Treasury Department, but was opposed by sponse to the subcommittee's July 9, 1986, EXCHANGE COMMISSION, some lobbyists for the banking industry. Fail­ Washington, DC, June 19, 1989. request. It examined a number of customer Hon. JOHN D. DINGELL, ure to include this provision in the final bill demographics, characteristics of planners, and Chairman, Committee on Energy and Com­ leaves the deposit insurance fund vulnerable the regulatory program for registering and in­ merce, U.S. House of Representatives, to the weak management that characterizes specting p.lanners. The report also evaluated Rayburn House Office Building, Wash­ the 800 banks that did not have any audits in the National Association of Securities Dealers' ington, DC. the most recent reporting period. The Con­ pilot program to inspect NASO members who DEAR CHAIRMAN DINGELL: I am pleased to gress will rue the day that this reform was de­ are also investment advisers. transmit, on behalf of the Securities and feated. In September of last year, the SEC pub­ Exchange Commission, the attached legisla­ In sum, this bill reminds me of last year's tive proposal to amend the Investment Ad­ lished a rule proposal, which I strongly op­ visers Act of 1940 ("Advisers Act") to pro­ Medicare catastrophic insurance legislation. posed, to exempt thousands of small-scale in­ Hailed at the time as a breakthrough, it is now vide for the establishment of one or more vestment advisers from its registration require­ self-regulatory organizations <"SROs") for understood to be a disaster for the Nation's ments and shift its responsibilities to the registered investment advisers. The propos­ senior citizens, which must be reopened. Simi­ States. Those rules have not been adopted. al is patterned after the self-regulatory larly, I believe this savings and loan bill will Earlier this month the Committee on Energy scheme for broker-dealers established in the not produce a stronger deposit insurance and Commerce ordered favorably reported to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [Exchange system, or a more viable thrift industry. In­ the Budget Committee, for inclusion in budget Act]. stead, the taxpayer is given a huge bill to pay reconciliation, legislation to provide the Com­ The proposal would amend the Advisers for the next decades, and the Congress is Act primarily by adding a new section, Sec­ mission with the budget resources it needs to tion 203A, that would authorize the Com­ sure to have to revisit this legislation in the police the securities markets effectively. future. mission to register one or more national in­ These resource issues are real. vestment adviser associations to provide a Since 1980, the number of investment ad­ self-regulatory mechanism for investment INVESTMENT ADVISER SELF­ visers has more than tripled, to 15,000 cur­ advisers, subject to Commission oversight. REGULATION ACT rently registered with the SEC. These range These associations would establish qualifica­ from sole proprietorships, to large firms with tion and business practice standards, per­ HON. JOHN D. DINGELL hundreds of employees. Assets under their form inspections, and enforce compliance management have increased more than 1,000 with the law. As a general matter, member­ OF MICHIGAN ship in an association would be mandatory percent, now totaling $5.3 trillion, which is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for all registered investment advisers. How­ greater than the combined deposits of banks Monday, July 31, 1989 ever, investment advisers whose only clients and savings and loans. These assets now are registered investment companies would Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ amount to 20 to 25 percent of all financial not be required to join an SRO, nor would troducing, at the request of the Securities and assets owned by Americans. There are also the advisory activities of investment advis- July 31, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17115 ers pursuant to management contracts with shrink your statutory mandate administra­ SECURITIES AND registered investment companies be subject tively. EXCHANGE COMMISSION, to an SRO's jurisdiction. Your release states that: Washington, DC, January 11, 1989. The Commission believes that it is impor­ "Since the adoption of the Investment Ad­ Hon. JOHN D. DINGELL, tant to extend to clients of investment ad­ visers Act in 1940, state governments have Chairman, Committee on Energy and Com­ visers the same basic protections that now become much more active in the regulation merce, Rayburn House Office Building, prevail in other segments of the securities of investment advisers. Together with Washington, DC. industry. Self-regulation of investment ad­ NASAA [North American Securities Asso­ DEAR CHAIRMAN DINGELL: Thank you for visers under the Advisers Act through the ciation], state regulators have drafted a your letter regarding Investment Advisers creation of one or more self-regulatory orga­ model state act governing investment advis­ Act Release No. 1140 <"Release"> in which nizations would permit the Commission and ers and in an accompanying set of rules that the Commission proposed to exempt certain the investment adviser industry to achieve provide a comprehensive framework for reg­ investment advisers from registration under important regulatory objectives, and would ulating advisers which may be modified to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Ad­ provide increased investor protection at pri­ suit the needs of each state. The rules pro­ visers Act") if the advisers are registered in vate, rather than public, cost. Under an ef­ each state in which they do business and fective self-regulatory system, the Commis­ posed today recognize and would enhance the important role states play in the regula­ meet certain other conditions. Your letter sion's role would be largely that of oversight raisers several important issues that the of the activities of the organization. This tion of investment advisers. The Commis­ sion has therefore determined to propose to Commission will consider before taking fur­ would enable the Commission to avoid the ther action. need for the substantial additional re­ create new thresholds for federal adminis­ sources which otherwise would be necessary tration." The approach proposed in the Release re­ for the Commission to continue to effective­ However, you do not present a scrap of sults from cooperative efforts by the Com­ ly administer and enforce the Advisers Act, empirical evidence suggesting that the mission and the states, through the North given the substantial growth in the adviser states are effectively enforcing their laws or American Securities Administration Associa­ industry that has occurred in recent years. that they have adequate resources to deal tion . These efforts were undertak­ In addition, self-regulation would facilitate with all their registrants. Moreover, buried en in furtherance of the policies expressed the development by the industry of stand­ in footnote 5 is the fact that the so-called in section 19(c)(2) of the Securities Act of ards of fair and ethical business practices. Model Rules have been adopted either in 1933 and reflect the fact that a majority of Although the Commission and the industry whole or in part by only four states-Virgin­ the states have programs of adviser regula­ share a significant interest in maintaining ia, South Dakota, Georgia, and North Caro­ tion. While the Release cited the Model Act public confidence in the industry's honesty lina. Given this fact, and since the Commis­ and rules drafted by NASAA, which have and integrity, self-regulation by the indus­ sion's proposed rules are not conditioned on been adopted by four states, as examples of try is a more sensitive and effective device an investment adviser being registered in a state activism in this area of regulation, in the area of unethical, as distinct from il­ state that has adopted the Model Rules, forth states as well as Guam and Puerto legal, conduct. there would be a serious regulatory void in Rico require investment advisers to register. The views expressed here and in the ac­ 46 of our 50 states. Most state adviser laws include require­ companying material are those of the Com­ Footnote 4 of the Commission's release ments comparable to those under the feder­ mission, and do not necessarily express the expresses the view that a reduction in com­ al Advisers Act. For example, thirty-five views of the President. These materials are pliance costs should further the policy ex­ states expressly require advisers to maintain being simultaneously submitted to the pressed in section 19<2> of the Securi­ specified books and records and thirty states Office of Management and Budget. We will ties Act of 1933, enacted as part of the have an antifraud provision substantially inform you of any advice received from that Small Business Investment Incentive Act of similar to the Act's provision. Thirty states Office concerning the relationship of these restrict performance fees. Thirty states materials to the program of the Administra­ 1980, of greater federal and state coopera­ tion in securities matters including a sub­ have financial responsibility requirements tion. for advisers, and eighteen states require ad­ Questions concerning the proposed legisla­ stantial reduction in costs and paperwork to diminish the burdens of raising investment visers to file some type of financial state­ tion may be directed to Nina Gross, Director ment or report. Also, twenty-six states re­ of Legislative Affairs <272-2500>. capital, particularly by small businesses. Sincerely, Those goals, while laudatory, do not over­ quire advisers to pass an examination before DAVID s. RUDER, ride the purposes of the Advisers Act or the they can register as advisers. Chairman. clear delineation of Congressional intent Advisers doing business in any of the that "investment advisers are of national states that do not register advisers would COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, concern" and should be regulated at the not be able to use the exemptions, and Washington, DC, November 3,0, 1988. federal level, inasmuch as their services are therefore they would still be subject to the Hon. DAVIDS. RUDER, performed "by the use of the mails and Advisers Act and the rules thereunder. In Chairman, Securities and Exchange Com­ means and instrumentalities of interstate addition, all advisers would be subject to the mission, 450 Fifth Street, NW., Washing­ commerce" and "substantially ... affect Advisers Act's general antifraud provision. ton, DC. interstate commerce, national securities ex­ Only six states regulated advisers in 1940 DEAR CHAIRMAN RUDER: This letter is with changes, and other securities markets, the when Congress passed the Advisers Act and reference to Investment Advisers Act Re­ national banking system and the national only 27 states did so in 1976 when the Com­ lease No. lA-1140 in which the Commission economy." Investment Advisers Act Section mission submitted a legislative proposal for proposes to expand the "intrastate" and 201. increased authority in the areas of adviser "small adviser" exemptions from registra­ Section 206A of the Act authorizes the qualifications and financial standards. In tion under the Investment Advisers Act for Commission to grant exemptions only "if contrast, today 40 states do so. It is hoped investment advisers who are registered in and to the extent that such exemption is that NASAA's recent initiative in developing each state in which they do business. The necessary or appropriate in the public inter­ the Model Act and rules will result in uni­ Commission also proposes to relieve advisers est and consistent with the protection of in­ form, as well as comprehensive, adviser reg­ exempt under the proposed rules from the vestors and the purposes fairly intended by ulation in all of the states, including those Act's recordkeeping rule, adverstising rule, the policy and provisions of this title." As that currently do not regulate advisers. I cash solicitation rule, disciplinary disclosure drafted, your proposal does not meet these note in this regard that three of the four rule, and restrictions on principal and standards. states that have adopted the Model Act pre­ agency cross transactions. Further, the re­ The Committee is aware of the Commis­ viously did not regulate or register invest­ lease discloses that "Ctlhe Commission does sion's budgetary problems and has pledged ment advisers. not intend to conduct periodic routine in­ The Commission has made no determina­ spection of exempt advisers." to work with the Senate Banking Commit­ tee in the coming year to resolve them. tion with respect to adoption of the pro­ I have grave concerns about these pro­ posed rules and will not do so until all com­ posed rules and must oppose them in the Shrinking your registrant base in this strongest possible terms. From all the facts manner is not an acceptable solution. ments received have been reviewed and ana­ and circumstances, it appears that the Thank you for your consideration of these lyzed and the staff submits a recommenda­ changes are motivated by budgetary con­ views, tion to the Commission. The Division of In­ cerns and are inconsistent with the protec­ Sincerely, vestment Management expects to submit a tion of investors and the purposes of the JOHN D. DINGELL, recommendation to the Commission within Advisers Act. You are not authorized to Chairman. the next six months. The staff and the 17116 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 31, 1989 Commission, of course, will consider careful­ ners clutter up fax machines with junk Mr. McPhee's letter has been made part of ly the comments in your letter. mail. the public comment file. Sincerely, What do we, as a profession, do to off-set Sincerely, DAVIDS. RUDER, this bad publicity? Some of the leaders in DAVID s. RUDER, Chainnan. the industry try to refute the articles by Chainnan. claiming that, in fact, like any profession, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, there are a few bad apples, but on the whole Washington, DC, February 15, 1989. financial planners are really a sincere, dedi­ WOMEN IN MILITARY Hon. DAVID s. RUDER, cated and honest bunch. Chainnan, Securities and Exchange Com­ Garbage. How can we be reputable when mission, Washington, DC. HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER DEAR CHAIRMAN RUDER: This is with fur­ about 85% of the practitioners are breaking OF COLORADO ther reference to my letter of November 30, Federal & State securities laws by not regis­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tering as Investment Advisers? Who's going 1988, and to acknowledge receipt of your re­ Monday, July 31, 1989 sponse of January 11, 1989, regarding In­ to respect a profession with such a pervasive vestment Advisers Act Release No. 1140, to disregard for the law? The leaders can decry Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, today shift regulation of small investment advisers the negative articles all they want, but I feel Government Executive magazine is publishing to the states. that until we clean up our own mess, the ar­ a comprehensive article on "Women in the While I appreciate the sincerity of your ticles are substantially correct. Military." I commend it to my colleagues: comments, I am still of the view that this Since I help register financial planners proposal is fundamentally wrong and is not with the SEC, I think I have a pretty good WOMEN IN THE MILITARY in the best interest of investors or honest in­ grasp on why most financial planners don't vestment advisers. In that regard, I would register. First is the classic misunderstand­ After 20 years in the Air Force, Lt. Col. like to share with the Commission the en­ ing that only planners who charge fees need Sylvia Pratt says she is getting out, "but closed correspondence from Mr. Peter H. to register. Wrong. Commissions count too. not, I hope, with sour grapes. I have simply McPhee and ask that it be made a part of Then there is the fact that the law really reached a point beyond which I cannot the record of these proceedings. isn't enforced. That's true, but is that any progress." Thank you for your consideration. reason to break the law? And for how long To move up in the ranks of the military, Sincerely, do you want to gamble on non-enforcement? Pratt says, she would need to command a JOHN D. DINGELL, And some really misguided individuals feel missile squadron, a job never before occu­ Chainnan. that registration would open them up for pied by a woman, and one that the Strategic legal problems, when actually just the re­ Air Command has so far denied her. An­ INVESTMENT EDUCATION, INC., verse is true. Not obeying Federal & State other route to the top would be a stint in a REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISER, securities laws is not a good way to begin a key position at the Pentagon, for which Tallahassee, FL, February 6, 1989. law suit. And yes, it's been said that since Pratt says she was "highly qualified but Representative JOHN D. DINGELL, the requirements for registration are so learned later that no colonel or general U.S. House of Representatives, Rayburn mundane, being an RIA doesn't mean much would 'sponsor' me for fear others would House Office Building, Washington, DC. think he and I were having an affair." DEAR REPRESENTATIVE DINGELL: Hang when compared to the CFP or ChFC desig­ So Pratt, 42, will retire after her current tough with the SEC. nations. That's an unfair and naive compari­ tour of duty as chief of the air base oper­ As a practicing financial planner, I sup­ son. The CFP & ChFC are qualifications. ability division at Sembach AFB in West port your opposition to allowing the SEC to The registration as an RIA is a disclosure Germany. But she says has no regrets. shift its regulation of small Registered In­ process, and that's the point so many plan­ "I must say that if it were not for the Air vestment Advisors to the States. I am at­ ners seem to be missing. Force-and only the Air Force-I would taching a copy of a letter I recently wrote to How many financial planners tell their cli­ probably have stayed in my hometown, a trade magazine which states my views. ents "you don't pay me, the broker does", or become a schoolteacher, married, had chil­ The bottom line is that the financial plan­ have undisclosed fee-splitting arrange­ dren and divorced," says Pratt, who has re­ ning industry is filled with unethical practi­ ments? How many of these deceptive prac­ mained single. "Instead, I have lived in tioners, and our industry needs more, not tices would continue if planners registered Hawaii, Korea, Italy, Holland, Germany and less, regulation. with the SEC and gave each client a written North Dakota, to name a few. I've seen a In addition, the benefit of registration, disclosure statement telling them exactly volcano bubble with hot lava, an Apollo mis­ often overlooked by people supporting the how they get paid and what their associa­ sion launch to the moon, a president inau­ SEC's position, is Full Disclosure. SEC regis­ tions and arrangements are? Unethical gurated, and the Eiffel Tower by moon­ tration forces financial planners to disclose, people do not put deceptions and half­ light." in writing, their associations and arrange­ truths in writing on government-regulated Beyond the fascination of travel and pro­ ments and how they make money. That is documents. Thus the dishonest and unethi­ fessional duties, Pratt can take pride in her the best consumer safeguard of all and cal financial planners would be forced to role as a trend-setter for women in the mili­ should be strengthend, not relaxed. either clean up their act or find a new occu­ tary. For she is one of a handful of women As one who prepares RIA registrations for pation-like selling used cars. who have broken down many of the barriers a living, I may appear prejudiced on the If we ever want to enjoy a professional the military services have had in place since issue, but I assure you that it is more than reputation, the first step is to obey Federal their beginnings. She and her colleagues that. I became registered in 1982 and only & State securities laws to register and dis­ have done it in just a generation: It was just started preparing applications for other close. Isn't it time we cleaned up our own in­ only 22 years ago that Congress eliminated planners. I believe in Full Disclosure for all dustry and started insisting that we all reg­ the 2 percent ceiling on women's participa­ planners. That is why I am helping them tion in the active military force and allowed ister? If we don't, we have no one to blame register. them to hold top ranks. Sincerely, but ourselves if our reputation continues to Today the 223,000 women in uniform com­ PETER H. MCPHEE, sink. prise nearly 11 percent of the active forces, Certified Financial Planner. Sincerely, and hundreds of them have advanced with PETER H. MCPHEE, Pratt into leadership positions. INVESTMENT EDUCATION, INC., Certified Financial Planner. How are women fairing in the military? REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISER, What are their successes and failures, and Tallahassee, FL, January 16, 1989. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE how serious are their complaints? What ob­ GAIL BROWN, COMMISSION, stacles remain to further integration of Editor, Financial Services Week, Washington, DC, March 3, 1989. women into the ranks? New York, NY. Hon. JOHN D. DINGELL, Answers to these questions bear on the DEAR GAIL: So, financial planners aren't Chainnan, Committee on Energy and Com­ services' ability to continue integrating very respected in the national media pursue a military officer's Act, whose Title 10, as amended in later of the Navy Regional Data Automation career. Three-quarters believe that women years, remains the law governing combat re­ Command in San Diego. She is one of the following them will have better chances for strictions applicable to women in all serv­ first Navy women to move from a major promotion than they have had. Such posi­ ices. The 1948 law stated that women could command to another command. tive views are perhaps not surprising given not comprise more than 2 percent of the Pride in the opportunity to serve the the fact that these respondents are among military forces-a ceiling that remained in nation-the second-ranking source of job the most successful in their fields. effect for nearly two decades. satisfaction in the Government Executive But certainly there is room for more ad­ In 1967, as American involvement in Viet­ survey-is an essential part of the "corpo­ vancement. In the Air Force, for instance, nam drove U.S. military strength toward rate climate of the U.S. military," as Capt. women comprise 12 percent of all officers, what was to become a post-World War II Neil Carter Davis, chief of staff of the Naval but only 4 percent of the service's lieuten­ peak of 3.5 million in 1968, Congress re­ Training Center, also in Orlando, put it in a ant colonels, 2 percent of its colonels and 1 pealed the 2 percent ceiling. Even so, by recent interview. Pride in country, in the percent of its brigadier generals. . Re­ In the meantime, military career opportu­ erty in Louisiana, where, she recalls, she sponding to a Government Executive survey nities for women were expanding. In 1965, picked 250 pounds of cotton a day to help whose results were published one year ago, women served mainly in the nursing, admin­ pay for clothes and books for school-"and I only 19 percent of SES women said they istration, personnel and communications picked it clean, too." thought women were advancing fast enough fields. Today, they fly strategic reconnais­ While attending Southern University in in the federal government. By contrast, in sance missions, pilot cargo planes and heli­ Baton Rouge, she decided to join the Army response to the new survey, 45 percent of copters and test new aircraft; they serve on after hearing a WAC recruiter speak. She is the military women say they are satisfied repair and logistic ships, guard embassies, the first black woman Army officer to rise with women's advancement rate. teach and attend courses at the military to the rank of brigadier general outside the However, large majorities of military academies and war colleges; they work at field of nursing, with duty tours in person­ women object to the laws and policies that missile command centers and oversee design nel management, administration and train­ exclude them from combat positions, such of complex computer operations. ing. as flying an F-16, staffing a battleship, or For officers, more opportunities have One "first woman" billet came in Viet­ being part of the Marine Corps' mobile opened up since President Ford in 1976 nam. Cadoria wanted a protocol job, and fighting forces. More than two-thirds want signed legislation ordering the service acad­ persuaded an interviewing officer that she repeal of service polices that limit opportu­ emies to accept their first women entrants. could tote the luggage of visiting VIPs by nities for women, and 58 percent favor Among the female officers responding to relating her experience in the cotton fields. repeal of the combat exclusion statute. the Government Executive survey, the large After Vietnam, Cadoria wanted to become Women in uniform have workplace prob­ responsibilities their jobs entail rank as the a Dominican nun, but her mother and chap­ lems as well as career problems. Not surpris­ most attractive feature of a military career. lain persuaded her to stay in the Army, ingly in the male-dominated world of the The 78 percent who cited level of responsi­ pleading that she should continue to open military, many women <69 percent in the bility as a principal source of job satisfac­ doors for women who would follow her. Government Executive survey> feel their tion were twice as numerous as those citing (Right now, 43 percent of female enlisted views aren't accorded as much weight as the second- and third-ranking choices: op­ personnel in the Army are black.> N owa­ those of men. portunity to serve the country (39 percent> days, she spends weekends traveling around Pratt's comments bring these statistics to and pay and benefits <37 percent>. the country giving recruitment talks. "The life: "I've seen a woman lieutenant colonel's The career of Navy Capt. Jane Renninger military is my spouse," she says. "I give all career ruined because a male colonel felt illustrates the kinds of responsibilities the my time to it.'' uncomfortable with her on his staff. I've military offers women. During more than 20 Pay and benefits are also important re­ heard vicious gossip about senior women of­ years in service, she has been "deep select­ wards. Air Force Col. Harriet Hall, for ex­ ficers and non-commissioned officers-but ed," or promoted ahead of the normal time­ ample, mentions taking the controls of an the same gossip brushed off when a man table, twice. When, halfway through her FB-111 and making colonel in 15 years as was concerned. I've been assigned to offices career, she was in line for assignment to a reasons that she thinks of her career as suc­ where the men tried to 'gross out• any command post, the most likely possibility cessful-and also the prospect of the $31,000 woman who came into the office. But it was seemed command of a recruiting station, a a year in pension benefits she will have OK because 'if she wants to work in a man's traditional field for women. earned upon retirement. world, she's got to get used to it.' " But Renninger wasn't especially interest­ Though military personnel have gained Other workplace problems confront ed, and turned to a senior woman officer for larger raises during the 1980s than civilian women in uniform: pregnancy issues, con­ other suggestions. The officer sent her to workers, ranking Pentagon officials recently cerns over adequate medical care, inad- see Rear Adm. Bruce Keener, who was then told Congress that pay and benefits will 17118 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 31, 1989 have to improve if the military hopes to In the Army, 90 percent of the skill cate­ duty." And 58 percent said they favor repeal compete with business for well-qualified re­ gories are open to women, but those that of the combat exclusion statute. In com­ cruits. For women, though, military pay are off-limits include the heavily populated ments, several pointed out that modern war­ compares well with pay in business. infantry, armor and assault specialties. fare has made distinctions between the Other responses to the Government Exec­ Thus women may fill only 51 percent of front line and other positions almost irrele­ utive survey add to the generally positive Army jobs. The Marine Corps has even vant in terms of physical danger. picture of military life sketched by the fewer jobs available to females. These fig­ "Proponents of the combat restriction law senior officers. About 80 percent say the ures show how the services stack up in barring women from serving in combat posi­ military treats women as well or better than terms of the percentages of skills, and the tions claim it protects and benefits women," civilian federal agencies or the private percentage of all uniformed jobs, available says Linda Grant DePauw, professor of his­ sector, and 89 percent find their jobs either to women: tory at George Washington University and exciting or satisfactory. the editor of MINERVA: Quarterly Report COMBAT EXCLUSION [In percent] on Women and the Military. "It does nei­ What many military women do not find ther, and peacetime application is more the­ satisfactory is the military's long-standing Skills Jobs oretical than real. American servicewomen policy against giving women jobs that could in Germany have been trained to use an M- entail combat. Air Force ...... 99 97 16 rifle, throw hand grenades, dig foxholes The definition of such a job is, of course, a Navy ...... 84 59 and use anti-tank weapons. The new beefed­ matter of judgment, and in recent years the 90 51 ~~fues ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : ::::: :: : :::: ::::::::: : ::::::::::::::::::· 80 20 up training of Marines is as 'down and dirty' services have been loosening the restric­ for women as it is for men." tions, making more jobs available to women. But Congress is not likely to liberalize A dramatic example of the importance of These figures, supplied by Marine Corps combat exclusion policies anytime soon, such definitions came in May 1987, after an Lt. Col. John Gaieski, a personnel expert in says Rear Adm. Louise Wilmot, commander Iraqi fighter pilot attacked the U.S.S. Stark the office of the assistant secretary of De­ of the Naval Training Center. The constitu­ as she was steaming in the Persian Gulf, dis­ fense for force management and personnel, ency for change simply isn't strong enough, abling the frigate and killing 37 of her crew. imply that about 63 percent of the jobs in she observed in a recent interview. The repair ship U.S.S. Acadia was moved in the military are open to women. A General But some see a chance that the courts will to offer immediate repair. Some senior offi­ Accounting Office report prepared last fall break down barriers Congess and the serv­ cials in the Pentagon, upon hearing that estimated that combat exclusion policies ices have kept in place. In a new book titled women were aboard, nervously proposed close 1.1 million of the 2.2 million military Weak Link: The Feminization of the Ameri­ that they be evacuated before the Acadia jobs to women. can Military . Proponents of women in the widespread comment. or other base activities. military, however, have. . . . pitted the Thirty-eight percent of the women offi­ Child care is especially important to single rights of individuals against the authority cers said that they had "felt sexually har­ parents. Although single fathers in the mili­ of the hierarchy, and they have encouraged assed" at some point in their careers. That's tary outnumber single mothers by 34,800 to military women to think of themselves and slightly less than the 42 percent of women 17,000, there is a much higher rate of single their careers before thinking of the organi­ who said they had been sexually harassed parenthood among women than among zation and of national defense." during the past two years in response to a men. Lt. Col. Pratt and the other officers in the survey of civilian workers by the Merit Sys­ On medical issues, DACOWITS has been Government Executive survey surely would tems Protection Board. studying obstetrical and gynecological care not agree with Mitchell. They would likely "The services have gone a long way to try (preliminary results indicate that it is ade­ see his argumentation as just one more ob­ to address individual strength differences quate>, and DoD is attempting to make sure stacle along the difficult path they chose and individual aptitude differences as well," that active-duty women are given priority through what used to be an exclusively says Melanie Martindale, demographer and over dependents in access to health care. male preserve. statistician at the Defense Manpower Data Finally, DOD must cock an ear to the con­ Center in the Office of the Secretary of De­ cerns of military couples, who must some­ fense. "But one's emotional approach to the times endure long separations. When two opposite sex is very difficult to change. Men spouses are in the military, each is expected COSPONSORSHIP OF FLAG and women, as groups, bring to military to take his or her share of assignments to PROTECTION ACT OF 1989 service differing expectations for each other duty tours to which spouses are not invited. based on emotional differences and gender­ "Because of the increasing difficulty in based stereotypes. It is these differing inter­ matching quality jobs at reasonably close lo­ HON. JACK BROOKS pretations of appropriate behavior that cations, we lose many talented and capable OF TEXAS make sexual hara.3sment so hard to recog­ women who sacrifice their career for the nize and to prevent." Martindale is conduct­ sake of their spouse's," says a lieutenant IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing a major DoD survey on sexual harass­ colonel in the Air Force, adding that she Monday, July 31, 1989 ment and expects to announce the results can't see any way for the military to "fix this fall. the problem." Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, as many Mem­ bers are aware, last Thursday the Judiciary In response to concerns raised by THE FUTURE Committee overwhelmingly approved H.R. DACOWITS over the years, DoD and the When the United States eliminated the services steps have evolved policies and are draft in 1973. Army personnel officer Brig. 2978, the Flag Protection Act of 1989. This taking more steps to reduce the level of Gen. Evelyn Foote knew immediately bill is a response to last month's Supreme sexual harassment. But "until the Army that the decision would be a watershed for Court decision in Texas versus Johnson, starts taking punitive measures against the female employment in the military. which held that a Texas flag protection statute people who sexually discriminate, the prob­ After giving up the conscription of middle was unconstitutional. H.R. 2978 will amend 18 lem will not go away," says one Army officer class, educated men, the military was bound in her survey response. U.S.C. section 700, which currently states that by iron necessity to meet its personnel it is a crime to cast contempt upon the U.S. As a group, respondents feel the military needs with increasing numbers of women, has been making progress. Sixty-two per­ Foote says in her survey response, pointing flag. Inasmuch as that language focuses on cent say sexual harassment has been de­ out that at the time, "the policy makers had what the actor is attempting to communicate, creasing in the military, and that the serv­ no idea" that this would be the consequence its validity would also be called into question ices' safeguards against it are "adequate." of their action. by the Supreme Court's decision. THE MILITARY FAMILY Foote, who is now the commanding gener­ The Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and The influx of women into the military, al for Fort Belvoir, Va., warns that policy Constitutional Rights held five hearings on the along with the increasing prevalence of two­ makers in the Pentagon must not get question of the appropriate response to Texas income families, has posed new challenges caught by surprise again. "My greatest con­ versus Johnson. On the basis of that record, for the Pentagon. As the trends have accel­ cern today is that the Army and perhaps erated, the military has made changes in other services are giving too little attention the committee determined that a statute pro­ the way it handles day care and other social to dramatic demographic changes which tecting the flag from physical harm can be services, medical care and assignment po­ will have a very significant impact on the drafted in a way that is consistent with the lices. American work force and the armed serv­ Court's holding. H.R. 2978 will protect the Issues like these are very important to ices' composition," she says, adding that physical integrity of the flag in all circum­ many women in the military, especially labor force growth between now and the stances, regardless of the motive or political those beginning families or raising young end of the century will be dominated by message of the actor. It removes any lan­ children. However, repondents to the Gov­ women, minorities and immigrants. guage in current law that is content-specific or ernment Executive survey are older, only 38 The implication is that the services of ne­ that focuses on communication. The bill percent have children, and they joined the cessity will continue to expand women's rep­ military when expections on such issues resentation in their ranks. Such a course is states: "Whoever knowingly mutilates, de­ were not very high. Arguttbly they are thus favored by some experts, including Becraft faces, burns, or tramples upon any flag of the more stoic about conditions in the military: and Lawrence Korb, who served as assistant United States shall be fined under this title or 72 percent say that family life has never or secretary of Defense for manpower, reserve imprisoned for not more than one year, or only rarely stood in the way of their mili­ affairs, installations and logistics from 1981- both." tary careers, although 51 percent are cur­ 85. Korb, who notes that "women have In order to ensure that we can put in place rently married. And 44 percent oppose job­ more leadership positions in the U.S. mili­ as quickly as possible a mechanism that will protection parental leave in the military. tary than in any military in the world," ad­ protect the flag from harm, H.R. 2978 includes About half of today's 2.1 million active vocates eliminating the combat exclusion. duty personnel are married, and they are But Korb also observes that such a change a provision for expedited Supreme Court outnumbered by their 2.8 million depend­ won't come quickly. Many people still review of the constitutionality of this law. This ents, who include 1.2 million children under oppose women's growing role in the mili­ is similar to the expedited review language the age of 12. Child care has become a tary, though critics within DOD itself must that was included in the Gramm-Rudman-Hol­ pressing issue, as evidenced by a June 24 echo the Pentagon's official approval of the lings law and that enabled speedy determina­ frontpage article in The New York Times. female presence. tion of the constitutionality of that statute. At present, 129,000 children receive day Among the most articulate of the critics is The Flag Protection Act of 1989 is an effec­ care on military installations, but 21,000 are Brian Mitchell, who argues in an Army tive, measured, and carefully drafted solution in facilities that are antiquated, over­ Times article based on his book that crowded or hazardous, according to the Pen­ women's comparatively low physical to a matter that is of the deepest concern to tagon, which also acknowledges the need for strength is a major handicap, that their re­ all of us and to the American people. I would 81,000 more day care slots. Thirty-two day cruitment costs are higher, retention rates urge any member who wishes to cosponsor care centers have been built since 1984, and lower, and math scores poorer. "The inte­ H.R. 2978 to contact the committee offices at another 23 are proposed in the fiscal 1990 gration of women threatens the very values 53951 by 6 p.m. Wednesday, August 2. 17120 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 31, 1989 AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2991 not match those words. And, many Western about how he shapes up against the Soviet observers overtook the fact that Gorbachev is leader. In superpower relations, all the HON. BILL RICHARDSON being forced to restructure the Soviet Union trends are moving his way. There is nothing because the economy is in a shambles. inexorable in Moscow's tentative steps OF NEW lllEXICO We should never loose sight of the funda­ toward democratization or in its apparent IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mental Soviet problem. Their budget deficits willingness to reduce the size and alter the Monday, July 31, 1989 intent of its military forces. The Soviet are astronomical, shortages of basic consum­ Union still must command the attention of Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I would ables are the rule rather than the exception, America's national security apparatus. But like to express my intent to offer an amend­ and industry productivity continues to slump it also is time for a period of benign neglect, ment to H.R. 2991, the appropriation for the with no prospect of improvement. Given the for Bush to continue doing pretty much Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, problems faced by Moscow, the West should what he has done, either by design or acci­ the Judiciary and related agencies. My not be overty flattered by the current moves dent: To let Gorbachev be Gorbachev. amendment would prohibit the obligation or toward the West. To prevent systemic col­ The truth is that every move Gorbachev expenditure of funds for any meeting of the lapse, Moscow must have improved ties to makes, every public statement designed to capture hearts and minds in the West, re­ Conference on Security and Cooperation in the West. Mr. Speaker, we should not automatically veals his desperation-a sense that, when it Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commis­ comes to reform, he is ma.king it up as he jump eagerly at every initial Soviet overture. sion, or meetings within the framework of the goes along. In fact, he may have no other CSCE, unless the U.S. delegation to any Se­ Our relations with the Soviet Union should choice. It is almost impossible to overstate curity and Cooperation in Europe. remain grounded in pragmatism and realism. the depth and breadth of the Soviet Union's In the past, the Department of State has We should understand that the Soviets must, troubles. Resentment of the Russian majori­ sent delegations to participate in the Confer­ for their own survival, deal with the West. We ty is growing, and ethnic strife plagues ence on Security and Cooperation in Europe should respond positively, of course, when it many of the country's republics. The worst without including the Members of Congress is in the best interest of the United States to labor unrest since the 1920s provides a who are members of the Commission. In this do so. window to the future. A nation has massive problems when workers strike for a bar of manner, the Department of State has preclud­ We in the West should be careful not to foster or promote the cult of personality that soap. ed the participation of the Congress in the im­ The shortages, always a worry, are getting portant substance of the conference. I would has developed around Mr. Gorbachev. If we worse, and what is available now costs more. like to underscore that the Helsinki Commis­ remain absorbed by the individual, the West If yours is an average American household, sion includes Members of Congress because runs the risk of overlooking the more signifi­ you spend about 15 percent of your family's it was the intent to involve the Congress in cant, enduring factors that drive the relation­ income on food and have the opportunity to the conference and its activities. ship between superpowers. Moreover, there is purchase a balanced diet; in the Soviet I thank the speaker for the opportunity to in­ no assurance that Mikhail Gorbachev will Union, the average family spends 59 percent clude this amendment in the RECORD. remain in power to see his policies implement­ of income on a diet lacking in fresh fruits ed. In short, while we wish Mr. Gorbachev and vegetables and low-fat sources of pro­ AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2991 BY MR. tein. With the quality of life in decline, RICHARDSON OF NEW MExlco well in glasnost policies to encourage human rights, democratization, and pluralism, we Soviet society has begun to come unstuck, Page 20, insert after line 3 the following: the glue of stability and order and state pa­ must deal with the system, not the man. SEC. 604. None of the funds appropriated ternalism loosened by perestroika and the by this Act may be obligated or expended This Member would call an essay by Mi­ imploding economy. for any United States delegation to any chael Ruby to the attention of his colleagues. Gorbachev's is a world of woe, and he is meeting of the Conference on Security and Appearing in the U.S. News & World Report keenly aware of it. His letter to the Paris Cooperation in Europe or meetings under the title "The Benefits of Benign Ne­ summiteers, analyzed as an effort to up­ within the framework of the CSCE unless glect," this essay presents an insightful analy­ stage Bush, was really a cride coeur, a plea the United States delegation to any such to join the community of modern nations meeting includes individuals representing sis of superpower relations in the modern era. Praising President Bush's cautions and prag­ even though his is anything but. The Presi­ the Commission on Security and Coopera­ dent got it right in his response to Gorba­ tion in Europe. matic approach, the author concludes that "Bush is managing the relationship well, let­ chev's appeal for expanded East-West trade ting Gorbachev play whirling dervish, confident and investment now that "the old artificial barriers between different economic sys­ U.S.-U.S.S.R.: THE BENEFITS OF that the Soviet leader needs America and the BENIGN NEGLECT tems" are breaking down. "An awful lot has West if his reformation is to succeed." It is an to transpire in the Soviet Union," Bush said, essay that merits close examination. before it can play an integrated role in the HON. DOUG BEREUTER CFrom U.S. News & World Report, July 31, global economy. OF NEBRASKA 1989] America's long view of history is often the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE BENEFITS OF BENIGN NEGLECT shortest distance between media events. But when it comes to the Soviet Union, a long Monday, July 31, 1989 George Bush is back from the second Eu­ view is essential. In fits and starts, without Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, the relation­ ropean trip of his Presidency, his perform­ formally acknowledging it, Gorbachev is re­ ship between the United States and the ance rated and reviewed by the pundits as if jecting seven decades of Soviet history and Soviet Union has changed dramatically in it were opening on Broadway. Well, yes, trying to reshape his country for the recent months. We have witnessed progress Bush was received warmly in Poland and modem age. He risks much, for there re­ mains significant conservative opposition to on conventional arms reductions in Europe Hungary, although the crowds seemed un­ expectedly restrained, and he did well at the his perestroika. We can wish him well, in that, in previous times, would have been the sense that reforms that nurture demo­ thought unattainable. Moreover, the prospect West's economic summit in Paris. But he did not dazzle. He wasn't Jack Kennedy in cratic institutions and open markets are of improved economic ties and enhanced Berlin or Ronald Reagan at Normandy. consistent with American ideals and princi­ trade relations seem to loom just over the ho­ Most of all, goes the critique, he wasn't Mik­ ples. But the United States need not swal­ rizon. hail Gorbachev-that hot political property low the Greater Evil Theory, the notion es­ The change in superpower relations seems who draws big crowds wherever he goes and pecially popular in Europe that the West to be driven, to a great degree, by Soviet plays skillfully to TV with his proposal-of­ must take active measures to bail out Gor­ General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Indeed, the-month "new thinking." Put Gorbachev bachev or risk his failure and a return to the Soviet leader is so different from his pred­ on America's rubber-chicken circuit and his the bad old days of Stalinist leadership. Even Gorbachev's opponents do not seem to ecessors, and so appealing to Western ob­ fees would make Reagan, Henry Kissinger and even George Will seem like pikers. want that. servers, that he has acquired the trappings of So, point to Gorbachev: When it comes to In some respects, America is merely a a "cult of personality" among his Western ad­ image making, the President is not in the spectator to this drama in Moscow. But to mirers. Many Western commentators have game. But set, and perhaps match, to Bush. the extent that U.S. influence plays a role. been willing to accept Gorbachev at his word, At this moment in history, the President of Bush is managing the relationship well, let­ often ignoring the fact that actions often do the United States need not worry much ting Gorbachev play whirling dervish, confi- July 31, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17121 dent that the Soviet leader needs America ' Foreign Relations Foreign Relations and the West if his reformation is to suc­ To hold hearings on the United Nations International Economic Policy, Trade, ceed. Convention Against Illicit Traffic In Oceans and Environment Subcommit­ Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Sub­ tee SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS stances,