E1974 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 29, 2006 have been identified and nominated by edu- Dr. Hallion graduated from the University of founding meeting at on cators. Maryland in 1970, and completed the Kennedy April 27, 1964, followed by a large student Mr. Speaker, I would like to join in paying School of Government’s National Security demonstration four days later on the Soviet tribute to Christopher Tantillo, and wish him Studies Program in 1993. His career spanned holiday May Day in front of the Soviet UN Mis- the best in all his future endeavors. a variety of offices, including the working at sion. The authoritative Center for Jewish His- f the Air Force Flight Test Center, Andrews Air tory has listed the demonstration as the begin- Force Base, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, ning of the public struggle for Soviet Jewry. HONORING GUY GABALDON the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Mr. Birnbaum named the new organization the Air Force Centennial Flight Office, and the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ). HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD National Air and Space Museum. His experi- Throughout the rest of the 1960s, under his OF ence and education has afforded him the op- direction, the Student Struggle continued IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES portunity to author numerous articles and working full time in response to the oppression of Soviet Jewry. Friday, September 29, 2006 books on the evolution and history of airborne warfare. Tirelessly, Dr. Hallion continues to As we know, the Bolshevik Revolution in Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, on be- write to this day. Russia led to the imprisonment of Soviet half of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, I Dr. Hallion has been recognized numerous behind the Iron Curtain. Jewish culture, Jewish rise today to pay tribute to all U.S. service times for his hard work and dedication to mili- religion and Jewish communal life were forc- members and veterans for their service and tary aviation. In 2005, he received the Annual ibly extinguished under the Soviet regime, dedication to our Nation. During Hispanic Her- Award of the Conference of Historic Aviation which also indulged in numerous anti-Semitic itage Month, we would like to pay special trib- Writers, and was recognized as a Distin- manifestations. Even after Stalin’s death, the ute to service members and veterans of His- guished Lecturer and Associate Fellow of the Soviet kingdom of fear abated only slightly. panic decent who have served with pride, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astro- The Cold War effectively continued to cut off valor and distinction since the revolutionary nautics. He has received similar recognition the Jews of Russia and Eastern Europe from war. from the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, their co-religionists in the West. In particular, we want to recognize World the Aviation Space Writers Association, the Air Nevertheless, expressions of outrage began War II veteran Guy Gabaldon, who passed Force Association and the Air Force Systems to accumulate in the early 1960s, with a few away recently. Born in , California Command. pioneers leading the way. In April, 1964 the on March, 22, 1926, Mr. Gabaldon grew up in His contributions to the Air Force will be major Jewish organizations met in Wash- Boyle Heights. He died on August 31, 2006 in missed as he moves on to new and exciting ington, DC and an American Conference on Old Town, Florida. Mr. Gabaldon is an excel- opportunities. I ask my colleagues to join me Soviet Jewry was established. The same lent example of the dedication that Latinos in in congratulating Dr. Richard P. Hallion and month, Mr. Birnbaum created the Student uniform have demonstrated while providing the wish him all the best in his future endeavors. Struggle for Soviet Jewry for the purpose of highest service to our country. f fashioning a student spearhead to ‘‘mobilize a As a child, Marine Private First Class Guy tidal wave of public opinion.’’ (First SSSJ ‘‘Gabby’’ Gabaldon, befriended and eventually INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION TO Handbook) moved in with a Japanese American family. HONOR JACOB BIRNBAUM After the mass arrests of young Jewish dis- When the U.S. entered WWII, Gabaldon sidents on June 15, 1970, and after the Lenin- joined the Marines, and served as a mortar HON. JERROLD NADLER grad Trial of December 1970 with its death crewman and scout observer. Through his fa- OF NEW YORK sentences, the National Conference on Soviet miliarity with the and cul- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Jewry was created. The Greater New York ture, Mr. Gabaldon gained the distinction of Conference, under the direction of the young Friday, September 29, 2006 capturing more enemy soldiers than anyone activist Malcolm Hoenlein, initiated the pro- else in the history of U.S. military conflicts. Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, with the ap- foundly important Solidarity Day marches, While serving in , he received a Sil- proach of International Human Rights Day on modeled after Birnbaum’s Jericho, Redemp- ver Star for obtaining vital information and December 10, I would like to take this oppor- tion, and Exodus Marches and rallies of the capturing more than 1,000 enemy personnel in tunity to chronicle for the national record the 1960s. Mr. Hoenlein is now the Executive Vice the face of direct fire. PFC Gabaldon was able life and work of a remarkable human rights ac- Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of to persuade the weakened Japanese soldiers tivist, Jacob Birnbaum of New York. It is inter- Major American Jewish Organizations. Of to surrender, in spite of their orders to fight. esting to note that he was actually born on great significance was the creation in 1970 of His commanding officer and fellow Marines December 10, 1926. As December 10, 2006 the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, a coali- nominated him for the . He will mark his 80th birthday, it is entirely appro- tion of non-Establishment regional groups, was awarded the , which was ele- priate that his work should be portrayed in the under the chairmanship of Dr. Louis vated to a Navy Cross in December of 1960. RECORD of the Congress of the . Rosenblum, with whom Mr. Birnbaum had Mr. Gabaldon and the more than one million Jacob Birnbaum’s immediate family fled the worked for many years. Latino service members and veterans deserve Nazis and settled in the United Kingdom. In Mr. Hoenlein has publicly stated that he our gratitude and admiration. They have al- 1946, following the end of World War II, the considers Mr. Birnbaum ‘‘the father of the So- ways been an integral part in the fabric of our 19-year-old Jacob Birnbaum devoted several viet Jewry movement.’’ Similar statements military. I ask my colleagues to join me in pay- years to providing relief for younger survivors have been made by other major public figures ing tribute to Mr. Gabaldon, and all of our na- of the Nazi and Soviet totalitarian systems. such as Dr. Meir Rosenne, who worked close- tion’s Latino service members and veterans. From the young Polish Jews who managed to ly with Mr. Birnbaum in the early formative pe- f exit the USSR after the war, he became famil- riod 1964–1967. Dr. Rosenne later became iar with the iniquities of the Soviet system. ’s Ambassador to France and then to the HONORING DR. RICHARD P. This early experience fueled his later passion United States. Sir Martin Gilbert, the official HALLION to mobilize American Jewry in the drive to res- British historian of Winston Churchill, has cue Jews from the oppression they faced in made a similar statement. HON. JAMES P. MORAN the . In May, 1965, Mr. Birnbaum was the first to OF VIRGINIA In the mid-1950s and early 1960s, he be- testify before a Congressional Committee on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES came involved in assisting people from the the importance of utilizing economic leverage disintegrating Jewish communities of North Af- on the Kremlin. When the late Senator Henry Friday, September 29, 2006 rica caught up in the struggles of their host Jackson initiated the legislation which finally Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise countries for independence from France. resulted in the passage of the Jackson-Vanik today to congratulate Dr. Richard P. Hallion, Thereafter, traveling the United States, he Amendment in 1975, Mr. Birnbaum worked who is retiring as Senior Adviser for Air and decided to create a national student spear- closely with the director of Senator Jackson’s Space’ Issues at the Directorate for Security, head to activate the grassroots of American office, Dorothy Fosdick, and, of course, Rich- Counterintelligence and Special Programs Jewry. Settling in New York in 1964, he set up ard Perle, who played a major role in the initi- Oversight at . His distinguished his first student committee; then he con- ation and development of the legislation. career and record of achievement reflects self- centrated on building a student core at Ye- The idea of placing economic pressure on less commitment to our country. shiva University. Finally, he called a national Communist states to increase emigration

October 6, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1975 played a key role in softening up the Kremlin Dr. Louis Rosenblum; and Ambassador Dr. COMMEMORATING THE 275TH ANNI- regimes to make possible the Soviet Jewry Meir Rosenne. VERSARY OF PRINCE WILLIAM demand to ‘‘Let My People Go.’’ For the first Following the collapse of the Soviet regime, COUNTY, VIRGINIA time, there was legislation to put teeth into the Mr. Birnbaum spent a substantial part of the previous congressional humanitarian resolu- 1990s in combating anti-Semitic manifesta- tions. tions in former Soviet Central Asia, mostly in HON. TOM DAVIS From 1976 to 1986, Jacob Birnbaum con- Uzbekistan, intervening via the State Depart- OF VIRGINIA ducted annual Most Favored Nation cam- ment and enlisting Malcolm Hoenlein’s aid in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES paigns, based on Jackson-Vanik, to pressure engaging the Uzbek Ambassador in Wash- Romania to increase emigration and release ington. Friday, September 29, 2006 prisoners. He testified annually before both In his 80th year, Mr. Birnbaum continues to Senate and House committees. support groups engaged in the Jewish edu- Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I In the latter 1970s, Mr. Birnbaum enlarged cation of former Soviet Jews and their chil- rise today to commemorate the 275th anniver- his Soviet Jewry strategy. He expanded the dren. sary of Prince William County, Virginia. slogan ‘‘Let My People Go’’ by adding ‘‘Let My For all of these reasons, the House of Rep- Prince William County, Virginia, was created People Know’’ (their heritage). The Kremlin resentatives ought to honor the life and six on March 25, 1731, from territory that had had pulverized Jewish religious, cultural, and decades of public service of Jacob Birnbaum been part of Stafford County and King George community life, and, in the 1960s, the Soviet and especially his commitment to freeing So- County. It is named for Prince William Augus- Jewish resistance underground began to gen- viet Jews from religious, cultural, and com- tus, 1720–1765, Duke of Cumberland, and a erate Jewish self-education cultural, religious, munal extinction. He is a true hero. son of King George II, who became Captain- and Hebrew- speaking groups. Mr. Birnbaum General of the British Army. conducted numerous campaigns for their pro- f In 1608, Captain John Smith and his party tection, enlisting the aid of many Christian reli- INTRODUCTION OF THE INTER- rode a barge along the Potomac River and gious denominations. These efforts reached a NATIONAL WOMEN’S FREEDOM stopped in Prince William County on their way high point when he organized and led a dele- ACT OF 2006 from Jamestown. They were the first Euro- gation of the Synagogue Council of America to peans recorded in this area. Doeg Indians, meet with the Deputy Secretary of State and HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY Algonquin speakers, lived in villages along the the Department’s Human Rights Director, War- Potomac. The Souian-speaking Manahoac OF NEW YORK ren Zimmermann, in September, 1985. people lived in the Piedmont region. By trad- Mr. Birnbaum’s vision was partially realized IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing with the native tribes, Captain Smith and with Malcolm Hoenlein’s Solidarity Rallies in Friday, September 29, 2006 his men were able to obtain enough food to New York, and, finally, by the great national Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, today I intro- sustain themselves and the settlers they had rally in Washington on December 7, 1987 on left behind in Jamestown. Native American the eve of Gorbachev’s meeting with President duce the International Women’s Freedom Act of 2006. This legislation establishes an Office settlements disappeared from the county by Reagan. the beginning of the 18th century. Finally, in 1990, the Kremlin conceded and of International Women’s Rights within the permitted a mass emigration which now totals State Department headed by the appointed The first English settlement in the Northern two million (one million to Israel and one mil- Ambassador at Large, and additionally, would Neck of Virginia, the land between the Poto- lion elsewhere, mostly to the United States). create a United States Commission on Inter- mac and Rappahannock Rivers, took place This was no small accomplishment, and many national Women’s Rights. The positive links about 1643 in what is now Northumberland people played a role in making it happen. between the empowerment of women and ef- County. The first land patent in what is now In addition to the courageous work of Mr. fective and sustainable development are very Prince William County was taken out in 1653 Birnbaum, tribute ought to be paid to the pio- clear and this legislation would seek to protect by Thomas Burbage. After successive divi- neers and the national organizations which women’s rights by channeling U.S. security sions, Prince William County reached its cur- fought so strenuously for the liberation of So- and development assistance to countries that rent outer boundaries in 1759. Manassas and viet Jews. are not found in gross violations of women’s Manassas Park were established as inde- The pioneers and the national organizations rights. According to the World Bank, when pendent cities in 1975. that Mr. Birnbaum asked me to publicly ac- men and women are equal within a society, Prince William County, located 20 miles knowledge for their support in this noble effort not only do the poor move more quickly out of southwest of the Nation’s Capital, is a perfect include: poverty, but economies flourish and familial place to live, work, play, and raise a family. Morris Abram, U.S. human rights commis- well-being is enhanced. I believe that all peo- With a desirable location, highly educated sioner; Dr. Moshe Deeter, the scholar whose ple, regardless of gender, should have the work force, nationally recognized schools, and research fueled the early movement; Justice power to shape their lives and participate in pro-business environment, Prince William Arthur Goldberg; the distinguished theologian their communities without the fear of oppres- County has it all. sion. When given the tools they need, such as Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Heschel; Senator Jacob Prince William is the second largest county education, access to employment, land, and Javits; NASA scientist Dr. Louis Rosenblum of in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Prince economic assets, and the opportunity to con- the Cleveland Committee on Soviet Anti-Semi- William school system is one of the finest in tribute to civic life, women and girls improve tism; and Elie Wiesel, whose book ‘‘The Jews the Nation. It is the State’s second largest their situation in society and have a positive of Silence’’ was so influential. school system, with Internet access in every impact on society as a whole. By annually re- Furthermore, Mr. Birnbaum recalls the im- classroom. Prince William County offers a viewing the status of women’s rights in each portant roles played by colleagues in the fol- highly educated workforce—with more than 50 country and designating countries of particular lowing national organizations: percent of adults holding a college degree. Agudath Israel of America; Center for Rus- concern, more succinct policy recommenda- The county is swiftly becoming a major source sian Jewry with Student Struggle for Soviet tions can be made to the President, the Sec- of northern Virginia’s highly educated labor Jewry, of which he is the founder and national retary of State and the Congress. pool. Prince William County is the new center director; Conference of Presidents of Major In 1998, Congress created a Commission of business opportunity in Metropolitan Wash- American Jewish organizations; Greater New on International Religious Freedom, and the ington. York Conference on Soviet Jewry, whose bill I am proposing today is modeled after it. founding director was Malcolm Hoenlein; Inter- According to news reports, the Commission on In 2006, Prince William County will host a national League for the Repatriation of Rus- International Religious Freedom has made year-long celebration with special events to sian Jews, founding chairman Morris Brafman; substantial progress towards expanding reli- honor this momentous anniversary. Senator Jacob Javits; Nehemiah Levanon, gious freedom in Saudi Arabia and Mr. Speaker, in closing, I would like to com- Israel Liaison Bureau for Soviet Jewry; the Turkmenistan. We require the State Depart- mend and congratulate the citizens of Prince Lubavitcher Hasidic movement; National Con- ment to issue reports on battling international William County on the occasion of their 275th ference on Soviet Jewry; Honorable Richard bribery, religious freedom, and narcotics con- anniversary. I call upon my colleagues to join Maass, founding chairman; National Commu- trol, among many others. Creating a report on me in celebrating the history of this great nity Relations Advisory Council; Union of the status of women’s rights is vitally important county, and in wishing for its continued pros- Councils for Soviet Jews, founding chairman to assuring the rights of women worldwide. perity.

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