33344 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS BUDGET REFORMS ALL FOOD, AGRICULTURE, CONSER­ VOTE NO ON THE HONEY POT.­ BUBBLES AND NO BITE VATION, AND TRADE ACT OF VOTE NO ON THE FARM BILL 1990 HON. WM. S. BROOMFIELD HON. SILVIO 0. CONTE OF MICHIGAN HON. ROBERT E. WISE, JR. OF MASSACHUSETTS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF WEST VIRGINIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, October 23, 1990 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, October 23, 1990 Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, for weeks Tuesday, October 23, 1990 Mr. CONTE. Mr. Speaker, we'll be taking up now the American people have been reading the farm bill conference today, and I want to Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of alert the House to one very important provi­ that the Federal budget has been cut to the the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and bone, that the only way out of the budget defi­ sion. Trade Act of 1990. Title XXIII of the bill, which You know what I'm talking about-the killer cit is to raise new taxes. I first introduced a year ago as H.R. 3564, Then they pick up their morning paper and beekeepers. The House's bill capped pay­ amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 read that the House has just voted half a mil­ ments to beekeepers at $100,000 by 1994. to ensure that the Rural Electrification Admin­ lion dollars to renovate the birthplace of Law­ And the other body, in an unusual show of istration and the Rural Telephone Bank are rence Welk. fiscal sanity and wise policy, eliminated the The American taxpayers are calling for seri­ responsive to the evolving telecommunica­ honey subsidy altogether. ous cuts in the budget and all they're getting tions needs of rural telephone subscribers. Now, did the conferees split the difference? from Congress is champagne music. These Due in large part to the telephone loan pro­ did they reach a $50,000 cap? No. Did the so-called budget reforms are all bubbles and grams of REA and RTB, most rural Americans Senate conferees give up and agree to the no bite. today enjoy basic telephone service at afford­ cap at a full $1 00,000? No. They combined to The taxpayers are angry and I don't blame able rates. But basic telephone service is no raise the cap to $125,000. A full 25 percent them. longer sufficient to meet the needs of rural over the House's number. America. We are in an era where service in­ This week USDA's Agriculture Research dustries are rapidly replacing agriculture, man­ Service is out hunting killer bees along the A LETTER FROM JAMES ufacturing, and mining as the mainstays of the border near Harlingen, TX. They're trying to MOYLAN rural economy. Rural America is struggling to trap them with sex pheromones and keep emerge from a period of economic decline. them out of Texas. Well, it's clear to me they're looking in the wrong place. They In order for rural businesses to survive, they HON. CARL D. PURSELL should be out hunting the conferees who are must have access to computer modems, fax OF MICHIGAN stinging the taxpayers. Vote no on the honey machines, and other advanced telecommuni­ pot. Vote no on the farm bill. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cations technologies that urban businesses Tuesday, October 23, 1990 have come to find essential. For many in rural Mr. PURSELL. Mr. Speaker, on July 31 I en­ America, such access is only feasible with the FIX THE BUDGET BY CUTTING tered into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD two continued assistance of the REA and RTB SPENDING, NOT BY RAISING letters from constituents of my Second Con­ programs. TAXES gressional District in Michigan. I wish to re­ Title XXIII makes clear that recent techno­ enter one of those letters today in its entirety. logical developments such as fiber optic cable HON. FLOYD SPENCE The letter came to me from Mr. James Moylan and data transmission are included in the defi­ OF SOUTH CAROLINA of Plymouth, MI. The text follows: nition of telephone service for which REA and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DEAR REPRESENTATIVE PuRSELL: I am writ­ RTB loans can be made. The legislation also ing this short letter to express my concern allows qualified rural telephone borrowers to Tuesday, October 23, 1990 about any pending legislation that will ad­ invest a certain percentage of their own cap­ Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to versely affect the current guidelines for ital for rural development purposes. Credit Unions in this country. The Credit commend to my colleagues a few thoughts Union that I deal with through my place of At the same time, Title XXIII ensures that from an editorial that appeared recently in a employment is very successful and sound. It the REA and RTB telephone programs oper­ South Carolina paper. It makes two points does not need any new guidelines or restric­ ate under the watchful eye of the public. about the budget debate that, in my view, tions just because of the competition that it Under the bill, RTB will become subject to the have not received enough attention. The first may impose on other banking institutions. open meeting requirements of the Sunshine is that the so-called spending cuts included in In fact, I have always felt that competition Act. REA will become subject to the notice the various proposals we have considered in is supposed to be a healthy way of insuring this deficit reduction discussion have only services for the common good of consumers. and comment requirements of the Administra­ Having the rules changed is not a fair way tive Procedure Act. made cuts in spending increases in existing of competing. Enactment of the Food, Agriculture, Conser­ programs. It is my belief that the shallowness My wife, children and I have savings and vation, and Trade Act of 1990 will not only fa­ of these budget cuts has not been sufficiently highlighted. The second point is that the tax checking accounts in two other banks be­ cilitate the advancement of rural telecommuni­ sides our Credit Union and we intend to increases included in the bill hit not only once cations but will be a major step toward the de­ keep them balanced that way for security but are more accurately double taxes as the velopment of our rural economy and the im­ and convenience. In my opinion, the current producers or transporters of goods and serv­ guidelines for banks and credit unions do provement of the quality of rural American life. ices inevitably pass along their added costs to not need to be revamped. I can only recall the last time the Government broadened consumers. This effect, too, seems to have the guidelines of Savings & Loans for the been ignored in many circles. betterment of the saving public! We need real cuts to reduce the deficit. We Respectfully yours, don't need any more taxes and I hope that JAMES MOYLAN. the following excerpts will convince you also.

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. October 23, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 33345 Many of the criticisms weighed against the of Congressman BARNEY FRANK, who Phillips Hospital in St. Louis, MO. After receiv­ Senate package can just as easily be applied thoughtfully guided this bill through the House ing her license, she went on to the Northwest to the House bill in many ways. From what I Judiciary Committee. Institute of Medical Technology in Minneapo­ have heard about the prospective conference As you know, administrative regulations too lis, MN. report, it doesn't seem to do much better. often become the object of protracted litiga­ In 1944, Nurse Johnson conducted re­ The editorial follows: tion. For example, nearly 80 percent of the search at the University of Minnesota Depart­ DOING THE WRONG THING ON THE BUDGET 300 regulations promulgated each year by the ment of Plant Pathology which resulted in the [From the Charleston News and Environmental Protection Agency are contest­ cure for scarlet fever. In 1945, she was certi­ Courier, Oct. 19, 1990] ed in court. Now I realize that Washington, fied by the American Red Cross and began The Senate package that seems to be sail­ DC, is a city of attorneys, but many thoughtful teaching disaster nursing and basic first aid. ing toward presidential approval contains attorneys themselves would surely join me in One year later, Nurse Johnson was certified genuine tax increases of roughly $149 bil­ saying it is in our national interest to find pru­ as a medical missionary and served in Liberia, lion and "cuts" in government expenditures dents ways in which to cut down on endless West Africa, where she promoted the organi­ of approximately $250 billion. There is no litigation. zation of the Liberian National Nursing Asso­ way to get a precise reading on either the Many court battles are time consuming, un­ ciation. new taxes or the spending "cuts" because productive, costly affairs that could be avoid­ Nurse Johnson moved to Cleveland in Congress' tax-writing committees have yet to fill in all the blanks. What is certain, ed. In certain cases, the process of rulemak­ 1959, where she tutored nurses for the Ohio however, is that the "cuts" aren't cuts at all; ing can be accomplished more fairly and effi­ Board of Nurse Education and Registration, they are reductions in the rate of growth in ciently through direct negotiations among the and spent much of her time as a leading government spending, not the growth itself. principal parties concerned. American Red Cross volunteer instructor. Thanks to an accounting device called Negotiated rulemaking has been tried a Classes included "Mother's Helper," "Teen­ "baseline budgeting", brought to us by the number of times. It has met with enough suc­ age Baby-Sitting," and "Home Nursing." She folks who wrote the 1974 Budget Act, gov­ cess that its wider application should be en­ also developed special courses for church ernment spending automatically increases nurses, utilizing church basements throughout each year to meet projected rates of infla­ couraged. tion. If Congress cuts $5 million from the I sponsored this bill because the Federal Cleveland for her classroom. $15 million automatic increase in a pro­ Government ought to be doing all we can to Mr. Speaker, Mattiedna Johnson has also gram's $100 million appropriation, the "sav­ reduce unnecessary and costly litigation. Too been an outspoken and courageous advocate ings" are illusory. A real cut would be to lop often the relationship among government, in­ on behalf of black nurses. At a nurses con­ off the $15 million increase and trim the dustry, labor, other interest groups is altogeth­ vention in 1970, she called black nurses to­ $100 million appropriation by $5 million. er too adversarial. I have pushed for enact­ gether. That meeting led to the formation of Every American who balances a checkbook ment of this legislation for more than 8 years, the National Black Nurses Association. She knows that. Why doesn't Congress? believing it would be good public policy to pro­ went on to organize the Cleveland Council of There is nothing illusory about the taxes, however. They are real, and they are going vide Federal agencies with an option to en­ Black Nurses and, in 1973, with the Akron to hurt. In many cases, the new levies will courage consultation and negotiation as an al­ black nurses, she convened the first institute result in a hidden "double tax." That ternative to the customary rulemaking proc­ and conference of the National Black Nurses means, simply, that increased taxes on, for ess. Association. example, gasoline will force truckers ceeds on a course toward independ­ ing Moscow's dictates has produced a consti­ Party-controlled media in Azerbaijan carried ence, a prospect that concerns not only tutional crisis of the first order. Its outcome is numerous detailed reports of chicanery, rang­ Moscow but Teheran, with its large Azerbaija­ still uncertain and much will hinge on the ing from refusal to register non-Communist ni population; the chances of peacefully re­ future of this confrontation. candidates during the campaign to stuffing solving the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis with Ar­ As might have been expected, the progress ballot boxes on election day. Post-election re­ menia; the possible influence of trends and of these reform patterns has not been uniform portage on central Soviet television from events in Azerbaijan on the U.3.S.rrs other throughout the U.S.S.R. The Baltic States of Moscow also publicized these abuses. Moslem populations; the future of relations Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, which never ac­ Most alarming have been the allegations between Turkic Azerbaija11 and Turkey, a cepted their forcible annexation by Joseph that a candidate of the Azerbaijani Popular NATO country; and Azerbaijan's hopes of es- 33348 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1990 tablishing independent relations with countries THE lOOTH ANNIVERSARY OF IN OPPOSITION TO THE DEFICIT outside the Soviet Union. THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF PITTS­ " REDUCTION" BILL As political power in the Soviet Union de­ FIELD centralizes at ever greater speed, the adminis­ HON. FLOYD SPENCE trative and legislative branches of the United HON. SILVIO 0. CONTE OF SOUTH CAROLINA States Government have begun to take a seri­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ous interest in establishing dialog with the OF MASSACHUSETTS peoples and Republics of the U.S.S.R. One of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, October 23, 1990 the most natural and important channels of Tuesday, October 23, 1990 Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, we don't need contact and communication in this effort to pass a so-called budget deficit reduction bill would be among elected public offficals at all Mr. CONTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to that, instead, really increases spending by 34 levels of government, an idea in which Azer­ recognize the landmark to be reached and percent over the next 5 years. The alleged re­ baijani government officials expressed strong passed on November 16, 1990 by the ductions in this bill will only be in proposed in­ interest to Helsinki Commission staff. Given Women's Club of Pittsfield. It was one century creases. Also, new spending proposals are in­ the many reported abuses during the Azerbai­ ago that this organization opened its doors to cluded in the bill. To pay for this spending, all jani Supreme Soviet election, however, and women over 17 years old and began to imple­ of our people will be taxed more, in one way the Popular Front's call for nonrecognition · of ment its goals of education, self improvement, or another, to the tune of an additional $170 the newly elected deputies, the United States and charity. billion. We don't need any more taxes. We need Government and especially the Congress Throughout the years, •the Women's Club real cuts to reduce the deficit, or at least, a must consider carefully whether and how to has been selflessly committed to reaching out freeze on spending. proceed along these lines. to those who are 'less fortunate through dona­ tions of time and money. The Christian I recently came across a poem on taxes Center, the Women's Services Center, the from the Masonic Light that I would like to A TRIBUTE TO MAJ. GEN. Salvation Army and many other charities share with you. It sets forth some of the tax burden that our people already must bear. CHARLES CALVIN ROGERS around western Massachusetts can attest to the generosity of the Women's Club. But it Tax his cow, tax his goat, Tax his pants, tax his coat, HON. ROBERT E. WISE, JR. has been without fanfare and without expecta­ Tax his ties, tax his shirt, tion of material reward, that the Women's Tax his work, tax his dirt, OF WEST VIRGINIA Club has given and given again to their com­ Tax his chew, tax his smoke, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES munity. Teach him taxes are no joke, Every year the Women's Club has a special Tax his car, tax his gas, Tuesday, October 23, 1990 celebration, the silver tea. These celebrations Tax the roads he must pass, Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay Tax his land, take his wage, with their many distinguished guests have Tax the bed in which he lays, tribute to Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers, been the highlight of many a year. As you all Tax his tractor, tax his mule, on\:l of West Virginia's former Congressional know, every successful celebration must have Teach him taxes are the rule, Medal of Honor recipients. General Roberts, many hours of hard work and planning behind Tax his tobacco, tax his drink, who was retired, passed away Friday, Sep­ it. Mrs. Alice Zerbato, the current executive di­ Tax him if he tries to think, tember 21, in Munich, Germany, at the age of Tax his booze, tax his beers, rector of the Women's Club, has been instru­ - if he cries, tax his tears, 61 . mental not only in leading the Women's Club Tax him good and let him know, A graduate of Mt. Hope's DuBois High to its 1OOth anniversary, but also she will lend - after taxes he'll have no dough, School, General Rogers was a 1951 distin­ her wisdom and guidance toward steering the If he hollers, tax him more, guished military graduate of West Virginia Women's Club into the 1990's and beyond. Tax him 'till he's good and sore, State College and was inducted into the col­ Today, the ambiance of the clubhouse re­ Tax his coffin, tax his grave. lege's ROTC Hall of Fame in 1980. He re­ Tax the sod in which he lays! tains it original charm and warmth. From its Put these words upon his tomb, ceived a master's degree from Shippensburg humble beginnings in the days of Henry "Taxes drove me to my doom." State College. He was also a graduate of the Adams, Mark Twain, and Susan B. Anthony, And when he's gone we won't relax, Army Command and General Staff College this organization has grown greatly, but has We'll still be after inheritance tax. and of the Army War College. stayed true to its goals and high standards. His major assignments included deputy I am very proud of the fact that the chief of staff for military operations in the Pen­ A SPECIAL SALUTE TO REV. Women's Club has been such a productive ANZO MONTGOMERY tagon; deputy chief of staff for ROTC, Training member of the Pittsfield community through and Doctrine Command in Fort Monroe, VA; this last century. Though many organizations and deputy commanding general for V Corps, have fallen along the wayside during this HON. LOUIS STOKES U.S. Army Europe. quickly changing age, I know the Women's OF OHIO As one of the few Americans to receive the Club will continue to stand the test of time. I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Medal of Honor, General Rogers distinguished also know that they will do so with the same Tuesday, October 23, 1990 himself on November 1, 1968, as a battalion class and dignity which they have always ex­ Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, commander during the defense of a forward emplified. fire support base. Although injured, the then October 27, 1990, family and friends will Mr. Speaker, as the years pass, many gather at the Confluence Park Restaurant and Lieutenant Colonel Rogers continued to direct women of Berkshire County will proudly stride Conference Center in Columbus, OH, to pay his men until the enemy was defeated and re­ through the ever-open doors of 42 Wendell tribute to Rev. Anzo Montgomery. Pastor pelled. Avenue. They will experience the excellence Montgomery recently retired after completing General Rogers also received the Legion of which has been the rule rather than the ex­ 57 years of clerical service to the Christian Merit with Oakleaf Cluster, Distinguished ception at the Women's Club. May their contri­ Methodist Episcopal Church; 47 years in the · Flying Cross, Bronze Star Medal with V butions and rewards continue to be memora­ pastoral ministry, and 4 years as general sec­ Device and 3 Oakleaf Clusters, 10 Air Medals, ble ones. retary of evangelism. I am proud to rise today Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army and pay tribute to Pastor Montgomery. He is a Commendation Medal with 3 Oakleaf Clusters, strong leader, a committed servant of God, Purple Heart, and Parachutist Badge. and a great inspiration to the Christian Meth­ He is survived by his wife, Margaret, and odist Episcopal Church and the community. three daughters. Pastor Montgomery has demonstrated his leadership as president of the lnterdenomina- October 23, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 33349 tional Minister's Alliance; vice president of the Travels: Israel, Italy, Greece, London, sential" functions of the Government. There is Greater Cleveland Council of Churches; board Paris, Canada, Lima, Peru, and Panama. just as much authority to keep what a given member of the Ohio Council of Churches; and Daily Quote: from "The Triumphant Song President called a nonessential function as of Confidence of David"; "The Lord is my life member of the Ohio Pastor's Convocation. light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? there is to keep what he or she might call an He has also been a leader on other fronts. In The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of essential function during the absence of appro­ 1954, Pastor Montgomery was one of the first whom shall I be afraid".-Psalm 27:1 New priations bills. black ministers in Topeka, KS, whose concern RSV. The whole idea of just laying off nonessen­ for quality education for all children laid the PERSONAL tial employees raises the question of what in foundation for the landmark Brown versus Anzo Montgomery, 6353 Well Fleet Drive the world such employees are doing on the Board of Education Supreme Court decisions S, Columbus, Ohio 43231. Phone: 614-895- payroll in the first place. on school desegregation. In the 1960's, 2659. Married: Daisy Horne Montgomery. Besides, payday comes at the end of the Pastor Montgomery, a strong advocate for They share the love of two young adult month. Keeping people on the payroll with a civil rights, assisted Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., sons, two daughters-in-law and three grand­ relative certainty that the money will be in the in his efforts to register black voters in Cleve­ children. bank at the end of the month to pay them land. His efforts were instrumental in the elec­ EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION would be a matter of ordinary common sense. tion of my brother, Judge Carl B. Stokes, as Born in Jackson, Tennessee. Parents: Lu­ If you don't have enough money today to pay the first black mayor of a major American city cille and Roy Montgomery. He is the oldest your light bill but reasonably expect to have it in 1967, and the creation of the first black ma­ of ten children. Graduated: Merry High School. by the end of the month, you do not turn out jority congressional district in Ohio, which I am Henderson Business College. Memphis, your lights tonight. today proud to represent. Tennessee. Washburn University. Topeka, Closing down the Government, or part of it, Mr. Speaker, it is a real honor to pay tribute Kansas. under the foregoing circumstances is not a to a great and dynamic leader. Pastor Mont­ Music Education: Montgomery's music Presidential duty-it is a Presidential weapon. gomery and his lovely wife, Daisy Horne Mont­ education started in Jackson, Tennessee And as Mr. SIKORSKI'S GAO report shows, the gomery, have been a source of strength and when his music teacher, Mrs. Celeste Mit­ weapon is usually fired at the taxpayers's ex­ support through the years. I extend my very chum, discovered his rich baritone voice, pense. best wishes to them on this special occasion. and started to give him free vocal and theory lessons. His music education contin­ SHUTDOWN CosT $1.6 MILLION, GAO STUDY I also want to take this opportunity to share ued in Topeka, Kansas under the tutelage FINDS with my colleagues some of the significant of voice instructor, Mrs. Meredith Lee and achievements of Pastor Montgomery during CLOSING GOVERNMENT FOR COLUMBUS DAY blossomed to full fruition under Dr. Harold WEEKEND INCREASED EXPENSES, LOWERED his career. Decker at Wichita University, Wichita, REVENUE REV. ANZO MONTGOMERY Kansas. He became a member of the Wich­ ita Choral Society where he sang such num­

39-059 0-92-24 (Pt. 23) 33352 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1990 under special expedited procedures. It also A TRIBUTE TO SHERIFF RICHARD the laws as we become familiar with them. We would have provided for the formation of a GERMOND learn hopefully to appreciate, as adults, that special group of congressional leaders to our laws protect our persons, our property, consult with the president regarding com­ and our liberty. mitment of U.S. forces abroad. HON. CARL D. PURSELL Why then are some Americans so willing to The Post argues that, having failed to OF MICHIGAN make excuses for those employers, who by amend the War Powers Resolution, Con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their illegal conduct, show young Americans gress should just go ahead and form the Tuesday, October 23, 1990 every day how to break the law on the job special consultative group. Without the in­ and how to escape any real punishment? It is Mr. PURSELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to centive of repealing the 60-day limit, howev­ a sad commentary that detected child labor er, the administration would be unlikely to pay tribute to an outstanding member of the go along with a formalization of congres­ Lenawee County (Michigan) community. This violations in America have incre~sed by 15 sional consultation procedures. And for gentleman has been a longstanding resident percent in the last 6 years. Common Cause good reason. Creating a new congressional and has devoted himself to the betterment of magazine last August carried the following ex­ organization would inevitably lead to calls his county. He is Sheriff Richard Germond. cellent article detailing the spreading scourge for greater congressional participation in Dick Germond is this year's recipient of the of child labor across the American landscape. planning and supervision of military mis­ Lenawee Chamber of Commerce's Maple Yet, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole sions. Leaf Award. He is being recognized for his on­ this week is hard at work attempting to pull As one of the original cosponsors of the going service to Lenawee County. the teeth from impending legislation that War Powers Resolution, I feel that it has Born in Adrian, Ml, Dick graduated from seeks to increase the civil penalties levied on become counterproductive. The essential Catholic Central High School in Adrian in child labor scofflaws. flaw is the 60-day clock, which necessarily 1953. He later graduated from Michigan State Current law provides a civil penalty up to polarizes the positions of the executive and University with a B.S. in police administration $1,000 per child labor violation. But $159 has legislative branches. Aside from the illusion and criminal justice in 1958. He also has at­ of congressional power given by the resolu­ been the average fine meted out by the Labor tion in its current form, it would be prefera­ tended the University of Toledo Law School. Department during the past 7 years. It is not ble to replace this provision with expedited Dick Germond joined the Lenawee County surprising that unscrupulous employers have procedures for congressional debate. Sheriff's Office at the age of 21. In 1964, at come to view these meager penalties as ac­ the age of 29, he was appointed to fill an un­ ceptable costs of doing business. On the other hand, there should be some expired term as Sheriff. Later that year he Last April, I was joined by Congressmen limitation on such debate, which can itself won his first of many elections to that impor­ send the wrong signal in times of crisis. SCHUMER and LANTOS in sponsoring compre­ tant office. hensive legislation (H.R. 4733) to overhaul Guaranteed debating rights should not be As the head of one of Michigan's finest law and update our Nation's child labor laws. We available at any time, but, say, only once enforcement agencies, Dick remains active in every six months during a period of military were encouraged last summer when Labor the Michigan Sheriff's Association and the Na­ confrontation. at least 29 cases of children killed on the job reminiscent of the turn of the century. A were rep9rted to the Occupational Safety special New York State Labor Department When 15-year-old Kevin Curley went to and Health Auministration sponosored a families, a study by the University of Michi· to the front of the line and investigated bill last summer to prohibit imported goods gan found that 82.5 percent of working more promptly. However, since most child made by children working in factories and teens use the money to buy personal con­ labor violations turn up during investiga­ mines, he realized there was little reliable sumer items. In cases where students need tions of other complaints, there's no guar­ information about child labor practices in to work, they should be provided with voca­ antee that investigators will track down vio· the United States and asked for a study by tional training instead of being locked into lators in a timely manner. Congress's investigative arm, the General low-paying dead-end jobs say Linda Go· GAO found that in fiscal year 1989 com­ Accounting Office . Its recently re· lodner, executive director of the National pliance officers inspected just 1.5 percent of leased investigation shows that child labor Consumer League, which pushed for child all establishments covered by the Fair violations grew dramatically-from about labor laws in the early 1900s and is lobbying Labor Standards Act. Compliance officers 10,000 in 1983 to nearly 25,000 in 1989- to protect the work-hour rules. spent less than 5 percent of their enforce­ during the late 1980s, a period of intense ef­ While the vision of a future work force ment time annually on child labor violations forts to cut back government regulations. made up of ill-educated burger flippers is from 1983 through 1989, GAO found. Oddly enough this is occurring as the troubling, the immediate reality is even "There aren't nearly enough [compliance overall number of employed minors de· worse: Young people are being killed and officers] to even begin to get at the prob­ creases with the end of the baby boom. But maimed on the job. Matthew Garvey, a 13- lem," says Sally Potter, a government rela­ because of a labor shortage at the entry year-old from Maryland lost his leg while tions specialist for the National Education level, employers must increasingly rely on working at a Quality Car Wash. While sit· Association and a member of the Labor De­ younger workers for these unskilled jobs. ting atop a dryer fooling around with an­ partment's Child Labor Advisory Commit­ "With demographics and a relatively low other young employee his leg was suddenly tee, a group put together in 1988 when the unemployment rate, people have to go down sucked into the dryer and severed from his department came under pressure to change to the lower age ranges," says Bob Cuccia, a body. The employer did not have the re­ or clarify child labor laws. · Labor Department spokesperson. As a quired safety lid on the machine and had Others agree with her assessment, Rep. result, children are working longer hours hired Matthew and other children illegally. Tom Lantos to update and strengthen our "found his notes and made a mistake." entation of a new, improved dough mixer nation's laws to combat the exploitation of Even if more compliance officers were declared to be safe for teenagers to use, American youth in the workplace. We also hired, Labor Department critics say, compa­ committee members did an on-site inspec­ know that you share our concerns about the nies might continue to ignore the law be­ tion of a wholesale bakery in Silver Spring, alarming surge in child labor violations re­ cause of small penalties. The maximum fine Md. As a result, the committee recommend­ ported nationwide in the past seven years. of $1,000, which Congress and Labor are ed not only that minors not be allowed to You have provided strong leadership talking about increasing, "is rarely exer­ operate power-driven bakery machines, but through Operation Child Watch and other­ cised," GAO notes. In addition, companies that the provisions be strengthened to pro­ wise to better protect young Americans on often appeal and "in most instances an hibit them from cleaning the machines as the job. appeal is likely to result in a reduced penal­ well. All told the Advisory Committee has made Last November, we were very pleased ty assessment," the report found. For willful when Labor Department officials attended or repeat violations, the department may over 50 recommendations aimed at strength­ ening child labor laws. It also has urged the highly-successful Capitol Hill Forum on issue a $10,000 fine and a six-month prison that more occupations be included in the the Exploitation of Children in the Work­ sentence. But these penalties have never hazardous category, including poultry and place which was co-sponsored by 48 House been levied on a child labor law violator, sea-food processing,. Labor Secretary Dole and Senate members and an extraordinary even when a violation has led to death . agreed upon in the budget summit to fifty will share with us your legislative proposals, The Administration supports Senate lan­ percent. This larger cushion and excise tax we are confident that we can reach a meet­ guage increasing maximum civil penalties requirements in the House bill is estimated ing of the minds which will facilitate the en­ five-fold, consistent with the budget to lose $100 million over 5 years. The Ad­ actment of much-needed legislation this summit. The Administration strongly op­ ministration supports the Senate bill and year. poses the House language creating OSHA summit agreement. Further, the Adminis­ An important legislative window now mandatory minimum civil penalties. Manda­ tration will support deleting both the rever­ exists to enact an effective, responsible tory minimum penalties would greatly sion and the related retiree health provi­ child labor bill with strong bipartisan sup­ reduce OSHA's flexibility in setting citation sions in conference if the cushion and excise port. A steady drumbeat of attention in the amounts, restrict the agency's ability to tax amounts are increased above the print and electronic media is arousing wide­ match a penalty with the relative severity summit agreement. spread concern about exploitative child of the violation and increase the rate of con­ The Office of Management and Budget labor inside and outside the halls of Con­ test of penalties-all of which would impede advises that there is no objection to the gress. Mounting evidence on the public abatement. Small businesses would be espe­ presentation of this report to Congress and record points to the need for both legisla­ cially hit hard by any minimums. that enactment of this legislation would not tive and non-legislative remedies. We hope 2. MSHA Civil Penalties: The Senate bill be in accord with the program of the Presi­ that you will personally and actively work increases maximum MSHA penalties three­ dent. with us during the remainder of this session fold, consistent with the budget summit Sincerely, to secure prompt congressional approval agreement,' and does not include increased ELIZABETH DOLE. and enactment in 1990 of tougher child minimum penalties. The House bill, howev­ labor laws to better protect young Ameri­ er, increases maximum MSHA penalties cans on the job. five-fold and includes a provision which re­ HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS SHOW Sincerely yours, quires a fifty-fold increase in minimum SUPPORT FOR U.S. HOLO­ DON J. PEASE, MSHA fines from $20 to $1,000. Although it CAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM CHARLES E. SCHUMER, is estimated by CBO that increasing mini­ ToM LANTOs, mum penalties will raise an additional $49 Members of Congress. million in revenue during FY '91, the provi­ HON. TOM LANTOS sion may actually lose revenue in FY '91 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OF CALIFORNIA and possibly in future years as well due to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Washington, DC. the increased contest rates and delinquent Hon. GEORGE J. MITCHELL, payments. While the Administration sup­ Tuesday, October 23, 1990 Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, ports a three-fold increase in maximum Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I invite my col­ Washington, DC. fines, it strongly opposes a statutory mini­ DEAR GEORGE: I am writing to express the mum MSHA fine. leagues in Congress to join me in paying trib­ Administration's strong opposition to the in­ Legislating a $1,000 minimum civil penalty ute to the Holocaust survivors who came to clusion of several labor provisions currently would adversely affect the health and Washington on October 2, 1990, from across being considered in the conference on the the Nation in support of the U.S. Holocaust House and Senate passed reconciliation safety of miners. Legal challenges to cita­ bills. These provisions include new increased tions would increase, thereby reducing in­ Memorial Museum now under construction in civil penalties for NLRA, OSHA, MSHA and spector presence at the mines. It would also Washington, DC. They were led by Benjamin child labor violations; and greater restric­ increase hostility at the mines leading to in­ Meed, president of the American Gathering of tions on pension plan asset reversions. creased denials of entry to inspectors and Jewish Holocaust Survivors and chairman of The President's senior advisors would rec­ impeding essential communication between the National Survivors Campaign of the U.S. ommend that the President veto the bill if it MSHA and miners about mining hazards. Given the Mine Act's frequent mandatory Holocaust Memorial Museum. includes the following provision: These men and women are a testimony to NLRA Punitive Civil Penalties: The inspections at all mines, including the more House bill includes a provision last consid­ than 10,000 small mines with less than 20 the perseverance and courage of the human ered during "Labor Law Reform" in 1977- employees, the impact of the House bill will spirit. They experienced the greatest evil in­ 78. The provision authorizes the General be especially severe on small employers. flicted at any time in history, yet they have re­ Counsel of the National Labor Relations 3. Child Labor Penalties: The House bill tained the motivation to do good. Having lost Board to assess minimum fines of would increase .(to a $10,000 maximum> so much, they continuously strive to give of $1,000 and maximum fines of $10,000 per af­ child labor penalties ten-fold under the Fair themselves. This meeting presents one such fected individual for employer or union vio­ Labor Standards Act . with a manda­ tory minimum of $1,000 per violation. A fur­ example: they are here to help us remember lation of NLRA sections 8(a)(3) and 8(b)(2), those who perished and suffered, and to which deal with discriminatory discharge ther possible inadvertent change apparently for exercising rights under the law, and sec­ eliminates the civil money penalty for re­ insure that history's darkest hour is never re­ tions 8(a)(5) and 8(b)(3), which deal with peated and willful minimum wage and over­ peated. bad faith bargaining. time violations. These men and women teach us directly The Administration strongly opposes this While the Department has supported an and show us by example that every human life provision. The National Labor Relations Act increase in child labor penalties for the has infinite value. They have each recreated a . since its enactment in 1935, has most serious violators of FLSA hazardous Occupation Orders, the House reconcilia­ life which the Nazis considered worthless, and been a remedial statute and not punitive. have made it full of strength and hope. They This significant amendment to the NLRA tion language would unacceptably apply the was included without benefit of any hear­ increased penalty scheme to all child labor teach us that one voice can make a differ­ ings or legislative debate. The NLRA's reme­ violations. In particular, the Department ence, that one life filled with caring can hold dial approach was designed to foster volun­ objects of the imposition of new minimum immeasurable power. tary settlements. Injecting the concept of penalties. This provision would authorize The lessons we can learn from these survi­ monetary fines into that settlement mix will fines that are inappropriate and unwarrant­ vors and from the Holocaust will be taught in move the focus of discussions from the reso­ ed, unnecessarily harm small businesses, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, sched­ lution of labor disputes to that of money. jeopardize employment opportunities for uled to open in April 1993. Since 1980-with The end result will likely be a reduction in youth, and interfere with the Department's the NLRB's settlement rate and an increase administrative flexibility and overall ability the creation of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial in litigation. to enforce the FLSA. Council-Congress and subsequently three In addition, the Administation and the 4. Pension Plan Asset Reversions: The Fi­ Presidents have acknowledged the vital role Department of Labor have serious concerns nance Committee provisions in the Senate the museum will play in the moral and ethical 33356 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1990 education of our great Nation. As supporters Cheryl Zoller, of Los Angeles, California, been in force since 1984, for the export of of the museum, these survivors will help us re­ child of Holocaust survivor. certain chemical installations, has been member what can happen when prejudice, tightened by means of a new version of Sec­ racism and bigotry develop unchecked. Con­ tion D of the Export List, thus improving TIGHTENING OF EXPORT CON­ export controls). versely, we will never forget what greatness TROLS IN THE FEDERAL RE­ An authorization requirement for export can occur when hope, courage and persever­ PUBLIC OF GERMANY of biological plants has been introduced ance prevail. . that are too risky. In short, the SBA helps food. Western New York's banks are crazy small businesses that banks normally would Further complicating the situation, however, about small business, judging from the not go out on a limb for, Sciortino said. is the fact that the Sudanese leader, President fierce competition among them to be the The secondary market for the guaranteed Bashir, refuses to acknowledge that there is area's biggest U.S. Small Business Adminis­ portion of SBA loans also is heating up, pro­ tration lender. viding a greater incentive for financial insti­ any hunger problem at all in the Sudan. The annual bankers marathon was long tutions. This means banks can loan the Beyond simply not acknowledging the tragedy, and hard last year. But once again, Norstar funds, get the SBA guarantee, then turn President Bashir's government has blocked Bank crossed the finish line first with 63 around and sell the loan to brokers or inves­ relief efforts by grounding United Nations and loans totaling about $12 million. tors, explained Grover of Norstar. International Committee of the Red Cross Marine Midland Bank, the long-time fa­ Loaning money to entrepreneurs is simply relief flights, obstructed movement of relief vorite and champion for many decades, good business, because small-business food by train or barge, and even prohibited came in second with 78 loans totaling about owners tend to be loyal customers, said movement of donated food. These actions $10.5 million. Nancy La Tulip, a Key Bank vice president. The SBA loan-race, however, has changed She explained that Key recently launched a combined make relief work nearly impossible dramatically from fiscal year 1989. The con­ special program designed to help start-up in the Sudan. test is no longer between just two institu­ companies that need small loans under However, if the Government of the Sudan tions. M&T Bank and Key Bank of Western $50,000. chooses to cooperate, the relief infrastructure New York have bolstered their small-busi­ "We felt they (people just starting in busi­ is in place. The creation of Operation Lifeline ness lending programs and are poised to ness) weren't getting enough attention. We Sudan was a significant accomplishment in a overtake Norstar and Marine in the future. hope they will stay with us as they expand country like the Sudan-and it still can be re­ Loan officers at M&T and Key now seem and grow," she said. activated. Huge obstacles have been over­ fired up about small business. About Alfred F. Luhr, an M&T vice president, $300,000 separated M&T from No.2 Marine. agreed, saying small companies often grow come in both the Sudan and Ethiopia, through And Key missed third place by only $86,900. into large, publicly-traded firms. For exam­ the perseverance, dedication, and creative "It was close between the top four banks," ple, two highly-successful local businesses­ strategies of the relief organizations, including said Franklin J. Sciortino, the SBA's district Comptek Research Inc. and Ultra Tool & United States private voluntary organizations. 33360 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1990 For the benefit of my colleagues, I am in­ ing in the way of their salvation," Mr. IMPOSING FUNDAMENTALISM cluding for the RECORD the following excellent Cheek wrote. "There is an impending disas­ The diversion of the wheat and Washing­ articles. The first, from the New York Times, ter of enormous proportions looming, and ton's anger at the Sudanese request for aid details the devastating effects of President we are not very sanguine it can be averted." come after what diplomats here describe as Bashir's policies. The second, an editorial by The Government lacks food reserves, and excruciating frustration with the Govern­ Western officials said they suspected that ment Roger Winter, Director of the United States the Government had traded up to 300,000 The junta appears bent on prosecuting Committee for Refugees, reports on his recent tons of sorghum, the basic food staple, with the civil war between the mostly Arab and visit to the Sudan. Mr. Winter reminds us that Libya and Iraq in exchange for war materiel Muslim north and the mostly African and Mickey Leland gave his life in an effort to help this year. animist south at all costs, Western officials Sudanese refugees. That humanitarian dedi­ The Sudanese Government, which has not say. It also seems, they say, intent on impos­ cation and courage is what is most needed told the country's people about the impend­ ing as pure a form of Islamic fundamental­ right now. ing famine or acknowledged it publicly, qui­ ism as possible on the religiously and ethni­ [From the New York Times, Oct. 5, 19901 etly asked the Bush Administration for $150 cally mixed country. million in food aid last week, according to Diplomats here expressed dismay at the UNITED STATES, BLAMING SUDAN, CURBS AID welcome accorded General Bashir at the AGAINST FAMINE the United States Agency for International Development. The Administration scoffed United Nations summit for children last ASSAILING SUDAN, U.S. CUTS FOOD AID at the request. weekend. At the conference General Bashir Other Donors Say Khartoum Has Blocked In an unusually strong reaction to the made a speech saying children were a priori­ Famine Help Sudan's actions, Washington decided on ty for his Government. The week before, Hunger, had preceded him to one of the The Sudanese leader, in an hour long most remote corners of this Earth. interview on Wednesday, also condemned In a sense, Mickey Leland is still alive. In On my return to the United States, Western governments for "pressuring" his Pinyudo, Itang and Dimma-sprawling set­ Leland-with the cooperation of Reps. administration. tlements of Sudanese refugees in western Howard Wolpe, D-Mich., Bill Emerson, R­ He lashed out at church relief groups, Ethiopia-he has taken on a character Mo., and Gary Ackerman, D-NY.-promptly who have accused his Government of block­ larger than life. He has become the father dispatched a staff fact-finding mission ing food deliveries in rebel-held areas in the figure, almost the patron saint, of thou­ headed by Leland's capable aide, Jeff Clark. south, and accused these groups of backing sands upon thousands of the world's most Together, they became the sparkplugs for the rebels of the Sudanese People's Libera­ miserable and desperate people, most of them children. what became a substantial humanitarian tion Army, who have been fighting Suda­ relief effort-Operation Lifeline Sudan. nese Governments for seven years. In August 1989, while on a mission of mercy to the Sudanese refugee camps, Le­ Leland-literally-delivered the goods. "We are not following the kind of line the Meanwhile, in a remote corner of Ethio­ Western governments desire," General al­ land's plane went down in the mountains of Ethiopia. There were no survivors. Now, one pia, in a "parrot's beak" that juts into Bashir said. "These governments want us to Sudan, a somewhat less noticed aspect of follow the Western model. They would like year later, I have spent the last week with the same refugees the Houston congress­ the Sudan, a somewhat less noticed aspect us to be part of the multi-party system of of the Sudan civil war was playing itself out. government." man was coming to help. I've learned a lot­ about hope, about the human spirit, and In late 1987 and early 1988, thousands upon U.S. IS CRITICAL OF GENERAL about the symbolism a single person can thousands of displaced Sudanese civilians United States officials have criticized the embody. Kids who have never heard of sought haven as refugees in areas north, general for failing to institute democratic President Bush or President Reagan know west and south of the town of Gambella. An reforms and allow relief agencies to work well the name Mickey Leland. He has 40,000 extraordinary number were children, mostly unmolested in rebel zones. children. young boys unaccompanied by any family "Hundreds of thousands of people are at Although there are many children in adult, fleeing violence targeted against risk in Sudan," said Tony P. Hall, chairman these refugee settlements with family, the them by Arab militias, essentially cut­ of the House Select Committee on Hunger." unaccompanied minors-perhaps 18,000 at throats armed by the government in a des­ I know it, A.I.D. knows it, and international Pinyudo, 7,000 a Itang and 15,000 at perate move to halt the SPLA. United Na­ relief organizations know it. President Dimma-represent a unique challenge. The tions officials who observed their arrival Bashir refuses to admit it. His stubborness needs are enormous. recognized that thousands of other had lost is killing his own people." Sudan has been racked by a brutal civil their lives in a desperate trek of hundreds General al-Bashir, since he took power in war for years, which in oversimplified of miles across the most desolate of land­ a coup 15 months ago, has alienated many terms, has pitted the have-nots of the scapes. As one colleague put it, many Western governments, an alienation that South, who tend to be more African and seemed desperately trying to prove their has only been exacerbated by his support Christian or followers of traditional reli­ mettle to their companions by surviving just for Saddam Hussein in the current gulf gion, against those holding power in the long enough to arrive in Ethiopia and then crisis and what he calls his "excellent" rela­ North, who tend to be more Arab and Islam­ succumbing to death within hours after tions with the Libyan leader, Col. Mu'am­ ic. Since the current regime took power in a their arrival. mar Qadhafi. military coup on June 30, 1989, the battle The more than 350,000 Sudanese refugees PLAYS DOWN THREAT OF FAMINE lines have been very clear. The govern­ in Ethiopia have never had much, but by The Sudanese leader played down the ment's political base is drawn almost entire­ 1989 the U.N. High Commissioner for Refu­ ly from the fundamentalist movement gees, the international agency responsible threat of famine, dismissing projections by for protecting and assisting refugees, was in relief agencies like UNICEF that over a known as the National Islamic Front, which quarter of a million people are at risk unless seems bent on remaking that marvelously the worst financial disaster of its history. diverse nation in its own narrow image. The world's donor governments, with the a major effort is mounted to distribute food. In June 1988, knowing that a humanitari­ United States as a prime example, were no The general said the reports that the Gov­ an emergency was in full bloom in Sudan, I longer responding adequately to the needs ernment blocked food deliveries to the was able to visit the southernmost portion of the world's growing number of refugees. south were unfounded. of the country, the "rebel sector" held by The Sudanese, like other refugees world­ The general said the decline in aid dona­ the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army. What I wide, would receive their share of the tions was done for "political reasons." encountered were thousands of displaced budget cuts. He accused some humanitarian groups of people, uprooted by the conflict and with In August 1989, Leland, with then staff working in tandem with the guerrillas. limited ability to provide for themselves. chief Hugh Johnson and 13 others from a OPPOSITION PARTIES BANNED Thousands were dying, from lack of food number of U.S. government humanitarian "Many church organizations contribute and the myriad diseases that ravage human and development organizations, set out to arms and assistance" to the guerrillas, he bodies in such a situation. They were part of visit the Sudanese refugee settlements near said. the more than 250,000 Sudanese civilians Gambella. Between Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's Since coming to power the general has who died from the war-induced famine that capital, and the flat plains of the Gambella banned all opposition parties, denied free­ year. region, Ethiopia is a marvel of the greenest, dom of association and jailed several hun­ On my visit, I met with the SPLA com­ haziest mountains imaginable. At certain dred political dissidents. He said he was con­ mander of the "Brightstar Campaign," the times of the year-like August-harsh rains ducting an investigation of the former rebel code word for the hostilities in Equi­ and violent thunderstorms are the rule .. Prime Minister to see if he should be put on toria, the southernmost part of Sudan. As Houstonians well know, Leland's party trial. Commander Kual Manyang is a distin­ never made it. In a mountainside crash, A committee will submit recommendations guished looking man, tall even for a Dinka. some of the best hearts and minds in Ameri­ for the new system of government on Oct. His military prowess was superb, as subse­ ca's great humanitarian efforts were wiped 26, General al-Bashir said. quent battlefield triumps demonstrated. But out. While America was shocked, 40,000 un­ He said committee members were visiting he knew, with thousands, perhaps hundreds accompanied minors in Pinyudo, Itang and "various parts of the country to find out of thousands of uprooted civilians pouring Dimma were stunned. Their rescuer was from the local people what is the best into his operational area, that no capacity gone. system of government." existed to meet their needs. Starvation on Today, although new refugeees still arrive General al-Bashir said he had no plans to an incomprehensible scale was in the offing. with starving, scrawny children who look lift his ban on opposition political parties. Under one of the few trees left in the like newborn robins spilled from a broken "We would like our political system to have battle-scarred town of Kapoeta, we analyzed egg, most food and medical needs are being the largest possible participation by the the desperate nature of the situation with met in a basic fashion. But when you meet people," he said. the only private human­ the unaccompanied minors, they don't "We will exclude the political parties rep­ itarian agency then working in the area, speak of such things. In a sea of young, resented in the past. These parties depend­ Norwegian People's Aid. At one point, some­ black and hopeful faces, they plead for edu­ ed on sectarianism, tribalism and ethnicity. what in desperation, Kual looked at me and cation-for schools, pencils and paper. We would like to exclude all this. The unity said, "Can you get us that black American In Pinyudo, which means "land of the of the whole nation is very important to congressman?'' hostages," for example, the children are di­ us." "Mickey Leland?" I asked. vided into 18 living compounds. Each houses 33362 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 23, 1990 over 1,000 unaccompanied minors. They sur­ Wallenberg case in the Soviet Union. The 15 Regarding the "incontrovertible evi­ vive by caring for themselves: building their member commission headed by WallenbArg's dence," Cotler recounted a call from the homes, pounding maize, cooking and per­ half-brother, Guy von Dardel, included Univer­ Swedish Embassy. "They had been contact­ forming other chores that, in their culture, ed by a man who .. . said that he had been normally take the full range of skills of all sity of Chicago biochemistry professor Marvin imprisoned in Kasan in the Tatar Republic ages and both sexes. They have, however, Makinen, an American who was once a politi­ in recent years," said Colter. "He claimed given a priority, with the assistnace of the cal prisoner in the Soviet Union's Vladimir that Wallenberg was there and very much adult Refugees Committee, to building mud prison; Irwin Cotler, a Canadian human rights alive. and thatch schools. Almost 500 adults, some lawyer and a professor at McGill University; "We believe that now ... others will come with previous teaching experience but many and a number of Soviet citizens. forward with more information." without, struggle daily to communicate Eng­ After an extensive investigation the commis­ It was quickly established by the commis­ lish, mathematics, even Arabic, teaching sion concluded that the KGB has prevented sion that the official Soviet stance on Wal­ students who study with a tenacity that lenberg had no foundation. would make most American teachers green the Wallenberg case from ever being thor­ Certainly there was none to substantiate with envy. oughly investigat~d and that Wallenberg may the Feb. 6, 1957 memorandum of then­ The 18 schools, each with multiple class­ still be alive. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko rooms, equipped with mud seats and almost Mr. Speaker, I commend to you and my col­ stating that Wallenberg died of a heart nothing else but energetic minds, are coed leagues the following article in the Northern attack at Lubyanka July 17, 1947. and include some children beyond the unac­ California Jewish Bulletin by Bram Eisenthal The commission centered its examination companieds. They are collectively called which provides the very interesting details on prisons where Wallenberg was reported "the Mickey Leland Schools." Having seen about the findings of the commission. Let us to have been seen alive after that date. It them in operation, I believed the sign, held spent a full week at Vladimir prison, the site by two children during my visit: "American hope that this set of findings and the Soviet of much of the witness testimony of the Humanists, we have food. What we want is cooperation which allowed the formation of 1950s, for example. education." this commission and its investigation repre­ Analysis clearly confirms the existence As the U.S. Congress struggles to com­ sents a new beginning in United States-Soviet "of witnesses who gave testimony that they plete its work on the 1991 foreign aid relations and a true glasnost which will finally had seen Wallenberg alive," Cotler stated. budget this month, I can think of no more solve the Wallenberg mystery. "We now have proof of the existence of 15 fitting tribute to Mickey Leland than to pro­ of these individuals, something we did not vide the relatively limited extra resources it [From the Northern California Jewish Bulletin, Oct. 5, 19901 have before." would take to turn his schools into places of The commission also discovered that in learning where the young minds of his WALLENBERG ALIVE? GLOBAL REPORT: YES addition to personal prison files there were 40,000 children will grow.