E528 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 5, 2005 He later held an internship at the State- The museum’s tribute includes a recreated are wise words. As I learned about the life of house while attending , watch tower and barracks, a detailed diorama service that Mr. Somervell has led, I am in- then worked on successful reelection cam- of a German ‘‘stalag,’’ the names of those spired by his beliefs and his values. paigns, first for Gov. and Service to America is one value Slim holds then U.S. Rep. , D-Newton. He New Yorkers who were POWs during World worked on a Senate campaign in Oregon, as War II and a tribute to American POWs in dear. He entered the Navy in well. other conflicts. This will mark the first perma- 1941. In 1944, Slim was commissioned as a Solmonese succeeds former Sen. Cheryl nent museum tribute to American POWs in the gunnery and navigation officer for the USS Jacques, who stepped down from her Attle- New York region. Landing Ship Medium 142. boro-area district to lead the Human Rights It is vital that we continue to remember the In addition to having command of the Land- Campaign in January 2004. She resigned Nov. horrors of the Holocaust and pay tribute to ing Ship Medium, he also commanded Patrol 30. both the victims and the brave soldiers who Craft 1262, which conducted air and sea res- Solmonese, whose mother and sister live in cues in the Caribbean. He was also Executive Attleboro, took the helm just days before a contributed to the liberation of Europe from trial court judge in California ruled on Nazi rule. I strongly commend the leadership Officer of the Patrol Craft Escort 877. March 14 against that state’s same-sex mar- that the American Airpower Museum of Farm- Slim worked in the Fleet Weather Center in riage ban, calling it unconstitutional and ingdale has taken on this issue and urge other Washington, DC and conducted Navy weather comparing it to archaic segregation laws. museums to follow suit. research in Norfolk, Virginia. He served on the It’s a ruling that resonates in Massachu- f Forrestal, CVA–59. He was also the staff me- setts, which has been in the vanguard of the teorologist for the commander of the U.S. Sec- struggle for equality. RECOGNIZING FLOWER MOUND ond Fleet, later for the Western Pacific 7th It was the first in the nation, in November HIGH SCHOOL’S NAMING TO THE 2003, to give gay men and lesbians the same Fleet and ultimately commanded the Navy Re- access to marriage licenses as heterosexual GRAMMY SIGNATURE SCHOOL search Facility in Norfolk, Virginia. couples. GOLD LIST Devotion to family is another value that is Solmonese’ predecessor, Jacques, married important to Slim. While on assignment in her longtime partner in August in Boston, HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS Monterey, California, he met his wife Mary. days after she addressed the Democratic Na- OF TEXAS They married in 1949 in Kerrville, Texas. They tional Convention calling for ‘‘marriage had five children, four girls and one boy. Slim IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES equality.’’ The couple were wed under Massa- and Mary are now grandparents of thirteen. chusetts’ high court historic decision, a deci- Tuesday, April 5, 2005 Slim will often tell you, ‘‘What more can a sion that was long overdue here and con- tinues to be elsewhere. Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to person ask for than children and grandchildren Appeals are certain in California. But each commend Flower Mound High School, located who turn out to be good citizens.’’ As you can step forward brings closer what surely will in the 26th Congressional District of Texas, for tell, Slim is quite proud of his family. be the eventual right of gays and lesbians its recognition on the Gold List of Grammy After 30 years of faithful service to our across the country to attain equal footing in Signature Schools. country, Slim retired. But this did not slow him the eyes of the law. I congratulate Flower Mound High School’s down. Slim took a job with the Bureau of Rec- We congratulate Joe Solmonese, whose fa- performing arts department, under the leader- lamation in their cloud seeding program. Later, ther, Joseph, was principal of Norton High Slim worked for the Department of Atmos- School for several years until his death, as ship of Danna Rothlisberger, Lewisville ISD di- he sets out across the country to carry his rector of performing arts, and Mark Rohwer, pheric Science at Colorado State University. message. chair of the performing arts department, for Slim spent 15 years in that department as a ‘‘We seek the same rights and responsibil- their outstanding achievement. Flower Mound manager, researcher and also a teacher. ities as all other Americans,’’ Solmonese High School was only one of seven schools in In addition to service to family and service said, upon his appointment. ‘‘Our job is to the nation promoted to the Gold List from their to our country, Slim also strongly believes in educate the American people as to what service to God. Slim and Mary attend Saint equality means.’’ original recognition as a Grammy Signature School. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Fort Collins, Colo- f Flower Mound High School received $7,000 rado. There, Slim serves as a lector and a HONORING THE AMERICAN AIR cash reward for its performing arts department communion minister. POWER MUSEUM IN FARMING- as part of their promotion. Mr. Rohwer has Slim has been truly blessed with a great ca- DALE, NEW YORK promised to spend a portion of the money to reer and a great family. I invite my colleagues hiring composers to write specific pieces for to join me in honoring Mr. Somervell. May the band, orchestra and choir, and to buy new God continue to bless the Somervells for HON. STEVE ISRAEL years to come. OF NEW YORK equipment. f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Flower Mound High School’s performing arts department is a stellar example from which Tuesday, April 5, 2005 A TRIBUTE TO MAE CATHERINE Texas schools should model their performing GREENE Mr. ISRAEL. Mr Speaker, I rise today to rec- arts departments. Their commitment to edu- ognize the contributions of the American Air- cating students through the arts is to be ad- HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS power Museum in Farmingdale, New York to mired and replicated. OF NEW YORK the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of I am proud of the education system in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the liberation of American POWs at the end of Texas; especially our involved parents and World War II. teachers at Flower Mound High School who Tuesday, April 5, 2005 Sixty years ago this spring, over 100,000 commit their lives and time to fostering growth Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor of American and Allied POWs were liberated by in their students. Mae Catherine Greene in recognition for her Soviet troops as they swept aside enemy f dedication to her community. forces in Eastern Europe. This liberation Mae Catherine Greene fondly known as marked the end of forced marches, stinging HONORING THE LIFE OF WILLIAM ‘‘Cat’’ by family and close friends is almost a cold, constant hunger and the everpresent ‘‘SLIM’’ SOMERVELL life long resident of the east New York com- threat of summary execution by a collapsing munity of which she has been an integral and Nazi regime. Simultaneously, advancing Allied HON. MARILYN N. MUSGRAVE staunchly loyal advocate. She was born in forces also discovered Hitler’s death camps OF COLORADO Chadbourn, NC in March of 1957, the ninth of and their wretched legacy of inhumanity. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ten children of a proud and independent work- As we observe this anniversary, I am truly ing mother. proud to have the American Airpower Museum Tuesday, April 5, 2005 Mae obtained her education in the neighbor- at the Republic Airport in Farmingdale in my Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today hood she so greatly loves and admires. She congressional district. The museum has estab- to honor the life and service of Willis ‘‘Slim’’ attended P.S. 149, I.S. 292 and William H. lished a new permanent tribute to honor those Somervell, who has dedicated his life to God, Maxwell High School in east New York. Mae, who endured the POW ‘‘stalags’’ and to sol- his family, and the United States of America. who has been married for almost 27 years to emnly mark the liberation of the death camps Slim has said, ‘‘You need to be true to your- her childhood sweetheart, Richard Greene, is built by the Third Reich for the purpose of self and you need to have beliefs and a value the proud mother of six children who still live murdering millions of European Jews. system. Without those, what are we?’’ These in east New York as well.

VerDate Aug 04 2004 14:03 Apr 08, 2005 Jkt 039102 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\TEMP\E05AP5.REC E05AP5 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E529 Having six children in the public school sys- A mother to two children, Robert and Ste- questions and I therefore ask that Mr. tem and being a concerned, loving and dedi- ven, and wife to Bergen Hall, Mrs. Hall was Jacoby’s very significant contribution be print- cated parent, Mae took a strong interest in the also very active in her community. She was an ed here. neighborhood’s public school system. She was officer in the Pierce Brooks Gospel Founda- [From , Mar. 17, 2005] very involved and an active presence in many tion, served on the Texas Safety Council, and WHERE’S THE OUTRAGE ON TORTURE? different capacities. She served as President worked with the Crippled Children’s Founda- (By Jeff Jacoby) and Secretary on Community Board 19 and tion of America. She was also engaged in poli- In August 2003, when he was commander of President of the P.T.A. at P.S. 213, I.S. 171 tics as a longtime member of the White Rock the military base at Guantanamo Bay, Major and I.S. 292. Additionally, she was Chapter 1 Women’s Republican Club, the Public Affairs General Geoffrey Miller visited Baghdad Chairperson for the District for both P.S. 213 Luncheon Club, and working at her local pre- with some advice for US interrogators at and I.S. 171 as well as P.A.C. President for cinct during elections. Abu Ghraib prison. As Brigadier General the Board for two day care centers, Georgia- As a mother, a wife, a businesswoman, and Janis Karpinski, the military police com- Livonia and Einstein in East NY. a community leader, Mrs. Anne Dora Moore mander in Iraq, later recalled it, Miller’s Mae is not only an advocate for education, Hall’s life has embodied the values of family, bottom line was blunt: Abu Ghraib should be but she is also very involved in community ‘‘Gitmo-ized.’’ Iraqi detainees should be ex- community, and hard work that lie at the core posed to the same aggressive techniques and politically based issues and activities. She of American society. As her representative in being used to extract information from pris- has been a longtime advocate for senior cit- Congress, it is my distinct pleasure to honor oners in Guantanamo. izen, immigrant and housing rights. Mae has her today on the floor of the United States ‘‘You have to have full control,’’ Karpinski served as Secretary to the Tenants’ Advisory House of Representatives. quoted Miller as saying. There can be ‘‘no Board and Property Manager at Elva McZeal f mistake about who’s in charge. You have to Housing Development and as a Community treat these detainees like dogs.’’ Advisor at Beekman Houses in the Bronx, NY. JEFF JACOBY SHOWS INTEGRITY Whether or not Miller actually spoke those ON TORTURE ISSUE words, it is clear that harsh techniques au- She also set up a parents’ rights advocacy for thorized for a time in Guantanamo forced immigrant parents at P.S. 213, was a commu- nudity, hooding, shackling men in ‘‘stress nity liaison for Health Plus, and an advocate HON. BARNEY FRANK positions,’’ the use of dogs were taken up in for the senior citizens at Elva McZeal Houses. OF Afghanistan and Iraq, where they sometimes Mr. Speaker, Mae Catherine Greene has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES degenerated into outright viciousness and even torture. Did the injunction to ‘‘treat strengthened her community through her nu- Tuesday, April 5, 2005 merous volunteer efforts with the PTA, the these detainees like dogs’’ give rise to a pris- Community Board, and local housing associa- Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, on culture that winked at barbarism? Should tions. As such, she is more than worthy of re- one of the saddest aspects of our current po- Miller be held responsible for what Abu Ghraib became? ceiving our recognition today and I urge my litical dialogue is that partisanship has ex- tended into the intellectual sphere. That is, I The latest Pentagon report on the abuse of colleagues to join me in honoring this truly re- captives, delivered to Congress last week by markable person. very much agree that people should pick one Vice Admiral Albert Church III, doesn’t f party or the other as being more representa- point a finger of blame at Miller or any other tive of their views than the alternative and high-ranking official. It concludes that while HONORING MSGT ROBERT F. generally support that party. That is legitimate detainees in Iraq, Guantanamo, and else- GREEN, JR. partisanship. Excessive partisanship comes where were brutalized by military or CIA in- when people are never willing to admit that terrogators, there was no formal policy au- HON. JAMES T. WALSH ‘‘their side’’ ever makes mistakes, or that the thorizing such abuse. (On occasion it was even condemned in December 2002, for exam- OF NEW YORK ‘‘other side’’ ever has any virtues. ple, some Navy officials denounced the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES It is for this reason, as well as the sub- Guantanamo techniques as ‘‘unlawful and Tuesday, April 5, 2005 stance of his well-reasoned articles, that I was unworthy of the military services.’’) very gratified to read Boston Globe Columnist But surely, Church was asked at a congres- Mr. WALSH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Jeff Jacoby’s two-part series on torture. Mr. sional hearing, someone should be held ac- recognize the accomplishments of MSGT Rob- Jacoby is a strong, outspoken conservative countable for the scores of abuses that even ert F. Green. Master Sergeant Green, a resi- who supports the war in Iraq. But unlike many, the government admits to? ‘‘Not in my char- dent of Ontario, New York is retiring from the he does not let his general ideological position ter,’’ the admiral replied. United States Air Force after years of dedi- in this set of issues make him an apologist for So the buck stops nowhere. And fresh rev- elations of horror keep seeping out. cated service. specific actions which go counter to the very His retirement allows for reflection on what Afghanistan, 2002: A detainee in the ‘‘Salt moral values that the war in Iraq is supposed Pit’’ a secret, CIA-funded prison north of can only be considered a sterling career. He to be vindicating. has admirably served his country without Kabul is stripped naked, dragged across a In a forceful two-part series in the Boston concrete floor, then chained in a cell and left question or reservation. His fellow soldiers will Globe, Mr. Jacoby makes a principled, overnight. By morning, he has frozen to attest that Master Sergeant Green sets the thoughtful, fact-based case against the use of death. According to , standard regarding attributes such as honor, torture by Americans, even in the service of which sourced the story to four US govern- respect, duty and country. our entirely justified fight against terrorism. ment officials, the dead man was buried in On behalf of my colleagues, and myself, I an unmarked grave, and his family was never Mr. Jacoby puts it eloquently in his first arti- extend my gratitude, great appreciation and notified. What had the Afghan done to merit cle: ‘‘Better intelligence means more lives well wishes for prosperous retirement years. such lethal handling? ‘‘He was probably asso- saved, more atrocities prevented and a more Thank you for your service to our country. ciated with people who were associated with likely victory in the war against radical Islamist Al Qaeda,’’ a US official told the Post. f fascism. Those are crucial ends and they jus- Iraq, 2003: Manadel al-Jamadi, arrested HONORING THE LIFE OF MRS. tify tough means. But they don’t justify means after a terrorist bombing in Baghdad, is ANNE DORA MOORE HALL that betray core American values. Interroga- brought in handcuffs to a shower room in tion techniques that flirt with torture, to say Abu Ghraib. Shackles are connected from his cuffs to a barred window, hoisting his arms HON. JEB HENSARLING nothing of those that end in death, cross the painfully behind his back a position so un- OF TEXAS moral line that separates us from the enemy natural, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES we are trying to defeat.’’ Sergeant Jeffrey Frost later tells inves- In his second article, Mr. Jacoby argues that tigators, that he is surprised the man’s arms Tuesday, April 5, 2005 the case against torture is not only a moral ‘‘didn’t pop out of their sockets.’’ Frost and Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, today I one but also a pragmatic one, noting, among other guards are summoned when an interro- would like honor the life of Mrs. Anne Dora other things, ‘‘torture is never limited to just gator complains that al-Jamadi isn’t cooper- Moore Hall, 4 passed away on March 16, the guilty.’’ ating. They find him slumped forward, mo- tionless. When they remove the chains and 2005. Mrs. Hall was born in Cherokee County, Mr. Speaker, I salute Jeff Jacoby both for attempt to stand him on his feet, blood gush- Texas to Miles and Madge Edwards the force of his arguments and for the intellec- es from his mouth. His ribs are broken. He is Moore. She lived most of her life in Dallas and tual integrity he has shown in making them. dead. had a long, successful career as an insurance No issue confronting our Nation is more im- Then there is the government’s use of ‘‘ex- executive. portant than how we deal with this set of traordinary rendition,’’ a euphemism for

VerDate Aug 04 2004 14:03 Apr 08, 2005 Jkt 039102 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\TEMP\E05AP5.REC E05AP5