September 5, 2002 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16261 HONORING ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF Of course the success of Southwest would of a sense of duty to his community and his NORTH CAROLINIANS not be possible without the unwavering sup- belief that he could make a difference. This port of parents, who sacrificed hours of family belief was reflected in the way he conducted HON. RICHARD BURR and work time to shuttle the players to and himself on and off the job. OF NORTH CAROLINA from practices and tournaments; of coaches, Mr. Speaker, all of us are affected by the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES who also sacrificed time away from their fami- loss of this good and decent man, and the en- lies and jobs to teach these young men about Wednesday, September 4, 2002 tire St. Louis community grieves with his fam- baseball, and more importantly, the things the ily. His bravery and dedication to others won’t Mr. BURR of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I game teaches us about life and our responsi- be soon forgotten, and we are grateful to have rise today to honor the accomplishments of bility to others, be they teammates, class- had him among us. some fellow North Carolinians who, during the mates, family members or society as a whole. recent District Work Period, brought great Also, league organizers and sponsors, who for f honor to our State. the past three decades have given the chil- Shortly after we returned to our respective dren of Southwest Forsyth county a place to PRO-INDIAN CHARITIES SUPPORT Districts, North Carolina lost one of its most spend their Springs and Summers in a com- TERRORISM famous athletes, Enos ‘‘Country’’ Slaughter. petitive, safe and constructive atmosphere to Born in Roxboro, just south of the Virginia learn our Nation’s pastime. Each of these HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS State line, Country went on to star for the St. young men, have, at one time during this OF NEW YORK Louis Cardinals baseball team during their hey memorable ride, given the people of Forsyth IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES day’s of the 1940’s. Known as one of the County and North Carolina something to cheer ‘‘Gashouse Gang,’’ Country batted .300 for his about, so it would be only fitting to recognize Wednesday, September 4, 2002 career and had almost as many triples (148) all of them: Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, on August 8 as he had home runs (169). His most memo- Chad Gentry, Robbie Scott, Daniel Genung, there was a very significant article in the In- rable moment came in the 1946 World Series, Austin Dillon, Christopher Sanders, Alex Rob- dian newspaper The Hindu. It was written by when he rounded the bases from first on a ertson, Scott Riggsbee, David Morgan, Mi- Robert M. Hathaway, whom many of us know routine single to score the Series winning run. chael DeLuca, Sammy Lucas, David McCon- as a former aide to former South Asia Sub- The ‘‘Mad Dash’’—as it came to be known— nell II, Taylor Russell, and Peyton Covington. committee chairman Steven Solarz. As you may have been his finest moment on the field, Manager: John Scott, Coach: Chuck DeLuca, may remember, Chairman Solarz was a fer- but often forgotten and much more appre- Coach: Mark Wylam. vent defender of India. ciated by his fellow Americans was his service Mr. Speaker, August saw the passing of the Mr. Hathaway’s article is called ‘‘Charity to our country in World War II during the baseball torch in North Carolina: from one who . . . or Terrorism?’’ It exposes the rise of ter- height of his career. Country was inducted into made the sport what it is to those who will rorism in India and how charitable contribu- the Hall of Fame in 1985 and returned annu- make it what it will be. I join all North Caro- tions from Indian-Americans support it. In his ally for the induction ceremonies until his linians in mourning the passing of Enos article, Mr. Hathaway writes, ‘‘substantial sums health prevented his attendance this year. Slaughter, but celebrating the accomplish- of money are sent from Indians resident in the Former teammate Marty Marion called Slaugh- ments of the Southwest Forsyth County Little U.S., and from American citizens of Indian ori- ter, ‘‘. . . a good old country boy who just League. It thrilled us all to see the ideals of gin, to groups and organizations in Gujarat loved to play baseball.’’ Country will be sorely sportsmanship and team camaraderie Enos and elsewhere in India that are directly linked missed. believed in being carried forward by North to the violence in Gujarat.’’ He also writes that About the same time Enos was called Carolina’s new Boys of Summer. We caught a ‘‘respected Indian journalists have uncovered home, a new generation of North Carolina glimpse of the potential each of these boys disturbing linkages.’’ These transactions could baseball players were reaching the pinnacle of possesses, both as athletes and ambassadors raise issues of fraud and they appear to vio- youth sports—The Little League World Series. of our State. We thank them for a Summer full During the months of July and August, a tal- late U.S. antiterrorism laws. of memories and look forward to watching We must not allow money from the United ented group of 11 and 12 year olds from the them grow and prosper as productive citizens Southwest Forsyth County Little League swept States, even in the form of private contribu- of our community. tions, to be used in support of terrorism. In through the North Carolina Little League Tour- f nament, defeating Greenville to become State that case, President Bush should act. After Champions. Then, at the Southeast Regional IN TRIBUTE TO OFFICER MICHAEL September 11, the President froze the assets Championship, the All-Stars ran their winning BARWICK of charities involved in supporting the terrorist streak to 13 by tearing through the competition network that attacked the World Trade Center in Florida and defeating the Virginia State HON. RICHARD A. GEPHARDT and the Pentagon. Similar action should be Champions to earn their tickets to Williams- taken to freeze any American assets of char- OF MISSOURI ities involved in the violence and terrorism in port, Pennsylvania. They are only the third IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES team in North Carolina to reach the World Se- India. And contributions from U.S. residents to ries in the event’s fifty-six year history. Wednesday, September 4, 2002 those charities’ offices in India should ex- Upon reaching Williamsport, Southwest was Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, August 29, pressly be prohibited. America should also thrust into the international spotlight, living 2002, was a sorrowful day for our community. stop its aid to India until it stops repressing the side-by-side with Venezuelans, Saudi’s, and St. Louis Police Officer Michael Barwick died minorities, sponsoring cross-border terrorism Russians, as well as Californians and Texans. that day when his police cruiser collided with against Sindh and other neighbors, and until it In the pool play competition, Southwest put up another vehicle and caught fire. This fine allows self-determination for all the people and a valiant effort in each of its three games, the young officer was performing his duty to pro- nations seeking freedom from India. third of which was a loss to eventual world tect and serve the citizens of St. Louis when Mr. Speaker, I would like to put Mr. Hatha- champions Louisville, Kentucky. Even though the fatal crash occurred. way’s article into the RECORD at this time. It the won-loss record does not reflect it, the tal- Officer Barwick attained his lifelong dream shows Indian terrorism in great detail. ent and effort put forth by these young men of becoming a police officer just two years [From the Hindu, Aug. 8, 2002] far exceeded the expectations of coaches and ago. He loved his work and was committed to CHARITY ... OR TERRORISM? parents and in the category of sportsmanship, helping people in trouble; this devotion was (By Robert M. Hathaway) Southwest is an undisputed champion. These evident to all who knew and worked with him. 13 ‘‘Boys of Summer’’ now share a bond that He was 27 years old. It is probably advisable for the American Government to hold an official inquiry into will be with them for the rest of their lives— Officer Barwick was not a police officer to fund-raising in the U.S. by groups implicated and stories of their on-field heroics from the become rich or to work easy hours. He in the Gujarat violence. Summer of 2002 will grow with each passing worked long hours, in many dangerous situa- TERRORISM COMES in many guises. An year into legends like those of Country tions, for a very modest salary. He joined the armed assault against Parliament House in Slaughter’s ‘‘Mad Dash.’’ St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department out New Delhi. A suicide bomber detonating high

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The peo- tatively better relationship, so much so that HONORING THE 100TH BIRTHDAY ple of India need no instruction from for- the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, OF MARGARET ‘‘MARDY’’ MURIE eigners regarding the moral issues raised by has come to describe the two countries as this spring’s communal violence in Gujarat. ‘‘natural allies’’, a phrase increasingly used Except for an embittered but fortunately by Americans as well. HON. JERRY F. COSTELLO minuscule minority, Indians of all religions Following the trauma Americans experi- OF ILLINOIS and beliefs reacted with horror and disgust enced on September 11, India was one of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to the great human tragedy that unfolded in first countries in the world to step forward their country earlier this year. with a pledge of unconditional and Thursday, September 5, 2002 All those who admire Indian culture and unambivalent support for the U.S. in its accomplishments, who celebrate the extraor- Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to quest to bring to justice those responsible ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing dinary progress India has achieved in its still for the terror attacks in New York and brief national existence, understand that the Washington. The administration of George the 100th birthday of Margaret ‘‘Mardy’’ Murie. tragedy of Gujarat strikes at the very es- W. Bush, already keen to upgrade relations Mardy was the prime mover in the creation sence of India’s being and promise. The as- with Delhi, took notice. Prior to the Feb- of one of America’s great treasures, the Artic sassination earlier this year of Abdul Gani ruary 27 Godhra attack that touched off the National Wildlife Refuge. She was the first fe- Lone, who opposed Indian rule in Kashmir bloodshed in Gujarat, this new and more san- male graduate of the University of Alaska. but who in his final years had come to the guine relationship between the U.S. and Margaret ‘‘Mardy’’ Gillette grew up in Fair- realisation that violence and extremism India was widely viewed by Americans as in offer Kashmiris no way out in their struggle banks during a time before airplanes and bush the national interest. it remains so today; pilots, when one entered the territory by only with New Delhi, represented another blow to Gujarat has not changed this calculation. the ideals of tolerance and moderation, an- And yet, it is neither possible nor practical boat or sled. Back then, Mardy relates, the ter- other triumph for the forces of hatred and simply to pretend that Gujarat did not hap- ritory was such an expanse that great spaces sectarian-based violence. In this sense, the pen. The violence in Gujarat, and the steps and wilderness were taken for granted. In tragedies of Gujarat and of Kashmir are in- the Indian Government might take in com- 1921, she then met Olaus Murie, a Minnesota extricably linked. ing months in response to those events, Kashmir was certainly not the cause of Gu- native who’d just been hired by the Biological jarat. Sadly, the seeds of Godhra and could have a significant impact on American Survey to study the Caribou population in Ahmedabad and Baroda spring from still views of India, and hence, on political and Alaska. In 1924, Mardy married Olaus in the more ancient soils. But the continued vio- public support in the U.S. for a close and col- small village of Anvik. laborative U.S.—India partnership. lence in Kashmir makes the hatred recently The couple spent their first days of their seen in Gujarat more likely, and in a per- Credible reports have recently suggested that substantial sums of money are sent marriage on the upper Koyukuk River above verted sense, more ‘‘respectable’’, or at least the Artic Circle and later followed the Caribou acceptable. Perhaps, it does not go too far to from Indians resident in the U.S., and from assert that until the Kashmir sore is at last American citizens of Indian origin, to groups migration through Brooks Range. Their honey- healed, the poison that produced Gujarat and organizations in Gujarat and elsewhere moon was a 550-mile dogsled ride across will make other Gujarats increasingly like- in India that are directly linked to the vio- some of the most beautiful country in the ly. lence in Gujarat. I do not know if these ac- world. Mardy took to the trail with Olaus, set- Some Indians, of course, say that the trag- counts are true. But respected Indian jour- ting up field camps and assisting with data ic events in Gujarat are a domestic Indian nalists have uncovered disturbing linkages. If these reports prove accurate, then it is collection and photography. Olaus completed affair, and that the United States and the many paintings of the settings they traveled in. rest of the world have no business intruding possible that such financial transactions vio- into a purely internal Indian matter. This is late U.S. anti-terrorism statutes. Camping from the Yukon Territory to the a self-serving falsehood. Important American Alternatively, issues of fraud may be at Teton Range, they raised three children. The interests, including the global war against issue. Responsible sources report that some family eventually settled in Jackson Hole, Wy- terrorism, can be directly impacted by what U.S. residents make financial contributions oming. It was then they traveled frequently the U.S. says—and fails to say—about Guja- to overseas religious groups in the belief back to Alaska to live and also to Washington, rat. that these funds are to be used for religious D.C. to speak out for conservation issues and or humanitarian purposes, when in fact the At this particular moment in history, the wilderness preservation. During their travels, U.S. cannot allow the impression to take monies so raised are, used to promote reli- hold that Americans somehow value a Mus- gious bigotry. both Mardy and Olaus began to notice the im- lim life less than the life of a person of an- In either event, it is probably advisable for pact that the spread of human habitation had other religion. Sadly, there are those in the the American Government to hold an official on the natural world; they saw large areas of Islamic world who assert that the present inquiry into fund-raising in the U.S. by wild land begin to disappear. conflict is a war directed not against ter- groups implicated in Gujarat violence, to en- Over time, their commitment to natural area rorism, but against Islam. That the U.S. does sure that U.S. laws are not being violated. preservation increased. Even after Olaus’ not care about Muslims. That Washington Legitimate organizations need not fear such death in 1963 the commitment they shared an investigation, which would serve to clear seeks to hijack the tragedies of 9/11 to carry never wavered. He is still remembered as one out long-held plans to repress the Islamic their names and reassure potential donors world. These are detestable lies, but many in about the legitimacy of their fund-raising of the most important naturalists and environ- the Muslim world are prepared to believe activities. Nor would such an inquiry be new mentalists of this century. Mardy herself has them. So leaving aside the moral issue, it is or unusual. The U.S. has acted in the past to become the elder stateswoman for the entire essential that India’s friends in the U.S. regulate or even to band fund-raising activi- U.S. conservation movement. speak out to condemn the injustice and ha- ties by groups advocating violence and eth- Though Mardy lives today in Moose, Wyo- tred so prominently displayed in Gujarat, nic or religious intolerance in other coun- ming, her spiritual home remains in Alaska. and to lend support to those Indians, of all tries, as well as activities where fraud may She still travels to Washington frequently and be an issue. Since September 11, both the religious beliefs, who are working to visitors to her home include a Who’s Who in strengthen the forces of secularism, toler- Bush administration and other Governments ance and multiculturalism. Some have asked have shut down a number of groups whose os- the conservation movement. Though she what impact the recent events in Gujarat tensible purposes were to collect funds for speaks more softly these days and doesn’t will have—should have—on the new and Muslim charities, but which actually served pick up her pen to write as often, she con- healthier relationship that the U.S. is devel- to finance terrorist networks. tinues to read the many letters she receives oping with India. No one needs to be re- The Gujarat violence, Lone’s assassina- and to invite people to her home. Her home minded of the tortured history of U.S.-India tion, and most recently, the designation of serves as a Mecca for the conservation move- relations over the years, or the difficulty the L.K. Advani as Deputy Prime Minister and ment, hosting the Murie Center, an organiza- most likely successor to Mr. Vajpayee have two nations have had in working collabo- tion dedicated to the conservation movement. ratively with one another, even on those all raised new concerns about India’s future issues where our purposes and interests ran among India’s friends in the U.S. An official The Center’s purpose is to develop new con- along parallel tracks. U.S. investigation into Gujarat-related fund- stituencies for wilderness and to foster fresh Over the past half dozen or so years—and raising, voluntarily facilitated by the Gov- thinking and sustain confidence in the con- notwithstanding the temporary if traumatic ernment of India, would go far towards eas- servation community.

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