35420 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 10, 1978 RECESS UNTIL 8: 30 A.M. TOMORROW Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the ject to the nominees' commitments to re­ United States of America to the Sultanate of spond to requests to appear and testify before Mr. BAKER. Mr. President, I move, Oman. any duly constituted committee of the Senate. in accordance with the previous order, Goodwin Cooke, of Connecticut, a Foreign DIPLOMATIC AND FOREIGN SERVICE and pursuant to the provisions of Sen­ Service officer of class 2, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Foreign Service nominat ions beginning ate Resolution 583, as a further mark of Jesse Walter Lewis, Jr., t o be a Foreign Serv­ respect to the memory of the deceased United States of America to the Central African Empire. ice officer of class 3, a. Consular Officer, and a Honorable Ralph H. Metcalfe, late a Secretary in the Diplomatic Service of the Representative from the State of Illinois, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY United Stat es of America, and ending Eric A. that the Senate stand in recess until 8: 30 Thomas S. Williamson, Jr., of the District Kunsman, to be a Foreign Service officer of a .m. tomorrow. of Columbia, to be Deputy Inspector General class 7, a Consular Officer, and a Secretary in The motion was agreed to; and at 9 :35 of the Department of Energy. the Diplomatic Service of the United States p.m., the Senate recessed until tomorrow, EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY of America, which nominations were received COMMISSION by the Senat e and appeared in the CONGRES­ Wednesday, October 11, 1978, at 8 :30 SIONAL RECORD on September 22, 1978. a.m. Armando M. Rodriguez, of California, to be a member of the Equal Employment Op­ Foreign Service nominat ions beginning Anthony C. Albrecht, to be a Foreign Service portunity Commission for the term expiring CONFIRMATIONS officer of class 1, and ending Larry L. Wood­ July 1, 1983. ruff, to be a Foreign Service officer of class 7, Executive nominations confirmed by J. Clay Smith, Jr., of the District of Co­ which nominations were received by the Sen­ the Senate, October 10, 1978: lumbia, to be a member of the Equal Em­ ate and appeared in the CONGRESSIONAL REC­ CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD ployment Opportunity Commission for the ORD on September 22, 1978. Marvin S. Cohen, of Arizona, to be a mem­ term expiring July 1, 1982. THE JUDICIARY ber of the Civil Aeronatics Board for the re­ NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD B. Avant Edenfield, of Georgia, to be U.S. mainder of the term expiring December 31, George S. Ives, of Maryland, to be a mem­ district judge for t he southern district of Georgia. 1979. ber of the National Mediation Board for the UNITED NATIONS term expiring July 1, 1981. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION Richard W. Petree, of Virginia, a Foreign Samuel D. Zagoria, of Maryland, to be a Service officer of class 1, to be the Alternate NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE Commissioner of the Consumer Product Representative of the United States of Amer­ Safety Commission for the remainder of the ica for Special Political Affairs in the United Charles William Bent on, of Illinois, to be term expiring Oct ober 26, 1978. Nations, with the rank of Ambassador. a member of the National Commission on Samuel D. Zagoria, of Maryland, to be a DEPARTMENT OF STATE Libraries and Information Science for the Commissioner of the Consumer Product Marshall W. Wiley, of Florida, a Foreign remainder of the term expiring July 19, 1980. Safety Commission for the remainder of the Service officer of class 2, to be Ambassador The above nominations were approved sub- term of 7 years from October 27, 1978. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS COAST GUARD HONORS PHILADEL­ traced an average of at least one signifi­ has been with the water department for PHIA CLEAN WATER EFFORTS cant oil or chemical spill each month for 9 years. He graduated from Manhattan that agency. As part of their work, the College with the degree of bachelor of HON . .JOSHUA EILBERG engineers check sewer outfalls from engineering and majored in chemical en­ boats, walk through sewers for consider­ gineering. He has taken graduate courses OF PENNSYLVANIA able distance3, dye test tanks at indus­ in his field at Villanova University.• IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tries, interview industrial sources, and, Tuesday, October 10, 1978 when necessary, place booms around A REMARKABLE BREAKTHROUGH • Mr. EILBERG. Mr. Speaker, just re­ stream spills until the Coast Guard can cently the Philadelphia Water Depart­ bring in its own cleanup equipment. ment and two of its engineers who track The Coast Guard awards honored the HON. GUY VANDER JAGT water department and the two engineers down stream polluters were honored by for: OF MICHIGAN the U.S. Coast Guard. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I would like to comment on this for Providing invaluable knowledge about the RECORD, because I know that the work local sewers and hazardous substances: Tuesday, October 10, 1978 of the department and these two employ­ Assisting the captain of the port in e Mr. VANDER JAGT. Mr. Speaker, I ees will be of interest to my colleagues preventing further pollution discharge am exceedingly proud to bring to the at­ from city's which share Philadelphia's and in identifying the parties culpable tention of this Congress the brilliant ac­ intense interest in clean water efforts. of existing spills; complishments of two dedicated profes­ In a ceremony in Mayor Frank Rizzo's Participating in "numerous oil spill in­ sors from one of this Nation's most reception room, Capt. Kenneth Wiman, vestigations," thus aiding the Coast prominent liberal arts colleges-Hope captain of the Port of Philadelphia, cited Guard in enforcing the Federal Water College in Holland, Mich. the water deoartment and the two en­ Pollution Control Act: Helping the Coast Guard recover ''sub­ Dr. Jack Schubert. professor of en­ gineers for "notable services" in the in­ vironmental health sciences, and Dr. S. vestigation of pollution spills. stantial amounts of Federal contingence funds, both from reimbursement for Krough Derr, assistant professor of He presented "Certificates of Merit" to cleanup expenditures and receipt of as­ biology, have produced an unparalled Thomas Kulesza, chief, and Thomas sessed fines from the guilty parties"; breakthrough in the treatment of metal Healey, assistant chief, of the Water De­ and poisoning. They have succeeded in com­ partment's industrial wastes section. At Devotion to a high environment stand­ pletely removing plutonium from the the same time, Water Commissioner Car­ ard which reflects great credit upon the bodies of animals, and greatly furthered men F. Guarino received a certificate department and its employees. the treatment of non-radioactive metal from Captain Wiman honoring the. de­ Kulesza, of 10159 Ferndale Street, is a poisoning. partment itself. sanitary engineer IV (civil services) and This remarkable scientific achieve­ The certificates cited the recipients for is a veteran of 10 years' service with the ment substantiates both the expertise "voluntary participation and exception­ water department. He is a graduate of and abilities of Drs. Schubert and Derr, al cooperation" with the Coast Guard in Villanova University, 1967, with the and the excellence of the educational op­ enforcing pollution control standards on degree of bachelor of chemical engineer­ portunities offered by Hope College. the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers. ing, and has taken graduate courses in I submit for the informational benefit Noting that the Coast Guard is respon­ his field at Villanova. of my colleagues the following Hope Col­ sible for enforcing such standards, Guar­ Healey, of 10733 Albermarle Lane, is lege news release, and editorial commen­ ino said that Kulesza and Healey have a sanitary engineer III (civil service) and tary from the Holland Sentinel: Statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor will be identified by the use of a "bullet" symbol, i.e., • October 10, 1978 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35421 TREATMENT OF METAL POISONING B .S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry at the THE AMERICAN TAX REDUCTION HOLLAND, MICH.-An "impossible" feat­ University of Chicago. ACT OF 1979 the complete removal of radioactive pluto­ Dr. Derr, Assistant Professor of Biology, is nium, one of the most poisonous substances an authority on environmental contamina­ known, from the bodies of animals, has been tion, especially by PCB and PBB and their HON. ROBERT K. DORNAN achieved by scientists at Hope College. action on reproductive processes. He received OF CALIFORNIA his B.S . degree at Purdue University and the This unprecedented accomplishment in­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cludes equally successful treatment of poi­ Ph.D. degree in toxicology at Michigan State soning from non-radioactive metals such as University. He has held positions with en­ Tuesday, October 10, 1978 cadmium, which pose serious environmental vironmental laboratories in Massachusetts and Michigan before assuming his present O Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, today, I and industrial hazards. had the distinct honor and privilege of As reported in the September 28 issue of appointment at Hope in 1977. Nature, the prestigious international science Hope College is a four-year undergraduate introducing legislation inspired and pro­ Journal, Hope professors Jack Schubert and liberal arts institut ion with a strong aca­ moted by Mr. Howard Jarvis, co­ S. Krogh Derr, with support from the United demic t radition of high quality science edu­ originator of California's proposition 13. States Department of Energy, applied a new cation and research in the natural sciences. The bill, entitled "The American Tax treatment for metal poisons based on con­ With a current enrollment of nearly 2,400 Reduction Act of 1979" represents a bi­ cepts developed previously by Dr.