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THE TRIO PROGRAM: THE AD- minority institutions. Currently, 7 of ARKANSAS MINISTRATION RETREATS 10 black students and more than 9 of Arkansas College; Arkansas State Univer­ FROM EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 10 Hispanic students ; Eastern Connecticut This proposal flies in the face of the Community College; Navajo Community State College; Fairfield University; Greater fact that the overwhelming majority College; Northern Arizona University; Phoe­ Hartford Community College; Housatonic of students who need the aid of the nix College; Pima Community College; Uni­ Community College; Saint Juan Center TRIO programs, including minority versity of Arizona; Yauapal College; and ; Trinity College; University of students, do not attend predominantly Youth Development, Inc. Connecticut-Storrs; Wesleyan University.

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. 3444 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 1, 1983 DELAWARE University-Indianapolis; Universi­ setts-; University of Lowell; West­ Delaware State College; Delaware Techni­ ty-Northwest; Marion College; National field State College; Worcester Consortium cal and Community College; and University Cuban American Community Based Center; for Higher Education; and Worcester State of Delaware. Oakland City College; Purdue University; College. Purdue University-Calumet; St. Francis DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA College; University of Notre Dame; and Vin­ MICHIGAN College Entrance Examination Board; cennes University. Adrian College; Alpena Community Col­ Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.; Gallaudet College; lege; Acquinas College; Charles Stewart Georgetown University; Howard University; IOWA Mott Community College; Cranbrook LULAC National Education Service Centers; Central University of Iowa; Coe College; School; Davenport College of Business; Spanish Educational Development Center; Cornell College; Graceland College; Indian Eastern Michigan University; Grand Rapids and Trinity College. Hills Community College; Iowa Lakes Com­ Junior College; Grand Valley State College; munity College; Iowa State University; Hope College; Kellogg Community College; FLORIDA Kirkwood Community College; Luther Col­ Bethune Cookman College; Biscayne Col­ Lake Superior State College; Lewis College lege; Marycrest College; University of Iowa; of Business; Macomb County Community lege; Brevard Community College; Central and University of Northern Iowa. Florida Community College; Daytona Beach College; Madonna College; Marygrove Col­ Community College; Edison Community KANSAS lege; Michigan State University; Northern College; Edward Waters College; Embry­ Donnelly College; Emporia Kansas State Michigan University; Oakland University; Riddle Aero University; Florida A & M Uni­ College; Hutchinson Community Junior Shaw College at Detroit; Siena Heights Col­ versity; Florida Farmworkers Council; Flori­ College; Kansas State University; University lege; Suomi College; Wayne State Universi­ da Memorial College; Florida State Univer­ of Kansas; and Wichita State University. ty; and Western Michigan University. sity; Hillsborough Community College; KENTUCKY MINNESOTA Jacksonville University; Manatee Junior Berea College; Brescia College; Eastern Bemidji State University; Carleton Col­ College; Miami-Dade Community College; Kentucky University; Jefferson Community lege; College of Saint Teresa; Inver Hills Rollins College; Santa Fe Community Col­ College; Kentuckiana Metroversity; Ken­ Community College; Macalester College; lege; Seminole Community College; Univer­ tucky Business College; Kentucky State Mankato State University; Metropolitan sity of Central Florida; University of Flori­ University; Morehead State University; Community College; Rochester Community da; ; University of South Murray State University; Northern Ken­ College; Saint Mary's College; Southwest Florida; University of West Florida; and Va­ tucky University; Owensboro Business Col­ State University; St. Olaf College; Universi­ lencia Community College; lege; Pikeville College; Thomas More Col­ ty of Minnesota; University of Minnesota­ GEORGIA lege; Union College; University of Kentucky; Duluth; and Winona State University. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College; University of Kentucky-Ashland Commu­ MISSISSIPPI Albany State College; Alabany Urban nity College; University of Kentucky­ League; Atlamaha Area Community Action Southeast Community College; University Alcorn State University; Coahoma Junior Authority; Atlanta Junior College; Clark of Kentucky-Paducah Community College; College; Copiah-Lincoln Junior College; College; Coastal Plain Area Economic Op­ University of Louisville; and Western Ken­ East Central Junior College; Hinds Junior portunity Authority; Columbus College; Ep­ tucky University. College; Holmes Junior College; Jackson State University; Itawamba Junior College; silon Beta Lambda Chapter; Fort Valley LOUISIANA State College; Georgia Southern College; Mary Holmes College; Mississippi Action for Dillard University; Fort Nicholls State Community Education; Mississippi Band of Georgia Southwestern College; Georgia University; Grambling University; Louisiana State University; Mercer University-Atlan­ Choctaw Indians; Mississippi Gulf Coast ta; Mercer University-Macon; Morris State University; Louisiana State Universi­ Junior College; Mississippi State Depart­ ty-Eunice; Loyola University; New Orleans ment of Education; Mississippi Valley State Brown College; NSSFNS-Atlanta; Paine Educational Talent Search; Nicholls State College; Piedmont College; Savannah State University; Northeast Mississippi Junior University; Northeast Louisiana University; College; Northwest Mississippi Junior Col­ College; Slash Pine Community Action Northwestern State University; Our Lady of Agency ; South Georgia College; lege; Prentiss Institute Junior College; Rust Thomas County Community College; and the Holy Cross College; Southeastern Lou­ College; Tougaloo College; University of University of Georgia. lSlana University; Southern University; Mississippi; Utica Junior College; and Wil­ Southern University-New Orleans; South­ liam Carey College. HAWAII ern University-Shreveport; University of MISSOURI Chaminade University; Kapiolani Commu­ New Orleans; University of Southwestern nity College; University of Hawaii-Hilo; Louisiana; and Xavier University. Central Methodist College; Central Mis­ University of Hawaii-Honolulu; University souri State University; Drury College; MAINE Higher Education Council of Saint Louis; of Hawaii-Kahului; University of Hawaii­ Bowdoin College; Husson College; Unity Kaneohe; and University of Hawaii-Maui Kansas City Junior College District; Lincoln Community College. College; University of Maine-Augusta; Uni­ University; Northeast Missouri State Uni­ versity of Maine-Farmington; University of versity; Rockhurst College; Saint Louis Uni­ IDAHO Maine-Fort Kent; University of Maine­ versity; Tarkio College; Three Rivers Com­ Idaho State University; and University of Orono; and University of Maine-Presque munity College; University of Missouri; and Idaho. Isle; Washington University. ILLINOIS MARYLAND MONTANA Ada S. McKinley Community Services; Bowie State College; Chesapeake College; College of Great Falls, Dawson College; ASPIRA, Inc. of Illinois; Black Hawk Col­ Community College of Baltimore; Dundalk Eastern Montana College; Fort Belkamp lege; State University; Education Community College; Frostburg State Col­ Community Council; Montana State Univer­ Center of East St. Louis; Elgin Community lege; Gilman School, Inc.; Howard Commu­ sity; Montana Office of Higher Education; College; Governors State University; Illinois nity College; Morgan State University; Uni­ Northern Montana College; Rocky Moun­ State University; Joliet Junior College; versity of Maryland; University of Mary­ tain College; and University of Montana. Joliet-Will County Community Action land-Baltimore; and University of Mary­ Agency; Knox College; Lakeland Communi­ land-Eastern Shore. NEBRASKA ty College; Lewis & Clark Community Col­ Chadron State College; Creighton Univer­ sity; and Duane College. lege; Lewis University; Loyola University; Boston College; Brandeis University; Monmouth College; Northeastern Illinois Bridge Fund, Inc.; Bristol Community Col­ NEVADA University; Nothem Illinois University; Roo­ lege; Choice Thru Education; Harvard Uni­ Truckee Meadows Community College; sevelt University; Southern Illinois Universi­ versity; Hispanic Office of Planning and University of Nevada-Las Vegas; and Uni­ ty-Carbondale; Southern Illinois Universi­ Education; Massachusetts Institute of Tech­ versity of Nevada-Reno. ty-Edwardsville; Triton College; University nology; Mount Wachusett Community Col­ NEW HAMPSHIRE of Chicago; University of Illinois-Chicago lege; North Adams State College; North Circle; and University of Illinois. Shore Community College; Northern Essex Keene State College; Plymouth State Col­ INDIANA lege; New Hampshire College; and Universi­ Community College; Northfield-Mount ty of New Hampshire. Association for Loan Free Education . However, the boating fund Bluefield State College; Concord College; lation to amend the Dingell-Johnson has received only token appropriations Marshall University; Salem College; West Sport Fish Restoration Act to increase and the land and water conservation Liberty State College; West Virginia Board the funds available to the States to fund, which receives funds from sever­ of Regents; West Virginia Institute of Tech­ benefit sport fisheries and to provide al additional sources, only incidentally nology; West Virginia State College; and funds for boating safety and enhance­ West Virginia University-Potomac State benefits the boaters who pay the tax. ment programs. This legislation will be The compromise proposal would College. one of the top priorities of the Sub­ WISCONSIN divert that fuel tax derived from mo­ committee on Fisheries and Wildlife torboats to programs that benefit rec­ Alverno College; Geloit College; Lawrence Conservation and Environment in the University; Marquette University; Milwau­ reational boaters. The receipts would kee School of Engineering; Northland Col­ 98th Congress. be divided equally among the boating lege; Ripon College; University of Wiscon­ The Dingell-Johnson sport fish res­ safety and the boating facilities im­ sin-Center System; University of Wiscon­ toration program was established by provement programs and the Dingell­ sin-Eau Claire; University of Wisconsin­ legislation in 1951. In essence, the leg­ Johnson program. In addition, it Green Bay; University of Wisconsin-La islation imposes a tax on certain recre­ would expand the Dingell-Johnson tax Crosse; University of Wisconsin-Milwau­ ational fishing items such as rods, to include all fishing tackle items and kee; University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Uni­ reels, and artificial baits. The revenue trolling motors, proceeds from these versity of Wisconsin-Platteville; University raised, currently amounting to approx­ of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; University of tax items will go to the Dingell-John­ Wisconsin-Stout; University of Wisconsin­ imatley $30 million per year, is allocat­ son program. Finally, the proposal Superior; University of Wisconsin­ ed to the States on a formula basis for would defer the effective date of the Whitwater; and Viterbo College. projects which benefit sport fisheries. tax on fishing tackle items to allow for Projects include fishery research, WYOMING the tackle manufacturers to pass the University of Wyoming. stream improvement, lake construc­ tax along to their customers. tion, boating access, and hatchery con­ Mr. Speaker, the Dingell-Johnson AMERICAN SAMOA struction. The States provide 25-per­ American Samoa Community College. program is an unusual one. It was cent matching funds for the projects. begun because fishermen realized PUERTO RICO A coalition of State fishery agencies, that, to properly manage recreational Acolegio Universitario del Tur; ASPIRA, conservation groups, and recreational fisheries, they had to raise money. In Inc. de Puerto Rico; Bayamon Central Uni­ fishing groups have long urged Con­ versity; Caribbean University College; Cole­ effect, they agreed to tax themselves. gress to expand the tax base to in­ This legislation supports these fisher­ gio Universitad del Turabo; Colegio Univer­ crease the revenues going to the sitad Metropolitano; Inter-American Univer­ men and the State agencies who strive sity-San Juan; Inter-American-San States. Studies conducted by the to enhance our recreational fisheries. German International Institute of the American Fisheries Society indicate Americas; Puerto Rico Junior College; Uni­ that an additional $100 million is des­ versity of Puerto Rico-Cayey University perately needed by the States in order THE CITY LIVABILITY AW ARD College; University of Puerto Rico-Caroli­ to effectively manage their recreation­ PROGRAM na; and World University. al fisheries. Their proposal, originally, VIRGIN ISLANDS was to place a 3-percent tax on boats HON.THOMASJ.DOWNEY College of the Virgin Islands.• and boating equipment and include OF NEW YORK fishing items not currently taxed. This IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES proposal was opposed by the boat and PERSONAL EXPLANATION motor manufacturers and organiza­ Tuesday, March 1, 1983 tions representing boat owners who e Mr. DOWNEY of New York. Mr. HON. JIM MOODY argued persuasively that many of Speaker, as chairman of the Congres­ OF WISCONSIN those purchasing boats did not use sional Arts Caucus, I would like to call IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES them for fishing and thus would not my colleagues' attention to an excep­ benefit from the program. tionally worthy project of the U.S. Tuesday, March 1, 1983 During the consideration of the Tax Conference of Mayors and Philip e Mr. MOODY. Mr. Speaker, I was Reform Act passed by Congress in Morris Inc. unavoidably detained earlier today 1982, a modified version of this pro­ For the past 3 years the Conference when the House took up consideration posal was included in the Senate­ of Mayors and Philip Morris have of H.R. 999, a bill authorizing the passed bill. At that point, Mr. JONES of joined in a joint effort to promote American Conservation Corps. I am a North Carolina, Mr. BIAGGI, Mr. awareness of the important role the cosponsor of H.R. 999 and, had I been SNYDER, Mr. FORSYTHE, and myself, arts can play in making America's present, I would have voted in favor of working with both proponents and op­ cities more pleasant places to live and this important legislation. I want to ponents of the legislation, developed a in strengthening urban economic vital­ take this opportunity to commend the compromise that had the support of ity. Through their cooperative sup- March 1, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3447 port, each June at the annual meeting LEGISLATION ON OUR NATION'S mentioned consent, will serve s:hort­ of the Conference of Mayors the City WATER NEEDS term parochial interests at the ex­ Livability Award is presented to the pense of other States and our national mayor who has shown exemplary lead­ HON. BERKLEY BEDELL welfare. States would be pitted against ership in incorporating the arts into OF IOWA each other in competition for this pre­ the everyday life of the city. Past win­ cious commodity. Indeed, recent devel­ ners have been Mayors Henry Maier IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES opments indicate this competition is of Milwaukee 0980), William Donald Tuesday, March 1, 1983 already beginning. Schaefer of Baltimore 0981>, and e Mr. BEDELL. Mr. Speaker, today I Mr. Speaker, condoning such sales Jane Byrne of Chicago 0982). In addi­ am reintroducing, along with DouG BE­ would, I am afraid, open a Pandora's tion to the recipient of the award, sev­ REUTER and 13 of our colleagues, legis­ box of troubles, evolving into a situa­ eral mayors receive recognition for lation which I hope will serve to gen­ tion where States would be acting their cities' efforts with certificates of erate an informed discussion of our purely for short-term economic rea­ Outstanding Achievement in the Nation's water needs and the author­ sons over prudent, wide-ranging ac­ Urban Arts. ity of each State to utilize the water tions serving the general good of our At the midwinter meeting of the resources within its boundaries. Al­ Nation. A precedent would be set Conference of Mayors in January, though I think it has been generally which could escalate into full-scale Philip Morris announced the awarding accepted that each State has the au­ bidding wars between differing inter­ of a grant that will make it possible thority to determine water use within ests for available water. Eventually, for the conference to turn the City its borders, I believe that recent devel­ the water would be allocated to the Livability Award series into a year­ opments have given rise to the need user with the greater financial re­ round program. I was proud to be for an examination of the limits of an sources, rather than reserved for prac­ present at the meeting when this individual State to divert shared water tices which may be more responsible. award was announced. resources for use outside of the State. In this instance, allocation by the mar­ Because of the grant; the coriference Particularly important in this regard ketplace may not be sound and would will now be able to establish and staff is the Supreme Court decision last pervert what would otherwise be the a national clearinghouse on the arts. July in Sporhase against Nebraska reasonable distribution of our water Recognizing the extremely difficult which overturned a long-standing resources. To this end, the legislation economic times and the resultant pres­ ruling by the late Justice Holmes in direct the Secretary of Agriculture, in sures upon mayors who are attempting 1908 and declared water to be an arti­ to initiate and maintain arts programs, consultation with the Secretary of the cle of commerce within the meaning of Interior, to study the effects of inter­ the conference staff will aggressively the commerce clause of the Constitu­ seek out information on how mayors basin water transfers on agriculture tion, and therefore subject to Federal and agricultural productivity. If large­ are financing urban arts programs de­ control. Yet the Sporhase decision did spite tight budgets, will centralize that scale transfers of water are to be con­ allow the States to enact statutes to templated, I believe it is wise to know within the clearinghouse, and will dis­ preserve and conserve their water re­ seminate that information, not only sources. initially their effects on this crucial through a new bimonthly newsletter segment of our economy. but also by actively calling ideas gen­ However, a recent Federal district By enacting the proposal that my erated to the attention of individual court ruling in January in El Paso colleagues and I are introducing today, mayors for whom they may be useful. against Reynolds indicated that only Mr. Speaker, we might avoid the intol­ the strongest conservation rationale The clearinghouse will gather infor­ could justify a State statutory ban on erable situation where one or two in­ mation on strategies for arts develop­ water exports, leaving most Midwest­ terests dictate the distribution of this ment funding, procedures to encour­ ern and Western States, which gener­ essential, inalienable, and rather finite age public/private sector cooperation ally face problems of water scarcity, resource. At the same time, we would in the arts, and ways in which city with a questionable defense under be pursuing a cautious and more re­ government and private agencies can their existing statutes against inter­ sponsible course in shaping our coun­ contribute to specific arts development state water demands from a multitude try's future water policies, taking into activities. of sources. consideration our needs and sources of The program will encompass all Mr. Speaker, we need to determine supply. Many unanswered questions forms of the arts, including urban our national water priorities and to exist with regard to our water policies, design, programs to broaden arts begin to answer the difficult water such as ownership or claims and rights awareness, art in public places, cre­ questions raised by these court deci­ of competing interests, and these mat­ ative use of the arts to help achieve sions. I am hopeful the bill we are re­ ters should be resolved before we allow urban policy objectives, and support introducing today will stimulate this States to sell or permit the sale of for traditional performing arts activi­ dialog and lead to positive action by shared water resources outside of their ties. the Congress. borders in an unrestricted fashion. It Mr. Speaker, we all understand the The language of our bill is straight­ is incumbent upon us to respond in a value of the arts for our cities and forward. It merely prohibits any State responsible manner to the court's deci­ their people-as a method of increas­ from selling or permitting the sale of sions that water is merely another eco­ ing their vitality as well as lifting spir­ water resources shared with other nomic good to be traded in the mar­ its that are lagging during these diffi­ States for use outside its borders ketplace with seemingly little regard cult economic days. unless there is in place a compact be­ for possible adverse consequences. Given the central importance of the tween these drainage basin States and One fact remains clear. In finding arts, I commend the sponsors of the the sale is approved by all of them. answers to these difficult public policy City Livability Award program and questions, we must maintain a spirit of wish them much success in their con­ The bill has been reintroduced be­ cause we are extremely concerned that cooperation and openmindedness and tinued effort to make our cities more work together to solve our problems, pleasant places in which to live and such a sale, approved without the con­ sent of the adjoining basin States, will rather than struggle at odds with each work.e set a dangerous precedent for future other. situations-in effect, putting a large, Mr. Speaker, I ask that the legisla­ perhaps irreparable crack in our reser­ tion be entered in the RECORD at the voir of water problem solutions. I fear conclusion of these remarks. Thank these sales, by not having the afore- you. 3448 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 1, 1983 The text of the bill follows: with the Delmarva Power & Light Co., Girl" for the Oceanside Jewish H.R.1749 beginning in 1949. On January 31, Center. She is a member of B'nai A bill to require the Secretary of Agricul­ 1983, he cleared his desk for the final B'rith, and the Oceanside Hadassah, ture, in consultation with the Secretary of time, joining the world of the retirees and has been very active on the execu­ the Interior, to study the effects of inter­ after 34 years of dedicated and loyal tive committees of the Israel bond basin water transfers on agriculture and service to his employer. I take this op­ campaigns. to prohibit any State from selling or oth­ erwise transferring interstate waters locat­ portunity to wish him a happy and en­ In fact, Mr. Speaker, later this ed in such State for use outside such State joyable retirement.• month, on March 6, Irene Kaplan is unless all States in the drainage basin of being honored for her community such waters consent to such sale or trans­ service at a testimonial breakfast at fer TRIBUTE TO EDITOR IRENE KAPLAN OF OCEANSIDE, N.Y. the Oceanside Jewish Center. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of This community tribute is a recogni­ Representatives of the United States of tion of Irene Kaplan's dedication and America in Congress assembled, That (a) HON. NORMAN F. LENT commitment to her community, and the Congress finds that- OF NEW YORK her devoted service to the causes for <1> adequate water resources are necessary to maintain the Nation's level of agricultur­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES which she has given so much of her al productivity; Tuesday, March 1, 1983 time. <2> the redistribution of water resources Mr. Speaker, such dedicated service may adversely affect agricultural produc­ • Mr. LENT. Mr. Speaker, it is all too to community, and great achievements tion and the environment; and frequent, in these hectic times in in the newspaper field deserve the <3> there is growing concern about the in­ which we live, that the achievements commendation of every one of us. I creasing demands on the Nation's limited and community contributions of some know that my colleagues in this water resources. of our most outstanding citizens tend (b) The Secretary of Agriculture, in con­ Chamber join me in congratulating to be overlooked. Irene Kaplan for her achievements, sultation with the Secretary of the Interior, With that in mind, I rise to bring to shall study the effects of interbasin water and in offering her all good wishes for transfers in different regions of the United the attention of my colleagues the continued success in the future.e States on agriculture and agricultural pro­ career of a most remarkable woman, ductivity. Such study shall be completed, and who, I am proud to say, is a constitu­ a report of such study shall be submitted to ent of the Fourth Congressional Dis­ 1979 EASTER FLOOD IN the Congress, not later than 18 months after trict of New York, which I have the MISSISSIPPI the date of enactment of this Act. honor to represent. SEc. 2. No State shall sell or otherwise I refer to Irene Kaplan, of Ocean­ transfer or permit the sale or transfer, for HON. WAYNE DOWDY use outside of such State, water which is side, N.Y., editor of the Oceanside and OF MISSISSIPPI taken from any river or other body of sur­ Rockville Centre editions of the Long IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES face water which is located in or which Island Journal. Her life and her career passes through more than one State or from in the newspaper world have been Tuesday, March 1, 1983 any aquifer or other body of ground water combined in service toward her com­ • Mr. DOWDY of Mississippi. Mr. which underlies more than one State munity which are unexcelled. Speaker, on behalf of three important unless- In her editorial post, she is particu­ organizations in the Fourth District of <1> there is in effect an interstate compact larly noted for her two outstanding Mississippi, I have introduced H.R. among the States in the drainage basin of such river or other body of surface water, columns, "Oceanside as I See It" and 1680, to relieve them of any obligation or among the States under which such "Rockville Centre as I See It." They to repay the Federal Emergency Man­ aquifer or other body of ground water lies, keep the residents of those communi­ agement Agency grants that they re­ which governs such sale or transfer, and ties fully informed as to what's going ceived after the 1979 Easter flood in (2) all the States which are parties to such on. Her witty and friendly style of my State, and were later determined compact consent to such sale or transfer.• writing add greatly to the enjoyment ineligible for. of these two features. Irene is perhaps I am happy to say that I have the THE RETIREMENT OF LEO E. best known, however, for her very spe­ full support of my colleagues from GORDY, SR. cial column "I'm a People Lover," Mississippi, Congressmen WHITTEN, which gives her readers informative MONTGOMERY, LOTT, and FRANKLIN. for HON. ROY DYSON insights into the lives of community, this important legislation. OF MARYLAND religious, and political leaders. I might Junior Achievement of Jackson, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES say that Irene makes no mistake in de­ Miss., the Jackson Symphony Orches­ scribing herself as a people lover. Her tra, and the Mississippi Museum of Tuesday, March 1, 1983 warm, outgoing personality wins her Art were encouraged by the Federal • Mr. DYSON. Mr. Speaker, it is a friends wherever she goes. Emergency Management Agency to great honor for me to ·recognize an But her newspaper work is only one apply for funds following the 1979 outstanding citizen upon the occasion facet to the life of this truly remarka­ Easter flood in Mississippi. These non­ of his retirement. Mr. Leo E. Gordy, ble woman. profit organizations received FEMA Sr., is being honored at a retirement It is difficult to conceive of a com­ grants, repaired the damage caused by banquet on Saturday, March 5, 1983, munity activity in which Irene Kaplan the flood, and some months later were at Delmar Fire House in Delmar, Del. has not been a participant. Just con­ demanded by the emergency agency to Mr. Gordy was born and reared in sider, Mr. Speaker, some of her accom­ repay the moneys on the grounds that Salisbury, Md., and attended elemen­ plishments in the civic life of her com­ they were ineligible for such funding. tary and high schools in Wicomico munity. Each member of the Mississippi con­ County. During World War II, he vol­ Irene Kaplan has served as president gressional delegation contacted FEMA unteered for service in the U.S. Army. of the Oceanside Jewish Center Sister­ last year, urging officials to reconsider Upon induction, his tour of duty began hood, and is currently a member of their decision to demand repayment of at Camp Lee, Va. The major portion of center board. She has served on the the grants. Unfortunately, our appeals his duty was in France. Prior to an Oceanside PTA Board, and was vice failed to receive favorable replies. honorable discharge, he attained the president of the Band Parents Associa­ Junior Achivement, an effective edu­ rank of sergeant. After his discharge tion. Irene Kaplan has a great love for cational vehicle for exposing high from the service, he worked in one of the theater, and has performed in a school students to the workings of the the old landmark hotels in Salisbury. number of Theatre Guild productions, American economic system, is support­ This was followed by employment and produced the smash "Funny ed solely through voluntary contribu- March 1, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3449 tions. The Jackson Symphony Orches­ Lithuania, and her sister republics, contin­ Unfortunately, the pace of public in­ tra and the Mississippi Museum of Art ue to be occupied and oppressed by Soviet vestment in these lands has not kept also depend primarily on private forces and suffer the lack of basic freedoms and rights, including the right to worship. pace with the demands of those re­ moneys since they receive very little Terror, torture in jails, deportation to slave sources. Particularly noticable are the public funding. They very well may labor camps, and committal to psychiatric conditions in our national parks and not have been able to repair their fa­ hospitals continue to this day. There is no recreation areas. In 1980 alone nearly cilities without the FEMA grants, and freedom of press, speech or assembly. Op­ 200 million people visited Bureau of to repay this Federal aid would prob­ pression and persecution of the faithful is Land Management recreation areas ably mean terminating their services. attested to in an underground paper. and 220 million visited national parks. I urge the Members of the House to "Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lith­ uania," which marked its 10th year of exist­ Due to both fiscal and manpower re­ join me and my Mississippi colleagues ence last year. straints many of these facilities have in supporting H.R. 1680. It would be Lithuanians in the Free World are thank­ been forced to close or severly restrict very unfortunate to sacrifice such fine ful to those nations that do not recognize hours of operation. public services because of FEMA's re­ the absorption of Lithuania, Latvia and Es­ Another critical resource that is versed decision that they were not eli­ tonia by the USSR and regard the Baltic sorely underutilized are our Nation's gible for emergency funding.e States as victims of aggression, according their former diplomatic corps full recogni­ young adults. While much is written tion. Such is the position of the United about the 10 percent unemployment LITHUANIAN INDEPENDENCE States. Both houses of Congress impressive­ rate among adults nearly 40 percent of DAY ly commemorate Lithuanian Independence our Nation's youths are unemployed. Day on Feb. 16. This is an intolerable situation and we On Jan. 13 of this year, the European Par­ must strive to rectify this devastating HON. PETER W. RODINO, JR. liament, at its plenary session in Strasbourg, OF NEW JERSEY France, adopted a resolution requesting trend. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the Council of Foreign Ministers This bill is patterned after the submit the question of the Baltic States to ·former Young Adult Conservation Tuesday, March 1, 1983 the Decolonization Subcommittee of the Corps and the Youth Conservation e Mr. RODINO. Mr. Speaker, I want United Nations. The European Parliament Corps. Specifically, the two compo­ to share with my colleagues a letter to overwhelmingly <96 votes against six), ex­ nents of this bill would be funded the editor of the Newark Star Ledger pressed hope that the Conference of For­ through 1988 at a $400 million level eign Ministers will use their best endeavors written by Jack Stukas, which ap­ to see that the aspirations of the peoples of per year. The Secretary of the Interior peared on February 16. Mr. Stukas Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia as to their would administer the program with writes in recognition of Lithuanian In­ form of government be realized. the cooperation of the Secretary of dependence Day, and asks that we Lithuania will not perish as long as ideals Agriculture. pause for a moment to remember the of freedom and justice and righteousness Typical conservation projects carried brave struggle for freedom of the Lith­ prevail. Lithuania cannot be destroyed by out through the program would in­ uanian people. We should all be re­ perfidy and brutality and tyranny. There clude conservation of urban parks, for­ minded that, as Mr. Stukas so elo­ will always be a Lithuania; a Lithuania in the hearts of men, a Lithuania in the cul­ ests, wildlife refuges, preservation of quently states: "Lithuania will not ture of people, a Lithuania in the history of historic and cultural sites, and devel­ perish as long as ideals of freedom and the world's struggle for freedom, and in due opment and maintenance of recreation justice and righteousness prevail.'' time, a Lithuania at the conference of the areas, roads, trails, and waterfronts. THE LITHUANIAN QUEST FOR FREEDOM world's great family of nations. Enrollees must be unemployed be­ DEAR EDITOR: On Feb. 16, nearly a million JACK J. STUKAS, Ph.D., tween the ages of 15 to 25, citizens or Americans of Lithuanian descent commemo­ Vice President, Supreme Committee lawful permanent residents of the rated the 65th anniversary of the restora­ for the Liberation of Lithuania, United States. tion of Lithuanian Independence. Watchung, N.J.e Once the largest state in Europe, from the Reflecting the fact that the North­ 14th to the 16 Century, following its union eastern/Midwestern United States has with Poland, Lithuania gradually dimin­ YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ACT OF suffered from the most chronic, long­ ished in size until the Lithuanian-Polish 1983 term unemployment, priority consider­ federated state/commonwealth was divided ation will be afforded those individuals in 1795, among Prussia, Austria and Russia. HON. JOSEPH M. McDADE who are economically, socially, and Most of Lithuania fell subject to harsh czar­ OF PENNSYLVANIA ist rule, until World War I gave her leaders educationally disadvantaged, as well as the opportunity on Feb. 16, 1918, to declare IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES youth's residing in labor surplus areas to the international community that Lith­ Tuesday, March 1, 1983 and States which had an unemploy­ uania was again an independent state. ment rate for youths aged 16 to 25 During her 22 years of independent life, • Mr. McDADE. Mr. Speaker, today I equal or exceeding 12 percent during 1918-1940, Lithuania, and her sister Baltic have introduced the Youth Employ­ ment Act of 1983, Legislation that will the preceding calendar year as estab­ republics of Latvia and Estonia, made tre­ lished by U.S. Department of Labor mendous economic, cultural and social provide meaningful work and educa­ progress. However, in violation of peace tional benefits for our Nation's young Statistics. treaties and nonaggression pacts, Soviet adults as well as establish programs to Whenever, possible, enrollees would forces moved into Lithuania and her sister repair and improve our national public receive academic credit from educa­ Baltic republics in 1940, and through coer­ lands. tional institutions for competence de­ cion and fraud, forcibly annexed them. Over the past 5 years much has been veloped from conservation work and The seizure of the Baltic States by the written about the deteriorating condi­ training and from academic study Soviet Union was thoroughly investigated during nonworking hours. Work skills by a select Committee of the House of Rep­ tion of our Nation's natural resources. resentatives, 83d Congress, in 1953 and in Few realize that the Federal Goven­ would be certified and participants 1954, which found that "the Soviet Union, ment is solely responsible for the pro­ would receive job guidance and place­ without provocation, did in 1940, invade tection, conservation, and productivity ment aid after completing the pro­ Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, thus commit­ of well over 1 billion acres of land. The gram. ting an act of unprovoked aggression." Sub­ Department of the Interior alone man­ Mr. Speaker, this country cannot sequently, on June 21, 1965, the House ages 170 million acres of rangeland, 23 afford to continue to lose the produc­ unanimously passed H.R. 416, urging the tivity of her young people. Equally im­ President of the United States . . . "to million acres of commercial forests, bring the force of world opinion to bear in and 800 national park sites and facili­ portant, we cannot lose the productivi­ behalf of the restoration of the rights of ties to mention only several public ty of our public lands. This legislation self-determination to the Baltic States." holdings. is a small investment in our Nations 3450 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 1, 1983 future-both her land and her future sight hearings pursuant to that re­ The need to enhance education of the generation.• quest and took testimony on the issue. sciences on the elementary and sec­ In addition, I have had an opportuni­ ondary level is obvious. Dr. Freed­ ty, in the company of officials of the man's speech points these facts out Department of Commerce, State and dramatically. THE MEETING OF THE PARTIES Interior, to visit the Cayman Islands I commend to the attention of this OF THE CONVENTION ON and discuss this issue with government body the following excerpts of Dr. TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPE­ officials and managers of the farm. I Freedman's speech and urge a quick CIES was pleased to see that, on January 3, and positive response to these prob­ 1983, a Federal Register notice was lems by this body. HON. JOHN B. BREAUX published jointly by officials of the In­ EXCERPTS OF DR. FREEDMAN'S SPEECH OF LOUISIANA terior and Commerce indicating that As the achievements and applications of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES they would review the special rule con­ scientific research have become more won­ Tuesday, March 1, 1983 cerning U.S. trade in certain sea turtle drous, we have responded with pride rather products according to CITES. than understanding, with respect rather •Mr. BREAUX. Mr. Speaker, during Mr. Speaker, I sincerely feel that it than an achieved, critical distance. the 97th Congress considerable atten­ is important that the United States Lacking an adequate appreciation of the tion was paid to the reauthorization of continue to review its policies concern­ basic principles of science and technology, the Endangered Species Act of 1973. ing commercial trade in all species. most Americans cannot command the Many amendments were made to that breadth of perspective necessary to meet Benefits to be derived from artificial the challenges presented to a society. act and I believe that we have made propagation, farming and ranching of significant progress in protecting our wild species is certainly a beneficial • • • • • Nation's endangered species. We have and worthy concept. Of course, we For a nation that aspires "to think with also reviewed our international com­ must continue to monitor such oper­ wisdom" about the social and political con­ mitments regarding the protection of sequences of scientific achievement and ations on an individual basis to deter­ technological development, such a conse­ wildlife and, in particular, the Conven­ mine whether or not they meet the quence is profoundly disturbing. tion on International Trade in Endan­ criteria established by Congress, the We would do well, in our present predica­ gered Species of Wildlife Fauna and respective Departments of the execu­ ment, to take Thomas Jefferson as our ex­ Flora . Through legislation tive branches as well as the provisions emplar. For Jefferson believed passionately and appropriate regulation, I believe of CITES. We must also make certain that an educated citizenry was the safest re­ we are establishing a proper approach that the enforcement capabilities of pository of democratic values. He believed to regulating wildlife through the im­ those agencies are maintained at a that one of the purposes of liberal educa­ plementation of professional and sci­ tion is to prepare men and women to exer­ level that allows for this monitoring cise the serious responsibilities of citizen­ entific management concepts. and strict enforcement of the applica­ ship. In April 1983 the fourth meeting of ble laws and regulations. I commend For too long, liberal education in the the parties of CITES will take place in the Departments of Commerce and In­ United States has neglected to emphasize Botswana. Several proposals of major terior for taking this step and sincere­ an understanding of science and technology significance will be coming before the ly believe that a flexible policy regard­ and of their possibilities and limitations. If parties for action. One of the major ing these issues will be one that will be we are to vindicate Jefferson's faith in the areas concerns the concepts of ranch­ most beneficial to threatened and wild wisdom and vision of an educated citizenry, ing and farming of wild species. In we must strengthen our efforts as a nation species throughout the world.e to instill in young men and women a greater general, those concepts are acceptable appreciation of the principles of science and as they insure the continuation of spe­ technology and of the relevance of those cies without harming wild stocks. Suri­ EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES principles to decisions concerning the future nam and Reunion have submitted pro­ of our society. posals to ranch and rear green sea tur­ HON. COOPER EVANS Liberal education should teach students tles in a controlled environment. that science is an intellectual activity of the OF IOWA greatest rigor, subtlety and complexity. Green sea turtles are listed in appen­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dix I of CITES and, as a general rule, • • • • • appendix I species cannot be imported Tuesday, March 1, 1983 It should teach students that science is or exported for commercial purposes. •Mr. EVANS of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, comparable, in many respects, to the cre­ However, when appendix I animal spe­ within the next few days, we will be ation of poetry, the painting of pictures, cies are bred in captivity for commer­ considering H.R. 1310, the Emergency and the writing of history. cial purposes they are deemed to be in­ Math and Science Education Act. This • • • cluded in appendix II and can be is perhaps one of the most important As liberal education teaches the principles traded commercially in conformity pieces of legislation to come before and nature of science, it must stress that sci­ with the provisions of CITES. this body in some time. In this com­ ence serves the human aspiration for an or­ In that regard, on January 22, 1982 plex world where computer terminals dered explanation of the universe. the Pacific Legal Foundation and the organize our offices, and advances in • • • • • Association for Rational Environmen­ technology influence every aspect of So long as we remain committed to Jeffer­ tal Alternatives filed a petition for our daily life, the importance of edu­ son's faith that an educated citizenry is the rulemaking with the Fish and Wildlife cational training in the sciences safest repository of democratic values, we must educate the next generations of citi­ Service of the U.S. Department of the cannot be overemphasized. zens to appreciate the powers and limits of Interior for implementation of a mari­ Recently, the president of the Uni­ the general laws which are the foundation culture exemption for trade in green versity of Iowa, Dr. James O. Freed­ of science, so that they can recognize that sea turtle products from the Cayman man, delivered a speech to the Joint uncertain line where scientific facts end and Island Turtle Farm located on the Service Clubs of Iowa City, Iowa, that political and moral decisions that implicate Grand Cayman Island in the British highlights the importance of educa­ those facts begin. The challenge of educa­ West Indies. In addition, Grand tion in science and technology. tion in the sciences is a challenge to be Cayman Turtle Farm, Ltd. and the I heartily agree with Dr. Freedman's worthy of the responsibility of democratic speech. In today's world, it is becom­ citizenship. Government of the Cayman Islands By teaching the fundamental principles of have requested a review of the policy. ing almost mandatory for all us to science as part of a liberal education, uni­ In the fall of 1982, the Subcommit­ have a basic knowledge of the science. versities will deepen the understanding that tee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conser­ The shortage of trained professionals students receive of the nature of the uni­ vation and the Environment held over- in the sciences is well documented. verse and enlarge the appreciation that citi- March 1, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3451 zens possess of the social meaning of tech­ young men and women are entering profes­ increasingly out-of-date these universities nological change. sions involving the basic sciences. Of those cannot effectively carry out the basic re­ They will also sustain this nation's tradi­ who are, fewer are pursuing the study of search upon which scientific innovation de­ tion of scientific discovery and technological basic science beyond the baccalaureate pends. innovation-a tradition that runs from Ben­ degree, primarily because cutbacks in feder­ The crucial link between basic research jamin Franklin to Thomas Edison to Luther al funding have restricted opportunities for and scientific innovation is well-illustrated Burbank to Jonas Salk. And finally, they the graduate education of young scientists. by a current development at the University will enhance this nation's ability to manage Taken together, this combination of in­ of Iowa. Faculty members from the College the complexity of a modern economy, to re­ creased opportunities in private industry of Engineering and the College of Medicine lease the innovative energies of public agen­ and the decreased availability of federal are working together to develop two-dimen­ cies and private companies, and to exploit support for the study of science has sional echo-cardiograms to distinguish ab­ fully the developing opportunities for tech­ changed the pattern of student choice that normal heart tissue from normal heart nological growth. prevailed until recently and has created se­ tissue. If their interdisciplinary investiga­ But each of these outcomes depends upon rious problems for higher education and the tion is fully successful, echo-amplitude anal­ more than our resolve that liberal education nation. ysis will be an easily-implemented and non­ embrace the basic and applied sciences. It Let me speak specifically of engineering. invasive means of characterizing heart also depends upon our success in preparing As you doubtless know, applications and ad­ tissue. well-qualified scientists and engineers in missions to colleges of engineering across Having collaborated closely with the heart numbers adequate to meet our national the nation have risen sharply in the last specialists, the engineers are now building a needs. decade, often exceeding the capacity of uni­ prototype of the innovative instrumentation At the end of World War II, the interna­ versities to hire new faculty, to build new required for the use of this new diagnostic tional community admired the United classrooms, and to equip new laboratories. technique. From this prototype, private in­ States as the world's leading nation in sci­ As the opportunities available to engi­ dustry will develop technologically the ence and technology. During the ensuing neers in the private sector have become actual instruments that physicians will one years, the United States educated large more and more attractive, fewer and fewer day use. The basic research done at the Uni­ numbers of scientists and engineers, in part engineering students are pursuing graduate versity will thus provide private industry out of fear of Russian superiority as symbol­ studies and the advanced degrees that with a creative contribution that it can ized by Sputnik. Many of the persons would qualify them for careers in engineer­ make the subject of commercial develop­ trained during these years made contribu­ ing education. At the same time, an increas­ ment. tions that were instrumental in the attain­ ing number of faculty members are leaving As this example suggests, there is a dy­ ment of our national goals, including efforts engineering education in order to take namic interplay between basic research and to put the first person on the moon, to har­ better-paying positions in the private sector. technological development. That interplay ness nuclear power for domestic uses, and to If these disturbing trends continue, the can only thrive if universities have state-of­ perfect open-heart surgery. standards of engineering education in the the-art equipment with which to conduct These decades of achievement were made United States-now among the highest in basic research. If they do not, many com­ possible, in considerable degree, by the sus­ the world-will inevitably decline. And as mercial industries-including, in this case, tained investment that the federal govern­ they do, our society's capacity to prepare a the medical instrumentation industry-will ment made in universities, an investment sufficient number of engineers who are lose their competitive position in the mar­ that provided scientists with the time, the qualified to meet our most imperative na­ kets of the world and suffer serious econom­ resources, the laboratories, and the equip­ tional needs will be in serious jeopardy. So, ic loss. It is essential, therefore, that this ment necessary to conduct research and to too, will our nation's capacity to support nation undertake a major program to ren­ educate men and women who were entering technological innovation. ovate, rehabilitate, and modernize the facili­ upon the study and the professions of the If the United States is to have a sufficient ties and equipment at those universities sciences. number of skilled engineers and other scien­ where basic research is carried forward. In recent years, however, the United tists, it must make a national commitment Because the teaching of science, the con­ States has reduced its commitment to scien­ to enrich the resources of universities to duct of scientific research, and the rate of tific excellence. During the period from prepare men and women for careers in basic scientific innovation depend so heavily upon 1965 to 1980, the proportion of the gross na­ and applied sciences-men and women who the quality of universities, this nation must tional product that the United States in­ will engage in teaching as well as in re­ also insure that academic careers remain at­ vested in research and development fell by search. tractive to scientists-those who presently more than 20 percent. During the same Universities account for more than half of are faculty members and, equally impor­ period, Japan increased the proportion of the basic research conducted in the United tant, those who prospectively are faculty its gross national product invested in re­ States. Forty percent of all the scientists members. At the same time, it must make search and development by 27 percent, West and engineers engaged in basic research are special efforts to encourage more people to Germany by 41 percent, and the Soviet employed by universities. Seventy percent undertake careers in science-especially Union by 21 percent. As a consequence of of all Ph.D.s engaged in basic research are women and members of minority groups, these developments, the proportion of scien­ employed by universities. University scien­ who remain seriously underrepresented in tists and engineers in our labor force has de­ tists thus comprise one of the nation's most the occupational spectrum of the sciences. clined steadily since 1965. important resources. The problems of education in the sciences The United States has now lost its inter­ But universities face many obstacles to are not limited, however, to universities and national preeminence in some areas of sci­ making science and scientific careers attrac­ colleges. One of the great unfinished items ence and technology. The achievements tive to students and faculty members. One on the agenda of this nation is to strength­ that enabled our scientists to dominate the of the most prominent is the deterioration en the quality of secondary education. And Nobel Prizes in science for so many years of laboratory facilities and equipment for in no area of secondary education is the rest upon investments made many decades carrying out basic research. need for strength more urgent than it is in ago. A recent report of the National Science the sciences. At the moment, many other nations, like Foundation found that the growing obsoles­ Any demonstration of that need must Japan, Germany, and France, are making cence of scientific instrumentation is imped­ begin with the fact that half of all students significant national commitments to science ing both the progress of fundamental re­ now in high school take no courses in sci­ and technology, and, more importantly, are search and the rate of technological innova­ ence beyond the tenth grade. In a recent allocating the resources that give meaning tion in the United States. report, the National Science Foundation to those commitments. In France, for exam­ When universities do not possess state-of­ warned that "the most serious, long-term ple, President Mitterrand has committed the-art equipment-which is too frequently threat to our national science and technolo­ the government to support research and de­ the case today-they are unable to prepare gy capabilities is the declining emphasis on velopment during the next five years at an scientists for the most advanced and promis­ science and mathematics in the nation's sec­ annual rate at least eight percent greater ing opportunities in the educational and in­ ondary schools." than the rate of inflation. Nothing ap­ dustrial worlds. In addition, scientists who proaching this level of support has been dis­ have not been trained to use state-of-the-art • • • • cussed by policy makers in this country. equipment while they are students inevita­ Unless we reverse the trends they Although undergraduate students contin­ bly will be forced to undertake costly re­ document, our continuing failure to prepare ue to be attracted to many of the applied training at a later time if their career devel­ sufficient numbers of qualified teachers of sciences-particularly in areas where oppor­ opment is not to be artificially limited. science for our secondary schools will have tunities in private industry are great, such As scientific instrumentation in the na­ serious consequences for the development of as computer science and engineering-fewer tion's leading research universities becomes the human resources of the nation. 3452 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 1, 1983 When education in the sciences is · defi­ sumed. Because we have benefited so great­ SIXTY PERCENT OF U.S. FARMERS POLLED cient in secondary schools, students who ly from education, the weakening of our na­ WOULD CUT MILK PRODUCTION have the aptitude and ability to become sci­ tional commitment to education in the sci­ FORT ATKINSON.-About 60 percent of U.S. entists are not identified because they are ences is a source for serious concern. dairy farmers would voluntarily take part in not exposed to the excitement that science We still have the opportunity to reverse a proposed program to cut back milk pro­ holds, nor are they motivated to accept the the deterioration in science education that duction by 12 billion pounds and save the challenges that advanced courses in science has occurred in recent decades. We still government nearly $1.5 billion annually, ac­ would bring. have the opportunity to bridge the "gulf of cording to a survey by a national dairy mag­ In addition, those students who do not go mutual incomprehension" between the two azine. on to universities or colleges are not ade­ cultures that C. P. Snow warned against in W. D. Knox, editor of Hoard's Dairyman, quately prepared to live and work in a socie­ 1959. We still have the opportunity to vindi­ said Monday that 1,894 questionnaires were ty in which the need to understand the cate Jefferson's faith that an educated citi­ sent out, and 571 usable responses were re­ impact of science and technology grows zenry is the safest repository of democratic ceived. He said the accuracy of the survey greater every year. values. But we must act promptly and we was within plus or minus 5 percent. The preparation of new generations of must act decisively. Knox said 62 percent of those surveyed in Americans competent in science will require H. G. Wells, the British author, once the West approved of the proposal, 61 per­ teachers who can capture the imagination wrote that "civilization is a race between cent of those in the North Central region, of secondary school students by the model education and catastrophe." As we seize the 62 percent in the Southwest, 65 percent in of their mastery and the glow of their en­ opportunity to strengthen education in the the Southeast and 51 percent in the North­ thusiasm and can motivate students to sciences, at both the university and the sec­ east. pursue the advanced study of science when ondary school levels, we will not only insure The survey concerned the Voluntary In­ they enter universities and colleges. that education wins that race with catastro­ centive Program developed by a coalition of Yet, far too few college graduates are phe. We will also enrich the quality of our farm and dairy organizations and milk plant electing to become teachers of science at the civilization.• operators. It was introduced in Congress secondary school level. A recent study by Feb. 17 by a bipartisan group of Senators the Iowa Academy of Science reported that and Congressmen. in 1970, Iowa colleges and universities grad­ DAIRY SURPLUS REDUCTION The government now is spending $2.2 bil­ uated 269 certified science teachers; in 1982, lion per year to buy and store surplus they graduated only 87. A University of ACT WILL WORK cheese, butter and non-fat milk powder. The California study came to a similar conclu­ support price for milk has been frozen at sion. It found that the number of college $13.10 per hundredweight for the last three graduates preparing to teach secondary HON. STEVE GUNDERSON years, but farm milk production has contin­ school science courses declined from 1971 to OF WISCONSIN ued to climb. 1980 by 65 percent. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Knox said that paying a $10-per-hundred­ Many college graduates who are qualified weight incentive to farmers who cut back for careers in secondary school science Tuesday, March 1, 1983 production instead of $17 per hundred­ teaching choose instead to work for private weight for a surplus, would save $840 mil­ industry because the financial rewards are e Mr. GUNDERSON. Mr. Speaker, on lion, and an additional $615 million would greater. At the same time, more and more February 17, the Dairy Surplus Reduc­ be raised through a 50-cent-per-hundred­ secondary school teachers of science are tion Act ALLEN, JR. the rolling hills. He hadn't moved his family, so when he In high school, Bill was bookish and ill at returned about a year later to pack for New ease with small talk but he was a demon on York, he ran into Rep. Charley Halleck, HON. JOHN P. HAMMERSCHMIDT the debate platform. He made it to the Chi­ newly-elevated majority leader of the Re­ OF ARKANSAS cago finals in the national scholastic cham­ publican 80th congress. pionship and walked off with the $2,000 "Oh, great!" Bill said when Halleck asked IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES scholarship top prize. him to be his aide. "I'd like that." Tuesday, March 1, 1983 "I was small and slim," Bill recalls. "My "The 80th was a great congress," declares stature entered into it a little bit, but I also Bill. "It passed the Taft-Hartley Act, it bal­ e Mr. HAMMERSCHMIDT. Mr. had a capacity to talk with feeling." anced the budget, it had a surplus, it initiat­ Speaker, I would like to take this op­ Bill's debate scholarship got him into ed the Marshall Plan for Truman and he portunity to offer my congratulations Brown University, a small Ivy League col­ called it the "Do-nothing congress." to Delbert E. "Pete" Allen, Jr., who lege for boys in Providence, R.I. By waiting As Bill sees it, it won the enmity of the was recently selected to be the chair­ on fraternity tables, working as a night li­ Democrats because Halleck bottled up in man of the National Food Processors brarian, and picking up some of the endow­ rules and cut back on more federal housing Association at its 76th annual meeting ment money as a debater, he earned his and aid to education and public works in Los Angeles earlier this month. way. He left Brown with a bachelor of arts projects on the premise the administration and a masters in history. hadn't spent the money already appropri­ Although the honor was a choice He returned to Sharon during the depres­ ated. one for Pete, who has spent his entire sion and wangled a job at a "Scotch clergy­ Halleck he assesses as "an intellectual, im­ life in the food processing business, man's stipend" from the editor of The patient and brusque," a man calculated to the honor also belongs to the Allen Sharon Herald. Bill wrote editorials and give prima donnas and slow learners a hard Canning Co. and to the entire State of byline articles on foreign affairs. This soon time. Arkansas. Pete is the first Arkansan in led to the knife-and-fork circuit as a speaker "Halleck was a great leader because he the history of the association to serve at Rotary, Kiwanis and similar club meet­ really led. He was also a great speaker. He as chairman. ings. could ad lib and give meaning to your words. When his Methodist minister took a sab­ He could adjust the manuscript to the situa­ At this time, I am inserting in the batical and the pulpit replacement failed to tion when things :were moving fast. It was CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, the article en­ arrive in time, Bill was prevailed upon to fill said of him that he "absorbed knowledge titled, "Allen: World's Largest Private in as a lay preacher. He did so well, he never through his skin." Canner, and Growing" from the Janu­ . missed a Sunday in some pulpit in Pennsyl­ His most "dramatic" time with Halleck ary issue of the publication entitled, vania, Ohio or Indiana. was the GOP national convention when "Processed Prepared Foods," which Bill got to Washington when his editor Halleck was in line for the vice-presidential documents the amazing Allen success told Rep. Thomas C. Cochran, a Pennsylva­ nomination but Tom Dewey won it. story. nia Republican, he had a young man on the "The Dewey people, in my judgment, staff who wanted to study law. The editor -crossed Halleck," says Bill. "They The article follows: suggested Bill work in the congressman's promised him the nomination if he could [From the Prepared Foods, January 19831 office and go to school at night. deliver certain delegations. He filled his side ALLEN: WORLD'S LARGEST PRIVATE CANNER, That's the way it worked out. Bill attend­ of the bargain." AND GROWING ed Georgetown University for some eight The Republicans lost the house and years, winning a bachelor's, master's and Speaker Joe Martin had to step back down NFPA'S NEW CHAIRMAN, DELBERT E. ALLEN, JR., doctorate in law. to the minority leader's post, bumping Hal­ THE LEADING CANNER OF SOUTHERN SPECIAL­ "I wouldn't do it again," says Pitts. "I had leck. Halleck didn't want the whip post, TY VEGETABLES AND PRODUCER OF POPEYE an intellectual curiosity. I wanted to be a held by his lieutenant Arends. He supported BRAND SPINACH IS STILL FLEXING ITS MUS­ professor in government." Arends' bid to keep it and Arends won. CLES AFTER A DECADE OF DRAMATIC GROWTH About the time Cochran decided to return Bill Pitts joined Arends, who has been to Pennsylvania to become a judge, Bill whip longer than anyone in the history of Old wood-frame processing plants that married Florence Graham in 1935. She was the house. helped anchor northwest Arkansas' agricul­ from nearby Niles, Ohio, just across the line Bill spent 25 years as the Illinoisan's whip tural economy decades ago for the most from Sharon, and they had met on a blind aide. part are gone today. However, one can still March 1, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3455 find remnants of the old canneries where spend your money in the best possible way was also, again, very close to the products farmers brought the yield of their 20 to 40 for the company without having to worry being grown-the carrots, Tennessee green acre plots each season. about the bank that owns 20 percent of beans, squash, okra, and rutabaga." This is one case where numbers tell the your stock rising up in arms." With the Moorhead acquisition under its story best. The Ozark Canners Association "It doesn't take us a long time to make a belt, the Allens picked up mid-decade mo­ once boasted more than 300 members. Its decision," says the youngest Allen, Rick. "If mentum with the purchase of the King descendant organization, the Ozark Food we have to purchase machinery, consolidate Pharr Yam processing plant in Oak Grove, Processors Association, lists only three our operations, or even acquire another La. in 1975. The family believed there was a names on its roster today. company, we can do it without endless man­ sizable potential market for a quality south­ One of the survivors of this not quite for­ agement debate or awaiting board approval. ern yam and found that the King Pharr gotten era is Allen Canning Company. But We're just fortunate to have a family that plant was positioned within a 30-40 mile more than an anachronism, Allen is today works together." radius of the yam fields. To produce the the largest privately owned food processing COMPANY EXPERIENCED GRADUAL GROWTH quality product it felt the market needed, it company in the world, as well as the largest While business sense no doubt runs deep had to re-equip the plant. producer of processed southern specialty through the Allen bloodlines, the company's "Our strategy for making acquisitions is vegetables. major decisions were kept on a rather to take a long look at an operation and try BUSINESS CARRIES ON FAMILY TRADITION modest scale through its early decades. to see what should be done and isn't being Pete Allen sits comfortably in his office in Growth came gradually. Its Country Plant done, and then speculate whether or not we Siloam Springs, Ark. with a desk-size statue

11-059 0-87- 24 (Pt. 3) 3462 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 1, 1983 cal leader in America. In 1964, Corning Not only has the union made wage individual he dealt with, plans to retire announced that it was building a new concessions but they are talking about from the Oakland Police Department in television picture tube plant in Bluff­ the importance or recognizing differ­ March, after serving almost 26 years. ton, Ind., the largest plant in the in­ "The borough is losing a very big asset-a ences between grievances and gripes. terrific police officer," said Chief Donald dustry. Corning president Dr. Thomas The statement: "Corning has to make Hasenbalg. "Clarence has always shown a MacAvoy referred to the Bluffton money to stay in business," was made lot of compassion for people. In the 23 years plant in 1980 as "a flagship in a. sea of not by the president of Corning but by I have known him everything he did was in cornfields," an example of machine the head of the union. a vein of trying to help people. He had no technology and worker enterprise. I agree with Bluffton State repre­ animosity to people." But now, as Mayor Flaningam of sentative Jess Espich who said that "I wish there were more like him in the Bluffton summarized: "We've got a these voluntary efforts and the coop­ law enforcement field," said Hasenbalg. problem." From a 1980 peak of 857 eration displayed is so unique that for While often, after many years of serving employees, the remaining 450 workers in police work, Hasenbalg said, individuals the good of all America, this offer tend to become somewhat callous, Kehoe face permanent layoff. simply must not be rejected. never did. "Even though he is a very large, Immediately, rather than giving up, I am proud to represent the little strong man, he is a very emotional, soft the community went to work. Mayor city of Bluffton, where the spirit that person. He handled every person and every Flaningam and the chamber of com­ built America lives on. I am proud of a case as a major incident," said Hasenbalg. merce formed a special economic steer­ community that, when facing adversi­ "For instance, if someone's window was ing committee within 24 hours. Cham­ ty, decided to work together to fight smashed or a shrub torn up, others would ber executive director Carol Martin back rather than engage in finger say, 'I'm sorry it happened,' and not give spoke of redoubling efforts in industri­ pointing. That spirit of unity-of all of the incident much more thought, but Clar­ al development. ence would take it as a personal affront," in­ us working together-is why Bluffton ternalizing the upset the incident had Local 1012 of the American Flint will prosper in the future.e caused the victim. "He took a personal in­ Glassworks Union announced a terest in each case. It is hard to believe, but "Bluffton Survival Offer," a conces­ after 25 years he is still that way." sion package valued from $4 million to CONGRESSIONAL SALUTE TO Kehoe and his wife Carole have been resi­ $10 million to Corning, including a 20- THE HONORABLE CLARENCE dents of Oakland for 27 years. Their son percent pay reduction, a give-back on KEHOE, JR., ESTEEMED POLICE Clarence is a graduate of Fairfield Universi­ bonus pay, granting mandatory over­ LIEUTENANT OF OAKLAND, ty and works in Connecticut as an account­ time, and a 2-year wage freeze. N.J., OUTSTANDING CITIZEN ant; and their son, George, recently dis­ Indiana Lt. Gov. John Mutz then an­ AND GREAT AMERICAN charged from the U.S. Marine Corp, is a graduate from Indian Hills High School. nounced that the Indiana Air Pollu­ Born and raised in Clifton, Kehoe had tion Control Board has approved the HON. ROBERT A. ROE been in the Cincinnati Reds baseball club switch from electricity to gas, satisfied OF NEW JERSEY farm system. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine that even at full production a scrubber IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Corp during the Korean conflict; and later unit would not be needed, saving Cor­ attended Fairleigh Dickinson University ning a $3 million investment. Tuesday, March 1, 1983 while working for the Erie Railroad signal At the same time, Senator LUGAR, •Mr. ROE. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, department. Senator QUAYLE, and I began a process Kehoe joined the Oakland Police Depart­ March 4, the residents of Oakland, my ment in May of 1957. He was promoted to of intense negotiations with Com­ congressional district and State of Sgt. in 1961, served as patrol shift com­ merce Secretary Baldrige, Ambassador New Jersey will gather in testimony to mander and later assigned to the Detective Brock, and others on the questions of the outstanding public service ren­ Bureau and then the Juvenile Bureau. foreign imports, tariffs, dumping, and dered to our community, State, and In June of 1974, Kehoe was promoted to other trade matters that adversely im­ Nation by one of our most distin­ lieutenant, serving as commanding officer of pacted on Corning's ability to be com­ guished public safety officers, the the Juvenile Bureau and liaison to the bor­ petitive in the picture tube business. Honorable Clarence Kehoe, Jr., police ough employee safety committee. Serving with Lt. Kehoe in the Juvenile We have now asked Corning board lieutenant of the Oakland Police De­ Bureau over the years have been James chairman Amory Houghton for an ad­ partment, good friend, leading citizen, Yeomans, Sgt. John Cooper, Detective ditional extension of time in order and great American. Robert Knapp and the present juvenile offi­ that solutions can be found to the As Lieutenant Kehoe retires from cer Michael Madonna. many pressing problems facing the his law enforcement career, I know Kehoe was named Police Officer of the Corning Bluffton glass plant. that you and our colleagues here in Year in 1972 by the Oakland Memorial Post Union president Bob Perry said: "If the Congress will want to join with me 369; and received the Oakland Police De­ they still close, I'll walk out that door in deep appreciation of all of his good partment Certificate of Merit Award in Jan. 1978 and Sept. 1982. with a smile, knowing we've done ev­ works and share great pride in the suc­ He has served as a charter member of the erything we can do." cess of his achievements with his good Bergen County Juvenile Officers Associa­ "Doing everything we can do" has wife Carole and their sons, Clarence tion; a member of the International Narcot­ been the rallying cry of all involved in III and George. ics Officers Association; the State of New the "Save the Corning Bluffton Plant" Mr. Speaker, Clarence Kehoe, Jr., Jersey Narcotics Officers Association; and effort. The past 30 days has seen an has indeed earned the highest respect the Health and Welfare Council of Bergen extraordinary effort by all concerned. and esteem of all of us for the quality County. Union, local management, community, of his leadership and highest stand­ Kehoe also served as attendance officer for Indian Hills High School; assisted in for­ local, State, and Federal representa­ ards of excellence in seeking optimum mulation of the Oakland Police Department tives have pulled together in an un­ public safety for all of our people. Explorer Post; was an original member of precedented manner. Not once has There is much that can be said of the Board of Advisers to the Ayuda Toy partisan politics been mentioned, as Clarence and his lifetime of achieve­ Drive, Rahway State Prison: is a past Republicans, Democrats, and others ments in service to our people and member of PBA local 41, and currently a have put the good of the community with your permission, Mr. Speaker, I member of PBA local 164. ahead of all other considerations. would like to insert at this point in our The many police training seminars Kehoe historic journal of Congress a brief attended throughout his career includes For many years, we Americans have that of the U.S. Department of Justice, the been complacent about foreign compe­ outline of this good works and affili­ first college accredited course given at the tition. As union president Bob Perry ations that will be particularly cited Police Academy of Bergen County back in of the Bluffton plant says: "The good by his friends on March 4, as follows: 1967. old days are over, not just at Corning 0AKLAND.-Lt. Clarence Kehoe Jr., a sensi­ He participated in Oak.land's Recreation Glass Works but everywhere." tive man who showed compassion for each Basketball and Baseball programs; and March 1, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3463 served as adult advisor to the student aid their efforts. However, I believe their Yanke! Alexandrovich Groberman, committee at Indian Hills High School, efforts need to be recognized as a re­ who is my prisoner of conscience along with then assistant Principal William minder of the spirit of caring patriot­ F. Woods and then student Greg Ruhl. To­ within the Soviet Union. gether they set in motion the plan for the ism which has sustained this Nation Mr. Groberman, 35, is about to com­ "Summer gym program" at Indian Hills. since its beginning, but which is over­ plete 4 years detention in a labor Kehoe supervised the program in action for looked all too frequently today. camp, to which he was sentenced for several years. I am certain my colleagues will join participating in group action violating Mr. Speaker, throughout his lifetime me in saying thanks on behalf of the public order. In reality, Mr. Grober­ Lieutenant Kehoe has forged ahead thousands of veterans whose days of man and several companions were ar­ with dedication, devotion and sincerity illness have been brightened by rested when they protested anti-Se­ of purpose in combatting crime and Wayne and Louise. Thank you Mr. mitic remarks by other Russian citi­ protecting the life of our people. We Speaker.e zens. applaud his knowledge, training, hard In fact, Mr. Groberman is a "Re­ work and personal commitment that CONSCIENCE VIGIL FOR SOVIET fusenik," a term designating Soviet has enabled him to achieve the fullest JEWS Jews who have applied for exit visas confidence and strongest support of and been denied on several occasions. the people of our community. Their persistence is often rewarded It is indeed appropriate that we re­ HON. RICHARD J. DURBIN flect on the deeds and achievements of OF ILLINOIS with punishment. our people who have contributed to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I have written to Soviet officials, the quality of our way of life here in Tuesday, March 1, 1983 asking them to grant an exit visa to Mr. Groberman, when he completes America and I am pleased to call your •Mr. DURBIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to attention to his lifetime of outstand­ his prison term this spring. Mr. Gro­ join the 1983 Congressional Call to berman, a shoecutter by profession, ing public service. Conscience Vigil for Soviet Jews. As Lieutenant Kehoe retires his offi­ should have the right to join his There is no more important issue in family in Israel. cial leadership badge of courage and the world than the guarantee of basic valor as police lieutenant of the Bor­ human rights. All people yearn for I urge other Members of this House ough of Oakland, N .J., I respectfully freedom; the freedom to express their to adopt a prisoner of conscience and seek this national recognition of his own views, to worship their God in join in a rising chorus of protest that contribution to our people in placing their way, to choose meaningful work, focuses upon the Soviet Union and its others above self in providing safety to live in a place of their liking. Yet, if regrettable emigration policy. It dem­ on the streets, security in the home this is a universal desire, it is never­ onstrates the farcical nature of the and optimum public safety for all of theless denied to many across the "Socialist republic," allegedly based our people. We do indeed salute a dis­ world. upon the workers' rights. tinguished citizen for his contribution The latest human rights crisis in the As the National Conference on to the quality of life for the people of world is occurring in the Soviet Union, Soviet Jewry has stated, everyone in our community, State, and Nation­ with regard to the desire of many the world should know that the Soviet The Honorable Clarence Kehoe, Jr., of Soviet Jews to emigrate to other coun­ Union is a tough place to live, and an Oakland, N .J.e tries, principally Israel. This right is even tougher place to leave.e being denied to all but a few. TRIBUTE TO MR. AND MRS. The figures documenting this crisis WAYNE MURPHY are startling. In 1979, 51,320 Soviet SUPPORT ISRAEL Jews were allowed to emigrate, but HON. BOB STUMP this number has declined dramatically HON. CHARLES E. SCHUMER OF ARIZONA to just over 2,600 last year. OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES For many years, we have been aware of the well-known Soviets who have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, March 1, 1983 left their country; the athletes, danc­ • Mr. STUMP. Mr. Speaker, I rise to ers and literary notables, such as Alex­ Tuesday, March 1, 1983 pay tribute to the personal devotion of ander Solzhenitsyn. But the issue at e Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, on two Arizonans who for the last 9 years hand involves a significant number of Sunday, February 27, 1983, an open have spent 3 days of every month individuals who want to leave the letter to President Reagan appeared in baking and transporting 50 dozen Soviet Union. It is a mass movement, the New York Times. A group of over cookies for the patients in the Veter­ and for this reason Soviet officials 130 retired generals and admirals ex­ ans' Administration hospital in Pres­ have issued their crackdown. It is cer­ pressed the need for continued strong cott, Ariz. tainly no flattering commentary on a American support of and strategic co­ Wayne and Louise Murphy have nation when tens of thousands of its operation with Israel, our best ally in never missed a month since beginning citizens wish to leave. the Middle East. Israel, using Ameri­ their cookie project in 1974. They bake As a result, the Soviets have increas­ can-made weapons and superior orga­ several varieties. This size project re­ ingly refused exit visas for Jews. Addi­ nizational tactics, decisively defeated quires quite a bit of muscle, which tionally, Soviet Jews are subjected to a the Soviet-supplied armies of the PLO Wayne provides for Louise's bustling variety of indignities including denial bakery. Their dedicated efforts are a of education, adequate housing, move­ and Syria in Lebanon. A group of continuation of the service this family ment within the country, and advance­ people, some of whom are from my has given to U.S. servicemen and vet­ ment within their profession. district, were instrumental in putting erans for decades. When Mrs. Murphy The greatest outrage, however, is this letter together and presenting it was in Vietnam with her husband, the internment of individuals in psy­ to the American people. I applaud the who was then a U.S. Navy Reserve chiatric hospitals, prisons, and labor authors of this important letter for commander, she started a USO birth­ camps, usually on some trumped up their efforts, and I would like to share day cake program that baked cakes for charge which masks the real intent of it with my colleagues in the House. any serviceman in Hanoi who asked punishing those who demand their for one. rights. Mr. Speaker, Wayne and Louise I would like to bring to your atten­ Murphy do not seek recognition for tion the plight of one individual, 3464 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 1, 1983 [From the New York Times, Feb. 27, 19831 Advanced, battle-proven technology and tac­ Moscow itself-has never before been placed AT LAST-A SOVIET DEFEAT tics, as deployed by our Middle East ally, outside the Soviet Union. ACCORDING TO A LARGE GROUP OF U.S. GENERALS offer a unique opportunity to dimJnish the Mr. President, it ill behooves military men AND ADMIRALS, RUSSIA-THROUGH ITS present quantitative superiority of Soviet publicly to comment upon purely political SOVIET-EQUIPPED SYRIAN SURROGATE-HAS forces in Europe. These advances are in the matters. However, the current strained rela­ SUFFERED A MAJOR DEFEAT WHICH PUTS INTO areas of anti-armor, missile site suppression, tions between Washington and Jerusalem SERIOUS QUESTION THE VIABILITY OF SOVIET and aerial combat, as well as command, con­ do not augur well for utilizing what you WEAPONRY AND MILITARY DOCTRINE trol and communications CC 3 >: yourself have called "Recognizing the Israe­ In an open letter to Prgsident Reagan, A modified 105mm shell which pierced the li Asset" in your Washington Post article of more than 130 retired generals and admirals honeycomb armor of the formidable Soviet August 15, 1979: " ... the paramount Ameri­ have written that Israel " ... has made T-72 main battle tank; can interest in the Middle East is to prevent major breakthroughs in conventional and Highly advanced Electronic Counter the region from falling under the domina­ electronic weaponry designed to overwhelm Measures and strike techniques tion of the Soviet Union. . . . Israel has the and destroy Soviet-made weapons systems." which neutralized and destroyed Syrian SA- democratic will, national cohesian, techno­ The general and flag officers go on to say: 6, SA-8 and SA-9 Soviet-made missile arrays logical capacity and military fiber to stand "We believe that the victory of Israeli-modi­ without loss; forth as America's trusted ally . . . There­ fied American weapons and tactics over Enhanced air-to-air missilery and other fore, it is foolhardy to risk weakening our those of the Soviet Union presents the free aerial ECM and tactics which resulted in an most critical remaining strategic asset." world with a tremendous opportunity to unprecedented combat kill ratio of at least For example, Israeli ports and bases would reduce the impact of Russia's extraordinary 85-0 against Soviet aircraft; and be open instantly to U.S. forces in the event growth in tactical forces and battlefield A unique C3 ability to coordinate air, land of a serious strategic threat to the Middle technology." and sea operations down to the unit level. East. Israel constitutes the only U.S. ally ca­ This letter marks only This combination of combat-proven high pable of immediate parry to a serious thrust the second time in the history of our repub­ technology and tactics employed under re­ against free world interests in this theater. lic that a large and distinguished group of markable Israeli generalship, together with And, Israel's continued sharing of vital in­ senior military officers has publicly offered new NATO arms technology and targeting telligence on Soviet operations constitutes advice to their Commander in Chief. systems already under development, could the other essential element of U.S. security The world's attention has been focused on conceivably revolutionize the overall U.S. in the Middle East. the crushing of the PLO in Lebanon: the ex­ defense posture and offers exciting pros­ Your 1979 views have proven prescient traordinary significance of the defeat of pects for arms control and disarmament ne­ indeed, Mr. President. We concur in our as­ Soviet arms has been allowed to pass with gotiations. Furthermore, the adoption of sessment of our ally's " ... geopolitical im­ little comment by the Administration or these modern, advanced technologies could portance as a stabilizing force, as a deter­ media. This is why the officers ask Mr. make a favorable impact upon future de­ rent to radical hegemony and as a military Reagan to recognize the value of these fense costs and the national budgets of the offset to the Soviet Union." Therefore, your battle-tested innovations and to revitalize United States and our allies. present initiative on the Middle East must our strategic cooperation with Israel. An enhanced defense for NATO forces, carefully consider the Israeli requirement of This message, sponsored by the Center for achieved through the incorporation of the strategic depth for her own security, lest International Security, is part of a nation­ lessons of the war in Lebanon, raises the in­ our ally be transformed from a strategic wide effort to inform the public on signifi­ triguing possibility of reducing the reliance asset into a liability. cant defense issues. We finance this work on escalation to tactical nuclear weapons be­ We have every confidence, Mr. President, entirely through voluntary contributions. If cause of conventional battlefield inferiority. that transitory political strains will not be you would like to help, please refer to the The entire Soviet "Wave Theory" of ad­ allowed to detract from the fundamental box below. vance in the Central Front of NATO is congruence of strategic interests cemented Here is the full text of the officers' letter based upon swift movement of mass forma­ by a common heritage of Western values to the President, followed by a list of signa­ tions of armor and infantry, closely support­ and democratic ideals. tors in alphabetical order: ed by Warsaw Pact air, all protected by inte­ Mr. President, we therefore urge you to DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: As former members grated mobile missile air defense systems. If revitalize the strategic cooperation between of our country's military and naval services, Pact tanks can be knocked out with unique the United States and Israel, thereby en­ we are taking the liberty of addressing you penetrating shells, if SAM sites can be neu­ hancing the safety and well-being of the directly on a national defense matter of tralized and destroyed in large numbers, and free peoples of the world. great concern to us as private citizens. if their aircraft can be shot down in a virtu­ Sincerely and very respectfully, Only once before in our nation's history al Turkey Shoot, then established Soviet Brigadier General Frank Albanese, AUS have large numbers of senior retired officers military doctrine comes into question. . publicly offered advice to their Commander But lest the free world relax and con­ Major General Earl 0. Anderson, USAF in Chief. On January 21, 1979, alarmed by gratulate itself on the recent victory of Is­ . the then Administration's apparent compla­ raeli-manned American arms over those of Major General Earl J. Archer, Jr., USAF cency about rising Soviet military strength the Russians, the crushing defeat of the . and geopolitical gains, many of us wrote Soviet-equipped PLO and Syrians in Leba­ Brigadier General Charles H. Barnwell, your predecessor to express our views. It non should be recognized as a possible har­ Jr., USA . was gratifying to find that our concerns binger of future Russian aggression. Brigadier General Richard G. Beckner, were reflected on November 4, 1980, in the According to the best unclassified intelli­ USA . rearm America and to challenge Soviet ag­ losses was to blame Syrian manpower for in­ Brigadier General Tedd L. Bishop, USAF gression. The first two years of your Admin­ eptitude. Neither Soviet military doctrine . istration have proven the sincerity of your nor equipment inadequacies were considered Brigadier General Edwin F. Black, USA personal beliefs and expressed intention of as factors. There is now reason to believe . restoring the security of the United States that the Soviets are no longer so certain. Brigadier General Jack S. Blocker, USA and the free world. If the free world doubts the actuality or . We are troubled, however, that the pro­ the significance of these startling advances Major General Charles P. Brown, USA found military significance of the decisive in weaponry and tactics, Moscow cannot . can weapons and tactics over those of the Mr. President, if this supposition is cor­ Major General Jonathan R. Burton, USA Soviet Union presents the free world with a rect, the Soviets will be tempted to test . l tremendous opportunity to reduce the their doctrine and weaponry under combat Lieutenant General Charles W. Carson, impact of Russia's extraordinary growth in conditions-and soon. USAF . tactical forces and battlefield technology, Implementation of these plans may have Major General Leslie D. Carter, USA Despite denials in some quarters, it is already begun. The ominous replenishment . clear to us that the Israelis have made of war stocks in Syria includes the construc­ Major General J. Hart Caughey, USA major breakthroughs in conventional and tion of three bases for SAM-5 anti-aircraft . electronic weaponry designed to overwhelm missiles and the further introduction of Major General Claude H. Chorpening, and destroy Soviet-made weapons systems. Soviet technicians. The SAM-5-which rings USA .

., March 1, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3465 Major General Wendell J. Coats, USA Brigadier General Philip E. Kromer, Jr., Rear Admiral John C. Shepard, USN . USAF CRet). (Ret>. Major General Marcus F. Cooper, USAF Rear Admiral Chester A. Kunz, USN Major General John K. Singlaub, USA . . . Major General William A. Cunningham, Brigadier General Fred C. Kyler, USAF Brigadier General Franklin G. Smith, USA . . USA . Brigadier General Robert S. Dale, A US Major General Edward G. Lansdale, Major General Paul T. Smith, USA . ' . USAF CRet). Rear Admiral Philip W. Smith, USNR Brigadier General Anthony F. Daskevich, Brigadier General Louis W. LaSalle, CRet>. USA CRet). USAF . Major General Maxwell C. Snyder, AUS Brigadier General Clinton W. Davies, Vice Admiral Fitzhugh Lee, USN . . USAF . General Curtis E. LeMay, USAF . Rear Admiral Robert H. Spiro, USNR Brigadier General Kenneth F. Dawalt, Rear Admiral James E. Leeper, USN . USA . . Brigadier General Harry G. Staulcup, Major General Elbert Decoursey, USAC Brigadier General Selig J. Levitan, USA USAF . . CRet). . Major General Richard R. Stewart, USAF Major General Sylvester T. Del Corso, Brigadier General John J. Liset, USAF . USA . Major General John L. McCoy, USAF Brigadier General Clio E. Straight, USA Brigadier General Clyde R. Denniston, . Jr., USAF . Rear Admiral Brian McCaulay, USN Vice Admiral Robert J. Stroh, USN . Rear Admiral Wallace R. Dowd, Jr., USN Major General James B. Tipton, USAF . . Major General Raymond F. McNally, Jr., . Vice Admiral William P . .Mack, USN . . Brigadier General Wilbur E. Dunkelberg, Brigadier General Thomas K. Trigg, USA USA . Major General Ralph J. Maglione, USAF (Ret). . Rear Admiral Robert W. Elliott, Jr., USN Vice Admiral Frederick C. Turner, USN . Rear Admiral Robert C. Mandeville, USN . . Major General Harry J. Engel, USA . . Brigadier General Willaim M. Van Harlin­ Major General John H. Foster, USAF Brigadier General John A. Maurer, USA CRet). gen, USA . CRet). Brigadier General Herbert D. Vogel, USA Rear Admiral Walter M. Foster, USN Major General John B. Medaris, USA . . . Brigadier General Frederick T. Voorhees, Major General David P. Gibbs, USA . Brigadier General Charles R. Meyer, USA CRet>. USA . Brigadier General John C. Gordon, USAF Brigadier General Robert L. Moeller, Major General Louis A. Walsh, Jr., USA CRet>. USAF CRet>. . USA . Lieutenant General Gordon M. Graham Rear Admiral Albert J. Monger, USN Brigadier General Roger E. Whitcomb, USAFCRet>. CRet>. AUS. Vice Admiral Arthur R. Grana, USN Major General Harley L. Moore, Jr., USA Brigadier General G.P. Wiedeman, USAF . CRet>. . Vice Admiral Samuel L. Gravely, Jr., USN Lieutenant General George W. Mundy, Rear Admiral Charles S. Williams, USN CRet). USAF. . Rear Admiral George R. Gronvold, USNR Lieutenant General Samuel L. Myers, . USA CRet>. rived too late for inclusion in this list.>e Rear Admiral William S. Guest, USN Brigadier General Bernard A. Nurre, USA CRet>. . Brigadier General Charles S. Harris, USA Rear Admiral Arthur H. Padula. USN CRet>. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION-AU­ . THORIZING A BUST OF CARL Brigadier General Edwin C. Heffelfinger, Brigadier General Edward A. Pagels, AUS USA . . USA . . Major General William J. Hixson, AUS Rear Admiral Richard W. Peterson, USN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CRet). . Tuesday, March 1, 1983 General Bruce K. Holloway, USAF . Lieutenant General Kenneth E. Pletcher, Major General Charles T. Homer, Jr., USAF. Brigadier General Jack P. Pollock, USA privileged to introduce for myself, Mr. General Hamilton H. Howze, USA . CRet>. RUDD, Mr. UDALL, Mr. MCNULTY, and Major General W. T. Hudnell, USAF Major General John E. Ralph, USAF Mr. McCAIN a concurrent resolution . CRet>. bust of the late Senator Carl Hayden Ma.Jor General George F. Keegan, Jr., Major General Thomas F. Rew, USAF from Arizona, in the U.S. Capitol or in USAF . . the Senate Office Buildings. This reso­ Major General Gerald F. Keeling, USAF Brigadier General Royal Reynolds, Jr., lution is identical to Senate Concur­ . . USA . rent Resolution 7, introduced by Sena­ Brigadier General John E. Kelsey, USA Brigadier General Nathaniel B. Rieger, tors GOLDWATER, DECONCINI, and MA­ . USA . . Brigadier General Albion W. Knight, USA Brigadier General H. F. Safford, USA ary 1969, he had served in the Con­ . . gress and the Senate longer than any Major General William R. Kraft, Jr., General Bernard A. Schriever, USAF other Member. He represented Arizo­ USA lege of Education, Wayne State University, enough. According to Randolph Bracy, Jr., the Detroit, Michigan. We must also resolve that Democrats will major goal of Black institutions of higher Dr. Lionel Newsome, President, Central offer fair and sensible alternatives to the learning is the development of strategies for State University, Wilberforce, Ohio. unfair and insensitive policies of his admin­ preparing Black people with the essential Mr. Earl Wilson, Marketing Director for istration. We must do more than oppose; we skills to govern and compete in the Black European Countries, I.B.M. must propose a program for an economic re­ Community and the American society. Dr. Queen Randall, President, El Centro covery in which all our people have a fair ("The Black Private College and Strategies Community College, Dallas, Texas. share-and a more secure peace, where all for its Survival," Journal of Negro Educa­ Dr. Odell Nails, Superintendent, Pontiac the world will have a better chance for sur­ tion, Vol XLIX, No. l, 1980.) Public Schools, Pontiac, Michigan. vival. In 1866, shortly after the Civil War, a Mr. Julius Hollis, Corporate Attorney, As all of you know, I was not born in this group of Black men had a vision and saw a General Motors, Detroit, Michigan. country or into the Democratic Party. I need for a Black institution of higher learn­ Dr. Roy Cheatham, Dean, St. Louis Uni­ came to America by choice-and to the ing in the Jefferson City, Missouri area. Be­ versity, St. Louis, Missouri. Democratic Party by conviction. cause they had no financial backing they Lincoln University graduates have distin­ I am proud to belong tcr a Party which is decided to contribute some of their own guished themselves across this nation. Lin­ not afraid to speak of compassion, to stand earnings. Thus in 1866, because members of coln has produced and will continue to for nuclear arms control, and to demand the 62nd and the 65th colored infantries produce some of the greatest role-models that we live up to the best ideals of this had a vision and decided to contribute from and image-builders this country has to greatest of Nations. their personal earnins, Lincoln Institute was offer. It has graduated some of the greatest So let us renew our commitment to our created. This dream encouraged by other in­ minds that have competed and contributed cause. dividuals became a reality and on Septem­ at all levels and in every facet of American Let us join in celebrating the Democratic ber 17, 1866 Lincoln opened its doors for the life. Indeed the Alumni Association is en­ victors of 1982-and in opening the way for first time to Black students desiring a post­ gaged in many exemplary efforts promoting a Democratic Senate, A Democratic Con­ high school education. Twenty four years excellence in education and in maintaining gress and a Democratic President in 1984.e later, in 1890 the State of Missouri estab­ the University's historical integrity, person­ lished Lincoln as a land-grant institution of al, and professional growth throughout its higher learning. In 1921, this institution local chapters in more than 20 cities across LINCOLN UNIVERSITY: A became Lincoln University. the United States of America. The Associa­ PRICELESS HERITAGE Since its inception, this institution has tion will continue to support the mission broadened the horizons of thousands of and goals of the institution and will contin­ HON. WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY Black young men and women by helping ue their dedication to educating Black stu­ OF :MISSOURI them to realize their potential to fulfill dents, to all young people, and to our themselves, serve humanity, and stand-up in nation. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES support of the dignity of all persons. The Historically Black Universities such as Tuesday, March 1, 1983 tradition upon which Lincoln University Lincoln provide opportunities for Black men Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, Lincoln was founded, nurtured and developed must and women with advanced degrees to find e remain as strong and true today and tomor­ positions to teach and administer in a more University has a rich and distinctive row as it was yesterday. congenial and more comfortable settings. history in the life of the State of Mis­ According to Dennis Daily Murphy, one of According to Andrew Billingsley, among the souri and our Nation. the major goals of Black institutions is to ·nation's more than three thousand predomi­ It was founded as an institution of provide creditable models for aspiring nantly white colleges and universities, less higher education in 1866 to provide for youth. He stresses the importance of young than one percent of the faculties are Black. 3468 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 1, 1983 Upon careful examination and analysis, it fails to notify the SSA four -umes, he each such failure and upon conviction can be determined that the historically or she will be subject to a $25 fine for thereof shall be fined $25. Black Colleges are the only significant aca­ each willful failure thereafter, after "(3) In the case of individuals with respect demic "home" for Black faculty and staff to whom benefits are provided by of such indi­ I urge my colleagues to read the fol­ vidual's death within 3 business days after tary of Health and Human Services by the date of the official filing with a State lowing article from the Economist, funeral homes or appropriate persons re­ the White House that we have no in­ ty Administration is able to stop cording such death. tention of following this pitiful sugges­ benefit payments to a deceased person "(2) Upon determining that any person on tion to eliminate Federal support for soon after death. The Social Security at least four occasions has disposed of the the critical area of international edu­ Administration will save over $100 mil­ remains of deceased individuals and that on each such occasion has failed to notify the cation. lion each year under the provisions of Secretary of the individual's death in a In 1776 such a move might be con­ this bill. I would like to point out that manner which would have entitled such sidered. In 1983 it is impossible to be­ it was through conversation with person to a payment provided for in para­ lieve that Congress would seriously James A. Johnston, of Montpelier, Vt., graph <1>. the Secretary shall notify such propose it. that the importance of this type of person in writing that subsequent failures The article follows: legislation came to my attention. may result in criminal fines. Any person [From the Economist, Feb. 12, 19831 Under the provisions of my bill who receives notice from the Secretary after four such failures pursuant to the preceding TONGUE-TIED within 3 days of the issuance of a sentence and who thereafter disposes of the WASHINGTON, D.C.-In the grand numbers death certificate, the person charged remains of one or more deceased individuals war of the federal budget, the inclusion

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