February 21, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E195 ‘‘The White House’’ was staged at the White Women Voters, an organization that was icy, molding political leaders, and promoting House for President Clinton. His service in the founded to prepare the implementation of the citizen engagement. May it not take another Army Air Forces in World War II was chron- 19th Amendment of the United States Con- 100 years until every citizen eligible to vote icled in The Day I Fired Alan Ladd (2002), the stitution giving women the right to vote. The will cast her or his ballot to protect and be part third of four autobiographies. A series of es- League of Women Voters of North and Central of our democracy. says on aging, written in his 90s, was titled San Mateo County join more than 700 local O.J. in the Morning, G&T at Night. His last and state chapters to celebrate the historic f book, a novel about a 12-year-old living in his centennial of the 19th Amendment. native St. Louis, came out in 2018, when he When LWV was born on February 14, 1920, PERSONAL EXPLANATION was 101. It’s a joy to muse upon such a com- six months before the 19th Amendment was plicated and full life. The world was better for ratified, founder Carrie Chapman Catt believed HON. ANNA G. ESHOO having Mr. Hotchner in it. the organization could give millions of women OF CALIFORNIA f voters a crash course in civic engagement and the American political system. Formed by the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HONORING JACK BASKIN suffragists of the National American Women Friday, February 21, 2020 Suffrage Association, the league started out HON. JIMMY PANETTA as a political experiment designed to help 20 Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I was unable OF CALIFORNIA million women carry out their newly won right to be present during roll call vote number 42. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to vote. Had I been present, on roll call vote number Friday, February 21, 2020 The right to vote is at the very core of our 42, I would have voted NO. Republic. Our Founding Fathers wisely en- Mr. PANETTA. Madam Speaker, I rise today shrined that right of every citizen to make to celebrate the life of Jack Baskin, a promi- f changes in our political system in the first nent engineer, builder, and philanthropist on three words of our Constitution: ‘‘We The Peo- HONORING THE SERVICE OF OAK- the central coast of California. Jack will be re- ple.’’ Sadly, our Founding Fathers did not in- WOOD CITY MANAGER STAN membered as a generous and active sup- clude women, and it took another 131 years to BROWN porter of his community. get the 19th Amendment ratified. Jack Baskin was born on September 20, It was an ugly battle. After it passed the 1919, in upstate New York. After graduating House and Senate, anti-suffrage groups mobi- HON. DOUG COLLINS from New York University with a degree in lized to continue their pressure campaign in OF GEORGIA aeronautical engineering in 1940, Jack used the states. I have two framed documents in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his engineering expertise to support the do- my Washington, D.C., office that I like to show mestic military aircraft manufacturing industry visitors to illustrate that tension. One is an Friday, February 21, 2020 through World War II. After the war, he found original copy of the 1871 petition from suffra- Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, success building housing developments gist Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady throughout California and settled on the Cen- I rise today to honor Oakwood City Manager Stanton urging Congress to give women the Stan Brown for his service to the people of tral Coast in Santa Cruz in 1970. right to vote. The other is a 1917 letter from Jack remained in Santa Cruz for the next 50 northeast Georgia. Mr. Brown is retiring on the National Association Opposed to Woman years, establishing deep ties to the Central February 28, 2020 after serving the city of Suffrage arguing that the 19th Amendment Coast. Jack is well-known for acts of kindness Oakwood for 16 years. would be an ‘‘official endorsement of nagging and generosity to support his community and Mr. Brown has worked in local government as a national policy;’’ that it would ‘‘give every was named the ‘‘Man of the Year’’ by the for over 25 years, holding various positions radical woman the right to believe that she Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce in across northeast Georgia, including in the city could get any law she wanted by ‘pestering.’ ’’ of Carrollton, Athens-Clarke County, and Jack- 1986. Many local institutions have benefitted The same year, 1917, the National Wom- son County. In 2004, Mr. Brown was ap- from his personal donations, including the Do- en’s Party picketed the White House to pres- pointed as Oakwood City Manager, where he minican Hospital of Santa Cruz, Monterey Pe- sure President Woodrow Wilson. No one had was tasked with maintaining economic devel- ninsula College, Cabrillo College, and the Sey- ever picketed the White House before and the opment and promoting the interests of the mour Marine Laboratory. women were met with hostility from angry Jack was especially passionate about sup- local community. Throughout his tenure, he mobs. They were yelled at, spat on, peppered porting the University of California, Santa Cruz worked closely with the Greater Hall Chamber with rotten eggs and even beaten and sexually campus, establishing the funding that was of Commerce, the Economic Development assaulted. On November 14, 1917, after being used to build the Baskin School of Engineer- Council, the Lake Lanier Convention and Visi- arrested, a group of women were met at the ing and make UCSC a destination to study tors Bureau, and the Hall County Green Alli- prison by guards with clubs, and 33 women and develop technical innovations. In 2008, ance to ensure the city is proactive and able were choked, kicked, and one was stabbed Jack and his wife, Peggy, established the to meet the challenges and opportunities of between the eyes. They were fed rotten food Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation to provide growth while also guaranteeing the best qual- and denied medical treatment. When some financial support for educational opportunities ity of life for its residents. women went on a hunger strike, they were for disadvantaged women and other force fed with tubes through their noses. This While Mr. Brown’s time spent serving in marginalized communities on the Central ‘‘Night of Terror’’ has been forgotten by most local government spans over two decades, his Coast. Americans today, but it illustrates the hard- commitment to service began long before his Jack will be remembered for his convivial tenure as Oakwood City Manager. Mr. Brown and generous spirit. We, as a community, cel- fought battles for women to finally gain the right to vote on August 26th, Women’s Equal- attended and graduated from the United ebrate his legacy and life well-lived. Madam States Air Force Academy and served his na- Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me in ity Day. To this day the League of Women Voters, of tion for many years, including overseas in honoring the life of Jack Baskin. which I am a proud member, continues to reg- Iraq, Kuwait, and Kyrgyzstan, retiring as a f ister, educate, and mobilize voters reaffirming Lieutenant Colonel. Mr. Brown continued his RECOGNIZING THE 100TH ANNIVER- its commitment to ‘‘Making Democracy Work.’’ service as a member of my military academy SARY OF THE LEAGUE OF While its mission hasn’t, changed, the league nomination board, where he played an instru- WOMEN VOTERS OF NORTH AND is taking advantage of new tools, such as mental role in selecting future leaders in the CENTRAL SAN MATEO COUNTY VOTE411.org, a cutting-edge website utilized U.S. military. by millions of voters, to make it even more ef- From his military service to his work in local HON. JACKIE SPEIER fective. government, Stan Brown has dedicated his life Madam Speaker, for a century, the League to serving his fellow citizens, putting his heart OF CALIFORNIA of Women Voters has empowered voters and and soul into serving our country and our IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES defended democracy. It has evolved from a community. I join the people of northeast Friday, February 21, 2020 political experiment designed to help 20 million Georgia in thanking him for his years of com- Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I rise to newly-enfranchised women to vote in 1920 to mitment to the city of Oakwood, and I wish honor the 100th Anniversary of the League of a nonpartisan organization shaping public pol- him all the best in his next chapter of life. VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:08 Feb 22, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21FE8.008 E21FEPT1 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with REMARKS.