2762 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE February 16, 1965 By Mr. BURKE: By Mr. McFALL: H.R. 5002. A bill for the relief of Mrs. H.R. 4987. A b111 for the relief of Jose Ed­ H.R. 4994. A b111 for the relief of Ramiro Dorothy (Wong) Wolff; to the Committee on mundo Bentencourt Machado; to the Com­ Velasquez Huerta; to the Committee on the the Judiciary. mittee on the Judiciary. Judiciary. By Mr. ROGERS of Colorado: By Mr. DANIELS: By Mr. MACHEN: H.R. 5003. A b111 for the relief of Evangelia. H.R. 4988. A bill for the relief of Theodore H.R. 4995. A bill for the relief of Muham­ G. Latsis; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Panagiotacopoulos; to the Committee on mad Sarwar; to the Committee on the Ju­ By Mr. RYAN: the Judiciary. diciary. H.R. 5004. A bill for the relief of Joseph By Mr. DOWNING: By Mr. MURPHY of Illinois: Benrubi; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 4989. A b111 to award a Merchant Ma­ H.R. 4996. A b111 for the relief of Hristos H.R. 5005. A b111 for the relief of Mrs. Pris­ rine Distinguished Service Medal to the late Papadopoulos (alSo known as Christos Papa­ cila Padin Kilgour; to the Committee on the Stewart Holland; to the Committee on Mer­ dopoulos); to the Committee of the Judi­ Judiciary. chant Marine and Fisheries. ciary. By Mr. BOB WILSON: By Mr. HAGEN of California: By Mr. MURPHY of New York: H.R. 5006. A b111 for the relief of Diosdado F. Almazan; to the Committee on the Ju­ H.R. 4990. A b1ll for the relief of Francisco H.R. 4997. A b111 for the relief of Antonio diciary. Campos-Gonzales; to the Committee on the Lacertosa; to the Committee on the Judi­ ciary. H.R. 5007. A b111 for the relief of Arley L. Judiciary. Beem, aviation electrician's mate chief, U.S. By Mr. HALPERN: H.R. 4998. A bill for the relief of Frances Navy; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 4991. A bill for the relief of Rubena von Wedel; to the Committee on the Judi­ . H.R. 5008. A bill for the relief of Roberto Unice Richards; to the Committee on the ciary. Martin Del Campo; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. POWELL: Judiciary. By Mr. KEOGH: H.R. 4999. A bill for the relief of Fran­ ' H.R. 5009. A bill for the relief of Horace H.R. 4992. A b111 for the relief of Vito cesco Di Leo; to the Committee on the Ju­ H. Easterday; to the Committee on the Ju­ Giammona; to the Committee on the Judi­ diciary. diciary. ciary. H.R. 5000. A b111 for the relief of Eriny H.R. 5010. A b111 for the relief of Gabriel · By Mr. KING of New York: Spence; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Jorge Rocha; to the Committee on the Ju- H.R. 4993. A bill for the relief of Lem Buck H.R. 5001. A bHl for the relief of Gold­ diciary. , You, Lem Soo Ying, and Lem Stanley; to the ford Eleaza Walker; to the Committee on the H.R. 5011. A bill for the relief of Mirjana Committee on the Judiciary. Judiciary. Tomas; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS Lithuanian Independence Day The Lithuanian resistance did not fal­ advocate for liberty and human rights~ ter during the first Soviet Russian oc­ Thaddeus Kosciuszko. EXTENSION OF REMARKS cupation, nor did it falter when the Rus­ Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a stranger to OF sians were replaced by the Nazis in June this country, inspired by a fervent love 1941. The strength of the Lithuanian of freedom and liberty, came here on HON. EUGENE J. KEOGH people, so courageously displayed during borrowed money to offer his services to OF NEW YORK the German occupation, is as evident to­ our new Nation in the American Revolu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES day when once again they find them­ tion to help gain our freedom and in­ selves the victims of Russian oppression. dependence. His brilliant service in the Tuesday, February 16, 1965 The late President, John Fitzgerald American Revolutionary Army caught Mr. KEOGH. Mr. Speaker, in the flow Kennedy, believed, as I do, that Lithua­ the attention of George Washington. of history, esteem is due less to nations nia's freedom is the concern of all hu­ who placed him in charge of the build­ with abundant military power and rich manity. ing of the West Point fortifications. in material goods, than to those which He expressed this more eloquently than There a monument stands erected to struggle courageously and determinedly I might when he said: his memory by the American youth as a for their own and others' rights to free­ Together we must work to strengthen the tribute to his leadership and heroism. dom and to a better future. And it is spirit of those Europeans who are not free, Upon returning to Poland in 1792, he especially today, when the Soviet-im­ to reestablish their old ties to freedom and led a tiny, but inspired, army in its posed Red regimes are holding millions in the West, so that their desire for liberty .and heroic resistance against the Russian slavery and openly seeking to impose sense of nationhood wm survive for future tyrant. Upon the unsuccessful termi­ their colonial rule on other nations, that expression. We ask those who would be our nation of that insurrection he again adversaries to understand that in our rela­ the freedom struggle of the small Lithu­ tions with them we will not bargain one came to the United States, which he anian nation acquires particular mean­ nation's interest against another's and that called his second country, and for which ing. the commitment to the cause of freedom he declared his love and affection. It was in 1918 that Lithuanian inde­ is common to us all. By a strange and historic coincidence pendence was achieved. Yet freedom All of us • • • must be faithful to our the 12th day of February is also the an­ had but a short day in Lithuania: In conviction that peace ln Europe can never niversary of the birth of another great 1940 the country was again seized by the be complete until everywhere in Europe men citizen of the world, Abraham Lincoln. Russian Bolsheviks, underwent a 3- can choose, in peace and freedom, how their Though they were born nearly a cen­ year occupation by Hitler, and has re­ countries shall be governed • • • tury apart, though one was a Pole and mained in the Soviet colonial prison the othe;.: an American, one a soldier, and camp ever since. On the day Lithuania's the · other a statesman, they had many freedom was throttled, the population characteristics in common which would again girded itself for a long period of Kosciuszko and Lincoln-Fighters for place them in the same category in the resistance. Freedom and Democracy annals of American history. The freedom fight has cost the Lithua­ Both of them had a fervent love for nian people many lives, but at the same freedom and the ideals of democracy. time it has strengthened their determi­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS Kosciuszko fought to give birth to this nation to uphold their national culture OF great Nation of ours and Lincoln made and traditions, and to insist on their every effort during his time to keep it right to choose their own political, eco­ HON. HENRY HELSTOSKI intact. Both contributed richly to make nomic, and social institutions. By its OF NEW JERSEY this Nation great. Both believed in the cultural values, its faith, and its world IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dignity of man. Both of them dedicated view, Lithuania continues to belong to Tuesday, February 16, 1965 their lives to free men from oppression. the West and exemplifies Western man's This Nation, and the world today, is readiness to defend spritual freedom, the Mr. HELSTOSKI. Mr. Speaker, on sorely in need of the inspiration and principles of democracy, and fundamen­ February 12 we celebrated the 219th an­ leadership of great men like Kosciuszko tal human rights. niversary of a great Polish fighter and and Lincoln. February 16, 1965 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 2763 In Lincoln's day half of our Nation gratulations on this their day of national lowed to celebrate their national holiday was enslaved. Today half of the world dedication and express the hope that there, we as their friends and sympa­ is enslaved, and the fate of our entire freedom will one day be theirs. thizers, observe the anniversary of Lith­ civilization is at stake. uanian independence and thus echo their Our great American Nation has never patriotic sentiments. shirked its responsibilities. It has never given in to a tyrant or aggressor, and, Lithuanian Independence Day God grant it, will not do so today. , I hope we bear in mind that while we EXTENSION OF REMARKS Lithuanian Independence Day here enjoy the blessings of freedom, the OF native land of Kosciuszko, who fought EXTENSION OF REMARKS and sacrificed to make our land free, still HON. ABRAHAM J. MULTER OF suffers together with the lands of many OF NEW YORK other peoples under the yoke of tyranny. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. JOSEPH M. McDADE OF PENNSYLVANIA In honor of the memory of Thaddeus Tuesday, February 16, 1965 Kosciuszko, therefore, and in order to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES preserve for our children that freedom Mr. MULTER. Mr. Speaker, at the Tuesday, February 16, 1965 here which we hold so dearly, let us dedi­ end of World War I many oppressed na­ cate ourselves to a firm determination tional groups regained their independ­ Mr.