5080 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 5, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS DEMOCRACY UNDER ATTACK IN Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic. Recent incidents Among other factors in the decision to name CROATIA in Croatia reveal that the National Army is en­ the NYS&W as the Short Line of the Year gaged in a program to suppress both democ­ were its preservation of service over the bank­ HON. WM. S. BROOMFIELD racy and self-determination. rupt Delaware and Hudson Railroad, maintain­ OF MICHIGAN A few months ago, the Yugoslav National ing the route for rail customers until its sale to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Army threatened to place its troops on alert the Canadian-Pacific Railroad was finalized Tuesday, March 5, 1991 unless all forces in the Republic of Croatia im­ this year; its savvy use of real estate holdings mediately disbanded. Over this past weekend, in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I am deep­ the army was again mobilized in Croatia. Ac­ area; completion of a major track rehabilitation ly concerned about recent developments in cording to some reports, the Yugoslav Na­ program; the first regional railroad to engage the Republic of Croatia and the political crisis tional Army conspired with Serbians in the in the doublestack business; and sustaining there. Now is the time for our Government to Croatian town of Pakrac and staged an inci­ and enlarging its position in the marketplace send a clear signal to Federal authorities in dent at a police station. Croatian police were as an intermodal force. Belgrade and to the Yugoslav National Army called in to control the situation. At that point The future of the New York, Susquehanna & that America will not ignore the light of the in time, the Federal army arrived and con­ Western is brighter than ever. I am proud to forces of democracy in that country. We will fronted the Croatian police. The situation there have the corporation and its dedicated em­ not have business as usual with repressive appears to have calmed down. ployees as constituents, both working to con­ governments. I fear that the ongoing tensions in Yugo­ tinue central New York's tradition of being The winds of freedom that swept through slavia will continue as long as threats of force economically productive and attractive to busi­ Eastern Europe in 1989 brought democracy to and intimidation are used against the demo­ ness. some of the republics in Yugoslavia. Croatia cratic movement in Croatia. It is ironic that For the benefit of my colleagues, I would and Slovenia, in particular, elected new gov­ Croatia, a democratic republic with a pro­ like to insert the complete text of the article ernments whose leaders respect basic human American orientation, should be threatened by announcing the 1990 award to the NYS&W rights and fundamental liberties, and support proponents of a dying ideology that is being from the September/October issue of Short free market economics. The forces of com­ debunked all over the world. America must Lines and Regionals magazine. munism, however, are still to be reckoned with stand on the side of democracy and support SHORT LINE OF THE YEAR in that country. They oppose the spread of self-determination and a peaceful resolution of (By Kathy Keeney) democratic institutions and self-determination the ongoing crisis in Yugoslavia. NYS&W, this year's winner of Modern and are determined to keep the Republics of Railroads Short Lines & Regionals' Short Slovenia and Croatia in the Yugoslav Federa­ Line of the Year award, has quite a list of tion. I want to share with my colleagues a NYS&W RAILWAY: SHORT LINE OF achievements to its credit. number of incidents to justify my concerns THE YEAR The single accomplishment for which it is about the future of democracy in Croatia. most proud, however, is preserving service over the bankrupt Delaware & Hudson Rail­ The President of the Republic of Croatia, HON. SHERWOOD L BOEHLERT way for nearly 18 months. Franjo Tudjman, recently wrote a letter to OF NEW YORK "All of us feel a sense of accomplishment President Bush explaining his deep commit­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES because we really only had one goal: to keep ment to democracy and outlining his concerns competitive service alive to areas we serve about possible Yugoslav National Army inter­ Tuesday, March 5, 1991 and into New England," said C. David Soule, vention in Croatia. The letter also asked Presi­ Mr. BOEHLERT. Mr. Speaker, it is my executive vice president of NYS&W, and par­ dent Bush to do everything possible to find a pleasure to congratulate the New York, Sus­ ent company, Delaware Otsego Corp. "Were­ alized that without competition to our lines peaceful solution to the Yugoslav conflict and quehanna & Western [NYS&W] Railway, in New Jersey and New York we'd be back to to prevent bloodshed. based in the 25th Congressional District in where we were more than a decade ago. Unfortunately, the head of the Yugoslav Cooperstown, NY, on the honor of being Along the way, there's not a person in our Federal Presidency, Dr. Borisav Jovic, has named the 1990 Short Line of the Year, by the company who's disappointed we were able to criticized President Tudjman for having written publication Short Lines and Regionals. This save the railroad and run it long enough for the letter, and has suggested that Tudjman be prestigious annual award is determined by a the bankruptcy trustee to sell it to CP tried for high treason. Under the Yugoslav panel of rail industry experts and editors who Rail." NYS&W President and CEO Walter G. Rich Constitution, and given the federal structure of review and evaluate the performances of hun­ put it this way: "We did not want to pur­ that country, President Tudjman is free to cor­ dreds of small carriers across the country be­ chase the D&H; our bid was strictly a back­ respond with leaders from all over the world. fore selecting the most outstanding from stop. We really thought a carrier like the CP He clearly did not call for American interven­ among them. was the right one. We were real pleased we tion in Yugoslavia, as Dr. Jovic had sug­ The NYS&W's corporation president and my were able to keep it running for 18 months." gested. In light of these threats, President good friend, Walter Rich, accepted the award Soule and Rich look forward to working Tudjman wisely chose to avoid a recent meet­ at the American Short Line Association's an­ with CP, when it takes over the D&H oper­ ation permanently some time later this year. ing of the Yugoslav Presidency in Belgrade. nual convention in Traverse City, Ml, in Sep­ CP, they believe, has the traffic sources to Unfortunately, the Yugoslav National Army tember of last year. The NYS&W, a 54Q-mile run over the D&H to make it profitable. follows the orders of antidemocratic forces and rail system that operates in New York, New Ray B. Chambers, a Washington lobbyist those who support continued Communist Jersey, and Pennsylvania, has a long and and executive counsel to the railroad, thinks domination of the Federal Government in Bel­ sustained commitment to serving the transpor­ the D&H could have been a good integration grade. The National Army, whose officer corps tation needs of central New York. It is the suc­ for NYS&W. "On the other hand, A, you'd be is nearly 80 percent Serbian, is led by Gen. cess bred by small railroads like the NYS&W, betting the farm taking it on, and B, having Veljko Kadijcviv. He recently described social­ and promoted by men like Walter Rich, which it under the control of a Class !-particu­ larly an aggressive one such as CP-could be ism as "one of the greatest achievements of allows for continued rail competition in the a wonderful thing." contemporary civilization." The National Army Northeast. That competition has resulted in re­ When Delaware & Hudson Railway filed for is under the close control of the head of the duced costs and improved service, and meant bankruptcy in June 1988, NYS&W's major Yugoslav Federal Presidency, Dr. Jovic, and a great deal to the economy of central New connection was threatened and the D&H was the Communist President of the Republic of York. left wide open-namely, to the threat that • This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. March 5, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 5081 Conrail could absorb it, which would then re­ lion. By integrating the NYS&W with several the largest consuming market in the world, move competition in the rail freight market branch lines it already operated and obtain­ New York. in the Northeast. ing key trackage rights from Conrail, "We realized early on that the area we "I called my friend Jim Hagen [now presi­ NYS&W emerged as a strong regional car­ serve in New Jersey has developed over last dent of Conrail], when he was still at CSX rier. five or 10 years as bedroom communities for and said, 'We need to do something or Con­ Comparisons between 1980 and 1990 show New York," Soule said. "It was obvious to us rail will take over the D&H,' '' Rich recalls. revenues four times higher and net income 11 that no new factories or carload-type cus­ "But the only way we could do it was with a times higher.