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27148 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 2, 1993

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HEROES OF WORLD WAR IIDON'T FORGET THE COAST GUARD

HON. ROBERT K. DORNAN OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, November 2, 1993

Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of World War II, I ask my colleagues and the citizens of this country to remember a specific branch of service whose courage and sacrifice have gone greatly unnoticed over the past half century. This branch of service is the U.S. Coast Guard.

I will include for the RECORD an example of such service and sacrifice-an article from Sea Classics magazine describing the exploits of a Coast Guard frigate patrolling the frigid waters of the Bering Sea. I urge everyone to read this article in order to have some appreciation for the courage and dedication of thousands of other Coast Guardsmen who served our Nation during World War II. We must never again forget these heroes of the sea:

A SEA So COLD-A SEA So LONEL y

(By David H. Hendrickson) "Forgotten" accurately identifies the 75

Coast Guard manned patrol frigates of World War II (Sea Classics-February, May, 1992). The Aleutian Islands, where a number of frigates served, was "The Forgotten Front" according to Air Force Magazine, February 1984. In keeping with this testimony to the "forgotten," USS Albuquerque (PF-7) qualifies as the "Forgotten Frigate" of World War II. What else, other than being forgotten by Navy command, world account for Albuquerque logging the longest tour of duty in the Bering Sea-4 April 1944 to 16 August 194&of any warship venturing into these northern waters after 7 December 1941? Fighting ended with the Japanese defeat on Attu in May 1943. Two months earlier the Battle of the Komandorski Islands ended Japanese naval threat to the Aleutians. But the weather lingered on as the enemy of all ships exiled to duty along the 1200 fog-bound, windswept and storm-plagued miles of the volcanic and treeless Aleutian Island chain .

Albuquerque and eleven other Coast Guardmanned patrol frigates were laid down by Kaiser Cargo Inc., at Richmond on San Francisco Bay. First down the ways, 7 July 1943, Tacoma (PF-3) provided the class name and statistics-304 feet in length, twin screws powered by triple-expansion steam engines capable of cranking out 21 knots at flank speed and armed with three-inch, 40mm and 20mm guns, depth charge racks and K-guns on the fantail and a nest of hedgehogs forward. In short order, like eggs from a mother turtle, number 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 plopped into the bay at Kaiser Yard 4, all destined for Escort Division 27 in the Bering Sea.

Tacoma, a troubled ship plagued by unsuccessful sea trials, a boiler room fire and hot bearings, avoided duty in the Aleutians until 21 October 1944. Ailing again after four

months, she limped off stateside for extensive overhaul in February 1945. Along with Albuquerque, Everett (PF-8) stayed the long haul upon arriving at Adak 22 April 1944. Hoquiam (PF-5) showed her colors at Kodiak on 27 August, Sausalito (PF-4) dropped her hook in Sweepers Cove, Adak, on 5 October, and Pasco (PF-6) logged in at Kodiak on 15 October, only to slip away to Seattle in January 1945, on orders to guard the northern Pacific coast. After 1945 mid-summer refits, one by one all six steamed into Cold Bay near the tip of the Alaskan Peninsula for decommissioning and transfer to the USSR under Lend-Lease. Each ran up the Russian flag on 17 August 1945.

From commissioning on 20 December 1943, to shakedown in San Diego, to Mare Island for additional deck reinforcement, to Pier 41 in Seattle, Albuquerque could avoid her fate no longer. "Loose lips sink ships," cried the posters. The warning unheeded, secrecy of our destination leaked out. As the last line was let go, a voice from Pier 41 bellowed. "You're gonna love it in the Aleutians. You'll find an Aleut gal behind every tree waiting for you!" Seven days later Scotch Cap light guarding Unimak Pass arose to starboard, announcing our arrival to the bleak and barren Aleutian islands. The date was 11 April 1944. Albuquerque's long tour began upon standing into Dutch Harbor where her first convoy awaited departure for Adak, 450 miles westward along the chain.

To port squatted pulpit-like Priest Rock , warning those who dared a last look when homeward bound the certainty of return to the Bering Sea. To starboard the channel bordered a long, low sandy spit protecting a lagoon, across which could be seen Ballyhoo and ABD docks at the foot of snow-draped Ballyhoo Mountain. Nearby, huddled the gray buildings of Navy town and in the distance, reached by a short cable ferry, lay Unalaska Village strung out along a sloping beach. We would get to know Dutch Harbor as home port, but first visit ashore would wait another day. A formed up convoy of Albuquerque, two destroyer escorts, five freighters and USAT Wm. L. Thompson cleared port plowing westward into a rising sea and wind and slashing rain, conditions we would soon appreciate as ordinary in the breeding grounds for North American storms.

Known for the world's lousiest weatherwind, snow, rain, sleet, fog, and eternal cloud cover-the great arc of the Aleutian chain forms the battle front where moist, unstable Pacific air warmed by the subtropical Kuroshio (Japan) Current clashes with cold, dry Siberian air sweeping south across the chilled Bering Sea. General Simon B. Buckner of Alaska Defense Command once described the Aleutians as "Inhabited by a ferocious monster forever breathing fogs and coughing up 'williwaw' winds that blow the unfortunate mariner onto uncharted rocks." Shemya, near A ttu, has experienced winds of estimated 139 mph (wind recorder pen could record only to 128 mph) and suffers a July average cloud cover of 30 days with 24 days of dense ·fog. Winds over 50 mph and sudden 80 mph "williwaws" raising mountainous seas are common all year except for the brief

summer. Dense fogs roam the Aleutians from Unalaska to Attu in May, June and July. Related to Aleutian weather, St. Elmo's Fire, resembling flashing fluorescent light shooting up the mast and along the yardarm is a common phenomena occurring at sea.

Escort Division 27's routine consisted mainly of plodding endlessly from boredom to tedium to apathy and back (Dutch Harbor, Adak, Attu), with convoys reduced to eight knots in heavy weather. Wallowing along in storm-plagued winter seas, laden old fleet oilers Ramapo and Rapidan would surface occasionally awash in foam before plunging into the next giant sea. On the crest of wind-heightened seas, Liberty ship sterns would lift out of water revealing an aimlessly turning propeller whose blades upon digging in on the downslope would slap the water with a pow! pow! pow!, sounding like the distant firing of a 40mm gun. Albuquerque escorted once with 165 foot USCGC Onandaga, dubbed the " Rolling O" and said to dip green water down her stack in a flat sea. Before leaving Onandaga at Unimak Pass, both ships hove to briefly to pass mail. Albuquerque posed sedately in modest swells while Onandaga 's stack described a 30-degree arc from port to starboard.

April 19, 1944-0745 Departed Dutch Harbor to assist Liberty ship John Straub reported breaking up east of Unimak Pass. 0908 Scotch Cap light to port. 1031 Maneuvering in vicinity of SS Taloa which reported she had no survivors to Straub. 1204 Derelict sighted, stern half of Straub afloat. Searched for survivors. 1251 one capsized boat, two life jackets, life rafts and lumber debris sighted. 1349 Launch lowered and away under CBM Hewitt to investigate derelict. 1420 Launch alongside, derelict boarded, no sign of life, launch returned. 1547 Derelict sunk with three-inch gun fire. Proceeded to Kimzaroff Lagoon, Cold Bay for anchorage. Captain and Lt. Beck ashore in launch to report findings.

The boarding party reported that the Straub had parted aft of the engine room bulkhead and that the forward section had apparently sunk quickly. A new ship on her third voyage for the Alaska Steamship Company, the Straub went down with her captain and all ship's officers, 40 merchant seamen, 14 Navy men and the cargo security officer. •

Returning to Dutch Harbor, Albuquerque maneuvered off Scotch Cap preparatory to taking a dory alongside to board a lighthouse person en route to the States. Scotch Cap lighthouse, firmly grounded on a shelf 40 or more feet above high tide, was swept away with loss of all hands by the great tsunami of 1946 that sped across the Pacific to wipe out much of Hilo, Hawaii.

April 23, 1944-Underway at dawn in search of downed Navy weather plane. Returned to Dutch Harbor after ten hours fruitless search.

April 25, 1944-With USS Austin (DE-15) bound for Adak escorting USS Ramapo, USS Spies, USAT Chirikoff, SS Weeks, SS James Burke.

May 7, 1944-Emergency departure for submarines sighted on surface in Pumicestone Bay, Unalaska. Hunter-killer group with USS Engstrom (DE-50), USS Doherty (DE-14), USS Candid (AM-154). Returned to Dutch Harbor 8 May.

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November 2, 1993 Convoy routine occasionally allowed trips

as far east as Kodiak in the Gulf of Alaska, where a real town, of sorts, on a forested island was a treat not to be dismissed. Recreation at Dutch Harbor was limited to a twolane bowling alley, canteen and movie theater, or for greater excitement the cable ferry led to Unalaska Village for viewing the boarded-up, onion-domed Russian Orthodox Church and a stroll- down the village 's single muddy street. We seldom went ashore at sprawling Adak where mooring was mostly at anchor in Sweepers Cove. In Adak minor repairs were accomplished alongside repair ship Tatoosh (noted for its vast ice cream production) in Finger Bay, or destroyer tender Blackhawk in Kulak Bay. On occasion gun crews were sent to Andrews Lagoon gunnery range for practice. Diversion beckoned at Attu in the Quonset Hut Navy beer hall near West Navy Pier, or by a walk into the hills where signposts located mass burial sites of Japanese troops.

Aboard ship, nightly movies on the mess deck, except underway in extremely heavy weather, relieved boredom. We saw Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet and Greer Garson in Mrs. Miniver, and when Henry Wilcoxon appeared on the screen, catcalls like "Wilcoxon and eggs for breakfast" aroused laughs and whistles, that is until the captain posted a memo threatening the end of films. Besides clanking around in armor for Cecil B. DeMille, playing Richard the Lion Hearted mostly, then moving to modern films, playing the Anglican priest in Mrs. Miniver , Lit. Wilcoxon also performed as gunner officer aboard Albuquerque.

By mid-year 1944 it became discouragingly clear to the 40 seamen first-class who came aboard at Government Island that coxswain ratings were not a prospect. Deck billets were filled and no transfers in sight. All 40 had completed seamanship school, some recommended for coxswain and most had fulfilled qualifications for boatswain's mate second-class at a Treasure Island Navy training course while awaiting commissioning of Albuquerque. Aboard Albuquerque deck skills with palm-and-needle canvas sewing and marlin-spike rope splicing were learned under boatswain's mate first-class Herman "Dutch" Siminger who sported hash marks up to his elbow and spoke English with a hardly understandable German accent. " Dutch" went to sea with the German submarine service in World War I, then emigrated to the US and joined the Coast Guard in the mid-1920s. Breaking ranks, Whitey Ashcraft, Dick Tosaw and Byron Reynolds earned third-class crows by striking for gunner's mate, signalman and quartermaster. Early on, when my seamanship school buddy Sal Gonzales took over the three-man laundry, Jack Cuneo and I joined up. Laundry duty paid $30 a month extra, but no release from sea watches.

On 30 August 1944, Albuquerque arrived at Attu for assigned IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) patrol of the Komandorski Islands, assisting bombers from Attu raiding Paramushiro in the Japanese Kurile Islands. We moored to take on fuel resulting in a damage report reading: " Ship moored port side of Y0-163 in Massacre Bay, Attu, in heavy seas. Propeller became fouled and mooring gear and two ships surged together until it could be cleared. Damage did not impair service of ship. "

Enduring seven days of constant rain and fog, Albuquerque completed a 2100-mile patrol without incident. Returning to Attu, Captain Goff submitted a second damage report: "7 September 1944, slight foreign noise over

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS starboard propeller is noticeable in steering engine room at standard speed. No excessive heating noted . .. Visual inspection in clear water revealed all starboard propeller blades bent backwards approximately twelve inches from blade tips. Immediate inspection of starboard engine and tail shaft for possible misalignment and replacement is requested. " Hopes that we would be stateside bound for repairs were dashed when a message from Adm. Frank Jack Fletcher, commander Alaskan Sea Frontier ordered Albuquerque to Finger Bay, Adak, for drydock and propeller replacement.

Albuquerque's most harrowing storm experience occurred on 9--10 October 1944. Standing out of Women's Bay, Kodiak, early on the 9th, escorting Liberty ship tanker John P . Altgelt, bound for Unimak Pass and Adak, nasty weather was brewing with a rapidly falling barometer and whitecaps kicking up in a rising sea and wind. By mid-afternoon, winds howled to gale force, seas to 15 feet. By 1700, shrieking hurricane force winds were churning sea surfaces to swirling foam and generating seas that towered about Albuquerque's flying bridge. At 1715, Altgelt signaled fear of breaking up. She reported a break in her main deck forward of No. 1 boiler room and immediately forward of the superstructure, and that she would maneuver for a following wind and sea, reduce speed sufficient to maintain steerage only and begin pumping fuel load to relieve strain. With lights ablaze , Altgelt drifted through the night. Albuquerque stood by sweeping Altgelt with her searchlight. Winds abated by dawn, when a towing line was passed to assist the disabled tanker's return to Kodiak. Safely back in Kodiak, Altgelt was determined to be unseaworthy without emergency repairs. A few of Altgelt's merchant crew visited Albuquerque to thank us for standing by during the storm. With unconcealed emotion one sailor said that Albuquerque looked like Jesus Christ walking on water at the height of the storm, prepared for rescue had Altgelt broken up. We all knew there would have been no survivors had the ship gone down.

On 22 November 1944, USS Orizaba (AP-24) signaled departure from Attu carrying troops homeward bound for Christmas. Albuquerque and Tacoma steamed ahead as escorts, and at speeds up to 16 knots in foul weather it was said to be the fastest convoy run of the war along the Aleutian chain. At Unimak Pass Orizaba continued unescorted across the North Pacific to Seattle.

The grim winter of 1944 passed into the spring of 1945. An indication that war was drawing down in the Aleutians occurred with the return of the Aleuts who had been evacuated to Southeast Alaska in 1942. On 27 April 1945, USAT David Branch carrying the first returning Aleuts, entered Nozan Bay, Atka, escorted by Albuquerque. We remained at anchor in Nozan Bay until 1 May assisting Branch in discharging passengers and a variety of goods necessary to begin life anew. Albuquerque's surgeon and pharmacist mates conducted a health check of each returnee.

The monotony and weariness of the longhaul in the Aleutians broke in early June 1945. On a gray morning in Dutch Harbor, the Captain, former executive officer Lt. Clark Sweet who had replaced Lt. Cmdr. Goff, announced return to Seattle to prepare the ship for Lend-Lease transfer to the USSR at Cold Bay near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula. As Albuquerque steamed away with homecoming pennant flying, I defied the warning not to look back at Priest Rock. As a result, when nearly half the crew left the ship in Seattle. I drew the short straw in the

27149 laundry. Arriving in Puget Sound on 11 June 1945, Albuquerque joined up with Sausalito, Everett and Hoquian, and in line of four with pennants flying steamed into Bremerton Navy Yard. On 12 June Albuquerque transited Chittenden Locks into L1ke Union for refit and departed on 10 July with hardly more than a skeleton crew aboard, bound for Cold Bay.

Vladivostok transport scrambled aboard on 17 July. The Russians were assigned to the crew quarters below the mess deck and granted sole use of the crew head. The remaining American crew bunked on the mess deck and shared the chief petty officer's head. Chow was served without separate sittings and friendly mingling and sign language talk became common. Large photos of Roosevelt, Truman and Stalin hung on the mess deck attracting calls of " comrade, comrade. "

The training period lasted for a month, each division responsible for its sector whether on the bridge, in the engine room, at the guns or in the galley. The single Russian interpreter aboard had no time for the laundry. Alone, unable to exchange a word, I faced two Russian trainees at the laundry half-door. Rescued by the Coast Guard motto, "Semper Paratus" (Always Ready), I began pointing to valves and switches and making circular motions for an operating washer and drier.

Albuquerque and her five Escort Division 27 sisters were decommissioned on 16 August 1945, and officially joined the Soviet Far East fleet the next day. Four years later all were returned to the US Navy in Yokosuka Japan. Following extensive overhaul and recommissioning, each earned battle stars in the Korean War. Albuquerque and Everett also served as station ships for the US consulate in Hong Kong. By 1953 all six had been permanently transferred to either Korea or Japan. Albuquerque entered the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force as Tochi (PF-16), became a moored training vessel in 1965 and was either sunk as a target ship in 1968 or scrapped in 1972, an unresolved mystery, but a proper ending for the " Forgotten Frigate" of World War II.

HONORING THE ST. VINCENT COLLEGE PREVENTION PROJECTS

HON. JOHN P. MURTHA OF PENNSYLVANIA



·Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, as we continue to search for ways to combat the increasing drug and alcohol abuse problem in our society, I wanted to recognize an innovative program at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, PA which is promoting the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse. The St. Vincent College prevention projects are celebrating their 15th anniversary this year, and their success lies in the thousands of young people in western Pennsylvania who have heard their messages and stayed away from drug and alcohol abuse.

In 1978, St. Vincent College joined with the Westmoreland County Drug and Alcohol Commission, the Latrobe Area Chamber of Commerce, and area school districts to develop a primary prevention education program. St. Vincent has continued the sponsorship of the program as a community service project which

27150 provides education and other prevention services in all 17 public school districts in Westmoreland County as well as school districts in surrounding counties.

As we fight to stop the flow of drugs into our country, we've also got to attack the abuse problem within the U.S.A. There's been lots of talk and lots of hand-wringing about what to do, but not enough action. But some have taken the next step-and the St. Vincent College prevention projects are doing something and are making a difference. I'd like to salute the people who are out there working hard to let young people know of the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. I hope on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the projects they'll stop for a moment to reflect on the good work they've done for the people of western Pennsylvania.

UNION BAPTIST CHURCH'S lOOTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED ON NOVEMBER 3, 1993

HON. HELEN DELICH BENTLEY OF MARYLAND



Mrs. BENTLEY. Mr. Speaker, my fellow colleagues, I rise today to congratulate the Union Baptist Church upon the celebration of its 1 OOth anniversary on November 3, 1993.

I consider the role of the church in our community to be of utmost importance. The foundation upon which our great Nation is grounded is dependant upon its very existence, and is symbolic of the constitutional freedoms we possess. Without it, we indeed would be a lesser Nation. In the past, I have sponsored legislation designating a Freedom of Religion Day, which would acknowledge the liberties and freedoms guaranteed under the first amendment. So it is with great respect and admiration that I commend the parishioners of the Union Baptist Church. Through their faith, charity, and reverence for God, they have made this small community a better place to live.

One hundred years ago, a group of baptized believers pursued the art of progress, which is man's relentless determination to improve his condition. With that endeavor in mind, this group migrated from the South seeking employment to better their condition. Rev. Robert Burke had an urgent desire to see a church established in the Sparrows Point area near the steel mill where they worked. Through his Christian convictions and obedience to Baptist covenant, he was able to secure the support of his followers. Named the Union Baptist Church of Sparrows Point, the first services were held in 1893 in a schoolhouse at 6th and J Streets. Many years later, the church moved to Turners Station.

Since its founding, the church has striven to be a beacon of light in the Dundalk, Turners Station, and Sparrows Point areas. Committed and dedicated to the welfare of human kind, it not only is concerned for the well-being of the congregation, but for the whole community in which the church resides. This was evident when the church led community groups to Towson, MD, to demand that Baltimore Coun-

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ty governing officials make themselves aware of the needs of the Turners Station community. They also were instrumental in helping the Turners Station Development Corp., get its start, and welcomed the group in the church to hold its monthly meetings. At home, the church has opened its doors to stewardship and leadership workshops, community outreach, and outdoor evangelism.

The Union Baptist Church is a place where new and lasting friends can be made, and where ideas can be shared and exchanged about the problems that plague our society and how they can be healed. The church has continued to thrive triumphantly and victoriously due to the able leadership of Rev. William E. Johnson. For the last 18 years, Reverend Johnson has provided diligent and committed service and has worked unerringly to keep the church progressing. The church has witnessed many significant accomplishments under his leadership, including the opening of its heart and arms during a community outreach prayer breakfast where alcoholics and drug addicts can fellowship, pray, be prayed for, and receive needed counseling.

Through their missionary outreach at Spring Grove Hospital and nursing homes, church members have enriched the lives of many ill people when needed most. Prayer support and religious classes have taught moral values to the children and kept them away from negative influences. Regular events for children and teens have encouraged them to take an active role in community functions .

Mr. Speaker, my fellow colleagues, it is with great pleasure that I congratulate the Union Baptist Church, Rev. William E. Johnson, its oldest living members who have contributed tremendously to the ongoing mission: James Allen, Edith Johnson, Hattie Oliver, Louie Patterson, David Poole, Edith Woodson, Annie Cheatham, Dorothy Beasley, Gwendolyn Melvin, Blanche Patterson, John Coleman, Lorraine Mitchell, Sylvia Thomas, Betty Thomas, Betty Coleman, Cora Pankey, Vernell Poole, Bessie Poteat, and Ruth Riddix, and the other members on this momentous occasion.

SO-CALLED BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT IS ANOTHER "LET'S PRETEND" GIMMICK

HON. DAVID R. OBEY OF WISCONSIN



Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, in Sunday's Washington Post, Senator ROBERT BYRD of West Virginia wrote a brilliant analysis of the socalled balanced budget amendment now pending. Senator BYRD demonstrates why the promise of that amendment is empty. The toughest job in politics is to speak the truth to those who do not want to hear it. Senator BYRD does that with insight, courage, and common sense. I commend the article to my colleagues.

[From the Washington Post, Oct. 31, 1993] A HOLLOW AND DANGEROUS PROMISE

(By Robert C. Byrd) Talk of a balanced budget constitutional

amendment is again in the Washington air,

November 2, 1993 proving that the days of quack medicines and vaudeville magic shows are not yet in the past. This current version, S.J. Res. 41, states that "total outlays for any fiscal year shall not exceed total receipts for that fiscal year."

What about these terms of budgetary art, "outlays" and "receipts"? The amendment states that Congress may rely on estimates of outlays and receipts for purposes of its implementation because total outlays and receipts cannot be known at the beginning of any fiscal year and estimates are all we have. But in reality, actual outlays and receipts often vary from estimates by billions. We cannot actually know what the Treasury has spent-the outlays-until Treasury has issued all of the checks at the end of the fiscal year.

The point is that no matter how hard we may try to project actual outlays and receipts, we will invariably fail. Receipts are often lower than expected, and outlays are often greater, and nothing in the proposed amendment addresses that problem. In fact, whether the budget is in balance cannot be accurately known until after the end of each fiscal year, when it would be too late to correct the shortfall.

Moreover, S.J. Res. 41 , if passed by Congress and ratified by the states, would require that the federal budget be balanced annually-whether we have a strong or a weak economy-unless three-fifths of the whole number of both Houses of Congress waive the requirement. Large spending cuts or tax increases or both would thus be required yearly, whether the economy was booming or busting-exactly what Dr. Kevorkian would order to help a sick economy die a speedy death.

The amendment, therefore, would practically ensure that recessions will be deeper and longer. By mandating a balanced budget by 1999---a year in which a $223 billion deficit is projected by the Congressional Budget Office-severe and sudden budget cu ts would most certainly end public investments in roads, airports, waterways, education, civilian research and development, and defense planning-not to mention precipitous cuts in entitlement programs and large tax increases, provided the numerical obstacle course thrown up by this amendment in the case of tax increases can be overcome.

Yes, that's right, the amendment makes balancing the budget a constitutional mandate and then, in that same language to be grafted onto the Constitution, in effect removes one ' of the tools to accomplish the task. This proposal would actually put the government in the hands of a minority when it comes to a tax increase to balance the budget. Two-fifths plus one member of either body could block a tax increase for the purpose of putting the budget in balance. Thus, the amendment would tend to balance the budget on the backs of the elderly and the working people who would be hurt most by the budget cuts. Do we want to "rig" the Constitution in such a way as to favor one group over another when it comes to getting our budget in balance? I certainly think not. If we are going to put that kind of a "no tax increase fix" in constitutional budget-balancing language, then we ought to do the same for tax reductions.

And what of this oft-repeated argument that 49 states have some type of balancedbudget requirement? The argument is mindlessly simplistic and really not relevant. The states are not required to "raise and support armies," or provide and maintain a navy," or provide for the "common defense and general

November 2, 1993 welfare of the United States, " nor do they carry the burden of conduct of international affairs or fiscal and economic policy for the nation.

Most states use capital budgeting techniques, and their "balanced budget" requirements generally affect only their operating budgets. In fact, the states are in debt. They incur bonded indebtedness, borrow money for highways, schools, prison facilities , unemployment, recreation and health facilities etc; they are also greatly assisted by the federal contribution to their financial wellbeing. Such federal assistance to states, however, would most certainly be sharply curtailed if we aped their balanced budget requirements at the federal level. The federal budget is a unified one. So such an amendment would require total balance.

Businesses borrow to finance everything from high-tech equipment to bigger dumpsters. Families borrow to buy a car, educate a child or purchase a home. Borrowing to invest for a better tomorrow is hardly seditious activity. Are we willing to deny the federal government the ability to borrow and invest on behalf of future generations?

In short, this amendment is bad for business for our Constitution. Even worse, it is a deception because it amounts to nothing more than a precatory expression of pious hope. In fact, it will not balance the budget, God said , " Let there be light, " and there was light. But man is not God, and to say that outlays for any fiscal year " shall not exceed total receipts ," does not make it happen, any more than would be the case if a constitutional amendment were added stating that the forest primeval shall be restored by the year 2000. Saying it will not make it happen , even if it is the Constitution that says it. To adopt such a n amendment will only give us politicians the next election to pat ourselves on the back and tell the people we have done something. Congress and the President already have the power to work toward a balanced budget. Why don ' t we just do it now instead of putting off the hard decisions until the amendment is ratified? The reason is that making these very tough decisions is unpopular. Voting to cut entitlements, cut programs, cut defense and raise taxes does not encourage one's constituents to build statues. The bottom line is courage. I do not see how a constitutional amendment will give us politicians any more spine than we now have.

Instead, we will typically put hard decisions off until the last possible moment, when our budget-balancing actions will have to be precipitous, which, of course, is the worst possible thing for our Nation 's economy. If we succeed in grafting this wart full of wind onto our Constitution and it fails for lack of enforcement, the Constitution would be demeaned and cheapened. We would have a government operating outside the legitimacy of its own Constitution, and that great and revered document would be under a cloud. If the people 's faith in the Constitution fails, then what have we left as a Nation? If this balanced budget provision is avoided and violated with impunity, which it is likely to be, why not violate the First, Fourth, Fifth or any of the other amendments that are central to our individual freedoms and way of life?

On the other hand, the end result of the adoption and enforcement of this false and unwise amendment would be to pave the way for the ultimate resolution of its impact by the courts. Beneficiaries of programs arbitrarily cut would turn to the courts for recourse. If the courts concluded that the Con-

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This " great idea" is a dangerous quick fix intended to let the politicians relax and claim that they have solved the Nation's worst problem. It is the nirvana of irresponsibility to claim that this amendment will do anything constructive except get a few people re-elected-if, in fact, that can be viewed as constructive.

"We must never forget that it is the Constitution we are expounding," said Chief Justice John Marshall in McCulloch v. Maryland. My own modest footnote would be: Let us not forget that it is the Constitution we are amending.

HONORING BARBARA V. ZALENSKI IN RECOGNITION OF HER 17-PLUS YEARS AS LIBRARIAN AT BELDING MEMORIAL LIBRARY IN THE TOWN OF ASHFIELD , MA

HON. JOHN W. OLVER OF MASSACHUSETTS



Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Barbara Zalenski on her 17112 years as librarian at the Belding Memorial Library in Ashfield, MA.

In addition to her consistent volunteer work, Mrs. Zalenski generously contributed to the recent renovation efforts at the library.

Mrs. Zalenski is active in many other facets of the Ashfield community as well. She served as a dispatcher and secretary for the Ashfield police chief for 18 years, and wrote for the local newspaper.

Mrs. Zalenski and her husband, Walter have four children, Jeffrey, Walter Jr., Christopher, and Tina. Mrs. Zalenski was also a substantative member of the Ashfield school committee fof 9 years.

Mr. Speaker, I join the citizens in my district in honoring Barbara Zalenski for her 17112 years of service as a librarian for the town of Ashfield, MA. Her family and the Ashfield community have much to be proud of for her unyielding dedication.

BRING BACK TWO-WAY TOLLS ON THE VERRAZANO

HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY OF NEW YORK



Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, recently the House of Representatives passed the conference report on the Transportation appropriations bill. I supported this measure, and believe that it contains many important provisions which maintain and improve our Nation's infrastructure. However, the bill also includes one provision, inserted by the Senate, which is so egregious and wrong-headed, that I would like to take a moment and fully explain it to my colleagues.

The Transportation bill mandates New York City to continue to collect tolls on the Verra-

27151 zano-Narrows bridge in the westbound direction, from Brooklyn to Staten Island, and not in both directions. This congressional mandate was placed in the bill over the objections of the New York City and State government and all but one of the city's congressional delegation. Why is it so problematic? Here are a few reasons:

First, this provision has cost New York City over $7 million in lost revenues. By evading the toll, thousands of drivers have taken badly-needed local funding away from the city, funding that should be spent improving New York's roads so that fewer Federal tax dollars are spent.

Second, the one-way toll has led to horrendous environmental problems. By diverting traffic into Lower Manhattan, which I represent, the one-way toll has generated air pollution hot spots where the output of dangerous carbon monoxide far exceeds national air quality standards. New York City is already a nonattainment area under the Clean Air Act and cannot risk the kind of penalties that will be forthcoming under the act if air pollution is not cleaned up.

In addition, the traffic diversion created by the one-way toll has worsened the quality of life throughout Brooklyn and lower Manhattan. heavy trucks are rattling through residential neighborhoods. Streets not accustomed to such traffic are deteriorating rapidly. Small businesses are being choked out of existence. All because some residents in one area of New York City and some others in another State can save a few dollars a week by evading a toll.

Mr. Speaker, several of us in the New York City delegation opposed the mandated oneway toll provision when it came up on the floor. But we didn't have the vote~ to change it. Fortunately, my colleague JERROLD NADLER, who represents heavily impacted areas in Brooklyn and Manhattan, has introduced H.R. 3339, a bill that would reverse this ridiculous Federal meddling into New York affairs. I am a proud cosponsor of congressman NADLER's bill, and I hope to work with him and other colleagues in the future to bring two-way tolls back to the Verrazano. To do so would represent sound environmental policy, sound fiscal policy, and would restore some peace to the lives of millions of New Yorkers.

NATIONAL RECOGNITION OF THE GREAT LAKES LACE GROUP

HON. WILLIAM D. FORD OF MICHIGAN



Mr. FORD of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, would like to take this opportunity to introduce my colleagues to the important work of the Great Lakes Lace Group in preserving the craft of lacemaking. As social and economic forces continue to transform our society, we must be mindful not to completely sever our ties to traditions that define our American character. The folk craft of lacemaking is one such tradition.

The Great Lakes Lace Group is a nonprofit organization whose members are committed

27152 to the making, collection, and preservation of lace. In order to keep this art alive by fostering an appreciation for the craft in younger generations, the organization sponsors workshops in a variety of lace styles. The numerous types of lace include needle lace, bobbin lace, tatting, knotted lace, and crochet. The Great Lakes Lace Group also publishes an informative bimonthly newsletter and holds meetings featuring speakers who discuss various aspects of lace.

This year the Great Lakes Lace Group is holding a public demonstration of the art of handmade lace entitled, "For the Love of Lace." I am proud to say that this display is taking place in my district on November 13, at the Livonia Civic Center Library, 32777 Five Mile Road, in Livonia, Ml. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., vendors will be offering a complete line of lacemaking supplies including bobbins, lace pillows, fine threads, books, beads, and antique laces. Among the special exhibitions are "Cindy's Stitches" from Illinois by Kathy Kirchner, "The Lace Merchant" by Elizabeth Kurella, and "Lace in Glass" by Marilyn Haywood.

The dedication of the Great Lakes Lace Group to the preservation of their craft is laudable. Our American culture is richer due to their efforts. We, too, have a role to play in ensuring that this tradition is not lost. Through recognizing and honoring such arts we hope future generations will appreciate the beauty lace adds to American life.

HONORING FRANK BLACKINGTON



Tuesday, November 2, 1993 Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, over the past

two decades, the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown has developed into a recognized regional academic center which meets the post-secondary educational needs of not only the Johnstown area, but of a large portion of western Pennsylvania. Much of the credit for this belongs to Dr. Frank Blackington, who has served as president of UPJ since 1974, and is retiring after more than 19 years of service to the university and to the Johnstown community as a whole.

Dr. Blackington's impressive academic credentials have placed him in the forefront of educational leaders in the United States. Before assuming the presidency of UPJ, he taught at Michigan State University and directed the university's honors college, which achieved national recognition as a leader in academic achievement.

What Frank has accomplished at UPJ is astonishing. The list of academic advances at the university since he became president ranges from the establishment of secondary education degree programs in various science programs to the development of an associate degree program in respiratory therapy. The physical change in the campus has been remarkable-nine new residence hall facilities, various sports facilities, and the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center.

But Frank has been as important to the community as he has been to UPJ. He's


served on numerous executive committees, is past president of the Greater Johnstown Chamber of Commerce, and is a familiar figure at community events in the area. He's even worked in a field I'm somewhat familiar with, being appointed by the Secretary of Defense to serve on the executive committee of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services from 1982 to 1985.

It's been an honor for me to have worked with Dr. Blackington during his years at the helm of UPJ. He assumed the presidency the same year I was first elected to Congress, and it will be quite an adjustment for the entire community to know that there's a new leader at the university. But if anyone has earned the right to step back from the day-to-day headaches of his position, it's Frank Blackington. On behalf of the entire Johnstown community, I want to wish Frank all the best in his retirement, and to thank him for everything he's done to make the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown a respected academic institution.

NAFTA: THE JAPAN CARD

HON. DAVID R. OBEY OF WISCONSIN



Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, in Tuesday's Washington Post our colleague from Michigan, SANDER LEVIN and Harley Shaiken, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, effectively blew out of the water the argument that failure to pass NAFTA will help Japan. They point out clearly how passing NAFT A can help Japan penetrate United States markets.

That is the key. Proponents of NAFT A would try to get Congress to focus on whether Japan can penetrate the Mexican market. But, the important economic question is whether NAFTA will help Japan penetrate the United States market.

I urge members to read the Levin-Shaiken article-and then to vote no on NAFT A.

[From the Washington Post, Nov. 2, 1993) NAFTA: THE JAPAN CARD .

(By Harley Shaiken and Sander Levin) The ever-shifting sands of the debate over

the North American Free Trade Agreement have shifted again. Proponents of NAFTA now argue that if the United States doesn't strike a deal with Mexico, Japan will.

Facing difficulties selling NAFTA on its merits, the agreement's supporters are now trying to play the Japan card. At a White House event last month, the message was that rejecting NAFTA would spur large Japanese investments south of our border and a flood of Japanese products coming through the " back door" from Mexico. Lee Iacocca is even more blunt, asserting that "the Japanese think NAFTA is a bad deal because it's good for us and it's bad for them."

Are these fears realistic? In fact, this argument stands reality on its head. The Japanese have more to gain with NAFTA than without it and are less likely to become a major presence in Mexico if the present agreement is voted down.

Rather than being poised to rush into Mexico in the wake of a no vote, Japanese firms are waiting for NAFTA to pass before decid-

November 2, 1993 ing on major new investments. The reason is simple, Japan is far more interested in sales to the United States than in entering the small Mexican market. Japanese companies would like to use a Mexican production base to supply the U.S. market if investment security and low tariffs are guaranteed. NAFTA provides those guarantees. Moreover, Japan could ship more goods without exacerbating trade frictions, since Sony television or Nissan cars made in Mexico and sold in the United States don 't add to Japan 's trade surplus. They are charged to Mexico's account.

With or without this agreement, Mexico 's primary trading partner will remain the United States. In the first six months of 1993 more than 80 percent of Mexico 's exports and 70 percent of its imports involved the United States. In contrast, Japan accounted for about one percent of Mexico's exports and 5 percent of its imports. Despite a far smaller volume of trade, however, Mexico 's trade deficit with Japan was $1.3 billion, more than half the size of Mexico's deficit with the United States.

This ballooning deficit raises a critical point: Mexico can offer Japan increased access to the Mexican market but is unlikely to gain better access to the Japanese market in return, as the United States and almost all other countries in the world can attest. If Mexico is interested in rapidly increasing its trade deficit, then trade with Japan certainly offers possibilities, but it is highly unlikely that one-way trade is Mexico 's goal. Moreover, Mexico cannot guarantee access for the Japanese to the U.S. market without NAFTA, diminishing Japan's interest in Mexico. ·

While its argument that Japan will strike a deal with Mexico is plainly wrong, the Clinton administration's more aggressive policy toward Japan is right on target. But the more the administration pursues this policy, the more the question is raised: If the failed trade policies of the '80s teach us to get tough in creating a more level playing field with Japan, why do they not counsel us also to get realistic in dealing with the unlevel playing field confronted in integrating our economy with Mexico?

In the '80s the United States went through a process of denial that there was a trade problem with Japan. A chorus of academia, media and others sang the "free trade" liturgy and dismissed any criticism as mere protectionism. This ideological onslaught polarized the debate and deprived the nation of the honest evaluation of trade policy that was needed.

Yet, with respect to Mexico we are going through the same process of denial that we went through with Japan in the '80s. True, the source of the unlevel playing field is different---wi th Japan it was government promotion of informal trade barriers and exclusionary corporate sourcing practices, while in the case of Mexico it is a government policy of holding down wages and denying labor rights in order to attract investment. But while the source is different, the effect can be much the same. U.S. business and workers are forced to make a " Pickett's charge" on a badly tilted playing field.

The way to judge NAFTA is on the merits of the agreement itself, not on the specter of Japanese involvement. In fact, the deployment of the Japan argument at this late date indicates that supporters are running out of plays. Ironically, bringing up Japan underscores the similarities between the failed Japan policy of the '80s and the flawed Mexico policy embodied in NAFTA. Playing the

November 2, 1993 Japan card does not remedy the flaws in the present agreement and will not save NAFTA in the House.

TRIBUTE TO ROGER DAVID STRICKLAND

HON. JULIAN C. DIXON OF CALIFORNIA


Tuesday , November 2, 1993

Mr. DIXON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with sadness to advise members of the death of a long-time employee of the Capitol Hill family, Mr. Roger David Strickland. Roger, who joined my office as a legislative assistant in January 1991, died on Thursday, October 14, 1993, following a lengthy illness.

On Saturday, October 23, 1993, numerous friends and family members attended a memorial service at the McGuire Funeral Home in Washington, DC, to celebrate the life of an extraordinary, caring, humorous, and delightful human being. Roger had many friends on the "Hill" and it is in that spirit that I share with my colleagues a remembrance of Roger David Strickland's brief, but bountiful life.

Roger David Strickland was born October 4, 1952, in Burlington, NC, to John Bradley Hezekiah and Jewell Mozell Rogers Strickland. He was the youngest of five children. Roger attended Central High School and graduated from Southern Alamance High School in Graham, NC. He was an excellent student, and received numerous academic awards. Roger was also extremely active in civic and social activities. He was a celebrated track star and set a track record in the 100 yard dash-a record that remains unbroken. Roger sang in the choir, played the trumpet in the band, and was Southern Alamance's star drum major. Because of his exceptional skills and powerful performances, Roger became a well-known celebrity in North Carolina.

In January 197 4, Roger graduated from North Carolina A&T State University. While at North Carolina A&T, he was listed in Who's Who in American Colleges. Roger graduated with high honors from Texas Southern University in Houston, TX with a bachelors degree in Sociology, and he was the recipient of the "Outstanding Student of the Year" award. As an undergraduate, Roger became active in the civil rights movement, where he fought to end discrimination in the South. He received a master of science degree in Social Administration and Public Policy in May 1979 from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH.

Roger had a keen political acumen, and spent his entire professional career working in the House of Representatives. He worked for the late Congressman Mickey Leland as a legislative assistant for over 3 years. From 1983-1989, he served as the legislative director for Congressman TIM VALENTINE. He was also a professional staff member on the Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation and Materials. He served as Congressman JOSE SERRANO'S administrative assistant. Roger joined my staff as a legislative assistant in 1991, working on appropriations issues.

Roger David Strickland was an individual who touched everyone's heart v1ith his quick


wit, great sense of humor, kind spirit, and loyalty. In the final months of his illness, my staff and I got to see another side of Roger that he often hid from others, a resolve of courage that many of us seldom have the opportunity to witness. Though racked with pain, Roger courageously and diligently strove to fulfill his commitment to his work and to his friends. He was always concerned about others, going out of his way to make the day brighter for all of those around him. He never complained, choosing instead to live each day to its fullest.

Those of us who had the pleasure of knowing Roger are saddened by his loss, and although his light has gone out, his spirit lives on in the fond memories that many of us have the good fortune to cherish.

Roger leaves behind his long-time companion, Wayne Gooch; two sisters-Mary Strickland Denny of Graham, NC and Annette Strickland Stancil of Stone Mountain, GA; two brothers-James Lee Strickland of Durham, NC and Fletcher Ray Strickland of Stamford, CT; and a host of aunts, uncles, in-laws, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in extending sincere condolences to Roger's family and extended circle of friends.

TRIBUTE TO THE FRANKLIN COUNTY CDC

HON. JOHN W. OLVER OF MASSACHUSETTS


Tuesday , November 2, 1993

Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Franklin County Community Development Corp. on its 15th anniversary. On Wednesday, November 3, 1993, the CDC will celebrate a proud history of serving the Franklin County community.

Since 1978, the Franklin County CDC has balanced goals of economic growth and the development of affordable housing with a unique commitment to preserving the county's beautiful, rural environment. From its special role in the revitalization of downtown Turner Falls, to creating housing developments in Greenfield, the CDC has contributed greatly to the economic development of Franklin County.

I have always been impressed by the Franklin County CDC's success in building effective coalitions with businesses, banks, towns, and State and Federal representatives. Just recently, the CDC took the lead in securing a $1 million grant from the Economic Development Administration to secure 350 jobs and create 200 new jobs in Franklin County.

I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating the Franklin County Community Development Corp. on its 15th anniversary, for its solid contributions to the community's economy.

27153 BUDEKE'S PAINTS CELEBRATES

125TH ANNIVERSARY

HON. HELEN DELICH BENTLEY OF MARYLAND



Mrs. BENTLEY. Mr. Speaker, my fellow colleagues, I rise today to congratulate Budeke's Paints upon the celebration of its 125th anni-versary. .

I consider the role of small businesses in our community to be of utmost importance. The foundation upon which our Nation was founded is dependant upon its very existence, and is symbolic of the unlimited opportunities we possess under our capitalistic system. So it is with great respect and admiration that I commend the owners and operators of Budeke's Paints. In a time when it seems multinational corporations are dominating the business sector, Budeke's Paints reminds us of the personal trust and satisfaction a consumer feels when dealing with small local businesses.

In 1859, George H. Budeke came to Baltimore with his family. During his boyhood, young George had very limited opportunities for obtaining an education, and started a paint career at age 16. Through his own energy and enterprise, he was able to steadily work his way upward until he attained a position of affluence. He founded the company in 1868 at the corner of Broadway and Eastern Avenue, and 2 years later, Budeke's moved to 418 S0uth Broadway, which continues to serve as its main location. In an excerpt from the 1897 edition of the genealogical and biographical record of the city of Baltimore, George Budeke's business prospered because he "gained a most enviable reputation for his financial sagacity and honorable straightforward dealings". During the next 30 years, George acquired the properties on both sides of the existing store to better serve his growing business. He also maintained a strong interest in his community and clientele, which has come to symbolize the service which Budeke's Paints provides. In more recent times, Budeke's Paints has expanded its service to two new locations in the northwest and Timonium areas. To date, Budeke's Paints is the 6th oldest family owned and operated paint business in the United States.

Budeke's Paints is a place where you can shop and be assured of honest service and wholesale prices. Through the able leadership of Louis V. Koerber, president, and L. Bryan Koerber, vice-president, Budeke's provides service to a broad base of customers, including contractors, home owners, industrial firms, and Government agencies.

For 125 years, Budeke's Paints has served as an important landmark in the small, but historic, Fells Point neighborhood. Its commitment to quality, service, value, and integrity are the common threads that have run through five generations of family management and their dedicated personnel. Their service has strengthened the ties between the business community and it's neighborhood. Budekes has shown success can be achieved through ingenuity, hard work, and perseverance. This is as true today as it was 125 years ago.

27154 Mr. Speaker, my fellow colleagues, it is with

great pleasure that I congratulate the owners and operators of Budeke's Paints on this momentous occasion.

NATIONAL DIABETES MONTH

HON. JOHN EDWARD PORTER OF ILLINOIS



Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, November is National Diabetes Month. Sponsored by the American Diabetes Association, National Diabetes Month helps raise awareness of diabetes and its life-threatening complications.

Diabetes is the fourth leading cause of death by disease in the United States, taking the lives of more than 160,000 Americans annually. In addition to the high rate of mortality, the 13 million Americans with diabetes are at substantial risk for contracting one or more of the disease's life-threatening complications: blindness, end-stage kidney disease, advanced cardiovascular and neurological disease, and leg, foot, and toe amputation. These largely preventable complications have a debilitating effect on our society, costing more than $91 billion annually in direct health care expenditures and lost productivity.

The negative impact of diabetes is evident in my home State of Illinois. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Diabetes Translation, the lead Federal agency with responsibility for the prevention and control of diabetes-related complications, estimates that more than 610,000 residents of Illinois have diabetes, which contributes to more than 8,000 deaths and 175,000 hospital visits each year.

Fortunately, diabetes and its complications can often be prevented and controlled with the proper patient education and health care. The results of the Diabetes Control and Complications trial [DCCT], supported by the National Institute on Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, were published in the September 30 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. The study shows definitely that diabetes complications can be prevented or delayed for most people with insulin-dependent diabetes through vigorous control of blood glucose levels. These exciting findings have profound implications for all people with diabetes, particularly minorities, who are disproportionately affected by the disease and its complica-tions. ·

The DCCT dramatically illustrates the important role biomedical research plays in our health care system in improving the public health and reducing health care expenditures. The administration must make federally funded biomedical research a priority in its fiscal year 1995 budget request to Congress. The DCCT also demonstrates the great value of prevention and control programs within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention such as those of the Division of Diabetes Translation.

The American Diabetes Association and its volunteers have long been leaders in providing vital information and services to people with diabetes. The association's northern Illinois af-


filiate has been active in this effort through programs like National Diabetes Month and the American Diabetes Alert. My constituent Dr. Deborah Edidin of Glencoe has been especially active in the affiliate's ·summer camp program which helps children with diabetes learn to cope with and manage their diabetes in a supportive environment. Dr. Edidin specializes in the camps which are attended by children under age 7. I strongly encourage Dr. Edidin and the staff and volunteers of the affiliate to continue their fine work toward lessening the impact of diabetes in northern Illinois.

Mr. Speaker, diabetes is a major public health problem that warrants Congress' serious attention. We must continue to support biomedical research as well as prevention and control programs that benefit individuals with diabetes. I will continue to work with my colleagues on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education to ensure that these critical health care issues are addressed during consideration of the President's fiscal year 1995 budget request.

HONORING JUSTICE ROSE RUBIN

HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN OF NEW YORK



Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join with the many constituents of my district as well as the members of the judiciary of the State of New York in honoring Justice Rose Luttan Rubin who, after 25 years of dedicated and historic service, is retiring from the bench.

Justice Rubin's career is highlighted by constant achievement and a never ending dedication to public service. Upon graduating from Hunter College in 1938, Justice Rubin was listed in Who's Who Among Colleges and Universities. She received her J.D. degree in 1942 from NYU, where she served on the board of editors of the Law Review Quarterly. Admitted to the bar in 1942, Rose Rubin entered into the field of law as a practitioner that would take her into a wide variety of legal areas. In that same year, she became a review attorney for the New York State Labor Relations Board. Shortly, thereafter, she · served as a staff attorney in the office of the judge advocate general. Moving toward greater involvement with city government, the justice served as an assistant district attorney in Queens County as well as an assistant corporation counsel. In 1973, Justice Rubin ascended the bench as a judge in the New York State CQurt of Claims. Soon after, she was appointed acting justice of the supreme court. From 1983 to the present, she serves as a justice of the New York State Supreme Court.

Her dedication to public service establishes a record that readily lends itself as a yardstick for civic participation. Justice Rubin serves as a trustee of the New York University School of Law where she and her husband, Herbert, have donated the Herbert Rubin and Justice Rose Luttan Rubin International Law Library. In addition, Justice Rubin served as president of the New York State Association of Women

November 2, 1993 Judges, Director of the Women Judges Fund for Justice and a member of NYU Law School Council on the Future of the Law School.

She is the recipient of the Distinguished Jurist Award of the Jewish Lawyers Guild, Distinguished Alumnus Award of the NYU School of Law Alumni Association, recipient of the National Conference of Christians and Jews Award, and the Edward Weinfeld Award of the NYU Law School.

Mr. Speaker, the New York Association of Women Judges, the Board of Justices of the New York State Supreme Court of the First Judicial District and the Association of Judges of the New York State Court of Claims will gather on November 3, 1993 to honor Justice Rubin. I ask all my colleagues in the House of Representatives to join me now in extending our congratulations to this most remarkable woman.

HONORING ED SHEEHAN, SR.




Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to take this opportunity to join the Greater Johnstown Inter-Service Club in recognizing a distinguished citizen from Johnstown, PA, Mr. Ed Sheehan, Sr.

The Greater Johnstown Inter-Service Club Council has awarded Ed its Annual Achievement Award this year because of the work he has performed in producing electro-optics and night vision technology for our Nation's military which has protected countless American lives. The development of this technology has made our Armed Forces more effective in carrying out their missions.

Ed has been an important part of the development of electro-optics and night vision technology through his leadership as the Director of the Department of Defense's Night Vision and Electro-Optics Laboratory from 1975 to 1979. His career at the laboratory spanned three decades. Ed currently serves as the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of one of the most advanced, high technology firms in the Nation. His work has been invaluable to the military, and on behalf of our Armed Forces, we take this opportunity to salute him.

I'm proud to call Ed a friend, and I don't think the Greater Johnstown Inter-Service Club Council could make a finer choice for its Annual Achievement Award than Ed Sheehan, Sr. I'd like to extend my sincere congratulations to Ed on this occasion, and I wish him many more years of success.

TRIBUTE TO JAMES E. TRACY

HON. GEORGE W. GEKAS OF PENNSYLVANIA


Tuesday, November 2, 1993 .

Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise today to pay tribute to the Harrisburg Senators, the 1993 champions of

November 2, 1993 the Class AA Baseball Eastern League, and their manager, James E. Tracy, who has been named Eastern League Manager of the Year.

Jim Tracy led the Senators to victory 100 times this year, including a 94-44 regular season record. The Senators finished the season in first place, 19 games ahead of their closest rival. They continued their winning fashion as they emerged victorious in the postseason championship series.

Jim Tracy's skills as a teacher and a motivator are obvious, as several of his players have either moved up to Class AAA or the major league. The performance of the Harrisburg Senators has brought much excitement to central Pennsylvania, and the Senators' storybook season will long be remembered by the people of this region.

I ask all of my colleagues to join me in congratulating Jim Tracy and the Harrisburg Senators on their terrific 1993 season, and wish them all the best of luck in the seasons that lie ahead. Their sportsmanship, athleticism, and hard work are authentic examples of why Americans love the great American pastime of baseball.

KILDEE HONORS ZONTA CLUB OF FLINT I

HON. DALE E. KILDEE OF MICHIGAN



Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the Zonta Club of Flint I as it celebrates its 70th anniversary on October 30 in my hometown of Flint, Ml.

Zonta Club of Flint I is part of the worldwide Zonta organization. It is comprised of professional women who are committed to improving the status of women around the world. The worldwide organization boasts of 35,000 members in 62 countries. These women are joined together in a common goal of advancing the status of women. Their commitment spans all aspects of a woman's life including education, economics, politics, the legal system, and professional stature.

As a part of the international Zonta organization, Zonta Club of Flint I is involved in several projects that promote global understand.ing, goodwill and world peace. The Amelia Earhart Fellowship Awards Program is an international project to grant scholarships to female graduate students in the aerospace-related science and engineering fields. More than $3 million in fellowships have been awarded to women around the world.

Zonta Club of Flint I was founded in October 1923. It had 30 charter members. These 30 women came from various professions including many who were small business owners. One criteria for membership in the Zonta organization is that the woman be in a decisionmaking management position. In 1923, this usually meant that the woman had to own the business. Since that beginning the Zonta Club of Flint I has grown to its present size of 80 members. The membership includes doctors, lawyers, bankers, retailers, funeral directors, entrepreneurs, and many other career categories. Zonta Club of Flint I has reflected the


ideals of the international organization by working diligently to improve the quality of life in the Flint area.

Organizations that have benefited from the service and generosity of Zontians include but are not limited to Zonta House for Whaley, the Zonta Scholarship Program, Catholic Social Services, the Salvation Army, the Easter Seal Society, the Mclaren Aid to Daily Living Room, the YWCA, and the Genesee Food Bank. Over 70 years, the Zonta Club of Flint I has donated over $300,000 to worthy projects.

I ask the House of Representatives to join me today in honoring this outstanding group of women who have selflessly given of their time, talents, and money to make a better world for others. They are to be commended for their generosity and commitment. I congratulate Zonta Club of Flint I for its first 70 years and hope that their tradition of excellence continues for many, many more years.

ADMINISTRATION'S POLICY ON OCEAN DUMPING OF LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE

HON. CURT WELDON OF PENNSYLVANIA



Mr. WELDON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my support for the Clinton administration's announced policy calling for an international ban on the ocean dumping of lowlevel nuclear waste.

Last week, 15 other members of GLOBE, the Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment, and I wrote President Clinton urging the administration to join the Danish Government in pressing for a ban on ocean dumping of low-level nuclear waste at the upcoming London Convention. With the United States supporting a ban, I am confident that international law will be revised to incorporate the ban.

Unfortunately, international law is no bar to Russia's dumping of nuclear waste. On September 30, at my request, the Subcommittee on .Oceanography held a hearing on nuclear waste dumping by the former Soviet Union. At that hearing it became clear that Russia's former Communist leadership had repeatedly violated international law by dumping high level nuclear waste into the Arctic Ocean.

Even after the fall of communism, Moscow has continued its disturbing pattern of disregarding international environmental law. On October 20, Russian officials admitted to dumping 900 tons of low-level nuclear waste in the Sea of Japan without notifying Japan, as required by international law.

To demonstrate congressional support for the ban, Oceanography Subcommittee Chairman ORTIZ and I will introduce a House concurrent resolution on November 8, the opening day of the London Convention meeting, in support of the administration's position. The concurrent resolution will both strengthen the United States position at the London Convention meeting, and, once the international community accepts the ban, pressure Moscow to live up to its international obligations.

27155 Mr. Speaker, over the next week, Chairman

ORTIZ and I will seek cosponsors for the concurrent resolution. I encourage my colleagues to join me in supporting the concurrent resolution when it is introduced on November 8.

JERRY A. BARROWS HONORED FOR FIRST PLACE ESSAY IN NATIONAL WRITING CONTEST

HON. OLYMPIA J. SNOWE OF MAINE



Ms. SNOWE. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to honor the special achievement of Jerry A. Barrows of Fairfield, ME. Jerry, 21, was recently awarded first place in the National Writing Contest sponsored by Joint Action in Community Service, Inc. Over 1,000 Job Corps students competed nationwide.

Jerry graduated from the Northlands Job Corps Center with a certificate in bookkeeping and word processing. He has enhanced his leadership skills through Job Corps by being selected to such positions as dormitory leader and a member of the Education and Training Council. Currently, he is enrolled in the Transportation Communications Union Advanced Career Training Program. Jerry hopes to continue his education and earn a bachelor's degree in mathematics education.

Jerry has worked hard through the Northlands Job Center to advance his education and training in hopes of a prosperous future. I wish him the best of luck and would like to congratulate him on his fine achievements: In doing so, I would also like to take this opportunity to share his essay with you:

How JOB CORPS CHANGED MY LIFE

(By Jerry A. Barrows, Northlands Job Corps Center)

Just over a year ago, I decided it was time to end my days of checking out groceries at the local supermarket for minimal pay and to begin looking for a career. I thought I was ready. After all, I had a high school diploma and a list of great references. I applied to nearly every place of employment I could find, but I quickly noticed that I was hearing the same questions repeatedly. "Do you have any training in this field? " "What types of skills do you have?" " Do you have any experience?" Unfortunately, I had the wrong answers to all of these questions, and I began to wonder why I wasted four years of my life in high school. I felt as though I couldn't accomplish anything, I was becoming increasingly depressed. In fact, I began turning to alcohol because it was the only way I knew to forget all the problems with which I was being confronted.

Friends of mine eager to help out in any way they could, then told me about the Job Corps program. They said that I would be able to learn the skills necessary to land a job, and that I would even be paid to learn them. I signed up for the program immediately, hoping that all I heard was true.

After arriving at Job Corps, I found that Job Corps did not just offer job skills training, but a whole curriculum designed to make a person successful-if that person was willing to put forth the effort. That was the opportunity I had been hoping for.

I could see immediately that the staff really wanted to help me prepare for the job

27156 world. They guided me every step of the way as I learned the skills necessary to land me a job as a bookkeeper, receptionist, or clerktypist. Fortunately, the Job Corps experience didn't end there. I also learned the skills I needed to get a job, and how to keep it once it was mine. Job Corps taught me a lot about myself and how I interact with other people, and it taught me that there are solutions to every problem without turning to a bottle of alcohol. I had finally learned that I needed to be responsible for my own

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS actions, and that ultimately I am the only person who could dictate how successful I would become in life.

Job Corps opened a window of opportunity for me, and I took advantage of it. I received college credits through Champlain College, and I earned one of the greatest achievements of my life as part of the National Academic Olympics Championship team. In a matter of a few short months. I had progressed from a jobless teenager to a national champion. I also earned a chance to further

November 2, 1993 my education through the Job Corps advanced training program, thus preparing me for even more challenges that life may present.

Through the Job Corps program, I have come to realize that there is nothing I can't accomplish if I strive to achieve my goal. I no longer look at life as a series of problems, but as a sequence of challenges which must be overcome in order to reach the ultimate goal-success and the actualization of all the achievements of which I am capable.

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