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nanced—9o percent— through the NewJersey Housing Finance Agency. Eachof the units are rent-assisted. Thus,low and moderate income elderly andhandicapped need pay only 30 percentof their income for rent. The FederalGovernment guarantees subsidizationof the remainder up to the establishedfairmarket rental rate.

The YWCA of Jersey City rehabili-tated its entire existing facility. Theproject had two major components-First, the rehabilitation of the 11-story tower building of the existing fa-cility for79 apartments for the elderlyand the handicapped; and second, therehabilitation of the 5-story buildingat 270 Fairmount Avenue as the newYMCAcommunity service building.Itwas in April 1983 that the new

YWCA facility was rehabilitated into79 apartments for the elderly andhandicapped and the new YWCA com-munity service facility, with appropri-ate ceremony.

The YWCA project brought togeth-er a unique combination of private andpublic funds for a prototype that dem-onstrated the unlimited potential ofthe nonprofit sector. The project alsodemonstrated the feasibility of pre»serving and reusing older buildings forcommunity service. The YWCA rede-velopment project provided efficientservice and recreational facilities forwomen and their families; housing forthe handicapped and the elderly; em-ployment opportunities for communi-ty residents; and expanded social andcommunity service programming.

For his outstanding work as YWCA'sCapital Campaign chairman from1981-83 and the resulting $8 millionproject, Fred F. Peterson was selectedas the recipient of the third "SpecialFriend of the YWCA" Award. Theboard of trustees' selection was basedon Mr.Peterson's significant contribu-tions to the YWCA of Jersey City, towit: his dynamic leadership of theYWCA's successful campaign.

The YWCA of Jersey City celebratesits 80th anniversary by reaching out ofold friends from throughout the coun-try and new friends to join them attheir anniversary dinner on Thursday,June 13 at the Meadowlands SportsClub in the spirit of partnership andchallenge.

Generations of women: In search offemale forebears, willset the tone andenhance the anniversary celebration.This internationally acclaimed photog-raphy exhibit is available to theYWCA through the Women's StudyDepartment of Jersey City State Col-lege.

Gwendolyn Baker, newly appointedexecutive director of the YWCA of theunited States of America willbe guestspeaker.

Prof. Joan M. Weimer, chair of theEnglish Department of Drew Universi-ty, willbe the keynote speaker. Profes-sor Weimer is the producer and mod-erator of a 13-part television series,"Women in the Center and Why They

Belong There." Her recent publica-tions and lectures focus on third worldwomen in Egypt, Brazil, and CentralAmerica. Professor Weimer's work em-phasizes the powerful link betweenhuman rights and women's rights.

YWCA of Jersey City 80th Anniversary

Organizations are only as vital as theirmembers. The Jersey City YWCA has beenblessed with the talents and efforts of hun-dreds of women. Listed below is only a sam-plingof the many women who served boththe organizations which have been a part ofour city's life and the YWCA past andpresent.

Old Bergen Church: Geraidine Bromby,Marie Crossing, Katharine Dear (First Pres-byterian), Adelaide Dear, Katharine Dear,Marie Highinian, Rose Highinian, EthelJones, Joan Pannenborg, Grace Russell,Gertrude Sutphen, Jane Weeks.

Jersey City Women's Club: Carrie Beck-man Berkowitz, Jacqueline Connors, MarieCrossing, Adelaide Dear, Katharine Dear,Dorothy Engelbrecht Kamm, MildredKnox, Grace Russell, Gertrude Sutphen,Elsa Tully.

Afro-American Industrial Club: RoseGordan.

The Girl Scouts: Adelaide Dear, Katha-rine Dear, Florence Greenwalt, LillianPearce.

The International Institute: Ethel Jones,the Rev. Betty Jane Young.

The Junior Service League: Judie Brophy,Jacqueline Connors, Jean Dinsmore» Eliza-beth Finnerty, Lynn Kegelman, GloriaLobban, Margaret Maddocks, Michele Neu-belt, Lois Reiser, Aida Scirroco, Mary JaneWilson.

The League of Women Voters: JulietCaruso, Diana Femia, Martha Z* Lewin,Mary MacEaciiern.

Concerned Community Works of JerseyCity:

Sarah Green, Catherine Greene, LousieMcLeon, Ealine Moore, Sandra Stallworth,Shirley Watson.

Saint Peter's College:Barbara A. Chryst, Dr. Patricia S. Sulli-

van.The YWCA has been home to many

many persons. Elijah Kellogg said:Home is the place where character is

built, where sacrifices to contribute to thehappiness of others are made and wherelove has taken up its abode.

The many good, meaningful andlasting relationships prove that "Weare all travelers in the wilderness ofthis world, and the best that we findin our travels is an honest friend" saidRobert Louis Stevenson.Iam certain that my colleagues in

the House of Representatives will joinme in this well deserved salute to ournoble institutions

ANTI-APARTHEID ACT OF 1985

SPEECH OF

HON. MICKEY LELANDOF TEXAS

INTHE HOUSE OFREPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, June 5, 1985

The House in Committee of the WholeHouse on the State of the Union had underconsideration the bill (H.R. 1460) to expressthe opposition of the united States to thesystem of apartheid in South Africa, and forother purposes.

m Mr. LELAND. Mr. Chairman, when22 million people are denied the rightto vote, are arrested for their attemptsto be treated with some human digni-ty, or when some are shot in the backand killed on their way to funerals,our great Nation can no longer affordto remain silent.

Yet, the present administration haschosen to remain silent regarding thehorrendous treatment of the majorityof South Africans by the South Afri-can Government.

Time and time again, the public isassured by the administration that theU.S. policy of "quiet diplomacy" isworking, that reforms are beingachieved. Cosmetic changes have oc-curred, but nothing has occurred thateases in anyway the pain and suffering22 millionpeople live with on a dailybasis.

The Reagan administration haschosen tobe deaf and blind toward theplight of the majority of South Afri-cans. We, the Members of Congress, astrue representatives of the Americanpublic, cannot afford to share thehandicaps of the administration. Wecannot

* * *we must not be deaf and

blindto the suffering of humanity.There are no words which can ade-

quately express the moral outrage Ifeel over the fact that in the late 20thcentury, millions are still subject todiscrimination based on the color oftheir skin, and worse yet that millionscondone this discrimination with theirsilence.

But rhetoric alone will not saveSouth Africa. Action must accompanyour words of condemnation againstthe most, brutally racist regime in theworld.

That is why Istand before youtoday, pleading for the United Statesto demonstrate its unity in disman-tling apartheid, the ultimate quellingof democracy.

Constructive engagement has notworked, does not work, nor willit everwork. Computer sales to the South Af-rican Government, as well as sales ofaircraft and nonlethal goods to SouthAfrica's military and police have in-creased during this period of quiet di-plomacy. What do these actions tellthe world about the morality of theUnited States? How can we claimapartheid is repugnant and still dobusiness with those who perpetratethis repugnant system?Istrongly feel that as a moral

people, the United States should notpermit new loans or credits to theGovernment of South Africa. Norshould we allow new investments, salesof computers, software, and technolo-gy, or the importation of South Afri-can Krugerrands.Ifenacted, the sanctions proposed in

H.R. 1460 will do much to bring aboutthe destruction of apartheid in SouthAfrica. But Istrongly feel our Nationhas the moral obligation to do all inour power to dismantle this evilsystem.

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June 6, 1985I, therefore, strongly support the

amendment offered by the gentlemanfrom California [Mr. Dellums]. Thisamendment calls for complete disinv-vestment, as well as a ban on all exist-ing loans and holdings in SouthAfrica. The amendment further pro-hibits the export of any goods or tech-nology as well as a prohibition on thetakeoff and landing of South Africanaircraft in the United States.Iparticularly believe there is a great

need for a provision banning SouthAfrican landing rights. Even with thesupport of many of my colleagues andthe good people of Houston, it tooknearly 3 years to put a halt to SouthAfrican Airways from flying inand outof my home district in Houston. Withthis proposed ban, others would notface the same uphill battle we faced inHouston.

The sanctions proposed in the legis-lation being debated here today arenot sanctions that were decided in ahaphazard manner. They are sanc-tions which concretely reflect ourmoral objection to apartheid and itsperpetrators.

Unless we act now and enact thesesanctions against the Government ofSouth Africa, quiet diplomacy willcontinue and so will the moral andphysical extermination of a people.*

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINESBROUGHT NEWS OF INCREAS-ING MIDAIR NEAR-COLLI-SIONS—WILL

'TOMORROW'S

HEADLINES BEAR THE NEWSOF INCREASED FATALITIES?

HON. FORTNEY H. (PETE) STARKOF CALIFORNIA

INTHE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, June 6, 1985•Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, yester-day's headlines may have proved quitesurprising for some, reporting that thenumber of near-collisions rose to arecord 592 last year. As well as surpris-ing, I'm sure it put a damper on theirsummer vacation plans. Not to men-tion the nerve endings ithit as worriedparents realized their children areflyinghome from school this week.

As Ihave repeatedly stated, it is im-perative that a thorough investigationbe conducted to discover the possiblecauses of the all too frequent midaircollisions, near misses, and crashes.

InJanuary Iintroduced House JointResolution 66 which calls upon theDepartment of Transportation to con-duct such an investigation. Questionsneed to be asked: Is there a need foradditional radar and warning equip-ment in aircraft of various sizes? Dolarge airports follow existing regula-tions and requirements associated withsmall planes? How efficient and practi-cal are the visual flightrules [VFR] asthe number of flights and airplanes in-crease and our Nation's airportsbecome more crowded? To be sure,these are not the only questions that

need to be asked and answered, butthey represent a good starting place.Istrongly encourage this House to

carefully weigh the situation, and lendtheir support to my resolution and toa thorough investigation of air travel.Let's not wait for tomorrow's head-lines to bring us a tragic surprise.*

DRUG ABUSE PATTERNS ANDTRENDS

HON. CHARLES B. RANGELOF NEW YORK

INTHE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, June 6, 1985• Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, aschairman of the House Select Commit-tee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, Iam concerned about the widespreadabuse of illicitdrugs that society ispresently encountering. The commit-tee has found through its hearings

that drug abuse has been escalating

and is a major problem inmany areasthroughout the United States.

The major drugs trafficked andabused in the United States continueto be cocaine, heroin, and marijuana.Over the past 3 to 5 years, cocaineabuse has risen dramatically. Thecommittee estimates a minimum of 85tons of cocaine entered the UnitedStates last year. An estimated 5,000people experiment with cocaine forthe first time every day. Many ofthese new users will become depend-ent on the drug to the point of addic-tion. Regrettably, Mr. Speaker, theselect committee also has found asharp increase in the traffic and abuseof heroin since 1979. Nationally,heroin-related hospital emergenciesincreased 71 percent from 1979 to1983, while heroin overdose deaths in-creased 93 percent in that same time-frame. Increases in these indicatorshave been much greater in a numberof our Nation's large cities. Marijuanatrafficking and abuse is also prevalentat high levels. For example, on thebasis of illicitmarijuana productionand trafficking data available in late1984, it is estimated that 30,000 to60,000 tons of marijuana is beingsmuggled into the United States annu-ally. This is augmented by about 4,000tons of domestic marijuana produc-

tion. Further, the THC content ofboth foreign and domestic grown mari-juana is at record levels.Inlight of the evidence of increased

drug abuse that has come to the selectcommittee's attention, Iwas particu-larly interested in reviewing the mostrecent findings of the Community Epi-demiology Work Group. Sponsored bythe National Institute on Drug Abuse[NIDA3 in the Department of Healthand Human Services, the CommunityEpidemiology Work Group has con-ducted research over the past 10 yearson patterns and trends in drug abuse.The work group is comprised of 20drug epidemiology researchers fromaround the country. The work group

meets twice a year to review data ondrug abuse trends in major metropoli-

tan areas thoughout the UnitedStates. Following each meeting, theirfindings are released by NIDA in apublication entitled "Drug Abuse Indi-cator Patterns and Trends." Theirmost recent meeting inDecember 1984produced findings that indicate grow-ing substance abuse problems in manyparts of the country.

The most recent Community Epide-miology Work Group statistics werecompiled from a sample of 17 majormetropolitan areas throughout thecountry. The cities studied were Phila-delphia, Denver, Detroit, Dallas,Newark, New York, Los Angeles,Boston, Phoenix, San Diego, SanFrancisco, St. Louis, Wahington, DC,Miami, New Orleans, Buffalo, and Chi-cago. The findings reveal that cocaineabuse continues to grow and is the pri-mary drug of abuse in most of thecities studied. In Los Angeles, reportsof cocaine-related mortalities in-creased 331.3 percent from 1982 to1984, while in New York, more co-caine-involved emergency room epi-sodes occurred in 1984 than in any ofthe previous 3 years. Besides thealarming increase in cocaine abuse,Mr. Speaker, the availability, as wellas the purity of the drug, have in-creased in many of the 17 cities sur-veyed.

Although some of the cities reportedstable or slight declines in heroinabuse, the majority witnessed an in-crease in emergency room episodesand overdose deaths related to heroin.Also alarming are reports from NewYork indicating that AIDS continuedto take a toll on the lives of intrave-nous drug users and that needles being

sold on the street that are purportedto be sterile are not sterile. Like co-caine, the availability and the purityofheroin are both continuing to rise.

The Epidemiology Work Group find-ings indicate that marijuana is widelyavailable in essentially every urbanarea studied. The Detroit Police De-partment reported marijuana as thesecond most commonly abused drug bypersons arrested during 1984. Emer-gency room indicators showed thatproblems withmarijuana continued torise in Los Angeles, St. Louis, and NewYork. Also worth mentioning is thegreater presence of domesticallygrown marijuana. In 1980, only twoStates reported significant marijuanacultivation, while in 1984, 48 Statesdid.

The Epidemiology Wofk Group'sfindings tend to confirm the selectcommittee's belief that drug abuse is aprevalent and escalating problem inmany or our Nation's urban areas andrequires attention at all levels of gov-ernment. For the information of theMembers, Iask that the "Precis" fromthe December 1984 edition of "Drug

Abuse Indicator Patterns and Trends"be inserted in the Congressional

Record at this time, and Iencourage

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June 6, 1985during rollcall No. 142. Had Ibeenpresent, Iwould have voted "nay,"#

ANTI-APARTHEID ACT OF 1985

SPEECH OP

HON. CHARLES B. RANGELOF NEW YORK

INTHE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESWednesday, June 5, 1985

The House in Committee of the WholeHouse on the State of the Union had underconsideration the bill (H.R. 1460) to expressthe opposition of the United States to thesystem of apartheid in South Africa,and forother purposes.• Mr.RANGEL. Mr.Chairman, Iriseto voice my fullsupport for the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985, and to com-mend my colleagues for working sohard to bring it to the floor of theHouse.

The Anti-Apartheid Act will turnthe attention of this Nation and theworld to the commerical links now ex-isting between Western nations andthe Republic ofSouth Africa. Its focusis, of course, upon trade between theUnited States and South Africa, butits impact willextend beyond that sin-gular context. Its impact willlie in thefact that the United States has hadthe courage to take the lead in bring-ing an end to the inherent contradic-tion of democracies doing businesswith apartheid.

We may ask, Mr.Chairman, why theUnited States should be at the fore-front of the antiapartheid movement.Why should we end what is essentiallya lucrative business arrangement?

Well,Iwould answer this by sayingthat the American people considerthemselves to be a principled people.WThen the time has come, we havestood up to defend those principles,often at great cost in lives and re-sources.

Apartheid is nothing less than post-war neonazism. Itis a racial ideologywhich relegates one racial group to asubordinate status for the benefit ofanother racial group. Both nazism andapartheid use this doctrine of racialsupremacy to remove and concentratelarge numbers of people in limitedgeographical areas. In Germany, theresult was the Holocaust; South Africahas yet to reveal its final solution.

The pass laws, arrests, detentions»homelands, and violent suppression offree speech cannot last much longerwithout a bloody confrontation. Wemust do what we* can to prevent thisconfrontation, something beyond theadministration's laissez faire construc-tive engagement failure.

The Anti-Apartheid Act will bring

Pretoria to its senses. Byhitting apart-heid at its economic base, the UnitedStates will begin a process wherebySouth Africa will have to loosen thechains of apartheid ifit wishes to takea place in the world community.*

ANTI-APARTHEID ACT OF 1985

HON. ROBIN TALLÓNOF SOUTH CAROLINA

INTHE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, June 6, 1985

m Mr. TALLÓN. Mr. Speaker, Irisetoday with great pride and optimismafter this body's vote of 295 to 127 forH.R. 1460, the Anti-Apartheid Act of1985. Iam proud to be one voice in theHouse ofRepresentative's unified mes-sage to South Africa and the Reaganadministration that the racist regimeof South Africa willno longer receiveimplicit or explicit U.S. support.

The news media carries almost dailyreports of continuing violent confron-tations between blacks seeking politi-cal and humanitarian rights and theforces of the South African Govern-ment.Ibelieve there can be no doubt that

the cause of this violence lies in thesystem of apartheid, a system whichmaintains 23 millionblacks, the over-whelming majority in South Africa, asoutcasts in their own land.

The Republic of South Africa is theonly place in the world where racism isenshrined in law. By law in SouthAfrica, the color of one's skin deter-mines whether that person can ownproperty, where he can live, where hemay work and whether he can vote.

How can we, as Americans, whopride ourselves on our commitment tocivil rights, continue to directly or in-directly support a Government whichdenies the most basic of human rightsto the largest racial group in its coun-try?

That is why this legislation is so im-portant and whyIstrongly supportedits adoption.

We all agree that the apartheidsystem is moral and political evil. Thequestion is how the United States canmost effectively use its influence tochange this system of institutionalizedsegregation.

The time is now for a new policy-one consistent with American valuesand American national interests. Butwe must make clear our opposition toapartheid indeed as in word.

Mere rhetoric can no longer sufficein the face of grave injustice and grossviolation of state authority against apeople who merely seek what we allseek— equal political economic andsocial rights before the law.

America's economic strength willnolonger go to support apartheid. Quitesimply, this legislation imposes foureconomic sanctions on South Africa: aban on loans to the South AfricanGovernment, a ban on any new invest-ment in South Africa, a ban on the im-portation of South African Kruger-rands, and a ban on the sale of com-puters to the South African Govern-ment. The billalso establishes penal-ties for violations of these economicsanctions.

The measure also permits the Presi-dent, only with congressional approv-

al, to waive for a limited period theprohibitions involving new investmentand gold coins if the South AfricanGovernment meets one of eight condi-tions stipulated in the bill.The condi-tions require the South African Gov-ernment to take definite steps to dis-mantle apartheid.

These economic sanctions willclear-ly indicate to the South African Gov-ernment and the world that South Af-rican governance by threat or repres-sion will no longer be tolerated.Through this legislation and furtherefforts, we can move to the construc-tion of justice, freedom, and hope inSouth Africa.®

H.R. 1460— ANTI-APARTHEID ACT

HON. GEORGE MILLEROF CALIFORNIA

INTHE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, June 6, 1985•Mr. MILLER of California. Mr.Speaker, the House ofRepresentativeshas taken an important step by pass-ing H.R. 1460, "The Anti-ApartheidAct." It is obligatory that this Con-gress repudiate the tolerant attitudeof the administration toward racialdiscrimination inSouth Africa, and in-stead declare ourselves fullpartners inthe effort to end apartheid.

This past April, as the chairman ofthe Human Rights Task Force duringthe Speaker's visit to the SovietUnion, Itold the leaders of the SovietGovernment how vigorously we objectto their discriminatory policies againstracial and religious minorities. In aspeech to members of the SupremeSoviet, Isaid something which is veryappropriate here this afternoon.

Human rights, Isaid, are "Insepara-bly linked to all other issues. On thiswe willnot bend. As Abraham Lincolndeclared, 'Important principles mayand must be inflexible.'

"We sent that message to the Soviet

Union. By passing H.R. 1460, we cansend that same message to the Gov-ernment ofSouth Africa.

The billH.R. 1460 follows in our na-tional traditions of peaceful changeand human rights. Political, economic,and social sanctions established bythis act will emphasize our vigorousobjection to apartheid, and will pro-mote our position as defenders of per-sonal freedom and human rightsthroughout the world.

This bill includes incentives to theSouth Africa Government to end itsofficial policy of racial discrimination,providing a realistic means for achiev-ing the elimination of these racist doc-trines. But more than incentive areneeded. H.R. 1460 also prohibits newU.S. investment in South Africa; haltsU.S. bank loans to South Africa; bansthe importing of South African goldcoins into the United States; and haltsthe export of computer equipment tothe South African Governments.

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June 6, 1985

Gallo McCain ShelbyGekas McCandless ShumwayGoodling McDade ShusterGregg McEwen SikorskiGrotberg McGrath SkeenGunderson McKernan SlaughterHartnett McMillan

* Smith (NH)

Kendon Meyers Smith (NJ)

Henry Miller (OH) Smith, DennyHiler Miller (WA) Smith, RobertHillis Mitchell SolomonIreland Moorhead SpenceJacobs Morrison (WA) StangelandKasich Nielson StenholmKindness Oxley StumpKolbe Packard SundQuistLagomarsino Parris SwindallLatta Penny TaufceLent Porter TaylorLewis (CA) Quillen Thomas (CA)

Lightfoot Ridge VucanoviehLivingston Roberts WalkerLoeffler Roemer WeberLott Roth WhittakerLowery (CA) Saxton WolfLujan Schaefer Young (AK)Lungren Schroeder Young (PL)

Mack Sehuette ZschauMarlenee SensenbrennerMartin (ID Shaw

ANSWERED PRESENT"-2Crockett Dymally

NOT VOTING—38Applegate Heftel RangelArmey Hoyer SavageBliley Huckaby SiljanderBrown (CA) Hunter Smith (NE)

Coble Kemp SolarzCrane Leach (IA) SprattDingell Lewis (PL) StaliingsDornan (CA) Lundine StarkEmerson Madigan Sm?eeneyFord (MI) Mantón UdallFord (TN) Monson WilsonGilman Obey WirthGingrich Pursell

D 1020So the Journal was approved.The result of the vote was an-

nounced as above recorded.

FATHER TIMOTHYO'BRIEN(Mr.KLECZKAasked and was given

permission to address the House for 1minute and to revise and extend hisremarks.)

Mr. KLECZKA. Mr. Speaker, Iaskmy colleagues to join me this morningin welcoming Father Timothy O'Brienas our guest chaplain.

Father O'Brien has a rich back-ground in the State of Wisconsin andin our Nation's Capital. He graduatedfrom St. Mary Springs Academy inFond duLac and received a bachelor ofarts degree from St. Francis de SalesCollege inMilwaukee and a degree intheology from St. Francis School ofFastoral Ministry. He received hismaster's- degree in political sciencefrom Marquette University, and hisPh.D. political science from CatholicUniversity of America.

He was ordained as a priest for theMilwaukee Archdiocese and has servedas the assistant pastor of St. MatthiasParish in Milwaukee. He also hasserved as a liaison for social concernsto the U.S. Catholic Conference inWashington, and the WisconsinCatholic Conference in Madison, WIfor the Milwaukee Archdiocese. Addi-tionally, he acted as the national di-rector of communication for theCatholic League of CivilRights.

Currently, Father O'Brien is an as-sistant professor of political science. atMarquette University. He is a widely

respected author and lecturer on reli-gion inpolitics and interest group poli-tics and has completed a nationalstudy on inner city private schools andcoauthored a book, "Inner City Pri-vate Schools." He aslo has produced aTV movie based on this study entitled"Miracle inthe Inner City."

Father O'Brien is a special friend,and Ihave had the privilege of bene-fitting from his wisdom, guidance, andencouragement formany years.

He is held in high regard in the aca-demic and religious communities. He isalso held in extremely high regard inmy office. Inan effort to broaden hiseducational base, Father O'Brien haslogged many hours in congressional of-fices. He worked in the office of thelate Congressman WilliamH. Steiger,and during the past two summers, myoffice has had the privilege of working

withhim. He brings to the office intel-ligence, compassion, and a marveloussense ofhumor.It is truly a pleasure working with

Father O'Brien, and it is an honor tohave him here today as our guestchaplain.

DENIAL OF MEDICAL TREAT-MENT FOR SOUTH AFRICANS(Mr.LELAND asked and was given

permission to address the House for 1minute and to revise and extend hisremarks and include extraneousmatter.)

Mr. LELAND. Mr. Speaker, in lightof the historic first step this Houseundertook yesterday to destroy apart-heid, I'dlike tobring to my colleagues'attention a disturbing article that ap-peared inthe Washington Post yester-day. Irequest that the article appearin today's Congressional Recordunder the section entitled Extensionsof Remarks.

The Post has learned that South Af-rican Police keep watch at all areahospitals to arrest any blacks withgunshot wounds. The wound is used asevidence of involvement in so-called ri-otous clashes with the police. Fearingarrest, many blacks are foregoing med-ical treatment—or operating on them-selves—and dying as a result.Ifind it tragically ironic that while

some fear offending South Africa withstrong opposition to apartheid, hor-rendous human rights violations inSouth Africa continue to surface.

According to the National Medicaland Dental Association in SouthAfrica, police intimidate and arrest pa-tients in hospitals, place them underarrest in their beds

—sometimes even

handcuffed to the bed itself—andoften confiscate their medicationwhen transferred to jail cells. Thesepatients are even denied access to thelast rites.

In the face of these atrocities we cannot

—we must not—continue President

Reagan's "quiet diplomacy." In pass-

ing the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985 theHouse took the first step toward anonviolent end to apartheid. We nowmust complete the walk toward free-dom for all South Africans. Thankyou.

SUPPORT THE COMMUNISTRESISTERS INNICARAGUA

(Mr. BROOMFIELD asked and wasgiven permission to address the Housefor 1minute and to revise and extendhis remarks.)

Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, afew weeks ago, on the very day theHouse was putting itself through an-other futile debate on Nicaraguan aid,a Soviet ship unloaded more than $14millioninmilitary hardware at a Nica-raguan port.

When the House came up empty»

the Soviets raised the stakes. The verynext day, the littledictator from Ma-nagua, Daniel Ortega, took off forMoscow with a new and expandedshopping list.

Next week, the House willhave an-other chance to provide a bare mini-mum of support for those resistingCommunist domination inNicaragua.

Ifwe waffle again, itwillbe anothersignal for the Soviets to up the anteand for Ortega to put onhis green fa-tigues and take another shopping trip.

This time he could come home withthe missiles and Mig's some Membersof this body are waiting to see beforethey become convinced something sin-ister is going on south of the border.

But by then, itmight be too late.Let's keep our marines and the little

dictator at home by supporting thosewilling to give their lives ina fight weall want to avoid.

TORNADO-RAVAGED AREASAIDED, THANKS TO FEDERALDISASTER ASSISTANCE(Mr.KOLTER asked and was given

permission to address the House for 1minute and to revise and extend hisremarks.)

Mr. KOLTER. Mr. Speaker, lateFriday night, last week, a number oftornadoes touched down inmy districtin Pennsylvania. They caused untolddamage and personal tragedy.

Late Monday morning the WhiteHouse awarded Federal disaster reliefstatus to those areas hit by the torna-does.

On Tuesday, Vice President George

Bush flew to Pennsylvania to tour thedamaged areas and to convey the mes-sage that Federal assistance would beforthcoming.

What the Vice President and thePresident did not say, is that if theyhad their way there would be no Fed-eral disaster assistance.Irise today to thank responsible

Members of both parties in bothHouses of Congress for resisting ad-ministration proposals to eliminatethese critical programs. Even now the

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