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# Honoring the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN)

Source: 2005 Congressional Record, Vol. 151, Page E894
Honoring the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN)
HON. MARTIN T. MEEHAN
OF MASSACHUSETTS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, May 5, 2005
Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the hard work and dedication of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a national non-profit organization dedicated to ending the military's failed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
SLDN was co-founded by Dixon Osburn and Michelle Beneke in 1994 as a legal service agency with the mission of providing counsel to service members discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Since that time, SLDN has assisted more than 6,500 gay and lesbian troops and obtained thirty-five improvements to military regulations related to the policy.
Today, SLDN is the Nation's leading advocacy organization dedicated to repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and ensuring open service in our armed forces. Through tenacity and strong leadership, the organization has made significant steps forward in breaking down the barrier that bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. The gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community looks to SLDN as a model for accomplishing policy change.
2004 was a groundbreaking year for the organization. SLDN filed a monumental lawsuit on behalf of twelve veterans of the War on Terror, challenging the constitutionality of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in federal court. SLDN's legal expertise also paved the way for two victorious cases before the Army Court of Criminal Appeals, overturning military sodomy convictions. And the staff mobilized veterans and supporters from twenty-two states to meet with 90 Congressional offices on their annual "Lobby Day."
I have had the pleasure of working with SLDN since my freshman term in Congress. Most recently, we came together to draft the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, historic legislation to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and replace it with a nondiscrimination policy. Because of SLDN's staunch efforts to win support in Congress, I introduced the bill with more than fifty cosponsors on March 2, 2005. We now have more than eighty cosponsors of this bipartisan bill today.
As SLDN celebrates its national dinner on May 7th, I commend the staff, board, and supporters for their commitment and perseverance. Just as the advocacy of civil rights groups paved the way for desegregation in the military, I am confident that SLDN's hard work will soon lead to the demise of the discriminatory and counterproductive "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
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# Honoring the Flinders University of South Australia Washington DC Interns and Internship Program

Congressional Record: February 13, 2003 (Extensions of Remarks) [Page E226] From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:cr13fe03-57]
HONORING THE FLINDERS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA WASHINGTON DC
 INTERNS AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
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 HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS
 of florida
 in the house of representatives
 Wednesday, February 12, 2003
 Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride and
enthusiasm that I rise today to pay tribute to Flinders University of
South Australia Washington, DC Internship Program. The Flinders
University program is to be commended for providing five Australian
college students with the opportunity to experience the American
political process first hand, while at the same time, furthering the
already strong relationship between the United States and Australia.  For the past six weeks, I have had the privilege to participate in
the Flinders University program. The intern assigned to my office, Ms.
Tamera Gale, has been an incredible asset to my staff and me. I have
learned from her, and I certainly hope that she has learned from me.  Tamera is a third year college student at Flinders University in her
hometown of Adelaide, Australia. She is majoring in American Studies.
When speaking with her recently, Tamera expressed her appreciation for
the opportunity to intern in my office. But as I told her then, I truly
appreciate the opportunity to have her working with my staff and me.  During her time in my office, Tamera has assisted in the drafting of
a resolution honoring the long-standing U.S.-Australia relationship, as
well as educating herself and others on the rich history of African
Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces. The fruit of Tamera's labor has
been passed on to my colleagues in the House of Representatives through
my African American History Month Dear Colleague letters honoring the
lives of a different African American military hero each day.  Mr. Speaker, we live in a good country filled with opportunity and
good people. However, we venture outside of our borders all too little.
The Flinders University of South Australia Washington, DC Internship
Program provides Australian students with the opportunity to travel to
the United States and view our democracy and life in our country.
Equally, the program provides Members and staff with an opportunity to
learn about the political process and life in Australia, a country and
continent that too few of us visit.  It has been an honor to have Tamera intern in my office, and I wish
her and her fellow intems good luck and fortune in all of their future
endeavors. I look forward to participating in the Flinders program next
year and urge my colleagues to do the same.
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# Honoring the City of Akron Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service

Honoring the City of Akron Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. Congressional Record: January 12, 2007 (Extensions of Remarks) Page E92. DOCID:cr12ja07-20.
HONORING THE CITY OF AKRON DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY OF SERVICE
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HON. BETTY SUTTON
OF OHIO
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Friday, January 12, 2007
Ms. SUTTON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the City of Akron and the 22nd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture which will be held at the Akron-Summit County Main Library. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Akron-Summit County Public Library and the Eta Tau Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Inc.
Ozell Sutton will deliver the annual lecture. Civil rights and human rights are Sutton's passions. He served as an escort for the Little Rock Nine when they entered Central High School in Arizona in 1957. He marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington in 1963 and in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. He was in Memphis when King was killed in 1968. Mr. Sutton has been cited four times by Ebony magazine as one of the "100 Most Influential African-American Leaders."
All Americans know of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s stature as a national hero and we all look up to Dr. King's ideals of freedom, justice and opportunity. From his celebrated "Letter from Birmingham Jail" to his organization of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Dr. King demonstrated that eloquent words followed with significant action could affect social change without resorting to violence. His "I Have a Dream" speech movingly spelled out his dream of racial equality and propelled the issue to the forefront of national consciousness.
The City of Akron, which has a very rich history, is the seat of Summit County in the State of Ohio. The city is located between Cleveland to the north and Canton to the south. It was founded in 1825 near the Ohio & Erie Canal and became a manufacturing center owing to its location at a staircase of locks. The locks were needed due to the higher elevation of the area, which gave rise to the name Summit County as well as Akron, which is a rough translation of "summit" into Greek.
The city is home to the University of Akron, the Akron Aeros "AA" affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, and the Firestone Country Club, at which the PGA Tour's Bridgestone Invitational is annually played. Akron is often referred to as "The Rubber City," being the home of both Goodyear and Firestone. The city is also home to the All-American Soap Box Derby which has been held at Akron's Derby Downs race track since 1935.
In closing, I once again pay tribute to the City of Akron and the 22nd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture.
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# Who's Who in the Far East/DE HORSEY, Captain Spencer V. Y.

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​ DE HORSEY, Captain Spencer V. Y. (HONGKONG), R.N.; Captain of H.M. first class cruiser" Kent." Promoted to present rank, Oct. 21, 19CO; appointed to command, Dec. 15, 1905. Club: Hongkong. Address: H.M.S. "Kent," Hongkong.
# Who's Who in the Far East/DINSMORE, William Holmes

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​ DINSMORE, William Holmes (SERENDAH), B.A., LL.B., Dublin; F.M.S. Civil Service; b. Aug. 3, 1877. Cadet at Negri Sembilan, 1902;. acting assisting District Officer, Kuala Pilah, Mar., 1904; acting District Officer, Kuala Pilah, April, 1904; acting assistant District Officer, April, 1904; passed in law, 1903; acting assistant District Officer, Serendah, 1906. Address: Serendah, Selangor, Federated Malay States.
# Who's Who in the Far East/DIGUET, Lieut-Colonel Edouard J. J.

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​ DIGUET, Lieut-Colonel Edouard J. J. (HANOI), Commandant de Territoire Militaire et Cercles. Decorations: Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur; Officier d'Academie. Address: Hanoi, Tonkin, Indo-China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/DE HAMEL, Major Hargrave Barry

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​ DE HAMEL, Major Hargrave Barry (BATU GAJAH), Assistant Commissioner of Police; b. 1872. Educ.: Charterhouse. 2nd Lieut., London, deny, R.G.A., 1889; Major, 1902; seconded to the Hausa Force, 1895-97; Ashanti Expedition, 1895-96; seconded, Straits Settlements Police, 1897-1905; seconded, Federated Malay States Police 1905. Decoration: Ashanti Medal, 1895-96. Club: Junior United Service, London, W. Address: Batu Gajah, Perak, Federated Malay States.
# Who's Who in the Far East/DE LALANDE-CALAN, Oliver Charles Arthur

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​ DE LALANDE-CALAN, Oliver Charles Arthur (SAIGON), Resident; Administrator, 1st class; 6. Nov., 16, 1853. Joined Indo-China Civil Service, July 1, 1881; Administrator 4th class, Jan., 1, 1884; Administrator, 3rd class, Jan. 1, 1886; Administrator, 2nd class, Aug. 1, ​1889; Administrator, 1st class, Aug. I, 1892. Decoration: Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. Address: Saigon, Cochin-China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/DICKSON, Eric Ayton

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​ DICKSON, Eric Ayton (KUALA PILAH), F.M.S. Civil Service; b, Jan. 13, 1876. Junior Officer, Selangor, 1896; in charge of Septang sub-district, 1898; acting assistant Collector of Land Revenue, Kuala Lumpur, Jan., 1900; acting District Officer, ​Klang, continued as acting tant Collector of Land Revenue, Kuala Lumpur, May, 1900; acting assistant District Officer, Serendah, June, 1800; acting District Officer, Kuala, Langat, Mar., 1901; acting 2nd Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, Nov., 1901; acting District Officer, Kuala Langat, Dec., 1901; passed in law, 1903; Magistrate, Registrar of Titles and Superintendent of Prisons, Pahang, 1903; Circuit Magistrate, Selangor, 1904; acting District Officer, Kuala Pilah, since 1904. Address: Kuala Pilah, Negri Sembilan, Federated Malay States.
# Who's Who in the Far East/DE HAVILLAND

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​ DE HAVILLAND (see: HAVILLAND, WALTER AUGUSTUS DE).
# Who's Who in the Far East/DE MIRIBEL, Marie Joseph

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​ DE MIRIBEL, Marie Joseph (HANOI), Resident; Administrator, 1st class; b. Feb. 15, 185S. Joined Indo-China Civil Service, Sept. 11, 1890; Administrator 4th class Sept. II, 1898; Administrator, 3rd class, July 14, 1894; Administrator, 2nd class, Jan. 1, 1890; Administrator, 1st class, Jan., 1, 1902; Decoration: Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. Address: Hanoi, Tonkin, Indo-China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/DE MELLO, Aloysius

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​ DE MELLO, Aloysius (SINGAPORE), Straits Settlements Civil Service; b. Nov. 8, 1880. Appointed to Colonial Secretary's Office as Acting Chief Clerk, April, 1904; transferred to Chinese Protectorate, Singapore, Nov., 1904; is Magistrate for Singapore; studied Chinese at Canton. Address: Singapore, Straits Settlements.
# Who's Who in the Far East/DICKSON, Hon. Charles Wedderburn

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​ DICKSON, Hon. Charles Wedderburn (HONGKONG), Partner in the firm of Jardine, Matheson and Co.; Member of Legislative Council; Deputy Chairman of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation; director of various local companies; b. Feb., 23, 1863; m. Frances Emiline, y. d. of late Sir Harry Parkes, British Minister at Tokyo and Peking. Educ.: Scotland. Arrived in Hongkong, 1884, and commenced association with Jardine, Matheson and Co., was at Shanghai from 1894-7. Club: Thatched House; Hongkong. Address: East Point, Hongkong.
# Western Union Telegraph Company v. Foster

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United States Supreme Court
247 U.S. 105
Western Union Telegraph Company v. Foster
Argued: April 29 and 30, 1918. --- Decided: May 20, 1918
[Syllabus intentionally omitted]
Messrs. Rush Taggart and John G. Milburn, both of New York City, and Arthur Lord, of Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs in error (in cases Nos. 274 and 275).
Mr. Henry S. Robbins, of Chicago, Ill, for appellant (in cases Nos. 419 and 420).
Messrs. Patrick Henry Kelley and William Harold Hitchcock, both of Boston, Mass., for Calvin H. Foster.
Messrs. Henry C. Attwill, Atty. Gen., and H. Ware Barnum, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Public Service Commission of Massachusetts.
[Argument of Counsel from pages 106-110 intentionally omitted]
Mr. Justice HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Western Union Telegraph Company v. Esteve Bros & Company

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United States Supreme Court
256 U.S. 566
Western Union Telegraph Company v. Esteve Bros & Company
Argued: April 12 and 13, 1921. --- Decided: June 1, 1921
Messrs. Rush Taggart and John G. Milburn, both of New York City, W. B. Spencer, of New Orleans, La., and Francis R. Stark and Joseph L. Egan, both of New York City, for petitioner.
Mr. Monte M. Lemann, of New Orleans, La., for respondent.
[Argument of Counsel from page 567 intentionally omitted]
Mr. Justice BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Western Union Telegraph Company v. Georgia

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United States Supreme Court
269 U.S. 67
Western Union Telegraph Company v. Georgia
Argued: Oct. 9, 1925. --- Decided: Nov 16, 1925
Messrs. John G. Milburn and Francis Raymond Stark, both of New York City, and William L. Clay, of Rochester, N. Y., for plaintiff in error.
Messrs. Henry C. Peeples, of Atlanta, Ga., Fitzgerald Hall, of Nashville, Tenn., and Hooper Alexander, of Atlanta, Ga., for defendants in error.
Mr. Justice HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Western Union Telegraph Company v. Czizek

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United States Supreme Court
264 U.S. 281
Western Union Telegraph Company v. Czizek
Argued: Feb. 26 and 27, 1924. --- Decided: March 10, 1924
Messrs. Francis Raymond Stark, of New York City, and Beverly L. Hodghead, of San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner.
Mr. R. H. Johnson, of Boise, Idaho, for respondent.
Mr. Justice HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century/4/Francis M. Drake

​FRANCIS M. DRAKE, fifteenth Governor of Iowa, was born at Rushville, Illinois, on the 30th of December, 1830, and removed to Iowa in 1837, locating at Fort Madison. Here he secured an education in the schools of that city and at the age of sixteen became a clerk in his father's store. Soon after the discovery of gold in California, he fitted out two ox teams to make the overland journey to the gold fields. At the Missouri River a caravan of several teams and twelve additional men was organized for mutual protection from hostile Indians. At a crossing of the Platte River the party was attacked by a band of Pawnees and a lively fight ensued, in which the emigrants were under the command of Mr. Drake. The Indians were finally defeated and the party, after several months on the plains, reached California in safety. He remained in California until the fall of 1852, when he returned to the States by water, crossing at Panama, where he was seized with a fever. In 1854 he again made the trip overland to Sacramento and, while returning by water, was shipwrecked. In 1861 he volunteered to help defend the Missouri border from invasion. Upon the organization of the Thirty-sixth Regiment of Iowa Infantry he was appointed lieutenant-colonel and served three years in the Union army. He commanded at the Battle of Mark's Mills where he was severely wounded and taken prisoner. After his return to service he was brevetted a Brigadier-General of Volunteers. After the close of the was General Drake became extensively engaged in railroad building, acquiring large wealth. He became one of the founders of a college at Des Moines, to which he made large donations at various times, and which was named Drake University. The school is under the direction of the Christians, of which denomination General Drake is a prominent member. In 1895, General Drake was elected Governor of Iowa, on the Republican ticket, serving one term.
# History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century/4/Francis Springer

​ FRANCIS SPRINGER was born in the State of Maine, April 15, 1811. He worked on a farm in boyhood and attended district school ​during the winter months. When eighteen years of age he began to teach at ten dollars a month. In 1833 he studied law and five years later went to the far west, locating at the new town of Wapello, in Louisa County, Iowa. He was the first lawyer in the new county and in 1840 was elected on the Whig ticket to represent Louisa and Washington counties in the Council of the Legislative Assembly, where he served four years. Upon the admission of Iowa as a State, in 1846, Mr. Springer was elected to the Senate of the First General Assembly where he served four years. In 1849-50 he was a special agent of the Post-Office Department and in 1851 was appointed Register of the United States Land Office at Fairfield. In 1854 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney and in 1855 was chosen District Judge. In 1856 he was a delegate to the first Republican National Convention which nominated John C. Fremont for President. In 1857 Judge Springer was a member of the convention which framed the present Constitution of the State and was the permanent president of that body. He was again elected District Judge in 1858, serving until 1860, when he resigned to accept the position of Collector of Internal Revenue. In 1882, on the 19th of January, a reunion of the surviving members of the Constitutional Convention of 1857 was held at Des Moines, at which Judge Springer presided. It was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Convention which framed the Constitution and Judge Springer delivered an address of great historic interest. He died on the 2d of October, 1898.
# History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century/4/Francis W. Palmer

FRANCIS W. PALMER
​ FRANCIS W. PALMER was born at Manchester, Indiana, on the 11th of October, 1827. His father removed to Jamestown, New York, where the son attended the public schools until fourteen years of age when he went to New York City where he learned the printer's trade. Returning to Jamestown he was for ten years engaged in publishing the Jamestown Journal. He was elected to the New York Legislature on the Whig ticket in 1853, serving two terms. In 1858 he removed to Iowa, locating at Dubuque where he purchased an interest in the Dubuque Times and became its chief editor. In 1860 he was elected State Printer and removing to Des Moines purchased the State Register. He held the office of State Printer eight years, resigning on the 1st of March, 1869, to enter upon his duties as Representative in Congress to which position he had been chosen on the Republican ticket the previous fall. Mr. Palmer served two terms in Congress, retiring on the 4th of March, 1873. During the time he was editor and publisher of the State Register it was the leading Republican daily in the State, attained a wide circulation, and possessed a powerful influence in the councils of the Republican party, as well as in the general affairs of the entire State. After the expiration of his term in Congress he removed to Chicago and assumed the editorial management of the Inter Ocean and some years later was appointed postmaster of that city, serving three terms. For some years he was chief editor of the Chicago Herald. When President Harrison was elected Mr. Palmer was appointed Public Printer at Washington, serving until Cleveland became President. Upon the election of McKinley, Mr. Palmer was restored to the position and was holding that important office at the close of the century.
# History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century/4/Ezekiel S. Sampson

​ EZEKIEL S. SAMPSON was born in Huron County, Ohio, on the 6th of December, 1831. When a small boy his father removed to Illinois and in 1843 located on a farm in Keokuk County, Iowa. The son worked on his father's farm until he was nineteen years of age, attending the district school winters. He then learned to set type and earned money as a printer to pay his way in the higher schools until he secured a good education. In 1854 he went to Oskaloosa and began the study of law with Enoch W. Eastman and Samuel A. Rice and in the following year was admitted to the bar. He began to practice at Sigourney and in 1856 was elected Prosecuting Attorney. Early in 1861 he helped to raise a company for the Union army and was appointed captain of Company F, which was assigned to the Fifth Infantry. In May, 1862, he was promoted to major of the regiment, serving in that position until 1864, when it was mustered out. In 1865 he was elected to the State Senate and after serving one session was chosen District Judge and remained on the bench by reëlection until 1874 when he was elected to Congress. Mr. Sampson served four years in the House of Representatives from the Sixth District, retiring in 1879 and resuming the practice of law. He died at his home in Sigourney on the 7th of October, 1892.