E 902 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks May 2, 1995

IN HONOR OF REVEREND MONSIGNOR JOSEPH A. MARJANCZYK

CELEBRATING HIS 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ORDINATION

HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ OF NEW JERSEY

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, May 2, 1995

Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today

to pay tribute to the Reverend Monsignor Joseph A. Marjanczyk on the 50th anniversary of

his ordination. The parishioners of Our Lady of

Mount Carmel will hold a dinner-dance in Father Marjanczyk’s honor on May 6, 1995.

Father Joseph Marjanczyk was ordained by

Archbishop Thomas A. Walsh of Newark on

May 5, 1945. Prior to his ordination, Father

Marjanczjk was a seminarian at the Immaculate Conception Seminary. While at the seminary, he compiled and edited four volumes of

Sacred Scripture handbooks and authored a

comprehensive history of ‘‘Christianity in Poland.’’

Father Joseph Marjanczyk was first assigned to the Polish parish of St. Valentine in

Bloomfield, NJ. He served as chaplain to the

Bloomfield Police Department and was Faithful

Friar of Fr. Isaac Jogues Fourth Degree Assembly of Knights of Columbus Council 1178.

Father Marjanczyk was on the archdiocesan

Continuing Education of Priests Committee

and also served for 12 years as an adjunct

professor of Polish language at Seton Hall

University.

He was later named to the Board of Trustees Seton Hall and at the Immaculate Conception Seminary.

Pope John Paul II named Father

Marjanczyk a Prelate of Honor to His Holiness

and bestowed upon him the title of Monsignor

on May 29, 1979. Despite all his responsibilities Father Marjanczyk found time to serve

outside of his jurisdiction as trustee of the City

of Elizabeth Board of Education. On May 19,

1988, Pope John Paul II proclaimed Monsignor Marjanczyk a Protonotary Apostolic,

and on January, 1991 Archbishop McCarrick

of Newark appointed him as Vicar Episcopal

of South Hudson County.

Father Joseph Marjanczyk was vested with

the Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta by

the Polish Government-in-Exile, London England. He was decorated with the Gold Insignia

of the Order of Merit by the Republic of Poland. The Paderewski Memorial Committee

Bayonne Chapter honored him with the Paderewski Memorial Silver medal on his name

day, March 19, 1994.

Father Marjanczk is a man dedicated to

helping and serving the people. He has devoted his life to serving God and to help all

those that are in need. Again, I congratulate

Father Marjanczyk on the 50th anniversary of

his ordination. May all his kindness and generosity be rewarded in the years to come.

TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM AND FUNG

fHSIEH

HON. BILL BAKER OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, May 2, 1995

Mr. BAKER of California. Mr. Speaker,

today it is my pleasure to recognize two remarkable people from my District, William and

Fung Hsieh. Recently, reporter Ben Fox wrote

in one of the leading papers in my District, the

Tri-Valley Herald, that the Hsieh’s are ‘‘an advertisement for graceful aging.’’ Their remarkable lives and their 78 years of marriage—yes,

78—have been a testimony to what William

rightly calls three of the great essentials of

marriage: love, mutual trust, and reasonableness.

William, then called Wen-Lung, and Fung

were married in 1917 in China. In the early

1920’s, William traveled to the United States,

where over the course of 5 years he obtained

a doctorate in transportation and economics

from the University of Pennsylvania. He returned to China to become a civil engineer,

and was awarded the Medal of Freedom from

the American Government in 1946 for his work

in assisting the U.S. Army transport military

supplies during the Second World War.

After fleeing China in the wake of the Communist takeover in 1949, the Fungs were separated again as William remained in Hong

Kong and Fung lived in the United States pursuing the citizenship she had lost as a result

of marrying a foreign national. Eventually, the

Hsiehs and their eight children arrived in the

United States, and William became a naturalized citizen in 1986.

Currently, the Hsiehs live in Livermore,

which is a lovely city in the East Bay region

of the San Francisco area, where they are

near their son, Ed, and his wife, Cynthia.

The Hsiehs have much to teach about love,

loyalty, and long-term commitment. They have

weathered many storms in their lives, and yet

their marriage has endured. In our era of family breakdown, the Hsiehs are a welcome reminder of the importance of the traditional values on which our country is based. It is a

pleasure for me to honor the Hsiehs today,

and to thank Mr. Fox for his touching piece

about this wonderful couple.

THE PRICE OF AMERICAN

LEADERSHIP

fHON. LEE H. HAMILTON OF INDIANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, May 2, 1995

Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to

bring to the attention of my colleagues a

speech delivered last week by Anthony Lake,

the President’s National Security Adviser.

Mr. Lake states well the importance of

American leadership and the necessity of the

President to have the tools and the resources

to be able to protect and promote our national

interests.

The upcoming debate over resources for the

150 international affairs budget account will

help determine whether the United States can

sustain its world leadership. This account must

take its fair share of cuts, but those cuts must

be carried out with care and with bipartisan

agreement so that the national interest of the

United States will not be harmed.

I urge my colleagues to reflect on Mr.

Lake’s remarks before the National Press Club

April 27, 1995. His speech follows:

THE PRICE OF LEADERSHIP

Let me begin with a simple but alarming

fact: The United States could be on the brink

of unilateral disarmament.

Did that get your attention? I hope so, because it is true.

No, we are not about to junk our jets or

scuttle our ships. Our military is strong and

ready—and there is a strong bipartisan consensus to keep it so. But we are on the verge

of throwing away—or at least damaging—

many of the other tools America has used for

50 years to maintain our leadership in the

world. Aid to emerging markets, economic

support for peace, international peacekeeping, programs to fight terrorism and drug

trafficking, foreign assistance: Together

with a strong military, these have been key

instruments of our foreign policy.

Presidents since Harry Truman have used

these tools to promote American interests—

to preserve our security, to expand our prosperity and to advance democracy. Their efforts were supported by Democrats and Republicans—and the broad majority of the

American people. Congress consistently provided the needed resources for these tasks.

Because of this resolve, coupled with our

military might, we prevailed over the long

haul in the Cold War, strengthened our security and won unparalleled prosperity for our

people.

Now, I deeply believe our success is in danger. It is under attack by new isolationists

from both left and right who would deny our

nation those resources. Our policy of engagement in world affairs is under siege—and

American leadership is in peril.

A few of the new isolationists act out of

conviction. They argue that the end of the

Soviet menace means the serious threats are

gone—that we should withdraw behind our

borders and stick to concerns at home. Fortress America, they say, can shut out new

dangers even though some of the new threats

facing us—like nuclear proliferation, terrorism, rapid population growth and environmental degradation—know no boundaries.

But most of the new isolationists do not

argue such a position or even answer to the

name isolationist. They say they are part of

the postwar bipartisan consensus that their

goals are its goals—democracy, security,

peace and prosperity. But they won’t back up

their words with deeds.

These self-proclaimed devotees of democracy would deny aid to struggling democracies. They laud American leadership, but

oppose American leadership of coalitions, advocating only unilateral action instead.

Yes, they praise peace. But then they cut

our help to those who take risks for peace.

They demand greater prosperity. But they

shy away from the hard work of opening

markets for American workers and businesses. Under the cover of budget-cutting,

they threaten to cut the legs out from under

America’s leadership.

These are the back-door isolationists—and

they are much more numerous and influential than those who argue openly for American retreat. They can read the polls, and

they know that the American people want

the U.S. to be engaged in the world. Support

for American leadership in the world is

about as strong as ever—a Chicago Council

on Foreign Relations survey shows twothirds or more want us to remain deeply engaged. So these back-door isolationists and

unilateralists cast themselves as the true

guardians of American power. But through

their actions, they could become the agents

of a America’s retreat. They champion

American leadership, but they want it the

one way you can’t have it: and that is on the

cheap.

They want America to turn its back on 50

years of success. They are working—whether

they know it or not—to destroy part of the

foundation for our peace and prosperity, the

great legacy of our postwar leaders. Vandenberg, Truman, Marshall, Acheson. These men