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4. How much of these costs in Fiscal Year

1994 have been covered by U.S. supplemental appropriations? In cases where supplemental appropriations have been provided and the UN has subsequently reimbursed those costs, how much has the DoD

returned to the U.S. Treasury?)

The information follows:

FISCAL YEAR 1994 UN-RELATED OPERATIONS

[In millions of dollars]

Incremental

costs

Covered

by supplemental

U.S. Participation in Peace Operations: Former Yugoslavia (Macedonia) ........................... 3.0 3.0 Somalia ................................................................. 528.0 424.1 Support to U.N. Peace Operations: Cambodia .............................................................. 5.0 ............. Rwanda (U.N. requested Airlift) ........................... 10.8 ............. U.S. Participation in Operations Authorized by the

U.N.: Angola ................................................................... 2.6 ............. Former Yugoslavia (Bosnia) ................................. 289.0 273.7 Haiti (Interdiction/Sanctions) ............................... 65.8 50.0 Haiti (Uphold Democracy) ..................................... 200.8 (1)

Iraq (Provide Comfort) .......................................... 91.8 92.0 Iraq (Southern Watch) .......................................... 333.0 332.5 Rwanda (Unilateral Support) ................................ 95.9 122.2 Western Sahara .................................................... .1 .............

Total ................................................................. 1,625.8 1,297.5

1 The Secretary of Defense used the Feed and Forage authority to cover

$126.3 million of the costs incurred in this effort. The appropriations to

cover these costs are requested in the FY 1995 Emergency Supplemental.

Note: The Department returned to the Treasury all reimbursements for

costs already funded through supplemental appropriations. For FY 1994, the

total amount was $25 million, of which $22 million was associated with

UNOSOM II (Somalia) and the balance related to UNPROFOR (Former Yugoslavia).

5. Who within DoD compiles information on

incremental costs associated with UN

peacekeeping operations? Is it done by

each Service, then collated by the Office of

the Secretary of Defense? Or some other

way?)

The DoD Components determine the incremental costs for contingency operations in

which each is involved. They report these

costs to the Department of the Army, which

as Executive Agent for these efforts prepares

a consolidated report for all operations. The

DoD is in the process of transferring the reporting responsibility to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, an organization that has the basic mission of providing

this type of service to the Department.

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE,

Washington, DC, April 18, 1995.

Hon. LEE HAMILTON,

Ranking Democrat, Committee on International

Relations, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CONGRESSMAN; As I indicated in our

15 February response to your January 13 letter regarding the impact of H.R. 7 on the

ability of the United States to support UN

peacekeeping activities, we initiated another

examination of the fiscal year 1994 costs associated with contingency operations. In

particular, we wanted to provide you a more

specific breakout of the costs associated

with contingency operations related to United Nations Security Council resolutions,

where possible. The attached information

provides the best data available.

At the time that some of these UN-related

operations commenced, we did not foresee

the requirement to account for costs according to the authority under which U.S. forces

participated, and therefore, did not require

the Services or Defense Agencies to collect

data at the level of detail requested in your

letter. We have since remedied this through

new financial procedures directed by the

Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). In

the interim, working with the Services and

the Office of Management and Budget, we

have been able to use existing information to

develop a better estimate of the costs for

certain operations. I stress, however, that

the attached figures are our ‘‘best estimate’’

of the incremental costs since we did not require the Services and Defense Agencies to

capture these precise data.

The most important point about this information is that it indicates that crediting the

incremental expenditures associated with

our voluntary participation in these UN-related operations would, at a minimum, reduce significantly the USG’s payment of

United Nations peacekeeping assessments if

DoD’s incremental costs were credited

against the USG’s assessment. The United

States spent $1.4 billion in fiscal year 1994 on

operations voluntarily undertaken in connection with UN Security Council resolutions. Were the United States to credit

amounts of this size against our annual UN

peacekeeping assessment, it would cancel

out our entire yearly contribution, thereby

seriously impairing the UN’s capability to

conduct peacekeeping operations.

I hope the following provides you with useful information and is of value during any

further debate of this issue in the Congress.

Sincerely yours,

Walter B. Slocombe.

INCREMENTAL COSTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994 ‘‘NON-BLUE

HELMET’’ BUT UN-RELATED OPERATIONS 1

Operation Cost

(million) UNSCR

Former Yugoslavia2 .................................................. $289

Sanctions Enforcement (Sharp Guard) ............... (75) 787 Humanitarian Airdrop (Provide Promise) ............ (77) 770 No-Fly Zone (Deny Flight) ................................... (85) 781, 816,

836 Other Costs ......................................................... (52) Haiti: Multinational Force (Uphold Democracy) ............ 197 940 Sanctions Enforcement (Support Democracy) ..... 65 841 Southwest Asia: Sanctions Enforcement/No-Fly Zone-S. Iraq

(Southern Watch) ............................................ 333 687 No-Fly Zone/Kurdish Relief-N. Iraq (Provide

Comfort) .......................................................... 92 688 Somalia (non-UNOSOM II)3 ...................................... 434 794

Total ................................................................ 1,410

1 For the purposes of this analysis, the operations were limited to those

carried out in relation to a UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) but not

including UN mandated and assessed ‘‘blue helmet’’ peace operations. 2 Estimates based on reports from the Services. The category titled ‘‘Other Costs’’ includes costs that are not attributable to the ‘‘blue-helmet’’

UNPROFOR operation, but are related to the other three operations in the

former Yugoslavia. Further, these costs could not be allocated accurately to

a specific DoD component. All other costs were related directly to a Military

Department. 3

IN RECOGNITION OF THE FROMM

INSTITUTE FOR LIFELONG

Estimate based on reports from the Services.

fLEARNING

HON. NANCY PELOSI OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, May 9, 1995

Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in

recognition of the University of San Francisco’s Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning,

which celebrates its 20th anniversary on May

6, 1995.

Alfred and Hanna Fromm are a living example of the American dream. As a married couple fleeing Hitler’s Germany in the 1930’s,

they came to this country as refugees, and

reaped the rewards of their hard work. Alfred

was instrumental in reviving a dormant wine

industry in California following Prohibition,

using his talents to transform Christian Brothers, and then Paul Masson, into world-renowned labels of wine. His distributorship,

Fromm & Sichel, became the largest distributor of California wines in the world.

Alfred and Hanna have never forgotten the

needs of their community. They have involved

themselves deeply and generously in the civic

and cultural life of San Francisco. They are

cofounders of the Jewish Community Museum, and have served on the boards and

supported organizations as diverse as the

opera and Amnesty International. Their dedicated service to the San Francisco community

and the Nation is a model and inspiration for

all.

In 1976, Hanna and Alfred recognized the

need to expand and enhance the then severely limited educational opportunities and

options available to senior San Franciscans

living in retirement. Together, they set to work

to provide a suitable setting where retired

members of the community could pursue serious academic study among their peers and

under the tutelage of their peers, but with the

resources of a modern great urban university

at their disposal.

Thus was born the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning. Thousands of seniors have enrolled in this ‘‘university within a university,’’

presenting 8-week, noncredit, academic

courses three times a year. Courses span the

disciplines of psychology, literature, philosophy, science, theology, history, art, music, politics, and creative writing.

Mr. Speaker, Hanna and Alfred have received recognition and commendations from

Presidents, Governors, and mayors. Yet, their

deepest satisfaction comes from seeing their

peers who enter the halls of the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning and continue the

journey of learning through their retirement

years. That may be the best and greatest legacy of these two extraordinary people, and on

behalf of the Congress, let us join the entire

San Francisco community in thanking Alfred

and Hanna Fromm on the occasion of the

20th anniversary of the Fromm Institute for

Lifelong Learning.

CAPT. RANDOLPH L. GUZMAN

fHON. BILL BAKER

OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, May 9, 1995

Mr. BAKER of California. Mr. Speaker, the

entire Nation continues to mourn the tragedy

in Oklahoma City. This cowardly and vicious

act was an assault on our country, a wanton

act of political terrorism and social destruction.

It was also an act in which dozens of individual lives were brutally ended. From small

children to senior Federal employees, we have

witnessed the heartbreaking spectacle of battered bodies carried out of the Murrah Federal

Building, one by one.

One of these bodies was covered with an

American flag. It was that of Marine Capt.

Randolph L. Guzman, a native of Castro Valley, CA, a city in the East Bay area I am privileged to represent in Congress.

Captain Guzman was the recruiting station

executive officer in the Murrah Building. A marine since 1983, he was a graduate of California State University at Hayward and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1988.

A participant in Operation Desert Shield/

Desert Storm, his service included tours in Virginia, Hawaii, Japan, and finally in Oklahoma.

Among his many decorations are the Navy
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and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the

Combat Action Ribbon, and the Navy Unit

Commendation. To say that Captain Guzman

served faithfully is to understate the obvious.

His presence in the Marine Corps was an

honor for our country.

When Marine Reserve 1st Sgt. Michael S.

Curtain and several former marines carried out

Captain Guzman’s flag-draped body from the

rubble in Oklahoma City, all work around the

site stopped. According to Mr. Curtain:

Cranes had stopped. It was completely

quiet. Rescuers stopped and looked; people

had lined the street outside the building. Everyone was watching in silence as we

brought our Marine out * * * You could tell

the veterans. They were the ones with tears

in their eyes.

It is with enormous pride that a grateful Nation today salutes Capt. Randolph Guzman

and his service to his country. All California

mourns the loss of this sterling young man,

but does so with the knowledge that this son

of the East Bay lived his life with a commitment to duty, honor and country that stands in

the finest tradition of the Marines Corps. His

life was a testimony to the Marine Corps

motto: ‘‘Semper Fidelis,’’ always faithful.

To Captain Guzman’s parents, Erlinda

Guzman and Rudolph Guzman, I offer my

deepest sympathy. There is nothing I can say

that can lessen their sense of loss. But I can

assure them of America’s abiding pride in their

son and encourage them with the truth that

the One the Bible calls ‘‘the God of all comfort’’ will be there for them through all the days

ahead.

May God guide and bless the Guzman family, and may He guide and bless our beloved

country.

KILDEE PAYS TRIBUTE TO

WALTER REUTHER

fHON. DALE E. KILDEE OF MICHIGAN

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, May 9, 1995

Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to

urge my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to join me in paying tribute to the

late Walter P. Reuther. Mr. Reuther, and his

late wife May, are being honored by the United Auto Workers with a commemorative tribute to be held on Tuesday, May 9, 1995. This

tribute marks 25 years to the day they perished in a plane crash.

Walter Reuther was a true giant to the labor

movement. He was the leader in the fight that

gave birth to the labor movement in America.

He committed his life to the workers of this

Nation, assuring them justice and change in

the workplace. Walter Reuther was a visionary. He established revolutionary precedents

for workers including pensions, health care,

and supplemental unemployment benefits.

Walter Reuther is directly responsible for the

standard of living that millions of Americans

enjoy today.

Walter Reuther was a patriot. He was a

confidante of Presidents. During World War II,

his dramatic ‘‘500 Planes a Day’’ plan was

adopted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It

was this plan that helped galvanize the Nation’s industrial might, converting automobile

plants into producers of tanks and planes,

leading to the eventual defeat of the Axis

Powers. President Kennedy was provided with

the concept of the Peace Corps by Walter

Reuther in 1960, having first outlined the idea

in a 1956 speech to the National Education

Association. He believed that the enemies of

democracy could be defeated with enlightenment, knowledge, and the free exchange of

ideas.

Walter Reuther realized the labor movement

should be a catalyst for social change. He

waged a veritable war against racism, and

was a tenacious champion of the civil rights

movement. He was an ally and close supporter of Dr. Martin Luther King throughout the

bittersweet days of the fifties and sixties.

Mr. Speaker, it is indeed an honor and

pleasure for me to rise today to pay tribute to

a true American hero, Walter P. Reuther. In

recognition of his dedication to his country he

has been nominated posthumously to receive

the Presidential medal of Freedom in 1995.

He has been an inspiration to me and countless other working men and women. I know

the entire U.S. House of Representatives will

join me today in honoring this great American,

Walter P. Reuther.

IN RECOGNITION OF MIMI

GALGANO AND SALLY CAMPfBELL; WOMEN WHO ARE MAKING

A DIFFERENCE

HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN OF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, May 9, 1995

Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today

with great pride to share with my colleagues in

the House of Representatives the inspiring

story of two women, Mimi Galgano and Sally

Campbell, who are making a difference in the

Long Island community. These women have

taken a hands-on approach to aiding individuals in their neighborhoods and far beyond.

Mimi Galgano, a vibrant and enthusiastic

leader, is the vice president of the Huntington

Breast Cancer Action Coalition, director of the

Breast Cancer Health Survey Project, a member of the Huntington Advisory Recycling

Board and the first environmental chairperson

of Commack.

Sally Campbell has volunteered her time

and efforts to the community for the past 15

years. Currently, her volunteer efforts have

been aimed at the betterment of the Cold

Spring Harbor Whaling Museum. In 1982, Ms.

Campbell recruited the museum’s first group

of volunteers, which reached the current force

of 65 in 1994. She has served the museum on

the board of directors as treasurer and vice

president.

On April 28, 1995, these two remarkable

women were honored at a special ceremony

hosted by the Junior League of Long Island,

an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism and to improving the

community through the effective action and

leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is

exclusively educational and charitable. Ms.

Galgano and Ms. Campbell were nominated

by the organizations they work with for their

significant contributions to both their agencies

and their communities.

Mr. Speaker, I ask all my colleagues in the

House of Representatives to join with me now

in saluting Mimi Galgano and Sally Campbell,

who have exhibited the ultimate commitment

by working so diligently for the betterment of

their communities.

HONORING JEANIE NERESON

fHON. BILL RICHARDSON OF NEW MEXICO

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, May 9, 1995

Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, this June

marks the end of an era in Los Alamos, NM.

A school teacher, who has been with the

school system as long as there has been a

school system in Los Alamos, is retiring after

50 years of service.

Mrs. Jeanie Nereson started working for the

Los Alamos Public Schools in the fall of 1944.

That was the first year of the new school system—a system set up specifically to teach the

children of the employees and scientists working on the Manhattan Project located on an

isolated mountain in northern New Mexico.

That project of course helped us win World

War II and the facilities later became the Los

Alamos National Laboratories. The school system grew and Mrs. Nereson returned every

September for 50 years to teach another

group of children of laboratory workers.

Mrs. Nereson was reared in New York City,

the daughter of Greek parents. Her childhood

wasn’t easy as English was her second language. She persevered and went onto college

in Denton, TX. After just 3 years of schooling,

she graduated from college at the age of 19.

She began her 57 year teaching career in

Phar, TX. She started out with 69 first grade

students. By Christmas, she was assigned

140 students. After 11⁄2-years in Phar, she

took a teaching assignment in Port Arthur, TX

for 31⁄2-years and then onto Corpus Christi for

1 year.

While studying for her masters degree during the summer at the University of Minnesota

she met an educator who was given the responsibility of setting up a school system in

Los Alamos, NM. Shortly thereafter she

moved to Los Alamos and was with the school

system from day one.

In her first year in Los Alamos in 1944, Mrs.

Nereson taught a combination 5th and 6th

grade class. Over the next 50 years, she

worked in five different buildings and taught in

every grade from one through six.

She used her summers off to travel around

the world. She’s been to every continent except Antarctica. Each of her excursions was

an educational trip as she would bring back

artifacts and other material and incorporate

her findings in her lessons. Her classroom is

described as a museum. She travelled as

much for the children as for herself.

During the 1 year she took a sabbatical, she

travelled to Brazil and did what she does best,

she taught.

Over the years, Mrs. Nereson has taught

some 1,800 students—many of them the sons

and daughters of some of our Nation’s most

distinguished scientists. Some of these students have returned to Los Alamos in recent

days to bid farewell to Mrs. Nereson, a local

hero who will be sorely missed this September

when students return to classes—never before

has the Los Alamos Public Schools opened its