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seamless system for youth and adults to meet

the competitive needs of our workforce. I

thank our distinguished Chairman for his insight and leadership on this vital issue and I

invite all of my colleagues to join with us in

this dramatic effort to overhaul the Federal approach to job training and workforce preparation.

DEDICATION OF THE RICHARD

BOLLING FEDERAL BUILDING

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HON. KAREN McCARTHY OF MISSOURI

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, May 11, 1995

Ms. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today

to inform the members of this body that on

Sunday, May 13, the people of the Fifth Congressional District of Missouri will pay tribute

to the late Dick Bolling, a Member of the

House of Representatives from 1949–1983.

We come together this weekend to dedicate

the Federal Building in downtown Kansas City

as the Richard Bolling Federal Building.

Dick Bolling represented my congressional

district for 34 years and it is a fitting tribute

that this building be named in his honor. This

building resulted from his vision—the vision of

a man who understood how vitally important it

is for the employees of the Federal Government to live and work in local communities like

Kansas City throughout the country.

Dick Bolling will long be remembered as a

giant of the House, and a voice for his constituents on the national political stage. He is

a shining example of the generation we so recently honored on VE Day, a generation that

fought economic depression, went overseas to

defend our freedom, and returned to build a

new society with opportunity for all.

Initially intent on an academic career after

college, World War II intervened and Dick

Bolling enlisted as a private and emerged 5

years later as a lieutenant colonel with a

Bronze Star. Continuing as he began, Dick

Bolling battled entrenched forces all of his

life—the armies of ignorance, segregation and

machine politics. His first post-War job brought

him to Kansas City as Director of Student Activities and Veterans Affairs at the University

of Kansas City, now known as the University

of Missouri-Kansas City.

While at the University Dick Bolling became

very active in the American Veterans Committee and the Americans for Democratic Action.

His political activities led to his decision to run

for Congress in 1948 against the Pendergast

machine candidate in the primary and against

a one-term Republican who was perceived to

have a lock on the district. Mobilizing a core

group of activist veterans, Dick Bolling characterized his election on President Truman’s

coattails as a fluke. He went on to be re-elected, by overwhelming victory margins, to 16

additional terms.

It is difficult to describe in a few short sentences the career of a man who served in this

institution for 34 years. He was passionate

about the House of Representatives. He was

not afraid to be critical of the House as he

was in his best known book, ‘‘House Out of

Order,’’ and he devoted much of his career to

reform of its shortcomings. Known for his parliamentary skills, he was particularly proud of

his contributions which led to passage of the

Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first meaningful

civil rights legislation enacted after Reconstruction.

Dick Bolling served as an adviser to many

of the great political personalities of his time:

Speakers of the House of Representatives,

Presidents and presidential contenders, and

other national leaders. I have also been

moved by the statements of his colleagues

made in tributes at the time of his retirement

from the House in 1982 and at the time of his

death in 1991. He was a mentor to many of

those elected to serve in this body and clearly

the hero of countless more both inside and

outside of the House of Representatives.

Perhaps Dick Bolling’s greatest contribution

to those who knew him or who know of him

was his spirit. He never shied from fighting for

a cause in which he believed. He urged his

fellow members to work hard, to serve their

constituents, to be honest, and to have the

courage of their convictions. He is a role

model to me and to countless others of my

generation who have chosen public service.

His leadership is a contribution which will not

be forgotten in his congressional district or by

the country. On behalf of the people of the

Fifth District of Missouri I am proud to join in

the dedication of the Richard Bolling Federal

Building.

WE NEED TO BAN TOY GUNS

fHON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS OF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, May 11, 1995

Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, once again, another child in the city of New York died needlessly at the hands of a police officer who

thought the child had a gun. While the child

did have a gun, it was a toy gun.

As a result of this ongoing crisis, I am introducing a bill today asking the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban toys which in

size, shape, or overall appearance resemble

real handguns. Congress tried to ban toy

handguns by passing the Federal Energy

Management Improvement Act of 1988 which

required that all toy guns manufactured or sold

after May 5, 1989, be marked to distinguish

them from real weapons.

The act required one of the following markings: a blaze orange plug inside the muzzle;

an orange band covering the outside end of

the muzzle; construction of transparent or

translucent materials; coloration of the entire

surface with bright colors; or predominately

white coloration in combination with bright colors. The act also required the Director of the

National Institute of Justice [NIJ] to conduct a

technical evaluation of the marking systems.

The conclusion of the evaluation conducted

by NIJ showed that the orange plug marking

standard completely failed to enable police officers to identify the weapon as a toy gun. In

fact, clearly marked toy guns were most likely

to provoke shootings on the first trial, and less

likely only after police officers gained some familiarity with the situation and the possible appearance of toy guns.

It is quite clear to me, and should be to all

of you, that something drastic needs to be

done to stop the needless shooting of innocent children. Markings are not enough—they

do not work.

To ensure that there are no mistakes, no

failures to recognize plastic from steel, I

strongly encourage you to vote for a total ban

on the manufacturing of realistic toy handguns.

COMMEMORATING THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN

fGENOCIDE

SPEECH OF

HON. STEPHEN HORN OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, May 2, 1995

Mr. HORN. Mr. speaker, eighty years ago

the world watched in horror as one of the

most tragic, savage periods in modern history—the destruction of the Armenian culture

by the Ottoman Empire in what later became

the Republic of Turkey—unfolded. Between

1915 and 1923, over 1.5 million Armenian

men, women, and children were systematically

murdered by Ottoman leaders. Millions more

were driven from lands that they and their ancestors had occupied for centuries. By 1923,

the Armenian culture had been almost completely eradicated within the confines of what

is now modern-day Turkey. hat had once been

a thriving Armenian populace of more than 2.5

million human beings in 1915, numbers

around 80,000 today.

Racial/ethnic hatred was the reason for this

brutal genocide—as it was in the Nazi death

camps of Auschwitz and Dachau whose 50th

liberation anniversary we are honoring this

year. And therein lies one of the most important reasons that the world must never forget

this shameful event. As we watch in horror at

today’s racial and ethnic atrocities in Bosnia

and Rwanda, and as we remember the all too

recent slaughter of one million Cambodians

under the evil rule of Pol Pot, and as we listen

in disgust to the racial hatred being preached

by Americans of various racial and ethnic

backgrounds, we must use this tragic anniversary of the Armenian Genocide to renew our

efforts to make sure that any and all genocide

atrocities never again occur. This is our memorial to those one and a half million human

beings who were lost in the Armenian Genocide.

TRIBUTE TO OFFICER JOSEPH

fGALAPO

HON. THOMAS J. MANTON OF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, May 11, 1995

Mr. MANTON. Mr. Speaker, as a former

New York City police officer and in recognition

of National Police Week, I rise today to pay

tribute to Officer Joseph Galapo.

Officer Joseph Galapo was killed in the line

of duty on August 16, 1988. He made the ultimate sacrifice for those he served. I extend

my most heartfelt condolences to Officer

Galapo’s widow and three children. I hope it is

of some comfort to the family to know the people of New York City feel a deep sense of

gratitude for the sacrifice you have made.

During the week of May 14, we recognize

the tremendous sacrifice officers of the law