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missed the vote. Had I been present, I would

have voted ‘‘Nay.’’

A EULOGY TO MAX MCCARTHY

HON. JOHN J. LaFALCE OF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, May 17, 1995

Mr. LAFALCE. Mr. Speaker, former Senator

John Culver of Iowa last week delivered a eulogy to his friend and former colleague in Congress, Richard ‘‘Max’’ McCarthy, who died

May 5 at age 67 in Arlington, VA.

Mr. McCarthy represented the Buffalo, NY,

area in the House from 1965 to 1970.

Senator Culver offered a poignant tribute to

Max, who had a many faceted career as ‘‘a

proud veteran of two wars in two military services. A distinguished Member of Congress

with a strong sense of our obligation to future

generations. A diplomat wisely representing

our country. A journalist who challenged and

helped his readers to be better informed citizens of our democracy.’’

Speckled with anecdotes, the Senator’s remarks captured the depth of character of this

affable man we all simply called Max. The Hill

published the Senator’s eulogy in its May 17th

edition and I would like to share it with my colleagues at this point in the RECORD:

MAX MCCARTHY: SOLDIER, CONGRESSMAN,

JOURNALIST

(Eulogy by Former Sen. John Culver)

As we all know, Max grew up in Buffalo. He

loved the city and its people. He knew its

history and its politics. He always proudly

wore that small silver Buffalo in this lapel.

One of his favorite stories about his home

town recounted the election night victory

statement of a mayoralty candidate of modest educational attainment who proclaimed:

‘‘I wish to thank Jesus Christ and all the

other good people of Buffalo who voted for

me today.’’

I first met Max 30 years ago when we were

both newly elected members of Congress. Although small in stature he possessed a big

voice and also a big heart and a big mind. He

was intellectually curious and genuinely interested in people as well as ideas.

He possessed strong convictions and never

was half-hearted about anything. He could

ask more questions and learn more about a

stranger in one conversation than anyone I

ever knew, because he was such a good listener.

As we all know, Max was very fastidious

and dapper concerning his dress and I used to

kid him. ‘‘I wish you would start to take

some pride in your personal appearance.’’

In his own congressional career he was

ahead of his time regarding the environment

and was also the author of books on subjects

like chemical and biological warfare and

campaign finance reform decades before others discovered them. As a close observer of

foreign affairs, he was perceptive and well

informed. Years before the Iranian revolution he warned me that the U.S. was wrong

in supporting the Shah.

Max was proud of being Irish and a genuine

authority on the history of Ireland. With affection he often recounted the comment of

his father, ‘‘The Irish are not always sure of

the particular cause they are fighting for,

but they are willing to die for it.’’

But Max did know what was worth living

for. After he was diagnosed, Max knew his

illness was terminal.

He eventually moved into the nursing

home where his life and possessions were reduced to one room. At such a time one must

choose and those choices can tell us much

about a person’s priorities, character and

values.

Like many of you here today who visited

Max in that room in recent months, I recall

the many photos of his family. His father

and mother pictured with him as a small

boy, his sisters, and the individual and group

pictures of his children and grandchildren

whom he loved so deeply. They reminded me

of the joy he always expressed following a

visit to one of them—be it in Italy, Chicago,

New York City or back in Buffalo.

There was an American flag in the corner

of the room. I assume it was from his congressional office. There were two framed

honorable discharge certificates—one from

the World War II Navy and the other from

the Army for service during the Korean War.

Max was devoted to his country, but like a

true patriot he could be critical if he felt it

as not pursuing a just course.

Then there was the book case filled with

his favorite works on history and political

biographies which were the subject of many

memorable hours of discussion that we

shared over the years. As I left him on what

proved to be my final visit I asked if I could

get him anything. He said he would really

like a copy of a new history book, ‘‘The Age

of Extremes,’’ by Eric Hobsbawm. He had

read an excellent review of it in the New

York Review of Books. I got a copy to him

last week and it was apparently the last

book he was reading.

He had a keen interest in travel and did so

widely and there were various mementos and

pictures from those experiences. There was

the beloved collection of opera recordings all

of which Max knew by heart. A classical

music station was always on the radio. Always at hand was a well-read copy of The

New York Times.

On a wall hung his notice of induction to

the prestigious Gridiron Club, signifying his

election to a select group of the nation’s finest reporters. The annual club skits, a Washington major event, gave him such satisfaction and pleasure. On a bulletin board were

one or two of his recent columns from the

Buffalo News that he courageously dictated

each week to the very end. The last one

which appeared before his death was an appeal for sanity on firearms.

There was a framed quote by one of Max’s

heroes, the distinguished journalist Walter

Lippmann. I remember Max telling me about

how thrilled he was to have been invited to

Lippmann’s home as a young congressman

and pointed out his residence to me in Washington. Max took very seriously his responsibility as a member of the Washington press

corps. Lippmann characterized that role as

‘‘no mean calling’’ and claimed those involved have a ‘‘right to be proud of it and be

glad it is our work.’’ Max could agree.

It is altogether fitting that Max, who

served our country with distinction in so

many ways, will now be laid to rest in our

National Cemetery. He was a proud veteran

of two wars in two military services. A distinguished member of Congress with a strong

sense of our obligation to future generations.

A diplomat wisely representing our country.

A journalist who challenged and helped his

readers to be better informed citizens of our

democracy.

A funeral ceremony is, of course, a time of

sadness, but also a time of celebration and

gratitude. Gratitude for the enrichment Max

brought to so many of our lives and for the

warm personal memories of him which we

will always cherish.

UPLIFTING AND HELPFUL

GUIDANCE

HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR. OF GEORGIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, May 17, 1995

Mr. BISHOP. Mr. Speaker, I am very thankful that I have had an opportunity during this

exceptionally busy year to attend two annual

conferences of the African Methodist Church

in Georgia, the Southwest Georgia Conference held in Columbus and the South

Georgia Conference in Albany. I am also planning to attend the third A.M.E. church conference this month, the upcoming conference

in Macon. These church convocations are

both uplifting from a spiritual point of view and

beneficial to me as a legislator.

Resolutions adopted by the 83d session of

the South Georgia Conference, presided over

by the Right Reverend Donald George Kenneth Ming, are an example of how religious organizations can help guide our deliberations in

incisive, thought-provoking ways. I would

therefore submit the attached epistle and the

four accompanying resolutions, which were

developed by the committee on the state of

the country:

THE 83D SESSION OF THE SOUTH GEORGIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE SIXTH EPISCOPAL

DISTRICT OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH—THE RIGHT REVEREND DONALD GEORGE KENNETH MING, PRESIDING

BISHOP

MARCH 24, 1995.

To: Congressman Sandford D. Bishop, Jr.

Second Congressional District for the

State of Georgia.

From: The Committee on the State of the

Country.

The enclosed resolutions are excerpts from

the minutes of the committee assigned to review, to evaluate and to propose resolutions

to resolve the continued decay of crippling

ills of our society. We, therefore, the ministerial and lay delegates to this, the 83rd

Session of the South Georgia Conference,

presided by the Right Reverend Donald

George Kenneth Ming, would like to go on

record stating our concerns on these issues.

We, therefore, solicit your personal commitment to deliver these resolutions to the

floor of Congress and oratorically resound

our concerns in such a manner that the walls

of Congress will tremble until equality and

justice grip the minds and hearts of your fellow political constituents. We can no longer

sit idly in the bosom of a society that will

not nurture, from the breasts of prosperity,

her children from ill-housing, inefficient

educational systems, rural and urban wastelands, cultural deficiencies, health deformities, political annihilations, affirmation action irregularities and the criminal seige of

a demoralizing society.

We, therefore, collectively, as members of

your Congressional District, challenge your

involvement as a vehicle which will enable

us to stand in these times as we make a

‘‘Contract with America’’ to retain an air of

dignity, of respect and of self-worth to our

God, to our fellowman, and to ourselves.

Respectfully submitted,

THE COMMITTEE ON THE

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.

The Right Reverend Donald George Kenneth Ming, Presiding Bishop.

Mrs. Edith White Ming, Episcopal Supervisor.

Reverend Clifford Earl Shepheard, Presiding Elder.
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Reverend Johnnie Lonnie Raven, Jr., Presiding Elder.

Reverend Eugene Foster, Chairperson.

Reverend Hayward White.

Reverend W. F. Griffin.

Reverend Jaunita Parker.

Reverend Charlie Byrd.

Sister Constance Hamilton.

Brother Ralph Taylor.

Brother Stonewall Pertilla.

Dr. Evelyn G. Perry, Compiler.

THE RESOLUTIONS

We, the members of the State of the Country Committee at the 83rd Session of the

South Georgia Annual Conference held at

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

(Albany, Georgia) on March 22–26, 1995 do set

forth these following resolutions, which were

unanimously received and adopted by the attending delegation, to be prayerfully submitted to our nation’s leaders:

RESOLUTION 1

We resolve that this conference go on

record to endorse our support for affirmative

action as a tool to continue to align the

‘‘American Dream’’ and the founding fathers’

principle that ‘‘we hold these truths to be

self-evident that all men are created equal,

that they are endowed by their Creator with

certain unalienable rights that among these

are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’’ We, therefore, resolve that affirmative action is necessary to assure that the

minority workforce is not given a ‘‘handout’’

but an ‘‘opportunity!’’ We, therefore, resolve

that with these given opportunities minority

America will be able to escalate over the

barriers of economical, social and cultural

horizons which have beset us in the past. Let

it be clearly stated that we must procure the

keys to these opportunities through affirmative action which is our ‘‘Contract with

America,’’ that if given the opportunity, we

will respond educationally trained, responsibly employed, and culturally advanced. Let

it be known that Black America suffers from

the acute case of insufficient checking only

because America refuses to deposit into her

account.

RESOLUTION 2

We resolve that there is a need for welfare

reformation; however, we resolve that there

should be gradual steps to assure that ‘‘poor

America’’ will be able to receive adequate

housing, income and health care to sustain a

minimal lifestyle of dignity. We, therefore,

resolve that the process of ratification

should take the following steps:

1. Five-year ratification period.

2. Gradual modification for those presently

on welfare.

3. Reformation including parental training,

vocational training and social skills’ training.

4. Reformation that gradually restricts and

deters teenage pregnancy, substance abuse

and sales and a lack of self-esteem.

RESOLUTION 3

We resolve that adequate funding should be

allocated so that a massive voter registration and voter education program is enacted

in every Congressional District where the

majority of the inhabitants are nonparticipatory voters.

RESOLUTION 4

We resolve RESOUNDINGLY that Congress

would approve and support the appointment

of Doctor Foster, M.D., as Surgeon General

of the United States of America based upon

his impeccable credentials in the medical

profession. We must not allow misappropriate behavior of the past, when corrected,

to be the portal for non-qualification. We

must be reminded that in the gospel according to John 8:7 Jesus implies, ‘‘ye without

sin, cast the first stone.’’

Finally, we, therefore, resolve that these

resolutions be permanently engraved in the

archives of the ‘‘American Dream.’’

Mr. Speaker, I commend the A.M.E. Church

in Georgia for taking a stand on these critical

issues. All of us in Congress can benefit from

paying close attention to the views and positions taken by our religious institutions.

HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH

McKINNEY EDUCATION FOR

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HON. LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER OF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, May 17, 1995

Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, this worthwhile program, modest yet dramatically effective, has drawn quite a bit of fire in recent

days. I would like to take this opportunity to

clear up some misconceptions about the program, voiced by my colleague from Arizona,

[Mr. KOLBE].

My colleague objects strongly to this program for the Education of Homeless Children

and Youth, because of concerns that the program is overly bureaucratic. This is simply not

the case at all. The McKinney program directly

funds just one Homeless Education coordinator in each State; and over half of those coordinators only work part-time on the program.

More than 80 percent of all funding goes

straight to the local school districts. At last

count, about 500 local school districts were

running homeless education programs with

McKinney funding.

My colleagues also quotes from a Department of Education document which states that

the McKinney program ‘‘provides formula

grants to States to operate an Office of Coordinator of Education for Homeless Children

and Youth.’’ The implication is that the program exists only to support bureaucrats. However, my colleague failed to read further in the

program description, in which it is stated that

the program also has responsibility ‘‘to develop and carry out a State plan for the education of homeless children. States also make

subgrants to local educational agencies for tutoring, transportation and other services intended to enable homeless children to enroll

in, attend and succeed in school.’’ (Department of Education Fiscal Year 1996 Budget

Summary and Background Information)

And that is what this program does so

well—it gets funding to local school districts,

who have designed special projects tailored to

their local needs. Local school districts submit

applications as part of a competitive process;

only the best proposals win. The States make

the final decisions; the localities design their

own programs; and the Federal Government

lets them do what they do best. No other Federal program targets these vulnerable homeless children in this way. We must oppose any

attempt to eliminate the Education for Homeless Children and Youth program; because

without this program, literally hundreds of

thousands of homeless children will never get

to school.

I am submitting a Project Description from

the Amphitheater Public Schools Education for

Homeless Youth Program in Tucson and Pima

County Arizona. Amphitheater’s program,

called ‘‘Youth on Their Own,’’ works with high

school homeless youth, and is one of two

McKinney-funded homeless education programs in my colleague’s district. The other

program, run by the Tucson Unified School

District, reaches out to elementary school-age

homeless children. The Amphitheater Project

Description explains better than I can how the

program works, how they are using their

McKinney funding, and why this McKinney

funding is so valuable to local school districts

all across the country.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION—ARIZONA DEPARTMENT

OF EDUCATION

EDUCATION FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND

YOUTH

1. District: Amphitheater Public Schools.

2. Contact person: Ann Young; Telephone

(602) 297–4555.

3. Number of homeless children in school

district (from attached survey): 317+; Number to be served by this project: 317+.

4. Project period (Maximum 15 months:

From August 1993 to September 1994.

5. Describe services to be provided:

Educational assistance targeted for the

homeless will be supplemental to the school

program and will include a course in independent living set up to assist the students

in learning the skills needed to survive on

their own. A full time teacher will be hired

to teach the course to an integrated student

body so the homeless youths will not be isolated and stigmatized. He/she will also be responsible for assisting the students with

course, college and career choices, helping in

the identification and screening of homeless

youth, coordinating with parents, teachers,

school personnel, and private and public

agencies, acting as a liaison to help the

homeless enroll and succeed in school, and

making home visits.

Tutorial services will be provided to assist

students in reaching their academic goals.

Outreach effort to identify and assist

homeless students in entering and becoming

integrated into our schools, in obtaining

residency status and the documentation necessary for government and social services.

Assistance will be given in finding lodging

with volunteer parents or on their own, medical and dental services, obtaining free

breakfast and lunch, food stamps, AHCCS,

SOBRA, DES, AFDC, clothing and household

goods, emergency food from the food bank,

part-time employment, a monthly stipend

dependent upon good attendance, counseling,

and mentoring.

6. Describe how the project is coordinated

with the regular district educational program and integrates homeless children with

non-homeless children:

Our program will advocate for children and

youth to ensure their acceptance as students

in the Amphitheater School District. A hotline for students who have difficulty meeting

the criteria of the school district because of

homelessness will be available at each school

to assist the school personnel in determining

homelessness status. Ongoing education of

school personnel will be addressed.

The course in independent living which

will address housing, nutrition, health, economic, and other basic needs will be available to all students so the homeless student

will not be stigmatized. The Youth on Their

Own support program also includes children

who are not considered homeless under the

McKinney guidelines—those living with

friends and relatives on a comparatively stable basis. Every effort is made to mainstream the homeless youth so they are not

isolated as a group from the school body.

7. Describe current districtwide efforts to

remove barriers to the education of homeless

children, pursuant to the McKinney Act (i.e.