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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 69 

Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should 

be issued in honor of Luis A. Ferre ́. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 16, 2007 

Mr. FORTUN ̃O submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative 

postage stamp should be issued in honor of Luis A. Ferre ́. 

Whereas Luis A. Ferre ́ was born on February 17, 1904, in 

Ponce, Puerto Rico; 

Whereas Luis A. Ferre ́ was a Puerto Rican engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, environmentalist, and 

patron of the arts; 

Whereas Luis A. Ferre ́ was a distinguished statesman and a 

great American who dedicated himself to his family, the 

economic and cultural growth of Puerto Rico, and the 

dream that Puerto Rico would one day be welcomed as 

the 51st State of the Union; 


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Whereas in 1948, Luis A. Ferre ́ acquired El Dı ́a, a fledgling 

newspaper, later converting it to El Nuevo Dı ́a, currently 

the newspaper with the largest circulation in Puerto Rico; 

Whereas in 1952, Luis A. Ferre ́ played a key role in the 

drafting of Puerto Rico’s first Constitution, and, in that 

same year, was elected Representative in the Puerto Rico 

House of Representatives; 

Whereas in 1968, Luis A. Ferre ́ became Governor of Puerto 

Rico, in which capacity some of his many achievements 

included implementation of the Federal minimum wage, 

paying special attention to youth affairs, visiting the 

troops in Vietnam, and creating the Nation’s first environmental control board, Puerto Rico’s Environmental 

Quality Board, charged with protecting the island’s environment; 

Whereas Luis A. Ferre ́ remained active in politics after completing his governorship; 

Whereas Luis A. Ferre ́ was elected to the Senate of Puerto 

Rico in 1976, served as the eighth President of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1976 to 1980, and continued to 

serve in the Senate until 1985; 

Whereas Luis A. Ferre ́ never abandoned his passion to see 

Puerto Rico’s political status resolved, and tirelessly advocated the statehood cause before Congress well into his 

late nineties; 

Whereas Luis A. Ferre ́ was a gifted musician who recorded 

several albums of his piano recitals; founded the Ponce 

Museum of Art in his hometown of Ponce, Puerto Rico; 

and is also credited with assisting in the chartering of the 

Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and the establishment 

of the world-famous Casals Festival; 


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Whereas Luis A. Ferre ́’s philanthropic deeds and defense of 

democratic values earned him the Presidential Medal of 

Freedom, awarded by President George H.W. Bush on 

November 18, 1991; and 

Whereas Luis A. Ferre ́ passed away on October 21, 2003, 

just three months shy of his 100th birthday: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that— 

3 (1) a commemorative postage stamp should be 

4 issued in honor of Luis A. Ferre ́; and 

5 (2) the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee 

6 should recommend to the Postmaster General that 

7 such a stamp be issued. 

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