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A SALUTE TO EDWIN L. ARTZT:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

LEADER

HON. ROB PORTMAN

OF OHIO

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Monday, May 22, 1995

Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased

today to recognize a prominent Cincinnatian,

Edwin L. Artzt, on the occasion of his retirement as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Procter & Gamble Co.

Today we thank him for the vision and service

that he has so generously given to his company and to his community.

Ed began his career with Proctor and Gamble in 1953 in the sales training department.

He worked nearly 40 years in positions both at

home and abroad to become chairman and

CEO of the company in 1990. During his tenure as chief executive, Ed concentrated on innovating new products, improving the efficiency of operations and globalizing the business and building the organization. Under his

leadership, Procter & Gamble’s earnings increased at an average growth rate of 14 percent and the real earnings growth rate (after

inflation) has been 10 percent, more than double the company’s historic average. Procter &

Gamble began its concentration on value pricing and expanded its international operations,

adding business in 10 additional countries. His

vision has strengthened our economy locally

and nationally.

Ed has brought his high caliber of leadership to many areas outside of Procter & Gamble. Serving our Nation, he has been an influential advocate of world trade as a member of

President Clinton’s Advisory Committee on

Trade Policy and Negotiations, the Council on

Foreign Relations and the Business Roundtable.

In the Cincinnati community, he has given

his time and talent by serving on the board of

the Cincinnati Business Committee and the

board of trustees of the Cincinnati Institute of

Fine Arts. I know firsthand that he has found

time to give of himself. He was my little league

baseball coach 30 years ago.

Long a champion of business education, Ed

has helped to groom business leaders of the

future in his work as a member of the board

of visitors to the Anderson Graduate School of

Business Management at UCLA and the board

of overseers of the Wharton School. Within

P&G, his vision was the inspiration for creating

a P&G College, where employees continue

their education with innovative courses on

business trends.

All of us in Cincinnati congratulate Ed for his

numerous accomplishments in both private

and public enterprise. We are grateful for his

service to Cincinnati and to our Nation.

TRIBUTE TO MR. EDUARDO J.

TORRES

HON. JOSE ́ E. SERRANO

OF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Monday, May 22, 1995

Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, on Friday,

May 19, 1995, a group of dedicated public

school educators gathered in my congressional district to honor one of their distinguished colleagues, Eduardo J. Torres, for his

years of service to the children of our district

and indeed, the Nation, and on the occasion

of his retirement.

Eduardo J. Torres began his professional

career at the Puerto Rico Planning Board’s Division of Social Planning, a division under the

jurisdiction of the Governor’s Office. Beginning

with that appointment, his distinguished career

has been devoted to the education of students

of limited English proficiency, a devotion which

has earned him the respect of his peers and

the distinction of being a leader in his field.

Mr. Torres began his career in Community

School District Seven in my congressional district in 1965 as a bilingual teacher in school

and community relations. In 1972 he became

teacher-trainer and coordinator of the Puerto

Rican Studies Program, and later coordinated

the Reading Advancement Through Puerto

Rican Literature Program.

In 1976, Mr. Torres was appointed assistant

director of the Northeast Center for Curriculum

Development, a national project of the U.S.

Department of Education, housed in Intermediate School 184, which developed culturally

and linguistically relevant curricula in Spanish,

Italian, Greek, and Russian for bilingual students and their teachers throughout the United

States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. In

1986, Mr. Torres was named bilingual education coordinator supervising educators, testing, placement and recruitment of bilingual

teachers.

Mr. Torres will be missed by his colleagues

and the community of students and teachers

with whom he has worked over the years and

to whom he has dedicated his professional

life. He is recognized by his colleagues for his

friendly, efficient manner and his quiet style of

leadership.

Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me

and the residents of my district and students

and professionals of Community School District Seven in conveying our deep gratitude to

Mr. Eduardo J. Torres and to extend to him

our best wishes for a happy, fulfilled retirement.

REPUBLICAN WAR PROFITEERING:

COMMENTARY BY KEVIN PHILLIPS

HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Monday, May 22, 1995

Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, the May 17 radio

commentary by Kevin Phillips on the Republican budget plan hit the nail on the head:

In the guise of crisis legislation, deficit reduction . . . especially as put forward by the

House of Representatives, also has major

overtones of special interest favoritism and

income distribution.

Spending on government programs, . . . is

to be reduced in ways that principally burden the poor and middle class while simultaneously taxes are to be cut in a way that predominantly benefit the top one or two percent of Americans.

If the U.S. Budget deficit problem does represent the fiscal equivalent of war—and

maybe it does—then what we are really looking at is one of the most flagrant examples

of war profiteering this century has seen.

And it deserves to be rejected with outrage.

Mr. Phillips is right: The Republicans are

practicing class warfare. They get upset when

you use that term—but that’s what they are

doing. They doth protest too much about the

term, and the proof is overwhelming that they

are taking from the bottom half of our society

to give to the top 1 percent.

IN RECOGNITION OF THE ENFIELD

ROTARY CLUB OF ENFIELD, CT

fHON. NANCY L. JOHNSON OF CONNECTICUT

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Monday, May 22, 1995

Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride and respect that I rise

to commend the members of the Enfield Rotary Club for their innovative Learn to Earn

program. Their program was developed to respond to the many solicitations for donations

that both civic organizations and industry receive from local youth groups.

Instead of simply making a donation, businesses and civic organizations identify local

projects that need to be completed and then

give interested children the opportunity to earn

the money they need by doing the projects.

Projects range from things as routine as

schoolyard cleanup to washing windows at a

local, town-owned retirement home.

The Learn to Earn approach enjoys broad

community support. At a time when so many

are decrying the loss of government aid, a

program such as this offers young citizens the

opportunity to tackle projects that meet the

needs of the community and, as importantly,

highlights for young people the lesson that you

can accomplish most anything if you are willing to work to make it happen.

Congratulations to the members of the Enfield Rotary Club for their meaningful contribution to the betterment of their town.