May 24, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD— SENATE S7401 

250th birthday of James Madison and 

honoring his many accomplishments. 

The surcharges raised from the selling 

of the coins goes to the National Trust 

for Historic Preservation for the creation of a permanent fund for the preservation and renovation of Madison’s 

home, Montpelier. 

This is an important endeavor, Mr. 

President, because James Madison is 

one of our nation’s most brilliant and 

significant founding fathers. A Virginian and a distinguished statesman, 

Madison was the principle drafter of 

the United States Constitution and the 

Bill of Rights. He served his country as 

the fourth President the United States. 

His home, Montpelier, is located in 

Orange County, Virginia, not far from 

his friend Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. 

It is extremely important, Mr. President, that we act today to both honor 

James Madison’s 250th birthday and to 

create a permanent fund for the preservation of Montpelier. Doing so will ensure that Madison’s legacy is sustained 

for future generations of the great nation he helped create. 

I urge my colleagues to support this 

important legislation. 

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HONORING SOUTHEAST GUILFORD 

HIGH SCHOOL 

∑ Mr. FAIRCLOTH. Mr. President, it is 

a pleasure and a privilege for me to rise 

today on the floor of the Senate to 

honor the accomplishments of Southeast Guilford High School. This group 

of young people and educator from 

Greensboro, NC, made it to the national finals in the recent 1995, ‘‘We 

The People . . . The Citizen and the 

Constitution’’ national competition 

held in Washington, DC, April 29–May 

1. These outstanding young people 

competed against 49 other classes from 

throughout the Nation and demonstrated a remarkable understanding 

of the fundamental ideals and values of 

American constitutional government. 

The accomplishments of Christine 

Youmans, educator, and students Laurie Camp, Ivan Canada, Keith 

Cockerham, Kamyra Crawford, Joshua 

Curtiss, Crystal Delgado, Matthew Fulton, Terri Galinski, Kristin Gerner, Allison Gillus, Brent Gonet, Andrew 

Hamilton, Toby Kennedy, Jennifer Lee, 

Sara Manning, Brandon McGinnis, Jennifer Michael, Hope Moorman, Lanae 

Muse, Daniele Neese, Megan Randall, 

Aisha Rawlins, Christy Shaffer, 

Zachary Smith, and Mary Sullivan, are 

appreciated by myself and their home 

State of North Carolina.

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OKINAWAN KARATE-DO IN 

MASSACHUSETTS 

∑ Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, Massachusetts is proud to be home to the 

North American Okinawan Karate-Do 

Association. Early in this century, 

Kanbum Uechi studied this ancient art 

on the mainland of China where it was 

first developed. Returning to his homeland of Okinawa, he introduced it there 

in 1910 and was the first master of the 

Okinawan Karate-Do system. 

In 1956, for the first time, American 

servicemen were accepted as students 

in the Okinawan Karate-Do schools. 

One of them settled in the Boston area 

after his military discharge and began 

teaching this art form to people in the 

area. Walter Mattson of Framingham, 

MA, is the senior American instructor. 

Over the years, there has been a continuing cultural exchange between the 

Masters on Okinawa and practitioners 

here in North America. Mr. Mattson is 

primarily responsible for this 35-year 

exchange program. This summer, Senior Instructor Peter McCrae from 

Plymouth, MA, will be studying on 

Okinawa with Master Shintoku 

Takara. 

Many Americans have found in Okinawan Karate-Do a physical and mental discipline which promotes positive 

attitudes, good health, and self-mastery. Our young people have found in it 

an alternative to the streets and, in its 

instructors, positive role models. We 

are grateful for this Japanese import 

and we hope that this positive exchange between our two countries continues for many years.

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WILMER JONES-HAM RECEIVES 

MAHALIA JACKSON AWARD 

∑ Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I would 

like to recognize the recent achievement of Wilmer Jones-Ham. On April 1, 

1995 she received the Mahalia Jackson 

award for community service. Wilmer 

Jones-Ham is a dedicated woman who 

commits great energy to develop a 

sense of hope in youth, the under or unemployed, and homeless in the Saginaw 

community. She is the founder of the 

Saginaw Soul Children’s Choir, the 

Saginaw Interdenominational Gospel 

Music Workshop, and the First Mayor’s 

Scholarship Black and Gold Ball. She 

has been a teacher for more than 17 

years and developed an after school 

program at her home to help students 

who need additional instruction in 

their subjects. It is my honor to congratulate and thank her for all her accomplishments.

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APPOINTMENTS BY MAJORITY 

AND MINORITY LEADERS 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

Chair, on behalf of the Majority and 

Minority Leaders of the Senate and the 

Speaker and Minority Leader of the 

House of Representatives, pursuant to 

Public Law 104–1, announces the joint 

appointment of the following individuals as members of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance: Glen 

D. Nager, of Washington, D.C., for a 

term of 5 years and to serve as Chair; 

Virginia A. Seitz, of Washington, D.C., 

for a term of 5 years; Jerry M. Hunter, 

of Missouri, for a term of 4 years; 

James N. Adler, of California, for a 

term of 4 years; and Lawrence Z. 

Lorber, of Washington, D.C., for a term 

of 3 years. 

A RETROSPECT OF V-E DAY 

Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, an 

issue of the journal entitled Uniformed 

Services Journal, May-June 1995, contains an article entitled, ‘‘World War II 

Revisited: A Retrospect Of V-E Day 

and the Events Leading Up To It.’’

The article includes recollections of 

some of the distinguished Members of 

the Congress who participated in World 

War II, among them Senator STROM

THURMOND, Senator BOB DOLE, Senator 

DANIEL INOUYE, Congressmen TOM BEVILL, SAM GIBBONS, SONNY MONTGOMERY, and others. 

It is an excellent reminiscence of 

their experiences and their views about 

the significance of V-E Day and their 

personal involvement in the events 

leading up to that occasion. 

I ask unanimous consent that a copy 

of the article from the Uniformed Services Journal be printed in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the article 

was ordered to be printed in the 

RECORD, as follows: 

WORLD WAR II REVISITED: A RETROSPECT OF

V–E DAY AND THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO IT

(By Cathy Lumsden) 

World War II (WW II) represents many 

things to many people. It represents sacrifice, freedom and hope for a better tomorrow. The road to freedom was paved with 

death and destruction. Many of you are familiar with Jim Pennington’s stories of WW 

II at retiree recognition programs, chapter 

events and in the USJ, some more than once. 

But these stories and memories that follow 

are more than just stories. In today’s climate of historical revisionism and political 

correctness, they remain as one of the few 

accurate eye-witness accounts of the making 

of American history in the Great War that 

literally saved the world. We cannot forget 

why we fought WWII, ‘‘the war to end all 

wars’’ or the men and women who fought the 

war. The thoughts and feelings that follow 

are real. Take the time to read and understand the contributions these Americans 

made in the fight for freedom. 

SENATOR STROM THURMOND

Sen. Thurmond was serving as a Circuit 

Judge in his home state when war was declared on Germany. On that day, he called 

President Roosevelt and volunteered, even 

though he was exempted from service. Approximately a year later in 1943, LTC Thurmond, USA was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division assigned to First Army Headquarters in Europe. He is the only Senator 

still serving in Congress who participated in 

the Normandy Invasion on D–Day. 

He was one of three men who volunteered 

to land in Normandy aboard a glider. The 

fire was so heavy that his glider was forced 

to go north to find a safer spot to land. Instead of it getting safer, it got worse. The 

glider landed in an apple orchard nearby. He 

was injured in the landing in the forehead, 

hand and knee. However, LTC Thurmond 

still joined the rest of the forces in the subsequent battles of the Invasion. LTC Thurmond would have preferred to have jumped 

but there wasn’t sufficient time to train for 

the jump. After the invasion, he returned to 

Army Headquarters just as his unit got 

ready to go into St-Lo and into Paris. 

On V–E Day, LTC Thurmond was in Leipzig, Germany when he learned of the end of 

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