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National Adult Education conferences. Her efforts to improve adult education have undoubtedly benefitted students around the country.

Dr. Burdi was largely responsible for creating a community education program that is a

model within our State. And, although she is

missed at L’Anse Creuse, her colleagues and

students throughout Michigan continue to

learn because of her devotion to education. It

is truly fitting for the board of education to bestow Dr. Burdi the honor of naming the new

center after her.

On Sunday, May 21, 1995, when the L’Anse

Creuse Public School’s newest building becomes the Anna Mae Burdi Center for Community Development, a permanent legacy of a

lifetime commitment to public education will be

established.

I have known Dr. Burdi for many years and

I know she is grateful for the distinction. I ask

my colleagues to join me in applauding Dr.

Burdi and the L’Anse Creuse board for their

role in honoring her. Dr. Burdi richly deserves

the recognition.

PIO PICO ELEMENTARY LIBRARY

TO BE NAMED IN HONOR OF

fMARIA TONIA AGUIRRE

HON. ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, May 18, 1995

Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, this Saturday,

May 20, 1995, the El Rancho Unified School

District will name the library at Pio Pico Elementary after Maria Tonia Aguirre in acknowledgement and recognition of her exemplary

contributions and tireless service to the residents of Pico Rivera.

Following her death last October, board

president Raul Salcido suggested the school

board name the library in honor of her legacy.

A bronze bust of Maria will be permanently

placed in front of the school

Mr. Speaker, on November 13, 1991, I

asked my colleagues to join me in recognition

of Maria’s contributions to the El Rancho Unified School District Board of Education as she

retired after 12 years of service. First elected

to the board in 1979, and reelected in 1983

and 1987, Maria served with distinction. Maria

was a near 50 year resident of the city of Pico

Rivera. She served on the district bilingual advisory council, migrant education advisory

council, the hall of fame committee, and the

Whittier Area Trustee Association executive

board, to name a few.

In addition, she worked persistently to implement education reforms which increased

graduation requirements and established high

levels of student academic performance standards. Throughout her years of service, she

was a vocal proponent in initiating, promoting,

and implementing bilingual-bicultural education

in the El Rancho Unified School District.

Marie Aguirre’s leadership abilities and efforts to improve education for the youth of

Pico Rivera brought her noteworthy praise

from civic leaders, education and business

communities, and her colleagues on the board

of education.

Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the

House of Representatives to join me in saluting Maria Aguirre as we honor and remember

her on Saturday, May 20, 1995.

HOLOCAUST ‘‘RESCUERS IN

ITALY’’ DAY

HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN

OF NEW JERSEY

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, May 18, 1995

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise

today to recognize and commend all of those

involved in the Holocaust Rescuers in Italy

Day to be held at the Villa Walsh Academy in

Morris Township on this coming Tuesday, May

23. This ceremony marks the extraordinary

courage exhibited by ordinary people during

the Second World War.

During the autumn of 1943, Italian Jews

were in imminent danger of being captured by

Nazi troops. In order to try and save them

from the horrible fate of the Nazi death camps,

Pope Pius XII sent word that the Roman

Catholic religious orders should provide sanctuary to persecuted Jews by welcoming them

into their monasteries and convents. Eighty

percent of Italy’s Jewish population survived

the Holocaust because of their efforts. This

took countless individual acts of courage by

Italian Catholics who risked a similar fate if

discovered by Nazi storm troopers.

‘‘A Debt to Honor,’’ a documentary film narrated by New Jersey resident Alan Alda and

produced by Documentaries International

president Sy Rotter, shows how these acts of

heroism occurred when individuals, faced with

extraordinary fear and adversity, simply did

what was right. This film is a welcome reminder of what we are all capable of as

human beings and that heroism and moral

courage are not forgotten character traits.

Sister Margherita Marchione, a member of

the Religious Teachers Filippini, one of the

Catholic orders involved in helping the Jews of

Rome, assisted Rotter in collecting the memories of Italy’s Jewish survivors such as Carlo

Sestieri. According to Sestieri, who was hidden in one of the Vatican buildings while his

wife was provided sanctuary in a nearby convent:

Thousands of Roman Jews would have been

captured by Nazi troops on October 16, 1943,

had it not been for the prudent politics of

the Vatican. Without a doubt, it helped

avoid worse disasters.

Sister Margherita has opened the doors of

Villa Walsh to numerous Jewish and Italian organizations including the United Jewish Federation of Metrowest, the Italian Embassy, the

Italian American Foundation, the Anti-Defamation League, Unico National, Order Sons of

Italy in America, and the Temple B’nai Or of

Morristown, who along with the National Endowment for the Humanities are sponsoring

the event.

I am proud to have ‘‘A Debt of Honor,’’

filmed in Italy with the help of the Italian State

Broadcasting Network, debt in my congressional district. Holocaust Rescuers In Italy Day

helps to remind each of us that there are

things in life larger than ourselves, things

worth sacrificing for—things worth being a

hero for.

HONORING MIAMI CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT, INC., AUDREY NELSON

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT FOR 1995

HON. CARRIE P. MEEK OF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, May 18, 1995

Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I am

pleased to rise today to pay tribute to a truly

outstanding community-based organization,

Miami Capital Development of Miami, FL.

Miami Capital Development, Inc., was recently selected in a national competition as

one of only six recipients of the National Community Development Association’s prestigious

Audrey Nelson Community Development

Achievement Award for exemplary uses of

community development block grant-funded

projects.

Miami Capital Development, Inc., serves as

the lending arm of the city of Miami. Created

in 1980, it provides financial assistance at

below-market interest rates to new and existing, small and minority-owned businesses located within underserved areas of the city of

Miami and Dade County. It is a public-purpose

lending agency that provides financial assistance that stimulates economic development

and helps create and retain jobs for low- and

moderate-income people.

I know that my colleagues join me in congratulating Executive Director Pablo PerezCisneros and his staff for a job well done.

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS SHOULD BE OFF

fBUDGET

HON. ANDREW JACOBS, JR. OF INDIANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, May 18, 1995

Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Speaker, today Mr.

CARDIN and I are introducing legislation to assure that Social Security administrative costs

are off-budget, just as Social Security benefit

costs are segregated from the rest of the

budget.

In the 101st Congress, we made the Social

Security trust funds independent. In other

words, the financial accounting of the Social

Security Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance [OASDI] Program would not in any

way be intermingled with the financial accounting of the rest of the Government.

The trouble is that, despite this law, the administrative costs of the Social Security Program remain subject to the general caps on

Federal spending that we passed in the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.

The backlog of disability cases pending at

the Disability Determination Services is just

over 700,000 cases. Thanks to the hard work

of the stalwart employees of the Social Security Administration, that backlog has not grown

since last year. However, the number of cases

piling up at the Office of Hearings and Appeals for review by administrative law judges

is increasing.

I am introducing this legislation again this

year to clarify that Social Security administrative funds are independent of the general