May 26, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7649

Many in this Chamber know of this

wonderful woman’s accomplishments.

She was the first woman to have her

name placed in nomination for President by a major political party; she

cast an impressive 2,941 consecutive

roll call votes; she delivered her famous Declaration of Conscious speech

in 1950 criticizing Senator Joseph

McCarthy and his stormtrooper tactics

in exposing suspected communists.

During her Declaration of Conscience

speech, Senator Smith remarked that

Senator McCarthy’s investigation was

playing on Americans’ worst fears and

was chipping away at the soul of the

country. She said the Senator and his

supporters were parceling away individual freedoms and liberties in the

name of a fight that history has proved

to be wrongheaded. In that speech, she

noted,

Those of us who shout the loudest about

Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our

own words and acts, ignore some of the basic

principles of Americanism—The right to

criticize; the right to hold unpopular beliefs;

the right to protest; the right of independent

thought. The exercise of these rights should

not cost one single American citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood nor

should he be in danger of losing his reputation or livelihood merely because he happens

to know someone who holds unpopular beliefs.

To understand the significance of the

speech, and the courage of the woman

who delivered it, we must remember

the times during which it was delivered. These were days when it would

have been easy to join the crowd—days

when many were barking at every

shadow, challenging and accusing anyone who disagreed with popular opinion

as being disloyal. It was a phenomenon

we have not seen since in American

politics. It was not simply a group or a

movement or a passing fad—it was a

tidal wave of hatred and suspicion that

engulfed many of the supposedly

thoughtful politicians of the day.

There have been many occasions

when I also invoke the name of Joan

Benoit. Joan Benoit, who hails from

Maine, was the great marathon runner.

Many of us can recall that moment

when she broke out in that marathon,

and she began so fast she moved away

out ahead of the crowd and every one

of the commentators said, ‘‘She can

never maintain that pace. She will fall

behind.’’

To the astonishment of virtually everyone who watched that historic

event, she not only maintained the

pace but she continued it throughout

the entire marathon race.

Throughout her career, Margaret

Chase Smith has set her own pace,

charted her own course, ignored her

critics and never looked back at those

who followed far behind her leadership.

She has known the glory and loneliness, I should say, of the long distance

runner.

When thinking of Senator Smith, I

am reminded of an ancient proverb

that says, ‘‘When drinking water, don’t

forget those who dug the well.’’

Americans are, by nature, a forwardlooking people. But, as the proverb

suggests, we should also pay tribute to

those who have gone before us, those

who have paved the way for us and for

future generations. We should remember those who have dug the well. Margaret Chase Smith dug the well for me

and for many Maine politicians.

Senator Smith has also remained politically active following her retirement from the Senate. With the Senator’s support, the Margaret Chase

Smith Center for Public Policy was

created in 1989 to serve as a nonpartisan public service organization at

the University of Maine. Through the

center, university students and other

scholars study public policy and work

to improve the quality of dialog on policy issues. It has greatly enhanced the

study of politics at the University of

Maine, and it is a fine testament to the

impact that Senator Smith had on

Maine and the country.

In America, every person stands

equal before the law, but in politics,

the aristocracy of talent is supreme.

Maine can rightfully take pride in the

fact that Margaret Chase Smith has

stood at the top of that aristocracy.

I thank the Chair and Senator DOLE

for yielding this time.

I yield the floor.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.

SENATOR MARGARET CHASE

fSMITH

Mr. DOLE. I thank the distinguished

Senator from Maine. Having had the

honor and privilege, as did the Presiding Officer, of serving with Senator

Margaret Chase Smith, I can certainly

appreciate his remarks. I can almost

see her seated at that desk, with a

rose—there was a rose there every

morning on her desk. We certainly

wish her well.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, it had been

ORDER OF PROCEDURE

four hope that we could have appointed

conferees today on four major pieces of

legislation: Medicare select, regulation

reform, product liability, and line-item

veto. But for a number of reasons we

are not able to do that today. We hope

to be able to be in a position to appoint

conferees in all four of those measures

when we return on Monday, June 5. At

least we will make the effort. If there

is objection at that time, the objection

will be noted.

We have done all the nominations on

the calendar with one exception, because I had requests from some of my

colleagues that we make certain we did

that before recess. They have been

done.

I would say it will be my intention

now, when we come back on Monday,

to stay with the terrorism bill at least

through Monday to see what happens. I

apologize to Senators PRESSLER and

HOLLINGS because we thought we would

go to the telecommunications bill that

day, but we did lose a day yesterday

with the votes. In the last 2 days we

had 50-some votes. We might have been

able to finish the terrorism bill this

week. So we will make an effort on

Monday, June 5, and maybe up through

noon on Tuesday, and at that point we

will see what the situation is, how

many amendments are remaining,

whether or not we can have time agreements. But it is still my hope to go to

the telecommunications bill early the

week we are back.

ORDERS FOR MONDAY, JUNE 5,

f1995

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate

reconvenes at 10 a.m. on Monday, June

5, 1995, that following the prayer, the

Journal of proceedings be deemed approved to date, no resolutions come

over under the rule, the call of the calendar be dispensed with, the morning

hour be deemed to have expired, the

time for the two leaders be reserved for

their use later in the day; there then be

a period for the transaction of morning

business not to extend beyond the hour

of 11 a.m., with Senators permitted to

speak for up to 5 minutes each.

I further ask consent at the hour of

11 o’clock the Senate resume consideration of S. 735, the antiterrorism bill.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I should

have said at the outset, this has been

cleared by the Democratic leader.

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Mr. DOLE. So I would say for the information of all Senators, when the

Senate is reconvened following the Memorial Day recess, we will resume consideration of the antiterrorism bill.

Under the previous consent agreement,

amendments are limited to the bill.

Therefore Senators should be aware

that rollcall votes can be anticipated

on Monday. However, we will have no

rollcall votes until—they will not begin

before 5 o’clock on Monday, June 5.

Both Senators BIDEN and HATCH have

indicated to both leaders, Democratic

and Republican leaders, that they will

have amendments. There will be votes.

And that they will be prepared at 11

o’clock on Monday, June 5, to move

forward as rapidly as possible on the

antiterrorism bill.

ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY,

JUNE 5, 1995, AT 10 A.M.

fMr. DOLE. Mr. President, if there is

no further business to come before the

Senate, I now ask that the Senate

stand in adjournment under the provisions of House Concurrent Resolution

72.

There being no objection, the Senate,

at 2:20 p.m., adjourned until Monday,

June 5, 1995, at 10 a.m.