S7708 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD— SENATE June 5, 1995 

Mr. President, the Senate still has a 

long way to go this year and a lot of 

work to do on this Nation’s budget. 

This resolution is not the final word 

and I look forward to setting this Nation’s priorities straight and fighting 

for the generations to come.

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THE TERCENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ 

∑ Mr. BRADLEY. Mr. President, today 

I wish to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of Gloucester 

Township. Three hundred years after 

its incorporation, Gloucester Township 

has grown from a small farming community along the banks of what is now 

Timber Creek into one of New Jersey’s 

premier residential communities. 

On June 1, 1995, residents of Gloucester Township celebrated their 300th 

year with a ceremony consisting of a 

reenactment of the 1695 Proclamation 

of Incorporation. After the ceremony, 

the tercentenary committee presented 

a hand-sewn quilt consisting of 33 panels which traces the township’s unique 

history and highlights the area’s historic sites. The quilt, lovingly crafted 

by over 20 volunteers, took hundreds of 

hours to complete and is a fitting tribute to a special community. Like the 

memorial quilt, Gloucester Township is 

a creation of the sum of its parts, incorporating many small, distinct communities—each with their own histories and special characteristics—to 

add color and form to the township. 

When the mayor and town council of 

Gloucester donned their colonial-era 

garb to reenact the Incorporation Proclamation, they payed tribute to an 

area of New Jersey that is rich in history. The community of Chews Landing, which predates New Jersey’s statehood by years, is still sprinkled with 

old, historic homes many built during 

the days when George Washington and 

James Madison were subscribers to the 

St. John’s Episcopal Church in Chews 

Landing. Other colorful figures in 

American history who have roots in 

Gloucester Township include: Lt. 

Aaron Chew, a local war hero; Abraham Clark, George Reed, and Charles 

Campbell, signers of the Declaration of 

Independence; F. Muhlenberg, a member of the Continental Congress and 

first Speaker of the House; William 

Patterson, former Governor of New 

Jersey; and Elias Boudinot, a member 

of the New Jersey Continental Congress and Director of the first U.S. 

Mint. Blenheim, home to the cemetery 

that is still known today as Wallin’s 

Graveyard, was home to Charity Chew 

Powell and her husband Richard who 

lost 17 of their 20 sons in the American 

Revolution and other of our country’s 

early wars. 

Gloucester Township is not only rich 

in history, it is also blessed with attributes that make the area such a 

wonderful place to live and raise a family. An outstanding school system, 

beautiful parks, an active little league, 

and a diverse population create an environment where the bonds of community can thrive. Approximately 56,000 

inhabitants strong, Gloucester Township is no longer a small town on the 

banks of a creek. Still, the small-town 

belief that fellow residents are actually 

friends and family, still flourishes and 

has allowed Gloucester’s different communities to live harmoniously as their 

community has grown. Today, when 

the fragile ecology of our social environment is as threatened as that of our 

natural environment, I am delighted to 

have the opportunity to pay tribute to 

the inhabitants of Gloucester Township 

and the lessons they offer in community and modern living. 

Mr. President, I congratulate 

Gloucester Township once again, on 

their tercentennial anniversary.

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∑ 

SOCIAL COMPACT’S 1995 OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AWARD 

∑ Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I would 

like to recognize the Sturgis Neighborhood Program [SNP] and the Sturgis 

Federal Savings Bank as recipients of 

the Social Compact’s 1995 Outstanding 

Community Investment Award. The 

Social Compact is an ecumenical coalition of hundreds of CEOs from all types 

of financial services institutions and 

neighborhood self-help organizations 

who have joined forces to promote 

proven, effective strategies for 

strengthening America’s vulnerable 

neighborhoods. 

The partnership achievement of the 

Sturgis Neighborhood Program and the 

Sturgis Federal Savings Bank is rebuilding community hope and pride by 

stabilizing lower income neighborhoods 

and families through the rehabilitation 

of affordable rental housing. Since its 

inception, the SNP has rehabilitated 

five single family homes and more are 

on the way. Tenant families are employed, receive family development 

guidance, and participate in maintenance education programs. Families 

also participate in a Goal Setting Plan 

which guides them toward being selfsufficient, productive members of the 

community. 

The Sturgis Federal Savings Bank 

was the first institution to support 

SNP’s mission and played a vital role 

in its initial success. With the assistance of Sturgis Federal, SNP received 

grants and subsidies which allowed the 

organization to successfully renovate 

the completed five units of affordable 

rental housing. It is my honor to congratulate the Sturgis Neighborhood 

Program and the Sturgis Federal Savings Bank. I join the Social Compact in 

thanking them for their contributions 

to the Sturgis community.

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∑ 

RAYMOND KELLY’S COMMENCEMENT SPEECH TO MARIST COLLEGE 

∑ Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, on 

May 20, 1995, Raymond W. Kelly, the 

esteemed former police commissioner 

of New York City, gave a moving commencement speech at Marist College in 

Poughkeepsie, NY. Senators will recall 

that, in addition to his service as the 

head of the Nation’s largest police 

force, Commissioner Kelly recently returned from a very demanding assignment as director of the International 

Police Monitors in Haiti. 

In his speech, Commissioner Kelly 

urged the Class of 1995 to be, and I 

quote, ‘‘America’s new idealists. * * * 

America needs new, energetic voices to 

counter the current wisdom that says 

all government is suspect. The class of 

’95 should be that voice.’’

In recognition of Commissioner 

Kelly’s public service, Marist College 

awarded him an honorary Doctorate of 

Humane Letters. His fine commencement address truly deserves the attention of the Senate, and I ask that the 

text of the speech be printed in the 

RECORD. 

The speech follows: 

REMARKS BY RAYMOND W. KELLY

President Murray, Brother Paul, Chairman 

Dyson, friends, family, and members of the 

class of 1995. I want to express my appreciation to Marist College and its board of trustees for conferring this honorary degree on 

me. And I want to express my congratulations to the class of ’95 who earned your degrees the hard way. This honor permits me 

to share with the class of ’95 the soaring reputation of this great institution; a reputation which has spread far beyond the confines of the Hudson Valley, across America 

and beyond, to some unexpected corners of 

the world. 

What Brother Paul Ambrose and the original Marist fraternity planted with their 

sweat and broad shoulders has blossomed beyond even their inspired dreams. It has blossomed because the secular community who 

followed in their footsteps kept the faith and 

worked hard. The result is this beautiful 

campus, a crown jewel on the Hudson River. 

But Marist College is far more than that. 

It has preserved what other institutions have 

lost, or are still trying to achieve: namely, a 

faculty that teaches, an administration that 

leads, and a board of trustees that governs. 

The result—and I know this first hand—are 

graduates who leave Marist College ready to 

take on the world, in all of its complexity, 

and even its dangers. 

Last fall, when President Clinton asked me 

to go to Haiti to direct the international police monitors, he put at my disposal over 

twelve hundred police professionals from 

around the world. In addition, I had United 

States Army and Marine Corps personnel reporting to me. Our job was to stop human 

rights abuses by a notorious Haitian police 

and military, and to establish an interim 

public security force. We did all that, and 

more. 

I was honored to lead the effort, but I certainly could not do it alone. With a large and 

highly skilled group from which to choose, I 

needed three individuals for key positions. I 

had neither the time nor the inclination to 

check their college credentials. I just went 

on my instincts that came with 30 years of 

judging leadership in the New York City Police Department and the United States Marine Corps. 

And today, I want the Marist College class 

of 1995 to meet the three individuals who I 

asked to go in harms way to lead Haiti out 

of the hell created by a brutal dictatorship. 

They are (and I’d like them to stand): 

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