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[S. 985 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.985

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-
                                  eight


                                 An Act


 
To designate the post office located at 194 Ward Street in Paterson, New 
               Jersey, as the ``Larry Doby Post Office''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
        (1) Larry Eugene Doby was born in Camden, South Carolina, on 
    December 12, 1923, and moved to Paterson, New Jersey, in 1938.
        (2) After playing the 1946 season in the Negro League for the 
    Newark Eagles, Larry Doby's contract was purchased by the Cleveland 
    Indians of the American League on July 3, 1947.
        (3) On July 5, 1947, Larry Doby became the first African-
    American to play in the American League.
        (4) Larry Doby played in the American League for 13 years, 
    appearing in 1,533 games and batting .283, with 253 home runs and 
    969 runs batted in.
        (5) Larry Doby was voted to 7 all-star teams, led the American 
    League in home runs twice, and played in 2 World Series. He was the 
    first African-American to play in the World Series and to hit a 
    home run in a World Series game, both in 1948.
        (6) After his stellar playing career ended, Larry Doby 
    continued to make a significant contribution to his community. He 
    has been a pioneer in the cause of civil rights and has received 
    honorary doctorate degrees from Long Island University, Princeton 
    University, and Fairfield University.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF LARRY DOBY POST OFFICE.

    (a) In General.--The post office located at 194 Ward Street in 
Paterson, New Jersey, shall be known and designated as the ``Larry Doby 
Post Office''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the post office referred 
to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Larry 
Doby Post Office''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.