[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 25 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 25

   To express the sense of the Senate that the United States Postal 
 Service should issue a series of stamps highlighting achievements of 
young Americans, including Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 23, 1997

Ms. Snowe submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   To express the sense of the Senate that the United States Postal 
 Service should issue a series of stamps highlighting achievements of 
young Americans, including Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, and for 
                            other purposes.

Whereas the youth of America face more difficult challenges than ever 
        before, with the lure of gangs, drugs, alcohol, and sex 
        increasing the potential for irresponsible behavior and 
        violence at ever earlier ages;
Whereas all too often the media focuses on negative stories about 
        America's youth;
Whereas many young Americans have made extraordinary contributions to 
        their communities and to their country;
Whereas 10-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, wrote to 
        Chairman Yuri Andropov of the Soviet Union in 1982 urging peace 
        at the height of the Cold War;
Whereas Samantha was invited by Chairman Andropov to visit the Soviet 
        Union the following year and became widely recognized as a 
        spokesperson for the cause of peace until her death in a plane 
        crash in 1985; and
Whereas America's young people need positive role models from among 
        their peers: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the United States 
Postal Service should issue a series of postage stamps highlighting the 
extraordinary achievements of young Americans and that a stamp honoring 
Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, should be the first in this 
series.
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