[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. Res. 97 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 97

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should designate 
the month of June 1997, the fiftieth anniversary of the Marshall Plan, 
          as George C. Marshall month, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 5, 1997

     Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Robb) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should designate 
the month of June 1997, the fiftieth anniversary of the Marshall Plan, 
          as George C. Marshall month, and for other purposes.

Whereas 1997 marks the fiftieth year since the European Recovery Program, or 
        what came to be called the Marshall Plan, was first conceived and 
        proclaimed by General George Catlett Marshall while he was serving as 
        Secretary of State of the United States;
Whereas the Marshall Plan has been hailed by leaders of World War II allied and 
        enemy countries alike as the most magnanimous act by Americans in 
        history;
Whereas the Marshall Plan made possible new measures of trans-Atlantic 
        cooperation through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and other 
        institutions;
Whereas these institutional developments have profoundly enhanced the security, 
        freedom, and prosperity of the United States and the Atlantic Community 
        generally;
Whereas new challenges have arisen which call for recommitment to and 
        reinvigoration of these institutions and for their continued viability;
Whereas creative thought and rededication to the ideals and principles 
        undergirding the Marshall Plan are now necessary in order to assure the 
        preservation and perfection of these institutions; and
Whereas the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Marshall Plan provides a 
        fitting opportunity for rededication of commitments to these 
        institutions: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate--
            (1) that magnanimity underlies the Marshall Plan, the 
        dedication to public service and integrity of its author, and 
        the efforts by the Marshall Foundation in Lexington, Virginia, 
        the Marshall International Center in Leesburg, Virginia, and 
        the Friends of Marshall, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, to continue 
        in American life the values for which General George Catlett 
        Marshall stood;
            (2) that all Americans should rededicate themselves to the 
        ideals of public service, hard work, integrity, and compassion 
        which General Marshall represents to this day in American 
        society; and
            (3) that the values that inspired the initiation of the 
        Marshall Plan should continue to be cherished by the people of 
        the United States.
    Sec. 2. It is, further, the sense of the Senate that the President 
should issue a proclamation designating the month of June 1997 as 
``George C. Marshall Month'' and calling upon the people of the United 
States to observe George C. Marshall Month with appropriate programs, 
ceremonies, and activities.
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