[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 75 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 75

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
  should be issued honoring Hiram Bingham IV, and that the Citizens' 
  Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General 
                      that such a stamp be issued.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2001

 Mr. Simmons (for himself, Mr. LaTourette, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Ferguson, 
     Mr. Wolf, and Mr. Holden) submitted the following concurrent 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
  should be issued honoring Hiram Bingham IV, and that the Citizens' 
  Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General 
                      that such a stamp be issued.

Whereas Hiram Bingham IV, of Salem, Connecticut, exemplified American public 
        service and personal bravery of the highest order;
Whereas, while serving as a United States diplomat in France between 1939 and 
        1941, Hiram Bingham IV helped save the lives of thousands of refugees 
        who were fleeing Hitler, by writing false visas for them, hiding them at 
        his diplomatic residence, working with the French underground, and 
        planning daring escapes for them through Southern France;
Whereas Hiram Bingham IV, in courageously following his conscience, was risking 
        not only his career (since his actions contravened the policies of his 
        government at the time), but his personal safety;
Whereas Hiram Bingham IV has come to be recognized as one of eleven ``righteous 
        diplomats'' who, collectively, helped save approximately 200,000 persons 
        from the Holocaust, some 1,000,000 descendants of whom are living today; 
        and
Whereas, for his selfless heroism, Hiram Bingham IV has been called ``America's 
        Wallenberg'' and ``America's Schindler'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the 
        United States Postal Service honoring Hiram Bingham IV; and
            (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
        to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
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