[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 96 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 96

 Expressing the sense of the Senate that a commemorative postage stamp 
             should be issued to honor Dr. Edgar J. Helms.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 25, 2001

  Mr. Kerry (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kennedy, and Ms. 
 Snowe) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Senate that a commemorative postage stamp 
             should be issued to honor Dr. Edgar J. Helms.

    Resolved, 

SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT A COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP 
              SHOULD BE ISSUED TO HONOR DR. EDGAR J. HELMS.

    (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
            (1) Dr. Helms was born in a wilderness lumber camp in 
        upstate New York on January 19, 1863, and passed away on 
        December 23, 1942, at the age of 79.
            (2) Dr. Helms established the Church of All Nations in 
        Boston's troubled South End to provide a spiritual haven and a 
        center for job training for the poor and destitute.
            (3) In 1902, Dr. Helms founded Goodwill Industries, Inc. 
        (in this section referred to as ``Goodwill''), a nonprofit 
        organization established to collect unwanted clothing and 
        household goods from Boston's wealthy citizens to allow poor 
        immigrants to repair them for resale, thereby giving employment 
        to relatively unskilled people as well as giving them a source 
        of inexpensive clothing and other goods.
            (4) Dr. Helms often denied himself basic comforts to save 
        money for larger purposes.
            (5) In the mid-1930's, Goodwill changed from a work relief 
        organization to one that primarily served people with 
        disabilities.
            (6) Goodwill played a key role during World War II by 
        providing workers who produced many basic necessities for the 
        war effort.
            (7) Goodwill serves people with physical, mental, and 
        emotional disabilities, and those who face extraordinary 
        barriers to employment such as those who are in poverty, 
        including those who receive public assistance or who are 
        homeless, and those without any work experience.
            (8) Goodwill provided services for more than 440,000 people 
        in 2000, and more than 77,000 of them became employed as a 
        result of the assistance Goodwill provided.
            (9) For almost 100 years, Goodwill has benefited millions 
        of Americans by fulfilling the mission set out by Dr. Helms in 
        his message of ``Not Charity But a Chance''.
    (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the 
Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster 
General that a commemorative postage stamp be issued in 2002 to honor 
Dr. Edgar J. Helms.

SEC. 2. TRANSMITTAL TO CITIZENS' STAMP ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    The Secretary of the Senate shall transmit a copy of this 
resolution to the chairperson of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory 
Committee.
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