[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 38 (Tuesday, April 12, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: April 12, 1994]
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                  TRIBUTE TO MAYOR CHESTER GROBSCHMIDT

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                         HON. GERALD D. KLECZKA

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 12, 1994

  Mr. KLECZKA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Chester 
Grobschmidt, mayor of the city of South Milwaukee, on his retirement 
from public service.
  I have had the good fortune of personally knowing and working with 
Chet Grobschmidt because the citizens of South Milwaukee have seen fit 
to elect him to the office of mayor for the past 28 years. Prior to his 
election as mayor, he served for 9 years in the office of alderman. In 
both offices, he has served with distinction and honor.
  Harry Truman once said that he studied the lives of great people and 
the ones who got to the top did so by doing the jobs they had in hand, 
with all their energy and enthusiasm and hard work. Certainly Mayor 
Grobschmidt's 37 years as a dedicated public servant are an indication 
of the truth of those words and of the esteem with which his fellow 
citizens hold him.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing his remarkable 
contribution to the citizens of the city of South Milwaukee, to the 
State of Wisconsin and indeed, to our Nation. We wish him a healthy, 
happy retirement.

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