[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 94 (Tuesday, July 19, 1994)]
[Senate]
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[Congressional Record: July 19, 1994]
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                          MAYOR HENRY W. MAIER

  Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, earlier this week, former Milwaukee Mayor 
Henry W. Maier died in the privacy of his home with his wife Dr. Karen 
at his side. But the solitude of the mayor's passing gives rise to the 
recognition of a great legacy that few in government or politics could 
ever hope to achieve.
  ``The Mayor'' is how the people of Milwaukee fondly referred to their 
leader of 28 years. Henry W. Maier was a Milwaukee Nationalist, a 
fighter--he was the people's mayor and in the course of his tenure 
became a spokesman for all of urban America.
  Throughout his career, the mayor battled for resources for our 
cities. He led the fight for general Federal revenue sharing, urban 
development action grants and many other programs aimed at improving 
the lives of the working men and women who dwell in our cities.
  In Milwaukee, he made sure that the city government was efficient--
that the garbage was picked up, the snow was removed and that police 
and fire protection was always there when the people needed them. He 
operated a lean city government maintaining a high level of service 
without breaking the backs of the taxpayer or sacrificing Milwaukee's 
long-heralded financial rating. He was on the front lines every day 
battling for his fellow Milwaukee citizens.
  And the mayor served with honor and dignity providing clean and 
honest government to the citizens he was elected seven times to 
represent.
  It's with great sadness that I say goodbye to a great Milwaukeean and 
great American--Mayor Henry W. Maier.

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