[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                        TRIBUTE TO HELEN BENTLEY

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                          HON. PHILIP M. CRANE

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 7, 1994

  Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, a number of Members of this House of 
Representatives of the 103d Congress, for various reasons, will not be 
with us in the 104th Congress. And of that group, one who will be 
sorely missed is our colleague from Maryland, Helen Bentley.
  Helen will have spent a decade in this chamber when she casts her 
final vote this year. She will leave behind her a distinguished career, 
highlighted by her efforts as a member of the House Committee on 
Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the House Appropriations Committee. 
Her knowledge of maritime issues paid big dividends for her 
constituents in the port city of Baltimore.
  She will always be remembered as a fighter. Once she decided a cause 
was just, she dug in and did battle with the best of her colleagues--
and more times than not she was the victor.
  She was internationally known as one of this nation's leading experts 
on the maritime industry when she arrived in the House of 
Representatives. Her knowledge in the field led to her appointment as 
Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission by President Richard Nixon. 
In the House, she earned a fine reputation not only on maritime issues, 
but also on fair trade practices and a strong national defense.
  This daughter of Serbian immigrant parents began her collegiate 
studies in her native state at the University of Nevada at Reno * * * 
continued it at night here in Washington at George Washington 
University * * * and completed her studies for a degree in journalism 
at the University of Missouri, graduating the same day her mother 
became a citizen of the United States almost 1,000 miles away in Ely, 
Nevada. Her determination to gain an education was often reflected in 
later years in her determination to fight for a just cause and to fight 
for her Maryland constituents.
  The congressional contributions and the friendship of Helen Bentley 
will long be remembered.

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