[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 147 (Tuesday, November 29, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                     TRIBUTE TO FRANCES HYDE CROWE

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                           HON. JOHN W. OLVER

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 29, 1994

  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Frances Hyde Crowe on 
her retirement, after 26 years, as the western Massachusetts 
representative of the American Friends Service Committee. Throughout 
her career she has remained committed to local activism; to seeking 
peace, justice, and equality in her community.
  In the 1950's, a concern for the threat nuclear testing posed to the 
health of her children led to her to seek a political solution. Mrs. 
Crowe went on to be the driving force behind a local chapter of the 
national SANE Nuclear Policy Committee; a founding member of a chapter 
of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in the early 
1960's; and eventually the area representative for the AFSC in 1968. 
Over the years, she honed and developed her strengths as an activist 
for peace and social justice.
  Frances Crowe's ability to inspire and motivate others into public 
action is a lasting contribution to her community. She has shown that 
through non-violent civil disobedience and through advocating a joyful 
community one can rally others toward realizing that community. Her 
vision of a sustainable society where citizens say ``no'' to violence, 
build good jobs, and are self-sufficient is something worth striving 
for.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Frances Hyde Crowe 
on her retirement and in wishing her continued success.

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