[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 55 (Friday, March 24, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E686-E687]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    TRIBUTE TO ANTHONY P. MANGINELLI

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                        HON. WILLIAM J. MARTINI

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 23, 1995
  Mr. MARTINI. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity as a 
member of Moose International to congratulate a man of great 
accomplishment and the fine charitable organization that he represents.
  Anthony P. Manginelli, supreme governor of Moose International will 
be coming to my hometown of Clifton tomorrow night to welcome a new 
class of members into the fraternity. A resident of Syracuse, NY, Mr. 
Manginelli has been a member of the fraternity since 1946, and just 
last year attained our organization's highest rank, that of supreme 
governor. In this role, he has led our 1.2 million-member organization 
with pride and dignity, advancing the high goals of the Moose on an 
international level.
  As a relative newcomer to the Moose myself, I can say that I am 
nothing but proud to be associated with my fellow members both in my 
local chapter, and in the much larger international organization. But 
Moose International is so much more than a medium through which 
outstanding men and women can socialize. It is a perfect way to get 
involved in challenges faced by our local towns and cities, and through 
its Mooseheart and Moosehaven communities, to make an impact on a much 
larger scale. Every day, Mooseheart and Moosehaven provide support for 
the neediest associated with our organization in a loving and nurturing 
way.
  Congratulations to my newly inducted brothers in the Moose, and to 
Supreme Governor Anthony Manginelli. Please continue your fine work in 
spreading the compassionate message of Moose International around the 
country, and around the world.

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                        IN MEMORY OF BILL BAILEY

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                           HON. NANCY PELOSI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 23, 1995
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a legendary 
figure of San Francisco's waterfront, William ``Bill'' Bailey, who 
passed away on Monday, February 27, 1995.
  Bill Bailey was born in Jersey City, NJ, and brought up in Hoboken 
and the tough Hell's Kitchen section of Manhattan. Shipping out to sea 
at the age of 14, he joined the Industrial Workers of the World--the 
Wobblies--and began his career as a labor activist from the day 
forward.
  Active in the maritime unions, Bill was a member of the generation of 
young radicals who transformed the labor movement of our country. He 
participated in the walkout on the waterfront which became San 
Francisco's famed general strike of 1934. In 1935, Bill and a group of 
seamen boarded a German liner tied up in New York Harbor, the Bremen, 
and tore its Nazi flag from the bow mast. Accounts from that incident 
recollect that a security force of nearly 300 were unable to stop Bill 
and his group.
  In 1937, Bill went to Spain as a member of the Abraham Lincoln and 
George Washington battalions. Wounded several times, he participated in 
almost all the major engagements of the war.
  In 1939, after returning to the United States, he resumed his 
leadership role in the maritime industry, and was elected vice 
president of the West Coast Maritime Firemen's Union. In the early 
1950's, during the height of the McCarthy era, Bill was kicked out of 
the union under a screening program imposed by the U.S. Coast Guard. He 
then joined the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, 
rising to the vice presidency of San Francisco Local 10.
  After retiring from the waterfront in 1975, Bill began a second 
career as an writer and actor, working in a major TV series on the 
Spanish civil war and appearing in several feature films and 
documentaries. He published his memoir, ``The Kid from Hoboken,'' in 
1993. But he never retired from his lifelong commitment to social and 
economic justice, continuing his activism until his dying day.
  Mr. Speaker, Bill Bailey was part of the proud waterfront history and 
tradition of San Francisco. On Sunday, March 20, Bill was remembered at 
a memorial service convened by the waterfront unions which he loved. On 
behalf of the Congress, allow me to express our condolences to his son, 
Michael, and pay tribute to his work as a labor and civic leader for 
San Francisco.


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