[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 73 (Thursday, May 4, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S6146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


         NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WEEK

  Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure at this time 
to request the unanimous consent of my colleagues to have printed in 
the Record a proclamation by the Governor of my State of Tennessee; Don 
Sundquist.
  On March 21 of this year, the Honorable Governor Don Sundquist signed 
the proclamation that the week of April 17-22, 1995, shall be known in 
Tennessee as National Association of Retired Federal Employees Week.
  Our State's chapter of this national organization is very spirited 
and active. Many members of this association have volunteered their 
time and energy to help organize relief and recovery efforts in 
Oklahoma City.
  It is this spirit of contribution that continues to distinguish all 
civil servants, retired and employed.
  There being no objection, the proclamation was ordered to be printed 
in the Record, as follows:

       Whereas the United States Civil Service Act of 1883 was 
     signed into law by then President Chester A. Arthur, thereby 
     creating the United States Civil Service System; and
       Whereas the United States Civil Service Retirement System 
     was created in 1920 and signed into law by then President 
     Woodrow Wilson; and
       Whereas virtually every State, county, and municipal civil 
     service system have developed from the Civil Service Act; and
       Whereas untold thousands of United States Civil Service 
     employees have worked diligently, patriotically, silently, 
     and with little notice to uphold the highest traditions and 
     ideas of our country; and
       Whereas thousands of Federal employees are retired in 
     Tennessee and continue to devote inestimable time and effort 
     toward the betterment of our communities and State.
       Now therefore, I, Don Sundquist, Governor of the State of 
     Tennessee, do hereby proclaim the week of April 17-22, 1995, 
     as ``National Association of Retired Federal Employees Week'' 
     in Tennessee, and do urge all our citizens to join in this 
     worthy observance.

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