[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1344]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


           LETTER IN RESPONSE TO THE POMBO-SOLOMON AMENDMENT

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                        HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 27, 1995
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to your attention a 
letter I received in response to the Pombo-Solomon amendment which 
passed overwhelmingly in the House last week. The letter, in support of 
the amendment, is from Rear Adm. Joseph F. Callo, a Yale University 
alumnus.

                                                    June 14, 1995.
     Hon. Gerald B.H. Solomon,
     House of Representatives,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Congressman Solomon: I support your efforts to block 
     all federal financial aid to schools that deny ROTC on 
     campus.
       The intellectual dishonesty of the campus groups that argue 
     for the ban of ROTC, and other military activities on campus, 
     is appalling. I am also deeply saddened by a faculty and 
     administration that supports those efforts. My distress is 
     heightened by the following:
       As an undergraduate at Yale, I learned the importance of 
     objectivity, intellectual consistency and rationality. Each 
     of these qualities has been trampled by those pursuing, or 
     supporting, the anti-ROTC efforts.
       As a former NROTC student at Yale, I know first hand of the 
     high academic quality of that program.
       As a taxpayer, I protest using my tax money to support the 
     students, administration and faculty involved in these 
     efforts.
       As an alumnus of Yale, I am aware of the significant 
     contributions to national defense made through the years by 
     members of the Yale community--including in some instances, 
     the sacrifice of their lives. The efforts of those 
     advocating, or supporting, the ban of ROTC units on the 
     campus are an obscenity in the face of those contributions.
       Please continue your efforts.
           Sincerely,
                                                  Joseph F. Callo,
                                         Rear Admiral, USNR (Ret).
     

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