[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H15157-H15158]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CHARLES J. COYLE POST OFFICE BUILDING

  Mr. McHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 1398) to designate the U.S. Post Office building located at 
1203 Lemay Ferry Road, St. Louis, MO, as the ``Charles J. Coyle Post 
Office Building''.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 1398

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

       The United States Post Office building located at 1203 
     Lemay Ferry Road, St. Louis, Missouri, shall be known and 
     designated as the ``Charles J. Coyle Post Office Building''.

     SEC. 2 REFERENCES.

       Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
     or other record of the United States to the United States 
     Post Office building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed 
     to be a reference to the ``Charles J. Coyle Post Office 
     Building''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from New 
York [Mr. McHugh] will be recognized for 20 minutes, and the 
gentlewoman from Michigan [Miss Collins] will be recognized for 20 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York [Mr. McHugh].
  Mr. McHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight voted 
favorably on H.R. 1398. This legislation was introduced by 
Representative william Clay of Missouri and was cosponsored by the 
entire House delegation of the State of Missouri as required by the 
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. This bill designates the 
U.S. Post Office building located at 1203 Lemay Ferry Road, St. Louis, 
MO, as the ``Charles J. Coyle Post Office Building''.
  Mr. Coyle, who is honored in this legislation, was a U.S. Army 
veteran before he started his career with the Post Office Department in 
1960. He started in the clerk craft and later served as a letter 
carrier. He was active with the National Association of Letter Carriers 
in his local chapter and at the national level. He later served as that 
organization's national secretary/treasurer in 1994. Charlie Coyle died 
on February 18, 1995, at the age of 60.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all our colleagues to support this legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Miss COLLINS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1398, legislation sponsored by 
Congressman William L. Clay, designating the U.S. Post Office building 
located at 1203 Lemay Ferry Road in St. Louis, MO, as the ``Charles J. 
Coyle Post Office Building.''
  Charles Coyle began his career with the Postal Service in 1960, 
working in the clerk craft. Within a very short time he moved up to 
letter carrier only to feel the need to affect change within the union 
structure. In 1973, Mr. Coyle was elected president of his Branch, 
number 343, and served as a full-time union officer at the local and 
national levels for the rest of his career. He served with pride and 
worked hard for 

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a strong and responsive National Association of Letter Carriers Union.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman 
from Missouri [Mr. Clay].
  (Mr. CLAY asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, first of all I thank the gentlewoman for 
yielding me the time.
  Mr. Speaker, Charles Coyle was a postal worker who rose from clerk to 
secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Letter Carriers. He 
served in many and various positions in the union. He was president of 
Branch 343, correspondent to the Postal Record, and member of the 
branch negotiating team. In addition to that, he was president of that 
local.
  In 1994 he was elected secretary-treasurer of the National 
Association of Letter Carriers.
  Mr. Speaker, although Charlie served in office during a very 
turbulent time of change for the Postal Service, he demonstrated a deep 
and abiding commitment to improving conditions of letter carriers. He 
established training programs and initiated a newsletter to keep the 
membership better informed about the issues and the events. He also 
maintained a long-term association with the University of Missouri in 
an advisory capacity in the field of labor studies.
  Charlie Coyle left a legacy of accomplishments which greatly 
benefited letter carriers and the entire Postal Service. Mr. Speaker, 
his memory deserves to be honored. I would like to thank the other 
members of the Missouri delegation for cosponsoring this piece of 
legislation.

  Thus, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill to designate the 
post office at 1203 Lemay Ferry Road in St. Louis as the Charles J. 
Coyle Post Office Building.
  Miss COLLINS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for 
time, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. McHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from New York [Mr. McHugh] that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, H.R. 1398.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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