[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E116-E117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        RALPH YARBOROUGH TRIBUTE

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                          HON. CHARLES WILSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 31, 1996

  Mr. WILSON. Mr. Speaker, in 1969 when I was a member of the Texas 
State Senate I had the great honor of introducing the late Senator 
Ralph Yarborough at a United Labor Legislative Committee luncheon. What 
I said that day about my friend held true until the day he died. I ask 
that this tribute to Senator Yarborough be printed in the Congressional 
Record as a memorial to one of the best and most compassionate 
statesmen that Texas and the U.S. Senate will ever know.

       Ralph Yarborough has been in the arena for the little 
     people of Texas as long as I can remember. He has represented 
     the folks from Diboll and Dallas, from Huntington and 
     Houston, from San Augustine and San Antonio, from Kountze and 
     Corsicana, and he has represented them with vigor, compassion 
     and complete disregard for the special interest and the 
     greedy.
       This is rare in a Texas politician. Too often the rest of 
     us have to find a reason why we can't do what we know we 
     should. Too often, we find it necessary to compromise with 
     the special interests. Not Ralph Yarborough. He is totally 
     incorruptible. His record of courage and consistency cannot 
     be matched in the United States Senate.
       He is the only Senator from the old Confederacy who has 
     dared represent the black man with votes rather than words. 
     He is the only prominent Texas politician who would march 
     with the brown man in their effort to obtain a decent minimum 
     wage.
       His trail has been glorious but it's also been long and 
     torturous. He is the most hated of all by the privileged and 
     the powerful. But he is loved by us. Loved because he does 
     right, and loved because he is all we have.
     
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                       HONORING RUSSELL L. CARSON

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 31, 1996

  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to rise before my 
colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to recognize Mr. 
Russell L. Carson. Mr. Carson recently retired as captain of the 
Waterford Township Police Department after 25 years of dedicated public 
service. A retirement party in his honor is to be held on February 3, 
1996, in Keego Harbor, MI.
  Mr. Carson has spent his entire career protecting the public and 
preserving the laws of this Nation. During his illustrious career, he 
has received many awards and commendations for his selfless devotion to 
duty. His tireless spirit has earned him the respect of his colleagues 
not only in the police department that he helped to command, but also 
with the countless people whose lives were touched by him. During his 
25-year career, Mr. Carson has worked as a patrolman, detective, school 
liaison officer, lieutenant, staff lieutenant, and captain. Also 
included in his many duties were detective bureau commander, patrol 
bureau commander, and administrative services commander.
  Mr. Speaker, Russell Carson has worked diligently to help make his 
community a safer and better place to live. I know that his retirement 
dinner is not meant to celebrate his departure from law enforcement, 
rather, the dinner is meant to show him the deep love and respect his 
colleagues, his family, his friends, and his community have for him. I 
ask you and my fellow Members of the 104th Congress to join me in 
paying tribute to such a dedicated public servant, Mr. Russell L. 
Carson.

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