[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 127 (Monday, September 16, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1611]
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                     TRIBUTE TO CHARLES BRAITHWAIT

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 16, 1996

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, today I pay tribute to a dedicated 
Missourian, Charles Braithwait, who will retire this year from his 
position as executive director of West Central Missouri Community 
Action Agency.
  Mr. Braithwait is employed as the first and thus far the only 
executive director of the West Central Missouri Community Action 
Agency, having held the position since June 1966. Under Mr. 
Braithwait's direction, West Central Missouri Community Action Agency 
has grown from a limited purpose agency with an initial grant of 
$50,000 to a multifaceted community-based organization with an annual 
operating budget of more than $12 million. West Central Missouri 
Community Action Agency provides a full array of services for low-
income clients in 15 Missouri counties.
  Charles Braithwait has also served as the chairman of the Local Area 
Manpower Planning Board, chairman of the Local Council on Aging, 
chairman of the Local Central Board for Distance Learning, member of 
the Local Private Industry Council, president of the Missouri Community 
Action Agencies Executive Directors Association, member of the Missouri 
Governor's Commission on Energy Conservation, member of the Missouri 
State Housing Committee, member of the Missouri Association for 
Community Action Board of Directors, member of the Midwest Assistance 
Program Board of Directors, president of the National Community Action 
Agencies Executive Directors Association, president of the National 
Community Action Foundation, member of President Ford's National 
Advisory Council on Economic Development, member of the National 
Association for Community Development Board of Directors, member of the 
National Action Committee for Community Services Board of Directors, 
member of the Office of Community Services Task Force on Monitoring and 
Assessment.
  Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues in the House will want to join me 
in commending Charles Braithwait for the outstanding public service he 
has given to the people of Missouri, and our country.

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