[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 3, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S5271]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO HENRY P. JOHNSON

 Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, I rise today to pay 
tribute to Henry P. Johnson of Meriden, NH, retired plant manager of 
Dorr Woolen Co., for his exceptional service as a volunteer executive 
in Krasnador, Russia.
  Henry worked on a volunteer mission with the International Executive 
Service Corps, a nonprofit organization that sends retired Americans to 
assist businesses and private enterprises in the developing world and 
the new emerging democracies of Central and Eastern Europe and the 
former Soviet Union.
  Henry helped provide technical and managerial leadership to improve 
the lives of the citizens of Krasnador, Russia. He assisted Kubantex, a 
textile company, to set up a business and marketing plans. Henry was an 
``international volunteer'' for our Nation and has represented our 
strong democratic beliefs and practices of a free-market economy.
  His spectacular display of voluntarism provided active assistance for 
people in need and helped to build strong ties of respect and trust 
between America and Russia. Henry's mission will help to end the cycle 
of dependency on foreign assistance, by fostering private sector 
involvement in international development.
  I commend Henry for his dedicated service and I am proud to represent 
him in the U.S. Senate.

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