[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 76 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S5372]
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      SENATE RESOLUTION 97--TO DESIGNATE GEORGE C. MARSHALL MONTH

  Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Robb) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                               S. Res. 97

       Whereas 1997 marks the fiftieth year since the European 
     Recovery Program, or what came to be called the Marshall 
     Plan, was first conceived and proclaimed by General George 
     Catlett Marshall while he was serving as Secretary of State 
     of the United States.
       Whereas the Marshall Plan has been hailed by leaders of 
     World War II allied and enemy countries alike as the most 
     magnanimous act by Americans in history;
       Whereas the Marshall Plan made possible new measures of 
     trans-Atlantic cooperation through the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization and other institutions;
       Whereas these institutional developments have profoundly 
     enhanced the security, freedom, and prosperity of the United 
     States and the Atlantic Community generally;
       Whereas new challenges have arisen which call for 
     recommitment to and reinvigoration of these institutions and 
     for their continued viability;
       Whereas creative thought and rededication to the ideals and 
     principles undergirding the Marshall Plan are now necessary 
     in order to assure the preservation and perfection of these 
     institutions; and
       Whereas the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the 
     Marshall Plan provides a fitting opportunity for rededication 
     of commitments to these institutions: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate--
       (1) that magnanimity underlies the Marshall Plan, the 
     dedication to public service and integrity of its author, and 
     the efforts by the Marshall Foundation in Lexington, 
     Virginia, the Marshall International Center in Leesburg, 
     Virginia, and the Friends of Marshall, Uniontown, 
     Pennsylvania, to continue in American life the values for 
     which General George Catlett Marshall stood;
       (2) that all Americans should rededicate themselves to the 
     ideals of public service, hard work, integrity, and 
     compassion which General Marshall represents to this day in 
     American society; and
       (3) that the values that inspired the initiation of the 
     Marshall Plan should continue to be cherished by the people 
     of the United States.
       Sec. 2. It is, further, the sense of the Senate that the 
     President should issue a proclamation designating the month 
     of June 1997 as ``George C. Marshall Month'' and calling upon 
     the people of the United States to observe George C. Marshall 
     Month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.

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