[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 153 (Thursday, December 17, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2335]
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                       TRIBUTE TO WILDA SPALDING

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                         HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 17, 1998

  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to World Wins 
Corporation and its president, Wilda Spalding. I'm convinced that if 
there were more people like Wilda Spalding, than such lofty goals as 
world peace would not seem nearly so elusive. For 25 years, Ms. 
Spalding, the President of World Wins Corporation, has waged a one-
person campaign in support of universal human rights, peace, and 
justice. She has devoted an incredible amount of her own time and 
resources in this effort. Among her proudest accomplishments was 
working with the United Nations to establish the UN's Year of the 
Child.
  I first became aware of Ms. Spalding in the summer of 1998, when 
World Wins Corporation issued a medal of excellence to my close friend, 
Blinky Rodriguez. Blinky is the architect of the Valley Peace Treaty, 
which during the past five years has brought about a remarkable 
reduction in the number of gang killings in the Northeast San Fernando 
Valley.
  Those of us who live and work in the Northeast Valley are well aware 
of Blinky's work, and we were all very moved when he was recognized by 
Wilda Spalding and World Wins Corporation. Blinky joined 14 other 
winners of the Medal of Excellence in Geneva, Switzerland, where he was 
feted in front of an international audience of dignitaries.
  I will always be grateful to Ms. Spalding for bestowing this 
prestigious and richly-deserved honor on Blinky.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting Wilda Spalding, President 
of World Wins Corporation, for her dedication to making ours a better 
world. She is a shining example for us all.

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