[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 92 (Friday, June 25, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1407]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO THE LATE HON. FLETCHER DANIELS

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                          HON. KAREN McCARTHY

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 25, 1999

  Ms. McCarthy of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I rise to remember the Hon. 
Fletcher Daniels, Missouri State Representative, District 41. 
Representative Daniels passed away in March, and he is sorely missed in 
my home State of Missouri and in our Greater Kansas City community. 
This Saturday, June 26, 1999, Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan will sign 
a resolution to officially rename the Missouri State Office Building in 
Kansas City the Fletcher Daniels State Office Building.
  I served for a decade with State Representative Daniels in the 
Missouri General Assembly and continued to seek his counsel and join in 
his advocacy in the United States Congress. Representative Daniels was 
a champion of the people, and together we elevated awareness about the 
plight of many disadvantaged people in the Kansas City area, such as 
Denise Anderson, who was enduring unbearable working conditions because 
her employer would not make reasonable accommodation for her handicap.
  State Representative Daniels retired from a 30-year career with the 
U.S. Postal Service to serve on the Kansas City School Board until he 
was elected to the Missouri State House in 1984. He served in the 
Missouri House of Representatives for 15 years, and was the first 
African American Speaker Pro Tem in the history of our State. He also 
served with distinction on the Appropriations, Criminal and State 
Institutions, and Criminal Law committees.
  Fletcher Daniels missed no opportunity to give back to his community 
and serve the people who live there. He was a member and Trustee of the 
Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church of Kansas City from 1946 until 
his passing. He also served as the Chairman of the Board of the Kansas 
City Community Committee for Social Action, Vice President of the 
Kansas City Chapter of the NAACP, Board Member of the Advisory and 
Executive Committee of the Kansas City Chapter of the Urban League, and 
President and Principal Negotiator for the Citizen Coordinator 
Committee. He was unfailing in his commitment to improving the lives of 
those who lived in the Kansas City area, and especially those who 
suffer from inequity.
  The Kansas City area and the State of Missouri mourns the loss of 
this exceptional community leader, and we join together to honor his 
memory by renaming the Missouri State Office Building for him. It is an 
honor that he, his loving wife, Sybil, and his family truly deserve.

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