[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 76 (Tuesday, June 5, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H2857-H2858]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  G. ELLIOT HAGAN POST OFFICE BUILDING

  Mr. OTTER. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 1183) to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 113 South Main Street in Sylvania, Georgia, as the 
``G. Elliot Hagan Post Office Building''.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 1183

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. G. ELLIOT HAGAN POST OFFICE BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 113 South Main Street in Sylvania, 
     Georgia, shall be known and designated as the ``G. Elliot 
     Hagan Post Office Building''.
       (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be 
     a reference to the G. Elliot Hagan Post Office Building.


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  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Idaho (Mr. Otter) and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis) each will 
control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Otter).


                             General Leave

  Mr. OTTER. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their 
remarks on H.R. 1183.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Idaho?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. OTTER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, H.R. 1183, introduced by my distinguished colleague, 
the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston), on March 22, 2001, 
designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
113 South Main Street in Sylvania, Georgia, as the G. Elliot Hagan Post 
Office Building. All Members of the House delegation from the State of 
Georgia are original cosponsors of this legislation and support for the 
post office naming bills from the entire State delegation is the policy 
of the Committee on Government Reform.
  G. Elliot Hagan was born in Sylvania, Screven County, Georgia, in 
1916. He studied in public schools in Sylvania and then attended the 
University of Georgia. He also attended Emory University and John 
Marshall Law School. His varied career included the life insurance and 
estate planning business, editor of a weekly newspaper, livestock 
raising, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Tift College.
  Mr. Hagan served as a representative in the Georgia State House for 
five terms, and one term in the State Senate. He resigned from the 
State legislature at the outbreak of the Second World War to serve in 
the Army Signal Corps for 2 years.
  Mr. Hagan later became secretary-treasurer and deputy director of the 
State Board of Workmen's Compensation in 1946, member of the National 
Council of the State Governments, and a district director of the Office 
of Price Stabilization for southern Georgia. He was an active member of 
the American Legion, the Farm Bureau, and the Million Dollar Round 
Table and was also a Mason, a Shriner, a Rotarian, and an Elk.
  Mr. Hagan was elected to the 85th Congress in 1961 and served for six 
terms in Congress until 1973. He was a member of the Committee on Armed 
Services and chairman of the Public Health and Welfare Subcommittee of 
the House District of Columbia committee. He died in the town of his 
birth in 1990.
  It is appropriate that a post office be named in his honor, a true 
son of Sylvania, Georgia.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 1183, a bill to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
113 South Main Street in Sylvania, Georgia, as the G. Elliot Hagan Post 
Office Building.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Madam Speaker, I join with my colleague in providing support to H.R. 
1183, to designate the U.S. Post Office at 113 South Main Street in 
Sylvania Georgia as the G. Elliot Hagan Post Office Building.
  This legislation was introduced by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. 
Kingston) on March 22, 2001. This measure has the support and 
cosponsorship of the entire Georgia State delegation.
  The former and late Congressman G. Elliot Hagan represented the First 
Congressional District in Georgia from 1961 until 1973. Prior to his 
election to the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Hagan served 
five terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and one term in the 
Georgia State Senate.
  A native of Sylvania, Georgia, Congressman Hagan provided tremendous 
leadership to that community and to the area surrounding it. As a 
matter of fact, he was fondly known and well liked by all of those who 
came into contact with him.
  Congressman Hagan passed on December 28, 1990. Of course, people 
still remember his work, they still remember his contributions, and 
they still remember what he meant to their community.
  Therefore, I am pleased to join in support of this resolution, and 
urge its swift adoption.
  Madam Speaker, you might note that I am wearing this lovely flower 
that was given to me at the E. Franklin Frazier Elementary School, 
where I was their commencement speaker. I want to thank them for this 
flower but also want to congratulate them; and I want to congratulate 
all of the graduates throughout the country who are finishing up their 
elementary school, high school, kindergarten, or college education and 
getting ready for the summer. I also want to thank them for this 
tremendous badge of honor that they gave me this morning.
  Madam Speaker, I urge adoption of this resolution.
  Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. OTTER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, this concludes the formal remarks that we have for 
this tribute and this dedication. I should like to thank the gentleman 
from Illinois (Mr. Davis) for his kind remarks. He truly did bring Mr. 
Hagan's life to life on this floor, and this tribute for Mr. Hagan is 
most appropriate.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Madam Speaker, it is my great pleasure and honor to 
introduce and ask that the House of Representatives pass H.R. 1183, 
legislation to name the Post Office in Sylvania, Georgia in Screven 
County for former Congressman G. Elliot Hagan.
  Mr. G. Elliott Hagan served Georgia as a Democrat in the U.S. House 
of representatives from 1961-1973. Mr. Hagan was born in Sylvania, 
Georgia on May 24, 1916. He had a long and distinguished career in 
public service after graduating from the University of Georgia.
  Mr. Hagan loved America and served his country when it was in peril. 
At the outbreak of the Second World War, he resigned from the Georgia 
State House of Representatives and served two years in the Army Signal 
Corps.
  He loved Georgia and worked to serve his fellow Georgians. He served 
as Secretary-Treasurer and Deputy Director of the State Board of 
Workmen's Compensation, and District Director of Office of Price 
Stabilization for southern half of Georgia in 1951 and 1952 and Deputy 
Regional Director, Atlanta Regional Office. Mr. Hagan also served five 
terms in the Georgia State House of Representatives and one term in the 
Georgia State Senate.
  G. Elliot Hagan was also a businessman and farmer. He engaged in life 
insurance-estate planning as well as general farming and kept 
livestock.
  Mr. Hagan was a public servant for the nation. He was elected as a 
Democrat to the Eighty-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses 
(January 3, 1961-January 3, 1973) serving the people of southern 
Georgia extremely well. He faithfully represented the views of the 
Georgians whom he served.
  I am pleased to ask the Congress bestow this honor on Mr. Hagan by 
passing this legislation. He is deserving of this honor. Mr. Hagan 
served his God, country, state and family. G. Elliot Hagan was a hero 
and naming the Post Office in Sylvania is a fitting testament to his 
public service. I ask all my colleagues to vote for H.R. 1183.

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  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Biggert). The question is on the motion 
offered by the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Otter) that the House suspend 
the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 1183.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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