[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 135 (Wednesday, October 10, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S10454]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                      TRIBUTE TO MARGARET GODFREY

 Mr. SMITH of Oregon. Mr. President, on behalf of countless 
thousands who have better lives because of her, I rise to pay tribute 
to an outstanding Oregonian: Margaret Godfrey. On November 2, 2001, 
Margaret Godfrey will be formally recognized for her life's work in the 
field of immigration.
  Margaret Pellischek was born in Austria in 1928 and soon exhibited a 
talent for art and learning the English language. Margaret was 17 when 
World War II ended and was hired by the British to act as a liaison 
between the community and the British zone of occupied Austria. Given 
her excellent command of English, Margaret also worked with refugees to 
obtain military intelligence information.
  Margaret continued her work with refugees and began assisting the 
United Nations and International Refugee Organization with the 
resettlement of almost 22 million ``displaced persons.'' This event 
began a five decade career in helping the world's refugees.
  Margaret Pellischek met John Godfrey in 1952 and they were married on 
July 18, 1953. She arrived in the United States on November 1, 1953 and 
immediately continued her refugee work. Mrs. Godfrey, as she became 
known in Oregon, worked with Catholic Charities to resettle refugees 
from Indonesia, Uganda, Czechoslovakia, and Southeast Asia. In 1978, 
she left Catholic Charities and joined Reverend Father Francis Kennard 
in founding the Immigration Counseling Service.
  Since 1953, Margaret Godfrey has devoted her life to helping those 
who have fled poverty, persecution, war, and political unrest. She has 
affected countless thousands of lives and I am humbled by her 
dedication to public service. Margaret Godfrey cannot sit in a 
restaurant, walk into a hotel, or ride a bus without someone pausing to 
thank her.
  Oregon is truly grateful for her work and her contribution to our 
community. The author Alice Tyler once wrote, ``Some people come into 
our lives and leave footprints on our heart.'' Margaret Godfrey has 
left her footprints on all our hearts, and we are deeply 
indebted.

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