[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 98 (Thursday, July 18, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S7084]
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        RECOGNIZING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign 
Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
296 and the Senate proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The 
resolution will be stated by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 296) recognizing the accomplishments 
     of Ignacy Jan Paderewski as a musician, composer, statesman, 
     and philanthropist and recognizing the 10th anniversary of 
     the return of his remains to Poland.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
and preamble be agreed to en bloc, the motion to reconsider be laid 
upon the table, and that any statements relating thereto be placed in 
the Record as if read at the appropriate place.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 296) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 296

       Whereas Ignacy Jan Paderewski, born in Poland in 1860, was 
     a brilliant and popular pianist who performed hundreds of 
     concerts in Europe and the United States during the late 19th 
     and early 20th centuries;
       Whereas Paderewski often donated the proceeds of his 
     concerts to charitable causes;
       Whereas, during World War I, Paderewski worked for the 
     independence of Poland and served as the first Premier of 
     Poland;
       Whereas in December 1919, Paderewski resigned as Premier of 
     Poland, and in 1921 he left politics to return to his music;
       Whereas the German invasion of Poland in 1939 spurred 
     Paderewski to return to political life;
       Whereas Paderewski fought against the Nazi dictatorship in 
     World War II by joining the exiled Polish Government to 
     mobilize the Polish forces and to urge the United States to 
     join the Allied Forces;
       Whereas Paderewski died in exile in America on June 29, 
     1941, while war and occupation imperiled all of Europe;
       Whereas by the direction of United States President 
     Franklin D. Roosevelt, Paderewski's remains were placed along 
     side America's honored dead in Arlington National Cemetery, 
     where President Roosevelt said, ``He may lie there until 
     Poland is free.'';
       Whereas in 1963, United States President John F. Kennedy 
     honored Paderewski by placing a plaque marking Paderewski's 
     remains at the Mast of the Maine at Arlington National 
     Cemetery;
       Whereas in 1992, United States President George H.W. Bush, 
     at the request of Lech Walesa, the first democratically 
     elected President of Poland following World War II, ordered 
     Paderewski's remains returned to his native Poland;
       Whereas June 26, 1992, the remains of Paderewski were 
     removed from the Mast of the Maine at Arlington National 
     Cemetery, and were returned to Poland on June 29, 1992;
       Whereas on July 5, 1992, Paderewski's remains were interned 
     in a crypt at the St. John Cathedral in Warsaw, Poland; and
       Whereas Paderewski wished his heart to be forever enshrined 
     in America, where his lifelong struggle for democracy and 
     freedom had its roots and was cultivated, and now his heart 
     remains at the Shrine of the Czestochowa in Doylestown, 
     Pennsylvania: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes the accomplishments of Ignacy Jan Paderewski 
     as a musician, composer, statesman, and philanthropist; and
       (2) acknowledges the invaluable efforts of Ignacy Jan 
     Paderewski in forging close Polish-American ties, on the 10th 
     Anniversary of the return of Paderewski's remains to Poland.

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