[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 63 (Friday, May 7, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E793]
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                TRIBUTE TO EVELYN DUBROW ON HER BIRTHDAY

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                            HON. TOM LANTOS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 6, 2004

  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I want to invite my colleagues to join me in 
paying tribute to Ms. Evelyn Dubrow who is celebrating her birthday 
today--May 6. I am too much of a gentleman and Evy is too much of a 
lady for me to tell you exactly which birthday this is.
   Evy has been a force for good within the American Labor movement for 
over sixty years, and a good deal of that time she has worked with the 
Congress. Her first four decades were with the International Ladies 
Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), where she worked with its renowned 
president David Dubinsky. For the last twenty years Evy has been with 
that union in its new organizational incarnation as UNITE (the Union of 
Needles Trades, Industrial and Textile Employees). Evy served as 
UNITE's Vice President and Legislative Director.
   Mr. Speaker, Evy began her remarkable work on Capitol Hill in 1956 
when she was one of the few women lobbyists in the halls of the 
Congress. She distinguished herself as a devoted and indefatigable 
champion of America's working women and men. She enlisted the support 
of then Senator John F. Kennedy in her fight against efforts to outlaw 
secondary boycotts, and she fought to increase the minimum wage to one 
dollar an hour.
   Under the leadership of President Kennedy and President Lyndon 
Johnson, when the Congress considered a series of critical bills that 
transformed our nation in the 1960s, Evy was a leader in the fight for 
civil rights and voting rights, the establishment of Medicare, pension 
protection, occupational safety and health rules, and a number of other 
causes that led to expanded social justice and economic opportunity.
   Evy is forthright and frank; she tells it like it is. But she is 
honest in presenting her case. Her word can always be trusted, and she 
will do anything to promote one of her worthy causes. And she has a 
remarkable understanding of the members of the House and the Senate, 
knowledge which she is able to use most effectively. In recognition of 
her achievements and accomplishments, Evy has been awarded the 
Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation's highest civilian honor.
   Mr. Speaker, as Evy marks another milestone today, I invite my 
colleagues to join me in extending our very dear friend best wishes for 
a very Happy Birthday, and for many, many more.

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