[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 128 (Wednesday, October 5, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S11132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Coburn):
  S. 1820. A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 6110 East 51st Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the 
``Dewey F. Bartlett Post Office''; to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs.
  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I rise today along with my colleague, Tom 
Coburn, to proudly introduce legislation to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 6110 East 51st Place in 
Tulsa, OK as the ``Dewey F. Bartlett Post Office''.
  Dewey Follett Bartlett, former Governor and distinguished alumnus of 
this Senate body, emulated the Oklahoma spirit of innovative 
leadership, hard work, and public service. In his honor, I proudly seek 
to name a post office in his hometown of Tulsa, OK. We commemorate an 
outstanding public servant so that posterity will be challenged by his 
example, just as we have been.
  Although he was not actually born in Oklahoma, Dewey Bartlett 
naturalized as fast as he could. While studying at Princeton 
University, he came home during summers to work in Oklahoma oil fields 
just as I did. He moved to my hometown, Tulsa, in 1945 to assume a 
managing role in his family's business after his military service 
during World War II.
  Dewey Bartlett shared my dedication to a strong national defense. As 
a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a pilot myself, I 
appreciate Mr. Bartlett for his military service to our country. He was 
awarded the Air Medal for his distinguished efforts in the Pacific 
Theater during World War II. Not only did he serve in the U.S. Marine 
Corps as a combat dive-bomber pilot, he championed the military during 
his service in the Senate.
  During his tenure in the Senate, Bartlett was more than once deemed 
the most conservative member of the Senate. It is an Oklahoma 
distinction that I have sought to uphold. Last year, the American 
Conservative Union ranked me as the most conservative member of the 
Senate. I share his vision of advocating common sense Oklahoma values 
including less government bureaucracy, less regulation, lower taxes and 
fiscal responsibility.
  Dewey Bartlett's political philosophy was consistent with the 
Constitutional intention to not encumber Americans with layers of 
bureaucracy, but to promote individual liberty, freedom and justice. I 
am pleased that we can honor albeit in a small way, his service to our 
country by naming a post office in Tulsa, OK after him.
  I encourage my colleagues to join me in support of this legislation 
as we commemorate an outstanding citizen so that future generations 
will be challenged by his example.
                                 ______