[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 31, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E28]
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INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION DESIGNATING THE GOVERNOR JOHN ANDERSON, JR. 
                          POST OFFICE BUILDING

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                           HON. DENNIS MOORE

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 31, 2006

  Mr. MOORE of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, joined today by my Kansas 
colleagues Todd Tiahrt, Jim Ryun and Jerry Moran, I am introducing 
legislation that would designate the United States post office located 
at 110 North Chestnut Street in Olathe as the ``Governor John Anderson, 
Jr. Post Office Building.''
  Governor Anderson was born near Olathe in 1917 and educated at Kansas 
State University and the University of Kansas, where he received a law 
degree in 1944. After serving on the staff of U.S. District Court Judge 
Walter Huxman for two years, John Anderson won election as Johnson 
County Attorney in 1947, where he served for six years. He was a member 
of the Kansas State Senate from 1953-1956, and was appointed Kansas 
Attorney General, serving from 1956-1961. Elected Governor of Kansas in 
1960 and 1962, he defeated incumbent Governor George Docking, served as 
Governor during Kansas' centennial celebration, and appointed James B. 
Pearson to the United States Senate upon the death of Senator Andrew 
Schoeppel.
  John Anderson's tenure as Kansas Governor was marked by numerous 
achievements, including:
  Revision of the state's pardon and parole systems;
  Creation of a combined state medical and psychiatric hospital;
  Restructuring of the state's public school system into unified 
districts;
  Increasing of the state's per-pupil expenditure allowance;
  Addition of the University of Wichita to the state board of regents 
system;
  Sanctioning of fair employment practices standards;
  Approval of an advanced public employee retirement system;
  Advancements in highway construction;
  Expansion of vocational-technical schools;
  Authorization of a state library consultant;
  Improvements in the public welfare system; and
  Reorganization of state agencies, commissions and boards.
  Mr. Speaker, this legislation honoring an important Kansas leader is 
long overdue, and I know that my delegation colleagues look forward 
with me to its speedy enactment.

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