[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 457]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       HONORING MONROE SWEETLAND

  (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, as the voters of New Hampshire salvage 
some dignity from the presidential nominating process, it was keenly 
observed in Oregon by Monroe Sweetland, the father of Oregon's modern 
Democratic Party.
  Last month in Portland, we gathered to celebrate his 90th birthday. 
Although a partisan Democrat, he was introduced at this gathering by 
his good friend, Republican Senator Mark Hatfield.
  Monroe was a confidant of Eleanor Roosevelt and ally of President 
Truman. He was in Indonesia during ``the year of living dangerously'' 
and then returned to the United States to be political director for 
Western States of the NEA for over a decade.
  Monroe is a journalist, State senator, and small businessman who last 
year ran a very competitive race for State senate. Legally blind for 
years, his slogan was that his eyesight may be dim, but his vision is 
clear. I am proud of the many contributions of this great man and look 
forward to his next decade of public service. He shows how politics 
should be conducted while living life to the fullest.




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