[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 19251-19252]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            FREDERICK L. DEWBERRY, JR. POST OFFICE BUILDING

  Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 4451) to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1001 Frederick Road in Baltimore, Maryland, as the 
``Frederick L. Dewberry, Jr. Post Office Building''.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 4451

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. FREDERICK L. DEWBERRY, JR. POST OFFICE BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 1001 Frederick Road in Baltimore, 
     Maryland, shall be known and designated as the ``Frederick L. 
     Dewberry, Jr. Post Office Building''.
       (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be 
     a reference to the ``Frederick L. Dewberry, Jr. Post Office 
     Building''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
Illinois (Mrs. Biggert) and the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. Biggert).


                             General Leave

  Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their 
remarks on H.R. 4451.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Illinois?
  There was no objection.
  Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, the bill before us, H.R. 4451, was introduced by the 
gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings). This legislation designates the 
post office located at 1001 Frederick Road in Baltimore, Maryland, as 
the Frederick L. Dewberry Post Office. H.R. 4451 is cosponsored by the 
entire House delegation of the State of Maryland.
  Frederick L. Dewberry, Jr. was born and raised in the City of 
Baltimore. He received his undergraduate degree from Loyola College and 
his law degree from the University of Baltimore.
  Mr. Dewberry served with distinction during World War II. He became 
the chairman of the Baltimore County Council from 1964 and was 
appointed deputy secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation 
from 1979 to 1984.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge our colleagues to support H.R. 4451 and commend 
the gentleman from Maryland for introducing this legislation. Mr. 
Dewberry is most deserving of being honored by having a post office 
named after him in the city which he grew up in and spent much of his 
life.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the gentlewoman from Illinois 
(Mrs. Biggert), and I want to thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. 
McHugh), our subcommittee chairman, and the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Fattah), our ranking member of the Committee on Government Reform, 
Subcommittee on the Postal Service, for their support in bringing this 
bill to the floor.
  Mr. Speaker, I believe that persons who have made meaningful 
contributions to society should be recognized. The naming of a postal 
building in one's honor is truly a salute to the accomplishments and 
public service of an individual. H.R. 4451 designates the United States 
Post Office building located at 1001 Frederick Road in Baltimore, 
Maryland, as the Frederick L. Dewberry, Jr. Post Office Building.
  Frederick L. Dewberry, Jr., was born and raised in Baltimore City. He 
is a graduate of Loyola College and received a law degree from the 
University of Baltimore.
  A lieutenant in World War II, Dewberry served courageously in the 
United States Navy on small ships and destroyers in the Pacific Ocean.
  After returning from this war, Mr. Dewberry returned to Catonsville, 
Maryland, where he and his wife, Anne, raised their five children. The 
Baltimore County resident held the post of chairman of the Baltimore 
County Council from 1964 to 1966. He was also Baltimore county 
executive in 1974. From 1979 to 1984, he was the deputy secretary of 
the Maryland Department of Transportation; and he served as secretary 
of the Maryland Department of Licensing and Regulation from 1984 to 
1986.
  In addition to his government service, he was also involved in health 
care, serving on the advisory board of St. Agnes Hospital for 20 years 
from 1970 to 1990. He also served as president of Blind Industries and 
Services of Maryland from 1986 to 1989 and held positions on the 
various boards and commissions far too numerous to mention at this 
time.
  Frederick Dewberry was a tremendous administrator. People loved to 
work for him because he was fair. He also used to tell his employees 
that he wanted no surprises and all work needed to be done above board. 
This philosophy stemmed from his days in the service. In the Navy, 
where he was given the name ``Ping,'' he was a sonar operator checking 
for submarines in the water.
  He served this country with valor and with the expectation that all 
work would be done with pride and excellence. In fact, his son, 
Delegate Tom Dewberry, who, by the way, is speaker pro tem of the 
Maryland House of Delegates, said that his father always told his 
brothers and his sister that ``if you do what is right, then you will 
be all right.'' He certainly lived by this motto.

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  This veteran and public servant died on July 9, 1990. Service to the 
Nation and community is to be commended. Without such service, many 
would be left without a voice or advocate and our Nation would not be 
the world leader it is today.
  Citizens like Frederick Dewberry, who give such service by giving of 
their time and talents, should be saluted. I urge my colleagues to 
support this postal naming bill that salutes a person from my district 
who has spent his life giving service to others and lifting up his 
neighbors and lifting up his country.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. McHugh), the chairman of the Subcommittee 
on Postal Service, of the Committee on Government Reform.
  Mr. McHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. 
Biggert) for yielding the time to me.

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  Mr. Speaker, I want to begin by expressing my appreciation to her for 
being here for filling in so capably in my absence, and we certainly 
want to thank her for the very eloquent job she did in speaking about 
this very deserving individual.
  Mr. Speaker, I also wanted to rise and express my appreciation to the 
gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings) for bringing this bill to our 
attention, for bringing this man and his wonderful life to our 
attention. This is a rare honor. It is one that we try to protect and 
we try to preserve in a way that when it is extended, it is bestowed 
upon those individuals who in their lives have made a difference and 
who have by example helped us all to learn a little bit more about our 
lives and our proper perspective and role in those lives.
  I think Mr. Dewberry, as was so very thoroughly and eloquently 
expressed by the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings), has lived that 
life; that kind of example, starting with his service to his country 
during World War II and spanning decades and decades of service to his 
neighbors, to his community, to his county and State, not just in an 
official capacity, but in those kinds of organizations and those kinds 
of efforts we heard about just a few moments ago.
  I think most significantly in this kind of an endeavor, we find the 
primary good of someone's existence in one of the comments the 
gentleman made in speaking about their father, how a son says he, or it 
certainly could have been a daughter, she learned to do the right 
thing, to be a good citizen. It is those kinds of perhaps less 
publicized but so very important ways that this country becomes a 
better place.
  Again, I want to thank the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings) for 
bringing us such a deserving individual, and I certainly want to add my 
words of encouragement to all of our colleagues here on both sides of 
the aisle in urging their acceptance and vote in favor of this very, 
very worthy designation, and also a final word of appreciation, again, 
to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. Biggert).
  Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Speaker, I urge our colleagues to vote and pass 
this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The question is on the motion 
offered by the gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. Biggert) that the House 
suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 4451.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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