[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 24835]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                      TRIBUTE TO LOCAL 1945, AFGE

 Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President I rise to day to pay tribute to 
the Local 1945 Chapter of the American Federation of Government 
Employees.
  On December 1, 1959 the charter of the American Federation of 
Government Employees (Local 1945) was established at Anniston Army 
Depot. Of the seventy-eight charter members that established Local 
1945, only nine survive today.
  These nine leaders in government service, through their courage and 
dedication, were instrumental in the development of a proud and 
professional workforce for Anniston Army Depot and the Department of 
Defense. The workforce these individuals cared for and inspired has 
supported United States soldiers around the world during times of 
conflict, crisis and war. In the jungles of Vietnam, along the thirty-
eighth parallel, and in the sands of Kuwait have been evidenced the 
dedication of the Anniston Army Depot employees to their nation's 
soldiers. Tanks, small arms, and munitions did not leave the hills of 
Alabama alone but were accompanied by the thoughts and prayers of a 
humble and caring group of federal employees shaped in many ways, by 
these special nine men.
  Today, while we seek to honor these fine men in the sunset of their 
lives it must be noted that the traditions of excellence and integrity 
they gave to their co-workers still survives in youthful exuberance, 
rekindled by this remembrance.
  In homage to: Billy Bean; Elmer Graham; Raymond Guthrie; Atwell 
Burgess; William Hammond; Raymond Lusk; George Hunt; J.B. Perry; and 
William Hagan.

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