[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 5241-5242]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING EDWIN O. GUTHMAN

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                           HON. CHAKA FATTAH

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 1, 2007

  Mr. FATTAH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the career 
of Ed Guthman, a dedicated public servant and master of his craft, who 
is being honored tonight at the University of Southern California. From 
his days with Bobby Kennedy to his time at the Philadelphia Inquirer 
and, most recently, shaping the minds of a new generation of 
journalists at USC, Ed has remained steadfastly committed to the 
principles of open government and honest journalism. As editorial page 
editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer, he wrote with insight on the major 
issues of the day; nuclear safety, education reform and corruption in 
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania's court systems. His clear prose and 
cogent ideas brought honor to his newspaper and true enlightenment to 
us, the readers.
  Ed's career did not begin with his decade at the Inquirer. Before 
coming to Philadelphia, he

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served as the national editor at the Los Angeles Times. It was during 
his work in Los Angeles that Ed was listed as number three on Nixon's 
infamous enemies list. The list, and Guthman's inclusion, offer 
enduring evidence of the danger of an unchecked executive and a 
reminder of the need for an eternally vigilant free and independent 
press. Prior to the LA Times, he was a reporter at the Seattle Times 
where he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his investigation into the 
Washington State Un-American Activities Committee.
  I consider it a privilege to call Ed my friend. He is a brilliant man 
and has contributed greatly to the field of journalism and the quest 
for a fair and democratic United States. While I am pleased that he has 
the opportunity to share what he knows with the students of USC, we 
will always miss him in Philadelphia.

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