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DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING

Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules
and pass the Senate bill (S. 1652) to designate the Old Executive
Office Building located at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in
Washington, District of Columbia, as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive
Office Building.
The Clerk read as follows:

S. 1652

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

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER EXECUTIVE
OFFICE BUILDING.

The Old Executive Office Building located at 17th Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in Washington, District of
Columbia, shall be known and designated as the ``Dwight D.
Eisenhower Executive Office Building''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the building referred
to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the
Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from New
Jersey (Mr. Franks) and the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia
(Ms. Norton) each will control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Franks).
Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I
may consume.
The bill before us today was introduced by the distinguished Senator
from Rhode Island, John Chafee, who passed away on Sunday. I first
would like to express my deepest sympathies and send condolences both
to the Senator's family as well as to the people of Rhode Island. John
Chafee will be sorely missed.
We are here today to complete one of the legislative initiatives
begun by Senator Chafee, something that he felt in fact very strongly
about. Senate bill 1652 designates the Old Executive Office Building in
Washington as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
President Eisenhower distinguished himself in the military before being
elected the 34th President of the United States. After graduating from
the United States Military Academy at West Point, Dwight Eisenhower was
promoted to captain and assigned to command tank training at Camp Colt
in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. For his efforts during World War I, he was
awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.
In 1919, President Eisenhower continued his tank training command,
this time in Camp Meade, Maryland, where he met Colonel George Patton,
who would become a lifelong friend. Before World War II, President
Eisenhower spent time in the Panama Canal Zone, France and in the
Philippines as chief of staff to General Douglas MacArthur. Eisenhower
graduated at the top of his class from the military's command and
general staff school at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Before going to the
Philippines, Eisenhower's office was located in the Old Executive
Office Building.
In 1939, President Eisenhower was 49 years old and held the rank of
lieutenant colonel. By 1941, Eisenhower was promoted to brigadier
general and after the bombing at Pearl Harbor, General George C.
Marshall placed Eisenhower in charge of the war plans division. As
chief American war planner, Eisenhower strongly supported the ``Europe
first'' strategy. Eisenhower's second major campaign during World War
II occurred in North Africa where he headed the operations division
before General Marshall placed him in command of the U.S. Army's
European theater of operations.
In 1944, Eisenhower was named Supreme Commander of the Allied
expeditionary forces. The successful Normandy invasion launched on D-
Day was the ultimate thrust which led to the German defeat. On December
15, 1944, Eisenhower was promoted to the Army's highest rank, General
of the Army.
In 1952, after serving as president of Columbia University and
commander of NATO forces, Eisenhower sought and won the Republican
nomination for President. President Eisenhower was overwhelmingly
elected to serve two terms as our Nation's President. His
accomplishments as President span from the peaceful resolution of the
Korean War to the implementation of desegregation, to fighting
communism, to implementation of the interstate highway system. He
presided over a remarkable time of peace and prosperity in this
country. President Eisenhower became an elder statesman following his
two terms as President. His worldly accomplishments and direct
involvement with the Old Executive Office Building make this a most
deserving honor.
I have given only the briefest sketch of Eisenhower's
accomplishments, but when we think about it, when we speak of
Eisenhower, we use the term Supreme Commander, General of the Army, and
we associate with him men like Patton, MacArthur and Marshall. These
men changed the world and for the better. We too often lose sight of
the accomplishments of men like Dwight Eisenhower due to the press of
our day-to-day responsibilities.
I support this bill and encourage my colleagues to support it as
well.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I
rise in support of S. 1652, a bill to designate the Executive Office
Building at 17th and Pennsylvania Avenue here in Washington, D.C. as
the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
President Eisenhower was born October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas. He
graduated from West Point in June 1915 and shortly after graduation
married Marie Doud in Denver, Colorado, a marriage that lasted 52
years. After a series of assignments, including service in the Panama
Canal Zone, Washington, D.C., and the Philippine Islands, in 1942 he
was promoted to first chief of operations division, War Department
general staff. On December 24, 1943, President Roosevelt designated him
as Supreme Commander, Allied expeditionary forces, from which he led
the D-Day invasion of Europe.
In 1950, President Truman appointed him as Supreme Commander of the
NATO forces, thus making him the first man to command a large peacetime
multinational force.
Eisenhower was elected President in November 1952 with the support of
the moderate, eastern wing of the Republican Party and again in 1956.
Eisenhower had a sharp, orderly mind, could analyze problems, develop
alternatives, and choose from among them. He reflected mainstream
beliefs and his personality was that of an outgoing, affable American.
The American people loved him.
President Eisenhower served his country with great distinction,
diligence, and devotion for over 60 years. Mr. Speaker, I support S.
1652 and posthumously may I extend my gratitude to Senator Chafee for
introducing this bill.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may
consume to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran).
(Mr. MORAN of Kansas asked and was given permission to revise and
extend his remarks.)
Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to encourage my
colleagues to support S. 1652. This legislation, as we have heard, will
designate the current facility at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW, in Washington, D.C., now known as the Old Executive Office
Building, to be known as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office
Building. The House version of this legislation was introduced earlier
this year by me and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hall). In the Senate,
S. 1652 was introduced by Senator Chafee and because of his untimely
death became one of his last legislative accomplishments. I thank the
Senator for his leadership on this matter and express my condolences to
his family and to the citizens of Rhode Island. Kansans wish to claim
Dwight D. Eisenhower as our own, but Senator Chafee has reminded us
that no State has ownership of this great American.
It is my honor to recognize a fellow Kansan and this great American,

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Dwight David Eisenhower. The life of President Eisenhower serves as an
inspiration to all Americans to work to make this country and this
world a better place. Born in Denison, Texas, and raised in Abilene,
Kansas, Ike came from humble beginnings and grew to be one of the most
influential figures in our Nation's history. Ike is an American hero
and few would disagree that his accomplishments warrant the numerous
monuments that pay tribute to him across our great land. This is an
appropriate time to bring the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower to the
attention of Members of Congress and the American people. Last week we
celebrated the anniversary of the President's birth. This week C-SPAN
is highlighting the life that we honor here today.
Abilene, Kansas, which I have the privilege of representing in
Congress, is the home of the Eisenhower Center, featuring the Dwight D.
Eisenhower Museum, the presidential library, the Eisenhower family home
and the Place of Meditation where the President and his wife Mamie Doud
are buried. In the gentleman from Texas' district, visitors can view
the Eisenhower Birthplace Historical State Park.
We all represent districts that contain schools or streets named for
President Eisenhower. While many tributes have been paid to this great
man, nothing of significance exists here in our Nation's capital to
honor and remember President Eisenhower.
It is a fitting tribute to name a great building, the Old Executive
Office Building, for this great American. The Old Executive Office
Building is symbolic of Ike's career. Constructed in 1871, 19 years
before Ike's birth, the Executive Building was first the home of the
State, War and Navy Departments. Ike had a personal connection to the
Old Executive Office Building. He was first assigned there in 1927 as
aide to General John J. Pershing. Following his victories in Europe,
Ike returned to the building as the Army Chief of Staff. General
Eisenhower served in the State, War and Navy Building a total of 7
years and 2 months. On January 19, 1955, Ike made history by holding
the first televised presidential press conference on the building's
fourth floor.
Knowing of this connection, it is not surprising that as President,
Eisenhower was fundamental to the building's survival. In 1957,
according to the White House historian and scholar William Seale, the
advisory committee on presidential office space recommended that the
building be demolished and replaced with an expensive modern structure.
Mr. Seale reports that the architect in charge of the project tried to
persuade President Eisenhower, who recently had suffered a heart
attack, that a new building would not have as many stairs to climb.
``Nonsense,'' said Ike. ``My doctors require I climb so many steps a
day for the good of my heart.'' Following that conversation, efforts to
replace the building lost steam and the building and history were
saved.
Both as a soldier and a statesman, Ike's more than 50 years of
service to his country have had a profound effect upon the course of
mankind. Considering his work as soldier, staff member, chief
executive, the dedication of the Old Executive Office Building is an
especially fitting tribute to the memory of this great man. The naming
of this building is supported by many, including those who know his
historic life the best. The great historian of Eisenhower's life and
the chronicler of World War II has indicated his support. Stephen
Ambrose has written:
``Renaming the Old Executive Office Building for him would be
appropriate as well as much deserved. He served in the building in the
early 1930s as an aide to General Douglas MacArthur, then Chief of
Staff, U.S. Army. In the late 1950s as President, Eisenhower saved the
building from demolition. Eisenhower was a leader in war and in peace
of the men and women who saved our country and democracy. Surely
something can be done in Washington to pay at least a bit of our
eternal respect and gratitude for this great man.''
Stewart R. Etherington, President of the Eisenhower Foundation, has
lent support of the foundation to this effort of national significance.
Dwight David Eisenhower's life achievements should encourage all of us
as Americans to aspire to greatness, to respect those around us, and to
take great pride in our country. His character teaches parents the
importance of instilling values, such as hard work, determination and
honesty in our children.
I still like Ike, and I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting
this fitting tribute.
Mr. Speaker, I include the following for the Record:

The Eisenhower Foundation,

Abliene, KS, October 22, 1999.

Re Executive Office Building, Washington, DC.

Congressman Jerry Moran,
Longworth House Office Building,
Washington, DC.
Dear Congressman Moran: The Eisenhower Foundation has been
watching the progress in the legislation to name the
Executive Office Building for President Eisenhower. We fully
support this effort as a way of honoring a man that worked in
the building and helped save the building from destruction,
but more importantly, a General and President that can still
be looked at as a role model.
I thank you for the endeavors in this matter.
Sincerely,
Stewart R. Etherington,
President Eisenhower Foundation.
____

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library,

Abilene, KS, October 26, 1999.
Hon. Jerry Moran,
Longworth House Office Building,
Washington, DC.
Dear Congressman Moran: Our staff notice several instances
of historical errors in news accounts concerning the renaming
of the Old Executive Office Building for General and
President Eisenhower. As we are sure you would want accuracy
in any wording prepared for any memorial inscriptions or
official publicity about the renaming of the building, we
offer the following chronology of Eisenhower's service in the
Old Executive Office Building (previously the State, War &
Navy Building), prepared from records in our archives;
January 21--August 15, 1927: Assigned to Headquarters,
American Battle Monuments Commission (worked in the Office of
the Chairman, General John J. Pershing), State, War & Navy
Building.
July 1--July 30, 1928: Headquarters, American Battle
Monuments Commission--after completing the course at the Army
War College, Fort McNair (August 16, 1927--June 30, 1928)
September 24--November 8, 1929: Headquarters, American
Battle Monuments Commission--after serving an assignment with
the Paris, France, office of the ABMC (August 9, 1929--
September 17, 1929)
November 8, 1929--February 20, 1933: Assistant Executive
(General George Van Horn Mosley served as Executive), Office
of the Assistant Secretary of War
February 20, 1933--September 24, 1935: Special Assistant to
the Chief of Staff, War Department General Staff (General
Douglas MacArthur)
December 14, 1941--February 15, 1942: Deputy Assistant
Chief of Staff, (Pacific and Far East Section), War Plans
Division, War Department
February 16--April 1, 1942: Assistant Chief of Staff, War
Plans Division, War Department
April 2--June 22, 1942, Assistant Chief of Staff,
Operations Division, War Department
By our calculations, General Eisenhower served in the
State, War & Navy Building a total of seven years, two
months.
President Eisenhower, of course, also used the E.O.B. In
fact, all of his Washington press conferences were held in
its press room. He did not, however have an office, per se,
there.
If you have any questions about the above, or if we can be
of assistance in other matters, please let us know.
Sincerely,
Daniel D. Holt,
Director.
____

The Eisenhower World

Affairs Institute,

Washington, DC, October 26, 1999.
Hon. Jerry Moran,
House of Representatives, Longworth House Office Building,
Washington, DC.
Dear Congressman Moran: I understand that final action is
about to be taken on the proposal to name the Old Executive
Office Building for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and I
write to express my very strong support for this initiative.
I have two outstanding reasons.
First, I think it is especially appropriate that his name
be given to this building in view of the fact that he served
for many years in the building as the Principal Staff
Assistant to General Douglas MacArthur when General MacArthur
was the Chief of Staff of the Army and the building was known
as the State-War-Navy Building. Also during his time as
President, many of the key staff and supporting agencies on
which he strongly relied and which made major contributions
to his governance--including the Bureau of the Budget, as it
was then named, and the National Security Council supporting
staff and organization as well as the Council of Economic
Advisers which played a major role during his
Administration--were located there.
A second reason of key importance is that when a
governmental commission studied

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the problem of an acute need for additional executive office
space, and recommended demolition of this fine historic
building in favor of a building of more modern design, he
took steps to see that this recommendation was not carried
into effect. In actuality, he saved the building.
For these reasons and many others--especially to
memorialize his contribution to our country in a particular
fitting way--I strongly endorse the proposal that you have
under consideration.
Sincerely,
Andrew J. Goodpaster,
General, U.S. Army (Ret).

Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the
gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), the distinguished ranking
member of the full committee, a gentleman of many talents, so those of
us who saw him in full bike regalia this morning found.

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Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for those kind
remarks and compliment her on her leadership on the Metropolitan Branch
Trail that was dedicated this morning.
I, too, rise in support of the bill to designate the Executive Office
Building as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Others
have already detailed the long and illustrious career of President/
General Eisenhower who was a towering figure. There are many other
qualities and aspects of this great leader's career that I would like
to underscore.
It was during President Eisenhower's tenure that the charter for the
Federal Aviation Administration was crafted and that the first program
of Federal grants to airports was initiated. It was on the result of a
commission which he crafted, headed by General Lucius Clay to evaluate
the status of airports in America and the future of aviation, and the
Clay Commission reported in 1957 that within 10 years there would be a
need to double, Mr. Speaker, double airport capacity in America and
urged the establishment of a Federal grant and aid program to support
and establish a national system of airports, and that resulted in the
old Civil Aviation Administration being recrafted and created as we
know it today as the Federal Aviation Administration, the first Federal
grant program, a wise move and for once a prediction that fell far
short of what really happened because airport capacity more than
doubled in less than 10 years, but it was President Eisenhower's
understanding of the power and the importance of aviation that moved
him to support this initiative by the Federal Government.
It was also Captain Eisenhower taking a convoy across America in the
1920s who, seeing the condition of the roads, wondered to himself and
to others what would happen in time of national emergency if we needed
to move men and materiel rapidly in defense of the Nation. The road
system would not support it. As President, he acted upon a
recommendation of the Congress in 1944 to establish a national system
of highways and refined the proposal to submit to the Congress the
national system of interstate and defense highways and establishment of
the highway trust fund, a dedicated revenue stream for the financing of
the Nation's interstate highway program, the largest infrastructure
program in the history of the world. $135 billion later this system
represents 1 percent of the total highway mileage supported by Federal
funds but carries 26 percent of all the traffic, which is well over a
trillion miles traveled nationwide.
President Eisenhower clearly was a visionary and set the stage for
our action in 1998 to restore the highway trust fund to its dedicated
status as a guaranteed revenue stream protected by firewalls within the
Federal budget under the leadership of our great chairman, the
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Shuster).
It was also President Eisenhower who saw the need to serve the great
heartland, the industrial and agricultural heartland, of America and
supported the legislation introduced by my predecessor in Congress,
John Blatnik and supported by George Don Darrow, then the chairman of
the Public Works Committee from Michigan. In the 2 years at that point
that the Republicans had the majority in the House to establish the St.
Lawrence Seaway, which was opened by President Eisenhower and Queen
Victoria in 1959 and has now carried well over 2\1/2\ billion tons of
cargo, and of course, as with the interstate highway system, it is now
known as the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and
Defense Highways, and there is at the St. Lawrence Seaway on the U.S.
side, the Eisenhower lock, which appropriately gives credit to the man
who had the vision to support this great inland waterway system.
It was also President Eisenhower who gave the initial support for a
national center for the performing arts that we today know as the John
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and within which is the
Eisenhower Theatre, appropriately named again for this President who
had the sensitivity to understand that the arts are for all Americans.
There is more to a man of this stature than a legislative legacy or
military leadership or accomplishments on the field of battle. There is
a human dimension.
Last night, as I was driving home, I heard a segment of the LBJ tapes
in which there was a conversation, a phone call placed by then retired
President Eisenhower to then President LBJ to disavow a story that he
thought was going to appear from a report of a closed session in which,
as President Eisenhower said, of course I was talking to Republicans,
and we were advocating a strong campaign, but I did not say things that
I understand may make their way into print and told President Johnson
that he had called the publisher of the news organization to disavow
the statement and to urge that it not be published, and it was a very
touching and a very warm and a very personal conversation between two
truly great leaders, and it took, I think, extraordinary character to
make the phone call and to talk in such a warm and touching way as
President Eisenhower did to President Johnson.
That is a dimension that we cannot write in stone, that we cannot
affix on buildings, but when that touches us very deeply as a great
humane and humanitarian leader of this country, this building is
appropriately named for Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the
gentleman from Washington (Mr. Nethercutt).
Mr. NETHERCUTT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New Jersey
for yielding the time to me and congratulate him and the gentlewoman
from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) for leadership on this
measure as well as to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran), who spoke
so well a moment ago about Dwight D. Eisenhower. I am delighted to
support this bill and I urge my colleagues to support it overwhelmingly
to rename the Old Executive Office Building after President Eisenhower.
As was stated, General Eisenhower served in the building at the time
the building housed the War Department for our country under General
George C. Marshall, and then certainly General Eisenhower went on to
lead the forces of Americans to freedom in World War II, and it is
remarkable that there are no memorials or buildings or monuments in
Washington, D.C. remembering the life and the service of President
Eisenhower. This is a great time to make sure that that condition no
longer exists, that we do remember President Eisenhower with a fitting
building as a memorial to his life and his service to our country.
Certainly this bill ensures that visitors to our Nation's capital
will have a place to pay respects to our 34th President and our supreme
commander in World War II which invaded France on D-Day and went on to
wage a successful war effort so that those of us who succeeded that
generation can now live in freedom.
It is fitting that this building be named for President Eisenhower
because like the Old Executive Office Building, President Eisenhower
was towering and unique in appearance. He was unmistakable in his style
and his dignity and his military demeanor, and he also had a tough and
lasting personality throughout the war, one that I think those of us
who came later in the generations that followed his do not fully
appreciate sometimes.
The gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran) mentioned the author, Mr.
Ambrose, Stephen Ambrose, who has written a number of books on World
War II

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that are certainly worthy of our consideration because they chronicle
the courage and the dignity and the bravery and the sacrifice and the
hardship and the duty and the honor that so many of the World War II
generation, men and women, provided so that we could be free, and these
books by Mr. Ambrose chronicle those efforts so well and so
beautifully, and we owe so much to the generation of President
Eisenhower, the generation that produced him and the other heroes of
the war who served in the infantry in the nursing core and the airmen
and all those who served in the Armed Forces to preserve liberty and
protect freedom.
So I am delighted certainly to join my colleagues in supporting this
measure. It is about time that President Eisenhower is properly
recognized in this city, and I am delighted that we can come together
to do so today.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hall).
Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to be a cosponsor.
Certainly Dwight David Eisenhower is a great man. I support Senate bill
1652.
As my colleagues know, one way to remember the legends of our country
is to from time to time do like we are doing right here today, have a
time to discuss their past and their service and to have a living or an
existing memorial, as this bill will spawn, as an archive that will
link us to some great days in this country, the time when we had the
strongest financial position and the strongest geopolitical position of
any country in the world that Dwight David Eisenhower was in
leadership. I think this gives us a good feeling today, and it gives us
confidence in tomorrow because of all the good things this great man
did for us yesterday.
I recognize that he made a meteoric rise as a man in the military. I
think in 1935 he was in the Philippines with General Eisenhower. In the
early 1930s he attended college, of course, at the U.S. Military
Academy, drenched in military tradition, and this may be my week to
honor Texans because just earlier this week one of our United States
Senators and the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson),
the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Sam Johnson) and others of us spoke in
Dallas about Audie Murphy, Audie Murphy who was honored by having a
stamp stamped with his name and his picture on it, his portrait there.
It is a 33-cent stamp, and Audie Murphy was given 33 medals. I think
that is coincidental, but many of those medals were given and presented
to Audie Murphy by Dwight D. Eisenhower, and it is also kind of a Texas
day because Dwight David Eisenhower was born in Texas, and we have a
library, we have a boulevard named after him in Denison, Texas in
Grayson County.
I also see a Texas connection to Dwight David Eisenhower, not that he
was born there, but he gave his greatest service amid Texans. Sam
Rayburn was Speaker of this House, Lyndon Johnson was majority leader,
and they worked with this Republican, two staunch Democrats, to have
good government and to render him a great and an acceptable President.
So I think as we today, as we rise in honor of Eisenhower, a man who
received the greatest popular vote, over 62 million cast their votes in
the polls in November of 1956, we honor a man not just for his
victories in war, but for standing tall in peace at a time when we
needed it.

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It is an honor to cosponsor this resolution and to recognize one who
answered the call, stood tall, gave to all of us, and I think will go
down as one of the great generals in history, and certainly one of the
fine Presidents. It is good that we recognize him by passing this act
today.
Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the
gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Tiahrt).
Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New Jersey for
yielding me time.
Mr. Speaker, some wonder why we remember and why we honor men and
women who have passed on before us, why we name buildings after them.
We remember because in their lives, we see our better angels. We are
reminded that we, too, can rise above the problems we face.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a fellow Kansan, and I am proud of that. I
am pleased to tell others that he represented Kansas values. He was a
hero who lived the values we all strive to reflect.
Let me just focus on one of those values, courage. In the face of
adversity, he made a conscious decision to do the right thing. His
family tells me that of all his accomplishments, he was the most proud
of being the Supreme Allied Commander of the European Forces during
World War II. There is good reason for that.
In Stephen Ambrose's book, ``D-Day,'' there is an excellent
description of the anguish that he went through to make that decision
to send our young men to the shores of France. He struggled with the
decision. He paced back and forth, he inquired with his peers, he
watched the weather reports, and then he came to the decision. I
remember in the movie, ``The Longest Day,'' as the decision became so
evident, he finally says, ``There it is.'' And it fell on his
shoulders, and he accepted that, and he made the decision, because in
the face of all that adversity, he knew in his heart it was the right
thing to do.
So, Mr. Speaker, it is very appropriate that we recognize the Supreme
Allied Commander, because in honoring his greatness, his courage, we
tell ourselves and our children that character matters, that within all
of us are better angels that can change our world for the better.
So, Mr. Speaker, there it is. I urge all my colleagues to support the
designating of the Executive Office Building as the Dwight D.
Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the
gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar).
(Mr. OBERSTAR asked and was given permission to revise and extend his
remarks and include extraneous material.)
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, I will include in the Record the list of
the more than 127 items in this country, places, objects, monuments,
that are named for President Eisenhower.
Lest there be any question whether former President Dwight D.
Eisenhower has been appropriately recognized, I submit the following
astonishing list on highways, Acts of Congress, buildings, golf
courses, scholarships, and even an aircraft carrier named for this
great American:

Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense
Highways Congressional Acts;
Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act;
Eisenhower Exchange and Fellowship Act of 1990;
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center
Act; and the
Dwight David Eisenhower Commemorative Coin Act of 1988.

Named for Dwight D. Eisenhower--

Index

1. Schools
2. Buildings, Rooms, Halls, Auditoriums, etc.
3. Awards, Funds, Foundations, etc.
4. Medical
5. Statues
6. Veterans' and Political Organizations
7. Geographic Features
8. Recreation
9. Miscellaneous
10. Philatelic and Numismatic
1. Schools
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, 848 N. Mesa Drive,
Mesa, Arizona.
Dwight D. Eisenhower School (elementary), Garden Grove,
California.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Indio, California.
Dwight D. Eisenhower School (elementary), Cupertino,
California.
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School, Rialto, California.
Eisenhower Elementary School, Santa Clara, California.
Eisenhower Elementary, Eisenhower Drive, Boulder, Colorado.
Colegio Eisenhower, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Clearwater,
Florida.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, 3600 Southwest
College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Jacksonville,
Illinois 62650.
Dwight D. Eisenhower School, 206 S. School Lane, Prospect
Heights, Illinois 60070.
Eisenhower Junior High School, Darien, Illinois.
Eisenhower School (elementary), Lansing, Illinois.
Eisenhower Schools (elementary), South Holland, Illinois.
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School,
Decatur, Illinois.
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School, Blue Island, Illinois.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower School, 153 South Ottawa Street,
Joliet, Illinois.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Junior High School, DuPage County,
Illinois.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School,
1450 South Main Street, Crown Point, Indiana.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Ottunwa, Iowa.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Eisenhower Elementary School, Dubuque, Iowa.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Community School
District, Davenport, Iowa.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower School, (elementary), Ft.
Leavenworth, Kansas.
Eisenhower Elementary School, Wellington, Kansas.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School, Topeka, Kansas.
Eisenhower School (elementary), Hoisington, Kansas.
Eisenhower School, (elementary), Junction City, Kansas.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School, Kansas City, Kansas.
Eisenhower School, (elementary), Ottawa, Kansas.
Eisenhower School, (elementary), Great Bend, Kansas.
Eisenhower School, (elementary), Norton, Kansas.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Louisville,
Kentucky.
Dwight D. Eisenhower School, Laurel, Maryland.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School, Prince George's County,
Maryland.
Eisenhower Elementary School, 8985 Newburgh Road, Livonia,
Michigan 48150.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Fraser, Michigan.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Flint, Michigan.
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School, Saginaw, Michigan.
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School, Utica, Michigan.
Eisenhower Elementary School, Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Junior High School, Township of
Wyckoff, Wyckoff, New Jersey.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Piscataway
Township, New Jersey.
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial School, West Berlin, New
Jersey.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Sayreville, New
Jersey.
Eisenhower Junior High School, Carlsbad, New Mexico.
John Rosenkrans, President, Eisenhower College, Seneca
Falls, New York 13148.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Junior High School, Oregon, Ohio.
Dwight D. Eisenhower School (elementary), Enid, Oklahoma.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Eisenhower Junior and Senior High Schools, Lawton,
Oklahoma.
Eisenhower Junior High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Indiana,
Pennsylvania.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower High School, Akeley,
Pennsylvania.
Eisenhower Elementary School, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Dwight D. Eisenhower School (elementary), Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Camp Hill,
Pennsylvania.
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School, Warren, Pennsylvania.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Levittown,
Pennsylvania.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Middletown
Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Junior High School, San Antonio,
Texas.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Grand Prairie,
Texas.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Senior High School, Yakima,
Washington.
Dwight D. Eisenhower School (elementary), Green Bay,
Wisconsin.
Eisenhower High School, New Berlin, Wisconsin.
Eisenhower Elementary School, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
2. BUILDINGS, ROOMS, HALLS AUDITORIUMS, ETC.
Edifico ``Ike'' (Apartment Building), Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Sir Winston Churchill
Cultural Institution, Guaxupe, Brazil.
The General Eisenhower Hall (dormitory), Brown Military
Academy, Glendora, California.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Tower, California State College at Los
Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Eisenhower Chapel, Denver, Colorado.
The General Dwight D. Eisenhower Auditorium, The National
War College, District of Columbia.
Eisenhower Room for Heads of State, Blair House, District
of Columbia.
Eisenhower Corridor, The Pentagon, District of Columbia.
Eisenhower Theater, John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts, District of Columbia.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Workers' Liberal-Radical
Society of Guayas, Ecuador.
Eisenhower Pavilion (New part of American hospital) Paris,
France.
Eisenhower Hall (school hall), Glenbrook South High School,
Glenview, Illinois.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library District, Norridge-Harwood
Heights, Illinois.
Eisenhower Hall, Command and General Staff College, Ft.
Leavenworth, Kansas.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Gymnasium, Hyde School, Bath, Maine.
The Eisenhower Library, Yeshivath Shearith Hapletah
(Rabbinical School), Brooklyn, New York.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Hall, Delmar, New York.
Eisenhower Hall, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New
York.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Center, Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio 43210.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Hall (Officers Mess), Valley Forge
Military Academy, Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Eisenhower Ballroom, Officers Open Mess, Carlisle Barracks,
Pennsylvania.
Eisenhower House (a ``game house''), Que Que High School,
Que Que Southern Rhodesia.
Eisenhower Auditorium, Dension, Texas.
Eisenhower National Bank, Stanley Road at Henry T. Allen,
Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78286.
Eisenhower Church of Christ, Odessa, Texas.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Building, Spokane, Washington 99202.
3. AWARDS, FUNDS, FOUNDATIONS, ETC.
Eisenhower Scholarship Fund, Johns Hopkins University,
(Established by The Capitol Hill Club), District of Columbia.
Dwight D. Eisenhower World Affairs Institute, 918 16th
Street, NW., Suite 501, Washington, District of Columbia
20006.
E.M. Sears, Executive Director, Eisenhower Memorial
Scholarship Foundation, P.O. Box 1324, Bloomington, Indiana
47401.
Col. Howard Pars, General Dwight D. Eisenhower Award, U.S.
Army Command & General Staff College, Office of the
Commandant, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 66027.
Bill Reese, Eisenhower Golf Fellowship, Burning Tree Club,
Burdette and River Roads, Bethesda, Maryland 20817.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Scholarship Fund, Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
William G. Bowen, President, Dwight D. Eisenhower Fund,
(Foreign and International Affairs), Princeton University,
Princeton, New Jersey 08544.
Debra Doame, Director, Dwight D. Eisenhower Scholarships
and Fellowships Columbia College, New York City, New York
10028.
General Eisenhower Scholarship Fund, LaSalle Military
Academy, Oakdale, Long Island, New York.
Rita Treacy, Awards Clerk. Eisenhower Award, United States
Military Academy, West Point, New York, 10996.
Eisenhower Youth of the Year Award, (Given by the Youth
Hall of Fame), Allentown, Pennsylvania 18105.
Col. Duey, Dwight D. Eisenhower Chair of Strategic
Appraisal, US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute,
Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania 17013.
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships Inc., Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Eisenhower Scholarship Fund, 120 S. Payne Street,
Alexandria, Virginia 22314.
4. MEDICAL
Richard R. Augustine, Eisenhower Medical Center, 39000 Bob
Hope Drive, Palm Desert, California 92260.
Eisenhower Hospital Osteopathic, Colorado Springs,
Colorado.
Eisenhower Cardiac Unit, Spalding Rehabilitation Center,
1919 Ogden Street, Denver, Colorado.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Electronic Exercise Room, The Cardiac
United of Spalding Rehabilitation Center, Denver, Colorado.
Major Foster, Dwight D. Eisenhower U.S. Army Hospital, Fort
Gordon, Georgia 30905.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Department of Veterans, Affairs
Medical Center, Leavenworth, Kansas.
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Institute for Stroke Research, 420
East 72nd Street, Suite 1-A, New York, New York.
The Eisenhower Cerebral Palsy Training Center, Cerebral
Palsy of Greater Milwaukee, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Research Fund, (For United Cerebral
Palsy Research and Education, Inc.)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Research Fund, (For American Heart
Association).
5. STATUES
American Embassy, London, England.
City of Bayeux, Bayeux, France.
Eisenhower Center, Abilene, Kansas.
US Military Academy, West Point, New York.
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Eisenhower Birthplace, Denison Texas.
6. VETERANS' AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
General Dwight D. Eisenhower Award, Arizona Young
Republican League, Arizona.
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Post, Orange County,
California.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Unit, Women's Political Study Club of
California, Inc. California.
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Barracks, Veterans Home of
California, California.
The Eisenhower Republican Center, District of Columbia.
Eisenhower Platz, (Plaza and adjacent Street, Holocaust
Museum), Washington, District of Columbia.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Amvets Memorial Post No. 44, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
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The Dwight D. Eisenhower Foundation for G.I. Joe, Inc., 82
Beaver Street, New York, New York.
The General Dwight D. Eisenhower Amvets Post No. 102,
Spring Valley, New York.
The General Dwight D. Eisenhower Senior Village, (Disabled
American Veterans), Farmingdale, New York.
The Eisenhower Federation of Republican Women, Gauley
Bridge, West Virginia.
7. GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES
The Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense
Highways, [Entire 43,000-mile network of Interstate highways
in the U.S.A].
Eisenhower Street, Los Angeles, California.
Eisenhower Street, San Mateo, California.
Mount Eisenhower, Canada.
Eisenhower Memorial Tree Forest, Lowry Air Force Base,
Colorado.
Eisenhower Tunnel, Interstate Highway 70, Colorado.
Esplanade Eisenhower, Caen, France.
Eisenhower Parkway, Macon, Georgia.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway,Chicago, Illinois.
Eisenhower Memorial Highway (K-15), Central Kansas.
Eisenhower Street, Wichita, Kansas.
Mount Eisenhower, New Hampshire.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Mall, (in Battery Park).
Castle Clinton--National Monument New York, New York.
Eisenhower Street, Dallas, Texas.
Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Freeway, Washington, District of
Columbia.
8. RECREATION
Dwight D. Eisenhower Park, Skagway, Alaska.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower Park, Orange County,
California.
Eisenhower-Sunburst Tournament, Eldorado Country Club, Palm
Desert, California.
Eisenhower Golf Course, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles,
California.
Eisenhower Heart Fund Golf Tournament, Riverside County
Heart Association, Inc., Riverside, California.
Eisenhower Golf Course, United States Air Force Academy,
Colorado Springs, Colorado.
One hole on golf Course, Cherry Hills Country Club,
Englewood Colorado.
Eisenhower National Memorial, District of Columbia.
1st Hole, Omaha Beach Golf Course. Colluvial sur Mar.,
France.
Eisenhower Pool, Springfield Park District, Springfield,
Illinois.
Eisenhower Park. Abilene, Kansas.
Eisenhower League, (High school sports conference in north
central Kansas), Kansas.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Park, Evesham Township, Burlington
Co., New Jersey.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Park, Nassau County New York, Elmont,
New York.
Eisenhower Braves, (Children's baseball team), Seminole, 1,
Oklahoma.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower Trophy, Pennsylvania Horse
Show, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Campership, Penn Laurel Girl Scout
Council, Inc., 1245 West Princess Street, York, Pennsylvania.
Eisenhower Park, Newport, Rhode Island.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Park, Houston, Texas.
Eisenhower State Park, Denison, Texas.
Eisenhower International Golf Classic, Eisenhower
Tournament Office, P.O. Box 7363, Tyler, Texas 75711.
Eisenhower Trophy, (World Amateur Golf Championship).
Eisenhower Ski Trophy (Annual trophy awarded by United
States Ski Educational Foundation, Inc.).
29th Annual ``Pike's Peak or Bust'' Rodeo Program
(Dedicated to General Dwight D. Eisenhower).
9. MISCELLANEOUS
Dwight D. Eisenhower Room, Palm Desert Community Church,
Palm Desert, California.
Larry Adams, Curator, Mamie Doud Eisenhower Birthplace
Foundation, P.O. Box 55, Boone, Iowa 50036.
Ernest A. Morse, The Eisenhower Foundation, 1302 North
Buckey, Abilene, Kansas 67410.
Eisenhower Chapter People-to-People, Abilene, Kansas.
Eisenhower Athletic Association, Inc., Until 7806, Saginaw,
Michigan.
Eisenhower Patrol, Boy Scout Troop 56, Niagara Falls, New
York
Ike Patrol, Girl Scout Troop, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
Eisenhower Class, Order of De Malay, San Antonio, Texas.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, Newport News, Virginia.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Engine, National Railroad Museum,
Green Bay, Wisconsin.
IKE Livestock Brand, Wyoming.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Lock, St. Lawrence Seaway.
Eisenhower Alumnae Reunion, (Members of Eisenhower
Administrations).
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bible Fund, American Bible
Society.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Pledge Class, Kappa Omicron Chapter,
Alpha Pi Omega (National organizations composed of former
members of Boy Scouts of America).
Eisenhower Toile (drapery fabric).
Harry S. Truman, Dr. Howard A. Rusk, Irvin Geist Fund for
the People-to-People Committee for the Handicapped RENAMED
The Harry S. Truman, Dr. Howard A., Rusk, Dwight D.
Eisenhower Fund for the People-to-People Committee for the
Handicapped.
Towncouncil Rijswijk, Dep. Voorlichtung en p.r., Mr. J.C.
deBeer Gen. Spoorlaan 2 2283 GM Rijswijk, Holland.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Nuclear Training Center, Wolf Creek
Nuclear Operating Corporation, Burlington, Kansas.
10. PHILATELIC AND NUMISMATIC
Dwight D. Eisenhower Society, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
#17325.
Eisenhower Postal Society, Box 1176, Waco. Texas.
Eisenhower Dollar Coin, (U.S. Treasury Department 5-5-70).
Postmaster General--Commemorative stamp and a regular 6-
cent stamp in General Eisenhower's honor.
Eisenhower Centennial Coin, U.S. Mint 2/90, Proof Silver
Dollar; Uncirculated Silver Dollar.
Postmaster General--Eisenhower Centennial 29-cent stamp.
Stamp issued in Abilene, Kansas only on 10/13/90, FDI stamped
in Abilene, Kansas on 10/13/90. Pictorial cancellation in
Abilene, Kansas only on 10/14/90.

Mrs. NORTHUP. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I
yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to yield 2
minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Ryun).
Mr. RYUN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 1652,
a bill to designate the Old Executive Office Building the Dwight D.
Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a man that garnered respect and admiration
from all those he came in contact with. Eisenhower excelled in
everything, from high school sports in Abilene, Kansas, to the Supreme
Commander of the Normandy invasion in 1944, and as two-term President
of the United States.
General Eisenhower's 4-decade, five-star military career included
distinguished assignments as the chief military aid to the Chief of
Staff of the Army, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in North
Africa, Supreme Commander of the 1944 invasion of Normandy, Chief of
Staff of the Army and Supreme Allied Commander of NATO forces.
Mr. Speaker, in his 8 years as President, Eisenhower's major
achievements included sponsoring and signing the Federal Aid Highway
Act of 1956 that established the current interstate highway system,
ending the Korean War by persuading the Chinese to accept a mutual
peace agreement, promoting peace during Cold War crises that may have
broken the rational will of other Presidents, and something that this
Congress is currently negotiating, he balanced the Federal budget three
different times.
Dwight D. Eisenhower served this country with sacrifices in war and
his triumphs as President. I urge my colleagues on both sides of the
aisle to pass S. 1652 and name the Old Executive Office Building after
a man that deserves to be honored and remembered for his bravery and
commitment to the freedoms of the United States.
Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for
time, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Gibbons). The question is on the motion
offered by the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Franks) that the House
suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill, S. 1652.
The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor
thereof) the rules were suspended and the Senate bill was passed.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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