Senate Resolution 182

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2        BY  COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
  1  3 A Resolution recognizing the freedom=loving people of the
  1  4    nation of Poland.
  1  5    WHEREAS, the Senate by resolution has honored the
  1  6 Meskwaki tribe members who served as Code Talkers in
  1  7 North Africa during World War II and has referred to
  1  8 the capture and imprisonment in Europe of one of the
  1  9 tribe members; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, it is necessary and prudent to dispel any
  1 11 interpretation of the Senate's passage of the prior
  1 12 resolution that the Senate infers any responsibility
  1 13 on the part of the Polish people for the atrocities
  1 14 committed by the German Nazis in their imprisonment
  1 15 camps; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, Polish troops fought alongside American
  1 17 troops in numerous battles in Europe during World War
  1 18 II, and today the nations of Poland and the United
  1 19 States are staunch allies in the war on international
  1 20 terrorism; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 21    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  1 22 recognizes the freedom=loving people of the nation of
  1 23 Poland and the people of Polish heritage residing in
  1 24 the United States, the rightful history of the Polish
  1 25 people, and their continual struggle for peace,
  1 26 freedom, and democracy in their own country and
  1 27 abroad; and
  1 28    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That upon passage, an
  1 29 official copy of this Resolution be sent to Przemyslaw
  1 30 Grudzinski, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to
  2  1 the United States, and to Les S. Kuczynski, National
  2  2 Executive Director of the Polish American Congress.
  2  3 LSB 7164SV 80
  2  4 rj/sh/8