House Resolution 31 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2    BY  LYKAM, ABDUL-SAMAD, ALONS, ANDERSON, ARNOLD,
  1  3       BAILEY, BAUDLER, BELL, BERRY, BOAL, BUKTA,
  1  4       CHAMBERS, CLUTE, COHOON, DANDEKAR, DAVITT,
  1  5        DE BOEF, DEYOE, DOLECHECK, DRAKE, FOEGE,
  1  6       FORD, FORRISTALL, FREVERT, GASKILL, GAYMAN,
  1  7        GIPP, GRANZOW, GRASSLEY, GREINER, HEATON,
  1  8       HEDDENS, HOFFMAN, HORBACH, HUNTER, HUSEMAN,
  1  9        HUSER, JACOBS, JACOBY, JOCHUM, KAUFMANN,
  1 10         KELLEY, KRESSIG, KUHN, LENSING, LUKAN,
  1 11             MASCHER, MAY, MERTZ, H. MILLER,
  1 12         L. MILLER, OLDSON, D. OLSON, R. OLSON,
  1 13          S. OLSON, T. OLSON, PALMER, PAULSEN,
  1 14      PETERSEN, PETTENGILL, QUIRK, RAECKER, RANTS,
  1 15         RASMUSSEN, RAYHONS, REASONER, REICHERT,
  1 16          ROBERTS, SANDS, SCHICKEL, SCHUELLER,
  1 17       SHOMSHOR, SMITH, SODERBERG, STAED, STRUYK,
  1 18      SWAIM, D. TAYLOR, T. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TJEPKES,
  1 19      TOMENGA, TYMESON, UPMEYER, VAN ENGELENHOVEN,
  1 20            VAN FOSSEN, WATTS, WENDT, WENTHE,
  1 21          WESSEL-KROESCHELL, WHITAKER, WHITEAD,
  1 22    WIENCEK, WINCKLER, WINDSCHITL, WISE, and WORTHAN
  1 23 A Resolution honoring Iowan Eugene Ely, a pioneer in
  1 24    Naval aviation.
  1 25    WHEREAS, Eugene Ely was a pioneer of Naval aviation
  1 26 in the early twentieth century; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, Mr. Ely was born in Iowa County, Iowa, on
  1 28 October 21, 1886, and moved to Davenport, Iowa, at
  1 29 nine years of age; and
  1 30    WHEREAS, on November 14, 1910, he was the first
  2  1 aviator to successfully launch from a Navy ship, the
  2  2 U.S.S. Birmingham, at Hampton Roads, Virginia; and
  2  3    WHEREAS, on January 18, 1911, Mr. Ely was the first
  2  4 aviator to successfully land on a Navy ship, the
  2  5 U.S.S. Pennsylvania, near San Francisco Bay, off the
  2  6 coast of California; and
  2  7    WHEREAS, Eugene Ely was killed during an expedition
  2  8 flight in Macon, Georgia, at the age of 25 on October
  2  9 19, 1911, and is buried one=half mile from his
  2 10 birthplace in Iowa County; and
  2 11    WHEREAS, on February 16, 1933, President Herbert
  2 12 Hoover posthumously presented him with the
  2 13 Distinguished Flying Cross in honor of his feats; and
  2 14    WHEREAS, the United States Post Office issued a
  2 15 commemorative plaque to the city of Williamsburg,
  2 16 Iowa, which was prepared by the Naval Air Station of
  2 17 Norfolk, VA; and
  2 18    WHEREAS, the 100th Anniversary of his first launch
  2 19 and his first landing will be November 14, 2010, and
  2 20 January 18, 2011, respectively; and
  2 21    WHEREAS, Eugene Ely is worthy of having the next
  2 22 aircraft carrier named after him by naming the
  2 23 aircraft carrier "Eugene Ely" and a commemorative
  2 24 stamp should be issued by the United States Postal
  2 25 Service; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 26    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 27 That the House of Representatives urges the United
  2 28 States Department of Defense to name the next aircraft
  2 29 carrier the "Eugene Ely" and requests the United
  2 30 States Postal Service to issue a commemorative stamp
  3  1 in honor of Mr. Ely; and
  3  2    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the
  3  3 House of Representatives is directed to deliver a
  3  4 suitable copy of this Resolution to the United States
  3  5 Secretary of Defense and the Postmaster General of the
  3  6 United States.
  3  7 LSB 2635HH 82
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