PRINTER'S NO. 1134
No. 56 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY FARMER, VAN HORNE, ARGALL, HERSHEY, CESSAR, BOYES,
FARGO, PISTELLA, ITKIN, COLAIZZO, TRELLO, CARLSON, FAIRCHILD,
RAYMOND, ALLEN, BATTISTO, MICHLOVIC, MAINE, LANGTRY, DeLUCA,
HERMAN, DIETTERICK, MORRIS, ROBINSON, KONDRICH, HESS,
CORRIGAN, PETRARCA, JACKSON, FOX, OLASZ, GIGLIOTTI, SAURMAN,
STABACK, JOSEPHS, GEIST, SERAFINI, NAHILL, BURD, CLYMER,
WILSON, LAUGHLIN, CAWLEY, LINTON, E. Z. TAYLOR, BISHOP AND
McVERRY, APRIL 4, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 4, 1989
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating May 27, 1989, as "Rachel Carson Day."
2 WHEREAS, Rachel Carson was born in Springdale, Pennsylvania,
3 on May 27, 1907; and
4 WHEREAS, Rachel Carson was one of the first women employed by
5 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and
6 WHEREAS, She authored five books, including "Silent Spring,"
7 and published 24 articles, all of which demonstrated not only
8 her scientific legitimacy, but also her poetic appreciation of
9 the natural world; and
10 WHEREAS, Her provocative book, "Silent Spring," triggered the
11 modern environmental movement; and
12 WHEREAS, "Silent Spring" focused public attention and concern
13 on the delicate balance of nature and alerted the world to the
14 insidious danger of indiscriminate and irresponsible use of
1 pesticides; and
2 WHEREAS, Her indefatigable efforts on behalf of nature
3 resulted in a ban on the use of DDT in the United States; and
4 WHEREAS, In 1980, President Carter posthumously awarded
5 Rachel Carson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation's
6 highest civilian medal; and
7 WHEREAS, In 1981, the United States Postal Service issued a
8 commemorative stamp in honor of Rachel Carson; and
9 WHEREAS, Rachel Carson is generally recognized as the "mother
10 of the age of ecology"; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
12 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania designate May 27, 1989, as "Rachel
13 Carson Day" to honor one of this Commonwealth's most famous
14 daughters.
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