PRINTER'S NO. 3158
No. 218 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY PYLES, S. E. HAYES, JR., SCHEAFFER, DeMEDIO,
BENNETT, CALTAGIRONE, GANNON, W. W. FOSTER, McVERRY,
PISTELLA, NOYE, NAHILL, HASAY, ZITTERMAN, VROON, REED, DORR,
E. R. LYNCH, PUCCIARELLI, J. L. WRIGHT, JR., E. Z. TAYLOR,
KLINGAMAN, ZORD, SIEMINSKI, A. C. FOSTER, JR., WEIDNER,
DOMBROWSKI, JONES, NOVAK, COLE, GRUPPO, E. G. JOHNSON,
BITTLE, WARGO, CIMINI, GEIST, GLADECK, FISCHER, WENGER,
CESSAR, BELOFF, PITTS, ZELLER, BOWSER, MANMILLER, LEVI,
CUNNINGHAM, SPITZ, DURHAM, TELEK, DIETZ, MRKONIC, DeWEESE,
DININNI AND CHESS, MARCH 25, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MARCH 25, 1980
In the House of Representatives, March 25, 1980
1 WHEREAS, January 26, 1980, was the 100th Anniversary of the
2 birth of former General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur; and
3 WHEREAS, General MacArthur was born on January 26, 1880, son
4 of General Arthur MacArthur, and graduated first in his class
5 and with highest honors at West Point; and
6 WHEREAS, He distinguished himself in service to his country
7 during World War I as a General at a very young age, having been
8 decorated numerous times; and
9 WHEREAS, General MacArthur valiantly defended Corregidor in
10 the Philippine Islands, heroically promising and prophesying "I
11 shall return." History recalls that he did return triumphant
12 with freedom and dignity for the Philippine people; and
13 WHEREAS, He showed himself a skillful architect of the
1 occupation in Japan, nurturing the democratic spirit there in a
2 most exemplary way, and exhibiting a masterful comprehension of
3 our great American heritage of freedom and dignity for all men;
4 now therefore be it
5 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
6 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania pay tribute on the occasion
7 of the 100th Anniversary of his birth to one of the greatest
8 Americans of all time, General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur,
9 for the sense of purpose he conveyed to his own generation and
10 the breadth of understanding, clarity of vision and spiritual
11 perception he will yet transmit to posterity; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
13 his widow, Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, to his son, Arthur MacArthur
14 IV and to the MacArthur Memorial Foundation in Norfolk,
15 Virginia.
C11L66JLW/19800H0218R3158 - 2 -