Gilbert Gutknecht: “to begin this special order tonight I would like to read a statement and some passages to pay tribute to a young man in…”

“to begin this special order tonight I would like to read a statement and some passages to pay tribute to a young man in my district. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to pay tribute to a truly remarkable youngster. His name is Niles Randolph, and he is the first-place winner of the Veterans of Foreign Wars "Voice of Democracy" broadcast scriptwriting contest for the State of Minnesota. Niles is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Randolph and is currently a senior at Mayo High School in Rochester, MN. He was sponsored by VFW Post 1215 and its ladies auxiliary in Rochester. His interests include football, playing the guitar, soccer, and racquetball. He is also a member of the National Honor Society and has held the offices of 6th grade class officer, 9th grade class officer and 11th grade junior representative. Niles is interested in attending the University of Wisconsin at Madison or Drake University in Des Moines where he intends to pursue a degree in Public Relations--I am sure he will be very successful. His essay titled "My Vision for America" was a genuinely patriotic piece of writing, and I am honored to share several passages from that tonight: I was once told the story of two brothers who quarreled all the time. The father of the boys, to tech a lesson, gave them a bundle of sticks tied together and challenged them to break it. Try as they might, they could not. Then the father untied the sticks and gave each one separately to the boys.…”