James Traficant: “I rise today for an unusual 1 minute for me, to pay tribute to the owner of the San Francisco 49ers, Edward J.…”

“I rise today for an unusual 1 minute for me, to pay tribute to the owner of the San Francisco 49ers, Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr., my constituent. I predict the 49ers will win. The Chargers are great, but the reason I predict the 49ers to win is the standard of excellence of the 49ers from top to bottom. The reason for that excellence, ladies and gentlemen, was a humble construction worker from Youngstown, OH, by the name of Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr., who became the No. 1 developer of shopping malls in America. He started work at 6 o'clock in the morning. He has recently passed away, but he passed on that work ethic to his son. I predict from top to bottom owner Eddie DeBartolo, Jr., Carmon Poucy, another one of my constituents, and Coach George Seifert and the great 49ers will win because of that work ethic. Mr. Speaker, I pay tribute today to Mr. DeBartolo, Sr. Mr. DeBartolo, Sr., was a big supporter of H.R. 390: Innocent Until Proven Guilty. The 49er standard of excellence will prevail.”