Mr. Speaker. Americas history books often recite the story of Abraham Lincoln walking 40 miles to borrow a book. There is also the story about Lincolns determination to pay a debt even if it involved a few cents. Americans have long admired the traits .of selfsacrifice and honesty and tried to emulate Lincoln. The United States was indeed lucky that a young student in India during the early 1900s was also impressed with Lincolns life and ideals. His name was Dalip Singh Saund. the first U.S. Congressman of Asiatic birth and ancestry. D. S. Saund grew up in a proud and hardworking family in Chhajalwadi.