Mr. Speaker. since 1978. the MacArthur Foundation has been providing much needed momentum to extraordinarily talented individuals from all walks of life to carry on their work at their highest potential without the inhibition of financial constraints. Ohios Ninth District is honored to count as its own a recipient of a 1989 MacArthur Fellowship Award for his outspoken leadership on behalf of migrant workers through the Farm Labor Organizing Committee [FLOC] cofounded by him 20 years ago. Baldemar Velasquez. president of FLOC. has worked diligently to enhance the quality of life of thousands of migrant workers throughout northwest Ohio and the United States. Through selfless and unwavering determination. Mr. Velasquez has strived to establish a consensus among various groups throughout our community in meeting the unique needs of his committees membership. He has further worked toward and has succeeded in maintaining a relationship with growers whereby there exists a reciprocal understanding of labor supply needs and the requirements of fellow migrant workers to maintain a respectable standard of living. Mr. Velasquez pioneered the development of four collective bargaining agreements among the membership of FLOC and area farmersthe first such agreements in Midwest migrant agriculture. Additionally. he succeed in securing access to basic health care. housing. and day care for migrant workers and their dependents. Clearly. future migrant workers everywhere will look to the courage and foresight demonstrated by Mr. Velasquez as they continue to assert their inherent rights to the same opportunities afforded all hard working men and women in our communities and throughout our Nation. The words of Helen Keller perhaps best characterize his efforts and those of his fellow agricultural workers when she said: "the World is moved along. not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes. but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker." I know my colleagues join me in congratulating Baldemar Velasquez on receiving this 1989 MacArthur Foundation Award and for his many unique achievements.