Requesting the US Goverment through the Postmaster General to Issue a Stamp Honoring Rescue Workers, Victims & their Families of the Oklahoma City Tragedy

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Eugene Ladewski President Loretta Duda Vice - President Cleo Washington Chairperson, Committee of the Whole Stephen Luecke First District Cleo Washington Second District Roland Kelly Third District Ann Puzzello Fourth District Linas Slavinskas Fifth District Thomas Zakrzewski Sixth District Sean Coleman At Large Loretta Duda At Large Eugene Ladewski At Large Kathleen Cekanski- Farrand Council Attorney City of South Bend Common Council County -City Building • South Bend, Indiana 46601 May 2, 1995 Members of the Common Council 4th Floor County City Building South Bend, IN 46601 Dear Common Council Members: (219) 235 -9321 Fax (219) 235 -9173 TDD (219) 235 -5567 I am introducing a special Resolution which is a small attempt to positively create new programs to assist the City of Oklahoma City as they begin life after last month's tragedy. The attached Resolution requests that a Commemorative Stamp be issued which honors the memories of those who have fallen and salutes all of the many volunteers who have come to the aid of Oklahoma City. I believe it would be appropriate to have a Commemorative Stamp issued with two cents of each stamp sold being dedicated to a special fund to assist the families of the victims and the families of the volunteers who have been forever changed by this tragedy. Such a stamp is further conditioned upon the approval of the family of one year old Baylee Almon and the Oklahoma City Firefighter who appear in the attached April 20,1995 AP photograph. I further believe that this is a small, but sincere attempt, for our Nation to come together in positively assisting the many Americans who have been so grievously touched forever by this tragedy. If this Resolution is adopted, I would ask that the City Clerk send copies to President William Clinton, the Postmaster General, and Third District U.S. Congressman Timothy Roemer to ask for their assistance in the realization of such a Commemorative Stamp and fund. I am also requesting the assistance of the South Bend Firefighters, Local 362 and their support of this effort. Thank you. Eugene Ladewski Common Council President Attachments