to bonnie and clyde. the real story is often different from what you see in movies and television. clyde barrow was a minor criminal who started out in the 1930's with exotic crimes like chicken theft and things like that, rather than being sent to huntsville he managed to upgrade his criminal skills, hooking up with a waitress from west dallas and they started a criminal spree centering around 1934 that carried them through about half of a dozen or a dozen states in the u.s.. their career took a downward spiral for they decided to break into the state prison and break out one of their gang members and shoot to death one of the prison guards in the process. the prison system went to a retired ranger, they pulled him out of retirement and gave him a special commission with the prison system. he tracked them for over 100 days, found out who they were, where their relatives were, and announced that they would be accessories and found out through an informant where they were going to be. they set up an ambush in western louisiana that ended the career of bonnie and clyde. this is a po

, guess who drove up and bought gas from my friend, ralph hall? bonnie and clyde. the gangsters. yes, sir, i yield my friend. mr. barton: i have repeatedly asked him to prove that and he has absolutely failed system of that is an urban myth of the fourth congressional district. mr. olson: reclaiming time, my didn't aid, we saw him, know who they were, he got a quarter, a huge tip. the paper was there right beside the door he, saw this man and this woman, he pumped gas for hose two felons. he told his boss and they called the sheriff, the sheriff said, thank you so much for calling, i've got a call about two stray dogs, once i catch those dogs, i'll go after bonnie and clyde. fate and ralph hall. ut fate didn't stop there. as was mentioned, ralph was a naval aviator, a pilot, in world war ii. he did flight training in pensacola, florida. he was there with the marines. a guy named ted williams. batted .403 in 1941. mr. barton: would the gentleman yield on that point? while the bonnie and clyde story is more fiction than fact, ralph would have had -- ralph would have been pumping gas at

of materials related to bonnie and clyde. the real story is often different from what you see in movies and television. a minor criminal who started out in the 1930's with exotic crimes like chicken theft and things like that, rather than being sent to huntsville he managed to upgrade his criminal skills, hooking up with a waitress from west dallas and they started a criminal spree centering around 1934 that carried them through about half of a dozen or a dozen states in the u.s.. career took a downward spiral for they decided to break into the state prison and break out one of their gang members and shoot to death one of the prison guards in the process. the prison system went to a retired ranger, they pulled him out of retirement and gave him a special commission with the prison system. he tracked them for over 100 days, found out who they were, ande their relatives were, announced that they would be and found out through an informant where they were going to be. they set up an ambush in western louisiana that ended the career of bonnie and clyde. thatis a pocket watch belonged

us. it's clyde. >> clyde: wow, you're early, huh? >> jeremiah: you sounded upset. >> clyde: we're short. >> jeremiah: excuse me? >> clyde: of cash. we're coming up short. you've been sleeping on the job, haven't you? >> jeremiah: what? >> clyde: well, it's either that, or you're stealing from me.

gas as a teenager, guess who drove up and bought gas from my friend, ralph hall? bonnie and clyde. the gangsters. yes, sir, i yield my friend. mr. barton: i have repeatedly asked him to prove that and he has absolutely failed system of that is an urban myth of the fourth congressional district. mr. olson: reclaiming time, my didn't aid, we saw him, know who they were, he got a quarter, a huge tip. the paper was there right beside the door he, saw this man and this woman, he pumped gas for hose two felons. he told his boss and they called the sheriff, the sheriff said, thank you so much for calling, i've got a call about two stray dogs, once i catch those dogs, i'll go after bonnie and clyde. fate and ralph hall. ut fate didn't stop there. as was mentioned, ralph was a naval aviator, a pilot, in world war ii. he did flight training in pensacola, florida. he was there with the marines. a guy named ted williams. batted .403 in 1941. mr. barton: would the gentleman yield on that point? while the bonnie and clyde story is more fiction than fact, ralph would have had -- ralph would have

from my friend, ralph hall? bonnie and clyde. the gangsters. yes, sir, i yield my friend. mr. barton: i have repeatedly asked him to prove that and he has absolutely failed system of that is an urban myth of the fourth congressional district. mr. olson: reclaiming time, my didn't aid, we saw him, know who they were, he got a quarter, a huge tip. the paper was there right beside the door he, saw this man and this woman, he pumped gas for hose two felons. he told his boss and they called the sheriff, the sheriff said, thank you so much for calling, i've got a call about two stray dogs, once i catch those dogs, i'll go after bonnie and clyde. fate and ralph hall. ut fate didn't stop there. as was mentioned, ralph was a naval aviator, a pilot, in world war ii. he did flight training in pensacola, florida. he was there with the marines. a guy named ted williams. batted .403 in 1941. mr. barton: would the gentleman yield on that point? while the bonnie and clyde story is more fiction than fact, ralph would have had -- ralph would have been pumping gas at the ripe old age of 8 or 9 years ol

. he has pretty good stories to tell from selling cigarettes to the famous outlaws bonnie and clyde to putting president reagan on hold to his interesting encounters and friendships with mickey mantle, mohammed ali, ted williams, neil armstrong, john glenn among others. then there are his many stories about flying hell cat fire aircraft during world war ii. ralph has led a full and exciting life. during his time in congress, he's not just been the hometown congressman from rock well, texas. he's been the hometown congressman to everyone he's encountered. it doesn't matter who you are, ralph wants to find out how he can be helpful to you from the person he met on the street to the person in the texas delegation to the president of the united states, that is the way he is. knowing ralph he's probably got something up his sleeve that he's not telling us about what he's going to do after he leaves congress next month. in fact, when asked about his plans after leaving congress, ralph mentioned he will probably go to work at wal-mart because he has to have a job. ralph's always go the to

, very true. aboutrd the urban myth weighing on bonnie and clyde, which i do not believe is true. we've heard about ted williams and ralph and ted playing on the same baseball team in world war ii. that is true. we have heard about the offer to serve as the promoter forecast as clay, who later became a home at ali. that is true. a few more that you -- as the clay,er forecast he ir cassius who later became mohammed ali. that is true. heyou more of you know that worked for the previous owner of the dallas cowboys, and he was offered a job with the nfl, which he turned down. i knew ralph when i got elected in 1980 four. he and i served districts that touch each other. we both live in our districts in texas, and so we became good buddies because we were always on the first flight after the last vote to texas at the end of the week and on the last flight before the first vote to washington at the beginning of the week. and once we've built up enough frequent flyer miles, we used to fight when there was a complimentary upgrade. we never spent taxpayer dollars first class, but we would always

: clyde from new york, independent line. caller: good morning. -- symbiotic relationship between a customer and the worker. we know that. the management comes up with crazy ideas to try to improve what we know works. and they do not. why is not someone saying something to management to make this work? better -- work better? they need to talk with us. we deal with the people and the people deals with us. we know what works. host: are your postal worker? caller: yes. host: what is your job? caller: i drive trucks. i used to do collection. -- dropsjobs in relays and relays. host: says you are on the front line, what suggestions would you make? caller: i will not get into that because you know who i am and i do not want the repercussions. but management is sabotaging this job. outright. they have meetings with us, we all know it will not work. we look at each other and think, here we go again. another crazy plan, here we go again. it is not board to work, and we just sit there and say ok, if you want it done, we will do it. guest: just a quick comment. you are correct. .he workers know

clyde kinnard who was charged with and convicted of a fictitious crime while attempting to desegregate the university of southern mississippi. james h. meredith who litigated -- whose litigation ultimately led to the integration of the university of mississippi. dr. gilbert mayson who led the effort to end racial segregation on the beaches of biloxi, mississippi. megawiley ights icon evers. mr. brown was admitted to practice law before all mississippi court systems. the united states district court of the northern district of mississippi, the united states district court for the southern district of mississippi, the united states court of appeals for the fifth circuit court and the united states supreme court. mr. brown also served on executive board of the national bar association for approximately 15 years. mr. speaker, on december 3, 1989, r. jess brown died of cancer in jackson, mississippi, at the age of 77. mr. speaker, r. jess brown is well deserving of this honor and i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting h.r. 579. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tem