| Thanks to the help of young Hunter Scott, |
| of Pensacola, Florida, a bill (HR 3710) was introduced last year
in the House and obtained 100 co-sponsors on a widely bipartisan basis. When
senator Daniel Inouye (D-HA) attempted to introduce an identical bill in
the Senate, however, it ran into a parliamentary snag and died in the 105th
Congress before action could be taken. |
| To avoid the parliamentary problem this year, joint resolutions
(rather than bills) have been introduced in both the House and the Senate,
which express the sense of Congress (1) that Captain McVay's court-martial
was morally unsustainable, (2) that his conviction was a miscarriage of
justice,and (3) that the American people should now recognize his lack of
culpability for the tragic loss of the USS Indianapolis and the lives of
the men who died as a result of her sinking. |
| In April of 1998, and again in April of this year, Hunter Scott
and a group of survivors of the USS Indianapolis traveled to Washington to
meet with key members of Congress, urging their support for legislation to
clear Captain McVay's name. Hunter and the USS Indianapolis Survivors
Organization will continue their campaign to right this half-century-old
injustice, but they need your help. Please contact your members of Congress
and urge them to co-sponsor and support House Joint Resolution HJ48 and Senate
Joint Resolution (to be announced soon). |
| If you have any questions, you may contact the Survivors Organization
at murphyindy@aol.com, this web page
at indy@netwidedev.com, or the volunteer
representative for the Survivors Organization in Washinton, D.C., Mike Monroney,
at mikesr@bellatlantic.net.
Mike Monroney can also help you find the names and addresses of your senators
or your House member. |
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http://www.ussindianapolis.org/resolution.htm |
