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'''Aime Joseph Forand''' (May 23, 1895 – January 18, 1972) was a [[United States|U.S.]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[politician]].
'''Aime Joseph Forand''' (May 23, 1895 – January 18, 1972) was a [[United States|U.S.]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[politician]]. He represented the state's 1st congressional district from 1937 to 1939 as well as a two-decade period spanning the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. He was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee for some time.


Forand was a state representative in [[Massachusetts]] during the 1920s, in addition to being a member of the [[Knights of Columbus]].
==Biography==


==Background==
Aime Forand was born in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]], on May 23, 1895. He attended the public and parochial schools of Fall River, Magnus Commercial School in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], and [[Columbia University]].
Aime Forand was born in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]], on May 23, 1895, one of nine children. He attended the public and parochial schools of Fall River, Magnus Commercial School in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], and [[Columbia University]].


During [[World War I]], Forand served in [[France]] as a member of the Army's Motor Transport Corps, attaining the rank of sergeant first class.
During [[World War I]], Forand served in [[France]] as a member of the Army's Motor Transport Corps, attaining the rank of sergeant first class.
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After the war Forand lived in [[Cumberland, Rhode Island]] and became a reporter for newspapers in [[Pawtucket, Rhode Island|Pawtucket]] and [[Woonsocket, Rhode Island|Woonsocket]]. A [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], he was a member of the [[Rhode Island House of Representatives]] from 1923 to 1926, and congressional secretary for Representative [[Jeremiah E. O'Connell]] from 1929 to 1930 and [[Francis B. Condon]] from 1930 to 1935. In 1935 and 1936 Forand was Chief of the Rhode Island Division of Soldiers' Relief and Commandant of the Rhode Island Soldiers' Home.
After the war Forand lived in [[Cumberland, Rhode Island]] and became a reporter for newspapers in [[Pawtucket, Rhode Island|Pawtucket]] and [[Woonsocket, Rhode Island|Woonsocket]]. A [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], he was a member of the [[Rhode Island House of Representatives]] from 1923 to 1926, and congressional secretary for Representative [[Jeremiah E. O'Connell]] from 1929 to 1930 and [[Francis B. Condon]] from 1930 to 1935. In 1935 and 1936 Forand was Chief of the Rhode Island Division of Soldiers' Relief and Commandant of the Rhode Island Soldiers' Home.


==Political career==
He was elected as a Democrat to the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Rhode Island]] in 1936 and served from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1939, having lost his re-election campaign in 1938. He sought election to the House in 1940 and won, and won re-election nine subsequent times, serving from January 3, 1941, to January 3, 1961.
He was elected as a Democrat to the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Rhode Island]] in 1936 and served from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1939, having lost his re-election campaign in 1938. He sought election to the House in 1940 and won, and won re-election nine subsequent times, serving from January 3, 1941, to January 3, 1961.

Forand supported [[John F. Kennedy]] in the [[United States presidential election, 1960|1960 presidential election]] and headed the Senior Citizens for Kennedy Committee.<ref name=nytimesobituary>January 20, 1972. [https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/20/archives/aime-j-forand-is-dead-at-76-served-22-years-in-the-house.html Aime J. Forand Is Dead at 76; Served 22 Years in the House]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved March 21, 2022.</ref>

===Cox Committee===
In early April 1952, Forand voted against the enactment resolution which created the [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/82-1952/h133 H RES 561. RESOLUTION CREATING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved March 21, 2022.</ref> It was known during the congressional session as the '''[[Cox Committee]]''', named after its chair [[Eugene Cox]].

Forand was a member of the select committee which investigated major foundations for [[subversion]]. along with fellow Democrats [[Donald L. O'Toole]] and [[Brooks Hays]], in addition to Republicans [[B. Carroll Reece]], [[Richard M. Simpson]], and [[Angier Goodwin]].<ref>[http://americandeception.com/ad/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Tax_Exempt_Foundations_Hearings-Cox_Committee-1952-818pgs-GOV.sml_.pdf HEARINGS BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE TAX-EXEMPT FOUNDATIONS AND COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONSH OUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. Res. 561]. ''American Deception''. Retrieved March 21, 2022.</ref>

The final report of the committee was released following Cox's untimely death in December 1952.<ref>FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/12/22/the-reece-committee-on-foundations-conspiratorial-nonsense-or-an-expose-of-a-threat-to-the-nation/ The Reece Committee on Foundations: Conspiratorial Nonsense or an Expose of a Threat to the Nation?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved March 21, 2022.</ref> The report declared that the examined foundations did not commit subversion in a whitewash of the factual reality. Rep. Reece, determined to redo the investigation, successfully urged the House to pass a resolution re-enacting the committee, which Forand joined the other remaining Cox Committee members in voting against.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved March 21, 2022.</ref>

===Federal aid===
Throughout his congressional tenure, Forand was an advocate of federal government initiatives to assist the unemployed, elderly, and disabled.<ref name=papers>[https://www.riamco.org/render?eadid=US-RPPC-forand&view=all Guide to the Aime J. Forand papers, 1918-1972]. ''Providence College''. Retrieved March 21, 2022.</ref> When part of the Ways and Means Committee,<ref name=papers/> he actively fought for guaranteed medical insurance towards the needy and increasing [[Social Security]] benefits for them by ten percent. Although Forand's proposal did not pass in 1957, his "Ten-Point Bill of Rights for Older Citizens" speech bolstered the ultimate passage the following year.<ref name=papers/>


In the 1950s, Forand was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee. He repeatedly introduced comprehensive legislation to reform public assistance. He and [[Cecil R. King]] first proposed legislation in 1957 that became known as [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] and was enacted in 1965.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/medicare-made |date=February 15, 2015 |title=How Medicare Was Made |first=Julian E. |last=Zelizer |work=The New Yorker |access-date=July 14, 2021 |archive-date=March 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314180330/https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/medicare-made |url-status=live }}</ref>
In the 1950s, Forand was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee. He repeatedly introduced comprehensive legislation to reform public assistance. He and [[Cecil R. King]] first proposed legislation in 1957 that became known as [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] and was enacted in 1965.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/medicare-made |date=February 15, 2015 |title=How Medicare Was Made |first=Julian E. |last=Zelizer |work=The New Yorker |access-date=July 14, 2021 |archive-date=March 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314180330/https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/medicare-made |url-status=live }}</ref>


According to ''[[The New York Times]]'' in March 1960:<ref>March 21, 1960. [https://www.nytimes.com/1960/03/21/archives/hard-worker-for-aged-aime-joseph-forand.html Hard Worker for Aged; Aime Joseph Forand]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved March 21, 2022.</ref>
After leaving Congress Forand lived in [[Boca Raton, Florida]] and was the founder and first president of the National Council of Senior Citizens from 1961 to 1972.
{{cquote|The Forand bill is known from coast to coast. But its author, Representative Aime Joseph Forand, Democrat of Rhode Island, remains almost anonymous in comparison with the political issue he has raised.}}

====Retirement from Congress====
In the aftermath of the 1960 elections where Forand's soon-to-be successor was elected, president-elect [[John F. Kennedy]] gave a speech at [[Providence]] where he stated:<ref>November 7, 1960. [https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-senator-john-f-kennedy-city-hall-providence-ri Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, City Hall, Providence, RI]. ''The American Presidency Project''. Retrieved March 21, 2022.</ref>
{{cquote|John Notte, the next Governor of the State of Rhode Island, Mayor Reynolds, Senator Green [applause], Claiborne Pell, who will be the next Senator from Rhode Island [applause], Congressman Fogarty [applause], my distinguished friend and colleague from the Senate, John Pastore [applause], my colleague in the House of Representatives, who has been working all over the country with us, Aime Forand [applause] - who else? [Laughter.] And John Notte, who is going to be the Governor of this State [applause], and Ferdie St. Germaine, who is going to be the next Congressman, replacing Aime Forand. I would like to have you meet my three sisters [applause], Jean, Eunice, and Pat. [Applause.] They have campaigned in this campaign in 40 States. Just to show you how long we have been engaged in this campaign, one of them is married to a citizen of New York, one is married to a citizen of Illinois, one is married to a citizen of California [applause] - at least she is a citizen now - and if we can carry, which is their responsibility, New York, Illinois, and California, we are going to win. [Applause.] And if we don't - well, I want to carry Rhode Island, and I am here to ask your help. [Applause.]}}

When Johnson signed the 1965 Medicare bill into law, he stated:<ref>July 30, 1965. [https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-with-president-truman-the-signing-independence-the-medicare-bill Remarks With President Truman at the Signing in Independence of the Medicare Bill.]. ''The American Presidency Project''. Retrieved March 21, 2022.</ref>
{{cquote|And I am so glad that Aime Forand is here to see it finally passed and signed--one of the first authors.}}

After leaving Congress Forand lived in [[Boca Raton, Florida]] and was the founder and first president of the National Council of Senior Citizens from 1961 to 1972, which then-Sen. Kennedy announced in August 1960.<ref>August 12, 1960. [https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-senator-john-f-kennedy-rep-aime-j-forand-national-chairman-senior-citizens-for Statement of Senator John F. Kennedy on Rep. Aime J. Forand as National Chairman, Senior Citizens-For-Kennedy Committee, Washington, DC]. ''The American Presidency Project''. Retrieved March 21, 2022.</ref> President Kennedy addressed the council in 1963 where he asserted in the introduction:<ref>April 23, 1963. [https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-members-the-national-council-senior-citizens Remarks to Members of the National Council of Senior Citizens.]. ''The American Presidency Project''. Retrieved March 21, 2022.</ref>
{{cquote|THIS is the youngest looking group of senior citizens! I want to express my warm welcome to you, all of you, to the White House; my great pleasure in seeing my old colleague, Congressman Aime Forand, back here.}}


He died in Boca Raton on January 18, 1972, and was interred at Boca Raton Municipal Cemetery and Mausoleum.
He died in Boca Raton on January 18, 1972, and was interred at Boca Raton Municipal Cemetery and Mausoleum.

Revision as of 04:12, 21 March 2022

Aime Forand
Fernand St. Germain
In office
January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
Preceded byCharles Risk
Succeeded byCharles Risk
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1923-1926
Personal details
Born(1895-05-23)May 23, 1895
Fall River, Massachusetts
DiedJanuary 18, 1972(1972-01-18) (aged 76)
Boca Raton, Florida
Resting placeBoca Raton Municipal Cemetery and Mausoleum
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materColumbia University
Military service
AllegianceUnited States United States
Branch/serviceUnited States United States Army
Rank Sergeant first class
UnitMotor Transport Corps
Battles/warsWorld War I

Aime Joseph Forand (May 23, 1895 – January 18, 1972) was a U.S. Democratic politician. He represented the state's 1st congressional district from 1937 to 1939 as well as a two-decade period spanning the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. He was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee for some time.

Forand was a state representative in Massachusetts during the 1920s, in addition to being a member of the Knights of Columbus.

Background

Aime Forand was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, on May 23, 1895, one of nine children. He attended the public and parochial schools of Fall River, Magnus Commercial School in Providence, Rhode Island, and Columbia University.

During World War I, Forand served in France as a member of the Army's Motor Transport Corps, attaining the rank of sergeant first class.

After the war Forand lived in

Francis B. Condon
from 1930 to 1935. In 1935 and 1936 Forand was Chief of the Rhode Island Division of Soldiers' Relief and Commandant of the Rhode Island Soldiers' Home.

Political career

He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island in 1936 and served from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1939, having lost his re-election campaign in 1938. He sought election to the House in 1940 and won, and won re-election nine subsequent times, serving from January 3, 1941, to January 3, 1961.

Forand supported

1960 presidential election and headed the Senior Citizens for Kennedy Committee.[1]

Cox Committee

In early April 1952, Forand voted against the enactment resolution which created the

Cox Committee, named after its chair Eugene Cox
.

Forand was a member of the select committee which investigated major foundations for

Donald L. O'Toole and Brooks Hays, in addition to Republicans B. Carroll Reece, Richard M. Simpson, and Angier Goodwin.[3]

The final report of the committee was released following Cox's untimely death in December 1952.[4] The report declared that the examined foundations did not commit subversion in a whitewash of the factual reality. Rep. Reece, determined to redo the investigation, successfully urged the House to pass a resolution re-enacting the committee, which Forand joined the other remaining Cox Committee members in voting against.[5]

Federal aid

Throughout his congressional tenure, Forand was an advocate of federal government initiatives to assist the unemployed, elderly, and disabled.[6] When part of the Ways and Means Committee,[6] he actively fought for guaranteed medical insurance towards the needy and increasing Social Security benefits for them by ten percent. Although Forand's proposal did not pass in 1957, his "Ten-Point Bill of Rights for Older Citizens" speech bolstered the ultimate passage the following year.[6]

In the 1950s, Forand was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee. He repeatedly introduced comprehensive legislation to reform public assistance. He and Cecil R. King first proposed legislation in 1957 that became known as Medicare and was enacted in 1965.[7]

According to The New York Times in March 1960:[8]

The Forand bill is known from coast to coast. But its author, Representative Aime Joseph Forand, Democrat of Rhode Island, remains almost anonymous in comparison with the political issue he has raised.

Retirement from Congress

In the aftermath of the 1960 elections where Forand's soon-to-be successor was elected, president-elect John F. Kennedy gave a speech at Providence where he stated:[9]

John Notte, the next Governor of the State of Rhode Island, Mayor Reynolds, Senator Green [applause], Claiborne Pell, who will be the next Senator from Rhode Island [applause], Congressman Fogarty [applause], my distinguished friend and colleague from the Senate, John Pastore [applause], my colleague in the House of Representatives, who has been working all over the country with us, Aime Forand [applause] - who else? [Laughter.] And John Notte, who is going to be the Governor of this State [applause], and Ferdie St. Germaine, who is going to be the next Congressman, replacing Aime Forand. I would like to have you meet my three sisters [applause], Jean, Eunice, and Pat. [Applause.] They have campaigned in this campaign in 40 States. Just to show you how long we have been engaged in this campaign, one of them is married to a citizen of New York, one is married to a citizen of Illinois, one is married to a citizen of California [applause] - at least she is a citizen now - and if we can carry, which is their responsibility, New York, Illinois, and California, we are going to win. [Applause.] And if we don't - well, I want to carry Rhode Island, and I am here to ask your help. [Applause.]

When Johnson signed the 1965 Medicare bill into law, he stated:[10]

And I am so glad that Aime Forand is here to see it finally passed and signed--one of the first authors.

After leaving Congress Forand lived in Boca Raton, Florida and was the founder and first president of the National Council of Senior Citizens from 1961 to 1972, which then-Sen. Kennedy announced in August 1960.[11] President Kennedy addressed the council in 1963 where he asserted in the introduction:[12]

THIS is the youngest looking group of senior citizens! I want to express my warm welcome to you, all of you, to the White House; my great pleasure in seeing my old colleague, Congressman Aime Forand, back here.

He died in Boca Raton on January 18, 1972, and was interred at Boca Raton Municipal Cemetery and Mausoleum.

References

  1. ^ January 20, 1972. Aime J. Forand Is Dead at 76; Served 22 Years in the House. The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  2. ^ H RES 561. RESOLUTION CREATING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  3. ^ HEARINGS BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE TAX-EXEMPT FOUNDATIONS AND COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONSH OUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. Res. 561. American Deception. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  4. ^ FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). The Reece Committee on Foundations: Conspiratorial Nonsense or an Expose of a Threat to the Nation?. Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  5. ^ H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Guide to the Aime J. Forand papers, 1918-1972. Providence College. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  7. ^ Zelizer, Julian E. (February 15, 2015). "How Medicare Was Made". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on March 14, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  8. ^ March 21, 1960. Hard Worker for Aged; Aime Joseph Forand. The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  9. ^ November 7, 1960. Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, City Hall, Providence, RI. The American Presidency Project. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  10. ^ July 30, 1965. Remarks With President Truman at the Signing in Independence of the Medicare Bill.. The American Presidency Project. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  11. ^ August 12, 1960. Statement of Senator John F. Kennedy on Rep. Aime J. Forand as National Chairman, Senior Citizens-For-Kennedy Committee, Washington, DC. The American Presidency Project. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  12. ^ April 23, 1963. Remarks to Members of the National Council of Senior Citizens.. The American Presidency Project. Retrieved March 21, 2022.

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from Rhode Island's 1st congressional district
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