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THE USA-AUSTRALIAN PRESENCE AND INFLUENCE
IN THE CISS AND HOW IT BEGAN

As part of my ongoing lawsuit, I am addressing another major issue, which affects the CISS a great deal and which warrants serious attention and action by the CISS Member Nations.

The term " USA-Australia" or "USA-Australian" applies to those deaf and non-deaf individuals who were born in the countries of the USA and Australia and who are involved with the CISS, including the ones who were part of a proportionally- imbalanced CISS elite family at the recent 37th CISS Congress and XIX Deaflympic Summer Games in Rome, Italy.

Before going any further, let me, in retrospect, to explain as to how Jerald Jordan, one of three defendants on my ongoing lawsuit case, and I dealt with one issue - the gradual expulsion of French as one of the two official languages of the CISS some 23 1/2 years ago, i.e., in 1978.

I spent 5 years at the Gallaudet University campus ( between 1975 and 1979 I was an
undergraduate student there, and between 1979 and 1980 I worked as a tutor of Russian, Spanish, French,Philosophy and Economics at the Tutorial Center on campus ). My supervisor at the Tutorial Center was Mrs. Hortense Auerbach whose husband, Leon,
closely worked with Jordan in the Organizing Committee of the Xth Deaflympic Summer Games held in Washington, D.C., in 1965.

During my spare times at Gallaudet, I was a constant visitor to the windowless Admission
and Records Office room of Jordan, who worked there as a Director of Talent Search Project ( I do still vividly remember the smiling faces of Jordan's office occuppants -     Dr. Bernard Greenberg, Miss Myrna Jonhston, Miss Shelley Garretson and Miss Mary Arrington, whom I often greetingly passed by in order to see Jordan ). These four people were fascinated to witness that Jordan and I often conversed with each other in one area - the international sports. What was especially fascinating about the tandem of Jordan and me was that, in spite of our varied cultural and linguistic backgrounds and huge age gap, we represented the two very opposing schools of thought and mentalities: Jordan was a representative of the capitalistic-USA system, while I was of the communistic-Soviet Union's system. By discussing and debating the many various issues related to the CISS, we very often graciously agreed to disagree.

Now, back to the issue of French language.
For the CISS President in office this issue was a very annoying one because, as Jordan often complained to me, it stagnated the CISS work in many different ways. As a result, for the four key reasons listed below, Jordan wanted to dump French from the CISS:

1. Jordan and his then Secretary General, Knud Sondergaard of Denmark knew no French;
2. it was too costly to do the translation work in French for the still very cash-poor CISS
organization;
3. it made the work of the CISS Secretary General very difficult and slow, especially in translating and releasing of the CISS Bulletin issues, and
4. by 1978, there was not a single person who knew French and who was on the CISS
Executive Committee ( or CISS EC ).

Jordan and I many times discussed one and the same issue at length in his office during the years of 1978 and 1979. After carefully assessing the problem I came out with the following idea to Jordan:
a) since he had no familial obligation ( he was and is still a childlessly married man ) ,
b) for the sake of then bilingual-CISS organization's progress and well-being, and
c) to show his true love and patriotism toward the CISS, I urged Jordan to take the French course lessons offered by Gallaudet University Department of Romance Languages. The classes in French were located few yards away from Jordan's office room plus , as an university employee, Jordan was eligible to take the course free of charge or at a substantially-reduced tuition cost. However, Jordan, then aged about 51, admitted to me that he lacked his motivation, desire and incentive to study and do home work. Thus, he decided not to heed to my advise.
Educationally, in spite of his superb command of English, Jordan had an earned B.A. degree from Gallaudet in 1948.
On the other hand, in order to prepare my future international career, I took the course of French at Gallaudet in 1978 and 1979.

Although my advice to Jordan to take the French course was not accepted, however, he was receptive to my another suggestion.
In 1979, before the start of the 25th CISS Congress held in Meribel, France, Jordan wanted to bring up the very sensitive issue - the dropping of French as one of the two official languages of the CISS - before the Congress delegates.
But, diplomatically, I was the one who urged him not to raise this issue in the very land of French people because the site of the 25th Congress - the snowy and mountainous town of Meribel - was not the ideal and right place to deal with the subject for certain reason.
This time, Jordan listened to me.

Later on, in 1981, when my personal relationship, for certain motives, with Jordan deeply soured, the CISS President adamantly and single-handedly took the action to fulfil his dream of dumping French from the CISS itself in earnest.
For the factual historical record, it was Jordan who "motivated the proposal that English be the only official language ( of the CISS ) "
( the CISS Bulletin, Number 107, October 1981, page 7 ).
At the 26th CISS Congress held in Cologne, Germany, by skillfully "painting a rosy picture for the future of the CISS without French", Jordan was able to hypnotize and intimidate the many non-English-speaking Congress delegates to vote in favor of dropping French as an official language of the CISS. Jordan accomplished this in spite of the sentimentally vehement opposition of the delegates from France and Belgium, whose mother tongue was and still is French ( French was also the native tongue of the founding fathers of the CISS - Mr. Rubens Alcais of France and Mr. Antoine Dresse of Belgium ).
For the purpose of your awareness, when, at the 1981 Congress, French was on its way to finally get removed as an official language, a delegate of Spain proposed - albeit unsuccessfully - to include Spanish as another official language of the CISS. Two years earlier, in 1979, Mr. Arthur Kruger, a big and highly-revered name in the USA and Latin American sports circles, made a plea to Jordan by requesting him to heed the "call to have Spanish as an official language of the CISS" ( the CISS Bulletin, Number 97, April 1979, pages 1157 and 1168 ). However, Mr. Kruger's plea was ignored by Jordan.

I raise the major and historical issue of removal of French from the CISS business by its chief architect Jordan because such an event in 1981 was the start of the so-called gradual USA-Australian presence and influence inside the top CISS echelon.. Such a presence and influence, which still lasts to this day, began on July 22, 1981, when Jordan at the 26th
CISS Congress achieved, among the other things, his two goals:

1. the successful removal of French from the CISS, and
2. the bringing up to the CISS EC of his future successor and crony from Australia, John Lovett.

As for Jordan's 1981 CISS Congress promise of "a rosy future for the CISS without French", it was just an empty talk and a mere public relations stunt by Jordan.
In 1995, when he retired from the CISS Presidency, he left this organization in a state of financial impoverishment. Plus, he failed to fulfil his much-talked dream - to have a permanent CISS house and paid staff inside the organization!

When Lovett replaced Jordan as the top man in the CISS in 1995, he made many big changes. One of the big changes was that Lovett brought me back from my "CISS exile", i.e., I began my voluntary and varied work on behalf of the CISS - writing for the CISS Bulletin, chairing the Awards Commissions, etc. But, I also felt something strange with
Lovett and Ammons: the two under considerable influence of Jordan - created the gradually large-scale presence of the persons from the two nations - the USA and Australia - within the CISS structure in the last 6 1/2 years.

To justify these, let me present to you an example as to what went on inside the CISS in 2001, the year of the 37th CISS Congress and XIXth Deaflympic Summer Games in Rome, Italy.
Here are the following facts that are clearly implicating the heavy presence and influence inside the CISS by the many different individuals from the USA-Australia group:

- CISS Pesident ( from Australia );
- CISS Secretary General ( from USA );
- CISS Techinical Directors in Athletics ( a hearing woman ), Cycling and Water Polo      ( all from USA );
- CISS Congress scrutineers ( 2 out of 3 are from USA, including Jordan );
- CISS Legal Commission ( all 4 are from either USA or Australia, including Lovett, Ammons and Jordan ).
In addition, the disastrously-prepared CISS 2001 Book was authored by the persons from the two same nations - Australia ( Lovett ) and USA ( Giansanti and Eickman ). On the CISS 2001 Media Team, there was a group of 8 persons, six of whom, including Ammons and Jordan, came from USA. Why? Do not we, for instance, have intelligent and able sports writers who know English and who come from such English-speaking countries like Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain or South Africa? Why were these persons-writers, for the purpose of diversification and equal access, denied the opportunity to be included on the CISS 2001 Media Team? Why did Lovett and Ammons, under Jordan's covert approval, chose a hearing and USA-born person and Ammons' roommate to the CISS TD position in Athletics in Rome? Was it not possible for this troika to consider, let's say, on an emergency basis, the service of Dieter Norf, an able EDSO TD in Athletics from Germany? Or, the experienced Athletics expert from Denmark, Barbara Krueger Sondergaard, who, along with her husband, Knud ( a Honorary Life Member of the CISS) was roaming around Rome during the recent Games days? Overall, do the troika of Jordan, Ammons and Lovett really and practically implement the famous CISS motto EQUAL THROUGH SPORT or PER LUDOS AEQUALITAS? Or , is it simply their false public relations stunt as was the case with Jordan's previously well-concocted 1981 "rosy future for the CISS without French" promise scheme?
And, why and for what purpose did Jordan ( also a Honorary Life Member of the CISS ) assume the lowly-ranked role as the CISS Congress scrutineer? By the way, by realizing that he was closely videotaped at the Congress premises, Jordan, later on, before the start of the CISS EC elections, chose to mysteriously drop out of the scrutineering job. In his place an obscure man from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia took the job in order to do the vote counting as the third scrutineer.
Throughout the Congress and Games days there also was massive presence of the USA and Australian-born audiologists and interpreters, all of whom, naturally, played very visible and influential roles among the Italian and foreign public, including the athletes.

Additionally, under the USA-Australian influence duet of Ammons and Lovett the CISS Home Office was established in a remotely-small town of Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Did Ammons and Lovett receive the advance permission and consent from the CISS Congress delegates, especially from the Europeans, to set up such an office in the shores of the USA?

The heavy USA-Australian presence and influence undoubtedly sheltered one very improper and unlawful act done by Jordan's disciple and accomplice, the CISS Secretary General Ammons. Ammons or someone under her direction and/or supervision at the CISS Home Office forged my name signature as the Chairman of the CISS Awards Commission on the CISS stationery, without my advance knowledge, permission and consent! This illegal act happened twice in 2000.

The strong USA-Australian influence was evident when the foursome of Lovett,Ammons, Jordan and Rebecca Adam were in charge of drafting of the three "Bibles of the CISS" - the rules of the CISS Constitution, Deaflympic Games and World Championship. All these three sacred documents were, I must admit, prepared in an imperfect and poor taste.

There is already a number of people who know of the unfair presence and influence of the USA-Australian group in the CISS. I just received a letter from one USA-born, very intelligent college professor and comprehensive deaf leader of world stature. That man served the CISS in a number of positions before. Let me quote as to what he wrote to say about the continued massive presence and influence of the USA in the CISS,

"I always dread seeing any USA or outsider of the Congress delegate group to be asked to count votes. I must admit that there is a presence of "USA influence" control in the CISS as I loathe because I know some deaf people are turned off by USA leaders. I want to see a real international atmosphere in the CISS business in the future..."

In another instance, the heavy presence and rampant influence of the USA-Australian-born people in the CISS had contributed to a well-coordinated and clandestine plot by the troika of Lovett, Ammons and Jordan in removing my name from the CISS EC candidacy considerations in Rome. The four-member CISS Legal Commission ( 100% composed of persons from the USA and Australia ) took a clearly biased and discriminatory stance toward me, an able and versatile deaf international sports administrator. These four persons - Jordan, Lovett, Ammons and Adam - knew that in my lifetime I resided in five different countries, that I can speak, write, read and sign many different languages, that I have an earned and advanced university degree in the field of International Affairs. This foursome knew that I was a true internationalist. But the CISS Legal Commission, under the strict direction of Jordan and by intentionally violating the CISS Constitution rules, made every effort to prevent me from being elected to the CISS EC position in Rome. And, what kind of roles did two other citizens - David Peters ( Australia ), a delegate, and Tiffany Williams Granfors   (USA ), an aide to Ammons - play at the Congress toward the USA and Uzbekistani-based resident, Rafael Pinkhasov Pinchas?

Since my surreptious removal from the CISS World Records Commission by Jordan in 1981, I have, in spite of my unusual and unmatched credentials, been denied the chance of
getting involved in the CISS EC level. It is because of one person - Jordan, who is still very unfortunately suffering with the Pinkhasov Pinchas-phobia.
At the recent 37th CISS Congress that secretive, insecure and constantly unsmiling former CISS President sophisticatedly engineered the two things: 1) he created and achieved my shism with Lovett and Ammons, and 2) he cleverly and shrewdly used his surrogates Lovett and Ammons as pawns in ruining my ambition to get elected to the CISS EC. These acts by Jordan against me were one of the prime reasons that led me to file a Verified Complaint against this troika of the co-conspirators at the USA District Court for the District of Maryland on September 17, 2001.

At the covert direction and guidance of Jordan, Lovett and Ammons have since September 17, 2001 been trying to win a worldwide public support on their personality image battle against me. The troika, in order to garner sympathy, pity and support from all CISS Member Nations, have misleadingly publicized the lawsuit to the world by deceivingly mentioning that the CISS, as an organization, too , was a party to the lawsuit. The troika also, on the other hand and in order to "paint" my personal reputation in a horrendous manner, has been directly and indirectly publicizing my negatively-reported Securities Exchange Commission case matter to the world.
Ironically, my family and close friends, since that very fateful day of September 11, 2001,
have been happilly telling one and the same thing to me,

"Rafael, we are "very, very thankful" to these securities industry officials who ruined your million-dollars stock market business and who closed your private business by forcing you to get out of your 91 floor World Trade Center office on an advance time notice. Suppose, these securities industry officials did not chase after you and you were still contunuing your business in that skyscraper office, where would you, our dearest and precious human being, be now?"
What a fate!

To this day, however, I am painfully remembering the formerly beautiful and the now-terrorists-destroyed World Trade Center buildings in New York City. Especially, I am very proud of the fact that in the span of one year, my skycraper office, in which I paid from my own pocket the exorbitant office space rental fee every month, at One World Trade Center was the site where my two voluntary and big projects to the deaf cause were implemented.
On June 30, 1995, my office was the site of my successfully and smoothly chaired five-member, official 1995-1998 National Gallaudet University Alumni Association Election Committee voting ballot count. One year later, on June 19, 1996, Lovett was royally accorded the honor to visit my spacious office at the 91 floor and there we conceived my idea of organizing the now-popular annual CISS-Widex World Male and Female Athlete of the Year Award project.

While Lovett visited my strictly-security-guarded skycraper office in 1996, I took him to the nearby 25th floor hotel premises where we enjoyed the sauna/swimming/gym exercises. There, the then caring and thoughtful Lovett, whom I looked up as a close and loyal friend of mine, told me the following,
" Rafael, I see you are having serious   legal problem with your securities industry superiors. If they would ever let you go out of that business, I would then try to have you, an uniquely qualified deaf sports administration erudite, to be as my chief presidential advisor in the CISS. But, it is confidentially between you and me, there would be a big problem I would face - it is Jerry Jordan who would receive a massive stroke when he finds out that I let you in to the top position of the CISS."
Does Lovett remember these words that he revealed to me at the very World Trade Center hotel premises on June 19, 1996, i.e., few fours before he flew to Mexico for his Deaf Sports Leadership Seminar there? Would Lovett have his own courage and conscience to admit as to what he said to me on that unforgettable day? Because Lovett is now one of the three defendants and adversaries in my lawsuit case, I am 100% sure he would deny that he ever uttered the words about Jordan to me on June 19, 1996.
It looks like that the still-Pinkhasov Pinchas-paranoid Jordan, upon his retirement from the CISS Presidency in 1995, issued his own "secret testament" or "will" to his obedient successors Lovett and Ammons that they promise that they would never let me to get into the CISS EC position in any way, any time, whatsoever! In Rome recently, that Jordan's closely-guarded "secret testament" was "honored" by Lovett and Ammons!

But Lovett can not deny the fact of his own when he, upon learning of my decision to run for the 2001-2005 CISS EC seat, uttered the following sentence,

" I am not very comfortable with your CISS EC candidature ".
( Lovett's letter to me, April 18, 2001. ).

Who the hell was Lovett when he was attempting to teach me not to run for the CISS EC position?

Imagine the two following scenes:

Scene A - a brilliant and versatile sports adminstrator from Germany, Werner Kliewer, decides to run for the CISS President position and Jordan telling him to drop out of the position because he is "not very comfortable" with it?

Scene B - Dr. Harvey Jay Corson decides to challenge Dr. Irving King Jordan for the position of the President of Gallaudet University and, later on, Dr. Jordan pleading
Dr. Corson to drop out of the race because he ( Dr. Jordan ) is "not very comfortable" with Dr. Corson's intention to run against him?

What would the reaction of Kliewer be toward Jordan and what kind of feedback would receive Dr. Jordan from Dr. Corson?

One of the key reasons as to why I decided to place my candidacy for the CISS EC position was that I was alerted by someone that both Lovett and Ammons were using me and my varied skills for their own personal fame, advancement and cause and that they were not genuinely true and appreciative deaf friends of mine.
How blind and trustful I was!
When Lovett and Ammons learned that I put my candidacy for the EC position, they were upsettingly alarmed and this action of mine genuinely helped me to find out as to what kind of the real hypocrites Lovett and Ammons were toward me in the last few years.

Thus, Jordan, Ammons and Lovett know very well of the one fact which dreads them day and night: if Pinkhasov Pinchas - a true internationalist - ever get elected to the CISS EC, he would be the first one, among the other things, to rationally and even-handedly "internationalize" the CISS in many different ways!
In other words, the days of the long dominated USA-Australian presence and influence, begun on July 22, 1981, in the CISS would come to an end!

And, what kind of additional USA-Australian presence and influence do we anticipate to have in 2005, when the beautiful Australian city of Melbourne will host the jubilee XXth Deaflympic Summer Games?

The bottom line of this long and very relevant material of mine is that WHO DOES REALLY OWN AND RUN THE CISS: THE 83 MEMBER NATIONS OF THE CISS OR THE USA-AUSTRALIAN -BORN TROIKA OF DEFENDANTS ON MY STILL ONGOING LAWSUIT?

Meanwhile, once again, I send to each of you my best New 2002 Year wishes.

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On the other front, to date, there is still no decision by a Judge re: the lawsuit.
Let's continue to be patiently waiting to see as to what kind of a decision the USA-born Judge at the USA District Court in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, will reach in a case which involves the two opposing parties - the Uzbekistani-born plaintiff               ( Pinkhasov Pinchas ) and the USA-Australian-born defendants ( Jordan, Ammons and Lovett ).

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