Spong Fong

Spong-Fong

(The scraps found among Spelvin's papers included not only original writings but ledgers full of newspaper clippings with cryptic mathematical signs, boxes, and arrows. One can only speculate at the deletorious effects of such positive reinforcement of his worst tendencies from ostensibly responsible news outlets.)

Senators William B. Spong of Virginia and Hiram Fong of Hawaii sponsored a bill recommending the mass ringing of church bells to welcome the arrival in Hong Kong of the U.S. Table Tennis Team after its tour of Communist China. The bill failed to pass, cheating the Senate out of passing the Spong-Fong Hong Kong Ping Pong Ding Dong Bell Bill.