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2009-0166-S
2009-0166-S
FOIA
MARKER
This is not a textual record. This is used as an
administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential
Library Staff.
Record Group/Collection:
George H.W. Bush Presidential Records
Collection/Office of Origin:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
OA/ID Number:
90548
Folder ID Number:
90548-007
Folder Title:
Friday, May 25, 1990
Stack:
Row:
Section:
Shelf:
Position:
V
12
11
7
7
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Doc. No. / Type
Subject/Title
Date
Restriction
Classification
01. Schedule
Schedule of the President [redaction] (1 pp.)
05/25/90
(b)(3)
02. Schedule
The Trip of the President and Mrs. Bush to Kennebunkport,
05/90
(b)(7)(c),
Maine, May 25-28, 1990 [redaction] (3 pp.)
(b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
03. Log
White House Telephone Log [Signal Switchboard] [redaction of
05/25/90
(b)(6)
personal information] (1 pp.)
04. Note
Handwritten notes of Presidential Phone call with President
05/25/90
(b)(1)
Endara (1 pp.)
05. Note
Handwritten notes of Presidential Phone call with Violetta
05/25/90
(b)(1)
Chamarro (1 pp.)
06. Form
Request for Appointments [redaction of personal information] (1
05/25/90
(b)(6)
pp.)
Page 1 of 1
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Friday, May 25, 1990
Pinksheet Number:
dw1702
OA/ID Number:
90548-007
Date Closed:
5/7/2010
FOIA/Sys Case #:
2009-0166-S
Re-review Case #:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
01. Schedule
Schedule of the President [redaction] (1 pp.)
05/25/90
(b)(3)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Friday, May 25, 1990
Date Closed:
5/7/2010
OA/ID Number:
90548-007
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2009-0166-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
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MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
Friday, May 25, 1990
7:55 am
Photo with Dr. John Prunier
Oval Office
(5 min)
and Family
(Presock)
8:00 am
Intelligence Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
(Scowcroft/Sununu)
8:15 am
National Security Briefing
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Scowcroft/Sununu)
Meeting with Governor Sununu
Oval Office
8:45 am
(30 min)
9:15 am
Drop by Meeting of President's
Roosevelt Room
(5 min)
Council on Science and Technology
(Bromley)
(TAB A)
Administrative Time
Oval Office
9:20 am
(40 min)
10:00 am
Photo recognizing National
Oval Office
(5 min)
Missing Children's Day
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
(Rogich)
(TAB B)
10:05 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(25 min)
Depart for Kennebunkport
South Lawn
10:30 am
(TAB C - Trip Schedule)
SUPPLEMENTARY BRIEFING MATERIALS
TAB D - Briefing on Local Issues (Anderson)
TAB E - Political Background Report (Wray)
sen.
6:58 add sunver 7:02 add Darm T Dopinice 7:45 Gov. sununudpts
7:53 Darman dpts
7:56 Domenici out 7:57 add Dr. Prunier + family 8:04add Gates Acourwft
8:27 (b)(3) ant 8:28 odd V.P. 8:52 Datest Acoweraptant
Sunuru +
(b)(3)
9:10 VPont; sununu ont 9:12 Sumence in 9:13 Sunumer ant
UNP 05/24/90
3:00 pm
9:15 summer to oval. - 9:16 Potus 1 Summer to Roosevelt Pu
9:21 Potus to oval 9:33 add General 9:40
10:03add Missis children group. etal 10:08 allant 10:09 allont
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
Saturday, May 26, 1990
B Kennebunkport
Sunday, May 27, 1990
B Kennebunkport
7nday
10:25 add Brian yablonsbir. + family i add Date + Card
NO: 28 Poter, Card, rate to 5. lawn. 10:3 dgt WAF erto AAFB
10:41 am AAFB.
UNP 05/24/90
5:00 pm
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
Monday, May 28, 1990
Memorial Day Observed
B Kennebunkport
5:00 pm
B Arrive White House
South Lawn
UNP 05/24/90
5:00 pm
02
KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE
May 25 - 28, 1990
Friday, May 25, 1990
10:30 am Boards Marine One and dep. White House en
route Andrews Air Force Base
10:40 am Arr. Andrews Air Force Base and proceeds
to board Air Force One
10:45 am Dep. Andrews Air Force Base en route Pease
Air Force Base
12:00 pm Arr. Pease Air Force Base and proceeds
to board Marine One
12:05 pm Boards Marine One and dep. Pease Air Force
Base en route Walker's Point Landing Zone,
Kennebunkport, Maine
12:30 pm Arr. Walker's Point Landing Zone and
proceeds to Residence for RON
Saturday, May 26, 1990
No Scheduled Events
RON Kennebunkport, Maine
Sunday, May 27, 1990
No Scheduled Events
RON Kennebunkport, Maine
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
Monday, May 28, 1990
2:55 pm Board Marine One and dep. Walker's Point
Landing Zone en route Pease Air Force Base
3:20 pm Arr Pease Air Force Base and proceed to
board Air Force One
3:25 pm Dep. Pease Air Force Base en route Andrews
Air Force Base
4:45 pm Arr. Andrews Air Force Base and proceed to
board Marine One
4:50 pm Board Marine One and dep. Andrews Air Force
Base en route White House
5:00 pm Arr White House
Bush Library Photocopy
George Bush Handwriting
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
02. Schedule
The Trip of the President and Mrs. Bush to Kennebunkport,
05/90
(b)(7)(c), (b)(7)(e),
Maine, May 25-28, 1990 [redaction] (3 pp.)
(b)(7)(f)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Friday, May 25, 1990
Date Closed:
5/7/2010
OA/ID Number:
90548-007
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2009-0166-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
AND THE OF OF THE UNITED
THE TRIP OF
THE PRESIDENT
AND
MRS. BUSH
TO
KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE
May 25-28, 1990
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
THE WHITE HOUSE
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH
WASHINGTON
FOR
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH
KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE
FOR
MAY 25 - 28, 1990
KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE
MAY 25-28. 1990
GUEST AND STAFF INSTRUCTIONS:
EVENTS:
8:00 am Baggage Call. Please place
all unlocked baggage outside
No Events Scheduled
Room 89 1/2 OEOB at this time.
9:40 am
Vans depart West Basement en
DRESS:
route Andrews Air Force Base.
Men
Casual
9:40 am
Guests and Staff with own
Women
Casual
transportation and baggage,
should arrive Distinguished
Visitor's Lounge, Andrews Air
CONTACT:
Force Base for check-in.
Office of Presidential Advance
10:00 am Guests and Staff with own
John G. Keller, Jr.
- 202/456-7565
transportation and without
baggage should arrive
Trip Coordinator
Distinguished Visitor's
Lucy Muckerman
- 202/456-7565
Lounge, Andrews Air Force Base
for check-in.
Kennebunkport, Maine Signal
- 202/395-1544
- 207/967-5200
10:30 am
THE PRESIDENT boards Marine One and departs White
ADVANCE:
House en route Andrews Air Force Base.
Dale Jenkins
- LEAD
Chris Molineaux
- PRESS
(b)(7)(c) (b)(7)(e).(b)(7)(f)
MARINE ONE MANIFEST:
Sean Byrne
- MIL. AIDE
Greg Dustin
- WHCA
THE PRESIDENT
Doyle Gage
- AFI
C. Neblett
Rob Creamer
- HMX
S. Neblett
A. Card
R. Gates
WEATHER:
T. McBride
Doctor
Partly Cloudy, Mid 50's
Mil. Aide
(b)(7)(e)
:40
THE PRESIDENT arrives Andrews Air Force Base and
Nighthawk III
proceeds to board Air Force One.
Marvin Bush - Marshall Bush
Margaret Bush - Walker Bush
A. Card
10:45 an
THE PRESIDENT departs Andrews Air Force Base en
R. Gates
route Pease Air Force Base.
J. Cicconi
S. Rogich
(Flying Time: 1 Hour 15 Minutes)
M. Fitzwater
(Interchange: No)
D. Valdez
(Time Change: None)
L. Casey
(Food Service: Beverages)
Nighthawk IV (To Biddeford Airport)
THE PRESIDENT arrives Pease Air Force Base and
J. Herrick
12:00 pm
proceeds to board Marine One.
15 Press
1 WHCA A/V
2 WHTV
(b)(7)(e)
12:05 pm
THE PRESIDENT boards Marine One and departs Pease
WHCA c/o
Air Force Base en route Walker's Point Landing
D. Edwards
Zone, Kennebunkport, Maine.
D. Jenkins
(Flying Time: 25 Minutes)
HELICOPTER MANIFEST:
Marine One
THE PRESIDENT
C. Neblett
GUEST AND STAFF INSTRUCTIONS:
S. Neblett
S. Skinner
Upon arrival at Walker's Point or
H. Skinner
Biddeford, Guests and Staff will be
T. McBride
driven to Nonantum Portside Resort.
Doctor Lee
Mil. Aide
Upon arrival at Nonantum Portside
Resort, Guests and Staff should
(b)(7)(e)
proceed to Front Desk for ROOM and
Key Assignments.
Nighthawk II
WHCA T/O
Dr. Bacon
(b)(7)(e)
12:30 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Walker's Point Landing Zone
and proceeds to Residence for RON.
Page Two
FRIDAY: GOLF w/: SONNY HUTCHINS (of K PBR
Page Three
SECT. SKINNER
KEN CAPE
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
SATURDAY:
GOLF w/ KEN RAYNOR
turday, May 26, 1990
WILLARD" SPIKE HEMINWAY
No Scheduled Events
SECT. SKINNER
HELICOPTER MANIFEST:
RON Kennebunkport, Maine
Marine One
SANDAY GOLF: SAME
THE PRESIDENT
nday. May 27, 1990
Mrs. Bush
C. Neblett
No Scheduled Events
MONDAY GOLF: SAME
S. Neblett
S. Skinner
RON Kennebunkport, Maine
H. Skinner
Doctor Lee
Mil. Aide
nday. May 28, 1990
(SEE MOVEMENT LOGS)
(b)(7)(e)
Nighthawk II
GUEST AND STAFF INSTRUCTIONS:
WHCA T/O
Dr. Bacon
12:00 pm Baggage Call. Please place
all unlocked baggage outside
(b)(7)(e)
your door at this time.
2:25 pm
Guests and Staff manifested on
Nighthawk III
Nighthawk IV should board vans
Marvin Bush - Marshall Bush
at Nonantum for transport to
Biddeford Airport Landing Zone.
Margaret Bush - Walker Bush
T. McBride
R. Gates
2:45 pm
Guests and Staff manifested on
7 Cicconi D. MURRAY
Marine one, Nighthawk II, and
Nighthawk III, should board
Regish
ANNLEE
M Fitowater S. HART
vans at Nonantum for transport
D. Valdez
to Walker's Point Landing zone.
L. Casey
P. Swift
2:55 pm Nighthawk IV departs Biddeford
Airport Landing Zone en route
Pease Air Force Base.
Nighthawk IV (From Biddeford Airport)
J. Herrick
15 Press
:55 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush board Marine One and
1 WHCA A/V
2 WHTV
depart Walker's Point Landing Zone en route Pease
Air Force Base.
(h)(7)(e)
1 WHCA C/O
D. Edwards
D. Jenkins
M. Lukens
3:20 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush arrive Pease Air Force
Base and proceed to board Air Force One.
3:25 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush depart Pease Air Force
Base en route Andrews Air Force Base.
(Flying Time: 1 Hour 20 Minutes)
(Interchange: No)
(Time Change: None)
(Food Service: Snacks and Beverages)
4:45 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush arrive Andrews Air
Force Base and proceed to board Marine One.
4:50 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush board Marine One and
depart Andrews Air Force Base en route White
House.
MARINE ONE MANIFEST:
THE PRESIDENT
Mrs. Bush
c. Neblett
S. Neblett
M. BUSH
Rr-Sates
T. McBride
Doctor
Mil. Aide
(b)(7)(e)
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
(Flying Time: 10 Minutes)
5:00 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush arrive White House.
Page Six
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
MAY 25th
. 19. 90
PRESIDENT BUSH
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
8:51 AM
8:58
SENATOR JOHN H. CHAFEE
PROVIDENCE, RI
XNE
XRM
401-276-7422
TLKD-OK 8:56 A.M.
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
9:44 AM
MR. FREDERICO MORENO
NOT ON THIS CRUISE
CRUISE SHIP
SHIP, WAS ON CRUISE
INC
011-871-113-0471
XRM
SHIP 2 WEEKS PRIOR.
OUT
AM
TOLD MR. TIMOTHY (TIM)
McBRIDE 9:50 A.M.
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
03. Log
White House Telephone Log [Signal Switchboard] [redaction
05/25/90
(b)(6)
of personal information] (1 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Friday, May 25, 1990
Date Closed:
5/7/2010
OA/ID Number:
90548-007
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2009-0166-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
SIGNAL SWITCHBOARD
May 25 90
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
9:14 AM
9:40
Conference Call:
Tlkd-ok
President Violetta Chamorro
9:34 AM
(b)(6)
INC
PM
OUT
AM
Mr. David A. Pacelli
White House Situation Room
INC
PM
White House Signal 2-2264
OUT
AM
Ms. Stephanie Van Reigersberg
Office, Washington, D.C.
INC
PM
647-2800
OUT
9:19 AM
10:13
Conference Call:
Tlkd-ok
President Guillermo Endara
10:09 AM
via Autovon
INC
PM
(b)(6)
OUT
AM
Mr. Corneilius O'Leary
White House Situation Room
INC
PM
White House Signal 2-2264
OUT
AM
Ms. Stephanie Van Reigersberg
Office, Washington, D.C.
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
INC
PM
647-2800
OUT
11:04 AM
11:07
Mr. Kenneth R. Raynor
Tlkd-ok
Office, Cape Arundel Golf Club
11:06 AM
Kennebunkport, Maine
via Secure Satellite
INC
PM
207-967-3494
OUT
AM
Mr. Kenneth R. Raynor
Tlkd-ok
Office, Cape Arundel Golf Club
1:43 PM
Kennebunkport, Maine
INC
1:41 PM
1:45
207-967-3494
OUT
AM
Mr. Timothy McBride
Tlkd-ok
Office, Walker's Point
2:21 PM
Kennebunkport, Maine
INC
2:21 PM
2:22
Kennebunkport Signal x351
OUT
AM
General John Hutton
Tlkd with
Office, Madigan Army Medical Center
Mr. McBride
Fort Lewis, Washington
5:21 PM
INC
5:17 PM
206-967-6921
OUT
AM
Mr. Timothy McBride
Tlkd-ok
En route Walker's Point
9:17 PM
Kennebunkport, Maine
via Cellular Phone
INC
9:15 PM
9:18
301-520-3942
PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS
Washington, D.C.
LOCATION
Kennebunkport, Maine
DATE 25 May 1990
TIME
MOVEMENTS
0657
Oval Office
0918
Roosevelt Room
0923
Oval Office
1027
South Grounds
1030
Depart South Grounds via Marine One
1040
Arrive Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
1053
Depart Andrews Air Force Base via Air Force One
1153
Arrive Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire
1207
Depart Pease Air Force Base via Marine One
1228
Arrive Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, Maine
1443
Depart Walker's Point via Motorcade
(Low Key)
1456
Arrive Cape Arundel Golf Club
(Low Key)
1758
Depart Cape Arundel Golf Club via Motorcade
(Low Key)
1811
Arrive Walker's Point
(Low Key)
WHCA FORM 15, OCTOBER 15, 1980
News Summary
OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1990 -- 6:00 A.M. EDT EDITION
TODAY'S HEADLINES
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
CONGRESS COMPLETES PANAMA-NICARAGUA AID MEASURE -- Congress,
anxious to leave town for a Memorial Day recess, wrapped up work
early Friday on a $4 billion spending bill including aid President
Bush has urgently sought for new democratic governments in Panama
and Nicaragua.
(AP)
CHINA TRADE DECISION PUTS BUSH, CONGRESS ON CRASH COURSE -- A
congressiona alliance of Democrats and Republicans, angry about
China's human rights record, has vowed to thwart President Bush's
decision to continue normal trade ties with Beijing.
(Los Angeles Times, Newsday, New York Daily News, UPI, Copley,
Reuter Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Washington Post)
KHMER ROUGE ACCEPTS THAI CEASE-FIRE PLAN -- The Chinese-backed
Khmer Rouge resistance group has agreed to a Thai cease-fire plan
to be signed in Tokyo next month, Deputy Prime Minister Gen.
Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said Friday.
(AP)
NATIONAL NEWS
KEMP REJECTS INCREASING TAXES, SAYS IT WOULD HURT ECONOMY --
Secretary Kemp broke ranks with the Bush Administration Thursday,
insisting that the federal budget deficit "is not ballooning" and
that any attempt to reduce it by raising taxes will hurt, not help,
the economy.
(Washington Post)
NETWORK NEWS (Thursday Evening)
POLL -- President Bush
INTERNATIONAL NEWS A-1
continues to get high marks
from American voters.
NATIONAL NEWS
A-14
CHINA -- President Bush said he
NETWORK NEWS
B-1
will continue MFN status with
the government of China.
EDITORIALS
C-1
CAMBODIA President Bush said
he is reviewing U.S. policy
towards Cambodia.
This Summary is prepared Monday through Friday by the White House News Summary Staff.
For complete stories or information, please call 456-2950.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
CONGRESS COMPLETES PANAMA-NICARAGUA AID MEASURE
Congress, anxious to leave town for a Memorial Day recess,
wrapped up work early Friday on a $4 billion spending bill
including aid President Bush has urgently sought for new democratic
governments in Panama and Nicaragua.
The House approved the measure on a 308 to 108 vote and the
Senate followed suit with a voice vote shortly after midnight.
That sent the bill to President Bush, who was expected to sign it
into law quickly.
(Jim Drinkard, AP)
SHLAUDEMAN APPROVED AS AMBASSADOR TO NICARAGUA
The Senate early Friday approved the nomination of veteran
diplomat and Latin America expert Harry Shlaudeman as ambassador
to the Nicaraguan government of President Chamorro.
The Senate acted on the nomination minutes after completing
congressional action on a bill containing $300 million in aid for
Nicaragua.
(Reuter)
PRESIDENT URGES RENEWAL OF TRADE STATUS FOR CHINA
President Bush recommended renewal of Most Favored Nation
trading status for China Thursday but said the Soviet crackdown on
Lithuania would make it "extraordinarily difficult" to justify
giving the same trade status to the Soviet Union.
One week before his summit here with President Gorbachev, Bush
noted that the Supreme Soviet has not yet passed legislation that
would codify its recent emigration reforms into law, a prerequisite
of granting MFN status
Bush suggested that passage of the Soviet emigration law is
not the only reason for the delay. "I think there's a political
climate in this country that would make it extraordinarily
difficult to grant it," Bush said, "but that is not a bridge we're
having to cross at this juncture." He added that once the Soviet
law is passed, "Let's hope there's some progress on the Lithuanian
question, because I think many think there's a direct linkage
there. And I must say, it concerns me.'
Meanwhile, seven conservative senators, led by Sen. Helms,
sent a letter to Bush raising "profound concerns" about the results
of Secretary Baker's negotiations on strategic arms last week
Bush
said he made the decision to grant the trade status to
Beijing even though he considered China's human rights record "far
from adequate.
"I don't think this is a reward to Beijing,"
Bush told a White House news conference.
(David Hoffman & Lena Sun, Washington Post, A1)
White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-2
Bush Extends Favorable Trade Status For China
President Bush, saying economic moves against Beijing would
hurt American business and the Chinese people, announced Thursday
that he would renew most-favored-nation trading status for China
despite its anti-democracy crackdown.
The announcement
came less than two weeks before the first
anniversary of the June 4 massacre in Tiananmen Square
"This was a difficult decision, weighing our impulse to lash
out in outrage that we all feel against a sober assessment of our
nation's long-term interests," Bush told a news conference. "I
concluded that it is in our best interest, and in the interest of
the Chinese people to continue China's trade status.
"Not to do so would hurt the United States," he said.
In Beijing, the official Xinhua news agency offered no
official comment from the government but the news agency belittled
the campaign in the U.S. to derail China's most-favored-nation
status on human rights grounds.
Democrats and some Republicans in Congress vowed to overturn
his decision
Sen. Mitchell called the President's decision
"profoundly wrong," and promised, "We're going to do everything we
can to prevent it from taking effect."
(Lori Santos, UPI)
China Trade Decision Puts Bush, Congress On Crash Course
A congressional alliance of Democrats and Republicans, angry
about China's human rights record, has vowed to thwart President
Bush's decision to continue normal trade ties with Beijing.
Lawmakers planned to introduce measures to reverse Bush's
decision, despite his claims that it would advance the interests
of both the Chinese and American peoples
"Sought-after trade concessions should not be given to the
butchers of Beijing," Sen. D'Amato declared
But Rep. Rostenkowski said that while the behavior of the
Chinese leaders made the decision difficult, he would go along with
Bush. "I will support the President's decision on this difficult
matter in the hopes that the people of China will see their lives
improved through this action," he said. (Kenneth Barry, Reuter)
China/MFN
President Bush renewed China's most-favored-nation trade
status Thursday, triggering outcries from Democrats and Republicans
alike on Capitol Hill and setting the stage for a major
confrontation with Congress over U.S. policy toward the repressive
Beijing government
"I don't think this is a reward to Beijing," Bush said at a
White House news conference. "I think it is very important to keep
these commercial contacts
It is the basis of everyday trade.
Speaker Foley predicted Congress would adopt a resolution
disapproving of Bush's action
Asked
about
prospects
of
overriding a veto of the resolution, Foley pointed to last year's
House vote overwhelmingly rejecting Bush's veto of legislation to
protect Chinese students in the U.S. from being forced to return
home
Sen. D'Amato
said he could not support Bush now on the
trade issue and predicted other Republicans would join him in
overriding a possible Bush veto.
(Gaylord Shaw, Newsday)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-3
Bush Announces Decision To Grant China One-Year Extension of MFN
Status
President Bush, expressing irritation with congressional
critics of his China policy, announced Thursday that he would grant
Beijing a one-year extension of its preferential trading status.
Making the long-expected announcement at a White House news
conference, the President said the decision to renew China's MFN
trade designation should not be interpreted as a sign that the
Administration is unconcerned about the bloody military repression
of the pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square nearly a year
ago. "This was a difficult decision, weighing our impulse to lash
out in outrage that we all feel against a sober assessment
of our
nation's long-term interest," said Bush
Sens. Dixon and D'Amato reacted to Bush's decision by
announcing that they would introduce a Senate resolution of
disapproval to block MFN renewal for China
"The renewal of
most-favored-nation status would be interpreted as support for
a brutal and murderous regime,' " said Dixon. "This is simply
inconsistent with the American spirit."
Speaker Foley criticized Bush for failing to link MFN renewal
to specific improvements in China's human rights policies and
warned that Bush faces a possible defeat in Congress on the issue.
(Finlay Lewis, Copley)
Bush To Give Trade Status
President Bush Thursday provoked congressional outrage by
announcing he will renew special trade benefits for China despite
its anti-democracy crackdown. But Bush said he will deny the same
benefits to the Soviet Union
Sen. D'Amato called Bush's move a "short-sighted accommodation
with a blood-stained and discredited regime, and said he will co-
sponsor a resolution to prevent renewal. [And] Sen. Moynihan said
it was a "profound mistake that will send a hideously wrong message
to the world.'
At a news conference, Bush "vented a little spleen" over
charges by foes that he was doing a "favor" for China. He said
refusing to extend the most-favored-nation status would have hurt
the Chinese people as well as American consumers and businesses.
(Maureen Santini, New York Daily News, 11)
China Trade Status Renewed By Bush
President Bush announced Thursday that he is extending China's
most-favored-nation trade benefits without conditions. He said
that acting otherwise would hurt American business, workers and
consumers, and he saluted China's "modest steps" to ease human
rights restrictions.
While the President's decision had been anticipated, it set
off a round of criticism from Republicans and Democrats. A
resolution that would counter the President's move and take away
the special status immediately was introduced in the Senate.
Sen. Mitchell said that he would "aggressively and vigorously"
try to block Bush's action. "I think he faces some very severe
problems here," added Speaker Foley. As of Thursday, Foley said,
Bush lacked the votes needed to sustain a veto of the resolution
in the House.
(James Gerstenzang, Los Angeles Times, A1)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-4
Democrats Hammer Bush On China
Democratic congressional leaders bitterly denounced President
Bush Thursday for renewing China's lucrative trade preference
without strings despite China's continuing human rights violations.
"It is inconsistent with American values, it is contrary to
American interests, and it is profoundly wrong," Sen. Mitchell said
in perhaps his harshest criticism ever of the President
"Having made concession after concession, the President wants
to make more concessions," Mitchell said as he called Bush's entire
China policy "a complete failure" and vowed to do what he could to
derail the extension.
(Frank Murray & Chris Harvey, Washington Times, A1)
BEIJING LINKED ENTIRE RANGE OF TIES
WITH BUSH DECISION ON TRADE STATUS
BEIJING -- China has made clear that President Bush's decision
on trade relations would have bearing on political and cultural
ties.
Chinese officials did not immediately comment on Bush's
announcement Thursday extending China's MFN status for one year
But the official Xinhua news agency said, "A small number of
Americans, under the pretext of so-called human rights, opposed the
renewal of China's MFN status. Their arguments have been strongly
rejected by the majority of American people, who cherish the long-
term interests of relations between the two countries.
In recent days, China indicated that raising tariffs on its
goods would lead not just to higher duties on U.S. products and a
sharp drop in trade, but diminished political and cultural contacts
as well.
(Kathy Wilhelm, AP)
CHINA/FOREIGN RELATIONS
BEIJING -- The Chinese government has recently been sending
subtle messages of regret for its violent suppression of last
year's pro-democracy demonstrations. The messages have been
intended, at least in part, to quiet critics in the U.S. Congress
who opposed Thursday's renewal of China's MFN trade status in the
wake of June's massacre, diplomats here say.
In a meeting this week with Helmut Schmidt, the former West
German chancellor, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping admitted "mistakes
were made, and that the leadership deserves much of the blame for
the pro-democracy movement that ended with the military opening
fire on civilians last year.
Also, during the past several weeks, Communist Party chief
Jiang Zemin has appeared on U.S. and Japanese television, saying
that demonstrations are better cleared with non-lethal force, that
the purge of student leaders was over and that no criminal charges
would be filed against his predecessor, Zhao Ziyang, who was
ousted
"These aren't apologies nor concessions," a European diplomat
said. "They aren't saying that Zhao was right or that the students
were right. But they are softening a bit, giving their friends
something to hang their hat on."
(Jim Mulvaney, Newsday)
White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-5
U.S.-CHINA FRICTION HURTS JAPAN, LDP OFFICIAL FEARS
A key leader of Japan's ruling LDP has warned that Japan is
seriously concerned it will suffer from continued confrontation
between the U.S. and China over the Tiananmen Square crackdown last
June.
"A continuing antagonism between China and the United States
will naturally bear heavy consequences for Japan," said Michio
Watanabe after a meeting Wednesday with President Bush
"It would be better for all concerned if the United States
does not clamp down further on the Chinese government," Watanabe
added.
(Gus Constantine, Washington Times, A11)
BUSH PRAISED FOR RENEWING CHINA'S FAVORED TRADE STATUS
TORONTO -- The governor of Hong Kong said Thursday the British
crown colony would have lost $10 billion in trade if President Bush
had not renewed China's most-favorable-nation trading status.
Sir David Wilson said Bush's move will bolster Hong Kong's
bright economic future even as it prepares for Chinese rule in
1997. "It certainly bodes well for Hong Kong and for south China,
which is the most developed and developing section of China,"
Wilson told 1,000 businessmen at a luncheon meeting. "I was
pleased that he did that. It is something which has a very marked
effect on us in Hong Kong."
(B.J. Del Conte, UPI)
CHINA TRADE DECISION BOON FOR TOY, CLOTHES IMPORTERS
NEW YORK -- President Bush's one-year extension of favorable
trading status to China assures no supply disruption or price jumps
in imports ranging from cashmere sweaters to teddy bears to
portable hair driers, business people said Thursday.
Moreover, the decision means China won't retaliate by turning
elsewhere for some of the most important U.S. exports, including
grain, fertilizer, aircraft, cotton and machinery.
"We felt that in the interest of keeping trade lines open and
allowing U.S. farm products to flow into China, it was critical
that this be extended," said Jack King, spokesman for the American
Farm Bureau Federation.
(Rick Gladstone, Washington Post, F3)
BAKER CONCESSION IGNORES STAND ON SOVIET BOMBER
Secretary Baker reversed a long-standing U.S. arms control
position in recent negotiations with the Soviet Union by proposing
that nuclear-armed Backfire bombers not be counted as strategic
weapons under the pending START treaty, according to Bush
Administration officials.
It had been previously reported only that Baker was unable to
convince the Soviets that the bomber be limited under the treaty.
In exchange for Baker's proposal, which reverses a U.S.
negotiating demand dating back to 1992, Moscow would declare that
the Backfire is not capable of flying intercontinental missions.
But as recently as February, the Defense Intelligence Agency
in a report on Soviet forces said the Backfire has "an
intercontinental strike capacity when equipped with a refueling
probe."
(Bill Gertz, Washington Times, A3)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-6
BUSH LINKS BALTIC STATES, TRADE DEAL FOR MOSCOW
President Bush said Thursday the Soviet Union's handling of
independence movements in the Baltic states could cost Mikhail
Gorbachev U.S. trade benefits he wants to help resuscitate the
Soviet economy.
Linking the situation in Lithuania and "economic aspects of
this summit" for the first time, Bush told a news conference he was
not "encouraged about where it stands right now."
Asked about the chances the U.S. would grant most-favored-
nation trading status to the Soviet Union, a move once touted as
a major feature of next week's superpower summit, Bush said, "I
think there's a political climate in this country that would make
it extraordinarily difficult to grant it."
"Let's hope there's some progress on the Lithuanian question,
because I think many feel there's a direct linkage there," Bush
said. "And I must say, it concerns me."
(Lori Santos, UPI)
Bush Eager To 'Talk Frankly' At Summit
President Bush is spending the Memorial Day weekend in
Kennebunkport, Maine, boning up on the issues for his summit with
President Gorbachev next week.
"There's enormous problems that just need to be talked about,"
Bush told a White House news conference Thursday. But he hopes for
"significant progress" on such issues as cuts in long-range nuclear
weapons and signing a ban on chemical weapons.
Gorbachev is "a man with whom we can talk frankly," Bush told
the BBC Thursday.
(Johanna Neuman & Mimi Hall, USA Today, 1A)
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Bush withholding Normal Trade Ties From The
Soviets," by R.W. Apple, appears in The New York Times, page A1.
GORBACHEV SAID TO OFFER TO MEET LITHUANIAN GOAL
MOSCOW -- Mikhail Gorbachev, in an unexpected and major
attempt at reconciliation with Lithuania, assured its
representatives Thursday that their homeland could become
independent in two or three years with his blessing if it bows to
his demands now, Lithuanian sources said.
In a hastily arranged private meeting in the Kremlin, the
Soviet president offered to lift punishing sanctions against the
breakaway Baltic republic and open talks with its government if it
suspends the unilateral declaration of independence adopted in
March.
The Lithuanian news agency ELTA, in a dispatch from special
correspondent Balys Bucelis, reported: "Gorbachev said in
principle [that] he had nothing against Lithuania leaving the
U.S.S.R." A participant in the talks said they marked the start
of a "narrowing of differences" in the domestic political
crisis
Another journalist in Vilnius said he was informed by an
official present at the meeting that Gorbachev spoke of Lithuania
achieving independence in as little as two years.
(John-Thor Dahlburg, Los Angeles Times, A1)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-7
LITHUANIANS ENCOURAGED BY TALK WITH GORBACHEV
MOSCOW -- President Gorbachev told a delegation of Lithuanian
legislators Thursday that the breakaway Baltic republic could win
independence from the Soviet Union in two or three years if it
agrees to suspend its March 11 declaration of immediate secession.
"I came out of that meeting feeling we are getting closer to
compromise," said Lithuanian lawmaker Nikolai Medvedev after the
hour-long session at the Kremlin. "It was a friendly meeting, and
I left there feeling that we will all work this out as free
people." Medvedev said the four-member Lithuanian delegation
handed Gorbachev a copy of the Lithuanian parliament's latest
resolution offering to freeze some legislation passed after the
declaration of independence if Moscow agrees to negotiations on an
orderly transition to full sovereignty for the republic.
Gorbachev told the Lithuanians that he was aware of the
resolution, but he insisted on a freeze of the independence
declaration itself before any talks could begin.
(David Remnick, Washington Post, A1)
BALTIC STATES HOPE SUMMIT WILL REAFFIRM U.S. SUPPORT
VILNIUS -- The fine print on official U.S. maps denies this
is part of the Soviet Union, and when President Bush meets
President Gorbachev next week, many in the Baltic republics
want
him not to forget it
"We pin our hopes on the summit, in the sense that it will
spark real negotiations between Moscow and the Baltic republics,"
said Sarmite Elerte, chief of the information department of
Latvia's Parliament. (John-Thor Dahlburg, Los Angeles Times, A15)
WITH MOSCOW, U.S. IS TAKING A DIFFERNT LINE
President Bush made it clear Thursday that when it comes to
linking human rights to "most-favored-nation" trade benefits, his
Administration has two vastly different approaches: one for China
and another for the Soviet Union
This inconsistency is echoed throughout the top levels of the
Bush Administration. Last week, Secretary Baker suggested that the
Soviet Union would be disqualified from obtaining most-favored-
nation benefits if it uses "force or coercion" in Lithuania, Latvia
or Estonia. Of course, force and coercion are exactly what China
used against pro-democracy demonstrators a year ago.
(News analysis, Jim Mann, Los Angeles Times, A1)
SOVIETS SEEK AIR-TRAVEL PACT IN TIME FOR SUMMIT
Soviet officials, working to salvage a U.S.-Soviet aviation
agreement in time for next week's Bush-Gorbachev summit, will come
to Washington this weekened in an effort to negotiate the last
sticking point, U.S. sources said Thursday.
The problem involves the percentage of U.S. airline tickets
to be sold in rubles in the Soviet Union
"We have an agreement
that is 98 percent done," said a source involved in the
negotiations. But the unresolved economic problem is as important
as "the battery in a transistor radio. " There will be no agreement
without it, he said.
(Don Phillips, Washington Post, A23)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-8
YANKING OF EMIGRATION BILL STARTLES SOVIET LEGISLATORS
MOSCOW -- Soviet deputies expressed surprise Thursday at the
unexplained dropping, apparently by Kremlin leaders, of a liberal
emigration bill from the agenda of the Supreme Soviet -- despite
earlier assurances that it would be ready in time for next week's
superpower summit
Nikolai Fyodorov, the chairman of a subcommittee that reviews
new legislation, said that the decision to take the emigration law
off the agenda was taken behind closed doors by Kremlin leaders.
He described it as "undemocratic" and "unconstitutional."
Western diplomats here speculated that the abrupt withdrawal
of the bill could be linked to superpower maneuvering over
Lithuania's bid for independence. They said that Kremlin leaders
may have feared that Washington would hold the new trade agreement
hostage to an ending of the Soviet Union's economic embargo of
Lithuania.
(Michael Dobbs, Washington Post, A36)
GROUP ASKS FOR AN END TO NUCLEAR PRODUCTION
A group of distinguished American diplomats and scientists
asked President Bush and President Gorbachev Thursday to use the
forthcoming summit as an opportunity to halt the production of
nuclear materials used in weapons
In a letter to the two presidents, signed by seven Nobel
laureates, two former Cabinet secretaries and two former
directors of the CIA, the 54 signers said, "The window of
opportunity is fast closing" because the U.S
is now preparing
to restart the nuclear reactors
"Surely this unrelenting race
to produce yet more ingredients for nuclear weapons deserves
serious re-examination in light of the progress being made to end
the nuclear arms race," the letter stated.
(Jim Anderson, UPI)
BONN, MOSCOW IN TUG OF WAR OVER PRICE OF GERMAN UNIFICATION
BONN
Despite the confusing signals out of Moscow, Bonn's
leaders are supremely confident that the Soviets will eventually
approve unification of the two Germanys and its central sticking
point, German membership in NATO. The backbone of the German
confidence is an equally supreme willingness to pay for the Soviet
"yes."
"What we are seeing now are the birth pains of a new
relationship between Germany and the Soviet Union," a top West
German official said. "They know we are not willing to bring about
unification without Soviet consent. And we are prepared to accept
obligations in exchange for that consent."
Put more plainly, "The Russians are fishing for a price the
West will pay for NATO membership," said Josef Joffe, foreign
editor of the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, a Munich daily.
(Marc Fisher, Washiungton Post, A34)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-9
SOVIET DEPUTIES SEEK NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE OVER ECONOMIC PLAN
MOSCOW -- Radical legislators called Thursday for a vote of
no confidence in the government, declaring that the Kremlin's
latest economic reform package would fail to extricate the Soviet
Union from a deepening economic crisis.
Prime Minister Ryzhkov, in a two-hour televised address to the
Soviet legislature, said that citizens would receive full
compensation for up to 70 percent of the huge price rises forecast
under the government's plans. But he said there would be no
compensation for price rises on a number of luxury items, including
jewelry, liquor, tobacco and food delicacies.
The no-confidence motion was announced by Gennadi Filshin, a
representative of the Inter-Regional Group, a fledgling political
opposition. He described the government plan as a "camouflaged
attempt to double state retail prices while making no progress
toward a market."
(Michael Dobbs, Washington Post, A31)
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Soviet Economic Reforms Called Too LIttle, Too
Late," by Warren Strobel, appears in The Washington Times, page A8.
KHMER ROUGE ACCEPTS THAI CEASE-FIRE PLAN
BANGKOK -- The Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge resistance group has
agreed to a Thai cease-fire plan to be signed in Tokyo next month,
Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said Friday.
"Everything that Sihanouk has agreed to, the Khmer Rouge
has also agreed to," Chavalit said.
Diplomatic sources said Chavalit this month signed separate
but similar agreements with each of the factions for a cease-fire,
and each group has agreed not to use the cease-fire to expand its
territorial control.
(Vichai Phuphatana, UPI)
U.S. POLICY ON CAMBODIA REAFFIRMED
Khmer Rouge Role Disturbs President
After a high-level review, President Bush has reaffirmed U.S.
policy toward Cambodia as the "right track" despite criticism that
it indirectly aids the Khmer Rouge, Administration officials said
Thursday.
An official said Bush reaffirmed the policy at a May 10
National Security Council meeting that also touched on other
regional conflicts. "Everyone concurred that we are on the right
course" during the meeting attended by Secretary Baker and other
senior officials in addition to Bush, the official said.
Bush, in a news conference Thursday, called U.S. policy in
Cambodia "very complicated" and said that "to the degree it has any
effect to help them [the Khmer Rouge], yes, I am uncomfortable
about it." He added, however, that a diplomatic compromise has
track." been worked out and "at this juncture, I think we're on the right
Bush said, "We are reviewing the whole policy now. However,
a White House official said that, to his knowledge, no current
review is taking place. He said Bush apparently was referring to
the review that culminated in the May 10 NSC meeting.
(Don Oberdorfer, Washington Post, A28)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-10
CONGRESS PASSES BILL WITH ISRAELI HOUSING GUARANTEES
The Senate early Friday completed congressional action on a
bill containing $400 million in housing guarantees for Israel to
help it cope with a flood of Soviet immigrants.
In line with U.S. policy, the guarantees are not to be used
to support projects in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem.
(Reuter)
ISRAEL REJECTS PROPOSALS TO POST U.N. OBSERVERS IN TERRITORIES
JERUSALEM -- Israel said Thursday that it would defy any move
by the U.N. Security Council to post observers in the occupied West
Bank and Gaza Strip after an outbreak of violence set off by a mass
slaying of Palestinian workers by an Israeli gunman.
A U.S. pledge this week to consider such an observer mission
after Sunday's shooting, in which seven Palestinian workers from
the Gaza Strip were killed, has signaled a worsening of U.S.-
Israeli relations, Israeli government officials said.
Appearing on Israeli television Thursday night, acting Prime
Minister Shamir said, "I don't assume the Security Council would
decide" on such a step "since it would clearly know this decision
would not be implemented, as many other U.N. decisions against
Israel."
At a press conference earlier, Foreign Minister Arens said
Israel was counting on U.S. support at a special Security Council
meeting Friday in Geneva that was called to discuss the recent
violence in the occupied territories
Arens conceded that
coordination between the U.S. and Israel has "not been as close as
it had been in the past." (Jackson Diehl, Washington Post, A31)
ARAFAT TRIES TO EXPLOIT KILLINGS
The PLO is attempting to use Sunday's massacre of seven
Palestinians by a deranged Israeli and subsequent calls for a U.N.
peacekeeping force in the occupied territories to exploit
heightened U.S.-Israeli tensions.
PLO Chairman Arafat is expected to call Friday for a U.N.
force in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip when he
addresses a meeting of the U.N. Security Council in Geneva.
But senior PLO officials said Thursday that Arafat is willing
to settle for some form of U.N. visit to investigate ways of
protecting Palestinian lives, even though the U.S. has expressed
a willingness to consider a presence by the U.N.
"The important fact is that the Americans are willing to
discuss protection of the Palestinians," said a senior PLO
official, who asked that his name not be used. "The political
aspect of this is that it implies criticism of Israel, legally it
emphasizes that the territories are occupied. The important thing
is to get the Americans on board."
(James Dorsey, Washington Times, A1)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-11
LAWMAKERS BLAST REPORT BY STATE DEPT. ON PLO
House members Thursday criticized a State Department report
that the PLO has apparently complied so far with its 1988 pledge
to give up terrorism, calling it a "whitewash and a pack of lies."
"This report is a sham and a fraud and this Administration
ought to be ashamed of itself," said Rep. Lawrence Smith at a
hearing of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Europe and the
Middle East. "This is just a pack of lies."
Reps. Lantos and Gilman joined Smith in charging that Israel
was the victim of a "double standard" and of a "predictable orgy
of Israel-bashing" in the wake of the killing of seven Palestinian
laborers Sunday
President Bush called Thursday at his news conference for
Israeli restraint and said he was "troubled about the loss of human
life" in the territories. He added that the solution to the
region's problems is to get peace talks moving. "I will do
everything I can to get the talks for peace going," he said.
(Nora Boustany, Washington Post, A32)
CLERGY SAID TO MISUSE INDIA AID
NEW DELHI -- An audit by a U.S. accounting firm has turned up
evidence that some bishops, priests and nuns within India's Roman
Catholic Church could have "misused" millions of dollars worth of
U.S. government food donated to feed malnourished mothers and
children.
Indian Catholic officials have used short-weighing measuring
devices for distributing food, created false -lists of food
recipients, improperly used donations to support commercial
businesses, and deliberately concocted inaccurate records to hide
abuses, according to the report by Price Waterhouse, the accounting
firm asked to audit the food program by the U.S. Agency for
International Development
U.S. officials, who asked not to be identified, said that a
definitive judgment about whether Indian Catholic officials have
deliberately stolen large amounts of U.S. food was beyond the scope
of the Price Waterhouse audit, which ommitted the names of any
individuals involved. But they said the evidence uncovered by the
audit suggested to them that significant theft and corruption had
occurred.
(Steve Coll, Washington Post, A1)
U.S. LAUNCHES A NEW DRIVE AGAINST ILLICIT COCAINE LABS IN BOLIVIA
In an escalation of the drug war in South America, U.S. agents
have launched a new coordinated attack against a network of cocaine
laboratories in the Bolivian jungle, provoking threats of
retaliation against the American-led teams, U.S. officials said
Thursday.
The offensive, including night-time raids with inflatable
boats in alligator-infested rivers, targets new processing plants
believed responsible for one-fourth of Bolivia's burgeoning cocaine
production
"We're doing a lot of first-time things," said
David Westrate, director of operations for the DEA
The teams
so far have met with no resistance in their raids on seven
airstrips and three laboratories, Administration officials said.
(Douglas Jehl, Los Angeles Times, A6)
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CAR BOMB, ATTACK IN MEDELLIN LEAVE 5 DEAD AND 21 INJURED
BOGOTA -- Terrorist attacks three days before a presidential
election left at least five people dead, including two policemen,
and 21 injured Thursday in Medellin, according to authorities
The two policemen and two others were killed and 21 injured
when a car bomb exploded at 5:40 p.m. near the Intercontinental
Hotel on the southern edge of the city.
(Douglas Farah, Washington Post, A32)
MARION BARRY TRIAL TEST OF BUSH DRUG POLICY
BOGOTA -- In the eyes of many Colombians, President Bush will
be a co-defendant with Marion Barry when the Washington, D.C.,
mayor goes on trial next month on cocaine charges
In the view of Colombians, a failure to convict Barry would
raise more doubts about the sincerity of the U.S. anti-drug
effort
The case "creates a bad feeling in Colombia. Colombia wants
to look to the United States to fight against drug trafficking,"
said Liberal Party candidate Cesar Gaviria, the expected winner of
Sunday's presidential election. "Not one case of a kingpin being
tried is known. It is difficult to understand what is happening
with the mayor of Washington."
(Tom Harvey, UPI)
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT
TO PAY FOR NORIEGA'S DEFENSE COSTS BLOCKED
MIAMI -- A deal by the federal government to pay the legal
bills of deposed Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega collapsed
Thursday in court when a federal judge advised both sides that the
government is limited, by law, to paying a maximum of $75 an hour
in attorneys' fees
Under terms of Monday's agreement, the four defense lawyers
understood that they could collect between $200 and $300 an hour
in legal fees. Frank Rubino, lead defense lawyer, said the smaller
fee was "ludicrous."
(Laura Parker, Washington Post, A23)
MEXICO TO EXPAND MARKETS WITHOUT EXCLUDING LATIN AMERICA
BUENOS AIRES -- Mexican Foreign Minister Fernando Solanas said
Thursday that Mexico does not plan to join a trade bloc with the
U.S. and Canada.
"What exists now is a possibility of amplifying some trade
areas. It is not defined as an economic integration,' or trade
bloc, Solanas said in a news conference in Buenos Aires after
meeting with President Menem
"The intention of Mexico is to broaden markets without
excluding others," he said.
(UPI)
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GNP DISPUTED AS DEVELOPMENT INDEX
U.N. Program Charges Distortion of Economic Growth Strategies
Western governments and international aid organizations have
done a crude job of measuring world economic and social development
for decades, thus contributing to ineffective development
strategies, according to a U.N. report released Thursday
The report uses a "human development index" that measures
peoples' fundamental quality of life according to their life
expectancy, literacy and ability to buy basic goods
The study, called the Human Development Report 1990
found
that west and central Africa form the world's most desperate belt
of want, with eight of the 10 least developed countries. According
to the new measurements, the U.S. is the least developed of the
major Western industrial nations.
(James Rupert, Washington Post, A16)
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Gorbachev Making Commitments," by Ann Devroy,
appears in The Washington Post, page A36.
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NATIONAL NEWS
KEMP REJECTS INCREASING TAXES, SAYS IT WOULD HURT ECONOMY
Secretary Kemp broke ranks with the Bush Administration
Thursday, insisting that the federal budget deficit "is not
ballooning" and that any attempt to reduce it by raising taxes will
hurt, not help, the economy.
Kemp
said he supports the current budget summit as a way to
"reduce spending."
But he lamented that the negotiations between the White House
and congressional leaders have turned into a "tax summit. "If no
one else [in the Administration] will make the public case, I will.
The transcendent issue is economic growth. Cutting taxes, not
increasing taxes, is the route to economic growth," Kemp said.
Kemp's comments came as the budget group held its fourth
meeting on Capitol Hill
The session began as President Bush
praised the group's progress, but he suggested it is Congress, not
he, that caused the deficit problem. "I will point out that people
understand that Congress bears a greater responsibility for this,"
Bush said, adding, "But I'm not trying to assign blame
Those comments irked some Democrats who do not want to make
any proposals in the bargaining until Bush does.
(Ann Devroy, Washington Post, A1)
DEMOCRATS CHARGE THAT BUSH COMMENTS SOUR BUDGET TALKS
Democratic participants in the budget talks between the White
House and Congress charged Thursday that President Bush "soured"
the atmosphere by urging Congress to take a greater leadership
role
Before negotiators met, Bush told a White House news
conference he believes Congress must share responsibility for
proposing solutions to the deficit problem and disputed Democratic
charges of lax leadership on the issue
"I will point out that the Congress bears a greater
responsibility for this," Bush said. "But I'm not trying to assign
blame. That's why I'm doing it right now. That's why I'm saying
we're going to sit and talk."
Democrats were displeased with Bush's remarks but said they
were not discussed during the negotiations.
"It soured, I think, some of the attitude of the
negotiators when we're making a good faith effort to try to
grapple with this problem, to try to come up with solutions," said
Sen. Sasser
Rep. Panetta said Bush's comments make him "perhaps one of the
first presidents in recent history to say that the Congress has
greater power than the presidency in determining the course of the
economy, and I don't think anybody believes that.'
Rep. Gephardt said "the President is wrong if he believes the
budget is more the Congress's responsibility than his. It's a
shared responsibility."
(Bud Newman, UPI)
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Bush Upsets Democrats By Blaming Congress For Deficit
President Bush said Thursday that the Democratic-controlled
Congress bears a greater responsiblity than he does for reducing
the soaring federal deficit, touching off angry denials from
Democrats and renewed demands that Bush show greater leadership.
Bush reiterated that he will not address the American people
on the deficit until he can endorse a negotiated bipartisan
solution
"If I outlined the problem now, I'd rely on some of
the fact that the Congress appropriates all the money and raises
all the revenues," the President said. "That's their
obligation
People understand that the Congress bears a greater
responsibility for this.
Democrats instantly disagreed. Bush "should recommend what
he believes is needed now," Speaker Foley said minutes after the
President spoke.
(William Eaton, Los Angeles Times, A38)
Democrats Irate Over Bush Silence
President Bush ignited Democratic tempers in Congress Thursday
when he refused once again to address the public on the severity
of the deficit problem or to offer proposals to solve it.
Speaking at an impromptu White House news conference, Bush
said Congress bears the primary responsibility for dealing with
fiscal matters. He said he would not offer more detailed
descriptions of the causes for the swelling deficit or make public
any recommendations for a solution until after Administration and
congressional negotiators reached a budget agreement.
Democrats wasted little time attacking the President's
statement. "Sitting at Ronald Reagan's right hand, the President
learned how to duck, not how to lead,' said Rep. Obey, whose views
were widely echoed by Democrats in the House and Senate. "The
American people have learned more about the Soviet economy over the
past two days than they have about their own."
(Susan Rasky, New York Times, A13)
DEMOCRATS' DEFICIT CUTS DIG DEEPER THAN GOP'S
Capitol Hill Democrats meeting in the budget summit with the
White House want to cut the deficit by $600 billion over five
years, while a key Republican said $425 or $450 billion might be
more realistic.
The competing figures were given Thursday after summit
negotiators emerged from a three-hour closed-door meeting.
(Chris Harvey, Washington Times, A4)
PENTAGON TO AWAIT MISSILE SAFETY STUDY
The Department of Defense Thursday said it would not remove
short-range, nuclear-tipped missiles from strategic aircraft on war
"alert" before the Air Force completes a special study on the
possibility that they might explode in an aircraft fire
DOD spokesman Pete Williams told reporters at the Pentagon
that the SRAM-A "meets all our current safety standards" and "it
would be unwise and premature to predict the outcome of that study
and to make any decisions now before it's done" later this
summer.
(R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post, A23)
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USS IOWA PROBE REVIVED; TEST BACKS ACCIDENT THEORY
The Navy Thursday suspended all live firings of the massive
16-inch guns on its four World War II-vintage battleships after new
testing showed that an accidental explosion could have caused the
turret blast that killed 47 sailors aboard the USS Iowa in April
1989. The finding caught top Navy officials by surprise and
prompted Navy Secretary Garrett to reopen the official
investigation into the disaster
The testing Thursday was conducted after Sen. Nunn made a
strongly worded appeal May 14 to Admiral Carlisle A.H. Trost, chief
of naval operations, citing results of laboratory tests by Sandia
National Laboratories in Albuquerque indicating that a "high-speed
overram" could lead to accidental ignition of the powder charges
used in the 16-inch guns
The Navy confirmed Sandia's theory
yesterday at the Naval Surface Weapons Center in Dahlgren, Va.
(Patrick Tyler, Washington Post, A1)
GOP DUSTS OFF SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS
Supply-side economics -- the Reagan-era notion that government
tax revenue will go up when tax rates go down -- is trying to stage
a comeback, even in this era of $150 billion federal deficits.
Thursday, House Republicans released a study that contended
that a Democratic proposal to raise marginal income tax rates to
33 percent for the 600,000 richest Americans would slow economic
growth, mean 377,000 fewer jobs and lower the take-home pay of the
average taxpayer.
"Those who hope to redistribute income to the poor by
increasing tax progressivity may actually harm intended
beneficiaries. In this case, average taxpayers end up worse off
by over $500,' said a study by the Institute for Policy Innovation,
a Lewisville, Tex. foundation chaired by Rep. Armey.
(Steven Mufson, Washington Post, F1)
REVISED FIGURES SHOW ECONOMY IS STILL SLUGGISH
Deflating a recent impression that the economy was chugging
along quite nicely, the Commerce Department reported Thursday that
the sluggish economic growth that had set in last September had
continued through the first quarter.
In its second estimate of the quarter's economic growth, the
Commerce Department said the GNP had expanded at an annual rate
of only 1.3 percent from January through March and not, as
estimated last month, at a healthy 2.1 percent.
(Lousi Uchitelle, New York Times, A1)
SEC LINKS SLIDE OF STOCKS ON OCT. 13, FUTURES DEALS
The mini-stock market crash of Friday, Oct. 13, 1989, which
drove the Dow Jones industrial average down 191 points in 90
minutes, was fueled by the combined selling of program traders in
New York and futures speculators in Chicago, the SEC said Thursday.
The SEC, which has criticized Chicago's low margin levels
before, warned that the turbulence seen in October could return.
(Stan Hinden, Washington Post, F1)
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SULLIVAN SEEKING BAN ON CIGARETTE MACHINES
$1.23 Billion In Illegal Sales To Youths Cited
Citing the "moral outrage" of the estimated $1.23 billion
worth of cigarettes illegally sold to children every year,
Secretary Sullivan Thursday called for a ban on cigarette vending
machines, the licensing of tobacco retailers, and tougher
enforcement of laws prohibiting tobacco purchase by minors.
"We have found it convenient to look the other way as
cigarettes are openly sold to our nation's youth, Sullivan said,
adding that as long as children begin smoking and "become addicted
before they can make a mature judgment, we will never succeed in
achieving a smoke-free society."
Sullivan's comments, which came before the Senate Finance
Committee drew immediate criticism from industry groups, which
said vending machines contribute little to the problem of underage
smoking. And his legislative proposals were attacked by some
members of Congress as inadequate and contradicted by other Bush
Administration policies.
"A much stronger effort is required to achieve adequate
enforcement, Sen. Kennedy said. "But Secretary Sullivan's half-
hearted pan to reach this goal is certain to be ineffective."
(Malcolm Gladwell & Anne Swardson, Washington Post, A3)
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Most States Shrug Off Cigarette Sales To Kids,"
by Karen Goldberg, appears in The Washington Times, page A6.
SENATE VOTES TO PROTECT RETARDED FROM EXECUTION
The Senate voted Thursday to forbid federal courts from
imposing capital punishment against the mentally retarded as it
moved toward approval of a major expansion of death penalty
provisions in federal law.
While agreeing to protect the retarded, the Senate approved
major new restrictions on appeals by death row inmates and it
turned back an attempt to prohibit capital punishment in cases in
which there is evidence that race was a factor in sentencing. It
also voted to lower from 18 to 17 the minimum age at which a
defendant can be sentenced to death.
(Helen Dewar, Washington Post, A7)
HOUSE DEMOCRATS ASSAIL JUSTICE AGENCY
OVER SENTENCING FOR CORPORATE CRIME
Democrats on a House Judiciary subcommittee challenged the
Justice Department's explanation of why the agency rescinded its
longstanding support for proposed tough new guidelines governing
criminal sentencing of corporations.
During the sometimes contentious questioning, the
subcommittee's chairman, Rep. Schumer, suggested that, in fact,
Attorney General Thornburgh ordered the endorsement withdrawn
because business lobbyists, who vehemently oppose the guidelines
as being too strict, had pressured the White House to intervene
But a White House spokesman said Thursday that "It's simply not
true" that the White House requested any changes in the sentencing
guidelines. "The charge is groundless."
(Paul Barrett, Wall Street Journal, A18)
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BUSH VETOES AMTRAK AUTHORIZATION BILL
President Bush vetoed Thursday legislation to increase federal
money for Amtrak, saying "an unprecedented new regulatory
requirement represents a step backward for the entire railroad
industry."
In a letter to Congress, Bush said the proposed provision that
would tighten the regulation of takeovers of freight railroads by
non-railroad entities represents an "unwarranted roadblock to
financial restructuring."
"There is already adequate authority to protect the public
interest in acquisition situations," said Bush
The House, which passed the bill 322 to 93, is expected to be
able to muster the necessary two-thirds vote for a veto override.
But it is uncertain if the Senate will be able to do SO.
(UPI)
FAA REBUKED FOR REMOVING CONTROLLERS
Discrimination Cited On Insulin-Dependent
The FAA came under congressional fire Thursday for removing
air traffic controllers who are dependent on insulin from their
jobs.
"That's discrimination,' said Rep. Gerry Sikorski at a House
civil service subcommittee hearing.
"That's discrimination in favor of safety, sir," said Dr.
William Hark, manager of the FAA's medical specialties division.
Sikorski accused the FAA of disqualifying controllers based
on fear, rumors and a false report that a. controller had been
incapacitated by diabetes and found lying on the floor of his
control tower.
(Judith Havemann, Washington Post, A19)
U.S. FACES $150 BILLION IN TOXIC CLEANUP COSTS
Every Large Agency Involved, CBO Says
The federal government owns or is responsible for thousands
of facilities and sites contaminated by toxic wastes and faces
long-term cleanup costs of more than $150 million, the
Congressional Budget Office said in a report released Thursday.
In addition to the well-documented environmental liabilities
at the Energy Department's nuclear weapons manufacturing plants,
the report said nearly every large government agency owns sites
that it is legally responsible for cleaning up
At some facilities, such as portions of the Energy Department
complex at Hanford, Wash., radioactive contamination is so
extensive that "complete cleanup may technically and economically
unfeasible," the report said.
(Thomas Lippman, Washington Post, A19)
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DEM CHAIRMAN SAYS AILES CONNECTED WITH HORTON ADS
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Democratic state chairman James Ruvolo said
Thursday he will ask the FEC to investigate the connection between
Republican political consultant Roger Ailes and the notorious
"Willie Horton" campaign ads of the 1988 presidential campaign.
Ruvolo told reporters he has proof of an illegal connection
between Ailes and a Bush-Quayle political action committee that
produced television advertisements featuring furloughed murderer
Willie Horton.
Ruvolo, who planned to file his complaint Friday with the FEC,
said the ads were racist, and noted that Ailes is now working for
Republican gubernatorial nominee George Voinovich.
(Lee Leonard, UPI)
3 GOP NATIONAL COMMITTEES OUTSPEND DEMOCRATS, FEC SAYS
The three national Republican campaign committees raised $113
million over the first 15 months of this election cycle, more than
four times the $24 million contributed to rival Democratic
committees, according to FEC figures released Thursday.
In an effort to bolster its fund-raising image, the Democratic
National Committee, which reported $8.8 million in contributions
for the period, announced Thursday that it received another $3.6
million in so-called "soft money" donations from unions,
corporations and individuals through April. Soft money
contributions are not subject to federal regulation or included in
FEC reports.
"The FEC figures shortchange our success," said Michael
McCurry, DNC communications director
Mary Matalin, chief of staff at the RNC, said her committee,
which raised $43.2 million in the 15-month period, raised another
$11.6 million in soft money through April -- about 21 percent of
its total.
(Charles Babcock, Washington Post, A13)
EDITOR'S NOTES: "Profiteering In The Parks?" by John Lancaster,
appears in The Washington Post, page A19.
"Wife Of Aide Cut Down With Reagan Scoring Hits Against The Gun
Lobby," by Philip Shenon, appears in The New York Times, page A18.
"McFarlane Says Weinberger Libeled Him In Recent Book," by Roger
Cohen, appears in The New York Times, page A19.
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NETWORK NEWS
Thursday evening, May 24
POLL
NBC's Jane Pauley: President Bush continues to get high marks from
American voters in our latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Almost 3/4 [72 percent] approve of the job he's doing; [21 percent
disapprove.] And 2/3 [68 percent] say they have positive feelings
about him; [16 percent have negative feelings.] For Dan Quayle
it's a very different story. Only 29 percent have positive
feelings about the Vice President; [37 percent have negative
feelings.] And when asked who they would prefer as Bush's running
mate in 1992, Quayle or Secretary Baker, Baker is preferred almost
two-to-one [47 percent to 25 percent.]
Our poll also found that the President has lost a little
ground with American voters when it comes to handling the economy.
That's not surprising given the challenges he faces.
(NBC-11)
NBC's John Chancellor comments that the latest NBC News/Wall Street
Journal poll shows that voters not only think a tax increase is on
the way, most of them would not blame President Bush if taxes went
up. The public is divided on the merits of more taxes, but the
number of voters who say taxes should be raised has increased
significantly in the last month. My view is that the cost of the
S&L crisis is a factor in the public's new mood, and there's a new
mood among some senior Republicans. Sen. Dole and Rep. Michel have
been talking about raising additional revenue. Many people now
believe that something serious needs to be done about the deficit
and that nothing serious can be done without taxes being part of
the package. Spending cuts alone won't do the job. When the
President was asked today about his famous pledge, "Read my lips.
No new taxes," all he would say is, "Things are complicated out
there." The new poll makes them less complicated because it makes
raising taxes less dangerous politically.
Pauley: One more finding of our poll. Mikhail Gorbachev remains
highly popular with Americans. As next week's summit approaches,
59 percent give him positive marks. The poll was conducted last
weekend among 1,000 registered voters.
(NBC-12)
CHINA
ABC's Peter Jennings: President Bush announced today that he will
continue most-favored-nation trading status with the government of
China, which means that China, like America's other large trading
partners, will continue to benefit from the lowest possible trade
tariffs. There was pressure on the President not to do this, but
at a news conference this morning Mr. Bush said that punishing the
Chinese government for its anti-democratic behavior would hurt
American business, and that in his view economic contexts were the
best way to promote reform in China.
(ABC-2)
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Pauley: President Bush had to make what he called an agonizing
decision today -- punish the Chinese government or preserve the
jobs of its people, and American jobs. The issue, renewing China's
trade status as most-favored-nation. The President decided that
that was the way he had to go, just 11 days before the anniversary
of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
NBC's John Cochran: The images of Tiananmen Square and the
repression that followed aroused emotions in the U.S. President
Bush has always said he is not a very emotional person, and today
he emphasized that he tried to be calm and collected when he
decided to renew most-favored-nation trading status for China.
(President Bush: "And this was a difficult decision, weighing our
impulse to lash out in outrage that we all feel against a sober
assessment -- weighing that against a sober assessment of our
nation's long-term interests.")
If the U.S. were to take away most-favored-nation status from
China, that would result in new American tariffs on Chinese imports
like Barbie dolls. And the President said China would retaliate.
(President Bush: "China buys about $6 billion a year of American
aircraft and wheat and chemicals, lumber and other products. Lose
this market and we lost American jobs: aircraft workers in the
west, farmers in the great plains, high-tech employees in the
northeast."
Bush's decision was welcomed at an electronics firm which expects
to sell about $25 million in robotic parts to China this year.
(John Fuller, Foxboro Company: "By enabling us to continue to do
business in China with the Chinese they will be exposed to the
American economic system.")
In Congress today some Democrats and Republicans said Bush should
have punished China.
(Sen. D'Amato: "I don't want and think that we should be giving
comfort and support to the slavery, to the enslavement of Chinese
people.")
(Sen. Mitchell: "The answer is not more concessions. That doesn't
make sense. It does not serve American interests.")
(President Bush: "And what irks me is when some of the people up
on the Hill accuse me of being less interested than they are in
human rights."
But Bush is confident he has the votes in Congress to put down any
attempt to take away China's trading privileges.
(NBC-2)
CBS's Dan Rather: President Bush today renewed China's most-
favored-nation trade status, saying it was the best way to promote
the reforms for which the victims of Tiananmen Square gave their
lives. At the same time Mr. Bush indicated he will not grant that
same trade status to the Soviet Union, not at least now because of
human rights problems there. The China decision set off an uproar
in Congress which could overrule the President.
CBS's Lesley Stahl: The President's decision ran into an immediate
bombardment of criticism from Congress today, but the White House
is still betting that the reaction will not be as intense nor as
politically damaging as it was last year when he sent officials on
a secret mission to Beijing shortly after the massacre in Tiananmen
Square. Mr. Bush cited mainly economic reasons in defending his
decision to renew the special trade concessions for China.
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Stahl continues:
(President Bush: "Isolation is bad, and economic involvement is
good. And economic -- the whole fact that we've had economic
involvement I think has moved China more towards reform than if we
hadn't had it.")
The President claimed that Chinese intellectuals favor his
decision.
(President Bush: "Students in China, according to our ambassador,
want to see this MFN continue.")
But Chinese students in the U.S. were quick and harsh in
disagreeing. In a press release, they said the Goddess of
Democracy is weeping, and protested that the hard-liners in Beijing
will use the President's decision to consolidate their power.
(Shen Tong, Democracy for China Fund: "President Bush on the one
hand publicly says he will support the human rights struggle for
China, for our movement. On the other hand he constantly did a lot
of things against what he said publicly."
The White House may have miscalculated the depth of outrage in
Congress.
(Sen. Mitchell: "The President's repeated concessions to the
Chinese government have been met with intransigence. The answer
is not more concessions. That doesn't make sense.")
(Sen. D'Amato: "We'll trade with any killer, that we'll give any
pirate, any bandit, anyone on the altar of political expedience the
opportunity to do business with us.")
Congressional leaders predict that majorities in both Houses are
so incensed they'll vote to rescind the special trade status. But
officials here say that Mr. Bush took his action only after being
assured that Congress could not override a veto.
(CBS-2)
CAMBODIA
Jennings: Just one other note from the President's news
conference. Mr. Bush said he is reviewing U.S. policy towards
Cambodia. The U.S. provides aid to the non-communist coalition
that's been trying to overthrow the present Cambodian government.
When Mr. Bush was asked about reports that this has the side effect
of helping the murderous Khmer Rouge, also trying to overthrow that
government, he said, "I am uncomfortable about it and we are
reviewing the whole policy."
(ABC-4)
U.S.-SOVIET SUMMIT
Jennings: Having dealt with China at his news conference, the
President moved on to the much more complicated relationship the
U.S. has with the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in
Washington next Wednesday evening.
ABC's Brit Hume: With less than a week to go before the summit the
President suddenly seemed worried that people would expect too much
from him, perhaps because of the headway on a strategic arms deal
his Secretary of State brought back from Moscow last weekend.
(President Bush: "I don't want to over-promise, but I don't want
to act like I think it's just, you know, some kind of a dance out
there on this meeting. Because what we're going to talk about is
really substantive. We've got a lot of things that I think will
be seen properly as progress. But there's enormous problems that
just need to be talked about where I can't say there'll be an
answer.
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Hume continues: The President cited differences with the Soviets
over German unification and lack of progress on reducing both
sides' troops, tanks, and guns in Europe despite all the changes
there.
(President Bush: "I'll tell you what troubles me is that we're not
-- somebody asked the question here -- not further along on
conventional forces. And I think it does send a bad signal if the
Soviets look like they are refusing to go forward and don't want
to take full forces out of countries in accordance with previous
deals.")
The President was gloomy as well about breakaway Lithuania, where
continuing Soviet pressure has made a deal for increased U.S.-
Soviet trade politically impossible in this country.
(President Bush: "I can't tell you I'm encouraged about where it
stands right now. I have told you, told the American people, that
this Lithuanian situation does cause certain tensions.")
It's hard to know how seriously to take all this. With Mr. Bush
lowballing the expectations, it might not take much give from the
Soviets at the summit to create the appearance of major progress.
Remember how Mr. Bush stole the show from Gorbachev at Malta by
making unepected concessions.
(ABC-3)
LITHUANIA
Pauley: The latest on Lithuania's standoff with Moscow. Soviet
President Gorbachev hinted at a compromise today. He told a
Lithuanian politician that the republic could win independence in
two or three years if it suspends its declaration of independence.
The Lithuanian's response, "We'll think about it."
(NBC-4)
USS IOWA
Jennings: The U.S. Navy came as close as it ever has today to
admitting that it botched the investigation into what caused the
explosion oboard the USS Iowa last April, that it missed the truth.
What it said, the explosion was most likely caused deliberately by
gunners mate Clayton Hartwig, one of the 47 sailors to die. There
was widespread cynicism about the Navy's investigation from the
very beginning, about its methods and its conclusions all the way
down the line. Today following new tests the Navy says it will
reopen the case, which it had closed, and after an incident with
gunpowder today has ordered that no more of the big 16-inch guns
on any battleship be fired until further notice.
ABC's Bob Zelnick reports that until today the Navy had claimed its
strongest evidence that gunners mate Hartwig deliberately caused
the explosion was the discovery of the remains of a foreign
chemical device in the gun. But ABC News has learned that new
tests by the highly respected Sandia Weapons Laboratory found no
foriegn chemical substance. The tests, ordered by a skeptical
Senate Armed Services Committee, found only materials common
throughout the ship. The Navy said it had ruled out all causes
except for an intentional act. Sandia's scientists concluded it
could have been accidental. They were able to duplicate the
explosion using the Iowa's own gunpowder together with the ramming
device used to pack the powder in the gun. Sandia concluded that
friction caused by an overextended rammer could have caused the
blast.
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Zelnick continues: The Navy was conducting its own tests of the
accident theory today at the naval weapons station in Virginia,
when an unexplained ignition occurred in one of the powder bags.
It was a powder bag that exploded aboard the Iowa. And as a safety
precaution the Navy suspended the live firing of 16-inch guns on
all four battleships. Critics say the Navy owes Clayton Hartwig's
family an apology. The Senate Committee devastated the Navy's
technical case. Earlier, a House committee had all but destroyed
the Navy's psychological theory that Hartwig had been driven to
suicide by the collapse of his relationship with fellow Iowa sailor
Kendall Truitt. Veteran Pentagon observers could recall no similar
occasion when a major military investigation appeared to miss the
mark by so much.
(ABC-Lead)
Pauley: It was a startling turnaround today by the U.S. Navy.
More than a year after the deadly explosion aboard the battleship
Iowa and many months after concluding the blast was probably set
off intentionally, the Navy is reopening the investigation on
indications it could have been an accident.
(NBC-Lead)
Rather: The U.S. Navy was forced tonight to reopen the
investigation into last year's fatal explosion aboard the USS Iowa.
The Navy also ordered an immediate halt to firing the big guns
aboard all U.S. battleships. This is the first indication Navy
brass may be backing off its insistence that the Iowa blast was
deliberate and blaming it on one of the 47 sailors who died in the
explosion.
(CBS-Lead)
ISRAEL
Jennings: There is new tension today in the relationship between
the U.S. and Israel. It grows out of the violence last weekend.
Seven Palestinians were murdered and then others who were
demonstrating were killed and several hundred were wounded. Now
the State Department has indicated that U.N. observers might be
useful in the occupied territories. Israel strongly disagrees.
ABC's Dean Reynolds reports that the continuing violence is what
moved the Bush Administration to say it would consider supporting
the use of a U.N. observer team in the occupied territories. The
Palestinians continue to be killed and wounded despite Israel's
assurances that its military is acting with utmost restraint. But
Israel is dead-set against U.N. observers in what it regards as its
own backyard.
(Foreign Minister Moshe Arens: "No, Israel would not accept U.N.
observers on territory under Israeli control. Those people who
incite the violence in the area and engage in violence in the area
would feel encouraged.")
Israelis are afraid the Palestinians would use the U.N. as a way
to loosen Israel's grip on the terrotiries, making it possible for
Palestinians to negotiate their future with the U.N. instead of
Israel. The Palestinians say Washington's consideration of the
U.N. observer idea is a plus. The turmoil has moved other nations
to send their own observers here. A French team toured Gaza today,
and tonight a Soviet delegation arrived to visit the occupied
territories. All of this attention is affecting Israel.
-
White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- B-6
Reynolds continues: Tonight, when Palestinians defied a curfew in
Gaza, the army steered clear in accordance with brand new orders
restricting the use of force. That response to international
pressure might quiet things down a bit, but the bloodshed this week
has simply put the problem back in the world spotlight and shown
once again how far it is from a solution.
Jennings: From the American point of view this new level of
violence -- six Palestinians killed and 650 wounded by the army in
a single day last Sunday -- is a powerful argument for Israel to
sit down and talk with the Palestinians.
ABC's John McWethy: It is especially the reports of Palestinian
children being killed that are moving President Bush to slightly
toughen U.S. policy toward Israel.
(President Bush: "I am troubled about the loss of human life in
this area. I am deeply troubled about -- well, totally human life,
but I think particularly of children in this kind of situation.")
Despite strong Israeli objections American officials say that
tomorrow in Geneva at the U.N. Security Council meeting the U.S.
will not stand in the way of an Arab-backed resolution to send U.N.
observers to inspect the West Bank and Gaza.
(State Department spokeswoman Tutwiler: "Let me remind you, which
I know you know, that U.N. officials have visited the occupied
territories before to investigate the situation.")
The U.S. reportedly will veto any tougher resolutions calling for
a permanent observer group in the occupied territories. Even so,
American officials are well aware that the milder measure is still
sending a strong message to Israel that the Bush Administration is
finding the violence plus Israel's refusal to sit and negotiate
with the Palestinians less and less tolerable.
(ABC-7)
NBC's Martin Fletcher reports that aides to Prime Minister Shamir
believe President Bush is using the idea of a U.N. observer group
as yet another stick to beat Israel. They believe Bush just
doesn't like Shamir and that's affecting U.S. policy. Bush says
he just wants to get peace talks going, and he's also worried about
the surge in violence in the occupied territories.
(President Bush: "I am troubled about the loss of human life in
this area, particularly of children in this kind of situation.")
Today in one clash three Palestinians under 10 years of age were
hit by rubber bullets. One is seriously wounded. And a five-
month-old Jewish baby was hit in the head by a rock thrown by
Palestinians. But the violence is just the latest strain in the
relationship between America and Israel. The root of the problem
between Jerusalem and Washington is that Prsident Bush just doesn't
believe Prime Minister Shamir seriously wants to talk peace with
the Palestinians. And until he does things can only get worse.
(NBC-3)
ECONOMY
Rather: It turns out the U.S. economy was growing a lot more
slowly in the first quarter of the year than the government first
reported. New facts and figuring today indicate that the GNP grew
at an annual rate of just 1.3 percent. Inflation, as measured by
the GNP, was running at an eight-year high -- 6.7 percent.
(CBS-5)
-
White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- B-7
CLEAN AIR
Pauley: After a 13-year battle the House has voted overwhelmingly
to approve the clean-air bill, but some big questions remain. Just
how much will clean air cost, and exactly who will pay for it?
NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports that Congress' sweeping clean-up bill
could cost $21.5 billion -- higher prices for cars, gasoline and
utility bills in return for less smog, less toxic fumes, less acid
rain. Automobiles. The government says tougher curbs on tailpipe
emissions, the first in 20 years, will add at least $100 to the
price of a new car. The auto industry says the cost will be even
higher. Three-hundred-thousand new cars which can burn clean fuel
will have to be built at great expense and sold in Los Angeles by
1997. That was a last-minute cave-in to the auto industry.
Gasoline. By 1992 all cars in the nine cities with the worst smog
will have to burn cleaner gas. Toxic chemicals. Plants ranging
from big factories to small dry cleaners will have to install
technology over the next 10 years to control poisonous fumes. The
goal, reducing at least 2,200 yearly cancer deaths attributed to
toxic emissions. Acid rain. Utilities would have to cut their
sulfur dioxide emissions in half over the next 10 years.
Electricity bills in some areas could almost double. This bill is
already in trouble, because it includes payments to workers who
lose their jobs as industries are forced to clean up. The White
House says that would simply cost too much and is threatening a
veto.
(NBC-5)
SMOKING
Jennings: There was a call today for new laws to protect children
from tobacco. Forty-four states already have laws that are
supposed to prevent children from buying tobacco. HHS Secretary
Sullivan has told Congress that all states should have them and
should take even stronger action.
ABC's Sheilah Kast reports that Sullivan says state laws against
selling to minors are rarely enforced.
(Sullivan: "It is a moral and medical outrage that our society
permits so many of its children to have such ready access to a
product that does so much harm.")
Sullivan wants the states to regulate licenses and cigarette
machines. But some congressional Democrats say he's passing the
buck. They want a federal law.
(Rep. Atkins: "The Administration is trying to have it both ways
by placating the American citizen with soothing words about health
while winking to the cigarette industry that no federal action will
be forthcoming.")
The tobacco industry said Sullivan's proposals will not work. The
strength of the tobacco lobby guarantees a struggle over federal
or state action.
(ABC-5)
Pauley reports that Sullivan's stand was criticized by Democrat
Edward Kennedy who called it ineffective and half-hearted. Kennedy
said the problem is national and should be addressed at the federal
level.
(NBC-6, CBS-4)
-970m-
White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- B-8
DEATH PENALTY
Pauley: The Senate voted today to block the use of the death
penalty against the mentally retarded. That would reverse a
Supreme Court decision of last year. Sen. Biden argued, "Just
because the Supreme Court says we can do it doesn't mean we
should."
(NBC-10, CBS-10)
SKIN CANCER
Pauley: Federal health officials today issued a summertime skin
cancer warning saying Americans should cut down on sunbathing.
They said that in the past decade the death rate from the most
deadly form of skin cancer linked to some exposure, melanoma, rose
more than 25 percent.
(NBC-7)
NATIONAL PARK INCOME
Rather: President Bush's Interior Secretary Lujan today proposed
raising the fees on private operators of hotels and other
concessions allowed in national parks. Lujan said the fees should
go up for park upkeep. This follows a report showing the Park
Service got only $13 million out of the $506 million private
business made off the public's parkland in 1988.
(CBS-6)
BOMB
Rather: A bomb blast ripped open a car in Oakland, CA, today. Two
people inside, a 30-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman were
injured. Both are environmental activists involved in a protest
against cutting down redwood trees in Northern California. The
woman reportedly had received death threats.
(CBS-7)
-end of B-section-
EDITORIALS/COLUMNISTS
BUDGET SUMMIT
Reading Wall Street's Lips -- " Raising taxes, which now seems
more politically possible than at any time in recent years, is
good for the stock market. It would tend to reverse [many]
pernicious [economic] trends
and could provide a psychological
boost as the country appears finally to be solving one of its worst
domestic difficulties. Quite apart from any political reservations
Bush may feel about taxes and government, he has attributed much
of his opposition to tax increases to his worry that they would
tend to stifle the economy. The alternative, however, is to force
the Federal Reserve System to address another consequence of
persistent deficits, inflation, with a stringent monetary policy
that could be harsher on the economy than the effects of a tax
increase."
(Boston Globe, 5/18)
Bush Should Go On TV And Let Us Read His Lips --
"
The President
should be ready and willing to start building a consensus for the
hard choices that deficit reduction will demand, even if the
details aren't set yet. That would help commit both sides to a
successful outcome and prepare the American people for the
sacrifices they will have to bear. Bush says a speech would unduly
alarm the financial markets by overdramatizing the deficit problem,
with painful consequences. That's an unnecessary fear: If the
Administration marched out, flags flying, to fight the deficit,
there would be no louder huzzahs than from the business and
financial communities."
(Newsday, 5/17)
The Deficit -- Let's Cut Spending To Fix It -- " The federal
government must now decide whether to help or hurt a nation
struggling to regain its competitive edge. Will Congress spend
less, thus helping Americans adjust to competition? or will
Congress demand more, further cutting the income of people who have
already tightened their belts considerably? Americans
have
answered those questions over and over again -- poll after poll,
presidential election after presidential election. They want the
federal government to cut spending. Why doesn't the federal
government just do it?"
(Charleston Daily, 5/17)
Read My Lips: 'Boooo!' -- "George Bush doesn't want to frighten
you. Sure, he's worried about the budget deficit, and he's asked
a lot of leaders from Congress, even mean ol' Democrats, to worry
with him. But he doesn't want you to worry. Not yet, anyway. The
mean ol' Democrats want to shove him in front of the TV cameras
right away and make him say the economy is going to hell in a
handbasket. They'd probably even like to make him cry -- right
there on national television! But George knows that would frighten
you. Heck, it might even frighten The Markets, and if that
happened the economy really would go to hell in a handbasket
George went on television to say that he wouldn't go on television
because 'I don't want to inadvertently send the wrong signals to
The Markets.' The Markets didn't know what to think. They didn't
go up and they didn't go down. And the budget deficit? It just
kept on getting bigger -- which would frighten us if we were really
paying attention."
(Louisville Courier Journal, 5/17)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- C-2
The Solution: Spend Less -- " Instead of looking for new taxes,
government should look for ways to trim spending. In Washington,
one of those is by sticking to not only the provisions but the
intent of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget Act
Instead of looking for the President to give his blessing to a tax
increase, congressional leaders should gird their loins and take
battle-axes to the deficit in their own appropriations process.
If they cannot make Gramm-Rudman work, the Balanced Budget
Amendment is still lurking off in the corner, waiting to be given
new life."
(Sunday Chieftain, New Mexico, 5/13)
A Budget Opening -- " In a $6 trillion economy, what counts is
not hitting the target precisely but a national policy that keeps
reducing the deficit over the long term. To do that, the summit
must produce a multiyear plan for spending and taxation that charts
a sound fiscal policy and a set of priorities for the challenges
of the 1990s. That should include higher revenues from closing
income tax loopholes and bigger taxes on gasoline and spending cuts
in programs such as farm price supports. Equally important, the
policy that emerges should present a blueprint for redirecting the
nation's resources from the Cold War to the investments -- in
education, infrastructure, scientific research and in dealing with
the problems of children and the inner cities -- necessary to build
equal economic opportunity at home and competitive vigor abroad. "
(Sacramento Bee, 5/11)
A Balancing Act
--
"
If President Bush, who made 'no new taxes'
the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, is willing to
consider the dreaded 'T word, the least they can do is ponder
several options. The most likely revenue sources under discussion
will be value-added taxes, more user fees and higher taxes on
gasoline, liquor and cigarettes. A combination of some or all of
these revenue enhancements, coupled with significant spending cuts,
could produce the 1991 savings required by Gramm-Rudman without
raising income taxes. And indeed, an income tax increase at this
point would be a mistake. It would stunt economic growth overall
and slow new jobs creation. "
(Torrance Daily Breeze, 5/11)
Read Our Lips --
"
No doubt trimming the deficit will be painful
all the way around, whether the medicine is in the form of spending
cuts or tax increases, or, more likely, a combination of both. But
the President has to be careful. The problem is not that
Washington has too little money. It spends too much money. If
there are to be more taxes, they should come as the last resort,
and Bush should have an ironclad way of making sure they will go
only toward deficit reduction. Otherwise, people might start
wondering which side of the mouth we're supposed to 'read my lips'
on."
(Birmingham News, 5/10)
-end of News Summary-
budget negotiators met for more than
three hours yesterday, with a large por-
tion of the time devoted to a briefing on
the administration's updated economic
CONGRESSIONAL
forecasts.
The leaders will eventually try to ne-
gotiate a deficit-reduction package to lower
the anticipated red ink for fiscal 1991. But
MONITOR
first, the negotiators want to get a handle
on the magnitude of their task.
During yesterday's session, Budget
Director Richard G. Darman told negoti-
C
ators that the administration has revised
downward its original forecast for 1991
economic growth, from 3.3 percent to 2.9
Friday, May 25, 1990
Volume 26, Number 83
percent. And, according to Darman, the
estimated interest rate for 10-year Trea-
sury bills for 1991 has been raised from
6.8 percent to 8 percent. The sluggish
News From the Hill
performance of the economy has caused
the administration to raise its estimate of
the fiscal 1991 deficit.
Some Democrats observed after the
SENATE FLOOR: Mitchell to
billion fiscal 1990 emergency supplemen-
meeting that the administration's long-
file cloture on omnibus crime bill.
tal appropriations bill (HR 4404), but re-
range forecasts were changed only little,
The Senate yesterday continued to
jected conferees' proposal to provide
however.
debate S 1970, an omnibus anticrime bill.
$238 million for an ammunition plant in
Senate Budget Committee Chairman
But late yesterday, Sen. Majority
Louisiana.
Jim Sasser, D-Tenn., told reporters that
Leader George J. Mitchell, D-Maine, an-
The bill would provide $720 million
Democratic leaders seem to be reaching
nounced that over 250 amendments were
to Panama and Nicaragua and $3.5 bil-
the consensus that a deficit-reduction
pending to the bill and acknowledged
lion for other foreign aid and domestic
package should cut about $600 billion
that it could not be finished before mem-
programs.
over five years. But his GOP counterpart,
bers left for a Memorial Day recess.
Late yesterday, after approving the
Pete V. Domenici, N.M., said that Re-
Mitchell said he would file for a cloture
conference report, the House was continu-
publicans agree only that the agreement
vote, to end debate, on June 5.
ing debate on its amendments. Under the
must be credible and multiyear.
Before leaving for the recess, how-
procedure for clearing a conference report,
The leaders will meet again on June
ever, Mitchell said the Senate would con-
members first vote on approval of the re-
6, after Congress returns from its Memo-
sider the conference report on the $4.4
port itself and then on each amendment
rial Day recess.
billion "dire emergency" fiscal 1990 sup-
agreed upon by conferees.
plemental bill (HR 4404) once the House
Members spent the afternoon debat-
SECURITIES FRAUD measure
completed work on it.
ing and voting on a variety of programs,
approved by Senate Banking.
Earlier, the Senate rejected, 38-59,
including pet projects for members' dis-
The Senate Banking Committee yes-
an amendment to S 1970 by Strom Thur-
tricts, which the Senate had added to the
terday approved by voice vote a bill (S
mond, R-S.C., that would have allowed
House bill. Members agreed, 246-160, for
647) granting the Securities and Ex-
the death penalty for the mentally re-
instance, to a Senate amendment to pro-
change Commission (SEC) expanded
tarded except for those individuals who
vide funds for a fish farm in Arkansas
power to combat securities fraud.
do not know the difference between right
and a fish and wildlife refuge in Iowa.
The bill, which was requested by the
and wrong. Provisions in the bill overturn
By a vote of 33-376, House lawmak-
SEC, would allow courts to permanently
a Supreme Court decision allowing the
ers refused to fund an ammunition plant
bar a person who has been convicted of
death penalty for the mentally retarded.
in Louisiana, which was favored by influ-
securities violations from working for a
Members adopted, 58-38, an amend-
ential Democratic Sen. J. Bennett John-
securities firm.
ment by Bob Graham, D-Fla., striking
ston, chairman of the Energy and Water
The SEC would be able to impose
from the bill a provision that would have
Appropriations Subcommittee.
penalties of up to $500,000 against a per-
allowed the use of racial statistics to sup-
Members also agreed, 284-143, to a
port appeals in capital punishment cases.
Senate amendment to acquire and trans-
Graham said the plan would "have
fer a ferry boat to American Samoa.
the practical consequence of repealing
Senate Majority Leader George J.
Notice
capital punishment" because states
Mitchell, D-Maine, said the Senate
would not have been able to meet the
would dispense with the bill before leav-
To Subscribers
proposal's standards.
ing for the Memorial Day recess.
Because of the Memorial Day
The Senate also reversed a decision
Late Wednesday, the House passed,
holiday the Congressional Monitor
it had made Wednesday night and ap-
401-21, a sweeping overhaul (HR 3030) of
will not be published on Monday. The
proved, 52-46, an amendment by Thur-
the Clean Air Act. The measure includes
next issue will be on Tuesday, May 29.
mond to shorten the habeas corpus ap-
a compromise between Energy Commit-
Since Congress will be in recess, there
peals process for death row inmates.
tee Chairman John D. Dingell, D-Mich.,
will not be any other issues during the
Before reconsideration of the amend-
and Energy Health Subcommittee Chair-
week of May 28. The first post-recess
ment, it had been defeated, 47-50.
man Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif., over
issue will be published on Monday,
clean-fuel requirements for vehicles.
June 4.
HOUSE FLOOR: Supplemental
The Senate and the House are
funding bill moves toward approval.
BUDGET NEGOTIATORS hear
both scheduled to reconvene on Tues-
The House voted 308-108 yesterday
more economic data.
day, June 5.
to adopt a conference report to the $4.4
The White House and congressional
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Congressional Monitor
Friday, May 25, 1990
son convicted of violating securities laws.
reauthorize for three years the Defense
the nation's farmers.
The committee also approved by
Production Act.
Lawmakers have been grappling
voice vote another bill (S 2028) designed
S 1379, which also was approved by
with how to provide farmers with ade-
to pressure foreign countries to open up
voice vote, is designed to promote a
quate support while enabling the govern-
their financial markets to U.S. banks.
stronger industrial U.S. base. An amend-
ment to keep spending down.
The legislation would establish a
ment approved by voice vote would allow
The panel approved a proposal by
policy of "reciprocal national treatment,"
American companies loan guarantees to
Dan Glickman, D-Kan., chairman of the
which would require regulators to treat
continue development of defense-related
Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains Sub-
foreign banks in the same fashion as U.S.
technology.
committee, and Ron Marlenee, R-Mont.,
banks are treated in those countries. Un-
that would freeze target prices on wheat
der the current policy of "national treat-
HOUSE AGRICULTURE works
at $4 a bushel until 1995.
ment," foreign banks are treated essen-
on commodity target prices.
The proposal would set loan rates at
tially the same as domestic banks.
The House Agriculture Committee
85 percent of the average market price
In addition to approving S 2028 as a
moved towards completion of the 1990
from the previous five years. That would
free-standing bill, the committee also at-
farm bill (HR 3950) late yesterday after
be an increase over current law.
tached it as a new title to S 1379, a bill to
reaching agreements on subsidy levels for
The target price is the amount the
government sets as the ideal price for a
commodity. The loan rate is the amount
the government gives the farmers before
Bush Vetoes Amtrak Authorization
planting to assure they can afford to put
crops in the ground.
President Bush yesterday vetoed a bill (HR 2364) to authorize $2 billion over
Besides wheat, the committee com-
three years to Amtrak, the national passenger railroad, because of a provision in
pleted work on three other sections: feed
the legislation to bring railroad acquisitions under new government scrutiny.
grains, oilseeds and sugar.
It was the president's first veto of 1990 and the 11th of his presidency. None has
Late yesterday, the panel was plan-
been overturned by Congress. (See chart, below)
ning to delay action on the conservation
The provision in HR 2364 that attracted the veto would have required the
and research titles until after lawmakers
Interstate Commerce Commission to review proposed acquisitions of major rail-
return from the Memorial Day recess.
roads by non-railroad companies. Bush said that provision would set an unnec-
Still, Chairman ."Kika" de la Garza, D-
essary "regulatory burden" on those types of transactions.
Texas, said that the committee's work on
The bill also would have permitted Amtrak to provide commuter rail service
the reauthorization measure was essen-
between Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.
tially done.
An Amtrak spokesman, Clifford Black, said the veto would have no effect on
The committee worked late on
daily train operations because the railroad is working from money that Congress
Wednesday night to complete the bill's
already appropriated for 1989-1992. But he said the the veto would indefinitely
sections on wool, honey, dairy and gen-
postpone plans for a commuter line being developed between Washington and its
eral commodity provisions.
Northern Virginia suburbs.
Meanwhile, the Senate Agriculture
The following table shows President Bush's vetoes:
Committee postponed further action on
its version of the farm bill until it devises
1989
a commodities price support system ac-
ceptable to both Republicans and Demo-
Bill
Bill Description
Date
Outcome*
crats on the committee.
HR 2
Minimum Wage Increase
June 13
House sustained, 247-178
CHINA GAINS MFN status;
S J Res 113
FS-X Plane Codevelopment
July 31
Senate sustained, 66-34
Congress reacts against decision.
H J Res 390 Thrift-bailout bill
Aug. 16
No override attempt
President Bush yesterday extended
enrollment requirements
(pocket-vetoed)
China's most-favored-nation (MFN)
HR 2990
Labor, HHS, Education
trade status for another year. The action
FY 1990 Appropriations
Oct. 21
House sustained, 231-191
drew immediate criticism from Congress,
HR 3026
District of Columbia
and many vowed to try to overturn the
decision.
FY 1990 Appropriations
Oct. 27
No override attempt
Congress could pass a resolution
HR 2939
Foreign Aid
blocking Bush's granting of MFN, but Re-
FY 1990 Appropriations
Nov. 19
No override attempt
publican leaders told the president earlier
HR 3610
District of Columbia
this week that they believe it is unlikely
FY 1990 Appropriations
Nov. 20
No override attempt
such an effort would be successful.
HR 1231
Eastern Airlines Strike
The MFN privilege gives Beijing the
Resolution
Nov. 21
No override attempt
lowest tariffs on exports to the U.S. mar-
ket. The decision to continue the policy
HR 1487
State Department
to China has generated fierce controversy
Authorization
Nov. 21
No override attempt
in the United States since China's bloody
HR 2712
Chinese Immigrant Status
Nov. 30
Senate sustained, 62-37
crackdown a year ago on pro-democracy
demonstrators in Tiananmen Square.
1990
"This was a difficult decision, weigh-
ing our impulse to lash out in outrage
Bill
Bill Description
Date
Outcome*
that
we
all
feel
[and] weighing that
HR 2364
Amtrak Authorization
May 24
against a sober assessment of our nation's
long-term interests," Bush said.
*Veto overrides require a two-thirds majority vote of both houses.
Chinese officials had made it clear
that they would retaliate against U.S.
Friday, May 25, 1990
Congressional Monitor
Page 3
goods sold in their country if the trade
meeting with Hiler to work out, concerns
cense stores that sell tobacco, just as li-
status was canceled.
about some of his proposals, he said.
censes are now required to sell alcohol.
The decision drew sharp criticism
The subcommittee approved a mas-
Sullivan said the proposed plan was
from Democrats and some Republicans
sive overhaul of all federal housing pro-
approved this week by President Bush.
in Congress.
grams May 10, including an amendment
He said his department had drafted
Senate Majority Leader George J.
from Hiler to relax the National Manu-
a model law for adoption by the states.
Mitchell, D-Maine, told a news confer-
factured Housing Construction and
The law would set graduated penalties,
ence, "I very much regret the president's
Safety Standards Act of 1974.
decision. It is inconsistent wit American
including fines and license suspensions,
The issue will be revisited as the full
for illegal cigarette sales to minors.
values, it is contrary to American inter-
committee begins marking up the legisla-
ests. It is profoundly wrong." Utah Sen.
tion June 5 and 6. Chairman Henry B.
Jake Garn, a conservative Republican,
Gonzalez, D-Texas, strenuously objected
also opposed the decision, saying,
to the changes, which he said would risk
Not As Scheduled
"Tiananmen Square was SO abhorrent to
the health and safety of millions of home-
me. The Chinese should be punished."
The Senate Foreign Relations Com-
owners.
Three subcommittees of the House
mittee postponed a markup session yes-
terday because of a Republican
Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing
FISH INSPECTION should not
objection to the meeting. The panel was
on China's MFN status yesterday, where
be in hands of FDA, Mitchell says.
scheduled to vote on a fiscal 1991 State
both Democrats and Republicans said
Senate Majority Leader George J.
Department authorization bill (S 2296)
that the president should have imposed
Mitchell, D-Maine, yesterday told the
and on several ambassadorial
conditions on China before granting the
Senate Commerce Committee that any
nominations.
trade status.
mandatory fish inspection system should
The Senate Judiciary Committee
Stephen J. Solarz, D-N.Y., said that
be overseen by the Department of Agri-
also postponed its session yesterday, be-
the Congress should pass legislation re-
cause key members were busy on the
culture (USDA).
quiring that the Chinese meet certain hu-
floor working on the omnibus anticrime
Mitchell and Health and Human
bill (S 1970). The panel was scheduled
man rights conditions before MFN is ex-
Services Secretary Louis W. Sullivan of-
to mark up an administrative law
tended into next year. But Tom Lantos,
fered differing views to the committee on
jugdes bill (S,594) and consider pending
D-Calif., and Sam Gejdenson, D-Conn.,
which agency should regulate the fish in-
nominations.
argued that Congress should simply pass
dustry. Currently, the Food and Drug
legislation disapproving the action now.
Administration (FDA) oversees the fish
Richard Solomon, assistant secretary
industry's self-regulation program.
of State, said that lawmakers should keep
Mitchell said the USDA already reg-
CONGRESSIONAL
in mind that MFN is a normal trade status,
ulates meat and poultry and "is best po-
not a special designation. "If we take a
sitioned to support the [fish] industry to
MONITOR
highly punitive approach we are likely to
achieve global competitiveness" He
play to the most xenophobic and reaction-
added that the USDA also has more
Managing Editor: Brian Nutting
ary elements in China," Solomon said.
"public confidence" than does the FDA.
Senior Editor: Robert Healy
Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif., said
Sullivan said the administration be-
News Editors: Christine C. Lawrence, Amy
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
lieves that the FDA and the Department of
Stern
will hold a hearing June 5 on the eco-
Commerce should be allowed to run the
Senior Reporters: Ray Perez, Dinah
nomic and political implications of the
seafood quality programs through user fees
Wisenberg
MFN decision and on the status of hu-
imposed on the industry. The federal gov-
Reporters: Thomas Galvin, Elizabeth A.
man rights in China.
ernment pays for all food inspection pro-
Palmer, Andrew Taylor
In a related development, Bush said
Editorial Assistant: Michael P. Shea
grams operated by the USDA.
he would not grant MFN trade status to
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Friday, May 25, 1990
News Events & Committee Meetings Today
Senate Committees
News Events
LIMITS ON TRUCK SIZE
Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways
(CRASH) will hold a meeting to announce
USS IOWA INVESTIGATION
official formation of the organization and to
The Monitor has received notice of the
Senate Armed Services Committee
launch a campaign urging Congress and the
following events scheduled to take place in
The full committee (Chmn Nunn, D-Ga)
president to oppose plans to legalize 100-foot
Washington. Associations, non-profit organiza-
will hold a hearing on the Navy's investigation
long double and triple trailer trucks.
tions and public interest groups who wish. to
into a gun turret explosion aboard the USS
11am, Capitol Bldg (House Triangle - in case
have events listed in the section should send
Iowa. The results of the Navy investigation
of rain this event will be in 2253 Rayburn Bldg)
pertinent information to: The Congressional
have been challenged.
May 25
Monitor, Other Events Editor, 1414 22nd St.
9am SH-216 Hart Bldg May 25
Contact: Bill Bronrott at 652-6016
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037. Notices must
Witnesses scheduled: Frank Conahan - Gen Ac-
Participants: Joan Claybrook pres, Public Citi-
counting Ofc; Richard Schwoebel - Sandia Natl
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zen; John Jackson brother of individual killed in
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Paul Loveday - vpres, Itel Corp; driver of triple
information call (202) 887-8686.
trailer truck TBA
House Committees
ESOP CONFERENCE
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
AND REPORTS
Association's 13th annual conference is held.
8:30am: Commerce Department releases
MANUFACTURED HOME
Attending the conference is Dr. Valery
merchandise trade on balance of payments
AND SAFETY STAN ARDS ACT
Rutgaizer, director of economic science and
basis for the first quarter
Housing and Inmunity Development
deputy director of the National Public Opin-
9am: National Association of Realtors re-
Subcommittee
Mnn Gonzalez, D-Texas) of
ion Research Center in the Soviet Union, as
leases the April Existing Home Sales report
House
Bank
Finance and Urban Affairs
well as envoys from 10 other countries. Final
10am: Commerce Department releases per-
Committ will hold oversight hearings on the
of three days.
sonal income for April
Manufactured Home Construction and Safety
8am, Grand Hyatt, 1000 H St NW May 25
4pm: Treasury Department auctions a 52-
Standards Act of 1990.
Contact: Todd Bernhardt, 202-293-2971 or
week T-bill issue
10am 2128 Rayburn Bldg May 25
the hotel, 202-582-1234
4:15pm: Federal Reserve releases weekly
Note: This hearing has not been rescheduled.
Congressional highlight
conditions report of large commercial banks
8am: Rep Rohrbacher, R-Calif, addresses the con-
vention
1990 Congressional Schedule
Congressional recesses are in boldface type
SENATE
HOUSE
May 25-June 4
Senate not in session
May 25-June 4
District Work Period
May 28
Memorial Day
May 28
Memorial Day
June 5
Senate reconvenes
June 5
House reconvenes
June 10
Appropriations reports last bill
June 15
House completes reconciliation
July 2-9
Senate not in session
July 2-9
District Work Period
July 4
Independence Day
July 4
Independence Day
July 10
Senate reconvenes
July 10
House reconvenes
July 15
President's
mid-season
budget
report
August 6-Sept. 4
Senate not in session
August 6-Sept. 4
District Work Period
August 15
Initial CBO 'snapshot'
August 20
Initial CBO report
August 25
Initial OMB report
September 3
Labor Day
September 3
Labor Day
September 20
Rosh Hashana
September 20
Rosh Hashana
September 29
Yom Kippur
September 29
Yom Kippur
October 1
FY91 begins
October 5
ADJOURNMENT TARGET
October 5
ADJOURNMENT TARGET
October 8
Columbus Day
October 8
Columbus Day
October 10
Final CBO report
October 15
Final OMB report
November 6
Election Day
November 6
Election Day
November 22
Thanksgiving Day
November 22
Thanksgiving Day
New listing
Revised listing
Friday, May 25, 1990
Congressional Monitor
Page 5
Senate Committees Future Listings
Armed Services Committee will continue hear-
USE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS
Agriculture,
ings on the defense authorization request for
Consumer Subcommittee (Chmn Bryan, D-
fiscal 1991 (S 2171), focusing on the B-2
Nev) of Senate Commerce, Science and Trans-
Nutrition &
stealth bomber program.
portation Committee will hold a hearing on
9am SR-253 Russell Bldg June 6
legislation (S 1884) to promote the use of
Forestry
Witnesses scheduled: Donald Rice Jr secy of the
recycled materials derived from municipal
Air Force; Larry Welch - chief of staff, Air Force
refuse.
224-2035
2pm SR-253 Russell Bldg June 13
1990 FARM BILL
Full Committee Markup
Banking, Housing
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Environment &
Committee (Chmn Leahy, D-Vt) will continue
& Urban Affairs
marking up draft legislation to authorize farm
programs.
224-7391
Public Works
Time TBA SR-332 Russell Bldg dates TBA
224-6176
FINANCIAL SERVICES
INDUSTRY MODERNIZATION
ENVIRONMENT CMTE MARKUP
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Af-
Senate Environment and Public Works
Appropriations
fairs Committee (Chmn Riegle, D-Mich) will
Committee (Chmn Burdick, D-ND) will mark
continue hearings on modernizing the finan-
224-3471
up pending legislation.
cial services industry.
10am SD-406 Dirksen Bldg June 12
Time TBA SD-538 Dirksen Bldg dates
Agenda:
FY91 DEFENSE APPROPS
TBA
S 203 Authorize research into groundwater con-
Subcommittee Hearings
taminants and ways to improve groundwater
Defense Subcommittee (Chmn Inouye, D-
quality
Hawaii) of Senate Appropriations Committee
S 1140 - Provide that fed facilities meet and
will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropria-
Commerce,
comply with fed and state environmental laws
tions for programs under its jurisdiction.
and requirements
9am SD-124 Dirksen Bldg closed June 7
S 1178 Improve and expand prgms for the protec-
Science &
tion of marine and coastal waters
9am SD-192 Dirksen Bldg June 12
S 1731 - Provide for the creation, restoration,
Agenda:
Transportation
protection, enhancement, and conservation of
June 7: European command
coastal wetlands, conserve North American wet-
June 12: Defense secy
224-5115
land ecosystems and waterfowl and other migra-
tory birds and fish and wildlife that depend upon
such habitats
FY91 FOREIGN OPS APPROPS
FTC & ANTITRUST ISSUES
S 1893 - Reauthorize the Asbestos School Hazard
Subcommittee Hearings
Consumer Subcommittee (Chmn Bryan, D-
Abatement Act
Foreign Operations Subcommittee (Chmn
Nev) of Senate Commerce, Science and Trans-
S 2176 Provide better enforcement of the U.S.
Leahy, D-Vt) of Senate Appropriations Com-
portation Committee will hold a hearing on
environmental laws Short title: Pollution Pros-
mittee will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appro-
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and
ecution Act of 1990
antitrust issues.
S 2371 - Direct the National Academy of Sciences
priations for programs under its jurisdiction.
Note: This schedule is tentative
9:30am SR-253 Russell Bldg June 6
to conduct a study of the feasibility of an um-
brella research arm to support research on a
2:30pm SD-138 Dirksen Bldg June 5, 12 &
variety of environmental issues
19
S 1875 - Redesignate the Calamus Dam and Reser-
9am & 2:30pm room TBA June 26
COMMERCE CMTE BUSINESS
voir authorized under the Reclamation Project
Agenda & witnesses:
Senate Commerce, Science and Transpor-
Authorization Act as the Virginia Smith Dam
June 5: Managing US foreign aid: William
tation Committee (Chmn Hollings, D-SC) will
and Calamus Lake Recreation Area
Roskens adminr, AID; Herbert Beckington
meet to consider pending business.
16 General Services Admin prospectuses
inspector gen, AID; Glen Rudd - dpty dir, De-
10:30am SR-253 Russell Bldg June 7
11(b) resolution
fense Security Assistance
other pending business
June 12: Eastern Europe: Lawrence Eagleburger
dpty secy of State
June 19: US military assistance in the 1990s:
NOAA OVERSIGHT
Reginald Bartholomew under secy of State; Gen
Senate Commerce, Science and Transpor-
Charles Brown dir, Defense Security Assistance
tation Committee and National Ocean Policy
Ethics
June 26: Outside witnesses
Study (Acting Chmn Kerry, D-Mass) will hold
224-2981
hearings on the National Oceanic and Atmo-
spheric Administration (NOAA).
DURENBERGER ETHICS PROBE
FY91 INTERIOR APPROPS
9:30am SR-253 Russell Bldg June 12 & 14
Senate Select Ethics Committee (Chmn
Subcommittee Hearings
Agenda:
Interior Subcommittee (Chmn Byrd, D-
June 12: NOAA satellite programs
Heflin, D-Ala) will hold a series of open hear-
June 14: NOAA ocean and coastal programs
ings on the investigation concerning Sen. Dave
WVa) of Senate Appropriations Committee
Durenberger, R-Minn.
will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropria-
9:30am SH-216 Hart Bldg June 12 & addl
tions for programs under its jurisdiction.
dates TBA
Time TBA S-128 Capitol Bldg Date TBA
Agenda: Interior secy; Energy secy; Agriculture
DIGITAL RECORDERS
secy (tentative); congressional witnesses
Communications Subcommittee (Chmn In-
ouye, D-Hawaii) of Senate Commerce, Science
Finance
and Transportation Committee will hold hear-
ings on digital recorders.
Armed Services
224-4515
9:30am SR-253 Russell Bldg June 13 & 20
Agenda:
224-3871
IMPROVING HEALTH-CARE ACCESS
June 13: S 2358 Digital Audio Tape Recorder Act
B-2 STEALTH BOMBER
Field Hearing
of 1990
Strategic Forces and Nuclear Deterrence
June 20: S 1974 - Require new televisions to have
Health for Families and the Uninsured
Subcommittee (Chmn Exon, D-Neb) of Senate
built-in decoder circuitry
Subcommittee (Chmn Riegle, D-Mich) of Sen-
New listing
Revised listing
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Friday, May 25, 1990
Senate continued.
CHILDREN'S PROTECTION/
held a district judge's order to force the
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
municipal government of Kansas City to raise
ate Finance Committee will hold a field hear-
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
property taxes to help finance a school-deseg-
ing on problems faced by children who do not
(Chmn Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hearing
regation plan.
have health insurance.
on legislation (S 2340) on children's protective
10am SD-226 Dirksen Bldg June 19
2pm Prudden Hall, Lansing Civic Arena,
services and alcohol and substance abuse, and
505 West Allegan, Lansing, Mich May 30
Trust Counsel proposals.
9:30am SR-485 Russell Bldg June 7
SPORTS LOTTERIES
Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks Sub-
TEXTILE & FOOTWEAR IMPORTS
committee (Chmn DeConcini, D-Ariz) of Sen-
Senate Finance Committee (Chmn Bent-
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
ate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on
sen, D-Texas) will hold a hearing on legislation
NURSE SHORTAGE
legislation (S 1772) to prohibit states and local
(S 2411) to provide for orderly imports of
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
governments from establishing lotteries on
textiles, apparel and footwear.
(Chmn Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hearing
professional sports contests.
10am SD-215 Dirksen Bldg June 7
on the Indian Health Service nurse shortage.
2pm SD-226 Dirksen Bldg June 26
2pm SR-485 Russell Bldg June 14
TRADE WITH CHINA
Senate Finance Committee (Chmn Bent-
INDIAN TRUST COUNSEL
Rules &
sen, D-Texas) will hold a hearing on whether
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
Congress should approve the administration
(Chmn Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hearing
Administration
request to continued most-favored-nation sta-
on legislation to establish in the Department
tus for China.
of the Interior a Trust Counsel for Indian
224-6352
Time & room TBA early June date TBA
Assets.
2pm SR-485 Russell Bldg June 21
RULES LEGISLATION
Full Committee Markup
Senate Rules and Administration Commit-
Foreign Relations
INDIAN SUBSTANCE ABUSE
tee (Chmn Ford, D-Ky) will meet to consider
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
pending draft legislation.
224-4651
(Chmn Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hearing
9:30am SR-301 Russell Bldg June 13
U.S. & PERUVIAN MILITARY
on legislation to reauthorize certain Indian
Agenda:
Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Af-
alcohol and substance abuse prevention and
Draft legislation Authorize funds for fiscal 1991
fairs Subcommittee (Chmn Dodd, D-Conn) of
treatment programs.
for the Federal Election Commission
Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold
9:30am SR-485 Russell Bldg July 12
Draft legislation Provide for the management of
Senate official mail
a hearing on proposed U.S. military training
Draft legislation Authorize the purchase of 1991
for Peru.
calendars for the use of the Senate
11am S-116 Capitol Bldg June 13
FEDERAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Note: This hearing was originally scheduled for
PROCESS
May 16.
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
(Chmn Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hearing
Veterans' Affairs
on legislation (S 611 & S 912) to establish
Governmental
administrative procedures to determine the
224-9126
status of certain Indian groups.
Time & room TBA Date TBA
VA NOMINATIONS
Affairs
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
(Chmn Cranston, D-Calif) will hold a con-
224-4751
firmation hearing on pending nominations.
COMMERCE DEPT REORGANIZATION
Judiciary
9:30am SR-418 Russell Bldg June 6
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Agenda:
(Chmn Glenn, D-Ohio) will hold a hearing on
224-5225
Donald Ivers assoc judge, Court of Veterans
legislation (S 1978) to reorganize the Com-
Appeals
merce Department into an Industry and Tech-
INFANT FORMULAS
Jonathan Steinberg assoc judge, Court of Veter-
Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights
ans Appeals
nology Department.
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg June 12
Subcommittee (Chmn Metzenbaum, D-Ohio)
of Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a
PROGRAM FRAUD ACT
hearing on competitive pricing in the infant
VETERANS' DISABILITIES PROGRAMS
OVERSIGHT HEARING
formula industry.
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Oversight of Government Management
10am SD-226 Dirksen Bldg May 29
(Chmn Cranston, D-Calif) will hold a hearing
Subcommittee (Chmn Levin, D-Mich) of Sen-
on prosthetics and special disabilities
ate Governmental Affairs Committee will hold
programs.
an oversight hearing on provisions of the Pro-
JUDICIAL NOMINEES &
9:30am SR-418 Russell Bldg June 7
gram Fraud Civil Remedies Act that estab-
DISCRIMINATORY CLUBS
lished a streamlined, administrative process to
Senate Judiciary Committee (Chmn Biden,
handle cases of fraud against the government
D-Del) will hold a hearing on the issue of
VETERANS' COMPENSATION,
that involve small amounts of money.
judicial nominees who belong to private clubs
HOUSING AND EDUCATION
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg June 21
that discriminate.
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
9:30am SD-226 Dirksen Bldg June 7
(Chmn Cranston, D-Calif) will hold hearings
Indian Affairs
on pending legislation.
9:30am 334 Cannon Bldg June 14
224-2251
COURT-ORDERED TAXATION
Agenda:
Constitution Subcommittee (Chmn Simon,
S 2100 - Increase the rates of compensation for
HAWAIIAN HOMES
D-III) of Senate Judiciary Committee will hold
veterans with service-connected disabilities and
Field Hearing
a hearing on a resolution (S J Res 295) propos-
the rates of dependency and indemnity com-
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
pensation for the survivors of certain disabled
ing a constitutional amendment that would
veterans; improve veterans' compensation,
(Chmn Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hearing
prevent courts from ordering states and local-
health-care, insurance, and housing programs;
on amendments to the Hawaiian Homes Com-
ities to impose or increase taxes. The resolu-
and provide for transitional group residences for
mission Act.
tion is in response to the recent Supreme
veterans recovering from substance-abuse dis-
Time TBA Honolulu, Hawaii May 30, 31
Court ruling in Missouri v. Jenkins that up-
abilities
New listing
Revised listing
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Friday, May 25, 1990
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Senate continued.
firmation hearing on pending nominations.
9:30am SR-418 Russell Bldg June 19
BUDGETTALKS
Agenda:
S 1860 Require the secretary of Veterans Affairs
James Holsinger Jr - to be chief medical dir,
Representatives from the White House
to furnish outpatient medical services for any
Veterans Affs Dept
and members of the congressional leader-
disability of a former prisoner of war
S 2455 Provide for recovery by the US of the cost
Stephen Trodden - to be inspector gen, Veterans
ship will continue discussions on the bud-
of medical care and services furnished for a non-
Affs Dept
get.
service-connected disability
Time & room TBA closed week of
S 2456 Extend expiring laws authorizing the
June 4
Department of Veterans Affairs to contract for
needed care and revise VA authority to furnish
outpatient dental care
S -- Revise compensation payments to physicians
and dentists
VETERANS' AFFAIRS MARKUP
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
VA NOMINATIONS
(Chmn Cranston, D-Calif) will mark up pend-
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
ing legislation.
(Chmn Cranston, D-Calif) will hold a con-
9:30am SR-418 Russell Bldg June 28
House Committees Future Listings
on reauthorization of farm programs.
SILVERADO SAVINGS & LOAN
Aging
Time TBA 1300 Longworth Bldg dates
House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
TBA
Committee (Chmn Gonzalez, D-Texas) will
continue hearings on the failure of Denver-
OLDER AMERICANS ACT OVERSIGHT
based Silverado Savings and Loan.
Human Services Subcommittee (Chmn
10am 2128 Rayburn Bldg dates TBA
Downey, D-NY) of House Select Aging Com-
Armed Services
mittee will hold an oversight hearing on the
implementation of the Older Americans Act,
225-4151
focusing on provisions dealing with partner-
SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAMS
Education &
ships between government agencies and pri-
Joint Hearing
vate companies.
Procurement and Military Nuclear Sys-
9:30am Room TBA June 5
tems Subcommittee (Chmn Aspin, D-Wis) and
Labor
Research and Development Subcommittee
225-4527
(Chmn Dellums, D-Calif) of House Armed
OLDER AMERICANS ACT OVERSIGHT
Services Committee will continue joint hear-
JOB TRAINING ACT
Field Hearing
ings on the fiscal 1991 defense authorization
House Education and Labor Committee
Human Services Subcommittee (Chmn
request, focusing on special access programs,
(Chmn Hawkins, D-Calif) will hold a hearing
Downey, D-NY) of House Select Aging Com-
commonly know as black budget programs.
on legislation (HR 2039) to amend the Job
mittee will hold an oversight field hearing on
Such programs cover secret activities whose
Training Partnership Act to improve the de-
implementation of the Older Americans Act,
funding is camouflaged or otherwise hidden
livery of services to hard-to-serve adults and
focusing on provisions dealing with health
within the defense budget request.
to youth.
education for the elderly.
Time and room TBA Date TBA
Time and room TBA June 6
9:30am Rochester, N.Y. June 11
Note: This hearing was originally scheduled for
May 16.
Agriculture
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY
Banking, Finance
Health and Safety Subcommittee (Chmn
225-2171
Gaydos, D-Pa) of House Education and Labor
& Urban Affairs
Committee will hold hearings on legislation
ANIMAL FACILITY
(HR 4652) to improve inspections, investiga-
PROTECTION ACT
225-4247
tion, reporting and recordkeeping in the con-
Hearing and Markup
struction industry; to require certain construc-
Department Operations, Research and For-
HOUSING BILL MARKUP
tion contractors to establish construction
eign Agriculture Subcommittee (Chmn Brown,
House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
safety and health programs and to appoint
D-Calif) of House Agriculture Committee will
Committee (Chmn Gonzalez, D-Texas) will
construction safety specialists.
hold a hearing on and mark up legislation (HR
continue marking up legislation (HR 1180) to
Time and room TBA June 12
3270 Farm Animal and Research Facilities
amend and extend certain laws relating to
Protection Act) to make it a federal offense to
housing, community and neighborhood devel-
damage an animal research facility.
opment and preservation and related
9:30am 1302 Longworth Bldg June 14
programs.
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY
Note: This hearing and markup was originally
10am 2128 Rayburn Bldg June 6 & 7
Subcommittee Markup
scheduled for May 15.
Health and Safety Subcommittee (Chmn
Gaydos, D-Pa) of House Education and Labor
FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT
Committee will mark up legislation (HR 4652)
1990 FARM BILL
Consumer Affairs and Coinage Sub-
to improve inspections, investigation, report-
Full Committee Markup
committee (Chmn Lehman, D-Calif) of House
ing and recordkeeping in the construction in-
House Agriculture Committee (Chmn de la
Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Commit-
dustry; to require certain construction con-
Garza, D-Texas) will continue to mark up the
tee will hold a hearing on legislation (HR 3740,
tractors to establish construction safety and
1990 farm bill (HR 3950 - Food and Agricul-
HR 4122 & HR 4213) to revise the Fair Credit
health programs and to appoint construction
tural Resources Act of 1990). HR 3950 will
Reporting Act.
safety specialists.
serve as a vehicle for the panel's deliberations
10am 2128 Rayburn Bldg June 12
Time & room TBA June 21
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House continued.
Foreign Affairs
will hold a hearing to receive a GAO report
entitled "Water Subsidies: Basic Changes
DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS MARKUP
225-5021
Needed to Avoid Abuse of the 960-Acre
Employment Opportunities Subcommittee
FOOD FOR PEACE
Limit."
(Chmn Martinez, D-Calif) of House Education
Subcommittee Markup
Time & Room TBA Date TBA
and Labor Committee will mark up legislation
International Economic Policy and Trade
(HR 3069 - Displaced Homemakers Employ-
Subcommittee (Chmn Gejdenson, D-Conn) of
ment & Family Self Sufficiency Act) to estab-
House Foreign Affairs Committee will mark
CALIFORNIA DROUGHT
lish an employment training program for dis-
up legislation to reauthorize PL 480 (Food for
Water, Power and Offshore Energy Re-
placed homemakers.
Peace) and other argicultural trade programs.
sources Subcommittee (Chmn Miller, D-Calif)
Time & room TBA Date TBA
1:30pm 2255 Rayburn Bldg June 5
of House Interior and Insular Affairs Commit-
tee will hold a hearing on the drought in
California.
REFUGEES IN ASIA
Time TBA San Francisco Date TBA
Energy &
Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee
(Chmn Solarz, D-NY) of House Foreign Af-
Commerce
fairs Committee will hold a hearing on refu-
gees in Asia.
Merchant Marine
225-2927
Time & room TBA Date TBA
TOURISM GROWTH
Witnesses scheduled: Princeton Lyman dir, bu-
& Fisheries
Transportation and Hazardous Materials
reau for refugee prgms, State Dept; David
Lambertson dpty asst secy of State for East
225-4047
Subcommittee (Chmn Luken, D-Ohio) of
Asian & Pacific affs; Lionel Rosenblatt exec dir,
CRUISE SHIP SAFETY
House Energy and Commerce Committee will
Refugees Internatl; Dawn Calabia assoc dir, Ofc
Merchant Marine Subcommittee (Chmn
hold a hearing on legislation (HR 4369, S
of Migration & Refugee Services, US Catholic
Jones, D-NC) of House Merchant Marine and
1791) to assist in the growth of international
Conference; Court Robinson policy analyst, US
Fisheries Committee will hold a hearing on
travel and tourism in the United States.
Cmte for Refugees
9:30am Room TBA June 13
Note: This hearing was originally scheduled for
cruise ship safety.
May 22.
Note: This is a continuation of an April 19
hearing.
10am 1334 Longworth Bldg June 6
OCTANE LABELING
Energy and Power Subcommittee (Chmn
DEMOCRATIC REFORMS &
Sharp, D-Ind) of House Energy and Com-
SOVIET HUMAN RIGHTS
merce Committee will hold a hearing on misla-
Human Rights and International Organiza-
COAST GUARD
beling of octane levels.
tions Subcommittee (Chmn Yatron, D-Pa) of
NEW COMMANDANT
10am Room TBA June 20
House Foreign Affairs Committee will con-
Coast Guard and Navigation Subcommit-
tinue hearings on the pace of democratic re-
tee (Chmn Tauzin, D-La) of House Merchant
forms and status of human rights in the Soviet
Marine and Fisheries Committee will hold a
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB
Union.
hearing to introduce J William Kime, who will
Time & room TBA Date TBA
become the new commandant of the Coast
Oversight and Investigations Subcommit-
Guard on June 1.
tee (Chmn Dingell, D-Mich) of House Energy
Witnesses scheduled: Rep. Smith. D-Fla; Sen
DeConcini, D-Ariz; Richard Schifter asst secy
2pm 1334 Longworth Bldg June 7
and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing
of State for human rights and humanitarian affs;
on the adequacy of controls to protect govern-
European & Canadian affs burea rep TBA
ment property and other interests at the Law-
Note: This hearing was originally scheduled for
MARINE SANCTUARIES
rence Livermore National Laboratory.
May 22.
Oversight and Investigations Subcommit-
Time & Room TBA Date TBA
tee (Chmn Foglietta, D-Pa) of House Mer-
chant Marine and Fisheries Committee will
ADDITIONAL FREQUENCIES
Government
hold a hearing on the National Marine Sanctu-
ary Program.
Subcommittee Markup
9:30am 1334 Longworth Bldg June 7
Telecommunications and Finance Sub-
Operations
committee (Chmn Markey, D-Mass) of House
Energy and Commerce Committee will mark
225-5051
LONG ISLAND SOUND
up legislation (HR 2965), the Emergency Tele-
DC HOMELESS PROGRAMS
communications Technologies Act.
Human Resources and Intergovernmental
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Time & Room TBA Date TBA
Relations Subcommittee (Chmn Weiss, D-NY)
Field Hearing
Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and
of House Government Operations Committee
the Environment Subcommittee (Chmn
will hold a hearing on mismanagement in
Studds, D-Mass) of House Merchant Marine
STATE ENERGY
programs for the homeless in Washington,
and Fisheries Committee will hold a field
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS MARKUP
D.C.
9:30am 2247 Rayburn Bldg June 12
hearing on the environmental integrity of the
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Energy and Power Subcommittee (Chmn
Witnesses scheduled: Otis Troupe city auditor,
Long Island Sound.
Washington, DC; Cornelius Pitts, Tony Russo,
10am Rye, N.Y.June 11
Sharp, D-Ind) will mark up legislation (HR
711) to amend the Energy Policy and Con-
Ann Ryan, Roy Littlejohn, Earnest Green &
James Griffin homeless shelter providers,
servation Act to increase the efficiency and
MARINE BILLS
Washington, DC; Carol Thompson city adminr,
effectiveness of state energy conservation
Subcommittee Markup
Washington, DC
Oceanography and Great Lakes Sub-
programs.
Time & Room TBA Date TBA
committee (Chmn Hertel, D-Mich) and Fish-
eries and Wildlife Conservation and the Envi-
Interior &
ronment Subcommittee (Chmn Studds, D-
PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD
Mass) of House Merchant Marine and
Subcommittee Markup
Insular Affairs
Fisheries Committee will mark up pending
Health and the Environment Subcommit-
legislation.
tee (Chmn Waxman, D-Calif) of House Energy
225-2761
11am 1334 Longworth Bldg June 13
and Commerce Committee will mark up legis-
Agenda:
WATER SUBSIDIES
HR 2840 Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of
lation (HR 1725 Food Safety Amendments)
House Interior Committee
1989
to regulate pesticide chemical residues in food.
Water, Power and Offshore Energy Re-
HR 3719 to establish the Florida Keys National
Time & room TBA date TBA
sources Subcommittee (Chmn Miller, D-Calif)
Marine Sanctuary
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House continued.
ADDL CHICAGO AIRPORT
Small Business
Field Hearing
Aviation Subcommittee (Chmn Oberstar,
225-5821
PIPELINE SAFETY
D-Minn) of House Public Works and Trans-
Subcommittee Markup
Coast Guard and Navigation Subcommit-
portation Committee will hold a field hearing
CREDIT CRUNCH
tee (Chmn Tauzin, D-La) of House Merchant
to review potential sites for a third Chicago-
House Small Business Committee (Chmn
Marine and Fisheries Committee will mark up
area airport.
LaFalce, D-NY) will hold a hearing on the
pipeline draft safety legislation (HR -)
6:30pm Calumet City, Ill., June 11
problems borrowers are experiencing securing
10am 1334 Longworth Bldg June 14
commercial financing.
10:30am 2359A Rayburn Bldg June 6
FAA SAFETY ENFORCEMENT/
Witnesses scheduled: L. William Seidman - chmn,
RECERTIFICATION PRGMS
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Robert
ZEBRA MUSSELS
Oceanography and Great Lakes Sub-
Investigations and Oversight Subcommit-
Clarke comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of
committee (Chmn Hertel, D-Mich) of House
tee (Chmn Anderson, D-Calif) of House Public
the Currency; John LaWare - gov, Fed Reserve
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Works and Transportation Committee will
Bd of Govs
will hold a hearing on zebra mussels.
hold hearings on the Federal Aviation Admin-
2pm 1334 Longworth Bldg June 14
istration's safety enforcement programs and
the recertification of carriers that have had
operating certificates revoked.
10am 2167 Rayburn Bldg June 12 & 13
LENDER LIABILITY
DELAWARE RIVER PORTS
House Small Business Committee (Chmn
Field Hearing
LaFalce, D-NY) will hold a hearing on legisla-
Oversight and Investigations Subcommit-
tion (HR 4494) to limit the liability under that
tee (Chmn Foglietta, D-Pa) of House Mer-
chant Marine and Fisheries Committee will
Science, Space &
act of lending institutions acquiring facilities
through foreclosure or similar means and cor-
hold a field hearing on the governance and
management of Delaware River ports.
Technology
porate fiduciaries administering estates or
trusts.
Time TBA Philadelphia, Pa Date TBA
225-6371
10am 2359A Rayburn Bldg June 7
HIGH-SPEED RAIL
SHIPBUILDING TECHNOLOGY
MAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY
Joint Hearing
Transportation, Aviation and Materials
Oversight and Investigations Subcommit-
Subcommittee (Chmn Torricelli, D-NJ) of
tee (Chmn Foglietta, D-Pa) and Merchant
Marine Subcommittee (Chmn Jones, D-NC) of
House Science, Space and Technology Com-
Veterans' Affairs
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Com-
mittee will hold a hearing on magnetic levita-
225-3527
mittee will hold a joint hearing on the state of
tion technology.
10:30am 2325 Rayburn Bldg June 7
U.S. and foreign shipbuilding technology.
VA LEGISLATION MARKUP
Time & room TBA date TBA
Compensation Subcommittee
Compensation, Pension and Insurance
Subcommittee (Chmn Applegate, D-Ohio) of
FAA TRAINING PROGRAMS
House Veterans' Affairs Committee will mark
Post Office &
Transportation, Aviation and Materials
up legislation (HR 4418) to revise the rates of
Subcommittee (Chmn Torricelli, D-NJ) of
disability compensation for veterans with ser-
Civil Service
House Science, Space and Technology Com-
vice-connected disabilities and the rates of
mittee will hold a hearing on the Federal
dependency and indemnity compensation for
225-4054
Aviation Administration's training programs.
survivors of such vèterans, to make certain
9:30am 2325 Rayburn Bldg June 14
improvements in veterans' compensation and
FED EMPLOYEES &
pension programs, and for other purposes.
CONTRACTING OUT
9am 334 Cannon Bldg June 6
Subcommittee Markup
Human Resources Subcommittee (Chmn
CRITICAL MATERIALS COUNCIL
Kanjorski, D-Pa) of House Post Office and
Transportation, Aviation and Materials
Civil Service Committee will mark up legisla-
Subcommittee (Chmn Torricelli, D-NJ) of
tion (HR 4049) to establish procedures neces-
House Science, Space and Technology Com-
sary to protect federal employees from certain
mittee will hold an oversight hearing on the
Ways & Means
adverse personnel actions which may result by
National Critical Materials Council.
225-3625
the contracting out of agency functions or
2pm 2325 Rayburn Bldg June 26
activities
U.S.-MEXICO RELATIONS
10:30am 304 Cannon Bldg June 6
Trade Subcommittee (Chmn Gibbons, D-
Fla) of House Ways and Means Committee
TILT-ROTOR TECHNOLOGY
will hold a hearing on economic relations be-
Transportation, Aviation and Materials
tween the United States and Mexico.
Public Works
Subcommittee (Chmn Torricelli, D-NJ) of
9:30am 1100 Longworth Bldg June 14
House Science, Space and Technology Com-
& Transportation
mittee will hold a hearing on tilt-rotor
technology.
225-4472
9:30am 2325 Rayburn Bldg June 28
FAA TRAINING PRGMS
Investigations and Oversight Subcommit-
tee (Chmn Anderson, D-Calif) of House Public
Note
COMPUTER SECURITY
Works and Transportation Committee will
Transportation, Aviation and Materials
hold a hearing on the Federal Aviation Admin-
Subcommittee (Chmn Torricelli, D-NJ) of
The offices of all members of Congress
istration's training programs for air traffic
House Science, Space and Technology Com-
and all congressional committees and sub-
controllers, maintenance workers and safety
mittee will hold an oversight hearing on the
committees may be reached by calling
inspectors
(202) 224-3121.
Computer Act of 1987.
10am 2167 Rayburn Bldg June 6
1:30pm 2318 Rayburn Bldg July 10
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Conference Committees Future Listings
CLEAN AIR
TRADE ISSUES
ation of Title I (except section 125) of the Senate
Conferees will meet on legislation (S 1630)
Conferees will meet on legislation (HR
amendment, and modifications committed to
1594) to revise and extend the Caribbean Basin
conference: Rostenkowski, Downey & Archer
to amend the Clean Air Act to provide for
attainment and maintenance of health protec-
Initiative and extend most-favored-nation sta-
From the Ways & Means Committee, for consider-
ation of Title III of the Senate amendment, and
tive national ambient air quality standards.
tus to Hungary.
modifications committed to conference: Rosten-
Time & room TBA date TBA
Time & room TBA date TBA
kowski, Jacobs, & Brown of Colo
House conferees:
S 1630 reported by Senate Environment
From the Energy & Commerce Committee, for
From the Ways & Means Committee, for consider-
and Public Works Committee Dec 20, 1989 (S
consideration of section 124 of the Senate amend-
ation of the House amendment to the Senate
ment, and modifications committed to confer-
Rpt 101-228)
amendment, and the Senate amendment, and
ence: Dingell, Walgren & Lent
S 1630 passed Senate April 3, 1990
modifications committed to conference: Rosten-
HR 3 reported by House Education and
HR 3030 reported by House Energy and
kowski, Gibbons, Jenkins, Downey, Pease, Russo,
Commerce Committee May 17 (H Prt 101-490,
Guarini, Archer, Vander Jagt, Crane & Frenzel
Labor Committee July 27, 1989 (H Rpt 101-
pt I)
As additional conferees, solely for the consideration
190, pt I)
of Title II of the House amendment to the Senate
HR 3 reported by House Ways and Means
HR 3030 reported by House Ways and
amendment, and for Title II of the Senate amend-
Committee Sept 12, 1989 (H Rpt 101-190, pt
Means Committee May 21 (H Rpt 101-490, pt
ment, and modifications committed to confer-
II)
II)
ence: Pickle & Schulze
HR 3 passed House March 29, 1990
HR 3030 reportd by House Public Works
From the Agriculture Committee, for consideration
S 5 reported by Senate Labor and Human
Committee May 21 (H Rpt 101-490, pt III)
of Titles VI and VII of the Senate amendment,
Resources Committee April 12, 1989
S 1630 passed House May 23 (House voted
and the Senate amendment, and modifications
S5 passed Senate June 23, 1989
to amend S 1630 to contain the text of HR 3030
committed to conference: de la Garza, Volkmer,
Brown of Calif, Olin, Stallings, Morrison of Wash,
HR 3 passed Senate April 24, 1990 (Senate
as amended by the House)
Bob Smith & Herger
amended HR 3 to contain the text of S 5 as
From the Interior Committee, for consideration of
previously passed by the Senate)
Titles VI and VII of the Senate amendment, and
Senate insisted on its amendment, re-
modifications committed to conference: Udall,
quested a conference and named conferees
CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Vento, Williams, DeFazio, McDermott, Young of
April 24
Conferees will meet on legislation (HR
Alaska, Craig & Denny Smith
House agreed to a conference and named
From the Foreign Affairs Committee, for consider-
3033) to control the export to countries pursu-
ation of Titles VI and VII of the Senate amend-
conferees May 9
ing or expanding the ability to produce or
ment, and modifications committed to confer-
deliver chemical or biological weapons of items
ence: Fascell, Wolpe, Gejdenson, Kostmayer,
that would assist such countries in acquiring
Feighan, Broomfield, Roth & Miller of Wash
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
such ability, to impose sanctions against com-
Senate conferees: Bentsen, Moynihan, Baucus,
Conferees will meet on legislation to re-
panies that have aided in the proliferation of
Packwood, Dole
authorize vocational education programs (HR
chemical or biological weapons and to provide
HR 1594 reported by House Ways and Means
7).
for sanctions against countries that use or
Committee June 21, 1989 (H Rpt 101-99)
Time & room TBA date TBA
prepare to use chemical or biological weapons
HR 1594 passed House June 27, 1989
Senate conferees: Kennedy, Pell, Metzenbaum,
in violation of internatational law
HR 1594 reported by Senate Finance Com-
Dodd, Simon, Mikulski, Hatch, Kassebaum,
Cochran, Jeffords, Thurmond
Time & room TBA date TBA
mittee March 22, 1990
Senate Conferees: TBA
HR 1594 passed Senate, amended, April
House conferees: Hawkins, Ford of Mich, Miller of
Calif, Kildee, Williams, Martinez, Perkins, Hayes
House Conferees: TBA
24, 1990
of Ill, Sawyer, Owens of NY, Payne of NJ, Lowey
HR 3033 reported by House Foreign Affairs
House agreed to Senate amendment with
of NY, Poshard, Unsoeld, Rahall, Goodling,
Committee Nov 7, 1989 (H Rpt 101-334 pt I)
an amendment, insisted on its amendment
Fawell, Grandy, Smith of Vt, Bartlett,
HR 3033 reported by House Ways & Means
and requested a conference May 9
Gunderson, Petri, Roukema, Coleman of Mo
Committee Nov 8, 1989 (H Rpt 101-334, pt II)
Senate agreed to a conference and named
HR 7 reported by House Education and
HR 3033 passed the House Nov 13, 1989
conferees May 14
Labor Committee April 28, 1989 (H Rpt 101-
S 195 reported by Senate Foreign Relations
41)
Oct 17, 1989 (S Rpt 101-166)
HR 7 passed House May 9, 1989
HR 3033 passed the Senate May 17 (Sen-
CHILD CARE
S 1109 reported by Senate Labor and
ate amended HR 3033 to contain text of S 195)
Conferees will meet on legislation to extend
Human Resources Committee Nov 21, 1989 (S
Senate insisted on its amendments and
Head Start programs and programs under
Rpt 101-221)
requested a conference May 17
Elementary and Secondary Education Act to
HR 7 passed Senate April 5, 1990 (Senate
include child-care services (HR 3)
amended HR 7 to contain text of S 1109)
Time & room TBA Date TBA
Senate insisted on its amendments, re-
Senate conferees:
quested a conference and named conferees
From the Labor and Human Resources Committee:
HATCH ACT REVISION
April
Kennedy, Dodd, Pell, Harkin, Adams, Mikulski,
Conferees will meet on legislation (HR 20)
House agreed to a conference and named
Hatch, Kassebaum, Jeffords & Coats
to revise the Hatch Act.
From the Finance Committee: Bentsen, Moynihan,
conferees May 9
Time & room TBA date TBA
Baucus, Mitchell, Packwood, Dole & Roth
Senate conferees: Glenn, Levin, Pryor, Kohl,
House conferees:
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Lieberman, Roth, Stevens & Rudman
From the Education & Labor Committee, for con-
Conferees will meet on legislation to re-
House conferees: TBA
sideration of the House bill (except Titles III and
authorize the National Aeronautics and Space
HR 20 reported by House Post Office and
VI), and the Senate amendment (except Titles II
Administration (NASA) (HR 3729).
Civil Service Committee April 13, 1989 (H Rpt
and III), and modifications committed to confer-
Time & room TBA date TBA
101-27)
ence: Hawkins, Ford of Mich, Clay, Miller of
House conferees: Roe, Nelson of Fla, Valentine,
Calif, Kildee, Williams, Martinez, Owens of NY,
HR 20 passed House April 17, 1989
Brown of Calif, Lloyd, Glickman, Volkmer, Mi-
Hayes of III, Perkins, Sawyer, Payne of NJ, Lowey
S 135 reported by Senate Governmental
neta, Torricelli, Nagle, Walker, Sensenbrenner,
of NY, Unsoeld, Washington, Jontz, Goodling,
Lewis of Fla, Buechner, Packard, Slaughter of Va
Affairs Committee Oct 17, 1989 (S Rpt 101-
Petri, Gunderson, Bartlett, Tauke, Henry,
& Rohrabacher
165)
Grandy, Ballenger & Fawell
Senate conferees: TBA
S 135 passed Senate May 10, 1990 (Senate
From the Ways & Means Committee, for consider-
HR 3729 passed House Nov 20, 1989
then took up HR 20 and amended it to contain
ation of Titles III and VI of the House bill and
the text of 135)
Title II of the Senate amendment, and modifica-
HR 3729 passed Senate, amended, Nov 22,
Senate insisted on its amendments, re-
tions committed to conference: Rostenkowski,
1989
Downey, Ford of Tenn, Pease, Matsui, Kennelly,
House disagreed to the Senate amend-
quested a conference and named conferees
Andrews, Archer, Vander Jagt, Crane & Shaw
ment, requested a conference and named con-
May 10
From the Ways & Means Committee, for consider-
ferees Feb 28, 1990
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Conference continued.
land
control programs.
HR 1465 reported by House Public Works
Time & room TBA date TBA
OIL-SPILL COMPENSATION
Committee Sept 18, 1989 (H Rpt 101-242, pt I)
Senate conferees: Kennedy, Dodd, Pell, Hollings,
Conferees will meet on legislation (HR
HR 1465 reported by House Merchant
Inouye, Biden, Sarbanes, Hatch, Coats, Danforth,
1465) to establish limits on liability for dam-
Marine Committee Sept 18, 1989 (H Rpt 101-
Wilson, Helms, Gramm
ages resulting from oil pollution and to estab-
242, pt II)
House conferees:
lish a fund to pay compensation for such
HR 1465 reported by House Science Com-
For HR 3630: Dingell, Waxman, Scheuer, Lent,
mittee Sept 20, 1989 (H Rpt 101-242, pt III)
Madigan
damages.
For HR 3550 from the Judiciary Committee:
Time & room TBA addl dates TBA
Supplemental report filed by House Public
Hughes, Mazzoli, Feighan, McCollum, Gekas
Senate conferees: From Environment and Public
Works Committee Oct 3, 1989 (H Rpt 101-242,
For HR 3550 for the Energy & Commerce Commit-
Works Committee: Burdick, Moynihan, Mitchell,
pt IV)
tee: Dingell, Waxman, Lent
Baucus, Lautenberg, Breaux, Chafee, Durenber-
Supplemental report filed by House Mer-
S 1735 passed Senate Oct 5, 1989
ger, Warner, Jeffords, Humphrey
chant Marine Committee Oct 4, 1989 (H Rpt
HR 3614, HR 3630, HR 3550, HR 3611
From Commerce, Science and Transportation Com-
101-242, pt V)
passed House Nov 13, 1989
mittee: Hollings, Inouye, Kerry, Breaux, Dan-
HR 1465 passed House, amended, Nov 9,
By unanimous consent the Senate agreed
forth, Packwood, Stevens
1989
House conferees:
that when the House bills were received by the
From the Merchant Marine Committee, for consid-
S 686 reported by Senate Environment
Senate, all after the enacting clause was
eration of the House bill (except Title VIII), and
Committee July 28, 1989 (S Rpt 101-94)
stricken, the text of S 1735 was substituted,
the Senate amendment (except sections 601 and
S 686 passed Senate Aug 4, 1989
the bills were deemed as passed and the
602), and modifications.committed to conference:
Senate amended HR 1465 to contain the
Senate insisted on its amendments and re-
Jones of NC, Studds, Tauzin, Carper, Hughes,
text of S 686 Nov 19, 1989
quested a conference.
Davis, Young of Alaska, Lent (Shumway is ap-
Senate insisted on its amendments and
HR 3614 and HR 3611 passed the House
pointed in place of Young of Alaska for consider-
ation of Title I and section 2004 of the House bill
requested a conference Nov 19, 1989
and Senate Nov 21
and Title I and section 405 of the Senate amend-
House agreed to a conference Feb 7, 1990
HR 3611 signed by the president Dec 13
ment From the Public Works Committee, for
(PL 101-231)
consideration of the House bill (except Title
DRUG PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION
HR 3614 signed by the president Dec 12
VIII), and the Senate amendment (except sec-
Conferees will meet on legislation (S
(PL 101-226)
tions 601 and 602), and modifications committed
1735/HR 3630, HR 3550) to authorize drug
HR 3630 and HR 3550 remain in conference
to conference: Anderson, Roe, Mineta, Oberstar,
Nowak, Hammerschmidt, Shuster, Stangeland
(Kolter is appointed in place of Anderson for
consideration of section 4114 of the House bill;
Rahall is appointed in place of Roe for consider-
Other Events
ation of Title VII of the House bill, and sections
205, 309, 354, and 356 of the Senate amendment;
Laughlin is appointed in place of Roe for consid-
eration of sections 1002 and 1004 of the House
bill, and corresponding sections of section 102 of
The Monitor has received notice of the
and police pension and fringe benefits issues.
the Senate amendment; Borski is represented in
following events scheduled to take place in
Quality Hotel Capitol Hill, 415 New Jersey
place of Roe for consideration of sections 4101
Washington. Associations, non-profit organiza-
Ave NW June 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6
through 4205 of the House bill, and corresponding
tions and public interest groups who wish to
Contact: Nora Glushakow 223-6515
portions of the Senate amendment; and, Upton is
have events listed in the section should send.
Note: There is a $125 charge for this event.
appointed in place of Shuster for consideration of
section-4203 of the House bill and section 203 of
pertinent information to: The Congressional
the Senate amendment.
Monitor, Other Events Editor, 1414 22nd St.
From the Foreign Affairs Committee, for consider-
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037. Notices must
ICBM & ARMS CONTROL
ation of sections 603 and 604 of the House bill,
include a telephone number. Notices may be
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis will
and sections 603 and 604 of the Senate amend-
transmitted by facsimile to 728-1862, attn:
sponsor a series of breakfast meetings for
ment, and modifications committed to confer-
Robert Healy. Only events related to Congress
members of Congress and congressional staff
ence: Fascell, Yatron, Owens of Utah, Lantos,
can be listed. Deadline is Noon. For further
working on defense-related issues. The sessions
Feighan, Broomfield, Bereuter, Miller of Wash
information call (202) 887-8686.
will focus on various aspects of ICBM modern-
From the Science & Technology Committee, for
ization and arms control.
consideration of Title VII of the House bill, and
8am to 9am Capitol Hill Club June 5 & 7
sections 205, 309, 354, 356, and 506 of the Senate
amendment, and modifications committed to
U.S.-SOVIET RELATIONS &
Contact: Peter Huessy at 463-7942
conference: Scheuer, Brown of Calif, Lloyd, Wal-
ARMS CONTROL
Agenda:
gren, Walker, Schneider, Morrison of Wash
Lawyers Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control
June 5: Midgetman: Insuring Survival in a New
From the Interior Committee, for consideration of
Deterrent Framework Sen Cohen, R-Maine
will hold a luncheon meeting to hear House
Title I and section 2004 of the House bill, and
June 7: The Twin Races to Disarm and Negotiate:
Armed Services Committee Counselor Larry
Title I and section 405 of the Senate amendment,
What Path Toward Prudence and Enhanced
Smith discuss "U.S.-Soviet Confidence Build-
and modifications committed to conference:
Strategic Stability? Sen Nunn, D-Ga
Udall, Miller of Calif, Sharp, Young of Alaska,
ing Measures - The View From Congress."
Date TBA: The Emerging Strategic Framework
Craig
12:15pm, Natl Lawyers Club, 1815 H St NW
Rep Aspin, D-Wis
From the Interior Committee, for consideration of
May 29
NOTE: The meeting originally scheduled for June 6
Title VIII and section 2004 of the House bill, and
Contact: Philip Fleming at 624-2755
has been moved forward to May 24
sections 601 and 602 of the Senate amendment,
Note: There is a $13.50 charge for this event. For
and modifications committed to conference:
reservations call Phil Fleming at 624-2755.
Udall, Miller of Calif, Sharp, Vento, DeFazio,
MEDICAID DIRECTORS
Young of Alaska, Marlenee, Craig
State Medicaid Directors' Association and
From the Energy & Commerce Committee, for
CURBSIDE RECYCLING
Health Care Financing Administration will co-
consideration of sections 8103, 8201, and 8202 of
the House bill, and section 601 of the Senate
National Soft Drink Association will spon-
sponsor a conference on issues affecting the
amendment, and modifications committed to
sor a briefing for members of Congress and
administration of Medicaid programs.
conference: Dingell, Hall of Texas, Lent.
staff on curbside recycling programs.
Omni Shoreham Hotel June 5 &6
From the Merchant Marine Committee, for consid-
2pm to 3:30pm 2261 Rayburn Bldg May 29
Contact: Gloria Price (HCFA 245-6257) or
eration of Title VIII of the House bill and sections
Contact: Barbara Hiden at 463-6740
Debbie Burt (American Public Welfare Assn
601 and 602 of the Senate amendment, and
682-0100)
modifications committed to conference: Jones of
NC, Tauzin, Carper, Davis, Fields
POLICE LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE
SPACE STATION ISSUES
From the Public Works Committee, for consider-
ation of Title VIII of the House bill, and sections
National Association of Police Organiza-
Center for National Program Evaluation
601 and 602 of the Senate amendment, and
tions will hold a legislative conference to dis-
will sponsor a series of breakfast meetings to
modifications committed to conference: Ander-
cuss law enforcement issues currently before
discuss the space station Freedom and related
son, Mineta, Nowak, Hammerschmidt, Stange-
Congress, including drug control, gun control,
topics.
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Contact: Monica Gliva at 637-3126
Contact: Ann Hadley vom Eigen at 861-6977
Contact: Margaret Roberts at 391-6414
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Congressional Quarterly will sponsor a sem-
inar on "Understanding Congress."
OPENING CONSTRUCTION
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
8:30am to 1pm, Quality Hotel Capitol Hill,
MARKET IN JAPAN
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415 New Jersey Ave NW June 12
Asian Studies Center of the Heritage Foun-
and Innovation will sponsor a conference on
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dation will sponsor a policy forum on the
"New Trends in Employee Benefits."
information and registration call Irene Cuffy at
barriers facing American construction firms in
Crystal City Marriott Hotel, Arlington, Va
887-8620.
their efforts to gain access to the Japanese
June7&8
market and the current state of negotiations
Contact: Mary Louise Shaffer or Frank
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Participants: Sen Murkowski, R-Alaska keynote
a conference to discuss long-term health-care
1414 22nd St NW June 13
PANEL: Roger Brooks dir, Asian Studies Ctr;
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Franco Eleuteri - dir, Asia Operations, The Aus-
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American Foreign Service Association will
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Legislative update Paul Willging
Effective lobbying seminar - David Rehr, Natl
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Congressional Quarterly will sponsor a sem-
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collaboration on environmental issues.
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June 13:
State Dept (23rd St entrance) June 14
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Keynote speaker Sen Packwood, R-Ore; Rep
Contact: Brian Hennessey (202) 338-4045
1221 22nd St NW June 20
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Panel on long-term care Joseph Califano, former
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HUMAN RESOURCE ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY
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National Association of Manufacturers will
Women in Government Relations will spon-
8:30am to 4pm, Washington Marriott Hotel,
sponsor a conference on human resources legis-
sor a discussion on insurance of environmental
1221 22nd St NW June 21
lation currently pending in Congress, including
liability. Legislative alternatives that may be
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child care, civil and disability rights, pension
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call Irene Cuffy at 887-8620.
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Status of Appropriations
Week of May 21
FOREIGN OPERATIONS
House: 225-2041; Senate: 224-7209
FULL COMMITTEE
House subcmte hearings completed:
April 4
House 225-2771; Senate 224-3471
INTERIOR
FY90 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
House: 225-3081; Senate: 224-7233
Bill No:
HR 4404
House Full Cmte reported
March 27 (HRpt 101-434)
Senate cmte reported
April 24 (SRpt 101-272)
Passed House:
LABOR/HHS/EDUC
April 3
Passed Senate:
May 1
House: 225-3508; Senate: 224-7283
Conferees appointed in House:
May 4
House subcmte hearings completed:
May 1
Conferees appointed in Senate:
May 1
Senate subcmte hearings completed:
March 29
Conf rpt filed:
May 23 (HRpt101-493)
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
AGRICULTURE
House: 225-5338; Senate: 224-7338
House: 225-2638; Senate: 224-7240
House subcmte hearings completed:
Feb 8
House subcmte hearings completed:
March 30
Senate subcmte hearings completed:
April 6
Senate subcmte hearings completed:
April 4
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE,
House: 225-3047; Senate: 224-7255
& THE JUDICIARY
House: 225-3351; Senate: 224-7277
House subcmte hearings completed:
March 29
Senate subcmte hearings completed:
April 2
House subcmte hearings completed:
April 3
Senate subcmte hearings completed:
May 2
TRANSPORTATION
House: 225-2141; Senate: 224-7245
DEFENSE
House: 225-2847; Senate: 224-7255
House subcmte hearings completed:
April 26
Senate subcmte hearings completed:
May 16
House subcmte hearings completed:
May 8
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
TREASURY/POSTAL SERVICE
House: 225-5338; Senate: 224-7236
House: 225-5834; Senate: 224-6280
House subcmte hearings completed:
April 4
ENERGY & WATER DEVELOPMENT
House: 225-3421; Senate: 224-7260
VA, HUD & INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
House subcmte hearings completed:
April 4
House: 225-3241; Senate: 224-7211
Senate subcmte hearings completed:
May 3
House subcmte hearings completed:
May 3
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Congressional Monitor
Friday, May 25, 1990
House Floor Action
Week of May 21
HOYER. motion to strike all after the en-
acting clause of the Senate companion measure,
S 933, and insert in lieu thereof the provisions of
the bill, HR 3030, as amended, agreed to by
Monday, May 21:
voice
HR 4252
Authorize the secretary of the Air Force to
S 933, as amended, passed by voice
purchase certain property at Pease Air Force
Subsequently, HR 2273 was laid on the
Base, NH
table.
BENNETT substitute amendment, agreed
S 286
Petroglyph National Monument Establish-
to by voice
ment Act
HR 4252, as amended, passed by voice
[continued from May 21]
HR 3030
Provide for the attainment and maintenance
S 286, as amended, passed by 415-0 (sus-
of the national ambient air quality standards,
pension of the rules - 2/3's vote required) (title
the control of toxic air pollutants, the preven-
amended)
tion of acid deposition, and other improve-
HR 4636
Authorize supplemental economic assistance
ments in the quality of the nation's air began
for fiscal 1990 to support democracy in Pan-
general debate
ama and Nicaragua, and for other purposes
Under suspension of the rules
Rule, H Res 395, agreed to by 305-108
S 286
Petroglyph Natl Monument Establishment
FASCELL en bloc amendment to strike
Act began consideration (debate conpleted, vote
provisions which repealed the existing cap set-
on final passage scheduled for Tuesday)
ting most fiscal 1990 State Department and
H Con Res 324Regarding Burmese Elections passed by voice
USIA funds at fiscal 1989 levels or lower and
H Res 393
Concerning the First Anniversary of the
which removed the current law requirement
Tianamen Square Massacre passed by voice
that funds for the Board for International
Broadcasting cannot be provided without prior
authorization; provided that the $7.3 million
Tuesday, May 22:
authorized for the US pavilion at the World's
Fair in Seville, Spain, also be spent for the US
HR 2273
Establish a clear and comprehensive prohi-
pavilion at the World's Fair in Genoa, Italy;
bition of discrimination on the basis of dis-
authorized $10 million in fiscal year 1991 funds
ability
for the creation of a North-South Center in
[continued from May 17]
Florida; provided the Defense Department with
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE substitute
the authority to finance the leasing of up to 11
amendment, as amended, agreed to by voice
Huey helicopters to Bolivia and Peru for anti-
LIPINSKI amendment to JUDICIARY
narcotics purposes; and restored the administra-
COMMITTEE substitute amendment to ex-
tion's authority to transfer up to 10 percent of
empt commuter rail services from the require-
military aid to economic aid accounts, agreed to
ment that all new rail cars purchased or leased
by voice
must be readily accessible to and usable by
KOSTMAYER amendment to require that
persons with disabilities if the commuter rail
50 percent of the aid for Panama be withheld
service provided at least one car per train acces-
until Panama signs an agreement with the US
sible to those with disabilities within 5 years,
providing for the sharing of records for investi-
rejected by 100-290
gations into the laundering of drug-related
SHUSTER amendment to JUDICIARY
funds through financial institutions, agreed to
COMMITTEE substitute amendment to ex-
by voice
empt fixed-route public transit systems in ur-
DREIER of Calif amendment to add 3
banized areas with less than 200,000 from the
additional items to the list of cooperative steps
requirement that new vehicles be accessible to
taken by the Endara government to control
persons with disabilities, rejected by 148-266
money laundering in Panama: signing of a
SENSENBRENNER amendment to JUDI-
counter-narcotics agreement; establish legal re-
CIARY COMMITTEE substitute amendment
quirements for information for regulatory and
to provide that the victims of job discrimination
legal authorities; and signing of the United
based on a disability would be entitled only to
Nation Against Illicit Narcotics Trafficking,
remedies currently available under title VII of
agreed to by voice
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, rather than any
BROOMFIELD amendment to provide
future expanded remedies, rejected by 192-227
substitute provisions on El Salvador that would
(modified)
permit the president to determine whether cer-
DeLAY motion to recommit the bill to the
tain specified actions by the Salvadoran govern-
COMMITTEE on RULES with instructions to
ment have occurred that warrant with holding
report it back forthwith containing an amend-
military aid, and would have provided funds and
ment to provide that an employer could take
programs for the military, the police, a Judicial-
into consideration an individual's history of
Democractization program, and national recon-
drug addiction or alcoholism before assigning or
ciliation, rejected by 175-243
continuing to asssign such individual to a safety
MOAKLEY amendment to provide substi-
sensitive position, and to extend the application
tute provisions to those in the bill providing
of the purposes of the Act in their entirety to
additional conditions on FMLN and Salvadoran
the executive and judicial branches of the fed-
military attacks on civilians, requiring the Sal-
eral government, rejected by 143-280
vadoran president to control military aid, au-
HR 2273, as amended, passed by 403-20
thorizing election monitoring funds, and requir-
1
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Congressional Monitor
Page 15
House Floor continued.
180
DINGELL amendment to ENERGY COM-
1
MITTEE substitute amendment to provide that
ing additional information for the presidential
modified facilities would only be subject to new
report to Congress, agreed to by 250-163
source Maximum Achievable Control Technol-
HR 4636, as amended, rejected by 171-244
ogy (MACT) standards if the modification in-
0
S J Res 231
Designate the week of June 10, 1990,
creases hazardous emissions by more than a de
through June 16, 1990, as "State-Supported
minimis amount of emissions of a pollutant that
Homes for Veterans Week" passed by voice
was not previously emitted from the facility;
S J Res 231 is cleared for the president.
and strikes language stating that MACT must
be at least as stringent as the emission controls
achieved in practice by the best controlled simi-
lar source, and establishes instead a "floor" on
Wednesday, May 23:
MACT, requiring that it must be no less strin-
HR 3030
Provide for the attainment and maintenance
gent, and may be more stringent, than the
of the national ambient air quality standards,
average emission limitation achieved by a cer-
the control of toxic air pollutants, the preven-
tain number of the best-performing sources in
tion of acid deposition, and other improve-
the same industry, agreed to by voice
ments in the quality of the nation's air
DINGELL amendment to ENERGY-COM-
[continued from May 21]
MITTEE substitute amendment that requires
Rule, H Res 399, agreed to by 317-105
complete elimination of the most destructive
(modified)
chemicals that destroy the ozone layer by mid-
Earlier, the House agreed, by a 312-106
2000 and less destructive types of chemicals by
vote, to order the previous question on consid-
the beginning of 2020; but does not permit the
eration of the rule.
limited use of these substances for medical
ENERGY COMMITTEE substitute
purposes, aviation safety, and fire suppression,
amendment, as amended, agreed to by voice
agreed to by 416-0
DINGELL en bloc amendments to EN-
DINGELL amendment to ENERGY COM-
ERGY COMMITTEE substitute amendment to
MITTEE substitute amendment that would re-
provide compromise language regarding the pro-
quire EPA to establish regulations to control air
tection of air quality in national parks, the
pollution from offshore oil and gas platforms on
accidental release into the air of hazardous
the Outer Continental Shelf located offshore of
pollutants, reformulated gasoline standards, and
the states along the Pacific and Atlantic Coasts
transportation provisions submitted by the
and the Gulf Coast off Florida, comparable to
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, agreed to by
those governing emission sources in correspond-
voice
ing onshore areas; expands the bill's require-
ROE amendment to ENERGY COMMIT-
ments for an EPA study on airborne toxic
TEE substitute amendment that extends air
effects on coastal waters; and requires the Inte-
pollution research programs within the EPA SO
rior Department to issue regulations to limit
that the effects on air pollution and acid rain on
emissions of air pollutants from OCS platforms
human health and the environment will con-
of California only, while requiring a similar
tinue to be explored; and requires research to be
study over 3 years on the impact of OCS emis-
continued regarding the effect of alternative
sions on ozone and nitrogen dioxide non-attain-
fuels and pollution control technologies, agreed
ment areas of the Gulf of Mexico, agreed to by
to by voice (modified)
411-5
DYMALLY amendment to ENERGY
DINGELL amendment to ENERGY COM-
COMMITTEE substitute amendment to pro-
MITTEE substitute amendment that modifies
vide that the EPA administrator require that
the clean fuel provisions in the bill, agreed to by
not less than 10 percent of any research relating
405-15
to the requirements made by the Clean Air Act
COOPER amendment to ENERGY COM-
amendments be conducted by a disadvantaged
MITTEE substitute amendment that directs
business concern; and prohibits the use of eligi-
the EPA to promulgate regulations requiring
bility quotas, agreed to by voice (modified)
monitoring and reporting of carbon dioxide
ROSTENKOWSKI en bloc amendments to
emissions of electric utility power plants subject
ENERGY COMMITTEE substitute amend-
to the acid rain provisions of the bill, agreed to
ment to eliminate provisions requiring certain
by voice
fees and charges, rejected by 170-253
HR 3030, as amended, passed by 401-21
WISE amendment to ENERGY COMMIT-
DINGELL motion to strike out all after the
TEE substitute amendment that authorizes
enacting clause of the Senate companion mea-
$250 million for a "Clean Air Employment
sure, S 1630, and insert in lieu thereof the
Transition Assistance" program to be disbursed
provisions of HR 3030 as passed by the House
over a 5-year period, providing those workers
S 1630, passed by voice (title amended)
who become unemployed or suffer a reduction of
DINGELL motion pursuant to the Rule to
hours as a result of the provisions of the bill
insist on the House amendments to S 1630 and
with two years of retraining and up to six
request a conference with the Senate, agreed to
months of unemployment benefits, agreed to by
by voice
274-146
Subsequently, HR 3030 was laid on the
SIKORSKI amendment to ENERGY
table.
COMMITTEE substitute amendment that ex-
S Con Res 133 Concurrent resolution providing for the use
tends the 5-year/50,000 mile warranties on "ma-
of the Capitol Rotunda agreed to by voice
jor" auto emission control devices to 8-
S Con Res 133 has now cleared both cham-
year/80,000 mile warranties, agreed to by 239-
bers.
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Congressional Monitor
Friday, May 25, 1990
House Floor continued.
Thursday, May 24:
HR 4404
CONFERENCE REPORT: Dire emergency
supplemental appropriations for disaster as-
sistance, food stamps, unemployment com-
pensation administration, and other urgent
needs, and transfers, and reducing funds bud-
geted for military spending for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1990 began consider-
ation
Friday, May 25:
The House hoped to complete action on the conference
report to HR 4404, FY90 supplemental appropriations, and
adjourn until Tuesday, June 5. If action on the conference
report was not completed Thursday, the House may be in
session today.
Senate Floor Action
Week of May 21
purposes passed by voice
HR 644
Designate segments of the East Fork of
Jemez and Pecos rivers in NM as compo-
nents of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers
Monday, May 21:
System passed by voice
S 1970
Omnibus crime legislation began consideration
HR 644 is now cleared for the president.
S Res 289
Direct the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as
S 2088
Amend the Energy Policy and Conservation
amicus curiae in the name of the Senate in
Act to extend the authority for titles I and II,
United States ex rel Rudd, et al General Con-
and for other purposes
tractors, Inc, et al agreed to by voice
ENERGY COMMITTEE substitute
amendment, agreed to by voice
S 2088, as amended, passed by voice
HR 1159
Tuesday, May 22:
Designate Juan Bautista de Anza National
Historic Trail, and for other purposes; with
S 1970
Omnibus crime legislation
an amendment
[continued from May 21]
ENERGY COMMITTEE substitute
METZENBAUM amendment 1676 to de-
amendment, agreed to by voice
fine the term assault weapon and to ban the sale
HR 1159, as amended, passed by voice
of large-capacity magazines, tabled by 82-17
S 2388
Yosemite National Park Centennial Medal
HATCH amendment 1681 to strike provi-
Act
sions that would prohibit the manufacture, sale,
BANKING COMMITTEE substitute
and possession of certain semi-automatic (as-
amendment, as amended, agreed to by voice
sault) weapons, pending at recess
McCLURE amendment 1682 to BANKING
MITCHELL unanimous consent to provide
COMMITTEE substitute amendment to estab-
for further consideration of above HATCH
lish procedures for the minting of silver coin
amendment 1681, with a vote, to occur on May
proof sets, agreed to by voice
23
S 2388, as amended, passed by voice
MITCHELL unanimous consent providing
for consideration of certain additional amend-
ments to be proposed to Title II of the bill
Wednesday, May 23:
[continued May 23]
S 1413
Settle all claims of the Aroostook Band of
S 1970
Omnibus crime legislation
Micmacs resulting from the band's omission
[continued from May 22]
from the Maine Indian Claims Settlement
HATCH amendment 1681 to strike provi-
passed by voice
sions that would prohibit the manufacture, sale,
S 2354
Amend the Housing and Community Devel-
and possession of certain semi-automatic (as-
opment Act of 1974 to make technical correc-
sault) weapons, rejected by 48-52
tions for grants to Indian tribes, and for other
DOLE motion to reconsider the vote by
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Congressional Monitor
Page 17
Senate Floor continued.
which above HATCH amendment 1681 was
agreed to, rejected by 49-50
GRAHAM amendment 1686 to provide for
reform of habeas corpus procedures, agreed to
by voice
THURMOND amendment 1687 to provide
special habeas corpus procedures in capital
cases, rejected by 47-50
MITCHELL unanimous consent providing
for the Senate to vote on reconsideration of the
THURMOND amendment 1687, with a vote to
occur May 24
THURMOND amendment 1690 to add a
"right VS. wrong" standard to the term mentally
retarded, pending at recess
MITCHELL unanimous consent providing
for the Senate to vote on THURMOND amend-
ment 1690 on May 24
[continued May 24]
S 2075
Indian Environmental Regulatory Enhance-
ment Act of 1990
INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE amend-
ments, agreed to by voice
S 2075, as amended, passed by voice
Thursday, May 24:
S 1970
Omnibus crime legislation continued consider-
ation
Friday, May 25:
Schedule uncertain
The Senate hoped to complete action on the conference
report to HR 4404, FY90 supplemental appropriations, and
adjourn until Tuesday, June 5. If action on the conference
report was not completed Thursday, the Senate may be in
session today.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 25, 1990
MEMORANDUM TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTORS
FROM:
CHRISS WINSTON cw
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS
SUBJECT: WEEKLY PACKAGE
In this week's package, you will find copies of the President's
remarks to the following events: the University of Texas
Commencement, a fundraiser for David Frohnmayer of Oregon, an
Oakland, California "Points of Light" event, remarks to the
Council of the Americas, a ceremony highlighting World Trade
Week, and a ceremony celebrating the 25th anniversary of Head
Start.
For further information please contact Kristen Gear at 456-2930.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Thursday, May 31
President Bush welcomes Soviet President Gorbachev to the White
House for the U.S.- Soviet Summit. The two President's will hold
meetings during the day and President and Mrs. Bush will host a
State Dinner for President and Mrs. Gorbachev in the evening.
Friday, June 1
President Bush and Soviet President Gorbachev will continue to
hold meetings during the day. In the afternoon, there will be a
signing ceremony for U.S.- - Soviet agreements. The Official
Return Dinner for President and Mrs. Bush will be hosted by
President and Mrs. Gorbachev at the Soviet Embassy, in the
evening.
Saturday, June 2
President and Mrs. Bush will host President and Mrs. Grobachev at
Camp David for the day.
Sunday, June 3
President Bush and President Gorbachev will hold a joint press
conference to bring the Summit to a close.
AT THE AGENCIES
AGRICULTURE:
On June 2, Secretary Yeutter will travel to Santa Clara,
California to deliver a commencement address at Santa Clara
University.
COMMERCE:
May 27-28, International Trade Administration officials will
travel to Yugoslavia and Poland to meet on various trade and
economic development issues.
EDUCATION:
On May 29, Secretary Cavazos will address a dinner of the
National Health/Education Consortium, a program sponsored by the
Education Department, HHS, the Irving Harris Foundation and the
Pillsbury Foundation. Secretary Sullivan will also address this
group. On May 31, Cavazos will travel to Tucson, Arizona to
address a conference on dropout prevention sponsored by the
Arizona chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens.
June 1-2, Cavazos will travel to Idaho. In Caldwell on May 2,
Cavazos will deliver a commencement address at the College of
Idaho.
ENERGY:
On May 29, Secretary Watkins will travel to Portsmouth, Ohio to
tour the Department's gaseous diffusion facility, used for
uranium enrichment. Watkins will be accompanied by Senator John
Glenn and Congressman Bob McEwen. Later Watkins will meet with
local community leaders and educators.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES:
May 28-29, Secretary Sullivan will travel to New Mexico. In
Santa Fe on May 28, he will visit an Indian health clinic to
address the importance of the Indian Health Service and health
care for minorities. In Albuquerque on May 29, Sullivan will
address the New Mexico Health Conference. On May 31, Sullivan
will be interviewed for the Saturday Evening Post. On June 1,
Sullivan will travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan to deliver a
commencement address at the University of Michigan Medical
School. On June 2, Sullivan will travel to New Orleans,
Louisiana to deliver a commencement address at Tulane University
Medical School.
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT:
On May 30, Secretary Kemp will travel to Atlanta, Georgia to
address a dinner marking the opening of the Glen Castle housing
project. On May 31, Kemp will attend the first meeting of the
President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Barriers to Affordable
Housing.
INTERIOR:
May 29-June 1, Secretary Lujan will travel to Idaho and Montana.
Lujan will tour the Birds of Prey Center, a facility established
to enhance the recovery of endangered species, in Boise, Idaho
and he will address a group of loggers in Kalispell, Montana.
JUSTICE:
On May 29, Attorney General Thornburgh will address a dinner
sponsored by the National Legal Center for the Public Interest.
The next day a seminar will be conducted at the Department for
chief executive officers and counsels of major corporations.
On May 30, Thornburgh will travel to Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
to address a law enforcement conference sponsored by the National
Executive Institute and the Major City Chiefs.
LABOR:
On May 31, Secretary Dole will address a labor-management
conference sponsored by the Department and the Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service, which will be attended by over 1,500
key labor-management policymakers.
STATE:
May 30-June 1, Secretary Baker will participate in Summit
activities: he will greet President Gorbachev at Andrews Air
Force Base, attend the Summit meetings and brief the press on the
results of the Summit.
TRANSPORTATION:
On May 31, Secretary Skinner will address the Coast Guard's
change of command ceremony. Admiral Paul Yost will be relieved
as Commandant of the Coast Guard by Admiral J. William Kime.
TREASURY:
May 29-31, Secretary Brady will lead the U.S. delegation
traveling to Paris for meetings of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD). Secretaries Yeutter and
Mosbacher and Ambassador Hills will also attend the OECD meetings
and will hold other bilateral meetings with their counterparts.
Secretary Brady will also attend a ceremony marking the formation
of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and a
meeting of the G-7 Financial Action Task Force.
UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE:
June 2-10, Ambassador Hills will travel to Asuncion, Paraguay as
a Presidential representative to the annual meeting of the
Organization of American States. Hills will also travel to
Brasilia, Brazil, Buenos Aires and Argentina for bilateral
negotiations.
VETERANS AFFAIRS:
On May 29, Secretary Derwinski will address the Ukrainian
National Association. May 31-June 2, Derwinski will travel to
Alaska with Senator Frank Murkowski. He will conduct meetings
with state and local veterans leaders in Ketchikan, Wrangell,
Petersburg, Juneau and Fairbanks, address a group of Soviet World
War II veterans in Fairbanks, meet with the Ketchikan Chamber of
Commerce and hold press briefings in Ketchikan, Juneau and
Fairbanks
REPORTS:
The Department of Agriculture will release the following report:
May 30, release of the quarterly update to "Outlook for
U.S. Agricultural Exports," which sets forth the
official forecasts for agricultural trade for FY 1990.
The Department of Commerce will release the following reports:
--
May 30, release of the leading economic indicators for
April.
--
May 30, release of new:single family home sale figures
for April.
May 31, release of figures on manufacturers' shipments,
inventories and orders for April.
--
June 1, release of employment and unemployment data for
May.
UPDATE:
--
GSA Administrator Austin last week announced that a 10-
story former VA clinic in downtown Boston has been
assigned to HHS for lease to the Vietnam Veterans
Workshop, Inc. The facility will be used to shelter
the homeless under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act. Earlier in the week, President Bush
recognized the Workshop as his 142nd "Point of Light"
for its efforts in providing a 100-bed shelter for
homeless veterans. With the addition of the new
facility, the Workshop program will be expanded to
include medical care, meals, counseling and 68 single-
occupancy rooms for transitional housing.
The Agency for International Development recently sent
two teams of volunteers to Poland to advise the Polish
government on the development of its commercial banking
system and stock market.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Austin, Texas)
For Immediate Release
May 19, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
University of Texas
Austin, Texas
THE PRESIDENT: Governor, thank you. Thank you very,
very much. Delighted to be here. A magnificent turnout. Thank you
all. Governor Clements -- Bill, thank you very much for that
gracious introduction. And to you and Rita, my profound thanks. I
do view you as friends, and I'm very lucky for that. To Congressman
Jake Pickle and Beryl, congratulations, and congratulations on the
graduation of your granddaughter Bergen Norris, out here somewhere.
And to Chairman Beecherl and Members of this distinguished Board of
Regents and to Chancellor Mark --- Mark and President Cunningham,
distinguished platform guests, Reverend Bethune, most distinguished
faculty of this great University, thank you all.
I'm pleased to be here, and there is nothing like the
great outdoors. (Applause.)
For once, it doesn't seem to matter whether you sit on
the 50-yard line or not.
And I understand I'm also too late for Eeyore's birthday
party. (Applause.) But it's great to be back in Longhorn country, just the same.
I gave my first U.T. commencement address in '73, when I
had just completed a tour of duty as Ambassador at the United
Nations. And I am pleased to be back. And I am grateful, and indeed
honored, by this honorary degree in law. Thank you very much for
that high honor, to the regents. (Applause.)
So many great Americans have given this address,
including a former Texas public school teacher by the name of Lyndon
Johnson, and later, his wonderful wife who served this University as
a regent, Lady Bird Johnson. So I consider it the highest honor to
once again address the graduates of this great institution.
The ideals of U.T. were born with Texas, when the
revolutionaries of 1836 called for "a university of the first class."
And Texas began dirt poor, but Texans were rich in land and vision.
And so what began as a dream of 40 acres of pasture is now a
mini-metropolis housing some of the best schools in America. Nobel
and Pulitzer Prize winners rank among your faculty, National Merit
scholars lead your students.
So let me say it loud and clear: the first Texans, in a
sense, were wrong. This is not just a first-class university. You
are graduates of a world-class university. (Applause.)
And if I ever forget this, if I ever should forget that
our Secretary of State Jim Baker would remind me and BO would our own
son Jeb, another proud graduate of this University of Texas.
Your splendid libraries house the manuscripts of Joyce
and Hemingway and Beckett. You are justly proud of rare books and
folios that resound with the rich voices of Chaucer and the Italian
Renaissance, Shakespeare and Spenser.
But a world-class university must have a revered
tradition of its own. And so you do. It was near here that J. Frank
Dobie held court with other scholars of the Southwest on the beloved
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Paisano Ranch. And it was here that Walter Prescott Webb scrutinized
old legends and O. Henry spun new ones.
And since then, students from around the world have
become a true part of the University of Texas community, as U.T. has
certainly become more of a part of the world. And within this wide
world, you can choose to work and succeed in Paris, France or Paris,
Texas. In short, you face the best of dilemmas; a wealth of
opportunities -- opportunities born of democracy.
In four commencement addresses this spring, I have
examined what makes democracy such a special way of life: how
democracies refuse to perish by uniting in a strong defensive
alliance; how they are stengthened by the rule of law; how freedom
empowers people to solve the toughest problems; and how democracy
leads to progress and adventure. Tonight, in this for me my final
commencement address of the year, I want to discuss the personal side
of democracy: what it offers us and what we can make of it.
To graduate from college in America is to be as free as
any man or woman can be. And now, for the first time in half a
century, a new generation in Eastern Europe is reveling in freedom;
throwing their caps in the air and shouting to the high heavens
because finally they are free to live where they want and free to be
what they want. From Austin, Texas to Berlin to Budapest, we live
during a remarkable moment in world history, an exhilarating time --
the triumph of freedom. (Applause.)
But freedom has a constant companion: challenge. And so
I am here tonight to challenge you to make the most of our changing
world, to live these remarkable times, to take risks, to do something
extraordinary.
This is what Jack London was getting at when he wrote:
"I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent
glow; than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man
is to live, not to exist."
And of course, you don't have to strike out for the South
Seas or the wild country of Alaska like Jack London. But you can
make your life an adventure. Next month will be 42 years since my
own graduation. And like many of you, I, too, was presented with
some choices on my graduation day: further study or maybe a law firm
or a bank or the stock market and probably for me in New York or in
the East. Honorable interesting professions, all. But the truly
great decisions we make in life are rarely logical or practical.
They spring right from the heart. And so I packed up, Barbara and I
packed and I drove my red Studebaker from the eastern states of our
upbringing to the oil fields of West Texas. And we chose a future
that would be uniquely our own.
And like most Americans, we were free to live where we
pleased, do what we wanted. We came of age at a time when the
post-war possibilities of America seemed limitless.
But outside of America back then, the world of free
choices was shrinking. Winston Churchill's prediction that an Iron
Curtain would sever Europe into two hostile camps was soon fact. An
Iron Curtain did cut Eastern Europe from the West, and Germany from
itself.. And when every brick, every guard tower and every strand of
barbed wire was in place, two worlds existed. One of free people and
free choice, and one of tyranny and subjugation.
Eventually, millions of men and women were told what to
think and study, what job to take and where to live. Imagine, all
that drive, talent and imagination misused and wasted. Yet many
still held fast to what Barbara Jordan calls "conviction values."
Even under the pain of death, they resisted.
This was the conviction Andrei Sakharov, who, you
remember, confronted Krushchev with the truth on above-ground nuclear
testing. And that's one reason the Soviet people revere his memory
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today.
This is the conviction of an electrician from Gdansk who
freedom. I'm proud to know -- Lech Walesa, who lead the Polish people to
And it's the conviction of Vaclav Havel of
nation. Czechoslovakia, the imprisoned playwright who now leads a great
Let me tell you a little incident about President Havel
and a few other brave souls from the East. It was this man that I
had the honor of inviting up to the White House residence not so many
days ago to see the Lincoln Bedroom. And President Havel was in awe
because he knew that this room was really President Lincoln's old
office. And it was there that Lincoln worked, deliberated, agonized
over a terrible war. But President Havel knew that that room is
hallowed for one reason above all -- it was there that President
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It was there in that
room that he freed a people. And it was there in that room that I
saw President Havel moved to tears by the knowledge that freedom's
bell was ringing at long last for his beloved Czechoslovakia.
What one man draws from history another finds in music.
President Landsbergis of Lithuania, who adopted Beethoven's Ninth
Symphony as an anthem for his people's movement, was asked why the
strains of Beethoven should resound through the streets and squares
of Vilnius. And he replied that it is because the Ninth is a
"symphony of freedom and victory against slavery, insidiousness and
darkest hatred."
And what one finds in music another finds in words.
Consider the case of a man named Cestimir Suchy, a Czech journalist
who refused to describe the 1968 Soviet invasion of his country as an
act of brotherly love. Mr. Suchy was fired for his honesty. But he
was allowed to make a living at a new profession -- washing windows.
Ask him for his business card today and it still says Suchy, Window
Washer. But this is an example of the man's good humor, for now he
has a job with a new title. He is the Dean of Journalism at Prague's
Charles University.
Throughout the universities of the East it is the
mandarins of Marxist dogma who are now out of work.
Let me tell you one last story -- that of Arpad Goncz of
Hungary who came to visit me just yesterday in the Oval Office. Like
President Havel, President Goncz is also a playwright. I don't know
what it is about playwrights becoming presidents of great countries
in Eastern Europe. But a former anti-Facist fighter and newspaper
editor, he was sentenced to life imprisonment during the 1956
Revolution. But once released, he persevered as a dissident, and
today he leads the Hungarian people as their acting President.
And so the determination of men and women yearning to be
free is simply proving tougher than the walls that surround them.
Because of their courage, the free world is now more vast than anyone
ever dared imagine.
And this is our amazing new world of freedom. And with
greater freedom comes greater opportunity -- in the East and the
West: Whether you will make your careers in the arts, business, law
or science, this can only be good news.
Just this morning, I toured the Houston office of what
will be the site of our next economic summit with Canada, France,
Great Britain, Italy, Japan and Western Germany. When we meet, it
will be more than just a comparison of balance sheets. It will be an
act of fellowship between free nations.
These nations stood with us through that long twilight
struggle, through the painstaking building of alliances and the
endless preparations for a war that must never be. Through the human
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toil and the human toll. The sacrifice of resources that could have
been used for gentler ends. And this is what the Cold War has cost:
Western Europe and America.
But that sacrifice has been rewarded by the most precious
gift of all -- the dawn of new freedom and new hope for millions.
Today we see progress on many important fronts. As you
know, Secretary Baker has been meeting this week with Soviet leaders
to prepare for my summit conference with President Gorbachev
beginning May 31. While there is additional work to be done, I think
Jim Baker's meetings represent a major step forward. This
breakthrough should allow us to reach the important goal that we set
in Malta -- completing the major substantive elements of an historic
strategic arms reduction treaty.
In addition, we will be able to conclude other arms
control measures with the Soviets, including an agreement on dramatic
reduction in chemical weapons, as well as technical and commercial
agreements. I am confident that the progress that we have made will
allow this summit to be another solid step forward in the vital
U.S.-Soviet relationship.
Today, as perhaps never before in history, freedom is
prevailing throughout the world because freedom works. Freedom is
not only right, it's practical. It's not only good, it is better.
And it is because of the indomitable spirit of man that the day of
the dictator is over.
But there are also many extraordinary men and women to be
found right here at home. Like Felicitas Atabong, a student from
Cameroon, who tonight will receive a degree in computer science. She
just turned 19.
And then there's Maggie Taylor, who graduates tonight
with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the age of 70. (Applause.)
Or Irene Burnside, a nurse whose experience goes back to
the Army Nurse Corps in the Pacific Theater of World War II. And
tonight she earns her PH.D. in nursing with a speciality in
gerontology. (Applause.)
But like them, you -- all of you -- have spent years
learning. And now is the time as you leave this great university to
spend your life doing. Make your Czech or Polish lessons work for
the Citizens Democracy Corps. Put your Spanish in service of the
Peace Corps. Or work with VISTA right here in our precious United
States of America.
Care for the AID babies. Love every child in the
hospital corridors of your own backyard in Austin to the beleaguered
clinics of Central Africa.
But whatever you do, live a life of adventure and meaning
so brilliant that, like a Roman candle, it lights up the world.
Dazzle us. Astonish us. Be extraordinary.
Once again, it is a delight to be back. God bless all of
you graduates of this great university. And may God bless the United
States of America. Hook 'em Horns. Thank you very, very much.
Thank you. Thank you all. (Applause.)
END
8:42 P.M. CDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Portland, Oregon)
For Immediate Release
May 21, 1990
REMARKS BY E-PRESIDENT
AT DAVID FROHNMAYER FOR GOVERNOR
FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
Grand Ballroom
Portland Hilton Hotel
Portland, Oregon
8:00 A.M. PDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very, very much, Dave, for that
wonderful introduction. It's great to be here this morning. It's
good to see you, my old friend, Governor Vic Atiyeh. And, of course,
Representative Danny Smith, one of our anticrime leaders in the
United States Congress.
Lynn -- to Lynn Frohnmayer, Dave's strong right hand. I
know she's one of the mainstays of this campaign. I had my picture
taken with her family. I think half the audience -- this half -- is
all Frohnmayers. (Laughter.) But nevertheless, that's okay. We
Bushes understand that. (Laughter.) Thank you, Lynn, for all you do
in this cause.
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Oregonians have a wonderful way of making you feel at
home. I just had -- we had a receiving line for some who have done
an extraordinary amount for this successful event. I said to one
most attractive young couple, I said, "Where are you all from" He
said, "Well, we're from eastern Oregon. We're on the frozen
vegetable business, but we don't do broccoli." (Laughter.) So I was
very grateful for that -- (laughter) -- sensitivity there.
I did want to single out the man who's doing so much to
lead the crusade, the fight against narcotics -- Bill Bennett. We
had a marvelous event yesterday where we were both privileged to
honor the police in Portland. Sometimes, we take for granted their
service to communities like Portland, their law enforcement people.
So Bill Bennett was with me, and you should know of the confidence I
have in him and the gratitude I feel for him every day for leading
this all-important national fight against narcotics. (Applause.)
And, of course, it's always a pleasure to join your
dynamic Republican leadership. My old friend, Craig Berkman, the
Chairman; and Marilyn Shannon; Don Wyant. Frohnmayer Finance
Chairman, always dependable, Claris Poppert; Colonel Morelock and, of
course, I want to congratulate and pay my respects to, and once again
say hello to Norma -- Norma Paulus -- congratulations on your great
victory. (Applause.) And I know Norma Paulus will be an outstanding
superintendent of public instruction. When it comes to education, I
believe you'll make a great team with the next governor of Oregon,
Dave Frohnmayer. I think it's going to be good for this state.
(Applause.)
You know, Dave is a Texan. If I was wearing that hat,
I'd take it off to the Blazers. - Couldn't go home to Texas if I did,
but nevertheless, I want to salute them. (Applause ) And really, it
is great to be back here in Oregon and a beautiful state So much
to do outdoors. I'd love to get in some fishing while I'm here. The
way I fish, we-don't have three weeks to spare however --
(laughter.) But I do remember my last trip with some wonderful
adventure, going down one of your most beautiful rivers. But I'm not
here today to tell fish stories. I'm here to talk for a few minutes
about the future of this state, the future of our great country.
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This November, there's going to be an election to decide
what kind of governor will lead Oregon into the 1990s. And I can
tell you one thing -- Oregon doesn't need a governor who needs
on-the-job training. Oregonians want Dave Frohnmayer, and I'm
encouraged by the strong surveys and by the spirit of his campaign.
Dave's a family man. In fact, as I said, I just met
three of his five kids -- Katie, Mark and Kirsten; and, believe me, I
know campaigners when I see them. One of them -- Kirsten -- is even
one step ahead of her old man -- her father. (Laughter.) She was
just elected president of her high school student body. And I know
how proud Dave is of her and of all of his children.
Dave is a family man and more. A native Oregonian.
Rhodes Scholar. Degrees from Harvard, Oxford and Berkeley. Awesome
combination there. Professor of law. Forty-nine years old. Six
years in the State House of Representatives, and now in his 10th year
as Attorney General of this state.
In 1988, he was reelected with no opposition and both
parties' nominations, setting the record as the largest vote-getter
in Oregon state history by winning nearly a million votes. And all
this before breakfast. (Laughter.) I wish I could stick around and
see what's next.
We all have an idea of what's next. After a decade as a
law professor, another decade in public life, Dave has emerged as a
leader in educational excellence. Now, the time has come for us to
support him, to help him become and education governor. Like Dave,
our administration has made excellence in education one of the top
priorities.
Back in September, the nation's governors joined me at an
education summit in Charlottesville, Virginia, to set new education
goals for America. Not to dictate to the states, but to set
educational goals for America. In my State of the Union address, I
announced those goals: To better assess students' performance,
increase our graduation rate, produce a nation of literate adults,
and make our schools drug-free; assure that all children start school
ready to learn through programs like Head Start and ensure that by
the year 2000 our students are first in the world in math and science
achievement.
The author, John Ruskin once wrote: "Education is
leading human souls to what is best and making what is best out of
them." By teaching our young people well, we ensure a bright future
for them in commerce or public service or medicine, high-tech
industries. We make the best out of America and we build a better
America. This is our legacy of freedom to future generations. And
it is one that is very important to me as President.
Part of protecting this legacy -- part of protecting this
legacy also means keeping America safe. Dave has served this state
as Attorney General, protecting our schools and streets from the
violence of drugs and crime. During that time, he's won six out of
seven cases that he's argued before the United States Supreme Court
-- the best record of any Attorney General in the country.
(Applause.)
Simply put, Dave Frohnmayer is the only candidate running
with the experience and the determination to stand up and fight the
drug dealers and violent criminals that are threatening our
neighborhoods. We need Dave's take-charge attitude to take back the
streets of America.
But we will also need a strategy that involves both the
state and the federal levels. So I've asked Congress to pass tougher
laws, stiffer penalties and increase prosecutorial powers in the
Violent Crime Control Act. The U.S. Senate will take up these
proposals this afternoon. So let us call on the Senate to take the
next step and protect Americans with tougher laws. (Applause.)
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Just last week my administration also sent to the Hill
new proposals to stop drugs and drug smugglers from breaching our
borders, to stop them cold. We've called for more border patrol
agents, extending general arrest authority so they can enforce our
drug laws. We're also proposing legislation that will permit federal
judges to more swiftly deport criminal aliens convicted of drug
felonies. And we will also seek the power to order airborne planes
suspected of drug smuggling to land. So our message to those who
traffic in human misery is clear: Keep out of America.
To those who ask if our measures are too harsh, I say
that the threat to many Americans, especially those living in the
inner city, is too great. Or as Benjamin Rush, a signer of the
Declaration of Independence, wrote: "There are two doors to the
temple of tyranny. One is government so strong that it can do
whatever it pleases without regard to justice. And the other is
government so weak that it cannot protect the public from the worst
among themselves."
But there is another side to the drug problem, a personal
side; and so that is why Dave seeks the same approach for Oregon that
I seek for all of America -- to expand the drug treatment programs.
Since I took office, my administration has proposed a 68
percent increase in drug treatment funding. And now we're asking
Congress, through our new legislation, to help make those dollars
work better. And we want the states to develop drug treatment plans
so that the right kind of treatment reaches the people who need it --
especially pregnant women and drug-affected newborns.
But it's going to take a coordinated effort by our state
leaders across the country to free our citizens of the revolving door
approach to criminal law. A comprehensive approach to fighting drugs
and crime in this state. And that's another reason why I need Dave
Frohnmayer as Oregon's next governor.
Oregonians also want a governor who understands this
beautiful state. From the Snake River to the Pacific Coast. Dave
knows and loves Oregon. Knows and loves its precious environment.
As an outdoorsman, he's deeply concerned, as I am, about preserving
and protecting our environment. It's going to take a lot of work to
protect this great planet and its wildlife without throwing
hard-working citizens out of a job.
I reject those who would ignore -- totally ignore the
economic consequences on the Spotted Owl decision. (Applause.) The
jobs of many thousands of people -- it's a human equation -- the jobs
of many thousands of Oregonians and whole communities are at stake.
But I also think that we ought to reject those who don't recognize
their obligation to protect our delicate ecosystem.
Common sense tells us to find a needed balance. And
together, I am convinced that we can work to find that balance.
We also need to find a balance when it comes to clean
air. I am committed to a cleaner environment. And that's why I've
proposed the first major revisions in the Clean Air Act in more than
a decade. I want Congress to pass a bill that will sharply cut acid
rain, smog, toxic pollutants. But Congress has got to respect
another kind of delicate ecology -- that of jobs and opportunity. So
I call on the House not to keep America waiting for cleaner air to
pass a reasonable clean air bill in line with the compromise that we
hammered out with those Senate leaders -- both sides of the aisle.
Not another bill that consumers and workers cannot afford.
Here in Oregon, you have a strong Republican team that we
need to send back to the United States Capitol. I just can't tell
you how much I enjoy working with your friend and mine, Senator Mark
Hatfield -- very important that he be reelected. And the Smith duo,
Bob and Denny. Denny, wno is with us here this morning, is a key
member of our administration's efforts on Capitol Hill. All of these
leaders, along with our own Bob Packwood, are tackling the problems
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of crime and drugs, the environment and education. But this great
team really needs a governor back home to get the job done right.
You know, at my invitation, Dave came to the White House
last fall to talk about these issues and other issues. Maybe he
popped in to see his brother. And I might say, I am very proud of
John Frohnmayer and what he's trying to do for this country.
(Applause.)
But anyway, Dave's a forceful and passionate spokesman
for the people of this great state. I can tell you -- he's a
fighter. He believes in the people of Oregon. He believes in the
principles this state has stood for since Thomas Jefferson sent
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their noble expedition across
the unknown wilderness. They spent the winter of 1805 near the mouth
of the great Columbia River, where a memorial still stands in their
honor. And it was 87 years ago today that another great leader and
outdoorsman, President Theodore Roosevelt, laid the cornerstone of
that memorial and spoke to the people of Oregon. "Let us carry on
the task that our forefathers have entrusted to our hands, and let us
resolve that we shall leave to our children and our children's
children an even mightier heritage than we received in our turn."
Those are the words of one of the great -- conservation President.
Well, Dave Frohnmayer is a man of integrity,
achievement and honor. A man who will leave Oregon an even mightier
heritage than the one left to him. I'm proud to say that he's got a
good friend in Washington pulling for him on election night. So
let's keep Oregon great, let's keep it Republican; and this November,
let's make Dave Frohnmayer the next governor of this great state.
Thank you all, and God bless you. And now, you can have
your' Breakfast. Thank you very much. (Applause.)
END
3:15 A.M. PDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Los Angeles, California)
For Immediate Release
May 21, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE COMMUNITY OF OAKWOOD
Webster Residence
Los Angeles, California
12:07 P.M. PDT
THE PRESIDENT: Well, it's a beautiful day, and I'm
delighted to be here. Thank you, Foster Webster, for inviting me
into your home today. I'm pleased to have with me today Director
Bill Bennett, who's doing such an outstanding job leading our
country's fight against drugs. (Applause.) And, of course, another
leader in that fight -- your own great United States Senator Pete
Wilson. (Applause.) But here in Los Angeles you also have a
talented and dedicated Chief of Police, a man I respect greatly,
Darryl Gates with us here today. (Applause.) Doing a great job and
doing it right.
I also want to mention Jim Hahn with us, your City
Attorney. (Applause.) And your City Councilperson Ruth Galenter
here today. (Applause.) Thank you to the community of Oakwood for
this welcome and for the extraordinary example of neighborhood unity
and dedication which you set for us all. You're truly a point of
light -- Darryl Gates says, that's no point of light, this is a
beacon of light for the entire country, leading others out of the
darkness. (Applause.)
The world which we see now from Mr. Webster's front yard
is a good one. Carved on the face of this community is a message of
family and future. We see a neighborhood united -- no longer out of
fear, but out of strength.
This world is one of hope. But the world of this
community's memory is not. This vivid world which still haunts many
here was a cruel one. One whose inhumanity and hopelessness
dominated their lives -- where drugs and crime made them prisoners of
fear. It's from this shattered world that the members of the Oakwood
neighborhood crafted a new dream.
They wanted to be free in their own homes. So working
with the police, they decided to reclaim their streets. To reclaim
their children. To reclaim their future. And they are succeeding.
(Applause.)
The first time some neighbors met with the police to
discuss what they could do, two police cars were parked outside a
resident's home while the officers talked with the people inside.
But on the corner across the street, in defiant mockery of the
police, drug dealers continued to sell their poison. It was a world
of drive-by shootings; of frustrated anger that exploded in gang
graffiti, vandalism, armed robberies and, above all, the obsessed
tragedy of drug abuse. It was a world held captive to crime -- a
world without center, without safety, without sense.
But since the community undertook its quest to clean up
their streets, police estimate that drug- and gang-related crimes in
Oakwood hae declined 44 percent. (Applause.)
The darkness of drugs, crime and fear is being banished.
In its place shines the light of honor respect, and family pride.
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When the legendary bird called the Phoenix was destroyed by fire, it
rose again from its own ashes -- reborn stronger than ever. Oakwood
heart. is a phoenix. It's a magnificent reminder of the power of the human
I want to `tell you the story of two boys who grew up
here right in this neighborhood, these neighborhoods. It's not his
name, but let's call the first one Michael. A few years ago, a
picture of Michael might have shown him playing baseball down the
block -- loving the game, loving the moment. But later would come
other pictures. One of him around the corner from the baseball
diamond he loved, selling drugs in its shadow. Another of him in
gang colors, his gun blasting into the night.
Today we see a final picture. His heart hollow, his
eyes empty, he drags himself bitterly through the prison he now calls
home. He is lost to us now. His life was as brief as the frozen
image in that first photograph of innocent youth -- when his eyes
were looking brightly toward a future he will never see.
Yet, in Oakwood, the memory of the emptiness of his lost
life will last forever. So will the emptiness left by the
devastation of his own neighborhood -- shattered by his streetside
dealing, rampages of violence, his shootings. For he was Oakwood.
His life was the route to take a few years ago when you grew up here
with nothing but drugs and crime and hate as your models.
But finally, there came a moment when the people of this
community could no longer bear what they lived with every day: the
wasted lives of those who terrorize and who are terrorized.
Michael may never have a second chance. But the Oakwood
residents became determined that the rest of their community would
have a second chance. A chance to face the sun together.
Let's call the next boy Paul. Last month, when
neighbors were holding their candlelight vigil for a drug-free
community, a woman noticed a little kid, a little six-year-old boy at
the side, just watching on curiously. "What's going on?" he asked.
She explained that the vigil celebrated his neighborhood's rebirth.
Then she asked him where his parents were. "I don't have any," he
answered. It turned out he lived with his grandmother and his uncle,
a drug dealer. The boy walked away. The woman thought, well, that's
the sad end of another sad story.
But a little while later, as the vigil continued, she
saw him again, shyly joining the others. Dressed in his best
clothes, he stood in the soft light of a hundred candles, with a
candle of his own in one hand, his grandmother's hand in the other.
If Oakwood had continued the way it was going, Paul,
too, might have been lost to us -- in the tragedy of death or the
blank-eyed hopelessness of prison.
Instead, he can now grow up playing on a community
baseball team coached by the policemen Michael and his gang had spent
their young lives taunting. He will help his neighbors paint over
the violent graffiti with which Michael's gang had scarred the face
of the neighborhood. He will grow up knowing that there is an
alternative to drugs and crime. And its name is hope.
That's what we celebrate today. More than this
community's freedom from the oppression of crime and despair, we
celebrate their hope. Their determination. Their spirit.
In a special way, when the first people decided to take
back their community, they lit the first candle of hope. When more
and more of their neighbors joined them, their unified spirit shone
with a light that banished the darkness of despair.
Thanks to the vision, courage and wisdom of the
residents of Oakwood, we are today witnessing the wonder of a
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rebirth. It's more than a rebirth of community. It's a rebirth of
hope, of life and of the future. And so today I am proud to name the
Oakwood community the 148th National Point of Light, for the
inspiration and the example that you are setting for our entire
country. (Applause.)
Oakwood proves that no community has to accept things as
they are. Americans don't have to live in fear. Crime, drugs,
hunger, homelessness and so many other social problems can be driven
from every community, if every community cares enough to light the
candle of hope.
God bless each and every one of you for what you're
doing, setting an outstanding example for our great country. And God
bless the United States of America. Thank you all. (Applause.)
END
12:15 P.M. PDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
May 22, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE
COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS
The State Department
Washington, D.C.
11:30 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you for that welcome. And thank
you, Secretary Baker. Jim Baker's just back from a very interesting
and highly significant trip to the Soviet Union which I'm sure you've
all read about. From my standpoint, it went very well indeed. I
think he's done a lot of clearing the way for what I hope will be a
highly successful meeting with Mr. Gorbachev not so many days away
from now. I want to thank him. Normally, he's not awake this close
to his jet lag recovery -- it takes him a little longer. But he was
looking forward to being here. But he had a tough and grueling trip
and it's still, I'm sure, on him. But I thank you very much for
being here today.
To David Rockefeller, my friend and the Chairman of the
Council of the Americas, I want to thank you. David came to see me a
while back and told me of the emphasis that he felt should properly
be placed on Central America, South America, the Americas. Something
he's stood for for a long time. But I will address myself to some of
those concerns in a minute.
But I want to thank him, I want to thank Ambassador
Landau, and Kim Flower, and of course, pay my respects to my trusted
right arm in the White House in foreign affairs, General Brent
Scowcroft, who is head of the National Security Council.
To Bernie Aronson for whom I have great respect and with whom I
personally work very closely on a lot of these matters -- he, Jim and
I, and Brent -- matters affecting our common interests here today.
I am pleased once again to speak to this most influential
group. Pioneers, if you will, in the private sector -- private
sector effort to expand trade investment between the United States
and Latin America. I'm delighted to address this gathering after
what has been a remarkable year of change.
I told a group out in Oregon yesterday, I can't think of
a more fascinating time in the recent history of our country --
certainly in the Nuclear Age -- to be President of the United States.
Over the past 12 months, it sometimes seemed that the
eyes of the world rest solely on Eastern Europe, on the miraculous
transformation that's taken place there. Our friends in Latin
America have watched these historic events unfold, with inspiriation,
certainly with awe. But also, I know, with an unmistakable sense of
anxiety -- and it was this that David was talking to me about --
concern that our active involvement in Europe will mean a decline in
the United States' interest in Latin America.
I'm here today to assure you -- just as I've assured the
many Latin American leaders with whom I've met -- that the events of
the past year have increased our interests in this region --
strengthened our desire to forge a new partnership with the growing
forces of freedom in Latin America. Because the fact is, the great
drama of democracy is unfolding right here in our own hemisphere.
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Think about the tremendous gains made for freedom just
this past year. When I spoke here last May, the people of Panama
were preparing to go to the polls. Even as the dictator of Panama
was preparing to steal the election. And in Nicaragua, civil war
raged, the Sandinistas ruled -- and the brave men and women of the
Nicaraguan opposition were just beginning the long campaign that led
to this year's great victory for democracy.
In Central America Nicaragua and Panama. In South
America -- Paraguay and Chile. All across the Americas, today more
people live under freely-elected governments than ever before -- and
we are closer than ever before to the day when all the people of the
Americas, North and South, will live in freedom.
Even in Haiti, the scene of so much human suffering and
anguish and turmoil, the provisional government has now announced its
intention to hold free elections. This Thursday, I will be meeting
with the new leader of Haiti, where we're sure to discuss ways that
we can support democracy in Haiti.
In all of Latin America, only Cuba remains. Castro's
island, isolated, totally out of step with the democratic tide. But
today we're celebrating the anniversary of Cuban Independence. And
let me say with certainty that even in Cuba, the dream of democracy
can only be pushed back a little -- only deferred -- it will never be
destroyed.
As we in the United States welcome our Central and South
American neighbors into the ranks of democracy, we must offer them
our help -- and something more. We must offer them our respect --
the respect due one free nation from another -- and the outstretched
hand of partnership.
I've been working with Jim and Brent and others to
strengthen our ties. Just this year alone, I've met with Presidents
Barco, Paz and Garcia, at the Andean Drug Summit in Cartegena. It
was a good meeting, incidentally.
Here in Washington, I've hosted Presidents Perez, Carlos
Andres Perez; Paz Zamora; Cristiani and Endara; Collor de Mello;
Calderon and Callejas; and Prime Minister Manley as well. In each
case, I've come away from our talks with a strong sense of optimism.
And I believe every one of those leaders left the White House knowing
that the U.S. is engaged as never before in the future of this
hemisphere.
While from country to country conditions differ, we know
now that our challenge is to consolidate democracy -- and accelerate
development.
That means advancing the intellectual revolution now
sweeping Latin America a movement away from stale, statist
doctrines. Away from dictatorships of the right and the left.
Toward democracy -- free government -- free enterprise. Toward the
true political and economic empowerment of the people themselves.
That means encouraging, for the first time in many cases,
geniune free market reform. Even in the countries that claim no
kinship with communism, true free enterprise did not exist. In
practice, economies were often organized to ensure the prosperity of
the people in power -- not to open an avenue toward upward mobility
for anyone ready and willing to work.
Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto describes the maze of
bureaucratic barriers that stood in the way of the entrepreneur and
stifled economic growth in his country. De Soto also shows how much
Lima, Peru's capital, owed its economic vitality to what he calls the
"informal sector" -- the thousands of individual and enterprising
individuals doing business without the consent of the state.
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De Soto's prescription -- and mine -- is to free this
economic force. Unleash the million sparks of energy and enterprise.
Let the incentive of reward inspire men and women to work to better
themselves and their families.
Already, Latin America is discovering this path. In
Brazil and Bolivia, in Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, Costa Rica and
Jamaica -- free market reforms are going forward, creating space for
private initiative to take hold and flourish. And as they succeed --
and as they reap the rewards that will follow what can be a -- will
follow this -- I would say what will certainly be a painful
transition -- these nations will bring others along in their wake.
We in the United States must do all we can to ensure the
future of free markets in the Americas -- because our nation has a
stake in the economic health of this hemisphere. We know that since
the late '70s, Latin America's share of all U.S. trade dropped from
10 percent of all U.S. exports, down to 7 percent. And yet -- last
year, for the first time ever, two-way trade between the United
States and Latin America topped $100 billion dollars. As that trade
continues to grow, so will the link between our prosperity and the
prosperity of our Latin American partners.
Let me provide just a few statistics to drive home this
point. Last year, the Colombian economy grew 3 percent. U.S.
exports to Columbia rose 9 percent. Mexico's economy grew 3 percent
-- and U.S. exports to that country climbed 21 percent. In Chile,
with an overall growth rate of 10 percent, U.S. exports increased by
triple that rate -- more than 30 percentage points.
The most effective way to ensure expansion of trade
between the United States and Latin America is for all countries of
the hemisphere to support a successful Uruguay round. The ambitious
agenda in the Uruguay round, including proposals for significant
multilateral tariff reductions, will benefit our Latin American
trading partners. We are committed to the expansion of trade and
investment liberalization, and we seek Latin American support for
these very important objectives.
In addition, the strengthened debt strategy launched last
spring has reinvigorated market-oriented economies, and reinvigorated
the reforms in Latin America. These economies help provide the
needed foundation for democracy itself.
That's why I'm so pleased to report on the progress we've
made this past year under the Brady Plan. Mexico, Venezuela, Costa
Rica have all reached agreements with their creditors on ways to
reduce their debt -- ways to complement their efforts to restructure
their economies along free-market lines. Because in the long term,
the free market remains the only path to sustained growth.
We all know the private sector plays a crucial role.
Taking advantage of new investment opportunities is good for business
-- but, at this critical moment, there's something beyond the bottom
line. Something that can't be measured simply in terms of GNP. The
role the Council of the Americas can play -- expanding trade and
strengthening the private sector -- that role contributes not just to
economic growth -- but to the growth of democracy itself.
Now, there is, of course, an important role for government
to play as well -- especially during the difficult days of transition
from dictatorship to democracy. That's why, frankly, I've called on
Congress to provide $800 million in emergency economic aid to Panama
and Nicaragua. We have a big stake in this. This aid is critical
A little over a week ago, I received a letter from
President Chamorro, Violeta Chamorro -- just 3 weeks into her term in
office -- telling me that Nicaragua was bankrupt. And yet, for more
than 2 months now, this emergency aid has been bogged down on Capitol
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Hill. To give you an idea of the magnitude of this problem, in March
I requested $800 million for Panama and Nicaragua -- asking that this
bill be finished on April 5th. April 5th. It's now May 22nd, and
the funds for Panama and Nicaragua have been reduced by $80 million,
even though $1.4 billion in extra spending has been added to this
legislation. Finally, it appears the Congress may act this week on
this vital measure.
For the people of Nicaragua and Panama, meanwhile,
democracy hangs in the balance.
So let me again say to the Congress: The fate of freedom
rests in your hands. Do the work of democracy -- and pass this
emergency aid package now.
Today, I began by speaking about the changes that have
riveted world attention on Europe. Part of the power of the story is
that it can be told in intensely personal terms -- as the story of
the dissident playwright who is now president. or of the electrician
who came to symbolize his people's hopes for freedom. Democracy's
advance in Latin America has produced its share of heroes -- and
today I'll close with three from one country alone -- Latin America's
newest democracy: Nicaragua.
For 4 years -- beginning in 1979, the year the Sandinistas
took power -- Enrique Dreyfus was head of Nicaragua's Supreme Council
of Private Enterprise -- a private-sector group in many ways similar
to this one. His criticism of Sandinista rule put him on the
Sandinista black list, and landed him in prison. Today, with the
swept from power, Enrique Dreyfus is not just free from persecution
-- he is Nicaragua's new Foreign Minister.
In 1985, members of the Sandinista internal security force
beat Sofonias Cisneros for criticizing the way the Sandinistas had
politicized the schools. Today, Mr. Cisneros is Minister of
Education.
And on July 10th, 1988, opposition leader Myriam Arguello
was beaten, taken from her home in the middle of the night by
Sandinista police -- tried, and sentenced to 6 months in prison.
Today, Myriam Arguello is President of Nicaragua's freely-elected
National Assembly.
These three stories underscore in personal terms the truly
revolutionary political change that's taken place not just in
Nicaragua -- but across the Americas. Change that proves beyond
doubt that the day of the dictator is over -- and democracy's day has
come.
For our part, we in the United States must do all we can
to help secure for all the Americas the freedom, the peace and the
prosperity we enjoy. Please, keep up more now than ever, your
important work in guaranteeing that democracy succeeds in this
precious hemisphere of ours. Thank you for what you're doing and God
bless the United States of America. Thank you all very much.
END
11:47 A.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
May 23, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT CEREMONY TO HIGHLIGHT WORLD TRADE WEEK
AND TO PRESENT "E-STAR" AWARDS
The Rose Garden
2:04 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: To distinguished members of Congress and
other guests, welcome to the White House. It's a pleasure to have
two of our administration's top trade team people here today --
Secretary Bob Mosbacher and Ambassador Carla Hills. These two are
working every single day, day and night, to open markets for American
goods and services. And in my view, they're successful, and I am
grateful to both of them.
And I also want to single out Susan Engleiter, head of
the SBA here; and all members of the Congress, once again, welcome.
For American business, confronting protectionist barriers
is like having a door shut rudely in your face. And more and more
American business is looking to Carla to open the door and Bob to
help them through it. But in the end it is up to American business
to step beyond the open door to enter foreign markets. And that's
why I'm here today to present the "E" Awards, honoring American firms
that have been such outstanding competitors abroad. Later on I'll
let you know what the "E" stands for. But first -- it does not stand
for Elvis, I was asked to point out. (Laughter.)
Before I get to the awards, let me talk trade. I believe
the protectionist path leads to closed markets, lower living
standards, unemployment in our country. And so our direction is to
open markets, expanding trade and negotiating a set of clear and
enforceable rules to govern world trade. And this is the path to
prosperity and growth and high employment. And that's why my top
trade priority for this year is an ambitious multilateral agreement.
We must conclude that Uruguay round of global trade talks by
December. And unfortunately, world trade has outgrown the rules of
the GATT, of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, that served
us so well for four decades.
The United States and almost a hundred other nations,
representing more than 85 percent of the world's trade, are working
with us to revise and improve GATT's rules. And this is what we're
striving to achieve.
First, we seek to reform agricultural trade, a market
inadequately covered by GATT rules and badly distorted by subsidies
and trade barriers that cost farmers and consumers alike hundreds of
billions of dollars. There simply cannot be a successful conclusion
to the Uruguay round without fundamental agricultural reform.
Second, we want to expand market access. We challenge
our trading partners to join us in creating a world of sharply
reduced tariffs.
Thirdly, the United States wants to curb hundreds of
billions of dollars of trade-distorting subsidies. And we believe
that entrepreneurs should compete on the basis of price and quality,
not on the basis of government's deep pockets.
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Fourth, we want to ensure that the rules we have and
those that we are negotiating, apply to developing countries, so
these countries are no longer at the margin of the trading system.
Fifth, we want to develop fair rules for new areas --
services, investment, intellectual property -- not covered under
current GATT rules.
Sixth and finally, we want to create swift and effective
means to resolve trade disputes.
All told, we're striving to incorporate roughly $1
trillion worth of goods and services -- a third of the world's trade
-- that is not sufficiently covered by rules of fair play.
In our efforts, we will, of course, work closely with our
friends in the Congress and the business community as well;
especially the private sector advisors, many who are here today. But
time is short; our task is great. I call on our trading partners to
move these negotiations forward at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development meeting this month, and at our Houston
Economic summit in early July.
This round of GATT is an ambitious undertaking. The
last, best chance for the world to enter the next century with free
and fair trade for all. So let me be blunt: to the United States, no
agreement is better than a bad agreement.
Even as we're driving at full speed to complete the
round, the United States is also making progress in market-opening
negotiations with Japan; in keeping the flow of goods and services
open with Canada and Mexico; by intensifying our dialogue with the
dynamic states of the Pacific Rim; and by ensuring that America will
have access to Europe after creation of this historic single market
in 1992.
We're also negotiating trade and investment agreements
with the democratic governments of Eastern Europe and engaging in
market opening initiatives with Latin America. They stand to reap
enormous gains from the Uruguay round and other steps to integrate
their economies into this big global trading system. But the United
States will also gain from their new found freedom to invent, to
invest, and to imagine.
Our objective is to anchor these countries in the ideal
of freedom; economic as well as political freedom. And so we're
striving for free trade, not just because it is good for America, but
because it is good for all mankind.
As the winds of freedom blow down old barriers and
liberalize markets from Managua to Warsaw, we must be prepared to
take advantage of this opportunity, historic opportunity, to compete
and to win. And that's why today I directed the Economic Policy
Council to undertake a Commercial Opportunities Initiative to
encourage American business to move competitively into foreign
markets.
The EPC will implement this initiative through a working
group called the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee -- TPCC -- to
be chaired by Bob Mosbacher, our Secretary of Commerce. This
committee will, for the first time, harness all the resources of the
federal government to serve American exporting businesses. It will
provide a focal point for business and industry in the markets of the
world's emerging democracies. And I'm also directing the committee
to promote U.S. businesses in new or neglected markets through
official presidential trade missions. Missions to be headed by the
Secretary of Commerce.
And so that is an overview of our trade picture. And now
for the "E" Awards, a word. At the height of the Second World War,
"E" Awards were presented to those war plants in recognition of
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excellence in production. In a time of peace, we used the "E" symbol
to celebrate excellence in American exports. And as it turns out,
this is a very appropriate time to confer these awards.
You see this week, the Commerce Department is joining
with state and local governments, international trade groups and
universities throughout the nation to celebrate World Trade Week.
And this week I think we really have something to celebrate: last
Thursday's announcement that U.S. exports in March hit $33.3 billion
-- a record high.
And this is yet another sign that America remains a
superpower in world trade. But America's exporting strength is no
accident, as all of you here today know. It's the result of the hard
work of leaders, like our Secretary of Commerce, and our dynamic
Trade Representative, Carla Hills, here with us here today. But
first and foremost, it's because of the leadership of the American
worker, the American farmer, the American entrepreneur.
You and all the other "E" and "E" Star Award winners that
we honor today, started the decade off in a winning spirit. And
you've done something more than just represent your firms. You've
represented American drive and creativity to the world. And for that
you have our gratitude and my congratulations and my thanks.
And so it's a pleasure now to join Bob and Carla in
presenting this prestigious award for exporting excellence to 11
outstanding companies that have earned the highest level "E" Award,
the "E" Star.
And now, Bob, if you will take over from here.
(The wards are presented.)
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Thank you for
coming, and congratulations to all these winners. Now, everybody
else go out there and work harder. Thanks a lot.
END
2:18 P.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
May 24, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
DURING CEREMONY CELEBRATING
25TH ANNIVERSARY OF HEAD START
The Rose Garden
11:04 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Well, good morning and welcome to this
beautiful morning in the Rose Garden. And Representative Kildee's
here. I appreciate your coming, sir. And to others, welcome. It's
a great pleasure to have you here. Connie Horner, Mary Gall -- great
to see both of you. Let me congratulate you, Connie, as number two
in this enormous HHS for what she's doing. And, Mary, to your
continued commitment to our young.
First of all, happy 25th birthday to Head Start.
(Applause.) Like all birthday parties, today we celebrate both where
we've been and where we will be tomorrow.
In May, 1965, on a beautiful spring day right here in the
Rose Garden, a great idea came into being -- President Johnson,
President Lyndon Johnson first spoke of a new initiative that he
would soon propose -- Head Start. And he said then that the program
would -- here were his words, "rescue these children from the poverty
which otherwise could pursue them all their lives. The project," he
went on, "is designed to put them on an even footing with their
classmates as they enter school."
Since that day, Head Start has reached over 11 million
children, providing comprehensive development services to nearly
half-a-million low-income children every year. Head Start provides
these children not only with preschool education and social skills,
but with health and nutrition services as well. Virtually all of the
children enrolled in Head Start get the medical attention they need.
And for many children, Head Start gives them their best meal of the
day.
Everyone agrees Head Start is a program that works for
children -- by enhancing their educational performance and really
fostering success in life. Head Start also works for families, by
offering child care and child development programs for parents, which
builds self-confidence and by encouraging a commitment to improve
their lives and the lives of the children. And it works for the
thousands of communities nationwide where Head Start graduates give
so much right back to society, by helping to build strong families
and strong neighborhoods.
Today, almost a third of the 80,000 Head Start staff
members across America are current or former Head Start parents
themselves -- 80,000. Parents like Eugenia Boggus, here with us
today, who is now president of the National Head start Association.
(Applause.) Where is she? You stand up. Thank you. (Applause.)
or Claude Endfield of White River, Arizona, when she
enrolled her child in a White Mountain Apache Indian Head Start
program in 1973, she was unemployed. She became a volunteer at the
Head Start Center, then a Head Start teacher, and today is program
chairman of the Early Child Development Department at Northland
Pioneer College in Arizona. Head Start, you see, gave her the skills
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and confidence she needed to turn her whole life around.
But as vital as the parents and the staff are to the
success of Head Start, we must especially congratulate the kids.
Many, some of you kids here are grown up now, but they are grown up
now and because they were given an equal chance at the starting
block, they crossed the finish line on their own and most of them
winners.
Seba Johnson, for example, attended Head Start as a child
in the Virgin Islands and, at the age of 14, became the first black
woman skier to participate in the winter Olympics, representing the
Virgin Islands. Today she lives in Nevada, where she is training for
the next winter Olympics, and is volunteering her time to help
celebrate Head Start's 25th anniversary.
Carlos Jimenez of Meadville, Pennsylvania, who was a Head
Start student back in in 1977. This year, Carlos is graduating from
high school, third in his class of 320. A National Honor Society
member, Carlos will attend college in California this fall. or
another example, Carl Brenner, who is with us today. Carl? Where's
Carl. Right here. Oh, here's our man, right here. He's now going
to be performing. (Applause.) Also a Head Start alumnus. Graduated
first in his high school class. Now a senior cadet out at the U.S.
Air Force Academy in Colorado.
These kids earned a lot of attention with their brilliant
success stories. But there are also quiet ones, special children
that otherwise might get overlooked. Take the example of Timothy
Combs from Buffalo, West Virginia, a child born with Down's Syndrome
who wasn't yet talking when he enrolled in Head Start at the age of
three. Head Start provided Timothy with speech therapy, help for his
hearing problem. And two years later, Timothy was able to enroll in
public school, where he continues to get the special attention that
began in Head Start.
There are so many stories to tell, and so many Americans
to thank in Head Start centers all around the country. In fact, over
600,000 committed volunteers, each one a point of light, are giving
their all to make Head Start a national treasure. The kids we have
with us today are from Head Start programs throughout this area --
throughout the Washington area -- and by getting them ready to learn
today, we ensure that they too will have success stories to share
tomorrow.
It's because of children like these -- and parents and
staff like many of you here -- that at the historic education summit
last September in Charlottesville, I asked every governor in the
nation to join in our commitment to quality programs like Head Start
and give every poor child a chance to start school ready to learn.
(Applause.) We proposed, our administration, the largest one-time
funding increase in the history of Head Start -- a half a billion
dollars. And I know that the Congress will join me in giving Head
Start the best 25th birthday present possible -- enough (applause) --
And I salute Representative Kildee in this regard -- enough money to
enroll as many as 180,000 more children in this successful program.
As they say, that's a gift that keeps on giving -- by
enriching the lives of the kids, strengthening our families, and
building our communities. To everyone who has supported Head Start
for so many years, thank you, and God bless each and every one of
you. Thank you very, very much.
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News Summary
OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1990 -- 6:00 A.M. EDT EDITION
TODAY'S HEADLINES
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
CONGRESS COMPLETES PANAMA-NICARAGUA AID MEASURE -- Congress,
anxious to leave town for a Memorial Day recess, wrapped up work
early Friday on a $4 billion spending bill including aid President
Bush has urgently sought for new democratic governments in Panama
and Nicaragua.
(AP)
CHINA TRADE DECISION PUTS BUSH, CONGRESS ON CRASH COURSE -- A
congressiona alliance of Democrats and Republicans, angry about
China's human rights record, has vowed to thwart President Bush's
decision to continue normal trade ties with Beijing.
(Los Angeles Times, Newsday, New York Daily News, UPI, Copley,
Reuter Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Washington Post)
KHMER ROUGE ACCEPTS THAI CEASE-FIRE PLAN -- The Chinese-backed
Khmer Rouge resistance group has agreed to a Thai cease-fire plan
to be signed in Tokyo next month, Deputy Prime Minister Gen.
Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said Friday.
(AP)
NATIONAL NEWS
KEMP REJECTS INCREASING TAXES, SAYS IT WOULD HURT ECONOMY --
Secretary Kemp broke ranks with the Bush Administration Thursday,
insisting that the federal budget deficit "is not ballooning" and
that any attempt to reduce it by raising taxes will hurt, not help,
the economy.
(Washington Post)
NETWORK NEWS (Thursday Evening)
POLL -- President Bush
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continues to get high marks
from American voters.
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CHINA -- President Bush said he
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will continue MFN status with
the government of China.
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CAMBODIA -- President Bush said
he is reviewing U.S. policy
towards Cambodia.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
CONGRESS COMPLETES PANAMA-NICARAGUA AID MEASURE
Congress, anxious to leave town for a Memorial Day recess,
wrapped up work early Friday on a $4 billion spending bill
including aid President Bush has urgently sought for new democratic
governments in Panama and Nicaragua.
The House approved the measure on a 308 to 108 vote and the
Senate followed suit with a voice vote shortly after midnight.
That sent the bill to President Bush, who was expected to sign it
into law quickly.
(Jim Drinkard, AP)
SHLAUDEMAN APPROVED AS AMBASSADOR TO NICARAGUA
The Senate early Friday approved the nomination of veteran
diplomat and Latin America expert Harry Shlaudeman as ambassador
to the Nicaraguan government of President Chamorro.
The Senate acted on the nomination minutes after completing
congressional action on a bill containing $300 million in aid for
Nicaragua.
(Reuter)
PRESIDENT URGES RENEWAL OF TRADE STATUS FOR CHINA
President Bush recommended renewal of Most Favored Nation
trading status for China Thursday but said the Soviet crackdown on
Lithuania would make it "extraordinarily difficult" to justify
giving the same trade status to the Soviet Union.
One week before his summit here with President Gorbachev, Bush
noted that the Supreme Soviet has not yet passed legislation that
would codify its recent emigration reforms into law, a prerequisite
of granting MFN status
Bush suggested that passage of the Soviet emigration law is
not the only reason for the delay. "I think there's a political
climate in this country that would make it extraordinarily
difficult to grant it," Bush said, "but that is not a bridge we're
having to cross at this juncture." He added that once the Soviet
law is passed, "Let's hope there's some progress on the Lithuanian
question, because I think many think there's a direct linkage
there. And I must say, it concerns me."
Meanwhile, seven conservative senators, led by Sen. Helms,
sent a letter to Bush raising "profound concerns" about the results
of Secretary Baker's negotiations on strategic arms last week
Bush
said he made the decision to grant the trade status to
Beijing even though he considered China's human rights record "far
from adequate.
"I don't think this is a reward to Beijing,"
Bush told a White House news conference.
(David Hoffman & Lena Sun, Washington Post, A1)
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Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-2
Bush Extends Favorable Trade Status For China
President Bush, saying economic moves against Beijing would
hurt American business and the Chinese people, announced Thursday
that he would renew most-favored-nation trading status for China
despite its anti-democracy crackdown.
The announcement
came less than two weeks before the first
anniversary of the June 4 massacre in Tiananmen Square
"This was a difficult decision, weighing our impulse to lash
out in outrage that we all feel against a sober assessment of our
nation's long-term interests," Bush told a news conference. "I
concluded that it is in our best interest, and in the interest of
the Chinese people to continue China's trade status.
"Not to do so would hurt the United States," he said.
In Beijing, the official Xinhua news agency offered no
official comment from the government but the news agency belittled
the campaign in the U.S. to derail China's most-favored-nation
status on human rights grounds.
Democrats and some Republicans in Congress vowed to overturn
his decision
Sen. Mitchell called the President's decision
"profoundly wrong," and promised, "We're going to do everything we
can to prevent it from taking effect."
(Lori Santos, UPI)
China Trade Decision Puts Bush, Congress On Crash Course
A congressional alliance of Democrats and Republicans, angry
about China's human rights record, has vowed to thwart President
Bush's decision to continue normal trade ties with Beijing.
Lawmakers planned to introduce measures to reverse Bush's
decision, despite his claims that it would advance the interests
of both the Chinese and American peoples
"Sought-after trade concessions should not be given to the
butchers of Beijing," Sen. D'Amato declared
But Rep. Rostenkowski said that while the behavior of the
Chinese leaders made the decision difficult, he would go along with
Bush. "I will support the President's decision on this difficult
matter in the hopes that the people of China will see their lives
improved through this action,' he said. (Kenneth Barry, Reuter)
China/MFN
President Bush renewed China's most-favored-nation trade
status Thursday, triggering outcries from Democrats and Republicans
alike on Capitol Hill and setting the stage for a major
confrontation with Congress over U.S. policy toward the repressive
Beijing government
"I don't think this is a reward to Beijing," Bush said at a
White House news conference. "I think it is very important to keep
these commercial contacts
It is the basis of everyday trade."
Speaker Foley predicted Congress would adopt a resolution
disapproving of Bush's action
Asked
about
prospects
of
overriding a veto of the resolution, Foley pointed to last year's
House vote overwhelmingly rejecting Bush's veto of legislation to
protect Chinese students in the U.S. from being forced to return
home
Sen. D'Amato said he could not support Bush now on the
trade issue and predicted other Republicans would join him in
overriding a possible Bush veto.
(Gaylord Shaw, Newsday)
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Bush Announces Decision To Grant China One-Year Extension of MFN
Status
President Bush, expressing irritation with congressional
critics of his China policy, announced Thursday that he would grant
Beijing a one-year extension of its preferential trading status.
Making the long-expected announcement at a White House news
conference, the President said the decision to renew China's MFN
trade designation should not be interpreted as a sign that the
Administration is unconcerned about the bloody military repression
of the pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square nearly a year
ago. "This was a difficult decision, weighing our impulse to lash
out in outrage that we all feel against a sober assessment
of our
nation's long-term interest," said Bush
Sens. Dixon and D'Amato reacted to Bush's decision by
announcing that they would introduce a Senate resolution of
disapproval to block MFN renewal for China
"The renewal of
most-favored-nation status would be interpreted as support for
a brutal and murderous regime," said Dixon. "This is simply
inconsistent with the American spirit."
Speaker Foley criticized Bush for failing to link MFN renewal
to specific improvements in China's human rights policies and
warned that Bush faces a possible defeat in Congress on the issue.
(Finlay Lewis, Copley)
Bush To Give Trade Status
President Bush Thursday provoked congressional outrage by
announcing he will renew special trade benefits for China despite
its anti-democracy crackdown. But Bush said he will deny the same
benefits to the Soviet Union
Sen. D'Amato called Bush's move a "short-sighted accommodation
with a blood-stained and discredited regime," and said he will co-
sponsor a resolution to prevent renewal. [And] Sen. Moynihan said
it was a "profound mistake that will send a hideously wrong message
to the world.
At a news conference, Bush "vented a little spleen" over
charges by foes that he was doing a "favor" for China. He said
refusing to extend the most-favored-nation status would have hurt
the Chinese people as well as American consumers and businesses.
(Maureen Santini, New York Daily News, 11)
China Trade Status Renewed By Bush
President Bush announced Thursday that he is extending China's
most-favored-nation trade benefits without conditions. He said
that acting otherwise would hurt American business, workers and
consumers, and he saluted China's "modest steps" to ease. human
rights restrictions.
While the President's decision had been anticipated, it set
off a round of criticism from Republicans and Democrats. A
resolution that would counter the President's move and take away
the special status immediately was introduced in the Senate.
Sen. Mitchell said that he would "aggressively and vigorously"
try to block Bush's action. "I think he faces some very severe
problems here," added Speaker Foley. As of Thursday, Foley said,
Bush lacked the votes needed to sustain a veto of the resolution
in the House.
(James Gerstenzang, Los Angeles Times, A1)
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Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-4
Democrats Hammer Bush On China
Democratic congressional leaders bitterly denounced President
Bush Thursday for renewing China's lucrative trade preference
without strings despite China's continuing human rights violations.
"It is inconsistent with American values, it is contrary to
American interests, and it is profoundly wrong," Sen. Mitchell said
in perhaps his harshest criticism ever of the President
"Having made concession after concession, the President wants
to make more concessions," Mitchell said as he called Bush's entire
China policy "a complete failure" and vowed to do what he could to
derail the extension.
(Frank Murray & Chris Harvey, Washington Times, A1)
BEIJING LINKED ENTIRE RANGE OF TIES
WITH BUSH DECISION ON TRADE STATUS
BEIJING -- China has made clear that President Bush's decision
on trade relations would have bearing on political and cultural
ties.
Chinese officials did not immediately comment on Bush's
announcement Thursday extending China's MFN status for one year
But the official Xinhua news agency said, "A small number of
Americans, under the pretext of so-called human rights, opposed the
renewal of China's MFN status. Their arguments have been strongly
rejected by the majority of American people, who cherish the long-
term interests of relations between the two countries."
In recent days, China indicated that raising tariffs on its
goods would lead not just to higher duties on U.S. products and a
sharp drop in trade, but diminished political and cultural contacts
as well.
(Kathy Wilhelm, AP)
CHINA/FOREIGN RELATIONS
BEIJING -- The Chinese government has recently been sending
subtle messages of regret for its violent suppression of last
year's pro-democracy demonstrations. The messages have been
intended, at least in part, to quiet critics in the U.S. Congress
who opposed Thursday's renewal of China's MFN trade status in the
wake of June's massacre, diplomats here say.
In a meeting this week with Helmut Schmidt, the former West
German chancellor, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping admitted "mistakes
were made, and that the leadership deserves much of the blame for
the pro-democracy movement that ended with the military opening
fire on civilians last year.
Also, during the past several weeks, Communist Party chief
Jiang Zemin has appeared on U.S. and Japanese television, saying
that demonstrations are better cleared with non-lethal force, that
the purge of student leaders was over and that no criminal charges
would be filed against his predecessor, Zhao Ziyang, who was
ousted
"These aren't apologies nor concessions," a European diplomat
said. "They aren't saying that Zhao was right or that the students
were right. But they are softening a bit, giving their friends
something to hang their hat on."
(Jim Mulvaney, Newsday)
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Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-5
U.S.-CHINA FRICTION HURTS JAPAN, LDP OFFICIAL FEARS
A key leader of Japan's ruling LDP has warned that Japan is
seriously concerned it will suffer from continued confrontation
between the U.S. and China over the Tiananmen Square crackdown last
June.
"A continuing antagonism between China and the United States
will naturally bear heavy consequences for Japan," said Michio
Watanabe after a meeting Wednesday with President Bush
"It would be better for all concerned if the United States
does not clamp down further on the Chinese government," Watanabe
added.
(Gus Constantine, Washington Times, A11)
BUSH PRAISED FOR RENEWING CHINA'S FAVORED TRADE STATUS
TORONTO -- The governor of Hong Kong said Thursday the British
crown colony would have lost $10 billion in trade if President Bush
had not renewed China's most-favorable-nation trading status.
Sir David Wilson said Bush's move will bolster Hong Kong's
bright economic future even as it prepares for Chinese rule in
1997. "It certainly bodes well for Hong Kong and for south China,
which is the most developed and developing section of China,"
Wilson told 1,000 businessmen at a luncheon meeting. "I was
pleased that he did that. It is something which has a very marked
effect on us in Hong Kong.
(B.J. Del Conte, UPI)
CHINA TRADE DECISION BOON FOR TOY, CLOTHES IMPORTERS
NEW YORK -- President Bush's one-year extension of favorable
trading status to China assures no supply disruption or price jumps
in imports ranging from cashmere sweaters to teddy bears to
portable hair driers, business people said Thursday.
Moreover, the decision means China won't retaliate by turning
elsewhere for some of the most important U.S. exports, including
grain, fertilizer, aircraft, cotton and machinery.
"We felt that in the interest of keeping trade lines open and
allowing U.S. farm products to flow into China, it was critical
that this be extended," said Jack King, spokesman for the American
Farm Bureau Federation.
(Rick Gladstone, Washington Post, F3)
BAKER CONCESSION IGNORES STAND ON SOVIET BOMBER
Secretary Baker reversed a long-standing U.S. arms control
position in recent negotiations with the Soviet Union by proposing
that nuclear-armed Backfire bombers not be counted as strategic
weapons under the pending START treaty, according to Bush
Administration officials.
It had been previously reported only that Baker was unable to
convince the Soviets that the bomber be limited under the treaty.
In exchange for Baker's proposal, which reverses a U.S.
negotiating demand dating back to 1992, Moscow would declare that
the Backfire is not capable of flying intercontinental missions.
But as recently as February, the Defense Intelligence Agency
in a report on Soviet forces said the Backfire has "an
intercontinental strike capacity when equipped with a refueling
probe."
(Bill Gertz, Washington Times, A3)
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Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-6
BUSH LINKS BALTIC STATES, TRADE DEAL FOR MOSCOW
President Bush said Thursday the Soviet Union's handling of
independence movements in the Baltic states could cost Mikhail
Gorbachev U.S. trade benefits he wants to help resuscitate the
Soviet economy.
Linking the situation in Lithuania and "economic aspects of
this summit" for the first time, Bush told a news conference he was
not "encouraged about where it stands right now."
Asked about the chances the U.S. would grant most-favored-
nation trading status to the Soviet Union, a move once touted as
a major feature of next week's superpower summit, Bush said, "I
think there's a political climate in this country that would make
it extraordinarily difficult to grant it."
"Let's hope there's some progress on the Lithuanian question,
because I think many feel there's a direct linkage there," Bush
said. "And I must say, it concerns me."
(Lori Santos, UPI)
Bush Eager To 'Talk Frankly' At Summit
President Bush is spending the Memorial Day weekend in
Kennebunkport, Maine, boning up on the issues for his summit with
President Gorbachev next week.
"There's enormous problems that just need to be talked about,"
Bush told a White House news conference Thursday. But he hopes for
"significant progress" on such issues as cuts in long-range nuclear
weapons and signing a ban on chemical weapons.
Gorbachev is "a man with whom we can talk frankly," Bush told
the BBC Thursday.
(Johanna Neuman & Mimi Hall, USA Today, 1A)
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Bush Withholding Normal Trade Ties From The
Soviets," by R.W. Apple, appears in The New York Times, page A1.
GORBACHEV SAID TO OFFER TO MEET LITHUANIAN GOAL
MOSCOW -- Mikhail Gorbachev, in an unexpected and major
attempt at reconciliation with Lithuania, assured its
representatives Thursday that their homeland could become
independent in two or three years with his blessing if it bows to
his demands now, Lithuanian sources said.
In a hastily arranged private meeting in the Kremlin, the
Soviet president offered to lift punishing sanctions against the
breakaway Baltic republic and open talks with its government if it
suspends the unilateral declaration of independence adopted in
March.
The Lithuanian news agency ELTA, in a dispatch from special
correspondent Balys Bucelis, reported: "Gorbachev said in
principle [that] he had nothing against Lithuania leaving the
U.S.S.R." A participant in the talks said they marked the start
of a "narrowing of differences" in the domestic political
crisis
Another journalist in Vilnius said he was informed by an
official present at the meeting that Gorbachev spoke of Lithuania
achieving independence in as little as two years.
(John-Thor Dahlburg, Los Angeles Times, A1)
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Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-7
LITHUANIANS ENCOURAGED BY TALK WITH GORBACHEV
MOSCOW -- President Gorbachev told a delegation of Lithuanian
legislators Thursday that the breakaway Baltic republic could win
independence from the Soviet Union in two or three years if it
agrees to suspend its March 11 declaration of immediate secession.
"I came out of that meeting feeling we are getting closer to
compromise," said Lithuanian lawmaker Nikolai Medvedev after the
hour-long session at the Kremlin. "It was a friendly meeting, and
I left there feeling that we will all work this out as free
people." Medvedev said the four-member Lithuanian delegation
handed Gorbachev a copy of the Lithuanian parliament's latest
resolution offering to freeze some legislation passed after the
declaration of independence if Moscow agrees to negotiations on an
orderly transition to full sovereignty for the republic.
Gorbachev told the Lithuanians that he was aware of the
resolution, but he insisted on a freeze of the independence
declaration itself before any talks could begin.
(David Remnick, Washington Post, A1)
BALTIC STATES HOPE SUMMIT WILL REAFFIRM U.S. SUPPORT
VILNIUS -- The fine print on official U.S. maps denies this
is part of the Soviet Union, and when President Bush meets
President Gorbachev next week, many in the Baltic republics
want
him not to forget it
"We pin our hopes on the summit, in the sense that it will
spark real negotiations between Moscow and the Baltic republics,"
said Sarmite Elerte, chief of the information department of
Latvia's Parliament. (John-Thor Dahlburg, Los Angeles Times, A15)
WITH MOSCOW, U.S. IS TAKING A DIFFERNT LINE
President Bush made it clear Thursday that when it comes to
linking human rights to "most-favored-nation" trade benefits, his
Administration has two vastly different approaches: one for China
and another for the Soviet Union
This inconsistency is echoed throughout the top levels of the
Bush Administration. Last week, Secretary Baker suggested that the
Soviet Union would be disqualified from obtaining most-favored-
nation benefits if it uses "force or coercion" in Lithuania, Latvia
or Estonia. of course, force and coercion are exactly what China
used against pro-democracy demonstrators a year ago.
(News analysis, Jim Mann, Los Angeles Times, A1)
SOVIETS SEEK AIR-TRAVEL PACT IN TIME FOR SUMMIT
Soviet officials, working to salvage a U.S.-Soviet aviation
agreement in time for next week's Bush-Gorbachev summit, will come
to Washington this weekened in an effort to negotiate the last
sticking point, U.S. sources said Thursday.
The problem involves the percentage of U.S. airline tickets
to be sold in rubles in the Soviet Union
"We have an agreement
that is 98 percent done," said a source involved in the
negotiations. But the unresolved economic problem is as important
as "the battery in a transistor radio.' There will be no agreement
without it, he said.
(Don Phillips, Washington Post, A23)
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Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-8
YANKING OF EMIGRATION BILL STARTLES SOVIET LEGISLATORS
MOSCOW -- Soviet deputies expressed surprise Thursday at the
unexplained dropping, apparently by Kremlin leaders, of a liberal
emigration bill from the agenda of the Supreme Soviet -- despite
earlier assurances that it would be ready in time for next week's
superpower summit
Nikolai Fyodorov, the chairman of a subcommittee that reviews
new legislation, said that the decision to take the emigration law
off the agenda was taken behind closed doors by Kremlin leaders.
He described it as "undemocratic" and "unconstitutional."
Western diplomats here speculated that the abrupt withdrawal
of the bill could be linked to superpower maneuvering over
Lithuania's bid for independence. They said that Kremlin leaders
may have feared that Washington would hold the new trade agreement
hostage to an ending of the Soviet Union's economic embargo of
Lithuania.
(Michael Dobbs, Washington Post, A36)
GROUP ASKS FOR AN END TO NUCLEAR PRODUCTION
A group of distinguished American diplomats and scientists
asked President Bush and President Gorbachev Thursday to use the
forthcoming summit as an opportunity to halt the production of
nuclear materials used in weapons
In a letter to the two presidents, signed by seven Nobel
laureates, two former Cabinet secretaries and two former
directors of the CIA, the 54 signers said, "The window of
opportunity is fast closing" because the U.S
is now preparing
to restart the nuclear reactors
"Surely this unrelenting race
to produce yet more ingredients for nuclear weapons deserves
serious re-examination in light of the progress being made to end
the nuclear arms race," the letter stated.
(Jim Anderson, UPI)
BONN, MOSCOW IN TUG OF WAR OVER PRICE OF GERMAN UNIFICATION
BONN
--
Despite the confusing signals out of Moscow, Bonn's
leaders are supremely confident that the Soviets will eventually
approve unification of the two Germanys and its central sticking
point, German membership in NATO. The backbone of the German
confidence is an equally supreme willingness to pay for the Soviet
"yes."
"What we are seeing now are the birth pains of a new
relationship between Germany and the Soviet Union," a top West
German official said. "They know we are not willing to bring about
unification without Soviet consent: And we are prepared to accept
obligations in exchange for that consent."
Put more plainly, "The Russians are fishing for a price the
West will pay for NATO membership," said Josef Joffe, foreign
editor of the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, a Munich daily.
(Marc Fisher, Washiungton Post, A34)
White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-9
SOVIET DEPUTIES SEEK NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE OVER ECONOMIC PLAN
MOSCOW -- Radical legislators called Thursday for a vote of
no confidence in the government, declaring that the Kremlin's
latest economic reform package would fail to extricate the Soviet
Union from a deepening economic crisis.
Prime Minister Ryzhkov, in a two-hour televised address to the
Soviet legislature, said that citizens would receive full
compensation for up to 70 percent of the huge price rises forecast
under the government's plans. But he said there would be no
compensation for price rises on a number of luxury items, including
jewelry, liquor, tobacco and food delicacies.
The no-confidence motion was announced by Gennadi Filshin, a
representative of the Inter-Regional Group, a fledgling political
opposition. He described the government plan as a "camouflaged
attempt to double state retail prices while making no progress
toward a market."
(Michael Dobbs, Washington Post, A31)
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Soviet Economic Reforms Called Too LIttle, Too
Late," by Warren Strobel, appears in The Washington Times, page A8.
KHMER ROUGE ACCEPTS THAI CEASE-FIRE PLAN
BANGKOK -- The Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge resistance group has
agreed to a Thai cease-fire plan to be signed in Tokyo next month,
Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said Friday.
"Everything that Sihanouk has agreed to, the Khmer Rouge
has also agreed to," Chavalit said.
Diplomatic sources said Chavalit this month signed separate
but similar agreements with each of the factions for a cease-fire,
and each group has agreed not to use the cease-fire to expand its
territorial control.
(Vichai Phuphatana, UPI)
U.S. POLICY ON CAMBODIA REAFFIRMED
Khmer Rouge Role Disturbs President
After a high-level review, President Bush has reaffirmed U.S.
policy toward Cambodia as the "right track" despite criticism that
it indirectly aids the Khmer Rouge, Administration officials said
Thursday.
An official said Bush reaffirmed the policy at a May 10
National Security Council meeting that also touched on other
regional conflicts. "Everyone concurred that we are on the right
course" during the meeting attended by Secretary Baker and other
senior officials in addition to Bush, the official said.
Bush, in a news conference Thursday, called U.S. policy in
Cambodia "very complicated" and said that "to the degree it has any
effect to help them [the Khmer Rouge], yes, I am uncomfortable
about it." He added, however, that a diplomatic compromise has
track." been worked out and "at this juncture, I think we're on the right
Bush said, "We are reviewing the whole policy now." However,
a White House official said that, to his knowledge, no current
review is taking place. He said Bush apparently was referring to
the review that culminated in the May 10 NSC meeting.
(Don Oberdorfer, Washington Post, A28)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-10
CONGRESS PASSES BILL WITH ISRAELI HOUSING GUARANTEES
The Senate early Friday completed congressional action on a
bill containing $400 million in housing guarantees for Israel to
help it cope with a flood of Soviet immigrants.
In line with U.S. policy, the guarantees are not to be used
to support projects in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem.
(Reuter)
ISRAEL REJECTS PROPOSALS TO POST U.N. OBSERVERS IN TERRITORIES
JERUSALEM -- Israel said Thursday that it would defy any move
by the U.N. Security Council to post observers in the occupied West
Bank and Gaza Strip after an outbreak of violence set off by a mass
slaying of Palestinian workers by an Israeli gunman.
A U.S. pledge this week to consider such an observer mission
after Sunday's shooting, in which seven Palestinian workers from
the Gaza Strip were killed, has signaled a worsening of U.S.-
Israeli relations, Israeli government officials said.
Appearing on Israeli television Thursday night, acting Prime
Minister Shamir said, "I don't assume the Security Council would
decide" on such a step "since it would clearly know this decision
would not be implemented, as many other U.N. decisions against
Israel."
At a press conference earlier, Foreign Minister Arens said
Israel was counting on U.S. support at a special Security Council
meeting Friday in Geneva that was called to discuss the recent
violence in the occupied territories
Arens conceded that
coordination between the U.S. and Israel has "not been as close as
it had been in the past." (Jackson Diehl, Washington Post, A31)
ARAFAT TRIES TO EXPLOIT KILLINGS
The PLO is attempting to use Sunday's massacre of seven
Palestinians by a deranged Israeli and subsequent calls for a U.N.
peacekeeping force in the occupied territories to exploit
heightened J.S.-Israeli tensions.
PLO Chairman Arafat is expected to call Friday for a U.N.
force in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip when he
addresses a meeting of the U.N. Security Council in Geneva.
But senior PLO officials said Thursday that Arafat is willing
to settle for some form of U.N. visit to investigate ways of
protecting Palestinian lives, even though the U.S. has expressed
a willingness to consider a presence by the U.N.
"The important fact is that the Americans are willing to
discuss protection of the Palestinians," said a senior PLO
official, who asked that his name not be used. "The political
aspect of this is that it implies criticism of Israel, legally it
emphasizes that the territories are occupied. The important thing
is to get the Americans on board."
(James Dorsey, Washington Times, A1)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-11
LAWMAKERS BLAST REPORT BY STATE DEPT. ON PLO
House members Thursday criticized a State Department report
that the PLO has apparently complied so far with its 1988 pledge
to give up terrorism, calling it a "whitewash and a pack of lies."
"This report is a sham and a fraud and this Administration
ought to be ashamed of itself," said Rep. Lawrence Smith at a
hearing of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Europe and the
Middle East. "This is just a pack of lies."
Reps. Lantos and Gilman joined Smith in charging that Israel
was the victim of a "double standard" and of a "predictable orgy
of Israel-bashing" in the wake of the killing of seven Palestinian
laborers Sunday
President Bush called Thursday at his news conference for
Israeli restraint and said he was "troubled about the loss of human
life" in the territories. He added that the solution to the
region's problems is to get peace talks moving. "I will do
everything I can to get the talks for peace going," he said.
(Nora Boustany, Washington Post, A32)
CLERGY SAID TO MISUSE INDIA AID
NEW DELHI -- An audit by a U.S. accounting firm has turned up
evidence that some bishops, priests and nuns within India's Roman
Catholic Church could have "misused" millions of dollars worth of
U.S. government food donated to feed malnourished mothers and
children.
Indian Catholic officials
have used short-weighing measuring
devices for distributing food, created false lists of food
recipients, improperly used donations to support commercial
businesses, and deliberately concocted inaccurate records to hide
abuses, according to the report by Price Waterhouse, the accounting
firm asked to audit the food program by the U.S. Agency for
International Development
U.S. officials, who asked not to be identified, said that a
definitive judgment about whether Indian Catholic officials have
deliberately stolen large amounts of U.S. food was beyond the scope
of the Price Waterhouse audit, which ommitted the names of any
individuals involved. But they said the evidence uncovered by the
audit suggested to them that significant theft and corruption had
occurred.
(Steve Coll, Washington Post, A1)
U.S. LAUNCHES A NEW DRIVE AGAINST ILLICIT COCAINE LABS IN BOLIVIA
In an escalation of the drug war in South America, U.S. agents
have launched a new coordinated attack against a network of cocaine
laboratories in the Bolivian jungle, provoking threats of
retaliation against the American-led teams, U.S. officials said
Thursday.
The offensive, including night-time raids with inflatable
boats in alligator-infested rivers, targets new processing plants
believed responsible for one-fourth of Bolivia's burgeoning cocaine
production
"We're doing a lot of first-time things," said
David Westrate, director of operations for the DEA
The teams
so far have met with no resistance in their raids on seven
airstrips and three laboratories, Administration officials said.
(Douglas Jehl, Los Angeles Times, A6)
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Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-12
CAR BOMB, ATTACK IN MEDELLIN LEAVE 5 DEAD AND 21 INJURED
BOGOTA -- Terrorist attacks three days before a presidential
election left at least five people dead, including two policemen,
and 21 injured Thursday in Medellin, according to authorities
The two policemen and two others were killed and 21 injured
when a car bomb exploded at 5:40 p.m. near the Intercontinental
Hotel on the southern edge of the city.
(Douglas Farah, Washington Post, A32)
MARION BARRY TRIAL TEST OF BUSH DRUG POLICY
BOGOTA -- In the eyes of many Colombians, President Bush will
be a co-defendant with Marion Barry when the Washington, D.C.,
mayor goes on trial next month on cocaine charges
In the view of Colombians, a failure to convict Barry would
raise more doubts about the sincerity of the U.S. anti-drug
effort
The case "creates a bad feeling in Colombia. Colombia wants
to look to the United States to fight against drug trafficking,"
said Liberal Party candidate Cesar Gaviria, the expected winner of
Sunday's presidential election. "Not one case of a kingpin being
tried is known. It is difficult to understand what is happening
with the mayor of Washington."
(Tom Harvey, UPI)
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT
TO PAY FOR NORIEGA'S DEFENSE COSTS BLOCKED
MIAMI -- A deal by the federal government to pay the legal
bills of deposed Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega collapsed
Thursday in court when a federal judge advised both sides that the
government is limited, by law, to paying a maximum of $75 an hour
in attorneys' fees
Under terms of Monday's agreement, the four defense lawyers
understood that they could collect between $200 and $300 an hour
in legal fees. Frank Rubino, lead defense lawyer, said the smaller
fee was "ludicrous."
(Laura Parker, Washington Post, A23)
MEXICO TO EXPAND MARKETS WITHOUT EXCLUDING LATIN AMERICA
BUENOS AIRES -- Mexican Foreign Minister Fernando Solanas said
Thursday that Mexico does not plan to join a trade bloc with the
U.S. and Canada.
"What exists now is a possibility of amplifying some trade
areas. It is not defined as an economic integration," or trade
bloc, Solanas said in a news conference in Buenos Aires after
meeting with President Menem
"The intention of Mexico is to broaden markets without
excluding others," he said.
(UPI)
White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-13
GNP DISPUTED AS DEVELOPMENT INDEX
U.N. Program Charges Distortion of Economic Growth Strategies
Western governments and international aid organizations have
done a crude job of measuring world economic and social development
for decades, thus contributing to ineffective development
strategies, according to a U.N. report released Thursday
The report uses a "human development index" that measures
peoples' fundamental quality of life according to their life
expectancy, literacy and ability to buy basic goods
The study, called the Human Development Report 1990 found
that west and central Africa
form the world's most desperate belt
of want, with eight of the 10 least developed countries. According
to the new measurements, the U.S. is the least developed of the
major Western industrial nations.
(James Rupert, Washington Post, A16)
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Gorbachev Making Commitments," by Ann Devroy,
appears in The Washington Post, page A36.
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NATIONAL NEWS
KEMP REJECTS INCREASING TAXES, SAYS IT WOULD HURT ECONOMY
Secretary Kemp broke ranks with the Bush Administration
Thursday, insisting that the federal budget deficit "is not
ballooning" and that any attempt to reduce it by raising taxes will
hurt, not help, the economy.
Kemp
said he supports the current budget summit as a way to
"reduce spending.'
But he lamented that the negotiations between the White House
and congressional leaders have turned into a "tax summit." "If no
one else [in the Administration] will make the public case, I will.
The transcendent issue is economic growth. Cutting taxes, not
increasing taxes, is the route to economic growth," Kemp said.
Kemp's comments came as the budget group held its fourth
meeting on Capitol Hill
The session began as President Bush
praised the group's progress, but he suggested it is Congress, not
he, that caused the deficit problem. "I will point out that people
understand that Congress bears a greater responsibility for this,'
Bush said, adding, "But I'm not trying to assign blame
Those comments irked some Democrats who do not want to make
any proposals in the bargaining until Bush does.
(Ann Devroy, Washington Post, A1)
DEMOCRATS CHARGE THAT BUSH COMMENTS SOUR BUDGET TALKS
Democratic participants in the budget talks between the White
House and Congress charged Thursday that President Bush "soured"
the atmosphere by urging Congress to take a greater leadership
role
Before negotiators met, Bush told a White House news
conference he believes Congress must share responsibility for
proposing solutions to the deficit problem and disputed Democratic
charges of lax leadership on the issue
"I will point out that the Congress bears a greater
responsibility for this," Bush said. "But I'm not trying to assign
blame. That's why I'm doing it right now. That's why I'm saying
we're going to sit and talk."
Democrats were displeased with Bush's remarks but said they
were not discussed during the negotiations.
"It soured, I think, some of the attitude of the
negotiators when we're making a good faith effort to try to
grapple with this problem, to try to come up with solutions, said
Sen. Sasser
Rep. Panetta said Bush's comments make him "perhaps one of the
first presidents in recent history to say that the Congress has
greater power than the presidency in determining the course of the
economy, and I don't think anybody believes that.
Rep. Gephardt said "the President is wrong if he believes the
budget is more the Congress's responsibility than his. It's a
shared responsibility."
(Bud Newman, UPI)
White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-15
Bush Upsets Democrats By Blaming Congress For Deficit
President Bush said Thursday that the Democratic-controlled
Congress bears a greater responsiblity than he does for reducing
the soaring federal deficit, touching off angry denials from
Democrats and renewed demands that Bush show greater leadership.
Bush reiterated that he will not address the American people
on the deficit until he can endorse a negotiated bipartisan
solution
"If I outlined the problem now, I'd rely on some of
the fact that the Congress appropriates all the money and raises
all the revenues," the President said. "That's their
obligation
People understand that the Congress bears a greater
responsibility for this."
Democrats instantly disagreed. Bush "should recommend what
he believes is needed now," Speaker Foley said minutes after the
President spoke.
(William Eaton, Los Angeles Times, A38)
Democrats Irate Over Bush Silence
President Bush ignited Democratic tempers in Congress Thursday
when he refused once again to address the public on the severity
of the deficit problem or to offer proposals to solve it.
Speaking at an impromptu White House news conference, Bush
said Congress bears the primary responsibility for dealing with
fiscal matters. He said he would not offer more detailed
descriptions of the causes for the swelling deficit or make public
any recommendations for a solution until after Administration and
congressional negotiators reached a budget agreement.
Democrats wasted little time attacking the President's
statement. "Sitting at Ronald Reagan's right hand, the President
learned how to duck, not how to lead," said Rep. Obey, whose views
were widely echoed by Democrats in the House and Senate. "The
American people have learned more about the Soviet economy over the
past two days than they have about their own."
(Susan Rasky, New York Times, A13)
DEMOCRATS' DEFICIT CUTS DIG DEEPER THAN GOP'S
Capitol Hill Democrats meeting in the budget summit with the
White House want to cut the deficit by $600 billion over five
years, while a key Republican said $425 or $450 billion might be
more realistic.
The competing figures were given Thursday after summit
negotiators emerged from a three-hour closed-door meeting.
(Chris Harvey, Washington Times, A4)
PENTAGON TO AWAIT MISSILE SAFETY STUDY
The Department of Defense Thursday said it would not remove
short-range, nuclear-tipped missiles from strategic aircraft on war
"alert" before the Air Force completes a special study on the
possibility that they might explode in an aircraft fire
DOD spokesman Pete Williams told reporters at the Pentagon
that the SRAM-A "meets all our current safety standards" and "it
would be unwise and premature to predict the outcome of that study
and to make any decisions now before it's done" later this
summer.
(R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post, A23)
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Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-16
USS IOWA PROBE REVIVED; TEST BACKS ACCIDENT THEORY
The Navy Thursday suspended all live firings of the massive
16-inch guns on its four World War II-vintage battleships after new
testing showed that an accidental explosion could have caused the
turret blast that killed 47 sailors aboard the USS Iowa in April
1989. The finding caught top Navy officials by surprise and
prompted Navy Secretary Garrett to reopen the official
investigation into the disaster
The testing Thursday was conducted after Sen. Nunn made a
strongly worded appeal May 14 to Admiral Carlisle A.H. Trost, chief
of naval operations, citing results of laboratory tests by Sandia
National Laboratories in Albuquerque indicating that a "high-speed
overram" could lead to accidental ignition of the powder charges
used in the 16-inch guns
The Navy confirmed Sandia's theory
yesterday at the Naval Surface Weapons Center in Dahlgren, Va.
(Patrick Tyler, Washington Post, A1)
GOP DUSTS OFF SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS
Supply-side economics -- the Reagan-era notion that government
tax revenue will go up when tax rates go down -- is trying to stage
a comeback, even in this era of $150 billion federal deficits.
Thursday, House Republicans released a study that contended
that a Democratic proposal to raise marginal income tax rates to
33 percent for the 600,000 richest Americans would slow economic
growth, mean 377,000 fewer jobs and lower the take-home pay of the
average taxpayer.
"Those who hope to redistribute income to the poor by
increasing tax progressivity may actually harm intended
beneficiaries. In this case, average taxpayers end up worse off
by over $500,' said a study by the Institute for Policy Innovation,
a Lewisville, Tex. foundation chaired by Rep. Armey.
(Steven Mufson, Washington Post, F1)
REVISED FIGURES SHOW ECONOMY IS STILL SLUGGISH
Deflating a recent impression that the economy was chugging
along quite nicely, the Commerce Department reported Thursday that
the sluggish economic growth that had set in last September had
continued through the first quarter.
In its second estimate of the quarter's economic growth, the
Commerce Department said the GNP
had expanded at an annual rate
of only 1.3 percent from January through March and not, as
estimated last month, at a healthy 2.1 percent.
(Lousi Uchitelle, New York Times, A1)
SEC LINKS SLIDE OF STOCKS ON OCT. 13, FUTURES DEALS
The mini-stock market crash of Friday, Oct. 13, 1989, which
drove the Dow Jones industrial average down 191 points in 90
minutes, was fueled by the combined selling of program traders in
New York and futures speculators in Chicago, the SEC said Thursday.
The SEC, which has criticized Chicago's low margin levels
before, warned that the turbulence seen in October could return.
(Stan Hinden, Washington Post, F1)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-17
SULLIVAN SEEKING BAN ON CIGARETTE MACHINES
$1.23 Billion In Illegal Sales To Youths Cited
Citing the "moral outrage" of the estimated $1.23 billion
worth of cigarettes illegally sold to children every year,
Secretary Sullivan Thursday called for a ban on cigarette vending
machines, the licensing of tobacco retailers, and tougher
enforcement of laws prohibiting tobacco purchase by minors.
"We have found it convenient to look the other way as
cigarettes are openly sold to our nation's youth,' Sullivan said,
adding that as long as children begin smoking and "become addicted
before they can make a mature judgment, we will never succeed in
achieving a smoke-free society."
Sullivan's comments, which came before the Senate Finance
Committee drew immediate criticism from industry groups, which
said vending machines contribute little to the problem of underage
smoking. And his legislative proposals were attacked by some
members of Congress as inadequate and contradicted by other Bush
Administration policies.
"A much stronger effort is required to achieve adequate
enforcement," Sen. Kennedy said. "But Secretary Sullivan's half-
hearted pan to reach this goal is certain to be ineffective."
(Malcolm Gladwell & Anne Swardson, Washington Post, A3)
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Most States Shrug Off Cigarette Sales To Kids,"
by Karen Goldberg, appears in The Washington Times, page A6.
SENATE VOTES TO PROTECT RETARDED FROM EXECUTION
The Senate voted Thursday to forbid federal courts from
imposing capital punishment against the mentally retarded as it
moved toward approval of a major expansion of death penalty
provisions in federal law.
While agreeing to protect the retarded, the Senate approved
major new restrictions on appeals by death row inmates and it
turned back an attempt to prohibit capital punishment in cases in
which there is evidence that race was a factor in sentencing. It
also voted to lower from 18 to 17 the minimum age at which a
defendant can be sentenced to death.
(Helen Dewar, Washington Post, A7)
HOUSE DEMOCRATS ASSAIL JUSTICE AGENCY
OVER SENTENCING FOR CORPORATE CRIME
Democrats on a House Judiciary subcommittee challenged the
Justice Department's explanation of why the agency rescinded its
longstanding support for proposed tough new guidelines governing
criminal sentencing of corporations.
During the sometimes contentious questioning, the
subcommittee's chairman, Rep. Schumer, suggested that, in fact,
Attorney General Thornburgh ordered the endorsement withdrawn
because business lobbyists, who vehemently oppose the guidelines
as being too strict, had pressured the White House to intervene
But a White House spokesman said Thursday that "It's simply not
true" that the White House requested any changes in the sentencing
guidelines. "The charge is groundless."
(Paul Barrett, Wall Street Journal, A18)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-18
BUSH VETOES AMTRAK AUTHORIZATION BILL
President Bush vetoed Thursday legislation to increase federal
money for Amtrak, saying "an unprecedented new regulatory
requirement represents a step backward for the entire railroad
industry."
In a letter to Congress, Bush said the proposed provision that
would tighten the regulation of takeovers of freight railroads by
non-railroad entities represents an "unwarranted roadblock to
financial restructuring."
"There is already adequate authority to protect the public
interest in acquisition situations," said Bush
The House, which passed the bill 322 to 93, is expected to be
able to muster the necessary two-thirds vote for a veto override.
But it is uncertain if the Senate will be able to do so.
(UPI)
FAA REBUKED FOR REMOVING CONTROLLERS
Discrimination Cited On Insulin-Dependent
The FAA came under congressional fire Thursday for removing
air traffic controllers who are dependent on insulin from their
jobs.
"That's discrimination," said Rep. Gerry Sikorski at a House
civil service subcommittee hearing.
"That's discrimination in favor of safety, sir," said Dr.
William Hark, manager of the FAA's medical specialties division.
Sikorski accused the FAA of disqualifying controllers based
on fear, rumors and a false report that a controller had been
incapacitated by diabetes and found lying on the floor of his
control tower.
(Judith Havemann, Washington Post, A19)
U.S. FACES $150 BILLION IN TOXIC CLEANUP COSTS
Every Large Agency Involved, CBO Says
The federal government owns or is responsible for thousands
of facilities and sites contaminated by toxic wastes and faces
long-term cleanup costs of more than $150 million, the
Congressional Budget Office said in a report released Thursday.
In addition to the well-documented environmental liabilities
at the Energy Department's nuclear weapons manufacturing plants,
the report said nearly every large government agency owns sites
that it is legally responsible for cleaning up
At some facilities, such as portions of the Energy Department
complex at Hanford, Wash., radioactive contamination is so
extensive that "complete cleanup may technically and economically
unfeasible," the report said.
(Thomas Lippman, Washington Post, A19)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 25, 1990 -- A-19
DEM CHAIRMAN SAYS AILES CONNECTED WITH HORTON ADS
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Democratic state chairman James Ruvolo said
Thursday he will ask the FEC to investigate the connection between
Republican political consultant Roger Ailes and the notorious
"Willie Horton" campaign ads of the 1988 presidential campaign.
Ruvolo told reporters he has proof of an illegal connection
between Ailes and a Bush-Quayle political action committee that
produced television advertisements featuring furloughed murderer
Willie Horton.
Ruvolo, who planned to file his complaint Friday with the FEC,
said the ads were racist, and noted that Ailes is now working for
Republican gubernatorial nominee George Voinovich.
(Lee Leonard, UPI)
3 GOP NATIONAL COMMITTEES OUTSPEND DEMOCRATS, FEC SAYS
The three national Republican campaign committees raised $113
million over the first 15 months of this election cycle, more than
four times the $24 million contributed to rival Democratic
committees, according to FEC figures released Thursday.
In an effort to bolster its fund-raising image, the Democratic
National Committee, which reported $8.8 million in contributions
for the period, announced Thursday that it received another $3.6
million in so-called "soft money" donations from unions,
corporations and individuals through April. Soft money
contributions are not subject to federal regulation or included in
FEC reports.
"The FEC figures shortchange our success," said Michael
McCurry, DNC communications director
Mary Matalin, chief of staff at the RNC, said her committee,
which raised $43.2 million in the 15-month period, raised another
$11.6 million in soft money through April -- about 21 percent of
its total.
(Charles Babcock, Washington Post, A13)
EDITOR'S NOTES: "Profiteering In The Parks?" by John Lancaster,
appears in The Washington Post, page A19.
"wife of Aide Cut Down with Reagan Scoring Hits Against The Gun
Lobby," by Philip Shenon, appears in The New York Times, page A18.
"McFarlane Says Weinberger Libeled Him In Recent Book," by Roger
Cohen, appears in The New York Times, page A19.
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NETWORK NEWS
Thursday evening, May 24
POLL
NBC's Jane Pauley: President Bush continues to get high marks from
American voters in our latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Almost 3/4 [72 percent] approve of the job he's doing; [21 percent
disapprove.] And 2/3 [68 percent] say they have positive feelings
about him; [16 percent have negative feelings.] For Dan Quayle
it's a very different story. Only 29 percent have positive
feelings about the Vice President; [37 percent have negative
feelings.] And when asked who they would prefer as Bush's running
mate in 1992, Quayle or Secretary Baker, Baker is preferred almost
two-to-one [47 percent to 25 percent.]
Our poll also found that the President has lost a little
ground with American voters when it comes to handling the economy.
That's not surprising given the challenges he faces.
(NBC-11)
NBC's John Chancellor comments that the latest NBC News/Wall Street
Journal poll shows that voters not only think a tax increase is on
the way, most of them would not blame President Bush if taxes went
up. The public is divided on the merits of more taxes, but the
number of voters who say taxes should be raised has increased
significantly in the last month. My view is that the cost of the
S&L crisis is a factor in the public's new mood, and there's a new
mood among some senior Republicans. Sen. Dole and Rep. Michel have
been talking about raising additional revenue. Many people now
believe that something serious needs to be done about the deficit
and that nothing serious can be done without taxes being part of
the package. Spending cuts alone won't do the job. When the
President was asked today about his famous pledge, "Read my lips.
No new taxes,' all he would say is, "Things are complicated out
there." The new poll makes them less complicated because it makes
raising taxes less dangerous politically.
Pauley: One more finding of our poll. Mikhail Gorbachev remains
highly popular with Americans. As next week's summit approaches,
59 percent give him positive marks. The poll was conducted last
weekend among 1,000 registered voters.
(NBC-12)
CHINA
ABC's Peter Jennings: President Bush announced today that he will
continue most-favored-nation trading status with the government of
China, which means that China, like America's other large trading
partners, will continue to benefit from the lowest possible trade
tariffs. There was pressure on the President not to do this, but
at a news conference this morning Mr. Bush said that punishing the
Chinese government for its anti-democratic behavior would hurt
American business, and that in his view economic contexts were the
best way to promote reform in China.
(ABC-2)
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Friday, May 25, 1990 -- B-2
Pauley: President Bush had to make what he called an agonizing
decision today -- punish the Chinese government or preserve the
jobs of its people, and American jobs. The issue, renewing China's
trade status as most-favored-nation. The President decided that
that was the way he had to go, just 11 days before the anniversary
of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
NBC's John Cochran: The images of Tiananmen Square and the
repression that followed aroused emotions in the U.S. President
Bush has always said he is not a very emotional person, and today
he emphasized that he tried to be calm and collected when he
decided to renew most-favored-nation trading status for China.
(President Bush: "And this was a difficult decision, weighing our
impulse to lash out in outrage that we all feel against a sober
assessment -- weighing that against a sober assessment of our
nation's long-term interests.")
If the U.S. were to take away most-favored-nation status from
China, that would result in new American tariffs on Chinese imports
like Barbie dolls. And the President said China would retaliate.
(President Bush: "China buys about $6 billion a year of American
aircraft and wheat and chemicals, lumber and other products. Lose
this market and we lost American jobs: aircraft workers in the
west, farmers in the great plains, high-tech employees in the
northeast.")
Bush's decision was welcomed at an electronics firm which expects
to sell about $25 million in robotic parts to China this year.
(John Fuller, Foxboro Company: "By enabling us to continue to do
business in China with the Chinese they will be exposed to the
American economic system.")
In Congress today some Democrats and Republicans said Bush should
have punished China.
(Sen. D'Amato: "I don't want and think that we should be giving
comfort and support to the slavery, to the enslavement of Chinese
people.")
(Sen. Mitchell: "The answer is not more concessions. That doesn't
make sense. It does not serve American interests.")
(President Bush: "And what irks me is when some of the people up
on the Hill accuse me of being less interested than they are in
human rights.")
But Bush is confident he has the votes in Congress to put down any
attempt to take away China's trading privileges.
(NBC-2)
CBS's Dan Rather: President Bush today renewed China's most-
favored-nation trade status, saying it was the best way to promote
the reforms for which the victims of Tiananmen Square gave their
lives. At the same time Mr. Bush indicated he will not grant that
same trade status to the Soviet Union, not at least now because of
human rights problems there. The China decision set off an uproar
in Congress which could overrule the President.
CBS's Lesley Stahl: The President's decision ran into an immediate
bombardment of criticism from Congress today, but the White House
is still betting that the reaction will not be as intense nor as
politically damaging as it was last year when he sent officials on
a secret mission to Beijing shortly after the massacre in Tiananmen
Square. Mr. Bush cited mainly economic reasons in defending his
decision to renew the special trade concessions for China.
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Stahl continues:
(President Bush: "Isolation is bad, and economic involvement is
good. And economic -- the whole fact that we've had economic
involvement I think has moved China more towards reform than if we
hadn't had it.")
The President claimed that Chinese intellectuals favor his
decision.
(President Bush: "Students in China, according to our ambassador,
want to see this MFN continue.")
But Chinese students in the U.S. were quick and harsh in
disagreeing. In a press release, they said the Goddess of
Democracy is weeping, and protested that the hard-liners in Beijing
will use the President's decision to consolidate their power.
(Shen Tong, Democracy for China Fund: "President Bush on the one
hand publicly says he will support the human rights struggle for
China, for our movement. On the other hand he constantly did a lot
of things against what he said publicly.")
The White House may have miscalculated the depth of outrage in
Congress.
(Sen. Mitchell: "The President's repeated concessions to the
Chinese government have been met with intransigence. The answer
is not more concessions. That doesn't make sense.")
(Sen. D'Amato: "We'll trade with any killer, that we'll give any
pirate, any bandit, anyone on the altar of political expedience the
opportunity to do business with us.")
Congressional leaders predict that majorities in both Houses are
so incensed they'll vote to rescind the special trade status. But
officials here say that Mr. Bush took his action only after being
assured that Congress could not override a veto.
(CBS-2)
CAMBODIA
Jennings: Just one other note from the President's news
conference. Mr. Bush said he is reviewing U.S. policy towards
Cambodia. The U.S. provides aid to the non-communist coalition
that's been trying to overthrow the present Cambodian government.
When Mr. Bush was asked about reports that this has the side effect
of helping the murderous Khmer Rouge, also trying to overthrow that
government, he said, "I am uncomfortable about it and we are
reviewing the whole policy."
(ABC-4)
U.S.-SOVIET SUMMIT
Jennings: Having dealt with China at his news conference, the
President moved on to the much more complicated relationship the
U.S. has. with the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in
Washington next Wednesday evening.
ABC's Brit Hume: With less than a week to go before the summit the
President suddenly seemed worried that people would expect too much
from him, perhaps because of the headway on a strategic arms deal
his Secretary of State brought back from Moscow last weekend.
(President Bush: "I don't want to over-promise, but I don't want
to act like I think it's just, you know, some kind of a dance out
there on this meeting. Because what we're going to talk about is
really substantive. We've got a lot of things that I think will
be seen properly as progress. But there's enormous problems that
just need to be talked about where I can't say there'll be an
answer.")
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Hume continues: The President cited differences with the Soviets
over German unification and lack of progress on reducing both
sides' troops, tanks, and guns in Europe despite all the changes
there.
(President Bush: "I'll tell you what troubles me is that we're not
-- somebody asked the question here -- not further along on
conventional forces. And I think it does send a bad signal if the
Soviets look like they are refusing to go forward and don't want
to take full forces out of countries in accordance with previous
deals.")
The President was gloomy as well about breakaway Lithuania, where
continuing Soviet pressure has made a deal for increased U.S.-
Soviet trade politically impossible in this country.
(President Bush: "I can't tell you I'm encouraged about where it
stands right now. I have told you, told the American people, that
this Lithuanian situation does cause certain tensions.")
It's hard to know how seriously to take all this. With Mr. Bush
lowballing the expectations, it might not take much give from the
Soviets at the summit to create the appearance of major progress.
Remember how Mr. Bush stole the show from Gorbachev at Malta by
making unepected concessions.
(ABC-3)
LITHUANIA
Pauley: The latest on Lithuania's standoff with Moscow. Soviet
President Gorbachev hinted at a compromise today. He told a
Lithuanian politician that the republic could win independence in
two or three years if it suspends its declaration of independence.
The Lithuanian's response, "We'll think about it."
(NBC-4)
USS IOWA
Jennings: The U.S. Navy came as close as it ever has today to
admitting that it botched the investigation into what caused the
explosion oboard the USS Iowa last April, that it missed the truth.
What it said, the explosion was most likely caused deliberately by
gunners mate Clayton Hartwig, one of the 47 sailors to die. There
was widespread cynicism about the Navy's investigation from the
very beginning, about its methods and its conclusions all the way
down the line. Today following new tests the Navy says it will
reopen the case, which it had closed, and after an incident with
gunpowder today has ordered that no more of the big 16-inch guns
on any battleship be fired until further notice.
ABC's Bob Zelnick reports that until today the Navy had claimed its
strongest evidence that gunners mate Hartwig deliberately caused
the explosion was the discovery of the remains of a foreign
chemical device in the gun. But ABC News has learned that new
tests by the highly respected Sandia Weapons Laboratory found no
foriegn chemical substance. The tests, ordered by a skeptical
Senate Armed Services Committee, found only materials common
throughout the ship. The Navy said it had ruled out all causes
except for an intentional act. Sandia's scientists concluded it
could have been accidental. They were able to duplicate the
explosion using the Iowa's own gunpowder together with the ramming
device used to pack the powder in the gun. Sandia concluded that
friction caused by an overextended rammer could have caused the
blast.
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Zelnick continues: The Navy was conducting its own tests of the
accident theory today at the naval weapons station in Virginia,
when an unexplained ignition occurred in one of the powder bags.
It was a powder bag that exploded aboard the Iowa. And as a safety
precaution the Navy suspended the live firing of 16-inch guns on
all four battleships. Critics say the Navy owes Clayton Hartwig's
family an apology. The Senate Committee devastated the Navy's
technical case. Earlier, a House committee had all but destroyed
the Navy's psychological theory that Hartwig had been driven to
suicide by the collapse of his relationship with fellow Iowa sailor
Kendall Truitt. Veteran Pentagon observers could recall no similar
occasion when a major military investigation appeared to miss the
mark by so much.
(ABC-Lead)
Pauley: It was a startling turnaround today by the U.S. Navy.
More than a year after the deadly explosion aboard the battleship
Iowa and many months after concluding the blast was probably set
off intentionally, the Navy is reopening the investigation on
indications it could have been an accident.
(NBC-Lead)
Rather: The U.S. Navy was forced tonight to reopen the
investigation into last year's fatal explosion aboard the USS Iowa.
The Navy also ordered an immediate halt to firing the big guns
aboard all U.S. battleships. This is the first indication Navy
brass may be backing off its insistence that the Iowa blast was
deliberate and blaming it on one of the 47 sailors who died in the
explosion.
(CBS-Lead)
ISRAEL
Jennings: There is new tension today in the relationship between
the U.S. and Israel. It grows out of the violence last weekend.
Seven Palestinians were murdered and then others who were
demonstrating were killed and several hundred were wounded. Now
the State Department has indicated that U.N. observers might be
useful in the occupied territories. Israel strongly disagrees.
ABC's Dean Reynolds reports that the continuing violence is what
moved the Bush Administration to say it would consider supporting
the use of a U.N. observer team in the occupied territories. The
Palestinians continue to be killed and wounded despite Israel's
assurances that its military is acting with utmost restraint. But
Israel is dead-set against U.N. observers in what it regards as its
own backyard.
(Foreign Minister Moshe Arens: "No, Israel would not accept U.N.
observers on territory under Israeli control. Those people who
incite the violence in the area and engage in violence in the area
would feel encouraged.")
Israelis are afraid the Palestinians would use the U.N. as a way
to loosen Israel's grip on the terrotiries, making it possible for
Palestinians to negotiate their future with the U.N. instead of
Israel. The Palestinians say Washington's consideration of the
U.N. observer idea is a plus. The turmoil has moved other nations
to send their own observers here. A French team toured Gaza today,
and tonight a Soviet delegation arrived to visit the occupied
territories. All of this attention is affecting Israel.
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Friday, May 25, 1990 -- B-6
Reynolds continues: Tonight, when Palestinians defied a curfew in
Gaza, the army steered clear in accordance with brand new orders
restricting the use of force. That response to international
pressure might quiet things down a bit, but the bloodshed this week
has simply put the problem back in the world spotlight and shown
once again how far it is from a solution.
Jennings: From the American point of view this new level of
violence -- six Palestinians killed and 650 wounded by the army in
a single day last Sunday -- is a powerful argument for Israel to
sit down and talk with the Palestinians.
ABC's John McWethy: It is especially the reports of Palestinian
children being killed that are moving President Bush to slightly
toughen U.S. policy toward Israel.
(President Bush: "I am troubled about the loss of human life in
this area. I am deeply troubled about -- well, totally human life,
but I think particularly of children in this kind of situation.")
Despite strong Israeli objections American officials say that
tomorrow in Geneva at the U.N. Security Council meeting the U.S.
will not stand in the way of an Arab-backed resolution to send U.N.
observers to inspect the West Bank and Gaza.
(State Department spokeswoman Tutwiler: "Let me remind you, which
I know you know, that U.N. officials have visited the occupied
territories before to investigate the situation.")
The U.S. reportedly will veto any tougher resolutions calling for
a permanent observer group in the occupied territories. Even so,
American officials are well aware that the milder measure is still
sending a strong message to Israel that the Bush Administration is
finding the violence plus Israel's refusal to sit and negotiate
with the Palestinians less and less tolerable.
(ABC-7)
NBC's Martin Fletcher reports that aides to Prime Minister Shamir
believe President Bush is using the idea of a U.N. observer group
as yet another stick to beat Israel. They believe Bush just
doesn't like Shamir and that's affecting U.S. policy. Bush says
he just wants to get peace talks going, and he's also worried about
the surge in violence in the occupied territories.
(President Bush: "I am troubled about the loss of human life in
this area, particularly of children in this kind of situation.")
Today in one clash three Palestinians under 10 years of age were
hit by rubber bullets. One is seriously wounded. And a five-
month-old Jewish baby was hit in the head by a rock thrown by
Palestinians. But the violence is just the latest strain in the
relationship between America and Israel. The root of the problem
between Jerusalem and Washington is that Prsident Bush just doesn't
believe Prime Minister Shamir seriously wants to talk peace with
the Palestinians. And until he does things can only get worse.
(NBC-3)
ECONOMY
Rather: It turns out the U.S. economy was growing a lot more
slowly in the first quarter of the year than the government first
reported. New facts and figuring today indicate that the GNP grew
at an annual rate of just 1.3 percent. Inflation, as measured by
the GNP, was running at an eight-year high -- 6.7 percent.
(CBS-5)
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Friday, May 25, 1990 -- B-7
CLEAN AIR
Pauley: After a 13-year battle the House has voted overwhelmingly
to approve the clean-air bill, but some big questions remain. Just
how much will clean air cost, and exactly who will pay for it?
NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports that Congress' sweeping clean-up bill
could cost $21.5 billion -- higher prices for cars, gasoline and
utility bills in return for less smog, less toxic fumes, less acid
rain. Automobiles. The government says tougher curbs on tailpipe
emissions, the first in 20 years, will add at least $100 to the
price of a new car. The auto industry says the cost will be even
higher. Three-hundred-thousand new cars which can burn clean fuel
will have to be built at great expense and sold in Los Angeles by
1997. That was a last-minute cave-in to the auto industry.
Gasoline. By 1992 all cars in the nine cities with the worst smog
will have to burn cleaner gas. Toxic chemicals. Plants ranging
from big factories to small dry cleaners will have to install
technology over the next 10 years to control poisonous fumes. The
goal, reducing at least 2,200 yearly cancer deaths attributed to
toxic emissions. Acid rain. Utilities would have to cut their
sulfur dioxide emissions in half over the next 10 years.
Electricity bills in some areas could almost double. This bill is
already in trouble, because it includes payments to workers who
lose their jobs as industries are forced to clean up. The White
House says that would simply cost too much and is threatening a
veto.
(NBC-5)
SMOKING
Jennings: There was a call today for new laws to protect children
from tobacco. Forty-four states already have laws that are
supposed to prevent children from buying tobacco. HHS Secretary
Sullivan has told Congress that all states should have them and
should take even stronger action.
ABC's Sheilah Kast reports that Sullivan says state laws against
selling to minors are rarely enforced.
(Sullivan: "It is a moral and medical outrage that our society
permits so many of its children to have such ready access to a
product that does so much harm.")
Sullivan wants the states to regulate licenses and cigarette
machines. But some congressional Democrats say he's passing the
buck. They want a federal law.
(Rep. Atkins: "The Administration is trying to have it both ways
by placating the American citizen with soothing words about health
while winking to the cigarette industry that no federal action will
be forthcoming.")
The tobacco industry said Sullivan's proposals will not work. The
strength of the tobacco lobby guarantees a struggle over federal
or state action.
(ABC-5)
Pauley reports that Sullivan's stand was criticized by Democrat
Edward Kennedy who called it ineffective and half-hearted. Kennedy
said the problem is national and should be addressed at the federal
level.
(NBC-6, CBS-4)
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DEATH PENALTY
Pauley: The Senate voted today to block the use of the death
penalty against the mentally retarded. That would reverse a
Supreme Court decision of last year. Sen. Biden argued, "Just
because the Supreme Court says we can do it doesn't mean we
should."
(NBC-10, CBS-10)
SKIN CANCER
Pauley: Federal health officials today issued a summertime skin
cancer warning saying Americans should cut down on sunbathing.
They said that in the past decade the death rate from the most
deadly form of skin cancer linked to some exposure, melanoma, rose
more than 25 percent.
(NBC-7)
NATIONAL PARK INCOME
Rather: President Bush's Interior Secretary Lujan today proposed
raising the fees on private operators of hotels and other
concessions allowed in national parks. Lujan said the fees should
go up for park upkeep. This follows a report showing the Park
Service got only $13 million out of the $506 million private
business made off the public's parkland in 1988.
(CBS-6)
BOMB
Rather: A bomb blast ripped open a car in Oakland, CA, today. Two
people inside, a 30-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman were
injured. Both are environmental activists involved in a protest
against cutting down redwood trees in Northern California. The
woman reportedly had received death threats.
(CBS-7)
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BUDGET SUMMIT
Reading Wall Street's Lips -- Raising taxes, which now seems
more politically possible than at any time in recent years, is
good for the stock market. It would tend to reverse [many]
pernicious [economic] trends
and could provide a psychological
boost as the country appears finally to be solving one of its worst
domestic difficulties. Quite apart from any political reservations
Bush may feel about taxes and government, he has attributed much
of his opposition to tax increases to his worry that they would
tend to stifle the economy. The alternative, however, is to force
the Federal Reserve System to address another consequence of
persistent deficits, inflation, with a stringent monetary policy
that could be harsher on the economy than the effects of a tax
increase."
(Boston Globe, 5/18)
Bush Should Go On TV And Let Us Read His Lips -- "
The President
should be ready and willing to start building a consensus for the
hard choices that deficit reduction will demand, even if the
details aren't set yet. That would help commit both sides to a
successful outcome and prepare the American people for the
sacrifices they will have to bear. Bush says a speech would unduly
alarm the financial markets by overdramatizing the deficit problem,
with painful consequences. That's an unnecessary fear: If the
Administration marched out, flags flying, to fight the deficit,
there would be no louder huzzahs than from the business and
financial communities."
(Newsday, 5/17)
The Deficit -- Let's Cut Spending To Fix It -- " The federal
government must now decide whether to help or hurt a nation
struggling to regain its competitive edge. Will Congress spend
less, thus helping Americans adjust to competition? or will
Congress demand more, further cutting the income of people who have
already tightened their belts considerably? Americans have
answered those questions over and over again -- poll after poll,
presidential election after presidential election. They want the
federal government to cut spending. Why doesn't the federal
government just do it?"
(Charleston Daily, 5/17)
Read My Lips: 'Boooo!' -- "George Bush doesn't want to frighten
you. Sure, he's worried about the budget deficit, and he's asked
a lot of leaders from Congress, even mean ol' Democrats, to worry
with him. But he doesn't want you to worry. Not yet, anyway. The
mean ol' Democrats want to shove him in front of the TV cameras
right away and make him say the economy is going to hell in a
handbasket. They'd probably even like to make him cry right
there on national television! But George knows that would frighten
you. Heck, it might even frighten The Markets, and if that
happened the economy really would go to hell in a handbasket
George went on television to say that he wouldn't go on television
because 'I don't want to inadvertently send the wrong signals to
The Markets. The Markets didn't know what to think. They didn't
go up and they didn't go down. And the budget deficit? It just
kept on getting bigger -- which would frighten us if we were really
paying attention."
(Louisville Courier Journal, 5/17)
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The Solution: Spend Less -- " Instead of looking for new taxes,
government should look for ways to trim spending. In Washington,
one of those is by sticking to not only the provisions but the
intent of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget Act
Instead of looking for the President to give his blessing to a tax
increase, congressional leaders should gird their loins and take
battle-axes to the deficit in their own appropriations process.
If they cannot make Gramm-Rudman work, the Balanced Budget
Amendment is still lurking off in the corner, waiting to be given
new life.'
(Sunday Chieftain, New Mexico, 5/13)
A Budget Opening
-- " In a $6 trillion economy, what counts is
not hitting the target precisely but a national policy that keeps
reducing the deficit over the long term. To do that, the summit
must produce a multiyear plan for spending and taxation that charts
a sound fiscal policy and a set of priorities for the challenges
of the 1990s. That should include higher revenues from closing
income tax loopholes and bigger taxes on gasoline and spending cuts
in programs such as farm price supports. Equally important, the
policy that emerges should present a blueprint for redirecting the
nation's resources from the Cold War to the investments -- in
education, infrastructure, scientific research and in dealing with
the problems of children and the inner cities -- necessary to build
equal economic opportunity at home and competitive vigor abroad." "
(Sacramento Bee, 5/11)
A Balancing Act
--
"
If President Bush, who made 'no new taxes'
the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, is willing to
consider the dreaded 'T word, the least they can do is ponder
several options. The most likely revenue sources under discussion
will be value-added taxes, more user fees and higher taxes on
gasoline, liquor and cigarettes. A combination of some or all of
these revenue enhancements, coupled with significant spending cuts,
could produce the 1991 savings required by Gramm-Rudman without
raising income taxes. And indeed, an income tax increase at this
point would be a mistake. It would stunt economic growth overall
and slow new jobs creation. "
(Torrance Daily Breeze, 5/11)
Read Our Lips --
"
No doubt trimming the deficit will be painful
all the way around, whether the medicine is in the form of spending
cuts or tax increases, or, more likely, a combination of both. But
the President has to be careful. The problem is not that
Washington has too little money. It spends too much money. If
there are to be more taxes, they should come as the last resort,
and Bush should have an ironclad way of making sure they will go
only toward deficit reduction. Otherwise, people might start
wondering which side of the mouth we're supposed to 'read my lips'
on."
(Birmingham News, 5/10)
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The Dallas Morning Nelus
Friday, May 25, 1990
H
THE TEXAS POLL: GOVERNOR'S RACE
Voter opinion of candidates
Favorable
Favorable
43%
39%
Unfavorable
Unfavorable
31%
39%
Recognize but don't know
Recognize but don't know
22%
20%
Don't recognize
Don't recognize
4%
2%
Clayton Williams
Ann Richards
Do you think that Clayton Williams' joke on rape or
his comments about prostitution have made it less
Do you think Ann Richards' refusal to say whether
likely that you will vote for him, or have they not
or not she used drugs 10 years ago has made it
less likely that you will vote for her, or has it not
made any difference?
made any difference?
Less likely to vote for him
Less likely to vote for
33%
23%
No difference
No difference
61%
73%
Undecided
Undecided
6%
4%
GUBERNATORIAL GENDER GAP*
Percent of support for Clayton Williams
Percent of support for Ann Richards
Male
Male
54%
32%
Female
Female
39%
43%
"The rest are undecided
PRESS COVERAGE
If a candidate for public office makes a racial, reglious or sexual joke in an
informal setting, should the press report the candidate's comments?
Yes
51%
No
38%
Undecided
11%
Statewide survey conducted April 28-May 12. Margin of error: plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Gender gap question has a margin of error of plus or minus 6 percentage points. Totals have been rounded.
SOURCE: Harte-Hanks Communications Inc.
The Dallas Morning News
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Dear m. President,
Thank you very much for sending
your baseball card looks very
me your card. I'll put it with my
spiffy, I must say. The yale unform
1958 Roy Sievers as one of my two
then really was classic.
"heepers."
your statistics are pretty snaggy,
too. I wonder if you know what a
Glad you and augus Phillyps
productive hitter you were. Over a fall
had a good time bass fishin'.
season (600 at bats). your senior year
stats would have been 104 runs, 97 rbi,
Thanks again,
41 doubles, 14 triples, 7 homers. maybe
Jone Boswell
Ethan allen should have had you hitting
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
in the heart of the or order! (For your
full yall career, per 600 ABs, 106 runs,
ar
80 rbc, 24 stolen bases. not too shabby.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 8, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR BRIDGET MONTAGNE
FROM:
DEBBIE ROMASH
RE:
SPECIAL VISITORS
The Prunier family will be visiting Washington, DC on Friday, May
25, 1990. Dr. John Prunier is the doctor of Mrs. Bush Sr. in
Connecticut.
A White House Members tour has been arranged for 8:45 a.m. and
then the President's departure at Noon on Friday, May 25, 1990.
They have also requested seeing the President. Let me know if
there is any interest.
Thank you again for your assistance.
guidance u oj
photo at
7:55 am
prior to tour
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Editorial Support for Extending
China Most-Favored Nation Trade Status
"American policy needs to invest in China's future -- to
work toward the day when that nation will be a more normal member
of the world community. The better course is to appeal to the
next generation of Chinese leadership with an economic and
diplomatic policy that takes the longer view. The President has
wisely chosen that path. "
Los Angeles Times, May 25, 1990
"It was the correct call in a rough game. Trade has indeed
proved an opening wedge for free ideas in China."
Wall Street Journal, May 25, 1990
"President Bush is right to propose renewing China's trade
privileges."
New York Times, May 25, 1990
"But by maintaining the status quo in trade relations, the
President did more than prevent a disruption of U.S. China trade:
He maintained an important, albeit small, means of leverage to
encourage China's reform efforts.'
The Journal of Commerce, May 25, 1990
"To deny China MFN now may feel good, but it offers less
long-term leverage -- less ability for the U.S. to press China to
ease its repressive practices."
Christian Science Monitor, May 17, 1990
"If denial happened, the U.S. would impose higher tariffs on
Chinese exports here, something the struggling Chinese economy
can ill-afford."
Chicago Tribune, May 17, 1990
"Denial of MFN status to China would harm the sector of
China's society that is pressing for reform. It would devastate
Hong Kong which thrives on South China's trade with the outside
world. It might counter-productively strengthen the neo-Maoist
repression it would be intended to punish."
Baltimore Sun, May 16, 1990
2
"Much of Chinese trade with American counterparts is
conducted through more market-oriented enterprises that have
become the most dynamic elements in the Chinese economy. It
makes little sense
to undermine those elements in China that
represent a pragmatic approach to economic problems. Ending MFN
treatment would do just that, to no one's advantage."
Boston Globe, May 15, 1990
"Suspension would not just anger the Chinese authorities,
cut exports and invite economic retaliation--costs conceivably
acceptable. New trade-blocking tariffs would also weaken
precisely the modernizing, internationally orientated sectors of
the Chinese economy and political society that the U.S. has the
greatest interest in cultivating. Beijing's trade and investment
front, would be especially hard hit. In short, in the name of
putting pressure on the China of repression, raising tariffs high
would punish the China of reform.'
Washington Post, May 11, 1990
"Bush's policy-- maintaining dialogue with China-- is
correct Stable trade is the only way the U.S. can encourage
economic reform in China. It is also the way to maintain cultural
contacts that nurtured pro-democracy sentiments. Withholding most
favored nation privileges would destroy a key piece of U.S.-China
policy that has worked.'
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 8, 1990
"Better at this point, then, to extend MFN for another year,
making emphatically clear at the same time that the action is not
taken as a favor to the regime but as an effort to improve the
lot of the Chinese people.'
Los Angeles Times, May 7, 1990
"Reverting to old tariff rates would cut U.S. imports of
Chinese toys, sneakers, apparel and electronic products by an
estimated 50 percent, according to the U.S.-China Business
Council. The biggest losers would not be the state-controlled
factories, but semiprivate enterprises in the South
Tariff
hikes thus would harm the very entrepreneurial sector the U.S.
has been trying to support over the past decade and weaken the
position of China's liberal economic reformers."
The Journal of Commerce, May 2, 1990
Attachments:
Newspaper Clippings
L.A. Times
5.25
Just More Champagne for Beijing?
No, Bush's MFN Decision Was a Wise American Investment in China's Future
China today is ruled by unblinking
capital wheeling toward students will
least another year under the most-fa-
revolutionaries whose orthodox Com-
remain a vivid memory for a long
vored-nation (MFN) program was
munism blinds them to the meaning
time to come. President Bush thor-
just that. Bush calls it an "enormously
of historic forces sweeping around the
oughly misjudged the depth of the
difficult decision," but his critics are
world.
broad distaste among U.S. and inter-
likely to feel it was nothing more than
South Africa moves away from
national publics when top advisers
a unthinking extension of the cham-
apartheid, Eastern Europe continues
were dispatched last year to Beijing
pagne toast.
its metamorphosis toward a higher
so soon after that Tian An Men
A logical extension it surely is, but
form of political life and the leaders of
Square tragedy. Sure, on one level
unthinking? Not necessarily. With-
the Soviet Union prepare to put their
Bush's ploy was a bold and arguably
drawing MFN status for China, as
economic reforms to the vote of a
imaginative stroke-an effort to gar-
emotionally satisfying as it might be,
people's referendum-a Soviet first.
ner influence at a moment of great
would not likely prove effective
Not exactly business as usual. But
diplomatic isolation. But ultimately it
statecraft. American policy needs to
none of these extraordinary develop-
proved futile-and triggered world-
invest in China's future-to work
ments seem very much to affect
wide criticism for the seeming U.S.
toward the day when that nation will
Beijing's political elite, which rolls
insensitivity. It's possible that the
be a more normal member of the
merrily along like old man river on a
memorable champagne toast in Bei-
world community. Attempts to pres-
course more or less predetermined by
jing by National Security Adviser
sure today's leadership would be to
rigid ideology.
Brent Scowcroft will haunt Bush's
tilt at so many windmills. The better
The resulting abhorrence in the
China policy for years to come-even
course is to appeal to the next genera-
West was never more palpable than
when policy decisions are correct.
tion of Chinese leadership with an
during last year's dramatic and re-
But yesterday's decision by the
economic and diplomatic policy that
pugnant repression in Beijing. The
President to continue extending low
takes the longer view. The President
image of tanks in and around the
tariff rates to China's imports for at
has wisely chosen that path.
It's hard to feel glad about Presi-
coming around to Beijing's point of
dent Bush's announcement yesterday
view.
that he wants to renew China's most-
More seriously, Congress might
favored-nation trading status. It was
harness the MFN debate to another
the correct call in a rough game.
matter that is acutely important to
Trade has indeed proved an opening
both Communist China and the rival
wedge for free ideas in China. Revok-
Nationalist Chinese government in
ing MFN and making Americans pay
Taiwan. And it's an issue that under-
more for Shanghai knitwear probably
scores U.S. respect for governments
wouldn't help budge the Communist
that have made genuine progress. The
Party from its perch.
issue is admission to the General
But there's something that sticks in
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. or
the craw about conferring the enco-
GATT.
mium, "most favored." on anything
Neither Beijing nor Taipei cur-
involving the Chinese government.
rently belongs to GATT. and both
Surely there must be a way to renew
would very much like to join. Techni-
what is actually routine trading
cally, there is no problem with both
status, accorded to all but a handful of
Taipei and Beijing signing on as sepa-
nations, without implying a political
rate members. Under GATT regula-
pat on the back.
tions, they need only have separate
President Bush's statement that
customs areas, as does Hong Kong.
China has made some responsive
The decision is up to the member na-
moves toward U.S. concern for human
tions of GATT, but a public recom-
rights is wishful thinking. The lifting
mendation from either President Bush
of martial law in Tibet and restora-
or Congress could swing a lot of
tion of U.S. consular access there
weight.
doesn't stop the torture we keep hear-
Communist China has been kept
ing about. It guarantees no freedoms.
out essentially because the member
No one in China is safe from the
nations think its repressive, centrally
whims of a party that has shot, jailed
planned economy is just too big a
and gagged its critics without even a
mess to tangle with. GATT has been
gesture of remorse.
waiting for Beijing to reform enough
Dissident Fang Lizhi remains a
so that it might be ready to partici-
prisoner in the American Embassy.
pate in decent society.
His terrible crime was that he spoke
Taiwan lost its observer status in
out in favor of democracy, and the
1971, when GATT took its lead from
Chinese people liked what he said.
the United Nations' decision to re-
The same government that released
place Taiwan with the People's Re-
211 dissidents from prison earlier this
public of China. Since then, Taiwan
month retains the power to arbitrarily
has made enormous progress in its
jail them tomorrow. Human rights
economic and political development.
China Trade
will improve in China the day the
Taipei's Chinese government has lib-
party steps aside to allow civilized
eralized its markets and flung open
and politically legitimate institutions
the political debate. Taiwan is now
Wall St
of government to develop.
one of the most productive and prom-
Congress will now be poking
ising spots in the developing world.
around in this sad swamp as it de-
But, as a GATT spokesman told us
Jounnal
bates whether to block Mr. Bush's
last fall, GATT has held up Taiwan's
MFN recommendation-a move that
admission as a full member. It's wait-
would require a two-thirds disap-
ing until Communist China has ma-
5.25
proval vote in both chambers. It's
tured enough to join. GATT doesn't
worth noting, however. that righteous
want to get China miffed by letting
anger at George Bush and China can
Taiwan through the door first.
also serve as camouflage for the pro-
By urging that GATT get on with
tectionist jingoes in Congress who
Taiwan's admission, now, instead of
would just as soon wall out Chinese
waiting years for China, the U.S.
textiles and toys regardless of what
would send a useful signal. It would
goes on in Beijing.
set straight for China's leaders where
There are actions Congress could
they rank in world esteem, compared
take that might help wipe the grin off
with their capitalist, democratizing ri-
Deng Xiaoping's face without hurting
vals on Taiwan (who graciously rec-
the Chinese people. For openers, it
ommended extension of MFN for
might be appropriate to recommend
China). It would give Taiwan its due.
that most favored nation be renewed
And in a time when the U.S. is al-
for China under a different label Say,
-ready granting the communist govern-
'capitalist trading status." Why not?
ments of China and the Soviet Union
We suspect the dissidents now si-
extraordinary political favors, it
lenced in China would get a satisfying
would remind the world that what
chuckle out of it. And it would be a lot
America most favors are govern-
harder for the Chinese government to
ments that understand the link be
tell the world that the United States is
tween capitalist trade and freedom.
NY Times
5.25
Half Right on China Trade
President Bush is right to propose renewing
also give Mr. Bush the opportunity to re-evaluate an
China's trade privileges. But he would have sent a
entire range of Asian and Pacific policies. He needs
sounder message if he had expressed outrage over
to take a firmer stance against Chinese arms ship-
Beijing's continued gross abuse of human rights.
ments to the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and ad-
Congress, which has 30 days to review the proposal,
vanced weapons sales to the Middle East. Until
again will have to make clear that approving it in no
China stops these activities and improves its human
sense approves repression.
rights performance, he should maintain restrictions
For now, the trade privileges, known as most-
on World Bank loans and military sales to China.
favored-nation status, should continue. Suspension
China recently released more than 200 political
would be the wrong way to support the democratic
prisoners to encourage renewal of trade privileges.
cause in China. It would most injure the wrong Chi-
It can't hurt to make it clear to Beijing that future
nese, the urban constituencies that still favor eco-
renewals won't be automatic, and that fresh provo-
nomic and political reform. Over the long pull,'i it is
cations could bring swift revocation. The White
in America's interest to strengthen these groups
House took precisely the wrong tack by emphasiz-
through trade and political support.
ing the profits American business stands to gain
To be sure, suspension would hurt the political
from renewal.
prestige of Beijing's hard-line leadership. But U.S.
President Bush's decision to favor renewal of
displeasure can be delivered more directly to these
equal trading status for China was half right. Now
leaders - by strong statement of U.S. condemna-
it's up to Congress to press for the second half - a
tion - without damaging the forces of democracy.
ringing commitment to human and civil rights for
Recent changes in Chinese and Soviet policy
the Chinese people.
Journal of Commere
5.25
China Trade Intact
PRESIDENT BUSH CLEARLY ACTED in the coun+
try's best interest when he announced Thursday morning
that he would extend most-favored-nation status to China
for another year. China will be able to continue exporting
goods to the United States on the same tariff terms as most
other U.S. trading partners. Failure to grant this preferen-
tial trade status would have hurt Chinese export industries
in the coastal areas, including many U.S.-Chiness joint
ventures, and businesses related to these industries in Hong
Kong.
But by maintaining the status quo in trade relations,
the president did more than prevent a disruption of U.S.-
China trade: He maintained an important, albeit small,
means of leverage to encourage China's reform efforts.
Canceling China's most-favored-nation status would have
created even more political ill will and severed any.re-
maining ties to China Beijing was clearly nervous about
the outcome of Mr. Bush's decision. As a show of good faith;
on May 11, the regime announced the release of 211 politi-
cal prisoners. It's a small, but encouraging step. With
U.S.-China relations at least marginally intact, some resolu-
tion of other issues, including the release of dissident
physicist Fang Li Zhi, may be possible.
But this is not the end of the story. At least two
members of Congress, Reps. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. and
Barney Frank, D-Mass:,~ are gearing up to oppose the
president's decision. More congressional steam is to be
expected.
20
MAY 17, 1990
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
"First the blade,
then the ear,
then the full grain
EDITORIAL
in the ear"
Beijing's Gestures
ORE than 200 Chinese
M
trading partner; China stands to
political prisoners - vet-
lose nearly $6 billion in revenue
erans of last year's "de-
should MFN be dropped.
hhocracy spring" protests - have
Yet there may be a better case
been set free. This is a welcome
for renewing MFN at this time.
event, even if it is a bald piece of
Secret internal Chinese memos
public relations by Beijing.
released in Washington last week
It's good to see such important
show that human rights gestures
pro-democracy leaders as writer
are a "card" China is playing.
Dai Qing out of jail. But still to be
Fine. MFN is a card Mr. Bush can
heard from are perhaps thou-
play. To deny China MFN now
sands of prisoners, including
may feel good, but it offers less
foremost student leader Wang
long-term leverage - less ability
Dan, a hero at Tiananmen
for the US to press China to ease
Square.
its repressive practices.
Chinese authorities have also
The White House, and even
begun an appease-the-intellectu-
some opponents of China's MFN
als campaign. Having released
status in Congress, seem to be
some 500 intellectuals from jail in
taking this view.
recent months, Beijing says it
If China's trade status is re-
wants to "make friends" with its
newed, Washington should make
educated, internal critics.
it clear that China has to change.
Intellectuals are now free to dis-
Mr. Bush must let it be known he
sent, and even to join the party,
will watch the kind of freedoms
say authorities. Hmmm. Don't
that former political prisoners
everybody speak up at once.
will enjoy - and will expect
A kinder, gender China?
freedom for others. including dis-
Hardly. Beijing wants its most fa-
sident physicist Fang Lizhi. The
vored nation (MFN) trading sta-
secret Chinese memos suggested
tus renewed by the US. China has
that the Chinese embassy in the
been on the US MFN list since
US should adopt a "life and
1980 through a special Jackson-
death" struggle against US-Chi-
Vanik amendment waiver that is
nese student dissidents. Will this
reviewed each year. President
position be publicly renounced?
Bush has until June 3, ironically
These are just some of the
the eve of the Tiananmen massa-
changes needed. The administra-
cre, to make the MFN decision.
tion should make Beijing under-
Moral outrage alone would le-
stand that it knows the score -
gitimate the end of China's MFN
and is more than prepared to
status. The US is China's biggest
drop MFN next year, if need be.
new board members allows the inter-
resumes or had arrest records. Some are active politi-
im board time to finish its work. The new board can
cal opponents of the mayor who might be more inter-
then start fresh with its own agenda.
ested in fomenting opposition than in the welfare of
Chicago, and all the people in this state who will pay
Chicago school children. Whatever his reasons, the
in one way or another if the city doesn't do a better
mayor is not required by law to state them. And since
job of educating its children, has an enormous stake in
he is the one who takes the heat if the new board
its public schools and the board responsible for them.
turns out to be incompetent or unresponsive, it's un-
Mayor Daley is taking a political gamble in calling for
derstandable if he is finicky about his choices. Obvi-
more nominations. If the result is a better board, he
ously, he is not going to appoint someone who wants
can take credit for an act of political courage.
The wrong remedy for college sports
At a time when collegiate sports scandals are as
age a lot of witnesses from cooperating.
common as dandelions, and just about as ineradicable,
State criminal penalties for NCAA violations would
the Illinois legislature may be forgiven for thinking
also load more burdens onto prosecutors and courts,
that its intervention could be useful. Illinoisans worried
who have no shortage of genuinely serious crimes to
about severe penalties against the University of Illinois
worry about. And it would turn Behemoth U.'s athlet-
for its alleged recruiting abuses may also think the
ic sins into-pardon the expression-a political foot-
state could do a better job than the NCAA. But it
ball, since a state's attorney won't make many friends
couldn't, and the sooner the legislature abandons the
by sending a successful local head coach to Stateville.
idea, the better.
Paying student athletes might be a good idea, but
Two bills have been introduced in Springfield, one
that judgment should be left to the NCAA and its
by Republican Rep. Timothy Johnson of Urbana that
members-in particular, university presidents and
has been virtually killed by House Speaker Michael
other academic officials. They are the ones who pre-
Madigan and another by Democratic Rep. John Cul-
sumably would have to provide the necessary funds,
lerton of Chicago that is still alive.
and only they-not their athletic directors and
Cullerton's bill has two main components. The first
coaches, and certainly not state legislators-can deter-
is to incorporate the NCAA's list of recruiting viola-
mine whether paying their team members would fur-
tions into the state criminal code. The second is to
ther weaken the already tottering image of the student
mandate the payment of $250 per month to each
athlete. One reason NCAA member schools have
student athlete.
avoided this proposal is that many would rather give
The NCAA is a private organization of colleges and
up varsity sports than assume this extra financial bur-.
universities that ought to have the right to regulate its
den. And those probably are the schools that have the
members as it sees fit. Making every violation a poten-
cleanest sports programs.
tial criminal offense would only make it harder for the
The Cullerton bill may be a well-intentioned effort
organization to police abuses; cumbersome due-pro-
to improve the moral tone of intercollegiate sports,
cess safeguards would quickly intrude. These would
which could certainly use improvement. But it's more
make it more difficult to prove violations and discour-
likely to make a bad situation worse.
sets some tribune
5.16
China prisoners free
China has released 211 people held since last year's
of the late 1970s. Even those who were let go last
violent interruption of the democracy movement in
week know their freedom is tenuous: The writer Dai
Tiananmen Square. Yes, "interruption," not "end."
If Chinese government leaders did not still detect a
Qing, like an uncaged canary too frightened to sing,
would say little to a reporter.
pulse from that movement, they would not have
Nor has China agreed to let Fang Lizhi and his wife,
played a card meant to salvage China's image abroad
Li Shuxian, leave the safety of the American Embassy
and forestall a detrimental change in trade status with
the United States.
in Beijing. Though only one person, Fang is a symbol
important to both sides: to the government that has
So the welcome with which the world greets the
invested so much face in him and to the liberalizers
freeing of political prisoners should be accompanied
inspired by his outspokenness.
by renewed resolve to sustain the pressure that con-
Allowing Fang and Li to leave China, besides being
tributed to it. It's significant, too, that with this release
the humane thing, would help a lot to rehabilitate the
China named names and indicated how many
image of China's leaders.
"lawbreakers involved in the turmoil and rebellion" of
It also would undercut efforts in Washington to deny
a year ago are still in custody-431.
China most-favored-nation trade status with this coun-
Estimates of those detained in Beijing after the
try, If denial happened, the U.S. would impose higher
crackdown range from 5,000 to 10,000, most of whom
tariffs on Chinese exports here, something the strug-
are believed to have been released gradually.
gling Chinese economy can ill afford.
Still, leading dissidents remain confined, including
Quite apart from their cynical use in a trade issue,
Wang Dan, a Beijing University history student who
however, China's political prisoners should be released
n
was an important pro-democracy leader last year. And
in accord with international norms of freedom that
some have been held since the Democracy Wall period
ought to apply in China as everywhere else.
Court
on
Monday
to
uphold
months ago the president was saying he did not
for, both and around the world.
Black Political Undercurrents
The decision by seven black members of the
lation that the Nation of Islam's leader. Louis Far-
Baltimore City Council to form an African-Ameri-
rakhan, will launch bids by candidates challeng-
can Coalition is a puzzling one. If finding solutions
ing City Council incumbents when he visits
to black-on-black crime, education, health care
Baltimore early next month. The Nation of Islam
and other problems that affect the black commu-
has already announced its intention to enter the
nity really is a burning concern of those elected
political arena in the District of Columbia and
officials, what took them so long to seek action?
Prince George's County with candidates promoting
Could it be the incumbents' desire to protect
the denomination's black-power agenda. If that
themselves in next year's City Council elections?
happens in Baltimore, Nation of Islam candidates
We ask that question because we are detecting
could change the tone of city elections. Since these
undercurrents of frustration which may make be-
candidates tend to be well-organized and amply
LETTERS
ing a black elected official much more difficult in
financed, they would have to be regarded as seri-
Baltimore City.
ous contenders in next year's council races which
The most notable expression of reasoned dis-
often are characterized by a multitude of candt-
Punish, Don
satisfaction and impatience has been contained in
dates but low voter turnout.
heavy-hitting ads against Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke
Yet another move that may advance militancy
Editor: As I read your fror
article, "Grants posed as way
in the Baltimore Times give-away weekly. Spon-
in city politics is the pending law sult that seeks to
teen births," I got sick and I gc
sored by the Maryland Minority Contractors Asso-
replace the six existing three-member council dis-
I got fed up with being an
ciation. those full-page ads charge that "the city's
tricts with 18 single-member districts. The belief
middle-income (lower middle
of the suit's sponsors is that it would increase
taxpayer. I am tired of workins
new mayor" has "failed and refused to recognize
black representation in the City Council. Not only
day and of using my self-cont
and admit the obvious need" for black economic
to use drugs, not to have trre:
policy and strategy. "Blacks are in the city physi-
would this Balkanize city politics, It would upset
ble sex, not to do crime to S
cally. but outside the city economically and com-
the incumbents' convenient political alliances and
my lifestyle urges and not to
subject them to many more questions about,
the often arduous task of t
mercially." the ads charge.
"What have you done for us lately?
responsible adult citizen.
Another undercurrent is reflected in the specu-
am sick because I do thi
Saltiman
others are paid with my tax
to offset the results of their in
China Relents a Little
sible behavior or, now it is pr
to pay them to be responsible
I believe that It is time for a
Boston Tea Party.
China's aged rulers had better guarantee the
be near death, which might free the senior leader
This time, instead of tea
dissidents Fang Lizhi and Li Shuxian safe passage
Deng Xlaoping to tilt back toward economic re-
Boston Harbor, let us throw
abroad from their refuge in the U.S. embassy in
form. Rumors of Mr. Deng's own death, at 85,
the irresponsible legislators
Beijing. if they want President Bush to renew
swept Asian financial centers and were repudiated
bureaucrats who waste our
lar. Let us have a radical tax
most-favored nation trading status by June 3 and
by Beijing.
Let us stop supporting unres
Congress to go along.
Dental of most-favored nation status to China
behavior. Let there be no t
The showy release of 211 prisoners, some of
would harm the sector of China's society that is
ported dollars for people B
them such as the writer Dai Qing quite prominent,
pressing for reform. It would devastate Hong Kong,
drugs and refuse treatment:
is an insufficient gesture. The Chinese authorities
which thrives on South China's trade with the
ple who have repeated child
outside world. It might counter-productively
of wedlock: for people who
arrested thousands of protesters last spring and
slaved and are enslaving our
summer, and have been releasing them in batches
strengthen the neo-Maoist repression it would be
with a repeated pattern of
ever since. The government's announcement
intended to punish.
ployment without education
speaks of "431 lawbreakers involved in the tur-
But much of Congress is disappointed with
service or retraining. or fc
moil and rebellion" still under investigation. That
President Bush's low-key response to denials of
with a repeated criminal
without education, drug tre
may or may not be an assertion that only 431
human rights in China. The chance to curtail Chi-
or real vocational training
political prisoners remain from the Tlananmen
na's 812 billion exports to the United States will
jail.
Square events.
be hard to forswear. China is ruled by a wrong-
China's economy is reeling from self-inflicted
headed gerontocracy that cannot long survive.
wounds. The inflation of last year was combated
Changes are coming, possibly but not inevitably
by massive recession, achieved through the roll-
for the better. The more contact Washington has
New 1
back of economic reforms. Foreign investors are
with China at such a time, the better. But the
release of 211 political prisoners is not enough to
Editor: I was pleased to
discouraged, though the regime's signals to them
Michael P. Angelos as ge
are mixed. The 84-year-old anti-reform leader
quell the mood for tougher sanctions. More than
International Terminals. I
Chen Yun is reported by a Japanese newspaper to
that is needed.
have the best chance to
competitive If it can possib
In all candor, however,
vations as to whether any
THEO LIPPMAN JR.
competitive If we continue
What troubles me is a
that, once again, senior 1
port labor issue will be ur
T
HE HEAD on our front page
not race-related but news-related.
Asia. The peace movement. even
ed, inculcated bargaining
story on the 20th anniversary
When the Sun deadline passed, no
with its martyrs, really did not suc-
this will lead to only one It
one was known to be dead. The Sun
ceed. President Nixon kept to his
This is where the state
Welcome as it is, the "peace dividend" never-
the Army; Hispanics make up 4 percent.
history, Temin neglects
These young men and women, and society, will
tion the many conserva
theless poses serious challenges to the nation's in-
have been working on t]
genuity. Notable among the challenges arising
suffer wrenching dislocations if no optional struc-
um's holdings, which ind
from the thaw in the Cold War is how to plan intel-
ture is devised to provide the security and growth
only paintings. There H
ligently for the social impact of reductions in the
potential that the military once offered.
for a very long time a
ranks of the military services. The nation now em-
President Bush and Congress should give as
tion department at the
ploys two million active military personnel.
much attention to the problem of those excluded or
that deals with works
In the next five years, the Army probably will
let go by the military as they inevitably will to the
textiles and sculpture.
be cut from its present level of 750,000 to some-
hardships sustained by the multibillion-dollar de-
partment includes Geor
where between a half million to 580,000. Even
fense industry and its employees.
a paintings conserva
works on a free-lance
deeper cuts are possible. This year the Army re-
Options the administration might profitably
commissioned projects.
duced its recruiting class from 120,000 to 92,000;
consider include a '90s version of the Civilian Con-
Temin, incidental
other military branches also face cutbacks.
servation Corps, an expanded version of the mod-
have been unaware,
Besides reducing personnel, the Army is rais-
est-scale urban Youth Service Corps, and some
compared the Frick in
ing admission standards, especially education re-
kind of federally funded nurse-training program.
to the Gardner in Bo
quirements and scores on qualification tests.
during the years that
Traditionally, the military has provided a home
The problem must not be scanted. As Law-
Kopelman was attach
and opportunities for upward mobility for those at
rence Korb, a former assistant secretary of de-
Gardner, she also worl
or near the bottom of society, particularly mem-
fense for manpower and logistics who is now with
Frick paintings. If T
bers of minority groups. Blacks, who make up 12.4
the Brookings Institution, noted: "What's happen-
wanted to, she surely
percent of the population, make up 28 percent of
ing is not an Army problem but a national one."
found out that almost e⁻
Boston Globe
5.15
The trustees b
Keeping China's door open
Christine Temin's
tails what has been ob
the March 18 theft.
sought to encourage. Much of Chinese trade with
The trustees have 1
Americans have often misconstrued trade as a
reward to be conferred for proper thinking on the
American counterparts is conducted through more
ly negligent. The attor
part of other nations. As a consequence, it has
markét-oriented enterprises that have become the
al of the commonwealt
used embargoes to prevent trade with problem
most dynamic elements in the Chinese economy.
in the process of an in
to determine their cul
countries - Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama - to try to
Removal of MFN rules, subject to annual re-
Isabella Stewart
force changes that have not come to pass and have
view by Congress and heretofore passed routinely,
will is both precise ar
only exacerbated problems for all involved. Con-
would undoubtedly subject American goods to
court should be asked
gress, which will have to take up extension of nor-
countermeasures, imperiling more than $5 billion
guidelines before fut
mal trade rules for China next month, might bear
in exports when the United States is making every
those failures in mind when considering the issue.
effort to reduce its international trade deficit.
Collection in g
The Chinese have done little to make the
While Sino-American trade is conducted be-
The article leaves
choice easier. Echoes from last year's bloody
cause it is mutually advantageous, there are some
with the impression
clashes in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, with vio-
political questions to be borne in mind. China's po-
Gardner has, over the
lent suppression of dissident students and subse-
litical situation is subject to change without notice,
inadequate attention
quent jailing of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of
but the Chinese must face their own economic and
servation of its great
political realities. China is a complex country with
would contend,
dissidents, properly raises the temptation to sus-
a variety of political trends. It makes little sense,
trary, that for a m
pend normal trade rules, especially low tariffs.
Such treatment, technically known as MFN -
in such a context, to undermine those elements in
limited resources, ti
has done as well wit
most favored nation - treatment, would have a
China that represent a pragmatic approach to eco-
tion of collections as
highly negative impact on exactly those segments
nomic problems. Ending MFN treatment would do
in America. For many
of the Chinese economy that Americans have
just that - to no one's advantage.
ing the 1970s and 1
the best painting cor
America, Gabrielle
Bona fide heroes
worked on many
Gardner pictures bot
seum premises and
York studio. She cle
Twenty-nine years ago this month, Alan Shep-
That poses a potential difficulty, though. Bene-
ard of East Derry, N.H., launched the nation's
dict said the Mercury Seven Foundation, which
Stout: a conse
manned space program with a 15-minute suborbi-
funds scholarships for science and engineering stu-
I was dismayed b
tal flight in a Mercury capsule. Shepard and four
dents, gets some oddball requests from promoters
the article conerning
of the other original astronauts were the guests of
who want to hype get-rich-quick schemes.
our müseum. Alth
honor last weekend at the opening of the US As-
But SO far the astronauts have been wary,
generally unjustly n
tronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Fla., 12 miles
limiting their commercial endorsements. Shepard,
descriptions of the
the only Mercury astronaut to walk on the moon,
collections, I found
from the launch pads at Cape Canaveral.
said he sold an endorsement only once and donat-
regarding our seco
With the 66-year-old Shepard were John
George Stout, appal
Glenn, now a US senator from Ohio, Scott Carpen-
ed his earnings to the foundation. The manufactur-
He was one of
ter, Gordon Cooper and Donald Slayton. Walter
ers of Glad trash bags paid $25,000 to use Shep-
professionally train
Schirra had a schedule conflict, and Virgil (Gus)
ard's name in a television commercial.
tors who raised this
was killed in a launch-pad fire in 1967.
The foundation, however, does not prohibit the
level of witchcraft,
Correcting the Tilt to Beijing
Wash. Post, May 11, 1990
C
HINA HAS released a second batch of citi-
authorities, cut exports and invite economic re-
zens who were detained uncharged for pro-
taliation-costs conceivably acceptable. New
testing the government's repressions a year
trade-blocking tariffs would also weaken precisely
ago. This follows the lifting of martial law in Tibet
the modernizing, internationally oriented sectors of
and some other steps before that. China seems to
the Chinese economy and political society that the
be feeling the hot breath of those in Congress who
United States has the greatest interest in cultivat-
lean to imposing severe tariff penalties for China's
ing. Hong Kong, Beijing's trade and investment
brutal revenge against the democracy movement
front, would be especially hard hit. In short, in the
demonstrators. The calendar in Washington makes
name of putting pressure on the China of repres-
the question topical. According to law, President
sion, raising tariffs high would punish the China of
Bush must decide by June 3 whether to renew
reform.
Beijing's "most-favored-nation" tariff status. If, as
Still, it is not enough simply to sigh that the
expected, he does, Congress might say no. That
president should extend China's customary tariff
would raise tariffs astronomically and cut deeply
status and Congress should go along. To offset
into China's $12 billion in exports to the United
States.
any tendency in Beijing to think that the Ameri-
cans don't really care about democracy and
A tactical dilemma lurks here. Many Americans
might like to keep China in uncertainty in order to
human rights, the Bush administration ought to
take the occasion to narrow the gap between
encourage it to go beyond modest, cosmetic and
itself and Congress. This requires Mr. Bush to
reversible steps into more significant changes-
which hasn't come close to happening yet. At the
stop acting as something of an apologist for the
same time there is an underlying feeling, which is
regime and to start standing with the congres-
discernible in Congress as well as in the executive
sional majority as an advocate of rights. There
are a dozen ways a president so-minded could
branch, that a decision to suspend normal tariff
make this shift. The result could only be to
treatment would be more serious and far-reaching
than any sanction Washington has taken since
correct the pro-Beijing tilt of the White House, to
Tiananmen.
restore the strength of bipartisanship to Ameri-
can China policy and to identify the United States
Suspension would not just anger the Chinese
with the future of China.
sCâttie
5/8/90
MAINTAIN THE DIALOGUE
Stable U.S.-China trade
fosters economic reforms
T
HIS time last year. thousands of college students filled
Beijing's Tiananmen Square to demonstrate for democra-
cy. They filled the hearts of millions around the world with
hope.
On June 4, the world watched with horror as China's old
guard leaders crushed the peaceful protest with tanks and
guns. Hundreds. perhaps thousands of students were injured
and killed.
It's a bitter irony that exactly one year later, President Bush
is expected to ask Congress to maintain most-favored-nation
trade status for China. Congress. despite its criticism of Bush's
handling of U.S.-China relations. should agree.
Bush's policy - maintaining dialogue with China - is
correct. But Americans were justly angered by the way Bush
carried out his policy.
Instead of forcefully condemning the crackdown, Bush
appeared to appease Beijing's aging hardliners by sending
secret envoys to China and by vetoing legislation preventing
deportation of Chinese students:
Disapproval of Bush's actions, however, should not be used
as a reason to force China into total isolation.
Most-favored-nation status, in place since 1979, has support-
ed growth, modernization and gradual movement toward a
market economy. Revoking the status would raise U.S. tariffs,
and severely reduce or eliminate the $18 billion of annual trade
between the two nations.
Stable trade is the only way the U.S. can encourage
economic reform in China.-] It is also the way to maintain
cultural contacts that nurtured pro-democracy sentiments.
Withholding most-favored-nation privileges would destroy d
key piece of U.S.-China policy that has worked.
Beijing leaders may gloat over the trade preference. But
reducing trade won't improve human rights. In fact, isolation
and economic decline could lead to greater political repression.
Clearly. Chinese leaders willing to revert to brutality against
their citizens are not likely to be cowed by U.S. economic
threats.
The Tiananmen killings should not be forgotten or forgiven.
But neither should U.S. China policy be based on economic
retaliation that is bound to fail.
A course that maintains existing trade ties will keep the
dialogue going - which is not the same as telling the Chinese
leaders what they want to hear.
LATimes : 5-7-90
Aim the Policy at Next Generation
Would withdrawing MFN for economically troubled China be effective statecraft?
S
ometime soon President Bush
against any relaxation of social and
will have to decide whether he
political repressions?
wants to extend most-favored-
Almost certainly any attempt to use
nation trade status to China for an-
economic coercion to promote more
other year. As historic irony would
political tolerance in China would fail,
have it, the June 3 deadline for Bush
in the process bringing still more pain
to send his MFN recommendation to
to an already beset Chinese people.
Congress falls on the anniversary eve
For if MFN is withdrawn and trade
of last year's Beijing massacre, when
inevitably plummets. the economic
army troops slaughtered hundreds of
reforms that remain China's great
dissidents demanding political re-
long-term hope for progressing to-
form. The White House is grimly
MFN would promote free emigration.
ward a fairer and more humane
conscious of the coincidence. So are
That law, the Jackson-Vanik Amend-
society would surely falter; living
many in Congress who remain angry
ment, was aimed at securing free
standards would decline, and China's
and unforgiving over the crimes Chi-
emigration of Jews from the Soviet
international isolation-never a good
na's leaders have committed against
Union, but Congress has since in-
thing for the welfare of a country's
their own people.
creasingly come to look on it as a
people-would deepen.
Most-favored-nation status is a re-
tactic for punishing general human-
That is not what those who contin-
ciprocal arrangement that grants ad-
rights violations. As it happens, emi-
ue to be morally repelled by the
vantageous, tariff rates to a trading
gration from China to the United
Chinese regime's repressive behavior
partner's imports. Low tariffs can be
States doesn't seem to have fallen in
want to see. Better at this point, then,
worth a great deal in terms of total
the last year. But human rights in
to extend MFN for another year,
volume and market access. They're
China have obviously suffered a great
making emphatically clear at the
one big reason why China, which first
and painful regression, beginning
same time that the action is not taken
won MFN status in 1979, has seen its
with last June's mass killings and
as a favor to the regime but as an
U.S. sales swell and its trade surplus
extending to a crackdown on all
effort to improve the lot of the
grow to more than $6 billion in 1989.
suspected dissenters and a ruthless
Chinese people. Before long. the tired
But MFN can be a tool of politics no
effort to enforce political conformity.
generation of old revolutionaries who
less than of economics, a weapon for
Would an effort to protest these
continue to cling to power in Beijing
punishment as well as a device for
abuses by withdrawing MFN be an
must pass from the scene. But China
reward. Since 1974, U.S. law has said
effective tool of statecraft? Or would
endures, and it is with an eye on the
that any "non-market" country that
such an insistence on giving concrete
needs of the Chinese people and on
restricts the emigration rights of its
form to understandable moral revul-
the next generation of leaders that
citizens is ineligible for MFN, unless
sion instead cause China's ancient
U.S. policy should be devised and
the President certifies that granting
rulers to further harden their hearts
carried out
Self-Defeating Sanction
USING TRADE POLICY TO DO a foreign policy job is
a tricky business: The United States could end up hurting
itself by imposing broad trade sanctions to make a narrow
political statement. That's what will happen If President
Bush follows the advice of some in Congress who want to
punish the hard-liners in Beijing by canceling China's most-
favored-nation tariff status.
Most-favored-nation status, which grants imports from
China the same tariff treatment accorded goods from most
other countries, was extended in 1980 under the U.S.-China
Trade Agreement. That privilege has enabled China to
become America's 10th-largest trading partner. Without it,
high tariffs would make many Chinese goods uncompeti-
tive: Customs duties on cotton sweaters, a major Chinese
export, would rise from 6% to 60%.
Under the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, a 1974 law
aimed at the Soviet Union, most-favored-nation status may
not be granted to any country that restricts its citizens'
right to emigrate. Each year since 1980, the United States
has granted China a waiver of the Jackson-Vanik require-
ment, renewing its tariff preferences with little debate.
The Journal of Commerce 5/2/90
Beijing's murderous repression in Tiananmen Square
last June and the subsequent crackdown on the emigration
of students and dissidents, mean that the Jackson-Vanik
waiver is no longer a routine matter. By June S, President
Bush must decide whether to issue a waiver for another 12
months, The president is under pressure to vindicate him-
self for. his mistake in sending two secret missions to
Beijing for high-level talks last year while publicly pro-
claiming a moratorium on official visits. But responding to
that pressure by stripping China of its most-favored-nation
status would be a mistake.
A reversal in U.S. trade policy, effectively abrogating
the 1980 trade agreement, would play into the hands of the
Chinese leadership, which has been waging an anti-Ameri-
can campaign since last June. China might well retaliate in
kind, interrupting the flow of U.S. exports to China, which
totaled $6 billion in 1989.
The injured parties would include U.S. farmers, who
sold $1 billion worth of wheat to China last year, exporters
of mining and construction equipment, which have con-
tracts for hundreds of millions worth of goods over the next
two years; and airplane manufacturers, which stand to lose
about $500 million in sales. In every case, China could find
alternative sources for these products with little difficulty.
Reverting to old tariff rates would cut U.S. imports of
Chinese toys, sneakers, apparel and electronic products by
an estimated 50%, according to the U.S.-China Business
Council. The biggest losers would not be the state-con-
trolled factories, but semiprivate enterprises in the south,
many of them joint ventures between Chinese and foreign
firms. Tariff hikes thus would harm the very entrepreneur-
ial sector the United States has been trying to support over
the past decade and weaken the position of China's liberal
economic reformers.
Maintaining trade relations with China is in the United
States' long-term foreign policy and economic interests.
Seeking to humiliate the Chinese by stripping them of their
favored tariff status would be self-defeating. There are less
damaging and less expensive ways to send the message
that the United States does not support the regime of
Premier Li Peng.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Kennebunkport, Maine)
For Immediate Release
May 25, 1990
TO IMPLEMENT AN ACCELERATED SCHEDULE
OF DUTY ELIMINATION UNDER THE
UNITED STATES-CANADA FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
1. On January 2, 1988, the President entered into the
United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement (the Agreement). The
Agreement and certain letters exchanged between the Governments
of Canada and the United States were approved by the Congress in
section 101 (a) of the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement
Implementation Act of 1988 (the Implementation Act) (Public
Law 100-449; 102 Stat. 1851). The Agreement entered into force
on January 1, 1989.
2. Section 201 (b) of the Implementation Act grants the
President, subject to the consultation and lay-over requirements
of section 103 (a) of the Implementation Act, the authority to
proclaim such modifications as the United States and Canada may
agree to regarding the staging of any duty treatment set forth
in Annexes 401.2 and 401.7 of the Agreement as the President
determines to be necessary or appropriate to maintain the
general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous
concessions with respect to Canada provided for by the
Agreement. Consistent with Article 401(5) of the Agreement,
the President, through his duly empowered representative, on
May 18, 1990, entered into an agreement with the Government of
Canada providing an accelerated schedule of duty elimination for
specific goods of Annexes 401.2 and 401.7 to the Agreement. The
President has complied with the consultation and lay-over
requirements of section 103(a) of the Implementation Act with
respect to such schedule.
3. Pursuant to section 201 (b) of the Implementation Act, I
have determined that the modifications hereinafter proclaimed of
existing duties on goods originating in the territory of Canada
are necessary or appropriate to maintain the general level of
reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions with respect to
Canada provided for by the Agreement and to carry out the
agreement with Canada providing an accelerated schedule of duty
elimination for specific goods of Annexes 401.2 and 401.7 to the
Agreement.
4. Section 202 of the Implementation Act provides for
certain rules of origin. I have determined that it is necessary
to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS) to correct technical errors in the previously proclaimed
rules of origin.
more
(OVER)
2
5. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (the 1974 Act)
(19 U.S.C. 2483) authorizes the President to embody in the HTS
the substance of the provisions of that Act, and of other acts
affecting import treatment, and actions taken thereunder.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE BUSH, President of the
United States of America, acting under the authority vested in
me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States,
including but not limited to sections 201 (b) and 202 of the
Implementation Act and section 604 of the 1974 Act, do proclaim
that:
(1) In order to provide for an accelerated schedule of
duty elimination and to correct technical errors in the rules of
origin, general note 3 to the HTS and the tariff treatment
provided for in the HTS for goods originating in the territory
of Canada are modified as provided in the Annex to this
proclamation.
(2) Any provisions of previous proclamations (in
particular provisions concerning staged reductions in rates of
duty for goods originating in the territory of Canada)
inconsistent with the provisions of this proclamation are hereby
superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
(3) The amendments made to the HTS by the Annex to this
proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on the
dates indicated in such Annex.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and ninety, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and fourteenth.
GEORGE BUSH
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