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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5/15/92
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DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMU COMMENCEMENT
DALLAS, TEXAS
SUBJECT:
MAY 16, 1992
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROGICH
CALIO
ROLLINS
DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
FINDLAY
BOSKIN
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
02 MAY 14 P6:14
May 14, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVE DEMAREST H
FROM:
ANDY FERGUSON at
SUBJECT:
SMU COMMENCEMENT
On Saturday, May 16th, at 10:42 a.m., at the Southern
Methodist University's Moody Coliseum, you will deliver the
commencement address (18 minutes/teleprompted) to an audience of
7,500 graduating students, family, and faculty.
Your remarks are positive in outlook -- refuting
conventional myths about an America in decline. You highlight
several aspects of your reform agenda as agents of positive
change in keeping our country on the right track.
Note on local humor: SMU's Annual Literary Festival is a
longstanding university tradition which attracts major literary
figures. Charley's is a late night student facility next to the
campus's main library.
(Ferguson/Grossman)
May 14, 1992
Draft Four
SMU
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMU COMMENCEMENT
DALLAS, TEXAS
MAY 16, 1992
[Acknowledgments]
It's good to be home in Texas. ((I'm honored by this degree
-- even if I haven't put in all those long hours hitting the
books at "Charlie's" -- pause -- I mean the library.) )
((My dog's jealous about this degree. Yesterday, I wanted
to take Millie for a walk. She told me to call her agent.)
((Actually, Millie's sulking at home right now. She heard
about your Annual Literary Festival, and she's still waiting for
her invitation.) )
I know this is an exciting day for you and your parents, the
close of one important chapter in your lives and the beginning of
many more. Right after my own commencement, I lit out for Odessa
in our '47 Studebaker, to try my hand at the oil business.
I had many reasons for coming west, but the advice from one
family friend tipped the balance. "What you need to do is head
out to Texas," he told me. "That's the place for ambitious young
people these days."
This was a few years after World War II -- what seems like a
lifetime ago. My friend's advice was some of the best I've ever
had. I believe that what he said then still holds true, not only
for Texas but for all of America. Members of your graduation
class hail from as far away as Czechoslovakia and as near as
University Park, and all points in between. But for each of you,
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America is the place where ambition, energy, enthusiasm and hard
work are still rewarded, where young people can still feel
confidence in their dreams.
Most of us in that class of 1948 had been through the war;
many of us had lost friends and loved ones. But even so, the
opportunities America offered on that commencement day seemed
limitless. I think many of you wonder whether that holds true
for you. This morning I want to make the case that today's
America is still a rising nation -- that the country you are
inheriting offers the same limitless opportunities it held for
Barbara and me, and for your parents and your grandparents.
We all are working to preserve for ourselves and the
generations to come three precious legacies: rewarding jobs for
all who seek them; strong families; and a world at peace.
Tomorrow, at Notre Dame, I will discuss the things we can do to
strengthen our families. Next week, at the Naval Academy, I will
explore the great issues of war and peace. For now, I want to
focus on the first of those legacies -- our economic future.
In making the case that America's best days lie before us, I
realize that I might not be taking the fashionable view. Much of
the conventional wisdom these days portrays an America in
decline, its energy dissipated, its possibilities exhausted -- a
country overrun by economic predators abroad and crippled by
insurmountable problems at home.
These declinists, as they're called, will hate to hear it,
but they're saying nothing new. Flip through the history books.
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You'll hear the gloomy predictions sounding again and again. As
our western frontier filled in the late 19th century, even that
great America-booster Walt Whitman worried that soon his country
might "prove the most tremendous failure in history." A few
years later the "American century" dawned.
In the 1930s, the declinists told us the great depression
had made capitalism outmoded; our victory in World War II put an
end to that talk. In the 1950s, the Soviets launched the first
satellite, and the pessimists said America had lost the space
race -- twelve years before Neil Armstrong, an American, walked
on the moon. still more recently, while many of you were still
in grade school, some of our national leaders spoke of an "era of
limits" and "malaise" -- right before Americans began the longest
peacetime economic expansion in our history.
So the pessimists were wrong. Pessimists always are -- when
they talk about America. The optimists have the safer bet; but
there's a difference between optimism and self-satisfaction.
Americans should never be satisfied with the way things are.
"I'm an idealist," said Woodrow Wilson. "That's how I know I'm
an American." We still dream big dreams and hold the highest
hopes; our restlessness, our refusal to settle for anything less,
is what propels us to make those dreams real.
There's something particularly ironic about the pessimism
we're seeing today, for it comes at a moment of triumph that few
countries in history have been privileged to enjoy. Over the
past year we have seen the collapse of a seemingly implacable
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adversary, an empire deeply hostile to all that Americans
cherish. And we have seen emerge from the totalitarian darkness
a host of new nations, each struggling with a free and democratic
future, each looking to us for leadership.
In light of this, pessimism isn't just ungracious; it is
also inaccurate. The fact is, America is more than the world's
sole military superpower -- though it is that. It is more than
the world's political leader -- though it is that, too. It is
also the greatest economic power the world has ever seen, a
country uniquely able to provide each of you unparalleled
opportunity. And it is certain to remain so -- if we refuse to
settle for anything less.
First we must see our situation clearly. That means
debunking a few myths -- for myths harm our ability to
distinguish our real problems from false ones.
Perhaps you've heard the American worker is unproductive.
That is a myth. The American worker is the most productive in
the industrial world -- 30 percent more productive than his
Japanese counterpart. That's why, with one-twentieth of the
world's population, we produce one-fourth of the world's goods
and services.
Maybe you've heard the American worker is unskilled. This
audience here, about to enter the American workforce, puts the
lie to that claim. In fact, more than one out of every four
American workers has a college degree; another 20 percent have
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one-to-three years of college education. In Japan, only one-
third of the population goes on to higher education.
Maybe you've heard that our standard of living -- the
average American's ability to buy goods and services -- has
fallen behind. Again: not true. Measured in purchasing power,
our standard of living is far above other industrialized nations.
Here's another myth: that America has fallen behind in
science, technology and innovation. Maybe the pessimists should
come here to SMU, talk to the grad students who will be working
on the Superconducting supercollider next fall. Or they could
ask those companies from Switzerland, Germany, Japan, Korea --
the list goes -on -- who open research labs in the U.S., simply to
be close to American science.
If not science, say the pessimists, then how about industry?
You might have heard that American industry is on the decline.
Wrong again. Manufacturing has grown faster than the rest of our
economy. In fact, in the last decade, American manufacturing
grew faster than the rest of the world combined. From one
industry to another, the United States is more progressive and
efficient than its major trading partners: in mining, oil and gas
drilling, utilities, transportation, communication, agriculture,
forestry, fisheries, construction, scientific instruments, paper,
stone, clay, glass products, textiles
This list too goes on, but I don't want to overdo it. ((One
poor guy over there looked terrified I might give a pop quiz.) )
( (Or: You know that old joke: you've gone through four years of
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college, and now comes the hard part: sitting through the
commencement address.)) I don't recite these statistics so we
can all pat ourselves on the back. I want to make a point:
America is a strong nation getting stronger. And we can learn
from our success.
But the pessimists ignore the lessons of America's
leadership. Instead they push protection and isolation -- a
strategy based on the misguided fear that America can't rise to
the challenges of a global economy. The danger is that, for all
our undeniable strengths, fear of the future could prove a self-
fulfilling prophesy. If America turned inward, insulated itself
in a cocoon of defeatism, the result would be stagnation, fewer
jobs with lower pay, and a diminished standard of living for all.
Our astounding economic success is increasingly dependent on
a basic fact: If we are to be prosperous at home, we must lead
economically abroad. In a word, that means trade. America is
the world's leading exporter -- $422 billion worth last year
alone. Over the past five years, our merchandise exports have
grown almost 90 percent, supporting more than 7 million jobs.
The defeatists pretend that trade is zero-sum game, where
one partner's gain must be offset by another's loss. But once
again they're wrong -- demonstrably wrong -- and I refuse to
squander the gains of the last generation, and the hopes of
coming generations, in this crabbed misreading of America's place
in the world. For three years my administration has pursued a
policy of open and free trade -- because it creates jobs and
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opportunity for Americans. Right now, with the support of the
people of Texas, we are on the verge of concluding a historic
North American Free Trade Agreement, which will create a $6
trillion free trade area from the Yukon to the Yucatan.
Is our policy optimistic? Well, yes: I plead guilty to
being optimistic about this country's ability to compete. Don't
misunderstand: America has difficulties ahead. We must deal now
with a few alarming trends that endanger our world leadership --
and threaten your future.
I have challenged Congress to join me in a reform agenda
based on the same first principles that underlie our prosperity.
Our economic success wasn't hatched in some committee room on
Capitol Hill or around a conference table in the White House. It
was determined on the shop floor, in the board room, in the
research lab, where free men and women weighed the options, took
the risks, and made their own decisions. America is the most
prosperous nation in history because it is also the freest. That
same commitment to limited government, personal freedom, and
personal responsibility must shape the reforms we urgently need
to undertake.
A radical transformation of our education system, for
example, is long overdue. That means we must allow communities
the freedom to create their own break-the-mold schools, giving
maximum flexibility to teachers and principals. And parents must
have the freedom to choose their children's schools, public,
private or religious.
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In the same way, my plan to reform our health care system
makes health care more affordable and accessible, while
preserving the all-important benefit of consumer choice.
And I have proposed comprehensive steps to restore sanity to
our legal system. The explosion in litigation threatens our
economic well-being and, worse, weakens the ethic of personal
responsibility that lies at the heart of our national character.
America would be a better country if we sued each other less and
helped each other more.
And for those of us in Washington, it's high time to get our
own house in order. The federal government must start living
within its means. We need a balanced budget amendment, and we
need it now.
Finally, as our country moves forward into the next century,
we must resolve that no one is left behind. The riots in Los
Angeles reminded us that we have much more work to do in our own
backyard. The American dream takes root in families whole and
caring, in neighborhoods safe and secure, and in schools
unsullied by drugs and violence. Every American deserves the
opportunity to pursue this dream, unhindered by the ugliness of
racism or the benign neglect of a government bureaucracy.
We are past the time for casting blame or making excuses for
the despair in our inner cities. But we must ask ourselves: "Are
the old ways, the old assumptions still good enough?" I believe
the time has come to try the untried, to build a new approach on
the principles of dignity, personal initiative, and opportunity.
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Last week I presented to congressional leaders a six-point
plan for a New America: First, our "Weed and Seed" anti-crime
initiative. Second, our HOPE initiative, to turn public housing
into private homes. Third, enterprise zones, to bring jobs and
investment to the inner city. Fourth, education reform, to offer
every child the chance at a world-class education. Fifth,
welfare reform, to replace the handout with the hand-up. And
sixth, expanded job training for the young people of our cities.
When I visited Los Angeles a week ago, I came away with a
deepened sense of hope for America and her people. We all saw
the horrifying acts of violence. But let me tell you another
story from Los Angeles. In the heat and chaos of the riots, a
pastor named Bennie Newton saw a man being beaten to the ground.
Despite the threats and the blows, Rev. Newton walked into the
fray and draped his body over the bloody man until the beating
stopped. "My heart was crying," said the pastor. He saved the
man's life.
America is a nation of Bennie Newtons; you'll find him in
every town and city, in every union hall and boy's club and scout
troop. You'll find a lot of them here at SMU, with your proud
tradition of serving others. Few of us, of course, are ever
called to take the risks Rev. Newton did. But every day we face
the question posed in the New Testament: "If anyone has the
world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart
against him, how does God's love abide in him?"
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On countless small occasions, each of us is called to open
our hearts -- each of us is called to lead, to take
responsibility, to show the power of faith in action. I have
spoken today of our economic future, about free enterprise and
personal liberty, but the freedoms we cherish mean nothing unless
they are infused with the old virtues, the time-honored values:
honesty, thrift, faith, self-discipline, service to others.
I do not pretend to know the shape of the next century. The
genius of a free people defies prediction. Certainly Barbara and
I, when we loaded up our Studebaker for the trip to Odessa so
long ago, could never have imagined the technological marvels our
grandchildren take for granted -- fax machines and VCRs, for
example -- ((not to mention the most amazing invention of 1992,
the supermarket scanner.)
But I do know this: the next century will be your century.
If you believe in freedom, if you hold fast to your values, if
you remain faithful to our role in the world, it is sure to be
yet another American century.
Thank you again. God bless SMU, and the United States of
America.
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#6
TRAVEL POOL "G!: THE PRESIDENT GETS RELIGION
AND FLIES TO SOUTH BEND
Your pool was summoned early to accompany President
Bush as he attended the 8 a.m. services at St. Martin's
Episcopal Church. He sat off the side assle near the
back with Houston pal and former aide Jack Steel. The
homily was non-political, by the Rev. Helen Appelberg,
who said we should all be more like trapese artists
in the circus, willing to "let go, turn around and
trapeeac
reach out." She touched on the AIDS crisis but not on
the L.A. riots. In the congregation's "Prayers of the
People," the minister prayed for "George our president
and James ofur secretary of state," and Bush also was
by
welcomed from the pulpit. Afterwards, he was escorted
name
to his limo by xgwxxx the Rev. Payne, whose first name
I have misplaced.
A motorcade was substituted for the helicopter ride
to the airport because of torrential rains and thunder.
On Air Force One, a senior White House official, speaking
on background, basically confirmed the Washington Post
story of this morning on the EPA. He said the EPA had judged argued
that the Clean Air Act requires companies to notify the
public when they make changes that could increase their
levels of pollution* The White House Competitiveness Council,
headed by Vice President Quayle, probected that the law did
not make this requirement. Bush sided with the council, and
angive
Chief of Staff Sam Skinner notified EPA Administrator Reilly
of this recently. Now, the Justice Department probably will
issue a legal ruling backing up the Bush/Quayle interpretation
of the law, and the TPA will publish it as a new regulation.
On other issues, Marlin Fitzwater declined to = discuss the
controversy at Notre Dame V over the awarding of a medal to
Sen. Moynihan, who supports abortion rights. "I don't think
we'll have a position on that, he said. "We have enough
controverás of our own without getting involved in somebody
else's."
On the CNN poll that shows Perot ahead nationwide, Fitzwater
said, "The president has been at 90 percent and at 37 percent.
In the end, I think people will remember why he was at 90
percent" and support him again, "and in the interim we'll go through
through a lot of upds ups and downs. He said the poll was
not prompting any rethinking of White House policies, He
including those on the cities. He said Bush didn't address
urban policy in any detail in yesterday's speech because he
has to talk about a lot of different things, and because
topics are often det termined by the audience being addressed.
"The audience does dictate the speech in many ways
The
important thing is do you keep up the general thrust # for
public support of our (urban) package?" Also, he said Bush
would hold a bipartisan congressional meeting this week,
maybe on Tuesday.
Susan Page, Newsday
POOL REPORT
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5/16/92
DALLAS TO HOUSTON
Only news: Bush stops to see Turkish president Turgut Ozal at
Houston hospital where he's recovering from surgery for prostate
cancer. No presidential words.
After arriving in Houston, Bush motorcaded directly to
Methodist Hospital, where Ozal has been recuperating from the
surgery for the past two weeks. Ozal received the president in a
sitting room on the hospital's 12th floor, obviously outfitted as
a VIP wing. The Turkish president was seated in a chair when your
pool entered, wearing a dark blue robe. He smiled animatedly for
the cameras and looked quite hale.
Bush was seated on a sofa, along with famed heart surgeon
Michael DeBakey, who was wearing surgical scrubs. Hospital
officials said DeBakey is Ozal's regular doctor. He did not,
however, perform the prostate surgery.
Turkish security officials prevented your pool reporter from
getting close enough to ask questions or overhear any remarks.
Methodist Hospital officials said Ozal, who had a "radical
prostectomy (sp?) is making a good recovery with no: post-
operative complications. He is due to be released from the
hospital Tuesday and is to return to Turkey on Friday.
Bush visit was short: About 15-20 minutes max.
Otherwise, the trip was uneventful. No chat on AF1.
Heading from SMU to Love Field in Dallas, we passed by the
Dallas Country Club, one of the clubs Ross Perot quit after
questions were raised about the appropriateness of his
membership. According to a local reporter, the club discriminates
against blacks and Jews.
In Houston, Bush's motorcade passed a huge "Perot for
President" billboard that urged motorists to "sign the petition.' "
(The deadline for getting the signatures in to Texas elections
officials was last week).
The trip also disclosed yet another presidential perk: At
Houston Episcopal High School field, where Marine One choppered
in, your pool slogged pathetically through the rainsoaked grass.
Mr. Smooth, meanwhile, zipped tidily across the bog in a golf
cart, thus arriving at his limo with presidential wingtips dry.
--Kathy Kiely. Houston Post.
#4
Pool Report -- May 16, 1992.
Air Force One from Houston to Dallas
No talk, no news. At Ellington before climbing aboard AF1 Bush
signed a few photos for about a dozen Air National Guardsmen with
the 147th Fighter Intercept Unit. Photos were apparently taken on
previous visit to Houston. Bush smiled, waved to the few who
turned out to see him.
At Love Field, Marlin was asked about the speech that wasn't
delivered at the United Negro College Fund dinner. ""The question
is why they (campaign headquarters in D.C.) put it out. Talk to
Jim Lake about it, he said.
Dave Demarest said the remarks were prepared as talking points
for the president, but he decided to wing it, as he often does.
Said he didn't know why the campaign released it.
Marlin also declined to comment on the mayors' march in D.C.
""We're here to talk to SMU grads, is about all he offered.
At Love, Bush spent a few minutes talking with Point of Light
recipients Ann Slaughter, president and chairman of the board of
My Guardian Angels, and angels volunteer Clint Pruett.
Aboard AF1 with Bush, Laura Lee Blanton, SMU board member, and
husband, Jack.
McDonald -- Houston Chron
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
PRESIDENT BUSH
MAY 16th
, 1992
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
SIGNAL SWITCHBOARD
May 16 , 1992
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Conference Call:
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President Turget Ozal
10:01 AM
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White House Situation Room
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PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS
Houston, Texas
Dallas, Texas
LOCATION Houston, Texas
DATE 16 May 1992
TIME
MOVEMENTS
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Depart Houstonian Hotel via Motorcade
0745
Arrive Episcopal High School Landing Zone
0750
Depart Episcopal High School Landing Zone via Marine One
0806
Arrive Ellington Field
0818
Depart Ellington Field via Air Force One
0909
Arrive Love Field, Dallas, Texas
0921
Depart Love Field via Motorcade
0935
Arrive Southern Methodist University
1139
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1152
Arrive Love Field
1205
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1246
Arrive Ellington Field, Houston, Texas
1259
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1317
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1322
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1340
Arrive Methodist Hospital
(LOW KEY)
1355
Depart Methodist Hospital via Motorcade
(LOW KEY)
1425
Arrive Houstonian Hotel
1827
Depart Houstonian Hotel via Motorcade
(LOW KEY)
1836
Arrive Kerr Residence
(LOW KEY)
2043
Depart Kerr Residence via Motorcade
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2052
Arrive Houstonian Hotel
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ASSAT
Abcard Air Force One
Rear John and Glenda,
I just heard about
your tragic loss - your
sorrow.
we lost a little girl
once, and I remember
the terrible aching pain
ad the grief. But I
also kwow that the Lord
heals and strengthens - Time
really does help, to .
Banbara and I
send our most loving
condolences
Abigail is in God's
loving arms - bless her.
Be strong. We are thinking
of you -
Co CaTaml Burl
Mr and Inc John Skaletich
1348 Blackwalmet Court
annapolis, manyland
21403
#
Pool Report - -- May 16, 1992.
Air Force One from Houston to Dallas
No talk, no news. At Ellington before climbing aboard AF1 Bush
signed a few photos for about a dozen Air National Guardsmen with
the 147th Fighter Intercept Unit. Photos were apparently taken on
previous visit to Houston. Bush smiled, waved to the few who
turned out to see him.
At Love Field, Marlin was asked about the speech that wasn't
delivered at the United Negro College Fund dinner. ""The question
is why they (campaign headquarters in D.C.) put it out. Talk to
Jim Lake about it, he said.
Dave Demarest said the remarks were prepared as talking points
for the president, but he decided to wing it, as he often does.
Said he didn't know why the campaign released it.
Marlin also declined to comment on the mayors' march in D.C.
""We're here to talk to SMU grads, is about all he offered.
At Love, Bush spent a few minutes talking with Point of Light
recipients Ann Slaughter, president and chairman of the board of
My Guardian Angels, and angels volunteer Clint Pruett.
Aboard AF1 with Bush, Laura Lee Blanton, SMU board member, and
husband, Jack.
McDonald -- Houston Chron
POOL REPORT #
5
5/16/92
DALLAS TO HOUSTON
Only news: Bush stops to see Turkish president Turgut Ozal at
Houston hospital where he's recovering from surgery for prostate
cancer. No presidential words.
After arriving in Houston, Bush motorcaded directly to
Methodist Hospital, where Ozal has been recuperating from the
surgery for the past two weeks. Ozal received the president in a
sitting room on the hospital's 12th floor, obviously outfitted as
a VIP wing. The Turkish president was seated in a chair when your
pool entered, wearing a dark blue robe. He smiled animatedly for
the cameras and looked quite hale. /
Bush was seated on a sofa, along with famed heart surgeon
Michael DeBakey, who was wearing surgical scrubs. Hospital
officials said DeBakey is-Ozal's regular doctor. He did not,
however, perform the prostate surgery.
Turkish security officials prevented your pool reporter from
getting close enough to ask questions or overhear any remarks.
Methodist Hospital officials said Ozal, who had a "radical
prostectomy (sp?), is making a good recovery with no post-
operative complications. He is due to be released from the
hospital Tuesday and is to return to Turkey on Friday.
Bush visit was short: About 15-20 minutes max.
Otherwise, the trip was uneventful. No chat on AF1.
Heading from SMU to Love Field in Dallas, we passed by the
Dallas Country Club, one of the clubs Ross Perot quit after
questions were raised about the appropriateness of his
membership. According to a local reporter, the club discriminates
against blacks and Jews.
&
In Houston, Bush's motorcade passed a huge "Perot for
President" billboard that urged motorists to "sign the petition. II
(The deadline for getting the signatures in to Texas ections
officials was last week).
The trip also disclosed yet another presidential perk: At
Houston Episcopal High School field, where Marine One choppered
in, your pool slogged pathetically through the rainsoaked grass.
Mr. Smooth, meanwhile, zipped tidily across the bog in a golf
cart, thus arriving at his limo with presidential wingtips dry.
--Kathy Kiely. Houston Post.
THE WHITE HOUSE
MRS. BUSH'S PRESS OFFICE
DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS
Saturday, Sunday, Monday May 16,17,18 1992
Mrs. Bush
(in folder)
Secretary Skinner
West Wing
Marlin Fitzwater
West Wing
Constance Horner
West Wing
Carol Powers
West Wing
Patty Presock
Residence
First Lady Detail
Staircase
Karen Connell
Room 58 OEOB
Shirley Green
Room 94 OEOB
Anne Griffith
Room 98 OEOB
Diana Kellogg
Room 157 OEOB
Gregg Petersmeyer
Room 100 OEOB
Marguerite Sullivan
Room 268 OEOB
Carolyn Washington
Room 268 OEOB
Sherrie Rollins
West Wing
Benita Somerfield
hold one copy
Ann Brock
Julie Cooke
Joan DeCain
Laurie Firestone
Jane Moore
Susan Porter Rose
Sally Runion
Peggy Swift
Anna Perez
Sondra Haley
Jean Becker
Jay Suchan
(plus originals)
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
APPLE
SAUCE
By LARRY SUTTON
ALL NATURAL
flight mopping myself up." After
Aside from her fake pearls, one of
that fiasco, she decided to let her
Barbara Bush's most famous
hair color take its natural course.
traits is her white hair. It turned
that color when she was only 28.
She tried to color it herself "but
it turned every color but the warm
brown I wanted," writes Pame-
la Killan in her new book, "Bar-
bara Bush: A Biography" (St. Mar-
tin's). Kilian, a news editor at
Scripps Howard News Service,
says that Bush decided to
get professional help from her Io-
cal beauty parior for her husband's
1964 Senate race.
A rinse was put in her hair. But
during a plane ride, because of in-
tense heat inside the aircraft,
the rinse began to run. "It ran
down my neck, my ears, my cheek
and my forehead," she said. "I
began to blot myself with Kleenex,
used all that up, then started on
toilet paper. I spent the whole
P
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Overheard
Went to the L.A. hoods for
We're finally going to wrassle to the
a short stop. Chilled with the
homies, made a great photo-op!
Da cities aint gettin'
ground this gigantic orgasm that is just
the green dev
out of control."
need and that is wrong!
Arizona Sen. DENNIS DECONCINI,
But Id rather blow it
discussing a proposed constitutional
on the pent-a-gon!
amendment to balance the budget, at
a news conference: He apparently
meant to say "organism."
Da brothers are
"I
1
complaining dat
always thought if there was a serial
rapist or murderer loose my business
Street lifes a livin
would go up. But nothing beats a
hell, SO I'm doin
race riot."
1
back to D.C.
SEAN COLLINSWORTH, owner of
and build em
Deadly Force, a personal-gun-training
a prison cell!
service in Los Angeles
Mikeluckarich
RAPPiN' BUSH
$ 1992 LUCKOVICH-ATLANTA CONSTITUTIO
DEFICITS
"I've got my likeness copyrighted. But here's
the deal, Dana. For 10 percent, you can
keep doing this."
Ross PEROT, joking to comedian Dana Carve
who impersonates Perot on "Saturday Night Live
WANNA CALL
"W.
e don't necessarily discriminate. We simpi
IT A DAY ?
exclude certain types of people."
Lt. Col. GERALD WELLMAN, an ROT
instructor at the Massachusetts Institute
WHITE HOUSE
Technology, on the military's ban on ga:
"G.
shave and take a shower."
Director SPIKE LEE, to scruffy acts
Mickey Rourke, after Rourke suggested Lee's fils
AUTH
"Do the Right Thing" was indirectly responsibi
for the Los Angeles ric
© 1992 AUTH-PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"If you took the brains of the majority of the
MARLETTE
Supreme Court and put them into the head of a
bird, the bird would fly backward for ever and
ever and ever."
NAACP chairman BENJAMIN Hooks,
on the high court
Marilyn, we had a hard enough time getting
Bobby here tonight. If you're going to give him a
hard time, do it in your home, not mine."
BARBARA BUSH, to Marilyn Quayle, after the
Second Lady teased Doro Bush LeBlond's fiancé,
Bobby Koch, because he's a Democrat
) 1992 MARLETTE-NEW YORK NEWSDA
'Is it just me or are the NBA playoffs getting more physical?!'
NEWSWEEK MAY 25. 1992 2
What's Cooking? with Barbara Bush
11-1 cup sour cream
I-Lettuce (a cup shredded)
from the White House
The Art of Cooking
J-1 medium can of frozen avocado
This is an exclusive to the Ledger
dip
by Barbara Vaka, Food Editor
Directions:
A couple of weeks ago I wrote to the
Follow instructions on Taco Sea-
following presidential candidates:
soning Mix for browning meat. I
George Bush, Jerry Brown, H. Ross
serve this meal in my kitchen-a big
Perot and Bill Clinton.
pot of meat simmering on the stove, a
rage 7A The Pueblo Ledger May 6, 1992
I requested that each send me one or
wooden salad bowl of corn chips and
two of their favorite family recipes.
seven bowls (D through J) of the
I have waited patiently for these
remaining ingredients around the table.
very busy men to respond.
Start with a mound of corn chips, a
INSIDE THE LEDGER
This week I am pleased to print two
spoon of piping hot meat, cheese, etc.
of the First Lady's favorites. Barbara
BARBARA BUSH
Bush had two of their favorites faxed
Old-Fashioned Bread Pad-
to the Ledger.
ding
Hopefully, in the following weeks,
the other candidates will send along
Ingredients:
their recipes.
8 slices raisin bread (lightly spread
We will also be contacting candi-
with butter or margarine)
dates for U.S. Senate and House of
1/2-3/4 cup sugar mixed with 1/2
Representatives. Here then are two of
teaspoon cinnamon
the Bush's favorites:
I quart milk (whole. 2 percent ...
skim), mixed with 2 tsp. vanilla and
Mexican Mound-a great
4 eggs beaten (or egg substitute)
Bush favorite!
1/2 tsp. salt
extra raisins of fruit to taste
Easy to make-loved by all who love
(Serves 12)
Mexican food. Ingredients easy to
Directions:
keep in the house. Children or guests
Exclusive to the Pueblo Ledger from
can all help with chopping and grat-
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter
the White House. Two of Barbara
ing.
a 9 by 13 inch baking dish. Cut raisin
It's fun!
bread into quarters. Put one layer of
Bush's favorite recipes. Story /7A.
bread in dish and sprinkle with sugar
Ingredients:
mixture and raisins. Continue alter-
nating bread and and raisin-mix-
A-Package of corn chips
ture until dish is full. Pourmilk mixed
B-2 pounds ground meat
with vanilla, salt and eggs over all,
C-Taco Seasoning mix
and bake until puffed and lightly
D-1 cup grated yellow cheese
brown; about 30 minunes.
E-1 or 2 small chopped onions (not
I tried the First Lauly's bread pud.
minced)
ding Saturday big la and it W.P: en-
F-10 chopped ripe blac It olives
joyed by the calife family
G-1 chopped tomato
Thank on Bad Bush
WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1992
EYE SCOOP
How could Barbara Bush not be the
honored guest at the Literacy Volunteers
of New York City reading Monday night?
Her dog, Millie, is one of the top authors
of the year The First Lady will be in New
York for the evening to hear authors
Gwendolyn Brooks, Arthur Miller, Anna
Quindlen; William Styron, Amy Tan and
LVNYC student Cynthia Smith read from
their works Liz Smith and Dan Rather
will emcee Among those expected at the
event and the dinner following: Veronica
Hearst, Arnold Scaasi, Bill Blass;
Carolyne Roehm, Peter Jennings, Carroll
Petrie and Rupert and Anna Murdoch.
NEW
YORK
TIMES
STAMPS
Barth Healey
The First Lady
Who Endorsed Bitters
E
THICS evolve.
Today, it is hard to imagine Barbara
Bush's endorsing a digestive medi-
cine; a century ago, Frances Folsom
Cleveland seems to have done just
that.
Stamp collectors often drift into
being hoarders of other ephemera,
and when a handsome advertising
card was offered in a recent mail
auction, entering a $25 bid proved
irresistible. The bid was successful.
The card, which does not really
belong in a stamp collection, is diffi-
cult to date because it has no postal
markings. But it apparently was
printed sometime after Grover
Cleveland first became President in
1885 (he served from 1885 to 1889 and
again from 1893 to 1897).
Mrs. President Gleveland.
On the message side is an adver-
tisement, fairly routine for the time,
from A. P. Ordway & Company of
But the hobby is not dead. If any-
Boston for "the best medical work
thing, it is expanding, with stamp-
published," written by a Dr. Kauf-
club memberships growing every
mann under the title "Disease its
year. But there has been a dramatic
Causes, and Home Cure." The book
change in how hobbyists acquire
deals with diet and digestion and is
stamps: most now buy by mail.
said to be "Beautifully Illustrated
Two. publications, Linn's Stamp
With Colored Plates From Life."
News and Global Stamp News, offer a
All you had to do was to send in
full range of advertisements and arti-
three two-cent stamps to receive
cles to introduce new or returning
"this great work" from Ordway.
collectors to today's retail market.
On the picture side of the card is a
Both are tabloid newspapers of
sepia portrait of "Mrs. President
about 80 pages. The typography is
Cleveland' under the banner "Use
excellent. The page design and the
Sulphur Bitters," apparently also
r-reproductions are adequate.
made by Ordway.
Global Stamp News is the better
These were very early days for
value: it's free. This is a monthly
advertising, and cards were a popu-
started two years ago with the un-
lar medium. It was apparently also
abashed goal of promoting the hobby.
the very early days for a careful
Since it is almost entirely support-
examination of the propriety of link-
ed by advertising, the ration of arti-
ing the White House with a commer-
cles is somewhat skimpier than in
cial product, though there is no way to
Linn's. There is very little current
know if the portrait was used with
news, and all the articles concern
Mrs. Cleveland's permission.
foreign stamps. But the prose is chat-
Frances Folsom Cleveland was a
ty and nontechnical and serves as a
popular woman, more vivacious than
good introduction.
her husband, who was 27 years older
Those wishing a sample copy can
than she. So it isn't surprising that
write to Global Stamp News, P.O. Box
Ordway would have used her image
97, Sidney, Ohio 45365.
to sell sulphur bitters, an alcoholic
Linn's is a weekly, plumper than
brew of bitter herbs that stimulated
Global, and with many more articles
the appetite.
and newsier news. Some material is
The bitters, if Mrs. Cleveland did
esoteric, but I find myself reading
indeed use them, did her some good.
items in which I have no initial inter-
She died in 1947 at the age of 83.
est because the prose is comfortingly
unpretentious.
Buying by Mall
Linn's offers a 13-week introduc-
The demise of the retail stamp
tory subscription for $7.95, payable in
store may give the impression that
advance to Linn's Stamp News, P.O.
the hobby has died. Older people es-
Box 29, Sidney, Ohio 45365.
pecially remember a time when ev-
Though both Global and Linn's are
ery Main Street had a stamp and coin
based in the same town near Dayton,
shop. No more.
they are not connected.
Inc. Post
Bush Presents Rosy Picture of Economic Prowess
President Barely Touches On Urban Ills in Southern Methodist Commencement Address
By Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer
DALLAS, May 16-Railing against the "de-
featists" and "declinists" who argue that America
is on the down slope of history, President Bush
today offered a rosy picture of America's eco-
nomic prowess but warned that "fear of the fu-
ture could prove to be a self-fulfilling prophecy"
and must be resisted.
After a week spent touring inner-city neigh-
borhoods and attempting to formulate a response
to the Los Angeles riots, Bush came to his adopt-
ed home state of Texas and said the United
States remains "a rising nation" on the brink of
another great century of progress.
But in this bastion of free enterprise and en-
trepreneurial spirit, Bush barely touched on the
plight of the cities and the implications of the
riots in California.
"America is a strong nation, getting stronger,
and we can learn from our success," Bush told
the graduating class at Southern Methodist Uni-
REUTER
versity. The United States "is also the greatest
President Bush tilts his head backward to accept sash for an honorary doctor of laws degree in Dallas.
economic power the world has ever seen
and
it is certain to remain SO --if we refuse to settle
he "lit out" with his wife Barbara in their 1947
America's resear capabilities remain the
for anything less."
Studebaker for the oil fields of west Texas.
envy of other countries, Bush said, and despite
The speech was the second commencement
Conventional wisdom today "portrays America
fears about America's declining manufacturing
address Bush has delivered this spring. On Sun-
in decline and its energy dissipated, its possibil-
base, he said manufacturing has grown "faster
day, he will travel to the University of Notre
ities exhausted, a country overrun by economic
than the rest of our economy" and laster than in
Dame, where his topic will be strengthening fam-
predators abroad and crippled by the insur-
the rest of the world combined.
ilies. On May 27, the subject will be the impli-
mountable problems at home," Bush said.
Bush said pessimists now call Iot protes Holl
cations of "a world at peace" when he addresses
But he told the graduates he believes the na-
ism and isolationism because they fear that the
graduates at the Naval Academy.
tion is "the place where ambition, energy, enthu-
United States cannot compete in the new global
in his address today, Bush set out to debunk
siasm and hard work are still rewarded, where
what he said were the myths of America's de-
marketplace, and he renewed his calls for tree
young people can still feel confidence in their
cline. Citing the downbeat warnings of 19th cen-
trade, a North America an Iree-trade zone and an
dreams."
tury writer Walt Whitman, gloomy predictions of
Bush cited statistics that he said undermine the
aggressive export policy.
the end of capitalism during the Great Depres-
arguments of those who say the country has lost its
"The danger is that for all on indennable
sion and the descriptions of economic "malaise"
role as world leader. American workers, he said,
trengths, fear of the Inture only prove to be a
from the late 1970s. Bush sand, "The pessimists
remain the most productive in the world. 30 per
self-fulfilling prophecy.' Bush and. "And Il Anna
were wrong. Pessimists always die wrong; when
cent more productive than those in Japan, and bet-
ica turned anward and unsulated 11 a II IN .1 COCOOA
the talk about America
let educated than them Japanese counterparts. 110
of deleation. U.. " all woul 11. 0,50
The president recalle ha. geaduation from
said American workers have greater purchasing
lewer jobs with 10. , 1.11 and ,1 diamo
1.. Diaiversiv alano .1 halt a century ago. when
power than any others in the world.
dad al Ir.ng for all
Bush urges
WASHINGTON TIMES
grads to fight
for families
By Frank J. Murray
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - President
BUSH
Bush's fundamentalist preaching
stilled just about everyone at Catho-
From page A1
lic Notre Dame yesterday, from pro-
testers to whom he pledged "no poli-
ident's speech vigorously and
tics" to a Senate nemesis who cut
pointedly walked over to shake his
short his speech to accept a ride
hand.
home on Air Force One.
When he took the microphone mo-
"At the heart of the problems fac-
ments later, Mr. Moynihan said, "The
ing our country stands an institution
president's speech was so fine, SO
under siege, and that institution is
generous, and also because he has
the American family," Mr. Bush told
offered me a ride back home, it was
2,300 graduates at the university's
suggested brevity might be the bet-
150th anniversary commencement.
ter part of wisdom here."
"No matter what form our most
He too referred to his 1965 warn-
pressing problems may take, ulti-
ing that any community allowing its
mately all are related to the disinte-
young men to grow up in broken fam-
gration of the family," Mr. Bush said,
ilies without male role models and
using that rhetorical bridge to dis-
arm Sen. Patrick Moynihan, the New
supervision "asks for and gets
York Democrat who was seated on
chaos. It is not only inevitable, it
the dais.
is richly deserved."
"The senator and agree, if Amer-
He then ended his brief speech
ica is to solve her social problems we
with this thought: "Let us keep the
President Bush accepts a degree
must first of all restore our fam-
faith, for it does not follow that what
from the Rev. Edward Malloy.
ilies," Mr. Bush said of Mr. Moy-
has been must be."
nihan, for whom he declared long
Mr. Moynihan was present to re-
Cahal Daly of Ireland declined an
friendship and respect. The presi-
ceive the Laetare Award, the
honorary degree and did not attend.
dent cited 1965 writings by Mr.
church's most prestigious award to
Moynihan that he said were aston-
an American layman, despite eccle-
Protest signs outside included
ishingly accurate in predicting
siastical protests of his pro-choice
"The senator errs, ban Moynihan."
trends that would follow the break-
position on abortion. In an rare step
"Moynihan votes pro-abortion," and
down of family strength.
apparently intended to sidestep en-
"How come the people who support
Though he quoted Catholic popes
dorsing his stand on the abortion is-
abortion are living?"
three times, he got a much better
sue, university officials included a
About 100 students wore white
response with another source.
truncated version of the medal's
armbands to protest the presence of
"To paraphrase that famous phi-
statement of principles in the offi-
Mr. Bush while he is a candidate and
Mosopher, Barbara Bush, what you
cial citation.
teach at your house is more impor-
sat together through a standing ova-
tant than what happens at the White
They included phrases praising
tion for his honorary doctorate. All
House, and she is absolutely cor-
his contributions to arts, sciences
were grouped in a small section.
rect," the president said, adding that
and humanity but omitted the other
labeled "Program of Liberal Stud-
he felt like he was preaching to the
phrase saying he "illustrated the
ies" among other students of the Col-
choir.
ideals of the Church."
lege of Arts and Letters, seated to
He ended his 21-minute speech
Abortion is condemned in all cir-
one side off the arena floor.
with a crowd-pleasing piece of ad-
cumstances by the Roman Catholic
Mr. Bush also was the target at
vice: "Never bet against Notre
Church and led to picketing of Mr.
times of pleas from the student vale-
Dame or against the United States of
Moynihan, a boycott by Bishop John
dictorian and Chilean President Pat-
America."
d'Arcy of the area archdiocese, and
What could have turned into a con-
ricio Aylwin's comments after re-
protest letters from Cardinals Ber-
frontation became a lovefest when
ceiving an honorary doctorate.
nard Law of Philadelphia and John
Mr. Moynihan applauded the pres-
O'Connor of New York. Cardinal
Mr. Bush made frequent notes
see BUSH, page A9
during the valedictory by Sarah
McGrath, an English and philosophy
major from Pittsburgh, Kan., who
called for an end to jingoistic dec-
larations as "victor of the Cold War"
and "the one remaining super-
power."
She also berated what she called
the university's inconsistency in not
providing staff maternal leave or
child care programs while advocat-
ing family values. And boos almost
drowned out scattered cheers when
she called for ending prejudice
against homosexuals on campus.
Mr. Bush put his hand over his
mouth as if stifling a yawn when she
said victory "rhetoric is self-
congratulatory and divisive." Mr.
Bush uses those phrases almost
daily and included them in a speech
Saturday at Dallas but not here.
An honorary doctorate of laws
was presented to Mr. Aylwin, whose
finance minister, Alejandro Foxley,
is an economics professor on leave
from Notre Dame.
In his acceptance speech, Mr. Ayl-
win reviewed the growth of stability
in his nation and said the United
States has a stake in his success
since it has so much to lose from
instability to the south.
"If we do not overcome poverty,
there will be no stable peace," Mr.
Aylwin said.
Mr. Bush's advice to the graduates
seemed concerned with the same
kind of issues in the United States:
"Government can and must fight
crime, but fathers and mothers must
teach discipline and instill those val-
ues in their children.
"Government can and must'foster
American competitiveness, but par-
ents must teach their children the
dignity of work and instill a work
ethic in the kids."
cush Uses Barbs
TIMES
In Questioning
Perot's Tactics
DOUGLAS JEHL
WRITER
TH BEND. a sign
auna unease =: an unde-
area challenge. President Bush
: Sunday questioned the cam-
mgn tactics employed by Texas
monaire Ross Perot and suggest-
1 that his nkely rival remains an
migma.
"If Ross Perot decides to run.
then Ross Perot will have to do
that everybody eise does: Get the
ssues out there. talk about it."
Bush said. "And I'll be doing the
same thing-and let the American
people decide."
Until now. Bush had refrained
from criticism of both Perot and
Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton. the
skely Democratic nominee. in his
?lease see BUSH. A12
3USH: Perot
Tactics Being
Questioned
ontinued from A1
test remarks. published in an
terview with the Dallas Morning.
ews. he insisted that he had no
itention of speaking ill of his
vais so early in the campaign.
But presidential aides conceded
cat his comments went far beyond
cything he has said before about
:S rivals. adding that the inter-
'ew appears to reflect his discom-
It with what he regards as a
affling and ugly campaign.
3
ush's comments about Perot. in
particular. bore unmistakable
iros as he wondered aloud
nether the Texas businessman
30 offerea solutions to what Perot
Associated Press
as termed the nation's biggest
roolems. And he used icy ian-
President Bush receives an honorary doctorate from University of Notre Dame trustee Donald Matthews.
uage in response to a question
right. and the Rev. Edward Malloy, president of Notre Dame, at commencement ceremonies Sunday.
bout the methods Perot has used
date in his unconventional cam-
he flew from Dallas to Houston
optimism that the nation's eco-
The arucles have quoted critics
mgn.
aboard Air Force One. As a nation-
nomic recession "is history."
who suggested that members of
! don't plan to spend a lot of
al poll showed him trailing Perot
He struck an occasional gracious
the Bush family have profited from
me on the Phil Donahue
for the first time. he voiced con-
note in acknowledging that Perot.
their ties LO individuals who sought
now
Bush said. "I'm Presi-
cern during the conversation at
a fellow Texan. had "captured the
them out because of their influence
ent. I try to conduct myself with a
what he called "muckraking" press
imagination of a lot of people." He
and access.
casonable degree of dignity. seri-
coverage of his children and their
said it had been "tempting at
In the published interview. Bush
:sness."
business dealings.
times" to criticize both Perot and
complained that one of his sons had
on 1 cav when Bush's mere
Speaking after the Los Angeles
Clinton. but vowed: "I'm not going
received about S0 phone calls
opearance at the University of
Times and other news organiza-
to do
"from people trying to dig up dirt
btre Dame graduation ceremo-
tions published lengthy accounts of
on him."
H
e nevertheless seemed unable
tes here was greeted with protest,
those ties, Bush complained: "All of
"We have leaned over backward
'ush's published comments re-
to resist answering questions
a sudden. for strange reasons. peo-
to try and keep the public trust in
lected his clear concern at the
about the Texas billionaire and did
ple are trying to suggest that these
these matters." he said. "To see It
curse of a campaign he acknowl-
kids are less than honest. and it
not disguise his attitude toward
all turned down by muckraking. I
aged had "not been a particularly
Perot's candidacy. Asked about
really burns me up."
don't like it. I don't think they are
easant period."
White House Press Secretary
Perot's complaint that he had paid
making headway with the Ameri-
The President used the com-
Marlin Fitzwater suggested later
too inttle heed to the budget deficit.
can people.
encement address here to warn
that the stories had been inspired
Bush replied: "Maybe I missed the
At the Notre Dame commence-
at the American family was an
by Democratic Party Chairman
answer to IL. Has he offered an
ment ceremonies. Bush received an
potitution under siege" and to
Ronald H. Brown. who he said had
answer to it?"
honorary doctorate as he was
each 2 gospel of traditional fami-
"talked all the (Washington bu-
"He'll do it his wav. and I'll do it
hailed as the "!eader of the Free
reau chiefs into doing them. and
mine." Bush said of Perot at anoth-
values.
World." But he was preceded to
But a valedictory speaker won
they' unjustified."
er point. "It'll all be evened out
the lectern by class of 1992 vale-
sing oneers with remarks that
Bush cailed the investigation "a
when everybody has to say what
dictorian Sarah J. McGrathv. who
callenged many of Bush's policies.
sorry process." In language that
he's for. what he's against. what's
criticized such rnetoric as seir-
nd one-fourth of the 2.300 gradu-
echoed complaints issued by Clin-
your record on these things. And
congratuiatory" and "divisive."
ites wore armbands objecting to
ton throughout the campaign. the
there's time."
Complaining that the nation had
:e President's presence in an
President said in defense of his
Fitzwater later sought to mini-
failed to live up to its obligations.
action year. One student stood
children: "The media ought to be
mize the remarks as "gentle stuff."
she asserted: "The United States
airiv visible in iront of the podi-
snamed of itself for what they
out ne acknowledged that Bush
.an no longer call itseif the victor
in and turned his back to Bush
doing."
had been particularly angered by
of the Cold War or the one remain-
.rough the course of the 20-min-
Sush insisted in the interview
the "Democrat-inspired" news ac-
ing superpower."
te oration.
that he remained confident of win-
counts raising questions about the
Bush listened uncomfortably
Bush had granted the interview
ning reelection and said his opti-
business relationships maintained
through the remarks but later
NEW
YORK
TIMES
Whose Honor
Is It,
Sarah
Lawrence wanted
Anyway?
Maya Angelou. So did
20 other colleges.
college administrators who must spend
months, sometimes years, lobbying, cajoling
Wooing Speakers
and conniving like Washington hostesses or
Hollywood publicists to secure an important
For Graduation:
(and fashionable) speaker. Like other things
of beauty - the Olympics or a royal wedding
- college graduations are, at heart, a busi-
A Lot of Pomp for
ness arrangement.
"Universities invariably have a hidden
The Circumstance
agenda,". said one speaker's agent who did
not wish to be identified. "Most of these
colleges want good public relations and lots
of publicity out of their speaker - and a few
will pay big bucks to get it."
The prankish nihilism of the late 1970's and
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
early 80's that drove students to choose, say,
Rodney Dangerfield or Frank Zappa, has
been supplanted so far by the more serious,
sensitive 90's. While there are perennials -
Ted Koppel, Bill Moyers, Art Buchwald and
ARAH
LAW-
any Nobel, Prize winner. - nowadays, black
RENCE COLLEGE feels it is unseemly to
women writers like Ms. Angelou, Toni Morri-
pay more than a token honorarium for its
son and Alice Walker are among the most
commencement speakers. "We do not con-
highly sought-after speakers in the country.
sider this an ordinary speaking engage-
Politicians, members of the clergy and
ment," said Diane Fusili, the public affairs
NATO representatives are rarely any
director of that small, select liberal arts
school's first choice, but tend to get called
college in Bronxville, N.Y.. "Our graduation
once Faye Wattleton or Garry Trudeau says
is an opportunity for the speaker to meet with
no. This year by all estimates, Anita Hill
received more commencement invitations
a small group of students who will do very
interesting things with their lives."
than Mikhail Gorbachev. (He accepted one,
Those fine sentiments seem almost quaint
she declined them all.)
in this age of fevered competition between
And when hundreds of colleges and univer-
colleges to secure the hottest speakers of the
sities ardently W00 the same two dozen fa-
moment. Sarah Lawrence had its heart set on
mous names, rather humiliating pecking
Maya Angelou, the celebrated black writer
order emerges. "What I have learned with a
and poet. So did 20 other colleges, a few of
vengeance is that offering an chonorary de-
which also felt their seniors were interesting.
gree counts for nothing," said Gary Dorrien,
And Ms. Angelou, who has already received
a professor of religion who is in charge of
more than 50 honorary degrees (Phil Dona-
commencement at Kalamazoo College. Mr.
hue, in comparison, has 4; Elizabeth Dole has
Dorrien's top honorarium for speakers is
22) regards a graduation as a speaking en-
$1,000. His first choice was Ms. Angelou, but
gagement. Her fee for commencements -
he realized he could not afford her. Or anyone
$10,000, not including transportation and ho-
else, really. "I couldn't afford 99 percent of
tel accommodation for herself and an aide,
the people on my list," he said.
quite reasonable in today's market - is
Ms. Angeloú, it seems, is a bargain com-
higher than most college honorariums
pared to the former President Gerald R.
Perhaps fortunately for Sarah Lawrence's
Ford, who commands $20,000, not including
delicate sensibilities, not long after Ms. Ange-
expenses. But Mr. Dorrien got lucky this
lou accepted to speak there and before the
year: Johnetta B. Cole, president of Spelman
issue of money had been discussed, she called
College, and a highly sought-after graduation
back to decline, having discovered a previous
speaker, consented to speak.
speaking commitment, for considerably
Most schools insist they pay only a token
more than $10,000 to I.B.M.
honorarium to commencement speakers,
There is not much "Gaudeamus Igitur"
usually around $1,000. And those who pay an
left in the groves of academe. Commence-
actual lecture fee are not eager to disclose it.
ment may evoke images of fresh, innocent
Some college presidents seem to believe that
faces turned up in dappled sunlight to hear
having to pay a prominent person to speak is
stirring words uttered by august elders. Be-
somehow akin to a teen-ager taking a paid
neath that lies a tableau worthy of Bruegel -
escort to the prom.
Yet unless it is their alma mater, many
people conclude that the honor, or the honor-
ary degree, is something they can do without.
As an assistant to former Jimmy Carter
responded in a call to Ripon College declining
an honorary degree, Mr. Carter "does not
accept any more honorary degrees."
Even prestigious colleges that do not pay
speakers more than a token honorarium,
Ever since George Marshall unveiled his
must work their connections with guile and
eponymous plan for postwar Europe at the
persistence to get the top speakers to accept
Harvard commencement of 1947, Harvard
their honorary degree. Eleanor Holmes Nor-
has prided itself on selecting speakers on the
ton, the nonvoting member of Congress from
cutting edge of world affairs.
the District of Columbia, has already re-
Gro Harlem Brundtland will address the
ceived 58 honorary degrees. She said she
graduating class of 1992 at Harvard Univer-
tries to be selective, concentrating on black
sity. To the uninitiated, the prime minister of
schools, or ones with a compelling civil-rights
Norway may seem an unremarkable choice
history. Vassar College is neither. But the
in a year when former Soviet leader Mikhail
pressure to produce a distinctive name is so
Gorbachev gave the graduation address at
intense that when Ms. Norton declined Vas-
Emory University in Atlanta.
sar's invitation, explaining she had spoken
Harvard did not feel the need to invite Mr.
there 20 years earlier, Vassar refused to take
Gorbachev this year. "He is already sched-
no for an answer. "They were very insist
uled to speak at the Kennedy school," Rich-
ent," Ms. Norton recalled. "They basically.
ard-M. Hunt, the university marshall, said,
said, that was then. This is now." She gave in.
referring. to the school's John F. Kennedy
The President of the United States is al-
School of Government.
most always the most solicited speaker, but
The Norwegian prime minister, a woman
getting George Bush has to do more with luck
who is a. respected environmentalist, will
and geographical location than political pull.
arrive at Harvard fresh from the Earth
Mr. Bush, who received 78 commencement
Summit Meeting in Rio de Janeiro (an inter-
invitations this year, looks for regional diver-
national conference on the environment that
sity and balance. Gen. H. Norman Schwarz-
is turning out to be for politicans what the
kopf was almost as popular this year. He
Cannes Film Festival is for aspiring produc-
received about 50 - and declined them all.
ers). Ms. Brundtland is, in commencement
(That could have been a gesture. of mercy
terms, a double-bank shot.
since his regular speaking fee is $60,000.)
Harvard Medical School won the universi-
Katie Couric, the co-host of NBC's "Today"
show, confessed somewhat' ruefully that she
received only one commencement invitation
this year - from her alma mater, the Uni-
versity of Virginia, which she accep ed.
College
administrators can
chase possible
speakers for years.
ty's intramural competition when Magic
Johnson agreed to speak at its commence-
ment; he canceled late last week, saying he
needed to be with his wife, who is about to
give birth to their first child.
Competition within the Ivy League is keen
and rather cruel. This year, Dartmouth has
the former president of Costa Rica speaking.
This did not cost. Harvard any night's sleep.
"We had Oscar Arias Sánchez when he was a
heavy," said Peter Costa, Harvard's public
affairs director. Mr. Arias was Harvard's
speaker in 1988, the year after he received
the Nobel Peace prize. In 1990, Mr. Costa
rand and George Bush. Mr. Silber proudl
added, "We had Helmut Kohl - just before
called the twofer "the most joyous con
unification."
mencement in the history of the Republic.
Wellesley College is gaining an internation-
Some of his satisfaction may have been do
al reputation for peevishness - students
rived from the knowledge that his tour d
protested in 1990 when the administration
force deflected attention from Harvard'
invited Barbara Bush (Alice Walker was the
speaker that year, Benazir Bhutto. This yea:
students' first choice), some complaining
Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa 1
about her husband's politics, others insisting
Boston University's speaker.
that she was a poor role model. In 1992, some
Mr. Silber, who appears to run his huge
students protested that Hillary Clinton, an
eclectic university with the iron whimsy of
alumna, had been invited - because of her
male Miss Jean Brodie, said he never cor
husband's politics.
sults students on speakers. "If you just wer
John Silber, the president of Boston Uni-
with someone who is popular with student:
versity, is one of the country's most legend-
you'd have Madonna and all sorts of degene!
ary big-name hunters. In 1988, he thought he
ates," he said. "When I invited Elie Weisel,
had coaxed Nancy Reagan but she changed
doubt many students even knew who h
her mind when one of her aides didn't think
was."
the security was adequate. It was, however,
Many college administrators select th
good enough for Presidents François Mitter-
speaker after only a token consultation wit.
Jimmy
Carter isn't interested
anymore.
students. Colorado College is an exception.
Students vote for their preference and the
administration tries to oblige. This year, the
seniors voted overwhelmingly for Toni Mor-
rison, who was unable to attend. They settled
for Gresham Riley, the college's president.
Ripon College in Ripon, Wis., thought it had
secured a coup last fall when the tycoon
Robert Maxwell, then the new owner of The
Daily News, accepted its invitation. When
Mr. Maxwell died last November, he left his
many creditors, and Ripon, scrambling. The
fact that he died just as his financial troubles
began surfacing was something of a comfort.
"As it turned out, it was more of a relief,"
said Doulas A. Northrop, the dean of faculty
at Ripon. "Once they started investigating
his business dealings, it could have been
quite an embarrassment."
Ripon then invited Harlan Cleveland, a
former ambassador to NATO. He suffered a
heart attack on April 23, and did not expect to
be sufficiently recovered by May 16th. They
then pinned their hopes on Javier Pérez de
Cuéllar, the former United Nations secretary
general. He kept them dangling, and finally
said no perilously late. Mr. Northrop, in a
dashing display of brinksmanship, secured
the Rev. Lois D. Wilson, past president of the
World Council of Churches, a few days before
graduation. "She very kindly and very re-
cently accepted the job," Mr. Northrop said.
Many prestigious colleges, including Yale,
Columbia and Amherst, eschew the nerve-
wracking process by having the college pres-
ident speak. "Once you resign the institution
to the tedium of the same person every
year," said Peter R. Pouncey, the president
of Amherst College, you remove the hideous
elements of choice."
Yale, however, made an exception for an
alumnus, George Bush, who spoke at the 1991'
commencement. And even the most strait-
laced schools try to enliven their ceremonies
by awarding honorary degrees to celebrities.
Columbia University gave one to Katharine
Hepburn this year. The University of Penn-
sylvania will give Candice Bergen, a Penn
dropout, one tomorrow.
Schools that do not have the name recogni-
tion of Stanford or Princeton rely on their
trustees' contacts to draw in well-known
speakers. Bryant College, a small business-
oriented college in Smithfield, R.I., has trus-
tees with good contacts in the Bush Adminis-
tration. In past years, the commencements
have featured Richard G. Darman, the Fed-
eral budget director, as well as Winston Lord,
a former ambassador to China, and his wife,
Betty Bao Lord, the novelist.
Georgette and Robert Mosbacher will be
co-commencement speakers at Bryant this.
year. Even as a team, they seem to hold more
appeal for parents, alumni and trustees than
the graduating class. "When they picked Mr.
Mosbacher, I asked who he was, I didn't
know," said Cara Falango, a senior who was
the lone student representative on the com-
mencement committee. She added wistfully,
"We really wouldhave loved Bill Cosby."
THE
NEW
YORK
TIMES
NATIONAL
MONDAY,
MAY
18,
1992
The 1992 Campaign
"The public is looking at a new kind of political spouse through a Mamic Eisenhower lens."
LINDA BI OODWORTH-THOMASOU
So now the campaign is keeping
i
his wife a Cabinet job. And there was
Mrs. Clinton on her own low-key
paign. Even though it is now clear
Mrs. Clinton's petulant defense on
schedule, while strategists try to fig-
that Nancy Reagan helped run the
conflict-of-interest questions about
ure out the best way to mend her
Candidate's Wife
country, with astrological charts and
her legal career in Arkansas, when
image problems.
her own political agenda, and even
she said she could have "stayed
"The public is looking at a new kind
though It is apparent that Barbara
home, baked cookies and had teas."
of political spouse through a Mamie
Hillary Clinton as Aspiring First Lady
Bush Is a significant voice on politics,
One gleeful Republican campaign
Eisenhower lens," complained Linda
the Republicans are busy mining
official suggests that it is less her sex
Bloodworth-Thomason, the producer
fears as old as Adam and Eve about
than her demeanor, noting that Mrs.
of the television shows "Designing
the dangers of an assertive, ambi-
Clinton is "a hall monitor" type
Women" and "Evening Shade," who
Role Model, or a 'Hall Monitor' Type?
tious woman speaking into the ear of
whose drive and earnestness are off-
is a friend of the Clintons. "The Re-
her man.
putting: "She doesn't complement
publicans are constantly ready to
"To the extent that they've touted
Clinton because she appears to be
take any idea that's new or progres-
this as a co-Presidency and to the
another liberal policy wonk. It doesn't
sive in terms of men and women and
By MAUREEN DOWD
The Two Extremes
extent that she is such a dominating
seem like a family - more like a
turn it into a negative."
figure and key decision maker, now
Susan Thomases, a New York law
After chatting sympathetically
One night, eating dinner and sip-
voters will have to say, 'Where are
merger."
with Hillary Clinton for a moment
ping a glass of white wine at a revolv-
Mrs. Clinton is far more articulate
yer who is an adviser to Mrs. Clinton,
the Clintons on this issue?' said
than the two men on the Republican
agrees that she has been "pigeon-
about the silliness of judging a wom-
Ing restaurant atop a hotel in Coving-
ton, Ky., where she was staying, Mrs.
Mary Matalin, the political director
an by her hairdo, a television reporter
Presidential ticket, but she lacks her
holed" and that she has to show her-
Clinton talked about the two ex-
of the Bush campaign.
husband's ability to stir emotions
self as a more rounded person. "The
from Columbus, Ohio, zeroed in for
tremes: She is moved by the women
Roger Stone, a Republican consult-
with speeches. She can be an amiable
public needs to see her not just as a
the sound bite.
"You know, some people think of
of all ages who approach her to tell
ant, was more blunt. "Hillary Clinton
companion, but she has a studious
career woman, but as a mother, a
you as an inspiring female attorney
her that she is a role model, but she is
is exceedingly polarizing," he said.
turn of mind. Even when chatting
daughter, a friend, a member of her
dismayed by the resistance to the
"It's not that she's an accomplished
mother, and other people think of you
with the television reporter about
church," Ms. Thomases said. "There
idea of a First Lady openly engaged
modern woman. It's just that she's
hair and perceptions, she asked, "Has
are parts of her personality that are
as the overbearing yuppie wife from
In the affairs of state.
grating, abrasive and boastful.
anybody done a survey or study about
more conservative and traditional
hell," the reporter said. "How would
There's a certain familiar order of
than a lot of people project onto her."
you describe yourself?"
"I saw Rosalynn Carter in Little
that?"
things, and the notion of a coequal
A look of annoyance glittered
Rock and we talked about this," Mrs.
couple in the White House is a little
Walking a Narrow Line
Trying to Reassure Doubters
through Mrs. Clinton's blue eyes, but
Clinton said. "She got all this criti-
offensive to men and women."
Ruth Mandel, the director of the
Everywhere Mrs. Clinton went last
she was on a mission to soften her
cism for sitting in on Cabinet meet-
ings. Well, SO what if she did?"
She has become a paradigm of the
Center for Women and Politics at the
week the high-powered litigator who
image and show that she has a sense
over-structured, over-scheduled su-
Eagleton Institute at Rutgers Univer-
brought home almost five times the
of humor. So she smiled and de-
Republicans now regard the out-
spoken wife of the Arkansas Gover-
per-mom. A recent New Yorker car-
sity, is sympathetic 10 women in poli-
salary her husband did last year tried
scribed herself as a wife, a mother
tics who must walk a narrow line to
to reassure doubters that she is not
nor as one more vulnerability in an
toon showed a woman asking a sales-
and an activist. Later, on her small
already vulnerable Clinton cam-
clerk for a jacket and adding, "Noth-
avoid offending various constituen-
Lady Macbeth in a black preppy
campaign plane traveling in Ken-
headband.
ing too Hillary."
cies.
lucky, she look a bite of an apple and
Unprecedented Partnership
"Hillary Clinton's life and behavior
She told reporters again and again
said, "I'm too old to be a yuppie."
represents the changes that have tak-
that she did not dominate her hus-
Mrs. Clinton has stepped into the
Fears about the
Even among women who are Mrs.
band - "He has a real core of tough-
en place in women's lives and mar-
eye of the stormy debate about the
Clinton's natural constituents, there
riages, and yet she is faced with the
ness": - that her husband would not
role of women in society and in poli-
is criticism about what they call "the
dilemma of not confronting the public
offer her a Cabinet post - "That's
tics, and about the image of femi-
notion of a coequal
Hillary situation." Some leading
with the extent of those changes," Ms.
not going to happen, and I wouldn't
nism. And the 44-year-old lawyer
Democratic women privately worry
take it if it did" - that she would not
Mandel said. "When it comes to wom-
seems a bit at a loss over how to deal
couple in the
that, while Mrs. Bush may be the last
sit in on Cabinet meetings - "I never
en, people are not ready to take more
with all the powerful negative and
of the First Ladies Who have never
did that in Arkansas and I'm not
than a teaspoonful of change at a
positive reactions she has unleashed
as her husband, Gov. Bill Clinton of
White House.
worked outside the home, the public
going to start now," - and that she
time."
is still skittish about the idea of a
After Gennifer Flowers's accusa-
would not be a pioneer First Lady
Arkansas, campaigns for the Demo-
First Lady who is more involved in
tion about an affair with the Gover-
making radical changes - "I don't
cratic Presidential nomination.
substance than ceremony.
nor, the Clintons had to campaign
think so; I hope I'm going 10 1..
These critics say that the Clintons
often together to show they had a
myself."
may have pushed too hard on the
She also insists that she has no
"real" marriage, as Mr. Clinton's
concept of an unprecedented partner-
ambitions to run for office herself.
poll taker, Stanley Greenberg, put it.
ship in the White House, and suggest
But then critics said Mrs. Clinton was
"People have talked to me about that
that they should wait until after the
coming across as too much of an
ever since 1 was a little girl, the patrol
election to break precedents.
equal, and a Clinton opponent, former
captain at school in Park Ridge, III.,"
There was Mr. Clinton's sugges-
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. of Califor-
she said, shaking her head.
tion, since revoked, that he might give
nia, mocked the pair as "the Bonnie
Mrs. Clinton is circumspect on the
and Clyde of American politics."
subject of feminism, saying she be
lieves in equality but rejects some of
what the term "has come 10 mean
"I don't think feminism, as I under-
stand the definition, implies the rejec-
tion of maternal values, nurturing
children, caring about the men in
your life," she said. "That is just
nonsense to me."
Similarities With Mrs. Bush
And she even tried to point out the
similarities between herself and Mrs.
Bush, who identifies herself on her
tax returns as "housewife." "Barba-
ra Bush and I have a lot in common,"
Mrs. Clinton said. "We're both very
committed women. We care very
deeply about our families, and we're
supportive of our husbands."
Just as President Bush uses his
Texas twang on occasion for politick-
ing, dropping g's and substituting
"git" for "get," so Mrs. Clinton some-
times falls into some of the folksier
twang of Arkansas. She talked a lot
about her 12-year-old daughter, Chel-
sea, her interest in educational pro-
grams and her desire to be "a voice
for children" in the White House.
Mrs. Clinton's friends say that.
Paul Hosefros/The New York Times
while she may be willing to compro-
Hillary Clinton, who has stepped into the eye of the stormy debate about the role of women in society and in
mise on smaller- things for political
expediency, as she did when she
politics - and about the image of feminism. With her at a rally was her husband, the Democratic contender.
changed her name to that of her
husband to help him, in a quest for a
second term as Governor, she will
She is talking about the summer
worried about the state of the fish.
her to stop asking questions. But she
never compromise on big things. And,
during law school when she went to
"They were purple and black and
continued asking questions, and was
indeed, a story she tells over dinner in
Alaska and got a job in a fish-process-
yucky looking," she recalled. She
fired within a week.
the hotel in Covington illustrates that
ing plant. She was supposed to scoop
questioned the owner about how long
She didn't care. "I found another
strong will.
out the entrails, but she began to get
the fish had been dead, and he warned
job," she said cooly.
TLOGE
Bush reveals his finances,
and gifts from Ivana Trump
gain of $49,700 from the blind trust.
built at Texas A & M University.
By John W. Mashek
GLOBE STAFF
which also had a carryover loss of
Among the gifts Bush kept were:
$8,800 from the previous year. The
a briefcase worth $265 from Dan
WASHINGTON - President
federal income tax on the trust. man-
Aykroyd; a walking stick worth $150
Bush's financial disclosure report.
aged by Bessemer Trust Company
from former Supreme Court chief
released yesterday, shows that his
of New York. was $197,000.
justice. Warren E. Burger; eight
blind trust increased by $55,000 last
The personal gifts to the presi-
neckties and two scarves worth $826
year to $1,298,000, and that he kept
dent and Barbara Bush - although
from the jazz artist Lionel Hampton:
personal gifts from 75 individuals. in-
they accepted only a small number
a keychain, two books and a book-
cluding three bathrobes and two
of the presents showered on them -
mark worth $204 from the former
sweatshirts from Ivana Trump.
included a large number of golf clubs
Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Tommy
As the White House released the
and fishing rods for the president, an
John: and a necklace for Mrs. Bush
report, it challenged the other presi-
enthusiastic sportsman. The gifts
worth $135 from President Vitautas
dential candidates to disclose their
were valued at $21,329, but Bush
Lanbergis of Lithuania.
own financial statements.
does not have to pay income tax on
Also, a briefcase valued at $900
"We certainly like to lead-by ex-
them. All gifts valued at over $100
from the National Italian American
ample," said Judy Smith. the White
have to be reported.
Foundation; a sweater. jacket and
House deputy press secretary. "We
Some of the gifts of golfing items
hat valued at $475 from the Walker
certainly would encourage
all
were from Democrats. Sen. Sam
Cup championship golf team; a
candidates to make full disclosure on
Nunn of Georgia and Rep. Dan Ros-
bound copy of "Millie's Book" valued
their financial disclosure form" and
tenkowski of Illinois, chairman of the
at $175 from Fred Zeder. a longtime
to release their full income tax
House Ways and Means Committee,
friend. The book on the Bush family
forms.
were among the givers. Both Demo-
White House and campaign offi-
crats are avid golfers and have
dog earned $889,200 in royalties,
played golf with Bush.
which were donated to charity.
cials said they hope the release of
detailed financial statements by
There was no further explanation
Massachusetts givers were Ray
Bush will put pressure on the billion-
for the gifts from Ivana Trump, the
Ellis of Edgartown, who gave three
books valued at $160, and Rick OI-
aire Ross Perot. who appears likely
former wife of New York tycoon
to make an independent bid for the
Donald Trump.
dach of Hingham, who gave a golf
White House, to let the public exam-
"These are gifts that the presi-
driver valued at $300. Walter Ro-
ine his personal finances.
dent and Mrs. Bush decided to
diger of Kennebunkport bought his
Perot has said he would think
keep," explained Smith. "Some of
Maine neighbor membership at the
about releasing details of his fi-
the gifts are from friends, and some
Arundel Beach Club in Kennebunk-
nances. Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkan-
of the gifts are from individuals that
port for $400.
sas, the likely Democratic nominee,
wanted to give the president and
Vice President Dan Quayle, how-
has made a partial release of his tax
Mrs. Bush a gift."
ever, issued a financial statement
forms from last year. Government
Smith pointed out that Bush gets
that was far less detailed than the
disclosure laws do not apply to either
gifts from foreign heads of state
president's and made it impossible to
Perot or Clinton since they do not
while traveling overseas, but he usu-
judge his overall net worth.
hold federal office.
ally does not keep them. They go to
Bush's disclosure form. required
the national archives or to Bush's
Information from Reuters news ser-
as an annual filing, showed a capital
presidential library which will be
rice is included in this report.
WASHINGTON
POST
Bush Ties Social Ills to Ailing Families
Notre Dame Graduation Speech Stresses Need to Bolster Home Life
By Dan Balz
sibility that strengthen society. And
He urged the graduates to con-
Washington Post Staff Writer
he urged the 2,300 graduates to
tinue the traditions of Notre Dame
heed the "simple but profound words
alumni by committing themselves
SOUTH BEND, Ind., May 17-
of Notre Dame's own [former pres-
to community service and social
Calling the American family "an in-
ident] Father [Theodore] Hesburgh
outreach.
stitution under siege," President
when he said, 'The most important
And he received his loudest ap-
Bush told a commencement audi-
thing a father can do for his children
plause when he recited a quotation
ence here today that the nation's
is to love their mother.'
he often uses from First Lady Bar-
social problems cannot be erased
Before he was greeted warmly
bara Bush, 'What you teach at your
until the family is first strengthened
with loud applause, Bush and the rest
house is more important than what
and restored.
of the audience got a lecture from
happens at the White House.'
"Whatever form our most press-
class valedictorian Sarah J. McGrath.
The Notre Dame commencement
ing problems might take," the pres-
The English and philosophy major
was marked by one other controver-
ident told the graduating class at
criticized as "self-congratulatory and
sy-the awarding of the Laetare
the University of Notre Dame, "ul-
divisive" rhetoric that labels the
Medal, the university's highest hon-
timately, all are related to the dis-
United States the world's lone super-
or, to Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
integration of the family."
power and "victor" in the Cold War,
(D-N.Y.). New York Cardinal John J.
With an eye to the devastation in
scored U.S. environmental practices
O'Connor and Boston Cardinal Ber-
Los Angeles and calls for stepped-up
and policies as an affront to the rest
nard Law had written letters of pro-
federal action to aid the cities, Bush
of the world and called for a resto-
test, expressing alarm that Notre
said, "The federal government; of
ration of community by eliminating
Dame would grant the medal to a
course, must do everything it can do,
racial and sexual discrimination.
Roman Catholic who supports abor-
but the point is government alone is
Bush sat passively as McGrath,
tion rights. The church opposes
simply not enough."
who got a decidedly mixed reaction
abortion.
Earlier, in an interview with the
from her classmates and others in
In the Dallas Morning News in-
Dallas Morning News, Bush played
the audience, delivered her ad-
terview, Bush brushed aside a new
down threats to his reelection from
dress. Noting that "liberty and the
poll showing him running second to
independent Ross Perot or Democrat
pursuit of happiness" are more ac-
Texan Perot, with Arkansas Gov.
Bill Clinton. saying the recession was
cessible to some Americans than
Clinton third. He acknowledged
"history" and better economic times
others, she said, "We are a people
that Perot "has captured the imag-
would help him win.
divided along economic, sexual and
ination of a lot of people." Bush pre-
In his speech, Bush cited Amer-
racial lines," adding that "it is the
dicted that the election contest will
ica's dubious distinction as the
silence of good people that makes
be "evened out when everybody has
world leader in divorce rates, teen-
for an unjust society."
to say what he's for, what he's
age pregnancy, children living in
Bush did not directly respond to
against, what's your record on
single-parent households, abortion
McGrath, but in his speech re-
these things and there's time."
and violent deaths among young
marked upon the decline of the nu-
He also criticized Perot's appear-
people. "If America is to solve her
clear threat in the wake of commu-
ances on talk shows as unpresidenti-
social problems, we must, first of
nism's collapse in the former Soviet
al. "I don't plan to spend a lot of time
all, restore our families," he said.
Union and Eastern Europe. "That is
on Phil Donahue shows.
I'm
The president noted that families
dramatic change, and it's something
president. I try to conduct myself
instill in children the moral values,
good that we can take great pride
with a reasonable degree of dignity,
self-discipline and sense of respon-
in," Bush said.
seriousness," he said.
LOS ANGELES TIMES
THE PRESIDENT FACES A CRISIS, BUT WHAT'S HIS URBAN AGENDA?
By William Schneider
According to one Democratic leader.
WASHINGTON
however, "The marching orders are to
ashington is in a crisis
W
work something out with the Administra-
mode. We know that-be-
tion in the short term. and then in the
cause the President and
Congress are behaving
longer term. we work on the fundamental
urban ills."
strangely. They are pre-
The bipartisan consensus in Washing-
tending to get along.
ton illustrates the basic rule of American
Last week, President Bush and con-
gressional leaders set aside their differ-
government: Nothing gets done in Wash-
ences and proposed swift action to bring
ington unless there is a sense of crisis. Out
of the Great Depression of the 1930s came
relief to the nation's cities. The words
the New Deal. Out of the Great Inflation
"George Bush" and "action plan" are
of the 1970s came Reaganomics.
rarely in the same sentence-at least
Without a sense of crisis, nothing
when it comes to domestic policy. But
there the President was, holding an
happens. The reason is simple: The sys-
tem was designed that way. The Found-
impromptu news conference in the Oval
Office, with a chart propped up next to
ing Fathers distrusted strong govern-
ment. They gave us checks and balances
him showing a six-point "action plan."
For Bush, holding an impromptu news
and separation of powers to make sure
conference was a departure. Bush is not
government would be weak and ineffi-
cient-unless there was an overwhelming
good at impromptu. The week before, he
told the wife of a critically injured Los
sense of public urgency.
That is what's happening now. The
Angeles fireman, "I'm sorry Barbara's not
here. She's out repairing what's left of our
house [in Kennebunkport]. Damn storm
knocked down four or five walls." When
Bush speaks, Lord give us promptu.
violence in Los Angeles convinced the
The President acts goofy when he gets
American people that Washington must
nervous. Congress is nervous, too. Some
do something about the nation's long-
of Bush's most ferocious critics have
neglected urban problems. Hundreds of
pledged to work with him and support his
millions of dollars will be funneled into
program. Last week, Rep. Maxine Waters
Los Angeles. Ed Rendell, the mayor of
(D-Calif.), who represents South Los
financially strapped Philadelphia, com-
Angeles, became irate when she was not
plained last week, "You shouldn't have to
invited to a meeting Bush had with
riot to get money."
Democratic congressional leaders. So she
Unfortunately, you do. Philadelphia
crashed it. Afterward she said, "I'm
just did it wrong a few years back, when
extremely encouraged. This is a time
former Mayor W. Wilson Goode fire-
bombed a neighborhood in a shootout
William Schneider is a contributing editor
with a radical cult. If the mayor burns
to Opinion.
down the city, that's ineptitude. If the
people burn down the city, that's a crisis.
The very nature of this crisis is a big
when both sides of the aisle must rise
surprise to political experts. Many pre-
dicted deep racial divisions and a law-
above partisan politics in the interest of
and-order backlash comparable to the
the country."
As a result of the Los Angeles riots, the
1960s. But that's not what's happening.
Law-and-order backlash? When asked
urban crisis has been thrust on the
national agenda. Congress and the Ad-
the best way to prevent urban unrest,
both whites and blacks chose job-training
ministration are under pressure to seem
responsible and concerned. They have to
programs over strengthening the police
demonstrate that they are doing some-
by overwhelming margins, according to
one poll.
thing, even if they can't do much.
Racial polarization? The evidence
Bush's "action plan" consists mostly of
points toward racial consensus. When
programs he proposed in the past, like
asked about the verdict in the Rodney G.
school choice and enterprise zones, that
King case, whites agreed with blacks. In
were never approved by Congress. "It's
one poll, two-thirds of whites and more
new. It has not been enacted," the
President said, somewhat defensively,
than 90% of blacks said they would have
last week. "A proposal that hasn't been
found the police officers guilty.
You don't hear much of the get-tough
tried is new."
The consensus is fragile. Urban Demo-
rhetoric that dominated the public's re-
crats in Congress are already complaining
sponse to urban violence in the 1960s. The
that the plan doesn't do enough for the
prevailing public response today is not
cities. GOP lawmakers are reporting rural
"shoot looters" but "do something" about
and suburban resentment over the aid.
the nation's urban and minority problems.
It's not back to the '60s. Why not? For
several reasons. First, racial attitudes
have improved. Whites are measurably
less racist than they were in the 1960s.
Back then. a considerable body of opinion
was opposed to racial integration. "Segre-
gation forever" was George C. Wallace's
rallying cry. How much have things
changed? Check out how David Duke did
in this year's presidential primaries.
Second. white voters have moved to
Crisis
the suburbs. They are less directly
threatened by urban violence. They feel
Continued from M1
less competitive for jobs and turf with
dozen years now. They're the ones re-
sponsible. Last week, the Gallup Poll
asked, "Which would you say is more to
blame for today's urban problems, the
Great Society programs of the 1960s or
the Reagan economic policies of the
1980s?" No contest. People blamed Ron-
ald Reagan more than Lyndon B. Johnson
by better than 2 to 1.
That doesn't mean they believe the
Great Society was a rousing success. Only
one-quarter of the public thinks the
programs of the '60s made things better
for the poor. The prevailing view is that
they didn't make any difference. As.
Reagan is fond of saying, "We declared a
War on Poverty, and poverty won."
Reagan also said "Trees cause pollu-
tion," a statement that held the record for
monumental stupidity-until the White
House announced that Johnson's Great
Society caused the violence in Los Angel-
es. The Administration failed to notice
that Democrats were not following the
GOP script. Bill Clinton was supposed to
call for massive spending programs to bail
out the cities. Then Bush could say, "He
just wants to throw money at problems,
like Johnson did."
But Clinton never called for massive
inner-city minorities.
spending programs. Both he and the
In the 1960s, the racial backlash was
Democrats in Congress are being cau-
strongest among white voters who lived
tious. They are targeting "the forgotten
in close proximity to blacks. The higher
middle class" this year. What character-
the proportion of blacks in a constituency,
izes those voters isn't racism. It's the fact
the better Wallace did among whites.
that they are cynical about government.
But most white voters who had an
Middle-class voters don't believe the
urban problem solved it by moving out of
federal government knows what to do
the city. Today, those on the front lines of
about urban problems. The '60s didn't
the urban battleground are not whites.
work. But the '80s didn't work, either.
They are Asian and Latino immigrants.
That's the lesson of Los Angeles: Neglect
The law-and-order constituency used to
is not an acceptable urban policy.
be Italian and Irish. Now it's Korean.
The President's urban agenda will cost
These days, the suburbs are populated
several billion dollars. Where's the mon-
by "new collar" voters, children of the
ey coming from? The Administration and
Silent Majority and the Reagan Dem-
Congress plan to declare a budget emer-
ocrats. The late political analyst Samuel
gency, permissible under the 1990 budget
Lubell captured their values perfectly
deal, and take the money out of the
when he wrote, 20 years ago, "In all my
deficit.
interviewing since 1950, I have found that
That means we're making one problem
the main concern of most white voters
worse-the deficit-to deal with another
has never been racial justice. Always the
problem-urban unrest. There's a differ-
balance of sentiment has swung to the
ence between the two, however. Los
course of action that seemed to them to
Angeles is a crisis. People got killed. The
offer the best prosp for racial peace."
deficit is not a crisis. There's no great
Today, that course of action appears to
sense of public urgency about it.
mean solving urban problems-getting
The deficit does do terrible things. It
people jobs, getting them off drugs and, if
reduces the nation's savings, limits our
possible, getting them out of the city.
investment, cuts productivity and slows
You get racial peace by defusing ten-
down our rate of economic growth. But it
sions. In one survey, 71% of whites
does not do the one thing it would have to
agreed that "the recent rioting is a
do for Washington to take it seriously. It
warning to the United States that race
does not cause a national crisis.
relations must improve to prevent more
trouble and violence." Simi Valley may be
a suburb. but the values of that jury were
not those of suburban America.
Finally, the political context is far
different today. Liberals were in charge
during the 1960s. and they got blamed for
everything that went wrong. But conser-
vatives have been running the show for a
Please see CRISIS. M6
USA TODAY
BUSH SLAMS 'MUCKRAKING': President Bush com-
plains that reporters have been unfairly "muckraking" by
digging into his children's business affairs. "All of a sudden,
for strange reasons, people are trying to suggest that these
kids are less than honest, and it really burns me up," Bush
told The Dallas Morning
News in an interview
published Sunday.
CAMPAIGN NEWS
"There's no validity to it.
They go around and
Bush and the
around the track trying
environment, 1A
to find dirt, and I don't
Clinton's child-support
like it. The media ought
proposal, 8A
to be ashamed." He add-
ed, "We have leaned
over backward to try and keep the public trust in these mat-
ters. To see it all turned down by muckraking, I don't
like it." Bush didn't get into specifics. His son Neil paid
$50,000 to settle conflict-of-interest charges as a director of
the failed Silverado savings and loan in Denver. Newspa-
pers also have examined the business dealings of Bush's
two eldest sons, George W. Bush of Dallas, an oil company
director and co-owner of the Texas Rangers baseball team,
and Jeb Bush of Miami, a real estate developer.
WASHINGTON TIMES
Bush irate over stories
about kids' dealings
DALLAS - President Bush said
the news media should be ashamed
of the "muckraking" it has done
into his children's business affairs.
"All of a sudden, for strange rea-
sons people are trying to suggest
that these kids are less than honest,
and it really burns me up," Mr.
Bush told the Dallas Morning News
in an interview published yester-
day. "There's no validity to it. They
go around and around the track
trying to find dirt, and I don't like
it."
Mr. Bush did not cite specifics.
His son Neil paid $50,000 to settle
conflict-of-interest charges as a di-
rector of the failed Silverado Bank-
ing, Savings and Loan Association
in Denver.
Newspapers have also examined
the business dealings of Mr. Bush's
two eldest sons, George W. Bush of
Dallas, an oil company director
and co-owner of the Texas Rangers
baseball team, and Jeb Bush of
Miami, a real estate developer.
WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY. WEDNESDAY, , MAY 13. 1992
The Quayles, Dan and Marilyn, will be in Japan
on Saturday, May 16, else they would be in Lloyd
Harbor, Long Island, to support presidential
daughter-in-law Sharon Bush's Karitas Foundation
for homeless and abused children. The Karitas
party will be held at "Panfield," the Gold Coast
estate of Bernadette Castro and her husband,
Dr. Peter Guida.
Everyone will be there - Paolo Gucci, Dina
Merrill, presidential brother Jonathan Bush,
presidential son Neil Bush (he's Sharon's husband),
Kathleen Raitt, Laura
Branagan and assorted
captains of industry.
Theresa Castro, the
Castro Convertible
matriarch,
Bernadette's mommy,
will fly up for the fun
from her Florida
spread in Ocala where
she will have just
hosted the U.S.
Olympic trials in the
pentathlon compe-
tition in horse
jumping. Bernadette
and Peter will lay on
violins, harps and even
a little disco dancing
under the stars.
The
Dia Mariivn Quavie New Novel Set a Terrifying New Precedent?
By Joe Queenan
1 Six months after Bill Clinton and
our vice presidents suffered terrible
COUPLE of weeks ago. New
financial reverses imperiiing their
11 Gore are swept into office. Tip-
York Post gossip columnist
midren S college education. vet no
er Gore publishes Embrace the
vice president's spouse ever sank
Cloven-Hoofed Beast." a political
Cindy Adams stirred things
up when she reported that Marilyn
30 low as to foist a god-awiul novel
thriller about a Soviet attempt to
on the public. Richard johnson. vice
subvert America's vouth by plant-
Quayie had only written her god-
president under Martin Van Buren.
ing KGB agents in Van Halen and
awful novel "Embrace the Serpent"
once took a leave of absence to go
New kids on the Block and having
because the family was running a
back and manage his Ohio tavern.
them record songs that. when
mite short on cash.
yet not one of his three wives ever
played backwards. repeat the
"We have a whole pack of kids
dreamed of writing a god-awfui nov-
words: "The victory. of the indus-
who will need college," the vice
el. George Dallas, James Polk's
trial proletariat over the yellow,
president's wife was quoted as say-
veep, was so hard up that he moon-
boot-licking, running-dog lackeys of
ing. "I'd make six figures as a law-
lighted as a lawyer. Yet there IS no
the bourgeoisie is inevitable."
yer if I hadn't had to give up my
evidence that his wife Sophy ever
a Four months after Bill Clinton
career. For now, it's the only way I
seriously considered authorship.
and Lloyd Bensten are swept into
know to make money." Quayle has
As the 19th century rolled along,
office, Beryl Ann (B.A. to her
since denied saying this, but let's
down-at-the-heeis vice presidents
friends) Bentsen. a director of sev-
face it. the remarks do not sound
resorted to many expedients.
eral mutual funds, publishes "Em-
entirely out of character.
Schuyler Colfax. one of five Hoo-
brace the Bear," a thriller about a
Quayle's decision to write a god-
sters who have served in the office
Soviet attempt to trigger a stock
awful novel in order to put her kids
without distinction, took money un-
market collapse by disguising KGB
through college is a watershed mo-
der the table from railroad barons
operatives as short-selling pension
ment in the history of the vice pres-
and was dumped from the GOP tick-
fund managers.
idency. Yet the warning signs that
et in 1872. Since his wife resisted
a Three months after Ross Perot
such a tragedy would befall us have
his entreaties to write a god-awful
and Peter Ueberroth are swept into
been apparent ever since the
novel. Colfax had to spend the rest
office. Ginny Ueberroth writes
Founding Fathers dreamed up this
of his life on the lecture circuit. On
"Embrace the Jackal." a thriller in
perfectly useless office on one of
Jan. 13, 1885, in Mankato, Minn..
which the Soviets replace the well-
their bad days.
Colfax set out on a three-quarter-
liked commissioner of the Los An-
In 1804, Aaron Burr, Thomas
of-a-mile walk between train sta-
geles Police Department with a
Jefferson's vice president, kissed
tions in 30-degree-below-zero
sadistic look-alike, whose utter mis-
his career goodbye by killing Alex-
weather. He didn't make it. Histo-
handling of a race riot wrecks the
ander Hamilton, the last American
rians believe that Colfax hiked be-
city's image and causes the Olympic
politician who could count. After
tween stations to save on cab fare
Committee to move the summer
the duel, Burr fled west and tried to
so he could pay for his children's
games to Vologda.
set up his own empire in Louisiana.
college educations.
Two months after Bill Clinton
Originally, historians believed that
and Jerry Brown are swept into of-
Burr tried to sell his country down
I
n the 20th century, shortness of
fice. Jacques Barzaghi-Brown's
the river because he was a perfid-
cash has continued to plague
beret-clad, Algerian war vet, guru
ious traitor, but now it is almost
our
seconds-in-command.
and confidante-publishes "Em-
universally agreed that Burr did it
Thomas Marshall, another dreadful
brace the Frog," a thriller about a
only because he was concerned
Hoosier vice president. was invited
KGB plot to subvert America by
about not having the money to put
by Woodrow Wilson to attend Cab-
planting in the White House a
his daughter Theodosia through
inet meetings but refused to come
wacko. sun-baked, left-wing vice
because he wasn't getting paid any
college.
president who hangs out with a be-
overtime.
ret-clad. French guru.
any of Marilyn Quayle's
Richard Nixon had to put away
M
predecessors as Second
such a hefty portion of his salary for
ost likely, none of these
Lady bore their economic
Julie's education that he couldn't
M
horrors will come to pass;
misfortune with grace and dignity.
afford to buy the poor kid a dog, and
most likely, George Bush
When Elbridge Gerry, the dodder-
very nearly wrecked his career be-
and Dan Quayle will be reelected.
ing nonentity who served as vice
cause he accepted Checkers under
But word has it that "Embrace the
president under James Madison.
the table. And we all know the
Serpent" won't earn enough money
died, he left his wife Ann in dire
lengths Spiro Agnew had to go to in
to put the Quayle kids through col-
financial straits. Yet, even though
order to cover his kids' tuition. Yet
lege-or will make only enough to
the Gerrys had 10 children, at no
in spite of their crippling financial
send them to De Pauw. Word has it
point did his wife ever consider
problems, none of the spouses of
that Marilyn is already hard at work
writing a god-awful novel to put
these men ever sank SO low as to
on a sequel entitled "Embrace the
them through college.
write a god-awful novel. (It is, how-
Pot Roast." In this political thriller,
Even more tragic is the case of
ever, worth pointing out that
the KGB brings America to its
Hannah Tompkins, whose husband
Agnew himself wrote a god-awfui
knees by planting nutritional disin-
Daniel served two pointless terms
novel.)
formation in diet books. By convinc-
under James Monroe. As governor
But now, by writing a Birch-Lite
ing millions of fat Americans that
of New York during the War of
fantasy about a Soviet (remember
macadamia nuts only contain one
1812. Tompkins had raised $4 mil-
them?) plot to bring America to its
calorie per serving and that hot
lion to defend the state but had kept
fudge sundaes actually burn off 150
terrible records. mixing personal
calories. the Soviets cause 27 mil-
and official accounts. At the end of
knees by planting a stooge in Cuba,
lion heart attacks, including the en-
the war his ledgers showed a deficit
Marilyn Quavle has turned a new
tire Senate Armed Services Com-
of $120,000. The government
page in American history. Now
mittee.
Hunned him for the money: he didn't
when voters go to the polls in No-
All things considered. I think it
have any, SO the feds arranged for
vember. they will be forced to con-
would be a whole lot healthier for
him to get the vice-presidential
sider not only whom they are elect-
the rest of us if we chipped in right
nomination because that way they
ing as president and vice president.
now and paid for the Quayle kids'
knew where he worked and could
but also what sort of god-awful nov-
educations.
garnishee his salary every Friday.
els the vice president's spouse is
Despite these problems. never once
likely to impose on the Republic
did Mrs. Tompkins consider writing
ver the next four years. Just con-
a god-awful novel to put their kids
-ider these bioodcurdiing possioni-
through college.
ities:
Throughout the 19th century,
2nd American woman takes a walk in space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)-
here," said shuttle commander Daniel
Akers, Pierre Thuot and Richard
lion satellite operating by July, in time
Astronaut Kathryn Thornton on
Brandenstein. "It left a kind of a red-
Hieb caught the 4½-ton satellite with
to help relay broadcasts of the Summer
Thursday became the second American
dish glow around it as it took off, and
their gloved hands Wednesday night
Olympics. It is expected to last nearly
woman to walk in space when she
a red cloud."
and then locked the craft onto the
12 years.
floated into the open cargo bay of En-
Cheers erupted in the Intelsat control
23,000-pound motor in the shuttle
NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin
deavour and tested techniques for
center in Washington and at ground
cargo bay. It was released later.
called the rescue "a triumph for the
building a space station.
tracking stations around the world.
Engineers at the Intelsat control cen-
American people." The space agency,
Thornton was accompanied by
Thornton and Akers left the safety of
ter in Washington issued the firing
which has been under fire, needed a
Thomas Akers, one of three men who
their cabin Thursday afternoon for a
command Thursday afternoon. A short
success. Intelsat paid NASA $93 mil-
captured a wayward satellite the day
six-hour outing. They received a last-
time later, the satellite reached a
lion for the rescue, a quarter of the
before.
minute chore, which was to check a
51,750-mile-high orbit, nearly a fourth
Endeavour mission's cost.
"We never did it like this before", in
stubborn antenna in the bay.
of the distance to the moon.
Wednesday's spacewalk also was
training, Thornton said as the two as-
Thornton got a. late start because of a
Controllers plan to lower the satellite
America's longest. The Akers-Thuot-
sembled a pole structure that towered
problem with instruments on her
during the next week to its intended
Hieb team spent eight hours, 29 min-
over the bay.
spacesuit that provide information
altitude of 22,300 miles. Because the
utes in the open cargo bay, breaking a
Earlier, the seven shuttle astronauts
about life support. Mission Control
satellite travels slower the higher it is,
20-year-old spacewalking record set
watched in delight 470 miles away as
said ground readings showed there was
the unusual maneuver is expected to
during the final Apollo flight.
the rescued Intelsat-6 satellite was
nothing wrong but told her to hurry
save enough fuel to add 1½ years to
Endeavour is scheduled to land at
rocketed into high orbit.
back to the safety of the airlock if she
the satellite's life.
3:57 p.m. CDT Saturday at Edwards
"It was really kind of neat to look at
senses something is wrong.
Intelsat hopes to have the $157 mil-
Air Force Base, Calif.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
S.M.U. COMMENCEMENT
DALLAS, TEXAS
5/16/92
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MAY 16, 1992
THANK YOU (KENNETH PYE) FOR THAT KIND INTRODUCTION.
AND LET ME ALSO THANK REV. FINNIN FOR THE INVOCATION
AND, OF COURSE, THE S.M.U. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOR THE
ANTHEM. MAY I SALUTE RAY HUNT, YOUR DISTINGUISHED
CHAIRMAN. WHEN THINGS WERE TOUGH FOR S.M.U. THIS GREAT
MUSTANG LED YOUR WONDERFUL UNIVERSITY BACK TO IT'S
UNDISPUTED PLACE OF INTEGRITY AND EXCELLENCE.
DRS KAY - Pelican
IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME IN TEXAS. ((I'M HONORED BY
THIS DEGREE -- EVEN IF I HAVEN'T PUT IN ALL THOSE LONG
HOURS HITTING THE BOOKS AT "CHARLIE'S" -- PAUSE -- I
MEAN THE LIBRARY. "
" YALE JOKE
" Y = youth - 30 muto
A: altraism - 38 me
L: loyalty - 22 Nn
E: excellure - 25
WDST left one lonely stretus preying
Thanking God I Net not
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I KNOW THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY FOR YOU AND YOUR
PARENTS, THE CLOSE OF ONE IMPORTANT CHAPTER IN YOUR
LIVES AND THE BEGINNING OF MANY MORE. RIGHT AFTER MY
OWN COMMENCEMENT, I LIT OUT FOR ODESSA IN OUR '47
STUDEBAKER, TO TRY MY HAND AT THE OIL BUSINESS.
I HAD MANY REASONS FOR COMING WEST, BUT THE ADVICE
FROM ONE FAMILY FRIEND TIPPED THE BALANCE. "WHAT YOU
NEED TO DO IS HEAD OUT TO TEXAS," HE TOLD ME. "THAT'S
THE PLACE FOR AMBITIOUS YOUNG PEOPLE THESE DAYS."
THIS WAS A FEW YEARS AFTER WORLD WAR II -- -- WHAT
SEEMS LIKE A LIFETIME AGO. MY FRIEND'S ADVICE WAS SOME
OF THE BEST I'VE EVER HAD. I BELIEVE THAT WHAT HE SAID
THEN STILL HOLDS. TRUE, NOT ONLY FOR TEXAS BUT FOR ALL
OF AMERICA. MEMBERS OF YOUR GRADUATION CLASS HAIL FROM
AS FAR AWAY AS CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND AS NEAR AS UNIVERSITY
PARK, AND ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN. BUT FOR EACH OF YOU,
AMERICA IS THE PLACE WHERE AMBITION, ENERGY, ENTHUSIASM
AND HARD WORK ARE STILL REWARDED, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE
CAN STILL FEEL CONFIDENCE IN THEIR DREAMS.
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SO MANY OF US IN THAT CLASS OF 1948 HAD BEEN
THROUGH THE WAR; WE HAD LOST FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES.
BUT EVEN so, THE OPPORTUNITIES AMERICA OFFERED ON THAT
COMMENCEMENT DAY SEEMED LIMITLESS. I THINK MANY OF YOU
WONDER WHETHER THAT HOLDS TRUE FOR YOU. THIS MORNING I
WANT TO MAKE THE CASE THAT TODAY'S AMERICA IS STILL A
RISING NATION -- THAT THE COUNTRY YOU ARE INHERITING
OFFERS THE SAME LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES IT HELD FOR
BARBARA AND ME, AND FOR YOUR PARENTS AND YOUR
GRANDPARENTS.
WE ALL ARE WORKING TO PRESERVE FOR OURSELVES AND
THE GENERATIONS TO COME THREE PRECIOUS LEGACIES:
REWARDING JOBS FOR ALL WHO SEEK THEM; STRONG FAMILIES;
AND A WORLD AT PEACE. TOMORROW, AT NOTRE DAME, I WILL
DISCUSS THE THINGS WE CAN DO TO STRENGTHEN OUR
FAMILIES. NEXT WEEK, AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY, I WILL
EXPLORE THE GREAT ISSUES OF WAR AND PEACE. FOR NOW, I
WANT TO FOCUS ON THE FIRST OF THOSE LEGACIES -- OUR
ECONOMIC FUTURE.
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IN MAKING THE CASE THAT AMERICA'S BEST DAYS LIE
BEFORE US, I REALIZE THAT I MIGHT NOT BE TAKING THE
FASHIONABLE VIEW. MUCH OF THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
THESE DAYS PORTRAYS AN AMERICA IN DECLINE, ITS ENERGY
DISSIPATED, ITS POSSIBILITIES EXHAUSTED -- A COUNTRY
OVERRUN BY ECONOMIC PREDATORS ABROAD AND CRIPPLED BY
INSURMOUNTABLE PROBLEMS AT HOME.
THESE DECLINISTS, AS THEY'RE CALLED, WILL HATE TO
HEAR IT, BUT THEY'RE SAYING NOTHING NEW. FLIP THROUGH
THE HISTORY BOOKS. YOU'LL HEAR THE GLOOMY PREDICTIONS
SOUNDING AGAIN AND AGAIN. AS OUR WESTERN FRONTIER
FILLED IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, EVEN THAT GREAT
AMERICA-BOOSTER WALT WHITMAN WORRIED THAT SOON HIS
COUNTRY MIGHT "PROVE THE MOST TREMENDOUS FAILURE IN
HISTORY." A FEW YEARS LATER THE "AMERICAN CENTURY"
DAWNED.
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IN THE 1930'S, THE DECLINISTS TOLD US THE GREAT
DEPRESSION HAD MADE CAPITALISM OUTMODED; OUR VICTORY IN
WORLD WAR II PUT AN END TO THAT TALK. IN THE 1950'S,
THE SOVIETS LAUNCHED THE FIRST SATELLITE, AND THE
PESSIMISTS SAID AMERICA HAD LOST THE SPACE RACE --
TWELVE YEARS BEFORE NEIL ARMSTRONG, AN AMERICAN, WALKED
ON THE MOON. STILL MORE RECENTLY, WHILE MANY OF YOU
WERE STILL IN GRADE SCHOOL, SOME OF OUR NATIONAL
LEADERS SPOKE OF AN "ERA OF LIMITS" AND "MALAISE" --
RIGHT BEFORE AMERICANS BEGAN THE LONGEST PEACETIME
ECONOMIC EXPANSION IN OUR HISTORY.
so THE PESSIMISTS WERE WRONG. PESSIMISTS ALWAYS
ARE -- WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT AMERICA. THE OPTIMISTS
HAVE THE SAFER BET; BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
OPTIMISM AND SELF-SATISFACTION. AMERICANS SHOULD NEVER
BE SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE. "I'M AN
IDEALIST," SAID WOODROW WILSON. "THAT'S HOW I KNOW I'M
AN AMERICAN." WE STILL DREAM BIG DREAMS AND HOLD THE
HIGHEST HOPES; OUR RESTLESSNESS, OUR REFUSAL TO SETTLE
FOR ANYTHING LESS, IS WHAT PROPELS US TO MAKE THOSE
DREAMS REAL.
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THERE'S SOMETHING PARTICULARLY IRONIC ABOUT THE
PESSIMISM WE'RE SEEING TODAY, FOR IT COMES AT A MOMENT
OF TRIUMPH THAT FEW COUNTRIES IN HISTORY HAVE BEEN
PRIVILEGED TO ENJOY. OVER THE PAST YEAR WE HAVE SEEN
THE COLLAPSE OF A SEEMINGLY IMPLACABLE ADVERSARY, AN
EMPIRE DEEPLY HOSTILE TO ALL THAT AMERICANS CHERISH.
AND WE HAVE SEEN EMERGE FROM THE TOTALITARIAN DARKNESS
A HOST OF NEW NATIONS, EACH STRUGGLING WITH A FREE AND
DEMOCRATIC FUTURE, EACH LOOKING TO US FOR LEADERSHIP.
IN LIGHT OF THIS, PESSIMISM ISN'T JUST UNGRACIOUS;
IT IS ALSO INACCURATE. THE FACT IS, AMERICA IS MORE
THAN THE WORLD'S SOLE MILITARY SUPERPOWER -- THOUGH IT
IS THAT. IT IS MORE THAN THE WORLD'S POLITICAL LEADER
-- THOUGH IT IS THAT, TOO. IT IS ALSO THE GREATEST
ECONOMIC POWER THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN, A COUNTRY
UNIQUELY ABLE TO PROVIDE EACH OF YOU UNPARALLELED
OPPORTUNITY. AND IT IS CERTAIN TO REMAIN SO -- IF WE
REFUSE TO SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS.
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FIRST WE MUST SEE OUR SITUATION CLEARLY. THAT
MEANS DEBUNKING A FEW MYTHS -- FOR MYTHS HARM OUR
ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH OUR REAL PROBLEMS FROM FALSE
ONES.
PERHAPS YOU'VE HEARD THE AMERICAN WORKER IS
UNPRODUCTIVE. THAT IS A MYTH. THE AMERICAN WORKER IS
THE MOST PRODUCTIVE IN THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD -- 30
PERCENT MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN HIS JAPANESE COUNTERPART.
THAT'S WHY, WITH ONE-TWENTIETH OF THE WORLD'S
POPULATION, WE PRODUCE ONE-FOURTH OF THE WORLD'S GOODS
AND SERVICES.
MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD THE AMERICAN WORKER IS
UNSKILLED. THIS AUDIENCE HERE, ABOUT TO ENTER THE
AMERICAN WORKFORCE, PUTS THE LIE TO THAT CLAIM. IN
FACT, MORE THAN ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR AMERICAN WORKERS
HAS A COLLEGE DEGREE; ANOTHER 20 PERCENT HAVE ONE-TO-
THREE YEARS OF COLLEGE EDUCATION. IN JAPAN, ONLY ONE-
THIRD OF THE POPULATION GOES ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
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MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD THAT OUR STANDARD OF LIVING --
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN'S ABILITY TO BUY GOODS AND
SERVICES -- HAS FALLEN BEHIND. AGAIN: NOT TRUE.
MEASURED IN PURCHASING POWER, OUR STANDARD OF LIVING IS
FAR ABOVE OTHER INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS.
HERE'S
ANOTHER MYTH: THAT AMERICA HAS FALLEN BEHIND IN
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION. MAYBE THE
PESSIMISTS SHOULD COME HERE TO S.M.U., TALK TO THE
GRAD STUDENTS WHO WILL BE WORKING ON THE
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPERCOLLIDER NEXT FALL. OR THEY COULD
ASK THOSE COMPANIES FROM SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, JAPAN,
KOREA -- THE LIST GOES ON -- WHO OPEN RESEARCH LABS IN
THE U.S., SIMPLY TO BE CLOSE TO AMERICAN SCIENCE.
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IF NOT SCIENCE, SAY THE PESSIMISTS, THEN HOW ABOUT
INDUSTRY? YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THAT AMERICAN INDUSTRY
IS ON THE DECLINE. WRONG AGAIN. MANUFACTURING HAS
GROWN FASTER THAN THE REST OF OUR ECONOMY. IN FACT, IN
THE LAST DECADE, AMERICAN MANUFACTURING GREW FASTER
THAN THE REST OF THE WORLD COMBINED. FROM ONE INDUSTRY
TO ANOTHER, THE UNITED STATES IS MORE PROGRESSIVE AND
EFFICIENT THAN ITS MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS: IN MINING,
OIL AND GAS DRILLING, UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION,
COMMUNICATION, AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHERIES,
CONSTRUCTION, SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, PAPER, STONE,
CLAY, GLASS PRODUCTS, TEXTILES
THIS LIST TOO GOES ON, BUT I DON'T WANT TO OVERDO
IT. I DON'T RECITE THESE STATISTICS SO WE CAN ALL PAT
OURSELVES ON THE BACK. I WANT TO MAKE A POINT: AMERICA
IS A STRONG NATION GETTING STRONGER. AND WE CAN LEARN
FROM OUR SUCCESS.
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BUT THE PESSIMISTS IGNORE THE LESSONS OF AMERICA'S
LEADERSHIP. INSTEAD THEY PUSH PROTECTION AND ISOLATION
-- A STRATEGY BASED ON THE MISGUIDED FEAR THAT AMERICA
CAN'T RISE TO THE CHALLENGES OF A GLOBAL ECONOMY. THE
DANGER IS THAT, FOR ALL OUR UNDENIABLE STRENGTHS, FEAR
OF THE FUTURE COULD PROVE A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESY.
IF AMERICA TURNED INWARD, INSULATED ITSELF IN A COCOON
OF DEFEATISM, THE RESULT WOULD BE STAGNATION, FEWER
JOBS WITH LOWER PAY, AND A DIMINISHED STANDARD OF
LIVING FOR ALL.
OUR ASTOUNDING ECONOMIC SUCCESS IS
INCREASINGLY DEPENDENT ON A BASIC FACT: IF WE ARE TO
BE PROSPEROUS AT HOME, WE MUST LEAD ECONOMICALLY
ABROAD. IN A WORD, THAT MEANS TRADE. AMERICA IS THE
WORLD'S LEADING EXPORTER -- $422 BILLION WORTH LAST
YEAR ALONE. OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, OUR MERCHANDISE
EXPORTS HAVE GROWN ALMOST 90 PERCENT, SUPPORTING MORE
THAN 7 MILLION JOBS.
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THE DEFEATISTS PRETEND THAT TRADE IS ZERO-SUM GAME,
WHERE ONE PARTNER'S GAIN MUST BE OFFSET BY ANOTHER'S
LOSS. BUT ONCE AGAIN THEY'RE WRONG -- DEMONSTRABLY
WRONG -- AND I REFUSE TO SQUANDER THE GAINS OF THE LAST
GENERATION, AND THE HOPES OF COMING GENERATIONS, IN
THIS CRABBED MISREADING OF AMERICA'S PLACE IN THE
WORLD. FOR THREE YEARS MY ADMINISTRATION HAS PURSUED A
POLICY OF OPEN AND FREE TRADE -- BECAUSE IT CREATES
JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICANS. RIGHT NOW, WITH
THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS, WE ARE ON THE VERGE
OF CONCLUDING A HISTORIC NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE
AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL CREATE A $6 TRILLION FREE TRADE
AREA FROM THE YUKON TO THE YUCATAN.
IS OUR POLICY OPTIMISTIC? WELL, YES: I PLEAD
GUILTY TO BEING OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS COUNTRY'S ABILITY
TO COMPETE. DON'T MISUNDERSTAND: AMERICA HAS
DIFFICULTIES AHEAD. WE MUST DEAL NOW WITH A FEW
ALARMING TRENDS THAT ENDANGER OUR WORLD LEADERSHIP --
AND THREATEN YOUR FUTURE.
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I HAVE CHALLENGED CONGRESS TO JOIN ME IN A REFORM
AGENDA BASED ON THE SAME FIRST PRINCIPLES THAT UNDERLIE
OUR PROSPERITY. OUR ECONOMIC SUCCESS WASN'T HATCHED IN
SOME COMMITTEE ROOM ON CAPITOL HILL OR AROUND A
CONFERENCE TABLE IN THE WHITE HOUSE. IT WAS DETERMINED
ON THE SHOP FLOOR, IN THE BOARD ROOM, IN THE RESEARCH
LAB, WHERE FREE MEN AND WOMEN WEIGHED THE OPTIONS, TOOK
THE RISKS, AND MADE THEIR OWN DECISIONS. AMERICA IS
THE MOST PROSPEROUS NATION IN HISTORY BECAUSE IT IS
ALSO THE FREEST. THAT SAME COMMITMENT TO LIMITED
GOVERNMENT, PERSONAL FREEDOM, AND PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY MUST SHAPE THE REFORMS WE URGENTLY NEED
TO UNDERTAKE.
A RADICAL TRANSFORMATION OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM,
FOR EXAMPLE, IS LONG OVERDUE. THAT MEANS WE MUST ALLOW
COMMUNITIES THE FREEDOM TO CREATE THEIR OWN BREAK-THE-
MOLD SCHOOLS, GIVING MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY TO TEACHERS
AND PRINCIPALS. THE G.I. BILL SAYS, HERE'S SOME MONEY
-- GO TO THE COLLEGE OF YOUR CHOICE. NOW I BELIEVE THE
TIME HAS COME FOR PARENTS TO HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE
THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS AT ALL LEVELS -- PUBLIC,
PRIVATE OR RELIGIOUS.
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IN THE SAME WAY, MY PLAN TO REFORM OUR HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM MAKES HEALTH CARE MORE AFFORDABLE AND
ACCESSIBLE, WHILE PRESERVING THE ALL-IMPORTANT BENEFIT
OF CONSUMER CHOICE.
AND I HAVE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE STEPS TO RESTORE
SANITY TO OUR LEGAL SYSTEM. THE EXPLOSION IN
LITIGATION THREATENS OUR ECONOMIC WELL-BEING AND,
WORSE, WEAKENS THE ETHIC OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
THAT LIES AT THE HEART OF OUR NATIONAL CHARACTER.
AMERICA WOULD BE A BETTER COUNTRY IF WE SUED EACH OTHER
LESS AND HELPED EACH OTHER MORE.
AND FOR THOSE OF US IN WASHINGTON, IT'S HIGH TIME
TO GET OUR OWN HOUSE IN ORDER. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
MUST START LIVING WITHIN ITS MEANS. TO DISCIPLINE BOTH
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND THE CONGRESS I HAVE LONG
FAVORED A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT. WE NEED IT NOW.
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FINALLY, AS OUR COUNTRY MOVES FORWARD INTO THE NEXT
CENTURY, WE MUST RESOLVE THAT NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND.
THE RIOTS IN LOS ANGELES REMINDED US THAT WE HAVE MUCH
MORE WORK TO DO IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS: THE AMERICAN
DREAM TAKES ROOT IN FAMILIES WHOLE AND CARING, IN
NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE AND SECURE, AND IN SCHOOLS UNSULLIED
BY DRUGS AND VIOLENCE. EVERY AMERICAN DESERVES THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE THIS DREAM, UNHINDERED BY THE
UGLINESS OF RACISM OR THE BENIGN NEGLECT OF A
GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY.
WE ARE PAST THE TIME FOR CASTING BLAME OR MAKING
EXCUSES FOR THE DESPAIR IN OUR INNER CITIES. BUT WE
MUST ASK OURSELVES: "ARE THE OLD WAYS, THE OLD
ASSUMPTIONS STILL GOOD ENOUGH?" I BELIEVE THE TIME HAS
COME TO TRY THE UNTRIED, TO BUILD A NEW APPROACH ON THE
PRINCIPLES OF DIGNITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND
OPPORTUNITY.
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LAST WEEK I PRESENTED TO CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS A
SIX-POINT PLAN FOR A NEW AMERICA: FIRST, OUR "WEED AND
SEED" ANTI-CRIME INITIATIVE. SECOND, OUR HOPE
INITIATIVE, TO TURN PUBLIC HOUSING INTO PRIVATE HOMES.~
Hom OWNERSHI
ISTHEKEY is THE
THIRD, ENTERPRISE ZONES, TO BRING JOBS AND INVESTMENT
WITHIT
COMES
TO THE INNER CITY. FOURTH, EDUCATION REFORM, TO OFFER
DIGNITY
EVERY CHILD THE CHANCE AT A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION.
strayer
FIFTH, WELFARE REFORM, TO REPLACE THE HANDOUT WITH THE
Famh
HAND-UP. AND SIXTH, EXPANDED JOB TRAINING FOR THE
YOUNG PEOPLE OF OUR CITIES.
WHEN I VISITED LOS ANGELES A WEEK AGO, I CAME AWAY
WITH A DEEPENED SENSE OF HOPE FOR AMERICA AND HER
PEOPLE. WE ALL SAW THE HORRIFYING ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU ANOTHER STORY FROM LOS ANGELES. IN
THE HEAT AND CHAOS OF THE RIOTS, A PASTOR NAMED BENNIE
NEWTON SAW A MAN BEING BEATEN TO THE GROUND. DESPITE
THE THREATS AND THE BLOWS, REV. NEWTON WALKED INTO THE
FRAY AND DRAPED HIS BODY OVER THE BLOODY MAN UNTIL THE
BEATING STOPPED. "MY HEART WAS CRYING," SAID THE
PASTOR. HE SAVED THE MAN'S LIFE.
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AMERICA IS A NATION OF BENNIE NEWTONS; YOU'LL FIND
HIM IN EVERY TOWN AND CITY, IN EVERY UNION HALL AND
BOY'S CLUB AND SCOUT TROOP. YOU'LL FIND A LOT OF THEM
HERE AT S.M.U., WITH YOUR PROUD TRADITION OF SERVING
OTHERS. FEW OF US, OF COURSE, ARE EVER CALLED TO TAKE
THE RISKS REV. NEWTON DID. BUT EVERY DAY WE FACE THE
QUESTION POSED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT: "IF ANYONE HAS
THE WORLD'S GOODS AND SEES HIS BROTHER IN NEED, YET
CLOSES HIS HEART AGAINST HIM, HOW DOES GOD'S LOVE ABIDE
IN HIM?"
ON COUNTLESS SMALL OCCASIONS, EACH OF US IS CALLED
TO OPEN OUR HEARTS -- EACH OF US IS CALLED TO LEAD, TO
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, TO SHOW THE POWER OF FAITH IN
ACTION. I HAVE SPOKEN TODAY OF OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE,
ABOUT FREE ENTERPRISE AND PERSONAL LIBERTY, BUT THE
FREEDOMS WE CHERISH MEAN NOTHING UNLESS THEY ARE
INFUSED WITH THE OLD VIRTUES, THE TIME-HONORED VALUES:
HONESTY, THRIFT, FAITH, SELF-DISCIPLINE, SERVICE TO
OTHERS.
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I DO NOT PRETEND TO KNOW THE SHAPE OF THE NEXT
CENTURY. THE GENIUS OF A FREE PEOPLE DEFIES
PREDICTION. CERTAINLY BARBARA AND I, WHEN WE LOADED UP
OUR STUDEBAKER FOR THE TRIP TO ODESSA so LONG AGO,
COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED THE TECHNOLOGICAL MARVELS OUR
GRANDCHILDREN TAKE FOR GRANTED -- FAX MACHINES AND
VCR'S, FOR EXAMPLE -- ((NOT TO MENTION THE MOST AMAZING
INVENTION OF 1992, THE SUPERMARKET SCANNER.))
BUT I DO KNOW THIS: THE NEXT CENTURY WILL BE YOUR
CENTURY. IF YOU BELIEVE IN FREEDOM, IF YOU HOLD FAST
TO YOUR VALUES, IF YOU REMAIN FAITHFUL TO OUR ROLE IN
THE WORLD, IT IS SURE TO BE YET ANOTHER AMERICAN
CENTURY.
THANK YOU AGAIN. GOD BLESS S.M.U., AND THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
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