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(continuer)
The Legacy
Paw prints are everywhere. Gener-
working longer, harder. You're just
ations have gone before them. The
trying to do something."
long hallways of the Old Executive Of-
During the Reagan years, beavers
fice Building are made of polished,
clearly felt they were doing something.
dark marble. If you look closely, you'll
They dreamed of demolishing the dam
see many tiny dents. A thousand
and starting over. "There was a cadre
points of high-heeled shoes-the dam-
committed to the Reagan Revolution,"
age started in the '40s. The White
says Bandow, a recovering Reagan
House-the West Wing, the
beaver and former assistant to the
OEOB-has always been an exalting
president for policy development. "If
place to work. The Pride. The Glory.
you're very committed to what you're
History. People fondly recall Dar-
doing, you will put in longer hours
man's extra suit coat during the Rea-
"My sense is that there aren't many
gan days-he kept it on the back of
ideologues under Bush," says Bandow,
his chair so it looked as if he was al-
now a senior fellow at the Cato Insti-
ways working.
tute. "It's the in-box presidency-peo-
People still talk about Lee Atwater's
ple working to simply respond to prob-
legendary working pace, the plates of
lems hitting their desks
but it's
old sandwiches and the empty boxes of
also enjoyable, let's face it. You get to
Popeye's chicken under his sofa while
ride around in White House cars.
he slept on top. People mention names
of other Reagan beavers past-H.P.
Goldfield, Mitchell Stanley, Doug Ban-
Photocopy-Preservation
You're invited to parties, receptions,
séminars. People think you're very im-
portant."
dow, James Pinkerton.
Craig Fuller says the White House
"No, I haven't pulled any all-nighters
"can be a little addictive." He's been
during this administration," says Pinker-
there. Fuller is a former Reagan bea-
ton, now a deputy of Porter's. And he
ver, a former chief of staff to Bush
wasn't happy to be asked. (He has a per-
when he served as vice president, and
sonal life now, don't you know.) "It just
now a consultant with Wexler, Reyn-
shows you," he says, "how long you can
olds, Fuller, Harrison Schule Inc.
ride on your old reputation in this town."
"There are some people who I
The Carter administration had Da-
thought were afraid to leave," he says,
vid Rubenstein, who was deputy to do-
"because something might happen and
mestic adviser Stuart Eizenstat. A
they wouldn't be there. There are peo-
magazine article once detailed Ruben-
ple who always like to be in on the
stein's workaholic habits, and as a re-
front-burner issue. They want to be
sult, a California sperm bank wrote to
somehow involved, so they hang
ask if he would donate some of his "su-
around for that purpose."
perior" genes for the good of mankind.
Question: Possible to have a normal
He refused.
life while working here?
"Deep down-if people are really
"I don't think so," says Fuller. "I
honest about working at the White
don't know if anybody tells you that it
House," says Jody Powell, press secre-
is possible. But if they do, then they
tary under Carter, "they will tell you
have a very different definition of the
that they feel inadequate working
word 'normal.''
there. You think about what important
work you are doing, and it's scary," he
says. "You tend to compensate by
(continued)
(continued)
The Top Ten
An Informal Poll:
"Chriss's idea of a slow day," muses
1. King Beaver, George Bush.
speech writer Edward McNally, "is
"Every time the president picks up
when she puts in 10 hours instead of
the phone," says Anna Perez, Barbara
the usual 18."
Bush's press secretary, "it makes
5. John Sununu.
work for somebody. And he picks up
6. Ed Rogers.
the phone a lot."
7. Andy Card.
"The president puts us all to shame,
"Lots of Type A personalities here,"
workwise," says Cicconi. "And I think
he says. "It's easy to get your adrena-
he enjoys doing it."
line up."
"He dips his hands into everybody's
8. Jim Cicconi.
business," says a Bush staffer who
"I've been reading the same book,"
used to work for Reagan. "It's not or-
he says of his leisure time, "for the
derly here. There's no sense of pro-
last five months."
cess-not like the Reagan administra-
9. Alixe Glen.
tion, which loved process. I feel like
"Sundays are killers," she says.
I'm treading water all the time."
10. Boyden Gray.
"The president starts an hour and a
half earlier [than Reagan did]. There's
more time every single day," says
hours more a day, then it's almost like
Photocopy-Preservation
Foraging
During odd hours, scant food in the
Fuller. "And conceivably, if it's 1½
White House can mean famine for the
beaver population. Foraging trips out
a full day a week."
of the lodge, to McDonald's or nearby
Swept along in the current are
Chinese takeouts, are common. In
Bush's two longtime beavers -Patty
times of political crisis, there is always
Presock, his secretary, and Tim
Domino's.
McBride, his personal aide. Like many
"We knew something was up," says
others around the president-David
Frank Meeks, president of Domino's
Bates, Rose Zamaria, Untermeyer-
Pizza Team Washington, "several days
they are longtime Bush beavers, near-
and nights before the invasion of Pan-
ly indentured. Presock and McBride
ama.
All the coming and going-
both arrive at dawn and work into the
and lots of late-night pizza."
night, according to others in the king-
Fifty pizzas a day is the White
dom. "He's one of the all-time wonder-
House norm, delivered between lunch.
ful people who has sacrificed social
and 2 a.m. They are handed, usually,
life, personal life," Fuller says of
through the metal detectors.
McBride, "and has just been wonder-
"And three-quarters of them call
ful for the Bushes."
and say the pizza has to be especially
2. Roger Porter.
3. Brent Scowcroft.
good," says Meeks, "because the pres-
4. Chriss Winston.
ident will be eating it."
Otherwise, the Old Executive Of-
"The hours are like a roller coast-
fice Building has a cafeteria-with
er,". she says. "It gets busy, then it
that unmistakable industrial food odor.
gets slow for a while." In his first year,
Bush made more than 300 remarks.
The West Wing has the very clubby,
dark-wood-paneled White House
But Winston can't drive the speech
writers-there are six of them
now-too hard. "They are creative
people, you know. And you don't want
(continued)
them to burn out."
BEAVERS, From C1
many phone lines and microwaves for
in-office popcorn.
early days. "I could have worked lon-
King Beaver George Bush-in the
ger," he says, "but I do believe you
have to eat, exercise, sleep.
At one
office by 7, eight newspapers read—
has made the White House SO colle-
point I was so busy, I asked my doctor
giate, his staff doesn't seem interested
which I should choose-sleep or exer-
cise. He reluctantly advised sleep."
in going home. Some say it's horribly
On a Saturday, the lights in Roger
chaotic, disorganized-but gosh, he
Porter's office are burning. Porter, the
writes his team players grateful little
notes. They might snarl that his deci-
president's adviser on domestic and
sions always come at the last min-
economic policy, can beaver like no-
ute-but hey, he knows everyone's
body's business. Inexplicably, he keeps
name. He may disrupt their lives—
the longest hours of all, according to an
calling his beavers at home more often
informal poll of his White House peers.
than Ronald Reagan ever did-but
"I'd put Roger Porter in the Vampire
Category," says Card. "I don't think he
gee, it's the president on the phone.
ever sees daylight."
He may expect them to work anony-
"He's Mormon. He can't even drink
mously, hoping they never stick out
coffee or smoke," says a fellow staffer.
enough to be profiled by the press, but
"Without caffeine or nicotine, how does
boy, it's so fun-all their friends are at
he do it?"
Photocopy-Preservation
work. So important-it's their duty.
"A known insomniac," answers a
Listen to their sounds:
third.
"I've never worked longer hours
White House Counsel C. Boyden
than in this administration," crows Por-
Gray's lights are also blazing. His office
ter. "There's more to do. I love my
staff move around like zombies. "He's
work.
And I love staying here."
always there," someone says of Gray.
"One of the amazing things about
"He's never there," says someone else.
working here-the one thing I love so
"He's always there," says another, "but
much, says Alixe Glen, who returns
he's never working."
60 to 80 calls a day from reporters as
the deputy press secretary, "is that de-
Dam Building
spite the 13-hour day, suddenly it's 8
o'clock."
This strange, obedient creature is
capable of being swept away by delu-
"The year I spent as campaign man-
sions of grandeur while actually en-
ager for George Bush in New Hamp-
during an agonizingly dull life. Dam
shire was much worse than this," says
building. The young among them la-
Card. He gets to the White House at 6
bor intensively and often leave their
every morning and tries to leave be-
twenties with little to show for it, ex-
fore 9:30 at night. "Then, I slept on a
cept for White House cuff links, White
cot," he says. "So this is great."
House luggage tags, White House sta-
"White Houseitis," says one old-
tionery, a paperweight with the seal,
timer. "It happens to all of them."
and several photographs of them-
selves standing awkwardly next to
their president.
The older ones-children grown,
spouses gone or well used to them—
(continued)
work even harder. The high-ranking
variety, particularly those dwelling in
the West Wing, enjoy color TVs in
their beaver lodges, smug secretaries,
(continued)
Mess (with a waiting list of special as-
clude from two to 12 meetings. Fuller
sistants still hoping to get privileges).
reveals that he suffered from Meeting
Both of these close after lunchtime.
Fatigue in the Reagan White House.
There is also machine food. Ob-
"There was a real premium put on
served recently in a Very Important
face-to-face interaction," he says. "It
White House Vending Machine:
was overdone. A more thoughtful, qui-
Bologna sandwich on white bread
et kind of work would sometimes
with a line of green, which could have
achieve a lot more. And I could
been lettuce.
never figure out the people who'd
Fish dinner with macaroni and
show-up at a lot of meetings and then
cheese.
never say anything."
Beef-and-bean burrito.
"Buttered" popcorn.
Toward the end of the Carter ad-
Ice cream bar.
ministration, a systems analyst was
Half-smoke.
called in to attend meetings.
The White House "has the most in-
"It was discovered," Fuller has
spired vending machine complexes in
learned, "that the people in the Carter
Washington," one staffer observes. "I
White House-and the same is true
can get $4 books of stamps and do my
with Reagan, and Bush, I'm sure-is
bills in the middle of the night."
that they were so busy going to all
Meeting Rituals
Photocopy-Preservation
these meetings that by the end of the
day individuals had lists of 20 or 30
Like so -many bureaucracies, the
things they were supposed to do, but
White House suffers from a chronic
they never, never had time to do
meetings problem. The only differ-
them, much less write them down and
ence: The beavers enjoy them.
delegate it. They just went to the next
"I like people," says Card, "so I like
to make myself available. I can have a
meeting. And the next day, it'd start
schedule with two or three meetings
all over again."
taking place at the same time. This
"At the White House," remembers
sounds hokey, I know, but I love my
Powell, now at Ogilvy & Mather,
job. I pinch myself sometimes."
"there is a great deal of effort that
Since Bush arrives between 7 and
sometimes produces very little."
7:15 a.m., the meetings at the White
"We had somebody-who should
House begin early. Sununu gets in
go unnamed-in the first term," re-
around 6:30, and the impromptu gath-
members Fuller, "who'd come in on
erings start. The senior staff meeting,
Saturdays and scout around to see if
which Sununu runs, begins at 7:30,
there was a meeting going on-just
before his daily meeting with the pres-
SO they could get in it. And we would
ident at 8. Individual offices will often
have meetings where we'd close the
have their own daily meetings at 8:30,
doors, just so we could have a small
8:45-with fresh news from the pre-
number of people."
ceding meetings.
There are long-range scheduling
meetings, once-a-week congressional
meetings, Cabinet meetings, Cabinet
council meetings, National Security
(continued)
Council meetings
Cicconi says the daily schedule card
that his secretary types up could in-
(continued)
Hard to Think
"You're SO busy," says Winston,
when you finally are having that nice,
"you don't have time to think."
quiet, long dinner with your wife be-
Time to think?
cause you haven't been around for a
month."
"That's the hardest part," says Cic-
Winston is considering another sort
coni, "finding time to put thoughts on
of White House umbilical cord. "The
paper, analysis down, to look ahead at
next toy I buy," she says, "will be a fax."
what's happening down the road. You
And Roger Porter?
can do it-but only when it's quiet."
Porter returns a reporter's call.
The Call of the Mild
He's asked about his job. Why does he
work so hard? "I teach when I'm not
Beepers and cellular phones are a
working in Washington," Porter says.
critical part of active beavering.
"And I always tell my students to look
They're a way of never really leaving
for a job that's contributing to making
the White House. "You take your life
the world a better place. And one
in your hands," says one former aide,
where you admire and respect the peo-
whose White House years total 20, "if
ple around you. It doesn't matter how
you go home."
big your office is, or where it is, or
Cicconi has a formula. He takes a
your title
beeper-cellular phone combo to softball
games in his athletic bag. When the
equivalent of a tail slapping water-he
gets out the phone and calls back.
Photocopy-Preservation
He pauses. T am in a car right now,"
he says. "I am being dropped off now.
beeper goes off-the technological
And I will have to get out in such a
manner that continuing to talk to you
will be impossible. I will have to call
"It seems like every time I go to a
again tomorrow."
movie," says Card, "I get beeped. I
went to see "Glory," and if I saw 15
Family Values
minutes of the movie, I was lucky. The
"It wasn't as romantic as at a Xerox
people in the theater thought I had to
go to the bathroom a lot."
machine," says Untermeyer of his first
Darman sat through the opening of
meeting with fiancee Diana Kendrick,
a fellow White House staffer. "We met
"Batman" last year with a cellular
in Boyden Gray's office." Untermeyer
phone resting in his lap-he was wait-
works six days a week, Kendrick sev-
ing for a call from his office. When he
en-as executive assistant to Gray.
was told that a reporter sitting nearby
They see each other a fair amount.
was also packing a phone, Darman
Others aren't so lucky.
said, "Hey, what's your number? I'll
Cicconi's wife, Patricia, has joked
call during the movie."
that he's "the Stealth father" of their
Says Untermeyer, "I was beeped out
of 'Peter Pan' last summer by the
three young daughters, and Chriss
president.
No, my beeper's the
Winston says her life seems like a "re-
kind that doesn't make a noise, just vi-
lay race" some nights. Her husband,
brates. And when it goes off, I always
David Winston, who works at the Re-
think my stomach's acting up."
publican National Committee, has
"You find yourself tethered to the
hours "as crazy as mine," she says. And
beeper," says Cicconi, "and they go off
while the Winstons have a full-time
at some inopportune moment-like
nanny at home for Ian, their 2-year-old
son, "she has a class some nights," says
Chriss Winston, "and has to drop the
baby off at the White House gate. 'It's'
(continued)
(continued)
like passing the baton."
years old once, you know. It's not al-
As Ken Düberstein and Darman
ways easy."
used to bring their kids to the White
Jody Powell says people can get "a
House on weekends, Chriss Winston
kind of disappointed feeling" after
will sometimes bring Ian. "When he
leaving the White House. "The first
was smaller, I'd put him in a playpen
few mornings you wake up," he says,
on the floor and it was easy," she says.
"you realize that you don't have any-
"But three weeks ago I came here on a
thing to do. You realize nobody cares
Saturday with him-I had to edit a
that you have nothing to do. That 'ío-',
speech-and just as I looked up, he
body cares what you're doing."
pushed a button of the computer and
Cicconi well remembers the last
boom, the whole thing was gone."
time he left the White House. In
Card works four to five hours on Sat-
1985, during the Reagan years, he
urdays, and two Sundays a month.
took a job with Akin Gump Strauss
Kathleene, his wife of 22 years, doesn't
Hauer & Feld, a private law firm. "It's
complain. "She knew what she was get-
the most liberating feeling when you
ting," he says, "before she got it."
leave," he says, "in terms of your per-
There's a story about Reagan. Fuller
sonal life."
tells it. After Reagan's first inaugura-
Photocopy-Preservation
The first day on the new job, he ar-
tion, there were full agendas and Cabi-
rived at his usual beavering hour, but
net meetings planned for Wednesday,
he had to wait outside. "They kept the
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. But
doors locked," he says, "until 8."
Reagan said, "Well, I don't think we
should meet on Saturday. Won't people
be getting settled and moving in?"
"I don't think President Bush wor-
ries about this," Fuller says. "I think he
wants people to spend time with their,
families, but he knows
Roads Not Taken
Years from now-in the middle of a
golf game, perhaps-it might hit
them. Did they make a difference?
"They may be committed to their par-
ticular jobs, but not to a shared com-
mitment to ideals," says Doug Ban-
dow. "Nobody's talking about The
Bush Revolution. People are just loyal
to Bush, and share his interests."
"I won't have this job forever," says
Chriss Winston. "Someday I'll get to
relax, write, commune with nature,
have more of a life
"I'm not ready to give notice yet,"
she says, "but when several nights go
by-and I don't get to spend time
with Ian-I get torn. It's a real privi-
lege to work here. A once-in-a-lifetime
privilege. But Ian's only going to be 2
BEAVERS, From C1
work. So important-it's their duty.
working longer, harder. You're just
Listen to their sounds:
trying to do something."
early days. "I could have worked lon-
"I've never worked longer hours
During the Reagan years, beavers
ger," he says, "but I do believe you
than in this administration," crows Por-
clearly felt they were doing something.
have to eat, exercise, sleep.
At one
ter. "There's more to do. I love my
They dreamed of demolishing the dam
point I was so busy, I asked my doctor
work.
And I love staying here."
and starting over. "There was a cadre
which I should choose-sleep or exer-
"One of the amazing things about
committed to the Reagan Revolution,"
cise. He reluctantly advised sleep."
working here-the one thing I love so
On a Saturday, the lights in Roger
much, says Alixe Glen, who returns
says Bandow, a recovering Reagan
Porter's office are burning. Porter, the
60 to 80 calls a day from reporters as
beaver and former assistant to the
president's adviser on domestic and
the deputy press secretary, "is that de-
president for policy development. "If
economic policy, can beaver like no-
spite the 13-hour day, suddenly it's 8
you're very committed to what you're
body's business. Inexplicably, he keeps
o'clock."
doing, you will put in longer hours
the longest hours of all, according to an
"The year I spent as campaign man-
"My sense is that there aren't many
informal poll of his White House peers.
ager for George Bush in New Hamp-
ideologues under Bush," says Bandow,
"I'd put Roger Porter in the Vampire
now a senior fellow at the Cato Insti-
shire was much worse than this," says
Category," says Card. "I don't think he
Card. He gets to the White House at 6
tute. "It's the in-box presidency-peo-
ever sees daylight."
every morning and tries to leave be-
ple working to simply respond to prob-
"He's Mormon. He can't even drink
lems hitting their desks
but
it's
fore 9:30 at night. "Then, I slept on a
coffee or smoke," says a fellow staffer.
cot," he says. "So this is great."
also enjoyable, let's face it. You get to
"Without caffeine or nicotine, how does
ride around in White House cars.
"White Houseitis," says one old-
he do it?"
timer. "It happens to all of them."
You're invited to parties, receptions,
"A known insomniac," answers a
seminars. People think you're very im-
third.
The Legacy
portant."
White House Counsel C. Boyden
Craig Fuller says the White House
Paw prints are everywhere. Gener-
Gray's lights are also blazing. His office
"can be a little addictive." He's been
ations have gone before them. The
staff move around like zombies. "He's
there. Fuller is a former Reagan bea-
long hallways of the Old Executive Of-
always there," someone says of Gray.
ver, a former chief of staff to Bush
fice Building are made of polished,
"He's never there," says someone else.
when he served as vice president, and
dark marble. If you look closely, you'll
"He's always there," says another, "but
now a consultant with Wexler, Reyn-
see many tiny dents. A thousand
he's never working."
olds, Fuller, Harrison Schule Inc.
points of high-heeled shoes-the dam-
"There are some people who I
Dam Building
age started in the '40s. The White
thought were afraid to leave," he says,
House-the West Wing, the
"because something might happen and
This strange, obedient creature is
OEOB-has always been an exalting
capable of being swept away by delu-
they wouldn't be there. There are peo-
place to work. The Pride. The Glory.
ple who always like to be in on the
sions of grandeur while actually en-
History. People fondly recall Dar-
front-burner issue. They want to be
during an agonizingly dull life. Dam
man's extra suit coat during the Rea-
building. The young among them la-
somehow involved, SO they hang
gan days-he kept it on the back of
around for that purpose."
bor intensively and often leave their
his chair SO it looked as if he was al-
Question: Possible to have a normal
twenties with little to show for it, ex-
ways working.
life while working here?
cept for White House cuff links, White
People still talk about Lee Atwater's
"I don't think so," says Fuller. "I
House luggage tags, White House sta-
legendary working pace, the plates of
tionery, a paperweight with the seal,
don't know if anybody tells you that it
old sandwiches and the empty boxes of
and several photographs of them-
is possible. But if they do, then they
Popeye's chicken under his sofa while
have a very different definition of the
selves standing awkwardly next to
he slept on top. People mention names
word 'normal.'
their president.
of other Reagan beavers past-H.P.
The older ones-children grown,
Goldfield, Mitchell Stanley, Doug Ban-
The Top Ten
spouses gone or well used to them—
dow, James Pinkerton.
work even harder. The high-ranking
An Informal Poll:
"No, I haven't pulled any all-nighters
variety, particularly those dwelling in
during this administration," says Pinker-
1. King Beaver, George Bush.
the West Wing, enjoy color TVs in
ton, now a deputy of Porter's. And he
"Every time the president picks up
their beaver lodges, smug secretaries,
wasn't happy to be asked: (He has a per-
the phone," says Anna Perez, Barbara
many phone lines and microwaves for
sonal life now, don't you know.) "It just
Bush's press secretary, "it makes
in-office popcorn.
shows you," he says, "how long you can
work for somebody. And he picks up
King Beaver George Bush-in the
the phone a lot."
ride on your old reputation in this town."
office by 7, eight newspapers read—
The Carter administration had Da-
"The president puts us all to shame,
has made the White House so colle-
vid Rubenstein, who was deputy to do-
workwise," says Cicconi. "And I think
giate, his staff doesn't seem interested
mestic adviser Stuart Eizenstat. A
he enjoys doing it."
in going home. Some say it's horribly
magazine article once detailed Ruben-
"He dips his hands into everybody's
chaotic, disorganized-but gosh, he
stein's workaholic habits, and as a re-
business," says a Bush staffer who
writes his team players grateful little
sult, a California sperm bank wrote to
used to work for Reagan. "It's not or-
notes. They might snarl that his deci-
ask if he would donate some of his "su-
derly here. There's no sense of pro-
sions always come at the last min-
perior" genes for the good of mankind.
cess-not like the Reagan administra-
ute-but hey, he knows everyone's
He refused.
tion, which loved process. I feel like
name. He may disrupt their lives—
"Deep down-if people are really
I'm treading water all the time."
calling his beavers at home more often
honest about working at the White
"The president starts an hour and a
than Ronald Reagan ever did-but
House," says Jody Powell, press secre-
half earlier [than Reagan did]. There's
gee, it's the president on the phone.
tary under Carter, "they will tell you
more time every single day," says
He may expect them to work anony-
that they feel inadequate working
Fuller. "And conceivably, if it's 1½
mously, hoping they never stick out
there. You think about what important
hours more a day, then it's almost like
enough to be profiled by the press, but
work you are doing, and it's scary," he
a full day a week."
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says. "You tend to compensate by
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 30, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
CURT SMITH CS
SUBJECT:
INDIANAPOLIS TREE PLANTING
I. SUMMARY
On Tuesday, April 3, at 11:50 a.m., you will address
about 10,000 people as you help inaugurate Indianapolis' "Trees
for Tomorrow" campaign. Mayor Hudnut will introduce you.
Governor Evan Bayh, Senators Dan Coats and Dick Lugar, and Art
Strong, director of the Department Parks and Recreation will also
accompany you on the dais.
II. DISCUSSION
The attached remarks (10 minutes, speechcards)
highlight your "America the Beautiful" program, and encourage
tree planting around the country. The text also praises
Indianapolis' tree planting program, "Trees for Tomorrow."
2 major environmental lows passed in
Indiana
Fred Nosher- Gov.'s office (press office)
(Smith/Blessey)
3 P.M.
March 30, 1990
INDY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARBOR DAY EVENT
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990
Senator Lugar, Senator Coats, Governor Bayh, Mayor Hudnut,
Director Strong, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. It
is indeed great to be "back home again in Indiana." And as the
banner says, to plant "Trees for Tomorrow" that will benefit our
Nation and its kids. //
( (Not far from here is the law school of a friend of mine.
And in that context, I want to salute a great former Indiana
Senator who has been an even greater Vice-President. A man I
trust. A Hoosier I rely upon. Dan Quayle. //
((Let me say how proud I am of the job Dan has done as a
member of our team. He's served our Administration well. And
more important, he's served the Nation well.) ) //
Today, the Vice-President is back in Washington. // As you
can see, he let me play hookie. // Nor, sadly, could Bobby
Knight be with us. He's out recruiting what Dan assures me is
yet another national champion. //
Even so, I am glad to see all of you here in a city which,
unlike some, can always see the forest for the trees. // And
which intends this year to plant thirty thousand trees. Trees
that are in a larger sense the sanctuaries of mankind. Renewing
and refreshing. // And that represent the continuity of
2
mankind. An inheritance passed from one generation to another.
Many of you may have grown up reading the great Hoosier
poet, James Whitcomb Riley. And I recall how he once said, "Life
is a cycle larger than any individual." // Well, so it is with
trees. They renew and restore the natural magic of our world.
// Think of how trees enhance our atmosphere. Providing oxygen
and absorbing carbon dioxide. // And how they enhance our
environment. For their beauty is breathtaking. And their bounty
is breathgiving. //
Ten weeks ago, I announced a new program to help preserve
the wonderful legacy of our trees // indeed, to help us conserve
all natural resources. // It's called "America the Beautiful."
// It will help plant the seeds of environmental stewardship.
Not only by planting trees -- but through other steps, as well.
//
"America the Beautiful" calls for expanded land acquisition
for our national parks, wildlife refuges, forests, and public
lands. And funds to maintain and restore them. Our program is
similar to your "Clean and Green Month" -- it seeks clean water,
clean land, clean air. // In that spirit, let me note that
later today the Senate will consider our clean air legislation
the first rewrite of the Clean Air Act in over a decade. I am
proud of this proposal to cut smog, acid rain, and toxic
pollution -- to make America cleaner and safer. // Tonight
marks an historic vote. So I urge the Senate to act not merely
for this generation but all the generations to come. //
3
Trees, of course, can help ensure clean air. // Consider:
One recent study showed that trees -- much more than water --
consume the carbon dioxide that raises temperatures. Research
also shows that trees can lower peak energy demand in urban areas
by 20 to 40 percent. And that three well-placed trees around a
home can reduce its air conditioning needs by 10 to 50 percent.
The record's clear: We need trees economically -- and
environmentally. We also need them to lift our minds, and
hearts. // For instance, every time I look at an old tree, I
feel an affinity: Maybe it's because some of them are a little
long in the tooth. // But whatever our age, trees are something
we all can plant -- for while they can be fragile, or sturdy,
they are always precious. // And the record shows that
Indianapolis isn't falling down on the job of planting trees.
And neither will our Administration. //
That's why a key part of "America the Beautiful" is a
national tree planting and forest improvement program, to be
administered by the Agriculture Department. // This program
involves both rural areas as well as urban tree planting programs
in cities like Indianapolis. And to fund it I have asked
Congress for $175 million for Fiscal Year '91 to plant one
billion trees a year. //
Two weeks ago, I also asked Congress to approve another step
to protect the environment. // We call it the National Tree
Trust Act of 1990. It will be introducted by your great Senior
Senator, Dick Lugar. It will foster the partnership between the
4
public and private sectors to plant trees across America. //
Under this plan, we will designate a private nonprofit Foundation
to receive a one-time Federal grant to promote community tree
planting and cultivation projects. // It will also solicit
contributions from private sources. Sound a nationwide call for
each American to protect the environment. And most of all, plant
the trees that clean our air, prevent erosion, and purify our
water.
In the same spirit of our Thousand Points of Light, the
National Tree Trust Act of 1990 will help create Ten Billion
Trees of Life. 11 And it will complement local programs to help
conservation enrich America's quality of life. Programs like
your "Trees for Tomorrow." //
Talk about cooperation: "Trees for Tomorrow" links
individuals, private groups, and your Department of Parks and
Recreation. And results -- in April alone, 3,000 trees will be
donated. // This urban forestry program will help volunteers
show new volunteers not only how and where to plant trees. But
also how to care for them -- why we need them -- and how they
help the environment. // You know, two weeks ago I told an
audience that I'd been planting so many trees all over the
country -- please forgive me -- that I might have to open a
branch office. // Well, I can't think of a better spot than
here in Indianapolis. Just as trees grow, with roots and
branches becoming stronger and deeper by the year, your efforts
on behalf of trees can reach far into the future. //
5
I began by talking about two great Indiana exports -- Dan
Quayle and basketball. Let me close by referring to an event --
and then a movie -- close to the Vice-President's heart. //
First, the event. Three years ago, after being re-elected
by one of the greatest landslides in Indiana history, Dan was
saluted on his 40th birthday in a way each of you will
appreciate. Know how? Students planted forty trees in his honor
-- one at I.U. law school, 15 at his college alma mater, and 24
at Dan's high school. Those trees reaffirm the beauty of
Indiana. And I know that to Dan, they embody the kindness of
you, his friends.
Second, the movie. It's called Hoosiers. You've seen it -
- probably memorized it. It was filmed here and in three nearby
towns. // Yes, it's about basketball. But it also portrays --
unforgettably -- the beauty of Indiana. // The next time you
see Hoosiers, look for two things: Kids and trees. They're
everywhere in the film -- they make the movie special, even
magical. // And so it is from Evansville in the south to the
Michigan state line. // Trees -- many planted by kids --
enhancing the splendor of Indiana's cathedral of the outdoors.
So let's help these youngsters plant more trees -- nurture
them -- in this State and all fifty States. And so knock Johnny
Appleseed from the Guinness Book of Records. // Let's plant the
"trees for tomorrow" that will bless the children of tomorrow
-- the generations who will inherit our earth. //
6
Thank you for what you're doing. Hats off to the City of
Indianapolis. God bless the land we so richly love -- the United
States of America. And now, it is my great pleasure to
officially plant the first tree of this magnificent campaign.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Amer Elm
descand. J.Q Adroms
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 30, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
CURT SMITH CS
SUBJECT:
INDIANAPOLIS TREE PLANTING
I. SUMMARY
On Tuesday, April 3, at 11:50 a.m., you will address
about 10,000 people as you help inaugurate Indianapolis' "Trees
for Tomorrow" campaign. Mayor Hudnut will introduce you.
Governor Evan Bayh, Senators Dan Coats and Dick Lugar, and Art
Strong, director of the Department Parks and Recreation will also
accompany you on the dais.
II. DISCUSSION
The attached remarks (10 minutes, speechcards)
highlight your "America the Beautiful" program, and encourage
tree planting around the country. The text also praises
Indianapolis' tree planting program, "Trees for Tomorrow."
(Smith/Blessey)
3 P.M.
March 30, 1990
INDY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARBOR DAY EVENT
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990
Senator Lugar, Senator Coats, Governor Bayh, Mayor Hudnut,
Director Strong, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. It
is indeed great to be "back home again in Indiana." And as the
banner says, to plant "Trees for Tomorrow" that will benefit our
Nation and its kids. 11
( (Not far from here is the law school of a friend of mine.
And in that context, I want to salute a great former Indiana
Senator who has been an even greater Vice-President. A man I
trust. A Hoosier I rely upon. Dan Quayle. //
((Let me say how proud I am of the job Dan has done as a
member of our team. He's served our Administration well. And
more important, he's served the Nation well.) ) //
Today, the Vice-President is back in Washington. // As you
can see, he let me play hookie. 11 Nor, sadly, could Bobby
Knight be with us. He's out recruiting what Dan assures me is
yet another national champion. //
Even so, I am glad to see all of you here in a city which,
unlike some, can always see the forest for the trees. // And
which intends this year to plant thirty thousand trees. Trees
that are in a larger sense the sanctuaries of mankind. Renewing
and refreshing. // And that represent the continuity of
2
mankind. An inheritance passed from one generation to another.
Many of you may have grown up reading the great Hoosier
poet, James Whitcomb Riley. And I recall how he once said, "Life
is a cycle larger than any individual." // Well, so it is with
trees. They renew and restore the natural magic of our world.
// Think of how trees enhance our atmosphere. Providing oxygen
and absorbing carbon dioxide. // And how they enhance our
environment. For their beauty is breathtaking. And their bounty
is breathgiving. //
Ten weeks ago, I announced a new program to help preserve
the wonderful legacy of our trees // indeed, to help us conserve
all natural resources. // It's called "America the Beautiful."
// It will help plant the seeds of environmental stewardship.
Not only by planting trees -- but through other steps, as well.
//
"America the Beautiful" calls for expanded land acquisition
for our national parks, wildlife refuges, forests, and public
lands. And funds to maintain and restore them. Our program is
similar to your "Clean and Green Month" -- it seeks clean water,
clean land, clean air. // In that spirit, let me note that
later today the Senate will consider our clean air legislation
the first rewrite of the Clean Air Act in over a decade. I am
proud of this proposal to cut smog, acid rain, and toxic
pollution -- to make America cleaner and safer. // Tonight
marks an historic vote. So I urge the Senate to act not merely
for this generation but all the generations to come. //
3
Trees, of course, can help ensure clean air. // Consider:
One recent study showed that trees -- much more than water --
consume the carbon dioxide that raises temperatures. Research
also shows that trees can lower peak energy demand in urban areas
by 20 to 40 percent. And that three well-placed trees around a
home can reduce its air conditioning needs by 10 to 50 percent.
The record's clear: We need trees economically -- and
environmentally. We also need them to lift our minds, and
hearts. // For instance, every time I look at an old tree, I
feel an affinity: Maybe it's because some of them are a little
long in the tooth. // But whatever our age, trees are something
we all can plant -- for while they can be fragile, or sturdy,
they are always precious. // And the record shows that
Indianapolis isn't falling down on the job of planting trees.
And neither will our Administration. //
That's why a key part of "America the Beautiful" is a
national tree planting and forest improvement program, to be
administered by the Agriculture Department. // This program
involves both rural areas as well as urban tree planting programs
in cities like Indianapolis. And to fund it I have asked
Congress for $175 million for Fiscal Year '91 to plant one
billion trees a year. //
Two weeks ago, I also asked Congress to approve another step
to protect the environment. // We call it the National Tree
Trust Act of 1990. It will be introducted by your great Senior
Senator, Dick Lugar. It will foster the partnership between the
4
public and private sectors to plant trees across America. //
Under this plan, we will designate a private nonprofit Foundation
to receive a one-time Federal grant to promote community tree
planting and cultivation projects. // It will also solicit
contributions from private sources. Sound a nationwide call for
each American to protect the environment. And most of all, plant
the trees that clean our air, prevent erosion, and purify our
water.
In the same spirit of our Thousand Points of Light, the
National Tree Trust Act of 1990 will help create Ten Billion
Trees of Life. // And it will complement local programs to help
conservation enrich America's quality of life. Programs like
your "Trees for Tomorrow." //
Talk about cooperation: "Trees for Tomorrow" links
individuals, private groups, and your Department of Parks and
Recreation. And results -- in April alone, 3,000 trees will be
donated. // This urban forestry program will help volunteers
show new volunteers not only how and where to plant trees. But
also how to care for them -- why we need them -- and how they
help the environment. // You know, two weeks ago I told an
audience that I'd been planting so many trees all over the
country -- please forgive me -- that I might have to open a
branch office. // Well, I can't think of a better spot than
here in Indianapolis. Just as trees grow, with roots and
branches becoming stronger and deeper by the year, your efforts
on behalf of trees can reach far into the future. //
5
I began by talking about two great Indiana exports -- Dan
Quayle and basketball. Let me close by referring to an event --
and then a movie -- close to the Vice-President's heart. //
First, the event. Three years ago, after being re-elected
by one of the greatest landslides in Indiana history, Dan was
saluted on his 40th birthday in a way each of you will
appreciate. Know how? Students planted forty trees in his honor
-- one at I.U. law school, 15 at his college alma mater, and 24
at Dan's high school. Those trees reaffirm the beauty of
Indiana. And I know that to Dan, they embody the kindness of
you, his friends.
Second, the movie. It's called Hoosiers. You've seen it -
- probably memorized it. It was filmed here and in three nearby
towns. // Yes, it's about basketball. But it also portrays --
unforgettably -- the beauty of Indiana. // The next time you
see Hoosiers, look for two things: Kids and trees. They're
everywhere in the film -- they make the movie special, even
magical. // And so it is from Evansville in the south to the
Michigan state line. // Trees -- many planted by kids --
enhancing the splendor of Indiana's cathedral of the outdoors.
So let's help these youngsters plant more trees -- nurture
them -- in this State and all fifty States. And so knock Johnny
Appleseed from the Guinness Book of Records. // Let's plant the
"trees for tomorrow" that will bless the children of tomorrow
-- the generations who will inherit our earth. //
6
Thank you for what you're doing. Hats off to the City of
Indianapolis. God bless the land we so richly love -- the United
States of America. And now, it is my great pleasure to
officially plant the first tree of this magnificent campaign.
#
#
#
TREE PLANTING EVENT \ INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
StephiB
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990 \ 11:50 A.M.
SENATOR LUGAR, SENATOR COATS, GOVERNOR BAYH, MAYOR
HUDNUT, DIRECTOR STRONG, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN. IT IS INDEED GREAT TO BE "BACK HOME
AGAIN IN INDIANA." AND AS THE BANNER SAYS, TO PLANT
"TREES FOR TOMORROW" THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR NATION AND
ITS KIDS. //
- 2 -
((Not FAR FROM HERE IS THE HOME TOWN OF A GREAT
FORMER INDIANA SENATOR WHO HAS BEEN AN EVEN GREATER
VICE-PRESIDENT. A MAN I TRUST. A HOOSIER I RELY UPON.
DAN QUAYLE. // HE IS SERVING OUR NATION WELL.
- 3 -
I'M SORRY BOBBY KNIGHT IS NOT HERE. HE'S OUT
RECRUITING WHAT DAN ASSURES ME IS ANOTHER NATIONAL
But
+
CHAMPION. I AM GLAD TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE IN A CITY
WHICH, UNLIKE SOME, CAN ALWAYS SEE THE FOREST FOR THE
TREES. // AND WHICH INTENDS THIS YEAR TO PLANT THIRTY
THOUSAND TREES. TREES THAT ARE IN A LARGER SENSE THE
SANCTUARIES OF MANKIND. RENEWING AND REFRESHING. //
AND THAT REPRESENT THE CONTINUITY OF MANKIND. AN
INHERITANCE PASSED FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER.
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MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE GROWN UP READING THE GREAT
HOOSIER POET, JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, WHO OFTEN OBSERVED
THAT THE INDIVIDUAL COULD ENRICH THE TAPISTRY OF LIFE.
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// WELL, so IT IS WITH TREES. THEY RENEW AND RESTORE
THE NATURAL MAGIC OF OUR WORLD. // THINK OF HOW TREES
ENHANCE OUR ATMOSPHERE. PROVIDING OXYGEN AND ABSORBING
CARBON DIOXIDE. // AND HOW THEY ENHANCE OUR
ENVIRONMENT. FOR THEIR BEAUTY IS BREATHTAKING. AND
THEIR BOUNTY IS BREATHGIVING. //
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TEN WEEKS AGO, I ANNOUNCED A NEW PROGRAM TO HELP
PRESERVE THE WONDERFUL LEGACY OF OUR TREES // INDEED,
TO HELP US CONSERVE ALL NATURAL RESOURCES. // IT'S
CALLED "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL." // IT WILL HELP PLANT
THE SEEDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. NOT ONLY BY
PLANTING TREES - -- BUT THROUGH OTHER STEPS, AS WELL. //
"AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" CALLS FOR EXPANDED LAND
ACQUISITION FOR OUR NATIONAL PARKS, WILDLIFE REFUGES,
FORESTS, AND PUBLIC LANDS.
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AND FUNDS TO MAINTAIN AND RESTORE THEM. OUR PROGRAM IS
SIMILAR TO YOUR "CLEAN AND GREEN MONTH" -- IT SEEKS
CLEAN WATER, CLEAN LAND, CLEAN AIR. // IN THAT
SPIRIT, LET ME NOTE THAT LATER TODAY THE SENATE WILL
CONSIDER OUR CLEAN AIR LEGISLATION THE FIRST REWRITE
OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT IN OVER A DECADE. I AM PROUD OF
THIS PROPOSAL TO CUT SMOG, ACID RAIN, AND TOXIC
POLLUTION -- TO MAKE AMERICA CLEANER AND SAFER. //
TONIGHT MARKS AN HISTORIC VOTE.
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So I URGE THE SENATE TO ACT NOT MERELY FOR THIS
GENERATION BUT ALL THE GENERATIONS TO COME. //
TREES, OF COURSE, CAN HELP ENSURE CLEAN AIR. //
CONSIDER: ONE RECENT STUDY SHOWED THAT TREES -- MUCH
MORE THAN WATER -- CONSUME THE CARBON DIOXIDE THAT IS
BUILDING UP IN OUR ATMOSPHERE. RESEARCH ALSO SHOWS
THAT TREES CAN LOWER PEAK ENERGY DEMAND IN URBAN AREAS
BY 20 TO 40 PERCENT.
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AND THAT THREE WELL-PLACED TREES AROUND A HOME CAN
REDUCE ITS AIR CONDITIONING NEEDS BY 10 TO 50 PERCENT.
THE RECORD'S CLEAR: WE NEED TREES ECONOMICALLY --
AND ENVIRONMENTALLY. WE ALSO NEED THEM TO LIFT OUR
MINDS, AND HEARTS. // TREES ARE SOMETHING WE ALL CAN
PLANT -- FOR WHILE THEY CAN BE FRAGILE, OR STURDY,
THEY ARE ALWAYS PRECIOUS. // AND THE RECORD SHOWS
THAT INDIANAPOLIS ISN'T FALLING DOWN ON THE JOB OF
PLANTING TREES. AND NEITHER WILL OUR ADMINISTRATION.
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THAT'S WHY A KEY PART OF "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" IS
A NATIONAL TREE PLANTING AND FOREST IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT. // THIS PROGRAM INVOLVES BOTH RURAL AREAS
AS WELL AS URBAN TREE PLANTING PROGRAMS IN CITIES LIKE
INDIANAPOLIS. AND TO FUND IT I HAVE ASKED CONGRESS FOR
$175 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR '91 TO PLANT ONE BILLION
TREES A YEAR.
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Two WEEKS AGO, I ALSO ASKED CONGRESS TO APPROVE
ANOTHER STEP TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT. // WE CALL
IT THE NATIONAL TREE TRUST ACT OF 1990. IT WILL BE
INTRODUCED BY YOUR GREAT SENIOR SENATOR, DICK LUGAR.
IT WILL FOSTER THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE SECTORS TO PLANT TREES ACROSS AMERICA. //
UNDER THIS PLAN, WE WILL DESIGNATE A PRIVATE NONPROFIT
FOUNDATION TO RECEIVE A ONE-TIME FEDERAL GRANT TO
PROMOTE COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING AND CULTIVATION
PROJECTS. //
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IT WILL ALSO SOLICIT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PRIVATE
SOURCES. SOUND A NATIONWIDE CALL FOR EACH AMERICAN TO
PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT. AND MOST OF ALL, PLANT THE
TREES THAT CLEAN OUR AIR, PREVENT EROSION, AND PURIFY
OUR WATER.
IN THE SAME SPIRIT OF OUR THOUSAND POINTS OF LIGHT,
THE NATIONAL TREE TRUST Act OF 1990 WILL HELP CREATE
TEN BILLION TREES OF LIFE. //
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AND IT WILL COMPLEMENT LOCAL PROGRAMS TO HELP
CONSERVATION ENRICH AMERICA'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
PROGRAMS LIKE YOUR "TREES FOR TOMORROW." //
TALK ABOUT COOPERATION: "TREES FOR TOMORROW" LINKS
INDIVIDUALS, PRIVATE GROUPS, AND YOUR DEPARTMENT OF
PARKS AND RECREATION. AND RESULTS -- IN APRIL ALONE,
3,000 TREES WILL BE DONATED. // THIS URBAN FORESTRY
PROGRAM WILL HELP VOLUNTEERS SHOW NEW VOLUNTEERS NOT
ONLY HOW AND WHERE TO PLANT TREES.
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BUT ALSO HOW TO CARE FOR THEM -- WHY WE NEED THEM --
AND HOW THEY HELP THE ENVIRONMENT. // You KNOW, TWO
WEEKS AGO I TOLD AN AUDIENCE THAT I'D BEEN PLANTING so
MANY TREES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY -- PLEASE FORGIVE ME --
THAT I MIGHT HAVE TO OPEN A BRANCH OFFICE. // WELL, I
CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER SPOT THAN HERE IN INDIANAPOLIS.
JUST AS TREES GROW, WITH ROOTS AND BRANCHES BECOMING
STRONGER AND DEEPER BY THE YEAR, YOUR EFFORTS ON BEHALF
OF TREES CAN REACH FAR INTO THE FUTURE. //
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I BEGAN BY TALKING ABOUT TWO GREAT INDIANA
EXPORTS -- DAN QUAYLE AND BASKETBALL. LET ME CLOSE BY
REFERRING TO AN EVENT --AND THEN A MOVIE -- CLOSE TO
THE VICE-PRESIDENT'S HEART. //
FIRST, THE EVENT. THREE YEARS AGO, AFTER BEING RE-
ELECTED BY ONE OF THE GREATEST LANDSLIDES IN INDIANA
HISTORY, DAN WAS SALUTED ON HIS 40TH BIRTHDAY IN A WAY
EACH OF YOU WILL APPRECIATE. KNOW HOW?
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STUDENTS PLANTED FORTY TREES IN HIS HONOR -- ONE AT
I.U. LAW SCHOOL, 15 AT HIS COLLEGE ALMA MATER, AND 24
AT DAN'S HIGH SCHOOL. THOSE TREES REAFFIRM THE BEAUTY
OF INDIANA. THEY EMBODY THE KINDNESS OF YOU, HIS
FRIENDS.
SECOND, THE MOVIE. It's CALLED HOOSIERS. YOU'VE
SEEN IT -- PROBABLY MEMORIZED IT. IT WAS FILMED HERE
AND IN THREE NEARBY TOWNS. // YES, IT'S ABOUT
BASKETBALL. BUT IT ALSO PORTRAYS --UNFORGETTABLY --
THE BEAUTY OF INDIANA. //
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THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE HOOSIERS, LOOK FOR TWO THINGS:
KIDS AND TREES. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE IN THE FILM -- THEY
MAKE THE MOVIE SPECIAL, EVEN MAGICAL. // AND so IT IS
FROM EVANSVILLE IN THE SOUTH TO THE MICHIGAN STATE
LINE. // TREES -- MANY PLANTED BY KIDS -- ENHANCING
THE SPLENDOR OF INDIANA'S CATHEDRAL OF THE OUTDOORS.
So LET'S HELP THESE YOUNGSTERS PLANT MORE TREES --
NURTURE THEM -- IN THIS STATE AND ALL FIFTY STATES.
AND so KNOCK JOHNNY APPLESEED FROM THE GUINNESS BOOK OF
RECORDS. //
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LET'S PLANT THE "TREES FOR TOMORROW" THAT WILL BLESS
THE CHILDREN OF TOMORROW -- THE GENERATIONS WHO WILL
INHERIT OUR EARTH. //
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. HATS OFF TO THE
CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS. GOD BLESS THE LAND WE so RICHLY
LOVE -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND NOW, IT IS
MY GREAT PLEASURE TO OFFICIALLY PLANT THE FIRST TREE OF
THIS MAGNIFICENT CAMPAIGN.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARBOR DAY EVENT
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990
Sen. Dick Lugar
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Dan Coats Mayor Hudnut, Director Strong distinguished
guests, ladies and gentlemen. It is indeed great to be "back
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home again in Indiana." And as the banner says, to plant "trees
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or tomorrow" that will benefit our Nation and its kids.
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And in that context, I want to salute a great former Indiana
Senator who has been an even greater Vice-President. A man I
trust. I Hoosier I rely upon. Dan Quayle. //
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(( Let me say how proud I am of the job Dan has done as a
member of our team. He's served our Administration well. And
more important, he's served the Nation well. )) //
Today, the Vice-President is back in Washington. // As you
can see, he let me play hookie. // Nor, sadly, could Bobby
Knight be with us. He's out recruiting what Dan assures me is
yet another national champion. //
Even so, I am glad to see all of you here in a city which,
unlike some, can always see the forest for the trees. // And
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which intends this year to plant thirty thousand trees. Trees
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that are in a larger sense the sanctuaries of mankind. Renewing
and refreshing. // And that represent the continuity of
mankind. An inheritance passed from one generation to another.
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Like many of you, I grew up reading the great Hoosier poet,
James Whitcomb Riley. And I recall how once he said, "Life is a
cycle larger than any indivídual." // Well, so it is with
trees. They renew and restore the natural magic of our world.
// Think of how trees enhance our atmosphere. Providing oxygen
and absorbing carbon dioxide. // And how they enhance our
environment. For their beauty is breathtaking. And their bounty
is breathgiving. //
Ten weeks ago, I announced a new program to preserve both
// indeed, to help us conserve all natural resources. // It's
called "America the Beautiful." // It will help plant the seeds
of énvironmental stewardship. Not only by planting trees -- but
through other steps, as well.
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"Americá the Beautiful" calls for expanded land acquisition
for our national parks, wildlife refuges, forests and public
lands. And funds to maintain and restore them. Our program is
similar to your "Clean and Green Month" -- it seeks clean water,
clean land, clean air. // In that spirit, let me note that
later today the Senate will consider our clean air legislation
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- the first rewrite of the Clean Air Act in over a decade. I am
proud of this proposal to cut smog, acid rain, and toxic
pollution -- to make America cleaner and safer. // Tonight
marks an historic vote. So I urge the Senate to act not merely
for this generation but all the generations to come. //
Trees, of course, can help ensure clean air. // Consider:
A recent study showed that trees -- much more than water --
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consume the carbon dioxide that raises temperatures. Research
also shows that trees can lower peak energy demand in urban areas
habby 20 to 40 percent. And that three well-placed trees around
a
home can reduce its air conditioning needs by 10 to 50 percent.
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The record's clear: We need trees economically -- and
environmentally. We also need them to lift our minds, and
hearts. // For instance, every time I look at an old tree, I
feel affinity: Maybe it's because some of them are a little long
in the tooth. // But whatever our age, trees are something we
all can plant -- for while they can be fragile, or sturdy, they
are always precious. // And the record shows that Indianapolis
isn't falling down on the job of planting trees. And neither
will our Administration. //
That's why a key part of "America the Beautiful" is a
national tree planting and forest improvement program, to be
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administered by the Agriculture Department. // This program
involves both rural areas as well as urban tree planting programs
in cities like Indianapolis. And to fund it I have asked
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Congress for $175 million to plant one billion trees a year. //
Two weeks ago, I also asked Congress to approve another step
to protect the environment. // We call it the National Tree
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Trust Act of 1990. An initiative that will foster the
partnership between the public and private sectors to plant trees
across America. // Under this plan, we will designate a private
nonprofit Foundation to receive a one-time Federal grant to
promote community tree planting and cultivation projects. // It
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will also solicit contributions from private sources. Sound a
nationwide call for each American to protect the environment.
And most of all, plant the trees that clean our air, prevent
erosion, and purify our water.
By acting as one of a Thousand Points of Light, the National
Budget
Tree Trust Act of 1990 will help create Ten Billion Trees of
Life. // And it, in turn, will complement local programs to
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help conservation enrich America's quality of life. Programs
like your "Trees for Tomorrow."
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individuals, private groups, and your Department of Parks and
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Recreation A And results -- in April alone, you're donating 1,000
trees. // This urban forestry program will help volunteers show
new volunteers not only how and where to plant trees. But also
how to care for them -- why we need them -- and how they help the
environment. // You know, two weeks ago I told an audience that
I'd been planting so many trees all over the country -- please
forgive me -- that I might have to open a branch office. //
Well, I can't think of a better spot than here in Indianapolis.
Just as trees grow, with roots and branches becoming stronger and
deeper by the year, your efforts on behalf of trees can reach far
into the future. //
I began by talking about two great Indiana exports -- Dan
Quayle and basketball. Let me close by referring to an event --
and then a movie -- close to the Vice-President's heart. //
First, the event. Three years ago, after being re-elected
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by one of the greatest landslides in Indiana history, Dan was
saluted on his 40th birthday in a way each of you will
appreciate. Know how? School-children planted forty trees in
his honor -- one at I.U. law school, 15 at his college alma
mater, and 24 at Dan's high school. Those trees reaffirm the
beauty of Indiana. And I know that to Dan, they embody the
kindness of you, his friends.
Second, the movie. It's called Hoosiers. You've seen it -
- probably memorized it. It was filmed here and in three nearby
towns. // Yes, it's about basketball. But it also portrays --
unforgettably -- the beauty of Indiana. // The next time you
see Hoosiers, look for two things: Kids and trees. They're
everywhere in the film -- they make the movie special, even
magical. 11 And so it is from Evansville in the south to the
Michigan state line. // Trees -- many planted by kids --
enhancing the splendor of Indiana's cathedral of the outdoors.
So let's help these youngsters plant more trees -- nurture
them -- in this State and all fifty States. And SO knock Johnny
Appleseed from the Guinness Book of Records. // Let's plant the
"trees for tomorrow" that will bless the children of tomorrow
-- the generations who will inherit our earth. //
Thank you for what you're doing. Hats off to the City of
Indianapolis. God bless the land we so richly love -- the United
States of America. And now, it is my great pleasure to
officially plant the first tree of this magnificent campaign.
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