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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press secretary
(cleveland, ohio)
For Immediate Release
May 21, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
IN ADDRESS TO THE OHIO FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATION
Auditorium
St. Josephat's Cathedral
Cleveland, Ohio
1:53 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Thank you,
Governor Voinovich. I think the people in Parma probably
understand this, but let me just say it: You've got a great
Governor of this state, and I'm proud to be with him.
(Applause.) May I salute two members of my cabinet -- the
President's Cabinet -- with me here today: Secretary Jack Kemp,
who runs HUD, doing a great Job. (Applause.) He's out there
working to help through enterprise zones and homeownership --
doing a great job there. And then another one whom you all know
very well -- most of you do -- a man who has introduced me to
much of ethnic America: Secretary Ed. Derwinski, the Secretary of
the Veterans Administration. (Applause.)
I want to thank Mayor Ries, who greeted me earlier,
Parma's Mayor, welcoming me to this wonderful community.
(Applause.) Another old friend, Ralph Perk -- we go back a long,
long time, Ralph -- to when he was Mayor of the City of
Cleveland. And, of course, Mike DeWine, who I want to see in the
United States Senate; now the Lieutenant Governor of this state.
(Applause.)
Let me thank all of you for this Freedom Medal. I
was pointing out to Ralph something he had already seen. But I
love these signs; all of them hand-done --- but "Freedom IS
America's Name" and "Let Freedom Ring.' what says it better than
that? I don't know. It is fantastic. (Applause.) I think it
is very fitting that George Voinovich, your Governor has
proclaimed this Freedom Day. And Americans like yourselves, not
just here, but all across the country, gave us the strength, the
determination, the will to topple the Berlin wall and to work for
the freedom of Eastern Europe and for the rest of what used to be
the Soviet Union. (Applause.)
You never gave up. You never, ever gave up. You
said your prayers; you said them over and over again, praying for
your friends and your families that were left halfway around the
world, but you never, ever gave up. And I've been in public life
for sometime; half my life in public life, half in private. And
one thing I've seen wherever is the faith that the Americans
-- different nationalities had in the fact that their countries,
their people would be free. You never gave up, and I
congratulate you for that. (Applause.)
Today we hear so much gloom and doom about what's
wrong with the United States of America. But we can all take
pride that we brought about the fall of the Iron Curtain, the
death of imperial communism, and we prevented the cataclysm of
the third world war because freedom-loving people in America and
in Europe persevered and won the Cold war definitively. And we
should take great pride in that. (Applause.)
It's risky to go into any particular country in this
homogenous group, I'll tell you; but a group joined together
because of freedom, but with many ethnic backgrounds. But the
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great leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Cardinal slipy]
endured years of pain in prison, and we'll forget his role.
We'll never forget Hungary's noble symbol of courage, the late
Cardinal Mindszendty. Both of these men died in lonely exile.
But they inspired others, not just in Hungary, but others to
persevere. And they inspired others to literally change the
world. And now both are hailed openly as heroes in their native
land, just as they are honored here in America. The church,
faith, had a lot to do about the success of the United States in
standing up against communism and working and prevailing for
freedom. (Applause.)
This day, Freedom Day, we also honor heroes of the
'90s -- statesmen like Havel and Walesa and Landsbergis. And we
marvel at how our world has changed. You know. during the '80s
Havel and Lech Walesa spent time in prison for the crime of
speaking up for freedom. That was the crime -- to speak up for
freedom. And it was scarcely more than one year ago that
Landsbergis, Lithuania took his stand, armed with only the truth
and the spirit of patriotism against the Red Army forces who were
gunning down innocent citizens in Lithuania.
so we won't forget that. And this day honors the
work of half a century of our G.I.s and of our allies who kept
NATO strong. The radio broadcasters who pierced the Iron Curtain
with words of hope and truth.
I remember when Lech Walesa came to the United
states. He wanted to go to Radio Free Europe so he could meet
and look into the eyes of the voice that he had heard speaking up
for freedom when that was the only hope the people of Poland had
-- a wonderful story about our nation's perseverance. We think
of world leaders whose deeds were as-powerful as their words.
Margaret Thatcher and Helmut Kohl; my predecessor, Ronald Reagan
who had so much to do with keeping our sights set on the fall of
communism. (Applause.)
And of the families -- we think of them -- in the
East and the West who prayed together, and parents who taught
their children right from wrong. The physical and moral strength
of these people transcended and destroyed the Iron Curtain. And
I believe that moral strength will prevail, even where violence
and oppression hold forth, as in the states of the former
Yugoslavia. we now recognize the full sovereignty of Slovenia
and Croatia and Bosnia, and we stand in solidarity with their
people.
Let me make this clear: We will not recognize the
annexation of territories by force. Aggression cannot be
rewarded. But we must stay involved, trying to find a peaceful
answer to the whole question of Yugoslavia -- (applause.)
so, as George said, we do stand on the threshold of
a new world, a world of peace and opportunity. And I really see
this as the opportunity of a century. And it's amazing to learn
about some of the efforts that have already begun. Think tanks
and fact machines that are networking to foster democracy and
free enterprise in the Baltic Republics, in Ukraine and Russia,
throughout Eastern Europe.
Governor Voinovich tells me the growth of telephone
traffic between Ohio and Ukraine is absolutely phenomenal. New
phone links are helping families restore these old bonds and
helping new business ventures get going. People from Kiev and
Vilnius now travel here without having to fear that they left
home for the last time.
Government is doing its part. TWO weeks ago I had a
wonderful meeting for those particularly interested in Ukraine, a
wonderful meeting with Kravchuk -- President Kravchuk. welcoming
him to the White House and then taking him up -- we flew in a
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helicopter up to Camp David, pointing out the different rural
communities in agricultural America and urban America.
I think we made real progress, working with
President Kravchuk, on reducing the threat of nuclear war.
(Applause.) We announced our pledge to establish the science and
technology center in Ukraine. We signed agreements that are
going to foster trade and investment with Ukraine. And I've
taken action to grant Most Favored Nation status for Ukraine as
soon as possible. (Applause.)
And again, for the Ukrainian Americans present, I am
very, very proud that one of the men closest to me in the white
House, Roman Popadiuk will be sworn-in next week as the first
American Ambassador to Ukraine. We've got to keep working on
this. Just last week, a couple of days ago, actually -- I had an
equally good meeting with the President of Kazakhstan, President
Nazarbayev. And, like Kravchuk, Nazarbayev pledged to join the
Non-Proliferation Treaty as a nonnuclear weapon state. And he
pledged to remove all the nuclear weapons within the seven-year
period of the START Agreement.
And in a few more weeks, the President of Russia, a
gigantic, new country -- a gigantic new country, President
Yeltsin coming to the United States and we are going to meet
together in Washington to chart a new partnership with Russia for
the future. And it is a wonderful thing to be talking about
business and freedom instead of talking about nuclear arms and
the worry that our kids used to have in this country about the
nuclear threat. (Applause.)
We're eager to develop strengths and strengthen our
ties with Belarus and Moldova and Armenia and all the nations
that have won independence from soviet rule. And working with
them and our allies, we want to establish a democratic peace -- a
lasting peace that is built on trust, a peace that is built on
shared values, not simply the absence of war.
And so to finish this job, I need your help. We've
done much to support the new nations of the Commonwealth, CIS.
And there are other initiatives that will help these nations
along the road to democracy and freedom. For Russia -- largely
for Russia, but also for the Ukraine and others -- we have the
freedom support act which I've sent up to the Congress, which
will provide new opportunities for American business. It's going
to clear away a lot of that cold War legislation -- get rid of
that -- that now inhibits trade and investment with Ukraine and
the other nations of the old Soviet Empire. It provides new
authority to continue food assistance totally $110 million in
food guarantees for the purchase of American ag products. And
Congress should act now.
We've got problems at home, but we must not miss
this historic opportunity to guarantee the peace for these kids
here and to guarantee the freedom for those across the ocean.
(Applause.)
so join with me in asking Congress not to disappoint
our children and to support us as we try to pass the freedom
support act. And if we meet these responsibilities today, a
generation from now people might be speaking about a Ukrainian
miracle or a Baltic miracle, much as we marvel at the recovery of
Western Europe just a few years ago, ravaged by the second World
War. They came back strong. And everyone calls it The Miracle
of Western Europe. Now we want the same things for these new
republics. And with your support, we can get it. (Applause.)
I know that it is still Easter season in your
church. And to close, I want to tell a story about Easter this
year -- not in Ukraine, but in Russia. Many of you will recall
the big military parades that the Soviets used to have there in
Red Square, always with a huge portrait of Lenin as the backdrop
on the wall of the state Historical Museum.
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well, this year at Easter, there was no portrait of
Lenin. Instead, a massive icon towered over Red square. An icon
of the Resurrection. And atop it, the words, "Khris pos vokres"
-- "Christ is risen." (Applause.) And the way I look at it is
this: This really is a season of resurrection throughout the
once captive nations of Europe. And it is a wonderful time to be
alive to see these days, to enjoy the freedom that God has given
us in the freest, most wonderful nation on the face of the Earth,
the United states of America. May God bless each and every one
of you. (Applause.)
And may I say, as the President of the United
States, I will keep working for freedom around the world. And
with your support, I know we will be successful in seeing these
European and former Soviet republics become free and whole with
the people enjoying a life they never would have dreamed of.
Thank you, and may God bless the United states of
America. Thank you.
END
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at Harvard University. The investigations, underway for
approximately two and a half years, were initiated to determine
if the institutions have discriminated against Asian-Americans in
their admissions processes.
ENERGY
October 1. Secretary Watkins will address the International
Atomic Energy Agency's International Conference on Plasma Physics
and Controlled Nuclear Fusion. Topic: nuclear power. This
biennial event is the premiere worldwide review of fusion
research and this year will highlight the International
Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. The reactor project is
moving into the engineering design phase, and the Department is
currently coordinating an interagency review of the
Administration position on the project. Given the world energy
situation, Watkins' speech may draw considerable attention.
October 2. The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee
on Nuclear Regulation will hold a hearing on the Department's
high-level civilian nuclear waste disposal program. The hearing
will focus on the relationship of spent nuclear fuel disposal and
maintenance of nuclear energy as an option in the National Energy
Strategy. Representatives of the Energy Department and EPA will
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October 1. Final regulations will be published by the Department
governing procedures for asylum applications, appeals and
adjudications. The regulations will replace those in effect
since passage of the Refugee Act of 1980 and are the result of a
lengthy and comprehensive review of the asylum process. The new
regulations are intended to emphasize the inherently humanitarian
nature of the asylum process -- for example, they provide for a
specially-trained corps of asylum officers to adjudicate initial
applications in a private, nonadversarial setting -- and to
preserve an orderly and uniform system for adjudication of
claims.
October 2. Thornburgh will travel to Louisville, Kentucky to
deliver the first Louis Brandeis Lecture at the University of
Louisville School of Law. Topics: white collar crime and public
service.
LABOR
October 2. Secretary Dole will address the inaugural convention
of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department, whose membership
includes 150 transportation union officials. Topic: the
Administration's labor agenda. Secretary Skinner will also
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October 4. Sullivan will join Director Bennett in presenting the
Community Partnership Demonstration Program grants. Ninety-five
grants totalling approximately $42 million will be awarded to
communities that have organized efforts to fight and prevent drug
use.
October 6-13. Surgeon General Novello will travel to Kinshasa,
Zaire to attend the International Conference on AIDS and
Associated Cancers.
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
October 2. Secretary Kemp will address a meeting of Art Laffer
and Associates, an economic consulting firm. Topic: the
Administration's free enterprise war on poverty.
October 4. Kemp will travel to Dallas to address a dinner of the
"I Have A Dream Foundation." Topic: the Administration's anti-
drug efforts in inner-city public housing communities.
October 5. Kemp will travel to New York City to address the
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October 3. Release of the 1988 Toxic Release Inventory National
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October 5. Release of the employment and unemployment figures
for September (Labor). The civilian unemployment rate edged up
to 5.6 percent in August from 5.5 percent in July and 5.2 percent
in June. Employment fell in both the household and establishment
surveys, but establishment employment levels would have
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September 28, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR SENIOR STAFF
FROM:
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SUBJECT:
Cabinet Report -- September 30-October 6
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THE WEEK AHEAD
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AGRICULTURE
October 1. USDA will submit a report to the Congress on the
saving in Medicaid costs for newborns and expectant mothers who
were participants in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
program. The report shows that for every dollar spent in the WIC
program for prenatal participants, there is a corresponding
savings in Medicaid costs ranging from $1.83 to $3.90. The
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2. Mr. Josef Holzer - President, Donauschwaben Association
3. Reverend Caviness - President, Baptist Ministry Conference
4. Mayor Michael Ries - Parma, Ohio
5. Secretary Ed Derwinski - Veterans Affairs
7. Lt. Governor Michael DeWine - Ohio
8. Governor Voynivich
9. THE PRESIDENT
10. Secretary Jack Kemp, HUD
11. Mayor Ralph Perk - President, American Nationalities Movement
12. Senator Stanley Aronoff - President Ohio Senate
13. Judge Bohdan Futey - U.S. Claims Court
14. Ms. Irene Morrow - Executive Secretary, American Nationalities Movement
15. Mr. Vaclav Hyvner - National President, National Alliance of Czech Catholics
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May 21, 1992
OHIO FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATION
DATE:
May 21, 1992
TIME:
1:30 p.m.
LOCATION:
St. Josaphat Ukrainian Cathedral
Astrodome
Parma, Ohio
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I. PURPOSE
To salute the newly freed republics of Central and Eastern
Europe and to honor you and the Administration for your work
in accomplishing this task.
II. BACKGROUND
This event allows you to recognize the sweeping changes
which have occurred in Central and Eastern Europe during
your administration. At this ceremony Governor Voinovich
will declare May 21st as Freedom Day in Ohio and will
present you with a "Freedom Medal" thanking you for your
leadership which facilitated the democratic changes in
Central and Eastern Europe. Among those in attendance
will be ethnic representatives from over 30 different
nationalities (ethnic) groups including Ukrainians, Germans,
Lithuanians, Poles, Czechs, Slovenians, and Hungarians.
In August, 1988, you and then Senator Quayle participated in
a similar gathering at Lenau Park in which you announced
that the Berlin Wall would come down. On September 27,
1990, you also met with a group of Eastern European ethnic
leaders in Cleveland in which you encouraged them to
continue their support for GOP candidates and thanked them
for their support of the Administration.
This event provides you with opportunity to recognize the
successful transformation of former captive nations into
free and democratic republics, the reunification of
Germany and the collapse of communism in Central and
Eastern Europe since your meetings with Cleveland's
nationalities groups leaders.
III. PARTICIPANTS
The President
On the dais:
Secretary Kemp
Secretary Derwinski
Governor Voinovich
Lieutenant Governor Michael DeWine
Senator Stanley J. Aronoff, President, Ohio State Senate
Mayor Michael Ries, Mayor, Parma, Ohio
Judge Bohdan Futey
Ambassador Roman Popadiuk
Mr. Ralph Perk, President, American Nationalities Movement
Former Mayor, Parma, Ohio CIEVELAND (ACCORD TO DAN
Reverend E. Theophilus Caviness, President, Ohio Baptist
Ministers Conference
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Mr. Josef Holzer, President, Donauschwaben Association
Mr. Vaclav Hyvnar, National President, National Alliance of
Czech Catholics
Fr. Theodore Marszal, Rector, St. Johns Cathedral
Ms. Irene Morrow, Executive Secretary, American
Nationalities Movement
In attendance:
1,800 Central and Eastern European-Americans from the
Greater Cleveland area
IV. PRESS PLAN
Open Press
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Please see Advance Scenario.
VI. REMARKS
To be provided by speechwriters.
(Duggan/Bunton)
May 20, 1992
Draft Four
Parma
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATION
ST. JOSAPHAT'S UKRAINIAN CATHEDRAL
PARMA, OHIO
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1992
1:30 p.m.
Governor Voinovich, reverend clergy, ladies and gentlemen:
I'm grateful for the hospitality of the clergy and parishioners
of St. Josaphat's. I am honored to accept the Freedom Medal from
the American Nationalities Movement. You represent millions of
people on both sides of the Atlantic who now have the thrilling
task of renewing the very face of eastern and central Europe.
How fitting it is that the Governor has proclaimed this
Freedom Day. Americans like yourselves gave us the strength that
helped topple the Berlin Wall. We've brought about the fall of
the Iron Curtain, the death of imperial Communism. We prevented
the cataclysm of a Third World War because freedom-loving people
in America and in Europe persevered and won the Cold War.
Freedom Day honors women and men of faith -- Protestants,
Orthodox, Catholics, Jews, Muslims -- who suffered persecution
rather than assent to the lies of Communism. The great leader of
the Ukrainian Catholic Church, the late Cardinal slipyj, [sli-
PEEJ] endured years of pain and prison. And we'll never forget
Hungary's noble symbol of courage -- the late Cardinal
Mindszendty. [min-ZEN-tee] Both these men died in lonely exile -
- but they inspired others to persevere. They inspired others
literally to change the world. Now both are hailed openly as
heroes in their native lands -- as they are honored here in
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America.
This day we also honor heroes of the 1990s -- statesmen such
as Vaclav Havel and Lech Walesa, and Vytautas [VEE-tau-tas]
Landsbergis. And we marvel at how our world has changed. During
the 1980s, Havel and Walesa spent time in prison for the "crime"
of speaking up for freedom. And it was scarcely more than one
year ago that Landsbergis took his stand -- armed only with the
truth and the spirit of patriotism -- against Red Army forces who
were gunning down innocent citizens of Lithuania.
This day honors the work of half a century: of our GIs and
our allies who kept NATO strong. of radio broadcasters who
pierced the Iron Curtain with words of hope and truth. Of Free
World leaders whose deeds were as powerful as their words:
Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl, Ronald Reagan. of families in
the East and the West who prayed together, and parents who taught
their children right from wrong. The physical and moral strength
of these people transcended and destroyed the Iron Curtain.
Moral strength will prevail even where violence and
oppression hold forth -- as in the states of the former
Yugoslavia. The United States now recognizes the full
sovereignty of Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia. We stand in
solidarity with their people. And let me make this clear: We
will not recognize the annexation of territory by force. We will
not reward aggression. We will stand by our principles, and our
principles will prevail. 11
We stand today on the threshold of a new world of peace and
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opportunity for ourselves and our children -- truly a watershed.
It's a time for hope -- and for hard work. Moments like these
don't happen in every lifetime -- this is the opportunity of a
century. We have the chance to consolidate a democratic peace
and build the enduring prosperity that must follow the Cold War.
We've rolled up our sleeves and begun the job. Two weeks
ago, I welcomed President Kravchuk to the White House and Camp
David on the first visit by a freely elected president of
independent Ukraine. Together, we made progress against the
threat of nuclear war. I announced America's pledge to establish
a Science and Technology Center in Ukraine. We signed agreements
that will foster trade and investment with Ukraine. And I have
taken action to grant Most Favored Nation status for Ukraine as
soon as possible.
Two days ago I had an equally good meeting with Kazakh
President Nazarbayev. Like President Kravchuk, he pledged to
join the Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear weapons state,
and pledged to remove all nuclear weapons within the seven-year
period of the START agreement. And in a few more weeks,
President Yeltsin and I will meet together in Washington to chart
a new partnership for the future.
The United States is eager to develop and strengthen close
ties with Belarus, Moldova, Armenia and all the nations that have
won independence from Soviet rule. Working with them and our
allies, we want to establish a democratic peace -- a lasting
peace based on trust and shared values, not simply the absence of
4
war. To finish this job, I need your help. I've sent historic
legislation to Congress -- a bill that embodies the best in
America -- the Freedom Support Act.
The Freedom Support Act will provide exciting new
opportunities for American business. It will clear away the mass
of Cold War legislation that now inhibits trade and investment
with the states of the old Soviet empire. It calls for a U.S.
quota increase to help the International Monetary Fund promote
the landmark reforms underway in these countries.
The Freedom Support Act also will promote vital people-to-
people contacts. It's just amazing to learn about some of the
efforts already begun: Think tanks and fax machine networks to
foster democracy and free enterprise in the Baltic republics, in
Ukraine, in Russia, throughout eastern Europe. Governor
Voinovich tells me the growth of telephone traffic between Ohio
and Ukraine is phenomenal. New phone links are helping families
restore old bonds and helping new business ventures get going.
And people from Minsk and Vilnius now travel here without having
to fear that they've left home for the last time.
I want you to help me get Congress to act urgently on the
Freedom Support Act. This bill is essential to our aims for
fostering free enterprise, democracy and peace in the countries
newly free from the Soviet yoke. This is in their interest.
It's also in our interest. Congress should pass this bill.
Congress should fully fund the programs. Congress should act
without delay -- and get this bill on my desk before President
5
Yeltsin's visit next month. 11
Let's not disappoint our children. If we meet our historic
responsibilities today, a generation from now people may speak of
a "Ukrainian Miracle" or a "Baltic Miracle" much as we marvel at
the recovery of western Europe from the ravages of the Second
World War. You and I can help make this happen. And achieving
this would be the finest, the most lasting monument we could
possibly build to honor the faith and the sacrifices of our Cold
War heroes. So let us finish the job. Let's extend this day of
freedom into a lasting era of freedom, peace and prosperity for
the people who have prevailed over Communism.
I know it is still the Easter season in your Church, and to
close, I want to tell a story about Easter this year, not in
Ukraine, but in Russia. Many of you will recall the big military
parades the Soviets used to have in Red Square -- always with a
huge portrait of Lenin as the backdrop, on the wall of the State
Historical Museum. Well, this year at Easter, there was no
portrait of Lenin. Instead a massive icon towered over Red
Square -- an icon of the Resurrection. And atop it the words:
"Christos Voskrese" [KREE-stos vos-KRES] -- Christ is Risen.
This is indeed a season of resurrection throughout the once-
captive nations of Europe. It's a wonderful time to be alive, to
see these days, and to enjoy the freedom God has given us in the
freest, most wonderful nation on Earth -- the United States of
America. Thank you, and may God bless all of you.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATION
ST. JOSAPHAT'S UKRAINIAN CATHEDRAL
PARMA, OHIO
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pierced the Iron Curtain with words of hope and truth. Of Free
World leaders whose deeds were as powerful as their words:
Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl, Ronald Reagan. Of families in
the East and the West who prayed together, and parents who taught
their children right from wrong. The physical and moral strength
of these people transcended and destroyed the Iron Curtain.
We stand today at a heady place in history -- truly a
watershed. It's a time for hope -- and for hard work. Moments
like these don't happen in every lifetime -- this is the
opportunity of a century. We have the chance to consolidate the
peace and build the prosperity that must follow the Cold War.
We've rolled up our sleeves and begun the job. Two weeks
ago, I welcomed President Kravchuk to Camp David and the White
House on the first visit by a freely elected president of
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Kiev. And we're proud to have him with us in Parma today. 11
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ties with Belarus, Moldova, Armenia and all the nations that have
won independence from Soviet rule. We want to establish a
democratic peace -- a lasting accord based on shared values, not
simply the absence of war. To finish this job, I need your help.
I've sent historic legislation to Congress -- a bill that
embodies the best in America -- the Freedom Support Act.
The Freedom Support Act will help us eliminate nuclear
weapons and reduce the military threat. It will extend to the
lands of the old Soviet Union the programs of the SEED Act -- the
Support for Eastern European Democracy Act. SEED already is
making it easier for investors to create new jobs and enterprises
in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and the Czech and Slovak Federal
Republic. Through the dynamics of trade and growth, these
investments will also result in new jobs here in America.
The Freedom Support Act also will promote vital people-to-
people contacts. It's just amazing to learn about some of the
efforts already begun: Think tanks and fax machine networks to
foster democracy and free enterprise in the Baltic republics, in
Ukraine, throughout eastern Europe. Governor Voinovich tells me
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the growth of telephone traffic between Ohio and Ukraine is
pheonomenal. New phone links are helping families restore old
bonds and helping new business ventures get going. And people
from Minsk and Vilnius now travel here without having to fear
that they've left home for the last time.
We must consolidate this progress. I want you to help me
get Congress to act urgently on the Freedom Support Act. This
bill is essential to our aims for fostering free enterprise,
democracy and peace in the countries newly free from the Soviet
yoke. This is in their interest. It's also in our interest.
Congress should pass this bill. Congress should fully fund the
programs. And Congress should act without delay.
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from the ravages of the Second World War. You and I can help
make this happen. And achieving this would be the finest, the
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and the sacrifices of our Cold War heroes.
So let us finish the job. Let us redouble our efforts. Let
us extend this day of freedom into a lasting era of freedom,
peace and prosperity for the people who have prevailed over
Communism. Thank you, and may God bless you all.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATION
ST. JOSAPHAT'S UKRAINIAN CATHEDRAL
PARMA, OHIO
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1992
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1 Governor Voinovich, reverend clergy, ladies and gentlemen:
I'm grateful for the hospitality of the clergy and parishioners
of the Cathedral of St. Josaphat. I am honored to receive the
Freedom Medal from the American Nationalities Movement. You
represent millions of people on both sides of the Atlantic who
now are taking up the thrilling task of renewing the very face of
eastern and central Europe.
How fitting it is that the governor has proclaimed this
[PARMA]
Freedom Day. Since my last visit here in 1988, we have seen the
Berlin Wall tumble. We've witnessed the fall of the Iron
Curtain, the death of imperial Communism. We avoided the
cataclysm of a hot war -- of a Third World War -- because
freedom-loving people persevered and won the Cold War.
Freedom Day honors women and men of faith -- Protestants,
Orthodox, Catholics, Jews, Muslims -- who suffered persecution
rather than assent to the lies of Communism. The great leader of
Phonetin
the Ukrainian Catholic Church, the late Cardinal slipyj, endured
years of pain and prison. And we'll never forget Hungary's noble
Phonetic
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persevere. They inspired others literally to change the world.
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years ago Havel sat in a Communist prison for the "crime" of
speaking up for freedom. And it was scarcely more than one year
ago that Landsbergis took his stand -- armed only with the truth
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Jan 14, 1991
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This day honors the devoted work of half a century: of
American GIs and our allies who kept NATO strong. of Radio Free
Europe, Radio Liberty and Voice of America broadcasters who
pierced the Iron Curtain with words of hope and truth. of Free
World leaders whose deeds were as powerful as their words:
Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl, Ronald Reagan. of families in
the East and the West who prayed together, and parents who taught
their children right from wrong. The physical and moral strength
of these people transcended and destroyed the Iron Curtain.
We stand today at a heady place in history -- truly a
watershed. It's a time for hope -- and for hard work. Moments
like these don't happen in every lifetime -- this is the
opportunity of a century. We have the chance to consolidate the
peace and build the prosperity that must follow the Cold War.
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ties with Belarus, Moldova, Armenia and all the nations that have
won independence from the old Soviet Empire. We want to
establish a democratic peace -- a lasting accord based on shared
values, not simply the absence of war. To finish this job, I
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The Freedom Support Act will help us eliminate nuclear
weapons and reduce the military threat. It will extend to the
lands of the old Soviet Union the programs of the SEED Act -- the
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Enterprise Funds, we're now making it easier for investors to
create new jobs and enterprises in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and
Czechoslovakia. Through the dynamics of trade and growth, these
investments will also result in new jobs here in America.
The Freedom Support Act also will promote vital people-to-
people contacts. It's just amazing to learn about some of the
efforts already begun: Think tanks and fax machine networks to
foster democracy, rule of law, fundamental rights, and free
enterprise in the Baltic republics, in Ukraine, throughout
eastern Europe. Governor Voinovich tells me the growth of
telephone traffic between Ohio and Ukraine is pheonomenal. New
4
phone links are helping families restore old bonds and helping
new business ventures get going. And people from Minsk and
Vilnius now travel here without having to fear that they've left
home for the last time.
We must consolidate this progress. I want you to help me
get Congress to act urgently on the Freedom Support Act. This
bill is essential to our aims for fostering free enterprise,
democracy and peace in the countries newly free from the Soviet
yoke. So please help me send a message to Congress: Yes, by all
means, act on domestic priorities. But domestic concerns provide
no reason, no excuse for delay on the Freedom Support Act.
Congress should pass this bill. Congress should fully fund the
programs. And Congress should act without delay.
Let's not disappoint our children and our children's
children. If we meet our historic responsibilities today, a
generation from now, people may speak of a "Ukrainian Miracle" or
a "Baltic Miracle" much as we marvel at the recovery of Germany
and Italy from the ravages of the Second World War. You and I
can help make this happen. And achieving this would be the
finest, the most lasting monument we could possibly build to
honor the faith and the sacrifices of our Cold War heroes.
So let us finish the job. Let us redouble our efforts. Let
us extend this day of freedom into a lasting era of freedom,
peace and prosperity for the people who have prevailed over
Communism. Thank you, and may God bless you all.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 20, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN MCGROARTY
FROM:
John S. Gardner Qt.D.
SUBJECT:
Ukrainian Cathedral Remarks
Horosho! I really like the "Let us now praise famous men"
emphasis of the speech and the "Ukrainian Miracle" idea. Just
a few random comments, and I have attached my suggested close per lems/minis
your request.
11 DAYSIN NOV. 89
Page 2, para. 1: I thought Havel was released before the Velvet
Revolution, but I could be wrong. Besides Havel, another good
story is Jiri Dienstbier, condemned by the Communist regime to
work as a janitor, then elevated as Foreign Minister of the CSFR.
Random comment: can we work in a Slovak? Slovakia borders
Western Ukraine (where the Uk. Catholics live), and I'd bet a
few pierogies that there will be Slovaks in the audience. Maybe
Bob Hutchings has a suggestion.
Page 3, carrover para.: I'd list all the agreements -- science,
OPIC, etc. These got very little press, and that would help
counter the perception that all our attention is going to Russia.
Page 3, second full para. Given my suspicion that there will be
Slovaks in the audience, I'd change "Czechoslovakia" to "the
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic.' This is not pedantic -- the
name change is highly sensitive among Slovaks. Saying the new
official name of the country will be noted.
Final comment: I think you can go farther on the need for free
enterprise in these countries without rubbing the audience the
wrong way. Once we issue a strong plea for aid, it's OK to
include a gentle reminder along the lines of "And we're
encouraging Ukraine, Russia, and the other new nations to move as
soon as possible towards the market economies that will build
prosperity." You can probably repeat the sentence from the
Kravchuk departure.
Thanks.
(attachment)
Some explanation on the attachment:
In the Eastern Church, people greet each other during the
Easter season with the words "Christos Voskrese,' and the
response is "Voistenno Voskrese," which means "The Lord is risen
indeed."
I don't think this will sound exclusionary -- the very good
language about religious freedom and diversity towards the
beginning of the speech covers us on that score.
I know it is still the Easter season in your Church, and to
close, I want to tell a story about Easter this year, not in
Ukraine, but Russia. Many of you will recall the big military
parades they used to have in Red Square on state occasions, and
towering above the square was a huge portrait of Lenin hung on
the State Historical Museum.
Well, this year, for Easter, there was no portrait of Lenin
-- but an icon of the Resurrection. And atop the icon the words:
"Christos Voskrese"* -- Christ is Risen.
"The Lord is risen indeed," in Russia, Ukraine, and
throughout the once-captive nations of Europe, and a new dawn of
freedom is breaking over our world. It's a wonderful time to be
alive, to see these days, and to enjoy the freedom God has given
us in the freest, most wonderful Nation on Earth -- the United
States of America.
May God bless you and all the peoples now living in the
light of liberty.
*[KREE-stos Vos-KRES]
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LENGTH: 796 words
HEADLINE: Dissident writer elected Czechoslovak president
BYLINE: From Chicago Tribune wires
DATELINE: PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia
BODY:
Vaclav Havel, the Czechoslovak writer whose insistence on speaking the truth
about repression in his country cost him his freedom repeatedly over the last 21
years, was elected president by the parliament Friday in an event celebrated by
the throng outside as the redemption of their freedom.
In a speech formally nominating the 53-year-old playwright, Marian Calfa, the
country's communist premier, praised Havel, who until May 17 was serving a term
in prison.
"He has won the respect of all," Calfa told the legislators assembed in the
medieval Hradcany Castle high above the city. "He never accepted the suggestions
of friends or foes that he go into exile, and bore the humiliation of a man
oppressed and relegated by those in power to the margins of society. Your vote
for Vaclav Havel will be a vote for ensuring the human rights of every citizen
of our country."
Calfa said Havel had insisted on free parliamentary elections next year as a
condition for accepting the mostly symbolic post and would serve only until a
new parliament could be elected to choose a new president for a regular
five-year term.
Alexander Dubcek, the ousted Communist Party chief who led the Prague Spring
reforms that were crushed in a 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion, and now rehabilitated
as the chairman of the parliament, called for other nominations. But there were
none; Havel's election had been agreed to beforehand by the Communist leadership
and the opposition Civic Forum.
Completing the formality, all 323 deputies in the heavily Communist
legislature voted for Havel.
Havel took an oath revised by the parliament Thursday to delete a promise of
loyalty to the cause of socialism.
After a 20-gun salute and a military parade, he addressed the joyous crowd
that thronged the castle courtyard.
"Dear friends," he said. "I promise you I will not betray your confidence. I
will lead this country to free elections. This must be done in an honest and
calm way, so that the clean face of our revolution is not soiled. That is the
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task for all of us. Thank you.'
Then, Havel became the first president since the Communists took power in
1948 to attend Roman Catholic mass, traditionally part of the inaugural
ceremony.
Havel's appearance at the nationally televised mass was significant for the
country's 9 million Catholics, who suffered repression for their faith under the
Communists.
Because of his upper-class background, Havel, the son of a civil engineer,
was not allowed to go to the university by the Communist government after he
finished his compulsory schooling in 1951.
Today, the students of Prague, many of them children of the Communist ruling
class, have made Havel their intellectual hero.
Havel, whose most recent prison term was for participating in a demonstration
last January in memory of a student who immolated himself in protest against the
crushing of the Prague Spring of 1968, is expected to address the nation by
television on New Year's Day.
When the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion began in August, 1968, Havel took
part in Free Czechoslovak Radio broadcasts.
A year later, he signed a declaration condemning the post-Dubcek policy of
"normalization." His published works were withdrawn from public libraries, and
his new works were banned.
In April, 1975, he sent a letter to the man he has now succeeded as
president, Gustav Husak, warning that ultimately a repressed people would demand
a price for "the permanent humiliation of their human dignity."
For writing that letter, and for organizing the Charter 77 human rights
movement at the beginning of January 1977, Havel was arrested and charged with
"subversion of the republic." Convicted that October, his 14-month sentence was
conditionally deferred, but he was in and out of jail again until arrested in
May, 1979, for supporting the Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly
Prosecuted.
He was tried again for subversion that October and sentenced to 4 1/2 years
in prison, but he was released for health reasons in February, 1983.
His refusal to break with the Charter 77 movement led to other periods of
detention.
But last January, his defiance of police orders to stay away from a
demonstration in memory of Jan Palach, the young man who burned himself to death
in protest after the 1968 invasion, resulted in four months' imprisonment.
After his release, Havel called for restraint in commemorating the invasion's
21st anniversary in August, but he had to hide from the police anyway to keep
from being arrested. He and three associates organized a petition, called "A Few
Words," which soon gathered tens of thousands of signatures, calling for the
release of all political prisoners and an end to discrimination on religious
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October 29, 1989, Sunday, BC cycle
LENGTH: 158 words
HEADLINE: FRANCE PROTESTS TO CZECHOSLOVAKIA OVER "REPRESSION"
DATELINE: PARIS, Oct 29
KEYWORD:
FRANCE-CZECHOSLOVAKIA
BODY:
French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas said on Sunday that repressive measures
could not solve Czechoslovakia's problems.
In a message to Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jaromir Johanes, Dumas said:
"At a time when the aspirations of the people are expressing themselves more and
more strongly, the French people and their government consider that the use of
repressive measures cannot provide a solution to problems".
Czechoslovak security forces detained 355 people on Saturday after breaking
up the biggest demonstration in 20 years, when 10,000 people gathered to mark
the 71st anniversary of national independence.
Dumas also asked the French ambassador to Prague to inquire into the health
of dissident playwright Vaclav Havel, who is being treated in hospital for
respiratory problems.
Havel was arrested last Thursday night to prevent him attending Saturday's
demonstration but he was released after he demanded to see a doctor.
SUBJECT:
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August 19, 1988, Friday, BC cycle
SECTION: General News
LENGTH: 226 words
HEADLINE: Candidates' schedules
KEYWORD:
Cand-Skeds
BODY:
Following are the current campaign schedules of the presidential candidates
and vice presidential candidate (all times local): Vice President George Bush:
Saturday, 8-20: Ohio. 9:45 a.m. parade Dayton; 1:15 p.m. attend Horse Shoe
Pitching Tournament, Ohio State Fair, Columbus; 5:50 p.m. attend Summer October
Fest, Lenau Park, Cleveland; overnight Cleveland. Gov. Michael Dukakis:
Saturday, 8-20: 9 a.m. breakfast with Senator and Mrs. Bentsen and Mrs. Lyndon
Johnson followed by photo opportunity and visit to former President Johnson's
grave, Johnson House, Stonewall, Texas; 11:15 a.m. attend parade, Johnson City,
Texas; 4:40 p.m. attend Wilson County Fair, Lebanon, Tenn., 6:10 p.m. private
meeting, Nashville National Guard Terminal, Nashville; overnight Boston.
Sunday, 8-21: Boston. No campaign events scheduled.
Monday, 8-22: Boston. No campaign events scheduled. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen:
Saturday, 8-20: 9 a.m. breakfast with Gov. Dukakis and Mrs. Lyndon Johnson,
followed by photo opportunity and visit to former President Johnson's grave,
Johnnson House, Stonewall, Texas; 11:15 a.m. attend parade, Johnson City, Texas;
(time to be announced) attend Jefferson Jackson Dinnner, Jacksonville, Fla.;
overnight Washington D.C. ---
For more details: Bush (Alixe Glen) 202-842-1988; Dukakis and Bentsen
(Leslie Dach) 617-451-2480.
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Newsday
August 22, 1988, Monday, HOME EDITION
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 5
Other Edition: Nassau and Suffolk Pg. 5, City Pg. 4
LENGTH: 1309 words
HEADLINE: Handling Quayle Questions;
Bush stumps alone; aides and VP candidate regroup
BYLINE: By Saul Friedman. Newsday Washington Bureau. Catherine Woodard
contributed to this story, which also was supplemented with wire reports.
DATELINE: Springfield, Ill.
KEYWORD: GEORGE BUSH; PRESIDENT; CANDIDATE; ELECTION; 1988; CAMPAIGN; DAN
QUAYLE
BODY:
Vice President George Bush fought to put his campaign on the offensive
yesterday as his controversial running mate, Sen. Dan Quayle, and his advisers
returned to Washington to regroup, amid Democratic criticism and new questions
about Quayle's background and qualifications to be on the Republican ticket.
Without Quayle at his side, as had been scheduled, Bush campaigned hard and
toured the Illinois State Fair. And after inspecting a National Guard display
and playfully pointing a TOW Missile launcher at the press, he told a "family
day" picnic that his absent running mate had "served in the National Guard with
pride and with honor."
The day had been planned as a joint Bush -Quayle appearance in this, the
most populous state in the Midwest. But even in Quayle's absence, Bush's
message on the issues, while well-received by crowds, was nagged by his running
mate's troubles.
Bush once again defended Quayle's service in the National Guard during the
Vietnam War, saying the press "ought not to try to be making something wrong out
of serving in that way." And he defended Quayle against newspaper reports that
his academic record was so poor in college, he got into law school only when he
appealed to a dean who has since become a political ally.
Aides had said Quayle left the campaign ahead of schedule to go to Washington
to attend to family affairs before heading out alone to stump.
But later Bush told reporters that his campaign chairman, James A. Baker
III, and veteran political consultant Stuart Spencer had gone to Washington with
Quayle because "he's got to get his act together." His selection as the
Republican vice-presidential nominee, Bush added, "hit him out of the clear
blue sky."
Quayle may also deliver a major speech about his difficulties when he returns
to campaigning this week, officials said.
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One of President Ronald Reagan's former speechwriters, Ken Khachigian, who
has been assigned to the vice-presidential candidate, is fashioning a speech
Quayle is tentatively scheduled to deliver Thursday in St. Louis to a meeting of
a National Guard organization.
Yesterday was the fifth day in which the Bush campaign was beset by
questions about Quayle, the 41-year-old two-term senator from Indiana who was
selected less than a week ago over a number of better-known and more experienced
candidates.
And one of those passed over, Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, said the controversy over
Quayle and the National Guard will linger.
"I think it's going to last a while," Dole said on NBC-TV's "Meet the Press"
yesterday.
At a time when Bush had hoped to take advantage of the "bounce" in the
polls coming out of the Republican convention with joint appearances in the
critical Midwest, the campaign was confronted with allegations that Quayle had
taken refuge from the draft and possible service in Vietnam by joining the
National Guard.
Addressing the controversy while on Air Force 2, traveling from Springfield
to Chicago, Bush said, "Let everybody in that generation turn and cast the
first stone and see where they were at then
The National Guard is an
honorable service. So many went to Canada. Do we condemn an entire generation? I
don't think so."
Although Quayle denies dodging the draft and insists he joined the Guard so
that he could go to law school, Quayle's wealthy, Indiana newspaper publishing
family may have used its influence to help get him into the Guard in 1969, at
the height of the Vietnam War.
Yesterday, Ohio newspapers published stories that suggested that his family's
political connections helped him talk his way into Indiana University law
school, despite having a lower grade-point average than the 2.4 required for
automatic admission.
Quayle has acknowledged that he was a poor student at DePauw University. The
manner and timing of his entrance into law school may be important as he has
said he joined the Guard because he was entering law school.
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer yesterday, when Quayle left college
in 1969 and joined the Guard on the day of his graduation, Quayle's
undergraduate average was less than 2.4 or "C," which precluded his automatic
acceptance into law school. But the then-admissions dean, G. Kent Frandsen,
allowed Quayle to enter in 1970.
Quayle's father, James, publisher of the Huntington Herald Press, told
Newsday and other newspapers that his son had talked himself into the law
school.
"At first, he could not get into law school because his grades weren't good
enough," he told Newsday. "He went over there and talked to the dean of the
school or somebody
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Quayle's father also said, "Now, he doesn't have the greatest smarts in the
world. He's got good common sense. He's got good street smarts."
Since Quayle entered law school, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Frandsen has become a close friend and political ally of Quayle's. Frandsen
insisted to the newspaper that Quayle "was not given preferential treatment."
Quayle was with Bush as their day began at Transfiguration Church, a
Polish-American parish in Cleveland, but aides kept the senator far from the
reach of reporters' shouted questions. But campaign press secretary Sheila Tate,
while acknowledging that Quayle "did not cut a wide swath" academically, said he
was nevertheless well "motivated to go to law school" and got by demonstrating
that motivation in his interview at the time he sought to get in.
AS he walked through the Illinois State Fair, Bush defended Quayle's
academic record with humor, telling reporters that in high school "I failed in
chemistry, and I don't want anyone to know it." When reporters noted that Quayle
seemed to have been a poor student, Bush replied, "You're looking at one." But
his wife, Barbara, reminded reporters that Bush, at Yale, had been a member of
Phi Beta Kappa, the honors fraternity.
On talk shows yesterday, Democrats sought to make the issue Bush's judgment
in choosing Quayle as a running mate.
House Whip Tony Coelho, appearing on "Meet the Press," said, "Out of the 46
Republicans in the Senate, I think most people would agree that Dan Quayle, at
best, is 30th, or something like that. Why did George Bush pick Dan Quayle?
That's got to be the question."
Dukakis campaign manager Susan Estrich, on "Face the Nation," asked, "Is this
the man who is best qualified to be vice president of the United States?" If
not, she said, "At that point the real issue is not Dan Quayle, it's George
Bush and his judgment, his decision to pass over some Republicans of real
national stature to choose Dan Quayle."
Dole also said he did not consider Quayle the best-qualified candidate to be
Bush's running mate but he expected the Indiana senator to grow into the job.
"I'd assume you can find better-qualified people."
And the National Guard issue might not play well, he said. "Right now, I
would guess there are a number of Reagan Democrats who are going to remain
undecided or maybe go the other way," he said.
Despite the distractions, Bush, who has had a reputation for being awkward
on the stump, has campaigned with deftness and authority. Pressing for the votes
of conservative ethnic groups who have given their allegiance to President
Ronald Reagan, Bush won a standing ovation from German-Americans at an
Oktoberfest in Cleveland Saturday, and a standing ovation from
Polish-Americans at the Transfiguration Church when he told of his visit to
Poland's Lech Walesa, leader of the outlawed trade union Solidarity.
Bush, who has campaigned on the slogan "Faith, family and freedom," seemed
pleased with his swing through the Midwest, which he completes today with a
speech in Chicago to the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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"The crowds have been big," he said at the fairgrounds. "And even the polls
that had me kicked and kicked hard, seem to be going in the right direction."
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Church in Cleveland yesterday. 2) AP Photo-Marilyn Qualye jokingly waves her
finger at George Bush as their spouses look on at Cleveland's airport (P. 4 C)
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The Associated Press
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materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The
Associated Press.
May 8, 1988, Sunday, AM cycle
LENGTH: 574 words
HEADLINE: Travels With Jackson: Stranded Bus, Barbs At Bush and Lingering
Racism
BYLINE: By RITA BEAMISH, Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: A familiar Jesse Jackson line
KEYWORD: Reporter's Notebook
BODY:
"They take the early bus" - took on a new meaning for reporters traveling
with the Jackson presidential campaign in California last week.
Jackson regularly makes the statement when referring to the working poor as a
way to illustrate that many poor people are hardworking but still can't make a
decent living.
On Friday, the press bus broke down en route from a Jackson rally in San
Pedro to another in Santa Monica. Jackson's limousine, motorcyle escort and the
rest of the motorcade disappeared up the Harbor Freeway, while the bus limped to
the shoulder, disabled by a transmission problem, it was established later.
The staff called for another bus as the reporters fumed about being stranded.
An argument ensued among the driver, Secret Service agent and a camera crew that
wanted to get out and film the stalled bus.
The camera crew stayed inside. The new bus arrived after about 10 minutes and
fought its way through freeway traffic to Santa Monica.
Jackson, meanwhile, had arrived and saw another reporter who had been riding
in a separate press van while her colleagues languished on the roadside.
When he asked how she got there so soon, the reporter told Jackson, "I took
the early bus."
Jesse Jackson has been getting a lot of mileage out of belittling George
Bush lately. He has not had to look far for ammunition.
A recent favorite: he quotes an April 30 New York Times story in which Bush
was asked about reports that he has sought the resignation of embattled Attorney
Gen. Edwin Meese.
Bush was quoted as replying, "I deny I have ever given my opinion to
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The line gets a big laugh when Jackson repeats it, as he did in Atlanta
several thousand unionists attending a machinists convention last week.
As far as Bush being in the driver's seat, Jackson came across another news
story describing a Bush photo opportunity for the press.
Bush decided to drive a Jeep, as Jackson tells it, to improve his image of
toughness, "50 it would look like he was going to take America someplace."
At this point in the story, Jackson pauses for effect.
" Bush, II he says, "got in on the rider's side. =
Jesse Jackson often talks about crossing lines of race, sex and religion
to find common ground among disparate groups.
But he had his work cut out for him in Parma, Ohio, a predominantly white,
blue-collar suburb of Cleveland where racist attitudes were voiced openly by
some.
An elderly woman said she could not support the black minister because "I'd
rather have our man in there, one of ours, you know what I mean. When the
reporter asked what she meant, she replied, "I'd rather have a white person."
One elderly man told a reporter he did not think Jackson would get much
support around here because "People don't want a black president. It will turn
the country around."
A union representative told another reporter that black people don't want to
work very hard.
The comments were made in impromptu interviews with people attending a rowdy
popcorn-and-beer fund raiser for for Rep. Mary Rose Okar, D-Ohio last week.
The sea of white faces Jackson found when he entered the union hall was not
unusual for him. Around the country, many whites attend his rallies and he has
an active blue-collar following.
But this was not his crowd. There was a constant din as he spoke and many,
having heard Okar earlier, walked out or lined up at the beer counter in the
back during Jackson's speech.
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Copyright (c) 1988 The Washington Post
September 14, 1988, Wednesday, Final Edition
SECTION: EDITORIAL; PAGE A23
LENGTH: 873 words
HEADLINE: Voters Are Smarter Than the Candidates
BYLINE: David S. Broder
BODY:
"Big enough to lead the world?'' That is the question asked on the cover of
The Economist, the British weekly whose insights into American politics are
often shrewder than any minted on these shores. The unstated subjects of its
question are, of course, George Bush and Michael Dukakis, and the implicit,
provisional answer is ''No --- not if you judge them by what they have said so
far.
That is the same answer four Post colleagues and I heard last week from
voters in swing precincts in five key states in our first round of door-knocking
since the conventions. The public mood is so skeptical that it is safe to
predict that unless one or both of these men elevate their rhetoric and
captivate their audiences, voter turnout may again decline in this election.
The irony is that many of those turned-off voters can articulate the stakes
in the election more clearly than the candidates are willing to do. There's a
widespread apprehension, even among those who count Ronald Reagan's presidency
as an overall success, that the United States faces difficult challenges - and
maybe hard times - ahead.
After seven fat years, many voters expect some lean. More than that, they
tell you that increasing foreign competition, rising public debt and the wave of
mergers and takeovers have sapped their confidence that the big shots running
the economy really know what they're doing.
Though the candidates can't seem to fathom it, the voters' concerns are not
selfish. In the middle-class neighborhoods we visited --- from Long Beach,
Calif., to Parma, Ohio, to Englewood Cliffs, N.J. - the real worry is not how
the voters will pay their own bills, but how well cared for their parents will
be as the illnesses of age afflict them, how well trained and educated their
children will be, given the problems in the schools, and whether their
grandchildren will be able to ''move up'' a ladder of opportunity that seems to
have lost its bottom rungs.
'We're all pretty well set,'' said Dale Harting, a 52-year-old St. Louis
plumber, ''but the kids coming along behind us are not going to be able to
afford the same standard of living. We're a consumer nation sucking stuff out of
the rest of the world and eventually we're not going to have the money to buy
this stuff.
This sense of tough challenges - and tough times -- ahead makes these voters
long for a president who has the judgment to see what needs to be done and the
force of character to persuade the nation to do it. As the Economist editorial
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put it, ''The political skill required of an American President
is to
choose a few not-quite-possible goals, and then to use his personality and the
authority of his office to lead his countrymen and the world to them.
At this point, neither Bush nor Dukakis is displaying those qualities.
Instead, they are turning off the voters. 'The candidates should give us firm
facts and not so much back-stabbing, said Donna Freiner, a St. Louis medical
receptionist and housewife. ''They need to do a better job telling us who they
are.
All the praise the rivals drew for their acceptance speeches in Atlanta and
New Orleans has done little to improve the stereotypes voters carry in their
minds. Bush is still weak - a wimp, as many say - and Dukakis is still vague
and emotionless. Indeed, the only significant change in what we heard was a
change for the worse: Republicans have succeeded in planting doubts about
Dukakis' values and beliefs by hammering on the 'Massachusetts liberal' image.
To a remarkable degree, these men are still strangers, mysterious figures to
many voters. Bush has been around for years, they know, but only for a few
weeks has he attempted to step out of Ronald Reagan's shadow. His first big
decision -- picking Dan Quayle as his running mate - mystified almost everyone
we interviewed and dismayed quite a few. As for Dukakis, he comes across to them
as a stern, strait-laced fellow who popped up in Ted Kennedy and Tip O'Neill's
back yard and somehow worked his way into the presidential race.
The single biggest reason these candidates seem amorphous and unimpressive is
their reluctance to deal head on with what the voters recognize as clearly as
the Economist editors to be the greatest challenge awaiting the next president:
the budget deficit. Voters are not dumb. They recognize the truth of what The
Economist says: ' 'Ronald Reagan made America stand tall partly because he placed
it on a mountain of debt. Sooner or later, mountains have avalanches.
So long as the candidates evade that reality, they will continue to invite
cynicism. Greg Atkinson, a St. Louis tax lawyer, voiced the common complaint:
'They keep telling you what they're going to do, but they don't tell you how
they're going to pay for it.''
There is time for Bush or Dukakis to level with the voters and show the
strength of character Americans and our friends abroad want to see in a
president. Whoever does can win over millions of voters who now see the election
simply as a ''lesser-of-two-evils'" proposition. What's more important,
democracy can win an important victory over cynicism.
But at the moment, the answer to The Economist's ''big enough?'' question is
an overwhelming no.
TYPE: OPINION EDITORIAL
SUBJECT: UNITED STATES; PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES; VOTERS; HUMAN BEHAVIOR
ORGANIZATION: THE ECONOMIST
NAMED-PERSONS: GEORGE BUSH; MICHAEL DUKAKIS
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Memorandum for Speechwriting Staff
From:
Dan McGroarty
Regarding: Freedom Day
Please return your comments to Room
122 by:
11 AM Today
Today's Date: MAY 20 I992
Jeannie
(Duggan/Bunton)
May 19, 1992
Draft Two
Parma
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATION
ST. JOSAPHAT'S UKRAINIAN CATHEDRAL
PARMA, OHIO
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1992
[time]
Governor Voinovich, reverend clergy, ladies and gentlemen:
I'm grateful for the hospitality of the clergy and parishioners
of the Cathedral of St. Josaphat. I am honored to receive the
Freedom Medal from the American Nationalities Movement. You
represent millions of people on both sides of the Atlantic who
now are taking up the thrilling task of renewing the very face of
eastern and central Europe.
How fitting it is that the governor has proclaimed this
Freedom Day. Since my last visit here in 1988, we have seen the
Berlin Wall tumble. We've witnessed the fall of the Iron
Curtain, the death of imperial Communism. We avoided the
cataclysm of a hot war -- of a Third World War -- because
freedom-loving people persevered and won the Cold War.
Freedom Day honors women and men of faith -- Protestants,
Orthodox, Catholics, Jews, Muslims -- who suffered persecution
rather than assent to the lies of Communism. The great leader of
the Ukrainian Catholic Church, the late Cardinal slipyj, endured
years of pain and prison. And we'll never forget Hungary's noble
symbol of courage -- the late Cardinal Mindszendty. Both these
men died in lonely exile -- but they inspired others to
persevere. They inspired others literally to change the world.
Now both are hailed openly as heroes in their native lands.
2
This day we also honor heroes of the 1990s -- statesmen such
as Vaclav Havel and Lech Walesa and Vytautas Landsbergis. And we
marvel at how our world has changed. Remember: Three short
years ago Havel sat in a Communist prison for the "crime" of
speaking up for freedom. And it was scarcely more than one year
ago that Landsbergis took his stand -- armed only with the truth
and the spirit of patriotism -- against Red Army shock troops who
were gunning down innocent citizens of Lithuania.
This day honors the devoted work of half a century: of
American GIs and our allies who kept NATO strong. of Radio Free
Europe, Radio Liberty and Voice of America broadcasters who
pierced the Iron Curtain with words of hope and truth. of Free
World leaders whose deeds were as powerful as their words:
Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl, Ronald Reagan. of families in
the East and the West who prayed together, and parents who taught
their children right from wrong. The physical and moral strength
of these people transcended and destroyed the Iron Curtain.
We stand today at a heady place in history -- truly a
watershed. It's a time for hope -- and for hard work. Moments
like these don't happen in every lifetime -- this is the
opportunity of a century. We have the chance to consolidate the
peace and build the prosperity that must follow the Cold War.
[Placeholder for language on ex-Yugoslav republics]
We've rolled up our sleeves and bequn the job. Two weeks
ago, I welcomed President Kravchuk to Camp David and the White
House on the first visit by a freely elected president of
3
independent Ukraine. Together, we made progress against the
threat of nuclear war. We signed agreements that will foster
trade and investment with Ukraine. And I indicated I want Most
Favored Nation status for Ukraine as soon as possible. 11
I am eager to develop and strengthen the same sort of close
ties with Belarus, Moldova, Armenia and all the nations that have
won independence from the old Soviet Empire. We want to
establish a democratic peace -- a lasting accord based on shared
values, not simply the absence of war. To finish this job, I
need your help. I have sent historic legislation to Congress --
the Freedom Support Act.
The Freedom Support Act will help us eliminate nuclear
weapons and reduce the military threat. It will extend to the
lands of the old Soviet Union the programs of the SEED Act -- the
Support for Eastern European Democracy Act. Through the SEED
Enterprise Funds, we're now making it easier for investors to
create new jobs and enterprises in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and
Czechoslovakia. Through the dynamics of trade and growth, these
investments will also result in new jobs here in America.
The Freedom Support Act also will promote vital people-to-
people contacts. It's just amazing to learn about some of the
efforts already begun: Think tanks and fax machine networks to
foster democracy, rule of law, fundamental rights, and free
enterprise in the Baltic republics, in Ukraine, throughout
eastern Europe. Governor Voinovich tells me the growth of
telephone traffic between Ohio and Ukraine is pheonomenal. New
4
phone links are helping families restore old bonds and helping
new business ventures get going. And people from Minsk and
Vilnius now travel here without having to fear that they've left
home for the last time.
We must consolidate this progress. I want you to help me
get Congress to act urgently on the Freedom Support Act. This
bill is essential to our aims for fostering free enterprise,
democracy and peace in the countries newly free from the Soviet
yoke. So please help me send a message to Congress: Yes, by all
means, act on domestic priorities. But domestic concerns provide
no reason, no excuse for delay on the Freedom Support Act.
Congress should pass this bill. Congress should fully fund the
programs. And Congress should act without delay.
Let's not disappoint our children and our children's
children. If we meet our historic responsibilities today, a
generation from now, people may speak of a "Ukrainian Miracle" or
a "Baltic Miracle" much as we marvel at the recovery of Germany
and Italy from the ravages of the Second World War. You and I
can help make this happen. And achieving this would be the
finest, the most lasting monument we could possibly build to
honor the faith and the sacrifices of our Cold War heroes.
So let us finish the job. Let us redouble our efforts. Let
us extend this day of freedom into a lasting era of freedom,
peace and prosperity for the people who have prevailed over
Communism. Thank you, and may God bless you all.
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WILL ROMAN POMPADIUK BE THERE?
TIME OF FREEDOM DAY EVENT
FACT CHECK
(Duggan/Bunton)
May 19, 1992
Draft One
Parma
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATION
ST. JOSAPHAT'S UKRAINIAN CATHEDRAL
PARMA, OHIO
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1992
[time]
Governor Voinovich, reverend clergy, ladies and gentlemen:
I'm grateful for the hospitality of the clergy and parishioners
of the Cathedral of St. Josaphat. I am deeply honored to receive
the Freedom Medal from the American Nationalities Movement. You
represent millions of Americans descended from ancient nations of
Europe that suffered for decades under the Communist yoke. You
represent millions of people on both sides of the Atlantic who
now are taking up the thrilling task of renewing the very face of
eastern and central Europe.
Today we celebrate the governor's proclamation of Freedom
Day. Since my last visit to this community in 1988, we have seen
the Berlin Wall tumble. We've witnessed the fall of the Iron
Curtain, the death of imperial Communism. We avoided the
cataclysm of a hot war -- of a Third World War -- because
freedom-loving people persevered and won the Cold War.
This celebration would not be possible had it not been for
the unwavering faith and courage of women and men who stood up
for the truth against the lies and the violence of Communism.
Many endured decades of imprisonment, physical and psychological
torture, and exile. The great leader of the Ukrainian Catholic
PHON
Church, the late Cardinal slipyj, endured such persecution. And
we'll never forget Hungary's brave symbol of resistance to
2
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Communism -- the late Cardinal Mindszendty.
Both these men died in lonely exile -- but they inspired
others to persevere. They inspired others literally to change
the world. Now both are celebrated openly as heroes in their
native lands. This Freedom Day is a tribute to them and
countless other people of faith -- Protestants, Orthodox,
Catholics, Jews and Muslims -- who suffered persecution rather
than surrender to the falsehood of Communism.
This day we also honor heroes of the 1990s -- statesmen such
as Vaclav Havel and Lech Walesa and Vytautas Landsbergis. And we
Arristed
marvel at how our world has changed. Remember: Three short
years ago Havel sat in a Communist prison for the "crime" of
Became
12/27/ 89
speaking up for freedom. And it was scarcely more than one year
Jan 14, 1991
ago that Landsbergis took his stand -- armed only with the truth
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and the spirit of patriotism -- against Red Army shock troops who
were gunning down innocent citizens of Lithuania.
This day honors half a century of perseverance: of American
GIs and our allies in Canada and Europe who kept NATO strong,
decade after decade. Of the fearless women and men of the Free
World's intelligence services. of Radio Free Europe, Radio
Liberty and Voice of America broadcasters who pierced the Iron
Curtain with words of hope and truth. Of Free World leaders
whose deeds were as powerful as their words: Margaret Thatcher,
Helmut Kohl, Ronald Reagan. of families in the East and the West
who prayed together, and parents who taught their children right
from wrong. The physical and moral strength of these people
3
transcended and destroyed the Iron Curtain.
We stand today at a heady place in history -- truly a
watershed. It's a time for hope -- and for hard work. Moments
like these don't happen in every lifetime -- this is the
opportunity of a century. We have the chance to consolidate the
peace and build the prosperity that must follow the Cold War.
[Placeholder for language on ex-Yugoslav republics]
We've rolled up our sleeves and begun the job. Two weeks
ago, I welcomed President Kravchuk to Camp David and the White
Press Offu thes,
House on the first visit by a freely elected president of
independent Ukraine. Together, we made progress against the
threat of nuclear war. We signed agreements that will foster
See
trade and investment with Ukraine. And I indicated I want Most
Signing
Ceremony
Favored Nation status for Ukraine as soon as possible. 11
5/6/92
I am eager to develop and strengthen the same sort of close
ties with Belarus, Moldova, Armenia and all the nations that have
won independence from the old Soviet Empire. To finish this job,
Jois stuff
I need your help. 6 I have sent historic legislation to Congress -
- the Freedom Support Act.
The Freedom Support Act will extend to the lands of the old
Soviet Union the programs of the SEED Act -- the Support for
Eastern European Democracy Act. Through the innovative
Enterprise Funds of the SEED Act, we are now making it easier for
investors to create new jobs and new enterprises in Poland,
Hungary, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia. Through the dynamics of
trade and growth, these programs will also result in good new
4
jobs here in America.
The Freedom Support Act also will promote vital people-to-
people contacts between the United States and eastern Europe and
Eurasia. It will help assure the success of initiatives that
private citizens, foundations and corporations already are
taking. It's just amazing to learn about some of the efforts
already begun: Think tanks and fax machine networks to foster
democracy and free enterprise in the Baltic republics, in
Ukraine, throughout eastern Europe. Governor Voinovich tells me
the growth of telephone traffic between Ohio and Ukraine is
pheonomenal. With the KGB no longer tapping the lines and
intimidating people, phone links are helping families restore old
bonds and helping new business ventures get going. And people
from Minsk and Kiev and Vilnius now travel here without having to
fear that they've left their homes for the last time.
We must consolidate this progress. I want you to help me
get Congress to act urgently on the Freedom Support Act. This
bill is absolutely essential to our aims for fostering free
enterprise, democracy and peace in the countries newly free from
the Soviet yoke. So please help me send a message to Congress:
Yes, by all means, act on domestic priorities. But domestic
concerns provide no reason, no excuse for delay on the Freedom
Support Act. Congress should pass this bill. Congress should
fully fund the programs. And Congress should act without delay
Let's not disappoint our children and our children's
children. If we meet our historic responsibilities today, a
5
generation from now, people may speak of a "Ukrainian Miracle" or
a "Baltic Miracle" much as we marvel at the recovery of Germany
and Italy from the ravages of the Second World War. You and I
can help make this happen. And achieving this would be the
finest, the most lasting monument we could possibly build to
honor the faith and the sacrifices of our Cold War heroes.
So let us finish the job. Let us redouble our efforts. Let
us extend this day of freedom into a lasting era of freedom,
peace and prosperity for the people who have prevailed over
Communism. Thank you, and may God bless you all.
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1991 McGraw-Hill, Inc., Business Week, January 28, 1991
BYLINE: Rose Brady in Vilnius, Rosemarie Boyle in Moscow, and Peter Galuszka in
New York, with Bill Javetski in Washington and Richard A. Melcher in London
HIGHLIGHT:
GORBACHEV APPEARS TO BE BENDING TO THE FORCES OF REACTION IN MOSCOW
BODY:
It is Jam. 14, the morning after Soviet shock troops attacked Lithuanian
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tensely: ''The aggression in Lithuania shows that the military forces hope for a
coup d'etat across the Soviet Union.
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WILL ROMAN POMPADIUK BE THERE?
TIME OF FREEDOM DAY EVENT
FACT CHECK
(Duggan/Bunton)
May 19, 1992
Draft One
Parma
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATION
ST. JOSAPHAT'S UKRAINIAN CATHEDRAL
PARMA, OHIO
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1992
[time]
Governor Voinovich, reverend clergy, ladies and gentlemen:
I'm grateful for the hospitality of the clergy and parishioners
of the Cathedral of St. Josaphat. I am deeply honored to receive
the Freedom Medal from the American Nationalities Movement. You
represent millions of Americans descended from ancient nations of
Europe that suffered for decades under the Communist yoke. You
represent millions of people on both sides of the Atlantic who
now are taking up the thrilling task of renewing the very face of
eastern and central Europe.
Today we celebrate the governor's proclamation of Freedom
Day. Since my last visit to this community in 1988, we have seen
the Berlin Wall tumble. We've witnessed the fall of the Iron
Curtain, the death of imperial Communism. We avoided the
cataclysm of a hot war -- of a Third World War -- because
freedom-loving people persevered and won the Cold War.
This celebration would not be possible had it not been for
the unwavering faith and courage of women and men who stood up
for the truth against the lies and the violence of Communism.
Many endured decades of imprisonment, physical and psychological
torture, and exile. The great leader of the Ukrainian Catholic
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Church, the late Cardinal Slipyj, endured such persecution. And
we'll never forget Hungary's brave symbol of resistance to
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Communism -- the late Cardinal Mindszendty.
Both these men died in lonely exile -- but they inspired
others to persevere. They inspired others literally to change
the world. Now both are celebrated openly as heroes in their
native lands. This Freedom Day is a tribute to them and
countless other people of faith -- Protestants, Orthodox,
Catholics, Jews and Muslims -- who suffered persecution rather
than surrender to the falsehood of Communism.
This day we also honor heroes of the 1990s -- statesmen such
as Vaclav Havel and Lech Walesa and Vytautas Landsbergis. And we
marvel at how our world has changed. Remember: Three short
years ago Havel sat in a Communist prison for the "crime" of
speaking up for freedom. And it was scarcely more than one year
ago that Landsbergis took his stand -- armed only with the truth
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and the spirit of patriotism -- against Red Army shock troops who
were gunning down innocent citizens of Lithuania.
This day honors half a century of perseverance: of American
GIs and our allies in Canada and Europe who kept NATO strong,
decade after decade. Of the fearless women and men of the Free
World's intelligence services. of Radio Free Europe, Radio
Liberty and Voice of America broadcasters who pierced the Iron
Curtain with words of hope and truth. Of Free World leaders
whose deeds were as powerful as their words: Margaret Thatcher,
Helmut Kohl, Ronald Reagan. Of families in the East and the West
who prayed together, and parents who taught their children right
from wrong. The physical and moral strength of these people
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transcended and destroyed the Iron Curtain.
We stand today at a heady place in history -- truly a
watershed. It's a time for hope -- and for hard work. Moments
like these don't happen in every lifetime -- this is the
opportunity of a century. We have the chance to consolidate the
peace and build the prosperity that must follow the Cold War.
[Placeholder for language on ex-Yugoslav republics]
We've rolled up our sleeves and begun the job. Two weeks
ago, I welcomed President Kravchuk to Camp David and the White
House on the first visit by a freely elected president of
independent Ukraine. Together, we made progress against the
threat of nuclear war. We signed agreements that will foster
trade and investment with Ukraine. And I indicated I want Most
Favored Nation status for Ukraine as soon as possible. 11
I am eager to develop and strengthen the same sort of close
ties with Belarus, Moldova, Armenia and all the nations that have
won independence from the old Soviet Empire. To finish this job,
I need your help. I have sent historic legislation to Congress -
- the Freedom Support Act.
The Freedom Support Act will extend to the lands of the old
Soviet Union the programs of the SEED Act -- the Support for
Eastern European Democracy Act. Through the innovative
Enterprise Funds of the SEED Act, we are now making it easier for
investors to create new jobs and new enterprises in Poland,
Hungary, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia. Through the dynamics of
trade and growth, these programs will also result in good new
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jobs here in America.
The Freedom Support Act also will promote vital people-to-
people contacts between the United States and eastern Europe and
Eurasia. It will help assure the success of initiatives that
private citizens, foundations and corporations already are
taking. It's just amazing to learn about some of the efforts
already begun: Think tanks and fax machine networks to foster
democracy and free enterprise in the Baltic republics, in
Ukraine, throughout eastern Europe. Governor Voinovich tells me
the growth of telephone traffic between Ohio and Ukraine is
pheonomenal. With the KGB no longer tapping the lines and
intimidating people, phone links are helping families restore old
bonds and helping new business ventures get going. And people
from Minsk and Kiev and Vilnius now travel here without having to
fear that they've left their homes for the last time.
We must consolidate this progress. I want you to help me
get Congress to act urgently on the Freedom Support Act. This
bill is absolutely essential to our aims for fostering free
enterprise, democracy and peace in the countries newly free from
the Soviet yoke. So please help me send a message to Congress:
Yes, by all means, act on domestic priorities. But domestic
concerns provide no reason, no excuse for delay on the Freedom
Support Act. Congress should pass this bill. Congress should
fully fund the programs. And Congress should act without delay.
Let's not disappoint our children and our children's
children. If we meet our historic responsibilities today, a
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generation from now, people may speak of a "Ukrainian Miracle" or
a "Baltic Miracle" much as we marvel at the recovery of Germany
and Italy from the ravages of the Second World War. You and I
can help make this happen. And achieving this would be the
finest, the most lasting monument we could possibly build to
honor the faith and the sacrifices of our Cold War heroes.
So let us finish the job. Let us redouble our efforts. Let
us extend this day of freedom into a lasting era of freedom,
peace and prosperity for the people who have prevailed over
Communism. Thank you, and may God bless you all.
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FROM
3,000 Audience
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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May 18, 1992
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MEMORANDUM FOR PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHWRITING
FROM:
JIM SCHAEFER Jim
SUBJECT:
SUGGESTED IDEAS FOR THE OHIO FREEDOM DAY EVENT
PARMA, OHIO
Please review suggested notes from my meeting with Central and
East European-American community leaders organizing the Ohio
Freedom Day event on May 21st. If you have any questions
regarding this material please call me at (21G) 623-7223.
Fox 216-623-0285 Stonffer in Hotel
This event provides the President with an opportunity to
take stock in his accomplishments in fostering a free and
elevelend
democratic Central and Eastern Europe.
--
Perhaps an opening such as, "4 years ago when I was in
Cleveland I promised that the Berlin Wall would come down
and that I would do all possible to see that it would come
down during my administration. 4 years later I am here with
you today to report that the Wall has come down, that we
have eradicated the totalitarian regimes of communism in
Europe and that we are entering a bright new world of
freedom and democracy".
-- Another statement might include, "Just two weeks ago I meet
with President Kravchuk to pledge America's support to aid
Ukraine and in just a few short weeks our own Roman
of
Pompaduik here with us today will serve as our Ambassador to
Ukraine".
Also, "Nationalities organizations throughout America
assisted in our efforts to free Central and Eastern Europe.
They kept a vigil helped relay information to friends and
loved ones that the spirit of democracy and freedom was
attainable behind the Iron Curtain".
--
If possible mention the 1992 Freedom Support Act (FSA), a
"Marshall Plan for the 90's". Discuss how it assists C.I.S.
and all of Central and Eastern Europe. However, few if any
Russian-Americans will be in the audience. The audience
wants to hear about non-Russian aspects of the FSA and other
aid related programs especially related to business
development programs, educational programs, and the Peace
Corps business development focus for Eastern Europe etc.
Do not Russians talk about Russia or
croats, subs, etc.
This event provides the President to announce U.S.
humanitarian aid to Bosnia, Slovania, and Croatia.
Another issue of concern to this audience is the presence of
former Soviet troops in Central and East Europe (especially
the Baltics). Any mention of ways the U.S. might help to
expedite the troop withdrawal would be viewed very favorably
by the audienoc.
TOTAL P.22
Parma Sun Post
THURSDAY. MAY 14, 1992
50'
PARMA PARMA HEIGHTS SEVEN HILLS
President visits Parma May 21
Voinovich to award 'Freedom Medal' at St. Josaphat's
liberty. freedom and self determination of the for.
countries has earned him the henor. said Futev,
By TERRI DOYLE
mer captive nations."
who has been active here within the Ukrainian
Shatt When
Many representives of liberated countries in
community.
PARMA - President George Bush will be hon-
the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe are
Futey called the event "non-partisan and non-
ored here next week by several nationality
expected to attend, according to August B. Pust,
political," meant only to highlight and celebrate
groups for his support of the quest for freedom in
Voinovich's special assistant for multicultural
the freedom of formerly oppressed countries.
affairs.
their native countries.
The ceremony at which the president will be
Pust. a Euclid resident. said the Freedom
honored is a public one, with tickets available
Gov. George Voinovich and the American Na.
Medal is given traditionally to ethnic community
from leaders in the ethnic community. ethnic
nonalities Movement will present Bush with the
leaders known for their commitment to freedom
community organizations and the Nationalities
"Freedom Medal" at a 12:30 p.m. ceremony May
in their native land.
Services Center.
21 at St. Josaphat Ukraintan Cathedral, 5720 State
"I'm delighted to welcome the president to this
Road.
Doors will open at noon. and all guests must
celebration of a new and freer global
arrive by 12:30 p.m. Persons who attend are en-
In further celebration of the occasion, Voino-
community.
Voinovich
said
in
prepared
couraged to wear their native costumes Futey
vich has declared that day as "Freedom Day"
statement. "After decades of somber commem-
said.
throughout Ohio and has Invited municipal lead-
orations of captive nations, it's wonderful to have
Bush and Voinovich will address the crowd
ers throughout the state to do the same in their
the president here to emphasize the significance
before the governor makes his presentation to the
own communities.
of this happy event."
president.
Freedom Day is the state's "official salute to
Andrew Futey. a Parma native who is special
The liberation of the former captive nations Is
the transformation of the captive nations to free
assistant to Voinovich for boards, commissions
an issue close to Voinovich's heart. Futey said.
nations
and judgeships, said Rush has been chosen as a
The governor. of Slovenian and Serbian descent.
The must significant aspect of the observance
recipient because of the leadership rule he tonk in
has been a strong advocate of ethnic self deter.
will be Bush's visit, during which he will receive
supporting democratic changes in the former
mination.
the Freedom Medal. a special award given to per.
captive nations
Mayor Michael Ries sald the city of Parma -
sons "who have demonstrated a commitment to
His strung commitment to freedom in these
See VISITS. page A6
Visits
Parma and Joseph Holzer of North
Royalton: Ukrainian representa-
tives George Kulchytsky and
from page AT
George V. Oryshkewych of Parma;
which prides itself on its ethnic di-
Hungarian representative Kathy
versity and culture - welcomes
Kapossy of Solon Polish representa-
Bush and Voinovich.
tive Walter Nagorny of Seven Hills;
"We're truly honored to have the
and Slovak representative Sophie
two of them in our city,' he said.
Hudak of Parma
Besides the public event, local
Natives of the newly formed re-
ethnic leaders might have a chance
publics of Slovenia and Croatia also
to meet with Bush privately to dis-
are expected to attend.
cuss aid - economic and otherwise
Of course, Futey said. no ethnic
- to the liberated countries.
celebration would be complete with-
Among nationality leaders haping
out song and dance. The Kashtan
to meet with Bush are German ren
Ukrainian Folk Ensemble of Parma
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and the Ohio Boy Choir are among
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of
the groups expected to perform.
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groups during a previous VISIT to Greater Cleveland. Bush will be in Parma
May 21 to receive the Freedom Medal from Gov. George Voinovich and
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID F. DEMAREST
FROM:
JOSEPH P. DUGGAN
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS FOR OHIO FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATION
I. SUMMARY
On Thursday, May 21 at 2 p.m. you will deliver remarks to an
audience of 3,000 people, representing 32 nationalities at the
Ohio Freedom Day Celebration at St. Josaphat S Ukrainian Catholic
Cathedral in Parma, Ohio. Governor Voinorich
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II. DISCUSSION
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Nahmelta movement's Freedom medal.
East European--
Your remarks, (approximately $ minutes / cards,) focus on
freedom and emerging Democratic values and those who
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praise the heroes of half a entury's
perseverance in the cold war and
urge promot enactment
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the Freedom Support Act.