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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Los Angeles, California)
For Immediate Release
February 6, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
DURING FUNDRAISING DINNER FOR
CALIFORNIA STATE G.O.P.
Century Plaza Hotel
Los Angeles, California
8:26 P.M. PST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Frank, and Governor
Deukmeijian. Duke, always a pleasure to see you. To the California
State delegation, many of whom are here, thank you for coming. And
it's great to see our party Chairman Lee Atwater with us tonight.
He's doing an outstanding job. (Applause.) He plays that rhythm and
blues -- I'd rather hear Vicky Carr sing, but nevertheless.
(Laughter.)
And thank you for the beautiful rendition of the
Star-Spangled Banner. Johnny, the honorary mayor of Hollywood. And
all of you who are supporting this marvelous effort for our party,
headed by Frank Visco -- and, Frank, thank you for the introduction.
I see that we have a lot of celebrities here tonight.
Bob Hope, thank you, sir, for your remarks. When I first saw this
star-studded (Laughter.) audience, I thought I'd wandered into a Lakers' game.
I don't think there have been so many celebrities in one
place since they used to be there at Dodgers Stadium -- at Tommy
Lasorda's office before they allowed the visitors -- kicked the
visitors out of there.
And, of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger is here. He was up
visiting Barbara and me the other day at Camp David. I call him,
"Conan the Republican." And he has taken on a big job for us as
Chairman of this Fitness Council, and it's very, very important --
he's taking it seriously. We saw his beautiful new daughter up
there at Camp David -- I bent over to kiss her and she tried to
bench-press me. (Laughter.) Where is he? Oh, right. Sorry about
that. (Laughter.) That's when I realized that any kid who has her
own set of free weights doesn't need a teddy bear. (Laughter.)
Now, there's one more person I'd like to mention tonight,
even though he's not here -- a friend of everybody in this room --
tonight he's celebrating his 79th birthday, and I would like to
simply say, happy birthday, President Reagan, wherever you are, and
best wishes from all of us. (Applause.)
This is my first trip out here on behalf of the
California state party. I want to thank all of you for the victory
that you gave us here on election night. I'll never forget the close
win here. You have my gratitude --- Duke, certainly, Governor, you do
well-done. -- and my appreciation for your hard work and commitment for a job
But tonight, I want to talk to you about another job:
the job of preparing our great country for the future. Last
Wednesday, I made my first State of the Union address to the nation.
I covered a lot of ground because our country faces divorce
challenges that will test every American as we enter this new decade.
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Around the world, there is, as we've heard here tonight,
rapid and welcome change, as people from Panama to Prague strive for
democracy. Self-determination is contageous. They even want it in
Malibu, I understand. (Laughter.) But millions of people are
leaping over their volleyball nets to free them. (Laughter.) No,
but seriously -- (laughter) -- millions of people are looking to
America for the hope and encouragement they need as they seek the
same freedom we have here. Freedom of expression, security and
opportunity we enjoy. And America will be there to help.
(Interruption by demonstrator.)
THE PRESIDENT: But if America is to continue its
traditional leadership role, we've got to be competitive enough to
take on the job, and strong and smart enough to do it right.
(Interruption again by demonstrator.)
THE PRESIDENT: Today -- she's pretty tough. (Laughter
and applause.) You know, economic times are reasonably good and
we're enjoying the greatest economic expansion in peacetime history.
But to maintain the growth that has provided better lives for
millions of Americans, we've get to make sure that America becomes
even stronger. We've got to invest in our future.
And first, a sound education for our kids must be the
first and foremost, and it is. (Applause.) And we have proposed the
largest education budget in history. But real improvement in our
schools is not simply a matter of spending more. It's a matter of
asking more of our students, our teachers, our parents, our schools.
And while the federal government is going to help meet its national
challenge, the states -- the "laboratories" of democracy, as Justice
Brandeis put it -- will do a much better job than we ever can. And
that's why we've announced new education goals for our country,
developed working with Governor Deukmeijian and the other 49
governors.
By the year 2000, every child must start school ready to
learn and we've got to increase our high school graduation rate to no
less than 90 percent. (Applause.) And we're going to make sure that
our schools' diplomas mean something. In critical subjects -- at the
4th, 8th and 12th grades -- we must assess our students' performance.
By the year 2000, U.S. students must be first in the world in math
and science skills. (Applause.) And every American adult must be a
literate worker and citizen. Every school in America must offer the
kind of disciplined environment needed for our kids to learn.
(Applause.) And this other goal, every school in America must be
drug-free. (Applause.)
Here in California, we've designated Los Angeles as a
"high intensity drug trafficking area" -- to help this great city rid
itself of the scourge of drugs. And we've got to get PCP and crack
off the streets and out of the schools. And it's time we got more
federal resources into the hands of those on the front lines. If we
are to compete internationally, America must be drug-free,
well-educated and ready to do the job right. (Applause.)
And there's another investment we must make for the
future of this country to keep competitive -- and I'm talking about
R&D, research and development. California can be proud of its great
research institutions. Schools like these will dream the dreams and
create the ideas that form the cornerstone of our economic power in
the years to come. And that's why our 1991 budget includes a
record-high $71-billion proposal for research and development. And
with the best young minds of the next generation on our side, America
will win the research and development race.
Education, a drug-free workplace, and research and
development are part of the mix for economic competitiveness. But
there's one more important ingredient -- and many here know this --
savings and investment. And together, they create jobs and promote
opportunity for all Americans. And so we've proposed the Savings and
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Economic Growth Act, which includes our family savings account
proposal and provisions to allow first-time home buyers to make an
early withdrawal from those IRAs without penalty. (Applause.)
And it does one more thing; it proposes a cut in the rate
in the capital gains tax. (Applause.) Last year, a majority in both
Houses of Congress showed their support for this capital gains tax
cut. And this year, with your help, we'll pass that tax cut to give
our competitors a run for the money and keep the American economy
going strong. (Applause.)
But to remain competitive, government must also reflect
the new world emerging around us like the National Training Center
base I've just visited in Barstow that Barbara and I were at today
-- and later going to the Strategic Air Command base near Omaha. As
the nature of the threats to the American security change -- and they
are changing so, too, must our response change. Our forces will
remain robust, well-trained, highly professional but geared to the
new challenges of the '90s. And I believe that we can do that. I'm
in a big battle in Congress, and I'd like to have your support to
keep reasonable levels of defense. I'm not going to miss an
opportunity to cut, but I want to do it prudently, and I want to get
something from the other side when we do it. (Applause.)
Finally, one more thought here -- kind of competitiveness
I'd like to talk to you about. Let me tell you a story about a
summer night, 1981, when a group of California Democrats sat in a
restaurant in Sacramento with a pencil and a paper, redesigning
California's political landscape. They drew what one of them called
at the time their "contribution to modern art" -- it was their words.
Well, we've got a name for it, and we call it gerrymandering.
Lines were drawn across communities, towns, even streets
into twisted, contorted crazy shapes without the slightest regard
for either the will of the people or the rules of elementary
fairness. Since those lines went into effect, there have been 135
general elections for California's congressional seats, and only once
has a seat changed party control.
In 1984, in fact, Republican congressional candidates
together received more total votes than the Democratic candidates and
yet won nine fewer seats. The 1990 Census may, and probably will,
give California up to seven new congressional seats -- meaning that
nearly one out of every eight congressmen in Washington will
represent California. And all existing California congressional
district lines will have to be redrawn -- this time not with pencils
in a restaurant, but by state-of-the-art advanced computers. The
time has come for redistricting reform. And we've got to end the
charade of that Phil Burton Democratic gerrymandering that has
deprived this state of fair representation. (Applause.)
Look, unlike the Democrats, we don't need gerrymandering
because Republicans can win on the issues. You heard Duke say it.
In fact, we can put the Democrats out of business -- on the issues.
Look at what this Governor's Republican administration has
accomplished since 1983: the unemployment rate was 11, cut to 5.2
percent; 2.7 million new jobs created in this great state.
The list keeps growing: 14 new and expanded prisons open
in 1991, education funding more than doubled, drug education now
included in every school from grades four to eight. California now
has some of the toughest environmental laws in the nation, with
thousands of acres of sensitive lands acquired and preserved. And
thanks to common-sense policies and strong leadership, California is
better off than it ever has been. Let's keep it that way. Let's
keep it Republican, and let's elect Pete Wilson next November to be
governor of this great state. (Applause.)
Unfortunately, Pete couldn't join us tonight. He's in
Washington - a crucial vote in the Senate on education. I
appreciate his work, for he's a proven winner -- and the voters know
it. And he's à strong environmentalist, a leader of the war on
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drugs, key member of our team in the United States Senate. And
believe me, we'll miss Senator Wilson, but come to think of it, I
really like the sound of Governor Pete Wilson. (Applause.)
You know Pete will be leading a solid team of candidates
for state office to victory, and with him they'll be the ones to keep
the taxes low, the environment clean and the economy strong.
People say I'm a cautious guy, and I can understand that
-- well, I really can't understand it. I'm going to go out on a limb
tonight and make a prediction: 1990 will be a great year for the
Golden State because Pete Wilson will be your next governor.
(Applause.)
So my plea, in the tradition of Ronald Reagan and George
Deukmeijian, let's keep California great and keep it Republican.
Barbara and I are delighted to be with you. Thank you
for what you're doing for this party, thank you for what you're doing
for the campaign for governor and the other statewide races. Thank
you all, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.
Thank you very much.
END
8:43 P.M. PST
REMARKS: REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL IN
Ruth,
UNION STATION, WASHINGTO
OCTOBER 2, 1989
9:00 PM
Mary Wate
Grant
THANK YOU, DON [SEN. NICKLES]
* 7943
THE FINE WORK YOU'RE DOING AS CHAI
Please call
CIRCLE. AND LET ME SAY HELLO TO A
MA
8720
SENATE WHO HAVE TURNED OUT TONIGHT
TO ANOTHER FINE ENTERTAINER -- LEE
- 2 -
BARBARA AND I ARE DELIGHTED TO BE HERE -- DELIGHTED
TO SEE so MANY FRIENDLY FACES.
AND I'M DELIGHTED TO BE IN WASHINGTON. IN THE PAST
TEN DAYS I'VE BEEN TO NEW JERSEY, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS,
NEW YORK, VIRGINIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND MARYLAND.
- 3 -
I TOLD JOHN SUNUNU I'D DONE ENOUGH TRAVELLING FOR
AWHILE -- AND HE PROMISED HE'D KEEP ME OFF AIR FORCE
ONE. THAT'S WHY I GOT A LITTLE BIT SUSPICIOUS WHEN HE
TOLD ME TONIGHT I'D BE GOING TO UNION STATION
[PAUSE]
I'VE KNOWN MANY OF YOU ACTIVE IN THE INNER CIRCLE
FOR YEARS, AND I'VE ALWAYS VALUED YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND
SUPPORT.
- 4 -
I AM PLEASED TO SHARE THIS EVENING WITH YOU AND so
MANY SPECIAL GUESTS. [[I HEARD I MISSED A GREAT
ROUTINE BY FRED TRAVALENA -- BUT BARBARA TELLS ME IT'S
NOTHING I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE. 1]
TONIGHT IS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INNER
CIRCLE. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE
MADE THESE PAST TEN YEARS TEN OF THE VERY BEST YEARS
EVER FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
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BUT IT'S THE NEXT TEN YEARS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
TONIGHT -- AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THE 1990s THE DECADE THE
GRAND OLD PARTY BECOMES THE MAJORITY PARTY IN AMERICA.
I KNOW THERE ARE PLENTY OF BASEBALL FANS HERE.
[[MUST BE A FEW OLD SENATORS FANS IN THIS CROWD
]]
THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN THE TEAMS AT THE TOP ARE
WATCHING THAT MAGIC NUMBER THAT WILL BRING THEM THE
CHAMPIONSHIP,
- 6 -
WELL, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS A MAGIC NUMBER OF ITS
OWN, AND THAT NUMBER IS 5: 5 SEATS STAND BETWEEN US
AND A SENATE MAJORITY. AND WE'VE GOT A LUCKY NUMBER,
TOO: 13 -- 13 MONTHS UNTIL THE 1990 ELECTIONS.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT TO MAKE TODAY THE FIRST DAY OF
THE THE REPUBLICAN "STRETCH DRIVE" FOR THE SENATE. AND
MAKE NO MISTAKE: WE CAN PUT THE SENATE BACK IN
REPUBLICAN HANDS.
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AND I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT MEANS DOWN
ON MY END OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE TO HAVE A MAJORITY ON
THE HILL. PRESIDENT REAGAN AND I HAD A REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY IN THE SENATE FROM 1980 TO 1986. IN THOSE SIX
YEARS, STEADY SENATE SUPPORT HELPED US LAUNCH THE
ECONOMIC RECOVERY -- 82 MONTHS AND STILL GOING STRONG.
- 8 -
IT HELPED US RESTORE AMERICA TO A POSITION OF STRENGTH
AND RESPECT IN THE WORLD -- AND IT HELPED US PUT THE
VALUES OF FAITH, FAMILY, HONEST WORK AND OPEN
OPPORTUNITY BACK WHERE THEY BELONG: AT THE CENTER OF
ALL AMERICA STANDS FOR.
+
AND A REPUBLICAN SENATE IS WITHIN REACH. EVEN A
SMALL SHIFT CAN PUT US BACK ON TOP.
- 9 -
IN 1986, 35,000 MORE REPUBLICAN VOTES IN THE 6 TIGHTEST
SENATE RACES WOULD HAVE GIVEN US A 51-49 MAJORITY.
THINK ABOUT THAT: THAT'S A FRACTION OF 1 PERCENT OF
ALL VOTES CAST.
- 10 -
WE'RE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE HERE TONIGHT TWO OF THE
TALENTED CANDIDATES WHO CAN HELP US TAKE BACK THE
SENATE: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER AND BILL CABANISS. ALONG
WITH LYNN MARTIN, ToM TAUKE AND HANK BROWN -- THAT
MAKES 5 GREAT REASONS WE'RE LOOKING TO 1990 TO BE THE
BEGINNING OF THE GOP DECADE.
I HOPE YOU'RE OPTIMISTIC -- BECAUSE I AM. THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS BUILDING AN AGENDA FOR THE 1990s --
AN AGENDA FOR A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY.
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WHATEVER THE ISSUES -- ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE WAR ON
DRUGS. THE ENVIRONMENT. EDUCATION. AMERICA'S PLACE
IN A CHANGING WORLD: WE'RE THE PARTY WITH IDEAS.
WE'RE THE PARTY WITH EXPERIENCE. WE'RE THE PARTY WITH
SOLUTIONS.
WE OCCUPY THE HIGH GROUND. WE STAND FOR THE SOLID
VALUES OF MAINSTREAM AMERICA. IT'S TIME THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY BECAME THE MAJORITY PARTY -- THE PARTY AMERICA
PUTS ITS FAITH IN.
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THAT'S OUR GOAL FOR THE 1990s. AND WITH THE INNER
CIRCLE'S HELP, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE SENATE OUR FIRST
STEP. [ [AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER SETTING THAN
THIS, TO POINT OUT THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ON THE
RIGHT TRACK, AND WITH YOUR HELP, WE'LL LEAVE OUR
OPPONENTS AT THE STATION. ]] [PAUSE]
It's BEEN MY PLEASURE TO JOIN YOU TONIGHT. GOD
BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
# # #
THE
WALL STREET JOURNAL.
1990 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
NO. 29
EASTERN EDITION
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1990
WHITE OAK, MARYLAND
Seoul
Foreans Go
What's News
Inside Today's Journal
Washington Wire
A Special Weekly Report From
Bing Binge
A REPORT ON
The Wall Street Journal's
This Officials
Business and Finance
World-Wide
EDUCATION
Capital Bureau
G
EORGIA-PACIFIC WON a major
BAKER DISCUSSED arms-control, other
Smarter Jobs, Dumber
BUSH'S TROOP "FLOOR" in Germany
Inequality
court victory in its battle to
issues with Shevardnadze in Moscow.
rapidly becomes a ceiling instead.
The secretary of state and the Soviet for:
Workers: America's Future?
acquire Great Northern Nekoosa for
His new proposal to cut U.S. troop levels
Work Ethic,
$63 a share, or $3.47 billion. A judge
eign minister reportedly made progress to-
is being overtaken by events. Germany's
ward treaties to curb long-range nuclear
High-Tech Training
fast-moving reunification may mean a far
Conomic Boom
said Georgia-Pacific needed only a
weapons, ground troops, tanks and combat,
greater and faster Soviet pullout than ex-
two-thirds vote of Nekoosa's shares to
aircraft in Europe as well as to ban produc-
Bottom-Line Education
pected. Democrats on Capitol Hill already
oust the paper company's board at a
tion of chemical weapons. During the more
begin pressing the Pentagon to accept
$75 Neckties
scheduled March 2 meeting. Analysts
than seven hours of talks, the officials also
Are Schools the Business
deeper troop cuts. Speaker Foley says the fl-
said the decision could herald the end
reportedly considered a condemnation of Is-
of Business?
nal number to be left could be closer to 100,-
000 than the 195,000 Bush wants.
C
DARLIN
of a long and bitter takeover fight.
rael's resettlement of Jewish immigrants in
the West Bank. Baker is to meet with Gor-
The administration argues that bigger
(Story on Page A3)
STREET JOURNAL
bachev today. In Vienna, NATO presented to
withdrawals could seriously weaken NATO
a-Working on a
the Warsaw Pact a proposal by Bush to cut
by encouraging its members to cut back
Sta
00 Bok casts a re-
Nynex units were fined a record
$1.4 million and ordered to refund
U.S. and Soviet troops in Central Europe,
Newspeople's Bars
their own commitments. But former De-
dressed shoppers
Bush said in Washington that he
fense Secretary Schlesinger says that resist-
sta
Anne Klein and
$35.5 million for excessive markups
hoped a trade agreement with the Soviet
fashionable Ap-
on goods and services sold by the Bell
Become Casualties
ing major troop cuts could delay rather than
tras
Union could be negotiated by the time of
accelerate the pace of Soviet withdrawal.
a se
firm's purchasing arm to its tele-
his summer summit with Gorbachev.
Rep. Schroder says the unstated ra-
the construc-
phone subsidiaries. Nynex indicated
Of Changing Times
orou
tionale for keeping troops is shifting
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amd
was such an
it would fight the FCC's charges.
West German Chancellor Kohl plans to
from watching the Russians to watching
should suppress
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face.
the Germans.
(Story on Page A3)
meet with Gorbachev this weekend in an ef-
cia,
"The trends of
fort to allay concerns about Soviet security
Philadelphia's Pen & Pencil,
BRADY-PLAN CHANGES are mulled to
tegna
consumption
Stocks and bonds edged up as the
interests as the Germanys move closer to
reunification. In Bulgaria, the Communist
Host to U.S. Presidents,
Tv
boost the flagging Third World debt plan.
Treasury completed its quarterly re-
with
the Korean
Finance Min-
funding without incident. The $10 bil-
premier formed an all-Communist cabinet
Closes Its Doors Tonight
The just-signed Mexico agreement-leav-
sils.
ing that country with billions in
recently on Na-
lion of 30-year bonds were sold at an
after failing to persuade opposition groups
to join a national unity coalition.
of Trade and
average 8.50% yield, up sharply from
elieves that os-
the last offering but below some fore:
demoralizing
casts. The
И STREET JOURNAL.
C 1990 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1990
WHITE OAK, MARYLAND
50 CE
Inside Today's Journal
Washington Wire
Saga of a Seque
A Special Weekly Report From
'Godfather III' File
A REPORT ON
The Wall Street Journal's
EDUCATION
Capital Bureau
Begins After 15 YOU
World-Wide
BUSH'S TROOP "FLOOR" in Germany
And 3 Studio Regio
DISCUSSED arms-control, other
Smarter Jobs, Dumber
rapidly becomes a ceiling instead.
Shevardnadze in Moscow.
Workers: America's Future?
His new proposal to cut U.S. troop levels
metary of state and the Soviet for-
is being overtaken by events. Germany's
Director Coppola Pledge
reportedly made progress to-
High-Tech Training
fast-moving reunification may mean a far
to curb long-range nuclear
greater and faster Soviet pullout than ex-
Will Stick to His Busin
sound troops, tanks and combat
Bottom-Line Education
pected. Democrats on Capitol Hill already
europe as well as to ban produc-
begin pressing the Pentagon to accept
But Hollywood Doult
weapons. During the more
of talks, the officials also
Are Schools the Business
deeper troop cuts. Speaker Foley says the fi-
nal number to be left could be closer to 100,
Insidered a condemnation of Is-
of Business?
000 than the 195,000 Bush wants.
Changing Story to Fit In
mement of Jewish immigrants in
The administration argues that bigger
Baker is to meet with Gor-
withdrawals could seriously weaken NATO
In Vienna, NATO presented to
By LAURA LANDRO
by encouraging its members to cut back
Tract a proposal by Bush to cut
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET Jour
Newspeople's Bars
their own commitments. But former De
troops in Central Europe.
fense Secretary Schlesinger says that resist-
ROME-In a cavernous, chilly state
in Washington that he
ing major troop cuts could delay rather than
stage at the Cinecitta movie studio, 16:00
agreement with the Soviet
Become Casualties
accelerate the pace of Soviet withdrawal.
tras in black-tie regalia are milling areas
negotiated by the time of
Rep. Schroder says the unstated ra-
a set designed as a formal party in a good
summit with Gorbachev.
Of Changing Times
tionale for keeping troops is shifting
orous New York penthouse. Scatter
*
among the eager unknowns are fam
from watching the Russians to watching
Chancellor Kohl plans to
the Germans.
faces: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Andy
Machev this weekend in an ef-
cia, Bridget Fonda, Talia Shire, Joe MAY
Facerns about Soviet security
Philadelphia's Pen & Pencil,
tegna, George Hamilton.
BRADY-PLAN CHANGES are mulled to
Germanys move closer to
Two dozen silk-covered tables are lade
Host to U.S. Presidents,
boost the flagging Third World debt plan.
Bulgaria, the Communist
The just-signed Mexico agreement-leav-
with crystal goblets and gold-plated ut
an all-Communist cabinet
Closes Its Doors Tonight
sils. Bouquets of lilies, roses and orch
ing that country with billions in interest obli-
persuade opposition groups
gations but few banks to help finance its
perfume the air. A buffet table groans will
unity coalition.
$4 billion current-account deficit-leads U.S.
real stuffed quails, lobster tails, smoke
*
By CATHY TROST
salmon, caviar, petits fours and cano
officials to consider shifting more emphasis
police fired tear gas in Al-
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Waiters scurry about with bottles of Veu:
back to continued bank lending.
to disperse hundreds of
PHILADELPHIA - The door buzzer
Clicquot champagne, and a tuxedoed O.
The changed approach is likely to be visi-
a tour by an English
sounds at the Pen & Pencil Club at 7:08
ble in forthcoming agreements with Venezu-
chestra rehearses music from "Kismet.
defied an anti-apartheid
on a Friday night, and the lone bartender,
With the cry "Silencio!," the cast an
ela, Brazil and other heavily indebted Latin
minister said that the un-
A.J. Heffley, perks up. "Oh, a customer!'
American countries. A recent agreement be-
crew snap to attention. Director Franci
a state of emergency and
she says. "Either that, or someone want-
tween the Philippines and its banks gives
Ford Coppola lay
against Nelson Mandela
ing change."
about equal weight to further loans and cut-
out the scene: "Yo
release from jail.
A writer from the Philadelphia Inquirer
ting back credits.
are at Michael Cor
*
*
ambles through the door, shaking off the
leone's party in Nev
leaders agreed to a
night's rain. Except for him, the nation's
HOT POTATO: Congress faces fights
York in 1979. He is
after Syrian-backed
oldest press club is still empty of cus-
over special-interest money.
very important mai
on fronts facing the
tomers.
Fearing a backlash from Senate scan-
who does charitable
Hundreds of people fled
A string of Christmas lights and a pin-
dals, Democratic leader Mitchell pushes for
work and has a foun
vestern Beirut as Chris-
ball machine shine feebly through the de-
action next month to ban "soft" money-the
dation worth mil
Funced the truce between
serted gloom. "Journalists don't drink any-
unlimited donations used for party overhead
lions. You are eithe
Janese Forces chief Gea-
more," says the writer, as he sips a Miller
and voter drives. But his plan draws fire
a relative or a friend
have collapsed.
beer and appeals for anonymity to avoid
from top party hand Paul Tully, state chair-
or a judge or a sena
*
"complications" with his wife. "If we
men and, despite his own ethics woes, Sen.
tor or some impor
in Florida ruled that
served carrot juice and had Nautilus ma-
Cranston. One reason: 29% of all Demo-
tant person-and
Trial on drug-trafficking
chines upstairs, we'd have a far greater
cratic National Committee contributions last
Francis Ford Coppola
years ago, you
ejecting a defense mo-
membership."
year were soft money.
wouldn't have gone
court hadn't any juris-
Terminal Sobriety
In the House, meanwhile, bickering slows
to his father's party. He waits as each in
a U.S. magistrate
The 98-year-old Pen & Pencil Club could
progress toward bipartisan agreement on
struction is translated into
liest for an immediate
barely survive more nights like this. So to-
curbing PACs. Ren. Swift
on of materials seized
hamanian leader
night, it is shutting
ethnicity. The
legend again. The Front Page," a play of
companies. While the leaders haven't com-
most successful film sagas in history.
of the meas-
the time, enshrined the notorious police-
mitted to backing the cut, they acknowledge
Much is at stake. With locations in Italy
statistics sys-
beat reporter Hildy Johnson and his "hood-
clear majorities in both chambers favor it.
and New York and special effects that one
House in June,
lumesque half drunken caballeros" as
assistant director promises "will set new
reconciled.
archtypes for several generations of news-
GORBACHEV CATCHES flak at this
standards in screen violence," "Godfather
people. In 1972, nonfiction author Timothy
week's party plenum over. Bush's strong
III" is likely to cost $75 million or more to
an inquiry
Crouse, in "The Boys on the Bus" de-
praise for him. One foe cites Lenin's warn-
produce, market and distribute world-
cident Wednes-
scribed the "regimen of nonstop drinking"
ing against receiving too many accolades
wide. And that assumes Mr. Coppola-who
gallons of oil
among the press corps covering that year's
from enemies. But Gorbachev allies believe
swears that his days of enormous cost
uthwest of Los
presidential campaign.
Bush's words help, on balance. "It has made
overruns are over-can stick close to the
and contain-
Today, temperance reigns. "The era of
it clear to critics of Gorbachev that if they
$44 million production budget. Although
slick offshore.
the two-fisted, hard-drinking, tough-talking
sacrifice him, they may be sacrificing im-
Paramount says the movie is on budget
likely to out-
newspaperman is over," gone the way of
portant links to the West," says an official
and on time, Hollywood is rife with rumors
n Page B6)
the manual typewriter, says Stu Bykofsky,
of the Soviets' U.S.A. and Canada Insti-
that it is about $10 million over budget and
a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily
tute.
three weeks behind schedule.
ship dismissed
News and a club board member. When the
The potential rewards are huge. Since
st bloc, saying
club held meetings to discuss alternative
SUNUNUS EMERGENCE as environ-
the first "Godfather" was released in 1972,
linquishing its
uses for the clubhouse, two popular ideas
mentalists' nemesis may undermine his ef-
it and "Godfather
torial in the of-
were aerobics classes and a day-care cen-
fectiveness as a broker, even some allies
II" have totaled
paper, which
ter. "These people-I hate to use the Y
fear. The chief of staff's recent weakening
more than $800 mil-
to revamp
word-they're not acquainted with the
of Bush pronouncements on wetlands and
lion in theatrical,
's rulers also
finer traditions of journalism like getting
global warming have drawn sharp criticism:
video and television
ar support.
drunk," Mr. Bykofsky says.
But defenders note he also sided with EPA's
revenues. Today, a
Reilly on tougher clean-air provisions.
blockbuster on the
V8 on the Rocks?
scale of "Batman"
mited a fire in
Officials at the National Press Club in
filling at least
Washington, D.C., estimate that 22 press
GOP LAWMAKERS are irked by com-
can eventually reap
world-wide revenues
he tunnels. As
clubs closed from 1982 to 1985 (though a
ments from Robert Reischauer, director of
ed nearly 1,000
the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Of-
topping $1 billion.
few later were revived) and several more
ties said there
are in deep financial trouble. To attract
fice, that were construed as critical of
For Paramount,
al." Workers
Bush's new budget. Sen. Domenici and Rep.
which boasts Holly-
members, the National Press Club has
ns.
added a health club and put more em-
Frenzel, the top Republicans on the two
wood's best record
budget committees, both express concern.
of exploiting
a
phasis on food by hiring a top restaurant
Frank Mancuso
ort found that
Reischauer acknowledges that "my lan-
movie, library and
chef and catering member-sponsored
guage may have been a little more electric
turning sequels into long-running 'fran-
has cracked
events
than it should have been.
chises,' getting Godfather III" made has
ug money by
The Pen & Pencil has tried to attract
become a corporate Holy Grail. "I've
switched to
nondrinkers by stocking cans of fruit and
businesses to
TURF WARS over child care portend a
never spent so much time and effort in my
vegetable juice, herbal teas and Perrier
possible legislative mess.
life trying to make one thing happen,
on Page B5)
water, but it has been a futile marketing
The House stalemate concerns whether to
says Paramount Chairman Frank Man-
attempt. The only other early-evening cus-
said he won't
funnel increased child-care aid through an
cuso.
tomer to appear at the Pen & Pencil on
d diplomatic
entitlement program-giving Ways and
Paramount has reason for concern. It is
the recent Friday is Edward M. Kennedy-
ther Reagan
Means control of it-or make it a grant pro-
producing a record number of big-budget
the railroader from Pennsylvania, not the
gram-which would give the Labor Commit-
movies this year. But for Mr. Coppola, the
pts to Poin-
senator from Massachusetts. Mr. Kennedy
ational secu-
drinks, smokes Pall Malls and likes the
tee a role. The Children's Defense Fund,
stakes may be even higher. Last month, he
which has publicly blasted key Democrats
and his Zoetrope Studios filed for protec-
The ex-pres-
club. But he sneers at the vegetable juice.
backing the Ways and Means plan, accuses
tion from creditors, listing Zoetrope's lia-
ge Monday in
We could take carbon testing on the dust
the committee of a power grab.
bilities at $28.8 million and its assets at
the data.
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Leaders of the advocacy group say they
$22.1 million. The filings came just a few
want the congressional leadership to step in
days after the collapse of settlement talks
ENTS
and resolve the issue. But top Democrats in-
on Mr. Coppola's eight-year court battle
stead say they may take the whole dispute
with a creditor who helped finance his 1982
RS ON PAGE B2
and battle it out on the floor next month.
megaflop, "One From the Heart."
Strategists say they are determined to pass
Mr. Coppola will reportedly receive $4
a bill one way or another.
million to $6 million for directing, produc-
lally raises
POLITICS & POLICY: Sen. Dodd gains
Bush continues to press for a tax
ing and helping write "Godfather III," plus
1.
clout on Central America, A12.
credit but won't say whether he would
millions more from his share of the gross
veto a combination approach like the
if the movie is a big hit. The first two
y Bells
INTERNATIONAL: East Germany
one the Senate has passed.
"Godfather" movies catapulted him into
B5.
faces economic chaos, A8.
the ranks of Hollywood's most respected
MINOR MEMOS: Bush describes meet-
directors, but little he touched afterwards
tort
MEDICINE: Gallstone treatment
ing Arnold Schwarzenegger's infant daugh-
made money. He badly needs a hit. " 'God-
'89, B1.
shows less promise, B1.
ter: "I bent over to kiss her and she tried to
father III' is my one shot to get my com-
bench-press me."
Friends in high
pany going again and to do the things I.
hleen
REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Ringo Starr's
places: Former President Ford writes Bush
want to do," Mr. Coppola says.
36.
advice for Eastern Europe, A10.
a three-page letter opposing a planned dam
In the six weeks since filming began,
near his home in Vail.
Ambassador to
"Godfather III" has already survived one
hey in
OPINION: Education spending-How,
Czechoslovakia Shirley Temple Black has a
actress's nervous collapse, myriad revi-
ats, B6.
not how much, is what counts, A10.
dog named Gorby.
After a Capitol Hill
sions to accommodate-and then elimi-
publication labels Sen. Biden the least
nate-big stars such as Madonna and Rob-
oser at
LEISURE & ARTS: Hal Prince
wealthy member of Congress, racquetball
37.
ert De Niro and hassles over everything
production of 'Faust' at Met, A9.
buddies jokingly give him a handful of
from Al Pacino's personal trainer (the
candy bars to feed his children.
budget couldn't handle it) to Robert Du-
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