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Asian Heritage Month, Washington D.C., 5/6/91
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Document No. 234814
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORAND
3274
DATE: 05/01/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: NOON 05/02
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH
SUBJECT:
(05/01 draft one)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
PETERSMEYER
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
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DARMAN
ROGICH
BRADY
SMITH
BROMLEY
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
DEMAREST
SNOW
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
NOON on Thursday, 05/02, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
May 2, 1991
The NSC staff concurs as amended with Presidential Remarks: Asian
Pacific American Heritage Month, May 6, 1991.
Brent Natestr Scowcroft
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Grossman)
May 1, 1991
91 MAY -1 PM 6:55
Draft One
ASIA
-PACIFIC AMERICAN
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH
ROOM 450
MONDAY, MAY 6, 1991
10:00 A.M.
Mr. Solomon, Mr. Williams, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Haas, ladies and
gentlemen, my fellow Americans.
An Oriental proverb says, "The two words, 'peace' and
'tranquility,' are worth a thousand pieces of gold. Well, my
pleasure in welcoming you to the White House would be worth a
thousand times that total. //
We gather today in a special month -- Asian/Pacific American
Heritage Month. And as special friends. In particular, I want
to thank three people. Jeanie Jew, who created the idea of
Heritage Month. / Frank Horton, the chief sponsor of the
Heritage Month legislation. / And Ruby Moy, Chairman of the
Congressional Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Caucus. //
Most of all, we assemble here for a special reason: To
salute a community that has enriched America's community --
socially, culturally, economically, spiritually. //
((Someone once told me of a restaurant in China where three
American tourists walked in wearing the most outlandish safari
clothes, complete with Panama hats, backpacks, videocameras, a
brace of walkmans, and a few Chinese phrases picked up from a
stateside friend who happens to own a wok. //
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( (The friends stood around looking for a waiter, and finally
one asked in a loud voice: "How do we attract attention?") ) //
That's one way to attract attention. You've chosen another way:
Quietly, through excellence, with the values of your lives.
Those values are discipline and self-sacrifice. An abiding
belief in work. A soaring love of freedom. Values that brought
your parents, grandparents, and some of you to America. Values
that are now uplifting America.
I think, for example, of pioneers like An Wang, founder of
Wang Laboratories. / Or Henry Tang and I.M. Pei. / or Seiji
Ozawa. / Or physicist Leo Esaki. / or Sichan Siv of our White
House staff. //
Most of you know his story. In 1976, Sichan escaped from
Cambodia, spent three months in a refuge camp in Thailand, and
finally made his way to the United States. Since then, to quote
his words, "I have experienced the real values of freedom, peace,
prosperity, independence, and democracy. The correct spelling of
these words is A-M-E-R-I-C-A. //
Like you, Sichan Siv came to find a better life. And you're
help
finding it. You came to/build a better America. And you're
building it. Creating new jobs. Enhancing our our schools, the
law, our small and large businesses. In short, honoring your
heritage by the lives you lead. //
For that, I congratulate you. / In a personal sense, having
served as Ambassador to China, I thank you. / And let me leave
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you with an Oriental proverb. It goes, "One generation opens the
road upon which another generation travels. "
You have opened the road of opportunity and human dignity.
In coming years, I know that future generations will salute you
on their travels. / Thank you for coming here, and God bless the
United States of America.
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