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Secret Service info redacted (1 pp.)
3/4/91
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Motorcade Assignments redacted (1 pp.)
3/4/91
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(b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
04. Diagram
Security diagrams - trip to Washington Hilton Hotel/50th
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anniversary of the Westinghouse Talent Search (3 pp.)
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SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
Monday, March 4, 1991
8:00 am
Intelligence Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
(Scowcroft/Sununu)
8:15 am
National Security Briefing
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Scowcroft/Sununu)
8:45 am
Meeting with Governor Sununu
Oval Office
(30 min)
9:15 am
Administrative Time
Oval Office
(45 min)
10:00 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(60 min)
11:00 am
Meeting with Secretary Baker
Oval Office
(30 min)
11:30 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
12:00 pm
Lunch
Oval Office
(75 min)
1:15 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
1:45 pm
Remarks at Briefing for
450 OEOB
(10 min)
Leaders of Veterans Service
Organizations
(Demarest)
(TAB A)
2:00 pm
Meeting with Secretaries Baker
Oval Office
(30 min)
and Cheney and JCS Chairman Powell
2:30 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(90 min)
4:00 pm
Administrative Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
4:30 pm
Meeting with Governor Sununu
Oval Office
(30 min)
UNP 03/01/91
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Deed of Gift Restrictions
(b)(1) National security classified information
C(1) Closed by Executive Order 13526, governing access to national
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of personal privacy
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P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
financial institutions
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(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
his advisors, or between such advisors [(a)(5) of the PRA]
concerning wells
6:55 pm
The President and Mrs. Bush
South Lawn
depart for Address to the
50th Anniversary Banquet of
the Westinghouse Science Talent
Search at the Washington Hilton
(Demarest)
(TAB B)
7:55 pm
Arrive White House
South Lawn
0659 POTUS IN OVAL 0731 ADD AMB JOE ZAPPALA
0750 ZAPPALA OUT 0751 ADD JACK & BOBBIE FITCH
(b)(3)'
0755 ALL OUT 0756 ADD DCI,
SUNUNU
(b)(3)
GATES, SCOWCROFT
0821 DCI,
OUT 0823 ADD VP
0855 SCOUCROFT, GATES OUT 0925 SUNUNU, VP OUT
0930 SUNUNU IN/OUT 0931 ADD SUNUNU
0932 ADD SCOWCROFT 1000 SUNUNU OUT
1004 ADD SUNUNU 1010 SCOWCROFT OUT
1035 SUNUNU OUT 1046 ADD FITZWATER
1059 ADD BAKER, TERRi LACEY
1100 FITZWATER, LACY OUT 1101 ADD SCOWCROFT
1105 ADD SUNUNU 1201 POTUS TO NAVY MESS
W/BAKER, SCOWCROFT
1246 POTUS IN OVAL 1300 POTUS IN ROOSEVELT Room
( SUNUNU/VARIOUS SEMATOR
SEE ATCH LIST
320 POTUS IN OVAL / ADD DON RHODES, TERRI LACEY
1340 POTUS TO 450 OEOB
401 POTUS IN OVAL / ADD CHENEY POWELL, Sunuau, VF.
BAKER, SCOWCROFT, GATES, FITCULATE.
1455 ALL OUT (b)(7)(c) (6)(7)(e), (b)(T)(f) 6:00 pm
UNP 03/01/91
1502 ADD JOHN ADLER ISSA MASOUP
1507 ALL OUT
CARD
1529 CARD
1531 POTUS To SOUTH GROUNDS
1540 POTUS IN UVAL 1605 ADD SCOWCROFT
1616 SCOWCROFT out 1710 ADD SCOWCROFT
1715 SCOWCROFT OUT 1736 POTUS TO RESIDENCE
1855 POTUS TO SOUTH GROUNDS
(SEE SEPARATE SCHEDULE)
1952 POTUS IN RESIDENCE
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Monday, March 4
3:40 Mrs. Bush to the South Grounds
3:46 Mrs. Bush to the Second Floor
5:40 Coffee for President and Mrs. Bush
6:58 The President to the Oval Office
8:30 Yves Graux to Second Floor
8:37 Mrs. Bush, Mr. and Mrs. Fitch depart for Houston for the
funeral of William C. Liedtke, Jr.
5:40 The President to the Second Floor
6:20
Dinner for the President
6:55 The President departed the White House for the Washington
Hilton
7:52 The President to the Second Floor
8:00 The President to the Doctor's Office
9:07 The President to the Second Floor
9:45 Mrs. Bush to the Second Floor
9:55 Mrs. Bush to the South Grounds
10:04 Mrs. Bush to the Second Floor
10:08
Retired
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
MARCH 4TH
PRESIDENT BUSH
, 19 91
TIME
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
MARCH 4th
PRESIDENT BUSH
, 19 91
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GENERAL BRENT SCOWCROFT
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
SIGNAL SWITCHBOARD
March 4
91
, 19
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Conference Call:
WCL
President Carlos Saul Menem
10:18 AM
Office, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Mr. William T. Pryce
White House Situation Room
INC
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Mr. David A. Pacelli
White House Situation Room
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Office, Washington D.C.
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PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS
LOCATION Washington, D.C.
DATE 4 March 1991
TIME
MOVEMENTS
0659
Oval Office
36139
1204
Navy Mess
1248
Oval Office
36140
1300
Roosevelt Room
1320
Oval Office
36141
1344
Room 450, Old Executive Office Building
1401
Oval Office
34142
1531
South Grounds
36144
1541
Oval Office
36143
1737
South Grounds
36145
1738
Residence
1857
South Grounds
36146
1858
Depart South Grounds via Motorcade 3450
1904
Arrive Washington Hilton Hotel
1944
Depart Washington Hilton Hotel via Motorcade 36151
1949
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1952
Residence
31648
2000
Doctor's Office
2105
South Grounds
31647
2107
Residence
31649
WHCA FORM 15, OCTOBER 15, 1980
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 1, 1991
BRIEFING WITH LEADERS OF VETERANS SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS
DATE:
Monday, March 4, 1991
TIME:
1:45 P.M.
LOCATION:
DAVID F. DEMAREST) 8 JR.
Room 450, OEOB
THROUGH:
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR COMMUNICATIONS
FROM:
LEIGH ANN METZGER Lam
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR PUBLIC LIAISON
I. PURPOSE:
To maintain strong support for Operation Desert Storm by
national and state leaders of veterans service organizations.
Also, to thank these leaders for their continuing support.
To participate in individual photo ops with 3 representatives
of veterans service organizations.
II. BACKGROUND:
Primarily state representatives of 50 veterans service
organizations will be attending a briefing hosted by Public
Liaison on Operation Desert Storm. Secretary Edward
Derwinski, Secretary Richard Cheney, and LTG Brent Scowcroft
will deliver remarks, in addition to yourself.
Last week, the American Legion and the Disabled American
Veterans hosted their winter mid-year conferences in
Washington. This week, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is
hosting their mid-year conference in town. You were invited
to the American Legion and VFW conferences. Secretary Cheney
spoke on your behalf to the American Legion. On the day of
this briefing, General Colin Powell will speak on your behalf
to the VFW.
In October and December 1990, you attended briefings for
veterans service organizations. This drop-by will provide
another opportunity for contact with major veterans service
organizations, especially state commanders, who are and have
been eager to support the Administration's policy in the
Persian Gulf. Your remarks will provide a forum to
recognize the past support of these groups, to express your
concern for various veterans issues, and to ask for their
continued support for Operation Desert Storm.
III. PARTICIPANTS:
The President
Secretary Edward Derwinski
Secretary Richard Cheney
LTG Brent Scowcroft
Approximately 180 individuals representing the leadership of
50 veterans service organizations and the Departments of
Veteran Affairs and Labor
See attached list for 3 veterans leaders in photo op
IV. PRESS PLAN:
Open
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS:
--In hallway outside Room 450 holding room, you participate
in individual photo ops with 3 leaders of veterans service
organizations.
You enter holding room and are announced off-stage.
You deliver brief remarks from podium.
You depart with Secretary Cheney and LTG Scowcroft.
VI. REMARKS:
Brief remarks provided by speechwriters
VETERANS BRIEFING \ ROOM 450 E.O.B.
Buice
MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1991 \ 1:45 P.M.
THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, FOR SUCH A WARM WELCOME ...
I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE BEEN BRIEFED BY SECRETARY CHENEY
AND GENERAL SCOWCROFT, AS WELL AS OUR VERY ABLE
SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, ED DERWINSKI -- AND WHAT
A TREMENDOUS JOB HE'S DOING. // I'M GLAD To SEE THE
FAMILIAR FACES FROM AMERICA'S LARGEST VETERANS GROUPS
-- THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, THE DISABLED AMERICAN
VETERANS, THE AMERICAN LEGION, AND OUR OTHER VETERANS
ORGANIZATIONS. WELCOME, AGAIN, To THE WHITE HOUSE.
- 2 -
I WANT To BEGIN BY GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS
DUE. FROM THE DAY THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN FIRST INVADED
KUWAIT, AMERICA'S VETERANS STOOD ROCK-SOLID BEHIND OUR
TROOPS. You UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS AT STAKE: THE RULE OF
LAW AND THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM. You UNDERSTOOD THAT WHEN
THE FORCES OF AGGRESSION ARISE, AMERICA MUST STAND
READY TO DO THE HARD WORK OF FREEDOM.
- 3 -
You UNDERSTOOD BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN THERE. AND YOU
KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE SUPPORT OF THE FOLKS BACK HOME
IS To OUR TROOPS. OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN ARE COMING
HOME SOON -- HOME TO THE RESPECT AND GRATITUDE OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE. // AND LET ME TELL YOU -- THEY'VE
EARNED IT. //
- 4 -
I AM PLEASED To REPORT THAT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS
IN OUR JOURNEY FROM WAR To PEACE. THE CESSATION OF
COMBAT OPERATIONS THAT WENT INTO EFFECT MIDNIGHT
WEDNESDAY IS, FOR THE MOST PART, HOLDING. GENERAL
SCHWARZKOPF HAS REPORTED THAT SUNDAY'S DESERT MEETING
WITH IRAQI COMMANDERS MADE REAL PROGRESS.
- 5 -
ALREADY, TEN COALITION P.O.W.'s, INCLUDING SEVERAL
AMERICANS, ARE ON THEIR WAY BACK HOME; OUR REMAINING
POWs SHOULD NOT BE FAR BEHIND. WE ALSO ANTICIPATE A
QUICK ACCOUNTING FOR ALL M.I.A.'s AND THE RETURN OF THE
REMAINS OF FALLEN HEROES. WE HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION
ON THE LOCATION OF MINEFIELDS IN AND AROUND THE THEATRE
OF OPERATIONS so THAT THE REBUILDING OF KUWAIT CAN
BEGIN SAFELY.
- 6 -
OUR GOAL REMAINS WHAT IT HAS BEEN ALL ALONG: IRAQ'S
COMPLETE AND UNCONDITIONAL COMPLIANCE WITH ALL RELEVANT
UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTIONS, AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION OF
ALL THE REQUIREMENTS To BE FOUND IN SECURITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION 686, PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY LATE SATURDAY
EVENING. THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO MOVE BEYOND THE
CURRENT SUSPENSION OF MILITARY OPERATIONS, To A MORE
PERMANENT AND STABLE CEASE-FIRE.
- 7 -
THIS HAS BEEN A TRIUMPH FOR THE 28 NATIONS UNITED
AGAINST AGGRESSION. BUT AS I SAID IN MY ADDRESS TO THE
NATION THE FINAL NIGHT OF KUWAIT'S LIBERATION, THIS IS
NOT A TIME To GLOAT OR BRAG. IT'S A TIME To BE PROUD
-- PROUD OF OUR TROOPS, PROUD OF OUR FRIENDS WHO STOOD
WITH US, AND PROUD OF OUR PEOPLE. THEIR STRENGTH AND
PERSEVERANCE ENSURED THAT OUR SUCCESS WAS AS CERTAIN AS
OUR CAUSE WAS TRUE.
- 8 -
WE ARE HERE TODAY To ENSURE THAT OUR NATION ALWAYS
REMEMBERS THOSE WHO DEFENDED HER -- THE HEROIC MEN AND
WOMEN WHO STOOD WHERE DUTY REQUIRED THEM To STAND. //
WE OWE IT To OUR VETERANS THAT THEY RETURN To AN
AMERICA CONFIDENT AND FULL OF PROMISE. THE HARD WORK
OF FREEDOM AWAITS US -- BUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE UP
To THE JOB, AS THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN.
- 9 -
LET ME CLOSE WITH THE WORDS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WHO
SPOKE TO THE NATION ON THIS VERY DAY IN 1865, AT THE
END OF A DEVASTATING CIVIL WAR:
"WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE, WITH CHARITY FOR ALL,
WITH FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT AS GOD GIVES US To SEE THE
RIGHT, LET US STRIVE ON To FINISH THE WORK WE ARE IN,
TO BIND UP THE NATION'S WOUNDS, TO CARE FOR HIM WHO
SHALL HAVE BORNE THE BATTLE AND FOR HIS WIDOW AND HIS
ORPHAN, TO DO ALL WHICH MAY ACHIEVE AND CHERISH A JUST
AND LASTING PEACE AMONG OURSELVES AND WITH ALL
NATIONS."
- 10 -
THOSE WORDS, INSCRIBED ON THE MARBLE OF THE
MEMORIAL WHICH BEARS HIS NAME, WERE FROM PRESIDENT
LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURAL. THEY WERE A FITTING CALL
To HONOR THE NATION'S VETERANS.
GOD BLESS OUR VALIANT SOLDIERS, THOSE WHO HAVE
RISKED THEIR LIVES AND THOSE WHO HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR
LIVES -- MAY WE HOLD THEIR MEMORY SACRED FOREVER. AND
MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
March 4, 1991
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
Room 450
Old Executive Office Building
1:48 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much for that warm
welcome. Looking at this array of speakers up here, I can't imagine
there's anything left for me to say, because I understand that you
have had a briefing from Brent Scowcroft and Secretary Cheney, and
also, of course, heard from our very able Secretary of the Veterans
Administration Ed Derwinski. What a tremendous job he's doing for
our country and for our veterans. And I'm so proud to have him at my
side.
I'm glad to see the familiar faces from so many of our
veterans organizations -- particularly the VFW and the Disabled
American Veterans, the American Legion -- many, many others. I'm
going to get in real trouble now for -- (laughter) -- omitting some.
But welcome, again; welcome back to the White House.
Let me just begin by giving credit where credit is due.
From the day that Saddam Hussein first invaded Kuwait, America's
veterans stood rock-solid -- rock-solid behind our troops. You
understood from the very beginning what was at stake: the rule of
law and the cause of freedom. You understood that when the forces of
aggression arise, America must stand ready to do the hard work of
freedom.
You understood because you've been there. And you know
how important the support of the folks back home is to our troops.
Our brave men and women, as you have heard, are coming home soon --
home to the respect and the gratitude of the American people. And
let me tell you -- they have sure earned it. (Applause.)
I am pleased to say -- and you've seen it all in this age
of instant television communication -- that we're making progress in
our journey from war to peace. The cessation of combat operations
tht went into effect midnight Wednesday is, as you've heard from Dick
Cheney, holding -- for the most part, it is holding. General
Schwarzkopf has reported, and then the Secretary called me yesterday
morning about this -- that Sunday's desert meeting with the Iraqi
commanders really met -- made great progress.
I liked it -- what General Schwarzkopf said on the
television when he said, "Look, we're not here to humiliate anybody."
And then he went ahead and laid down the rules that should be
fulfilled. And it looks like he made great, great progress on that.
Already 10 coalition POWs, including several Americans,
are on their way back home. But I'll tell you, I don't think any of
us, particularly in this audience -- and I know I speak for the three
up here behind me on this stage -- can relax at all until every
single one of those prisoners is home and every single missing is
accounted for to the best of the ability of the Iraqi forces, and
also that the Kuwaiti detainees are returned -- every single one of
them. And that's our goal. (Applause.)
And clearly, on a sad subject, that requires the
returning of the remains of all our fallen heroes.
MORE
- 2 -
We've received information on the location of the mine
fields in and around the theater of operations, so that the
rebuilding of Kuwait can begin safely. And it's my understanding,
Dick, that -- you told me that he got immediate satisfaction on that
question of the mine fields. So that's good -- that shows some real
signs of progress and cooperation.
Our goal remains what it's been all along Iraq's
complete and unconditional compliance with all relevant United
Nations resolutions and its implementation of all the requirements to
be found in Security Council Resolution 686, passed overwhelmingly
just this late Saturday afternoon, just this past Saturday. This
would allow us to move beyond the current suspension of military
operations to a more permanent and stable cease-fire.
Now, this has been a triumph -- a triumph for the 28
nations united against aggression. But as I said in my address to
the nation the final night of Kuwait's liberation, this is not a time
to gloat or it's not a time to brag. It's a time to be proud,
fiercely proud -- proud of our troops, proud of our friends who stood
with us, and proud of our people. Their strength and perseverance
endured that our success was as certain as our cause was true.
We're here today to ensure that our nation always
remembers those who defended her -- the heroic men and women who
stood where duty required them to stand. And we owe it to our
veterans that they return to an America confident and full of
promise. Much work remains to be done on the domestic scene. We've
got to tackle that with a new determination. But the American
people, I am convinced, are up to the job, as they have always been.
Let me close with the words of Abraham Lincoln, who spoke
to the nation on this very day, but back in 1865, at the end of a
devastating civil war. Here was the quote; most remember part of it:
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with
firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us
strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's
wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his
widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just
and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.'
Those words are inscribed on the marble of the memorial
which bears Lincoln's name. They were from the President's second
inaugural. They were a fitting call to honor the nation's veterans.
I made a comment right here at this podium the other day
about shedding the divisions that incurred from the Vietnam War. And
I want to repeat and say especially to the Vietnam veterans that are
here -- and I just had the pleasure of meeting some in the hall --
it's long overdue. It is long overdue that we kicked the Vietnam
syndrome, because many veterans from that conflict came back and did
not receive the proper acclaim that they deserve -- that this nation
was divided and we weren't as grateful as we should be. So somehow,
when these troops come home, I hope that message goes out to those
that served this country in the Vietnam War, that we appreciate their
service as well. (Applause.)
I am very grateful to our Secretary of Defense, to the
commander of our -- to the Chairman of our Joint Chiefs, and to our
CINC in the field, General Schwarzkopf, and to each and every one of
them -- I expect, knowing some of you, that you took the same pride I
did in one of our G.I.s when these Iraqis came tearing out to
surrender. And they had fear written all over their faces because
they'd been told that this would be their end. And I thought there
was something very moving and touching when that American sergeant
said, "We're not going to hurt you. We're not going to hurt you."
And we are a generous nation. And we've got a lot to do
now; we've got a lot to do to heal the wounds. Our argument has
never been with the people of Iraq, with those hapless soldiers that
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were sent to a fate that they didn't even know what was in store for
them. Our argument has been with Saddam Hussein. Our argument has
been with a dictator who created aggression against a neighbor.
And so, as we rejoice in our victory, I think we can also
rejoice in the fact that we are a humble nation, that we have pride,
of course, in what took place, but we are not gloating. We are not
trying to rub it in. What we stood for was a principle. And now
we've got to stand for doing what's right by our veterans, and we've
got to stand for doing what's right by those countries whose freedom
we saved around the world.
Thank you all for your fantastic support. Isn't it great
to be an American in these wonderful times? (Applause.)
END
1:57 P.M. EST
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10:30am
3/4/91
VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS' HALLWAY PHOTO OP WITH THE PRESIDENT
PRIOR TO ROOM 450 BRIEFING
March 4, 1991
VVLP-Illinois
Brian Duffy
Robert O'Brien
Dan Hefner
NATIONAL VIETNAM VETERANS COALITION
Thomas J. Burch, Jr.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
50TH ANNIVERSARY BANQUET OF THE
WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH
DATE: MARCH 4, 1991
TIME: 7:00 P.M.
LOCATION: WASHINGTON HILTON HOTEL
THROUGH: DAVID DEMAREST
IPP
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR COMMUNICATIONS
FROM: SICHAN SIV sixtrehave
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR PUBLIC LIAISON
I. PURPOSE:
To address the 50th Anniversary Banquet of the Westinghouse.
Science Talent Search.
II. BACKGROUND:
The Science Talent Search is an annual activity sponsored by
the Westinghouse Foundation and Westinghouse Electric
Corporation. The Westinghouse Science Award program was
started in 1942 and because this year marks the 50th
Anniversary of the Westinghouse Science Talent Search, all
former award winners will be in attendance. Five past award
winners went on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, eight have
received MacArthur Fellowships, three have been admitted to
the National Academy of Engineering, twenty-six have been
elected to the National Academy of Science, and two were
awarded the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award.
This year 1,582 seniors in secondary schools in the United
States, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands and overseas schools participated in the conference.
300 were semifinalists and of these, forty were chosen to
attend the Science Talent Institute in Washington.
In March of 1989, you met with the Westinghouse Science
Talent Search awardees at the National Academy of Science
during which you addressed issues relating to the reduction
of CFC's and science education.
III. PARTICIPANTS:
The President
Secretary Louis Sullivan, Department of Health and Human
Services
Dr. Allan Bromley, Assistant to the President for Science &
Technology
Dr. Glenn Seaborg, Chairman of the Board, Science Service
Mr. Paul Lego, Chairman & CEO, Westinghouse Electric
Corporation
Mr. Edward Sherburne, President, Science Service
Ms. Carol Luszcz, Director of Youth Programs, Science
Service
The Right Reverend Monsignor Louis Quinn, St. Matthews
Cathedral
Mr. Ira Flatow, Master of Ceremonies
Members of the Westinghouse Science Foundation
Eight Judges of the Science Talent Search
40 Westinghouse Science Talent Awardees
(Please see attached)
IV. PRESS PLAN:
Open Press.
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS:
Please see Advance Office scenario.
VI. REMARKS REQUIRED:
To be provided by Speechwriters.
THE WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH
List of Winners by State, and their projects
Alabama
Mehul Mankad, of Mobile, investigated both DNA and protein
synthesis in malignant cells.
Weily Soong, of Vestavia Hills, investigated the genetic
requirements for assembly and transport of a protein coat
of the Mason-Pfizer monkey virus.
California
Rageshree Ramachandran, of Fair Oaks, performed computer-
intensive research on a proposed numerical model of the
oceanic and atmospheric phenomena known as the El Nino--
Southern Oscillation.
Wei-Jen Jerry Shan, of Riverside, developed an equation he
believes can be used to optimize winglet length for maximum
aerodynamic efficiency.
Tessa Walters, of San Dimas, entered a biochemistry project
which looks for inhibitors of biologically important enzymes
for the design of safe and effective drugs.
Colorado
Mark Larson, of Thorton, designed and built an optical
neural network computer by using fiber optics.
Connecticut
Don Kim, of Cos Cob, devised a novel method for determining
the viscosities of liquids.
Florida
Clifford Wang, of Vero Beach, conducted a study which
proposed that seaweed can be grown in the ocean to remove
metal pollutants, and then harvested for methane
generation, cleaning the environment and producing energy at
the same time.
Illinois
Irwin Lee, of Naperville, studied the acoustic properties of
an electrortheological fluid, one that increases its
viscosity and varies its absorption of sound.
Joseph Seeger, of Evanston, conducted a physics experiment
to determine what effects common heat sinks have on
measurements of thermal diffusivity by the widely used
"flash theory."
Iowa
Nupur Ghoshal, of Ames, entered a genetics project which
discovered an inexpensive, quick and accurate test for
Proteinase II in plants, assisting studies of its use to
make plants pest-resistant.
Maryland
Joel Moore, of Chevy Chase, created a computer simulation of
molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE), a technique for growing thin
semiconductor films.
Michigan
Lori Stec, of Troy, conducted a seven year botany project
which she believes will provide a model for the
relationship between gall insects and their host plants, as
well as understanding plant and animal cells.
Nebraska
Kimberly Chapman, of Omaha, researched a biochemistry
project which compares the binding of a known carcinogen by
organic combustion to DNA
New Jersey
Dean Chung, of Mountain Lakes, studied a math project in
combinatorial geometry which investigated "graceful" and
"non-graceful" geometric configurations.
Denis Lazarev, of Fair Lawn, analyzed the effect of a
recently discovered regulatory protein, called ASF, or RNA
splicing.
Stanley Lu, of Bridgewater, researched a microbiology
project which studied whether tetracycline enclosed "in bags
of fat" would be superior to non-enclosed tetracycline in
bacterial-inhibiting capability.
New Mexico
Cameron Haight, of Santa Fe, studied fluid dynamics of
experimental turbulence which may prove useful in
applications as varied as artificial heart design, submarine
detection, and nuclear fusion.
New York
Jim Wray Cheung, of Jackson Heights, studied a classical
number theory in which he researched the properties of
continued fractions over the system of Einstein integers.
William Ching, of New York, conducted optic nerve research
at the Neurosurgical Research Laboratory in New York
University's Medical Center.
Ani Fleisig, of Woodhaven, completed a cell biology project
to study a process by which folic acid directs movement of
certain amoeba to their bacteria food source.
Petal Haynes, of New York, investigated the correlation
between friendships and morale among nursing home residents.
Tara Bahna-James, of New York, explored the relationship
between mathematics and music in a social science project to
determine if musically talented students have basic math
understanding.
Yves Jeanty, of South Ozone Park, studied a project cellular
biology to discover proteins to be used as indicators of
contact inhibition of motility.
Linda Kang, of Flushing, investigated "Catalytic Reactions
between Alkyl Iodides and Copper Surfaces" for a surface
chemistry study.
Sunmee Kim, of Woodside, investigated the effects of stress
on eating habits of female students with the hypothesis that
eating increases during stressful periods.
Nori Kodaman, of Douglaston, studied programmed cell death
in a biology project to learn how and where cell death
begins and whether it is caused by DNA degradation.
Debby Lin, of Elmhurst, researched the identification of an
evolutionary relationship between two virus groups.
Michael Lopez, of Stony Brook, studied a project in nuclear
chemistry to test a formula that predicts the spin axis of a
compound nucleus formed by the fusing of two reactant atoms.
Ciamac Moallemi, of Bayside, developed a neural-network-
based computer system which will help to speed accuracy and
cell classification of bladder cancer.
Cheryl Penderson, of Armonk, studied a project in psychology
to furnish insights into differences between male and female
in sex-typed activities.
Tien-An Yang, of New York, selected a project in membrane
physiology to investigate potassium channels.
North Carolina
Ashley Reiter, of Charlotte, studied a fractal geometry
project to determine the dimension of fractals generated by
Pascal's triangle.
Ohio
Jeremy Riddell, of Bellbrook, designed and carried out
experiments that measure electron spin-orbit changes.
Pennsylvania
Susan Criss, of Pittsburgh, studied a two year botany
project to determine how copper, manganese and zinc ions
affect betacarotene in Romaine lettuce
Texas
Wade Butin, of Spring, developed special varnishes that
could withstand the rigors of weather exposure, dilute acid
and salt water.
Virginia
Judson Berkey, of Manassas, studied the physics of baseball
using principles of fluid dynamics.
Venkataramana Sadananda, of Springfield, developed a
computer simulation of the onset of heart attacks due to
irregular interactions of stimuli and used it to establish
conditions under which heart beat becomes chaotic.
Tatiana Schnur, of Burke, researched a number of experiments
to investigate the processes involved in language
comprehension.
Daniel Skovronsky, of Vienna, investigated a class of
chemical compounds that have two different structures in
rapid equilibrium with each other.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
91 MAR -4 AM 9:42
VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT
TO
WASHINGTON, D.C.
MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1991
EVENT:
Address 50th Anniversary of the Westinghouse
Science Talent Search
DATE:
Monday, March 4, 1991
TIME:
7:00 pm 7:45 pm
LOCATION:
International Ballroom, Washington Hilton Hotel
ATTENDEES:
1200
PRESS:
Open
SCENARIO:
THE PRESIDENT arrives Washington Hilton Hotel and
is met by: Mr. Bill Edwards, General Manager,
Washington Hilton Hotel. Following the greeting, THE PRESIDENT
proceeds to the Cabinet Room. Upon arrival at the Cabinet Room,
THE PRESIDENT begins participation in a Mix and Mingle with the
40 Award Winners of the Talent Search and approximately 6
Westinghouse Corporation's VIPs. (NOTE: There will be 3-4 Science
Exhibits placed in the Room.) Upon conclusion of the Mix and
Mingle, THE PRESIDENT departs the Cabinet Room and proceeds to
the Holding Room. After a brief hold, THE PRESIDENT proceeds to
the Off-Stage Announcement Area, International Ballroom. THE
PRESIDENT arrives the Off-Stage Announcement Area and holds
briefly. Honors are played by The United States Marine Band.
THE PRESIDENT, accompanied by Mr. Paul E. Lego, CEO, Westinghouse
Corporation, is announced onto Stage and proceeds to Seat. THE
PRESIDENT is introduced by Mr. Lego for Remarks. THE PRESIDENT
Remarks. Upon conclusion of Remarks, THE PRESIDENT departs Stage
and proceeds to the Holding Room. After a brief hold, THE
PRESIDENT departs the Holding Room and proceeds to the Motorcade
for departure from the Washington Hilton Hotel en route White
House.
The backdrop for Remarks will be the 40 Science Talent Search
Award Winners and a banner reading "50th Westinghouse Science
Talent Search". The Press Platform will be straight on at a 70
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FOR
WASHINGTON, D.C.
MONDAY MARCH 4, 1991
EVENT:
Mix and Mingle with Talent Search Winners
Address the 50th Anniversary Banquet of the Westinghouse
Science Talent Search
DRESS:
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MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1991
6:55 56 pm
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House en route Washington Hilton Hotel.
MOTORCADE ASSIGNMENTS:
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(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
7:90 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Washington Hilton Hotel and
proceeds to Cabinet Room.
Met by:
Mr. Bill Edwards
General Manager, Washington Hilton Hotel
EVENT:
MIX AND MINGLE WITH TALENT SEARCH WINNERS
CLOSED PRESS
04
7:05 pm
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and holds briefly.
EVENT:
ADDRESS 50TH ANNIVERSARY BANQUET OF THE
WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH
OPEN PRESS
RUFFLES AND FLOURISHES
OFF-STAGE ANNOUNCEMENT
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HAIL TO THE CHIEF
REMARKS
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THE PRESIDENT, accompanied by Mr. Paul Lego, CEO,
Westinghouse Corporation, is announced onto Stage
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7:33 pm
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WESTINGHOUSE ADDRESS \ WASHINGTON HILTON HOTEL
MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1991 \ 7:00 P.M.
SECRETARY SULLIVAN, GOVERNOR AND MRSMA SUNUNG, 36
DR. BROMLEY. DR. SEABORG, MR. LEGO [LEG-GO],
MR. SHERBURNE, Ms. Luszcz [LOOSH], MONSIGNOR QUINN,
MR. FLATOW [FLAY-TOE], TRUSTEES OF THE WESTINGHOUSE
FOUNDATION, PAST AND CURRENT WESTINGHOUSE AWARD
RECIPIENTS, JUDGES OF THE SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH,
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS OF SCIENCE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
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THANK YOU, MR. LEGO, FOR THAT INTRODUCTION, AND FOR
YOUR WARM RECEPTION. AND LET ME WELCOME To WASHINGTON
THE TRUSTEES OF OUR POSTERITY. / HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS -- THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST -- WHO ACT FOR
NATION AND NEIGHBOR. // IT IS A PLEASURE To BE AT THE
SUPER BOWL OF SCIENCE. //
WE MEET TONIGHT ON THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH -- A PROGRAM WHICH
HAS HELPED MAKE THE PAST HALF-CENTURY A TIME OF
EXTRAORDINARY EXPLORATION. //
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NOT TO DATE MYSELF, BUT WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, PAC-MAN
WAS A HIKER, NOT A VIDEO GAME. / Ино KNOWS HOW FUTURE
ENDEAVORS WILL MAKE OURS A RICHER, MORE DECENT WORLD?
((Now, I'LL ADMIT. IT'S PRETTY HARD FOR ME TO
CLAIM I'M ADEPT AT HIGH TECH WHEN MY GRANDKIDS KEEP
CLOBBERING ME AT "NINTENDO." // I REMEMBER HOW ONCE MY
SCIENCE TEACHER SAID TO ME, "WHATEVER YOU DO IN LIFE I
HOPE YOU'LL HOLD THE TORCH ON HIGH : -- AS LONG AS IT
ISN'T A BUNSEN BURNER." 11
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EVEN so, I DID TRY A RECENT EXPERIMENT THAT I'M PROUD
OF. I CONNECTED MY VCR TO OUR MICROWAVE OVEN AND
WATCHED "GONE WITH THE WIND" IN 12 AND 1/2 MINUTES.))
TONIGHT, WE HONOR DISTINGUISHED SCIENTISTS AND
RESEARCHERS, WHO ARE OPENING DOORS INTO AN AGE WHERE
MANKIND NOT ONLY MOVED INTO THE FUTURE -- BUT
RE-INVENTED IT. // THINK OF DISCOVERIES LIKE
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE MICROCHIP. AND OF PIONEERS LIKE
KILBY AND NOYCE OR COHEN AND BOYER, THE FIRST TWO
PEOPLE TO SPLICE A GENE.
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ALL KNEW, AS THOMAS JEFFERSON WROTE To A POLISH GENERAL
WHO FOUGHT WITH US IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, "THE MAIN
OBJECTS OF ALL SCIENCE ARE THE FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS OF
MAN. // -
SINCE THE DARK DAYS OF WORLD WAR II, WESTINGHOUSE
RECIPIENTS HAVE AIDED THIS FREEDOM - -- BECOMING AN
INSTRUMENT OF LIBERTY AND THE SYMBOL OF THE INFORMATION
AGE. //
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FROM THE FIRST MAN TO WIN THE TOP PRIZE IN THE SCIENCE
TALENT SEARCH - -- PAUL TESCHAN [TEH-SHAWN], SAVING
SOLDIERS' LIVES WITH THE ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY IN THE
KOREAN WAR -- -- To RAYMOND KURZWEIL, WHOSE READING
DEVICES MAKE LIFE EASIER FOR THE BLIND -- EACH HAS
REACHED FOR THE STARS -- so THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS OF
AMERICANS MIGHT SOMEDAY TRAVEL TO THEM. //
THIS PROGRAM'S HISTORY REAFFIRMS THAT TRUTH. FIVE
WESTINGHOUSE AWARD RECIPIENTS HAVE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE.
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EIGHT HAVE RECEIVED MACARTHUR FELLOWSHIPS. // THREE
HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF
ENGINEERING. TWENTY-EIGHT HAVE ALSO BEEN ELECTED To To
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES -- ONE OF YOUR
PROFESSION'S HIGHEST HONORS. //
ALBERT EINSTEIN PUT IT BEST WHEN HE NOTED THAT
EVERYTHING THAT-IS REALLY GREAT AND INSPIRING IS
CREATED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO LABOR IN FREEDOM. IN SHORT,
HE BELIEVED WHAT ALL OF THESE HONOREES BELIEVE --
FREEDOM WORKS.
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THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL WINNERS -- 40 IN ALL -- WERE
CULLED FROM MORE THAN 1,400 ENTRIES. MANY BELONG To
THEIR SCHOOL DEBATE TEAM, BASEBALL CLUB, THEIR
NEWSPAPER, THEIR CHURCH GROUP OR BAND. // ALL HAVE
CREATED RESEARCH PROJECTS WHICH SHOW HOW THE
TRAILBLAZERS OF TODAY CAN BE THE HEROES OF TOMORROW. //
CONSIDER CLIFFORD WANG OF VERO BEACH. HE PROPOSED
THAT SEAWEED CAN BE GROWN IN THE OCEAN To REMOVE METAL
POLLUTANTS AND THEN HARVESTED FOR METHANE GENERATION,
CLEANING THE ENVIRONMENT WHILE AT THE SAME TIME
PRODUCING ENERGY. /
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OR TARA BAHNA-JAMES OF NEW YORK CITY, WHO EXPLORED THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATH APTITUDE AND MUSICAL TALENT.
IN SPRING, TEXAS, WADE BUTIN DEVELOPED A VARNISH TO
WITHSTAND THE RIGORS OF WEATHER AND SALT WATER. / AND
IN PITTSBURGH, SUSAN CRISS RECENTLY COMPLETED A TWO-
YEAR PROJECT THAT SHOWED HOW BETACAROTENE IN THE
BLOODSTREAM MAY REDUCE THE RISK OF CANCER. //
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THESE AND OTHER PROJECTS SHOW HOW LEARNING IS
ALWAYS A CONTINUATION, NEVER A CONSUMMATION -- THAT
BECAUSE FREEDOM WORKS, DREAMS MAKE POSSIBLE EVEN
GREATER DREAMS. // ((HERE IS A STORY WHICH MAGNIFIES
THAT FACT. 1843. A COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS MADE A
REPORT To PRESIDENT TYLER. НÉ SAID: "THE ADVANCEMENT
OF THE ARTS FROM YEAR To YEAR TAXES OUR CREDULITY AND
SEEMS TO PRESAGE THE ARRIVAL OF THAT PERIOD WHEN HUMAN
IMPROVEMENT MUST END. " //
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HE WENT ON To URGE THAT THE PATENT OFFICE BE LIQUIDATED
-- EVEN RIPLEY WOULDN'T BELIEVE THIS -- BECAUSE, HE
ALLEGEDLY BELIEVED, THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO BE
INVENTED.))_ //
TODAY, ALL OF US KNOW BETTER. WE REALIZE THIS
NATION HAS NO NATURAL RESOURCES LIKE ITS INTELLECTUAL
RESOURCES. So WE MUST, AND ARE, ASSISTING THE
KNOWLEDGE THAT IS OUR MOST ENDURING LEGACY -- VITAL To
EVERYTHING WE ARE AND CAN BECOME. //
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THE NATION'S GOVERNORS AND I HAVE SET A GOAL FOR
U.S. STUDENTS To BE NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD IN MATH AND
SCIENCE LEARNING BY THE YEAR 2000. WE CAN ACHIEVE IT.
WE WILL. // To START WITH, WE WILL ACHIEVE IT THROUGH
OUR NEW NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AcT THAT I WILL
SOON SEND To CONGRESS. LAST FALL CONGRESS ACTED
FAVORABLY ON OUR INITIATIVE FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE
SCHOLARS PROGRAM, WHICH WILL GIVE AMERICA'S YOUTH A
SPECIAL INCENTIVE To EXCEL IN SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND
ENGINEERING. //
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WE WILL ALSO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL THROUGH RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT IN ALL AREAS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND
ENGINEERING. LAST MONTH I SUBMITTED MY NEW BUDGET TO
THE CONGRESS, AND IT INCLUDES SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON MATH
AND SCIENCE EDUCATION. WE PROPOSE AN INCREASE OF $225
MILLION FOR MATH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION. NEW FUNDING
FOR R & D TOTALING $76 BILLION -- INCLUDING A RECORD
HIGH OF OVER $13 BILLION FOR BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH. //
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OUR BUDGET WILL CONTINUE OUR COMMITMENT To DOUBLE
THE FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. /
DEVOTE OVER $16 BILLION FOR MAJOR SPACE ACTIVITIES --
UP 15 PER CENT OVER LAST YEAR -- AND SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WORTHY IDEAS FROM ELECTRIC POWERED
VEHICLES TO HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING To THE HUMAN
GENOME PROJECT. / IT GIVES MORE MONEY THAN EVER TO THE
SMALL SCIENCE RESEARCH -- RESEARCH BY INDIVIDUALS --
EMBODIED BY THE WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH.
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AND IT URGES CONGRESS To PROVIDE THE 28 PERCENT
INCREASE I SEEK TO RAISE THE QUALITY OF PRE-COLLEGE
MATH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION WHICH WE MUST DO IF AMERICAN
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WILL CONTINUE To LEAD THE WORLD.
THIS BUDGET WILL HELP FREEDOM WORK AT HOME. YET
FREEDOM HAS ALSO HELPED ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY
ABROAD. //
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FOR EVIDENCE, LOOK TO THE PERSIAN GULF, WHERE
ACHIEVEMENTS IN SCIENCE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIGH-
TECH EQUIPMENT WHICH HAS SERVED OUR MILITARY so WELL.
IN THE PAST, SOME HAVE URGED THAT WE DEPEND MORE
FOR OUR PROTECTION ON THEORIES OF DETERRENCE THAN
TECHNOLOGIES OF DEFENSE. WELL, THANK GOD THAT WHEN THE
SCUDS CAME -- THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND SAUDI ARABIA HAD
MORE TO PROTECT THEM THAN SOME ABSTRACT THEORY OF
DETERRENCE. //
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Go TO RIYADH OR TEL Aviv. A THEORY DIDN'T PROTECT
ITS CITIZENS. PATRIOT MISSILES BORN OF TECHNOLOGY DID.
BECAUSE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- BECAUSE OF
AMERICAN CREATIVITY -- THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT
CIVILIANS -- PRICELESS HUMAN LIVES -- HAVE BEEN SPARED.
THE PATRIOT AND OTHER MISSILES SHOW HOW AMERICAN
INNOVATION STEMS FROM AMERICAN INSPIRATION. //
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IF THE CAUSE OF PEACE IS To CONTINUE BEING SERVED
BY AMERICAN MILITARY POWER, IT MUST CONTINUE BEING
ADVANCED BY AMERICAN BRAIN POWER. // Ask OUR TROOPS IN
THE GULF. YES, THE FINEST SOLDIERS, SAILORS, MARINES,
AIRMEN, AND COAST GUARDSMEN ANY NATION HAS EVER HAD.
TODAY ALL OF US ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL THAT TEN
COALITION POWs, INCLUDING SEVERAL AMERICANS, ARE ON
THEIR WAY BACK HOME -- AND OUR REMAINING POWs SHOULD
NOT BE FAR BEHIND.
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THE WELFARE OF OUR TROOPS WAS OUR TOP PRIORITY IN THE
WAR AND AS WE FORGE A NEW PEACE, ALL OF THEM WILL BE ON
OUR MINDS UNTIL ALL OF THEM ARE BACK HOME. EACH OF
THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN KNOW HOW SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY BROUGHT CLOSER FREEDOM'S ULTIMATE VICTORY.
// Ask, Too, THOSE OTHER GREAT HEROES -- OUR TEACHERS.
EACH DAY THEY GIVE PERHAPS THE GREATEST GIFT OF SHARING
THEIR KNOWLEDGE WITH OTHERS. // Ask, FINALLY,
AMERICA'S STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
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THEY KNOW THAT WHILE LEARNING IS VERY PRACTICAL, IT IS
ALSO AMONG MANKIND'S MOST NOBLE ENDEAVORS. IT CAN
PRESAGE A NEW GOLDEN AGE -- YES, A NEW WORLD ORDER --
WHERE CREATIVITY FLOWS -- MORE THAN EVER -- FROM THE
HUMAN HEART AND MIND. //
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OVER THE PAST HALF-CENTURY, SCIENTIFIC
BREAKTHROUGHS HAVE BENEFITED US ALL. FROM THE FIRST
RADAR / TO PIONEERING ADVANCES IN SHOCK AND BURN
TREATMENT / TO THE REVOLUTIONARY LASER / To THE HIGH-
TECH OF TODAY / AMERICA'S SCIENTISTS HAVE DONE THEIR
DUTY -- AS THEY WILL IN THE FUTURE. // HELPING US NOT
MERELY To PREVAIL AT WAR -- BUT ALSO, MORE IMPORTANTLY,
TO WIN THE PEACE.
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WHAT A MAGNIFICENT LEGACY FOR THE WESTINGHOUSE
SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH. / WHAT A MAGNIFICENT METAPHOR
FOR THE DREAM THAT IS AMERICA. / THANK YOU FOR TONIGHT
-- AND FOR HELPING FREEDOM To WORK. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
PRAY FOR OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN THE PERSIAN GULF,
AND FOR PEACE IN THAT TROUBLED CORNER OF THE WORLD.
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
March 4, 1991
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF
WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH
The Hilton Hotel
Washington, D.C.
7:28 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Please be seated. Let me
just say how pleased I am to be here, salute the members of my
Cabinet here: Secretary Sullivan; and Governor and Mrs. Sununu; Dr.
Bromley, outstanding Science Advisor to the President; Dr. Seaborg,
an old friend who's been so instrumental in all of this. Mr. Lego,
Mr. Sherburne, Ms. Luszcz, Monsignor Quinn, Mr. Flatow, and trustees
of the Westinghouse Foundation. And then, of course, the past and
current Westinghouse Award recipients; also, the judges of the
Science Talent Search; distinguished guests of science; and that
leaves me as the only one. (Laughter.)
I went in and saw five of these displays in there on the
condition that they'd not give a test after they explained exactly
what they had wrought. (Laughter.) And I wish all of you could have
seen it; it was wonderful.
But thank you, sir, for introducing me and for all you
do, for this warm reception out here. And let me welcome to
Washington the trustees of our posterity -- high school students --
the best and the brightest. High school students who act for the
nation and neighbor. And it's a pleasure for me to be here at this
Super Bowl of Science.
You know, we meet tonight on the 50th anniversary of the
Westinghouse Science Talent Search -- a program which has helped make
the past half-century a time of extraordinary exploration. Fifty
years ago, 1941, just think of the changes since then. As for the
VCR -- people couldn't set their clocks on the VCR back then either.
(Laughter.) Because their wasn't any VCR. (Laughter.) When I was
growing up in 1941, PAC-MAN was a hiker, not a video game.
(Laughter.) And there have been so many changes, so much scientific
change for the good. And who knows how future endeavors will make
ours a richer, more decent world?
Tonight, we honor distinguished scientists and
researchers who are opening doors into an age where mankind not only
moved into the future, but reinvented it. Think of discoveries like
biotechnology and the microchip. And of pioneers like Kilby and
Noyce or Cohen and Boyer, the first two people to splice a gene. All
knew, as Thomas Jefferson wrote to a Polish general who fought with
us in the Revolutionary War, "The main objects of all science are the
freedom and happiness of man. "
Since the dark days of World War II, Westinghouse
recipients have aided this freedom -- becoming an instrument of
liberty and the symbol of the information age. From the first man to
win the top prize in the Science Talent Search -- Paul Teschan,
saving soldiers lives with the artificial kidney in the Korean War,
to Raymond Kurzweil, whose reading devices make life easier for the
blind. Each has reached for the stars so that future generations of
Americans might someday travel to them.
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This program's history reaffirms that truth. Five
Westinghouse Award recipients have won the Nobel Prize. Eight have
received MacArthur Fellowships. Three have been admitted to the
National Academy of Engineering. Twenty-eight have also been elected
highest honors.
to the National Academy of Sciences -- one of your profession's
that is really great and inspiring is created by individuals who
Albert Einstein put it best when he noted that everything
labor in freedom. In short, he believed what all of these honorees
believe freedom works. This year's national winners, 40 in all,
were culled from more than 1,400 entries. Many belong to their
school debate team, or baseball club, or their newspaper, or their
church group or their band. All have created research projects which
tomorrow. show how the trailblazers of today can indeed be the heroes of
Consider Clifford Wang of Vero Beach. He proposed that
seaweed can be grown in the ocean to remove metal pollutants and then
harvested for methane generation, cleaning the environment while at
the same time producing energy. or Tara -- Tara Bahna-James of New
York City, who explored the relationship between math aptitude and
musical talent. In Spring, Texas -- right there in my old
congressional district Wade Butine developed a varnish to
withstand the rigors of weather and salt water. And in Pittsburgh,
Susan Criss recently completed a two-year project -- it's one of the
five I saw -- that showed how betacarotene in the bloodstream may
reduce the risk of cancer.
These and other projects show how learning is always a
continuation, never a consummation that because freedom works,
dreams make possible even greater dreams. Here's a story which
magnifies that fact. In 1843, a Commissioner of Patents made a
report to President Tyler. And he said, "The advancement of the arts
from year to year taxes our credulity and seems to presage the
arrival of that period when human improvement must end." He went on
to urge that the Patent Office be liquidated -- even Ripley wouldn't
believe this -- (laughter) -- because, he alledgedly believed, there
was nothing else to be invented. (Laughter.)
Today, all of us know better. We realize this nation has
no natural resources like its intellectual resources. So we must,
and are, assisting the knowledge that is our most enduring legacy,
vital to everything we are and can become.
The nation's governors and I have set a goal -- a
national goal -- for U.S. students to be number one in the world in
math and science learning by the year 2000. And we can achieve it.
We will achieve it. To start with, we will achieve it through our
own National Educational Excellence Act that I will soon send up to
Congress. Last fall Congress acted favorably on our initiative for a
National Science Scholars program, which will give America's youth a
special incentive to excel in science, math and engineering.
We will also achieve this goal through research and
development in all areas of science, technology and engineering.
Last month, I submitted our new budget to the Congress and it
includes special emphasis on math and science education. We propose
an increase of $225 million for math and science education; new
funding for R&D that total $76 billion, including a record high of
over $13 billion for basic science research.
Our budget will continue our basic commitment to double
the funding for the National Science Foundation; devote over $16
billion for major space activities, and that's up 15 percent over
last year; and support the development of worthy ideas from electric
powered vehicles to high performance computing to the human genome
project. It gives more money than ever to the small science
research, research by individuals embodied, if you will, by the
Westinghouse Science Talent Search. And it urges Congress to provide
the 28 percent increase I seek to raise the quality of precollege
math and science education which we must do if American science and
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technology will continue to lead the world.
freedom has also helped advance the cause of liberty abroad. For
This budget will help freedom work at home. And yet this
evidence, look halfway around the world at the Persian Gulf, where
which has served our military so well.
achievements in science are responsible for the high-tech equipment
In the past, some have urged that we depend more for our
protection on theories of deterrence than technologies of defense.
Well, thank God that when those Scuds came in, the people of Israel
of deterrence. (Applause.)
and Saudi Arabia had more to protect them than some abstract theory
You just go over to Riyadh or Tel Aviv. And a theory
didn't protect those citizens. Patriot missiles born of technology
did. Because of science and technology, because of American
creativity, thousands of innocent civilians, priceless human lives,
have been spared. The Patriot and other missiles show how American
innovation stems from American inspiration.
If the cause of peace is to continue being served by
American military power, it must continue being advanced by American
brain power. Ask our troops in the Gulf. Yes, those finest
soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen any nation has
ever had. Today, all of us are especially grateful that 10 coalition
POWs, including several Americans, are on their way back home. And
our remaining POWs should not be far behind. (Applause.) The
welfare of our troops was our top priority in the war. And as we
forge a new peace, all of them will be on our minds until all of them
are back home. Each of these brave men and women know how science
and technology brought closer freedom's ultimate victory.
Ask, too, those other great heroes, our teachers. Each
day they give perhaps the greatest gift of sharing their knowledge
with others. And ask, finally, America's students and parents. They
know that while learning is very practical, it is also among
mankind's most noble endeavors. It can presage a new golden age, a
bold, new world order where creativity flows more than ever from the
human heart and mind.
Over the past half-century, scientific breakthroughs have
benefitted us all. From the first radar to pioneering advances in
shock and burn treatment, to the revolutionary laser, to the
high-tech of today, America's scientists have done their duty, as
they will in the future, helping us not merely to prevail at war but
also, more importantly, to win the peace.
What a magnificent legacy for the Westinghouse Science
Talent America. Search. What a magnificent metaphor for the dream that is
Thank you for all you do. Congratulations to each and
every one of you. Please continue -- I would ask this of all of you
-- to pray for our sons and daughters in the Gulf and for peace --
lasting peace in that troubled corner of the world.
God bless you all and thank you very much. (Applause.)
END
7:41 P.M. EST