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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 14, 1984
MEMORANDUM FOR PAULA DOBRIANSKY
FROM:
JAMES W. CICCONI Am
SUBJECT:
Letter from Senator Arlen Specter
Attached, per our conversation, is a copy of a letter
from Senator Specter regarding the Polish refugee sit-
uation. As you can see from Jim Baker's response, we
have indicated that the NSC would be sending him a
follow-up letter on addressing his questions and
concerns.
Thanks very much for your help on this.
Attachments
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 14, 1985
Dear Arlen:
Thank you very much for your follow-up letter regarding
the Polish refugee situation.
As you know, we have been aware of and sympathetic to
this problem, and have taken steps to deal with it.
Your support for our actions to date has, of course,
been quite helpful.
I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your
letter to the National Security Council for a more
detailed response on the other points you raised, such
as broadening the grant of extended voluntary departure.
They will be in touch with you directly to explain our
plans and views on such matters.
With warm regards,
Sincerely,
James Jun A. Baker, III
Chief of Staff and
Assistant to the President
The Honorable Arlen Specter
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
ARLEN SPECTER
COMMITTEES
PEUNSYLVANIA
JUDICIARY
APPROPRIATIONS
VETERANS' AFFAIRS
United States Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
December 19, 1984
The Honorable James A. Baker III
Chief of Staff and Assistant to
the President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Jim:
I am writing to follow up on an issue we discussed during
our meeting on December 13, 1984, at the White House: the
plight of Polish refugees seeking asylum in the United States.
I was glad to hear that the procedures for processing
asylum applications of Polish nationals have recently been
reviewed and clarified. However, I remain concerned that
specific policy proposals, such as those the National Security
Council developed in cooperation with the State and Justice
Departments aimed at remedying the relatively low approval rate
for Polish applicants, have still not been implemented.
Given recent events, including the murder in October of
Reverend Jerzy Popieluszko and the recent police attack on
Lech Walesa and other demonstrators at the Gdansk monument,
I would urge the Administration to consider broadening even
further the grant of extended voluntary departure to include
Polish nationals who arrived in the United States after July 21,
1984. But this temporary status cannot be used as a substitute
for a grant of asylum.
Every effort must be made to ensure that Polish nationals
fleeing persecution in their country can find safe asylum here.
I understand there is a draft NSC Directive under discussion.
Consideration by the President of this Directive should be
accelerated.
My best.
Sincerely,
anlen
Arlen Specter
AS:ssa
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 15, 1985
John --
I know this may be premature, but
thought you'd like to have for
future consideration.
Dan is a good guy, and would be
a real asset. His wife is a lawyer
here in D.C., and he's tired of
having a "commuter marriage."
Amin Jim Cicconi
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 14, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR JOHN HERRINGTON
FROM:
JAMES W. CICCONI
G.
SUBJECT:
Resume of Dan Matheson
Attached for your consideration is the resume of Dan
Matheson, a Texan who is interested in a position with
the Administration.
Dan is a lawyer, and was recently Director of Texans
for Reagan-Bush. I know him quite well from the time
when he served as director of Governor Clements' State-
Federal Relations office here in Washington.
Dan is a smart, capable fellow, knows his way around
Washington, and is a good administrator. He also has
a background in energy matters, and is very interested
in whatever possibilities might exist in DOE.
Thanks.
Attachment
RESUME OF DANIEL N. MATHESON III
November 15, 1984
PERSONAL
Home Address and Telephone -
3811 Green Trails South
Austin, Texas 78731
512/346-8763
Business Address and Telephone -
Johnson & Swanson
1000 Norwood Tower
114 West Seventh Street
Austin, Texas 78701
512/474-4829
Born April 12, 1949 in Fort Worth, Texas
Married to Jane A. Matheson May 26, 1973
Two daughters (Sarah and Claire, born February 21, 1977), and
one son (Clay, born March 3, 1983)
EDUCATION
Law - University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with Honors, May 1974
Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1973-74
Undergraduate - Tulane University, 1967-69
University of Texas at Austin, B.A., May 1971
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Partner, Johnson & Swanson, Dallas, Texas, October 1, 1979 to
April 30, 1981, and Austin, Texas, January 1, 1983 to Present
Director, State of Texas Office of State-Federal Relations,
Washington, D.C., November 1981 to December 1982
(Acting capacity from November 1981 to April 1982)
Energy Coordinator, State of Texas Office of State-Federal
Relations, Washington, D.C., May 1981 to November 1981
Associate, Hewett Johnson Swanson & Barbee (now Johnson & Swanson),
Dallas, Texas, August 1, 1974 - September 30, 1979
Summer Intern, Vinson, Elkins, Searles, Connally & Smith
(now Vinson & Elkins), Houston, Texas,
July and August, 1973
Summer Intern, Thompson, Knight, Simmons & Bullion
(now Thompson & Knight), Dallas, Texas, June 1973
Summer Intern, Law Office of Tom M. Snow, Terrell, Texas,
June - August 1972
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LEGAL
Admitted to Practice, State Bar of Texas, December 1974
Partner in the Austin, Texas office of Johnson &
Swanson, a 170 lawyer full service law firm based in
Dallas, Texas
Practice in the general banking, corporate, and
securities areas, with experience in the following
areas: Organization and On-going representation of
banks and savings and loan associations, including
corporate, regulatory, commercial and real estate
lending, and equipment leasing transactions;
organization and on-going representation of corporations
and other business entities involved in high-technology,
equipment leasing, real estate investment and
management, and other businesses; public and private
placement of debt instruments and equity securities; and
mergers and acquisitions involving corporations and
financial institutions
GOVERNMENT
Director of State of Texas Office of State-Federal
Relations November 1981 to December 1982. The Office of
State-Federal Relations is a Texas state agency with
offices in Washington, D.C. and Austin, Texas which
serves as a liasion between the Texas state government
and the federal government, coordinates the development
of state policy with respect to federal legislative and
regulatory initiatives with the Governor and other
senior Texas officials, monitors federal government
activities of interest to Texas, and coordinates the
communication of Texas' positions to members of Congress
and other federal officials. The Director of the Office
is appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Texas
Senate. I was appointed Director of the Office by
Governor William P. Clements. In 1982, the Office
maintained a professional and clerical staff of 20 and
had a budget of approximately $1,000,000.
While serving as Director of the Office of State-Federal
Relations, I served as Governor Clements' staff
representative to the National Governors Association and
the Southern Governors Association and certain of their
committees. In 1982, I served as Chairman of the
Southern Governors Association Staff Advisory Committee
and as Vice-Chairman of the National Governors
Association Energy and Environment Committee Staff
Advisory Committee.
Member, Texas State Board of Registration for
Professional Engineers, 1983-1984 (appointed by Governor
William P. Clements)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, Dallas, Travis County, Texas, American, and
International Bar Associations
Member, Committee on Banking Law - Corporation, Banking, and
Business Law Section, Texas Bar Association
Member, Texas Association of Bank Counsel
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES
Reagan-Bush '84 Campaign in Texas
*Director, Texans for Reagan-Bush '84 (the focal point
for coalition development and voter outreach among
Democrats and Independents for the Reagan-Bush Campaign
in Texas; as Director, I took a leave of absence from
law practice to assume responsibility for planning and
implementing coalition development and outreach
activities and coordinating the recruitment and
activities of a statewide and several regional Democrat
and Independent steering committees)
*Coordinator of business get-out-the-vote effort (as
such I was responsible for the recruitment and a
statewide business steering committee and its activities
as the focal point for the get-out-the-vote effort among
Texas business leaders)
*Member, Texas Attorneys for Reagan-Bush '84 Steering
Committee and Texas Business for Reagan-Bush '84
Steering Committee
Phil Gramm for U.S. Senate Campaign, 1984
*Member, Texas Attorneys for Gramm Steering Committee
and Travis County Steering Committee
Joe Barton for Congress Campaign, 1984
*Member, Steering Committee and Host Committee for
several fund-raising events
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Member, Board of Directors, Texas Lyceum Association, Inc.
1984 - Present
Member, Steering Committee, Friends of the Archer M.
Huntington Gallery at the University of Texas at Austin,
1983 - Present
Team Member, Salvation Army Capital Campaign, Austin, 1984
Team Member, Laguna Gloria Art Musem Annual Fund Campaign,
Austin, 1984
Membership Chairman and Member of the Board of Directors,
Texas State Society of Washington, 1982
Membership Chairman, Washington Chapter of the University of
Texas Ex-Students Association, 1982
Founder and Chairman of the Steering Committee, Texas Energy
Forum, Washington, D.C., 1981-1982
Member, Board of Directors, Dallas Theatre Center, 1980-1981
Member, Board of Directors, Shakespeare Festival of Dallas,
1980-1981
Participant, Leadership Dallas 1978-1979 (sponsored by the
Dallas Chamber of Commerce), and Member, Leadership
Dallas Alumni Association, 1979-Present
Member, 500, Inc., Dallas, 1975-1977
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
Secretary and Member of the Executive Committee, Park Cities
Savings Association, Dallas
REFERENCE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
15 January 1985
TO: CONNIE HORNER
The attached matter was put on hold
last year, mainly because we did
not want any action we took to be
seen as politically motivated.
Could you please check into the
current status of this, and then,
if appropriate, respond to Rep.
Pepper on JAB's behalf.
Thanks much.
Jim Cicconi
SERVICE UNITED - OFFICE $ PRESENT
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
FOR ECONOMICS AND GOVERNMENT
10/31
Jim- -
The project has a lot of
problems. If the "certificate
of need "has expired, that
is a hish-priced problem
beyond HUD's an thing
that is, it's a function of the
State. Wish d could tell
you something better The
interested no one
city is apparently not thinks
the hospital is Condine needed
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
STENDYIVE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
October 31, 1984
MEMORANDUM FOR: CONSTANCE HORNER
FROM:
PAUL WEECK Raul
SUBJECT:
Miami Christian Hospital
In answer to your specific questions:
1. HUD has difficulty imagining what would cost $100,000
to reapply. All Miami has to do is update the initial
application and hold several more public hearings.
Unless:
-- their "certificate of need" has expired. Evidently,
the project sponsors would need some very
sophisticated analysis by high-priced consultants and
attorneys to justify the need for an additional
hospital. HUD's FHA 242 program would not insure the
project; UDAG staff did not recommend the project to
Secretary Pierce in FY 1983 on this basis. The first
certificate of need was bought from the State at a
high political cost.
2. Miami did resubmit the project for the last large city
round. However, the application arrived after the strict
deadline and was not submitted to the field office.
Further, the city had failed to hold the necessary public
hearings.
-- Miami is usually very good at the UDAG process. The
city's lack of competence with respect to this
project causes some to speculate that the city is not
particularly interested in the hospital.
3. The next large city applications are due to the HUD field
office by 5:00 pm. November 30, 1984.
CLAUDE PEPPER
FRANCES H CAMPBELL
18TH DISTRICT. FLORIDA
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
2239 RAYBURN. HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
CHAIRMAN
WASHINGTON DC 20515
COMMITTEE ON RULES
202-225-3931
SELECT COMMITTEE ON AGING
Congress of the United States
DISTRICT OFFICE:
CHAIRMAN
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH
house of Representatives
ROOM 904 FEDERAL BUILDING
MIAMI FLORIDA 33130
AND LONG-TERM CARE
305-350-5586
Mashington, D.C. 20515
MARIA SOMEILLAN
LATIN REPRESENTATIVE
October 23, 1984
Dear Mr. Baker:
I enclose herewith a letter which I wrote to
Mr. David A. Stockman, Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, about a hospital in the
black area in Miami within my congressional district,
which presents the problems we face and the reasons
we have those problems. I also enclose herewith a
copy of the reply I have just had from Mr. Stockman.
I beg of you to look into this matter and see if you
cannot do something to help us get for the black
community this modern 150-bed hospital which they
SO badly need and which was almost secured, but was
lost by a clear inadvertance and oversight on the
part of the City of Miami, the sponsor of the
project.
Thank you for anything you might do.
and Very Claude sincerely Pepper Pepper
Member of Congress
Mr. James A. Baker III
Chief of Staff and
Assistant to the President
Executive Office of the President
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C. 20500
Enclosures
THIS STATIONERY PRINTED ON PAPER MADE WITH RECYCLED FIBERS
CLAUD PEPPER
181H DISTRICT. FLORIDA
FRANCES H CAMPBELL
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
2239 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
CHAIRMAN
COMMITTEE ON RULES
WASHINGTON DC 20615
Congress of the United States
202-228-3931
BELECT COMMITTEE ON AGING
DISTRICT OFFICE
CHAIRMAN
BUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH
House of Representatives
ROOM B04 FEDERAL BUILDING
AND LONG TERM CARE
MIAMI FLORIDA 33130
308-350-8585
Washington, D.C. 20515
MARIA BOMEILLAN
LATIN REPRESENTATIVE
October 2, 1984
Dear Mr. Stockman:
I am in a tragic dilemma and I am asking for your help.
I have worked for nearly three years with a number of
other people to get a black hospital called Christian Hospital
established in a black area of about 140,000 people within
my district where no black hospital now exists. We fought
through the long road of getting a certificate of need at
the local and state level, of getting the strong support of
the State of Florida and the Governor personally, of having
the project sponsored by the City of Miami and supported by
Dade County up to the point of having a satisfactory bond
counsel from Mississippi and New York, getting one of the
outstanding hospital operating companies in the country to
contract to operate the hospital, meeting all of the
feasibility requirements, getting assurance of black
doctors' support and other things, and finally getting a
$3 million UDAG grant from HUD. Then when we were just
ready to meet the last of the requirements for the consum-
mation of the project, one of those lamentable things
happened as set out in the attached letter from Mr. John J.
Knapp, General Counsel of HUD: HUD wrote a letter on
April 17 to the City of Miami telling them within thirty
days to finish meeting the requirements imposed by HUD
and after not receiving a reply to that letter due to
some gross negligence on somebody's part in bringing the
letter to the attention of the appropriate City of Miami
officials, HUD cancelled the grant.
I want to emphasize to you that even though I had been
numerous times to HUD and had been in regular contact with
HUD officials about this project, I was not notified by
HUD about this cancellation. I happened to discover the
fact of the cancellation of the project by HUD after the
letter of cancellation had been sent by HUD and some time
had elapsed. I immediately got in touch with the City of
Miami officials and had the Mayor contact HUD and assure
HUD the City was strongly behind this project and what had
happened was a regrettable inadvertence in not replying to
HUD's April 17 letter. Then I joined others in a conference
with HUD people pressing for HUD to reinstate the $3 million
grant. In addition I talked personally with Mr. Knapp
urging him also to reinstate the grant and now the conclu-
sion of the matter is the enclosed letter from Mr. Knapp to
THIS STATIONERY PRINTED ON PAPER MADE WITH RECYCLED FIBERS
me dated September 28 in which he says the project cannot be
reinstated and advises me that for all practical purposes it
is dead.
I enclose herewith a statement showing substantially the
expenditures and the commitments made by Dr. George Simpson,
a black physician who has been the chief sponsor of this
project, and many others totalling over $700,000 in bringing
this project to the state it was when it was cancelled by
HUD without any notification to me whatsoever or any oppor-
tunity for me to have an explanation of why the letter of
April 17 was not answered by the City of Miami.
It will cost over $100,000 to file a new application
and we don't have that money and I don't know where it can
be obtained. So it looks as if the action taken by HUD on
what was a mere inadvertence or mistake on the part of the
City of Miami people has killed this project that would
have meant SO much to the black community in Miami, and
incidentally would have provided $20 million of expenditure
in the black area and would have provided permanent employ-
ment for 500 people when the hospital was in operation.
I can't believe that it is beyond the power of the government
of the United States to correct something done as a result of
an inadvertence or mistake on the part of municipal officials
which means SO much to the public interest. So I implore
you to look into this matter personally and see if you cannot
find some way the UDAG grant of $3 million can be restored.
We are prepared to meet all the other requirements within a
matter of days after that grant is restored.
Please help us.
Card Very Clause Member sincerely of Pepper Congres Pepper yours,
Honorable David Stockman
Director
Office of Management and Budget
Executive Office Building
Washington, D. C. 20503
Enclosures
URGENT - FOR SENATOR PEPPER c/o TEMPIE
October 2, 1984
12:25 P.M.
TO: JIM
FROM: DR. SIMPSON
RE: ROUGH ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES IN RESPECT TO CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL
ARCHITECTURE
$ 52,000.00
ARCHITECTURE
300,000.00
FEASIBILITY CONSULTANT
20,000.00
FEASIBILITY
75,000.00
SOIL SURVEY
5,000.00
PERMIT
4,000.00
LEGAL FEES (LOW ESTIMATE)
70,000.00
TRAVEL (LOW ESTIMATE)
15,000.00
CASH PAID OUT BY BOARD MEMBERS (HOSPITAL EXPENSES,
ETC.)
60,000.00
HEALTH FACILITIES AUTHORITY CONSULTANTS
15,000.00
HEALTH FACILITIES AUTHORITY FEASIBILITY
CONSULTANTS
15,000.00
HEALTH FACILITIES AUTHORITY FEES
5,000.00
TELEPHONES OVER THE YEARS (LOW ESTIMATE)
5,000.00
CLERICAL AND OTHER HELP OVER 5 YEAR PERIOD
(LOW ESTIMATE)
6,000.00
TOTAL (APPROXIMATE AMOUNT)
$ 632,000.00
DR. SIMPSON WILL TRY TO GET THE
OTHER EXPENSES INCURRED.
LATER INFORMATION FROM DR. SIMPSON:
I.
1. PERSONALLY, INCLUDING DR. SOL MENKIN
50,000.00
)
2. ADVANCE TO LEVENTHAL & HORWATH
20,000.00
PERSONALLY
/DB 3. ADVANCE TO HEALTH FACILITIES AUTHORITY
5,000.00
INCURRED BY OR.
4. BUILDING PERMITS
4,000.00
)
SIMPSON AND DR.
5. SOIL BEARING TESTS
5,000.00
)
MENKIN
$ 84,000.00
NOT INCL. TRAVEL
II. TONY ESTEVEZ
$30,000.00
PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF STATE UNITED
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
OCT 19 1984
Honorable Claude Pepper
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Claude:
Thank you for your letter regarding the UDAG grant for the
Christian Hospital in Miami. I can empathize with you and the
people of Liberty City on what appears to be the loss of the
grant due to a series of inadvertent and inexplicable errors made
by the city.
HUD's actions with respect to the hospital project, however, seem
consistent with sound management of the UDAG program. Demand for
the UDAG program is at an all-time high and many fundable
projects have been turned down. Efforts by HUD to recapture
funds obligated to languishing projects boosts the total
resources available to fund those projects ready to move toward
construction. The $3 million recaptured from the hospital
project has already been obligated; to utilize the $3 million
from available appropriations would violate the competitive
selection process institutionalized in the UDAG program.
I should note that my office does not usually get involved in
judging the merits of individual UDAG applications. I can only
suggest that you urge the City of Miami and Dade County to
resubmit their application for consideration in the next UDAG
large city funding round. Success in that effort will depend
upon the levels of distress of the city and the merits of the
proposed project relative to other applications as defined by the
UDAG statutes.
I hope that this response has been helpful to you. I regret that
I cannot be of more assistance on this problem.
Sincerely,
Amid A.Stadhman
David A. Stockman
Director
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 15, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR JIM CICCONI
FROM:
DANA ROHRABACHER DR
SUBJECT:
State of the Union
I hope Jim Baker liked the NCPAC
remarks.
Enclosed is an idea for the coming State
of the Union.
I'd
Dana: & call like it The a idea, Task Though Force It's instead
of
certainly a Commission. worth you considering
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 17, 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR EDWIN MEESE
FROM:
DANA ROHRABACHER DR
SUBJECT:
Economic Mobility Commission
Next year we should find ways of demonstrating the
President's free market philosophy not only benefits the middle
class and entrepreneurs, but also America's less fortunate. In
his new book The State Against Blacks, Walter Williams PhD.,
details the numerous government roadblocks to economic mobility.
I suggest that in the State of the Union the President announce
the formation of a commission with the task of examining the
federal, state, and local government impediments to economic
mobility. The commission could hold hearings in several large
cities and hold a major conference, all of which would reap good
publicity for the Administration and focus public attention on
laws and regulations which protect special interests at the
expense of consumers in general, and the poor in particular.
Such a commission will undoubtedly upset some of those
special interests now protected by licensing and regulations:
pool cleaners, barbers, taxi cab drivers, etc., etc. However,
the picture of this Administration championing jobs for the
underprivileged outweighs the draw backs.
I've been working closely with Dan Smith, Steve Rhodes and
Walter Williams on this idea. I suggest that Dan -- who is now a
Reaganite without portfolio -- be the White House coordinator of
the project. Further details from Dan Smith and Walter Williams
are attached.
PROPOSAL
PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON ACCESS TO INCOME
Dr. Walter E. Williams
Professor of Economics
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
The American values of free enterprise and private initiative are
seriously blemished by legal restrictions on economic activity. Numerous laws
written with the best of intentions, at federal, state and local levels of
government, have impaired mobility for the most disadvantaged Americans.
The common feature of these laws is that they restrict voluntary
(mutually beneficial) exchange. They reduce people's options to seek
private solutions of their economic problems and thereby increase the
probability that more Americans become permanent wards of the state.
One way that mobility is restricted is through occupational and
business licensing. The most flagrant form of this restriction is the
licensing of taxicabs. The taxicab business is one that does not require
lots of money or education. But ownership is closed to the poor because
in most major cities a license is required that costs up to $60,000 as
in New York City. In those cities, blacks own few taxis relative to their
number in the population. But in Washington, D.C., blacks own over 70 percent
of the taxis. This cannot be explained by simply saying there is no racial
discriminaton in Washington and discrimination is rampant elsewhere. It can
be explained by noting that the license cost is less than $200.
There are over 3,000 licensing jurisdictions in the United States which
license businesses and occupations such as pool cleaners, landscapers, street
vendors, barbers, cosmetologists, junk dealers, beekeepers, taxidermists, tree
surgeons, not to mention lightning rod salesmen and fortune-tellers. New
businesses and occupations are being added every year. Throughout most of
U.S. history, only doctors, lawyers, and ministers were licensed. By 1952
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there were 80 licensed occupations. By 1982 some 800 occupations are
licensed in one state or another.
But there are restrictions on mobility at the federal level as well.
For example, low income people could buy a used van and deliver intercity
express packages, but they would have to go through the costly Interstate
Commerce Commission (ICC) application process with no guarantee of success.
They could operate airport limosines, but aside from the costly state Public
Utility Commission application process the Federal Aviation Administration
may not grant the person access to the airport.
There are other federal laws such as the Davis-Bacon Act which set
the price for labor which makes it virtually impossible for some people,
particularly the low skilled, to become employed. The Davis-Bacon Act
confers an additional burden to the poor through its effects on housing mobility.
The federal government's housing rehabilitation program comes under the
jurisdiction rules like ten journeymen electricians per one CETA worker.
Such a requirement reduces the amount of housing rehabilitation that can be
done on a fixed project budget.
Taxi licensing, ICC regulation and the Davis-Bacon Act are just a few
examples of the broader principle of legal collusions in restraint of competition.
The effect of any kind of collusion is to raise the price of the good or service
and hence the incomes of the colluding members.
The consensus of professional economic literature on economic regulation can
be summarized:
-Regulatory agencies, which includes state and local licensing boards,
ICC and Department of Labor, limit competition by raising the cost of entry.
The "public interests" defense for regulation is of quetionable merit.
Regulation is almost always promoted by those already in the occupation
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or business and they always exempt themselves from new, more stringent
requirements through "grandfather clauses."
-Development of the regulations and its enforcement is frequently
undertaken by incumbent practitioners who use local, state or federal agencies
as the instrument of enforcement.
--People who can be characterized as late-comers, poor, uneducated
and discriminated against, bear the largest burden of government sanctioned
collusions.
The overly regulated economy cuts off the bottom rungs of the economic
ladder. It frustrates private initiative by reducing people's options to
provide their own solutions to their economic problems, and it, thereby,
raises dependency. But most important of all excessive regulation lowers
the standard of living for all Americans.
Addendum
Though this law has been struck down by the courts, a Maryland prescription
indicates how far states sometimes go:
The Maryland law required that those who were preparing to
be barbers in that state should be formally instructed in
the "scientific fundamentals for barbering, hygiene,
bacteriology, histology of the hair, skin, nails, muscles
and nerves, structures of the head, face and neck, elementary
chemistry relating to sterilization and antiseptics, disease
of the skin, hair, glands, and nails, haircutting, shaving
and arranging, dressing, coloring, bleaching, and tinting
of the hair."
If you weren't told the contrary, you'd think this was the requirement for
a medical practitioner.
Objectives:
1. To bring into sharp public focus the existence of and
Presidential concern about regulatory barriers that significantly
impair the economic and social mobility for low-income Americans.
2. To document such barriers for the public record and
formulate recommendations for their reduction.
Methods:
1. Announce in the 1983 State of the Union Address the
establishment of a Presidential Commission on Economic and
Social Mobility which will conduct public hearings on regulatory
barriers (i.e. costly licensing and franchising requirements that
effectively bar entry to low-income persons) and report back with
recommendations for legislative and regulatory action.
2. Where appropriate, the Commission will conduct joint
hearings with the Civil Rights Commission and the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission.
3. Hearings will be conducted in various locations around
the nation and would focus on acute state and local, in addition
to Federal impediments, to economic and social mobility.
4. A report will be submitted to the White House by
October of 1983 for consideration of its recommendations. Those
initiatives approved by the President would be highlighted in the
1984 State of the Union address simultaneous with the public
release of the Commision report.
5. Commission members would be encouraged to discuss
findings with the media, including editorial boards, members of
Congress, and civic and professional groups.
Operation:
1. This plan is designed to be a one-year effort, lasting
from February 1983 to February 1983.
2. The five-person commission would be created by
Executive Order to be signed on or about the date of the State of
the Union Address. Members of the Commission would be named at
the same time. Dr. Walter Williams of George Mason University,
the principal authority on this problem, should be considered for
chairman. Other members of the commission could include:
3. The Commission would be supported by a temporary White
House Office of Economic and Social Mobility staffed by a
professional (rank of Special Assistant to the President) and an
administrative assistant.
4. Operationally, the White House staff would report to
the Vice President and work in close coordination with the Vice
President's Regulatory Task Force.
Budget:
1. Travel (Commission and Staff)
$50,000
2. Staff (salary and payroll burden for
professional and administrative assistant
for one year)
96,000
3. Publishing of Report
25,000
4. Office Operating Expense (one year)
50,000
Total (not including office space expense) $221,000
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 15, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR JAMES BAKER III, CHIEF OF STAFF
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FROM:
FAITH WHITTLESEY, ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR PUBLIC LIAISON
SUBJECT:
Treasury Proposal to Repeal Exemption
for Fraternal Groups
As we discussed, the Treasury's tax reform plan contains
a provision that would, in effect, repeal the tax exemption
for fraternal groups.
Attached is a short memo on the subject by Bill Barr who
was formerly on the White House staff in OPD and is close
to the Knights of Columbus.
I know that Virgil Dechant of the Knights, who has been
a very good friend, and the heads of a number of the
larger, more influential groups would like the chance to
meet with you about this.
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Faith:
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has also
However, JAB has
registered strong
declined to meet w/
opposition to this.
any outside groups on
this subject. Hope They
understand- the subject is
Still being handled at
Treasury. Thanks
Aim airon VIG
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 18, 1985
TO: BOB MACKICHAN
The attached is for your
consideration.
Thanks.
Jim Cicconi
Attachment
ANDREWS & KURTH
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January 15, 1985
Mr. James W. Cicconi
Special Assistant to the President
and to the Chief of Staff
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Jim:
Enclosed is the resume of the person I mentioned to you who had been my boss at
the Commerce Department. I would appreciate it if you could send it to the Personnel
Department. He is the one who is also interested in Olmer's job.
Sincerely,
Maha
Michael F. Butler
Enclosure
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
WILLIAM N. LETSON
Education:
1952 - Harvard College, B.A., cum laude, concentration in Government
1955 - Harvard Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, Member, Board of
Editors, Harvard Law Review, 1953 - 55.
Professional:
1979 to present - Senior Partner, Letson, Griffith, Woodall & Lavelle
1977 to 1979 - Partner, Schiff Hardin & Waite, resident in
Washington, D.C.
1973 to 1977 - Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary,
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1971 to 1973 - General Counsel, Department of Commerce, Washington,
D.C., by Presidential appointment
Member of U.S. Delegation to U.S.-USSR Science and Technology
Commission
A participant in negotiation of several U.S. -USSR Agreements.
(Maritime, Commercial, Agricultural)
1962 to 1971 - Partner, Letson, Letson, Griffith & Kightlinger,
Warren, Ohio
1955 to 1962 - Associate, Shearman & Sterling, New York, New York
Member of Board of Directors:
HON Industries, Inc.
Eastwood Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Therm-o-Link, Inc.
Warren Area Chamber of Commerce
Listed in Who's Who in American Law
Bar Memberships:
Ohio, New York, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania
Public Activities:
Member of State Committee to Elect Clarence Brown Governor, 1982
Surrogate speaker for Committee to Reelect the President, 1971
Member of University of Akron School of Law Advisory Committee
Formerly a member of President's Commission on Personnel Interchange
Member of Task Force on Economic and Monetary Issues for 1980
Republican Convention
Formerly member of Council on Economic Affairs of the Republican
National Committee and Tax Policy Subcommittee of Council
Formerly a member of Board of Directors of Egyptian-American
Chamber of Commerce
Formerly member of Board of Directors of Pittsburgh Y.M.C.A.
Formerly member of Committee on University Resources of Board of
Overseers of Harvard University
Member of several American and Ohio Bar Association committees on
Corporate, Antitrust, and Banking Law
Lecturer at various tax, banking, and antitrust institutes
Born:
March 24, 1930, New York, New York
Office Address:
P. O. Box 151, 155 South Park Avenue, Suite 250
Warren, Ohio 44482
Telephone:
(216) 373-1035
Married with three children.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 16, 1985
TO: CRAIG FULLER
Attached is a memo prepared by
Bob Strauss's firm which describes
the subject you will be meeting
Willard Rockwell on.
Thanks for your help on this.
Jim Cicconi
Attachment
MEMORANDUM
Re: Meeting with Willard F. ("Al") Rockwell, Jr., Chairman
of Astrotech International Corp. regarding the comercialization
of the Space Shuttle
At Bob Strauss's request, Mr. Baker has agreed to meet
personally with Mr. Rockwell in January regarding his firm's
plans to sign a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with
NASA very soon to establish basic terms for the eventual
transfer to the private sector of one or more of the existing
four shuttle orbiters. Astrotech is the primary (if not
sole) contender to assume control of the shuttle system
when it reaches full operational maturity in 1988 or 1989.
The company's goal is to establish a commercial space transportation
business, consisting primarily of launching satellites and
cargo from its company-owned facilities in Florida.
For months Astrotech has been working closely with
NASA's Shuttle Operations Strategic Planning Group, to whom
it has submitted sophisticated financial and other models
describing various methods on how best to effect the transfer
of the shuttle to the private sector. The NASA Group is
understood to be currently in the process of preparing an
internal report, due to Administrator James Beggs on January
21, which is expected to contain recommendations that could
have an impact on the Astrotech proposal.
Certain details, of course, eventually will have to
be worked out before any final agreement is reached. These
include specific terms relating to pricing, insurance, risk
to purchaser, patent protection, and priority use by the
government for national security or emergency missions.
Despite progress, Mr. Rockwell is still concerned that Astrotech's
concerted effort to obtain even a basic MOU with NASA may
be undermined by adverse bureaucratic decisions within the
agency that could either knock the parties off the anticipated
timetable, or even worse, might threaten Astrotech's intellectual
property rights in some way and thus work to the advantage
of would-be competition.
Mr. Rockwell seeks assurances from the White House
that NASA will abide by the President's commitment to expanded
private sector investment and involvement in civil space
activities, including that of shuttle operations. Further,
it would like an indication of whether NASA intends to act
favorably on Astrotech's proposed MOU in the near future.
If possible, Mr. Rockwell would appreciate a meeting with
Mr. Baker either this week or as soon as possible after
the Inauguration to discuss the matter more fully.
/ As former chairman of Rockwell International, which manufactures
the shuttle orbiters, Mr. Rockwell has long been associated
with high technology and aerospace endeavors. His new company,
Astrotech, also includes former Senator John Tower on its
board of directors.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 18, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR BECKY NORTON DUNLOP
FROM:
JAMES W. CICCONI
N
SUBJECT:
Resume of Nancy Guiden
Attached, per our conversation, is the resume of Nancy
Guiden.
As I mentioned, both Jim Baker and Lyn Nofziger would
appreciate any help you might be able to give Nancy in
finding an appropriate position in the Administration.
Also, as I understand it, she has the support of Paul
Laxalt.
Thanks for your help on this.
Attachment
RESUME
NANCY GUIDEN
Telephone: (H) 703/920-5853
1201 S. Eads, #1006
Arlington, VA 22202
EXPERIENCE
REAGAN-BUSH '84
Staff Assistant in the Office of Political Affairs under Edward
J. Rollins. Coordinated six Regional Political Education
Seminars; organized voter group targeting in all states. Coor-
dinated all aspects of direct mail program, provided computer
research, and coordinated state press activities -- all for the
Northeast Region.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Liaison in the Office of the General Chairman, Senator Paul
Laxalt. Served as liaison between the Republican National Com-
mittee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and the
National Republican Congressional Committee for all facets of
Party activities.
NOFZIGER AND BRAGG COMMUNICATIONS
Executive Assistant to Lyn Nofziger in this political consulting/
communications firm. Provided initial contact for potential
clients; liaison for the White House, departments and agencies;
researched and prepared speech material for principal; compiled
daily news summary; and scheduled principal on daily basis.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Administrative Assistant to the Assistant to the President for
Political Affairs, Lyn Nofziger. Determined status on potential
Administration employees; prepared briefing papers for Presiden-
tial meetings; handled requests for Presidential messages;
problem solving for political contacts in the field; scheduled
the principal on a daily basis; served as telephone liaison for
Mr. Nofziger; handled all office manager and administrative
duties.
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE
Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director, Bob Moore.
Supervisor to three staff people; maintained weekly departmental
status reports; had control of all campaign expenditures and
spending limits; coordinated E.D.'s daily calendar and travel
schedule, and provided secretarial support to the E.D.
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BAKER COMMITTEE
Press Assistant to Senator Howard Baker's Presidential Campaign.
Assumed role of spokesperson in the absence of the Press
Secretary. Wrote press releases and advisories; handled tele-
phone press inquiries; coordinated campaign issues questionaire
responses; arranged all press interviews; handled Secret Service
press and campaign staff credentialling; handled candidate's
travel schedule coordination, nation-wide, with Baker Committee
staff's; and press scheduler for national media traveling with
the candidate.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Administrative Assistant for and traveled with the Republican
Tax-Cut Blitz under Peter Teeley. This was a three-day, nine
city tour made to promote tax-cut legislation and to assist
Congressional candidates.
Co-Coordinator of the 1978 Eisenhower Silver Jubilee Dinners
chaired by then Ambassador George Bush. Fifteen fundraising
dinners were simultaneously held around the country joined by
television.
UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Speech Coordinator/Administrative Assistant, Office of the
Secretary, Public Affairs under Secretary William E. Simon.
Provided speech research; made speechwriting assignments; coor-
dinated speeches from initial drafts through final copy distri-
bution; coordinated political scheduling; and coordinated
special projects.
PERSONAL
B.S. in Education/Psychology, Indiana University in Bloomington,
Indiana, 1975.
Born: October 23, 1953
Single
References furnished upon request.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 18, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR SENIOR STAFF
FROM:
JAMES W. CICCONI
ANC
SUBJECT:
Senior Staff Meetings
Please note that there will be no senior staff meeting on
Monday, January 21, due to the Inauguration.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
20 January 1985
TO: BOB KIMMITT
The attached from Faith
Whittlesey is purely FYI.
Jim Cicconi
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 17, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR JAMES BAKER, CHIEF OF STAFF
FROM:
FAITH RYAN WHITTLESEY, ASSISTANT TO THE
PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC LIAISON
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SUBJECT:
Proposed U.S. Limited Military
Assistance to the Marxist Government of
Mozambique
Due to the stories in the Washington Post of January
16th and the New York Times January 17th, we have been
receiving calls from conservative organizations which
are both puzzled and irate that the Administration
would offer even "non-lethal" military equipment,
vehicles and communications equipment and military
training to the Mozambique armed forces.
Why, we have been asked, is the U.S. government
undercutting the freedom fighters in Mozambique in this
way? Indeed this aid to the government of Mozambique
will undercut our own arguments for the restoration of
aid to the freedom fighters in our own hemisphere. It
would be surprising if our opponents in Congress did
not use this as a model of how we ought to deal with
the Nicaraguan government.
I believe that this could be a seriously damaging issue
for the President. The outcry from the conservative
foreign policy community will be substantial and one
such organization is already planning a national
protest.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
20 Jan. 1985
TO: CRAIG L. FULLER
Could you please handle the attached
on Jim Baker's behalf?
Two years ago, we mentioned Fair
Housing in the SOTU and, to the
best of my knowledge, there has
been no action due to a disagree-
ment on the enforcement mechanism.
I think it would be a good idea to
mention it again-- it is one of the
few civil rights type issues where
we have been ahead of the civil
rights lobby.
We'd appreciate it if you would copy
us on any response.
Thanks much.
Jim Cicconi
OF MOUSANT
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20410
January 16, 1985
Honorable James A. Baker, III
Chief of Staff and Assistant
to the President
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Jim:
Enclosed is a copy of a letter to the President asking that
mention of the Fair Housing Act Amendments be made in this year's
State of the Union Message.
I am asking for your support of this request which is personally
very important to me.
Thank you for your help.
Very Sam sincerely yours,
Samuel R. Pierce, Jr.
Enclosure
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 22, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR SENIOR STAFF
FROM:
JAMES W. CICCONI
your
SUBJECT:
Senior Staff Meetings
There will be no senior staff meeting tomorrow, Wednesday,
January 23, 1985.
Thank you.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 25, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR ROBERT KIMMITT
FROM:
JAMES W. CICCONI
SUBJECT:
Anniversary of Jose Marti's Birth
For your information:
January 28 is the anniversary of Jose Marti's birth, an
event that is widely celebrated in the Cuban-American
community.
It is virtually certain that we will receive questions
that day on the status of Radio Marti, and perhaps be
accused of foot-dragging. I thought you would want a
"heads up" in order to formulate guidance, and perhaps
have someone prepared to explain the progress to date.
Thanks.
CC: Bob Sims