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FOIA Number: 2012-0741-F
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DOCUMENT NO.
SUBJECT/TITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
AND TYPE
001. email
re: [Aircraft Manifests] (7 pages)
07/15/1994
b(7)(E)
002. list
re: President's Trip to Miami, Florida (1 page)
07/00/1994
P6/b(6), b(7)(C), b(7)(E),
b(7)(F)
003. list
[Personally Identifiable Information] [partial] (5 pages)
07/00/1994
b(6)
COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
Public Liaison
Alexis Herman
OA/Box Number: 4360
FOLDER TITLE:
[Invitations]-July 1994 Accepted [2]
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RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
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an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
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financial information |(a)(4) of the PRAJ
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P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
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2201(3).
concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]
RR. Document will be reviewed upon request.
SCHEDULE PROPOSAL
6/16/94
ACCEPT
REJECT
PENDING
TO:
Ricki Siedeman
Assistant to the President and
Director of Scheduling and Advance
FROM:
Harold Ickes
Assistant to the President and
Deputy Chief of Staff
Alexis Herman
Assistant to the President for
Public Liaison
REQUEST:
For the President to make remarks by
satellite to the annual meeting of the
National Medical Association.
PURPOSE:
To recognize the National Medical Association
(NMA) for their tremendous support on behalf
of the Health Security Act and to give them
the boost necessary to carry their activities
enthusiastically into the final months of
health care reform.
BACKGROUND:
NMA is the oldest African American
professional association, having been founded
in 1895, and with a current membership of
17,000 African American phsyicians. They
will be holding their 99th Annual Meeting and
Assembly in Orlando, Florida. The last time
a President addressed their group was in 1968
with President Johnson. Taking into account
their membership size, their activity on
behalf of the Health Security Act has been
outstanding. In addition, their importance
extends beyond the health care issue because
these individuals have long played key
leadership roles in the African American
community and will be following our
activities in other key areas, i.e., crime
and welfare reform.
PREVIOUS PARTICIPATION: None
DATE AND TIME:
Their general assembly meets during the
following times:
Saturday, July 23, 3-6pm
Sunday, July 24, 3-6 pm
Tuesday, July 26, 10-12am
Wednesday, July 27, 3-6pm
DURATION:
15 minutes
LOCATION:
By satellite to the Marriot World Hotel,
Orlando, Florida
OUTLINE OF EVENTS:
Dr. Leonard Lawrence, President of NMA, would
introduce the President for his remarks.
REMARKS REQUIRED:
Remarks would be coordinated by the Office of
Public Liaison and Speechwriting.
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Open
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 13, 1994
MEMORANDUM TO ALEXIS HERMAN
FROM:
Marilyn Yager
Ben Johnson
RE:
National Medical Association Meeting
As you know, you have an appointment with the Rosemary
Davis, Executive VP for Administration, and Dr. Tracy
Walton, President, with the National Medical
Association today at 2:00 pm in your office. It is my
understanding that this meeting came about through
conversations Ofield Dukes had with NMA, resulting in
his belief that they needed some political reassurance.
Barbara Wooley and I have worked with NMA a great deal
in recent months and I wanted to give you some
background there as well.
NMA ANNUAL MEETING:
NMA was very disappointed last year that neither the
President nor Mrs. could come to their annual meeting,
although Mrs. Clinton did talk to the group by phone.
Rosemary Davis has told me on numerous occasions that
when they see the President talking to other groups,
they wonder why he can't come to their events. I have
tried to explain that in most cases, he is speaking to
the other groups by satellite or the group is meeting
in Washington DC.
However, this year Ben and I have tried to arrange for
the President to speak live by satellite to the NMA
meeting in Orlando next week. As you know this has
been approved by Ricki, however, when I offered it to
Rosemary, they are reluctant to accept it. I suggested
to her that if picking up the cost of the satellite is
a concern, then maybe ten of their doctors could share
the cost of the satellite feed.
Rosemary suggested to me several weeks ago that instead
of having the President talk to their group next week,
she would rather have him talk health care reform to
their group in late October during their anniversary
meeting here in Washington. I have explained to her
that although we would be happy to put in the request
for him to talk to the group in late October, but that
that is after Congress adjourns for the year and that
Health care reform will either be passed or dead, and
for that reason we would still like to the President to
talk to their group next week as well.
NMA SUPPORT ACTIVITIES:
NMA has been a committed supporter of the Clinton
health plan, and compared to their past experience on
other national health issues, they have been extremely
active. However, compared to what other small doctors
groups are doing, their support is less helpful. I
think most of this is due to the small size of their
operation and their inexperience.
I consider them one of our top five doctors groups and
whenever I call the other doctors groups with requests,
I also call NMA. However, it is difficult to reach
them, and when we do, their responsiveness is very
slow, and what they actually provide is very limited.
For example, we have been building lists of supportive
doctors by congressional district. The other groups
have been very forthcoming, but we have stopped asking
NMA for lists (with phone, address) because it is like
pulling teeth.
NMA AND OTHER GROUPS:
NMA has indicated that they are working through an
African American Health care Coalition, called SUMMIT
93. Ben and I have looked into this group and learned
from Wade Henderson that they have done virtually
nothing, and certainly no one in our health care
operation was familier with the coalition. However,
you should know that in early June NMA did several days
of aggressive lobbying on the Hill on behalf of our
plan and Kennedy's. Ben and I have talked and this is
what we need them to be doing:
Participate wholeheartedly in White House requests
surrounding their participation with other doctors
groups and in list building (in both of these
instances it increases their visibility and
insures their members are included in all of our
activities).
Work the Congressional Black Caucus members
aggressively over the next three weeks both in
their districts and here in Washington on health
reform.
NMA should do a letter to other African American
groups, health and otherwise, stating their
commitment to the Clinton health principles and
requesting their immediate active involvement --
essentially a call to arms. Ben and I could help
draft the letter.
07/11/94
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Marcia Hale
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Amy Zisook
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Barbara Chow
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Tom Epstein
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Sylvia Mathews
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Caren Wilcox
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTACHED DISTRIBUTION LIST
FYI
FROM:
Peter Yu
SUBJECT:
Meeting on the White House Conference on Small Business
As mentioned in my report on the Sioux Falls conference, I think it would be useful for
us to meet briefly both to assess the state conferences to date and to discuss the upcoming
conferences.
We will meet Friday, July 15, from 11:00am to 12:00noon in Room 230 OEOB. A
proposed agenda is set forth below.
1.
Update on conferences to date.
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Turnout
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Atmosphere
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Press coverage
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Recommendations
2.
Sioux Falls and congressional participation
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Preferred policy going forward?
3.
Upcoming conferences, speakers, and press
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Bismarck, ND (Milt Stewart)
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Minneapolis, MN (Cassandra Pulley)
Charleston, WV (Jere Glover)
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Columbus, OH (Jonathan Silver)
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Des Moines, LA (Eiskine Bowlcs)
4.
Upcoming conferences and issues
5.
Personnel
AD HOC BUSINESS GROUP
ON
HEALTH CARE REFORM
July 21, 1994
The Honorable Richard A. Gephardt
The Honorable George J. Mitchell
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
1432 LHOB
SR-176
Washington, DC 20510
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Majority Leader:
As companies which are among the nation's largest employers, we urge you
to support passage this year of comprehensive health care reform that provides for
universal coverage through shared employer responsibility, thus ensuring health
care coverage for all Americans.
Now is the time for action. The failings of our current system are well
documented -- large numbers of citizens are uninsured, many lack affordable
coverage, and there is damaging cost shifting and excessive inflation in the health
care sector. Only comprehensive reform can address these problems.
It is time to place the health security of all Americans at the top of the
national agenda. This year offers a unique opportunity to address one of the major
causes of fear and anguish among our citizens, and one of the major threats to
America's long-term economic well-being.
Now is the time for leadership. If Congress fails to act this year, it is
unlikely to have another chance at comprehensive reform in this century. The
103rd Congress would be remembered as one which missed a historic opportunity.
This must not happen.
We are confident that Congress has the vision, the courage, and the
commitment to the greater good of our country to enact comprehensive reform
over the next few precious months.
A & P (Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company)
ABB Inc.
Acme Steel
AEL Industries
American Corn Growers
American Automobile Manufacturers Association
American Iron and Steel Institute
AMR Corporation (American Airlines)
Archer Daniels Midland Company
Armco Inc.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Champion International Corporation
Chrysler Corporation
Drummond Company
Eagle Picher Industries
EDS
Food for Less Grocery
Ford Motor Company
Fortis, Inc.
GEC-Marconi Electronic Systems Corporation
General Motors
Giant Food
Hechinger Company
H.J. Heinz
IBM
Ingersoll-Rand Company
Inland Steel
Loral
Manpower Inc.
Maytag
McDonnell Douglas
National Steel
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Pella Corporation
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Ralphs Grocery
Rohm & Haas
Safeway, Inc.
Scott Paper Company
Southern California Edison Company
The LTV Steel Company
The Principal Financial Group
Time Warner, Inc.
United Distillers North America
USX
The Vons Companies
Westinghouse
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
Zenith Electronic Corporation
Eckerd Corporation
July 12, 1994
THE NATIONAL
LEADERSHIP
COALITION FOR
The Honorable George J. Mitchell
HEALTH CARE
Majority Leader
United States Senate
REFORM
Washington, D.C. 20510
555 13TH STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20004
Dear Senator Mitchell:
(202) 637-6830
HONORARY CO-CHAIRS
We are writing to reaffirm our strong support for comprehensive health care reform
and our commitment to working with you and your colleagues to secure it this year,
Former President Jimmy Carter
Former President Gerald Ford
in this session of Congress.
CO-CHAIRS
The Honorable Paul G. Rogers. J.D.
We believe, as you do, that the need for effective reform transcends considerations of
The Honorable Robert D. Ray, L.L.B.
partisan politics. We will continue to be rigorously nonpartisan in our efforts on behalf
PRESIDENT
of legislation that will achieve the following three objectives:
Henry E. Simmons. M.D. M.I.H
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
(1) assuring -- through a combination of an employer mandate and an
individual mandate health coverage for all Americans by a time certain and soon.
Margaret M. Rhoades. Ph.D.
(2) containing health care costs through a combination of competition, delivery system reforms,
expenditure targets, and rate-setting for the fee-for-service segment of the health care system.
(3) improving the quality of health care through an increased commitment to outcomes research,
malpractice reform, and the development and dissemination of practice guidelines.
Legislation that meets these three tests would enhance the health and peace of mind of American families, bring
spiraling health care costs under better control, and end the destructive shifting of costs to and among
American businesses.
The members of our Coalition businesses, unions, consumer groups, and associations of health care
providers - recognize that in the short term comprehensive reform would require money, and we stand ready
to support equitable measures to finance such reform. We believe that reform would pay for its cost many
times over -- by slowing the rate at which health care spending escalates, for governments and businesses and
families. We also believe that reform should permit large employers to continue to self-insure their employees
-- and that it should not encourage wide variations in requirements from state to state that would make any
new system inordinately complicated for multi-state firms.
The debate about health care reform offers an opportunity for Congress to help Americans and their employers
simultaneously and, more broadly, to build a better health care system to serve the interests of our people
and our economy in the decades to come. We look forward to working with, and standing with, members of
Congress to help achieve a great victory in the months just ahead.
Sincerely,
DaneWlogen
Paul G. Rogers
Robert D. Ray
Co-Chair
Co-Chair
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP COALITION FOR
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Acme Steel Company
Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union, AFL-CIO
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Association of Retired Persons
American Automobile Manufacturers' Association
American College of Physicians
American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO
American Iron & Steel Institute
American Nurses Association, Inc.
American Physical Therapy Association
American Psychological Association
American Subacute Care Association
Association of Academic Health Centers
Association of Minority Health Professional Schools
B. C. Enterprises
Bannon Research
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Blue Diamond Growers
Brown & Cole Stores
Burlington Coat Factory
Ceridian Corporation
Christian Children's Fund
Chrysler Corporation
Cold Finished Steel Bar Institute
CoreStates Financial Corp.
Del Monte Foods
Designworks Inc.
Drummond Company Inc.
Families USA Foundation
Filter Materials
First Interstate Bancorp
Ford Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Giant Food Inc.
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
Gross Electric Inc.
The Heights Group
H. J. Heinz Co.
Inland Steel Company
INSIGHT Treatment Services, Inc.
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
International Multifoods
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen
James River Corporation
Johnstown Corporation
Keebler Company
Keller Glass Company
Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Co.
LTV Steel Company
Lukens Inc.
Mankoff, Inc.
July 18, 1994
Maternity Center Association
Maytag Corporation
MEDNET
National Association of Childbearing Centers
National Association of State Boards of Education
National Education Association
National Steel Corporation
Navistar International Transportation Corporation, Inc.
Norwest Corporation
Olympia West Plaza, Inc.
PAR Associates
Pella Corporation
Preferred Benefits
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
Ralphs Grocery Company
Regis Corporation
Rohm & Haas Company
Safeway Inc.
Sara Lee Corporation
Scott Paper Co.
Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO
Sokolov Strategic Alliance
Southern California Edison Company
Strategic Marketing Information, Inc.
Texas Heart Institute
Time Warner Inc.
United Air Lines, Inc.
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, AFL-CIO
United Paperworkers International Union, AFL-CIO
United States Catholic Conference
United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO
U.S. Bancorp
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Wheat, First Securities, Inc.
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.
The Whitman Group
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
Xerox Corporation
July 18, 1994
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THE WHITE HOUSE
MEMORANDUM FOR LEON PANETTA, CHIEF OF STAFF
HAROLD ICKES, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF
BOB RUBIN, ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
ALEXIS HERMAN, ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON
SUBJECT: DROP BY TO THANK CEOS DURING LUNCH/JULY 21
DATE: JULY 21, 1994
MEETING:
CEOS who will hold a press conference in
behalf of the Ad Hoc Lobbying Coalition
and the National Leadership Coalition
on Capitol Hill endorsing universal
coverage, employer responsibility and
action this year.
DATE/TIME:
Thursday, July 21, 1994
11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m
LOCATION:
West Lobby 11:45 a.m. to 12 noon
Mess 12 noon to 1 p.m.
PARTICIPANTS:
Steven A. Burd, President and CEO of
Safeway Inc. Mr. Burd is new to Safeway
having joined them in 1992 as COO, but
has been in the food and retail business
as both an employee and consultant. He
lives in California. Safeway has
supported health care reform via events
and publicity. Mr. Burd is representing
the National Leadership Coalition.
Andrew Card, President of the American
Automobile Manufacturers Association,
(former Secretary of Transportation for
Republicans.)
Mitchell Fromstein, CEO, Manpower Inc.
Mr. Fromstein, who is from Wisconsin,
has managed Manpower through a hostile
takeover and back to control of the
company. Manpower is the largest
supplier of temporary help, and has
sales over $3 billion and pre-tax
profits of over $100 million. It
operates in 36 countries. He is known
for innovative personnel techniques.
Manpower is a new company involved in
the health care debate in support of the
POTUS principles.
Gary Goldberg, President, National
President, American Corn Growers
Association, Kearney, NE. Mr. Goldberg
is the only New York city born, Jewish
head of a farm organization in the
United States. He is a farmer in
Nebraska. He was a Clinton/Gore
delegate to the Democratic National
Convention in 1992. Mr. Goldberg's
organization is a member of the Small
Business Coalition for Health Care
Reform.
John W. Hechinger, Sr., Chairman of
Hechinger Company. Mr. Hechinger, who
is a fifth generation Washingtonian, has
served both the District of Columbia and
the Democratic Party for many years. He
was the first Chairman of the City
Council of Washington, and served six
four-year terms as Democratic National
Committeeman for the District of
Columbia. Hechinger Company is now a
$1.5 billion of 130 home centers
operating in 23 states. Hechinger's was
an early endorser of health care reform
and was also active on the Economic
Plan. Mr. Hechinger was active in the
campaign as well.
Mark H. Ronald, CEO and President, GEC-
Marconi Electronics Systems Corporation,
Wayne, NJ. Mr. Ronald only agreed to
come to Washington late on Wednesday for
the press conference and we do not have
his bio.
Carl J. Schramm, Executive Vice
President, Fortis, Inc., a diversified
insurance and financial service company,
and formerly President and CEO of the
Health Insurance Association of America
(HIAA) from 1987 to 1992. Mr. Schramm,
who holds a Ph.D. in Economics from
University of Wisconsin and a J.D. from
Georgetown, is an expert in health
policy and management. He founded the
Johns Hopkins Center for Hospital
Finance and management in 1980. Prior
to leaving HIAA he lead the commercial
insurance industry toward support of
major reform in the small group and
individual markets area.
PURPOSE:
To thank these CEOs for their help on
this press conference and for their
support of the POTUS principles.
BACKGROUND:
Both the Ad Hoc Group, chaired by former
Congressman Jim Moody and Letitia
Chambers, and the National Leadership
Coalition, headed by Dr. Henry Simmons,
have supported universal coverage and
employer responsibility, along with
other issues of importance to the
business community.
This group today will issue a letter
signed by over 50 companies and hold a
press conference of support.
Like other groups which have supported
the President, they had hoped to have a
meeting with a Principal today, but that
was not possible. Therefore, drop-bys
are important to thank these individuals
for their support.
AGENDA:
Alexis Herman will be hosting the table
in the Mess with the seven CEOs between
12 noon and 1 p.m.
CC:
Steve Hilton
Greg Lawler
Caren Wilcox
Amy Zisook
PRESS RELEASE
LARGE CORPORATIONS RAISE VOICE FOR UNIVERSAL COVERAGE,
EMPLOYER COST SHARING
Washington, DC, July 21, 1994.
A wide and diverse group of large corporations petitioned Congress today to enact
universal coverage by maintaining and extending the employer-based insurance system
already in place in America.
More than one hundred and twenty companies and associations, which represent many
more companies and employees, released two letters today calling for decisive action by
Congress in 1994, and endorsing the twin principles of universal coverage and shared
employer responsibility. The companies signing the letters employ millions of Americans
and insure tens of millions, including workers, their families and former workers.
"Most American companies are already covering their workers," it was noted. "But
they're also covering other companies workers too -- the companies who free load of the
system" Unless everyone is insured, health care costs of the uninsured will continue to be
shifted to the corporations, large and small, that do the responsible thing by covering their
workers.
Not only is that not fair, it also drives the rate of inflation in the health sector, which
is usually twice that of the rest of the economy. This in turn further drives up the costs of
the products and services of companies covering their workers, which puts them at an unfair
disadvantage domestically, when competiting with companies that don't provide insurance,
and it also makes U.S. companies less competitive in the world market.
If left unchanged, the current system will cause the U.S. economy to lose millions of
jobs as world competition becomes more fierce. Employers who do provide insurance will
be forced to face the hard choices of continuing to be placed at a competitive disadvantage at
home and abroad, or of dropping coverage althogether.
The economic and social health of our country and our people requires universal
coverage. There is no other way to achieve adequate health coverage for our citizens, and to
contain costs, or be fair to responsible, worker and family-friendly companies.
********
CONTACT:
Jim Moody (202) 857-0670
Chambers Associates
STATEMENT BY ANDREW H. CARD, JR.
PRESIDENT & CEO
AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
HEALTH REFORM PRESS CONFERENCE
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1994
I am very pleased to be here on behalf of America's car companies -- Chrysler, Ford,
and General Motors -- all of whom believe it essential that health reform legislation achieve
universal coverage, with all employers sharing in the responsibility to help finance coverage
for America's workers and their families.
Throughout this national debate on health reform, the focus of attention has been on
the burden, or increased costs, that would be incurred by businesses that do not provide
insurance coverage to their employees. Often overlooked is the burden incurred by those
employers who do provide insurance coverage and pick up the slack for those that do not.
We need to remember that all health care costs must ultimately be paid by someone.
When individuals do not have coverage either because their employer does not provide it,
they can't afford it, or they choose not to buy it, others end up paying for it. For
manufacturing firms, which generally provide comprehensive coverage to their employees and
families, this burden is a heavy one. These firms pay 28 percent higher health costs due to
cost-shifting from various sources.
Most American businesses provide health insurance to their employees. Last year,
the three auto companies spent nearly $6 billion in providing health coverage for 2.8
million people -- that's one out of every 90 Americans. We have moved aggressively to
control our health costs, but we cannot control costs shifted to us because of those who do
not pay their fair share.
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This $6 billion burden has a very substantial impact on our companies and on the
consumers of our products. Health care costs average more than $1100 per car. High health
costs mean less money for product development, new plants, and growth of high-skilled, high-
wage jobs for American citizens.
As a result of high health costs, the American auto companies operate at a competitive
disadvantage versus their primary competitors. The Japanese companies, for example, pay
about $500 less per vehicle in health costs. Other industrialized nations have been far more
successful than the U.S. in containing overall health costs -- and in spreading the burden of
paying for health care fairly throughout their economies.
Let me be very clear about where America's car companies stand in this debate. We
must have reform legislation which spreads the cost of health care equitably. This will
require universal coverage and shared responsibility between government, individuals, and all
employers.
We cannot support legislation which fails to provide for equitable financing of
universal coverage by a date certain. Nor can we support legislation, such as the Senate
Finance Committee bill, which imposes substantial new taxes on businesses which now
provide coverage, while allowing other businesses to keep their free ride.
We know the White House and the Congressional leaders here today see the need for
universal coverage and shared responsibility the same way we do. We hope we will be able
to support the legislation which ultimately emerges from each House of Congress in August.
American Corn Growers Association
National headquarters:
President's field office:
PO Box 18157
PO Box 22994
Washington, DC 20036
Lincoln, NE 68542-2994
Phone: 202-835-0330
Phone: 402-475-ACGA (2242)
Fax: 202-429-0699
Fax: 402-476-8859
I'm Gary Goldberg, a Kearney Nebraska Corn Farmer and President of the American
Corn Growers Association, which represents large and small farming businesses.
Some say that there is no crisis in health care. In agriculture, there is in fact, a crisis.
Almost one third of all farmers are either un-insured or under-insured. This is the
second most dangerous occupation in the United States. When farmers can't pay their
bills, the first thing to go is insurance. Something must be done.
There is alot of debate about what kind of health care system we should have and who
should pay for it. But while the different policies are debated back and forth, the health
care crisis continues for American Agriculture and Rural America.
The American Corn Growers Association believes that any health care solution must
include:
-- Guaranteed comprehensive health insurance benefits for all.
-- 100% tax deductibility of health care costs for employers and the self-employed.
-- Require that health insurance be transferable from work-place to work-place.
-- Prohibit the denial of coverage for pre-existing conditions.
-- require shared financial responsibility among employers, individuals and the
government.
Anything less than these five items will continue to jeopardize the health of agriculture
and rural America.
This is the greatest country in the world. It is also the breadbasket of the world. But if it
wants to continue to have hard working men and women feed this country the tastiest,
safest and least-expensive food in the world, it must develop a health care system that
is workable and affordable.
AD HOC BUSINESS GROUP
ON
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Corporation Representatives Available to Speak on Health Care Reform
Company
Champion International
Name
Jeanne Connelly
Telephone
785-9888
Fax
785-3286
Company
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
Name
David Lambert
Telephone
703-549-3000
Fax
703-549-0771
Company
Safeway
Name
Represented by Henry Simmon, Mark Goldberg, Peggy Rhoades
Telephone
637-6830
Fax
637-5910
Company
Time Warner
Name
Arthur B. Sackler
Telephone
457-8582
Fax
457-8861
Company
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Name
Michael Rourke
Telephone
201-930-4236
Fax
201-930-4034
Company
The Principal Financial Group
Name
Stuart J. Brahs
Telephone
682-1280
Fax
682-1412
Company
Chrysler
Name
Wally Maher
Telephone
862-5447
Fax
862-5445
Company
American Automotive Manufacturers Association
Name
Mel Bass
Telephone
326-5518
Fax
326-5567
Company
Ford
Name
Elliott Hall
Telephone
962-5371
Fax
962-5456
Company
Chambers Associates
Name
Jim Moody
Telephone
857-0670
Fax
867-0668
Company
Fortis, Inc
Name
Carl Schramm
Telephone (21st)
637-5600
Telephone (22nd)
414-299-1272
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Timothy M. Westmoreland
Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
1364 G Street, SE
2415 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC, 20003
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 544-1035
(202) 225-4952
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
Counsel, 1987-present
(Congressman Henry A. Waxman, Chairman)
Assistant Counsel, 1980-1987
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Special Amistant, 1979-1980
U.S. House of Representatives
Responsible for policy analysis, the arrangement of oversight and legislative hearings, the
development of legislation. the drafting of statutes, the preparation of reports on legislation, and the
Berwy
general management of Subcommittee consideration of issues involving public health, reproductive
health, biomedical research, biomedical ethics, and health regulation. Principal staff on AIDS issues,
including research, prevention and education, care and treatment, and finance. Principal staff on
public health, poverty clinics, privacy, and information systems in the context of health reform.
Responsible for writing and editing materials on these topics, including articles for lay and
professional press, speeches for the Chairman, and legislative materials.
Representative legislative work
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, including provisions relating to expansion of
Medicaid coverage of persons with tuberculosis and provisions relating to the Federal
purchase of vaccines for poor children.
The NIH Revitalization Act (1993), including provisions relating to biomedical research on
transplantation of fetal tissue and provisions relating to the consolidation of planning and
budgeting of biomedical research on AIDS.
The Breast and Cervical Cancer Detection and Control Act (1991), creating a program of
grants for mammography and cervical cancer screening programs for women with DO source
of payment.
The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act (1990), creating local,
State, and poverty clinic programs for people with AIDS and HIV.
The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Act (1987), creating 8 Federal no-fault
compensation system for the compensation of children with injuries relating to the
administration of routine pediatric veccines and to assure the continued manufacture and
availability of domestic vaccines.
Reauthorization and revision of the Orphan Drug Act (1990-present). providing for grants
and marketing protections for drugs for rare discases.
Resutborization and revision of Federal family planning programs (1981-present).
Resuthorization and revision of Centers for Discase Control programs, including
benze
immunization, infectious discase control, load poisoning screening, and injury prevention
(1981-present).
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White House Task Force on Health Reform
January-June 1993
Took part in policy analysis and development of proposals for reform of health care delivery and
finance for people with chronic illnesses and disabilities. for poor or disadvantaged people, and for
other vulnerable populations, as well as for reform of Federal financing of public health systems.
Clinton-Gore Presidential Transition Team
November 1992-February 1993
Responsible for policy development in public health and health regulation. including AIDS,
biomedical research, poverty clinical care, and public education and prevention activities. Also
responsible for policy development regarding health reform and people with chronic illnesses and
disabilities.
Guest lectures
1984-present
Serve as guest speaker for graduate courses on health, political science, and law at such schools as
the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, the Columbia School of Journalism, the
Georgetown Nursing School, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the Yale Graduate
School
EDUCATION
Yale Law School
1976-1979
New Haven, CT
Duke University
B.A., Psychology, 1976
Durham, NC
Summa Cum Laude
Oxford Institute of Experimental
Summer Research Program, 1975
Prychology
Oxford University
Oxford, UK
ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS
Phi Beta Kappa
Angier B. Duke Research Grant
Flexner Writing Prize
Angier B. Duke Scholarship
National Merit Scholarship
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Presentations on health issues for the National Academy of Sciences, the Heary J. Kaiser Family
Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the United Hospital Fund
of New York and other philanthropic research, professional, and advocacy groupe (1980 to present)
Advisory Committee on the Future of Public Health Law. Milbank Memorial Fund (1993-present)
Advisory Panel on AIDS Health Services, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (1986-1988)
Duke University Board of Trustees (1975-1978)
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July 12, 1994
MEMORANDUM FOR GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS
PHIL LADER
BRUCE LINDSEY
PAT GRIFFIN
ALEXIS HERMAN
BILL GALSTON
STEVE NEUWIRTH
FROM:
JOEL KLEIN of
Attached is the proposed testimony that will be discussed at
this afternoon's meeting at 3:30-4:00 in my office. If you
cannot attend and want to provide me with written comments that
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DRAFT 3, 7/11 STATEMENT OF DEVAL L. PATRICK, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY
GENERAL, CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND
HUMAN RESOURCES, UNITED STATES SENATE, CONCERNING S. 2238, THE
EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT OF 1994, JULY 19, 1994.
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, it is a pleasure
that my first appearance before you is in connection with S.
2238, the Employment and Non-Discrimination Act of 1994.
I want to commend you, Mr. Chairman, your colleagues in the
House, Mr. Frank and Mr. Studds, and your 130+ cosponsors in both
chambers, for intreducing this bill. It is a thoughtful and
reasoned first step in addressing the issue of discrimination
against gay men and lesbians, unfairness based on status that
reaches many facets of the lives of these Americans, too often
including violence.
The President and this Administration support the principle
of non-discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation.
Americans should be able to find jobs, keep jobs and earn
promotions based on their qualifications and the quality of their
work, not on irrelevant characteristics. This has been a core
value in this country for many years.
As you know, forty years ago, the Supreme Court began the
modern civil rights era by deciding Brown V. Board of Education,
and thirty years ago Congress enacted the Civil Rights Act of
1964, including Title VII prohibiting discrimination in
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employment based on race, color, religion, sex and national
origin. In 1967 the Age Discrimination in Employment Act began
to protect older Americans. Most recently, in 1990, Congress
enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act to extend full civil
rights protections to persons with disabilities.
It is time to begin to provide civil rights protection to
millions of Americans who feel the sting of discrimination based
on sexual orientation. As the President said in Riga, Latvia,
recently, "Freedom without tolerance is freedom unfulfilled." It
is in that spirit and that of our historic national commitment to
tolerance that this Administration believes the principle of non-
discrimination in employment should be extended to include sexual
orientation.
As past debates in Congress have shown, characteristics such
as race, religion, sex, age and disability have no relevance to
the ability of an individual to perform required functions of a
job. Quite often, and unfortunately, it is prejudice and
stereotypes held by some employers that limit a person's ability
to obtain and keep a job.
Our Nation prides itself on embracing the principle that
persons should be judged based on merit and ability, not on
class, culture or other extraneous factors. Our civil rights
laws reflect this principle. By allowing discrimination on the
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basis of sexual orientation, our society cheats itself out of the
contributions of the very able and talented lesbians and gay men
throughout the Nation.
And SO here we should move that ball forward by providing
protection in employment based on sexual orientation. With the
increasingly competitive international marketplace, America does
not have the luxury of wasting talent in this country.
S.2238 is, frankly, a very modest bill. In the past,
Congressional advocates of providing civil rights protections for
gay men and lesbians have introduced omnibus bills that amended
all existing civil rights laws to include sexual orientation.
These bills would have provided civil rights protection in public
accommodations, public facilities, federally assisted programs,
employment and housing.
S. 2238 takes a much narrower and more focused approach.
Instead of merely amending existing law, it starts with the
basics of Title VII banning discrimination in employment and,
much like the Americans with Disabilities Act, molds the
protection to meet the particular problems of discrimination
based on sexual orientation.
The bill uses the same framework of Title VII, by covering
the same employers, using the same standards, and providing the
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same enforcement mechanisms. It builds on the 30 years of Title
VII jurisprudence, but with some notable exceptions.
The first exception is for cases of disparate impact.
Disparate impact was first recognized by the courts in Griggs V.
Duke Power, 401 U.S. 424 (1971). In Griggs, the Supreme Court
recognized that a facially neutral practice that appears fair in
form may have a discriminatory effect, and may, if not justified
by business necessity, be prohibited by Title VII. The Civil
Rights Act of 1991 amended Title VII to codify the disparate
impact standard. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, however,
explicitly excludes the disparate impact test from use in cases
of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
The second exception is for religious entities. The
Employment Non-Discrimination Act provides a broad exemption for
religious organizations, but does not exempt for-profit
activities of such organizations. Title VII an exemption for
discrimination based on religion for religious organizations.
The third exception is for benefits. The Employment Non-
Discrimination Act does not apply to the provision of employee
benefits to an individual for the benefit of his or her partner.
Under Title VII, discrimination in the provision of employee
benefits is prohibited.
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The fourth exception is for members of the armed forces.
Although Title VII does not apply to members of the armed forces,
the military provides some form of protection against
discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national
origin. Under terms of the current policy for gay men and
lesbians in the military, the military may exclude them under
certain circumstances. Like Title VII, ENDA explicitly protects
veterans preferences from its application.
In addition to these exceptions, the bill also prohibits the
use of quotas and preferential treatment.
I want to commend the Committee for conducting these
hearings in a serious and dignified manner. Until this year,
Congress had not heard testimony on the issue of discrimination
in employment based on sexual orientation in nearly 15 years. In
past years, hearings were sidetracked by issues unrelated to
employment discrimination. I trust over the course of these
hearings that you will hear from many witnesses who will document
the problems faced by lesbians and gay men in employment and
their testimony will build a useful and solid record on the
problems of discrimination in employment based on sexual
orientation.
Exploring the issue of providing civil rights protection
based on sexual orientation brings up a unique circumstance that
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has not applied to most other groups covered by civil rights
laws. Many other gay men and lesbians will not be willing or
able to tell their stories, the fear and consequences of coming
"out of the closet" are too much to bear. These people still
suffer from discrimination, and still deserve protection.
The notion of providing antidiscrimination protection is not
so novel as to be untested in the public and private sectors. In
the federal government, civil service law provides some
protection against discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation in federal civilian employment. Eight states and
over 80 local governments provide some form of protection. In
the private sector, companies such as General Motors, Miller
Brewing Company, Citicorp, IBM, and AT&T have policies of non-
discrimination based on sexual orientation. A number of these
employers also provide the same degree of employee benefits to a
person's partner, without regard to sexual orientation.
Mr. Chairman, at my swearing in ceremony earlier this year,
I made the following observation:
This nation has a creed. That creed is deeply rooted
in the concepts of equality, opportunity and fair play.
Our faith in that creed has made us a prideful nation,
and enabled us to accomplish feats of extraordinary
achievement and uplift. And yet in the same instant we
see racism and unfairness all around us. In the same
instant we see acts of unspeakable cruelty and even
violence because of race, or ethnicity, or gender, or
disability, or sexual orientation. They present a
legal problem, to be sure. But they also pose a moral
dilemma. How can a nation founded on such principles,
dedicated to such a creed, sometimes fall so short?
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Mr. Chairman, as a Nation, we have been grappling with that
moral dilemma for decades, through countless acts of private and
public courage, large and small. Here before you is another
opportunity to express the national commitment to tolerance and
fairness. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994 takes a
step moving towards equality, opportunity and fair play for
people who are discriminated against based on their sexual
orientation. Let us not fall short in our endeavor.
Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before
you this morning. The Department of Justice stands ready to work
with you and the Committee to craft a fair and effective bill to
eliminate discrimination based on sexual discrimination in
employment. I look forward to addressing any questions members
of the Committee may have.
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What does this bill do?
ENDA prohibits discrimination in employment based on sexual
orientation.
How does it compare to other civil rights laws?
Much like the Americans with Disabilities Act, ENDA uses the
basic employment discrimination law, Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, as its model for coverage.
Is sexual orientation protected under existing law?
No, employment discrimination is not covered by existing
federal law. The only law that addresses sexual orientation
discrimination is the Hate Crimes Statistics Act, which
requires the collection of hate crimes data based on sexual
orientation, as well as other factors.
Are small businesses covered?
No. Like Title VII, employers with fewer than 15 employees
are not covered.
Are religious organizations covered?
No. Unlike Title VII, which allows an exemption against
only religious discrimination for religious organizations
(thus race, color, sex or national origin discrimination is
still prohibited) ENDA exempts religious organizations from
the antidiscrimination requirement. ENDA would cover any
for-profit activities of a religious organization that are
subject to taxation, because they would be substantially
unrelated to religious purposes.
Is the military covered?
No. The recent compromise on gays is the military would be
unaffected by ENDA. Title VII also does not cover members
of the armed forces.
Is the federal government covered?
Yes, as it is by Title VII.
Is Congress covered?
Yes, as it is by Title VII -- the House and Senate have
separate enforcement mechanisms established by the Civil
Rights Act of 1991.
Do other governemnts provide similar protection?
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Yes. 8 states and over 80 local governments ban
discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation.
Does ENDA provide special rights?
No. It provides that persons may not be discriminated
against based on sexual orientation. It expressly prohibits
providing "preferential treatment" for persons making such a
claim.
How does relief work?
Relief works in the same manner as Title VII.
What standards?
The same standards of Title VII apply, with certain
exceptions -- X X X X
Does ENDA allow a claim of disparate impact, as provided under
Griggs and now Title VII?
No. Disparate impact claims expressly excluded under ENDA.
Even if there was not this prohibition, it would be very
hard to bring a successful disparate impact claim on the
basis of sexual crientation, because many persons are
"closeted" and are unwilling to disclose their orientation,
thus not allowing for a statistaclly valid sample of
potential disparity.
Does ENDA require quotas?
No. ENDA expressly prohibits the use of quotas or other
preferential treatment.
Are benefits covered?
No. Unlike Title VII, which prohibits discrimination in the
provision of employee benefits (but does not require that
benefits be provided), ENDA explicitly excludes benefits
from coverage.
Are transvestites (persons who cross-dress) covered?
Transvestites who suffer discrimination based on sexual
orientation (because they are homosexual, bisexual, or
hetrosexual) would be entitled to protection under ENDA.
But the key here is whether they are subject to
discrimination based on their sexual orientation.
Is ENDA retroactive?
No. ENDA would be effective 60 days after enactment, and
would not apply to conduct before that date.
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Why shouldn't gays and lesbians keep closeted at work? Won't
this allow them to flaunt their lifestyle?
Many gay men, lesbians and bisexuals can and do "pass" as
straight in the workplace, because they fear discrimination.
But this puts them at a disadvantage when they cannot
interact socailly with coworkers in an equal manner for fear
of discrimination. They cannot talk about normal social
experineces (such as outside of work activities) and show
normal social niceties (such as displaying pictures of loved
ones).
Why does this bill protect people who associate with gay people?
Like the Fair Housing Amendments Act and the Americans with
Disabilities Act, ENDA prohibits discrimination on the basis
of sexual orientation against persons associated with a gay
person. A person who does not admit to an employer as being
gay could still be discrimionated against for having gay
friends. Thus, a person could not discriminated against
based on association with a gay family member or friend.
Why does the bill prohibit discrimination aginst persons
perceived to be gay?
Because the prohibited practice (discrimination) is still
motivated on the belief that a person is gay.
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THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO MIAMI
July 17 -18, 1994
Sheraton Bal Harbour
Hotel Main #: (305) 865-7511
9701 Collins Avenue
WHCA SWITCHBOARD: (305) 867-2100
Miami, FL 33154
WHCA HOTEL TIE: "1514"
Trip Code: "49"
STAFF ADVISORY
STAFF ROOM #: 1538/9 ADVANCE OFFICE: RM. 1214/5 WHCA OFFICE: RM. 1510
COMMAND POST: EXECUTIVE LOUNGE (1532/7)
BAGGAGE CALL: Baggage call is at 9:30am outside your door. Departure is from the
garage (elevator to lower lobby, follow ARROWS).
open 24 hrs
LATE NIGHT SNACKS: Edible Express (lower lobby) until 2:00am. Bakery items,
snacks, drinks, sandwiches, etc.
Lobby Lounge open until midnight - drinks only
Bal Harbour Bar open until 2:00am (main lobby floor) drinks only
BREAKFAST:
Garden Cafe (lower lobby, at bottom of the Lobby's circular staircase)
starting a 6:30am "a la carte", full breakfast buffet ($11.75), and
continental buffet ($8.75)
Edibles (lower lobby, at bottom of Lobby's circular staircase)
starting at 6:00am bakery-type items
Room Service (push "Room Service" button on your room phone, or
order by video through your television, channel "88" until 4:45am)
GIFT SHOP:
Lower Lobby level. Opens at 7:00am
POOL:
Opens at 8:30am
HEALTH CLUB:
Opens at 6:00am. There is a $5.00 charge for usage. Lower level,
exit by "Edible Express", head straight towards pool, up stairs to
stone walkway, bear left, club in building on left.
TELEVISION:
4 - NBC
6 - CBS
9 - - CNN
10 ABC
88 - MESSAGES,
CHECK OUT
(until 6:00am)
NEWSPAPERS:
Newspapers will be delivered by 7:00am to a limited number of
rooms. Additional copies will be available in the Staff Room.
PHONES:
Room-to-Room: floors 100-999 dial "7" + room #
1000 & above just dial room#
Local call: dial "9" + phone# ($.75 charge)
Long-distance/credit card: "8" + phone# ($1.00 surcharge)
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SCHEDULE PROPOSAL
DATE July 19, 1994
ACCEPT
REGRET
PENDING
TO:
Ricki Seidman
Assistant to the President and
Counselor to the Chief of Staff
FROM:
ALEXIS M. HERMAN
Assistant to the President and Director
Office of Public Liaison
REQUEST:
A Drop-by at a meeting of CEO's who are
actively supporting Health Care Reform.
PURPOSE:
To express appreciation to CEO's and
Senior executives for their continued
support of Health Care Reform and to
encourage them to stay active.
BACKGROUND:
These CEO's will be in town to present a
letter to the Hill in support of
Universal Coverage and Employer
Responsibility. This will occur at a
10:00 a.m. press conference with the
House and Senate leadership.
These CEO's represent the hard core
support we have in the large business
community. Some of these CEO's have been
early supporters, while others are very
new to the process.
PREVIOUS PARTICIPATION:
Some of these CEO's have been long-term
supporters and have participated in
other events with POTUS; others are
newly engaged and have not participated
in any previous health care events. See
list of participants.
DATE AND TIME:
Thursday, July 21, 1994
Afternoon
DURATION:
15 minutes
LOCATION:
?????
PARTICIPANTS:
Mr. Mitchell Fromstein
Manpower
(NEW SUPPORTER)
Mr. Curtis Barnette
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
(AMONG POTUS'S STRONGEST SUPPORTERS ON
HEALTH CARE AND OTHER ISSUES)
Mr. Bernard Schwartz
Loral Corporation
(CAMPAIGN SUPPORTER, RELATIVELY NEW
SUPPORTER OF HEALTH CARE)
Ms. Alice Lusk
EDS
(EARLY SUPPORTER OF HEALTH CARE AND A
MEMBER OF JACKSON HOLE GROUP)
Mr. Andrew Card
American Automobile Manufacturers Assn.
(REPUBLICAN AND FORMER DIRECTOR OF FEMA)
INVITED - NOT CONFIRMED
Mr. David Hurd
Principal Financial Group
(FORMER PRESIDENT OF HIAA AND AN IOWAN)
Mr.Martin Grass
Rite Aid Corporation
(ACTIVE REPUBLICAN IN PENNSYLVANIA AND
EARLY SUPPORTERS OF HEALTH CARE)
Mr. John Bryson
Southern California Edison Company
(SUPPORTER DURING CAMPAIGN AND EARLY
SUPPORTER OF HEALTH CARE)
Mr. Robert Williams
James River Corporation
Mr. Allan Noddle
Giant Food Inc.
Mr. James Wood
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Mr. Anthony O'Reilly
H. J. Heinz
OUTLINE of EVENTS:
POTUS makes brief remarks thanking
attending CEO's for all their support
and hard work.
REMARKS REQUIRED:
General thank you for support and
encouragement for the future.
MEDIA COVERAGE:
None
July 12, 1994
MEMORANDUM TO MARSHA SCOTT
FROM:
Andrew E. Barrer
SUBJECT:
Bringing Outside the Beltway to The White House
The wider constituency that helped elect Bill Clinton needs to continually feel a
part of The White House; whether it is here in Washington, or when the President
and The First Lady or cabinet and sub-cabinet officials travel around the country.
CONSTITUENCIES:
Gay and Lesbian organizations and key individuals
AIDS organizations and related constituency groups. There are over
6,000 NGOs and CBOs in the country.
Other progressive/liberal non-profits
THE NEEDS:
To feel a part of the Administration
To feel as though their voices are being heard
To have the Administration be physically closer to them
THE METHODOLOGY:
Arrange more contact for Cabinet and Sub-Cabinet members when
they travel outside of Washington
Assure that the President and the First Lady; Vice President and Mrs.
Gore have access to important constituency groups as they travel
MEMO TO MARSHA SCOTT
7/12/94
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Set up a program of monitoring the Administration's contacts with
constituency groups.
Develop a Liaison Advisory Committee made up of representatives of
specific constituency groups to help set a future course.
Set up a program of "customer relations" that goes beyond meet-and-
greet events.
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Contact: Brad Stone
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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Saturday. June 18, 1994
NEWSWEEK POLL
MOST GAYS BELIEVE PRESIDENT CLINTON IS NOT TAKING GAY ISSUES
SERIOUSLY ENOUGH
...
Poll Reveals Leabians Are More Open About Sexuality Than Gay Men
New York Two in three (62%) homosexuals in the U.S. don't think Bill Clinton is taking issues of
concern to gay men and women seriously enough, according to & Newsweek Poll. Sixty-four percent also
disapprove of the way he has handled the issue of gays in the military. A majority (72%) of homosexuals
currently approve of the way Clinton generally is handling hip job as president, down from $8 percent in a
March 1993 poll.
Three out of four (75%) believe that the political climate for gays and lesbians is better today than it
was five years ago. Nearly half (46%) believe that the media presents a negative image of gays and lesbians.
Almost two-thirds (64%) say that the media presents too little coverage of the AIDS epidemic. Sixty-eight
percent of those polled said they knew three or more people who have died of AIDS.
For this special Newsweek Poll. Princeton Survey Research Associates interviewed 504 gay men and
lesbians by phone from June 9 to 15. The sample was drawn from lists compiled by Strubco Inc. of 600,000
who have associated themselves with gay and lesbian interests and activities. The poll appears in the June 27
issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, June 20). The margin of error is plus or minus s percentage
points.
The poll found that four-in-ton (40%) believe that there is more homophobia than there was five years
ago while about the same number - 37 percent - my there is less, and 18 percent think there is the same
amount. Sixty-five parcent of homosexuals say they have personally been the victim of an anti-gay slur. 64
percent of an anti-gay joks, and 43 percent of other forms of discrimination. Less than one in five (16%) say
they have been the victim of a beating or other physical attack motivated by dislike for gays.
The poll also reveals that leabians are more open about their sexuality than gay men. Sixty-four percent
of lesbians are open with their co-workers, 82 percent with family members and 79 percent with straight
friends. Only 55 percent of gay men are open about their sexuality with co-workers, 68 percent with family
members and 72 percent with straight friends.
BROADCASTERS: To interview Senior Editor David Alpern on the poll, contact Brad Stone
at 212/445-4862.
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Newsweek Poll
Gay Gains
Princeton Survey Research Associates
June 9-15, 1994
Final Topline
"
No 504 gays and lesbians
Margin of sampling error + or - 5 percentage points
Quotas: 300 gay males, 204 leshian females
The results as based on 504 interviews with gays and
lesbians conducted June 9-15, 1994. Respondents were
randomly drawn from a masterfile of appreximately 600,000
names -- compiled by Strubco, Inc., a New York City based
firm -- of Americans who associated themselves with gay
or lesbian interests and activities. Those who clearly
identified themselves as haterosexual were excluded from
the survey sample.
1.
DO you approve or disapprove of the way Bill Clinton
is handling his job as president?
Gay Males
Lesbians
6/94 4/93
6/94
4/93
6/94
4/93
72
88
Approve
71
89
80
87
19
8
Disapprove
20
8
11
6
9
4
Don't know
9
3
9
7
100
100
100
100
100
100
2.
Next, I have some questions about the situation for
gay men and women in this country today...Do Do you
think the political climate for gays and lesbians
today is better or worse than it was five years ago?
Gay Males Lesbians
75 Better
75
75
15 Worse
15
14
7 Same
6
8
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3
Don't Know
4
3
100
100
100 3.
Do you thi
3)
nk there is more homophobia or less
homophobia than there was five years ago?
Gay Males
Lesbians
40 More
41
36
37
Less
37
36
18
Same
17
21
5
Don't know
5
7
100
100
100
4.
In general, do you think mill Clinton is taking
issues of concern to gay men and woman... (READ)
Gay Males
Lesbians
31
Seriously enough
31,
31
52 Not seriously
62
61
enough?
7
Don't Know
7
8
100
100
100
5.
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bill Clinton
has handled the issue of gay rights to serve in the
military?
Gay Males
Lesbians
6/94
4/93
6/94
4/93
6/94
4/93
30
88
Approve
31
88
28
89
64
9
Disapprove
63
9
66
10
6
3
Don't know
6
3
6
1
100
100
100
100
100
100
6.
Which do you think is more important to gay people
these days (READ)
Gay
Total
Males
Lesbians
Gaining equal rights
in terms of jobs,
housing and the
legal system, or
44
43
50
Winning acceptance
for homosexuality
from society at
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large?
39
41
31
BOTH EQUALLY (VOL.)
13
13
17
NEITHER (VOL.)
1
1
1
DON'T KNOW
3
2
1
100
100
100
7.
Among gay leaders and spokespeople, do you think
there are too many, not enough, or about the right
number of each of the following? (First, ) how do
you feel about the number of... (READ ITEMS, IN
ORDER)
Too
Not
Right
Many
Enough
No.
DK
a. White males
Total:
15
35
36
14-100
Gay Males:
12
36
37
15-100
Leabians:
31
24
31
14-100
b. Females
Total:
4
58
25
13-100
Gay Males:
5
55
Il
27
13=100
Leabians:
2
78
10
10=100
C. Blacks
Total:
2
75
10
13-100
Gay Males:
2
73
11
14-100
Leabians:
2
88
1
9-100
d. Hispanics
Total:
3
75
9
13=100
Gay Males:
3
73
10
14-100
Lesbians:
0
86
$
9=100
8. Other
minorities
Total:
1
72
11
16=100
Gay Males:
2
70
12
16-100
Lesbians:
0
84
5
11=100
8.
In general, do you think the media today present a
positive or a negative image of gays and lesbians?
Gay Males
Lesbians
36
Positive
37
28
45
Negative
46
49
16
Mixed/Neutral (VOL.)
16
20
2
Don't Know
1
3
100
100
100
9.
Regarding AIDS, do you think the media today
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presents ... (READ)
Gay Males
Lesbians
4 Too much coverage
4
2
64
Too little coverage
63
67
31
About the right
32
28
amount of coverage
1
Don't Know
1
3
100
100
100
10. HOW many people, if any, do you personally know who
have died of AIDS? (READ CATEGORIES IF'NECESSARY)
Gay Males
Lesbians
16 None
16
13
15
1-2
14
24
20 3-5
19
25
16 6-10
17
16
13
11-20
13
11
11
21-50
12
7
8
More than 50
9
2
1
Don't Know
+
2
100
100
100
11. These days, do you PERSONALLY see or experience
discrimination against gays...(READ ITEMS, IN ORDER)
Yes
NO
DK
a. By the police
Total:
30
69
1-100
Gay Males:
28
70
2=100
Lesbians:
39
59
2=100
b. By your neighbors
Total:
19
78
3=100
Gay Males:
17
80
3=100
Lesbians:
28
68
4=100
0. In the workplace
Total:
36
61
3=100
Gay Males:
34
63
3=100
Leabians:
45
51
4=100
d. Among members of
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your own family
Total:
32
67
1=100
Gay Males:
30
69
1=100
Lesbians:
42
55
3-100
B. In obtaining housing
Total:
11
84
5=100
Gay Males:
10
85
5=100
Lesbians:
17
76
7=100
f. In obtaining health
care or coverage
Total:
27
67
6-100
Gay Males:
25
70
5-100
Lesbians:
42
50
8=100
4
g. Anywhere else
Total:
26
72
2=100
Gay Males:
24
75
1-100
Lesbians:
38
58
4=100
NET: See/experience any
form of discrimination (a-g)
Total:
70
Gay Males:
68
1
Lesbians:
80
12. Have you PERSONALLY ever been a victim of each of
the following? First, how about (READ ITEMS, IN
ORDER)
Yes
No
DK
a. A beating or other
physical attack
motivated by dislike
of gays
Total:
16
83
1=100
Gay Males:
17
82
1-100
Lesbians:
10
88
2=100
b. An anti-gay slur
Total:
65
34
1=100
Gay Males:
65
35
*=100
Lesbians:
67
32
1-100
C. An anti-gay joke
Total:
64
35
1-100
Gay Males:
63
36
1-100
Leabians:
71
27
2=100
d. Other discrimination
against gays
Total:
43
56
1=100
Gay Males:
42
57
1=100
Lesbians:
49
50
1=100
NET: Report any
victimisation (a-d)
Total:
77
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Gay Males:
76
Lesbians:
80
13. How many of your gay friends OF acquaintances are
"out"? Would you say (READ)
Gay Males
Lesbians
12 Very few or none
13
10
10 Less than half
9
11
16 About half
15
21
18 More than half
18
23
37 Nearly all of them
38
#
30
7
Don't know
7
5
100
100
100 14. In general
are you open about your sexual
preference with each of the following? First, how
about (READ ITEMS IN ORDER)
Yes
И No
DK
a.
Your boss
Total:
49
44
7=100
Gay Males:
48
"
8=100
Lesbians:
52
43
5=100
b. Co-workers
Total:
56
38
6=100
Gay Males:
55
39
6=100
Lesbians:
54
31
5=100
C. Family members
Total:
70
27
3=100
Gay Males:
68
29
3=100
Leabians:
82
15
3=100
d. Neighbors
Total:
51
45
4=100
Gay Males:
50
45
5-100
Lesbians:
56
39
5=100
#. Straight friends
Total:
73
23
4-100
Gay Males:
72
24
4=100
Leabians:
79
18
3=100
E. Most people
Total:
59
37
4-100
Gay Males:
58
3a
4-100
Lesbians:
64
31
5=100
15. I have one final question series...In your view, how
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important are. the following goals for gay people?
(First,) is ... (INSERT ITEM. ROTATE START) very
important, somewhat important, or not too important?
Some- Not
very
what
Too
Impt.
Impt.
Impt.
DK
a. Equal rights in
the workplace
Total:
91
7
1
1-100
Gay Males:
91
8
1
**100
Lesbians:
92
4
3
1=100
b. Equal rights to
housing
:
Total:
88
9
2
1=100
Gay Males:
87
10
2
1-100
Lesbians:
93
4
2
1=100
C. Health care and
Social Security
benefits for gay
partners
Total:
77
1
18
3
2=100
Gay Males:
75
20
3
2=100
Lesbians:
86
10
2
2-100
d. Legally sanctioned
gay marriage
Total:
42
39
17
2=100
Gay Males:
39
40
19
2=100
Lesbians:
60
31
7
2=100
e. Serving openly in
the military
Total:
62
29
7
2=100
Gay Males:
61
29
8
2=100
Lesbians:
65
27
4
4=100
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MEMORANDUM FOR ALEXIS HERMAN
FROM: CAREN WILCOX OW
BRitin Iddl
SUBJECT: LUNCH WITH CEOS/JULY 21, 1994
not distubute until A.H. saidok.
DATE: JULY 20, 1994
Cause
You have reserved a table for eight at the Mess. We have tried
to expand that table, and Greg Lawler has suggested that Janice
and I try in the morning to expand it again. If not, you will
host the lunch (Harold Ickes needs to be told that he can just
drop by and does not have to do it.)
Leon Panetta and Bob Rubin plan to drop by at some point during
the lunch.
At the table will be the seven CEOs who will speak at the press
conference on the Hill supporting universal coverage, employer
responsibility and prompt action on health care this year.
They will speak for the fifty companies on the list and represent
both the Ad Hoc Lobbying Group and the National Leadership
Coalition.
SCHEDULE:
You will greet them at 11:45 in West Lobby.
They will be accompanied by former
Congressman Jim Moody and Letitia Chambers,
who will then leave. (I will help you
greet.)
You will proceed with them to the Mess.
Greg Lawler and I are trying to get a
separate table near you at the Mess.
Lunch: 12 noon to 1 p.m.
ATTENDEES:
Mitchell Fromstein, CEO, Manpower Inc. Mr.
Fromstein, who is from Wisconsin, has managed
Manpower through a hostile takeover and back
to control of the company. Manpower is the
largest supplier of temporary help, and has
sales over $3 billion and pre-tax profits of
over $100 million. It operates in 36
countries. He is known for innovative
personnel techniques. Manpower is a new
company involved in the health care debate in
support of the POTUS principles.
Steven A. Burd, President and CEO of Safeway
Inc. Mr. Burd is new to Safeway having
joined them in 1992 as COO, but has been in
the food and retail business as both an
employee and consultant. He lives in
California. Safeway has supported health
care reform via events and publicity. Mr.
Burd is representing the National Leadership
Coalition.
John W. Hechinger, Sr., Chairman of Hechinger
Company. Mr. Hechinger, who is a fifth
generation Washingtonian, has served both the
District of Columbia and the Democratic Party
for many years. He was the first Chairman of
the City Council of Washington, and served
six four-year terms as Democratic National
Committeeman for the District of Columbia.
Hechinger Company is now a $1.5 billion of
130 home centers operating in 23 states.
Hechinger's was an early endorser of health
care reform and was also active on the
Economic Plan. Mr. Hechinger was active in
the campaign as well.
Carl J. Schramm, Executive Vice President,
Fortis, Inc., a diversified insurance and
financial service company, and formerly
President and CEO of the Health Insurance
Association of America (HIAA) from 1987 to
1992. Mr. Schramm, who holds a Ph. in
Economics from University of Wisconsin and a
J.D. from Georgetown, is an expert in health
policy and management. He founded the Johns
Hopkins Center for Hospital Finance and
management in 1980. Prior to leaving HIAA he
lead the commercial insurance industry toward
support of major reform in the small group
and individual markets area.
Mark H. Ronald, CEO and President, GEC-
Marconi Electronics Systems Corporation,
Wayne, NJ. Mr. Ronald only agreed to come
to Washington late on Wednesday for the press
conference and we do not have his bio.
Andrew Card, President of the American
Automobile Manufacturers Association, (former
Secretary of Transportation for Republicans.)
Gary Goldberg, President, National President,
American Corn Growers Association, Kearney,
NE. Mr. Goldberg is the only New York city
born, Jewish head of a farm organization in
the United States. He is a farmer in
Nebraska. He was a Clinton/Gore delegate to
the Democratic National Convention in 1992.
Mr. Goldberg's organization is a member of
the Small Business Coalition for Health Care
Reform.
CC: Leon Panetta, Chief of Staff
Harold Ickes, Deputy Chief of Staff
Bob Rubin, Assistant to the President
Greg Lawler, Director of the Delivery Room
OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON
THE WHITE HOUSE
MEMORANDUM FOR ALEXIS HERMAN
FROM: CAREN WILCOXW
SUBJECT: LUNCH WITH CEOS/JULY 21, 1994
DATE: JULY 20, 1994
You have reserved a table for eight at the Mess. We have tried
to expand that table, and Greg Lawler has suggested that Janice
and I try in the morning to expand it again. If not, you will
host the lunch (Harold Ickes needs to be told that he can just
drop by and does not have to do it.)
Leon Panetta and Bob Rubin plan to drop by at some point during
the lunch.
At the table will be the seven CEOs who will speak at the press
conference on the Hill supporting universal coverage, employer
responsibility and prompt action on health care this year.
They will speak for the fifty companies on the list and represent
both the Ad Hoc Lobbying Group and the National Leadership
Coalition.
SCHEDULE:
You will greet them at 11:45 in West Lobby.
They will be accompanied by former
Congressman Jim Moody and Letitia Chambers,
who will then leave. (I will help you
greet.)
You will proceed with them to the Mess.
Greg Lawler and I are trying to get a
separate table near you at the Mess.
Lunch: 12 noon to 1 p.m.
ATTENDEES:
Mitchell Fromstein, CEO, Manpower Inc. Mr.
Fromstein, who is from Wisconsin, has managed
Manpower through a hostile takeover and back
to control of the company. Manpower is the
largest supplier of temporary help, and has
sales over $3 billion and pre-tax profits of
over $100 million. It operates in 36
countries. He is known for innovative
personnel techniques. Manpower is a new
company involved in the health care debate in
support of the POTUS principles.
Steven A. Burd, President and CEO of Safeway
Inc. Mr. Burd is new to Safeway having
joined them in 1992 as COO, but has been in
the food and retail business as both an
employee and consultant. He lives in
California. Safeway has supported health
care reform via events and publicity. Mr.
Burd is representing the National Leadership
Coalition.
John W. Hechinger, Sr., Chairman of Hechinger
Company. Mr. Hechinger, who is a fifth
generation Washingtonian, has served both the
District of Columbia and the Democratic Party
for many years. He was the first Chairman of
the City Council of Washington, and served
six four-year terms as Democratic National
Committeeman for the District of Columbia.
Hechinger Company is now a $1.5 billion of
130 home centers operating in 23 states.
Hechinger's was an early endorser of health
care reform and was also active on the
Economic Plan. Mr. Hechinger was active in
the campaign as well.
Carl J. Schramm, Executive Vice President,
Fortis, Inc., a diversified insurance and
financial service company, and formerly
President and CEO of the Health Insurance
Association of America (HIAA) from 1987 to
1992. Mr. Schramm, who holds a Ph.D. in
Economics from University of Wisconsin and a
J.D. from Georgetown, is an expert in health
policy and management. He founded the Johns
Hopkins Center for Hospital Finance and
management in 1980. Prior to leaving HIAA he
lead the commercial insurance industry toward
support of major reform in the small group
and individual markets area.
Mark H. Ronald, CEO and President, GEC-
Marconi Electronics Systems Corporation,
Wayne, NJ. Mr. Ronald only agreed to come
to Washington late on Wednesday for the press
conference and we do not have his bio.
Andrew Card, President of the American
Automobile Manufacturers Association, (former
Secretary of Transportation for Republicans.)
Gary Goldberg, President, National President,
American Corn Growers Association, Kearney,
NE. Mr. Goldberg is the only New York city
born, Jewish head of a farm organization in
the United States. He is a farmer in
Nebraska. He was a Clinton/Gore delegate to
the Democratic National Convention in 1992.
Mr. Goldberg's organization is a member of
the Small Business Coalition for Health Care
Reform.
cc: Leon Panetta, Chief of Staff
Harold Ickes, Deputy Chief of Staff
Bob Rubin, Assistant to the President
Greg Lawler, Director of the Delivery Room
OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON
THE WHITE HOUSE
MEMORANDUM FOR ALEXIS HERMAN
FROM: CAREN WILCOX cw
SUBJECT: LUNCH WITH CEOS/JULY 21, 1994
DATE: JULY 20, 1994
You have reserved a table for eight at the Mess. We have tried
to expand that table, and Greg Lawler has suggested that Janice
and I try in the morning to expand it again. If not, you will
host the lunch (Harold Ickes needs to be told that he can just
drop by and does not have to do it.)
Leon Panetta and Bob Rubin plan to drop by at some point during
the lunch.
At the table will be the seven CEOs who will speak at the press
conference on the Hill supporting universal coverage, employer
responsibility and prompt action on health care this year.
They will speak for the fifty companies on the list and represent
both the Ad Hoc Lobbying Group and the National Leadership
Coalition.
SCHEDULE:
You will greet them at 11:45 in West Lobby.
They will be accompanied by former
Congressman Jim Moody and Letitia Chambers,
who will then leave. (I will help you
greet.)
You will proceed with them to the Mess.
Greg Lawler and I are trying to get a
separate table near you at the Mess.
Lunch: 12 noon to 1 p.m.
ATTENDEES:
Mitchell Fromstein, CEO, Manpower Inc. Mr.
Fromstein, who is from Wisconsin, has managed
Manpower through a hostile takeover and back
to control of the company. Manpower is the
largest supplier of temporary help, and has
sales over $3 billion and pre-tax profits of
over $100 million. It operates in 36
countries. He is known for innovative
personnel techniques. Manpower is a new
company involved in the health care debate in
support of the POTUS principles.
Steven A. Burd, President and CEO of Safeway
Inc. Mr. Burd is new to Safeway having
joined them in 1992 as COO, but has been in
the food and retail business as both an
employee and consultant. He lives in
California. Safeway has supported health
care reform via events and publicity. Mr.
Burd is representing the National Leadership
Coalition.
John W. Hechinger, Sr., Chairman of Hechinger
Company. Mr. Hechinger, who is a fifth
generation Washingtonian, has served both the
District of Columbia and the Democratic Party
for many years. He was the first Chairman of
the City Council of Washington, and served
six four-year terms as Democratic National
Committeeman for the District of Columbia.
Hechinger Company is now a $1.5 billion of
130 home centers operating in 23 states.
Hechinger's was an early endorser of health
care reform and was also active on the
Economic Plan. Mr. Hechinger was active in
the campaign as well.
Carl J. Schramm, Executive Vice President,
Fortis, Inc., a diversified insurance and
financial service company, and formerly
President and CEO of the Health Insurance
Association of America (HIAA) from 1987 to
1992. Mr. Schramm, who holds a Ph.D. in
Economics from University of Wisconsin and a
J.D. from Georgetown, is an expert in health
policy and management. He founded the Johns
Hopkins Center for Hospital Finance and
management in 1980. Prior to leaving HIAA he
lead the commercial insurance industry toward
support of major reform in the small group
and individual markets area.
Mark H. Ronald, CEO and President, GEC-
Marconi Electronics Systems Corporation,
Wayne, NJ. Mr. Ronald only agreed to come
to Washington late on Wednesday for the press
conference and we do not have his bio.
Andrew Card, President of the American
Automobile Manufacturers Association, (former
Secretary of Transportation for Republicans.)
Gary Goldberg, President, National President,
American Corn Growers Association, Kearney,
NE. Mr. Goldberg is the only New York city
born, Jewish head of a farm organization in
the United States. He is a farmer in
Nebraska. He was a Clinton/Gore delegate to
the Democratic National Convention in 1992.
Mr. Goldberg's organization is a member of
the Small Business Coalition for Health Care
Reform.
cc: Leon Panetta, Chief of Staff
Harold Ickes, Deputy Chief of Staff
Bob Rubin, Assistant to the President
Greg Lawler, Director of the Delivery Room
OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON
THE WHITE HOUSE
MEMORANDUM FOR ALEXIS HERMAN
FROM: CAREN WILCOX
OW
SUBJECT: LUNCH WITH CEOS/JULY 21, 1994
DATE: JULY 20, 1994
You have reserved a table for eight at the Mess. We have tried
to expand that table, and Greg Lawler has suggested that Janice
and I try in the morning to expand it again. If not, you will
host the lunch (Harold Ickes needs to be told that he can just
drop by and does not have to do it.)
Leon Panetta and Bob Rubin plan to drop by at some point during
the lunch.
At the table will be the seven CEOs who will speak at the press
conference on the Hill supporting universal coverage, employer
responsibility and prompt action on health care this year.
They will speak for the fifty companies on the list and represent
both the Ad Hoc Lobbying Group and the National Leadership
Coalition.
SCHEDULE:
You will greet them at 11:45 in West Lobby.
They will be accompanied by former
Congressman Jim Moody and Letitia Chambers,
who will then leave. (I will help you
greet.)
You will proceed with them to the Mess.
Greg Lawler and I are trying to get a
separate table near you at the Mess.
Lunch: 12 noon to 1 p.m.
ATTENDEES:
Mitchell Fromstein, CEO, Manpower Inc. Mr.
Fromstein, who is from Wisconsin, has managed
Manpower through a hostile takeover and back
to control of the company. Manpower is the
largest supplier of temporary help, and has
sales over $3 billion and pre-tax profits of
over $100 million. It operates in 36
countries. He is known for innovative
personnel techniques. Manpower is a new
company involved in the health care debate in
support of the POTUS principles.
Steven A. Burd, President and CEO of Safeway
Inc. Mr. Burd is new to Safeway having
joined them in 1992 as COO, but has been in
the food and retail business as both an
employee and consultant. He lives in
California. Safeway has supported health
care reform via events and publicity. Mr.
Burd is representing the National Leadership
Coalition.
John W. Hechinger, Sr., Chairman of Hechinger
Company. Mr. Hechinger, who is a fifth
generation Washingtonian, has served both the
District of Columbia and the Democratic Party
for many years. He was the first Chairman of
the City Council of Washington, and served
six four-year terms as Democratic National
Committeeman for the District of Columbia.
Hechinger Company is now a $1.5 billion of
130 home centers operating in 23 states.
Hechinger's was an early endorser of health
care reform and was also active on the
Economic Plan. Mr. Hechinger was active in
the campaign as well.
Carl J. Schramm, Executive Vice President,
Fortis, Inc., a diversified insurance and
financial service company, and formerly
President and CEO of the Health Insurance
Association of America (HIAA) from 1987 to
1992. Mr. Schramm, who holds a Ph.D. in
Economics from University of Wisconsin and a
J.D. from Georgetown, is an expert in health
policy and management. He founded the Johns
Hopkins Center for Hospital Finance and
management in 1980. Prior to leaving HIAA he
lead the commercial insurance industry toward
support of major reform in the small group
and individual markets area.
Mark H. Ronald, CEO and President, GEC-
Marconi Electronics Systems Corporation,
Wayne, NJ. Mr. Ronald only agreed to come
to Washington late on Wednesday for the press
conference and we do not have his bio.
Andrew Card, President of the American
Automobile Manufacturers Association, (former
Secretary of Transportation for Republicans.)
Gary Goldberg, President, National President,
American Corn Growers Association, Kearney,
NE. Mr. Goldberg is the only New York city
born, Jewish head of a farm organization in
the United States. He is a farmer in
Nebraska. He was a Clinton/Gore delegate to
the Democratic National Convention in 1992.
Mr. Goldberg's organization is a member of
the Small Business Coalition for Health Care
Reform.
cc: Leon Panetta, Chief of Staff
Harold Ickes, Deputy Chief of Staff
Bob Rubin, Assistant to the President
Greg Lawler, Director of the Delivery Room
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July 19, 1994
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SCHEDULE PROPOSAL
JULY 20, 1994
ACCEPT
REGRET
PENDING
TO:
HAROLD ICKES
FROM:
Alexis Herman, Caren Wilcox
REQUEST:
Lunch with several CEOs supportive of Health Care
Drop by with Leon Panetta
PURPOSE:
To thank them for their support and to enhance
their participation and future support for the
POTUS principles on health care reform.
BACKGROUND:
These CEOs will attend and several will speak at a
press conference on the Hill prior to the lunch.
They will present a letter to press and leadership
regarding universal coverage, employer
responsibility and action this year on health
care.
These CEOs and association heads represent the
hardcore support in the business community for
reform.
PREVIOUS
PARTICIPATION: Some of have participated in other events with
POTUS, but some are new such as Manpower, Inc.
DATE AND TIME: Thursday, July 21, 1994
11:45 greeting, lunch 12 noon
DURATION:
One hour.
LOCATION:
Reservation being held by A. Herman in Mess
PARTICIPANTS: At the moment we expect the following CEOs:
Mr. Mitchell Fromstein, CEO, Manpower Inc.
Steven A. Burd, President and CEO, Safeway, Inc.
Carl Schramm, CEO, Fortis Inc. (financial company)
Andrew Card, President of American Automobile
Manufacturers of America (former Secretary of
Transportation for the Republicans)
Gary Goldberg, President, Corngrowers of America
John Hechinger, Sr., CEO, Hechinger's
Still awaiting confirmations:
David R. Goode, CEO, Norfolk Southern Corporation
David H. Hoag, Chairman. President and CEO, The
LTV Corporation
OUTLINE OF
EVENTS:
A. Herman to greet CEOs on arrival in West Wing
H. Ickes to meet CEOs in Mess for lunch
L. Panetta to drop by table to greet CEOs
REMARKS
REQUIRED:
None
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FROM:
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Public Liaison
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OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON
FAX: (202) 456-6218
PHONE: (202) 456-2930
TO: Alexis Herman
FROM: Wendy
DATE: 7/19/94
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07/19/94
18:10
July 19, 1994
HEALTH CARE CONNECTICUT AND NEW JERSEY
STATE OPINION LEADERSHIP BRIEFING
DATE:
Wednesday, July 20, 1994
TIME:
12:20 - 2:30 p.m.
LOCATION:
Room 450
Old Executive Office Building
FROM:
Mike Lux
Wendy Nishikawa
I.
PURPOSE
This is a substantive briefing for 150 community leaders from Connecticut and
New Jersey - including business and labor leaders, DNC supporters, doctors,
nurses, educators, seniors, social workers and other community activists about the
provisions, benefits and importance of the President's Health Care Security Act.
These are all individuals who are supportive of universal coverage.
II.
BACKGROUND
This is the ninth state opinion leaders briefing on the President's health care
initiative. We have held briefings for the states of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kansas,
California, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Oregon, and North Dakota. We are hoping
to bring in leaders from Nebraska, Wisconsin, Colorado and Nevada within the
next week.
We invited health care reform supporters from targeted communities for in-depth
briefings on the issue, message. and a congressional update.
Our goal is have these individuals leave here prepared to contact their Member of
Congress, actively support health care organizational activities in their state, and
serve as advocates in their communities on behalf of the Clinton health plan. It is
to our understanding that while these leaders are in Washington, they will be
meeting with their Senators and Members of Congress on Capitol Hill.
The audience represents influential leaders from Connecticut and New Jersey
recommended by supportive organizations (labor, seniors, small businesses,
hospitals, and providers). These people are newsmakers: they are opinion
makers in their communities; have relationships with Members of Congress; and
have been actively participating in the health care reform campaign.
07/19/94 18:10
III. PARTICIPANTS
150 Guests
The First Lady
Ira Magaziner
Greg Lawler
Doris Matsui
Alexis Herman
IV. PRESS
Closed. There will be a stakeout following the briefing.
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
See agenda
VII. ATTACHMENTS
Agenda
Talking Points
List of Participants
07/19/94 18:11
AGENDA
12:00 pm
Participants will enter through the Pennsylvania Entrance of
the Old Executive Office Building.
12:30 pm - 12:35 pm
Doris Matsui
Welcome and Introduction
12:35 pm . 1:15 pm
Ira Magaziner
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Greg Lawler
1:45 pm - 2:10 pm
The First Lady
2:10 pm
Alexis Herman
Closing Remarks
Participants are escorted to the Stakeout
07/19/94 18:11
TALKING POINTS
Ira Magaziner
Overview of the major issues of the President's health care reform
legislation.
Take Q&A
Greg Lawler
Discuss the Administration's communications strategy as well as the
specific message that needs to reach those at the grassroots level.
Take Q&A
The First Lady
Re-emphasize the importance their role is in delivering the President's
message to both the grassroots and Member of Congress.
Take Q&A
07/19/94
18:11
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Daniel M. Albisati
Carmen Alecci
Owner
CEO
Medicine Shoppe
West Hudson Hospital
Nutley, NJ
Kearney, NJ
Johnathon Alexander, M.D.
Harold Alpert
President, Connecticut
President
Chapter
SEIU Local 531
American Colleges of
North Haven, CT
Cardiology
Danbury, CT
Paul Amenta
Herbert Apfelbaum
Legislative and Political
Principal
Director
Castleford Tailors,
AFSCME
Incorporated
New Britian, CT
Collings Lake, NJ
Dominic J. Badolato
Leonard Banco, M.D.
Executive Director,
Hartford Hospital
Connecticut Council #4
Department of Pediatrics
AFSCME
Hartford, CT
New Britain, CT
Alan Baskin, M.D.
Katherine Becker
Bergan County
President
Dumont, NJ
League of Women Voters of
New Jersey
Short Hills, NJ
Ron Bertone, AIA
Le Clair Bissell, M.D.
President
Bantam, CT
Berton Sclare Association
Hopelawn, NJ
Judith Blei
Howard L. Blesnick
NARAL
Owner
Storrs, CT
Medicine Shoppe
Clifton, NJ
Sarah Bost
Michael B. Bracken, PhD
Mayor
Professor and Vice Chiar
Irvington, NJ
Yale University Medical
School
New Haven, CT
07/19/94
18:12
Jane Frances Brady, SC
Joanne Bullock
President
President
St. Joseph's Hospital and
Trenton Area Ecumenical
Medical Center
Ministry
Paterson, NJ
Trenton, NJ
Fred Butler
Christopher Richard Canny,
Executive Director
M.D.
Assembly Democratic Office
Hamden, CT
Trenton, NJ
Dawn Carranzo
George Carranso
Owner/Operator Independent
East Haven, CT
Drivers Association
East Haven, CT
Skip Cimino
Joseph P. Cleary, M.D.
Board
Program Director
RWJ Hospital
Norwalk Hospital
Lawrenceville, NJ
Norwalk, CT
Wyatt Closs
J. Henry Cormier, Jr.
Service Employees
Owner
Washington, D.C.
Medicine Shoppe
New London, CT
Dolores Corona
Susan R. Creamer
Government Relations
General Counsel, Connecticut
Representative
Council #4
New Jersey Education
AFSCME
Association
West Hartford, CT
Trenton, NJ
John Dandridge, Jr.
Geraldine Darcy
President and Chief
Executive Director
Executive Officer
The Tender
Children's Hospital of New
Moorestown, NJ
Jersey
Newark, NJ
Lou DeFilio
Michael Desmond
President, Local 884
Owner/Operator Independent
New Haven City Employees
Drivers Association
New Haven, CT
Monroe, CT
07/19/94
18:12
Anthony P. Despirito, M.D.
Carol Dimmock
Chairman, Department of
President, Local 704
MEdical Education
Connecticut State Employee
Jersey Shore Medical Center
Clerical Union
Neptune, NJ
Hartford, CT
Joseph Dino
Joe Morris Doss
Health Care Director, New
Bishop
Jersey
New Jersey Episcopal Church
League of Women voters
Trenton, NJ
Rumson, NJ
Andy Drake
Robert Driscoll
VNA of Southern New Jersey
Owner/Operator Independent
Runnemede, NJ
Drivers Association
Laurel Springs, NJ
Benjamin Dworkin
Robert Eagan
Research Associate
President
Assembly Democratic Office
Connecticut Education
Trenton, NJ
Association
Hartford, CT
Steven Edwards
Linda Estabrook
Executive Vice President
Executive Director
B.G.I.A.
Lesbian and Gay Health
Union, NJ
Collective
East Hampton, CT
Hugh Evans, M.D.
Diane Falk
New Jersey Medical School
Director of Outpatient
Newark, NJ
Services
Raritan Valley Mental Health
Center
Marlboro, NJ
Tony Fernandes
David Flannery
United Auto Workers
vice President
Cranford, NJ
Cigna Health Care
Florham Park, NJ
Richard Flyer, M.D.
Thomas Fromson, M.D.
Verona, NJ
W. Hartford, CT
07/19/94
18:13
.
James Fuller, AIA
Victor Garcia
Jeter Cook & Jepson
President
Architects
National Association of
Hartford, CT
Hospital Employees
Newark, NJ
James Gatsch, AIA
Jerry Glasgow
Managing Partner
Chairman of the Board
Ford Farewell Mills & Gatsch
D. Glasglow & Sons,
Architechts
Incorporated
Princeton, NJ
Perth Ambay, NJ
Thomas J. Godar, M.D.
Neale S. Godfrey
St. Francis Hospital and
Chairperson
Medical Center
Children's Financial Network
West Hartford, CT
Mountain Lakes, NJ
Norman L. Goldman
Gerry Goodrich
President
Chief Executive Officer and
Parking Directions,
President
Incorporated
Irvington General Hospital
Hartford, CT
Irvington, NJ
Katherine Grant-Davis
Janice Grebler
Executive Director
Clinical Supervisor
New Jersey Primary Care
Jersey Shore Medical Center
Association
Neptune, NJ
Princeton, NJ
Carolyn Greene
stanley Haftek
Health Care Specialist
President
CT League of Women Voters
Kleeco, Incorporated
Newtown, CT
Patterson, NJ
Jamie Harrison
Kim Harrison
League of Women Voters
Lobbyist
Marlton, NJ
United Church of Christ
Hartford, CT
Patricia Hendel
Irene Herbster
Executive Director
State Coordinator
HOPE
Voice of the Retarded
Mistic, CT
Washington Township, NJ
07/19/94 18:13
Harold Hodes
Carolyn Holmes
President
President, New Jersey
Public Strategies & Impact
Chapter
Trenton, NJ
AFSCME
Williamstown, NJ
Wesley Hunter
Elizabeth Hutcheon
Owner/Operator Independent
Accountant Supervisor
Drivers Association
Keyes Martin
Clemnton, NJ
Springfield, NJ
George Iverson
Debbie Jackson
Owner
Connecticut Education
We Got Movies
Association
South Orange, NJ
Hartford, CT
Sharpe James
Lorna Johnson
Mayor
Mayor
City of Newark
East Orange
Newark, NJ
East Orange, NJ
Steven Jones
Bill Kane
Metropolitan Ecumenical
Industrial Union Council
Ministry
Cranford, NJ
Newark, NJ
Stephen Karp
Avrum Katcher, M.D.
Executive Director,
Flemmington, NJ
Connecticut Chapter
National Association of
Social Workers
Rocky Hill, CT
Anne Marie Kent
Leonard 8. Krassner, M.D.
Director of Outreach and
Choate Rosemary Hall
Member Benefits
Wallingford, CT
Center for Nonprofit
Corporations
Princeton, NJ
Carol Kurland
Carroll James Lawler
Administrator
Proprieter
Office of Home Programs
C.J. Lawler, FAIA
Trenton, NJ
West Hartford, CT
07/19/94
18:13
c)
Marths Leonard, M.D.
Jean Marshall, RN
North Branford, CT
Member, ANA-PAC Board of
Trustees
Kimball Medical Center
Lakewood, NJ
John E. Matuska
Edward McBride
President
Schnader, Harrison, Segal, &
St. Peter's Medical Center
Lewis
New Brunswick, NJ
Cherry Hill, NJ
Paul McCarthy
Karen McMullen
Yale School of Medicine
Executive Director and CEO
Department of Pediatrics
Garden State American
New Haven, CT
Institute of Banking
Clifton, NJ
Carlo Melini, M.D.
Stephen Moses
Chapter President
Sills, Cummis, Zuckerman,
American Acadmey of
Radin, Tischman, Epstein, &
Pediatrics
Gross
Vineland, NJ
Newark, NJ
Patricia Nagle
Ronald J. Napiorski
Consultant to long-term care
Acting Chief Executive
industry
Officer
Colts Neck, NJ
University Hospital
Newark, NJ
Jonel Newman
Katherine O'Connor
Connecticut Civil Liberties
Owner
Union
Katherine O'Connor Real
Hartford, CT
Estate
Stratford, CT
Lois O'Connor
Thomas Ortiz
President, Local 478
Family Parctice
Connecticut State Employee
Forest Hill Family Health
Clerical Union
Newmark, NJ
Hamden, CT
Jay Otto
Edith Payne
Co-Executive Director
Attorney
NJ Campground Association
Stryker, Thomas & Dill
Cape May Courthouse, NJ
Newark, NJ
07/19/94
18:14
Kenneth Pentony
Steven Perruccio
partner
SEIU Local 511
Novins, York, & Pentony
Middletown, CT
Toms River, NJ
Timothy Phillips
Katherine Pinneo
President
Project Director for State
Phillips and Associates
Forums
New Haven, CT
League of Women Voters
Princeton, NJ
Ray Pocino
Luis Prezeau
President
President and Chief
Laoborers Local 172
Execuitve Officer
Marlton, NJ
City Nationa Bank of New
Jersey
Newark, NJ
Edward B. Pulver
Joan Quinn
Secretary-Treasurer
President
New Jersey State AFL-CIO
Connecticut Community Care
Jersey City, NJ
Bristol, CT
Robert Raymar
Renato E. Ricciuti
Hellring, Linderman,
Consultant
Goldstein & Segal
Connecticut State AFL-CIO
Newark, NJ
West Hartford, CT
Louis Richards
Patrick F. Roche
President
President & CEO
Richards Metal Products,
st. Francis Medical Center
Inc.
Trenton, NJ
Waterbury, CT
Harold Roth, FAIA
Patricia Russo
Roth & Monroe Street
Commissioner
New Haven, CT
Permanent Commission on the
Status of Women
Hartford, CT
Fredric Samson
Martin Santini, AIA
Program Specialist
Ecoplan Architechts
New Jersey Department of
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Health
Mt. Holly, NJ
07/19/94
18:14
8
Ralph Saviano
Valerie Schwars
CLU, CHFC
Partner
Royal Alliance
Windels, Marx, Davies, &
North Brunswick, NJ
Ives
New York, NY
Cornell Scott
Lisa Sementilli-Dann
Executive Director
Connecticut Association for
Hill Health Center
Human Services
New Haven, CT
Hartford, CT-
Irene senter
sally K. Severino, M.D.
Co-Chairperson
Associate Medical Director
Connecticut Coalition for
for Program Development
Choice and NOW
New York Hospital
Cos Cob, CT
Greensich, CT
Lillian Sewell
Pat Sheehan
President, Local 196
Board of Trustees
Connecticut State Employee
UMDNJ
Clerical Union
New Brunswick, NJ
Plantsville, CT
Sara Shermer
Ghotart Piroox sholevar,
Owner
M.D.
Medicine Shoppe
Chief, Department of
Enfield, CT
Psychiatry
Cooper Hospital/University
Medical Center
Jules J. Siegel
Merrill Singer
Chairman of the Board
Hispanic Health Council
Drug Fair Stores of New
Hartford, CT
Jersey
Somerville, NJ
Myra Skluth
Elsa stone, M.D.
Chief of General Internal
President, Connecticut
Medecine
Chapter
Norwork Hospital
American Academy of
Norwork, CT
Pediatrics
North Haven, CT
Joseph Suliga
Jan swain
Assemblyman
President, Local 749
Linden, NJ
Connecticut State Judicial
Employees Union
Norwich, CT
07/19/94
18:15
Thomas Swann
Shelly Teed-Wargo
Executive Director
Director
Citizen Action/Health Care
CT Union of Disability
For All
Action Groups
West Hartford, CT
Wethersfield, CT
Nina Thomas, PhD
Steven C. Thornquist, M.D.
Past-President
Virginia Medical Center
New Jersey Psycholgical
West Haven, CT
Associaiton
Morriston, NJ
Silivia Tirrell
Kathi Traugh
President, Local 562
Connecticut Chapter
Connecticut State Employee
League of Women Voters
Clerical Union
North Haven, CT
Southbury, CT
Carl Van Horn
William L. Vasques
Director
Vice President and Chief
Eagleton Institution of
Executive Officer
Policy
UMDNJ-University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ
Newark, NJ
Michael Vernovai
Marguerite Waite, CSJ
President
President & CEO
Connecticut State Council of
St. Mary's Hospital
Senior Citizens, Inc.
Waterbury, CT
Oakville, CT
Douglas Walker
Claire Warren, M.D.
President
American Women's Association
Walker and Assciates
Norwich, CT
Stamford, CT
Joseph Warshaw, M.D.
Andy Weber
Yale University School of
Saul, Ewing, Remik & Saul
Medicine
Cherry Hill, NJ
Department of Pediatrics
New Haven, CT
Murry Weiss
Gerard H. Weitzman
Owner
President
Medicine Shoppe
Pelton's Drug Stores,
Woodbridge, NJ
Incorporated
Middleton, CT
07/19/94 18:15
0
Ruth Whittemore, M.D.
Suzanne Widrow, M.D.
New Haven, CT
East Hanover, NJ
Louis S. Zeiger, M.D.
Jeffrey Zimmerman
Director, Division of
President, Connecticut
Nuclear Medicine
Chapter
Cooper Hospital/UMC/Nuclear
Psychological Association
Medicine
Avon, CT
Camden, NJ
Mark Zucker
Director of Heart
Transplantation
Newark Beth-Israel Medical
Center
Newark, NJ
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
13-Jul-1994 02:04pm
TO:
(See Below)
FROM:
Michael R. Lufrano
Appointments and Scheduling
SUBJECT: miami - maine - boston
The President will travel to Miami, FL, on Sunday July 17, 1994.
He will overnight in Miami, then travel to Portland, Maine, and
Boston, Mass., on Monday July 18. He will overnight in Boston on
the 18th and then return to DC on Tuesday July 19.
Names of staff and guests needing to travel with the President
must be received no later than noon on Thursday July 14, 1994.
As always, thanks for your help.
Distribution:
TO: Dawn A. Alexander
TO: Karen L. Anderson
TO: Donald A. Baer
TO: Joan Baggett
TO: David S. Beaubaire
TO: Heather Beckel
TO: Robert O. Boorstin
TO: Elizabeth C. Bowyer
TO: Jocelyn G. Breeland
TO: Tara L. Burns
TO: Charles W. (Bill) Burton
TO: Rebecca A. Cameron
TO: Ken Chitester
TO: Steven A. Cohen
TO: Catherine Cornelius
TO: Deborah L. Coyle
TO: Carolyn Curiel
TO: M. Brooke Darby
TO: Katherine L. Darwin
TO: David Dreyer
TO: Anne M. Edwards
TO: Jeffrey L. Eller
TO: Janice A. Enright
TO: Dawn M. Friedkin
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 16, 1994
SPEECH BEFORE THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA
DATE:
July 18, 1994
LOCATION:
Miami Convention Center
TIME:
1:10 P.M.
FROM:
Alexis Herman
Suzanna Valdez
I.
PURPOSE
To speak to the National Council of La Raza to reaffirm the commitment of the
Administration to Hispanics by emphasizing accomplishments in economic and social
issues.
II.
BACKGROUND
NCLR has grown from a small, grass-roots organization to an organization representing
Hispanics in 37 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. NCLR is the nation's
leading Hispanic organization, serving every latino subgroup, in every region of the
country, on a wide range of issues including education, housing, immigration, civil
rights, health, trade, and employment.
The NCLR conference is one of the largest gatherings of Hispanics in the country. It
is a forum for community leaders and government officials to learn about
ongoing/emerging issues in the hispanic community. It also serves as an opportunity for
community leaders and government officials to become familiar with hispanic community
based organizations from other parts of the country.
Hispanics have been particularly helped by legislation you have enacted, as well as by
many of your accomplishments. They support you and your policies, though there are
also some issues of concern:
APPOINTMENTS:
NCLR officials, like other hispanic leaders, perceive there have been few Hispanics
appointed to high-level positions in the Administration. However, the chart (see
attached) shows how in comparison to the Bush Administration, there has been a
significant increase in the number of Hispanics appointed throughout the administration.
Though NCLR and other Hispanic leaders were disappointed that a Hispanic was not
nominated to the Supreme Court position, this administration has appointed a higher
percentage of Hispanics to the judicial branch, 11%, than any other President.
HEALTH CARE:
NCLR supports universal coverage and employer responsibility. However, they have
expressed ongoing concerns with issues such as: 1) coverage of undocumented
immigrants, including coverage of families of legal residents who may not yet qualify for
legal immigration status; 2) misuse of the Health Security Card that may be utilized as
an immigration screening mechanism, potentially discriminating against hispanic sounding
or looking individuals; 3) funding and definition of essential community providers,
migrant health centers and safety net facilities that provide services to the undocumented
and a large proportion of Hispanics in the communities where they are located.
Some of your accomplishments that have greatly helped Hispanics are: the Family and
Medical Leave Act; the comprehensive Child Immunization Initiative; and The creation
of the Office of Minority Health Research and Alternative Medicine at NIH.
WELFARE:
Throughout the development of the President's Welfare reform proposal, the National
Council of La Raza has been the leading organization providing input on issues
concerning the Hispanic community. Members of the Welfare Reform Working Group
held seven meetings with representatives of NCLR to discuss the development of the
plan. We consulted closely with NCLR on issues related to policy and financing,
particularly the proposal to deem welfare benefits to non-citizens. NCLR supports the
concepts and principle of welfare reform, however, there are two specific concerns: 1)
time limits, specifically limiting the time of education and training, as many need English
as a second language education along with job training; 2) financing, in that they are
opposed to limiting access to public benefits to legal residents, as any plan that cuts non-
citizens benefits will fuel anti-immigrant sentiment.
Hispanics have benefitted from your welfare initiatives, specifically: an increase in the
funding for the WIC Program; enacting parts of the Mickey Leland Act, which
broadened Food Stamp assistance. Parts of your Welfare Reform Plan that aid Hispanics
are: a personal Employability Plan for young mothers which provides education, job
training, and child care; and integrating welfare with mainstream education and Federal
funding, such as Pell Grants.
IMMIGRATION:
NCLR and other Hispanic opinion leaders have expressed sustained interest in solutions
to issues such as the ability to successfully navigate through the immigration and
naturalization system, curtailing anti-immigrant measures by some states and the potential
positive impact in diminishing illegal immigration by helping to improve the economies
of developing countries through trade agreements such as NAFTA.
In response to these concerns, you have started a $30 million program to streamline the
naturalization process; the inclusion in the new crime bill of increased penalties for those
trying to smuggle undocumented immigrants into the United States; and indirectly
providing more incentive for foreign nationals to remain in their countries of origin by
signing trade agreements such as NAFTA. This will, in time, improve the economic
stability and standards of living for those in countries such as Mexico.
EDUCATION:
Concerns of NCLR and others is that there is inadequate Federal funding to curtail the
dropout problem of Latinos, as more than half do not finish high school, they are not
given the same educational opportunities as white counter parts, and that Federal
programs are not accessible.
Your policies have aided the Hispanic community with regard to education by: signing
the strongest Executive Order on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans to date
which sets for the first time specific goals for agencies to meet; a specific mandate
which directly ties in to National Education goals; ensures that Hispanic-serving
institutions with an Hispanic population of 25% or more have input and created for the
first time an advisory commission, chaired by NCLR President Raul Yzaguirre, and will
have 24 representatives who have a history of involvement with the hispanic community
and represent educational, professional, civic and business organizations committed to
improving education.; establishing the Faculty Development Fellowship Program, which
makes Federal money accessible to Hispanics wishing to be career academics; and The
National Service Act.
III.
PARTICIPANTS
Congressman Ed Pastor (D-AZ)
Secretary Cisneros
Raul Yzaguirre
Head Table (see attached list)
Approximately 2000 Hispanic community leaders from across the country.
IV.
PRESS PLAN
Open
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.
Congressman Ed Pastor introduces head table.
I
Congressman Ed Pastor announces you, Secretary Cisneros and Raul Yzaguirre.
Secretary Cisneros introduces you.
1
You make remarks.
Upon conclusion of remarks, Raul Yzaguirre will make presentation of gift.
0
Exit stage left and work rope line, accompanied by Raul Yzaguirre.
VI. REMARKS
Provided by speechwriting
Bush Administration Clinton Administration
(SEPT. 1990)
(Current)
PAS
31
55
PA
4
57
Non-Career SES
29
56
Schedule C's
51
120
Total
115
288
Hispanic Appointments
(Bush Administration vs Clinton Administration)
140
120
100
80
Bush Administration
Clinton Administration
60
40
20
0
PAS
PA
Non-Career SES
Schedule C's
Head Table for NCLR Luncheon
Raul Yzaguirre
Secretary Henry Cisneros
Congressman Ed Pastor (D-AZ)
Congressman Esteban Torres (D-CA)
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Congresswoman Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
John Bowlin
Chief Executive Officer, Miller Brewing
Company
James Adamson
Chief Executive Officer, Burger King
Frank Gomez
Director, Public Programs, Philip Morris
Companies
Robert Beavers, Jr.
McDonald's Corporation
Alejandro Aguirre
Deputy Director, Diario Las Americas
Carlos Arboleya
Vice Chairman, Barnett Bank of South Florida
Melvin "Skip" Chaves
President, SER-Job for Progress, Inc.
Agustin de Goytisolo, Esq.
Goytisolo, Martinez, de Cordoba & Gutierrez
David Lawrence
Publisher, The Miami Herald
Harve Mogul
President, United Way of Dade County
Ruth Shack
President, Dade Community Foundation
Liz Balmaseda
Columnist, The Miami Herald
Robert Trujillo
Stanford University
Aida Alvarez
Director, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise
Oversight, U.S. Department of HUD
Tony Morales
Executive Director, American G.I. Forum
Antonio Califa
Director, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department
of Transportation
Norma Cantu
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S.
Department of Education
Dennis Hayashi
Director, Office for Civil Rights, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
Deval Patrick
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, U.S.
Department of Justice
Shirley Wilcher
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Federal Contract
Compliance Programs, U.S. Department of Labor
Jose Nino
President, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Manuel Mirabel
President, National Puerto Rican Coalition
Audrey Alvarado
NCLR Board; Director, Affirmative Action,
University of Colorado at Denver
Irma Flores-Gonzales
NCLR Board; Consultant
Amos Atencio
NCLR Board; Executive Director, Siete del Norte
John Huerta
NCLR Board; Staff Attorney, Western Center on
Law and Poverty
Arabella Martinez
NCLR Board; Chief Executive Officer, Spanish
Speaking Unity Council
Deborah Szekely
NCLR Board; President, Eureka Communities
Rita DiMartino
NCLR Board; Director, Federal Government
Affairs, AT&T
Guarione Diaz
NCLR Board; Executive Director, Cuban
American National Council
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 16, 1994
MEET AND GREET
WITH NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA BOARD
DATE:
July 18, 1994
LOCATION:
Miami Beach Convention Center
TIME:
12:35 pm
FROM:
Alexis Herman
Suzanna Valdez
I.
PURPOSE
You will meet informally with members of the NCLR board, community leaders and
corporate sponsors.
II.
BACKGROUND
The National Council of la Raza is the largest Hispanic group in the country. The group
will consist of twenty eight board members, five corporate sponsors and six executive
directors of affiliated grass-roots organizations.
III.
PARTICIPANTS
Secretary Cisneros, Congressman Ed Pastor (D-AZ) and Congressman Esteban Torres
(D-CA) will attend.
The NCLR participants are as follows:
Raul Yzaguirre
President, NCLR
A.R. (Tony) Sanchez, Jr.
Sanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp., Laredo, TX
Frank Gomez
Director, Public Programs, Philip Morris
Companies Inc.
Audrey Alvarado
Director, Affirmative Action, Univ. of Colorado
Irma Flores-Gonzales
Consultant, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Oregon
Amos Atencio
Executive Director, Siete Del Norte
John Huerta, Esq.
Staff Attorney, Western Center on Law and Poverty
Patricia Asip
Manager, Multicultural Affairs, J.C. Penny, Dallas
Rita DiMartino
Director, Federal Government Affairs, AT&T
Herminio Martinez
Associate Provost, Baruch College, City University
of New York City
Mari Carmen Aponte, Esq.
Partner, Alexander, Gebhardt, Aponte & Marks
Gloria Bonilla-Santiago
Associate Professor, Center for Strategic Urban
Community Leadership, Rutgers University,
Camden, NJ
Mateo Camarillo
President, Quetzal Communications, Inc. Chula
Vista, CA
Tony Enriquez
President, T.M.E. Inc., Tucson, Arizona
Fernando Ferrer
Bronx Borough President, Bronx, NY
Humberto Fuentes
Executive Director, Idaho Migrant Council,
Caldwell, Idaho
Catalina Garcia, M.D.
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, Dallas,
TX
Mary Gonzales Koenig
Assistant to the Mayor, Office of Employment and
Training, Chicago, IL
Pedro Jose Greer, Jr., M.D.
Medical Director, Camillus Health Concern,
Miami, FL
Linda Griego
President and Chief Executive Officer, RLA, Los
Angeles, CA
Helen Hernandez
President, The Legacy Group, Encino, CA
Guillermo Linares
City Councilman, NY, NY
Alicia G. Martinez
Social Services Administrator, City of San Antonio,
San Antonio, TX
Arabella Martinez
Cheif Executive Officer, Spanish Speaking Unity
Council, Oakland, CA
Ramon Murguia, Esq.
Attorney At Law, Watson & Dameron, Kansas
City, Missouri
Ella Ochoa
Executive Director, NAF Multicultural Human
Development Corporation, North Platte, Nebraska
Angel Luis Ortiz
City Councilman, Philadelphia, PA
Deborah Szekely
President, Eureka Communities, Washington, D.C.
Maria Elena Torralva-Alonso
Director of Diversity, Hearst Newspaper Group,
San Antonio, TX
Arturo G. Torres
Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer,
TMI, San Antonio, TX
Charles E. Vela
Chair, SHPE/MAES Pipeline, Potomac MD
Mary Rose Wilcox
Supervisor, District 5, Maricopa County Board of
Supervisors, Phoenix, AZ
Guarione Diaz
Executive Director, Cuban American National
Council
Ron Harrison
Vice President Community Affairs, PepsiCo Inc.
Roger Diaz de Cosio
Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, Communidades
Mexicanas en el Extanjero.
John Bowlin
President and Chief Executive Officer, Miller
Brewing Company
Olga Aros
Director, Affirmative Action, McDonald's
Corporation
Paul Newman
Executive Director of Urban Affairs, General
Motors Corporation
Ed Casas
Manager, Hispanic Community Relations Coca-Cola
U.S.A.
Anna Perez
Vice President, Prudential Real Estate Investors
Liz Balmaseda
Columnist, The Miami Herald
Gene Ortega
Executive Director, Home Education Livelihood
Program (HELP), Albuquerque, NM
Roger Casarez
Executive Director, MAAC Project, San Diego, CA
Arturo Lopez
Executive Director, Coaltion of Florida
Farmworker Organizations, Inc. Homestead, FL
Amancio Chapa
Executive Director, Amigos Del Valle, Inc.
Pete Garcia
President and Chief Executive Officer, Chicanos
Por La Causa, Inc., Phoenix, AZ
Richard Ruiz
Executive Director, El Centro, Inc. Kansas City,
KS
Cris Medina
Executive Director, Guadalupe Center, Inc. Kansas
City, MO
Carlos Peraza
Executive Director, Latin American Economic
Development Association, Inc. Camden, NJ
IV.
PRESS PLAN
Closed to the press.
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
You will arrive at the Convention Center, meet and greet with the Board for fifteen
minutes and then proceed to address the NCLR luncheon.
VI. REMARKS
None required.
July 14, 1994
4p
July 14, 1994
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MEMORANDUM TO ALEXIS HERMAN
FROM:
Flo McAfee
RE:
Shared Vision Briefing
The Shared Vision statement which supports the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
and recognizes "the vital moral and spiritual role religion plays in both our public and
private lives." The Shared Vision statement was signed a group of religious leaders
and was released today at a press conference on the Hill. We will be briefing 50 of
the signers today during a noon to 4:30 pm briefing.
James Dunn, Executive Director of the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, set
up this entire meeting and will introduce the Vice President. You should welcome the
guests, thank them for their support, particularly on RFRA, and introduce James Dunn.
The Vice President can only spend 15 minutes, no Q&A.
Attached is the agenda of what they were briefed on before hand.
AGENDA
SHARED VISION BRIEFING
OLD EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING
ROOM 474
July 14, 1994
1:15 pm
WELCOME (1:15- 1:20 pm)
Flo McAfee
Associate Director
Office of the Public Liaison
REMARKS
William Yeoman (1:20 - 1:50 pm)
Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General
of Civil Rights
Department of Justice
Walter Zelman (2:00 - 2:20 pm)
Senior Health Policy Advisor
Richard Schifter (2:30 - 3:00 pm)
Special Assistant to the President
National Security Council
Thomas Payzant (3:00 - 3:45 pm)
Assistant Secretary for Elementary
and Secondary Education
Department of Education
Alexis Herman (4:00 - 4:05 pm)
Assistant to the President
Director of Office of Public Liaison
James Dunn, Executive Director Baptist Joint Committe on Public Affairs
will introduce the Vice President and present the Shared Vision Statement
THE VICE PRESIDENT (4:10 - 4:30 pm)
SHARED VISION ATTENDEES
The White House
Indiana Treaty Room
July 14, 1994
Dr. B. Bert Beach
Director
Public Affairs and Religious Liberty
General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
The Rev. John Buchanan
Vice President
People for the American Way
The Rev. John Burns
Pastor
University Baptist Church
3515 Campus Drive
College Park, MD 207040
The Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbel
General Secretary
National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA
475 Riverside Drive, Room 880
New York, NY 10115
Larry Chesser
Joint Baptist Committee
Saralee Debley
Rev. Dr. Calvin Didier
President
Americans United for the Separation of
Church and State
Ed Doerr
Executive Director
Americans for Religious Liberty
Dr. James Dunn
Executive Director
Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs
200 Maryland Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Eric Edmonson
Rev. David Albert Farmer
Pastor
University Baptist Church
3501 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Richard Foltin
Legislative Director and Counsel
American Jewish Committee
1156 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Dr. Alan Geyer
Professor of Political Ethics
Wesley Seminary
4500 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
Rabbi Leonard Guttman
Touro College
New York, NY
Helen Marie Harper
Rev. Stan Hastey
Executive Director
Alliance of Baptists
16th & O Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Susan Hill
Rabbi Deborah A. Hirsch
Dr. Clint Hopkins
Pastor
Churchland Baptist Church
P.O. Box 6068
Chesapeake, VA 23703
Jesse Hordes
Dr. Greg Ivers
Professor of Government
American University
Washington, DC
Rev. Dan Ivins
Pastor
First Baptist Church
8415 Fenton Street
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Elizabeth Ivins
Elenora Giddings Ivory
Rev. R. Mark Jordon
Pastor
First Baptist Church
14 West First Street
Front Royal, VA 22630
Daniel Weiss Jr.
Joint Baptist Committee
Jim Koerner
Quentin Lockwood III
Rev. Barry Lynn
Director
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
8120 Fenton Street
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Rev. Robert Maddox
Pastor
Briggs Memorial Baptist Church
5144 Massachusetts Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20816
Rev. Dean Majette
Pastor
Ox Hill Baptist Church
4101 Elmwood Street
Chantilly, VA 22021
Gregory Martin
Rev. James Nash
Churches Center for Theology and
Public Policy
4500 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Pamela Ann Parry
Rev. Troy W. Petty
Pastor
Triangle Baptist Church
P.O. Box 237
Triangle, VA 22172
Rev. John E. Roberts
President
Alliance of Baptists
25 Stevenson Lane
Baltimore, MD 21212
Elizabeth Ann Rivers
Melissa Rogers
Dr. Garry Ross
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Rabbi James Rudin
Director
Interreligious Relations Department
American Jewish Committee
165 E. 56th Street
New York, NY 10022
Rabbi David Saperstein
Director
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
2027 Massachusestts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Rabbi Alexander Schindler
President
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
New York, NY
Rev. Wallace Charles Smith
Pastor
Shiloh Baptist Church
1500 Ninth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Carroll D. Stevens
Phil Strickland
Christian Life Commisson
The Baptist General Convention of Texas
333 North Washington
Dallas, TX 75246
Rev. Oliver S. Thomas
Special Counsel for Religious & Civil Liberties
National Council of Churches for Christ in the USA
2708 Montvale Road
Maryvill, TN 37803
Rev. Robert Tiller
Director
Office of Governmental Relations
American Baptist Churches, USA
110 Maryland Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Rev. Brent Walker
General Counsel
Baptist Joint Committee
200 Maryland Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Rev. Phillip Wogaman
Senior Pastor
Foundry United Methodist Church
1500 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
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Veronica Biggins is having a meeting on Thurs. 7/14 from 2-2:45p.m. with Rob Stein to
talk about the diversity program at Commerce. This will be in room 472. Veronica
would like AMH and CAV to attend.
Thanks,
DKD
TEL 202-456-2259
Jul 12'94
15:12 NO.014
OFF. PRES. PERSONNEL
THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL OFFICE
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Washington. D.C. 20500
Tel: 202-456-6676
Fax: 202-456-2259
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DATE:
7/12/94
PLEASE DELIVER TO:
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OFFICE:
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FAX NUMBER:
6-6218
SENDER:
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158 OEOB
TELEPHONE NO.:
6-6502
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 12, 1994
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISTINE VARNEY, PHIL LADER, ALEXIS HERMAN
AND MARK GEARAN
FROM:
J. VERONICA BIGGINS
RE:
COMMERCE DIVERSITY PROGRAM
During the Presidential campaign, President Clinton pledged to make his
administration look like America. Secretary Ron Brown has now pledged to make
diversity in the entire federal government a personal priority. He has started with the
Department of Commerce, where he worked to integrate appointees at every level.
Commerce's Chief of Staff Rob Stein will be leading a working session explaining
this proposal Thursday, July 14, from 2:00-2:45, in Room 472 of the OEOB. I am writing
to encourage you to attend the meeting. Rob is bringing 6-9 people from Commerce
with him, including General Counsel Ginger Lew and some career officials, to explain
the proposal. It would be well worth your time to attend the meeting. Thank you for
your attention.
7/14/94
Alexis-
Jack Quinn wants you to help brief the VP at 5:20 p.m. in his
West Wing Office for his 5:30 p.m. meeting with Doug
Wilder. Jack wants to know if you think you should sit in on
the Wilder Meeting.
Will you come at 5:20 p.m. to see Jack and VP?
Please advise.
1900 E St NW
Room 5554
Washington ,DC
/
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I. HOW THE TIMELINE WORKS:
GENERAL MATRIX
TRENDLINES
DISCUSSION OPPORTUNITIES
II. BACKGROUND ON TRENDLINES
III. BACKGROUND ON LEADERSHIP/DEFINING MOMENTS
IV. SPECIFICS RELATED TO EDUCATION
I. HOW THE TIMELINE WORKS
A.
THE GENERAL MATRIX
The general matrix is divided into 4 eras -- Agrarian,
Industrial, Information, and [the future]. It presents the
fabric of the American past, shows the relationship between
government and society, shows the increasing complexity and
"globization" of the world, highlights "leadership" or
"defining moments" and allows the viewer to connect
viscerally with the past. Includes the following bands and
categories:
1.
WORLD
Consists of individual entries. Might want to note one
statistical block that didn't make it to the final cut:
Growth since 1900 [statistic], 1990
Population: 3-fold increase
Gross World Product: 21-fold increase
Fossil fuel consumption: 30-fold increase
Industrial production: 50-fold increase
2.
"LEADERSHIP" (described in section III)
Given highlighted treatment.
3.
SOCIETY AND ECONOMY
Political, social, economic and technological events.
These appear as dated entries.
Popular movements (and political parties)
These are loosely placed in symbolic position, i.e.
where they had the greatest impact and not where they
started or ended. For example: The Anti-Slavery
movement began before our timeline starts, (in 1700,
the first abolitionist tract is published in the
colonies), but is entered between the 1820's or 1830's
and the Civil War -- because that is where it had the
greatest impact.
Statistics
Rather than have innumerable trendlines, we have tried
to select milestone statistics that are of particular
significance. These generally represent larger
phenomena, and have headers that list both the trend or
topic and a date.
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Key words for each era:
Working from what FQI provided initially, we created a
series of key words that describe trends and/or
characteristics for each era -- arranged in parallel
format. These: 1) to justify the largest level division
into eras -- and make the eras work for us, and 2) to
show general trends. Not all have made the final cut.
They are:
Local markets
Rural expansion
Mechanization
Regional schisms
Individualism
"Self-sufficiency"
Regional markets
Growth of cities
Industrialization
Tensions between labor and industry
Collective action
"Melting Pot"
Global markets
Suburban growth and urban decay
Computerization and automation
Generational, ethnic and racial schisms
Coalitions and small initiatives
"Multiculturalism"
4.
GOVERNMENT
Formation of cabinet departments and selected agencies.
Both appear as dated entries, with Cabinet departments
differentiated from agencies.
Legislative trends and role of government
With the exception of the first entries (national
defense, enhance national commerce, etc.) -- where we
set out the basic role of government when it was
created -- these entries highlight legislative
initiatives. 1) As is the case with social movements,
the placement of these is somewhat arbitrary.
(Tariffs, for example, have occured throughout our
history, but were most significant in the early years.)
2) Many of these legislative initiatives bear a direct
relationship with the populist movements of the time.
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E.g. civil rights movement/civil rights legislation;
environmental movement/environmental legislation, etc.
Specific legislation
Specific legislation or Constitutional Amendments,
often entered in descriptive or functional terms rather
than by name, e.g. Social Security established.
Statistics and facts about government
These relate to size of government, budget, national
debt or similar topics. One of the interesting facts
is that the size of government (in terms of numbers of
federal workers) has remained largely unchanged over
the past 35 years.
Foreign policy/doctrine
These are unilateral doctrines (e.g. Monroe Doctrine,
Marshall Plan). Bilateral or multilateral agreements
appear as world entries.
The end of the general matrix is divided into 5 priority
areas identified by Bill Clinton (as proposed by FQI).
These are:
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CREATE MORE AND BETTER JOBS
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HEALTH SECURITY FOR ALL
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REWARD WORK OVER WELFARE
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PROMOTE DEMOCRACY ABROAD
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RECLAIM OUR STREETS (CRIME, DRUGS AND GANGS)
RENEW OUR AMERICAN COMMUNITY
B.
TRENDLINES
There are three trendlines.
Each represents a completely
different perspective -- and each shows the present moment
as one that is particularly significant:
1. POLITICAL CYCLES
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Based on the work of Schlesinger Jr. and Sr., this presents
American history as alternating between bursts of innovation
devoted to public purpose, and periods of retrenchment. In
1986, Schlesinger predicted an innovative burst that would
begin around 1990.
2. ONSET OF POST-CAPITALIST SOCIETY
Based on Drucker's Post Capitalist Society, this shows the
importance of the present moment, that is circa 1990, as the
end of history as we have known it and the beginning of
something totally different.
3. THE COMMUNICATIONS/INFORMATION REVOLUTION
Based on the work of George Gilder and others, this likens
the present revolution in communications and information to
the industrial revolution that preceded it -- and shows why
the present moment is critical.
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C. DISCUSSION "OPPORTUNITIES"
1. Discussion of what entries should/could be added.
2. End of timeline -- division into 5 main priorities:
3. Discussion of 3 main eras in terms of characteristics
and trends. How should this list be revised as we look
beyond 1992? And what other trends are important? (E.g.
have left off warfare, changes within the world, etc.)
4. Schlesinger model: what is the "detonating issue" of
our time. (Health care?)
5. Role of government. What has been the changing role in
each period, and what -- given the end of "nationalism" as
we know it -- are we looking at in the future?
6. Technology trendline: How does the explosion of
information affect government per se?
7. Drucker trendline: What are the implications of the
management revolution -- both for business and more
importantly for government.
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II. TRENDLINES AND GENERAL MODELS
There are many models of history that examine change. These are
of various scales, have different variables, and different
breaking points or crucial moments. But all of the ones that I
looked at point to the present moment (either specifically or
more broadly) as a period of great significance, as a moment of
transition and of new beginnings. If we are looking for
convergences to justify portraying the present as important, that
convergence is very compelling.
Three of these models -- as noted below -- became trendlines:
The Drucker Model: (Technological/Ideological)
The Schlesinger Model: (Political/Ideological)
Gilder and others: (Communications/Information)
Two other writers/models are noted here (though not diagrammed as
trendlines) here because of they bolster or are convergent with
our trendline cycles. These are:
The Toffler Model: (Technological/Political)
Robert Reich: The Work of Nations (1991)
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A. ONSET OF A POST-CAPITALIST SOCIETY (based on Drucker)
Drucker has developed his model over a period of time -- most
recently in Post-Capitalist Society (1993). He focuses on change
(much of it technological), transition and upheaval. His model
is significant in at least 3 ways: 1) It shows the present (i.e.
post-1989-1990) as an extroardinary moment of change (see quotes
next page). 2) It provides a useful specific way of organizing
history and selecting key events. 3) It allows more to be said
about management and changes therein (Taylor's or Deming's work,
for example) than is shown on the main matrix.
Periods of transformation:
Drucker presents Western and world history as defined by intense
periods of transformations and upheavals. These periods seem to
occur every 200 or so years. Thus we have: 1) 13th century
transformations that led "almost overnight" to the creation of
the European city. 2) a 1455-1517 set of transformations that
produced the Renaissance, 3) a 1776-1815 period of
transformation, ushered in by the American Revolution, during
which "all the modern isms were born" (capitalism, communism,
etc.) And 4) a period of transformation that we are in the
midst of and that is leading us to Post-Capitalist society.
The significance of the present moment:
The threshhold to post-Capitalism is particularly significant in
several ways and on several scales. It represents the end of the
nation-state (a 400 year phenomenon) as we know it; it is the end
of a dominant ideology that began with Rousseau and lasted 250
years; and it is the end of a 150 year period during which
"capitalism and technology conquered the globe and created a
world civilization." We are now entering that new civilization.
Revolutions:
Toffler also looks at the last 150 years as shaped by 3 crucial
"revolutions":
1) Industrial Revolution -- beginning after 1700.
During this period, "technology was invented." During this
phase (which began in England), knowledge was applied to
tools, processes, and products.
2) Productivity Revolution -- 1880 to the end of WWII.
Knowledge was applied to work, and converted the proletarian
into a middle-class bourgeois with near-upper class income.
It was this revolution, claims Drucker, that defeated class
war and communism.
3) Managment Revolution -- post WWII
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Knowledge is being applied to knowledge itself, and is
becoming the sole factor of production, sidelining both
capital and labor. This has led to a knowledge economy,
though perhaps not yet a knowledge society.
Other points:
Drucker points to key events and statistics, such as the GI Bill
(instrumental in creating the knowledge economy, the introduction
of the computer in the 1960's and in that same year the emergence
of Japan as a world economic leader; and more recently, the fall
of the Berlin Wall in 1989 (marking the end of Communism), and
the 1990 invasion of Iraq (marking the first transnational
military venture in history). They appear on the general matrix.
Selected Quotes from Drucker:
"Every few hundred years in Western history there
occurs a sharp transformation a "divide. II Within a
few short decades, society rearranges itself -- its
worldview; its basic values; its social and political
structure; its arts; its key institutions. Fifty years
later, there is a new world
We are currently living through such a transformation."
(Drucker, Post-Cap., page 1)
"This time it is not, however, confined to Western
society and Western history. Indeed, it is one of the
fundamental changes is that there no longer is a
"Western" history or, in fact, a "Western"
civilization. There is only world history and world
civilization
if history is any guide,
[this transformation]
will not be completed until 2010 or 2020. But already
it has changed the political, economic, social and
moral landscape of the world."
(Drucker, Post-Cap., pages 2-3)
"
the events of 1989 and 1990 were more than just the
end of an era; they signified the end of one kind of
history
The new society -- and it is already here -- is a post-
capitalist society. This new society
will not be an
"anti-capitalist society. " It will not even be a "non-
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capitalist society"; the institutions of Capitalism
will survive, although some, such as banks, may play
quite different roles. But its center of gravity
is
different from the one that dominated the last two
hundred and fifty years
The basic economic resource
is and will be
knowledge. II
(Drucker, Post-Cap. , pages 7-8)
"The nation-state is not going to wither away
Increasingly, it will share power with other organs,
other institutions, other policy-makers. What is to
remain the domain of the nation state?"
(Drucker, Post-Cap, p. 11)
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B. AMERICAN POLITICAL CYCLES (based on the Schlesingers)
This model appears in Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.'s "Cycles of
American Politics" (1986). It is fascinating in many ways: 1)
It predicts 1990-1992 as a turning point in American history --
in terms of leadership, generational change, and interests of the
public. 2) As with the Drucker model, it provides an interesting
way of seeing history, organizing it, and delineating key
events -- and defining leadership moments.
The model:
Schlesinger's model is based on earlier models that look at
political cycles, including one by Schlesinger's father. All
show a cycling or tension between 2 competing trends, though they
use different names to describe them:
- conservatism vs. innovation (Emerson, 1841)
- diffusion vs. centralization of national focus (Adams, 1890)
- conservatism vs. liberalism (Schlesinger, Sr., 1949)
- private interest VS. public interest (Hirshman, 1982)
- capitalist values vs. democratic values (McC./Zaller, 1984)
Schlesinger Jr. prefers the terms public purpose vs. private
interest, and posits a 30-year cycle. Interestingly, he wasn't
sure if this model would hold for the next cycle, because of the
massive reorganization that the world was undergoing. (Foreign
affairs also goes in cycles -- called introvert and extrovert by
one researcher -- but these function independently.)
Initial quote:
"
the thirty-year cycle accounts both for the eras of
public purpose -- TR in 1901, FDR in 1933, JFK in 1961 --
and also for the high tides of conservative restoration --
the 1920s, the 1950s, the 1980s."
Arthur Schlesinger Jr., 1986
The cycles:
The first 11 alternations (through to the New Deal) follow
Schlesinger, Sr.'s model (1949). In six of these periods
(boldface), "the object was to increase democracy; in five to
contain it." Beginning with the 20th century, Schlesinger, Jr.
adds his analysis. He sees the swings as alternations between
public purpose (boldface) and private interest that are largely
governed by public mood and tolerance for change. UPPER CASE
LETTERS CORRESPOND TO ENTRIES ON OUR TRENDLINE:
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1776-1788
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT INVENTED
DECLARATION OF IND./US CONSTITUTION
Invention of the government and the United States
Extending from the Declaration of Independence to the
creation of the Constitution, this was an era of bold
thinking and grand ideas and ideals.
1788-1800
RETRENCHMENT
WASHINGTON, JOHN ADAMS
Reaction/retrenchment to strong government
1801-1817
EXPANSION
JEFFERSON, MADISON
"Greater energy" (need a better term)
This era includes the presidency of Jefferson, and
the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the country's size.
1817-1829
"JEFFERSONIAN RETREAT"
MONROE, J.Q. ADAMS
Retreat from Jeffersonian policies
This era, beginning at the end of the War of 1812,
represented a pulling back
1829-1841
JACKSONIAN ERA
JACKSON, VAN BUREN
Age of Jackson
A democratizing and expansive age, though not for all
segments of society (i.e. Indian policies)
1841-1861
SLAVEHOLDER ERA
HARRISON - BUCHANAN
Increasing domination of government by slaveholders
Era of debate and discord over slavery, in which the
slaveholders inhibit change.
1861-1869
CIVIL WAR/RECONSTRUCTION
LINCOLN, JOHNSON
Abolition of slavery, Civil War, Reconstr. begins
Lincoln boldly defends the union, keeping the country
from being rent assunder, and abolishing slavery.
A tumultuous "reconstruction" follows the war.
1869-1901
CONSERVATIVE RULE
GRANT - MCKINLEY
30-year period of conservative rule.
Schlesinger, Sr. saw this extended period of conser-
vative rule as a reaction to the particularly
sweeping, deep and exhausting changes that had just
occurred.
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1901-1921
PROGRESSIVE ERA
TR - WILSON
The Progressive Era/WWI
As described by Schlesinger, Jr. "two demanding
Presidents, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson,
exhorted the American people to democratize their
political and economic institutions at home and
then to make the great world outside safe for
democracy. After two decades of unrelenting
public action, the American people were worn out."
1921-1933
REPUBLICAN RESTORATION
HARDING, COOLIDGE, HOOVER
1919-1931
Republican restoration (Schlesinger Sr.)
1920-1929
New Era; Hoover/Harding (Schlesinger, Jr.)
As described by Schlesinger, Jr., "the new Pres-
ident summed up the new mood. The nation, said
Warren G. Harding, wants 'not heroics but healing,
not nostrums but normalcy, not revolution but
restoration He should have added not action
but alliteration. The politics of public purpose
gave way to the politics of private interest;
virtue surrendered to commerce. The New Era was
a decade of the free market run riot, with the
business of of America presidentially defined as
business -- the decade that culminated in the
Great Depression.
1933-1953
NEW DEAL/FAIR DEAL
FDR, TRUMAN
1933-1947
The New Deal (Schlesinger, sr.)
1930s-40s
FDR and New Deal, WWII, Truman and Fair Deal
As the country stood in the midst of a devastating
Great Depression, FDR became President and two
decades of action and passion, of idealism and
reform followed. Years of crisis once again
left the people drained, all passion spent.
1953-1961
EISENHOWER ERA
EISENHOWER
1950's
Eisenhower Era
"Dwight Eisenhower became President, as Walter
Lippman wrote at the time, when 'this country and
the Western World had had all the dynamism, all the
innovation, all the crusading that human nature can
take.' In the 1950's as in the 1920's, public
purpose receded, private motives predominated. The
Eisenhower years provided a much needed respite
amidst the storms of the twentieth century."
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1961-1977
NEW FRONTIER/GREAT SOCIETY
JFK, LBJ, NIXON
1960's-
Kennedy and New Frontier, Johnson and Great Society;
early 70's
Nixon (carried by liberal tide of the 60's)
"As the private interest of the 1920's had given way
to the public action of the 1930's, the 1950's now
led into the 1960's and a new rush of commitment;
Kennedy and the New Frontier; Johnson and the Great
Society; the racial revolution, the war on poverty.
This time desparate events gave the cyclical swing
an ominous turn; an edge of hysteria -- first the
assasination at Dallas, then the war in Vietnam.
Objectives embraced with fervent hope -- racial
integration, community action, urban renewal, envi-
ronmental protection -- caused unanticipated
disruptions. Energies released turned destructive --
riots in the cities, turmoil on campuses, two more
terrible assasinations, drugs and violence, Watergate
and the fall of a President -- until the social
fabric itself seemed to be unraveling. So much
trauma compressed in so short a time produced
national disillusionment and exhaustion in less than
the customary two decades. By the later 1970s,
Americans were once more, as they had been in the
1950s and 1920s, fed up with public action and
disenchanted with the consequences. The compass
needle now swung toward private interest and the
fulfillment of self." [Note: Schlesinger includes
Nixon in this era, much as he includes Taft in the
Progressive era -- because he feels he was drawn by
the public mood of the country into a liberal agenda
-- Environmental Protection Act, OSHA, CETA, even a
proposed guaranteed minimum income in his Family
Protection Program.]
1977- [1993] CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION
CARTER, REAGAN, BUSH
1970s-80s: Conservative revolution/Reagan Revolution.
Schlesinger puts Carter with Reagan as part of the
national conservative mood. "Carter rejected the
commitment of the modern Democratic party to affirm-
ative government and became the most conservative
Democratic President since Grover Cleveland a century
earlier. He derided federal service, advocated
deregulation, promised to balance the budget, com-
batted inflation by high interest rates and recession
and encouraged the injection of religion into public
affairs. From a longer perspective, the differences
between Carter and Reagan will seem less consequen-
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tial than the continuities. Both Presidents
responded with ardor to a perceived conservative
surge in the nation." As for Reagan, Schlesinger
sees the Reagan Revolution and the 80's as the
ultimate fulfillment of self -- the 'me' decade,
the 'culture of narcissism.' [Note: Schlesinger's
article was written pre-Bush, but clearly Bush
would be included in this conservative movement.]
1990+-2010 INNOVATION/PUBLIC PURPOSE
PREDICTED BY SCHLESINGER, 1986
1990s
Predicted change: a new burst of innovation
"We may conclude that public purpose will have at
least one more chance. At some point, shortly before
or after the year 1990, there should come a sharp
change in the national mood and direction -- a change
comparable to those bursts of innovation that
followed the accessions to office of Theodore
Roosevelt in 1901, of Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, of
John Kennedy in 1961. The 1990s should be the turn
in the generational succession for the young men and
women who came of political age in the Kennedy years.
If public purpose holds problems at bay in the 1990s,
this phase will continue until, perhaps toward the
end of the first decade of the twenty-first
century
"
(Schlesinger, "Cycles
" 1986:47)
Selected Quotes by Schlesinger:
On future: see entry for 1990'a prediction (above)
On generation:
"Young men and women whose ideals were formed by TR and
Wilson -- Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Truman --
produced the New and Fair Deals in their own maturity. The
generation whose ideals were formed by FDR -- John Kennedy
and Lyndon Johnson -- produced in their maturity the New
Frontier and the Great Society. In the same way the age of
Kennedy touched and inspired a new generation. That
generation's time is yet to come."
Cycles, 1986:page 33-34.
On "detonating" issues:
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"Each period of public purpose had its detonating issue. In
the early decades of the century, the concentration of
economic power in the hands the trusts sparked the cycle.
In the 1930s, the detonating issue was depression. In the
1960s, it was racial justice. As the republic gathered its
forces to meet each detonating issue, it discharged energies
of reform across the board." [WHAT IS THE DETONATING ISSUE
OF THE 1990S? -- Good discussion question for facilitator]
Cycles, 1986:33
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C. COMMUNICATIONS/INFORMATION REVOLUTION
Unlike the other models, which are virtually diagrams of what
people have written, this model is a composite. It uses many --
but not all -- of the observations of George Gilder as presented
in Life After Television (1990) and various articles ("Into the
Telecosm," "When Bandwith is Free" and others).
A note on sources:
Gilder's work might be thought of as having two aspects (though
he himself would probably not separate them) : 1) insights into
technology and how it is changing, and 2) thoughts about
government and its role in all of this. I have used the former
but not the latter, for Gilder is a vocal and ardent believer in
keeping government out of the way of free enterprise. Instead, I
have relied heavily on the work of Steven Lubar of the
Smithsonian (author of InfoCulture, 1993) and others to document
the effects of the technology. And unlike the other trendlines,
which are credited to a specific person, this is credited as a
composite (which includes Gilder).
What the trendline shows:
In 1700, the only significant communications technology was the
printing press (largely unchanged from the fifteenth century).
The available information technologies (simple geared calculating
machines) were not intended for practical purposes.
Beginning in the 19th century, a series of communications
technologies were introduced that radically changed the way the
country and the world functioned.
In the last 50 years or so, a similar revolution began in
computers. We are now at a point where the two technologies are
merging -- each at the point where it has developed "virtually
infinite" computation and carrying capacities, and each at the
point where it is "virtually free." George Gilder likens the
revolution that we are about to go through to the industrial
revolution. The key factor of production that was dramatically
transformed was labor. Physical force became "virtually free"
compared to what had proceded it -- causing an industrial
revolution that affected every aspect of society. Currently,
communications and information processing are becoming "virtually
free" as they achieve "virtually infinite" capacity.
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When everyone commands a supercomputer, you give the average
owner of a work station the power of an industrial tycoon
commanded in the industrial era
the hierarchy is in the
silicon rather than in the human organization. So you have
this incredible distribution of power."
Gilder, interview, 1992
Gilder also, interestingly, talks of "wasting" transistors now,
just as we wasted energy during the last industrial revolution.
By chance, I came across a similar comment by Daniel Boorstin,
describing how land was the commodity to be "wasted" in the 18th
century. Compared to England and Europe, land was virtually free
and virtually infinite in the United States.
This trendline will show:
1) Key devices that have transformed communications and
information processing,
2) Convergence of communications and information
technologies, and
3) Importance of the present moment -- when both computing
and communication are reaching virtually infinite capacity,
and are becoming virtually free. (The key to virtually
infinite computing capacities was electronics; the key to
virtually infinite carrying capacities is photonics, i.e.
fiber optics).
4) The explosion of information. One source cited by Gilder
claimed a doubling 19 times over before the century is out.
The figure is suspiciously precise, but the trend is
inescapably clear.
An extra thought that never made it to the trendline:
At the same time, these new technologies have led to a new mode
of science (and presumably this goes to other aspects of society
as well) In 1700, the primary mode of science was experimental
(the optical magnifying glass, incidentally, was a mere 50 years
old) Beginning in the mid-1600s (and epitomized by the work of
Newton) theoretical science began. With the development of
digital computers, we have entered a new phase/methodology -- the
computational mode. This enables scientists to solve
mathematically -- and in full complexity -- the theorists
mathematical models.
"
the comptutational scientist can
compute the collisions of a few atoms just as easily as the
collisons of enormous galaxies; the scales of space and time are
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simply input parameters of the computer program. " (Supercomputing
and the transformation of Science: 4)
.
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4. THE TOFFLER MODEL: 3 GREAT WAVES OF CHANGE.
The Model:
This model was created by Alvin and Heidi Toffler (of Future
Shock fame) They fleshed it out in two books -- The Third Wave
(1980) and War and Anti-War (1993). While they don't have the
academic stature of Schlesinger or Drucker, they are well-
respected "futurists" and -- more importantly -- their
conclusions about the present converge in interesting way with
Drucker's.
Of all the models, the Tofflers use the broadest scale -- and
point to only 3 major transformations or waves of technological
innovation in the last many thousand years -- that fundamentally
changed the world. The first was the advent of agricultural
technologices, leading to agrarian societies and city-states.
The second was the Industrial Revolution, and its changes in
production, which led to the nation-state as the fundamental
polity. And the third is the Information Revolution, which is
now transforming the world. Nation-states are no longer
sufficient to organize the world, the economic and social systems
are in flux, and a new transnational world based with knowledge
as its chief commodity is emerging. Nationalism as we know it,
no longer makes sense, and is being replaced by new kinds of
alliances (including a tribalism of sorts). But mostly, the way
we conceive of everything -- from warfare to productivity --
needs to be rethought because all the premises have changed.
Quotes from Toffler
"A new civilization is emerging in our lives
The dawn of this new civilization is the single most
explosive fact of our lifetimes.
It is the central event -- the key to understanding the
years immediately ahead. It is an event as profound as that
First Wave of change unleashed ten thousand years ago by the
invention of agriculture, or the earthshaking Second Wave of
change touched off by the industrial revolution. We are the
children of the next transformation, the Third Wave.
We grope for words to describe the full power and reach of
this extraordinary change. Some speak of a looming Space
Age, Information Age, Electronic Era, or Global Village.
Zhibniew Brzinski has told us we face a "technetronic age. "
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Sociologist Daniel Bell describes the coming of a "post-
industrial society"
Yet none of these terms, including my
own, is adequate. "
Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave, 1980: page 9
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5. ROBERT REICH: THE WORK OF NATIONS (1990)
See enclosed.
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III. BACKGROUND ON LEADERSHIP RESPONSES/DEFINING MOMENTS
Following Ron's advice, we have tried to present selected
leadership moments without editorializing about them. Each is
presented simply as a highlighted entry with one or more quotes.
Enclosed, for background, is a bit more about each -- including
some indication of why it was included.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (JEFFERSON IMPLICITLY FEATURED)
The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas
Jefferson even as the war was raging. Rather than simply
listing grievances or declaring war, the resulting document
is a statement of principles (some based on Locke's
writings) that went beyond its time and narrow purpose.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION/CREATION OF GOVERNMENT
The Constitutional Convention was given the narrow task of
re-writing the Articles of Confederation (a weak document).
The delegates went beyond that narrow task, in much the way
that Jefferson went beyond the task of simply declaring war.
The document that was produced -- the first modern
democratic constitution and the model of many later
constitutions -- outlined the basic principles of government
rather than stipulating the details. The Bill of Rights
(outlining individual freedoms) is often considered the
implicit other half of the Constitution. The one was passed
because the other was promised.
LOUISIANA PURCHASE DOUBLES THE SIZE OF THE US (JEFFERSON)
This is included for 2 reasons: 1) it is specifically cited
by Clinton (header quote) as one of the defining moments of
the country, and 2) it is a way of representing Jefferson's
Presidency. Jefferson is considered a strong President
(Schlesinger model and others), but somewhat of an anomaly
in two ways: 1) As stated by Schlesinger, Jefferson was
against strong central government except when he was the
head of that government. 2) As stated by another writer,
most strong Presidents are considered so because of the
legislation they pass. Jefferson was known less for his
legislation than for a strong sense of direction and of
principle.
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With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, Jefferson doubled
(almost) the size of the country in a single bold move. It
was a move that even he questioned the constitutionality of,
however, stating at one point (and this is a paraphrase),
that he had 'stretched the Constitution almost to the
breaking point' in negotiating the purchase. (Certainly, it
went beyond any narrow view of government function.)
Jackson/Jacksonian Democracy, 1829
Jackson is included as a lesser moment -- in the form of an
image or a cartoon related to banking and a quote (related
to the same banking legislation but showing his leadership
direction). Jackson's leadership was mixed -- but there is
no doubt that it set a direction for the country and was in
that sense a "leadership response" or "defining moment. " A
promoter of populist democracy and national unity, Jackson
sought greater participation in government and greater
economic opportunity for the 'common man.' Voter
participation soared from 26% (1824) to 76% (1840). But
"democracy" applied to whites only. Slaves were excluded,
and Native Americans suffered huge losses of life and
liberty as a result of the Indian Removal policies that bore
his personal stamp.
LINCOLN'S DECISION TO PRESERVE THE UNION, 1861
Lincoln's tenure as President -- and in particular, his
decision to preserve the Union -- is included for several
reasons: 1) Lincoln assumed the Presidency in a time of
crisis -- as the country threatened to split assunder. 2)
He provided the leadership to keep it intact and to guide
the nation through a civil war. 3) He steadfastly, though
compassionately, adhered to principle.
Teddy Roosevelt/"Square Deal" 1904 and beyond
TR is included in much the same way and for some of the same
reasons as Jackson. His was an activist Presidency by
Schlesinger's and others' reckonings. He was a reformer.
After serving as President upon McKinley's death, TR was
elected in his own right in 1904 -- pledging a "square deal"
for all. The detonating issue (to use Schlesinger's term)
was "trusts" and TR billed himself as a "trust-buster."
This may not have been his greatest success, in fact, but he
did regulate American business, stand up for labor, and
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begin a conservation program. (In foreign affairs, he was
the creator of "Big Stick" diplomacy.)
FDR/THE NEW DEAL, 1933 and beyond
Intuitively, FDR's inclusion needs no justification. He,
perhaps more than any other President except Lincoln,
changed the course of American history in indelible ways.
The detonating issue in his case was the national (in fact
worldwide) Depression. Within his first 100 days in office,
FDR began to transform government with his New Deal
programs. The New Deal, with its emphasis on both reform
and recovery, is usually divided into two eras: 1) The
First New Deal (lasting until 1935) emphasized relief and
recovery (banking reform, CCC, etc.) 2) The Second New
Deal (beginning in 1935) emphasized reform legislation (e.g.
Social Security).
One last note. One of the quotes that we have used is FDR's
quote to the effect that one-third of the nation was "ill-
housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished" (from his Second Inaugural
Address). In fact, it now seems that the situation was far
worse than stated by Roosevelt.
TRUMAN/THE DECISION TO DROP THE BOMB, 1945
This leadership moment is included at FQI's request, and
certainly it was a defining moment in history. I have
documented it with a July 25, 1945 entry from Truman's
diary, in which he describes the discovery/completion of the
bomb, and his decision to drop it. Enclosed is the full
entry or at least the full quote. One mystery remains for
me. In the diary entry, Truman describes what he will
instruct Stimpson (Secy of War) in terms of the bomb's use -
- specifically, a warning, no civilian casualties, etc. By
July 30, according to one of Truman's biographers, these
ground rules had completely changed. I don't known (and
haven't fully researched) whether this was a result of
Stimpson's advice or just how this came to be.
JFK/NEW FRONTIER, 1961 and beyond
The first American President "born in this century," Kennedy
took office as the Cold War was heating up. We reference
the Cuban missile crisis in the entry, as well as Kennedy's
intent to put a man on the moon (in quote form). In
Schlesinger's terms, however, the detonating issue of
Kennedy's Presidency was racial injustice, and he was
important as an acitivist member of a new generation. I
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have therefore included a quote about changing generations.
(I have also included the moon quote as certainly setting a
new direction, but should say that Kennedy is said to have
regretted his statement because of its rashness.) Upon
JFK's death, Johnson carried out civil rights and other
reforms in his Great Society program -- all of which were to
some degree overshadowed by our involvement in Vietnam. (I
don't know that it made it to the final cut, but there is a
quote by Martin Luther King, C. 1965 saying that "The Great
Society has been shot down on the battlefields of Vietnam."
CLINTON ASSUMES PRESIDENCY IN POST-COLD WAR WORLD, 1993
The justifications for including Clinton's Presidency among
the defining moments all relate to the moment itself. It
is, unquestionably, a time in which the world is being re-
shaped, and it is as a result, a moment of transition just
as Lincoln's was, or FDR's, or JFK's. The quote that is
included reinforces this point in Clinton's own words -- and
shows his recognition of the moment. (And certainly, his
activist agenda fits the "burst of innovation" prophosied by
Schlesinger in 1986.) What is the detonating issue? Is it
health care security, and if so, is this simply a
representation of insecurity about their futures as
Americans face a new world, much of it brought about by
technological change?
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IV. SPECIFICS RELATED TO EDUCATION:
A. EDUCATION STATISTIC:
There are many statistics that might have been included for
education -- number of high school or college graduates, numbers
of hours of schooling for American students vs. Japanese and
others, falling SAT scores, national and international ratings on
science, math/ or other tests, etc. The one we used seemed to
the heart of the matter:
ADULT ILLITERACY -- 1986
One estimate suggests that one third of American adults
(some 60 million) are effectively illiterate. The US ranks
49th among 158 member nations of the UN in its literacy
levels.
[SOURCE: JONATHON KOZOL, ILLITERATE AMERICAN, 1986:4-5]
This statistic -- taken from Jonathon Kozol's 1986 book,
Illiterate America (pages 4-5) -- is starker than some others of
the same era. He explains it as follows:
"Twenty-five million American adults cannot read the poison
warnings on a can of pesticide, a letter from their child's
teacher, or the front page of a daily paper. An additional
35 million read only at a level which is less than equal to
the full survival needs of our society.
Together, these 60 million people represent more than one
third of the entire adult population.
The largest number of illiterate adults are white, native-
born Americans. In proportion to population, however, the
fitures are higher for blacks and Hispanics than for whites.
Sixteen percent of white adults, 44 percent of blacks, and
56 percent of Hispanic citizens are functional or marginal
illiterates. Figures for the younger generation of black
adults are increasing. Forty-seven percent of all black
seventeen-yera olds are functionally illiterate. That
figure is expected to climb to 50 percent by 1990
The United States ranks forty-ninth among 158 member nations
of the U.N. in its literacy levels."
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Kozol is describing literacy in terms of marginal levels. Other
measures of illiteracy, particularly those that use a lower
threshold, are considerably lower.
B. QUOTE:
I don't know if the following quote made it to/through the final
timeline. But Reich -- in The Work of Nations (1992:3) made the
point (also made by others) that nationality as we know it will
cease to exist. Each nation's primary assets will be its
citizen's skills (a point also made by Clinton on one or more
occasions):
"We are living through a transformation that will rearrange
the politics and economics of the coming century. There
will be no national products or technologies, no national
corporations, no national industries
Each
nation's
primary
assets will be its citizens' skills and insights.
C. TRENDLINE IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION:
1.
From Drucker trendline:
Drucker describes an era called "Post-Capitalist." Others
have referred to "Post-Industrial," or an "Information Age"
and other terms. All define the age as one in which the
basic currency is knowledge. What does this mean for
education?
2.
From technology (information and communications) trendline:
Included in the technology trendline is an entry on the
explosion of information that suggests that the amount of
information will double 19 times over before the end of the
century. That estimate, reported by George Gilder, Life
After Television, 1990:65, is no doubt somewhat arbitrary.
Maybe it will double 16 times, maybe 50, who knows. But
the drift seems solid. New technologies are proliferating
information at an extraordinary rate. What does this mean
for education?
These technologies also have implicatons for teaching. (The
February 28, 1994 issue of Business Week has a lead article
on this subject.)
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D. SPECIFIC EDUCATION ENTRIES:
The timeline has few education entries, but they are significant
ones:
1944 GI Bill
Drucker cites the GI Bill as one of this century's most
significant events:
"It is moot whether this present transformation [the
beginning of Post-Capitalism] began with the emergence
of the first non-Western country, Japan, as a great
economic power -- that is, around 1960 -- or with the
computer -- that is, with information becoming central.
My own candidate would be the American G.I. Bill of
Rights after World War II, which gave every returning
American solder the money to attend a university
The
G.I. Bill of Rights -- and the enthusiastic response to
it on the part of America's veterans -- signalled the
shift to the knowledge society. Future historians may
well consider it the most important event of the
twentieth century."
[Drucker, Post-Capitalist Society, 1993:3]
1964 Head Start Program
Part of LBJ's "War on Poverty," this was an initiative of
the newly-established EOC.
1965- GREAT SOCIETY LEGISLATION
Johnson's Great Society program included educational
initiatives, specifically including two bills:
Higher Education Act, 1965
(created federal scholarships for college
students)
Elementary and Secondary School Act, 1965
(granted over $1 billion to individual school
districts to help those with needy children)
Two entries that might have been included had our timeline
started earlier:
1642 First compulsory school law (was in Massachusetts)
1636 First American college (Harvard)
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E. ADDITIONAL EDUCATION ENTRIES:
For discussion. One of the entries that I considered adding for
the end of the timeline was the Edison Project (Whittle's scheme
for private schools) or some case (e.g. Baltimore), where public
schools are being managed by a for-profit corporation.
Another that was considered but which never made it to the final
cut was the National Defense Education Act (1958). This Act was
a direct response to Sputnik and the fear that the Soviets were
ahead of us; it gave $280 million to schools to improve teaching
of science and other topics.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
12-Jul-1994 02:21pm
TO:
(See Below)
FROM:
Carola McGiffert
Office of Political Affairs
SUBJECT: Wednesday crime meeting
Wednesday's whip meeting on the Crime Bill will take place at 1:45
pm in the Roosevelt Room. Please let me know if you have a
conflict.
Thanks,
Carola.
Distribution:
TO: Patrick J. Griffin
TO: Alexis Herman
TO: Karen L. Hancox
TO: Tracey E. Thornton
TO: Lorraine C. Miller
TO: Jonathan M. Prince
CC: Dawn M. Friedkin
CC: Ruby G. Moy
CC: Erin A. O' Connor
CC: Steven M. Hilton
CC: Christiana L. Lin
July 7, 1994
MEMORANDUM FOR DISTRIBUTION
dee
FROM:
HAROLD ICKES
DATE:
JUNE 28, 1994
OEOB 180
RE:
FOLLOW-UP TO MEETING
The following is a summary of the meeting held Tuesday, 28 June 1994 regarding the
religious community:
1.
Need for outreach to leading ministers and other members of the religious community
through the reinstitution of religious breakfasts, White House briefings, attendance at
prayer breakfasts on the Hill and state prayer breakfasts and other methods.
2.
Formalization of issues in the Departments and Agencies which affect religious
groups. ie. EEOC guidelines.
3.
Identification of key states and individuals in these states.
4.
Opposition strategy.
5.
Inclusion of outside groups/individuals to engage in the discussion.
Phil Lader, Alexis Herman (Flo McAfee), Carol Rasco (Bill Galston), Joan Baggett and
David Dreyer are to prepare a memo(s) by next Thursday at 3pm with recommendations (for
discussion) for a more formal structure within the White House for dealing with these issues,
as well as recommendations on dealing with the substance of these issues.
A meeting will be held on Thursday, 7 June July 1994 at 3:00 pm in Room 180 of the OEOB to
discuss the structure and function of the core working group. Strategies (both pro-active and
anti) will also be discussed.
Distribution:
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Bill Galston
this 6/29/94
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Marcia Hale
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David Dreyer
06/27/94
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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
An independent federal agency working with the President and the Congress to increase the
inclusion, independence, and empowerment of all Americans with disabilities.
June 27, 1994
Ms. Ruby Moy
w/ mike Lux
Scheduler
Office of Alexis Herman
Office of Public Liaison
The White House
Dear Ms. Moy:
Washington, DC 6/23/53 20500
Marca Bristo, Chairperson, National Council on Disability will be in Washington for
several days throughout July, and has requested a meeting with Alexis Herman at some
point during that time.
During July, Marca will be meeting with leaders on Capitol Hill and Senior
Administration officials to discuss the issues affecting people with disabilities and hear
their views as to how the National Council can best serve the disability community.
If possible, we would like to schedule an appointment on Wednesday, July 6th at either
2:30 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. If those times don't work for your schedule, perhaps we can
work out something on eitber July 7th or the morning of July 8th. You can reach me a
202/272-2004.
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Ramona Lessen
Ramona Lessen 8/11/53
Executive Assistant to the Chairperson
1331 F Street, N.W.
Suite 1050
Washington, D.C. 20004-1107
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Facsimile Transmission
Date: 6/27/94
To: Ruby Moy
From: Ramona Lessen
Message:
Number of pages including cover sheet: 2
Please call us at (202) 272-2004 if any page is unclear.
1331 F Street, NW
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WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON
BRIEFING MEMORANDUM
MEMORANDUM FOR HAROLD ICKES
ALEXIS HERMAN
FROM: CAREN WILCOX
DATE: JULY 5, 1994
MEETING:
Vice Presidents of the three auto and two major
steel companies - core support in the large
business community for health care reform.
DATE/TIME:
Wednesday, July 6, 1994
1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m
LOCATION:
Office of Alexis Herman, West Wing
PARTICIPANTS: James D. Johnston, Vice President, General Motors
Robert G. Liberatore, Vice President, Chrysler
Elliott S. Hall, Vice President, Ford Motor Co.
Terrence D. Straub, Vice President, USX
William E. Wickert, Vice President, Bethlehem
Steel
Letitia Chambers, President, Chambers Associates
PURPOSE:
The key objectives of the meeting are to:
o offer these core supporter companies the
opportunity to express their concerns about some
of the bills currently pending in the Congress;
o express our appreciation to them for their
continuing leadership in coalitions supportive of
the POTUS.
BACKGROUND:
These companies have been the backbone of support
for the POTUS plan and have been leading the large
business coalition. Letitia Chambers represents
them through the Pre-medicare Coalition, and she
and Jim Moody, have been leaders in the business
community on the issues of universal coverage and
employer responsibility.
They have been working on all the bills and would
like the opportunity to indicate to us and through
you to the POTUS, their current reading of the
bills, and problems they see in them.
Several of their problems have been treated in one
manner or another in some of the bills, but we
understand that some of the versions and
combinations of issues are worse for them than
others.
On the Pre-medicare issue I understand that they
have worked on a number of formulas, any one of
which could go a long way to solving some of their
problems.
These are companies with corporate headquarters
and large employment bases in very important
states - MI, PA, o, WI, CA, etc.
AGENDA:
Alexis Herman - acknowledge the leadership role of
the companies and their role in pulling together
companies willing to work on this issue. Mention
work of CEOs and its helpfulness.
Harold Ickes - acknowledge their work and provide
a brief update on current legislative process.
Give them an opening to express their concerns.
Company representatives and Chambers. Express
concerns and views.
Alexis Herman - Close meeting.
cc: Steve Hilton
Greg Lawler
July 6, 1994
lp
Meeting 1 pm with Deputy Chief of Staff Ickes
Name
DOB
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Rob Liberatore
Jim Johnston
Elliott Hall
Marilyn Harris USX
subfor Stract
(b)(6)
Bill Wickert
Benjamin Boylston Bethl
Steelip
Letitia Chambers
Bill Signer -Chambers
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
06-Jul-1994 12:12pm
TO:
Samuel L. Hampton
FROM:
Ruby G. Moy
Office of Public Liaison
SUBJECT: Appt. request - Liberatore, Rob and others
Date
Appointment with
06-Jul-1994
HERMAN, ALEXIS M
Room No. Bldg.
Requested by
Phone #
2FL/WW WH
Ruby G. Moy
(202) 456-6455
Comments:
TIME
VISITOR'S LAST, FIRST NAME
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Liberatore
Rob
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01:00pm
Johnston
Jim
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01:00pm
Hall
Elliott
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01:00pm
Harris
Marilyn
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01:00pm
Wickert
Bill
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Boylston
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
JULY 5, 1994
SPEECH ON THE EVE OF YOUR G-7 SUMMIT IN NAPLES
DATE:
JULY 5, 1994
TIME:
2:00 PM
LOCATION:
ANDREW MELLON AUDITORIUM
FROM:
ALEXIS HERMAN
STEVE HILTON
I.
PURPOSE
To present a major address concerning international
economic policy and U.S. foreign policy on the eve of your
trip to the G-7 summit in Naples, to Poland, to Latvia,
and to Germany.
II.
BACKGROUND
The Office of Public Liaison has invited a diverse group
of some 700 to 800 individuals who have an interest in
international trade and investment and in U.S. foreign
policy, specifically in Eastern Europe and the Baltic
countries.
III.
PARTICIPANTS
The audience represents a diverse group of individuals who
have an interest in either international trade and
investment, in U.S. foreign policy, or in both. The
majority of the audience consists of Washington-based
representatives of major companies who do business in the
international arena and who are supporters of our efforts
with NAFTA and with GATT. There is also a large segment
who represent domestic organizations based on Armenian,
Arab, Polish, Baltic, Estonian, Italian, Greek, Hungarian,
and Ukrainian decent. Further, community and business
leaders from constituencies such as African-Americans,
Jewish-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and women are also
in attendance.
In addition, you should know that the audience essentially
mirrors the composition of the twenty individuals whom the
Office of Public Liaison has arranged to accompany you on
the Polish portion of your trip.
Further, Cabinet officials, Congressional staff, and
members of the Diplomatic Corps are also in attendance.
IV.
PRESS PLAN
Open Press
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
*
An off-stage announcement of You and Secretary Brown.
*
Secretary Brown introduces you.
*
You deliver the address.
* You work the rope-line and depart.
VI.
REMARKS
Remarks to be provided by speechwriting.
REVISED
Tuesday, July 5, 1994
9:15 AM
Phone Call to Russian
Distributed
President Yeltsin
Separately
11:30 AM
Economic Facts Briefing
Distributed
Separately
2:00 PM
Speech on the Eve of
TAB A
G-7 Summit
- Remarks
To be forwarded
3:15 PM
Photo/Brief Meeting with
TAB B
Governor Ray Mabus
To be forwarded
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
REVISED
FOR
TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1994
FINAL
APPOINTMENT SCHEDULER:
STEPHANIE STREETT
HOME:
202-332-5651
OFFICE:
202-456-7560
WHCA PAGER:
4033
CELL PHONE:
202-494-9855
EVENT COORDINATOR:
GRACE GARCIA
HOME:
202-244-4796
OFFICE:
202-456-7560
WHCA PAGER:
4076
PRESS DESK:
ANNE EDWARDS
HOME:
301-565-3101
OFFICE:
202-456-7560
WHCA PAGER:
4208
PRINCIPAL EVENTS:
*
Economic Speech - Washington, DC
WEATHER:
Washington, DC
Partly cloudy. Wind south at 10 knots. Low 67 to 72. High
87 to 92.
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
REVISED
FOR
TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1994
FINAL
tha
JOG
8:15 am-
MEETING
8:40 am
RESIDENCE
Staff Contact: Nancy Hernreich
8:45 am-
BRIEFING
9:00 am
OVAL OFFICE
Staff Contact: Tony Lake
9:00 am-
BRIEFING
9:15 am
OVAL OFFICE
Staff Contact: Tony Lake
9:15 am-
PHONE CALL TO RUSSIAN PRESIDENT YELTSIN
9.45 am
OVAL OFFICE
Staff Contact: Tony Lake
9:45 am-
MEETING
10:30 am
CABINET ROOM
Staff Contact: Tony Lake
10:30 am-
SPEECH PREP
11:30 am
CABINET ROOM
Staff Contact: Don Baer
11:30 am-
ECONOMIC FACTS BRIEFING
11:45 am
OVAL OFFICE
Staff Contact: Bob Rubin, Laura Tyson
11:45 am-
MEETING
12:00 pm
OVAL OFFICE
Staff Contact: Carol Rasco
12:00 pm-
SPEECH PREP
1:00 pm
CABINET ROOM
Staff Contact: Don Baer
1:00 pm-
LUNCH, PHONE AND OFFICE TIME
1:45 pm
OVAL OFFICE
I 50 pm
THE PRESIDENT departs White House via motorcade en route
Mellon Auditorium
[drive time: 5 minutes]
1:55 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Mellon Auditorium
2:00 pm-
ECONOMIC SPEECH
3:00 pm
MELLON AUDITORIUM
Remarks: Don Baer, Michael Waldman
Event Coordinator: Grace Garcia
Staff Contact: Alexis Herman
OPEN PRESS
--
Secretary Brown makes welcoming remarks and introduces the
President.
--
The President makes remarks, works ropeline and departs.
3:05 pm
THE PRESIDENT departs Mellon Auditorium via motorcade en
route White House
[drive time: 5 minutes]
NOTE:
Secretary Reich will ride in the President's Limo.
3:10 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives White House
3:15 pm-
PHOTO/BRIEF MEETING WITH GOVERNOR RAY MABUS
3:25 pm
OVAL OFFICE
Staff Contact: Phil Lader
WHITE HOUSE PHOTO ONLY
3:30 pm-
MEETING
4:00 pm
OVAL OFFICE
Staff Contact: Ricki Seidman
4:00 pm-
DOWN TIME
6:15 pm
RESIDENCE
6:15 pm
THE PRESIDENT and the First Lady proceed to South Grounds
NOTE:
This departure is open to staff and guests.
6:45 pm
THE PRESIDENT and the First Lady depart White House via
Marine One en route Andrews Air Force Base
[flight time: 10 minutes]
6:55 pm
THE PRESIDENT and the First Lady arrive Andrews Air Force
Base
7:10 pm
EST
THE PRESIDENT and the First Lady depart via Air Force One en
route Riga International Airport, Latvia
[flight time: 8 hours]
[time change: + 7 hours]
BC AND HRC RON
AIR FORCE ONE