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Originally Processed With FOIA(s):
foia Number:
2009-0166-S
2009-0166-S
FOIA
MARKER
This is not a textual record. This is used as an
administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential
Library Staff.
1 Record Group/Collection:
George H.W. Bush Presidential Records
Collection/Office of Origin:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
OA/ID Number:
90541
Folder ID Number:
90541-004
Folder Title:
Wednesday, March 28, 1990
Stack:
Row:
Section:
Shelf:
Position:
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6
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Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Doc. No. / Type
Subject/Title
Date
Restriction
Classification
01. Schedule
Schedule of the President [redaction] (1 pp.)
03/28/90
(b)(3)
02a. Log
White House Telephone Log [President Bush] [redaction of
03/28/90
(b)(6), (b)(7)(c),
personal information] (1 pp.)
(b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
02b. Log
White House Telephone Log [Signal Switchboard] [redaction of
03/28/90
(b)(6)
personal information] (1 pp.)
03a. Note
Handwritten notes of Presidential Phone call with [Prime Minister
03/28/[90]
(b)(i)
Margaret] Thatcher (6 pp.)
03b. Cable
Cable Number: 281440Z Mar 90 (3 pp.)
03/28/90
(b)(1)
S
04a. Note
Handwritten notes of Presidential Phone call with Bill Bennett Re:
03/28/[90]
(b)(6)
CBS News Story [redaction of personal information] (1 pp.)
04b. Note
From the President Re: CBS [redaction of personal information]
n.d.
(b)(6)
(1 pp.)
05. Note
From President Bush to Marlin [Fitzwater] Re: Gem from CBS
03/28/90
(b)(6)
TV News [redaction of personal information] (1 pp.)
Page 1 of 1
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Wednesday, March 28, 1990
Pinksheet Number:
dw1645
OA/ID Number:
90541-004
Date Closed:
3/24/2010
FOIA/Sys Case #:
2009-0166-S
Re-review Case #:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
01. Schedule
Schedule of the President [redaction] (1 pp.)
03/28/90
(b)(3)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Wednesday, March 28, 1990
Date Closed:
3/24/2010
OA/ID Number:
90541-004
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2009-0166-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA)
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 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]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would-disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM Removed as a personal record misfile
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
Wednesday, March 28, 1990
8:00 am
Intelligence Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
(Scowcroft/Sununu)
8:15 am
National Security Briefing
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Scowcroft/Sununu)
8:45 am
Meeting with Governor Sununu
(30 min)
Oval Office
9:15 am
Administrative Time
(45 min)
Oval Office
10:00 am
Photo with William Emerson
(5 min)
Oval Office
(Hagin)
(TAB A)
10:15 am
Meeting with Republican
(60 min)
Cabinet Room
Congressional Leadership
(McClure) (DPwpr)
(TAB B)
11:15 am
Personal Staff Time
chircox, Rich Durbin
1
(15 min)
(seoweropt) Bill sarpalins, John Miller
Oval Office
11:30 am
Ceremony for Presentation
(10 min)
Roosevelt Room
of Congressional Gold Medal
(Bates)
open wp
(TAB C)
11:40 am
Photo Opportunities
(20 min)
(TAB D)
Oval Office
1. Ambassador Hostler (Scowcroft)
2. Ambassador Farrand (Scowcroft)
3. Ambassador Rhodes (Scowcroft)
4. Michelle Fort (Card)
12:00 pm
Lunch
(75 min)
Oval Office
1:15 pm
Personal Staff Time
(15 min)
Oval Office
1:30 pm
Meeting with Secretary Baker
(30 min)
Oval Office
2:00 pm
Meeting with Governor Sununu
(30 min)
Oval Office
UNP 03/27/90
6:00 pm
2:30 pm
Meeting with President of the
Oval Office
(10 min)
U. S. Olympic Committee
(Rogers)
(TAB E)
2:40 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(20 min)
3:00 Speeshwriter Mt,
3:00 pm
Administrative Time
Oval Office
(2 hrs)
7:20 pm
The President and Mrs. Bush
South Lawn
depart for Drop by at U. S.
Olympic Committee Dinner
at the Omni Shoreham Hotel
(Rogers/Rogich) (Black Tie) (TAB F)
8:25 pm
Arrive White House
South Lawn
8:02 add Dates.
(b)(3)
8:04 add summir 8:07 add Acoursoft 8:29
(b)(3)
9:09 Acontroft+ Dates out 9:28 sunine out 9:54 add Fitzwater
Photocopy from George fro Bush Presidential
9:58 Fetyuater out 10:01 add Super + M/MEmerson 10:11 Emerson + Super out
10:11 add Mc cline Darman, Porter + Card 10:16 add summer 10:19 Poter all to Cabinet
11:18 Poter to oval w/ Marvin Buch 11:21 add Dates, Deowcroft+
11:21 Marvin Bushant 11:22 add Mc Clure, Blackwill, Chriscox, Rich Durbin, John Miller
* Bill Sarpoulous
11:26 add sunuru 11:35 11:45allont except Date
11:46 Dates - Seow out add Mrs.gesse Owen F Jachson
11:59acld Card 12:00 odd anb. Hostler + sandra Charles 12:03 Charles + Dostler out
12:03 add P.Watson + anb. Farroud + family 12:08 Anb. Farrand + family out; watson out
12:08 add anb. Rhades + Downd miller 12:16 miller + Phodes out 12:1 badd michelle Fort
Datez out:
Deb anderson et al
12:18 all out 12:21 add Marshal Breeger for buck 12:25 add suncene for lunch
12:28 1:37 Breeger summer 1:30add Boher 1:33 add Deowcroft
add Fitywater 1:40 add Dates 1:44 Fatywath out UNP 6:00 08/27/90 pm
2:16 2:34 Sates + Scowcroft ant 2:36 Baher out
2:43 Baher in 2:45 Baher ont Commiter participants
2:56 all out 2:57 add 7 lo Dont
3:00 7lo santt out 3:02 add Card, Demarent, Winston, McNally+
summer out
3:20 add summer 3:24
3:35 add Dane Me Groaty
3:59 allout, add Mrs, Bush 4:09 mrs. Bush out 4:27 add Card
4:28 Card out 4:55 add Fitywater 5:15 (approx) Fitywater ant
7:20 Dpt 2nd 7lr Res a/mrs. Bush (see Tab "F")
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
02a. Log
White House Telephone Log [President Bush] [redaction of
03/28/90
(b)(6), (b)(7)(c),
personal information] (1 pp.)
(b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Wednesday, March 28, 1990
Date Closed:
3/24/2010
OA/ID Number:
90541-004
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2009-0166-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRAJ
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 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]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRAJ
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
MARCH 28th
PRESIDENT BUSH
, 1990
TIME
NAME
PLACED
DISC
ACTION
OUT
XAM
MR. JERRY WEINTRAUB
XX
(b)(6)
TLKD-OK 8:46 P.M.
INC
6:30 PM
8:49
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
MR. JOHN (JONATHAN) BUSH
6:35
6:40
(b)(6)
INC
PM
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XXM
MR. CHASE UNTERMEYER
Photocopy from George Bush Presidential Library
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
INC
6:41 PM
6:50
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT. 689
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XAM
ANYONE AT COMMAND POST
SPOKE TO AGENT
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
(b)(7)(c), (b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT. 902
6:54 PM
TLKD-OK
INCX
6:55
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XXM
MR. FREDERICK D. McCLURE
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
INC
7:10 PM
7:18
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT. 610
TLKD-OK 7:17 P.M.
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XAM
VIDEO SERVICE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
PRESUS SPOKE TO
XX
8:36
INC
8:37
456-4125
SGT. VITALE TLKD-
PM
OK
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
MARCH 28th
PRESIDENT BUSH
, 19 90
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
XAM
GENERAL BRENT SCOWCROFT
2:39
2:40
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
INC
PM
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT. 653
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XAM
MR. RONALD KAUFMAN
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
XX
INC
4:22 PM
4:26
456-2135
TLKD-OK 4:24 P.M.
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XAM
MR. HOWARD BAKER
ROCHESTER, MN.
INC
4:45 PM
5:22
507-287-4001
TLKD-OK 5:21 P.M.
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
SECRETARY JAMES A. BAKER III
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
XX
4:58
5:01
INC
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT 420
PM
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUTX
XANK
SECRETARY JAMES A. BAKER III
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. 420
TLKD-OK
INC
5:03 PM
5:05
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
SECRETARY JAMES A. BAKER III
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
INC
5:09 PM
5:14
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT. 420
TLKD-OK
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
MARCH 28th
PRESIDENT BUSH
. 19 90
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
7:57 AM
8:01
MRS. BARBARA BUSH
DALLAS, TX.
INC
RM
214-692-6604
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
9:26 AM
9:39
SECRETARY JAMES A. BAKER III
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT. 420
TLKD-OK
0500
XPM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
our
9:57 AM
GOVERNOR GARREY E. CARRUTHERS
TLKD-OK TO MRS.
OFC: SANTA FE, NM.
PATRICIA (PATTY)
PRESOCK
INC
XRM
505-827-3019
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
10:13 AM
10:15
SECRETARY JAMES A. BAKER III
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
INC
FMX
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT. 420
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
our
10:59 : AM
MR. JERRY WEINTRAUB
TLKD-OK TO BRIAN
OFC: LOS ANGELES, CA.
S. YABLONSKI
INC
XXM
213-312-1301
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
11:56 AM
MR. JOHN MORRIS
WHITE OAK, MS.
XX
5:44
601-269-4261
TLKD-OK 5:42 P.M.
INC
PM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
MARCH 28th
. 1990
PRESIDENT BUSH
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
XX
AM
DR. WILLIAM J. BENNETT
PALM DESERT, CA.
TLKD-OK 9:08 P.M.
HYATT GRAND CHAMPIONS RESORT
INC
8:59 PM
9:11
OUT
AM
619-341-1000 ROOM 535
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
out
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
02b. Log
White House Telephone Log [Signal Switchboard] [redaction
03/28/90
(b)(6)
of personal information] (1 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Wednesday, March 28, 1990
Date Closed:
3/24/2010
OA/ID Number:
90541-004
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2009-0166-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRAJ
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 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]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
SIGNAL SWITCHBOARD
March 28 , 1990
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
AM
Conference Call:
Tlkd-ok
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
2:04 PM
INC
2:00 PM
2:24
(b)(6)
OUT
AM
Mr. Philip D. Zelikow
White House Situation Room
INC
PM
White House Signal 2-2264
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
Photocopy from George Bush Presidential Library
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS
LOCATION Washington, D.C.
DATE 28 March 1990
TIME
MOVEMENTS
0546
South Grounds
0549
Residence
0715
South Grounds
0717
Oval Office
1021
Cabinet Room
1119
Oval Office
1150
Roosevelt Room
1200
Oval Office
1748
Residence
1922
South Grounds
1924
Depart South Grounds via Motorcade
1928
Arrive Omni Shoreham Hotel
2018
Depart Omni Shoreham Hotel via Motorcade
2025
Arrive South Grounds
2027
Residence
WHCA FORM 15, OCTOBER 15, 1980
News Summary
OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1990 -- 6 a.m. EST EDITION
TODAY'S HEADLINES
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Soviet Authorities Pledge Not To Punish Lithuanian Deserters -- The
Soviet Union kept pressure on Lithuania to back down on its
self-proclaimed independence, but pledged Wednesday not to punish army
deserters seized in dawn raids this week.
(Reuter)
American Missionary Assassinated In South Lebanon -- An American
missionary accused of trying to establish an "Israeli" settlement in this
south Lebanon village was shot and killed by three masked gunmen at his
home.
(AP)
NATIONAL/TRADE NEWS
Kaifu Concerned About Dollar Soaring In Tokyo -- Prime Minister Kaifu
expressed concern about the persistent decline of the Japanese yen against
the U.S. dollar, which added another 1.67 yen to close at 158.63 yen and
further pushed down Toyko's stock prices.
(UPI)
Bush Holds Conservative Line On Child Care -- President Bush will veto a
child care bill that fails to assure both religious freedom and the freedom
of choice in the use of vouchers and that gives the government "monopoly"
over child care for preschoolers, Chief of Staff Sununu said Tuesday.
(Washington Times)
NETWORK NEWS (Tuesday evening)
LITHUANIA -- Countries in Western
Europe avoided direct criticism of
Moscow's behavior, calling instead
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
A-1
for restraint.
NATIONAL NEWS
A-9
CHEMICAL SALES Two American
chemical companies have refused to
NETWORK NEWS
B-1
sell the U.S. Army chemicals which
may be used to make poison gas.
EDITORIALS
C-1
TV MARTI the Cuban government
charged the U.S. with launching an
electronic invasion.
This Summary is prepared Monday through Friday by the White House News Summary Staff.
For complete stories or information, please call 456-2950.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
SOVIET AUTHORITIES PLEDGE NOT TO PUNISH LITHUANIAN DESERTERS
MOSCOW -- The Soviet Union kept pressure on Lithuania to back
down on its self-proclaimed independence, but pledged Wednesday not to
punish army deserters seized in dawn raids this week.
President Landsbergis sent President Gorbachev a protest note
Tuesday demanding the return of 12 arrested soldiers, saying they had
been "kidnapped in an act of aggression against the people of Lithuania."
But Mecys Laurinkus, chairman of a Lithuanian parliamentary
commission, announced during a television program early Wednesday that
the recruits seized from hospitals would merely return to their units and
continue their service.
"Laurinkus said he had been told the deserters will not be punished,"
a journalist at Lithuanian Radio told Reuters by telephone from Vilnius.
(Peter Conradi, Reuter)
LITHUANIAN LEADERS PROTEST USE OF FORCE
Landsbergis Blames Gorbachev And U.S.
VILNIUS, U.S.S.R. -- The Lithuanian leadership Tuesday blamed
President Gorbachev for "constant demonstrations of armed force" in the
republic and the U.S. for "trusting naively" that the Kremlin would not
use force here.
Lithuanian President Landsbergis, who until now had refrained from
criticizing Gorbachev and the West for their actions during the secession
crisis, broke his reserve after learning early Tuesday that Soviet troops
had occupied the republic's Communist Party headquarters and arrested
two dozen young Lithuanian deserters from the Soviet army who had been
sheltered in a psychiatric hospital here under the protection of the
Lithuanian government and Red Cross.
In a telegram to Gorbachev, the Lithuanian leadership said the
occupation and arrests "are clear indications that Lithuania remains a
country on whose territory an occupying power can commit acts of violence
and remain unpunished." The telegram demanded return of the
"kidnapped" deserters and negotiations with the Soviet government on
neutral territory.
Landsbergis told reporters that so far the U.S. had not provided
strong enough support. "All we can do is raise the question to the
democracies of the West: Are they willing once again to sell out
Lithuania?"
Gorbachev ordered the military operations, official Soviet media
reports said, adding that the occupation and arrests were intended to
maintain public order. Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov said
that interference from abroad in the crisis would not be tolerated and that
all foreign diplomats and journalists were required to leave the republic
when their visas expired.
(David Remnick, Washington Post, A1)
-more-
Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- A-2
Lithuanian Leader Says He Feels Abandoned By West
PARIS -- Lithuanian President Landsbergis said on French television
Tuesday that he felt abandoned by the West in the face of Moscow's
attempts to keep his rebel republic in the Soviet fold.
"I have sensed this feeling of being abandoned by the West,' he told
an interviewer on the private channel TF 1 in a direct hook-up with
Vilnius
He said in the television interview he still hoped that Lithuania would
resolve the dispute peacefully.
"Besides, we have no other means. We are not an armed nation. We
will not answer violence with violence," he said
He suggested that in East-West talks on disarmament Soviet troops in
the Baltic republics should be considered in the same way as Moscow's
troops in Eastern Europe "because they are not within Soviet territory."
(Reuter)
Lithuania/Reaction
MOSCOW
--
In the Kremlin, President Gorbachev told the first
meeting of the Presidential Council that an urgent package of measures
were required to put the economy on a market footing. He referred only
briefly to Lithuania in his address Tuesday, saying unrest in the Baltic
republic and elsewhere in the Soviet Union necessitated quick completion of
an agreement on distributing powers between Moscow and the country's
disparate regions.
Most Western countries urged Soviet authorities to exercise caution in
its stand-off with the Lithuanians.
But Norway denouced Tuesday's early morning raid on a hospital
as
a "shocking and unwise step." Sweden said Moscow's handling of the
situation compared favorably with U.S. actions in Panama.
(Ron Popeski, Reuter)
SOVIETS CITE QUAYLE REMARK AS JUSTIFICATION
Vice President Quayle, a leading Administration hard-liner toward the
Soviet Union, found himself in an awkward position Tuesday: embraced by
the Soviets for statements he made Saturday that suggested the Soviet
army's roundup of Lithuanian deserters was acceptable to the U.S.
"If the Soviet Union is applying disciplinary measures to people in
their own military, that's a different situation" than using force to prevent
Lithuanian independence, Quayle said.
While the Vice President repeated standard Administration statements
calling for a peaceful solution in Lithuania, he went well beyond what
others in the Administration have said about specific Soviet actions
Tuesday, Sergei Chetverikov, deputy head of the Soviet Embassy
here, cited Quayle's remarks as an endorsement of the Soviet view that
"deserters are a matter of Army discipline." In Vilnius, Lithuanian
president Landsbergis Tuesday also cited the Quayle remarks in
questioning whether the U.S. has decided to acquiesce in certain Soviet
actions.
"The Vice President in no way countenances" those actions, Quayle's
press secretary Beckwith said. He said the Soviets were "grasping for
justification and overreaching" and that Landsbergis was "well-meaning but
misled" by Tass.
(Ann Devroy, Washington Post, A19)
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- A-3
Soviet Defends Seizing AWOLs
A senior Soviet diplomat Tuesday defended the seizure of Lithuanians
who had deserted the Red Army, saying the action reflects Moscow's right
to maintain military discipline and is not a use of force against the
breakaway Baltic republic.
At the same time, Sergey Chetverikov strongly reiterated the Soviet
Union's promise not to use its military in the Lithuanian crisis
"These statements square very well, because there is such a notion
as discipline in the army," said Chetrikov, minister-counselor at the Soviet
Embassy here.
The Soviet government's "basic premise" is "not to use force, not to
use any intimidation [but] to find peaceful ways, peaceful solutions," the
Soviet diplomat said.
(Warren Strobel, Washington Times, A1)
WHITE HOUSE TONES DOWN ITS COMMENTS
After more than a week of warning the Soviet leadership against
escalating the confrontation with Lithuania, the White House Tuesday muted
its comments in what senior officials said was an effort to avoid
exacerbating the problems of President Gorbachev and preserve the
improved relationship between the superpowers.
"We do not want to inflame the situation," said White House press
secretary Fitzwater, declining to comment on the Soviet seizure of two
dozen young army deserters from a psychiatric hospital in Lithuania.
While President Bush warned last week that there should be no use
of force or intimidation, Fitzwater refused to say whether the Soviet action
fit either term
Fitzwater and State Department spokeswoman Tutwiler expressed
"deep concern" in general about events in Vilnius and reiterated that
violence would be "counterproductive" for the Soviet Union, for
superpower relations and "will have adverse international consequences."
A senior Administration official said Bush does not want to be
"led into having to cancel the Shevardnadze visit, the summit, progress as
the Cold War ends" because of what the official described as "not much
more than Gorbachev struggling to deal with his own domestic politics, the
way we might have to."
(David Hoffman & Ann Devroy, Washington Post, A1)
U.S. Mutes Its Warnings To Moscow
Less than a day after Soviet troops pulled bloodied army deserters
from a Lithuanian hospital where they had taken refuge, the Bush
Administration muted its strong warnings to the Kremlin to avoid violence
in stemming the Lithuanian independence movement.
Meanwhile, the Soviet Union made an unusual public appeal for
"understanding" of its predicament in Lithuania.
The sudden shift in the tenor of White House remarks, coupled with
the appeal by a senior Soviet official in Washington, appeared to reduce
the strain between the two superpowers even as the tension in the
Lithuanian capital appeared to increase.
(James Gerstenzang & Robert Toth, Los Angeles Times, A8
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- A-4
U.S. Mutes Criticism Of Soviet Actions In Lithuania
Reflecting the high stakes in the mounting tension over Lithuania,
White House officials, in an abrupt change, muted their criticisms of Soviet
actions, including Tuesday's seizing of 23 Soviet army deserters from
hospitals
Administration sources who asked not to be identified said Washington
has sent private messages warning Soviet leaders against taking a tough
stand
"We are letting them know that if they really crack down, we will
react, and not just the Administration," one Administration source told the
AP
Soviet Embassy officials also sought to cool passions over Lithuania's
drive for independence, claiming that Moscow is seeking a peaceful solution
and is not trying to prevent eventual Lithuanian self-determination.
(Stephen Kurkjian, Boston Globe)
Lithuania/Bush Administration
The Bush Administration sought Tuesday to balance itself on a
diplomatic tightrope between rising domestic demands that it denounce
Soviet actions in Lithuania and new Soviet pleas for understanding of how
President Gorbachev is coping with tensions in the breakaway republic
Even as the Presidential spokesman muted his criticism of the
Kremlin, there were reports that the Administration has privately warned
Moscow that a severe crackdown in Lithuania could damage superpower
relations.
"We are letting them know that if they really crack down, we will
react, and not just the Administration. Congress could take steps and we
might not be able to control the reaction," the AP quoted an
Administration source as saying.
(Gaylord Shaw, Newsday)
SAKHAROV WIDOW ASKS BUSH
TO RECOGNIZE LITHUANIAN INDEPENDENCE
NEWTON, Mass. -- The widow of Soviet human rights activist Andrei
Sakharov said the Soviet government's failure to solve problems in the area
had led to the independence movements in several Soviet republics,
including Lithuania.
"(Soviet) mistakes must not be paid for with the blood of the
Lithuanian people, who at the hands of Stalin, have lost about a third of
their population in the concentration camps and Siberian deportations," she
said
She said the U.S. had for 50 years considered the Soviet Union's
annexation of the Baltic States as unlawful.
"That was in line with U.S. democratic traditions," she added. "It
was a moral statement on the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Was such a
statement just empty words that deceived the American people and the
whole world?"
"The U.S., because of its unique role in the world,
and you, Mr. President, have a grave historic responsibility. I am
addressing you [President Bush] because I know that Andrei Sakharov
would have done it."
(Reuter)
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- A-5
GET TOUGH ON SOVIETS, HILL URGES
Bush Quiet On Baltic Crisis
The Bush Administration toned down its rhetoric on Lithuania
Tuesday, drawing congressional fire for being timid in the face of
increased Soviet military pressure on the rebel Baltic republic.
Both Republicans and Democrats in Congress called on the White
House to recognize the new government in Vilnius and support its
declaration of independence.
Rep. Gephardt called for tying U.S.-Soviet relations to political
reforms, but did not join in congressional criticism of Bush's policy
"It is important for the people of Lithuania and the government of the
Soviet Union to know that the American people are speaking with one
voice," he said. (Paul Bedard & Major Garrett, Washington Times, A1)
Back Up Lithuania, Bush Urged
Lawmakers sympathetic to Lithuania Tuesday urged President Bush to
act boldly in response to Soviet leader Gorbachev's treatment of the
breakaway republic.
And Lithuanian-Americans -- cheered on by congressional
conservatives -- clamored for the President to back Lithuania's March 11
declaration of independence
Rep. John Miller: "I think Bush faces a revolt in the Congress that
could be greater eventually than the one over China."
Sen. D'Amato: "If the United States backs down now, we betray our
heritage and everything we stand for."
Rep. McEwen: "If the United States sits out this week, then the
blood will be on this Administration's hands."
(Jessica Lee, USA Today, 4A)
BALTIC CRISIS IMPERILS EAST-WEST TIES
BONN -- Western European analysts expressed fears Tuesday that
East-West relations would suffer a severe setback if the Soviet Union uses
force in Lithuania to quell popular support for independence.
There is little, if anything, Western nations can do to respond to
President Landsbergis' appeal for help, diplomats said, beyond urging
Moscow to use restraint in the crisis in the Baltic republic
One analyst in Bonn declared the Lithuania situation had "loads of
implications" and that it could mean the "Soviet threat was coming back."
And a Bonn diplomat declared: "It's a very tricky situation, and we
haven't made up our minds about what to do -- other than calling for a
peaceful dialogue."
(William Tuohy, Los Angeles Times, A8)
POLISH DEBT THREATENS DEMOCRACY
OTTAWA Poland's experimental shift to a market-driven economy is
doomed to failure unless Western countries help reduce the country's
foreign debt, Prime Minister Mazowiecki said
"The weight of foreign debt affects the prospects for success of our
market-driven economy," he said during a news conference Tuesday,
adding that the success or failure of the experiment would have significant
consequences for the rest of Eastern Erope.
He said Poland wants its creditors to reduce the amount of loans
outstanding as well as to lower interest rates.
(Laurie Watson, UPI)
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- A-6
OFFICIAL: GROWING SUPPORT FOR POLAND
TO PLAY ROLE IN GERMAN UNIFICATION
OTTAWA -- There is growing support for Poland to play a role in
German unification, and for a formal German reunification of any territorial
expansion, Polish Prime Minister Mazowiecki said Tuesday.
Citing talks with the leaders of France, Britain, the Soviet Union,
the U.S. and, Tuesday, with Prime Minister Mulroney, Mazowiecki said, "A
large number of countries understand our position. Our point of view is
not guided by past traumas, but we seeek a relationship with a unified
Germany on threat of future conflicts."
(Ross Howard, Toronto Globe and Mail)
AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSASSINATED IN SOUTH LEBANON
RASHAYA FOUKHAR, Lebanon -- An American missionary accused of
trying to establish an "Israeli" settlement in this south Lebanon village was
shot and killed by three masked gunmen at his home.
The assailants broke into William Robinson's house Tuesday night,
fired three shots at him and fled as his wife and four children screamed,
security sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The three assailants
tied up the family and took jewelry and money
before fleeing the village, the sources quoted his wife, Barbara, as
saying.
(AP)
BUSH WRITES TO THIRD-GRADERS ON LEBANON HOSTAGE SITUATION
MALDEN, Mass. -- President Bush has written each of Tarek Reed's
18 third-grade classmates to assure them he's doing "everything possible"
to free the boy's father, one of eight Americans held hostage in Lebanon.
"I appreciated your letters," Bush wrote to the class at the Glenwood
School in Malden, a Boston suburb. "I'm doing everything possible to
gain the release of the hostages."
"Stay strong," he said. "Pray."
(Reuter)
ISRAEL'S POLITICS STYMIED
Rabbi's Remarks Deepen Impasse
JERUSALEM -- A vague lecture by an aged rabbi who does not
approve of Israel as a secular state has served to deepen the impasse
between the country's major political parties while providing another
dramatic illustration of the hold ultra-orthodox leaders have gained over
the nation's politics
Some thought his criticism of the Labor Party "for distancing itself
from religion" spelled doom for the current effort by party leader Peres to
set up a new government; others said his pronouncement that "territory
doesn't guarantee existence" undermined the Likud, which under Yitzhak
Shamir stands stands by Israel's retention of the occupied West Bank and
Gaza Strip.
In any case, Rabbi Schach's much-anticipated address appeared
more likely to prolong rather than resolve Israel's two-week old
government crisis.
(Jackson Diehl, Washington Post, A17)
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- A-7
CARTER TO BUSH: USE INFLUENCE, NOT PRESSURE,
TO PUSH MIDEAST PEACE
Jimmy Carter told President Bush Tuesday the U.S. should use its
"maximum influence, not pressure," on Israel and its Arab neighbors to
negotiate peace in the Middle East.
Carter said he told Bush he was "encouraged this time by the
general acceptance now that a comprehensive peace is not only necessary
but, I think, inevitable
Later, Carter told an audience of diplomats, scholars and journalists
that he is more encouraged about Middle East peace now than he has been
since the 1979 peace treaty.
(Walter Friedenberg, Scripps Howard)
SOVIET JEWS
U.N. -- Arab and non-Arab countries said Tuesday during a Security
Council session that the settlement of Soviet Jews in the Israeli-occupied
territories threatens peace in the Middle East
Egypt's permanent representative to the U.N. said
Egypt believes
"that immigration to Israel coupled with settling Israeli civilians or
immigrants in the occupied territories constitutes a serious threat" to
Middle East peace prospects. He called on the U.S. and the Soviet Union
to "ensure that the rights of the Palestinian people shall not be
jeopardized."
(AP)
CUBA CARRIES OUT THREAT TO JAM TV MARTI SIGNAL
MIAMI -- TV Marti, the controversial government-funded television
station, beamed baseball highlights and rock videos to Havana early
Tuesday, but its signal was promptly jammed by the Cuban government,
which accused the U.S. of violating its sovereignty,
Cuban officials called TV Marti's debut a "crisis of incalculable
consequences for the already deteriorated bilateral relations" between the
two countries.
Administration officials in Washington said the broadcasts would
continue and stressed that they are legal and necessary to provide Cuba
with information not readily available there:
"We regret that Cuba has refused to permit the free flow of
information and ideas," State Department spokeswoman Tutwiler said.
(Laura Parker, Washington Post, A3)
PANEL CLEARS NICARAGUA, PANAMA AID
A logjam that has been holding up emergency aid for Panama and
Nicaragua for weeks began to break Tuesday when the House
Appropriations Committee cleared a supplemental spending bill providing
$720 million for those two countries in a package that also contained $1.5
billion for various domestic needs.
To pay for the added spending in the current year's budget without
increasing the deficit, the committee simultaneously approved nearly $1.8
billion of cuts in defense programs and military construction.
Nicaragua gets the full $300 million sought by President Bush, but
his $500 million request for Panama was cut to $420 million, with the
difference being shifted to sub-Sahara Africa, the Caribbean and refugee
relief.
(Dan Morgan, Washington Post, A6)
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- A-8
SANDINISTAS, CHAMORRO AIDES ANNOUNCE ACCORD ON ARMY
MANAGUA -- Officials in the outgoing Sandinista government and
aides to President-elect Chamorro announced general agreements Tuesday
on the size and composition of the Nicaraguan armed forces.
A joint statement
stated the two sides agreed that the army and the
security forces would be "reshaped" in line with the country's economic
capacity, social needs and regional peace agreements
Earlier, senior Chamorro adviser Alfredo Cesar said the agreements
meant a cut in the 100,000-man force, although a precise number for the
size of the army had not been reached.
(Richard Jacobsen, Reuter)
COLLOR COULD MEAN SMOOTHER U.S. TRADE TIES: U.S. OFFICIAL
SAO PAOLO, Brazil -- Brazil should have smoother trade relations
with the U.S. if President Collor de Mello's trade policies are implemented,
a U.S. State Department economist said Tuesday.
Stephen Muller said Collor's announcement that he would liberalize
foreign trade and lower barriers to imports could ease U.S. exporters'
complaints about Brazil's market.
(Reuter)
NAVY URGED TO BRING SHIPS HOME TO CUT COSTS
Former Navy Secretary John Lehman, who presided over a major U.S.
naval buildup in the last decade, Tuesday called on the service to stand
down from what he termed its 1980s "wartime footing," bringing much of
the fleet home for lighter duty and shorter tours.
Lehman said the concentration of ships in U.S. waters should be used
for training more naval reservists to meet future emergencies. He made
these cost-cutting recommendations while arguing in testimony before the
House Armed Services Committee that Congress should continue to fund 14
aircraft carrier battle groups and four World War II-class battleships and a
large submarine fleet, but at much reduced operating tempo and with
emphasis on reserve training and less costly close-to-home cruises.
(Patrick Tyler, Washington Post, A6)
TOLL MOUNTS IN S. AFRICA TOWNSHIP
SEBOKENG, South Africa -- Estimates of the death toll in a
confrontation Monday between police and protesters from this black
township rose as high as 14 Tuesday. It was the bloodiest clash yet in a
wave now sweeping South Africa
The shootings in Sebokeng, where the 1984-86 turmoil began, have
raised concerns of a major upheaval even as black and white South African
leaders approach talks April 11 aimed at ending apartheid.
In Washington, the State Department denounced the "resort to
violence," saying it "is particularly reprehensible at a time when a process
of negotiated change appears to be within reach."
(David Ottaway & Allister Sparks, Washington Post, A17)
EDITOR'S NOTES: "Killings In Sri Lanka Mount As Death Squads Roam
South,' by Steve Call, appears in The Washington Post, page A1.
"Colombian Marxists Say Time Is Right To Step Up Rebel War," by Douglas
Farah, appears in The Washington Post, page A20.
###
NATIONAL NEWS
TREASURY PRESSING FED
Administration Again Seeks Rate Reduction
A number of top Treasury Department officials, led by
Undersecretary David Mulford, are again pressing the Federal Reserve to
lower interest rates in an effort to boost the nation's lagging economy,
according to Administration sources.
So far, top Fed officials are rejecting the Mulford position, seeing it
as a threat to their effort to keep inflation under control
The Treasury officials feel the central bank should seek at least a
mild easing of rates for both domestic and global economic reasons. They
worry
that the Fed would permit rising interest rates in Europe and
Japan to spill over into the U.S. economy, further depressing growth
here
The behind-the-scenes pressure from Treasury comes primarily from
Mulford and colleagues responsible for international economic affairs, who
reportedly are "single-minded in their anxiety about the issue, one
Administration source said, adding that Secretary Brady is "somewhat more
moderate" on the question.
(John Berry, Washington Post, F1)
U.S. BANKS TRIM LENDING TO CONSUMERS, BUSINESSES
Shift May Mark End Of Borrowing Binge
Banks across the nation are cutting back sharply on their lending to
businesses and consumers and may be signaling an end to the borrowing
binge that fueled the economic growth of the 1980s, according to bankers
and economists.
Bankers are more closely scrutinizing loan applications even from
long-time customers and are demanding more collateral, reducing credit
lines and refusing loans they would have made a few months ago, they said.
The tightening reflects a cautious attitude among lenders who have
seen real estate loans sour and corporate defaults increase. It also stems
from the tougher standards regulators are applying when examining banks'
performance, bankers said
Some banking experts who see a similar risk on a national scale say
the banker's caution has turned into panic and lenders are in hasty
retreat from all markets.
(Joel Glenn Brenner, Washington Post, A1)
THRIFT NOMINEE STIRS STRONG OPPOSITION ON HILL
It's hard to find anyone who's neutral about Timothy Ryan
As Ryan goes before the Senate Banking Committee Wednesday for
hearings on his nomination as director of the Office of Thrift
Supervision
the only real agreement over his qualifications seems to be
his reputation as a "team player."
But even that role troubles some of Ryan's critics. "When he's
playing for the team, he's also playing for himself," said a former
Republican political appointee who asked not to be identified. He said he
knew of nothing illegal that Ryan had ever done but was concerned about
several incidents that he said at least raised the appearance of conflict.
(Frank Swoboda, Washington Post, F1)
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- A-10
OTS HEAD: GIVE BAILOUT PLAN A CHANCE
The nation's top S&L official Tuesday pleaded with Congress to give
President Bush's thrift bailout program a chance to work before changing
or scrapping it.
"What we need now is stability. Constant tinkering, even with the
best of intentions, imposes tremendous costs on the industry, the
regulatory system and the American public," said Salvatore Martoche,
acting director of the OTS
Martoche conceded that some changes might improve the law, but he
said the potential harm of disruptive changes outweighed the benefits.
(Dave Skidmore, Washington Post, F4)
SMALL BUSINESS CAN HELP U.S. REDUCE TRADE DEFICIT
SEATTLE -- Small businesses in the U.S
could substantially reduce
both the nation's foreign trade deficit and the federal budget deficit by
increasing exports, the head of the Small Business Association said
Tuesday.
"The international market has become increasingly alluring for smaller
firms," said Susan Engeleiter, SBA Administrator. "Since the mid-1980s,
thousands of small U.S. manufacturers have begun exporting.
"International trade stimulates economies for each nation involved,
and all nations benefit from expanded trade. Small business exports
help resolve the U.S. trade deficit while at the same time reducing the
domestic fiscal deficit," Engeleiter said.
(Terence Finan, UPI)
KAIFU CONCERNED ABOUT DOLLAR SOARING IN TOKYO
TOKYO -- Prime Minister Kaifu expressed concern about the
persistent decline of the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar, which
added another 1.67 yen to close at 158.63 yen and further pushed down
Toyko's stock prices.
"The Japanese economy remains stable, but we are watching the
market," said Kaifu. "The fall of the yen is not due to pessimism about
Japan's economy.
"
Finance Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said, "I am nervously watching
the market."
(UPI)
POLL: JAPANESE PUBLIC SUPPORTS FREER ECONOMY
TOKYO -- The American demand that Japan open up and restructure
its economy has surprising support among average citizens, according to a
poll released Wednesday.
The survey by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan's leading business
newspaper, shows that more than 80 percent of the 10,000 Japanese
surveyed agree wholly or in part with recent U.S. criticisms that the
Japanese economy should be more open, both to reduce Japan's trade
surplus and to help its often-ignored consumers.
The results indicate that the U.S. position may not be as unpopular
or as difficult to accomodate as many in government and the ruling LDP
have been saying.
(Margaret Shapiro, Washington Post, F1)
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- A-11
BUSH HOLDS CONSERVATIVE LINE ON CHILD CARE
President Bush will veto a child care bill that fails to assure both
religious freedom and the freedom of choice in the use of vouchers and
that gives the government "monopoly" over child care for preschoolers,
Chief of Staff Sununu said Tuesday.
"The President would rather have no bill than a bad bill," Sununu
told a "private strategy session at the White House that brought together a
number of political activists and conservative leaders in business and
religion. "The President has drawn a line, and it's great to be fighting
for principle and not to need a bill," Sununu said, according to several
people who attended the meeting.
(Ralph Hallow & Chris Harvey, Washington Times, A3)
CHILD CARE/HOUSE
Efforts to reach a compromise between House Democratic leaders and
the Bush Administration on child-care legislation collapsed Tuesday, and
Democrats scheduled a vote on competing versions this week
Action was expected on both the leadership's bill and a conservative
alternative, although leaders in both parties had said late last week that
they felt close to a compromise bill
"I think at one point we were very close to a bipartisan agreement,"
said Rep. Shaw, co-sponsor of the conservative alternative. "Somehow
that fell apart over the weekend, for reasons that are not quite clear to
me."
(AP)
FRICTION ARISES BETWEEN KEMP AND SENATORS
Longstanding cordial relations between Secretary Kemp and ranking
senators on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee are being
strained by new and substantive disagreements over HUD's proposed 1991
budget.
Kemp, in a letter to Chairman Rep. Riegle the day after a contentious
budget hearing last week, accused the committee of indulging in "the use
of budget numbers to advance political goals.' The HUD budget, he
said, represents a $78 million real increase over current funding, not the
$521 million decrease the Senate had estimated in an early analysis.
But in a response to Kemp Tuesday, Riegle and Sens. Sasser,
Sarbanes, and Cranston said the HUD budget proposal not only fails to
keep pace with inflation but also falls $720 million -- not $521 million --
short of this year's funding levels.
"We do not feel that seeking candor on the budget is playing politics
with the budget
they wrote.
(Gwen Ifill, Washington Post, A7)
SKINNER URGES NO MORE FUNDS FOR METRORAIL
Secretary Skinner Tuesday sent a letter to Speaker Foley urging
Congress to refuse to authorize special funding for completion of the
Washington Metrorail system
In an information sheet accompanying Skinner's letter, the
Transportation Department said Metro's claim that it be considered a
special case because of its location in the nation's capital "is not
persuasive because Metrorail is nevertheless a local transit system serving
overwhelmingly local needs.'
Skinner said if Congress passes the funding bill, he will ask
President Bush to veto it.
(UPI)
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- A-12
AIRPORT PLANED FOR DENVER AREA GETS $90 MILLION FAA GRANT
Secretary Skinner announced Tuesday a $90 million grant for the
construction of a major new airport in Denver, the largest award ever
given by the FAA.
Skinner also said that he has submitted to Congress a request for
$351 million for the airport from fiscal year 1991 through fiscal year 1999.
The federal government is making the grant "because we are
convinced we will be getting a big return on our investment," said FAA
Administrator Busey.
(UPI)
FAA OFFERS AIRLINES LIMITED AMMESTY
FAA head James Busey Tuesday announced what amounts to amnesty
for major airlines that turn themselves in for unintentional rule violations
and take corrective action.
Busey's announcement, in a speech to the Aero Club of Washington,
settles a fierce internal FAA debate and smooths over a major point of
contention between the FAA and several airlines that began audit programs
and then were fined when they reported violations to the FAA.
Busey said his new policy is intended to encourage more self-policing
by airlines and to give the FAA new information about what is happening
in the industry.
(Don Phillips, Washington Post, A10)
DEA: DRUG WAR FAILING TO CUT SUPPLY
An unprecedented attack on cocaine traffickers has failed to cut the
drug's availability on USA streets, the DEA says.
"There is no shortage," says Frank Shults of the DEA.
What Shults called a "bleak" assessment is contained in an internal
intelligence report. Its findings are based on a recent survey of DEA
offices in the USA and overseas
Police agree: "I don't see any decrease in the availability," says
Dewey Stokes, president of the Fraternal Order of Police
Dave Tell of drug czar Bennett's office: "While drug availability is
always an issue, the core problem is drug use. There are fewer drug
users this year than last."
(Sam Meddis, USA Today, 1A)
COCAINE USE MAY BE UNDERESTIMATED
The number of frequent cocaine users may be more than twice as high
as official government surveys have estimated because they have failed to
record the unusually large number of criminal suspects who are using the
drug, a top Justice Department researcher said Tuesday
Assuming that the findings hold for 41 other cities where testing was
not conducted, Eric Wish, chief scientist for the Justice Department's Drug
Use Forecasting program, estimated there were as many as 1.3 million
regular cocaine users among all criminal suspects in major metropolitan
areas -- more than the 620,000 to 1.2 million weekly cocaine users that the
National Institute on Drug Abuse estimated exist in the entire country
But David Tell, drug czar Bennett's deputy chief of staff, challenged
some of Wish's assumptions, saying that while it is generally agreed that
NIDA's household survey "undercounts portions of the population, it is not
necessarily true that a criminal suspect testing positive for cocaine on one
occasion is a regular user."
(Michael Isikoff, Washington Post, A7)
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- A-13
DEFENSE DOESN'T CALL POINDEXTER
Trial Testimony Ends;
Arguments Due Friday In Iran-contra Case
Testimony in the Iran-contra trial of John Poindexter ended abruptly
Tuesday when the defense rested without calling the former national
security adviser to the witness stand and the prosecution promptly
announced it would not call any rebuttal witnesses.
"We don't believe the government proved its case," Richard Beckler,
Poindexter's chief lawyer, said when asked by reporters after court
recessed why the retired Navy rear admiral would not be a witness.
(Joe Pichirallo, Washington Post, A1)
SOLDIER, PEACEMAKER, PRESIDENT
Congress Celebrates Eisenhower's 100th
Even Democrats wore "I Like Ike" buttons Tuesday as Congress joined
generations of former President Dwight Eisenhower's admirers, from an old
golfing buddy to the grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, in paying a
centennial tribute to the "vaunted warrior who hated war."
The House chamber echoed for nearly two hours with the songs,
words, horrors and hopes of the '40s and '50s in a special joint meeting
called to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the World War
II allied commander who went on to become the nation's 34th president
"Opportunity is Ike's legacy -- the demand echoing from a thousand
street corners -- in Prague and Panama City, Managua, Moscow and
Bucharest," said Sen. Dole
At a lunch at the White House later Tuesday, President Bush also
paid tribute to Eisenhower as one who had met the "supreme test" of
leadership. "Every president admires other presidents," Bush said. "And
so today I say it proudly and very proudly: I always liked Ike."
(Helen Dewar, Washington Post, A5)
EDITOR'S NOTES: "Clean-Air Legislation Will Cost Americans $21.5 Billion
A Year," by Barbara Rosewicz and Rose Gutfeld, appears in The Wall
Street Journal, page A1.
"Two Of Nebraska's Favorite Sons [Secretary Yeutter and Sen. Kerrey]
Are Engaged In An Election-Year Battle Over Farm Subsidies," by Bruce
Ingersoll, appears in The Wall Street Journal, page A16.
"The Face-Off: Free [Tobacco] Ads VS. Fair Promotion," by Erik Brady,
appears in USA Today, page 1A.
"Let Clash Of Ideas Determine The Turth," interview with John
Frohnmayer, appears in USA Today, page 9A.
(The New York Times was not available prior to printing.)
-End of A-Section-
NETWORK NEWS
Tuesday evening, March 27
LITHUANIA
ABC's Peter Jennings: Tonight we begin with two very different ideas of
time and force. Mikhail Gorbachev has said repeatedly that he would
not use force to prevent the republic of Lithuania from becoming
independent. And yet Gorbachev used Soviet troops again today to
make it clear that whatever happens in Lithuania will be on his terms
and according to his timetable. The Lithuanians call the use of
troops inexcusable aggression.
ABC's Jim Hickey reports that Soviet army paratroopers occupied
headquarters of the Lithuania Communist Party, the most important
building the Soviets have taken over so far. And early in the
morning paratroopers stormed two hospitals. They dragged out more
than a dozen Lithuanian deserters from the Russian army hiding
under the protection of the local Red Cross. Nurses said the
deserters were beaten. Blood on the stairs, broken doors and
shattered glass are testimony to the violence. The Soviet Foreign
Ministry spokesman defended what that army did.
(Gennady Gerasimov: "If they don't do it they would encourage
other deserters to do the same.")
But an outraged Lithuanian president said it was a crude violation of
this republic's newly declared sovereignty. This, he said, breaks
President Gorbachev's promise not to use force. These people,
however, thought it was about time. Several thousand Russians
living here and opposed to independence held a rally, only yards
from the parliament building. They complained that the drive for
independence is leading to social and economic catastrophe.
Lithuanian leaders complained that the rally would be provocative and
lead to violence. They were wrong. It was peaceful. Despite the
increasing Soviet pressure Lithuanians continue trying to form an
independent government. Today they even removed a plaque of Lenin
from outside parliament. Still, some of them are beginning to realize
that Moscow is playing hardball and they are just learning the rules.
Jennings: President Landsbergis appealed to the West for help
today. He didn't get much. Countries in Western Europe avoided
direct criticism of Moscow's behavior, calling instead for restraint.
The U.S. has been walking on eggs, concerned about the
Soviet-Lithuania relationship and what it could mean to the
Soviet-American relationship.
ABC's John McWethy: U.S. officials say that the Bush
Administration, in keeping its criticism muted, is trying to give
Soviet leader Gorbachev room to maneuver. Officials claim that
President Bush and Secretary Baker both believe that Gorbachev is
looking for a way to resolve the crisis peacefully. Whether
Gorbachev will eventually allow independence is still unclear, but
many U.S. officials believe he will, in time, if the current explosive
atmosphere can be diffused.
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- B-2
McWethy continues: There is some pressure on the Bush
Administration to take a tougher public stance on Soviet coercion in
Lithuania. Most of the pressure, of what there is, is coming from
the political right and from those with ethnic ties to Lithuania.
(Sen. D'Amato: "And if the United States backs down now, then we
betray our heritage. We betray everything that we're about.")
(Rep. Hyde: "We almost, as I say, are complicit in what they're
doing if we don't speak out strongly against what they're doing.")
Ironically, support for the President is coming most strongly from the
Democrats, including one Democrat who used to work in the White
House.
(Jimmy Carter at the stakeout: "I think our government has played
it very well SO far by imploring all parties not to resort to force or
violence and to resolve this in a peaceful fashion.")
The Soviets, conscious of the need to get American public opinion on
their side, called a press conference today in Washington, selling the
notion that they too want to settle things peacefully. The Bush
Administration wants to believe this and is now in the position of
toning down its criticism so that this Soviet leader has a better
chance to succeed.
(ABC-Lead)
NBC's Jane Pauley: Once again today, the Soviet Union switched gears in
Lithuania. For more than a week there was intimidation -- scare the
Lithuanians by putting tanks on their streets, then dialogue, try to
talk them out of independence. Today, force -- the army going after
deserters, taking over buildings.
NBC's Peter Kent reports that President Landsbergis said that what
the Soviet troops have done already has created an extremely
dangerous situation -- that the Soviet authorities are trying to create
an image of instability to justify an armed takeover. President
Landsbergis strongly criticized Western governments today,
particularly the U.S. for not being tougher with Moscow and more
supportive of Lithuanian independence.
Pauley: Even as the war of nerves intensifies in Lithuania the
official American response is becoming more measured. The Bush
Administration, with long-term Soviet relations in mind, is trying to
look beyond the immediate crisis.
NBC's John Dancy: More than 1,000 Lithuanian-Americans
demonstrated in Washington today against Soviet intimidation in
Lithuania. But as American public opinion grows more heated, both
the Soviets and Americans are taking pains to speak softly and hope
for the best. For example, a tepid response today from the State
Department on Lithuania -- deep concern, but no condemnation.
Meanwhile, White House spokesman Fitzwater told reporters "We do not
want to inflame the situation." The Bush Administration may feel
constrained, but the Senate has passed a resolution condemning the
Soviets for Lithuania -- a resolution Soviet spokesman Gerasimov
rejected today because of its inflammatory language.
(Gerasimov: "I must emphasize the unacceptable tone of ultimatum of
some of the resolutions.'
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- B-3
Dancy continues: Secretary Baker has based much of his relationship
with Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze on trust -- a feeling that
Shevardnadze means it when he says the Soviets won't use force.
(Baker last week: "There's no reason that we know of not to take
him at his word.")
In 15 months the relationship between the U.S and Soviets has gone
from suspicion to something approaching genuine trust. It's a change
that's widely approved.
(Sen. Hatch: "I think that the Administration has to continue to
encourage Gorbachev. Perestroika and glasnost are very important.")
The U.S. has a lot riding on the relationship: another summit
between presidents Bush and Gorbachev in June; three different arms
control negotiations for nuclear, conventional and chemical weapons;
talks on the unification of Germany; expanding trade between the
U.S. and the Soviet Union. Both sides know Lithuania could quickly
unravel the ties that have begun to bind the U.S. and the Soviet
Union. Both sides are moving delicately because they realize they
are walking on the same tightrope.
(NBC-Lead)
CBS's Dan Rather: Soviet troops used violent force for the first time
today in their confrontation with breakaway Lithuania while the
Kremlin kept insisting it was still looking for a peaceful solution.
Tonight the president of Lithuania accused Moscow of "inexcusable
aggression." He asked for the return of Lithuanian deserters from
the Red Army. They were beaten by Soviet soldiers and dragged out
of their sanctuary in a hospital.
CBS's Barry Petersen reports that of the almost 40 deserters at the
hospital, a dozen were captured and the rest escaped. In a telegram
to Gorbachev, President Landsbergis called it "blackmail by armed
interference." Landsbergis told parliament that Lithuania delegates to
the Soviet congress are being called home, and he demanded from
Gorbachev negotiations in neutral territory.
Rather: In Washington a Soviet diplomat asked for Americans to
understand the Kremlin's "difficult situation" in Lithuania. President
Bush had his spokesman avoided criticism of Gorbachev, saying the
President does "not want to inflame the situation." Gorbachev and
his crackdown got help from Vice President Quayle as well.
CBS's Bill Plante: The Bush Administration pulled back from
confrontation with the Soviets over Lithuania, expressing its deep
concern but refusing to condemn the latest crackdown.
(State Department spokeswoman Tutwiler: "We have called upon the
Soviet Union and the people of Lithuania to resolve this peacefully
and through negotiation and dialogue.")
As for Lithuanian fears that the U.S. and the Soviets have agreed to
sell them out:
(Tutwiler: "There has been absolutely, positively no deal or
agreement. Any suggestion of such is absolutely and totally false.")
[Hinting] the U.S. position, a statement Saturday by Vice President
Quayle, who seemed to be defending the Soviet roundup of Lithuanian
deserters.
(Vice President Quayle: "There is a certain element of discipline that
is absolutely imperative to any armed forces. I would just reiterate
that if they have a contract and an obligation, obviously they want to
see that fulfilled.")
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- B-4
Plante continues: Quayle's office backtracked today, saying that he
didn't mean to advocate the violent roundup of deserters. But the
Soviets were already quoting the Vice President to justify the army's
move.
(Sergei Chetverikov, deputy Soviet ambassador: "I think that was a
reasonable statement as far as I see when he said that a measure of
discipline should be observed in any country.")
As Lithuanian Americans rallied on the Capitol steps today, pressure
mounted on the Administration to send Moscow a stronger signal that
violence will not be condoned.
(Rep. Cox: "Now is the time for the American people and the
American government to show that we too understand what backbone
is and to stand shoulder to shoulder with our friends in Lithuania.")
But with arms control, trade, and a superpower summit in the
balance, a Soviet crackdown in Lithuania would have serious
consequences not only for President Gorbachev, but also for
President Bush, and that seems to be Washington's quiet but urgent
message to Moscow.
(CBS-Lead)
SOVIET ECONOMY
Pauley: Another consuming problem for Mikhail Gorbachev, the economy.
Today a deputy Soviet prime minister said that the political turmoil
and strikes have led to a third monthly drop in production, oil
production -- down 4 percent from a year ago; coal off 6 percent.
(NBC-2)
CHEMICAL SALES
Jennings: Two American chemical companies have refused to sell a
potential buyer chemicals which may be used to make poison gas.
The buyer is the U.S. Army.
ABC's Jeanne Meserve reports that the Pentagon has run out of one
of the chemicals to put inside nerve gas artillery shells and can't get
more. Two domestic manufacturers of thionyl chloride are refusing to
sell it to the Pentagon on the grounds that the chemical could be
used in chemical warfare weaponry. But citing an obscure 1950 law,
the Pentagon and Commerce Department say they are considering
whether to force the companies to sell to the government. Meanwhile
they will look for other suppliers, perhaps outside the country. The
Pentagon says it will produce chemical weapons until they are banned
worldwide, and it refuses to acknowledge any contradiction in
pursuing the two goals simultaneously [of ridding the world of
chemical weapons and creating more until they are banned]. (ABC-2)
CBS's David Martin says that if the Pentagon can't find another supplier it
may force the companies to sell the chemical to the Army in the name
of national security. That would leave President Bush in an awkward
position.
(Elisa Harris, Brookings Institution: "He's taken a leadership role
around the world in urging other countries and their companies not to
sell the Syrias and the Libyas and the Iraqs the chemicals like thionyl
chloride that are necessary for producing chemical weapons. On the
other hand, his Pentagon is coming to American chemical companies
and demanding that they provide some of these very same chemicals
to the U.S. for chemical weapons production.")
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- B-5
Martin continues: One of the companies, Mobey, is German-owned.
German firms were singled out by the Bush Administration as the
chief culprits in helping Libya build its chemicals weapons plant.
One way out of this predicament would be for the Pentagon to simply
abandon plans to use this plant to produce new chemical weapons.
Those weapons were meant to counter the Soviet chemical threat until
a treaty banning chemical weapons. could be negotiated. But now
that chances of a Soviet invasion are nil, some Administration officials
say getting out of the chemical weapons business is starting to sound
like a good idea.
(CBS-8)
TV MARTI
Pauley reports that early today TV Marti went on the air. But as the
Cuban people soon found out, their leaders were watching as well.
NBC's Ed Rabel reports that TV Marti went on at 1:30 a.m. and went
off five hours later when most people were asleep. Cuban technicians
jammed the signal a half hour after the broadcast went on the air.
(Gary Gonzalez, Cuban TV programmer: "We're not afraid or scared
of the contents of TV Marti. What we will not accept is to be forced
to be seeing the broadcast, directed exactly and only to Cuba.")
Programming originates in Washington and is bounced by satellite to
the Florida Keys. A balloon stationed permanently 10,000 feet high
transmits the signal to Cuba. If TV Marti's signal could get through
it could reach a big TV audience here. Cuban officials say there are
more than 2,200,000 TV sets on the island. Eighty percent of the
households have TVs.
(Ed Fritts, National Association of Broadcasters president: "TV Marti
is a pretty dumb idea.")
Fritts fears Fidel Castro will retaliate by interfering with TV and
radio broadcasting in the U.S.
(Fritts: "We want them to monitor very carefully to make sure that
Cuba does not in fact start a radio war in retaliation for TV Marti.")
Still, the program which today contained a sit-com, a pop music video
and a travelogue has the unqualified backing of the Bush
Administration. TV Marti Director Antonio Navarro says the
broadcasts, to include news and political opinion, could help topple
Castro.
(Navarro: "I take the position that if he is somewhere near the edge
I see no reason why we shouldn't contribute in any way we can to
giving the Cuban people the freedom they deserve.")
Cuba's government says it expects TV Marti to return to the air
tomorrow morning. If so, the government says, the signal will be
jammed again.
(NBC-3)
CBS's Juan Vasquez reports that the Cuban government charged the U.S.
with launching an electronic invasion.
(State Department spokeswoman Tutwiler: "Despite the jamming we
will continue our test broadcast. We regret that Cuba has refused to
permit the free flow of information and ideas.")
(CBS-4)
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- B-6
ABORTION
Jennings: In Idaho today, Gov. Andrus is caught in a tug o' war between
the politics of abortion and economics. The Idaho legislature has sent
him a bill which would outlaw almost all abortions in the state. The
governor, who is opposed to abortion, says he'll take several days to
decide whether to sign it. Gov. Andrus is also thinking about
potatoes.
ABC's Ken Kashiwahara reports that it's not just Idaho's number one
cash crop that's being threatened with a boycott by pro-choice
proponents. National womens rights groups are targeting the state's
billion-dollar tourist industry as well. The pressure on the governor
has been intense. Abortion-rights advocates have held nightly
candlelight vigils outside his office. He has received more than
10,000 phone calls, letters and telegrams from all over the country.
And although his views on abortion are known, Gov. Andrus says he
will consult with experts before deciding what to do.
(Gov. Andrus: "I still consider myself to be pro-life, but I reserve
the right to handle this legislation like I do any other legislation
when it comes to my desk.")
(ABC-9)
CBS's Susan Spencer reports that while most pro-choice activists are
escalating the campaign to keep abortion legal, others are going down
a different road -- exploring what to do if one day it is not. A
women's health group has distributed 400 copies of this tape,
describing a technique called menstrual extraction, a procedure by
which with about $90 worth of equipment women could perform
abortions on one another. The idea has created a firestorm in the
pro-choice movement over both its political and its medical risks.
Self-help groups are also looking at other alternatives to the
traditional abortion clinic, among them the possibilities of herbal
abortions and of the French abortion pill RU-486.
(CBS-2)
U.S.-JAPAN ECONOMIC ADVICE
Jennings: The U.S. and Japan have given each other some unsolicited
economic advice, with each side focusing on how the other country
can get its economic house in order. Some of the Japanese
suggestions for the U.S. are fairly radical.
ABC's Bill Redecker reports that this is just one of Japan's 80 ideas:
America should build a network of Bullet trains just like Japan's.
That, they say, would lower the trade imbalance because Americans
wouldn't import so many cars. For those who insist on driving, raise
gasoline taxes to reduce consumption. Get rid of tax write-offs on
home loans because that encourages buying not saving, and simply
limit credit cards to a couple per person. If some of the ideas seem
a little unusual, consider this: They were proposed by the
government here only after the American government made 240
suggestions for the Japanese. And some of them are pretty unusual,
too. For example, the U.S. wants Japan to allow big American
discount stores to open [in Japan], which would force thousands of
small Mom and Pop operations out of business. Washington has also
proposed that Tokyo's biggest trading houses publicly reveal the
minutes of their monthly meetings.
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- B-7
Redecker continues: And it has recommended that Japan increase its
spending on public works projects by 40 percent. But as long as
both economies are so inter-dependent, the U.S. and Japan seem to
feel entitled to tell the other how to manage its affairs.
(ABC-6)
CAMPAIGN SPENDING/SUPREME COURT
Rather: The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld state laws limiting political
campaign spending by corporations. The ruling was 6 to 3. The
majority of justices said the need to limit big money influenced over
elections outweighed corporate free speech. Today's ruling does not
affect campaign spending by PACs.
(CBS-7)
AIRLINE SAFETY
Jennings: The FAA has announced a major policy shift. The agency says
that in the future if an airline finds a safety problem, fixes it and
reports it to the FAA, it won't be penalized. The idea is to get the
airlines to switch from fighting penalties to finding problems and
fixing them.
(ABC-4)
AVIANCA 52 CRASH
ABC's Jim Slade reports that because Avianca Flight 52, which went down
in New York killing 70 last January, crashed because of bungled
communications between the cockpit and the air traffic controllers, the
NTSB is urging the FAA to make certain everyone using the air
traffic control system knows the exact words to communicate a
problem.
(ABC-3)
EASTERN
Jennings reports that Eastern Airlines said today it expects to lose at least
$300 million this year, triple its earlier estimate. Eastern will drop
some flights, sell planes and has told creditors it can no longer
afford to pay them even 50 cents on the dollar.
(ABC-8)
GREYHOUND
Jennings: Greyhound offered a $100,000 reward for the arrest and
conviction of anyone shooting at its buses. Since the strike by
drivers began on March 2 there have been 21 attacks on Greyhound
buses or on Greyhound terminals.
(ABC-7, NBC-6)
DEATH PENALTY/CALIFORNIA
Pauley: California is set to do something it hasn't done in a generation:
execute a convicted murderer. Robert Harris' scheduled execution at
San Quentin next week has touched off renewed protest against the
death penalty. Gov. Deukmejian has been bombarded with pleas to
stop it, including a phone call last night from Nobel Prize winner
Mother Teresa.
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- B-8
NBC's Don Oliver reports that death penalty opponents have been
holding vigils for weeks outside the prison. If they cross a white
line into prison property they are arrested, as a number of priests
were today.
(NBC-7)
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
ABC's Ned Potter reports there's a good chance that by the time
alternative energy industries such as wind and solar become
important, they will be dominated more by European and Japanese
firms than by U.S. firms. In the meantime, researchers say we
continue to pay the hidden costs of conventional power: the medical
bills caused by air pollution, the changes that might be forced on us
by global warming. These are bills they say the sun and the wind
can help clean away.
(ABC-11)
TRUCKING BILL/HOUSE
Rather: In Washington the House voted overwhelming approval today for a
bill prohibiting truckers who haul food on one trip from using the
same trucks to haul garbage on another trip. This bill would also
require that trucks used for hazardous waste be used for no other
purpose. Similar legislation is pending in the Senate. President
Bush opposes it.
(CBS-9)
-end of B-section-
EDITORIALS/COLUMNISTS
PANAMA/NICARAGUA AID
Aid for Nicaragua and Panama -- "The real issue in Washington's current
debate over foreign aid is whether the world's richest nation, its
preeminent democracy, stands by its commitments
Can there be any
doubt that the U.S. has a continuing, substantial responsibility to see
those countries through to stability? The $800 million President Bush
proposed in aid to Nicaragua and Panama is a bare minimum, and yet some
in Congress are digging in against it
Few would argue that events in
Central America's tiny republics equal, in geopolitical weight, the East
bloc's rapid crumbling. But that misses the point. The economic disarray
in Panama and Nicaragua was engineered, to a large degree, in
Washington. The new governments have been nurtured by the U.S. Some
lawmakers are suspect of Mr. Bush's plan to get the $800 million from
defense trims. Fine in concept they say, but we want approval of each
item cut. This territorial bickering should give way on a matter that
concerns the country's reputation for honoring its promises."
(Christian Science Monitor, 3/26)
Funding
Democracy
--
"
Bush is placing the emphasis on aid to
Nicaragua now, and rightly SO. When Violeta Chamorro takes over April
25, she'll inherit Central America's worst economy. Prices are high and
salaries are low. The foreign debt is at least $7 billion, and unemployment
exceeds 40 percent. Export earnings are at one-fourth of what they were
when the Sandinistas took over. It's likely to get worse before it gets
better
Let's hope Mrs. Chamorro will be able to undo much of that
after she gets into office, but she'll have her hands full from the start.
Both Panama and Nicaragua will undoubtedly require more U.S. support in
the future, as will other countries in Central America. President Bush's
Fund for Democracy will help ensure stability in a region that for so long
has seen nothing but turmoil and despots."
(Birmingham News, 3/19)
America Caught Naked -- " Something is very wrong here. As
dictatorships long opposed by America topple, from Panama to Nicaragua to
Eastern Europe, the country that bills itself as the leader of the free
world has been caught naked. For years the United States urged the
Eastern Europeans, the Panamanians, the Nicaraguans to fight against
systems America deplored. And now that so many of them have succeeded,
but need our help to establish new political and economic institutions, we
mumble that we are too poor
There is a special logic to using some of
the defense savings to bolster countries, like those in Eastern Europe,
whose transition to stable democracies would provide just the kind of
security for which America is pouring tens of billions into NATO every
year. As for Central America, after the energy and money expended --
and the lives lost -- in the cause of democracy, how can the
Administration even contemplate letting Panama or Nicaragua down?
There is an assumption made that American taxpayers won't support more
aid to other countries, especially when the pinch is being felt at home.
Perhaps that is true, if unwise administration policies on taxes and defense
spending continue to deprive the country of resources it needs."
(Philadelphia Inquirer, 3/17)
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- C-2
Help For Democracy In Nicaragua -- " President Bush has decided to
help peace and democracy get on a firmer economic foundation in that
battered [Nicaraguan] land. He has lifted the U.S.'s five-year trade
embargo against Nicaragua -- an important long-term step. And he has
asked Congress to provide $300 million in assistance to help make the new
democratic government a success
Nicaragua's economy is a shambles, a
condition that had a great deal to do with voter rejection of Ortega's
Sandinistas. The $300 million would be used for several purposes,
including agriculture, petroleum and medical supplies; emergency
employment; currency support, and repairs to schools, bridges, highways
and hospitals
And where would Bush obtain the $300 million? Why, of
course, the Pentagon budget! It won't be missed."
(Arkansas Gazette, 3/15)
Bush Scores With Aid Plan -- If President Bush's call for economic aid is
certainly just. His call for the funds to be sliced out of the Defense
Department budget borders on public relations brilliance. Whether the
amount he proposed is right is the subject of future debate. But helping
to rebuild these two countries out of the budget of the department that
did so much to tear them down is both logical and wise. Again, the
Democratic leadership in Congress has had the rug pulled out from under
it. There was clearly controversy -- and therefore Bush vulnerability ---
on both the armed invasion of Panama and the Bush Administration's
funding of the opposition campaign in Nicaragua. Having had the
opportunity to seize the moment and, immediately on the heels of the
Sandinista election defeat in Nicaragua, present a bipartisan plan to
refurbish both countries while tsk-tsking over the Administration's
ham-handed intervention, the Democratic leadership let it slip away. Now
Bush has called upon Congress to do what it might have don on its own.
Democrats must back the Bush initiative or wander into the political
minefield of appearing to oppose this obvious bit of beating swords into
plowshares. Bush has got aid to Nicaragua and Panama right, on the
substance -- and the politics.
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/15)
Congress Should Act Quickly To Assist Panama, Nicaragua -- " The
U.S. has an obligation to both countries. While the overthrow of Gen.
Noriega was as much in the interest of the Panamanian people as it was in
our own interest, our invasion did do physical damage there
Now
that
the job is done, Panama needs help in rebuilding -- and if we want the
new democratic government there to succeed, the return of prosperity will
be an important ingredient. The same principle applies to Nicaragua. Not
only did our government intermittently assist the Contras is waging
destructive guerrilla warfare, we also maintained economic sanctions against
that country
It is altogether appropriate to get some of the needed
funding from the military budget. It is, in a sense, a defense
expenditure because U.S. security will be enhanced if the new
governments bring stability in Panama and Nicaragua. Economic aid that
consolidates a military victory in Panama and a political victory in Nicaragua
should have first call on any funds freed from the military budget by the
beginning of a decline in the world communist threat. And while the
nations of Western Europe should help in laying foundations for a free
society in Eastern Europe -- and indeed are eager to do SO -- the U.S.
must take the lead in Central America."
(Atlanta Journal, 3/15)
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- C-3
Hurry Aid To Nicaragua, Panama -- "The President was none too swift in
lifting economic sanctions against Nicaragua and urging quick approval of a
sizable U.S. aid package. Now Congress should waste no time in agreeing
to the $300 million in. emergency assistance requested by George Bush.
And it should hasten also to vote the $500 million in rehabilitative aid he
seeks for Panama
An appealing aspect of Bush's request for this $800
million Nicaragua-Panama package is his wish to take it out of the defense
budget. Let us see the 'peace dividend' assigned early to repairing the
damage of conflict and insuring delivery of the reward that counts --
democracy."
(San Francisco Examiner, 3/14)
U.S. Has Moral Obligation To Aid Fragile Democracies -- " If the $500
million in aid proposed for Panama is evidence of Congress's willingness to
aid democracy in Central America, then the region is in deep trouble.
Everyone wanted Panamanian dictator Noriega out, but President Bush's
aid package to help restore the Panamanian economy languishes.
Democracy in Latin America is still a very fragile thing. We cannot
encourage it, nurture it, even provide -- as we did in Nicaragua -- the
election monitors to assure that it happens, and then walk away leaving
those new governments with nothing more than souvenir photos and
reassuring handshakes
We hope that suddenly on April 25 [when
President-elect Chamorro takes office] the blessings of democracy will
shine down on Nicaragua and all will be well. Well, it won't happen so
easily, and it won't happen without some pain. The Fund for Democracy
requested by Bush to aid Nicaragua and Panama will help ease that pain
and that conflict. We owe that much to these two nations."
(Boston Herald, 3/14)
Central America: Dollars For Peace -- "President Bush has acted with
reassuring promptness to lift the embargo on trade with Nicaragua and to
establish a new Fund for Democracy for Central America. His commitment
to democracy is obvious even if the adequacy of the fund is not
The
adequacy of the funds is but one question that Congress will need to
examine. In looking at Central America, Congress needs to examine the
$121 million committed to Guatemala at a time when death squads continue
to prey on political critics. Congress also needs to look at the $210 million
committed to Honduras, where the American preoccupation has been with
creating military bases rather than addressing the terrible impoverishment
of the people. And Congress needs to make sure that continued aid to El
Salvador -- now almost $1 million a day -- in no way retards peace talks
with the FMLN.'
(Los Angeles Times, 3/14)
Now Make It Work -- "It is far cheaper to aid the establishment of real
democracy in friendly nations than it is to fight the ill effects of
dictatorship emanating from unfriendly ones. That's why President Bush
is right in lifting the trade embargo against formerly communist Nicaragua,
now that it has elected a democratic government, and in calling for
economic aid to both Nicaragua and Panama. Americans are sick of foreign
aid. But these are cases in which we should get more than our money's
worth in establishing stable government in the wake of very dangerous
tyrannical regimes. Aid to Nicaragua and Panama could be a real bargain
for all Americans."
(Chattanooga News-Free Press, 3/14)
-more-
Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- C-4
U.S. Obligated To Help -- " Congress has been slow to act. Eighty
percent of the U.S. foreign-aid budget has been earmarked for a handful
of countries -- Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan and the Philippines. The
$500 million for Panama and $300 million additional for Nicaragua would
have to come from some other part of the federal budget. Lawmakers also
are aware of the competing need for assistance to newly emerging
democracies in Eastern Europe. Panama and Nicaragua are extra special.
Washington inserted itself in the affairs of each country, with
heavy-handed approaches toward ousting Noriega in Panama and the
Sandinistas in Nicaragua. Economic sanctions were part of the equation,
and both countries suffered as a result. The economic misery now
undermines the new U.S.-backed governments of Endara in Panama and
President-elect Chamorro in Nicaragua, thwarting the very thing
Washington has been so desperate to achieve -- the establishment of
democratic governments in both countries. It should be obvious to
Congress that since the U.S. is responsible for creating much of the
damage, it now has an obligation to help fix it."
(Des Moines Register, 3/14)
Help Nicaragua, Panama -- "There could hardly be a better way for the
U.S. to spend a 'peace dividend' than by helping to implant democracy in
Nicaragua and Panama. Congress therefore should move with dispatch to
approve President Bush's proposed $800-million 'Fund for Democracy,'
which would divert Pentagon money to provide $500 million for Panama and
$300 million for Nicaragua
Washington's willingness to take the lead in
funding what Bush called 'two great and historic tasks -- reconstruction
and reconciliation' is commendable. It signals the Administration's
recognition that America is partly responsible both for present conditions
in Panama and Nicaragua and for helping their new experiments in
democracy to succeed
Every official in Washington -- indeed every
American -- has an interest in helping Nicaragua recover from 10 years
under the Sandinistas and helping Panama repair its invasion damage."
(Miami Herald, 3/14)
Nurture Democracy -- U.S. Obliged To Aid Panama, Nicaragua -- 11 The
U.S. is morally obliged to support newly liberalized regimes and economies
in Eastern Europe, but the greatest U.S. obligation is to Panama and
Nicaragua, where we bloodied noses to achieve democracy and where
freedom could easily founder without fresh help
President Bush has
taken some proper first steps, particularly in lifting the trade embargo
against Nicaragua. He has asked Congress for $300 million in aid for
Nicaragua and $200 million for Panama. That may not be enough, but in
this case, the President is being much more responsive to the changing
world than is Congress
Yet the U.S. defense budget alone cannot
provide all of the necessary assistance
Democracy does not just
happen, nor does it survive on hope alone. As President Endara said,
'Democracy has to prove itself, to show that it can provide food, a roof
and minimum human needs. The people cannot eat democracy.' Nor can
they eat good wishes. We have a responsibility, as democracy's arsenal
and its larder, to help democrats in Panama and Nicaragua make it work."
(Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, 3/14)
-more-
Wednesday, March 28, 1990 -- C-5
Speeding Aid To Nicaragua -- " In his eagerness to start money flowing
to Nicaragua, unarguably a deserving case, President Bush, in digging
into the military's pockets, may well set a precedent that supporters of
other needy supplicants will line up to exploit. But having contributed to
the destruction of the Nicaraguan economy in order to deliver it from the
Marxist Sandinistas, the U.S., whatever its own budget constraints, has a
binding obligation to assist the country's recovery under a new,
democratically elected government
Congress should react positively to
Bush's aid request which, to do any good, 'absolutely has to be on a fast
track,' according to a State Department spokesman, referring to the need
for action before Chamorro is sworn in. U.S. help now would be a potent
symbol to the Nicaraguan people that Americans have no intention of
abandoning Nicaraguan democracy at its birth. "
(Cleveland Plain Dealer, 3/14)
Abandoning Panama -- "Is it any wonder that the U.S. is viewed
skeptically in Latin America? When it comes to putting pressure on
unfriendly governments in the region, Washington is omnipresent and
forceful. But when it comes to helping a newly installed friend, the U.S.
is nowhere to be seen
President Ortega is predicting with glee that
Washington will desert President-elect Chamorro. 'If the U.S. doesn't
even have the political vision and pragmatism to understand that it is
necessary to put some money into Panama, what can we other Latin
Americans expect besides congratulations and messages?' Ortega asked
rhetorically. From a public relations viewpoint, the U.S. failure to aid
Panama is a disaster. What are Latin Americans to think of a big country
that uses force to oust a dictator, and then fails to aid the new
government it helped install? From a moral viewpoint, the U.S. failure to
help Panama is wrong -- and inexcusable. President Bush must make it
plain to both Congress and the American people just how wrong this
desertion of Panama really is."
([Hackensack] Record, 3/13)
-end of News Summary-
Hill News
CONGRESSIONAL
SENATE FL OOR: Mitchell sets
deadline for final vote on clean air.
of
The Senate last night finally reached
MONITOR
agreement on a plan that will bring the
long-running floor debate on:a major clean
is
air bill (S 1630) to a close next week
selson
Under the agreement, negotiated pri-
7d
bas
C
vately by Senate Majority Leader George
J Mitchell; D-Maine, and other key sena-
od
tors, the Senate will vote at 8 p.m. next
Wednesday, March 28, 1990
Volume 26, Number 45
Tuesday. Only amendments submitted be
fore midnight last night would be consid-
ered during the final week of floor debate
Today in Congress
Senators agreed to limit debate on each
amendment to one hour.
The Senate has been debating S
1630 for the past three weeks. The debate
no
Floor Action: The House will con
20 percent to 33 percent of SSC funding
began after sponsors of the legislation
tinue debate on a bill (HR 3847) that
from foreign sources.
reached compromise with White House
would establish a Department of Envi
The measure requires the energy sec
officials during 23 days of closed-door ne
ronmental Protection
retary to provide proof to the authorizing
gotiations
Members will then take up HR 1463,
committees that the project is organized
Senators also:agreed to vote at 3p m.
which would authorize funds to complete
and efficiently managed' before con-
on Thursday on an amendment by Rob
the Washington D.C., metrorail system
struction can start.
ert C: Byrd, D W.Va, that would provide
The bill would provide $2.2 billion over a
36 months of benefits to coal miners who
period- of 11 years to finish the 103-mile
Age, Discrimination: The House
might lose their jobs because of the acid
system. Under the measure, local juris-
Education and I abor Committee today
rain provisions of the bill.
dictions would have to continue to pro
will mark up legislation, HR 3200, de-
Earlier yesterday, the Senate de
vide matching funds, with the federal
signed to overturn a 1989 Supreme Court
feated, 47-50, an amendment by Don
government paying 80 percent of the
decision that allows employers to dis
Nickles; R-Okla., and Howell Heflin, D
criminate against older employees in pro
Ala., that would have allowed states to
cost
Democrat Jose E. Serrano from New
viding benefit plans.
issue routine emissions permits to busi-
Photocopy from George Busli Presidential Library
York's 18th District will be sworn in to
In Public Employees Retirement
nesses without the need for full: review by
day Serrano won a special election last
System of Ohio U. Betts, the court said
the Environmental Protection Agency
week to replace Democrat Robert Garcia,
that the 1967 Age Discrimination in Em
HOUSE FLOOR: Members ap
who resigned after being convicted on
ployment Act did not cover discrimina
federal extortion charges.
tion regarding benefits. The court also
prove bill to bar toxic backhauling
The Senate will continue to work its
ruled that the employer could provide
The House yesterday approved, 410
way through amendments to clean air
older employees with discriminatory ben-
15 a bill (HR 3386) to prohibit the trans
legislation (S 1630)
efit packages even if they could not prove
portation of food items in trucks or rail-
that providing equal benefits to older
road cars that also haul toxic materials
Supercollider Funding: The
workers would increase costs
The measure was one of a number of
House Science Committee today will
HR 3200 specifies that the 1967 law
bills approved under suspension of the
mark up a bill (HR 4380) to authorize the
does apply to this situation and would
rules - an expedited process that re-
superconducting supercollider (SSC), the
prohibit this discrimination unless an
quires a two-thirds vote and allows no
amendments
giant atom smasher
employer could prove that providing
The multiyear authorization would
equal benefits to older employers would
See NEWS on p. 2
authorize $7.5 billion for the project
result in significantly higher costs The
$3 billion over the original price tag
Senate Labor Committee approved a
but would cap the federalkcontribution at
similar bill, S 1511, Feb. 28.
In This Issue
$5 billion. The remaining funds would
come from the government of the state of
RTC Borrowing: The House Ways
NEWSFROM
Texas, where the SSC is to be built and
and Means Committee will consider a
TODAY
from international sources.
proposal that would ease restrictions on
Today in Congress
The SSC was originally. priced at
the borrowing authority of the Resolu
Committee Listings
$4.4 billion, ibut the Energy Department
tion Trust Corporation (RTC), which was
Newsk
848
later revised that figure to $5.9 billion
set up to handle the thrift industry
FUTURE
The authorization of the
bailout
Senate (Committees
10
supercollider will likely be the easier part
Last November the panel approved a
House Committees
of the two-pronged funding process. The
bill (HR 3469) that required any new
Conference Committees
20
Other Events
21
appropriations committees are expected
government sponsored enterprises, such
Joint Committees
22
to give the project careful scrutiny
as the RTC. to borrow only from the
The bill requires Texas to provide at
Treasury and prohibited them from sell-
STATUS CHARTS
least $1 billion in cash and in-kind con-
ing bonds on the open market. That
TY90 Appropriations
23
House Floor
24
tributions; such as land It would also
Senate Floor
25
require the secretary of energy to obtain
See TODAY on p. 4
Bush Library Photocopy
George Bush Handwriting
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990
NEWS from p. 1
grams, including $25 million for refugees
ture earthquake. The measure sharply in-
outside the United States and $5 million
creases funding to four federal agencies
Other bills passed included:
for those in the country.
the Federal Emergency Management
approved 424-0, breautho-
Agency, U.S. Geological Survey, National
rize the International Trade Commission
SMOG CONTROLS set; Energy
Science Foundation and National Insti-
(ITC), the U.S. Customs Service and the
panel turns to alternative fuels.
tute for Standards and Technology
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
The House Energy Committee com-
from $73.4 million in the current fiscal
for fiscal 1991 and 1992. The Customs
pleted work on smog-control provisions
year to $110 million in fiscal 1991 and
Service would receive $1.3 billion in 1991
in clean air legislation (HR 3030) yester
$210 million in fiscal 1994.
and $1.4 billion in 1992, while the ITC
day and prepared to tackle the section of
HR 544, which would place a portion
would be earmarked for $41 million and
the bill that would create a program to
of the revenue from lands acquired by
$44 million in those years. The Office of
phase in alternatively fueled cars.
the federal government in a new fish and
the U.S. Trade Representative would be
By voice vote, members adopted a
wildlife fund to be used by the states.
authorized for $23 million in fiscal 1991
package of technical amendments to last
HR 3058, which would provide a fi-
and $21 million in fiscal 1992.
week's comprehensive compromise. on
nancial incentive for a Nevada utility to
HR 2209 passed 416-9, calling on the
smog controls. The smog controls are de-
relinquish coal leases near Bryce Canyon
Department of Agriculture to allow soy-
signed to bring into compliance the more
National Park in Utah.
bean producers to vote on establishing a
than 100 areas that are not meeting fed-
national soybean research and promotion
eral air quality standards. The compro-
PANAMA CANAL spending au-
organization
mise, engineered by all factions of the
thorization wins subcommittee's OK.
HR 908, passed 426-0, which would
committee, would require, in part, that
Legislation (HR 4283) authorizing ex-
increase the terms of Federal Energy
heavily polluted areas restrict emissions
penditures by the Panama Canal Com-
Regulatory Commission members from
from smaller factories than are currently
mission for fiscal 1991 won easy approval
four to five years.
being regulated. Yesterday's amend-
yesterday from the House Merchant Ma-
Members rejected, 276-149, a resolu-
ments were aimed at accommodating
rine Subcommittee on the Panama Canal.
tion (H J Res 471) that calls for changes
concerns of the White House, industry
The measure authorizes the commis-
tosthe fiscal 1990 appropriations bill for
and various panel members.
sion, which runs the canal, to spend
the departments of Commerce State and
money from a special account funded by
Justice. The measure would have lifted
MINING RESEARCH bill tops
income from operations of the canal.
provisions of the 1990 spending bill that
Interior subcommittee markup list.
No additional federal funds are
had frozen State Department and U.S.
Legislation (HR 4111) to authorize a
needed to keep the canal in operation.
Information Agency expenditures at fis
new research center to focus on domestic
Officials of the canal commission told
cal 1989 appropriation levels, allowing
production of rare and much needed
the subcommittee that the recent political
those agencies to be funded at 1990
minerals won voice vote approval yester-
unrest in Panama largely resolved by
thorized levels
day from the House Interior Subcommit-
the U.S. invasion last December and the
The House also paved the way for
Photocopy from George Bush Presidential Library
tee on Mining.
subsequent arrest of former Panamanian
today's work on a bill (HR 3847) to ele-
Scientists at the new institute would
strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega
vate the Environmental Protection
search for ways to reduce the United
into the canal's business and required ad-
Agency (EPA) to the Cabinet-level De-
States' dependence on foreign nations for
ditional expenses for security.
partment of Environmental Protection
vital minerals such as cobalt, platinum
The $20 million shortfall will be
In other House action, Susan
and vanadium. Researchers would look
made up, the officials said, by a tempo-
Molinari, R-N.Y. was sworn in yesterday
for improved techniques, of mineral ex-
rary 20 percent-surcharge on some icanal
to fill the House seat vacated by her fa-
traction and procession, methods of recy-
services - such as the use of tugboats
ther, Guy Molinari, A second new mem-
cling critical minerals and possible sub-
and by a 9.8 percent general toll increase.
ber, Jose E. Serrano, D-N.Y is sched-
stitution of other minerals for some uses.
uled to be sworn in today.
The research center would be affili-
OBSCENE MAIL to be better
ated with a university in the West.
regulated under House bill.
PANAMA, NICARAGUA aid
The subcommittee also approved:
The House Post Office Subcommit-
package approved by House panel.
HR 3533, which would reauthorize
tee on Postal Personnel and Moderniza-
The House Appropriations Commit-
funds for the federal effort to reduce
tion yesterday approved by voice vote
tee yesterday by voice vote approved
damage that would be caused by any fu-
legislation (HR 3805) that would impose
$720 million in economic aid for Panama
fines on companies that mail sexually ex-
and Nicaragua.
plicit advertisements to people who do
Earlier in the day, the House Foreign
not want the mailings.
Affairs Committee had approved draft
Notice to Hand-Delivery Customers
Currently, anyone who does not wish
legislation authorizing fiscal-1990 supple-
to receive mailings describing X-rated
mental funds for the same two countries,
We apologize for any delivery
videos and other pornographic materials
but the Appropriations panel shifted the
problems you may be experiencing.
may place his or her name on a U.S.
You will soon notice a difference in
amounts that Foreign Affairs approved.
Postal Service list designed to prevent
The Appropriations panel provided
the delivery of your Monitor. Effective
the receipt of the unwanted mail.
$420 million in economic aid for Panama,
April 1, your Monitor will be delivered
But bill proponents complain that
less than the $500 million that President
by the same service that provides ex
Tax enforcement by the Justice Depart-
cellent delivery of the Wall Street
Bush had requested. Nicaragua would re-
ment and the Postal Service has allowed
Journals
ceive $300 million, the same that Bush
the obscene mail to reach those who have
As always, if you should have a
recommended.
placed their names on the list. Under the
The Foreign Affairs panel had au-
problem with delivery :or billing;- or
proposed legislation, companies would be
thorized $470 million for Panama and
have a change of name or address:
fined from $500 to $1,500 for each piece
please call our Customer Service De
$340 million for Nicaragua.
of mail sent to someone on the list.
The Appropriations Committee also
partment at 887-8626.
The bill would remove the $10,000
approved $30 million for refugee pro-
price tag for a copy of the list, which may
Wednesday, March 28, 1990
Congressional Monitor
Page 3
have prevented many companies from
woman said the earliest the panel would
companies or governments to hire away
obtaining it.
vote on his nomination would be April 3.
key U.S. trade officials.
The subcommittee delayed action
until the full committee markup on sev-
CONSUMER AGENCY funding
eral amendments, including one that
inadequate, senator charges.
ILLEGAL ABORTIONS can be
would assess only civil penalties and one
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md.,
fatal, Senate committee told.
that would allow a court to assess a civil
voiced concern yesterday that the Con-
A Romanian official told a Senate
penalty for each piece of pornographic
sumer Product Safety Commission's
committee yesterday that anti-abortion
mail sent to an individual on the Postal
(CPSC) fiscal 1991 budget request would
laws force women to seek illegal abortions
Service list.
be insufficient to carry out congressional
that can kill them.
mandates for the agency.
Gabriella Bocec, vice president of
WHEAT, FEED GRAINS title of
CPSC Chairwoman Jacqueline
Romania's new Family Planning Associa-
farm bill discussed by House panel.
Jones-Smith agreed. She said the agen-
tion, said that up to 86 percent of mater-
The House Agriculture Wheat, Soy-
cy's $35.6 million request falls $1.7 mil-
nal deaths in her country during the past
beans and Feed Grains Subcommittee
lion short of the amount needed to con-
25 years were due to illegal abortions.
started slowly yesterday on its markup of
tinue programs at current levels.
Romania's strict anti-abortion law was
portions of the 1990 farm bill (HR 3950)
Under questioning from members of
repealed after the country's December
dealing with those crops. After hearing
the Senate Appropriations Subcommit-
uprising.
opening statements, Chairman Dan
tee on Housing, Veterans Affairs and In-
Bocec delivered her testimony to the
Glickman, D-Kan., introduced his substi-
dependent Agencies, which Mikulski
Senate Labor and Human Resources
tute proposal, which would set 1991 loan
chairs, Jones-Smith said the CPSC had
Committee, which is considering legisla-
rates for wheat and feed grains at 1990
originally sought $40.3 million. But that
tion to establish broad guarantees of a
levels and create a new loan rate formula
request was trimmed by the Office of
woman's right to an abortion. Supporters
later.
Management and Budget, she said.
of the bill (S 1912) describe it as effec-
Glickman is also proposing to freeze
The lower figure means the CPSC is
tively writing into federal law the Su-
price supports at current levels through-
asking for 513 full-time employees, rather
preme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision
out the life of the bill, likely to be five
than 550, Jones-Smith said.
that anti-abortion advocates want to
years, and to establish an income support
Two other consumer agencies under
have overturned.
program for soybeans and other oil seeds.
budget constraints the Consumer In-
Sharleen Richard, a medical
A plan by Glickman to target farm pro-
formation Agency and the Office of Con-
sonographer from Union Lake, Mich.,
gram benefits to middle income farmers
sumer Affairs of the Department of
testified that advances in technology now
is expected to generate considerable op-
Health and Human Services also pre-
permit high quality pictures of the fetus
position.
sented their fiscal 1991 spending propos-
in the womb, which she said would prove
The subcommittee is expected to
als, seeking $1.5 million and $1.9 million
that many abortions are unnecessary.
start marking up the bill on Thursday
respectively.
but may take weeks to complete its work.
FOREIGN AGENTS to be
THRIFT BAILOUT efforts
closely monitored under Heinz plan.
Not As Scheduled
need time, regulator says.
Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., yesterday
The House Rules Committee met
The acting director of the Office of
outlined proposals in a bill (S 176) he
late yesterday but only to take testi-
Thrift Supervision (OTS), Salvatore R.
introduced last January to strengthen the
mony on a rule for HR 3, the compre-
Martoche, urged the House Banking Fi-
Foreign Agents Registration Act. The act
hensive child-care bill. The panel is ex-
nancial Institutions Subcommittee yes-
establishes procedures to monitor lobby-
pected to report a rule for the bill
terday to give regulators time to tackle
ing efforts of individuals or firms working
today. Both the rule and the measure
the thrift salvage operation.
are scheduled for floor consideration on
in the United States on behalf of foreign
Thursday.
Several lawmakers, frustrated with
entities.
The House District of Columbia
the pace of resolving insolvent thrifts,
Testifying before the Senate Foreign
Committee postponed once again its
have proposed that the OTS be abolished
Relations Committee, Heinz said the act,
markup scheduled for yesterday of HR
and that supervision of thrifts be dele-
first passed in 1938, does not adequately
4257, legislation that would establish a
gated to banking regulators.
address current American economic con-
Supreme Court for the District of
Martoche, who took over the OTS on
cerns. Heinz singled out the Japanese
Columbia.
an interim basis on March 8, told the panel
and said, that by his own estimates,
Committee members disagree on an
that what the regulatory structure needs
amendment that would allow the fed-
agents lobbying the U.S. government for
most right now is stability. "Constant tin-
Japanese entities spent more than $120
eral government a say on selection of
the seven judges to the proposed court.
kering, even with the best of intentions,
million between 1987 and 1989.
A committee staff member said no deci-
imposes tremendous costs," he said.
S 176 would redefine foreign control
sion has been made on when to resched-
Martoche's tenure with OTS is ex-
of a company to mean more than 50 per-
ule the markup.
pected to be short. T. Timothy Ryan Jr.
cent foreign ownership. Between 20 per-
A House Agriculture Tobacco and
has been nominated for a five-year term
cent and 50 percent foreign ownership
Peanuts Subcommittee markup session
to be the permanent director. A recent
would also constitute foreign control un-
that began yesterday on the peanut title
federal court decision challenging the
less that presumption could be rebutted.
of the 1990 farm bill was postponed be-
constitutionality of regulatory decisions
In addition, S 176 would also repeal
fore any votes were taken as members
made by an unconfirmed director has
adjourned to arrange closed-door talks
an exemption granted to lawyers for judi-
added an urgency to Ryan's confirmation
between growers and manufacturers.
cial or administrative activities they un-
Subcommittee Chairman Charlie
process. Neither Martoche nor his prede-
dertake on behalf of companies.
Rose, D-N.C., said he hoped the groups
cessor, M. Danny Wall, were confirmed
Another witness, Owen Bieber, testi-
would iron out their differences as soon
by the Senate.
fying on behalf of the United Auto Work-
as possible and that the panel would be
The Senate Banking Committee will
ers and the AFL-CIO, also supported re-
back today or, at the latest, tomorrow to
hold a confirmation hearing today on
forms. Bieber called for stronger ethics
take up the measure.
Ryan's nomination. A committee spokes-
legislation to make it harder for foreign
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Wednesday, March 28, 1990
TODAY from p. 1
Committee Meetings Today
would have prevented the RTC from
raising the amount of working capital
needed to carry out its job.
Because of administration opposi-
Senate Committees
ations for programs under its jurisdiction.
10am SD-116 Dirksen Bldg March 28
tion, formal action on HR 3469 was post-
Agenda & witnesses scheduled (tentative):
poned until a compromise could be
PESTICIDES ON IMPORTED FOOD
Bureau of the Public Debt: Richard Gregg
worked out.
Senate Agriculture Committee
commnr; Jerold Speers - exec dir, Savings Bond
Div; David Nummy - dpty asst secy for depart-
Today the panel will take up an
The full committee (Chmn Leahy, D-Vt)
mental finance & mgmt
amendment that would exempt the RTC
will hold a hearing on legislation (S 2227) to
Ofc of Personnel Mgmt: Constance Newman dir
from some of the restrictions in HR 3469
prohibit the import into the United States of
but would leave those provisions in place
food that is grown abroad and that has been
sprayed with pesticides banned in this country.
DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY
for any future government agencies that
9am SR-332 Russell Bldg March 28
Senate Armed Services Committee
might be formed to handle other bailouts.
Background: In what bill sponsors call a
Defense Industry and Technology Sub-
"circle of poison," chemicals that are banned
committee (Chmn Bingaman, D-NM) will hold
Judiciary Markup: In its first
for use on U.S. agricultural products are being
hearings on the defense authorization request
markup session since October, the House
shipped overseas, where they are sprayed on
for fiscal 1991 (S 2171), focusing on defense
Judiciary Committee is expected to ap-
produce that is imported into the United
technology strategy.
prove several bills that were held over
States. S 2227 would ban the export of pesti-
9:30am SR-222 Russell Bldg March 28
from last session. A few technical amend-
cides that have not been approved for use in
Agenda & witnesses scheduled: Defense critical
ments may be offered, but most of the
this country and would bar the import of
technology plan
legislative kinks were ironed out in sub-
products that are treated with such pesticides.
PANEL 1: Fred Ikle - former under secy of defense
for policy; Hans Mark - former secy of the Air
committee.
Witnesses scheduled:
Force
PANEL: Sens Leahy, D-Vt & Gore, D-Tenn
One bill (HR 2372) would grant com-
PANEL 2: Charles Herzfeld - dir of defense re-
Reps Synar, D-Okla & Panetta, D-Calif
search & engineering, Defense Dept; George Mill-
pensation to people who developed can-
Linda Fisher - asst adminr, Environmental Protec-
burn dpty dir of defense for research & engineer-
cer from mining uranium or from the ra-
tion Agency; Mercedes Bolanos Ecuador Minis-
ing; Richard Hahn - dir, weapons research,
dioactive fallout of nuclear weapons
ter of Agriculture; Frank Bouis pres, Fla Fruit &
Energy Dept
Vegetable Growers Assn; William McNichol
testing. The measure would set up a $100
private citizen
million trust fund to compensate radia-
NUCLEAR SAFETY
tion victims who lived in Nevada, Utah,
Senate Armed Services Committee
Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico dur-
1990 FARM BILL
Strategic Forces and Nuclear Deterrence
ing the 1950s and '60s.
Senate Agriculture Committee
Subcommittee (Chmn Exon, D-Neb) will hold
Under another bill (HR 3406), fed-
Agricultural Research and General Legisla-
a hearing on the plans, progress and experience
eral courts could consolidate into a single
tion Subcommittee (Chmn Daschle, D-SD) will
to date of the Defense Nuclear Safety Board.
case lawsuits arising from a large-scale
hold a hearing in preparation for drafting the
2:30pm SR-222 Russell Bldg March 28
1990 farm bill. The hearing will focus on the
disaster, such as a plane crash or an
Witnesses scheduled: Defense Nuclear Facilities
problem of noxious weeds.
Safety Board (DNFSB): John Conway - chmn;
earthquake, that involved people from
3pm SR-332 Russell Bldg March 28
Edson Case, John Crawford Jr, Andrew
different states.
Witnesses scheduled:
Eggenberger, Herbert Kouts mbrs, DNFSB
A third measure (HR 2690) slated
PANEL: James Glosser - dir, Animal & Plant
for markup would permit artists to sue
Health & Inspection Service; Howard Singletary
dir, Plant Industry Div, NC Dept of Agriculture;
buyers who intentionally destroyed or
THRIFT NOMINATION
Don Schmitz Fla Dept of Natural Resources
significantly distorted their works.
PANEL: Susan Cooper Natl Coalition Against the
Senate Banking Committee
Misuse of Pesticides; Jay Vroom - Natl Agri-
The full committee (Chmn Riegle, D-Mich)
Chemical Assn; Faith Campbell - Natl Resource
will hold a confirmation hearing on the nomi-
Legal Immigration: Markup of
Defense Council; Reeves Petroff - weed control
nation of Timothy Ryan Jr. to be director of the
legislation (HR 4300) to overhaul the sys-
supervisor
Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS).
tem for admitting immigrants to the
2pm SD-538 Dirksen Bldg March 28
United States will continue today in the
Witness scheduled: Timothy Ryan Jr - nominee
House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immi-
FY91 ENERGY AND WATER APPROPS
gration.
Energy Approps Subcommittee
Panel Chairman Bruce A. Morrison,
The subcommittee (Chmn Johnston, D-La)
HIGH-TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS
D-Conn., has laid out a fast-track sched-
will hold hearings fiscal 1991 appropriations for
TO EASTERN BLOC
programs under its jurisdiction.
Senate Banking Committee
ule for the bill that calls for rapid com-
10am SD-138 Dirksen Bldg March 28
International Finance and Monetary Policy
mittee consideration and floor action by
Witnesses scheduled: Members of Congress; pub-
Subcommittee (Chmn Sarbanes, D-Md) will
late spring. But several snags have
lic witnesses
hold a hearing on U.S. business exports of high-
cropped up in subcommittee markup.
technology to Eastern Europe and the Soviet
For one, Morrison has already rewritten
Union.
this complex legislation several times,
FY91 LABOR-HHS APPROPS
10am SD-538 Dirksen Bldg March 28
and many panel members say they don't
Labor Approps Subcommittee
Witnesses scheduled: Paul Freedenberg - former
The subcommittee (Chmn Harkin, D-Iowa)
under secy of commerce; Richard Perle - former
have a firm grasp of all the provisions.
will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropriations
asst secy of defense; Charles Hough Natl Assn of
One markup session has been postponed
for programs under its jurisdiction.
Manufacturers; Mark Ryan - Computer & Busi-
and another has been continued to give
9am SD-192 Dirksen Bldg March 28
ness Equipment Manufacturers Assn; rep of
members more time to consider the bill.
Witnesses scheduled: The subcommittee would
American Electronics Assn
Another sticking point involves a
not release a list of witnesses, for information call
This hearing will be carried live on C-SPAN.
provision that would tie immigration lev-
224-7283.
els to domestic labor shortages. Some Re-
NASA BUDGET OVERVIEW
publicans have argued that a link be-
FY91 TREASURY-POSTAL APPROPS
Senate Commerce Committee
tween immigration and domestic
Treasury Approps Subcommittee
Science, Technology and Space Sub-
employment could lead businesses to rely
The subcommittee (Chmn DeConcini, D-
committee (Chmn Gore, D-Tenn) will continue
too much on foreign labor.
Ariz) will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropri-
hearings on the NASA budget request, focusing
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Senate continued
ment trends in the United States and the
GSA NOMINATION
administration proposal to lower the tax rate
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
on the space station and space shuttle.
on capital gains income.
The full committee (Chmn Glenn, D-Ohio)
9:30am SR-253 Russell Bldg March 28
10am SD-215 Dirksen Bldg March 28
will hold a confirmation hearing on the nomi-
Witness scheduled: William Lanoir assoc adminr
Witnesses scheduled: Sen Graham, D-Fla; Michael
nation of Richard Austin to be administrator of
for ofc of space flight, NASA
Boskin - chmn, Council of Economic Advisers;
the General Services Administration.
Jame Gravelle - Sr specialist in economic policy,
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg March 28
CRS
PUBLIC LANDS BILLS
PANEL: Kenneth Gideon asst secy of Treasury
for tax policy; Ronald Pearlman - chief of staff,
Senate Energy Committee
Joint Economic Cmte
TRIBAL RECOGNITION ISSUES
Public Lands, National Parks and Forests
PANEL: Alan Auerbach Univ of Pennsylvania;
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Subcommittee (Chmn Bumpers, D-Ark) will
Mark Bloomfield pres, American Council for
The full committee (Chmn Inouye, D-Ha-
hold a hearing on pending legislation.
Capital Formation; Henry Aaron - sr fellow,
waii) will hold a hearing on pending legislation.
2pm SD-366 Dirksen Bldg March 28
Brookings Institution
2pm SR-485 Russell Bldg March 28
Agenda:
Agenda:
S 456/HR 1109 - Designate the Calif Natl Historic
S 381 Provide for federal recognition of the Mowa
Trail and Pony Express Natl Historic Trail as
HHS NOMINATION
band of Choctaw Indians of Alabama
components of the Natl Trails System
Senate Finance Committee
S 1413 Settle all claims of the Aroostook Band of
S 465/HR 1159 - Designate the Juan Bautista de
Anza Natl Historic Trail
The full committee (Chmn Bentsen, D-
Micmacs resulting from the band's omission from
the Maine Indian Claims Settlement
S 1756 Provide for the preservation and interpre-
Texas) will hold a confirmation hearing on the
S 1747 - Provide for the restoration of federal
tation of sites associated with Acadian culture in
nomination of Jo Anne Barnhart to be assistant
recognition of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
the state of Maine
secretary of health and human services for
S 1918 Provide for federal recognition of the Jena
S 1864/HR 76 - Study the eligibility of the St
family support.
Band of Choctaws of Louisiana
Mary's River in the states of Fla and Ga for
Following full cmte hearing (above) SD-215
Agenda & Witnesses scheduled: Sens Johnston,
potential addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Dirksen Bldg March 28
D-La, & Exon, D-Neb
System
Witness scheduled: Jo Anne Barnhart nominee
PANEL 1: S 1918: Jerry Jackson chmn, Jena Band
S 2059 - Establish the Weir Farm Natl Historic Site
Note: Following the hearing the committee will vote
of Choctaw
in the state of Conn
on the nomination
PANEL 2: S 1413: Mary Philbrook pres, Aroos-
S 2208 Provide for issuance of a seven-day permit
took Band of Micmacs; Wilfred Sanipass vpres
for the Grand Circle Adventure comprising seven
Aroostook Band of Micmacs; Nan Heald atty,
natl parks in Utah, Colo and Ariz
Pine Legal Services
S 1770 - Assess the suitability and feasibility of
PANAMA & NICARAGUA AID
PANEL 3: S 381: Framon Weaver - chmn, Mowa
including certain Shenandoah Valley Civil War
Hearing & Markup
Band of Choctaw
sites in the natl park system
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The full committee (Chmn Pell, D-RI) will
hold a hearing on the president's request for
REGULATION OF LAWN CHEMICALS
CONGRESSIONAL
aid to Nicaragua and Panama. Immediately
Senate Environment Committee
following the hearing, the committee will
Toxic Substances, Environmental Over-
MONITOR
markup pending legislation.
sight, Research and Development Subcommit-
4pm S-116 Capitol Bldg March 28
tee (Chmn Reid, D-Nev) will hold a hearing on
Agenda:
Managing Editor: Brian Nutting
the regulation of lawn chemicals, focusing on
HEARING:
Senior Editor: Robert Healy
the risks associated with lawn care pesticides
Witness scheduled: Bernard Aronson asst secy of
state for inter-American affs
News Editors: Christine C. Lawrence, Amy
and the way in which lawn care products and
Stern
MARKUP:
services are marketed.
Draft legislation to authorize supplemental appro-
Senior Reporters: Ray Perez, Dinah
9:30am SH-216 Hart Bldg March 28
priations for aid to Nicaragua & Panama
Wisenberg
Witnesses scheduled:
PANEL 1: Peter Guerrero assoc dir for environ-
Draft legislation to authorize housing guarantees
Reporters: Thomas Galvin, Elizabeth A.
for Israel
mental protection issues, GAO
Palmer, Andrew Taylor
PANEL 2: Kevin Ryan poison victim; Sharon
Editorial Assistant: Michael P. Shea
Malhotra - nurse; Thomas Prior - brother of
FAMINE & AFRICA
poison victim
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
PANEL 3: Robert Abrams NY state atty gen
African Affairs Subcommittee (Chmn Si-
Published by Congressional Quarterly Inc.
PANEL 4: Shelia Zahm Div of Cancer Etiology,
mon, D-Ill) will hold a hearing on famine in the
Natl Cancer Inst; Victor Kimm - dpty asst
Chairman: Andrew Barnes
countries of the horn of Africa.
adminr, Ofc of Pesticides & Toxic Substances,
President: Richard R. Edmonds
EPA
2:30pm SD-419 Dirksen Bldg open will close
PANEL 5: Anne Bloom Public Citizen; Jay
March 28
Editor and Publisher: Neil Skene
Feldman - natl coordinator, Natl Coalition
Witnesses scheduled:
Executive Editor: Robert W. Merry
Against the Misuse of Pesticides
PANEL 1: Reps Wolpe, D-Mich & Dorgan, D-ND
PANEL 6: Marc Goldberg vpres for finance &
PANEL 2: Herman Cohen asst secy of state for
corporate development, Safer, Inc; Michael Kelty
African affs; Andrew Natsios - dir, ofc of US
The Congressional Monitor is published
foreign disaster assistance, Agency for Internatl
Monday through Friday when Congress is in ses-
- vpres & dir of research, 0 M Scott & Sons
PANEL 7: Eugene Hester assoc dir for natural
Development
sion and is available only by subscription for
resources, Natl Park Service; William Roberts
PANEL 3: Roger Winter dir, US Cmte of Refu-
$1,120 per year. Each additional copy delivered
chmn, govt relations, Golf Course Superinten-
gees; Gayle Smith The Development Group for
to the same address is $375 per year. This fee
dents Assn; Tom Delaney dir of state govt affs,
Alternative Policies; John Hammock exec dir,
includes hand-delivery in downtown Washington
Professional Lawn Care Assn of America; James
Oxfam America, Boston, Mass; Tom Callahan
or first-class mail beyond the delivery area. To
Wilkinson exec dir, Pesticide Public Policy
AmeriCare, New Canaan, Conn
subscribe, call 887-6279.
Foundation
Subscribers in the Washington, D.C., area
PANEL 8: Jay Vroom - pres, Natl Agricultural
should call our Customer Service Department at
BUSINESS & EASTERN EUROPE
Chemicals Assn; Roger Yeary Chemical Special-
887-8626 on any day they don't receive a Con-
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
gressional Monitor.
ties Manufacturers Assn; Warren Stickle Chemi-
cal Producers & Distributors Assn; Michael
European Affairs Subcommittee (Chmn Bi-
Subscribers also receive access to a Hotline
Gough scientific advisor to the Task Force II on
den, D-Del) will continue hearings on business
question and answer service (202) 887-8515; a 24-
2,4-D Research Data
initiatives in Eastern Europe.
hour tape recording of the day's highlights on
10am SD-430 Dirksen Bldg March 28
Capitol Hill (202) 887-8518; and Congress in
Witnesses scheduled: Eugene McAllister asst
Print - a weekly listing of committee publica-
tions.
INVESTMENT & CAPITAL GAINS
secy of state for economic & business affs;
Senate Finance Committee
Thomas Duesterberg asst secy of commerce for
Copyright 1990, Congressional Quarterly
internatl economic policy; Peter Allgeier asst US
Inc., 1414 22nd Street N.W., Washington, D.C.
The full committee (Chmn Bentsen, D-
Trade Rep, Europe & the Mediterranean; Frank
20037. (202) 887-8500.
Texas) will hold a hearing to examine invest-
Doyle sr vpres, General Electric, Fairfield, Conn
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Senate continued
will mark up legislation on federal crop insur-
10:30am & 2pm H-310 Capitol Bldg March
ance (HR 4360). When the omnibus farm bill
28
PANEL 4: S 1747: Marshall Pritchard - chmn,
(HR 3950) is marked up by the full committee
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
Northern Ponca Restoration Cmte; Fred Leroy
the language of HR 4360 will be inserted in the
10am: Legal Services Corp: Terence Wear - pres;
project coordinator, Northern POonca Tribe;
crop insurance title.
George Wittgrass chmn
Elizabeth Grobsmith Unin of Neb-Lincoln
10am 1300 Longworth Bldg March 28
2pm: Members of Congress; public witnesses (ten-
tative): Reps Gibbons, D-Fla; Dicks, D-Wash;
Sawyer, D-Ohio; John Calhoun - Natl Crime
Prevention Council; Ed Murphy Internatl
EUROPE 1992
1990 FARM BILL MARKUP
Brotherhood of Police Officers; Natl Council of
Senate Small Business Committee
COTTON, RICE & SUGAR
State Legislatures Reps; Erich Pratt US Border
Export Expansion Subcommittee (Chmn
House Agriculture Committee
Control; William Jones Natl Democratic Policy
Mikulski, D-Md) will hold a hearing on the
Cotton, Rice and Sugar Subcommittee
Cmte; David Plavin - Port Authority of NY &
effects on U.S. small businesses of the planned
(Chmn Huckaby, D-La) will mark up the 1990
NJ; Gary Bush - SEARCH Group; Rep Mazzoli,
1992 integration of the European market.
farm bill (HR 3950 - Food and Agricultural
D-Ky; Judge Tom McDonald; Price Foster/Dan
Hall Univ of Louisville; Rep Jones, D-NC; Rep
2:15pm SR-428 Russell Bldg March 28
Resources Act of 1990). HR 3950 will serve as
Davis, D-Mich; Rep Hertel, D-Mich; Natl Legal
Witnesses scheduled: Charles Ludolph - dir, Euro-
a vehicle for the panel's deliberations on re-
Aid and Defender Assn Reps; Natl Assn Of
pean Community Affs, Commerce Dept; Malcolm
authorization of farm programs.
Regulatory Utility Commissioners Reps; James
O'Hagen pres, Valve Manufacturing Assn; Stan-
10am 1302 Longworth Bldg March 28
Cato - Natl Assn of State Universities Land
ley Skalka - pres, Victor Stanley; Santo Grillo
Grant Colleges; Larry Crockett - Natl Assn of
pres, Trax
Managers And Technical Assistance Centers
1990 FARM BILL MARKUP
VETERANS' HEALTH CARE
FORESTRY PROVISIONS
FY91 DEFENSE APPROPS
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
House Agriculture Committee
Forests, Family and Energy Sub-
Defense Approps Subcommittee
The full committee (Chmn Cranston, D-
committee (Chm Sikmer, D-Mo) will mark
The subcommittee (Chmn Murtha, D-Pa)
Calif) will hold a hearing on legislation to
provide for the realignment and major mission
up forestry Asions of the 1990 farm bill
will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropria-
changes of medical facilities of the Veterans
(HR 3950 Orood and Agricultural Resources
tions for programs under its jurisdiction.
Act of 1930). HR 3950 will serve as a vehicle
2pm H-140 Capitol Bldg March 28
Affairs Department (VA).
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
9:30am SR-418 Russell Bldg March 28
for the panel's deliberations on reauthoriza-
1:30pm: Navy & Marine Corps operations & main-
Background: Both S 1398, the Bush admin-
tion of farm programs.
tenance: Rear Adm R M Walsh dir, Operations
istration's proposal, and S 1332, sponsored by
10am 340 Cannon Bldg March 28
Div; Lt Gen William Carson Jr - dpty chief of
Frank H. Murkowski, R-Alaska, would create an
Note: This markup has not been rescheduled.
staff for installation and logistics
3pm: Army operations & maintenance: Brig Gen
independent commission, patterned after the
Josue Robles Jr chief of operations div, Ofc of
base-closing commission, to look at the health
Army Comptroller
care needs of veterans and to examine how well
existing facilities meet these needs. The com-
FY91 AGRICULTURE APPROPS
mission would have about a year to make
Agriculture Approps Subcommittee
FY91 ENERGY AND WATER APPROPS
recommendations to Congress and lawmakers
The subcommittee (Chmn Whitten, D-
Energy Approps Subcommittee
would only be able to approve or reject the
Miss) will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appro-
The subcommittee (Chmn Bevill, D-Ala)
entire proposal. Murkowski's bill would allow
priations for programs under its jurisdiction.
will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropria-
the commission to recommend closing facilities,
1pm 2362 Rayburn Bldg March 28
tions for programs under its jurisdiction.
while the administration bill would not.
Witnesses scheduled: Rep Johnson, D-SD; David
10am & 2pm 2362 Rayburn Bldg March 28
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
Bryant - SD State Univ; John Pope - Natl
Witnesses scheduled: Members of Congress &
S 1398 - Department of Veterans Affairs Health
Council for Agricultural Education; Martin
public witnesses: Rep Natcher, D-Ky; Rep Ben-
Care Quality Assistance and Cost Effectiveness
Massengale Univ of Neb; Darrell Nelson - Univ
nett, D-Fla; Dale Twachtmann - Fla Dept of
Act
of Neb-Lincoln; Rep. Boucher, D-Va; Jim
Environmental Regulation; Rep Gunderson, R-
S 1332 - Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
McComas Univ of Va/Va Tech Univ; Rep Gray,
Wis; Holly Stoerker Upper Mississippi River
Facilities Realignment Act
D-Pa; Fr Nicholas Rashford/John Stanton St
Basin Assn; Rep Carper, D-Del; Gov Michael
Witnesses scheduled: Edward Derwinski secy of
Joseph's Univ; H Stewart VanScoyoc and John
Castle, R-Del; Thomas Donnelly - Natl Water
veterans' affs
Campbell - Coalition EPSCoR States; Walter
Resources Assn; William Jones Natl Demo-
PANEL 1: James Magill - dir, Natl Legis Service,
Bowie - Tuskegee Univ; Howard Silver - Consor-
cratic Policy Cmte; Harvey Bollinger - RedArk
Veterans of Foreign Wars; R Jack Powell - exec
tium of Social Science Associations; Rep AuCoin,
Development Authority; Tom Smith Columbia
dir, Paralyzed Veterans of America; Thomas
D-Ore; Rep Schneider, R-RI; Dean Miller - Univ
Basin Development League; Rep AuCoin, D-Ore;
Sherwood - dir, Health Policy & Planning, Viet-
of RI; Richard Lower - Midwest Water Research
Wilbur Ternyik - Port of Sislaw Commn; Tom
nam Veterans of America; Samuel Walsh dpty
Coalition; Ron Townsend Midwest Plant Bio-
Trulove - Northwest Power Planning Council;
dir, Natl Legis Commn, American Legion; John
technology Consortium; Timothy Shaunty
Robert Woodell - Port of Portland; Clifford
Sommer dir of natl veterans affs & rehabilitation
Texas A & M Univ; John Campbell Okla State
Muller Port of Grays Harbor; David
commn, American Legion
Univ; Rep McClosky, D-Ind; Rep Ropp (III) -
Dombrowski Suburban Hennepin Regional
PANEL 2: William Butler chmn of special medical
Natl Conf of State Legislatures; Dayle William-
Park Dist; Rep Price, N-NC; Steven Gloss Univ
advisory grp, Veterans' Affs Dept; David Korn
son - Neb Natural Resources Commn; Norman
of Wyoming; Rep Visclosky, D-Ind; Rep Bob
Assn of American Medical Colleges
Berg - Soil & Water Conservation Society; Rep
Smith, R-Ore; Rep Wise, D-W Va; Rep Unsoeld,
PANEL 3: Steve Kreisberg - exec dir, Natl Fedn of
Dingell, D-Mich; George LaPointe - Intl Assn of
D-Wash; Rep Emerson, R-Mo; Joseph Marcotte
Fed Employees; Claudette Morrissey - pres, Vet-
Fish & Wildlife Agencies; A Jack Grimes Natl
Transmission Authority of Northern Calif; John
erans' Affs Nurses Org; A Wendell Musser -
Pest Control Assn; Melvin Josephs - American
Rayburn - Westinghouse Electric Corp
former pres, Natl Assn of VA Chiefs of Staff; Paul
Assn of Plant Physiologists; Jack Coley - Assn of
Schafer exec dir, Natl Assn of VA Physicians &
Systematic Collections; Dennis Keeney/John
Dentists
Haberern - Iowa State Univ; Terry Willkomm
Natl Easter Seal Society; Jimmy Blitch - Ga
Agricultural Commodity Commn for Peanuts;
David Yaeck - Interstate Conference on Water
FY91 INTERIOR APPROPS
Policy; Reps Unsoeld, D-Wash; Stallings, D-
Interior Approps Subcommittee
Idaho
The subcommittee (Chmn Yates, D-III)
House Committees
will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropria-
tions for programs under its jurisdiction.
FY91 COMMERCE, STATE,
10am B-308 Rayburn Bldg March 28
1990 FARM BILL MARKUP
JUSTICE APPROPS
Agenda & witnesses scheduled: Inst of American
FED CROP INSURANCE
Commerce Approps Subcommittee
Indian Art; Glen Urquhart - chmn, Natl Capital
House Agriculture Committee
The subcommittee (Chmn Smith, D-Iowa)
Planning Commn; Indian Education: John Mc-
Conservation, Credit and Rural Develop-
will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropria-
Donald . asst secy for elementary & secondary
ment Subcommittee (Chmn English, D-Okla)
tions for programs under its jurisdiction.
education
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House continued
Affs Div, GAO; Colin McMillan - asst secy of
islation (HR 3030) on energy security and
defense for production & logistics; Maj Gen Jack-
economic stability.
FY91 LABOR-HHS APPROPS
son Rozier Jr dir of supply & maintenance, Ofc
11am 2359A Rayburn Bldg March 28
of the Dpty Chief of Staff for Logistics, Army;
Labor-HHS Approps Subcommittee
Witnesses scheduled: Robert Gentile - asst secy of
Rear Adm Robert Moore asst cmdr for inven-
The subcommittee (Chmn Natcher, D-Ky)
energy; Benjamin Yamagata - exec dir, Clean
tory & systems control integrity, Naval Supply
Coal Technology Coalition; Kurt Yeager - vpres,
will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropria-
Systems; Brig Gen Billy Barrett - dir of mainte-
Electric Power Research Institute; Victor
tions for programs under its jurisdiction.
nance & supply, Ofc of the Dpty Chief of Staff
Rezendes dir of energy issues, General Account-
10am & 2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg March 28
for Logistics & Engineering, Air Force; Rear Adm
ing Office; James Markowski senior vpres and
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
JP Davidson - exec dir for supply operations,
chief engineer, American Electric Power Co;
10am: Departmental Mgmt: Kevin Moley - asst
Defense Logistics Agency
Richard Lawson - pres, Natl Coal Assn; Emmett
secy for mgmt & budget
Boyle pres, Ormet and Ravenswood Aluminum
Ofc of Civil Rights: Edward Mercado - dir
Corps; Robert Murray - pres, Ohio Valley Coal
2pm: Eunice Thomas - acting asst secy, Family
DOE DEFENSE PROGRAMS
Co; Wilbur Steger - CONSAD Research Corp;
Support Admin
House Armed Services Committee
Gerald Hawkins - internatl teller, United Mine
Department of Energy Defense Nuclear
Workers of America
Facilities Panel (Chmn Spratt, D-SC) will con-
FY91 MIL CON APPROPS
tinue hearings on the Energy Department de-
Mil Con Approps Subcommittee
fense programs.
THRIFT BAILOUT OVERSIGHT
The subcommittee (Chmn Hefner, D-NC)
9:30am 2118 Rayburn Bldg March 28
House Banking Committee
will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropria-
Witness scheduled: James Watkins - secy of en-
Financial Institutions Supervision, Regula-
tions for programs under its jurisdiction.
ergy
tion and Insurance Subcommittee (Chmn An-
9:30am B-300 Rayburn Bldg March 28
nunzio, D-III) will continue oversight hearings
Agenda & witnesses scheduled: Family housing:
on the Financial Institutions Recovery, Re-
Robert Stone - dpty asst secy of defense for
ACQUISITION CORPS
form and Enforcement Act (PL 101-73). The
installations; Rear Adm David Bottorff - com-
House Armed Services Committee
hearings will include consideration of propos-
mander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command;
Brig Gen Wayne Adams - dir, Facilities & Ser-
Investigations Subcommittee (Chmn Mav-
als to abolish the Office of Thrift Supervision
vices Div, Marine Corps; Maj Gen Peter Offringa
roules, D-Mass) will hold hearings on proposed
(OTS), which was created by the act.
- asst chief of Army engineers; Major Gen Joseph
recommendations to establish a professional
10am 2128 Rayburn Bldg March 28
Ahearn - dir, Air Force Engineering Services
acquisition corps in each of the military
Witnesses scheduled: Phillip Bracken - pres &
services.
CEO, America's Mortgage Company; Robert
10am & 1:30pm 2212 Rayburn Bldg March
Walsh - pres & chief operating officer, Carteret
FY91 HIGHWAY APPROPS
28
Savings Bank, NJ; John Laisle - pres & CEO,
MidFirst Bank, Okla; Michael West - pres &
Transportation Approps Subcommittee
Witnesses scheduled: 10am: Rep Boxer, D-Calif;
The subcommittee (Chmn Lehman, D-Fla)
Paul Math - dir, Research, Development, Acqui-
CEO, First Natl Bank Of San Diego; Albert
will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropria-
sition & Procurement, Natl Security & Internatl
Finch - chmn of the bd, Suncoast Savings, Fla;
Richard Klapheke chief financial officer, Great
tions for programs of the Federal Highway
Affs Div, US Gen Accounting Offc; Everett Pyatt
Financial Federal; William Ferguson - chmn &
- former asst secy of the Navy
Administration.
CEO, Ferguson & Company; Charles Jacobs -
1:30pm: John Betti - under secy of defense for
10am & 2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg March 28
acquisition; Stephen Conver - asst secy of the
Oliver, Wyman & Co; Warren Lasko exec vpres,
Witness scheduled: Thomas Larson - adminr, Fed
Mortgage Bankers Assn; Dale Riordan - exec
Army: Gerald Cann - asst secy of the Navy;
Highway Admin
Daniel Rak dpty asst secy of the Air Force; Maj
vpres, Fed Natl Mortgage Assn (Fannie Mae)
Gen Charles Henry - dpty dir, Defense Logistics
Agency; Maj Gen Lynn Stevens commandant,
FY91 TREASURY-POSTAL APPROPS
Defense Systems Mangement College
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Treasury Approps Subcommittee
ASSOCIATION
The subcommittee (Chmn Roybal, D-Calif)
House Banking Committee
will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropria-
FY91 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION:
International Development, Finance,
tions for programs under its jurisdiction.
CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS
Trade and Monetary Policy Subcommittee
10am H-164 Capitol Bldg March 28
House Armed Services Committee
(Chmn Fauntroy, D-DC) will hold a hearing on
Witnesses scheduled: Roger Porter - asst to the
Procurement and Military Nuclear Sys-
replenishing the International Development
president for economic and domestic policy, Ofc
tems Subcommittee (Chmn Aspin, D-Wis) and
Association (IDA), which is used by the World
of Policy Development; David Alexander, dir of
Research and Development Subcommittee
Bank to provide subsidized development
admin, Ofc of Policy Development; G Phillip
(Chmn Dellums, D-Calif) will continue hear-
loans.
Hughes - exec secy, Natl Security Council;
D Allen Bromely - chmn (designee) Natl Critical
ings on the fiscal 1991 national defense au-
10am 2220 Rayburn Bldg March 28
Materials Council
thorization request, focusing on classified
Witnesses scheduled: Charles Dallara asst secy.
programs.
of Treasury; John Sewell - pres, Overseas Devel-
9:30 S-407 Capitol Bldg closed March 28
opment Council; Nancy Alexander legislative
secy; Friends Cmte on Natl Legislation; Lori
FY91 FEMA APPROPS
2pm H-405 Capitol Bldg closed March 28
Udall staff atty, Environmental Defense Fund
VA HUD Approps Subcommittee
Witness scheduled: Donald Yockey - principal
The subcommittee (Chmn Traxler, D-
dpty under secy of defense for acquisition
Mich) will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appro-
OLDER WORKERS'
priations for the Federal Emergency Manage-
ZERO INFLATION
PROTECTION MARKUP
ment Agency (FEMA).
House Banking Committee
House Education and Labor Committee
under its jurisdiction.
Domestic Monetary Policy Subcommittee
The full committee (Chmn Hawkins, D-
10am & 2pm H-143 Capitol Bldg March 28
Witness scheduled: Robert Morris - acting dir,
(Chmn Neal, D-NC) will hold a hearing on
Calif) will mark up pending legislation.
FEMA
legislation (H J Res 409) leading to, and then
10am 2175 Rayburn Bldg March 28
Agenda:
maintaining, zero inflation.
HR 3200 - Clarify the protections given to older
10am 2222 Rayburn Bldg March 28
individuals in regard to employee benefit plans
FY91 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION:
Witnesses scheduled: Clopper Almon - Univ of
HR 4073 - Permit parties engaged in collective
READINESS
Md; Michael Keran chief economist, Prudential
bargaining to bargain over the establishment and
Insurance; Donald Straszheim chief economist,
House Armed Services Committee
administration of trust funds to provide financial
Merril Lynch
Readiness Subcommittee (Chmn Hutto, D-
assistance for employee housing
Fla) will continue hearings on the fiscal 1991
national defense authorization request.
CLEAN-AIR LEGISLATION
CLEAN AIR MARKUP
9:30am 2216 Rayburn Bldg March 28
House Banking Committee
Agenda & witnesses scheduled: Defense Depart-
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Economic Stabilization Subcommittee
ment inventory management practices:
The full committee (Chmn Dingell, D-
Frank Conahan - dir, Natl Security & Internatl
(Chmn Oakar, D-Ohio) will hold a hearing to
Mich) will continue to mark up legislation
examine the impact of proposed clean-air leg-
(HR 3030 - Clean Air Act Amendments of
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House continued
pact entered into between Ill and Iowa
ENERGY DEPT AUTHORIZATION
HR 743 - Establish a framework for the conduct of
House Science Committee
negotiated rulemaking by fed agencies
1989) to amend the Clean Air Act to provide
HR 2372 - Provide jurisdiction and procedures for
Natural Resources, Agriculture Research
for the attainment and maintenance of the
claims for compassionate payments for injuries
and Environment Subcommittee (Chmn
national ambient air quality standards, the
due to exposure to radiation from nuclear testing
Scheuer, D-NY) will hold a hearing on the
control of toxic air pollutants, the prevention
HR 3446 Amend US Code to provide for a Shock
fiscal 1991 authorization for the Energy De-
of acid deposition, and other improvements in
Incarceration Program
partment environment, safety and health pro-
the quality of the nation's air.
Private Claims Bills
grams and biological and environmental
10am 2123 Rayburn Bldg March 28
research.
1:30pm 2318 Rayburn Bldg March 28
IMMIGRATION REVISION MARKUP
Witnesses scheduled: Kristine Gebbie - chmn,
FOREIGN AID MARKUP
House Judiciary Committee
Secretarial Panel for the Evaluation of Epide-
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Immigration, Refugees and International
miological Research Activites; Peter Brush act-
The full committee (Chmn Fascell, D-Fla)
Law Subcommittee (Chmn Morrison, D-Conn)
ing asst secy, Ofc of Environment, Safety &
will mark up pending legislation.
will mark up legislation (HR 4300) to revise
Health, DOE; James Decker - acting dir, Ofc of
Energy Research, DOE
10am & 1:30pm 2172 Rayburn Bldg March
the system for admitting immigrants to the
United States.
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Agenda:
1pm 2237 Rayburn Bldg March 28
TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE
Draft legislation to authorize aid for Panama,
MARKUP
Nicaragua and other countries
House Science Committee
Fiscal 1991 foreign affairs authorization
MERCHANT MARINE MARKUP
Transportation, Aviation and Materials
House Merchant Marine Committee
Subcommittee (Chmn Torricelli, D-NC) will
Merchant Marine Subcommittee (Chmn
STATE DEPT AUTHORIZATION
mark up pending legislation.
Jones, D-NC) will meet to consider pending
1:30pm 2325 Rayburn Bldg March 28
House Foreign Affairs Committee
business.
International Operations Subcommittee
10am 1334 Longworth Bldg March 28
Background: The subcommittee will mark
(Chmn Dymally, D-Calif) will hold hearings on
Agenda:
up three bills, including portions of the fiscal
the fiscal 1991 authorization request for the
HR 4009 - Fed Maritime Commn FY91
1991 authorization (HR 4196) for NASA that
State Department.
authorizatio
are under the subcommittee's jurisdiction.
HR 4276 Vessel documentation waivers
3pm 2200 Rayburn Bldg March 28
The panel will consider the administration's
HR 44 - Merchant Mariners Fairness and Memo-
Witness scheduled: Ivan Selin - under secy of
$509 million request for aeronautical research
rial Act
state for mgmt
and technology programs and the $116 million
HR 668 Merchant Mariner Memorial Act
request for research on the National Aero-
HR 3468 to expand the Stewart McKinney Natl
Wildlife Refuge
space Plane program. No controversial amend-
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
HR 2571 to designate of certain national wildlife
ments are expected, said a subcommittee aide.
House Intelligence Committee
refuge lands as wilderness in Arizona
The subcommittee will also take up legislation
Program and Budget Authority Sub-
HR 4283 - Panama Canal Commn FY91 authoriza-
(HR 2793) to boost research on the use of
committee (Chmn Beilenson, D-Calif) will
tion
hydrogen as a fuel source.
continue hearings on the fiscal 1991 intelli-
Agenda:
gence budget.
HR 2793 To establish a hydrogen research and
9am H-405 Capitol Bldg closed March 28
FEDERAL PAY COMPARABILITY
development program
House Post Office Committee
HR 3555 - Authorizing research, development, and
Compensation and Employee Benefits
implementation of a management plan to im-
Subcommittee (Chmn Ackerman, D-NY) will
prove communications with respect to aircraft
INTERIOR COMMITTEE BUSINESS
continue hearings on legislation (HR 3979) to
accident prevention
House Interior Affairs Committee
HR 4196 FY91 National Aeronautics & Space
The full committee (Chmn Udall, D-Ariz)
provide for greater flexibility in the proce-
Administration aeronautics authorization
will meet to consider pending business.
dures by which rates of pay for federal em-
9:45am 1324 Longworth Bldg March 28
ployees are adjusted in order to contribute to
Agenda:
the effectiveness of the government's recruit-
HR 1576 - to modify the boundary of the Cran-
ment and retention efforts.
berry Wilderness
1:30pm 311 Cannon Bldg March 28
HR 3209 to modify the boundaries of the Indiana
Witnesses scheduled:
ETHICS BUSINESS
Dunes National Lakeshore
PANEL: Victor Palmer rep, Fed Administrative
House Standards of
HR 3248 to revise the boundary of Gettysburg
Law Judges Conf; Bruce Birchman rep, Forum
Official Conduct Committee
National Military Park
of US Administrative Law Judges; Melford
The full committee (Chmn Dixon, D-Calif)
HR 3545 to make certain changes relating to the
Cleveland - pres, Assn of Administrative Law
will meet to consider pending business.
C & 0 Canal National Historical Park
Judges
HR 3811 - to recognize the centennials of national
PANEL: Larry Langberg - pres, Fed Bureau of
1:30pm HT-2M Capitol Bldg closed March
parks and monuments
Investigation Agents Assn; Earl Cronin - pres,
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Police Assn of the District of Columbia; John
Pitta " rep, Fed Law Enforcement Officers Assn
JUDICIARY CMTE MARKUP
House Judiciary Committee
The full committee (Chmn Brooks, D-
RULES FOR FLOOR DEBATE
VA HOME CARE PROGRAM
Texas) will mark up pending legislation.
House Rules Committee
House Veterans' Affairs Committee
10am 2141 Rayburn Bldg March 28
The full committee (Chmn Moakley, D-
Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee
Agenda:
Mass) will meet to consider rules for floor
(Chmn Evans, D-III) will hold a hearing on the
HR 1620 Amend provisions of U.S. Code relating
debate for pending legislation.
community nursing home care program of the
to judicial discipline and establish a commn to
11:30am H-313 Capitol Bldg March 28
Veterans Affairs Department.
study the problems and issues involved in the
HR 3 Child Development and Education Act
9am 334 Cannon Bldg March 28
appointment and tenure, including discipline
HR- - Supplemental approps for aid to Panama
Witnesses scheduled:
and removal, of article III judges
and Nicaragua
PANEL 1: Renald Morani - acting inspector gen,
HR 3406 - Amend US Code to provide for fed
Veterans Affs Dept; Daniel Winship assoc dpty
jurisdiction of certain multiparty, multiforum
chief medical dir, Veterans Affs Dept
civil actions
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPERCOLLIDER
PANEL 2: Robert Manhan - special asst, Natl
HR 2690 Amend US Code to provide certain
House Science Committee
Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars;
rights of attribution and integrity to authors of
The full committee (Chmn Roe, D-NJ) will
Philip Wilkerson asst dir, Natl Veterans Affs &
works of visual art
mark up draft legislation on the
Rehabilitation, The American Legion
S 1485 - Grant the consent of Congress to the Quad
Superconducting Supercollider.
PANEL 3: Joseph Schmitt . vpres, operations,
Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority com-
10am 2318 Rayburn Bldg March 28
southeast div, Manor Care, Inc
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News Events Today
WAYS & MEANS MARKUP
House Ways and Means Committee
from Reuters
The full committee (Chmn Rostenkowski,
D-III) will mark up pending legislation.
CLEAN AIR
pension plan assets to be held in trust by a joint
10:30am 1100 Longworth Bldg March 28
National Association of Manufacturers will
board of trustees that would include employee
HR 3469 - Prevent newly established fed agencies
from increasing the natl debt through unau-
sponsor an issues briefing breakfast on issues
representatives.
thorized borrowing
relating to clean-air legislation now in Con-
8am to 10am, The Business Roundtable,
gress. The speaker will be Sen Nickles, R-Okla.
1615 L St NW, Suite 1350 March 28
HR 1154 - Assault Weapon Importation Control
8am to 9:30pm Capital Hilton Hotel March
Contact: Martha Hamby at 828-7121
Act
28
Participants: Reps Visclosky, D-Ind, and
Roukema, R-NJ
Contact: 637-3115
Jon Breyfogle - Labor Dept; Janice Gregory -
Note: There is a charge for this event of $30 for
ERISA Industry Cmte; Meredith Miller - AFL-
members and $40 for non-members. For reserva-
CIO
tions and information call 637-3115.
Note: There is a charge for this event of $15 for
members and $25 for non-members. For reserva-
tions send a check, made payable to WGR, to:
PENSION PLAN CHANGES
Ana Ossi Rasmussen
Industrial Relations Task Force of Women
American Insurance Assn
in Government Relations will sponsor a break-
1130 Connecticut Ave NW
fast panel discussion on the Visclosky amend-
Suite 1000
ment, which would require all single-employer
Washington, DC 20036
1990 Congressional Schedule
Congressional recesses are in boldface type
SENATE
HOUSE
April 9-17
Senate not in session
April 6-17
District Work Period
April 10
Passover
April 10
Passover
April 13
Good Friday
April 13
Good Friday
April 15
Easter Sunday
April 15
Easter Sunday
April 15
Complete FY91 budget resolution
April 18
Senate reconvenes
April 18
House reconvenes
May 15
Begin floor consideration of approps
May 25-June 4
Senate not in session
May 25-June 4
District Work Period
May 28
Memorial Day
May 28
Memorial Day
June 5
Senate reconvenes
June 5
House reconvenes
June 10
Appropriations reports last bill
June 15
House completes reconciliation
July 2-9
Senate not in session
July 2-9
District Work Period
July 4
Independence Day
July 4
Independence Day
July 10
Senate reconvenes
July 10
House reconvenes
July 15
President's
mid-season
budget
report
August 6-Sept. 4
Senate not in session
August 6-Sept. 4
District Work Period
August 15
Initial CBO 'snapshot'
August 20
Initial CBO report
August 25
Initial OMB report
September 3
Labor Day
September 3
Labor Day
September 20
Rosh Hashana
September 20
Rosh Hashana
September 29
Yom Kippur
September 29
Yom Kippur
October 1
FY91 begins
October 5
ADJOURNMENT TARGET
October 5
ADJOURNMENT TARGET
October 8
Columbus Day
October 8
Columbus Day
October 10
Final CBO report
October 15
Final OMB report
November 6
Election Day
November 6
Election Day
November 22
Thanksgiving Day
November 22
Thanksgiving Day
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Senate Committees Future Listings
Agriculture,
FY91 AGRICULTURE APPROPS
Appropriations Committee will hold hearings
Subcommittee Hearings
fiscal 1991 appropriations for programs under
Nutrition &
Rural Development, Agriculture and Re-
its jurisdiction.
lated Agencies Subcommittee (Chmn Burdick,
10am SD-138 Dirksen Bldg March 28
Forestry
D-ND) of Senate Appropriations Committee
10am SH-216 Hart Bldg March 29
will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropria-
2pm SD-192 Dirksen Bldg March 29
224-2035
tions for programs under its jurisdiction.
10am & 2pm SD-192 Dirksen Bldg April 4
10am SD-138 Dirksen Bldg March 30, April
1990 FARM BILL
4
Subcommittee Hearings
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
FY91 FOREIGN OPS APPROPS
Agricultural Research and General Legisla-
March 30: Farmers Home Admin; Fed Crop Insur-
Subcommittee Hearings
ance Corp; Rural Electrification Admin
tion Subcommittee (Chmn Daschle, D-SD) of
Foreign Operations Subcommittee (Chmn
April 4: Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Leahy, D-Vt) of Senate Appropriations Com-
Service; Foreign Agricultural Service; Gen Sales
Committee will continue hearings in prepara-
Mgr; Soil Conservation Service
mittee will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appro-
tion for drafting the 1990 farm bill.
priations for programs under its jurisdiction.
3pm SR-332 Russell Bldg March 28
Note: This schedule is tentative
9:30am SR-332 Russell Bldg March 29
FY91 COMMERCE, JUSTICE,
2:30pm SD-192 Dirksen Bldg April 3
Witnesses and Agenda:
STATE APPROPS
2pm SD-138 Dirksen Bldg April 19
March 28: Noxious weeds
Subcommittee Hearings
2:30pm SD-138 Dirksen Bldg April 24, May
PANEL: James Glosser dir, Animal & Plant
Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary
1, 8, 15 & 22, June 5 & 12
Health & Inspection Service; Howard Singletary
- dir, Plant Industry Div, NC Dept of Agricul-
and Related Agencies Subcommittee (Chmn
9am & 2:30pm Room TBA June 19
Agenda & witnesses:
ture; Don Schmitz - Fla Dept of Natural Re-
Hollings, D-SC) of Senate Appropriations
April 3: US bilateral assistance: Mark Edelman
sources
Committee will hold hearings on fiscal 1991
adminr, State Dept
PANEL: Susan Cooper Natl Coalition Against
appropriations for programs under its
April 19: Multilateral development banks
the Misuse of Pesticides; Jay Vroom Natl Agri-
jurisdiction.
April 24: Global refugee crisis: Jewel Lafontant
Chemical Assn; Faith Campbell Natl Resource
10am S-146 Capitol Bldg March 29 April
asst secy of state; Princeton Lyman - asst secy of
Defense Council; Reeves Petroff - weed control
19, 25 & 26, May 1 & 2
state for refugee programs; outside witnesses
supervisor
Agenda:
May 1: Eastern Europe: Lawrence Eagleburger -
March 29: Research
March 29: Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin;
asst secy of state
PANEL: Harry Mussman dpty asst secy of agri-
Natl Inst of Standards & Technology
May 8: US military assistance in the 1990s: Regi-
culture
April 19: Small Business Admin; Legal Services
nald Bartholomew under secy of state; Gen
PANEL: Jim Davidson - dir, Fla Experiment Sta-
Corp
Charles Brown dir, Defense Security Assistance
tion, Univ of Fla; Ken Cook - Ctr for Resource
April 25: Atty gen
May 15: Population explosion: reps of AID; out-
Economics
April 26: Secy of state
side witnesses
PANEL: Donald Uchtmann - dir, III Extension
May 1: Supreme Court; fed judiciary; Fed Trade
May 22: The US & the global environment: reps of
Service, Univ of Ill; Fred Kirschenmann - farmer
Commn
AID; outside witnesses
May 2: FBI; Drug Enforcement Admin
June 5: TBA
June 12: Managing US foreign aid: reps of AID;
1990 FARM BILL
Gen Charles Brown - dir, Defense Security Assis-
Subcommittee Hearing
tance
FY91 DEFENSE APPROPS
June 19: Outside witnesses
Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee
Subcommittee Hearings
(Chmn Fowler, D-Ga) of Senate Agriculture,
Defense Subcommittee (Chmn Inouye, D-
Nutrition and Forestry Committee will con-
Hawaii) of Senate Appropriations Committee
FY91 INTERIOR APPROPS
tinue hearings in preparation for drafting the
will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropria-
Subcommittee Hearings
1990 farm bill.
tions for programs under its jurisdiction.
Interior Subcommittee (Chmn Byrd, D-
2pm SR-332 Russell Bldg March 29
10am SD-192 Dirksen Bldg March 29, April
WVa) of Senate Appropriations Committee
3,5,24
will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropria-
10am S-407 Capitol Bldg closed April 26
tions for programs under its jurisdiction.
10am SD-192 Dirksen Bldg May 1
10am S-128 Capitol Bldg April 2
BARLEY DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS
9am S-407 Capitol Bldg closed May 3
2pm S-128 Capitol Bldg April 18
Agricultural Production and Stabilization
10am SD-192 Dirksen Bldg May 8, 10 & 15
2pm SD-192 Dirksen Bldg April 23
of Prices Subcommittee (Chmn Pryor, D-Ark)
9am S-407 Capitol Bldg May 17
2pm S-128 Capitol Bldg April 30
of Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
9am S-407 Capitol Bldg closed May 22
10am S-128 Capitol Bldg May 3, 7 & 14
Committee will hold a hearing on problems
9am SD-192 Dirksen Bldg May 24, June 5
Agenda:
with government deficiency payments to bar-
Agenda:
April 2: Bureau of Land Management
ley farmers.
March 29: Army budget: Michael Stone - secy of
April 18: Natl Gallery of Art; Natl Park Service
10am SR-332 Russell Bldg April 2
the Army; Carl Vuono - Army chief of staff
April 23: Forest Service
April 3: Air Force budget
April 30: Energy Dept: fossil energy, clean coal
April 5: Navy/Marines budget
technology
April 24: Guard & reserve
May 3: Natl Endowment for the Arts; Natl En-
April 26: Intelligence programs
dowment for the Humanities; Bureau of Mines
May 1: TBA
May 7: Minerals Mgmt Service; Ofc of Surface
May 3: Strategic programs
Mining May 14: Interior secy; energy secy; agri-
Appropriations
May 8: Tactical airpower
culture secy (tentative); congressional witnesses
May 10: Land warfare
224-3471
May 15: Seapower
May 17: Space
FY91 LABOR-HHS APPROPS
May 22: Classified programs
FY91 APPROPS
May 24: Outside witnesses
Subcommittee Hearings
Full Committee Hearings
June 5: Defense secy
Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu-
Senate Appropriations Committee (Chmn
cation and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Byrd, D-WVa) will hold hearings on fiscal
(Chmn Harkin, D-Iowa) of Senate Appropria-
1991 appropriations.
FY91 ENERGY AND WATER APPROPS
tions Committee will hold hearings on fiscal
Time & room TBA Date TBA
Subcommittee Hearings
1991 appropriations for programs under its
Witnesses scheduled: Richard Darman - dir,
Energy and Water Development Sub-
jurisdiction.
OMB; Robert Reischauer dir, CBO
committee (Chmn Johnston, D-La) of Senate
9am SD-192 Dirksen Bldg March 28
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Appropriations Committee will hold hearings
HUD INVESTIGATION
on fiscal 1991 appropriations for programs
Special Investigation Subcommittee
10am S-128 Capitol Bldg March 28
under its jurisdiction.
(Chmn Graham, D-Fla) of Senate Banking,
9:30am SD-116 Dirksen Bldg March 29
11am S-126 Capitol Bldg March 29
Housing and Urban Affairs Committee will
Agenda & witnesses scheduled
2pm SD-192 Dirksen Bldg April 5
continue hearings on abuses in several pro-
March 28 & 29: public witnesses
10am SD-138 Dirksen Bldg April 18
grams of the Department of Housing and
9:30am S-126 Capitol Bldg April 26
Urban Development.
10:30am SD-116 Dirksen Bldg May 3
9am SD-538 Dirksen Bldg March 30
FY91 LEGISLATIVE APPROPS
10am SD-138 Dirksen Bldg May 4
Agenda:
Subcommittee Hearings
10am S-126 Capitol Bldg May 10
March 30: HUD's internal controls
Legislative Branch Subcommittee (Chmn
11am SD-138 Dirksen Bldg May 15, 16 &
Reid, D-Nev) of Senate Appropriations Com-
17
mittee will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appro-
Agenda:
priations for programs under its jurisdiction.
March 29: Natl Science Foundation
Commerce,
10am SD-116 Dirksen Bldg March 30
April 5: Fed Emergency Mgmt Agency
10:30 SD-116 Dirksen Bldg April 6
April 18: HUD
Science &
April 26: NASA
Agenda:
May 3: Council on Environmental Quality; Science
March 30: Library of Congress; Ofc of Technology
Adviser; Space Council
Assessment
Transportation
May 4: Resolution Trust Corp
April 6: Govt Printing Ofc; Gen Accounting Ofc
May 10: Veterans Administration
224-5115
May 15, 16 & 17: Public witnesses
CABLE TV REREGULATION
FY91 MIL CON APPROPS
Communications Subcommittee (Chmn In-
Subcommittee Hearing
ouye, D-Hawaii) of Senate Commerce, Science
Military Construction Subcommittee
Armed Services
and Transportation Committee will hold hear-
(Chmn Sasser, D-Tenn) of Senate Appropria-
ings on legislation (S 1880) to require that
tions Committee will hold a hearing on fiscal
224-3871
cable television systems care local program-
1991 appropriations for programs under its
ming, including news, and to restore the right
jurisdiction.
DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY
of local authorities to regulate cable television
10:30am SD-192 Dirksen Bldg April 2
Defense Industry and Technology Sub-
rates.
committee (Chmn Bingaman, D-NM) of Sen-
2pm SR-253 Russell Bldg March 29
ate Armed Services Committee will hold hear-
9am SR-253 Russell Bldg April 4
FY91 TRANSPORTATION APPROPS
ings on the defense authorization request for
Subcommittee Hearings
fiscal 1991 (S 2171), focusing on defense tech-
Transportation and Related Agencies Sub-
nology strategy.
EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION
committee (Chmn Lautenberg, D-NJ) of Sen-
9:30am SR-222 Russell Bldg March 28
Science, Technology and Space Sub-
ate Appropriations Committee will hold hear-
2pm SR-222 Russell Bldg April 2
committee (Chmn Gore, D-Tenn) of Senate
ings on fiscal 1991 appropriations for
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
March 28: See "Committee Meetings Scheduled
Commerce, Science and Transportation Com-
programs under its jurisdiction.
mittee will hold a hearing on reauthorizing the
10am SD-138 Dirksen Bldg March 29,
Today" section for witnesses
April 5, 19, 24 & 26, May 3 & 10
April 2: Defense manufacturing technology and
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
quality assurance prgms
Program.
March 29. Urban Mass Transportation Admin;
PANEL 1: Richard Donnelly asst dpty under secy
9:30am SR-253 Bldg March 29
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Author-
of defense for manufacuting & industrial prgms;
ity
Willis Willoughby - dir for product integrity,
April 5: Natl Highway Traffic Safety Admin; Re-
Navy
MISSION TO PLANET EARTH
search & Special Programs Admin
PANEL 2: Laurie Broedling - dpty under secy of
April 19: Fed Railroad Admin; Amtrak
defense for total quality mgmt; Robert Costello
Science, Technology and Space Sub-
Sr fellow, Hudson Inst
committee (Chmn Gore, D-Tenn) of Senate
April 24: Natl Transportation Safety Bd; Fed
Commerce, Science and Transportation Com-
Highway Admin
mittee will hold a hearing on NASA's Mission
April 26: Gen Accounting Ofc
May 3: Coast Guard
to Planet Earth program.
May 10: Fed Aviation Admin
2pm SR-253 Russell Bldg April 3
Banking, Housing
FY91 TREASURY-POSTAL APPROPS
& Urban Affairs
Subcommittee Hearings
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Treasury-Postal Service and General Gov-
224-7391
Consumer Subcommittee (Chmn Bryan, D-
ernment Subcommittee (Chmn DeConcini, D-
Nev) of Senate Commerce, Science and Trans-
Ariz) of Senate Appropriations Committee will
HOUSING PROPOSAL
portation Committee will hold a hearing on
hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropriations for
Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee
the potential effect on industry competitive-
programs under its jurisdiction.
(Chmn Cranston, D-Calif) of Senate Banking,
ness and insurance of proposed legislation to
10am SD-116 Dirksen Bldg March 28, April
Housing and Urban Affairs Committee will
provide for a uniform product liability law (S
5, 19 & 25
hold a hearing on the administration's
1400).
Agenda & witnesses scheduled (tentative):
Homeownership and Opportunity for People
9:30am SR-253 Russell Bldg April 5
March 28:
Everywhere (HOPE) housing proposal (S
Bureau of the Public Debt: Richard Gregg
2304).
commnr; Jerold Speers exec dir, Savings Bond
9:30am SD-562 March 29
Div; David Nummy dpty asst secy for depart-
mental finance & mgmt
TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
Ofc of Personnel Mgmt: Constance Newman dir
MANUFACTURING DEREGULATION
April 5: US Postal Service; Natl Archives
Communications Subcommittee (Chmn In-
April 19: Ofc of Mgmt & Budget; Executive Ofc of
SEC & CFTC JURISDICTION
ouye, D-Hawaii) of Senate Commerce, Science
the Pres
Securities Subcommittee (Chmn Dodd, D-
and Transportation Committee will hold a
April 25: Gen Services Admin
Conn) of Senate Banking, Housing and Urban
hearing on legislation (S 1981) to permit the
Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the
Bell Telephone Companies to conduct re-
FY91 VA, HUD APPROPS
jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange
search on, design, and manufacture telecom-
Subcommittee Hearings
Commission and the Commodity Futures
munications equipment.
VA, HUD & Independent Agencies Sub-
Trading Commission
2pm SR-253 Russell Bldg April 25
committee (Chmn Mikulski, D-Md) of Senate
10am SD-538 Dirksen Bldg March 29
9:30am SR-253 Russell Bldg May 9
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Senate continued
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act and
the National Historic Preservation Act to es-
Foreign Relations
SEMICONDUCTORS AND U.S.
tablish the American Heritage Trust to en-
224-4651
ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
hance the protection of the nation's natural,
Science, Technology and Space Sub-
historical, cultural and outdoor recreational
U.N. ZIONISM RESOLUTION
committee (Chmn Gore, D-Tenn) of Senate
heritage.
Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Sub-
Commerce, Science and Transportation Com-
2pm SD-366 Dirksen Bldg April 25
committee (Chmn Moynihan, D-NY) of Sen-
mittee will hold a hearing on semiconductors
ate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a
and the future of the U.S. electronics industry.
hearing on legislation (S J Res 246) requesting
9:30am SR-253 Russell Bldg May 17
URANIUM ENRICHMENT
that the United Nations repeal General As-
Energy Research and Development Sub-
sembly Resolution 3379, which equates Zion-
committee (Chmn Ford, D-Ky) of Senate En-
ism with racism.
ergy and Natural Resources Committee will
10am SD-419 Dirksen Bldg March 30
Energy & Natural
hold a hearing on the Energy Department's
Witness scheduled: John Bolton - asst secy of
uranium enrichment program.
state for internatl orgs
Resources
9:30am SD-366 Dirksen Bldg May 1
224-4971
NATURAL GAS PROMOTION
Governmental
HYDROGEN RESEARCH
Energy Research and Development Sub-
Energy Research and Development Sub-
committee (Chmn Ford, D-Ky) of Senate En-
Affairs
committee (Chmn Ford, D-Ky) of Senate En-
ergy and Natural Resources Committee will
ergy and Natural Resources Committee will
hold a hearing on legislation (S 1848 Natural
224-4751
hold a hearing on legislation (S 639) to estab-
Gas Co-firing Promotion Act) to establish a
lish a hydrogen research and development
research and demonstration program to pro-
GOVT AFFAIRS CMTE MARKUP
program on the uses of hydrogen as a trans-
mote co-firing of natural gas and coal in cer-
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
portation fuel and energy source.
tain boilers and to provide federal funding to
(Chmn Glenn, D-Ohio) will mark up pending
9:30am SD-366 Dirksen Bldg March 30
carry out the program.
legislation.
2:15pm SD-366 Dirksen Bldg May 8
10am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg March 29
Agenda:
S 1742 - Further the goals of the Paperwork
WASTE ISOLATION PLANT
Reduction Act and provide for comprehensive
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
information resources management of federal de-
Committee (Chmn Johnston, D-La) will hold
partments and agencies
hearings on the Energy Department's plan for
Finance
S 444 - Amend Federal Advisory Committee Act
the opening of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
in Carlsbad, N.M. The plant will dispose of
224-4515
radioactive waste from Energy Department
HEALTH STATISTICS
atomic weapons plants.
CORPORATE TAX SHORTFALL
Government Information and Regulation
9:30am SD-366 Dirksen Bldg April 3
Senate Finance Committee (Chmn Bent-
Subcommittee (Chmn Bingaman, D-NM) of
2pm SD-366 Dirksen Bldg April 26
sen, D-Texas) will hold a hearing on the less-
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee will
than-expected amount of revenue realized
hold a hearing on the quality of U.S. health
from the corporate income tax. One of the
statistics.
GLOBAL WARMING
goals of the 1986 tax revision was to shift some
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg April 6
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
of the tax burden from individuals to corpora-
Committee (Chmn Johnston, D-La) will hold a
tions, but that has not happened. The hearing
hearing on a substitute amendment to legisla-
will explore possible explanations for the
EFFICIENT ACQUISITION
tion (S 324) to establish a national energy
shortfall.
Oversight of Government Management
policy to reduce global warming
10am SD-215 Dirksen Bldg March 29
Subcommittee (Chmn Levin, D-Mich) of Sen-
9:30am SD-366 Dirksen Bldg April 5
ate Governmental Affairs Committee will hold
a hearing on legislation (S 1957) to provide for
the efficient and cost-effective acquisition of
ARIZONA LANDS BILLS
SAFETY OF PENSIONS
items for federal agencies.
Public Lands, National Parks and Forests
Senate Finance Committee (Chmn Bent-
2pm SD-342 Dirksen Bldg April 26
Subcommittee (Chmn Bumpers, D-Ark) of
sen, D-Texas) will hold a hearing on Pension
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Com-
Benefit Guaranty Corporation insurance of
mittee will hold a hearing on legislation (S
retirement annuities provided by insurance
2117, HR 2570) to designate certain lands in
companies. Some pension plans do not pay
COMMERCE DEPT REORGANIZATION
Arizona as wilderness.
benefits directly to retirees; rather, the plan
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
2pm SD-366 Dirksen Bldg April 5
buys an annuity from an insurance company
(Chmn Glenn, D-Ohio) will hold a hearing on
and benefits are paid by the annuity. The
legislation (S 1978) to reorganize the Com-
hearing will focus on whether such annuities
merce Department into an Industry and Tech-
SUPERCONDUCTING
have the same protection under the Employee
nology Department.
SUPERCOLLIDER
Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) as
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg May 17
Energy Research and Development Sub-
pension benefits paid directly by a pension
committee (Chmn Ford, D-Ky) of Senate En-
fund.
ergy and Natural Resources Committee will
10am SD-215 Dirksen Bldg April 5
hold a hearing on the Energy Department's
Indian Affairs
superconducting supercollider program.
10am SD-366 Dirksen Bldg April 24
224-2251
TAXPAYER RIGHTS
Private Retirement Plans and Oversight of
INDIAN FORESTRY
AMERICAN HERITAGE TRUST
the Internal Revenue Service (Chmn Pryor, D-
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
Public Lands, National Parks and Forests
Ark) of Senate Finance Committee will hold a
(Chmn Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hearing
Subcommittee (Chmn Bumpers, D-Ark) of
hearing to review the implementation of the
on legislation (S 1289) to improve the manage-
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Com-
Taxpayer's Bill of Rights by the Internal Rev-
ment of forests and woodlands and the pro-
mittee will hold a hearing on legislation (S 370
enue Service.
duction of forest resources on Indian lands.
American Heritage Trust Act) to amend the
9:30am SD-215 Dirksen Bldg April 6
9:30am SR-485 Russell Bldg April 19
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Senate continued
S 2075 - Improve the capability of Indian tribal
and Human Resources Committee will hold a
governments to regulate environmental quality
hearing on the reauthorization of the National
FEDERAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
S 1934 Provide for the payment of fees for certain
Endowment for the Arts.
PROCESS
services provided to Indian housing
10am SD-430 Dirksen Bldg March 29
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
(Chmn Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hearing
on legislation (S 611 & S 912) to establish
CHILDREN'S PROTECTION/
LOW-INCOME
administrative procedures to determine the
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
ENERGY ASSISTANCE
status of certain Indian groups.
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
(Chmn Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hearing
Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism
2pm SR-485 Russell Bldg April 23
Subcommittee (Chmn Dodd, D-Conn) of Sen-
on children's protective services and alcohol
ate Labor and Human Resources Committee
and substance abuse; and Trust Counsel
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
proposals.
will hold a hearing on the low income home
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
9:30am SR-485 Russell Bldg June 12
energy assistance program.
1:30pm SD-430 Dirksen Bldg March 29
(Chmn Inouye, D-Hawaii) will meet to con-
sider pending business.
2pm SR-485 Russell Bldg April 30
Intelligence
Agenda:
224-1700
DEVELOPMENT DISABILITY ACT
HEARING:
Disability Policy Subcommittee (Chmn
S 1203 Indian Economic Development Act
INTELLIGENCE MATTERS
Harkin, D-Iowa) of Senate Labor and Human
S 1650 - Indian Employment Opportunity Act of
1989
Senate Intelligence Committee (Chmn Bo-
Resources Committee will hold a hearing on
MARKUP:
ren, D-Okla) will hold a closed hearing on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for the
S 143 - Indian Development Finance Act
intelligence matters.
Development Disability Act.
2pm SH-219 Hart Bldg closed April
9:30am SD-430 March 30
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
NURSE SHORTAGES
Judiciary
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH &
224-5225
(Chmn Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hearing
LONG-TERM CARE
on shortages of nurses in the Indian Health
Joint Hearing
Service.
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPETITION
Aging Subcommittee (Acting Chmn Metz-
2pm SR-485 Russell Bldg May 7
Technology and the Law Subcommittee
enbaum, D-Ohio) of Senate Labor and Human
(Chmn Leahy, D-Vt) of Senate Judiciary
Resources Committee and House Select Aging
Committee will hold a hearing on competitive
Committee (Chmn Roybal, D-Calif) will hold a
TRIBAL LEADERS FORUM
issues facing the semiconductor industry.
joint hearing on funding for research on
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
10am SD-226 Dirksen Bldg March 29
Alzheimer's disease and long-term care for its
(Chmn Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a tribal
victims.
leaders forum.
9:30am 2322 Rayburn Bldg April 3
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
2pm SR-485 Russell Bldg May 9
Witnesses scheduled: Shelly Fabares - actress &
IMMIGRANTS
daughter of an Alzheimer's victim; Bill Gold -
Senate Judiciary Committee (Chmn Biden,
son of an Alzheimer's victim; Hilda Pridgeon -
D-Del) will hold a hearing on discrimination
mbr, Bd of Dirs, Natl Alzheimer's Assn; Franklin
FUTURE INITIATIVES
that has resulted from the 1986 Immigration
Williams dir, Natl Inst on Aging
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
(Chmn Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hearing
Reform and Control Act (IRCA). A provision
on initiatives for the 1990s.
of that law imposes stiff penalties on employ-
2pm SR-485 Russell Bldg May 10
ers who knowingly hire illegal aliens. As a
result some employers refuse to hire any
aliens, legal or illegal. A GAO report on the
issue will be discussed during the hearing.
Small Business
GRAVE PROTECTION/
CULTURAL PATRIMONY
10:30am SD-226 Dirksen Bldg March 30
224-5175
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
(Chmn Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hearing
SBA BUDGET
'GRAY MARKET REGULATION
on legislation (S 1021) to protect Indian graves
Senate Small Business Committee (Chmn
and burial grounds and the Native American
Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks Sub-
Bumpers, D-Ark) will continue hearings on the
Repatriation of Cultural Patrimony Act (S
committee (Chmn DeConcini, D-Ariz) of Sen-
fiscal 1991 budget for the Small Business
1980).
ate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on
Administration (SBA).
2pm SR-485 Russell Bldg May 14
legislation (S 626 - Trademark Protection Act)
2pm SR-428 Russell Bldg April 4
to regulate the trade in "gray market" goods,
which are manufactured abroad but bear
HAWAIIAN HOMES
trademarks identical with those of goods man-
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
ufactured in the United States.
(Chmn Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hearing
2pm SD-226 Dirksen Bldg April 4
Veterans' Affairs
on amendments to the Hawaiian Homes Com-
mission Act.
224-9126
Time & Place TBA May 30
Labor & Human
VETERANS' LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
Joint Hearing
INDIAN LEGISLATION
Resources
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
(Chmn Cranston, D-Calif) and House Veter-
(Chmn Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hearing
224-5375
ans' Affairs Committee (Chmn Montgomery,
on pending legislation.
D-Miss) will hold a joint hearing to receive the
2pm SR-485 Russell Bldg June 7
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT
legislative agendas of the Vietnam Veterans of
Agenda:
FOR THE ARTS
America, AMVETS and the Non-Commis-
S 2203 - Settle certain claims of the Zuni Indian
Education, Arts and Humanities Sub-
sioned Officers Association.
Tribe
committee (Chmn Pell, D-RI) of Senate Labor
9:00am SH-216 Hart Bldg April 18
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House Committees Future Listings
Aging
panel will get the results of a General Account-
ing Office report on states' efforts to combat
10:30am & 2pm H-310 Capitol Bldg March
aflatoxin.
28
ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH &
2pm 1302 Longworth Bldg April 2
10am & 2pm H-310 Capitol Bldg March 29
LONG-TERM CARE
10am H-310 Capitol Bldg April 3
Joint Hearing
Agenda:
House Select Aging Committee (Chmn
1990 FARM BILL
March 28: Members of Congress; public witnesses
Roybal, D-Calif) and Aging Subcommittee
Subcommittee Markup
(tentative): Reps Gibbons, D-Fla; Dicks, D-
(Acting Chmn Metzenbaum, D-Ohio) of Sen-
Wash; Sawyer, D-Ohio; John Calhoun - Natl
Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommit-
ate Labor and Human Resources Committee
Crime Prevention Council; Ed Murphy
tee (Chmn Stenholm, D-Texas) of House Agri-
Internatl Brotherhood of Police Officers; Natl
will hold a joint hearing on funding for re-
culture Committee will mark up the 1990 farm
Council of State Legislatures Reps; Erich Pratt
search on Alzheimer's disease and long-term
bill (HR 3950 Food and Agricultural Re-
US Border Control; William Jones Natl Demo-
care for its victims.
sources Act of 1990). HR 3950 will serve as a
cratic Policy Cmte; David Plavin Port Author-
9:30am 2322 Rayburn Bldg April 3
vehicle for the panel's deliberations on re-
ity of Ny & NJ; Gary Bush SEARCH Group;
Witnesses scheduled: Shelly Fabares actress &
authorization of farm programs.
Rep Mazzoli, D-Ky; Judge Tom McDonald; Price
daughter of an Alzheimer's victim; Bill Gold -
10am 1300 Longworth Bldg April 3
Foster/Dan Hall Univ of Louisville; Rep Jones,
son of an Alzheimer's victim; Hilda Pridgeon
D-NC; Rep Davis, D-Mich; Rep Hertel, D-Mich;
member, Bd of Dirs, Natl Alzheimer's Assn;
Natl Legal Aid and Defender Assn Reps; Natl
Franklin Williams - dir, Natl Inst on Aging
Assn Of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Reps;
NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL
James Cato - Natl Assn of State Universities
Joint Hearing
Land Grant Colleges; Larry Crockett Natl Assn
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY
Forests, Family Farms and Energy Sub-
of Managers And Technical Assistance Centers
committee (Chmn Volkmer, D-Mo) of House
March 29. TBA
INCOME PROGRAM
Agriculture Committee and the National
April 3: Securities & Exchange Commn: Richard
Joint Hearing
The full committee (Chmn Roybal, D-
Parks and Public Lands Subcommittee (Chmn
Breeden; Civil Rights Commn: Art Fletcher
Calif) and Retirement, Income and Employ-
Vento, D-Minn) of House Interior and Insular
ment Subcommittee (Acting Chmn Hughes,
Affairs Committee will hold a joint hearing to
FY91 DEFENSE APPROPS
review provisions of the fiscal 1990 Interior
Subcommittee Hearings
D-N.J.) of House Select Aging Committee will
appropriations act designed to protect the
Defense Subcommittee (Chmn Murtha, D-
hold a joint hearing on the nature and extent
of information and assistance provided by the
northern spotted owl. The bill established
Pa) of House Appropriations Committee will
Social Security Administration (SSA) and
timber sale levels and citizen advisory boards
hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropriations for
other organizations about the Supplemental
to review sales.
programs under its jurisdiction.
Security Income program.
10am 1300 Longworth Bldg April 4
Note: The following schedule is tentative.
1:30pm & 3pm H-140 Capitol Bldg March
10am room TBA April 5
28
Witnesses scheduled: Gwendolyn King commnr,
SSA; GAO rep TBA
1990 FARM BILL
10am & 1:30pm H-140 Capitol Bldg closed
Subcommittee Markup
March 29
Forests, Family Farms and Energy Sub-
10am & 1:30pm H-405 Capitol Bldg closed
committee (Chmn Volkmer, D-Mo) of House
April 3
Agriculture
Agriculture Committee will mark up forestry
10am & 1:30pm H-140 Capitol Bldg April 4,
provisions of the 1990 farm bill (HR 3950 -
5, 18, 19 & 24
225-2171
Food and Agricultural Resources Act of 1990).
10am (open) & 1:30pm (closed) H-140 Capi-
HR 3950 will serve as a vehicle for the panel's
tol Bldg April 25
1990 FARM BILL
deliberations on reauthorization of farm
10am H-140 Capitol Bldg April 26, May 1
Subcommittee Markup
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
programs.
Department Operations, Research and For-
March 28: See "Committee Meetings Scheduled
10am 340 Cannon Bldg date TBA
eign Agriculture Subcommittee (Chmn Brown,
Today" section for witnesses
Note: This markup was originally scehduled for
March 29.
D-Calif) of House Agriculture Committee will
March 28.
10am: Defense agencies RDT&E
mark up the 1990 farm bill (HR 3950 Food
1:30pm: Army weapons & tracked combat vehicles
and Agricultural Resources Act of 1990). HR
April 3: Intelligence
3950 will serve as a vehicle for the panel's
April 4:
deliberations on reauthorization of farm
Appropriations
10am: Army ammunition
programs.
1:30pm: Guard & reserve
10am 1302 Longworth Bldg March 29
225-2771
April 5:
10am: Automatic data processing
FY91 AGRICULTURE APPROPS
1:30pm: Air Force missiles and other procurement
Subcommittee Hearings
April 18:
1990 FARM BILL
10am: Air Force RDT&E
Subcommittee Markup
Rural Development, Agriculture and Re-
1:30pm: Air Force & defense agencies operations &
Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains Sub-
lated Agencies Subcommittee (Chmn Whitten,
maintenance
committee (Chmn Glickman, D-Kan) of House
D-Miss) of House Appropriations Committee
April 19: Special programs
Agriculture Committee will mark up the 1990
will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropria-
April 24:
farm bill (HR 3950 Food and Agricultural
tions for programs under its jurisdiction.
10am: Air Force aircraft procurement
1pm 2362 Rayburn Bldg March 28 & 29
1:30pm: Chemical weapons & demilitarization
Resources Act of 1990). HR 3950 will serve as
a vehicle for the panel's deliberations on re-
Witnesses scheduled: See "Committee Meetings
April 25:
Scheduled Today" section for witnesses
10am: Shipbuilding and conversion, Navy and
authorization of farm programs.
overhauls
10am 1302 Longworth Bldg March 29
1:30pm: Intelligence
10am 1302 Longworth Bldg April 3, 4 & 5
FY91 COMMERCE, STATE,
April 26: Strategic defense initiative
JUSTICE APPROPS
May 1: Public witnesses
Subcommittee Hearings
AFLATOXIN IN CORN
Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary
Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains Sub-
and Related Agencies Subcommittee (Chmn
FY91 ENERGY AND WATER APPROPS
committee (Chmn Glickman, D-Kan) of House
Smith, D-Iowa) of House Appropriations
Subcommittee Hearings
Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on
Committee will hold hearings on fiscal 1991
Energy and Water Development Sub-
aflatoxin in U.S. corn. Aflatoxin is a fungus
appropriations for programs under its
committee (Chmn Bevill, D-Ala) of House
carcinogen that cultivates in corn stocks. The
jurisdiction.
Appropriations Committee will hold hearings
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House continued.
FY91 LABOR-HHS APPROPS
FY91 TREASURY-POSTAL APPROPS
Subcommittee Hearings
Subcommittee Hearings
on fiscal 1991 appropriations for programs
Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu-
Treasury, Postal Service and General Gov-
under its jurisdiction.
cation and Related Agencies Subcommittee
ernment Subcommittee (Chmn Roybal, D-
10am & 2pm 2362 Rayburn Bldg March 28
(Chmn Natcher, D-Ky) of House Appropria-
Calif) of House Appropriations Committee
& 29, April 3
tions Committee will hold hearings on fiscal
will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropria-
9:30am & 2pm 2362 Rayburn Bldg April 4
1991 appropriations for programs under its
tions for programs under its jurisdiction.
Witnesses scheduled:
jurisdiction.
10am H-164 Capitol Bldg March 28 & 29,
March 28: See "Committee Meetings Scheduled
10am & 2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg March 28
April 2 & 4
Today" section for witnesses
& 29
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
March 29, April 3 & 4: Members of Congress &
2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg April 2
March 28: See "Committee Meetings Scheduled
public witnesses
10am & 2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg April 3
Today" section for witnesses
10am 2358 Rayburn Bldg April 4
March 29: Ofc of Economic Advisers; Ofc of Govt
Time & room TBA April 5
Ethics
FY91 FOREIGN OPS APPROPS
2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg April 18, 19, 23,
April 2: Outside witnesses
Subcommittee Hearings
24, 25, 26 & 30
April 4: Ofc of Mgmt & Budget
Foreign Operations Subcommittee (Chmn
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
Obey, D-Wis) of House Appropriations Com-
mittee will hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appro-
HEALTH & HUMAN
FY91 VA, HUD APPROPS
priations for programs under its jurisdiction.
SERVICES DEPT
Subcommittee Hearings
10am 2360 Rayburn Bldg March 29, April 3
March 28: See "Committee Meetings Scheduled
VA, HUD and Independent Agencies Sub-
&4
Today" section for witnesses
committee (Chmn Traxler, D-Mich) of House
Witnesses scheduled:
Appropriations Committee will hold hearings
March 29. Misuse of foreign aid funds: Defense
RELATED AGENCIES
on fiscal 1991 appropriations for programs
Dept inspector gen; Agency for Internatl Devel-
March 29.
under its jurisdiction.
opment inspector gen; Defense Audit Service;
10am: Jane Kenny - dir, ACTION; Ford Ford -
10am & 2pm H-143 Capitol Bldg March 28
GAO
chmn, Fed Mine Safety & Health Review
April 3: Environmental issues: State Dept; outside
10am H-143 Capitol Bldg April 3, 4, 5, 24 &
Commn
25
witnesses; Agency for Internatl Development;
2pm: Donald Ledwig pres & CEO, Corp for
Treasury Dept; UN Environmental Program
Public Broadcasting; Sandra Perrino - chmn,
10am & 2pm H-143 Capitol Bldg April 26
April 4: Congressional & outside witnesses
Natl Council on Disability
10am H-143 Capitol Bldg May 1, 2 & 3
April 2: Soldiers' & Airmen's Home; Natl Commn
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
FY91 INTERIOR APPROPS
on Libraries & Information Science/White House
March 28: Fed Emergency Mgmt Agency
Subcommittee Hearings
Conf on Libraries; Natl Labor Relations Bd
April 3, 4 & 5: Dept of Housing & Urban Develop-
Interior Subcommittee (Chmn Yates, D-
April 3:
ment
III) of House Appropriations Committee will
10am: Natl Commn on AIDS; National Mediation
April 24 & 25: Environmental Protection Agency
hold hearings on fiscal 1991 appropriations for
Bd; Occupational Safety & Health Review
April 26:
programs under its jurisdiction.
Commn
10am: Council on Environmental Quality
2pm: Physician Payment Review Commn; Prospec-
2pm: Environmental Protection Agency; Natl Inst
10am B-308 Rayburn Bldg March 28
tive Payment Assessment Commn; Fed Media-
of Bldg Sciences; Neighborhood Reinvestment
10am & 1:30pm B-308 Rayburn Bldg March
tion & Conciliation Service
Corp; Natl Credit Union Admin
29
April 4: Railroad Retirement Bd; Railroad Retire-
May 1, 2 & 3: Congressional & public witnesses
1pm B-308 Rayburn Bldg April 2
ment Bd Inspector Gen; US Inst for Peace
10am & 1:30pm B-308 Rayburn Building
April 5: TBA
April 3, 4, 5, 18, 19,
April 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26 & 30: public witnesses
1pm B-308 Rayburn Bldg April 23
Armed Services
10am & 1:30pm B-308 Rayburn Building
April 24, 25, 26 & 27
FY91 MIL CON APPROPS
225-4151
1pm B-308 Rayburn Bldg April 30
Subcommittee Hearings
10am & 1:30pm B-308 Rayburn Building
Military Construction Subcommittee
ACQUISITION CORPS
May 1, 2, 3 & 4
(Chmn Hefner, D-NC) of House Appropria-
Investigations Subcommittee (Chmn Mav-
1pm B-308 Rayburn Bldg May 7
tions Committee will hold hearings on fiscal
roules, D-Mass) of House Armed Services
10am & 1:30pm B-308 Rayburn Building
1991 appropriations for programs under its
Committee will hold hearings on proposed
May 8
jurisdiction.
recommendations to establish a professional
10am B-308 Rayburn Bldg May 9
9:30am B-300 Rayburn Bldg March 28 &
acquisition corps in each of the military
10am & 1:30pm B-308 Rayburn Building
29
services.
May 10
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
10am & 1:30pm 2212 Rayburn Bldg March
Agenda:
March 28: See "Committee Meetings Scheduled
28
March 28: See "Committee Meetings Scheduled
Today" section for witnesses
9:30 & 2pm 2216 Rayburn Bldg March 29
Today" section for witnesses
March 29: Members of Congress; outside wit-
March 29: Energy Dept fossil energy programs:
nesses
Robert Gentile asst secy for fosssil energy
ALTERNATIVES TO B-2 BOMBER
April 2: FDR Memorial Commn; Commn of Fine
Defense Policy Panel (Chmn Aspin, D-
Arts; Natl Gallery of Art
FY91 TRANSPORTATION APPROPS
Wis) of House Armed Services Committee will
April 3: Fish & Wildlife Service
Subcommittee Hearings
hold a hearing on alternatives to the B-2
April 4: Minerals Mgmt Service
Transportation and Related Agencies Sub-
bomber program and on the cost of these
April 5: Geological Survey
April 18: Smithsonian Inst
committee (Chmn Lehman, D-Fla) of House
alternatives.
April 19: Natl Park Service
Appropriations Committee will hold hearings
10am 2118 Rayburn Bldg March 29
April 23: Navajo-Hopi Relocation Commn
on fiscal 1991 appropriations for programs
Witness scheduled: Robert Hale asst dir, Natl
April 24: Interior secy
under its jurisdiction.
Security Div, Congressional Budget Ofc
April 25: Energy secy
10am & 2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg March 28,
April 26: Natl Endowment for the Arts
April 3, 4, 6, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25 & 26
FY91 MIL CON AUTHORIZATION
April 27: Energy Dept: Conservation pgms
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
Military Installations and Facilities Sub-
April 30: Indian Health Service
March 28: Thomas Larson adminr, Fed Highway
committee (Chmn Schroeder, D-Colo) of
May 1: Natl Endowment for the Humanities
Admin
House Armed Services Committee will con-
May 2: Forest Service
April 3: Urban Mass Transportation Admin
tinue hearings on the fiscal 1991 national
May 3: Outside witnesses: NEA/NEH/IMS
April 4: Natl Highway Traffic Safety Admin
defense authorization request, focusing on fu-
May 4: Trust Territories
April 18: General Accounting Ofc; Federal Avia-
May 7: Bureau of Land Mgmt
ture policy and missions of the-reserve compo-
tion Admin
May 8: Bureau of Indian Affairs
nents and the impact on military construction.
April 19: Fed Aviation Admin
May 9: Woodrow Wilson, Holocaust
April 20: Ofc of the secy
10am 2212 Rayburn Bldg March 29
May 10: Members of Congress
April 24, 25 & 26: witnesses
Witness scheduled: Stephen Duncan asst secy of
defense for reserve affs
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House continued.
NJ; John Laisle pres & CEO, MidFirst Bank,
& Elkins; Tom Wageman pres & CEO, Sunbelt
Okla; Michael West - pres & CEO, First Natl
Savings
FY91 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Bank Of San Diego; Albert Finch - chmn of the
PANEL: Edwin McBirney former chmn, Sunbelt
bd, Suncoast Savings, Fla; Richard Klapheke
Savings; Jarret Woods former chmn, Western
Military Personnel Subcommittee
chief financial officer, Great Financial Federal;
Savings; Don Nixon former chmn, Vernon Sav-
Military Personnel and Compensation
William Ferguson chmn & CEO, Ferguson &
ings; Thomas Gaubert - former chmn, Indepen-
Subcommittee (Chmn Byron, D-Md) of House
Company; Charles Jacobs Oliver, Wyman & Co;
dent Savings
Armed Services Committee will continue hear-
Warren Lasko - exec vpres, Mortgage Bankers
April 12:
ings on the fiscal 1991 national defense au-
Assn; Dale Riordan - exec vpres, Fed Natl Mort-
PANEL: Marvin Collins US atty; Henry Oncken
thorization request, focusing on the adequacy
gage Assn (Fannie Mae).
US atty; Robert Wortham - US atty; Ronald
of medical and support staffing, especially
March 29: Robert Adelizzi - pres & CEO,
Ederer US atty
HomeFed Bank, Calif; John O'Brien pres, Cen-
PANEL: James Cooper dpty dir, Dallas regional
overseas.
tral Pa Savings; Adam Jahns pres & chmn of
office, Resolution Trust Corporation; Billy Wood
2pm 2212 Rayburn Bldg March 29
the bd, Cragin Fed Bank for Savings, III; Gerald
- dir, Dallas regional office, OTS; John Bodnar
Witnesses scheduled: David Baine dir, Fed
Free pres & CEO, First Fed Savings & Loan,
district adminr, Office of the Comptroller of the
Health Care Delivery Issues, GAO; Enrique
Texas; Donald Shackelford - chmn of the bd,
Currency; rep, Fed Deposit Insurance Corp
Mendez Jr - asst secy of defense for health affs;
State Savings Bank, Ohio; Robert McMahan
PANEL: rep, Criminal Division, Justice Dept; rep,
Lt Gen F F Ledford Jr - surgeon gen, Army;
chmn of the bd & CEO, Decatur Fed Savings &
Internal Revenue Service
VAdm James Zimble surgeon gen, Navy; Lt
Loan, Ga; Richard Haynes - pres & CEO, Work-
Gen Monte Miller - surgeon gen, Air Force; Lt
ingmens Fed Savings, Ind; George Engelke Jr -
Gen Allen Ono dpty chief of staff for personnel,
pres & CEO, Astoria Fed Savings & Loan, NY
Army; VAdm Jeremy Boorda - chief of naval
HUD PROGRAMS
personnel; Lt Gen Norman Smith dpty chief of
Housing and Community Development
staff for manpower & reserve affs, Marine Corps
Subcommittee (Chmn Gonzalez, D-Texas) of
FAILED THRIFT/BANK SALES
House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
Committee will hold a hearing on allegations
MARITIME CAPACITY/
Committee (Chmn Gonzalez, D-Texas) will
that entrepreneur Bruce Rozet mismanaged
NATIONAL SECURITY
hold a hearing to examine the manner in
subsidized housing units in connection with
Joint Hearing
which the now-defunct Federal Home Loan
the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
Seapower and Strategic and Critical Ma-
Bank Board and the Federal Deposit Insur-
opment (HUD). The department has recently
terials Subcommittee (Chmn Bennett, D-Fla)
ance Corporation managed the resolution of
suspended Rozet's involvement with HUD
of House Armed Services Committee and Mer-
insolvent banks and thrifts.
programs, citing numerous violations.
chant Marine Subcommittee (Chmn Jones, D-
2pm 2128 Rayburn Bldg April 2
9:30am 2128 Rayburn Bldg April 17
Witnesses scheduled:
NC) of House Merchant Marine and Fisheries
PANEL: Richard Fogel - asst comptroller gen,
Committee will hold a joint hearing on legisla-
General Accounting Office
tion (HR 2463) to increase the capacity of U.S.
PANEL: William Isaac former chmn, Fed Deposit
Children, Youth &
maritime industries to meet the national de-
Insurance Corp (FDIC); Karen Shaw Institute
fense and ocean transportation needs of the
for Strategy Development; Donald Crocker - JE
Families
United States.
Robert Company
2pm 2118 Rayburn Bldg March 29
PANEL: Stan Poling - dir, Division of Accounting
226-7660
and Corporate Services and FSLIC Operations,
FDIC; William Taylor - pres, Oversight Bd,
PRE-NATAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Resolution Trust Corp (RTC); William Roelle
PROFESSIONAL MILITARY
House Select Children, Youth, and Fam-
dir, Resolutions and Operations Division, RTC
EDUCATION
ilies Committee (Chmn Miller, D-Calif) will
Military Education Panel (Chmn Skelton,
hold a hearing on the problem of alcohol and
D-Mo) of House Armed Services Committee
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL TRENDS
drug abuse by pregnant women.
will hold a hearing on how the senior profes-
9:30am Room TBA April 5
International Competitiveness Task Force
sional military education schools in each mili-
(Chmn LaFalce, D-NY) of House Banking,
tary department are implementing the panel's
Finance and Urban Affairs Committee will
recommendations on education in strategy.
District of
hold hearings on international trends in the
Time and room TBA Date TBA
financial services industry.
Witnesses scheduled: Adm Ronald Kurth - pres,
2pm room TBA April 4
Columbia
Naval War College; Maj Gen David Reed com-
Witness scheduled: Alan Greenspan chmn, Fed
mandant, Air War College; Maj Gen Paul Gerjan
225-4457
Reserve Bd of Govs
commandant, Army War College
DC LAW SCHOOL
THRIFT BAILOUT OVERSIGHT
Judiciary and Education Subcommittee
Field Hearings
(Chmn Dymally, D-Calif) of House District of
Banking, Finance
House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
Columbia Committee will hold a hearing on
& Urban Affairs
Committee (Chmn Gonzalez, D-Texas) will
the status of the District of Columbia School
hold field hearings to examine how effective
of Law.
the federal law enforcement community has
1:30pm 1310A Longworth Bldg April 4
225-4247
Witnesses scheduled: Mayor Marion Barry, D-
been in prosecuting those who committed ille-
DC; Hilda Mason chairperson, Cmte on Educa-
THRIFT BAILOUT OVERSIGHT
gal activities in connection with the nation's
tion and Libraries, Council of DC; William Rob-
Subcommittee Hearings
savings and loans.
inson dean, DC Law School; Frederick
Financial Institutions Supervision, Regula-
10am Transit Authority Bldg Dallas, Texas
Abramson - chmn, Bd of Govs, DC Law School
tion and Insurance Subcommittee (Chmn An-
April 11 & 12
Witnesses scheduled:
nunzio, D-III) of House Banking, Finance and
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO DC
April 11:
Urban Affairs Committee will continue over-
PANEL: William Sessions - dir, Fed Bureau of
Subcommittee Hearing and Markup
sight hearings on the Financial Institutions
Investigation
Fiscal Affairs and Health Subcommittee
Recovery, Reform and Enforcement Act (PL
PANEL: Joe Selby former exec vpres, Regulatory
(Chmn Fauntroy, D-DC) of House District of
101-73). The hearings will include consider-
Affairs, Dallas Fed Home Loan Bank; William
Columbia Committee will hold a hearing and
ation of proposals to abolish the Office of
Black - former dpty dir, FSLIC, San Francisco
mark up legislation (HR 3293) to establish a
Thrift Supervision (OTS), which was created
Fed Home Loan Bank; James Barth former dir,
uniform and equitable method to determine
by the act.
Office of Economic Research, Office of Thrift
the annual federal payment to the District of
Supervision (OTS)
10am 2128 Rayburn Bldg March 28 & 29
PANEL: Diane Mendoza - asst district dir, Dallas,
Columbia.
Witnesses scheduled:
OTS; Walter Faulk - former senior supervisory
Time TBA 1310A Longworth Bldg date
March 28: Phillip Bracken - pres & CEO, Ameri-
agenct, Dallas Fed Home Loan Bank; Arthur
TBA
ca's Mortgage Company; Robert Walsh pres &
Leiser retired senior examiner, Texas Savings
Note: This hearing was originally scheduled for
chief operating officer, Carteret Savings Bank,
and Loan Dept; Philip Stewart - partner, Vinson
Nov 21.
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PANEL 3: Robert Phalen pres, United Mine
ADDITIONAL FREQUENCIES
Workers Assn District 17; Harold Hayden secy-
Telecommunications and Finance Sub-
DC TAX EXEMPTION
treasurer, United Mine Workers Assn District 29
committee (Chmn Markey, D-Mass) of House
PANEL 4: John Rosenberg - dir, Appalachian
House District of Columbia Committee
Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a
Research & Defense Fund; Richard Rundle -
(Chmn Dellums, D-Calif) will hold a hearing
hearing on legislation (HR 2965) to make
atty, Rundle & Rundle; Michale Tomasky atty;
on legislation (HR 3590) to exempt from the
John Taylor atty
additional frequencies available for commer-
DC income tax the spouses and minor children
PANEL 5: Willie Anderson Logan County Black
cial assignment in order to promote the devel-
of elective officers of the U.S. government and
Lung Assn; Melvin Sperry; Cecil Szucs - Logan
opment and use of new telecommunications
the spouses and minor children of employees
Chapter, Black Lung Disabled Group; Fred Car-
technologies.
on the staffs of elected officials in the legisla-
ter vpres, Natl Chapter, Black Lung Assn
9:30am 2322 Rayburn Bldg March 30
tive branch of the U.S. government if the
employee is a bona fide resident of the state of
residence of the elected officer.
ASBESTOS REMOVAL
FETAL TISSUE
Time TBA 1310A Longworth Bldg date
Health and Safety Subcommittee (Chmn
Health and the Environment Subcommit-
TBA
Gaydos, D-Pa) of House Education and Labor
tee (Chmn Waxman, D-Calif) of House Energy
Note: This hearing was originally scheduled for
Committee will hold a hearing on asbestos
and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing
Nov 14.
removal.
on the administration's decision to extend the
Time & room TBA April 3
federal ban on National Institutes of Health-
funded research involving fetal tissue.
9:45am Room TBA April 2
Education
&
TRIBALLY CONTROLLED
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Labor
Field Hearing
OIL RESERVES
Postsecondary Education Subcommittee
Energy and Power Subcommittee (Chmn
225-4527
(Chmn Williams, D-Mont) of House Educa-
Sharp, D-Ind) of House Energy and Com-
tion and Labor Committee will hold a field
merce Committee will hold a hearing on legis-
EDUCATION EXCELLENCE
hearing on the Tribally Controlled Commu-
lation (HR 3193) to extend Title I of the
Elementary, Secondary and Vocational
nity College Assistance Act.
Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975.
Education Subcommittee (Chmn Hawkins, D-
Time TBA Pablo, Mont April 12
The bill would give the president increased
Calif) of House Education and Labor Commit-
flexibility in using oil destined for, or con-
tee will hold a hearing on legislation (HR
tained in, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to
1675) to promote excellence in American edu-
CONTRACTING REGULATION
respond to oil shortages. It also would create
cation by recognizing and rewarding schools,
Labor Standards Subcommittee (Chmn
regional reserves of fuel oil, diesel fuel, pro-
teachers, and students for their outstanding
Murphy, D-Pa) of House Education and Labor
pane and other refined products to protect
achievements; enhancing parental choice; and
Committee will hold a hearing on the General
consumers from oil price increases or oil short-
encouraging the study of science, mathematics
Services Administration and on the Service
ages.
and engineering and on draft legislation to
Contract Act concerning proposed contracting
Time and room TBA date TBA
improve education.
regulation changes.
9:30am 2175 Rayburn Bldg March 29
9:30 2261 Rayburn Bldg April 19
Witnesses scheduled: Lauro Cavazos secy of
Witnesses scheduled:
PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD
education; Carroll Campbell Jr gov, SC; Bill
PANEL 1: Richard Cordtz - internatl secy trea-
Subcommittee Markup
Clinton - gov, Ark; Dallas Martin pres, Natl
surer, Service Employees Internatl Union
Health and the Environment Subcommit-
Assn of Student Financial Aid Aminr; Keith
PANEL 2: Richard Austin - acting adminr, Gen-
Geiger Natl Education Assn; Gordon Ambach
eral Services Admin
tee (Chmn Waxman, D-Calif) of House Energy
Council of Chief State School Officers; Albert
PANEL 3: Rudy Oswald dir of economic research,
and Commerce Committee will mark up legis-
Shanker - pres, Amer Fedn of Teachers
AFL-CIO; Lou Elesie Laborers' Internatl Union
lation (HR 1725 - Food Safety Amendments)
of North America
to regulate pesticide chemical residues in food.
PANEL 4: Richard Rowe Natl Assn of Govt
Time & room TBA date TBA
HUMAN RESOURCES
Service Contractors, Austin, Texas
REAUTHORIZATION
Subcommittee Markup
DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS MARKUP
BREAST & CERVICAL CANCER
Human Resources Subcommittee (Chmn
Employment Opportunities Subcommittee
CONTROL & PREVENTION
Kildee, D-Mich) of House Education and La-
(Chmn Martinez, D-Calif) of House Education
Health and the Environment Subcommit-
bor Committee will mark up legislation (HR
and Labor Committee will mark up legislation
tee (Chmn Waxman, D-Calif) of House Energy
4151) to authorize the Head Start Act, the
(HR 3069 - Displaced Homemakers Employ-
and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing
Follow Through Act, the Community Services
ment & Family Self Sufficiency Act) to estab-
on legislation (HR 4222) to establish a pro-
Block Grant Act and the Low-Income Home
lish an employment training program for dis-
gram of grants for the prevention and control
Energy Assistance Act of 1981 for fiscal 1991
placed homemakers.
of breast and cervical cancer.
through 1994.
Time & room TBA Date TBA
10am Room TBA date TBA
10am 2261 Rayburn Bldg March 29
Note: This hearing was originally scheduled for
Energy &
March 19.
BLACK LUNG PROGRAM
Field Hearing
Commerce
Labor Standards Subcommittee (Chmn
225-2927
Murphy, D-Pa) of House Education and Labor
Foreign Affairs
Committee will hold a field hearing on the
CLEAN AIR MARKUP
operation of the Federal Black Lung Benefits
225-5021
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Program.
(Chmn Dingell, D-Mich) will continue to mark
1:30pm Chapmanville, WVa March 30
FOREIGN AID MARKUP
up legislation (HR 3030 - Clean Air Act
Witnesses scheduled:
House Foreign Affairs Committee (Chmn
PANEL 1: Rep Mollohan, D-WVa
Amendments of 1989) to amend the Clean Air
PANEL 2: Fred Cox - dir, Tug River Black Lung
Act to provide for the attainment and mainte-
Fascell, D-Fla) will mark up pending
legislation.
Clinic; Linda Hutchens program coordinator &
nance of the national ambient air quality
benefits counselor, Bluestone Health Center
standards, the control of toxic air pollutants,
10am & 1:30pm 2172 Rayburn Bldg March
28 & 29
Breathing Program; DR D L Rasmussen South-
the prevention of acid deposition, and other
Agenda:
ern WVa Clinic; Greg Wagner - dir, div of
improvements in the quality of the nation's
Draft legislation to authorize aid for Panama,
respiratory diseases studies, Natl Inst of Safety
air.
Nicaragua and other countries
& Health
10am 2123 Rayburn Bldg March 28 & 29
Fiscal 1991 foreign affairs authorization
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House continued.
EXXON VALDEZ
prof, Univ of Michigan Law School
CLEANUP STATUS
PANEL: Terri Nash - filmmaker; Fritz Attaway
Government
House Interior Committee
Sr vpres for govt relations, Motion Picture Assn
Water, Power and Offshore Energy Re-
of America; Jeanne Woods legis counsel, Ameri-
sources Subcommittee (Chmn Miller, D-Calif)
can Civil Liberties Union
Operations
will hold a hearing on the status of the cleanup
225-5051
and assessment of damage of the Exxon
Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound.
CORRECTIONAL ALTERNATIVES
9am Room TBA April 3
Crime Subcommittee (Chmn Hughes, D-
STATE TRUCKING REGULATION
Note: This hearing began on March 22.
NJ) of House Judiciary Committee will hold a
Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Af-
hearing on legislation (HR 4158) to authorize
fairs Subcommittee (Chmn Barnard, D-Ga) of
grants for state and local governments to pro-
House Government Operations Committee
NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL
vide alternatives to traditional modes of
will hold an oversight hearing on the impact
Joint Hearing
incarceration.
on consumers of state regulation of trucking.
Forests, Family Farms and Energy Sub-
10am 2237 Rayburn Bldg March 29
9:30am 2247 Rayburn Bldg March 29
committee (Chmn Volkmer, D-Mo) of House
Witnesses scheduled: Jeffrey Shane asst secy for
policy & internatl affairs, Dept of Transporta-
Agriculture Committee and the National
tion; James Miller chmn, Citizens for a Sound
Parks and Public Lands Subcommittee (Chmn
CRIMINAL JUSTICE BUSINESS
Economy; Fred Smith - chmn & ceo, Federal
Vento, D-Minn) of House Interior and Insular
Subcommittee Markup
Express; Tony Burns chmn & ceo, Ryder Sys-
Committee will hold a joint hearing to review
Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Chmn
tem; Con Hitchcock rep, Public Citzen Litiga-
provisions of the fiscal 1990 Interior appropri-
Schumer, D-NY) of House Judiciary Commit-
tion Grp; Thomas Donahue pres & ceo, Ameri-
ations act designed to protect the northern
tee will mark up pending legislation.
can Trucking Assns; Cas Robinson - commnr,
spotted owl. The bill established timber sale
10am 2322 Rayburn Bldg March 29
Georgia Public Service Commn; Robert Moga
levels and citizen advisory boards to review
Agenda:
pres, Moga Trasportation Co; Sprague Exley
sales.
HR 3641 - Amend the US Code with respect to
vpres for distribution, Savannah Foods; John
environmental crime
Kauffman rep, Alliance of Consumers, Truckers
10am 1300 Longworth Bldg April 4
HR 3366 Amend tax code to extend protections to
& Shippers; Norm Langberg - rep, Georgia Pa-
attorneys in fed public defender organizations
cific Corp
PARK & FOREST SERVICE PERSONNEL
Joint Hearing
National Parks and Public Lands Sub-
Merchant Marine
committee (Chmn Vento, D-Minn) of House
Interior &
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee and
& Fisheries
Civil Service Subcommittee (Chmn Sikorski,
Insular Affairs
D-Minn) of House Post Office and Civil Ser-
225-4047
vice Committee will .hold a joint hearing on
225-2761
personnel issues in the National Park Service,
MARITIME CAPACITY/
the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land
NATIONAL SECURITY
INDIAN MENTAL HEALTH
Management.
Joint Hearing
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
9am 311 Cannon Bldg April 5
Merchant Marine Subcommittee (Chmn
House Interior and Insular Affairs Com-
Jones, D-NC) of House Merchant Marine and
mittee (Chmn Udall, D-Ariz) will hold a hear-
Fisheries Committee and the Seapower and
ing on legislation (S 1270) to provide an Indian
Strategic and Critical Materials Subcommittee
mental health demonstration program.
Judiciary
(Chmn Bennett, D-Fla) of House Armed Ser-
9:45am 1324 Longworth Bldg March 29
vices Committee will hold a joint hearing on
225-3951
legislation (HR 2463) to increase the capacity
of U.S. maritime industries to meet the na-
IMMIGRATION REVISION
tional defense and ocean transportation needs
SCENIC RIVERS
Subcommittee Markup
of the United States.
National Parks and Public Lands Sub-
Immigration, Refugees and International
2pm 2118 Rayburn Bldg March 29
committee (Chmn Vento, D-Minn) of House
Law Subcommittee (Chmn Morrison, D-Conn)
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee will
of House Judiciary Committee will mark up
hold a hearing on legislation (HR 761, HR
legislation (HR 4300) to revise the system for
TUNA LABELING/
1673, HR 3823 and S 280) to make changes in
admitting immigrants to the United States.
MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION
the designations of scenic rivers.
1pm 2237 Rayburn Bldg March 28
Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and
10am room TBA March 29
10am 2257 Rayburn Bldg March 29
the Environment Subcommittee (Chmn
Studds, D-Mass) of House Merchant Marine
and Fisheries Committee will hold a hearing
FBI AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
on legislation (HR 2926) to require that the
Civil and Constitutional Rights Sub-
ALASKA PIPELINE CORROSION
method used to catch the fish be included on
committee (Chmn Edwards, D-Calif) of House
Water, Power and Offshore Energy Re-
tuna product labels. The hearing also will
Judiciary Committee will continue oversight
sources Subcommittee (Chmn Miller, D-Calif)
review the implementation of the Marine
hearings on FBI affirmative action and equal
of House Interior and Insular Affairs Commit-
Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1988.
employment opportunity programs.
tee will hold a hearing regarding pipeline cor-
2pm 1334 Longworth Bldg April 3
10am B-352 Rayburn Bldg March 29
rosion and environmental issues related to the
operation of the Alaska Pipeline.
9:30am Room 2203 Rayburn March 29
COASTAL/GREAT LAKES PROTECTION
FREEDOM OF COMMUNICATION
Joint Markup
Courts, Intellectual Property and the Ad-
Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and
ministration of Justice Subcommittee (Chmn
the Environment Subcommittee (Chmn
INDIAN WATER RIGHTS
Kastenmeier, D-Wis) of House Judiciary Com-
House Interior and Insular Affairs Com-
Studds, D-Mass) and Oceanography and Great
mittee will hold a hearing on legislation (HR
mittee (Chmn Udall, D-Ariz) will hold a hear-
Lakes Subcommittee (Chmn Hertel, D-Mich)
2689) to amend the Foreign Agents Registra-
of House Merchant Marine and Fisheries
ing on proposed legislation (HR 4148) to au-
tion Act to eliminate potential infringements
thorize the secretary of the interior to acquire
Committee will mark up legislation (HR 2647)
on freedom of communication.
certain water rights for the settlement of In-
to protect and preserve coastal and Great
10:30am 2141 Rayburn Bldg March 29
dian water rights claims in Arizona.
Lakes environmental quality.
Witnesses scheduled: Mark Richard - dpty asst
9:45am 1324 Longworth Bldg March 30
atty gen for criminal div; Frederick Schauer
10am 1334 Longworth Bldg April 4
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contracting out of services by the postal facil-
METRIC IMPLEMENTATION
ity in Binghamton, N.Y.
Science, Research and Technology Sub-
CRUISE SHIP SAFETY
10am 311 Cannon Bldg April 4
committee (Chmn Valentine, D-NC) of House
Merchant Marine Subcommittee (Chmn
Science, Space and Technology Committee
)
Jones, D-NC) of House Merchant Marine and
will hold a hearing on implementation of the
Fisheries Committee will hold a hearing on
PARK & FOREST SERVICE PERSONNEL
metric system.
cruise ship safety.
Joint Hearing
9:30am 2318 Rayburn Bldg April 24
10am 1334 Longworth Bldg April 19
Civil Service Subcommittee (Chmn Sikor-
,
ski, D-Minn) of House Post Office and Civil
Service Committee and National Parks and
FY91 BUDGET
Public Lands Subcommittee (Chmn Vento, D-
Small Business
COAST GUARD
Minn) of House Interior and Insular Affairs
Coast Guard and Navigation Subcommit-
Committee will hold a joint hearing on person-
225-5821
tee (Chmn Tauzin, D-La) of House Merchant
nel issues facing employees of the Park Ser-
Marine and Fisheries Committee will hold a
vice, Forest Service and Bureau of Land
SMALL BUSINESS ISSUES
hearing on the fiscal 1991 budget for the Coast
Management.
House Small Business Committee (Chmn
Guard.
9am 311 Cannon Bldg April 5
LaFalce, D-NY) will hold a hearing on a
Time and Room TBA Longworth Bldg Date
variety of small business issues.
TBA
10am 2359A Rayburn Bldg March 29
Witness scheduled: Adm Paul Yost Jr comman-
Public Works
Agenda:
dant, US Coast Guard
1) Small Business Administration fiscal 1991 bud-
& Transportation
get.
2) Effects on payroll taxes.
3) Health care and insurance.
SHIPBUILDING TECHNOLOGY
225-4472
Joint Hearing
Oversight and Investigations Subcommit-
INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS
tee (Chmn Foglietta, D-Pa) and Merchant
House Public Works and Transportation
Veterans' Affairs
Marine Subcommittee (Chmn Jones, D-NC) of
Committee (Chmn Anderson, D-Calif) will
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Com-
hold a hearing on infrastructure programs
225-3527
mittee will hold a joint hearing on the state of
under its jurisdiction.
U.S. and foreign shipbuilding technology.
10am 2167 Rayburn Bldg March 29
NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM
Time & room TBA date TBA
Witnesses scheduled: Reps Gephardt, D-Mo;
Housing and Memorial Affairs Subcommit-
Gingrich, R-Ga: Maj Gen Patrick Kelly - dir,
tee (Chmn Staggers, D-WVa) of House Veter-
Civil Works, Army Corps of Engineers; John
ans' Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on
Horsley Rebuild America Coalition
the National Cemetery system.
Post Office &
9:30am 334 Cannon Bldg March 29
Science, Space &
Civil Service
CANCER STUDY REVIEW
Technology
House Veterans' Affairs Committee (Chmn
225-4054
Montgomery, D-Miss) will hold a hearing on
225-6371
the Selected Cancers Study conducted by the
FEDERAL PAY COMPARABILITY
SPACE STATION
Centers for Disease Control. The hearing will
Compensation and Employee Benefits
include discussion of scientific reviews of the
Subcommittee (Chmn Ackerman, D-NY) of
DESIGN ERRORS
study.
House Post Office and Civil Service Commit-
House Science, Space and Technology
tee will continue hearings on legislation (HR
Committee (Chmn Roe, D-NJ) will hold a
9am 334 Cannon Bldg April 4
3979) to provide for greater flexibility in the
hearing on design flaws in the Space Station.
procedures by which rates of pay for federal
1pm 2318 Rayburn Bldg March 29
VETERANS' LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
employees are adjusted in order to contribute
Joint Hearing
to the effectiveness of the government's re-
SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY
House Veterans' Affairs Committee (Chmn
cruitment and retention efforts.
Montgomery, D-Miss) and Senate Veterans'
1:30pm 311 Cannon Bldg March 28 & April
Science, Research and Technology Sub-
Affairs Committee (Chmn Cranston, D-Calif)
4
committee (Chmn Valentine, D-NC) of House
Witnesses scheduled:
Science, Space and Technology Committee
will hold a joint hearing to receive the legisla-
tive agendas of the Vietnam Veterans of
March 28: See "Committee Meetings Scheduled
will hold a hearing on federal research policy
America, AMVETS and the Non-Commis-
Today" section for witnesses
for semiconductors and consumer electronics.
April 4: TBA
sioned Officers Association.
9:30am 2318 Rayburn Bldg March 29
9am 216 Hart Bldg April 18
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES &
EPA AUTHORIZATION
CONTRACTING OUT
Natural Resources, Agriculture Research
VETERANS' COMPENSATION
Human Resources Subcommittee (Chmn
and Environment Subcommittee (Chmn
Kanjorski, D-Pa) of House Post Office and
Compensation, Pension and Insurance
Scheuer, D-NY) of House Science, Space and
Civil Service Committee will hold a hearing on
Subcommittee (Chmn Applegate, D-Ohio) of
Technology Committee will hold a hearing on
legislation (HR 4049) to protect federal em-
House Veterans' Affairs Committee will hold a
the fiscal 1991 authorization for the Environ-
ployees from any adverse results that may
hearing on cost-of-living-adjustments (COLA)
mental Protection Agency.
and other initiatives.
stem from the contracting out of agency func-
9:30am 2318 Rayburn Bldg April 5
tions or activities to private firms.
9am 334 Cannon Bldg April 19
11am 304 Cannon Bldg April 3
9:30am 304 Cannon Bldg April 4
APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
Natural Resources, Agriculture Research
LABOR PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS
and Environment Subcommittee (Chmn
Education, Training and Employment
CONTRACTING OUT IN NEW YORK
Scheuer, D-NY) of House Science, Space and
Subcommittee (Chmn Penny, D-Minn) of
Postal Operations and Services Sub-
Technology Committee will hold a hearing on
House Veterans' Affairs Committee will hold a
committee (Chmn McCloskey, D-Ind.) of
U.S. participation in the International Insti-
hearing on Labor Department programs for
House Post Office and Civil Service Commit-
tute for Applied Systems Analysis.
veterans.
tee will hold an oversight hearing on the
9:30am 2318 Rayburn Bldg April 19
1:30pm 334 Cannon Bldg April 25
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House continued.
TRADE ISSUES
DRUG WAR BONDS
House Ways and Means Committee (Chmn
House Ways and Means Committee (Chmn
VA LOAN PROGRAMS
Rostenkowski, D-III) will continue hearings on
Rostenkowski, D-III) will hold a hearing on
Housing and Memorial Affairs Subcommit-
Europe 1992, U.S. trade relationships with the
legislation (HR 2972) to direct the secretary of
tee (Chmn Staggers, D-WVa) of House Veter-
Soviet Union and foreign investment in the
the Treasury to issue "Drug War Bonds."
ans' Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on
United States.
9:30am 1100 Longworth Bldg April 25
the home loan guaranty program of the Veter-
10am (tentative) & 2pm 1100 Longworth
ans Affairs Department.
Bldg April 19
Witnesses scheduled:
9:30am 334 Cannon Bldg April 26
April 19: (10am): James Baker secy of state;
Nicholas Brady secy of Treasury
Ways & Means
Note
ESTATE VALUATION FREEZES
225-3625
House Ways and Means Committee (Chmn
The offices of all members of Congress
Rostenkowski, D-Ill) will hold a hearing on a
MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENTS
"discussion draft" to modify section 2036(c) of
and all congressional committees and sub-
committees may be reached by calling
Health Subcommittee (Chmn Stark, D-
the Internal Revenue Code relating to estate
(202) 224-3121.
Calif) of House Ways and Means Committee
valuation freezes.
will hold a hearing on fiscal 1991 budget issues
10am 1100 Longworth Bldg April 24
relating to physician payments under part B of
the Medicare program.
10am 1100 Longworth Bldg March 29
Conference Committees
IMPACT OF CRACK ON
CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM
Field Hearing
NASA AUTHORIZATION
TELEVISION VIOLENCE
Human Resources Subcommittee (Acting
Conferees will meet on legislation to re-
Conferees will meet on legislation (S 593) to
Chmn Downey, D-NY) of House Ways and
authorize the National Aeronautics and Space
exempt certain activities of television networks
Means Committee will hold a field hearing on
Administration (NASA) (HR 3729).
relating to regulation of portrayal of violence in
the impact of crack cocaine on the child wel-
Time & room TBA date TBA
programming from provisions of the antitrust
fare system.
House conferees: Roe, Nelson of Fla, Valentine,
laws (S 593)
11am, Children's Hospital Auditorium, 111
Brown of Calif, Lloyd, Glickman, Volkmer, Mi-
Time & room TBA date TBA
Michigan Ave NE April 3
neta, Torricelli, Nagle, Walker, Sensenbrenner,
S 593 reported by Senate Judiciary Com-
Lewis of Fla, Buechner, Packard, Slaughter of Va
mittee March 15, 1989
& Rohrabacher
MEDICARE HOSPITAL PAYMENTS
Senate conferees: TBA
S 593 passed Senate May 31, 1989
Health Subcommittee (Chmn Stark, D-
HR 3729 passed House Nov 20 1989
S 593 passed House, amended, Aug 1, 1989
Calif) of House Ways and Means Committee
HR 3729 passed Senate, amended, Nov 22,
Senate concurred in the House amendment
will hold a hearing on payments to inner-city
1989
with an amendment Nov 17, 1989
and rural hospitals under Part A of the Medi-
House disagreed to the Senate amend-
House insisted on its amendment and re-
ment, requested a conference and named con-
quested a conference Nov 21, 1989
care program.
10am 1100 Longworth Bldg April 4
ferees Feb 28, 1990
OIL-SPILL COMPENSATION
Conferees will meet on legislation (HR
CHILD WELFARE, FOSTER
1465) to establish limits on liability for dam-
& ADOPTION PROGRAMS
AMTRAK AUTHORIZATION
ages resulting from oil pollution and to estab-
Human Resources Subcommittee (Acting
Conferees will meet on legislation (HR
lish a fund to pay compensation for such
Chmn Downey, D-NY) of House Ways and
2364) to authorize appropriations for the Na-
damages.
Means Committee will hold hearings on feder-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation
Time & room TBA date TBA
ally funded child welfare, foster care and
(Amtrak).
Senate conferees: From Environment and Public
Works Committee: Burdick, Moynihan, Mitchell,
adoption assistance programs.
Time & room TBA Date TBA
Baucus, Lautenberg, Breaux, Chafee, Durenber-
10am B-318 Rayburn Bldg April 4 & 5
House conferees: From the Energy & Commerce
ger, Warner, Jeffords, Humphrey
Committee: Dingell, Thomas Luken, Eckart,
From Commerce, Science and Transportation Com-
Slattery, Boucher, Lent, Whittaker, Tauke (ex-
mittee: Hollings, Inouye, Kerry, Breaux, Dan-
cept for section 4 of the House bill and section 4 of
forth, Packwood, Stevens
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
the Senate amendment), Blilely (solely for section
House conferees:
4 of the House bill and section 4 of the Senate
FOR WIDOWS AND SPOUSES
From the Merchant Marine Committee, for consid-
amendment)
Social Security Subcommittee (Chmn Ja-
eration of the House bill (except title VIII), and
Additional conferees from the Judiciary Committee
cobs, D-Ind) of House Ways and Means Com-
the Senate amendment (except sections 601 and
(solely for section 4 of the House bill and section 4
mittee will hold a hearing on ways to improve
602), and modifications committed to conference:
of the Senate amendment): Brooks, Mazzoli, Ed-
Jones of NC, Studds, Tauzin, Carper, Hughes,
the adequacy of Social Security benefits for
wards of Calif, Fish and Moorhead
Davis, Young of Alaska, Lent (Shumway is ap-
disabled widows, divorced spouses and certain
Senate conferees: Hollings, Exon, Bryan, Robb,
pointed in place of Young of Alaska for consider-
unmarried women.
Danforth, Pressler & Kasten
ation of title I and section 2004 of the House bill
10am 1100 Longworth Bldg April 5
HR 2364 reported House Energy and Com-
and title I and section 405 of the Senate amend-
merce Committee Aug 1, 1989 (H Rpt 101-207)
ment From the Public Works Committee, for
HR 2364 passed House, amended, Sept 25,
consideration of the House bill (except title VIII),
1989
and the Senate amendment (except sections 601
SOCIAL SECURITY TAX ON
HR 2364 discharged by Senate Energy and
and 602), and modifications committed to confer-
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
Commerce Committee Nov 21, 1989
ence: Anderson, Roe, Mineta, Oberstar, Nowak,
Social Security Subcommittee (Chmn Ja-
HR 2364 passed Senate (amended to con-
Hammerschmidt, Shuster, Stangeland (Kolter is
appointed in place of Anderson for consideration
cobs, D-Ind) of House Ways and Means Com-
tain text of S 462) Nov 21, 1989
of section 4114 of the House bill; Rahall is
mittee will hold a hearing on Social Security
Senate insisted on its amendment and
appointed in place of Roe for consideration of title
tax treatment of non-qualified deferred
requested a conference Nov 21, 1989
VII of the House bill, and sections 205, 309, 354,
compensation.
House agreed to a conference and ap-
and 356 of the Senate amendment; Laughlin is
1:30pm 1100 Longworth Bldg April 5
pointed conferees Jan 24, 1990
appointed in place of Roe for consideration of
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Conference continued
House conferees:
Senate, all after the enacting clause was
For HR 3630: Dingell, Waxman, Scheuer, Lent,
stricken, the text of S 1735 was substituted,
sections 1002 and 1004 of the House bill, and
Madigan
the bills were deemed as passed and the
corresponding sections of section 102 of the Sen-
For HR 3550 from the Judiciary Committee:
Senate insisted on its amendments and re-
ate amendment; Borski is represented in place of
Hughes, Mazzoli, Feighan, McCollum, Gekas
quested a conference.
Roe for consideration of sections 4101 through
For HR 3550 for the Energy & Commerce Cmte:
4205 of the House bill, and corresponding por-
Dingell, Waxman, Lent
HR 3614 and HR 3611 passed the House
S 1735 passed Senate Oct 5, 1989
and Senate Nov 21
tions of the Senate amendment; and, Upton is
appointed in place of Shuster for consideration of
HR 3614, HR 3630, HR 3550, HR 3611
HR 3611 signed by the president Dec 13
section 4203 of the House bill and section 203 of
passed House Nov 13, 1989
(PL 101-231)
the Senate amendment.
By unanimous consent the Senate agreed
HR 3614 signed by the president Dec 12
From the Foreign Affairs Committee, for consider-
ation of sections 603 and 604 of the House bill,
that when the House bills were received by the
(PL 101-226)
HR 3630 and HR 3550 remain in conference
and sections 603 and 604 of the Senate amend-
ment, and modifications committed to confer-
ence: Fascell, Yatron, Owens of Utah, Lantos,
Feighan, Broomfield, Bereuter, Miller of Wash
From the Science & Technology Committee, for
Other Events
consideration of title VII of the House bill, and
sections 205, 309, 354, 356, and 506 of the Senate
amendment, and modifications committed to
conference: Scheuer, Brown of Calif, Lloyd, Wal-
gren, Walker, Schneider, Morrison of Wash
The Monitor has received notice of the
International Monetary Fund Depty Managing
From the Interior Committee, for consideration of
following events scheduled to take place in
Director Richard Erb, who will discuss the
title I and section 2004 of the House bill, and title
Washington. Associations, non-profit organiza-
international debt situation.
I and section 405 of the Senate amendment, and
tions and public interest groups who wish to
Noon to 2pm La Fonda Restaurant, 1639 R
modifications committed to conference: Udall,
Miller of Calif, Sharp, Young of Alaska, Craig
have events listed in the section should send
St NW March 29
From the Interior Committee, for consideration of
pertinent information to: The Congressional
Contact: 293-4193
title VIII and section 2004 of the House bill, and
Monitor, Other Events Editor, 1414 22nd St.
Note: There is a charge for this event of $25 for
sections 601 and 602 of the Senate amendment,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037. Notices must
members in advance and $30 for members at the
and modifications committed to conference:
include a telephone number. Notices may be
door and non-members. For reservations send a
Udall, Miller of Calif, Sharp, Vento, DeFazio,
check to:
transmitted by facsimile to 728-1862, attn:
Young of Alaska, Marlenee, Craig
Washington Internatl Trade Assn
Robert Healy. Only events related to Congress
From the Energy & Commerce Committee, for
Suite 800
can be listed. Deadline is Noon. For further
consideration of sections 8103, 8201, and 8202 of
1899 L St NW
the House bill, and section 601 of the Senate
information call (202) 887-8686.
Washington, DC 20036
amendment, and modifications committed to
Deadline for reservations is March 27
conference: Dingell, Hall of Texas, Lent.
From the Merchant Marine Committee, for consid-
ICBM & ARMS CONTROL
eration of title VIII of the House bill and sections
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis will
TAX & BUDGET IMPACT
601 and 602 of the Senate amendment, and
sponsor a series of breakfast meetings for
ON STATE & LOCAL GOVTS
modifications committed to conference: Jones of
members of Congress and congressional staff
Budget and Tax Task Force of Women in
NC, Tauzin, Carper, Davis, Fields
From the Merchant Marine Committee, for consid-
working on defense related issues. The sessions
Government Relations will sponsor a breakfast
eration of title VIII of the House bill, and sections
will focus on various aspects of ICBM modern-
discussion on the implications of federal tax
601 and 602 of the Senate amendment, and
ization and arms control.
and budget policies on state and local
modifications committed to conference: Ander-
8am to 9am Capitol Hill Club March 29,
governments.
son, Mineta, Nowak, Hammerschmidt, Stange-
April 4, 19, 26, May 1, 8, 17, 22, June 5, 6 &7
8:30am to 10am, 311 Cannon Bldg March 30
land
Contact: Peter Huessy at 463-7942
Contact: Kimberley Parker at 842-4210
HR 1465 reported by House Public Works
Agenda:
Participants: James Martin legis counsel, Natl
Committee Sept 18, 1989 (H Rpt 101-242, pt I)
March 27: The Military and Strategic Rationale for
Govs' Assn; Iris Lav asst dir for public policy,
HR 1465 reported by House Merchant
ICBMs: Enhanced Survivability with MXRG and
AFSCME; Chris Zimmerman staff assoc, Natl
Marine Committee Sept 18, 1989 (H Rpt 101-
SICBM Gen John Chain
Conf of State Legislatures; Haron Battle legis-
242, pt II)
April 4: The Rush to Disarm: Maintaining Strategic
rep, Natl Assn of Counties
HR 1465 reported by House Science Com-
Deterrence in a Changing Era Rep Dickinson; R-
Note: There is a charge for this event of $20 for
Ala
mittee Sept 20, 1989 (H Rpt 101-242, pt III)
members and $30 for non-members. For reserva-
April 19: Midgetman and START Rep Mavroules,
Supplemental report filed by House Public
tions send a check, made payable to WGR, to:
D-Mass
Kimberley Parker
Works Committee Oct 3, 1989 (H Rpt 101-242,
April 26: The Scowcroft Commission Revisited:
American Postal Workers
pt IV)
Seeking Reduction of Nuclear Weapons in a
1300 L St NW
Supplemental report filed by House Mer-
Changing World Gen Brent Scowcroft
Washington, DC 20005
chant Marine Committee Oct 4, 1989 (H Rpt
May 1: The Road to Better Deterrence: START
101-242, pt V)
and Enhanced Survivability of U.S. Strategic
HR 1465 passed House, amended, Nov 9,
Forces Rep Dicks, D-Wash
UNDERSTANDING CONGRESS
May &: Strategic Offense and Defense: What is a
1989
Stable Transition? Rep Kyl, R-Ariz
Congressional Quarterly will sponsor a sem-
S 686 reported by Senate Environment
May 17: Negotiating Nuclear Weapons Limits with
inar on "Understanding Congress."
Committee July 28, 1989 (S Rpt 101-94)
the Soviets: Realities of the Post Berlin Wall Era
8:30am to 1pm, Quality Hotel Capitol Hill
S 686 passed Senate Aug 4, 1989
Max Kampelman
April
3
Senate amended HR 1465 to contain the
May 22: The Role of SICBM in START and
Note: There is a charge of $195 for this event. For
text of S 686 Nov 19, 1989
Beyond Rep McCurdy, D-Okla
information and registration call Irene Cuffy at
Senate insisted on its amendments and
June 5: Midgetman: Insuring Survival in a New
887-8620.
requested a conference Nov 19, 1989
Deterrent Framework Sen Cohen, R-Maine
June 6: START: Can We Afford Complacency?
House agreed to a conference Feb 7, 1990
Richard Burt
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
June 7: The Twin Races to Disarm and Negotiate:
National Association of Manufacturers will
What Path Toward Prudence and Enhanced
DRUG PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION
Strategic Stability? Sen Nunn, D-Ga
sponsor an issues briefing on the international
Conferees will meet on legislation (S
Date TBA: The Emerging Strategic Framework
trade agenda, including the Uruguay round of
1735/HR 3630, HR 3550) to authorize drug
Rep Aspin, D-Wis
GATT, super 301 negotiations and the struc-
control programs.
tural impediments initiative talks with Japan.
Time & room TBA date TBA
The speaker is U.S. Trade Representative
Senate conferees: Kennedy, Dodd, Pell, Hollings,
INTERNATIONAL DEBT
Carla Hills.
Inouye, Biden, Sarbanes, Hatch, Coats, Danforth,
Washington International Trade Associa-
8:30am Capitol Hilton Hotel April 4
Wilson, Helms, Gramm
tion will sponsor a luncheom meeting with
Contact: 637-3115
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Other continued
April
9:30am to Noon, Lehrman Auditorium, 214
8:30am: Survival strategies for rural providers
Mass Ave NE April 12
Note: There is a charge for this event of $30 for
Rep Tauke, R-Iowa; Frederich Wenzel - admin,
Contact: Danielle Doane at 546-4400, ext 381
Marshfield Clinic
members and $40 for non-members. For reserva-
Participants:
tions and information call 637-3115.
9:30am: Managed care reform legis
Robert Manning - special adviser to the asst secy of
Rep Waxman, D-Calif
(
state for East Asian and Pacific affs
10:30am: Regulatory update: Antitrust issues and
PANEL: Leon Aron - Salvatori Fellow in Soviet
"safe harbor" regulations
RESEARCH WORKSHOP
studies, Heritage Foundation; Yevgeniy
Noon: Goals of Health Care Financing Admin: Gail
Afanasyev - counselor for Asian affs, Soviet Em-
ON CONGRESS
Wilensky adminr, HCFA
bassy; Aleksandr Churilin - counselor for politcal-
Congressional Quarterly will sponsor a re-
2pm: Prospects of comprehensive change in U.S
military affs, Soviet Embassy; Dalton West dir,
search workshop on Congress.
health care system
World Technology Foundation; Roger Brooks -
8:30am to 1pm, Congressional Quarterly,
Lesley Russell - House Energy & Commerce Cmte
dir, Asian Studies Ctr
1414 22nd St NW April 4, May 1
prof staffer; Chip Kahn - House Ways & Means
Note: There is a charge of $195 for this event. For
Cmte minority prof staffer; David Nexon Senate
Labor & Human Resources Cmte staff dir; Ma-
information and registration call Irene Cuffy at
rina Weiss - Senate Finance Cmte chief analyst
EASTERN EUROPEAN
887-8620.
for health & human resources
BUSINESS PROSPECTS
3:30pm: Recent developments in laboratory rules
American Foreign Service Association and
Note: There is a charge for this event of $425 for
the Atlantic Council will sponsor a symposium
TRADE IN SERVICES
members and $450 for non-members. For more
on business prospects in Eastern Europe.
& GATT TALKS
information contact Brent Miller at (703) 838-
9am April 18
Coalition of Service Industries will sponsor
0033
Contact: Brian Hennessey at 338-4045
a seminar for trade association executives on
Agenda:
"Service Industries and the Uruguay Round
9:05am: Robert Barry special adviser to dpty secty
Trade Negotiations."
DEFENSE QUALITY MANAGEMENT
of state on Eastern European assistance
8am to 2:30pm. Sheraton Carlton Hotel, 16th
Women in Defense will hold a meeting to
9:30am: Rozanne Ridgway pres, Atlantic Council
& K Sts NW April 4
hear Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
10am: What Opportunities Exist? How to Repatri-
ate Profits?
Contact: 467-3043
Total Quality Management Laurie Broedling
Note: There is a charge of $25 for this event. For
Paul Volker Czechoslovak Advisory Cmte; Mad-
discuss implementation of a total management
reservations send a check to:
eline Albright Ctr for Natl Policy; Jeffrey Sachs
quality system within industry and the govern-
Coalition of Service Industries
- Harvard Univ; Nick Ward - vpres for internatl
ments role in promoting TQM.
2001 M St NW 4th Flr
affs, Marriott; Alice Amsden - New School for
Washington, DC 20026
11:30am (reception), 12:15pm (lunch), 1pm
Social Research & MIT
(speech), Army-Navy Country Club, Arlington,
11:40am: How U.S. Govt & Embassies Can Help?
Va April 5
Henry Owen - exec cmte, Bretton Woods Cmte;
Contact: Gerri Chido at 883-0700
Richard Lesher - US Chamber of Commerce;
PEACE IN MIDDLE EAST
Francis Meehan - former amb to German Demo-
Research Institute of the American-Arab
Note: There is a charge for this event of $25 for
members and $30 for non-members.
cratic Republic, Poland and Czechoslovakia; Su-
Anti-Discrimination Committee will sponsor a
san Blackman - dir, East Europe Business Ctr,
panel discussion on "Time for Peace in the
Commerce Dept; Ralph Johnson - dpty asst secy
Middle East."
of state for European affairs
CFC/OZONE REGULATIONS
Noon SR-325 Russell Bldg April 4
1pm: Lunch - Rep Gephardt, D-Mo
Environmental Task Force of Women in
Contact: Bill Kaplan at 525-2540
Note: There is a $200 charge for this event. For
Government Relations will sponsor a breakfast
Participants: Sen Jeffords, R-Vt; Rita Hauser US
information and reservations call Brian
chmn, Internati Ctr for Peace in the Middle East;
meeting to discuss pending CFC/ozone regula-
Hennessey at 338-4045.
Rashid Khalidi - asoc dir, Ctr Middle Eastern
tions and ongoing activities on the eve of Earth
Studies, Univ of Chicago; Lewis Lapham - ed,
Day 1990.
Harper's Magazine; Michael Sterner former US
8:30am to 10am, BellCorp, 2102 L St NW
dpty asst secy of state
April 10
Note: Reservations are required, call 525-2540.
Contact: Karil Kockenderfer at 659-0330
Participants: Steve Anderson Global Change Div,
EPA; reps of Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club,
Joint Committees
HEALTH ISSUES FORUM
other environmental grps.
American Group Practice Association will
Note: There is a charge for this event of $20 for
sponsor a forum on congressional and regula-
members and $25 for non-members. For reserva-
tions send a check, made payable to Women in
tory health issues.
Government Relations, to:
8am Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill April 5 &6
QUALITY OF FEDERAL STATISTICS
Crystle Martin
Contact: Brent Miller at (703) 838-0033
Joint Economic Committee (Chmn Hamil-
Mobil Corp
Agenda (partial):
1100 Connecticut Ave NW
ton, D-Ind) will continue hearings on proposals
April 5:
Suite 620
to improve the quality of federal economic
8am: Keynote: Sen Rockefeller, D-WVa
Washington, DC 200036
statistics, focusing on assessments made by
9am: Physician self-referral legis: Rep Stark, D-
Deadline for reservations is April 3
users. Testimony will include recommenda-
Calif
tions by the White House Working Group on
10:15am: Multi-specialty practices response to re-
Federal Statistics and discussion of other ini-
form
U.S.-SOVIET GOALS IN
tiatives that might be taken.
2pm: Physician practice guidelines
Alec Bouxsein counsel, House Energy Health &
ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
10am 1334 Longworth Bldg March 29
Environment Subcmte; Jarrett Clinton - dir,
Asian Studies Center of the Heritage Foun-
Witnesses scheduled: Sar Levitan dir, Ctr for
Agency of Health Care Policy Research
dation will sponsor a seminar on "U.S.-Soviet
Social Policy Studies, GWU; Joel Popkin pres,
3:30pm: Professional liability reform
Goals in the Asia-Pacific Region: Coincidence
Joel Popkin & Co; James Smith - pres, Natl Assn
Rep Johnson, R-Conn; Edwin Froelich, MD
of Business Economists
or Confrontation?"
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Status of Appropriations
Week of March 26
0
INTERIOR
FULL COMMITTEE
House: 225-3081; Senate: 224-7233
House: 225-2771; Senate: 224-3471
House subcmte hearings scheduled: March 227, 28 & 29
FY90 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS:
LABOR/HHS/EDUC
House: 225-3508; Senate: 224-7283
AGRICULTURE
House: 225-2638; Senate: 224-7240
House subcmte hearings scheduled:
March 28 & 29
Senate subcmte hearings scheduled:
March 28 & 29
House subcmte hearings scheduled:
March 28 & 29
Senate subcmte hearings scheduled:
March 30
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
House: 225-5338; Senate: 224-7338
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE,
& THE JUDICIARY
Senate subcmte hearings scheduled: March:30
House: 225-3351; Senate: 224-7277
House subcmte hearings scheduled:
March 28 & 29
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Senate subcmte hearings scheduled:
March 29
House: 225-3047; Senate: 224-7255
House subcmte hearings scheduled: March 28 & 28
DEFENSE
House: 225-2847; Senate: 224-7255
TRANSPORTATION
House subcmte hearings scheduled:
March 28 & 29
House: 225-2141; Senate: 224-7245
Senate subcmte hearings scheduled:
March 29
House subcmte hearings scheduled:
March 28
Senate subcmte hearings scheduled: March 29
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
House: 225-5338; Senate: 224-7236
TREASURY/POSTAL SERVICE
House: 225-5834; Senate: 224-6280
ENERGY & WATER DEVELOPMENT
House: 225-3421; Senate: 224-7260
House subcmte hearings scheduled:
March 28 & 29
Senate subcmte hearings scheduled:
March 28
House subcmte hearings scheduled:
March 28 & 29
Senate subcmte hearings scheduled:
March 28 & 29
VA, HUD & INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
FOREIGN OPERATIONS
House: 225-2041; Senate: 224-7209
House: 225-3241; Senate: 224-7211
House subcmte hearings scheduled:
March 28
House subcmte hearings scheduled: March 29
Senate subcmte hearings scheduled:
March 29
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House Floor Action
Week of March 26
Day 1990 on the US Capitol Grounds passed
by voice
H J Res 471
Make technical changes and correct enroll-
ment errors in the departments of Com-
Monday, March 26:
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990,
No legislative business scheduled
and to make technical changes in the Foreign
Relations Authorizations Act, fiscal years
1990 and 1991 defeated 276-149 (2/3rds vote
need to pass under suspension of the rules)
Tuesday, March 27:
Convenes at 9am
Wednesday, March 28 &
HR 3847
Establish a Department of Environmental
Thursday, March 29:
Protection began consideration
Convenes at Noon on Wednesday
Under suspension of the rules
Convenes at 11am on Thursday
HR 4328
Authorize appropriations for fiscal years
HR 3847
Establish a Department of Environmental
1991 and 1992 for the customs and trade
Protection continue consideration
agencies begin consideration passed 424-0
HR 1463
HR 2209
National Capital Transportation Amend-
Enable producers of soybeans to develop,
ments begin consideration
finance, and carry out a nationally coordi-
HR 644
nated prgm for soybean promotion, research,
Amend Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by desig-
nating segments of the East Fork of Jemez
and consumer information passed 416-9
HR 3386
and Pecos rivers in NM as components of the
Prohibit the use of refigerated motor vehicles
for the transportation of solid waste, prohibit
Natl Wild and Scenic Rivers System begin
consideration
the use of cargo tanks in providing vehicle
HR 3
transportation of food and hazardous materi-
Child Development and Education Act begin
consideration
als passed 410-15
HR 908
Provide for 5-yr staggered terms for mem-
bers of the Fed Energy Regulatory Commn
passed 426-0
Friday, March 30:
S Con Res 98 Authorize a public event with music for Earth
Not in session
Wednesday, March 28, 1990
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Senate Floor Action
Week of March 26
to MITCHELL substitute amendment 1293 to
allow utilities to bank emission allowances
earned under Phase I requirements of the acid
Monday, March 26:
rain title for later use in Phase II, agreed to by
voice
S 1630
Air Restoration and Standards Attainment
SYMMS amendment 1378 to MITCHELL
Act of 1989
substitute amendment 1293 to assist individuals
[continued from March 22]
who replace high-polluting wood stoves with
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE substi-
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-ap-
tute amendment, pending at recess
proved stoves, agreed to by voice
MITCHELL substitute amendment 1293 to
[continued March 27]
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE substitute
S Res 258
Recognize and congratulate the 1990 Inter-
amendment, pending at recess
national Trans-Antarctica Expedition
BAUCUS amendment 1307 to MITCHELL
S Res 258, agreed to by voice
substitute amendment 1293 to grant adminis-
S 1853
Award a Congressional Gold Medal to
trator authority to authorize limited production
Laurence Spelman Rockefeller
of halons after the year 2000 if necessary for
DOLE (for CHAFEE) technical amendment
aviation safety purposes, pending at recess
1379, agreed to by voice (modified)
WIRTH amendment 1313 to MITCHELL
S 1853, as amended, passed by voice
substitute amendment 1293 to establish guide-
HR 2692
Provide that the secretary of Education and
lines for alternative work schedules for federal
two additional individuals from private life
agencies within nonattainment areas, pending at
shall be members of the board of trustees of
recess
the Woodrow Wilson International Center for
BYRD amendment 1329 to MITCHELL
Scholars
substitute amendment 1293 to provide benefits
HR 2692, passed by voice
for terminated coal mine workers, pending at
HR 2692 is now cleared for the president.
recess
NICKLES amendment 1373 to MITCH-
ELL substitute amendment 1293 to establish
Tuesday, March 27:
operating permits to facilitate enforcement and
to provide a process for implementing new con-
S 1630
Air Restoration and Standards Attainment
trol requirements, pending at recess
Act of 1989 continued consideration
CHAFEE (for LOTT) technical amendment
1377 to MITCHELL substitute amendment
1293, agreed to by voice
Wednesday, March 28 &
BAUCUS (for KOHL) amendment 1375 to
Balance of the Week:
MITCHELL substitute amendment 1293 to al-
low certain utility plants built on or after Janu-
S 1630
Air Restoration and Standards Attainment
ary 1, 1985 to exceed sulfur dioxide emission
Act of 1989 continue consideration
caps specified in the acid rain provisions in Title
Possibilities after completion of S 1630 include:
IV, agreed to by voice
Pending drug/crime control legislation
BAUCUS (for KASTEN) amendment 1376
S 1109
Vocational Education Act reauthroization
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Very concerned "sombre tone"
St Gonb
I Lyst saying dialogue
etc. not "regotiation", since
that wans
Not repeat "pecentul"
He Feels "lonesone"
Lith resolution canes problems -
FOLLOW UP: really cart speak for all of Lith
so big that one forum
mnonties had no recommdator
G- Feels no response by
L for his restrait
" great Gonb pressure from this
people at home
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Fedural Cominal called
to get support
Affects rest A sovilluer
Feels be has trid to charge
laws, providing for self determine
Now malay rule of
law but charges must
be made in constit- way
Like Gur
FOLLOW
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quickly bhas treat to
"calm it 4 down but
"no response"
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MT
u ive does so
even - don't put it in
Jeopardy- - n
This is whre he
he ta thid "A"
Ashud him it hid like we to
contact you
Never heard so sombre
FOLLOW UP: Not sure what would
happen
" "Tone of Voice -momizone
Lith Dominating Every thing
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ting.
Sov on
Undratand on, diserters
Unless we can get some
responer from Lith -
Douthing wise Slow it down"
tell Landsr
[MT for it]
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very sombre
ST meh on plate - waring
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S
WITH:
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but -disussion" 2014ble by dialogue
Mail safry "Fully Support Loth"
Chuchell sayay Jaw, Jan
better then was won
FOLLOW UP:
send simultarents missage Lith -Gorly
colossal
alam
"all foreignes out- wouson
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SUBJECT:
Need to tell country
peacetul solution"
He (Gonb) does not have
feeling we're stiring it up
,
Sols Lith seen E. Gem, Rowever
now they this they n the
save -
FOLLOW UP:
minopilies in Lith
soo 800 K pitty Gonls
weln quet possure
mest help greater prize
bet It in
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News touth stay
Levine =
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Desh
DATE:
FROM THE PRESIDENT
To:
CB 5 -
No progress in drys
1)
Michael Levine
pott grab bay
(b)(6)
eveyone in
for wrong
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reasin
2) Robut Stutman
(b)(6)
CBS News Consultant
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DATE:
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TIME:
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Jerry Weintranb
SUBJECT
/
Nixon Library
should he do.t
"Yes"
2
Thilled about sustation
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3. Lik to zee CD sou day
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DATE 3-28
TIME 520 20
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WITH:
Howad Balue
SUBJECT Joy
small young tumor
/ cm
not spread to lymph madro
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
11:45 a.m.
Wednesday
March 28, 1990
PHONE CALL FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM: Ron Kaufman
re: Hugh Gregg (per Don Rhodes request)
talked
Patty Presock
p.m.
WHITE HOUSE,
ASHINGTON
GB
DATE: 3/28/90 Desh
FROM THE PRESIDENT
To:
Govt of Mexico
strong ads
DR drug Eight
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Outstonding 30
sec. spot
925 Liking
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THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
close
1990 MAR 29 PN 1: 25
keep
March 28, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
C. BOYDEN GRA am
COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
Boyden reshe Vefrend. he me
SUBJECT:
Donald Aronow Homicide Investigation
GB
My office spoke to Gary Rosenberg, Dade County Assistant State
Attorney, concerning the above case. Mr. Rosenberg wanted to let
you know that within the next sixty to ninety days, they expect
to arrest a suspect. He is relaying this information due to his
62,5
understanding that you are good friends of the Aronow family, and
wished to be kept apprised of any progress. Since no arrest has
been made or announced, this information is sensitive.
undistand
I
COLONEL RED REEDER
Fairfax Retirement
124 Adams
9100 Belvoir Woods P kwy
Ft Belvoir, VA 22060
20 March, 1990
President George Bush
President of the United States
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
Dear President Bush,
I was surprised and honored by your telecall this morning.
My remaining leg felt better at once. Yes, my brother Fred is
superb.
My wonderful wife Dort, who resembles Mrs. Bush in more
ways than one, and I will be watching on TV when you throw out
the first ball for the NL in St Louis. When you near the mound,
you might wave the outfielders back. This is funny even if it
is not knew.
Photocopy from George Busli Presidential Library
Sir, the entire Reeder family is proud of you, and we
appreciate and thank you for your smart work.
Very respectfully yours,
Red
Russell P. Reeder, Jr
Colonel, USA (retired)
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George Bush Handwriting
7.5. Alymoic Achietes
Fush Drop-By
3-28-90
At the Parade of Athl'tes Olymoic Congressional Dinner Wednesday, President George
Push joked that he and Parhava wo Idn}t stay for dinner ecause, """e haard you
were havin; broccoli." Sen: te majorit leader Genu :e Mitchell introduced the
president as "the well-known broccoli ` asher "rom Kennehunkeport" nt the 0:51 Shoreham
Hotel.
Thile Dush applau'ed and chatted with Bernard ?. Tresnows':, president of the ENT
Flue Cross and "In Shirld Association, about " recent, not-so-recent and future U.S.
Olympic athl tes lined the platin m behind him. Athletes included Bonnit Blair
'sn ed strating and Your Heacher ? immin), but Mike Erusione, who scored the "inning
ice hockey pal against the U.S.S.R. in 1 80, nt, the most ampleuse from the 800 or
so mests at the black tie event. /Afterward, the president and Barbera, dressed in
2 long red skirt and = black and red sequined sweater, shook hands with thes Ites.
Fush made a pitch : T the clean air bill after Nitchell introduced him.
"Good athletes need clean air," Push said. "Ceorge Mitchell is doing more
than anyone it load this 00 ntry toward clean eir, and am we 7 grateful."
For his part. Yes Mitchell said that hil- he often accused of not being pertisen
enough, "How can I anything 1-8 shout = man the has four home states rut chooses
:- l'v- in "aine?"
Push said he had been given 2 pair of "lympic threats. "I'll wear then with price and
hope no no necrses ne of incersonatin an athlete," he said. 40 the end, Bush was
presented with a silver to 'ch, shout feet long, in henor of his honorary pres-
flancy of the T.S. Olympic Committee.
Push left the Thite "cuse at 7:27 D.J. and return i =t 0:30 P.E. Noth motorcades were
uneventful.
Push said : at Touth Medica, Europe and the whole world would make trenendors
TO wess if there related the arcellence no The athletes. "330 trainin, keep
stru -ling, keep breaking herders, and the ill follow you," he told them.
Miliz Tweci-Scripps Howard
Press Conference - Wednesday, March 28, 1990
M
Speaker Thomas Foley - Lithuania Remarks"
"Well it's a very difficult situation in Lithuania at this moment and the U.S. position has been
not to recognize the Soviet annexation of Lithuania. But on the other hand, obviously we
intend to hold President Gorbachev to his promise not use force. But I don't criticize the
President at this moment, In recognizing that the circumstances are very delicate, very
serious, and I think he should be given the benefit of the doubt as he deals with this."
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Patty:
Per Foley's office, the Speaker did not make
a statement on Lithuania, but responded to a
question at his press conference. Attached
is his response.
Thanks,
Becky
SEEN SHH THE
CAPITAL COMMENT
EDITED BY JOHN SANSING
WHAT WE'VE HEARD
That Barbara Bush's doctors
entourage came streaming back
soon will have to decide whether
to the planes loaded with pounds
to change her treatment for
and pounds of Colombian coffee
Graves' Disease. Her periodic
beans. No beans were allowed on
radiation treatments at Walter
Air Force One, but officials said
Reed Army Medical Center have
they were permissible on the
not been successful so far, and
press plane, with its more ex-
they may have to resort to sur-
pendable passengers.
That
gery
That US News & World
George Bush's staff groaned
Report staffers are scrambling
when the President showed up
DAVID VALDEZ/THE THE WHITE
for parking places now that the
for a joint photo op at Camp
precious slots across the street
David with West German Chan-
from their headquarters have
cellor Helmut Kohl somewhat ca-
been closed. A new Mort Zucker-
sually dressed. Quipped one se-
man building will arise on the old
nior aide, "That brown shirt is a
GEORGE BUSH AND A PEACEFUL MILLIE
parking lot
That movie-
nice touch for a conference with a
Jealousy Strikes the White House
star-gazers can watch out for Di-
German."
That one of Capi-
ane Keaton and Dennis Hopper as
tol Hill's most popular eateries
IS MILLIE IN GEORGE'S DOGHOUSE?
that unlikely duo starts filming
may be closing its doors. The
Running Mates on the streets of
restaurateur is so far behind on
A NEW LOVE HAS CAPTURED HIS HEART
Washington. He's running for
rent payments that the building
president, she's writing his
In what may prove to be the big-
speeches, they fall in love
Ranger in from their home in Al-
gest overthrow since Nicaragua
That Jack Kent Cooke may be
exandria so that Ranger can be
got rid of Ortega, George Bush is
flown to Camp David for a week-
looking to buy into a big film
said to have transferred his affec-
end romp with the President.
studio. One possibility: Orion
tions from Millie, the unofficial
Margaret Bush has told of one
Pictures, 70 percent of which is
White House dog, to a new ca-
on the block as Metromedia un-
incident that illustrates the Presi-
nine love in his life: Ranger, one
dent's infatuation with Ranger.
loads its shares. If Cooke goes
of Millie's pups.
One day she received a call from
Hollywood, the Redskins may be
Bush has been heard to com-
the White House. Her father-in-
put up for sale.
That the
plain that Millie often appears
hottest selling T-shirt in-town
law got on the line. "How's my
sick and somewhat lackadaisical.
features caricatures of General
big boy doing?" Bush asked.
Barbara Bush has an explanation:
"Why don't you call him
Manuel Noriega and DC Mayor
Millie is jealous of Ranger, who
yourself and ask him. He's still at
Marion Barry side by side, with
was born last spring and now is in
work," replied Margaret Bush.
the caption "Supply and De-
the care of the Bushes' son Mar-
mand.
That there's a house
"No-not Marvin. I'm talking
vin. "Millie seems to perk up the
on the market in McLean for
about Ranger," the President
farther she gets from Ranger,
said.
around $5 million. To view it,
says the First Lady, "and that's
Barbara Bush is said to be
you have to undergo a security
the gospel truth."
miffed at the President's transfer
check, which takes five days.
Bush has invited Ranger to
of allegiance. Comments Marvin
The realtor, Pardoe & Graham, is
AP/WIDE
Camp David-even when not in-
keeping mum on the owner, but
REZA PAHLAVI
Bush: "My mother is jealous be-
viting Marvin and his wife Mar-
it's Reza Pablavi, son of the Shah
cause my father likes my dog bet-
He's Moving On
garet. Margaret dutifully drives
of Iran. No word about where
ter than her dog."
he's going. That Secretary of
owner is preparing to foreclose.
State James Baker could have
That the "Big Chill" be-
rubbed elbows with Jane Fonda a
tween George Bush and House
QUAYLE CAUGHT IN TRUMP TUG-OF-WAR
couple of months ago during his
Majority Leader Richard Gep-
trip to Prague and other Eastern
hardt is getting chillier. What
V
ice President Dan Quayle found himself in the midst of the
European capitals. Fonda and her
started as a public spat over the
Donald and Ivana rump tug-of-war during a day trip to
entourage were staying at the
capital-gains tax has escalated
the Plaza Hotel
same hotel as Baker and his en-
into front-page warfare. When
Quayle used the Plaza, a Trump property, as headquarters for a
tourage. Other guests: play-
the two recently came face to face
series of media interviews. The Plaza is one of the properties that
wright Harold Pinter and his wife
at the Capitol they ignored each
Ivana, who has been in charge of running it, would like in the
Antonia Fraser, and the Dalai
other.
That the Richard Nix-
divorce settlement One New York tabloid ran the headline,
Lama.
That reporters and
on Library in Yorba Linda, Cali-
Ivana Says, Gimme the Plaza
staffers accompanying President
fornia, will not feature the usual
While there, Quayle received a handwritten note from Ivana that
Bush on his one-day trip to Carta-
re-creation of the Oval Office, a
read Sorry I can't see you personally, but thanks for using my
gena, Colombia, ignored warn-
place evidently not fondly re-
hotel
ings from press secretary Marlin
membered. Instead, Nixon's pri-
A short time later he received a phone call from Donald, who
Fitzwater not to accept gifts or
vate office will be re-created.
chatted and concluded by saying, 'I want you to know how pleased
make purchases, to prevent
Curators at the library explain
I am that you decided to come to my hotel:
someone ending up with a clever-
that's where Nixon did most of
ly disguised plastique bomb. The
his writing and thinking.
April 1990/The Washingtonian 7
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
RECOMMENDED TELEPHONE CALL BY THE PRESIDENT
TO:
Senator Bill Armstrong (R-CO)
DATE:
March 28, 1990
RECOMMENDED BY:
Frederick D. McClure for
PURPOSE:
To urge Senator Armstrong to oppose the Byrd
amendment to the clean air bill
BACKGROUND:
Senator Armstrong has indicated to us that
he intends to support the Byrd amendment to
the clean air bill. Although he says that
he (1) supports the clean air bill, (2) does
not want to see it defeated, and (3) is not
generally supportive of the policy
underlying the Byrd amendment, he
nonetheless says that he will vote for the
amendment.
Since the beginning of your Administration,
Armstrong has lodged numerous complaints
about actions taken by the Environmental
Protection Agency. This vote, he believes,
will send a "message" to the EPA of his
displeasure.
Armstrong might be reminded of his
commitment to you, after announcing his
retirement plans, that he would be
supportive of your efforts in the Senate.
(NOTE: Governor Sununu will visit with you
concerning other details, prior to your
making this call.)
KEY POINTS:
See Attachment.
DATE OF
SUBMISSION:
March 28, 1990
ACTION:
Attachment A
SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS
I'm calling about the Byrd amendment to the clean air bill.
This amendment looks like it might be coming down to the
wire in terms of getting the necessary votes to defeat the
amendment.
We strongly oppose this amendment, primarily because it's
bad public policy to single out one category of employees
that might be affected by the bill.
Moreover, it is sure to increase the cost of the clean air
bill, especially if every other affected industry tries to
get into the act, as has already been suggested.
I certainly hope that you will oppose the Byrd amendment
when the vote is taken Thursday afternoon.
All 5 of these
OK Possible exception
is Lugar
Attachment B
Background Information on Senators
Frank Murkowski
Was originally in the "leaning yes" category but began to
move toward the "no" position last week; his Alaska
counterpart, Ted Stevens, has indicated that he will be
supporting Byrd; Murkowski thinks that this might cause him
a problem in Alaska
1/
ACTION:
"Im with you
wish It could be watered down
Connie Mack
Was originally in the "yes" column but began to "lean no"
because of the number of times that he and his Florida
counterpart, Bob Graham, began to split on earlier votes;
indicates that it may cause him political problems;
remember that Mack was just elected to the Senate last year
and five years remain on his first term
ACTION:
No problem with doing it -
trying to work out allowanceo- for Flonda
I will vote you !! Tell McClure I need
Jake Garn
Is believed to be in the "no" column; serves on the
help on Fla. amundmts- we
Appropriations Committee and earlier indications were that Lose from
Byrd would "be helpful this year on space funding," which acid now
Garn dearly loves; later conversations with him indicated
that he had a defense problem that we were unable to fix
because of actions taken by Congress that are now law (DoD
Deputy Secretary Don Atwood did meet with him)
ACTION:
agree on issue. Bad - only
reason indicating' for it - Trying to get legisl. help-
a Def. Contract. woit vote for Byrd
Bob Packwood
Do have bad Contractual Situation -
2nd sonta on
conse wints
Originally visit with his told Oregon us he was colleague, "undecided," Mark Hatfield, but that he about wanted the to engines
issue; Hatfield has indicated that he will be supporting WM6 Int)
Byrd (Hatfield is ranking on Appropriations with Byrd)
had to shove
ACTION: Can you help on Nichles? Permitting
techology
Heard from temper prople-
cut back
"
You cane count on
prime-
and then
increase
Prood- raise CBI.
2nd savee
small kest unfan
Dick Lugar
Has been in the "undecided" category since we began lobbying
against the Byrd amendment; Roger Porter visited with him
at length and (Porter) believed that Lugar might be 75% with
us; given his Midwest interest in this matter, we basically
"gave at the negotiating table" to assist the Midwest, and
this issue (labor protection) was never raised during the
negotiations.
ACTION: with try - Indiana has 20ml real
problems - probly vote vs Bynd, but
not want to care problems for
Coats
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
RECOMMENDED TELEPHONE CALLS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO:
Senator Frank Murkowski (R-AK)
Senator Connie Mack (R-FL)
Senator Jake Garn (R-UT)
Senator Bob Packwood (R-OR)
Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN)
DATE:
March 28, 1990
RECOMMENDED BY:
Frederick D. McClure 7m
PURPOSE:
To encourage Senators to oppose the Byrd
amendment to the clean air bill.
BACKGROUND:
Senator Bob Byrd (D-WV) has an amendment to
the clean air bill that would provide
Federal support for coal miners whose jobs
might be lost as a result of enactment of
the legislation. The Administration
strongly opposes this provision.
The Byrd amendment is scheduled for a vote
no later than Thursday, March 29, at 3:00
p.m. As of this time, Majority Leader
George Mitchell plans to vote up/down on the
amendment, as opposed to voting on a motion
to table.
KEY POINTS:
See Attachment A.
DATE OF
SUBMISSION:
March 28, 1990
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03/28/90
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
DATE
3-28-90
FROM THE PRESIDENT
To:
Marlin
Another Gem from CBS TV News
Tonite' CBS story on Drug War
has me in low orbit.
I talked to Bennett on CBS biased
coverage
Photocopy from George Bush Presidential Library
(b)(6)
bennett will talk to Lawn
about htis. but If Leslie asks.
"how're we doin tell heri
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 28, 1990
Dear Mr. Minister:
In keeping with the splendid tradition of
friendship between the Irish and American
peoples, I was delighted to welcome you and
Mrs. Lenihan back to the White House on the
eve of St. Patrick's Day.
Thank you for those shamrocks and the
beautiful crystal bowl that you presented
to me. I appreciate the goodwill conveyed
by your gesture. May we always hold dear
to the principles of peace, justice, and
democracy that bind our two countries
together.
Barbara joins me in sending you and
Mrs. Lenihan our warm best wishes.
Sincerely,
Great having
GBl
you here!
His Excellency
Brian Lenihan
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland
Dublin
MAD 28
Dear Mr. Minister:
In keeping with the splendid tradition of
friendship between the Irish and American
peoples, I was delighted to welcome you and
Mrs. Lenihan back to the White House on the
eve of St. Patrick's Day.
Thank you for those shamrocks and the
beautiful crystal bowl that you presented
to me. I appreciate the goodwill conveyed
by your gesture. May we always hold dear
to the principles of peace, justice, and
democracy that bind our two countries
together.
Barbara joins me in sending you and
Mrs. Lenihan our warm best wishes.
Sincerely,
GEORGE BUSH
His Excellency
900329
Brian Lenihan
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland
Dublin
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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ACTION:
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FROM:
THE PRESIDENT
TO:
His Excellency
Brian Lenihan
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland
Dublin
IRELAND
for
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Dear Mr. Minister:
In the historic tradition of friendship between the Irish and
American peoples, I was delighted to welcome you and Mrs. Lenihan
back to the White House on the eve of St. Patrick's Day.
Thank you for those shamrocks and the beautiful Irish crystal
bowl that you presented to me. I appreciate the goodwill con-
veyed by your gesture. May we always hold dear to the princi-
ples of peace, justice, and democracy that bind our two
countries together.
Barbara joins me in sending you and Mrs. Lenihan our warm best
wishes.
Sincerely,
His Excellency
Brian Lenihan
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland
Dublin
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me at the above number.
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as Excellency
Dear Mr. Prime Minister:
Charles Haughey,
Prime Minister of Ireland,
Dublin.
Has Excellency
Dear Mr. Minister:
Brian Lenihan,
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland,
Dublin.
ISRAEL
His Excellency
Dear Mr. President:
Chaim Herzog,
President of Israel.
(DO NOT LIST CITY.)
His Excellency
Yitzhak Shamir,
Dear Mr. Prime Minister:
Prime Minister of Israel.
(DO NOT LIST CITY)
His Excellency
Moshe Arens,
Dear Mr. Minister:
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel.
(DO NOT LIST CITY)
ITALY
His Excellency
Francesco Cossiga,
Dear Mr. President:
President of the Italian Republic,
Rome.
His Excellency
Ciriaco De Mita,
Dear Mr. Prime Minister:
President of the Council of Ministers
of the Italian Republic,
Rome.
His Excellency
Dear Mr. Minister:
Giulio Andreotti,
Minister of Foreign Affairs
of the Italian Republic,
Rome.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 28, 1990
Dear Tom:
Just a note to let you know how much I appre-
ciate your leading our delegation to the World
Conference on Education for All in Jomtien,
Thailand. I've heard great reports about your
wonderful work representing us there, and I am
grateful for your service in behalf of the
American people.
Much remains to be done in pursuing our educa-
tion goals, but knowing we have your good help
and strong leadership reaffirms my belief that
our efforts will be successful.
Barbara joins me in sending our best wishes.
Sincerely,
The Honorable Thomas H. Kean
Loveto Deb.
123 Shrewsbury
Livingston, New Jersey 07039
March 28, 1990
Dear Tom:
Just a note to let you know how much I appre-
ciate your leading our delegation to the World
Conference on Education for All in Jomtien,
Thailand. I've heard great reports about your
wonderful work representing us there, and I am
grateful for your service in behalf of the
American people.
Much remains to be done in pursuing our educa-
tion goals, but knowing we have your good help
and strong leadership reaffirms my belief that
our efforts will be successful.
Barbara joins me in sending our best wishes.
Sincerely,
GEORGE
The Honorable Thomas H. Kean
123 Shrewsbury
Livingston, New Jersey 07039
900329
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cc: Julie Cooke
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The Honorable David Dreier
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
3-28-90
Dear David
Your note gave we cowas
to canry on - and, yes, there are is
a rainbow. Broccoli sales
up. Barbara have or good
supply of that insidious
plant weed; and I don't
have to eat it- -
bcc: IN & OUT
Mrs. Bush
I appreciate your suppor
done
Sununu
3.4.
McClure
3/28
ser But
as
I Limester
MARCH 22, 1990
MR. PRESIDENT-
As A CALIFORNIAN WHO IS PROUD of
OUR STATES #1 INDUSTRY (AGRICULTURE),
I'm ALSO PROUD TO JOIN YOU IN MY
DISDAIN FOR BROLLOLI. THE FACT THAT
YOU'VE SURVIVED WITHOUT IT GIUES ME
GREAT HOPE.
HANG W THERE -
Davil breier
W-A-G
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 28, 1990
Dear Mrs. Kelly:
Barbara and I were deeply saddened to learn
of your loss, and we send you our heartfelt
sympathy.
Adam Kelly's journalistic contributions to
the community of Sistersville will long be
appreciated by its citizens and will be a
lasting legacy to his memory. His special
talents will be sorely missed.
You and your family are in our thoughts and
prayers at this difficult time. God bless
you.
Sincerely,
GBl
It is sad and insnic ,but, as you
Mrs. Adam Kelly know, Adam was here
6 Maple Lane
at the White Home
Sistersville, West Virginia 26175
the very day he passed away.
I'm so sad for you and yours
but pleaned he was have.
March 28, 1990
THE PRESIDENT
To the Intelligencer -
I write this to pay tribute To
Adam Kelly, your Friend and
associate. This "Cantry Editor"
had the affection ad respect
of most sincere condolences to his his
all ils knew him. I send
family, my his associates ad,indeed
reader -
He served his
Country with distinction ahonon
He served his profession
in exactly the save way.
Respectfully
Go Buil
WASHINGTON. D.C.
The Intelligencer
1500 Main Street
Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
THE WHITE HOUSE
Mrs. Adele C. Smith
166 "J" Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84103
A
bcc: IN & OUT
Mrs. Bush
((daily file))
THE PRESIDENT
3-28-90
Dear Adele- -
I was very
touched by your letter of
March 8th I am pleased
you are sati stied now and
indeed comforted. with But wishs
Cy Bal
29
Apprec.
CTRK # - 116686
PEAD FICE
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
March 8, 1990
as
President and Mrs. Bush
The White House
Washington D.C.
Dear President and Mrs. Bush,
It was an honor to receive your personal letter regarding
the return of my husband, Cdr. Gene A. Smith, USN, last
March, 1989. He was a wonderful husband, father, son and
patriot, truly giving his devotion to his career in the
United States Navy. He was prepared as much as could have
been possible for his combat cruise to Vietnam, and was
willing to give his life, if necessary, to protect our
country's choicest freedoms. So, after nearly 23 years of
being missing in action, it was indeed comforting to finally
know what happened to him, and to have his body returned to
the city, and the country he loved SO well.
I was so thrilled by the reception and patriotic hero's
welcome home that the city of Salt Lake gave to him. It is
my strong belief that Gene and I and our family will be
reunited when this life is over, and that there is truly a
purpose for all things, and that trials are for our growth,
if we are willing to learn from them, and overcome them.
for
We hope you are recovering rapidly and completely, and that
the problems you have been having will be alleviated, Mrs.
mush
Bush (Barbara). We admire your family and think you are a
wonderful example for us to emulate.
My family and I fully support you as our President and want
you to know how proud we are of the way you are handling the
office you have been elected to. There is no way to
understand the stress you must be under, but we want you to
know that we are all SO fortunate to have you at the helm in
these most exciting. and challenging of times.
May the Lord bless and protect you, guiding you always in
your decisions, and keeping you and your family strong, safe
and happy.
Sincerely,
adile
Adele C. Smith
166 "J" Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84103
3-28-90
THE PRESIDENT
Dear Mangaret
I agree with
Ceorge vest !
keep it up-
Con Afecto
GB
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personal to
Margaret Tutwiler
(send personalcc to
JABaker too)
DONE
1 copy here in our
personal files/in Im JAB
no others
free
1 in our daily file too
maybe ???? thanks
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
THE SECRETARY
3/28/90
NOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
JABIII JABILL
I thought you might like to
see the attached note from
George Vest.
Maybe we're finally making
some progress.
March 28
briefly in witho building
Dear Margaret -
) keep in Touch with the
Foreign Service world and wantyon to
know that you are getting enthuscostic
reveews wherever you NE gone overseas
prom ambassadors & staffs and so is
your boss L So corry on with your
great job and ignore Those hotitial
surpeic who're been simping ever suice
The days of Bhu Foster
Dulles
Congratulations & regards
George Vest
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 28, 1990
Dear Corby:
Thanks very much for your recent letter. I have
not yet made a final decision on the location of
the Presidential Library, pending a review of the
proposals by Don W. Wilson, the Archivist of the
United States, for conformity with the Presidential
Libraries Act of 1986. I want you to know, however,
how much I appreciate the support of you and many
other distinguished Houstonians who have encouraged
me to locate the Library in my home town.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Mr. Corbin J. Robertson, Jr.
a Bl
40th Floor
601 Jefferson
Houston, Texas 77002
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 28, 1990
Dear Mrs. Kelly:
Barbara and I were deeply saddened to learn
of your loss, and we send you our heartfelt
sympathy.
Adam Kelly's journalistic contributions to
the community of Sistersville will long be
appreciated by its citizens and will be a
lasting legacy to his memory. His special
talents will be sorely missed.
You and your family are in our thoughts and
prayers at this difficult time. God bless
you.
Sincerely,
GBl
It is sad and insnic ,but, as you
Mrs. Adam Kelly know, Adam was here
6 Maple Lane
at the White Home
Sistersville, West Virginia 26175
the very day he passed away.
I'm so sad for you and yours
but pleaned he was have.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 28, 1990
Dear Ms. Fay:
Thank you for your letter requesting a birthday
greeting for Mr. George Herman.
see whotogy file
You may have heard me say that any definition of
a successful life must include service to others.
Your letter demonstrates that you, too, believe
that we can gain great joy by caring for others.
Barbara joins me in sending you our best wishes.
God bless you.
Sincerely,
Catzal
Ms. Lois Susan Fay
Post Office Box 154
Charlton City, Massachusetts 01508
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 28, 1990
Dear Ms. Fanning:
Thank you for taking the time to share with me a
copy of Ben Beagle's recent column in The Roanoke
Times. It brightened my day.
I'm glad you think that Mr. Beagle deserves a new
cap. He certainly deserves praise for his good
humor. If I come across a cap that says anything
like "Billy Bob's Ribs 'n Thangs," you can be sure
I'll think of him.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
GBl
Ms. Diane Fanning
1003 Craigmont Drive
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
3-28-90
Dear Mr. Royandt
Bonbova - I thoroughly
enjoyed the issue 4 Paris
Match you sent us. My
college French began to
serve me well- - I
found I could read
it pretty well.
Sincere Thanks,
G Bl
bcc: Governor Sununu
Mr. Olivier Royant
Marlin Fitzwater
United States Correspondent
Paris Match
1633 Broadway
New York, New York 10019
becifanB
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 28, 1990
Dear Mamie:
Thanks very much for your recent letter. I have
not yet made a final decision on the location of
the Presidential Library, pending a review of the
proposals by Don W. Wilson, the Archivist of the
United States, for conformity with the Presidential
Libraries Act of 1986. I want you to know, however,
how much I appreciate the support of you and many
other distinguished Houstonians who have encouraged
me to locate the Library in my home town.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
The Honorable Mamie Moore Proctor Cot
State Executive Committee
Republican Party of Texas
4311 Wuthering Heights
Houston, Texas 77045
marlin
human
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 28, 1990
Dear Mr. Beagle:
One of your readers kindly forwarded to me a copy
of your recent column on White House caps. I
enjoyed reading it.
It sounds as if you've met with some formidable
obstacles in your pursuit of the sport of "cap
procurement." However, you seem to have borne
them well.
Ordinarily, I do not have extra caps to give away;
but if I come across one that says something like
"Billy Bob's Ribs 'n Thangs,' I'll be sure to
remember you.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
G Bl
Mr. Ben Beagle
The Roanoke Times and
and World-News
201-09 West Campbell Avenue, S.W.
Roanoke, Virginia 24010
THE WHITE HOUSE
Mrs. Bruce A. Lipshy
THE PRESIDENT
March 28, 1990
Dear Lynn,
Just a quick note of thanks for your letter.
Barbara and I are looking forward to attending the
AIDS conference, and I appreciate your bringing
Phil Morrow to my attention.
With our warmest regards,
Sincerely,
Go Bl
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
Mrs. Bruce A. Lipshy
6800 Hunters Glen Road
Dallas, Texas 75205
bcc: IN & OUT
PATTY PRESOCK (To remind POTUS on the 28th)
done
B.Y.
humor
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
March 28, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE DINNER
The Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, D. C.
8:00 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Senator Mitchell, thank you, George. And
let me just say this: Good athletes can't run on dirty air. And
George Mitchell is doing more to lead this country towards a new
Clean Air bill than anybody else, and I am very grateful to him for
his leadership there in the Senate. (Applause.) And thank you. I
know that the minute this is over, he'll rush back up because the
Senate is in session. I know he can afford to rent a tuxedo, but --
(laughter) -- he comes down, leaves and in just a couple of minutes
you turn on CNN, and there he'll be up there on the floor. So thank
you, sir, for taking time.
To you, Barney, thank you, sir, for being here and, more
important even than that, for what you and your great organization
are doing to support the olympics.
To Bob Helmick, and the members of the Olympic Committee,
my thanks to all of you. And to Don and Bernie for providing a
little professionalism in the announcing. And to all the world-class
athletes assembled here. I don't want to date -- well, put it this
way -- I don't want to see that Bob Mathias is dated chronologically
-- (laughter) -- but he and I were elected to Congress on the very
same day in 1966, and I'm delighted to see my old comrade in politics
here. (Applause.)
It's been a big day for me. I received some of the
Olympic leaders in the Oval Office, and just now I've been given some
wonderful Olympic sweats backstage. I'll wear them with pride -- and
hope I don't get in trouble for impersonating an athlete.
(Laughter.)
Bar and I are leaving before dinner, and I apologize for
that. We heard you were having broccoli. (Laughter.) But we do
excuse ourselves. But the blessing -- the thing that some of you
from out of town don't know, if the guy that speaks leaves before
dinner, the talk is refreshingly short. And I will try to oblige you
all so these guys can sit down.
But it's a special evening. And in ancient Greece --
true story -- competing in the games was the highest honor a citizen
back then, athletes that won didn't pay taxes for
Davy
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
March 28, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
IN PRESENTATION OF CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
TO JESSE OWENS
Roosevelt Room
11:50 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Well, this is so nice. And I was just
telling Mrs. Owens I'm sorry Barbara is not here and that we view
this as a very special occasion. But to Congressman Stokes and
Senator Metzenbaum, and then friends and teammates of the legendary
Jesse Owens, welcome all of you to the White House.
It's my pleasure to welcome you here to the White House
to honor a man who really honored his own nation. Olympic hero and
an American hero every day of his life. Jesse Owens was born with
the gift of burning speed, and he took that God-given talent and
developed it through years of training. And he was always the
fastest. One afternoon in 1935 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he set three
world records and tied a fourth all in 45 minutes. You talk about a
young guy in a hurry -- well, I think maybe that was -- (laughter) --
he was the epitome of that.
Eighteen years old -- as an 18-year-old in 1933, he won
the City of Cleveland championship, the 100-yard dash in 9.4, tying
the world record while still in high school. He burst on to the
world scene in 1936, and I think every American that studies history
remembers this -- the 1936 Olympics. Hitler's Olympic games. The
last Olympics before the outbreak of the Second World War. And the
Berlin Games were to be the showcase of Hitler's theories on the
superiority of the master race until this 23-year-old kid named Jesse
Owens dashed to victory in the 100-, the 200-, and the 400-meter
relay. It was an unrivaled athletic triumph. But more than that, it
really was a triumph for all humanity.
And Jesse Owens returned to this nation a hero, a
household name, billed as "the fastest man on Earth. But it's what
he did after the spectacular performance of the Berlin Games that
earned him the enduring gratitude of all Americans. Jesse dedicated
himself to upholding the Olympic ideal of sportsmanship, and the
American ideals of fair play, hard work, and open competition.
And I know that his friend and fellow Clevelander,
Harrison Dillard -- now, which is Harrison? Right here, right behind
you -- Harrison Dillard, right here, today -- in 1941, at the Ohio
State High School Track Championship, Harrison's idol, Jesse Owens --
you correct me if I'm wrong, now -- gave him a new pair of track
shoes. And that day, Harrison Dillard won two state titles in those
new shoes. And seven years later, as we all remember, he brought
home the gold medal at the 1948 Olympics in Jesse's event, that
100-meter dash -- in the first games held since those Berlin Games.
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the Jesse Owens Foundation which enables talented young people who
can't afford college to fulfill that dream and get a degree.
And I know it's a point of pride to Ruth Owens that the
Jesse Owens scholarships are awarded without regard to race, creed or
color. And it's that legacy that we celebrate here today. And we
remember Jesse Owens not only as the first athlete in Olympic history
to win four gold medals; today, 10 years since the passing of this
great hero, it's my honor to add to Jesse Owens' collection a fifth
gold medal. This one, as Ruth Owens said on Capitol Hill, for his
humanitarian contributions in the race of life.
Mrs. Owens, it is with great pride and in honor of your
late husband and his lasting achievements that I present to you this
Congressional Gold Medal -- the Jesse Owens Congressional Gold Medal.
And we're just delighted you came here to receive it. (Applause.)
MRS. OWENS: Mr. President, thank you so very much for
this honor. Like your predecessors, President Ford, President
Carter, who have recognized Jesse for his many contributions. Jesse
achieved the unique distinction of being a legend in his own time.
Despite the many honors, his greatest satisfaction came from his work
with youth. Jesse's work with youth is now carried on through, as
you mentioned, the Jesse Owens Foundation, the ARCO Jesse Owens
Games, and the International Amateur Athletic Association,
spearheaded by Herb Douglas.
On behalf of the youth he still inspires, and on behalf
of my family, we thank you. (Applause.)
END
11:57 A.M. EST
Daily
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
March 28, 1990
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
The arrest of Iraqis in London raises once again the
Administration's deep concern about the issue of nuclear
proliferation in the Middle East. Nuclear proliferation, along
with the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons and
intermediate range missiles, continues to pose serious threats to
U.S. interests, as well as the interests of our friends in the
region. These programs only serve to heighten regional tensions
and exacerbate regional problems.
We again call upon nuclear suppliers to exercise special
restraint in providing materials related to the development of
nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and intermediate range
missiles in this volatile area. Furthermore, we urge all states
in the area to adhere to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Iraq is a
signatory of that Treaty. Iraqi officials are well aware of our
views on nuclear proliferation which we have made clear on
several occasions.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Sec
Bridget Montagne
PRESS BRIEFING
BY
MARLIN FITZWATER
March 28, 1990
The Briefing Room
12:02 P.M. EST
INDEX
SUBJECT
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Readout on President's Meeting with
Republican Congressional Leadership
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DOMESTIC
GNP Revision
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FOREIGN
Lithuania
2-8
Iraqi Arrests in London
8-9
China
9-10
12:37 P.M. EST
#177-03/28
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
PRESS BRIEFING
BY
MARLIN FITZWATER
March 28, 1990
The Briefing Room
12:02 P.M. EST
MR. FITZWATER: This morning the President met with
Republican Congressional Leadership at 10:15 a.m. for an hour to go
over the agenda. There were four or five major items. Maybe I could
summarize those; also kind of give you a status report on where these
various pieces of legislation are.
First, the House will likely consider the EPA Cabinet
status bill on Tuesday or Wednesday, or today and tomorrow. The bill
reported by the House Government Operations Committee is the primary
floor vehicle, and this is unacceptable to the administration in its
present form. The President explained that any bill which tried to
micromanage the agency forum or which limited his control would be
unacceptable. And he did say that he would veto the present bill if
it passed as it is now.
We strongly support the substitute offered by Congressman
Dennis Hastert, Republican of Illinois, which is essentially a clean
EPA elevation bill, like we sent up in the first instance.
Secondly, the House is considering a child care
legislation. They'll probably take that up on Wednesday and Thursday
of this week. The President -- Pardon?
&
Today's Wednesday.
MR. FITZWATER: Today's Wednesday. Okay. I mean, today
and tomorrow -- you're right.
The President indicated strong support for the
Stenholm-Shaw substitute which enbodies the principles of the child
care legislation that he espoused during the campaign and later in
our legislative proposal. He emphasized that this Stenholm-Shaw did
contain the principles that he could support and that we would work
very hard for that substitute bill.
Q
What's wrong with the current vehicle?
MR. FITZWATER: The current vehicle has any number of
problems. And, for one thing, it -- the costs are incredibly high;
something like $29 billion over five years. We believe that it
dictates to the states the appropriate child care programs where they
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Q
Other than that, though --
MR. FITZWATER: Other than that --,
2
Marlin, who's the author of that bill you just
described?
MR. FITZWATER: The ABC bill is essentially a Democratic
bill. I don't have the single author for it.
&
Well, I don't know, how do you get a copy of it?
They didn't have any copies of it.
MR. FITZWATER: Well, I don't know. I'll be glad to tell
you what's in it. (Laughter.) Go through it for you.
Third, the President talked about the 1990 Supplemental
Appropriations bill which contains the Panama-Nicaragua funding. You
will note from the stories this morning that the bill received about
-- a considerable amount for other domestic and foreign operations
activities. And we will continue to work to try to reduce some of
the domestic spending items that were put in that bill. But
generally speaking, it is a good bill with regard to Panama and
Nicaragua. It does, indeed, include the offsets that would cover
Nicaragua and Panama -- portions of the bill. It's a little short
overall in offsets, but we think we can probably work that out as we
go through the legislative process. Meets the deadlines, so
generally we are supportive of that bill.
Q
Do we support $80 million less for Panama?
MR. FITZWATER: It has $720 million. I think they
diverted some $30 million to Africa and another portion to -- I'm not
sure of the purpose of that, but, yes, we do support that.
And finally, there have been ongoing negotiations in the
House and Senate on campaign reform. They didn't really get into
that in great detail. In the meeting, the President praised Leader
Michel and the Republican task force for their work in that area, but
there's still a lot of discussions and debate ahead on campaign
reform legislation.
So that pretty much sums up the morning session.
Q
What about Lithuania? Didn't they talk about that?
MR. FITZWATER: In the Q & A session, Congressman
Gingrich raised Lithuania; simply asking what our position was and
suggesting he would like to see, and he felt he represented some
others, that would like to see some kinds of actions in Lithuania by
the United States. And the President pointed out to him that we have
a strong and consistent policy of urging dialogue, that we want a
peaceful resolution, that we have continued to voice that since this
episode started. And furthermore, that the President has a
responsibility to try to influence events in a responsible way that
will produce freedom and a conclusion that is amenable to all
parties, and that we do not want to try to -- will not try to do
something that would only make the matters worse or might set back
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in Lithuania. Does the administration share that view?
MR. FITZWATER: We won't speculate on any hypothetical
course of action. But we have pointed out our policy with regard to
recognition, that we have never recognized the incorporation of
Lithuania into the Soviet Union and we maintain that position. But I
would say that there are any number of things that -- positions and
statements and words that could be deemed to inflame the situation,
and that we want to be careful not to do that.
&
Mr. Gingrich also indicated that he -- what did he
say got an education in there. When he said, I think we should be
doing more, the President said something like, yeah, what? Give me a
specific example of something we should be doing that wouldn't make
the situation worse.
And essentially, Gingrich couldn't come up with anything.
Is that your understanding as well about the way the exchange went?
(Laughter.)
MR. FITZWATER: Well, I want to be fair to the
Congressman. I guess if that's the way he described it, that's fine.
I would just say from the other side, I mean, I think the Congressman
was trying to be helpful. He certainly is interested in this. He is
an important leader of our party. He has very strong and legitimate
concerns. But the President, I would say, was equally, if not the
more forceful in explaining our policy and his strong belief in it.
I
Gingrich said that they had a spirited discussion
and the President won. Do you agree with that?
MR. FITZWATER: Yes, I would agree with that.
(Laughter.)
Q
Has anybody in the administration been in touch with
other Western leaders, asking them to tone down the rhetoric in line
with our own rhetoric to present a sort of united --
MR. FITZWATER: No. We have not had any discussion about
public statements with any of the other countries. We have had
contacts and consultations with the allies over the substance of the
issue and over matters in Lithuania, but we have not discussed
language.
Q
Wait a minute. The substance of the issue has all
been talk anyway. So what's the substance of the issue?
MR. FITZWATER: The substance of the issue is what's
going on there.
Q
I know that. I mean, in terms of Western policy,
all there is is talk, right?
MR. FITZWATER: No. Our policy is based on a description
of our attitude, our position, ways we are trying to help. It
preserves our options and reflects the substance of the situation.
Q
The four members of Congress who met with Bush
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Congressman Gingrich. Same kind of discussion.
Q
Any new communications with the Russians, either
sent or received, over Lithuania?
MR. FITZWATER: I'm not aware of any. I saw a report
this morning in a wire service story that there had been a Baker
cable on this matter on Tuesday, but I'm informed by the State
Department that that's not correct and it was a reference to an
earlier cable over the weekend. So I'm not aware of any direct
contact since the Baker-to-Shevardnadze cable of Sunday.
Q
On that, this morning there was a report that
through private channels the United States, the President, was
putting heavy pressure on the Soviet Union. They didn't go far as to
say there were any ultimatums issued. But how would you characterize
those messages? Are they just concerned, or is there pressure? Is
there --
MR. FITZWATER: I think that the Soviet Union is
certainly aware of our position. The fact that we have made that
position known to them by almost every recognized channel, which is
to say diplomatic and direct conversations between Baker and
Shevardnadze as well as cable messages to the Soviet Union, indicates
that we have registered our position in the strongest fashion, yes.
Q
I want to go back to your statement about lawmakers
being free to say what they want, with the President needing to be
more cautious or restrained -- I can't find it in the notes -- and
see if I can get you to say whether that extends to the allies as
well. The concern is over White House statements, right? Concern
about being inflammatory is over White House statements alone, is
that correct?
MR. FITZWATER: I wouldn't dwell on that. I would prefer
to say that we have a very precise position that we believe is
helpful and we try to state that as best we can and not worry so much
about how it's taken.
2
Because where I want to take you is whether or not
you're happy with the pressure being exerted from other quarters,
from lawmakers, from the allies.
MR. FITZWATER: Well, the allies have issued statements,
or several of them have -- reported this morning by Prime Minister
Thatcher and President Mitterrand and others, all of which seem to be
very similar to ours in tone and interest. And I think it is helpful
for the allies to make their views known, just as it is for us to
make our views known.
Q
Gingrich indicated that --
MR. FITZWATER: I think earlier also there was a
statement by -- last week or over the weekend by 12 European
countries, or by their organization, which -- so there have been
various statements by European countries, all of which we find
helpful.
Gingrich indicated that Gorbachev is under pressure
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either side.
Q
The span of time in which these statements have been
made and then toned down seem to be fairly short. We're talking
about a matter of some days here. Why was it safe to go ahead and
make stronger statements earlier, but now it's become dangerous?
MR. FITZWATER: I object to the toned-down definition.
In my feeling, we have had statements every day from this podium on
the Lithuanian situation. Certainly I would repeat today every word
that we have said in the last week without any qualms at all. And
everything we have said, we would stand behind as representing our
policy and our position in Lithuania.
Our point is, is that we have now been going into this
for several days. We no longer find it beneficial to comment on
every daily episode and contribute to what was an upward spiraling of
the rhetoric, if you will, but rather it's time to say that over the
course of the last several days, our position has been made clear.
We want to level off, if you will, watch the situation closely,
continue to express our concern, work the situation diplomatically
behind the scenes, but not allow a continued escalation of rhetoric.
2
Marlin, did anyone in the meeting ask Bush to
recognize Lithuania or ask him why he's not doing that?
MR. FITZWATER: No.
&
And was there a sense on Bush's part did he say
or has he ever expressed that he feels that if he does recognize
Lithuania and something happens, there is a crackdown, then the
United States has to do something in some way?
MR. FITZWATER: We wouldn't speculate on any specific
action and what repercussions might be. But again, I would repeat
what I said earlier, that we do not want to precipitate action by
either side that would exacerbate the situation.
Q
Marlin, there is a report out of Lithuania that says
that Senator Kennedy, when he was in Moscow, offered to mediate. Is
that a bad idea?
MR. FITZWATER: I'm not aware of that. I don't know
whether that's true or not.
Q
Would you prefer to see members of Congress staying
out of it in that sense?
MR. FITZWATER: I just can't comment, Charles. I've not
heard that, not heard it mentioned. I don't even know whether we've
considered it, and I wouldn't want to give a seat-of-the-pants
reaction here.
2
Last week, the President said that the original
Lithuanian revolution introduced by Jesse Helms would not be helpful.
Did the President ask any of these lawmakers today to lay off
Lithuania?
MR. FITZWATER: No.
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Q
So you have no new response then to the latest
announcement by the Soviet Foreign Ministry ordering all journalists
and diplomats out of Lithuania as soon as their visas expire?
MR. FITZWATER: I think our response is essentially the
same as we gave on Friday, March 23rd. This goes back again to the
idea that we have expressed our feelings on this. At that time, you
will recall we protested formally the expulsion of the two U.S.
diplomats, and Deputy Secretary Eagleburger, in fact, called in
Ambassador Dubinin and registered that protest. And certainly that
feeling would apply to all diplomats from all countries and to this
latest situation.
Similarly on the press, we said at the time that we are
opposed to any infringements on freedom of the press. The expulsion
of journalists undermines the spirit of glasnost. That certainly is
true today as they consider other kinds of limits on the press as
well.
2
Would you concur -- just one other thing. A U.S.
official is quoted in the European press as saying the success of
virtually everything we, the U.S., is pursuing is contingent on
Gorbachev's success in managing this crisis and others coming up.
Would you concur that the U.S. and our foreign policy, vis-a-vis the
Soviet Union, has a great deal at stake with Gorbachev's ability to
manage this thing peacefully?
MR. FITZWATER: I would not concur with that statement
and the conclusion that the relationship -- that all successes and so
forth, are hinged on this. And we are going to continue to have a
bilateral relationship with the Soviet Union. There will continue to
be various kinds of arms control discussions. The emerging
democracies of Eastern Europe are on what we believe is an
irreversible course. And there are many changes underway in
East-West relations that would not be changed.
On the other hand, there could indeed be differences and
damages to the relationship as a result of the this. And we have
said continually that the U.S.-Soviet relationship has a stake in
this issue.
Q
Marlin, Congressman Gingrich said outside that the
President had indicated that by positions that have been taken here
that he's trying to afford Gorbachev the maximum room to negotiate.
Can you give us some sense of why the administration believes that it
is indeed Gorbachev's intention to negotiate this crisis rather than
to solve it by military or other action?
MR. FITZWATER: I think, first of all, that we would
apply that premise to both sides. That we also want to give
Landsbergis and the Lithuanians maximum opportunity to negotiate;
that we have called for both sides to discuss this matter and resolve
it in diologue form. So we want to give both sides that opportunity.
2
But it wouldn't be very sensible to have a policy to
give Gorbachev maximum room to negotiate if we didn't think that
that's what he wanted to do. There must be some basis upon which
other than -- beyond merely these pronouncements by Shevardnadze and
others. I mean, is Ambassador Matlock reporting back through his
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that they would like to resolve it in some way involving discussion
and negotiation, but we do not have any specific assurances on any of
those points. We don't know how this is going to come out, or,
indeed, exactly how they want it to come out. And that's part of
what makes it such a delicate and complex issue, is that we want to
be a position of fostering resolution without fostering problems.
And when you don't know what their intended course is, you don't know
what even the most probable outcome is, I think it behooves us to be
very careful.
Q
Have the Lithuanians been insufficiently eager to
negotiate in your view?
MR. FITZWATER: I'm not willing to cast aspersions on
either side. They both are under tremendous pressures from different
ways -- from outside sources, from their people, from their political
parties, from their aspirations, and it does not serve us to
criticize either side or try to place blame.
2
So we're not taking sides? Is that the --
MR. FITZWATER: We have, again, expressed our position
that we believe in self-determination for Lithuanians; we have
supported their aspirations; we have never recognized their
incorporation, and so it's quite obvious that we have sympathies for
their concerns. But in a political context and in the context of
resolution of the problem, we want to simply state that issue without
getting into a place-blame situation.
Q
It seems you've put in an added emphasis in the last
few days on the "boths sides" part of the equation.
MR. FITZWATER: I went back and reviewed all of my
statements and I do not believe that's the case. I think from -- in
my transcripts from the very first day we have emphasized peaceful
dialogue on both sides.
Q
Thatcher yesterday said that she thought that the
1975 Helsinki Accords, in effect, recognized the incorporation of
Lithuania and the other Baltic States because it recognized the
post-war borders. Bush has repeatedly said that he supports the '75
Helsinki Accords and the borders and so on. Does the administration
agree with Thatcher on this issue?
MR. FITZWATER: I'm not prepared or capable of getting
into a legal discussion of the Helsinki Accords. But whatever they
say or however they are interpreted, our policy is that we have never
recognized their incorporation in the Soviet Union.
Q
Marlin, the head of Lithuania accused the United
States of having sold out the Lithuanians. And does he need
educating the way Mr. Gingrich got today?
MR. FITZWATER: No, I think he is trying very hard, he's
in a very difficult situation. He's done an admirable job of
representing the aspirations of his people. We are hopeful that he
and all the parties are searching for a peaceful remedy.
&
Your answer is? Have we sold them out?
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Q
Is there a concern at all that Gorbachev might be
too preoccupied with Lithuania to break away for a week?
MR. FITZWATER: Well, we don't have those kinds of
concerns. They've indicated they want it; we want it. We're just
working out a date.
Q
Will the President see Shevardnadze next week, and
will he discuss Lithuania with him?
MR. FITZWATER: I don't know that anything is
definitively scheduled, but in the past when Shevardnadze has come,
he has met with the President. I would expect that to be the case
this time.
Q
Just out of curiosity, we've talked -- asked you a
lot about communications with Gorbachev and the Soviet Union. Are
you in any sort of communications with Lithuania -- the government.
there?
MR. FITZWATER: In a similar fashion. There have been
contacts and communications from Mr. Landsbergis on a continuing
basis, yes.
Q
Is he dealing through the Embassy or --
MR. FITZWATER: I can't describe those channels.
Q
Marlin, what basis are these contacts if you don't
recognize it?
MR. FITZWATER: Messages, information on what they're
doing, that sort of thing.
Q
On what level are you dealing with him? As a
private Lithuanian citizen?
MR. FITZWATER: Yes.
Q
Not as the head of the Lithuanian government?
MR. FITZWATER: Well, you want to get me back into the
old word game.
Q
I just want to know what status you accord him.
MR. FITZWATER: I said all I intend to say.
Q
Do you have any comment on the arrest of the Iraqis
in London on the business about nuclear detonating devices?
MR. FITZWATER: Yes. There isn't a whole lot we can say,
except that we have been working with the British. There are so many
intelligence and legal aspects to this that there's very little we
can say about the substance of the action. The United States Customs
Agency has been in the forefront of this investigation from the U.S.
side, and this case has been presented to the U.S. District Court,
Southern District of California. currently in a sealed indictment.
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adhere to the Nonproliferation Treaty, of which Iraq is a signatory.
Q
Confirming that these are nuclear detonating devices
that were --
MR. FITZWATER: I don't think I can comment on the
specific material involved. We've seen the press stories. There
have been arrests, but I cannot describe the specific kinds of
electronic devices that have been seized.
Q
-- come from the U.S.? Is that what this indictment
or this sealed indictment is all about?
MR. FITZWATER: Let's see here. I'm referring to the
distinguished Reuters News Service here as the ultimate source.
Q
Uh-oh.
MR. FITZWATER: I guess it doesn't say here. (Laughter.)
Q
That's Reuters.
MR. FITZWATER: The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away,
Larry? (Laughter.) I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that to you.
That's about all I have on it, Patrick, at this point.
2
You know nuclear divices are involved?
MR. FITZWATER: We are not willing to say. Most of what
we know, frankly, we cannot say because of either intelligence
restrictions or legal restrictions. That may change as we talk to
British authorities about it, but right now we're pretty limited.
Q
Fourth-quarter GNP was revised up from 0.9 to 1.1
percent, so no longer is the GRH process in jeopardy. Do you think
now that the administration is misguided in its pressure on the Fed
to lower interest rates, or do you think the fact that inflation was
not revised suggests there is room for --
MR. FITZWATER: Now, there's a loaded question.
(Laughter.)
Q
Say yes.
MR. FITZWATER: Where do I begin? Well, let's see.
We're glad GNP has been revised up. We don't comment on interest
rates or any of that other stuff you ask about.
Q
What about The Post article that talks about the
pressure behind the scenes from the administration on the Fed to
lower interest rates?
MR. FITZWATER: I don't have any firsthand knowledge of
that meeting, and we don't comment --
Q
We'll take secondhand. (Laughter.)
Q
You're not on trial, Marlin.
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sales, as you know, over the last many months. They are aware of our
position. The Chinese have told us that they have not sold, they had
no plans to sell medium-range missiles to the Middle East. These
news reports are a different missile, but I don't have any more I can
say beyond that. Basically, we can't confirm it at this point.
Q
Have you gotten back to the Chinese -- has the U.S.
gotten back to the Chinese in the last day or so?
MR. FITZWATER: I'm not aware of any new information
after March 26th, after yesterday.
Q
Was that from the Chinese?
MR. FITZWATER: Yes.
2
China's Foreign Minister today also issued a
statement saying -- first of all, warning us not to lift their
most-favored-nation trade status; also saying that Fang has to plead
guilty to treason or inciting crimes or something. How does all this
fit in with our continuing effort to be cordial to China?
MR. FITZWATER: Well, we would not respond directly to
any of those statements. We see statements of all kinds about the
fate of -- what's his name -- Fang Lizhi and China. So we don't have
any specific response.
I would say only that I would take issue of your
characterization of our policy, however, which I believe is unfair
and inaccurate. The fact is we have been quite strong in voicing our
concerns about human rights in China, and our policy is one that has
been delineated in quite some fashion in the State Department's
reports on human rights. That is not the same as saying that we do
not want to isolate them as a government in the world.
Q
Their status comes up for renewal in May. Does the
administration have a position yet on whether you will sign off on
the renewal?
MR. FITZWATER: I'm sorry, what status?
Q
Most-favored-nation status.
MR. FITZWATER: No, no decision.
Q
Marlin, since this seems to be Olympics Day here at
the White House, what are the prospects for the United States hosting
the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and is the White House doing anything on
this?
Q Yeah. (Laughter.)
MR. FITZWATER: I don't know of anything. I have not
heard it discussed.
Q
Would the President veto full funding of the D.C.
Metro sub system? There's a bill --
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Ms. Joan Severson
THE PRESIDENT
March 28, 1990
Dear Joann,
I was touched when I read your warm letter. Your
dad was a fine man, and I know he'd be proud of
you. Many thanks for writing.
Barbara joins me in sending warm regards.
Sincerely,
GBl
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
Ms. Joann Severson
3108 S.W. 105th Street
Seattle, Washington 98146
THE WHITE HOUSE
Mrs. Adele C. Smith
166 "J" Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84103
THE PRESIDENT
3-28-90
Dear schele- -
I was very
touched by your letter of
March 8th I am pleased
you are satisfied now and
indeed comforted. with But wish
as Bl
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Jan
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Mr. Gary Winnick
355 North Saltair
Los Angeles, California 90049
3-28-90
Dear Gary -
Not only was it good
seeing you, but your thoughtful
note really touched me.
Sincerely, G Bul
Jan