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01a. Memo
From Brent Scowcroft to President Bush (3 pp.)
10/17/90
(b)(1)
S
01b. Talking Points Points to be Made for meeting with Prime MinisterAntall of
n.d.
(b)(1)
S
Hungary [Photocopies of Index Cards] (6 pp.)
01c. Talking Points Points to be Made for meeting with Prime Minister Antall of
n.d.
(b)(1)
S
Hungary (5 pp.)
01d. Report
Government Report (2 pp.)
10/09/90
(b)(1)
S
01e. Report
Government Report (1 pp.)
10/10/90
(b)(1)
S
01f. Report
Government Report (1 pp.)
10/05/90
(b)(1)
C
01g. Report
Government Report (1 pp.)
10/01/90
(b)(1)
C
01h. Memo
From James A. Baker, III to President Bush (4 pp.)
10/15/90
(b)(1)
S
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Project 908
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Contenuity of
si Government gned 10/18
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 17, 1990
Mr. President:
Foley Michael, McDade and Murtha have
been very helpful on this issue. You
might wish to pen "thanks for your help on
this" by your signature.
B
Brent Scowcroft
THE PRESIDENT
10-18-90
$
Rear Tom,
Brent tells we you
have been very helpful on
this matter. May may
thank- hol
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 17, 1990
Mr. President:
Foley, Michael, McDade and Murtha have
been very helpful on this issue. You
might wish to pen "thanks for your help on
this" by your signature.
B
Brent Scowcroft
THE PRESIDENT
10-18-90
Y
Rear Bob,
Brent tello me that
you have been most this helpful
and understandly m
matter. May that
Cy
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 17, 1990
Mr. President:
Foley, Michael McDade and Murtha have
been very helpful on this issue. You
might wish to pen "thanks for your help on
this" by your signature.
Bo
Brent Scowcroft
THE PRESIDENT
10-18-90
Dear Voe,
Brent tells me that
you have been expraordinarily
undistanding a helpful on
this matte. May thats.
by
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 17, 1990
Mr. President:
Foley, Michael, McDade and Murtha have
been very helpful on this issue. You
might wish to pen "thanks for your help on
this" by your signature.
B
Brent Scowcroft
10-18-90
THE PRESIDENT
Rear Jach -
Brent has told me how
helpful a understanday you've
been on this Mary may
thank - Cas B/
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Hungary [Photocopies of Index Cards] (6 pp.)
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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.
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Points to be Made for meeting with Prime Minister Antall of
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Hungary (5 pp.)
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(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
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(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
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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
PARTICIPANTS
Oval Office
The President
Brent Scowcroft, Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs
Laszlo Szimonisz, Interpreter
Jozsef Antall, Prime Minister
Gyula Kodolanyi, Adviser to the Prime Minister
Interpreter
Cabinet Room
The President
James A. Baker III, Secretary of State
Nicholas Brady, Secretary of the Treasury
John H. Sununu, Chief of Staff
Brent Scowcroft, Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs
Robert M. Gates, Assistant to the President
and Deputy for National Security Affairs
David C. Gompert, Special Assistant to the President
for European and Soviet Affairs
Charles Thomas, Ambassador to Hungary
Robert L. Hutchings, Director for European Political Affairs
Curtis Kamman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
for European and Canadian Affairs
Laszlo Szimonisz, Interpreter
Jozsef Antall, Prime Minister
Geza Jeszenszky, Foreign Minister
Bela Kadar, Minister of International Economic Relations
Peter Zwack, Ambassador to the U.S.
Gyorgy Matolcsy, State Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister
Gyula Kodolanyi, Adviser to the Prime Minister
Pal Tar, Adviser to the Prime Minister
Istvan Forrai, Director of the Prime Minister's Office
Interpreter
DOOR
Thursday, October 18, 1990, 10:30 a.m.
DOOR
Mr Kamman (State)
Amb Thomas
(US Amb to Hungary)
Mr Kodolanyi
(Advisor to the PM)
Mr Gates
Amb Zwack
(Hungarian Amb
Gen Scowcroft
to US)
Min Jeszenszky
(Forn Min)
Sec Brady
The
PM Antall
The President
Cabinet
Min Kadar
Sec Baker
(Min of Int'l
Room
Econ Relations)
Mr Matolcsy
Gov Sununu
(State Secy, Ofc
of the PM)
Mr Gompert
Mr Tar
(NSC)
(Advisor to the PM)
Mr Hutchings
Mr. Forrai
(NSC)
(Dir of the PM's Ofc)
DOOR
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
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and Type
01d. Report
Government Report (2 pp.)
10/09/90
(b)(1)
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Office of the President
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Daily Files
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WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Thursday, October 18, 1990 [2]
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11/15/2010
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90565-006
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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.
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
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Date
Restriction
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and Type
01e. Report
Government Report (1 pp.)
10/10/90
(b)(1)
S
Collection:
Record Group:
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Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Thursday, October 18, 1990 [2]
Date Closed:
11/15/2010
OA/ID Number:
90565-006
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2009-0166-S
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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.
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
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01f. Report
Government Report (1 pp.)
10/05/90
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C
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Office:
Office of the President
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WHORM Cat.:
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90565-006
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(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.
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
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Date
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and Type
01g. Report
Government Report (1 pp.)
10/01/90
(b)(1)
C
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Office:
Office of the President
Series:
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Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Thursday, October 18, 1990 [2]
Date Closed:
11/15/2010
OA/ID Number:
90565-006
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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.
L
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
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Document No.
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01h. Memo
From James A. Baker, III to President Bush (4 pp.)
10/15/90
(b)(1)
S
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Office of the President
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File Location:
Thursday, October 18, 1990 [2]
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11/15/2010
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90565-006
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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
8183
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
THE WHITE HOUSE
10-18-10
WASHINGTON
90 OCTOCT 1PM 55
ACTION
October 17, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
THE EXECUTIVE CLERK
daysor
FROM:
BRENT SCOWCROFT Rgfor
SUBJECT:
Ratification of the Treaty on the Final
Settlement with Respect to Germany
Purpose
To sign the captioned instrument of ratification.
Background
Attached for your signature at Tab A is the instrument of
ratification, in duplicate, of the Treaty on the Final Settlement
with Respect to Germany and Related Agreed Minute, signed at
Moscow on September 12, 1990. The Senate gave its advice and
consent to ratification on October 10, 1990, by a vote of 98-0.
RECOMMENDATION
That you sign both copies of the instrument of ratification at
Tab A.
Attachment
Tab A
Ratification Instrument in Duplicate
CC: Vice President
Chief of Staff
GEORGE BUSH
President of the United States of America
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:
CONSIDERING THAT:
The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany
and Related Agreed Minute were signed at Moscow September 12,
1990; and
The Senate of the United States of America by its
resolution of October 10, 1990, two-thirds of the Senators
present concurring therein, gave its advice and consent to
ratification of the Treaty and Related Agreed Minute;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, George Bush, President of the United
States of America, ratify and confirm the said Treaty and
Related Agreed Minute.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have signed this instrument of
ratification and caused the Seal of the United States of
America to be affixed.
DONE at the city of Washington
our Lord one thousand
nine hundred ninety
and of the Independence
of the United States of
America the two hundred
fifteenth.
By the President:
Bul
Secretary of State
Photo Op Oval Office Thursday, Oct. 18, 1990
Bush Meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Jozsef Antall
After his loquacious arrival ceremony speech, Antall seemed to have little to
say and sat quietly, usual wing chair, waiting for Bush. Bush has mastered
the art of looking at the person he's talking to, not the interpreter, but Antall
was a bit uncomfortable, keeping his eyes mainly on the interpreter sitting on
the sofa to Bush's left. Bush said, We're very glad you're here. This is an
historic occasion." Antall paused and said, according to the interpreter, "Especially
for us it was an historic event." (Tecause he's the first democratically elected
prime minister of Hungary to visit the White House in over four decades).
Push said he loved his visit over there (Budapest last year) although it
was pouring rain when he arrived. "It was wonderful. The people stayed. It
was such a friendly welcome." Antall said he was "in front of you, Ir. President,
about 30 feet, in the rain." Push added, "Lot of change since those days."
Ann McFeatters
Scripps Howard
daily
10/18
Mrs. Bush
for breakfast tomorrow morning, the President invited
Susan and Jim Baker and they have accepted
TOTAL: 6
The President & Mrs. Bush
Reverend & Mrs. Bagby
Secretary and Mrs. Baker
(The Bagby's will arrive at 7:15 a.m. -- I have a WH car picking
them up at 7 a.m. They will join their tour group at 8 a.m.)
Patty
Tuesday
October 16, 1990
Mrs. Bush,
REMINDER: This Friday is the morning that we
have invited the Bagby's for breakfast -- 7:15 a.m.
They are to join their group at 8:00 a.m. for a special
tour of the White House.
You were going to give some thought to other guests for
the breakfast. Right now it's you and the President and
Reverend and Mrs. Bagby.
I have arranged to have a White House car pick them up
at their hotel in DC at 7 a.m. They will depart with
their tour group after the White House tour.
Patty P.
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quests -
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THE PRESIDENT SUGGESTED SUSAN AND JIM BAKER
& WE HAVE EXTENDED THE INVITATION
I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED
Patty
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Barbara Bush Handwriting
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
19th 7.5 Date:
BAR
Discuss
September 21, 1990
TO: Patty
FROM:
KATHY SUPER
Deputy Director for Appointments
Office of Presidential Appointments
and Scheduling
Ext. 7560
The Bagby S will be in Washington
Oct 17 - 24. I believe that the
President will be here the entire
time, except for the weekend at
Camp David.
If the President would like to see
them and you would like me to contact
them, just let me know.
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Thanks.
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RECEIVED
Mrs. J. Thomas Bagby
SEP 2 1990
5100 San Felipe, No. 171 E E
SCHEDULING
Houston, Texas 77056
September OFFICE 15,1990
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job, mr. President, as our leader
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and commander.
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and we are behind you 100%
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still wanted us to have
you breakfast in The white House
and to let you know when
we could come.
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October 18, 1990
President and Mrs. Bush
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Barbara and George:
Often there is a little sadness in realiz-
ing that one might have recently experienced
what could be the most memorable few days of a
lifetime. But I truly believe that I will not
be able to top the experience I enjoyed in be-
ing with you at Camp David and the White
House. It was an honor and a thrill seeing
you in such a private and intimate setting.
At the same time, mixing a few of the critical
issues of the world with a little tennis and a
few "shoes" is as perfect a formula as anyone
can put together.
Again, I wish to compliment you, Mr.
President, on devising a domestic and interna-
tional policy that is both logical and clear.
By being consistent on the big issues of the
Middle East crisis and our domestic budget,
you set a high moral standard that will stand
the test of time. Keep up the attack and you
will prevail.
Who knows when we will next be able to be
with you, but you should know you are always
in our thoughts and prayers.
Again, many thanks.
Dear
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The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Re: The Civil Rights Act of 1990
Dear Mr. President:
Our Country and your Administration are at a crucial
juncture in matters of race and sex discrimination: if you
sign the Civil Rights Act of 1990 as passed by large
majorities in both Houses, the Country will not lose ground in
the fight to eliminate present race and sex discrimination, as
well as the lingering effects of past race and sex
discrimination, in the workforce; if you veto it, whether such
veto is sustained or overridden, you subject this Country and
the Republican Party to years of divisiveness over these
issues.
A life of reason always appealed to me. Thus I
embraced the legal profession, the Republican Party and your
public career of forty years as three embodiments of the
effective contribution that people of reason can make to
public affairs. All reliable criteria of reason demonstrate
that the bill, as finally passed, is not a quota bill. First,
there is not a word in the bill that would require quotas; in
fact, the bill actually provides that a statistical shortage
of minorities or women in the employer's workforce is not by
itself sufficient to hold the employer liable under this Act.
It further provides that nothing in the bill shall be
construed to require or encourage quotas. See Section 13 of
the bill. Second, the Jewish leadership to which quotas are
an anathema have said in strong terms that this is not a quota
bill and will not lead to quotas. Third, Senator Hatch has
publicly conceded that with the Hatch-Specter changes, all of
which the Congress adopted, it is not a quota bill and he
would vote for it if you said you would sign it. Fourth, the
Page 2 - The President - October 18, 1990
overwhelming majority of editorials urge you to sign the bill
because it is not a quota bill (local newspapers are often
close to the pulse of the people). Fifth, quotas are an
anathema to most legislators, so the vote in the Senate and
House should convince you that those nearest to the people,
save for you, do not feel it is a bill which will result in
quotas. Sixth, the bill reenacts the Griggs standard and
eighteen years under Griggs did not result in employers
adopting quotas.
In my talks with the Attorney General he said that
he objected to certain language in Section 4 of the bill,
which applies when the complaining party alleges that there is
more than one business practice which is responsible for a
disparate impact. The bill provides that in such cases the
complaining party "shall be required to demonstrate which
specific practice or practices are responsible for the
disparate impact in all cases
"
The only exception to
such burden is when the employer "has destroyed, concealed or
refused to produce existing records that are necessary to make
this showing, or (b) that the respondent failed to keep such
records.' The Attorney General takes the position that even
when the employer destroys such records the plaintiff must
lose the lawsuit.
One brief example will illustrate why the Attorney
General's objection to this provision is not well taken. When
I met with the Attorney General, Senator Specter and Senator
Rudman, I put the following hypothetical: The State police of
Alabama decide to hire 100 new employees. The State gives a
Civil Service test for the job and 300 pass it, 150 of which
are women and 150 of which are male. There are three other
requirements for the job which are then applied to make the
final decisions: one is a minimum height requirement, the
second is a minimum weight requirement and the third is that
the person must be articulate in his or her use of the English
language. A week later it is announced that as the result of
these three requirements 90 males are selected for the 100
jobs and the other 10 go to females. Obviously it looks as
though these three requirements have resulted in a disparate
impact. But under the bill the women would also have to show
the specific degree that each of the three requirements
contributed to the overall disparate impact. I asked the
Attorney General to assume further that the employer has
destroyed all the records or never kept any records of the
results of these three factors, contrary to the Justice
Department's own regulations requiring him to keep such
records.
Page 3 - The President - October 18, 1990
Certainly in those circumstances the women should be
able to make out their case on the basis of the overall
disparate impact and shift the burden to the employer, for the
obvious reason that the employer's failure to keep records
made it impossible for them to break it down and isolate how
much each of the three requirements contributed to the
disparate impact. Applying such rule is no more than what
happens when a taxpayer claims a $100,000 charitable deduction
on his income tax but when he is asked to prove it he says I
destroyed all my records. Clearly, the government and the
courts do not permit the taxpayer to claim the deduction.
When this Alabama state police hypothetical was put
to the Attorney General he said that the women should lose the
case and that the only remedy might be citing the employer for
contempt. In the Attorney General's view, the burden would
never shift to the employer and the women would therefore have
no chance of getting the job or back pay for loss thereof. I
do not think anyone else in the room supported such a
position.
You called me in August from Kennebunkport and asked
me to get involved in the Civil Rights bill. You indicated
that I could come see you if there were any problems. I
herewith request such a meeting before you do other than sign
the bill. I would like a meeting where the Attorney General,
Boyden Gray, Senator Specter, Senator Rudman, Senator
Danforth, Senator Hatch, Civil Rights Commission Chairman
Arthur Fletcher, and Secretary Louis Sullivan would be among
those present. Since I believe in reason I think 15 minutes
of conversation among these people before you would convince
you that you should sign the bill.
Mr. President, a very significant percentage of the
military personnel you now have in Saudi Arabia defending the
liberty and other ideals of this Country are racial, ethnic
and religious minorities and women. Surely when they come
home they are entitled to find that their rights to find and
keep a job without bias against them have been restored and
that last year's Supreme Court rulings will not cause any
further loss of these rights.
Respectfully,
Bill
William T. Coleman, Jr.
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The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Re: The Civil Rights Act of 1990
Dear Mr. President:
Our Country and your Administration are at a crucial
juncture in matters of race and sex discrimination: if you
sign the Civil Rights Act of 1990 as passed by large
majorities in both Houses, the Country will not lose ground in
the fight to eliminate present race and sex discrimination, as
well as the lingering effects of past race and sex
discrimination, in the workforce; if you veto it, whether such
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
veto is sustained or overridden, you subject this Country and
the Republican Party to years of divisiveness over these
issues.
A life of reason always appealed to me. Thus I
embraced the legal profession, the Republican Party and your
public career of forty years as three embodiments of the
effective contribution that people of reason can make to
public affairs. All reliable criteria of reason demonstrate
that the bill, as finally passed, is not a quota bill. First,
there is not a word in the bill that would require quotas; in
fact, the bill actually provides that a statistical shortage
of minorities or women in the employer's workforce is not by
itself sufficient to hold the employer liable under this Act.
It further provides that nothing in the bill shall be
construed to require or encourage quotas. See Section 13 of
the bill. Second, the Jewish leadership to which quotas are
an anathema have said in strong terms that this is not a quota
bill and will not lead to quotas. Third, Senator Hatch has
publicly conceded that with the Hatch-Specter changes, all of
which the Congress adopted, it is not a quota bill and he
would vote for it if you said you would sign it. Fourth, the
Page 2 - The President - October 18, 1990
overwhelming majority of editorials urge you to sign the bill
because it is not a quota bill (local newspapers are often
close to the pulse of the people). Fifth, quotas are an
anathema to most legislators, so the vote in the Senate and
House should convince you that those nearest to the people,
save for you, do not feel it is a bill which will result in
quotas. Sixth, the bill reenacts the Griggs standard and
eighteen years under Griggs did not result in employers
adopting quotas.
In my talks with the Attorney General he said that
he objected to certain language in Section 4 of the bill,
which applies when the complaining party alleges that there is
more than one business practice which is responsible for a
disparate impact. The bill provides that in such cases the
complaining party "shall be required to demonstrate which
specific practice or practices are responsible for the
disparate impact in all cases " The only exception to
such burden is when the employer "has destroyed, concealed or
refused to produce existing records that are necessary to make
this showing, or (b) that the respondent failed to keep such
records." The Attorney General takes the position that even
when the employer destroys such records the plaintiff must
lose the lawsuit.
One brief example will illustrate why the Attorney
General's objection to this provision is not well taken. When
I met with the Attorney General, Senator Specter and Senator
Rudman, I put the following hypothetical: The State police of
Alabama decide to hire 100 new employees. The State gives a
Civil Service test for the job and 300 pass it, 150 of which
are women and 150 of which are male. There are three other
requirements for the job which are then applied to make the
final decisions: one is a minimum height requirement, the
second is a minimum weight requirement and the third is that
the person must be articulate in his or her use of the English
language. A week later it is announced that as the result of
these three requirements 90 males are selected for the 100
jobs and the other 10 go to females. Obviously it looks as
though these three requirements have resulted in a disparate
impact. But under the bill the women would also have to show
the specific degree that each of the three requirements
contributed to the overall disparate impact. I asked the
Attorney General to assume further that the employer has
destroyed all the records or never kept any records of the
results of these three factors, contrary to the Justice
Department's own regulations requiring him to keep such
records.
Page 3 - - The President - October 18, 1990
Certainly in those circumstances the women should be
able to make out their case on the basis of the overall
disparate impact and shift the burden to the employer, for the
obvious reason that the employer's failure to keep records
made it impossible for them to break it down and isolate how
much each of the three requirements contributed to the
disparate impact. Applying such rule is no more than what
happens when a taxpayer claims a $100,000 charitable deduction
on his income tax but when he is asked to prove it he says I
destroyed all my records. Clearly, the government and the
courts do not permit the taxpayer to claim the deduction.
When this Alabama state police hypothetical was put
to the Attorney General he said that the women should lose the
case and that the only remedy might be citing the employer for
contempt. In the Attorney General's view, the burden would
never shift to the employer and the women would therefore have
no chance of getting the job or back pay for loss thereof. I
do not think anyone else in the room supported such a
position.
You called me in August from Kennebunkport and asked
me to get involved in the Civil Rights bill. You indicated
that I could come see you if there were any problems. I
herewith request such a meeting before you do other than sign
the bill. I would like a meeting where the Attorney General,
Boyden Gray, Senator Specter, Senator Rudman, Senator
Danforth, Senator Hatch, Civil Rights Commission Chairman
Arthur Fletcher, and Secretary Louis Sullivan would be among
those present. Since I believe in reason I think 15 minutes
of conversation among these people before you would convince
you that you should sign the bill.
Mr. President, a very significant percentage of the
military personnel you now have in Saudi Arabia defending the
liberty and other ideals of this Country are racial, ethnic
and religious minorities and women. Surely when they come
home they are entitled to find that their rights to find and
keep a job without bias against them have been restored and
that last year's Supreme Court rulings will not cause any
further loss of these rights.
Respectfully,
Bill
William T. Coleman, Jr.
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George Bush Handwriting
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WASHINGTON
90 OCT 18 PM 5:45
October 18, 1990
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RECOMMENDED TELEPHONE CALL BY THE PRESIDENT
SENATOR JESSE HELMS (R-NC)
October 18, 1990
RECOMMENDED BY:
Frederick D. McClure M
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To seek Senator Helms assistance confirming
your ambassadorial nominees, particularly
Phil Hughes to be Ambassador to Barbados
You were unable to talk to Senator Helms
during your recent North Carolina trip about
his blocking confirmation of your
ambassadorial nominees.
Among those nominations being held up is Phil
Hughes, your former deputy foreign policy
advisor and now your nominee to be Ambassador
to Barbados. Senator Helms supports Hughes,
but he objects to the nomination of George
Jones to be Ambassador to Guyana. While
Senator Helms has not said so directly, his
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staff claims Jones sought to discredit
Senator Helms and his staff while serving as
a Foreign Service Officer in Chile Mr.
Jones says it is not true.
Senator Dodd (D-CT) supports Mr. Jones and
wants him confirmed. Dodd will not approve
nominations, including Phil Hughes unless
Senator Helms removes his objections. Thus,
we are in the untenable position of
Republicans blocking Democratic efforts to
confirm your nominees. You already wrote
Senator Dodd asking him to confirm Hughes.
TALKING POINTS:
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-- I had a great time with you in Raleigh. My only regret is
that I did not get to talk to you about something that is
important to me.
ambassadorial nominations.
--
My staff has talked to you a number of times about this. I
appreciate the fact that you have supported nearly all of my
nominees. I understand you now oppose one nominee, George
Jones. My concern is that your objections are also blocking
the confirmation of Phil Hughes. Jesse, I want Phil
confirmed. I have known Phil for years. He will be a fine
ambassador. In my view, nothing should interfere with his
confirmation.
-- Jesse, I ask you to work with Claiborne and Chris to work
this out so that Phil is confirmed before the session ends.
I have let Chris know of my interest in this. I hope this
matter will be worked out in the next few days. This is
important to me.
THE WHITE HOUSE
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Dear Samantha Pratt. Thank you for you
letter. mo Buch - D love the puple of Nu Zealand.
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Della Newman
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EMBASSY OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Sept. 28, 1990
Dear .G.B. Sir!
Have I told you lately that you are
wonderful? I'm so proud of you,
and proud to represent you. 4 always
knew (sinck may 1972) you would be
the best President Ever - of you are!
time is precious for you of that makes
Thanks for the notes, I know how
them ael the more precious! We rijance
having CNN - otherwise there would
in not be much news available in N.Z.
ael waiting for the Budget Process
(ick!) We are to get finished so we know what and
travel to cancel, prioritize or mouth.
all other expenditures of Course.
7 thought you would Enjoy the attached
letter- - we hept a copy for our files.
Lots of support from new Zralanders,
and wishes for your continued good
health of good judgement.
all our prayers are with you, and
we thank God that we have you as
our President.
as always,
The W.C.A.-
4th
4 BEACHMAN GROVE
TAUPO
NEW ZEALAND
17-9-90
Dear Mr. Bush,
My name is Samartha Pratt,
9 am eleven years old and 9
live right down the bottom of
the Pacific Ocean in New Zealand
9 think it is wonderful how
you have teamed up with Russia
in order to solve the Iraqi conflict
and 9 admire you for it.
Could you personaly read this
letter because 4 am showing my
thanks to you, and 9 am behind
you 100 %.
It must be tough being a
president of a big country like
America because you have to
make important decisions for
your country and people
I am concerned about my
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future and so are many
others my age, the deasions
that you are making over Iraq
are making me feel more Secure,
I have an 18 year old brother
and 9 would hate to See him
90 to war because 9 love him
very much
If this conflict isn't over when
you recieve this letter could
you please tell MrGorbacheu that 9
think the U.S.A and Russia are
Jery brave and admirable,
Good Luck
your Sincerly
Samantha Pratt
October 18, 1990
Es
Dear Adele and Don:
My belated thanks for that warm welcome in
Topeka. Great to see you. This has turned
into an especially interesting election season
for both parties, and I am glad that you are
out there helping to get our Republicans
elected.
Barbara joins me in sending warm regards.
Sincerely,
GEORGE BUSH
Mr. and Mrs. Don Hall
President
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a To: Sever Valdins Dominguez
Oct. 1990
with But wishes. Long Live the
us - Panama Friendalip ! Ca Buil
THE PRESIDENT
October 18, 1990
Dear Senon Valdino -
Brigadien General Hortzog
tobl me of his wonderful day
at Las Tablas. He told me of
you impromptu speechard at your
warm words about the U.S. -
Panama partnership. And he
THE WHITE HOUSE
Senor Valdino Dominquez
sent me this 1888 Silver Dollar(-2-)
I held this dollar in my
hand - close to my heart. And
I thought with wonder about
this gesture of frendship-
But, sir, this dollar belongs to
you - to your family - to those who
spirit you. have given me strength
follow Your generosity and your and
made me count my blessings.
- 3-
THE PRESIDENT
so now I return this
coin. It comes bach to
you with my respects and
with greetings from my family
to your family.
May the Friendship you so
eloquently spohe about at Las Tablas
live forever. Sincerely, Go Buil
Oct.18,1990
THE PRESIDENT
Dear B. Gen Nortzog
I was moved
I have written the attached
by your letter to Gen. Powell- -
which I hope you will see
gets to mr. Valdino. Most Sincerely
Gs Bul
THE WHITE HOUSE
W.W. Hartzog
BG, U.S. Army
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
General Colin L. Powell
Chairman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. Department of Defense
The Pentagon
Washington, D.C. 20318-0001
THE PRESIDENT
October 18, 1990
Dear Colin,
Thanks so much for sharing that thoughtful
letter regarding Senor Valdino Dominquez. It
touched me deeply.
Enclosed is a personal note from me to Senor
Dominquez. I would appreciate it if you could
have General Hartzog deliver it for me. Many thanks.
Sincerely,
as ag Bal
16 Oct 90
Dear Me. PRESIDENT,
The ATTACHED IS
SELF-EXPLANATORY AND
very MOVING.
Respectancy,
Colin
CJCS HAS SEEN
[OCT 1 6 1990
16 October 1990
General Colin L. Powell
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Joint Staff
Washington, DC 20301
Dear Sir,
We are nearing the first anniversary of Just
Cause. Panama is continuing to work through all
of the challenges of a new democracy--a process
that makes the GOP and U.S. military in Panama
face tough problems together each day. On rare
occasions, a truly "bright spot" emerges. I need
to share one of these with you and ask your help
(explained below).
For several months, the citizens of Los
Santos Province, Panama and U.S. Army Engineers
have worked side by side to install the first
sewer system that the thousands of Los Sontos
citizens have ever seen. In the first week of
October, the Province Governor and I jointly
opened the system with appropriate ceremonies.
After a festival-like but long day of
celebration, parades, dancing, eating, speeches,
etc., just as my wife and I were leaving, a
marvelous thing occurred. Senor Valdino
Dominquez, the proprietor of a small fruit stand
in the town of Las Tablas pushed his way to the
microphone to make an impromptu speech. He spoke
of the value of partnership between our countries
and how proud he was of what had been
accomplished in his town. He then said that in
appreciation of that partnership, he wanted to
send his most prized personal possession to
President Bush as a token of appreciation. He
then proudly gave me the attached 1888 U.S.
silver dollar which has been his family's
talisman for over 80 years. I promised him I
would do my best to have his gift put in the
President's hand.
In a world where much of our business is
destruction or the threat of destruction, a
celebration of construction struck me as a
particularly meaningful thing. I would
appreciate whatever help your staff might give
me in having Senior Dominquez' special gift
delivered and recognized by the President.
Faithfully
Wulcom W. W. m W.Hartzog
BG, U.S. Army
Commanding General
U.S. Army South
Mrs. Marge Schott
Owner/President
Cincinnati Reds Baseball Team
100 Riverfront Stadium
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
THE president
October 18, 1990
Dear Marge,
Thanks for that great 1990 World Series jacket.
I'm sorry I couldn't be with you last evening,
but Bar came home singing your praises!
With warmest best wishes,
Sincerely,
GBul
Patty,
Given to The President from
bcc: Gift Unit
Marge Schott of Cincinnati
Reds.
with my note
Peg.
10/17/90
Thanks!
Michael
Jan
White House News Summary
Thursday, October 18, 1990
10:15 A.M. NEWS UPDATE
INFLATION (Reuter) -- Soaring gasoline and heating oil prices
pushed inflation at the retail level up 0.8 percent in September,
the same gain as the previous month, the Labor Department said.
But excluding food and energy figures, the CPI climbed by 0.3
percent compared with 0.5 percent in August.
TRADE DEFICIT (Reuter) -- The trade deficit climbed 2.4% during
August to $9.34 billion as the impact of sharply higher oil prices
began to be felt on the economy, the Commerce Department said.
SOCIAL SECURITY (AP) -- Social Security benefit checks will
increase by 5.4 percent starting in January, the biggest advance
in 8.5 years, the government said.
IRAQ/OIL (Baghdad/Reuter) -- Iraq tried to WOO customers by
offering cheap oil -- $21 a barrel -- and pledging not to touch the
money until the Gulf crisis is over.
GULF/PEREZ (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar was
quoted today in the German news magazine Stern as saying he sees
little progress toward peacefully ending the Gulf crisis. He
raised the possibility the Security Council could authorize
military action against Iraq
But he added he would "never be
the first one to say there remains only a military solution."
GULF/KUWAIT (London/Reuter) -- Two planes stranded since the Iraqi
invasion have flown out of Kuwait and landed in Beirut, and are
believed to be the first allowed to leave, insurance sources said.
GULF/HOSTAGES (Tokyo/Reuter) -- Iraq released three ailing Japanese
hostages and allowed them to leave immediately for Jordan, Tokyo's
Foreign Ministry said.
TEMPLE MOUNT (Jerusalem/AP) -- City police commanders say the
deployment of border police without their knowledge on Temple Mount
was a main factor behind the killings, Israel radio said. It was
the first Israeli suggestion police may have provoked the violence.
(Tunis/Reuter) -- Hard-line delegates, [the PLO, Iraqi,
Sudanese and Yemeni], walked out of an Arab League ministerial
meeting after failing to push through a resolution condemning the
U.S. response to Temple Mount, delegation sources said.
KOREAN PROTESTS (Seoul/AP) -- Radical students armed with steel
pipes, firebombs and clubs tried to storm the U.S. Embassy today
but were quickly arrested by riot police
U.S. officials
reported no injuries or damage.
JAPAN/BLACKS (Tokyo/Reuter) -- Prime Minister Kaifu, trying to
quash controversy over his justice minister's racial slur, sent an
apologetic letter to the NAACP, foreign ministry officials said.
NATAL (Pretoria/Reuter) -- President de Klerk lifted a state of
emergency in Natal province, the last province to be under it.
###
The Columbus Dispatch
Thursday
OCTOBER 18, 1990
BUCKEYE ROOTS
Barbara Bush said she felt right
at home being back in Ohio.
Leading into her speech at Tues-
day's luncheon fund-raiser for the
statewide Republican ticket, the first
lady told the crowd her folks and the
president's father were native Buck-
eyes.
She said her mother grew up in
Marysville and later moved to Co-
lumbus when her father sat on the
Ohio Supreme Court.
"My dad grew up in Dayton, and
they got married at Miami University
in Oxford, Ohio," she said. "My
George's father was born and grew
up in Columbus. We're all Buckeye
fans."
THURSDAY
OCTOBER 18, 1990
Los Angeles Timesa
Handling It: Barbara Bush tops
the list of people who handle "ex-
traordinary pressures with ease,"
according to a list drawn by the
Hilton hotel chain. Others on the
"best-stressed list" include pop
singer Gloria Estefan, actor Harri-
son Ford and pitcher Nolan Ryan.
Even Marge Simpson made the list,
says a news release issued by the
chain, because the cartoon mom's
blue beehive hairdo has not wilted
even though "The Simpsons" is
going head to head against "The
Cosby Show."
THE BOSTON GLOBE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
National Briefs
o
.
AP PHOTO
A UNITED FAMILY - Barbara Bush congratulates her
husband yesterday after President Bush signed a
check for the United Fund during a ceremony
launching a drive among federal workers.
TV to get
limits on
child ads
Bush won't reject
bill despite doubts
By David Lauter
LOS ANGELES TIMES
WASHINGTON - A bill limiting adver-
tisements on children's television programs
will become law without President Bush's
signature, the White House announced yes-
terday.
THE BOSTON GLOBE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
The measure, passed by Congress Oct. 1,
would limit commercials to 12 minutes per
hour during the week and 101/2 minutes- per
hour on weekends. The restrictions apply to
both broadcast and cable programming.
The bill also would require stations to
show that they are meeting the educational
and information needs of children before
their licenses are renewed.
Bush had objected to the restrictions, re-
flecting his administration's general opposi-
tion to government regulation as well as Jus-
tice Department reservations about the con-
stitutionality of the bill. But in the end, the
White House decided against vetoing the
highly popular measure.
The broadcast industry, although not
happy with the bill, did not actively lobby for
a presidential veto.
Despite his decision not to veto the bill,
Bush décided, as a symbol of Mis dislike for
the measure, that he would not sign it.
wholeheartedly support the goals of
the bill, Bush said in a statement released
last evening. But, he wrote, Congress has
chosen inappropriate means of serving
them."
The new limitations on advertising will
have little effect on broadcasters, most of
whom are already limiting commercials to
roughly the amounts allowed by the new law.
But the provision requiring station owners
to demonstrate the adequacy of their efforts
to serve children's educational needs could
become a major issue for the industry, de-
pending on how actively the Federal Com-
munications Commission tries to enforce it.
Justice Department lawyers argued that
the new rule on children's educational néeds
violates the First Amendment of the Consti-
tution by dictating the specific content of
what broadcasters put on the air or on cable
systems.
In the past, the Supreme Court has
upheld content-based regulations of broad-
casters - provisions such as the "fairness
doctrine" and the political equal time rule -
on the theory that broadcast frequencies'are
a scarce, publicly owned resource that-the
government has the right to allocate.
Some broadcast industry lawyers and
conservative officials of both the Bush and
Reagan administrations have argued that
"scarcity doctrine" is now obsolete because
of new technologies that have made- the
number of stations theoretically unlimited.
2
Section 1
Chicago Tribune, Thursday, October 18, 1990
From Page 1
Bill curtailing kids' TV ads becomes law
From Chicago Tribune wires
of children's programming on
leaves this to be decided by free
embrace a measure that gives the
WASHINGTON-President
weekends and 12 minutes an hour
media responding to the free choic-
TV industry an incentive to be-
Bush reluctantly let a bill limiting
on weekdays.
es of individual consumers."
come a partner in the education of
commercials on children's televi-
Each television licensee for the
Because children's TV is financed
this nation's young people," Char-
sion programs become law Wed-
first time also must serve children's
by advertising, Bush said program-
ren said.
nesday, saying he agrees with the
educational and informational
ming quality actually could be di-
The new law effectively reverses
goals of the legislation but has re-
needs and in doing so must pro-
minished by curtailing advertising.
the Reagan administration's deregu-
servations about what he said are
vide programs devised with chil-
Bush's decision not to sign the
lation of the commercial content of
restrictions on freedom of speech.
dren's special learning needs and
measure but to let it become law
children's TV programming in 1984.
Bush said he would neither sign
capabilities in mind.
without his signature was derided
The bill also requires the Federal
nor veto the "Children's Television
Bush, in stating his objections,
by Peggy Charren, president of Ac-
Communications Commission to
Act of 1990."
said Wednesday that the 1st
tion for Children's Television, who
complete an inquiry into commer-
The legislation reinstates limits
Amendment "does not contem-
noted Bush's previous pledges to
cialization guidelines for children's
on commercial advertising on chil-
plate that government will dictate
boost American education.
television. This provision is aimed
dren's television shows, allowing
the quality or quantity of what
"One would have thought that
at programs featuring toy charac-
10½ minutes of ads for each hour
Americans should hear: Rather it
the 'education president' would
ters brought to life.
hily
THE WHITE HOUSE
MRS. BUSH'S PRESS OFFICE
DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS
Thursday October 18, 1990
Mrs. Bush
(in folder)
Governor Sununu
West Wing
Marlin Fitzwater
West Wing
Patty Presock
West Wing
First Lady Detail
Staircase
Denise Balzano
Room 268 OEOB
Karen Connell
Room 58 OEOB
Shirley Green
Room 94 OEOB
Anne Griffith
Room 98 OEOB
Diana Kellogg
Room 190 OEOB
Gregg Petersmeyer
Room 100 OEOB
Carolyn Washington
Room 268 OEOB
Benita Somerfield
hold one copy
Ann Brock
Kim Brady
Julie Cooke
Joan DeCain
Laurie Firestone
Susan Porter Rose
Anna Perez
Sondra Haley
Jean Becker
Jay Suchan
(plus originals)
Thursday, Oct. 18, 1990
The Philadelphia Inquirer
WORLD SERIES
loafe
Associated Press
Barbara Bush prepares to throw the first pitch during the
ceremonies before Game 2 of the World Series in Cincinnati.
DAILY NEWS
Thursday, October 18, 1990
Message From Mrs. Bush
First Lady Barbara Bush will deliver a taped public
service message on behalf of the National Bone Marrow
Registry during today's telecast of ABC's "All My Chil-
dren" (1-2 p.m.). Mrs. Bush, honorary chairperson for
the Leukemia Society of America, was approached by
Agnes Nixon, "AMC" creator and head writer, about
doing the spot. The soap opera has been running a
prominent storyline involving a child who is stricken with
leukemia and in desperate need of a bone marrow
transplant. In the message, airing at the show's end,
Mrs. Bush says that 18,000 Americans die from leuke-
mia each year and that many of these lives would be
saved by bone marrow transplants. She also notes that
the test for compatibility is simple and painless, and
gives a toll-free number for the National Bone Marrow
Registry (1-800-654-1247).
- G.M.
STREET?
c 26
DAILY SPORTS NEWS
Thursday, October 18, 1990
THE PLAY, CONTINUED
BY BILL GALLO
THE OPENING SCENE OF
IT WAS EASY AND
If THE IMPORTANCE OF
EVERYBODY TOOK HIS
OCTOBER "SHOWS THE
SHOT. BUT, THE KID
NASTY KID FROM CINCY
WHO HAD.
N
ATOP HIS LITTLE RED
WAGON AFTER TANDING
TONS OF OFFUN"ON
HIS EAR
THE BEST TIME WAS
LIC JOSE RIJO. BOY, DID HE
SPLATTER THAT BIG FAT
GUY WITH GOOSE EGGS!
OAKLAND
LAUGH? THAT AUDIENCE
IN RIVERFRONT
LIKED T' DIE.
LET ME.
LIKE, IF WE NEED SOME-
INTERRUPT THIS SCENE
BODY IN THE PLAY TO OPEN
WELL, HOW ABOUT
FOR A MOMENT, FOLKS
ACT II BY THROWING OUT
THE PRESIDENT OF
NOW, THE BEAUTY OF
THE FIRST BALL, WHO DO
THE UNITED STATES
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-
WRITING THIS
WE STICK IN
FOR GOSH SAKES?
REPRESENTING AMERICA AND
KIND OF PLAY IS
THERE?
ALL THE GRANDILAS OF THE
THAT IT
LAND, I GIVE YOU OUR FIRST LADY
WRITES ITSELF.
THROWING OUT THE FIRST BALL!
PSSST... THE PREZ CAN'T
TOSS IT, BABS BABY.
OK, CATCHER
MAKE IT, BUT GRANDMA
WATCH MY
SCHOTT HAS AN IDEA-
DIPS
LOOK
CINCINNATI
THE
GRANDMA
GRANDMA
PLAYWRIGHT
HIMSELF
SCHOTT
BUSH
BILLOALD
Wed 17-Oct-90 23:49 EDT
By JIM DONAGHY
AP Baseball Writer
CINCINNATI (AP) The Oakland Athletics and Cincinnati Reds were
tied 4-4 after nine innings in Game 2 of the World Series Wednesday
night.
The game was highlighted by a record-setting performance by
Cincinnati center fielder Billy Hatcher, who was 4-for-4 to give
him hits in seven straight at-bats for a Series' record.
With the Reds trailing 4-3, Hatcher led off the eighth inning
with a triple off the glove of right fielder Jose Canseco. Bob
Welch walked Paul O'Neill and got Eric Davis on a medium-deep fly
to right with Hatcher holding at third.
Rick Honeycutt relieved and pinch-hitter Glenn Braggs tied the
score when his grounder forced O'Neill at second.
The A's were trying to tie the World Series after losing 7-0 in
Game 1 on Tuesday.
Hatcher's seven straight hits (four doubles, a triple and
single) broke the previous mark of six by Goose Goslin in 1924 and
Thurman Munson in 1976. His five extra base hits in consecutive
games matched Lou Brock's record in 1968.
Rob Dibble relieved for the Reds in the ninth and got Canseco to
hit into a double play before fanning Mark McGwire.
In the bottom of the ninth, Barry Larkin singled with two outs
and moved to second when Honeycutt's pickoff attempt couldn't be
handled by McGwire. After Hatcher was intentionally walked, O'Neill
flied out to send the game into extra innings.
The Reds took a 2-1 lead after one inning, but Canseco tied the
score leading off the third inning against left-hander Danny
Jackson with his first homer since Sept. 16. Canseco, bothered by a
sore back and hand, hit an opposite-field shot into the second deck
of the right-field seats.
McGwire followed the homer with a single and Jackson walked Dave
Henderson and Willie Randolph to load the bases. Ron Hassey,
0-for-5 with the bases loaded this season, put the A's ahead with a
sacrifice fly to left.
With Welch on deck and two outs, manager Lou Piniella chose to
pitch to Mike Gallego and it proved costly when the A's shortstop
singled home Henderson. The single chased Jackson and Scott Scudder
struck out Welch to end the inning.
The Reds made it 4-3 in the fourth when Joe Oliver doubled with
one out and scored on pinch-hitter Ron Oester's single.
It took the A's only seven pitches to score in Game 2 after
being shut out the night before.
Rickey Henderson reached on a broken-bat single leading off the
game and stole second. Henderson moved to third on Carney
Lansford's sacrifice and scored on Canseco's weak ground out off
first baseman Hal Morris' glove.
During the season, the A's went 26-7 when Henderson scored the
first run of the game.
The Reds came right back in the bottom of the first with two
runs off Welch.
Larkin and Hatcher led off with consecutive doubles to tie the
score. Hatcher moved up on O'Neill's fly ball and scored when Davis
grounded out to shortstop.
The loss in Game 1 snapped Oakland's 10-game postseason winning
streak and left them thinking just a little about a new Big Red
Machine. Teams winning the first two games have gone on to win the
world championship 30 times in 40 attempts, including each of the
last three years.
Welch was scheduled to start Game 3 of the World Series against
San Francisco last year, but the Oct. 17 game was postponed by the
earthquake and Welch never got a chance to pitch as Stewart and
Mike Moore completed the sweep.
Larkin led off the third with a single and Hatcher doubled
again. But Welch came up big and retired O'Neill, Davis and Morris
to keep the score 4-2. Hatcher's double bounced over the wall or
Larkin probably would have scored.
President Bush was scheduled to throw out the ceremonial first
pitch, but the White House announced Tuesday he couldn't make it.
Instead, Mrs. Bush made the trip to Riverfront and flipped the ball
from just in front of the mound to catcher Oliver.
Thu 18-Oct-90 1:44 EDT
World Series Notebook
By RICK VAN SANT
UPI Sports Writer
CINCINNATI
(UPI) Tom Browning left World Series Game 2 early.
No, the Cincinnati Reds pitcher wasn't bored. His pregnant wife,
Cindy, was in labor.
Browning left the ballpark in the late innings to go to a local
hospital to be with his wife. When Browning departed the park, the Reds
were trailing Oakland by one run and quickly going through pitchers as
they battled to keep the game close.
"We were looking around for Browning because we were down to two
pitchers, but he had left,' said Reds' Manager Lou Piniella.
Fortunately for the Reds, they didn't have to call the hospital and
have Browning return. The Reds got by with using five pitchers as they
rallied for a 5-4 10th inning victory. By the way, the baby arrived
...
probably just about the time Billy Bates rounded third with the winning
run.
Rickey Henderson VOWS the A's will return to Cincinnati next
week.
"We shouldn't panic, we shouldn't put pressure on ourselves,"
Henderson said as the A's departed for Oakland, down 0-2 to the Reds.
"With the designated hitter and a grass field, we'll beat them out in
Oakland.
"If Cincinnati can beat us out there, they will have earned it. But
I expect to be back in Cincinnati. And we'll know aobut this place when
we come back."
Wednesday marked the first anniversary of the earthquake that hit
the San Francisco-Oakland area and shook up the 1989 Giants-Athletics
World Series schedule.
Some Oakland players, like Dave Stewart, talk freely about the quake
and its disastrous consequences. Others, like Bob Welch, refuse to
publicly discuss it.
"A lot of the re-building effort is really going slow," said
Stewart. "A lot of people are really unhappy about all the red tape
involved in re-building."
Welch, when asked what he remembered about the quake, snapped, "I
don't want to talk about it.
Geographically, the World Series certainly isn't much of a
"world" event since teams from only two countries are eligible to
participate. Politically, this year's World Series has also divided the
world.
With U.S. Navy Admiral William Crowe declaring "baseball is America,
" baseball officials told players to wear American flag patches on
their uniforms to "demonstrate their support" of U.S. troops in the
Persian Gulf.
So, politically, it's really the "Semi-World Series," with Iraq and
countries that support Iraq left out of the American flag-waving
baseball world.
If the Toronto Blue Jays or Montreal Expos were playing in the World
Series, it would be interesting to see if they would wear American flags
on their uniforms.
President Bush had to call in a relief pitcher Wednesday night.
The president had been scheduled to throw out the ceremonial first
pitch for Game 2 of the World Series, but decided he needed to remain in
Washington to monitor Congress' handling of the budget crisis.
But Bush had a lot of confidence in his relief pitcher - First Lady
Barbara Bush.
Like any good pitcher, the First Lady stayed within herself while
throwing out the pitch. She declined to take the mound, instead stopping
on its perimeter. She also gestured to Reds' catcher Joe Oliver to come
closer. When he had moved within a distance she thought she could
handle, she reached him with a strong toss.
Among the most eye-opening statistics of the first game of the
World Series was Todd Burns' earned run average.
The Oakland reliever's ERA for the game was 40.50. Burns worked 2-3
of an inning, making only 20 pitches and facing seven hitters. Four
batters got hits and another drew a walk. He surrendered three earned
runs before being mercifully removed.
A lot of people were looking for awesome Oakland to sweep the
Reds in four straight games. But not A's third baseman Carney Lansford.
"People have to understand that this is not going to be a walkover,"
he said. "I know that it is easy to look at our team and everything
that we've accomplished and expect that we're just going to step on the
field and win. I've played on too many good teams, too many championship
caliber teams and it just doesn't hapen that way.
Lansford made the comments BEFORE cincinnati took Game 2.
Fire broke out in a concession stand at Riverfront Stadium
Wednesday, more than 3 1/2 hours before Game 2.
The fire, which appeared to involve cooking equipment, began at
approximately 4:50 p.m. EDT, and generated clouds of gray smoke on the
plaza level along the third-base line.
At least four pieces of equipment responded.
There were no reports of injuries, and the incident occurred before
gates were opened for fans.
One fan watching the firefighters held a placard reading, "Wire to
Wire, Cincy's on Fire."
Oakland's Willie Randolph singled in Game 1, becoming only the
fifth player in World Series history to hit safely in three decades. Ace
Wilson, Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra and Willie Mays were the others.
Game 1 was the first World Series game played east of the
Mississippi since Game 7 of the '86 Series at New York's Shea Stadium.
Believe it or not Mets senior vice president Al Harazin is
reading a book, "The Art of Negotiation." Harazin is the Mets' man in
charge of contracts, and he may soon be talking to potential free agent
Darryl Strawberry.
Thu 18-Oct-90 2:18 EDT
CINCINNATI (AP) Barbara Bush saluted U.S. troops in the
Persian Gulf before throwing out the first pitch at Game 2 of the
World Series between the Oakland Athletics and the Cincinnati Reds.
Mrs. Bush pinch-hit for her husband Wednesday night after
President Bush scrubbed a planned trip to the game. The president
decided to remain in Washington while negotiations aimed at
reducing the federal budget deficit continued.
"This is to all the men and women in the Persian Gulf," Mrs.
Bush said over the Riverfront Stadium public address system. "I
hope I get this pitch over to the catcher."
Mrs. Bush, wearing a white baseball jacket with "1990 World
Series" printed on the back, walked from the stands to the
pitcher's mound and tossed a baseball to Reds catcher Joe Oliver.
She then shook hands with Oliver and Reds manager Lou Piniella
before leaving the field behind home plate.
Major League Baseball and the White House did not know whether
Mrs. Bush's was the first president's wife to throw out the first
ball for a World Series game, said Ned Colletti, a spokesman for
baseball. Aides to Mrs. Bush said there were no reliable records to
consult, Colletti said.
Thu 18-Oct-90 5:39 EDT
First Lady Throws First Pitch
CINCINNATI (AP) Barbara Bush pinch-hit for her husband by
-
throwing out the first ball at Game 2 of the World Series.
President Bush canceled an appearance at the game Wednesday
night to stay close to the negotiations on the budget in
Washington.
"This is to all the men and women in the Persian Gulf," said
Mrs. Bush, who wore a white baseball jacket emblazoned "1990 World
Series" on the back. "I hope I get this pitch over to the
catcher."
Mrs. Bush walked from the stands to the pitcher's mound at
Riverfront Stadium and tossed the ball to Cincinnati Reds catcher
Joe Oliver. She then shook hands with Oliver and Reds manager Lou
Piniella before leaving the field.
Tue 16-Oct-90 15:29 EDT
Barbara Bush says president wants to be right at any cost
By LEE LEONARD
COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) First lady Barbara Bush told reporters Tuesday
that her husband, in effect, - would rather be right than president.
Mrs. Bush, at a news conference following a Republican fund-raising
luncheon, said she believes President Bush "wants to do exactly what's
right for the country," even if it means he does not run for re-
election in 1992.
"I really don't worry about that," said Mrs. Bush when asked about
public opinion surveys that show the president's popularity sliding
because of the nation's fiscal crisis. "I don't believe in polls, ever.
You just have to do the best you can.
"I don't care if he runs again or not," she continued, "and I
really don't think he does. I really believe George Bush wants to do
exactly what's right for the country, and let the chips fall where they
may."
The first lady said Bush never believed the polls when they showed
him with a 70 percent or 80 percent approval rating.
In a 15-minute speech to about $1,000 Republicans who paid $125
apiece to eat lemon chicken and chocolate chip cheesecake, Mrs. Bush
exhorted them to vote for Republican gubernatorial nominee George
Voinovich and to get their friends to do likewise.
"With your help, George Voinovich is going to win," she said. "So
please, during the next 21 days volunteer more time, give more money,
and please vote yourself. Drag your friends to the polls.
"We've got to elect this good man, this decent man, this hard-
working, honest man, this able man. You know, they really don't come
around like this very often."
Mrs. Bush also urged the gathering to write their congressional
representatives demanding that they vote for a budget balancing bill.
Tue 16-Oct-90 18:56 EDT
Bush bows out of World Series
By NORMAN D. SANDLER
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (UPI) First came the capitulation on taxes,
then the concession on capital gains. Tuesday night, President Bush
again bowed to the politics of the budget mess by doing a flip-flop on
baseball.
After White House aides had struggled for almost 24 hours with the
logistical details, Bush abruptly dropped plans to attend Wednesday
night's second game of the World Series in deference to the deficit
deliberations back in Washington.
First lady Barbara Bush will pinch-hit for the president in
Cincinnati and throw out the first pitch, her aides said.
"It looked like the timing would be such that he thought it'd be
good to be in Washington to be available to work the (budget)
conference, if that's necessary, or do whatever lobbying we need to do,"
White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater told reporters.
In fact, however, he later said Bush concluded his travel plans would
be untimely only after being advised by Senate Republican leader Robert
Dole of Kansas and House GOP leader Bob Michel of Illinois that
"everything could come to a head" late Wednesday with passage of
separate budget plans by the House and Senate.
In the background of the decision was the question of imagery. Over
the last few weeks, Bush has made symbolic gestures to demonstrate
sensitivity to the budget crisis: using a small plane rather than his
Boeing 747 jumbo jet to commute between Washington and New York to seal
an ill-fated budget deal with Congress late last month, and traveling by
motorcade instead of helicopter to and from Camp David.
Fitzwater denied political appearances were behind the decision to
scrub the baseball trip. However, Bush has taken heat from Democrats
over spending the past two days on the campaign trail and berating them
for the problems in Washington, while the budget debate moved once again
to an uncertain climax.
Tue 16-Oct-90 15:18 EDT
Barbara Bush says president wants to be right at any cost
By LEE LEONARD
COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) First Lady Barbara Bush told reporters Tuesday
that her husband, in effect, would rather be right than president.
Mrs. Bush, at a news conference following a Republican fund-raising
luncheon, said she believes President Bush "wants to do exactly what's
right for the country," even if it means he does not run for re-
election in 1992.
"I really don't worry about that," said Mrs. Bush when asked about
public opinion surveys that show the president's popularity sliding
because of the nation's fiscal crisis. "I don't believe in polls, ever.
You just have to do the best you can.
"I don't care if he runs again or not," she continued, "and I
really don't think he does. I really believe George Bush wants to do
exactly what's right for the country, and let the chips fall where they
may."
The first lady said Bush never believed the polls when they showed
him with a 70 percent or 80 percent approval rating.
In a 15-minute speech to about $1,000 Republicans who paid $125
apiece to eat lemon chicken and chocolate chip cheesecake, Mrs. Bush
exhorted them to vote for Republican gubernatorial nominee George
Voinovich and to get their friends to do likewise.
"With your help, George Voinovich is going to win," she said. "So
please, during the next 21 days volunteer more time, give more money,
and please vote yourself. Drag your friends to the polls.
"We've got to elect this good man, this decent man, this hard-
working, honest man, this able man. You know, they really don't come
around like this very often."
Mrs. Bush also urged the gathering to write their congressional
representatives demanding that they vote for a budget balancing bill.
In perhaps her biggest applause line, she quoted Sen. Robert Dole as
saying "the troops in the Persian Gulf are providing leadership and
demonstrating real courage. Now it's time for Congress to do the same
thing."
The first lady told reporters she doesn't help the president with
decisions on the budget "and be very grateful. I have a lot of talents
and that is not one of them.'
During the luncheon, Mrs. Bush chatted amiably with Les Wexner, the
women's apparel magnate who co-sponsored the event. Some of the guests
paid as much as $25,000 for ringside tables, and were photographed with
Mrs. Bush for another $5,000 per couple at a private reception.
A spokesman for the Voinovich campaign said $375,000 of the proceeds
would go to the Voinovich treasury, while $125,000 would go to the Ohio
Republican party, much of it to be funneled to Judith Brachman, the GOP
candidate for state treasurer.
Mrs. Bush later went to Cincinnati to campaign for Kenneth Blackwell,
a Republican candidate for Congress.
Workmen have been changing the telephone system at the White House,
bringing it up to date. The new system will have all the modern
innovations, among them the possibility of making conference calls.
But the White House operators will still be needed and they are the
best that have come down the pike. They can find anyone anywhere and
have for demanding presidents.