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STATUS I
DIRECTORATE STATUS
FROM:
TELLER, Edward
TO:
PRESIDENT BUSH
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 07/10/92
SUBJECT: HE IS WRITING TO SUGGEST THREE CONDITIONS THAT
SHOULD BE FULFILLED AS A COMPROMISE FOR AN
APPROPRIATE POSTPONEMENT OF THE SSC PROJECT.
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED:
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
ASSIGNED:
ACTION
STAFF
REQUIRED:
FOR DAB'S SIGNATURE
ACTION:
SENDER'S DUE DATE:
OSTP DUE DATE:
07/31/92
STAFF DUE DATE
DATE COMPLETED:
DATE COMPLETED/DEPT:
7/28/92
COPIES TO: D. Allan Bromley
WHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:
CONTACT PERSON:
PHONE:
EXT:
REMARKS: PLEASE NOTE THAT DR. TELLER HAD PREVIOUSLY FORWARDED A COPY OF
THIS LETTER TO DR. BROMLEY.
Dr. Eih dirfted leter for DAB'S signature.
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CENTRAL FILES:
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 28, 1992
Dear Solward
I am responding to your letter of July 10 to President Bush, concerning the
Superconducting Super Collider.
Your suggestion that we request the largest possible annual appropriation, to ensure
prompt completion of the project, is a good one. In fact, our proposed spending profile
reflects the best judgment of DOE and the SSC laboratory as to the rate at which funds
can be spent sensibly. We are also mindful of the President's imperative that funding
for areas of research other than high energy physics should not be raided to pay for the
SSC.
The Administration's commitment to the SSC--and to science, in general-reflects our
conviction that the United States is too great a nation to play a second-rate role in
addressing the premier intellectual challenges of our time. I know you agree that the
physics which the SSC will probe is one such challenge, and I very much hope you will
support the President's commitment to make the SSC a reality before the end of the
decade, rather then delay construction and cede leadership in this area to CERN.
Sincerely yours,
Anan
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Dr. Edward Teller
P.O. Box 808, L-O
Livermore, CA 94551
bcc. Di. Ratchford
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 28, 1992
Dear Golward
I am responding to your letter of July 10 to President Bush, concerning the
Superconducting Super Collider.
Your suggestion that we request the largest possible annual appropriation, to ensure
prompt completion of the project, is a good one. In fact, our proposed spending profile
reflects the best judgment of DOE and the SSC laboratory as to the rate at which funds
can be spent sensibly. We are also mindful of the President's imperative that funding
for areas of research other than high energy physics should not be raided to pay for the
SSC.
The Administration's commitment to the SSC--and to science, in general--reflects our
conviction that the United States is too great a nation to play a second-rate role in
addressing the premier intellectual challenges of our time. I know you agree that the
physics which the SSC will probe is one such challenge, and I very much hope you will
support the President's commitment to make the SSC a reality before the end of the
decade, rather then delay construction and cede leadership in this area to CERN.
Sincerely yours,
Anan
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Dr. Edward Teller
P.O. Box 808, L-O
Livermore, CA 94551
bcc: Di Ratchford
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THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE
REFERRAL
RECEIVED
JULY 24, 1992
92 JUL 24 Ag: 57
TO: OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
OSTP
MAIL ROOM
ACTION REQUESTED:
DIRECT REPLY, FURNISH INFO COPY
DESCRIPTION OF INCOMING:
ID:
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MEDIA: LETTER, DATED JULY 10, 1992
TO:
PRESIDENT BUSH
FROM:
DR. EDWARD TELLER
POST OFFICE BOX 808, L-O
LIVERMORE CA 94551
SUBJECT: SUGGESTS THREE CONDITIONS THAT SHOULD BE
FULFILLED AS A COMPROMISE FOR AN APPROPRIATE
POSTPONEMENT OF THE SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER
COLLIDER PROJECT
PROMPT ACTION IS ESSENTIAL - -- IF REQUIRED ACTION HAS NOT BEEN
TAKEN WITHIN 9 WORKING DAYS OF RECEIPT, PLEASE TELEPHONE THE
UNDERSIGNED AT 456-7486.
RETURN CORRESPONDENCE, WORKSHEET AND COPY OF RESPONSE
(OR DRAFT) TO:
AGENCY LIAISON, ROOM 91, THE WHITE HOUSE, 20500
SALLY KELLEY
DIRECTOR OF AGENCY LIAISON
PRESIDENTIAL CORRESPONDENCE
ID# 339524
THE WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING WORKSHEET
INCOMING
DATE RECEIVED: JULY 22, 1992
NAME OF CORRESPONDENT: DR. EDWARD TELLER
SUBJECT: SUGGESTS THREE CONDITIONS THAT SHOULD BE
FULFILLED AS A COMPROMISE FOR AN APPROPRIATE
POSTPONEMENT OF THE SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER
COLLIDER PROJECT
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MANAGEMENT.
339524
Edward Teller
OSTP
P. O. Box 808, L-0
Livermore, CA 94551
July 10, 1992
The Honorable George Bush
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear President Bush:
Due to the action of the House of Representatives, the Superconducting
Super Collider will be built too slowly if it is built at all. Your wonderful effort in
behalf of this project could produce negative results by deflecting money and
effort from problems which are now ready for solution. I am, therefore, taking
the liberty to write to you in order to propose as a compromise an appropriate
postponement of the project until three conditions are fulfilled.
A European proposal for a more modest accelerator will be finished
before the Superconducting Super Collider. The results from this
enterprise will almost certainly change the reasonable planning of
the American machine. We should wait for this European
accomplishment and then ask our friends from abroad to join us in
the bigger enterprise which we are planning in Texas.
Development of superconductivity in the last five years makes it
most probable that in the near future less expensive and more
effective methods will be found to build a super collider. I should
recommend delaying the program to take advantage of
developments which are apt to reduce significantly the cost of
needed big-scale construction.
When a decision to build the machine is made, the annual
appropriation for its construction should be between $2 and $4
billion in order to finish the construction before the machine
becomes obsolete.
The Honorable George Bush
July 10, 1992
Page 2
Of the three conditions, the last one may be the most important. Indeed, if
at present a way could be found for truly massive support of the super collider,
this may suffice to justify a prompt decision to built it and finish it. If you could
make the decision to substitute for the present slow approach fast and decisive
activities in the future, this would make it clear that you are supporting science
in a truly effective manner.
Sincerely,
Toward Teller
Edward Teller
CC:
Vice President Dan Quayle
Admiral James Watkins
Dr. D. Allan Bromley
"Document Control"
TYPE:
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DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9207888
ORIGINATOR: 02
STATUS I
DIRECTORATE STATUS
FROM:
FORD, Wendell H.: UNITED STATES SENATE
TO:
DR. D.A. BROMLEY
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 07/02/92
SUBJECT: REQUESTS MEETING BETWEEN MR. SKINNER AND MR. ROBERT
SCHLENK OF KENTUCKY IN ORDER TO DISCUSS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO ENCOURAGE ENTREPRENEURS.
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED:
D. Allan Bromley
ASSIGNED:
ACTION
STAFF
REQUIRED: AS NECESSARY
ACTION:
SENDER'S DUE DATE:
OSTP DUE DATE:
07/22/92
STAFF DUE DATE
DATE COMPLETED:
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COPIES TO: PATRICK WHITE
INDUSTRIAL
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ATTN: BROMLEY
MAIL ROOM
ACTION REQUESTED:
DIRECT REPLY, FURNISH INFO COPY
DESCRIPTION OF INCOMING:
ID:
336857
MEDIA: LETTER, DATED JULY 2, 1992
TO:
FROM:
THE HONORABLE WENDELL H. FORD
WASHINGTON DC 20510
SUBJECT: REQUEST MEETING BETWEEN MR. SKINNER AND
MR. ROBERT SCHLENK OF KENTUCKY IN ORDER TO
DISCUSS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT
TO ENCOURAGE ENTREPRENEURS, JULY (14 - 16)
PROMPT ACTION IS ESSENTIAL - IF REQUIRED ACTION HAS NOT BEEN
TAKEN WITHIN 9 WORKING DAYS OF RECEIPT, PLEASE TELEPHONE THE
UNDERSIGNED AT 456-7486.
RETURN CORRESPONDENCE, WORKSHEET AND COPY OF RESPONSE
(OR DRAFT) TO:
AGENCY LIAISON, ROOM 91, THE WHITE HOUSE, 20500
SALLY KELLEY
DIRECTOR OF AGENCY LIAISON
PRESIDENTIAL CORRESPONDENCE
ID# 336857
THE WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING WORKSHEET
FG 006-03
INCOMING
DATE RECEIVED: JULY 07, 1992
NAME OF CORRESPONDENT: THE HONORABLE WENDELL H. FORD
SUBJECT: REQUEST MEETING BETWEEN MR. SKINNER AND
MR. ROBERT SCHLENK OF KENTUCKY IN ORDER TO
DISCUSS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT
TO ENCOURAGE ENTREPRENEURS, JULY 14-16
ACTION
DISPOSITION
ROUTE TO:
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DATE
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KEEP THIS WORKSHEET ATTACHED TO THE ORIGINAL INCOMING
LETTER AT ALL TIMES AND SEND COMPLETED RECORD TO RECORDS
MANAGEMENT.
WENDEL H. FORD
COMMITTEES:
KENTUCKY
COMMERCE, SCIENCE
AND TRANSPORTATION
ENERGY AND
United States Senate
NATURAL RESOURCES
RULES AND
Bronly
WASHINGTON, DC 20510-1701
ADMINISTRATION
Neups Ford
of
DCF HAS SEEN
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To
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July 2, 1992
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Dear Sam:
I recently met with Bob Schlenk, an inventor from
Louisville, Kentucky, during his recent visit to Washington.
I have enclosed copies of articles from Business First describing
Mr. Schlenk's energy-saving inventions.
Mr. Schlenk has submitted several inventions to the National
Institute of Standards and Technology's Office of Energy-Related
Inventions for evaluation for possible financial assistance from
the Department of Energy. He would like to meet with you, or
another high-level Administration official, however, to discuss
the Federal government's commitment to encouraging entrepreneurs.
I hope that such a meeting will be possible. Mr. Schlenk
may be reached by calling (502) 266-5828 or 266-5089 or by
writing to the following address: N.A.C. Corporation; 3502 Dell
Road; Louisville, Kentucky 40290. He is currently planning to be
in Washington July 14-16. His schedule is flexible, however, and
he has indicated his willingness to accommodate your schedule.
If there is any way that I may facilitate this request,
please do not hesitate to contact me.
Warmest regards.
Sincerely,
Gendell
The Honorable Samuel K. Skinner
Chief of Staff
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
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BUSINESS FIRST
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The Business Newspaper of Greater Louisville
VOLUME 8, NUMBER 43
THE AREA'S BEST-SELLING BUSINESS PUBLICATION
WEEK OF MAY 25, 1992
Jeffersontown man named one of top inventors of '91
By ROGER HARRIS
Schlenk said he left Miami with several
Business First Staff Writer
promising prospects, including the possi-
Jeffersontown inventor Robert Schlenk
bility of a large order from Marvel Lighting
has been named one of 1991's top inventors
Corp., a Maywood, N.J.-based manufac-
in the country by the Patent and Trademark
turer of mercury vapor, metal halite, fluo-
Office of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
rescent and incandescent lights.
Schlenk is one of only 66 patent recipients
Marvel sales manager Jim O'Hanlon said
to be invited to participate in the National
he was impressed with the tester. "I see
Inventors Conference and Exposition-
strong potential for it."
scheduled June 12-14 in Washington, D.C.
If Marvel's distributors indicate interest
-an annual event sponsored by the patent
office to recognize and promote inventors.
in stocking the tester, Marvel would con-
"I couldn't believe it," Schlenk said. "I
sider placing a major order with Schlenk,
O'Hanlon said.
am excited."
Schlenk was named one of the top inven-
Meeting the mass-production needs of a
tors of the year for his development of the
national manufacturing company such as
Triple Crown Tester-a hand-held device
Marvel would more than strain the capacity
that shoots a beam of energy through the air
of his basement lab, Schlenk said.
powerful enough to light up the gas in a
To meet that level of production, Schlenk
neon or fluorescent light bulb.
is talking with Custom Manufacturing
His patent is for the "lamp-driver circuit"
Service Inc. about a contract to assemble,
that the tester is built around. Schlenk's cir-
box and ship the Triple Crown Tester.
Business First photo by Ron Bath
cuit was deemed patent-worthy by the
Robert Schlenk will be honored for his Triple Crown Tester-a hand-held device that can deter-
Custom Manufacturing is a non-profit
Patent and Trademark Office because it
mine if a neon or fluorescent light bulb is bad.
company in Louisville that employs handi-
uses a tiny light bulb as a current limiter,
launch his company into full-scale produc-
three $1,000 prizes for what it considers the
capped workers.
which allows the transistors in his tester to
tion, said Schlenk, the president and only
best trio of inventions.
Schlenk has several other orders from
work more efficiently on less power.
employee of NAC of Kentucky Inc.
Winning one of the prizes would provide
lighting-industry wholesalers and distribu-
The tester is designed for use by compa-
"This is going to make the patent strong;
even more of a marketing boost for the Tri-
tors. One of his first orders was from Trans-
nies that install and repair neon, fluores-
make it worth a lot of money," Schlenk said.
ple Crown Tester, but Schlenk hasn't waited
CO Inc., a West Columbia, S.C., company
cent, mercury vapor and metal halite signs
The 66 inventors invited to participate in
on national recognition to begin selling his
that distributes lighting-industry products
and lights.
the exposition were selected from several
invention.
to wholesalers.
Schlenk said the tester is particularly use-
hundred applicants, said Oscar Mastin,
Since before he received the patent in
Transco President Henry Brown said the
ful for determining if a light itself is bad, or
public affairs officer for the patent office.
December 1991, Schlenk has been busy
Triple Crown Tester's market potential is
if there is a problem with the electrodes
"A committee reviews the applicants and
marketing his tester to lighting-industry
"thousands of units per year in sales."
welded onto the end of the fixture.
tries to select those patents which would
suppliers, distributors and manufacturers.
Brown said other testers are being mar-
With a probe that attaches to the end of the
have the broadest appeal to those who will
Earlier this month. Schlenk spent a week
keted, but Schlenk's device is more power-
tester, it can be used to determine what color
attend the conference."
in Miami demonstrating his tester at the
ful and versatile.
the gas in a broken light is supposed to be.
This year's conference and exposition is
National Electric Sign Association's annual
Schlenk sells the testers for $114 each. A
Schlenk and his invention were featured
being jointly sponsored by Intellectual
International Sign Convention and Exposi-
in the Feb. 10 issue of Business First.
kit, which could be used by distributors to
Property Owners Inc., a Washington, D.C.-
tion.
demonstrate the effectiveness of the tester,
Being invited to participate in the
based non-profit organization comprised of
"The testers were selling to people from
sells for $300. The kit includes a briefcase
national expo will provide a significant
inventors and patent holders.
all over," Schlenk said. "Some went to Den-
filled with a dozen neon tubes filled with
boost to efforts to market the tester and
Intellectual Property Owners will award
mark and some to a man from Beirut."
gases of different colors.
BUSINESS FIRST
The Business Newspaper of Greater Louisville
VOLUME 8, NUMBER 28
THE AREA'S BEST-SELLING BUSINESS PUBLICATION
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 10, 1992
Neon niche
Inventor hopes to light up market
By ROGER HARRIS
Busines First Staff Writer
Inventor Robert Schlenk sits in his Jef-
fersontown living room waving what looks
like a remote control garage-door opener
across the top of an open briefcase.
Lying in a row in the bottom of the
briefcase are a dozen ncon lights. As his
small hand-held invention passes over the
open briefcase, the lights blink on and off in
a rainbow of green, red, yellow and blue.
"This," Schlenk said, holding up the
small black box, "is the Triple Crown
Tester."
The tester-which shoots a beam of
energy through the air powerful enough to
light up the gases in a neon tube-is the
product that Schlenk hopes will fuel his
dream of leaping from a basement lab to
full-scale mass production.
The tester is designed for use by compa-
nics that install and repair neon, fluores-
cent, mercury vapor and metal halite signs
or lights, Schlenk said.
The tester can determine if the light itself
-
is bad or if the problem is with the clec-
Business First photo by Ron Bath
trodes welded onto the end of the light. A
Robert Schlenk uses his Triple Crown Tester to check the productivity of a neon light.
probe that is attached to the end of the tester
can be inserted into a ncon to find out what
sary to light ncon signs. A typical electro-
away."
Schlenk has spent the past 10 years, off
color the gas in a broken light is supposed to
magnetic transformer weighs 18 pounds or
Yes, Schlenk is a bit eccentric, said
and on, working on his patent.
bc.
more, Brown said.
Brown.
In 1990, he devoted himself to working
The mechanism is one of several light-
Schlenk is working on a so-called light-
"He's full of ideas. Some may work out
full time on his inventions, and he started his
ing-industry products Schlenk is working
weight, "high-frequency" transformer
and some may not," Brown said.
company.
on. All of his devices use a new "lamp-
capable of adjusting the brightness of the
Nevertheless, Schlenk is different from
"I've put in an undeterminable amount of
driver circuit" for which Schlenk received
light, something electromagnetic
most of the inventors who knock on
time and thousands of dollars," Schlenk
a patent on Dec. 10.
transformers can't do.
Brown's door.
said.
Like any inventor worth his salt, Schlenk
"The idea of a high-frequency trans-
"What set Bob apart from the inventors
The testers, which weigh only a few
believes his invention is the greatest thing
former isn't new, but those developed so far
we were used to is he is a genuine person,"
ounces, are powered by a 9-volt battery.
since Edison invented the original light
have been unreliable," Brown said. "Bob
Brown said. "With most inventors you get
One of the things thant make Schlenk's
bulb. And Schlenk will tell you why in an
has one he thinks will do the job. We're
the hype, but not the sincerity."
product better than others is its ability to
unending stream of technical talk about cir-
hoping that will be the case."
Vance Smith, a Louisville patent attor-
produce more power from a 9-volt battery
cuits, transistors, resistors, current limiters
Working out of the basement of his mod-
ney, said Schlenk also differs from the typ-
than other testers.
and such.
est brick home in a quiet Jeffersontown
ical inventor because he understands about
"Most testers either are not strong
Basically, Schlenk's patent is for using a
neighborhood, Schlenk builds his Triple
market dynamics.
enough or are too strong and they end up
ting light bulb as a current limiter, which
Crown Testers and sells them for $114 each.
"He has more knowledge of the market
burning out components," Brown said.
allows the transistors in his tester to work
A demonstration kit, which include a
than most inventors who typically struggle
"Bob's unit seems to have avoided those
more efficiently on less power.
briefcase spccially outfitted with neon
to get something to the marketplace,' Smith
design pitfalls."
What sets Schlenk apart from other
tubes, goes for $300.
said. "Bob is an inventor/entrepreneur."
The ability of the tester to determine
inventors is he actually appears to have de-
Yet before Schlenk can begin serious
Smith helped organize the Bluegrass
what some lights are supposed to be is one
veloped a product that is marketable, said
mass production, he needs more space.
Inventors Guild, a recently formed group
of the more unusual features of the tester,
Henry Brown, president and co-owner of
He expects to raise the money to finance
dedicated to helping local inventors
Brown said.
Transco Inc., a West Columbia, S.C., mas-
amass-production operation by selling both
develop their ideas.
This is important because some the glass
ter wholesale company that distributes
the testers and shares in his
Schlenk, a director of the guild, markets
tubes used in lighted signs have a coating
lighting-industry products to wholesalers.
company-NAC of Kentucky Inc.
his tester by calling and writing to neon-
that makes them look white to the naked eye
"From our standpoint, there is the poten-
Schlenk said a handful of private
lighting industry suppliers and repair com-
when actually the gas inside makes them
tial for thousands of units per year in sales,"
investors have bought a few hundred of the
panies. He then follows up with a personal
another color, Brown said.
said Brown, who has placed an initial order
1,000 shares he plans to sell. Schlenk said
demonstration.
Most testers now in use don't generate
for 100 testers.
he will keep 3,000 shares for himself. He
Largely self-taught, Schlenk doesn't
enough power to cause the gases to light up,
Only time will tell if the Triple Crown
declined to say what the shares sell for or
have a college degree. He studied at United
Brown said:
Tester will make the successful jump from
who has bought them.
Electronics Institute in Louisville, however,
Schlenk, who was the featured inventor
working in the lab to being used in the field,
Once he obtains the financing, Schlenk
and worked as an "electronic trouble
at a scheduled Feb. 9 open house at the
Brown said.
said he can have a manufacturing operation
shooter" at Sony and Zenith plants in
Thomas Edison House in Louisville, hopes
"Someone once told me that you can
up and running within 30 days.
Chicago. Also, for a few years, he ran his
the expected success of his tester will
design something that's fooiproof, but you
"I figure we'll employ 25 to 30." said
own TV repair shop.
encourage investment in the ideas he and
can't design it to be damnfool-proof,'
Schlenk, whose company now employs
Lack of a college degree hasn't been a
other local inventors are working on.
Brown said.
only himself.
problem, Schlenk said. Much of what he
"There are a lot of things going on here
What Brown means is that not everything
David Olshanksy, director of economic
learned about electronics over the years
that people don't know about, and a lot of
that works in a lab is reliable in the field
development for the City of Jeffersontown,
came from reading and watching people
technical talent," Schlenk said. "But the
because the average worker who has to use
hopes to find a building for Schlenk.
work, he added.
financing just isn't there."
the device doesn't understand how it works
"He needs about 5,000 square feet, and
and therefore doesn't use it properly.
as soon as he ready we can find him a place
Brown believes Schlenk's device will
in a matter of days," Olshanksy said.
hold up, however, because it is more pow-
"We've got a lot of 5,000-square-foot
crful and versatile than other testers now on
places. We'd love to have Bob out here
the market-and simple to usc.
because we think he has a state-of-the-art
"As soon as saw the unit I knew it was a
operation, and we want Jeffersontown to be
product we wanted," Brown said. "We
known as a center for technical innovation."
been giving the prototype a workout every
In addition to the tester and transformer,
day, and it's performing up to expec-
Schlenk wants to market a neon sign that he
tations."
says can operate off of a 12-volt car battery.
So far Schlenk has orders from lighting-
In his basement he has installed the
industry wholesalers and distributors to
equipment necessary to bend the glass tub-
produce several hundred testers.
ing for ncon signs and pump the tubes with
In addition to the tester, Schlenk has
gas.
developed a neon-light transformer that
He envisions salesmen and political can-
weighs less and uses less energy than exist-
didates lining up to by light-weight neon
ing transformers.
signs that plug into a car cigarette lighter.
"We' talked about the transformer, but
"I made one last year for a judge, and he
SO far we haven't seen it," Brown said.
had it tied into his brake lights so that every
"We re anxious to see it."
time he hit his brakes the word 're-elect'
Transformers take the 120 volts of
came on," Schlenk said.
electricity from an outside power source
"It would be great for advertising
If everything goes according to plan, Inventor Robert Schlenk will soon begin mass marketing
and change it to the higher voltage neces-
because you can sec a ncon light from so far
his neon light tester. Story on page 1.
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inventor, meet with Secretary Skinner to discuss the government's commitment to
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Dear Mr. McGuire:
Thank you for your letter to President Bush regarding the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) and for the copies
of your speeches. The President appreciates your support of U.S. policies
on UNCED and has asked me to reply to your letter on his behalf.
The United States has been, and will continue to be a leader in
environmental stewardship. President Bush believes that global stewardship
is our shared responsibility and our shared opportunity. He is committed
to working with the international community to produce strategies for
managing the Earth's natural resources in ways that assure the
sustainability of humanity on this planet and in ways that maximize our
potential for growth and opportunity for all. It is the President's conviction
that environmental protection and economic growth, well managed,
complement one another.
Once again, thank you for your kind letter of support and for taking the
time to express your interest on this issue.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Man D. Allan Bromley Bremly
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Mr. Richard T. McGuire
Commissioner
Department of Agriculture and Markets
1 Winners Circle - Capital Plaza
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RICHARD T. McGUIRE
Governor
Commissioner
President Bush-
your position and comments at the Rio Conference
were right
I am enclosing two speeches that t have made
that were reprinted in vatal Spuches", that if you have
not already read, I thought might intered you.
I have received wide spread comments of support
and invitations to speak, including the national
Cattlemen many anoc. Convention in Phoenex next Jan.
l truly believe that the extreme Environmentalists
anti-molustry are than it is protecting the
losing support and their ajinda is environment. more as
I should also you that & am a life-long
Republican appointed -6 this position by Jounner
Cuamo. my comments may not reflect the
governors position an this subject However he has
not interfered in my continued efforts to incourage
people to take a balanced approach.
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Dear Mr. McGuire:
Thank you for your letter to President Bush regarding the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) and for the copies
of your speeches. The President appreciates your support of U.S. policies
on UNCED and has asked me to reply to your letter on his behalf.
The United States has been, and will continue to be a leader in
environmental stewardship. President Bush believes that global stewardship
is our shared responsibility and our shared opportunity. He is committed
to working with the international community to produce strategies for
managing the Earth's natural resources in ways that assure the
sustainability of humanity on this planet and in ways that maximize our
potential for growth and opportunity for all. It is the President's conviction
that environmental protection and economic growth, well managed,
complement one another.
Once again, thank you for your kind letter of support and for taking the
time to express your interest on this issue.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Man D. Allan Bromley Bremley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Mr. Richard T. McGuire
Commissioner
Department of Agriculture and Markets
1 Winners Circle - Capital Plaza
Albany, New York 12235
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Dear Mr. McGuire:
Thank you for your letter to President Bush regarding the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), recently held in Rio
de Janeiro, and related issues. The President appreciates your comments and
suggestions.
As the President stated in Rio, the United States has a good, strong
environmental record, one that clearly reflects our Nation's commitment to
wise stewardship of our planet's natural resources. America has spent $800
billion in the past ten years to clean up the environment, and no other nation
has done more to protect its air, land, and water through the development of
advanced technologies that promise cleaner production and growth.
The environment and development -- the two subjects of UNCED -- are, in the
President's view, compatible. President Bush made it clear that he is fully
determined to address concerns involving both issues; he also made it clear
that he would not jeopardize American jobs or further burden American
taxpayers by making unbalanced agreements that would hinder our economic
growth.
Working with representatives from 170 countries at UNCED, the United
States advanced the environmental cause by negotiating new commitments on
oceans, population, public participation, and pollution control. The President
also proposed to double worldwide funding for forests and, as a down
payment, announced that the United States will provide $150 million in new
assistance for bilateral forest conservation.
The Administration also forged and won approval of a responsible
Convention on Climate Change. This landmark agreement is a major step
forward by the international community to address global climate change.
It requires countries to formulate, implement, and publish national action
plans for mitigating climate change by limiting net emissions of greenhouse
gases.
President Bush also encouraged other industrialized nations to join the
United States in a "prompt start" on implementing the Climate Change
Convention. He proposed that signatory countries meet by January 1 to
present their action plans.
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President Bush-
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The United States also has an impressive record of protecting various species
of plants and animals -- a record ignored by those who criticized the
Administration's stand against the Biodiversity Convention. Despite its noble
intent, that accord contained serious flaws that rendered it unacceptable to
the Administration. For example, some provisions of the Convention would
not only have put American patent and other intellectual property rights at
risk but also threatened our exports of biotechnology products. By treating
technological innovations as "common property," even though they are
developed at great cost by private American companies and workers, the
agreement would have reduced the incentives for such firms to engage in
research and development activities, thereby resulting in fewer technological
advances to protect our planet.
The Convention also has a financing mechanism in which developed nations
such as the United States provide the resources while developing nations
control how those resources will be spent. While the United States did not
sign the Convention on Biodiversity, the United States issued a draft
discussion paper in Rio to accelerate the worldwide collection and
classification of data on plants and animals as part of a global effort to
preserve biodiversity.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
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The Assistant to the President
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Mr. Richard T. McGuire
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not already read, I thought might intered you.
I have received wide spread comments of support
and invitations to speak, including the national
Cattlement many anoc. Convention in Phoenex next Jan.
l truly believe that the extreme Environmentalists
anti-molustry are than it is protecting the
losing support and their ajinda is environment more as
I should also majorm you that & am a life-long
Republican appointed to this position by governor
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George Bush
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President of the United States of America-Page 325
Iraq Withdrawal From Kuwait
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President of Iraq - Page 326
The Iraqi Retreat
George Bush
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President of the United States of America-Page 328
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President of the United States of America-Page - 328
National Security in the 1990s
Michael D. Rich
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Vice President, National Security Research, The Rand Corporation - Page 329
Putting the World in Perspective
William L. Winter
THE ECONOMIC AND COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT OF THE NEWS MEDIA
Director, The National Press Institute Page 334
America in Transition
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Former Governor of Virginia Page 337
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Susan George
Dear President Bush,
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I am aware that you will be leaving on Thursday to Rio de Janeiro for the United
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historic meeting as an unprecedented opportunity to make the kinds of fundamental
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changes that will put us and our economies on the path to sustainability. We expect
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Please consider the following specific actions:
Actor
Carol Kane
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Sign the Convention on Biodiversity.
Actress
2.
Commit to saving the last remaining ancient forests of the world, both
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internationally and domestically.
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Host the pledging conference for funding Agenda 21, and make a
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not as "charity" but as in investment in our shared future.
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considerations for sustainability in current trade negotiations, such as
Canadian International
the Uruguay round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
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Dear Mr. Counts:
Thank you for your letter to President Bush regarding the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), recently held in Rio
de Janeiro, and related issues. The President appreciates your comments and
suggestions.
As the President stated in Rio, the United States has a good, strong
environmental record, one that clearly reflects our Nation's commitment to
wise stewardship of our planet's natural resources. America has spent $800
billion in the past ten years to clean up the environment, and no other nation
has done more to protect its air, land, and water through the development of
advanced technologies that promise cleaner production and growth.
The environment and development - the two subjects of UNCED - are, in the
President's view, compatible. President Bush made it clear that he is fully
determined to address concerns involving both issues; he also made it clear
that he would not jeopardize American jobs or further burden American
taxpayers by making unbalanced agreements that would hinder our economic
growth.
Working with representatives from 170 countries at UNCED, the United
States advanced the environmental cause by negotiating new commitments on
oceans, population, public participation, and pollution control. The President
also proposed to double worldwide funding for forests and, as a down
payment, announced that the United States will provide $150 million in new
assistance for bilateral forest conservation.
The Administration also forged and won approval of a responsible
Convention on Climate Change. This landmark agreement is a major step
forward by the international community to address global climate change.
It requires countries to formulate, implement, and publish national action
plans for mitigating climate change by limiting net emissions of greenhouse
gases.
President Bush also encouraged other industrialized nations to join the
United States in a "prompt start" on implementing the Climate Change
Convention. He proposed that signatory countries meet by January 1 to
present their action plans.
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The United States also has an impressive record of protecting various species
of plants and animals -- a record ignored by those who criticized the
Administration's stand against the Biodiversity Convention. Despite its noble
intent, that accord contained serious flaws that rendered it unacceptable to
the Administration. For example, some provisions of the Convention would
not only have put American patent and other intellectual property rights at
risk but also threatened our exports of biotechnology products. By treating
technological innovations as "common property," even though they are
developed at great cost by private American companies and workers, the
agreement would have reduced the incentives for such firms to engage in
research and development activities, thereby resulting in fewer technological
advances to protect our planet.
The Convention also has a financing mechanism in which developed nations
such as the United States provide the resources while developing nations
control how those resources will be spent. While the United States did not
sign the Convention on Biodiversity, the United States issued a draft
discussion paper in Rio to accelerate the worldwide collection and
classification of data on plants and animals as part of a global effort to
preserve biodiversity.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Mr. Alexander M. Counts
Legislative Director
Results
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FROM:
LAMB, Henry: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION
TO:
PRESIDENT BUSH
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/15/92
SUBJECT: SUPPORTS THE PRESIDENT'S POSITION ON UNCED "EARTH
SUMMIT" TREATIES IN ORDER TO BALANCE A HEALTHY
ENVIRONMENT AND THE ECONOMY.
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September 23, 1992
Dear Mr. Lamb:
Thank you for your letter to President Bush regarding the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) and other related
issues. The President appreciates your support of U.S. policies on this issue
and has asked me to reply to your letter on his behalf.
The United States has been, and will continue to be a leader in
environmental stewardship. President Bush believes that global stewardship
is our shared responsibility and our shared opportunity. He is committed
to working with the international community to produce strategies for
managing the Earth's natural resources in ways that assure the
sustainability of humanity on this planet and in ways that maximize our
potential for growth and opportunity for all. It is the President's conviction
that environmental protection and economic growth, well managed,
complement one another.
Once again, thank you for your kind letter of support, and for taking the
time to express your interest and that of your organization on this issue.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Omlan Rewly
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Mr. Henry Lamb
Executive Vice President
Environmental Conservation Organization
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The Honorable George Bush, President
Maywood, IL 60153-2434
708-344-1556
United States of America
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John Burnham
Washington, DC 20500
Michigan
Dear President Bush:
Robert Vicks
Nevada
Henry Lamb
We applaud your refusal to be stampeded into endorsement of
Illinois
the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
Rhonda McAttee
(UNCED) agenda. Many of the scientists who participated in
Pennsylvania
the studies of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Rick McGown
(IPCC) disagree with the conclusions contained in the
Missouri
Executive Summary. Fifty of America's most celebrated
atmospheric scientists disagree strongly enough to a public
statement which says:
"Such (UNCED) policy initiatives derive from highly
uncertain scientific theories. They are based on the
unsupported assumptions that catastrophic global warming
follows from the burning of fossil fuels and requires
immediate action. We do not agree. "
Please do not let America again fall victim to unfounded
environmental hysteria that inevitably results in economic
waste, unnecessary legislation, and excessive regulation. We
specifically urge you to resist all efforts to:
impose a tax on carbon dioxide emissions
create a global environmental police force
reduce America's capacity to produce and use energy
The undersigned organizations represent millions of Americans
who are working to achieve balance between a healthy
environment and a dynamic economy. The UNCED agenda will
APr achieve neither.
Sincerely,
Henry Lamb
Executive Vice President
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Post Office Box 9
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Alaska Loggers Legal Defense Fund
708-344-1556
Allegheny Hardwood Utilization Group
American Environmental Foundation, Inc.
DIRECTORS:
American Farm Bureau Federation
John Burnham
American Land Users
Michigan
American Sheep Industry
Robert Vicks
Arizona Cattlemen's Association
Nevada
Arizona Citizen's Coalition on Resource Decisions
Henry Lamb
Blue Ribbon Coalition
Illinois
California Forestry Association
Rhonda McAttee
Cedar Livestock Association
Pennsylvania
Citizens for Constitutional Property Rights, Inc.
Rick McGown
Citizens for Responsible Zoning & Landowner Rights, Inc.
Missouri
Citizens Information Network
Colorado Cattlemen's Association
Colorado Public Lands Council
Communities for a Great Oregon
Conference of 14
Consumer Alert
Doctors for Disaster Preparedness
Gorge Resource Coalition
Grassroots For Multiple Use
Hill Country Landowners Coalition
Illinois Beef Association
International Snowmobile Council
Iron County Multiple Land Use Coalition
Kentucky Landowners Association
Land Improvement Contractors of America
Landowners Association of North Dakota
Livestock Marketing Association
Maine Conservation Rights Institute
Michigan Landowners Association
Mississippi Gulf Coast Wetlands Coalition
Missouri Landowner Association
Multiple-Use Land Alliance
National Federal Lands Conference
National Inholders Association
Nevada Off-Highway Users Council
New Hampshire Landowners Alliance
New Jersey Landowners Association
North Carolina Landowners Association
North Carolina Land Improvement Contractors Association
Oregon Cattlemens Association
Oregon Farm Bureau
Oregon Forest Products Transportation Association
Oregon Land Coalition
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Maywood, IL 60153-2434
708-344-1556
Pennsylvania Landowners' Association
Physicians For Civil Defense
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John Burnham
Private Landowners of Wisconsin
Michigan
Producers Livestock Association
Robert Vicks
Property Rights Alliance
Nevada
Ravalli County (Montana) Farm Bureau
Riverwatch
Henry Lamb
Illinois
Southern Utah Multiple Land Use Coalition
Rhonda McAttee
Washington Property Owners' Coalition
Pennsylvania
Washington Rivers Coalition
Rick McGown
Western Association of Land Users
Missouri
Wild Rivers Conservancy Federation
Wind River Multiple Use Advocates
Wisconsin Floodplain Association
21st Century Science Associates
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PRESIDENT BUSH
DATE OF
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TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE.
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Dear President Bush:
I read an editorial by Daniel Greenberg concerning the
Critical Technologies Institute. I agree with him that the United
States is in dire need of a long range plan for the identification
and development of new technologies that will enable us to be an
international leader in a broad range of high tech products.
Without the direction and support of the Executive Office, the
Institute will likely flounder and result in further gains by
Japan, which has a history of successful long range planning on new
technologies.
The future competitiveness of U.S. industries requires that we
provide maximum protection of intellectual property rights to
encourage further high risk R&D. We appear to be doing an adequate
job in that area but there is much more that could be done. Our
industries must be placed on or, at the very least, near the same
playing field where the foreign competition is found. One way to
do that is by actively supporting and leading the Critical
Technologies Institute.
Would you kindly advise me of your position on Critical
Technologies Institute? What specifically will you do to support
it? What other plans, if any, do you have to ensure the future
competitiveness of our industries?
I am sure that campaigning has compromised some of your time.
I would, however, like to learn of your views on these issues at
your earliest convenience.
CHDLG/edb
Chx18 Yours very truly,
Charles H. De La Garza
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DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/14/92
SUBJECT: HE IS WRITING TO EXPRESS HIS DISAGREEMENT WITH THE
ADMINISTRATIONS POLICY TOWARD THE BIODIVERSITY
CONVENTION.
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As a patriotic American who works and travels a great deal overseas, I am deeply distressed
that the United States is becoming marginalized and despised for its recalcitrance and short-
sightedness with respect to preservation of the global environment. I am very glad that you
have decided at last to go the the UN Conference on Environment and Development, but I am
sorry that it is at the cost of watering down what is easily one of the most important
international agreements of this (and maybe any) century. Now I am outraged at the stance
and behavior of the U.S. Delegation to the Biodiversity Convention Negotiating Committee,
which continues to set itself apart from the community of nations and risks in an effort to
ensure that the Convention is not agreed in time for signature in Rio in June. Taken together
with the recent decision to exempt the logging industry in Pacific Northwest from the
Endangered Species Act, one can only conclude that your Administration has a total lack of
commitment to preserve the biological resources of this country and the earth. Not at all
what we could have hoped for from the "Environment President."
I am involved in international environment and conservation work and have the opportunity to
meet many technical and political leaders from both industrialized and developed countries.
Quite frankly, I find myself increasingly embarassed by my country in these fora, as the U.S.
delegations again and again take very vocal and very negative positions. America was once
looked to as a moral as well as economic and technical leader; it is becoming a pariah and a
laughing-stock.
Please, Mr. President, take action now to reverse this erosion of the American reputation and
dream before it is too late. Instruct the U.S. Delegation to the Biodiversity Convention to
facilitate rather than impede the negotiation and restore our country to its rightful place on the
world stage. The eyes of the world are upon us--please don't make them turn away in
disgust.
Very respectfully yours,
VriKi
Agi Kiss
Washington, DC
JUN 24 1992
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POREMBA, Sue: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
TO:
PRESIDENT BUSH
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/12/92
SUBJECT: SHE IS FORWARDING A COPY OF THEIR MAGAZINE TO MAKE
THE PRESIDENT AWARE OF A BIODIVERSITY CONFERENCE
HELD AT PENN STATE.
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October 8, 1992
Dear Ms. Poremba:
Thank you for your letter and magazine you sent to President Bush regarding the United
Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro,
and related issues. The President appreciates your comments and concerns, and has asked
that I respond on his behalf.
As the President stated in Rio, the United States has a good, strong environmental record,
one that clearly reflects our Nation's commitment to wise stewardship of our planet's
natural resources. America has spent $800 billion in the past ten years to clean up the
environment, and no other nation has done more to protect its technologies that promise
cleaner production and growth.
The environment and development -- the two subjects of UNCED - are, in the President's
view, compatible. President Bush made it clear that he is fully determined to address
concerns involving both issues; he also made it clear that he would not jeopardize American
jobs or further burden American taxpayers by making unbalanced agreements that would
hinder our economic growth.
Working with representatives from 170 countries at UNCED, the United States advanced
the environmental cause by negotiating new commitments on oceans, population, public
participation, and pollution control. The President also proposed to double worldwide
funding for forests and, as a down payment, announced that the United States will provide
$150 million in new assistance for bilateral forest conservation.
The Administration also forged and won approval of a responsible Convention on Climate
Change. This landmark agreement is a major step forward by the international community
to address global climate change. It requires countries to formulate, implement, and
publish national action plans for mitigating climate change by limiting net emissions of
greenhouse gases.
President Bush also encouraged other industrialized nations to join the United States in
a "prompt start" on implementing the Climate Change Convention. He proposed that
signatory countries meet by January 1 to present their action plans.
Ms. Sue Poremba
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The United States also has an impressive record of protecting various species of plants and
animals a record ignored by those who criticized the Administration's stand against the
Biodiversity Convention. Despite its noble intent, that accord contained serious flaws that
rendered it unacceptable to the Administration. For example, some provisions of the
Convention would not only have put American patent and other intellectual property rights
at risk, but also threatened our exports of biotechnology products. By treating technological
innovations as "common property," even though they are developed at great cost by private
American companies and workers, the agreement would have reduced the incentives for
such firms to engage in research and development activities, thereby resulting in fewer
technological advances to protect our planet.
The Convention also has a financing mechanism in which developed nations such as the
United States provide the resources while developing nations control how those resources
will be spent. While the United States did not sign the Convention on Biodiversity, the
United States issued a draft discussion paper in Rio to accelerate the worldwide collection
and classification of data on plants and animals as part of a global effort to preserve
biodiversity.
We appreciate your taking the time to express your concern on this important matter. For
your reference, enclosed is material that was prepared for UNCED, which outlines actions
that the United States has taken to advance environmental protection. It comes to you with
the President's best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Dillan D. Allan Bromley Kamley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Enclosure
Ms. Sue Poremba
Vice President for Research
and Dean of the Graduate School
The Pennsylvania State University
320 Kern Graduate Building
University Park, PA 16802-3303
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June 12, 1992
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President George Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. Bush:
My co-workers and I have been greatly disturbed over your
stance on the Environmental Summit in Rio and on environmental
issues on a whole. What is even more troubling is the fact that
you are an outdoorsman -- the fishing, hunting, boating, and the
like. How can someone like you have such little respect for the
Earth?
I'm sending you a copy of the magazine that my office
produces, Research/Penn State. I know you are familiar with Penn
State, courtesy of our football coach, Joe Paterno. Now I ask
that you become familiar with a conference on biodiversity that
was held here two years ago. The issue of the magazine that I've
enclosed has a wonderful and enlightening article on this
conference. I hope you or one of your aides take the time to
read it.
Perhaps you make your decisions because of their immediate
impact on life and business. Chances are you will not be around
in 20 years, when we are suffering the consequences of your
actions. But my children will be young adults then, maybe with
children of their own. Your grandchildren will be beginning
their careers and families as well. Perhaps you don't care about
my kids. After all, you don't know them and probably never will.
But I'm beginning to wonder which has become more important to
you: the welfare of those you love or the dollars of faceless
corporations.
Sincerely,
To Prement
Sue Poremba
An Equal Opportunity University
Research State Penn State
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FROM:
SHERRY, Paul H.
TO:
PRESIDENT BUSH
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/11/92
SUBJECT: URGES THE PRESIDENT TO RECONSIDER HIS DECISION NOT
TO SIGN THE BIODIVERSITY TREATY AT THE EARTH SUMMIT.
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
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The President
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Dear Mr. President:
I write to urge you to reconsider your decision not to sign the
biodiversity treaty at the Earth Summit.
This treaty provides a unique opportunity for all nations of this
earth to cooperate in protecting God's gift to all of us. We in
the United States, to whom so much has been given, bear a special
responsibility. If we reject the treaty, not only will we stand
alone among nations. We will threaten our ability to work with
nations, large and small, in other ways, to protect the earth and
its people.
This is an opportunity to fulfill your pledge to be the
environmental president. This is an opportunity for our nation to
stand with other world leaders and sign the treaty. Please
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Respectfully,
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 7, 1992
Dear Mr. Sherry:
Thank you for your letter to President Bush regarding the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), recently held in Rio
de Janeiro, and related issues. The President appreciates your comments and
suggestions.
As the President stated in Rio, the United States has a good, strong
environmental record, one that clearly reflects our Nation's commitment to
wise stewardship of our planet's natural resources. America has spent $800
billion in the past ten years to clean up the environment, and no other nation
has done more to protect its air, land, and water through the development of
advanced technologies that promise cleaner production and growth.
The environment and development -- the two subjects of UNCED -- are, in the
President's view, compatible. President Bush made it clear that he is fully
determined to address concerns involving both issues; he also made it clear
that he would not jeopardize American jobs or further burden American
taxpayers by making unbalanced agreements that would hinder our economic
growth.
Working with representatives from 170 countries at UNCED, the United
States advanced the environmental cause by negotiating new commitments on
oceans, population, public participation, and pollution control. The President
also proposed to double worldwide funding for forests and, as a down
payment, announced that the United States will provide $150 million in new
assistance for bilateral forest conservation.
The Administration also forged and won approval of a responsible
Convention on Climate Change. This landmark agreement is a major step
forward by the international community to address global climate change.
It requires countries to formulate, implement, and publish national action
plans for mitigating climate change by limiting net emissions of greenhouse
gases.
President Bush also encouraged other industrialized nations to join the
United States in a "prompt start" on implementing the Climate Change
Convention. He proposed that signatory countries meet by January 1 to
present their action plans.
Page 2 - - Mr. Sherry
The United States also has an impressive record of protecting various species
of plants and animals -- a record ignored by those who criticized the
Administration's stand against the Biodiversity Convention. Despite its noble
intent, that accord contained serious flaws that rendered it unacceptable to
the Administration. For example, some provisions of the Convention would
not only have put American patent and other intellectual property rights at
risk but also threatened our exports of biotechnology products. By treating
technological innovations as "common property," even though they are
developed at great cost by private American companies and workers, the
agreement would have reduced the incentives for such firms to engage in
research and development activities, thereby resulting in fewer technological
advances to protect our planet.
The Convention also has a financing mechanism in which developed nations
such as the United States provide the resources while developing nations
control how those resources will be spent. While the United States did not
sign the Convention on Biodiversity, the United States issued a draft
discussion paper in Rio to accelerate the worldwide collection and
classification of data on plants and animals as part of a global effort to
preserve biodiversity.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Mr. Paul H. Sherry
President
United Church of Christ
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Cleveland, Ohio 44115
JUN 23 1992
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FROM:
MARTIN, Harry L.: INTERNATIONAL GREEN CROSS
TO:
PRESIDENT BUSH
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/10/92
SUBJECT: HE URGES THE PRESIDENT TO SIGN THE BIODIVERSITY
TREATY.
DIRECTORATE
ASSIGNED: ENVIRONMENT
(Matt)
STAFF
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STAFF
REQUIRED:
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ACTION:
SENDER'S DUE DATE:
OSTP DUE DATE:
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STAFF DUE DATE
DATE COMPLETED:
DATE COMPLETED/DEPT:
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INTERNATIONAL GREEN CROSS
4307 South Semoran Boulevard, #6
2231
Orlando, Florida 32822 CEIVED
Harry L. Martin, Jr., Executive Director
International Headquarters:
GREEN cross
William M. Martin, President
Phone: (407) 384-7147
Bonnie Beard, Assistant Director
92 JUN FAX: (407) 382-3343
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MAIL ROOM
June 10, 1992
President George Bush
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear President Bush,
On behalf of the International Green Cross, and our Planet,
I would like to encourage you to sign the Biodiversity
Treaty at the Earth Summit.
Your positive action in this regard would do a great deal to
show the rest of the World that America means what it says
with regard to saving our environment. And the costs of
not signing the Agreement will certainly outweigh the costs
of signing it.
In closing, America has the chance, through YOU, to set an
example for the World to follow in matters of environmental
responsibility. I trust you will take into consideration
that our organization, and our membership, expects no less
from our President.
Harry Sincerely EXECUTIVE L. Martin, DIRECTOR Jr.
* Our new phone number is (407) 380-7036
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 7, 1992
Dear Mr. Martin:
Thank you for your letter to President Bush regarding the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), recently held in Rio
de Janeiro, and related issues. The President appreciates your comments and
suggestions.
As the President stated in Rio, the United States has a good, strong
environmental record, one that clearly reflects our Nation's commitment to
wise stewardship of our planet's natural resources. America has spent $800
billion in the past ten years to clean up the environment, and no other nation
has done more to protect its air, land, and water through the development of
advanced technologies that promise cleaner production and growth.
The environment and development -- the two subjects of UNCED -- are, in the
President's view, compatible. President Bush made it clear that he is fully
determined to address concerns involving both issues; he also made it clear
that he would not jeopardize American jobs or further burden American
taxpayers by making unbalanced agreements that would hinder our economic
growth.
Working with representatives from 170 countries at UNCED, the United
States advanced the environmental cause by negotiating new commitments on
oceans, population, public participation, and pollution control. The President
also proposed to double worldwide funding for forests and, as a down
payment, announced that the United States will provide $150 million in new
assistance for bilateral forest conservation.
The Administration also forged and won approval of a responsible
Convention on Climate Change. This landmark agreement is a major step
forward by the international community to address global climate change.
It requires countries to formulate, implement, and publish national action
plans for mitigating climate change by limiting net emissions of greenhouse
gases.
President Bush also encouraged other industrialized nations to join the
United States in a "prompt start" on implementing the Climate Change
Convention. He proposed that signatory countries meet by January 1 to
present their action plans.
Page 2 - Mr. Martin
The United States also has an impressive record of protecting various species
of plants and animals -- a record ignored by those who criticized the
Administration's stand against the Biodiversity Convention. Despite its noble
intent, that accord contained serious flaws that rendered it unacceptable to
the Administration. For example, some provisions of the Convention would
not only have put American patent and other intellectual property rights at
risk but also threatened our exports of biotechnology products. By treating
technological innovations as "common property," even though they are
developed at great cost by private American companies and workers, the
agreement would have reduced the incentives for such firms to engage in
research and development activities, thereby resulting in fewer technological
advances to protect our planet.
The Convention also has a financing mechanism in which developed nations
such as the United States provide the resources while developing nations
control how those resources will be spent. While the United States did not
sign the Convention on Biodiversity, the United States issued a draft
discussion paper in Rio to accelerate the worldwide collection and
classification of data on plants and animals as part of a global effort to
preserve biodiversity.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
The
Science Assistant D. Allan for to Brondley the President
and
Technology
Mr. Harry L. Martin, Jr.
Executive Director
International Green Cross
4307 South Semoran Boulevard, #6
Orlando, Florida 32822
JUN 19 I992
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PRESIDENT BUSH
DATE OF
Matt mee that
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/09/92
SUBJECT: SUPPORTS THE PRESIDENT'S POSITION TO OPPOSE THE
CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AT THE UNCED
"EARTH SUMMIT" IN BRAZIL.
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South San Francisco, CA 94080
June 9, 1992
(415) 266-1000
TWX 9103717168
The Honorable George Bush
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
On behalf of a leading biotechnology company, I am writing
to express strong praise for your courageous stand against the
proposed Convention on Biological Diversity. Your Administration
is to be congratulated for rejecting an unwise convention that
runs the risk of seriously eroding the gaines of the past decade
in the protection of intellectual property in international law.
Genentech currently spends about $250 million a year in
research and development activities. This research effort leads
to the development of new treatments and cures for the people of
the world. We have long striven to obtain adequate and effective
protection for the fruits of this research through the United
Nations and within the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade.
The support of this Administration in furthering the providing of
patent protection for our innovations has been commendable.
Sadly, the proposed Convention on Biological Diversity runs
a chance of eroding the progress made in protecting American
intellectual property rights. The vague language relating to
"technology transfer" and equitable sharing appear to be code
words for compulsory licensing and other forms of property
expropriation. We are pleased that you have been sensitive to
these concerns.
We also appreciate that you have correctly rejected the
process oriented approach to the regulation of biotechnology
implicit in the proposed Convention. The current Administration
position of looking to the relative risk of the product, rather
than the process, is clearly preferable.
The Honorable George Bush
June 9, 1992
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Please know that your continued support for adequate and
effective protection of both the environment and intellectual
property rights is very important to one of America's fastest
growing and most vital industries.
Sincerely yours,
G. Kirk Raab hand
President and Chief Executive Officer
GKR/saw
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 23, 1992
Dear Mr. Raab:
On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your comments concerning the
proposed Convention on Biological Diversity at the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.
The President appreciates your interest and has asked that I respond to
your letter of June 9, 1992 regarding this issue.
Thank you for taking the time to write and for expressing your candid
views on this matter. Letters such as yours are very helpful in our ongoing
discussions of the nation's environmental agenda. Again, we appreciate
your comments on and interest in this important issue.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
I.Alan D. Allan Bromley Remley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Mr. Kirk Raab
President and CEO
Genetech, Inc.
4760 Point San Bruno Boulevard
South San Francisco, California 94080
JUN 24 1992
2 1992
"Document Control"
TYPE:
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DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9202258
ORIGINATOR: 02
STATUS I
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FROM:
MOSSINGHOFF, Gerald J.: PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS
ASSOCIATION
TO:
PRESIDENT BUSH
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/09/92
SUBJECT: HE IS WRITING TO EXPRESS HIS SUPPORT OF THE U.S.
DECISION NOT TO SIGN THE BIODIVERSITY TREATY.
ASSIGNED: DIRECTORATE ENVIRONMENT (Matt)
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Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
On behalf of the research-based pharmaceutical industry, I am
writing to thank you for the strong position you have taken in support of
intellectual-property rights by refusing to sign the proposed Convention
on Biological Diversity.
Patent protection is the foundation of the research-based
pharmaceutical industry. Without such protection, there simply would be
no pharmaceutical industry -- and no new drugs to cure disease, ease suffer-
ing and prolong life. Unlike many U.S. industries, the U.S. pharmaceutical
industry continues to increase its investment in research and development.
This year, the industry will spend almost $11 billion on R&D, 13.5 percent
more than last year. Our member companies have doubled their investment in
research and development every five years since 1970. As a result, America's
research-based pharmaceutical industry leads the world in discovering and
developing new and better drugs. Our industry, according to the March 9,
1992 issue of Fortune magazine, is America's most internationally competitive
industry. None of this would be conceivable without the assurance of strong
patent protection. As it is, our companies continue to lose billions of
dollars a year in sales to patent pirates who operate in countries that
lack adequate patent protection.
The proposed Convention on Biological Diversity would undermine
the great progress your Administration has made in encouraging other countries
-- most recently and notably Mexico and China -- to strengthen their patent
laws. The unclear language relating to "technology transfer" and equitable
sharing appear to be code words for compulsory licensing and other forms of
property acquisition. Your sensitivity to these matters is most gratifying.
Our industry considers your continuing strong support for pro-
tection of both the environment and intellectual-property rights as an
indication of your commitment to ensuring American competitiveness in the
international arena.
Respectfully,
Gerald J. Mossinghoff
America's Pharmaceutical Research Companies
1100 Fifteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-835-3420
FAX: 202-835-3429
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 7, 1992
Dear Mr. Mossinghoff:
Thank you for your letter to President Bush regarding the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), recently held in Rio
de Janeiro, and related issues. The President appreciates your comments and
suggestions.
As the President stated in Rio, the United States has a good, strong
environmental record, one that clearly reflects our Nation's commitment to
wise stewardship of our planet's natural resources. America has spent $800
billion in the past ten years to clean up the environment, and no other nation
has done more to protect its air, land, and water through the development of
advanced technologies that promise cleaner production and growth.
The environment and development -- the two subjects of UNCED -- are, in the
President's view, compatible. President Bush made it clear that he is fully
determined to address concerns involving both issues; he also made it clear
that he would not jeopardize American jobs or further burden American
taxpayers by making unbalanced agreements that would hinder our economic
growth.
Working with representatives from 170 countries at UNCED, the United
States advanced the environmental cause by negotiating new commitments on
oceans, population, public participation, and pollution control. The President
also proposed to double worldwide funding for forests and, as a down
payment, announced that the United States will provide $150 million in new
assistance for bilateral forest conservation.
The Administration also forged and won approval of a responsible
Convention on Climate Change. This landmark agreement is a major step
forward by the international community to address global climate change.
It requires countries to formulate, implement, and publish national action
plans for mitigating climate change by limiting net emissions of greenhouse
gases.
President Bush also encouraged other industrialized nations to join the
United States in a "prompt start" on implementing the Climate Change
Convention. He proposed that signatory countries meet by January 1 to
present their action plans.
Page 2 - Mr. Mossinghoff
The United States also has an impressive record of protecting various species
of plants and animals -- a record ignored by those who criticized the
Administration's stand against the Biodiversity Convention. Despite its noble
intent, that accord contained serious flaws that rendered it unacceptable to
the Administration. For example, some provisions of the Convention would
not only have put American patent and other intellectual property rights at
risk but also threatened our exports of biotechnology products. By treating
technological innovations as "common property," even though they are
developed at great cost by private American companies and workers, the
agreement would have reduced the incentives for such firms to engage in
research and development activities, thereby resulting in fewer technological
advances to protect our planet.
The Convention also has a financing mechanism in which developed nations
such as the United States provide the resources while developing nations
control how those resources will be spent. While the United States did not
sign the Convention on Biodiversity, the United States issued a draft
discussion paper in Rio to accelerate the worldwide collection and
classification of data on plants and animals as part of a global effort to
preserve biodiversity.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Mr. Gerald J. Mossinghoff
President
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
1100 Fifteenth Street NW
Washington D.C. 20005
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President Bush
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/08/92
SUBJECT: He writes a letter concerning the UNCED conference
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92 JUN
Rio de Janeiro
June 8th, 1992
President George Bush
OS
The White House
MAIL
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Bush,
Please take the time from your busy schedule to consider this request. There are
many events, as I am sure that you are aware, occurring here in Rio de Janeiro.
I have come here to distribute a picture of the earth which was taken by
N.A.S.A. in December, 1972 during an Apollo mission. The '92 Global Forum
organization is assisting in the distribution of the picture to people who have come
here from all over the world.
For the past six days and nights I have seen so many wonderful people - people
who live in the rainforests, people from our country, people from the great cities
of Europe and Asia, people from villages in Africa, Norway, Japan, New Zealand.
People from 170 countries have come here bringing the same message: There is one
earth for us to share. There is one future for us to share. One Earth. One Future.
The spirit of Rio is a gift that the people of Brazil have offered to the world.
This spirit which keeps growing every day certainly proves the axiom that the whole
is greater than the sum of its parts.
The '92 Global Forum event has grown beyond anyone's expectations. Likewise, the
costs have increased considerably. There is an approximate deficit of 2 million
dollars which has to be met if the '92 Global Forum is to remain in full operation
for the duration of the event.
It would be a wonderful gesture if our country made a contribution to the '92
Global Forum to meet the deficit. I say this because the '92 Global Forum is both
historic and unique. Our country has always provided substantial financial support
to noble causes. The vision, ideals and leadership which have been brought to this
forum by every country is truly astounding. The total success of the '92 Global
Forum will establish an important precedent for similar events to be held in the
future. The delicate biosphere which supports all life on our earth is very
seriously threatened. Therefore it is crucial that the '92 Global Forum complete all
scheduled events, maintain all operations and facilities and demobilize with the
required financial resources. For if the outcome of the forum were less than this,
all future generations would be severely affected. Time is not on our side in this
matter. It is urgent that we, all of the countries in this world, create democratic,
long-term policies which implement and guarantee truly effective laws and
regulations to allow the biosphere to heal. It is for the children of this world
that we do this. They are the future of humanity. We must rapidly reverse the
ongoing, global degradation of the biosphere and create a world order for an
environment in which all children can flourish.
707 White Horse Pike Suite C-2 Absecon, New Jersey 08201 USA (609) 641-2400 Telecopier (609) 272-1571
VALUE EARTH
June 8th. 1992
President Bush
Page 2
Would you kindly use your good office to help the '92 Global Forum complete it's
mission? Everyone here from every country would really appreciate your urgently
needed assistance. But beyond this point in time, the children yet to be born, their
children and their childrens' children would be most grateful for your help.
Mr. Tony Gross and Mr. Warren Lindner are directing the '92 Global Forum. Their
telephone number here in Rio de Janeiro is 011 5521 205 8181.
Thank you very much for your kind and urgent consideration.
Sincerely yours,
David David C. Copeland Cycland
DCC:alh
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707 White Horse Pike Suite C-2 Absecon, New Jersey 08201 USA (609) 641-2400 Telecopier (609) 272-1571
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 7, 1992
Dear Mr. Copeland:
Thank you for your letter to President Bush regarding the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), recently held in Rio
de Janeiro, and related issues. The President appreciates your comments and
suggestions.
As the President stated in Rio, the United States has a good, strong
environmental record, one that clearly reflects our Nation's commitment to
wise stewardship of our planet's natural resources. America has spent $800
billion in the past ten years to clean up the environment, and no other nation
has done more to protect its air, land, and water through the development of
advanced technologies that promise cleaner production and growth.
The environment and development -- the two subjects of UNCED -- are, in the
President's view, compatible. President Bush made it clear that he is fully
determined to address concerns involving both issues; he also made it clear
that he would not jeopardize American jobs or further burden American
taxpayers by making unbalanced agreements that would hinder our economic
growth.
Working with representatives from 170 countries at UNCED, the United
States advanced the environmental cause by negotiating new commitments on
oceans, population, public participation, and pollution control. The President
also proposed to double worldwide funding for forests and, as a down
payment, announced that the United States will provide $150 million in new
assistance for bilateral forest conservation.
The Administration also forged and won approval of a responsible
Convention on Climate Change. This landmark agreement is a major step
forward by the international community to address global climate change.
It requires countries to formulate, implement, and publish national action
plans for mitigating climate change by limiting net emissions of greenhouse
gases.
President Bush also encouraged other industrialized nations to join the
United States in a "prompt start" on implementing the Climate Change
Convention. He proposed that signatory countries meet by January 1 to
present their action plans.
Page 2 - - Mr. Copeland
The United States also has an impressive record of protecting various species
of plants and animals a record ignored by those who criticized the
Administration's stand against the Biodiversity Convention. Despite its noble
intent, that accord contained serious flaws that rendered it unacceptable to
the Administration. For example, some provisions of the Convention would
not only have put American patent and other intellectual property rights at
risk but also threatened our exports of biotechnology products. By treating
technological innovations as "common property," even though they are
developed at great cost by private American companies and workers, the
agreement would have reduced the incentives for such firms to engage in
research and development activities, thereby resulting in fewer technological
advances to protect our planet.
The Convention also has a financing mechanism in which developed nations
such as the United States provide the resources while developing nations
control how those resources will be spent. While the United States did not
sign the Convention on Biodiversity, the United States issued a draft
discussion paper in Rio to accelerate the worldwide collection and
classification of data on plants and animals as part of a global effort to
preserve biodiversity.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Mr. David C. Copeland
707 White Horse Pike
Suite C-2
Absecon, New Jersey 08201
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CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE '92 GLOBAL FORUM.
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92 JUN
Rio de Janeiro
June 8th, 1992
President George Bush
OS
The White House
MAIL
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Bush,
Please take the time from your busy schedule to consider this request. There are
many events, as I am sure that you are aware, occurring here in Rio de Janeiro
I have come here to distribute a picture of the earth which was taken by
N.A.S.A. in December, 1972 during an Apollo mission. The '92 Global Forum
organization is assisting in the distribution of the picture to people who have come
here from all over the world.
For the past six days and nights I have seen so many wonderful people - people
who live in the rainforests, people from our country, people from the great cities
of Europe and Asia, people from villages in Africa, Norway, Japan, New Zealand.
People from 170 countries have come here bringing the same message: There is one
earth for us to share. There is one future for us to share. One Earth. One Future.
The spirit of Rio is a gift that the people of Brazil have offered to the world.
This spirit which keeps growing every day certainly proves the axiom that the whole
is greater than the sum of its parts.
The '92 Global Forum event has grown beyond anyone's expectations. Likewise, the
costs have increased considerably. There is an approximate deficit of 2 million
dollars which has to be met if the '92 Global Forum is to remain in full operation
for the duration of the event.
It would be a wonderful gesture if our country made a contribution to the '92
Global Forum to meet the deficit. I say this because the '92 Global Forum is both
historic and unique. Our country has always provided substantial financial support
to noble causes. The vision, ideals and leadership which have been brought to this
forum by every country is truly astounding. The total success of the '92 Global
Forum will establish an important precedent for similar events to be held in the
future. The delicate biosphere which supports all life on our earth is very
seriously threatened. Therefore it is crucial that the '92 Global Forum complete all
scheduled events, maintain all operations and facilities and demobilize with the
required financial resources. For if the outcome of the forum were less than this,
all future generations would be severely affected. Time is not on our side in this
matter. It is urgent that we, all of the countries in this world, create democratic,
long-term policies which implement and guarantee truly effective laws and
regulations to allow the biosphere to heal. It is for the children of this world
that we do this. They are the future of humanity. We must rapidly reverse the
ongoing, global degradation of the biosphere and create a world order for an
environment in which all children can flourish.
707 White Horse Pike Suite C-2 Absecon, New Jersey 08201 USA (609) 641-2400 Telecopier (609) 272-1571
VALUE EARTH
June 8th. 1992
President Bush
Page 2
Would you kindly use your good office to help the '92 Global Forum complete it's
mission? Everyone here from every country would really appreciate your urgently
needed assistance. But beyond this point in time, the children yet to be born, their
children and their childrens' children would be most grateful for your help.
Mr. Tony Gross and Mr. Warren Lindner are directing the '92 Global Forum. Their
telephone number here in Rio de Janeiro is 011 5521 205 8181.
Thank you very much for your kind and urgent consideration.
Sincerely yours,
David C. David C. Copeland Cycland
DCC:alh
16
707 White Horse Pike Suite C-2 Absecon, New Jersey 08201 USA (609) 641-2400 Telecopier (609) 272-1571
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FROM:
PROSSER, Lizann
TO:
PRESIDENT BUSH
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/05/92
SUBJECT: SHE IS WRITING SEEKING INFORMATION ON HOW SHE CAN
BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION
CORPS.
DIRECTORATE
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
July 8, 1992
Dear Ms. Prosser:
I am writing in response to your letter of June 5, 1992, to President Bush, expressing an
interest in participating in the Technology Cooperation Corps.
I am truly impressed by your extraordinary combination of experience in finance and
environmental technologies. Your qualifications would seem ideal for the Technology
Cooperation Corps (TCC). The implementation effort is proceeding rapidly but, as yet,
some important issues remain to be resolved. At the appropriate time, I shall forward
your letter to the implementing agency for their consideration.
Thank you for offering your service in this important initiative.
Sincerely yours,
Eugene Wong
Associate Director
for Industrial Technology
Ms. Lizann Prosser
112 West 72nd Street, #2G
New York, New York 10023
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92 JUN Il All: 42
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MAIL ROOM
June 5, 1992
George W. Bush
President of the United States of America
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
I applaud your recent announcement to establish a Technology Cooperation Corps. I would very much like to
be involved with the effort.
As you may be aware, OPIC has been working on the development of an environmental sector fund. The fund's
objective was to encourage U.S. private sector investment in sustainable development in the Third World. I had
been invited to be the Director of Investments for the Fund. Unfortunately this idea has been shelved for lack
of funding and I find myself searching for employment. With my dual background in finance and environmental
engineering, I would very much like to encourage the development and use of economic pollution-control
technologies.
I hope to hear from you, or your staff, on ways that I can pursue this goal.
Sincerely,
X
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STATUS I
DIRECTORATE STATUS
FROM:
COGHLAN, Anne E.: SIMMONS COLLEGE
TO:
PRESIDENT BUSH
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/05/92
SUBJECT: URGES THE PRESIDENT TO PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN THE
UNCED "EARTH SUMMIT" IN BRAZIL.
DIRECTORATE
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President George H. W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC
Dear President Bush,
It is time to clean up our act! We must assume a substantial share of the
responsibility for damaging the environment and accept a role as leader in correcting
and preventing further destruction of our planet. We urge you and your
representatives to attend and participate actively in the Rio Conference.
We want to encourage the federal government to identify, promote and
implement already existing technologies that would prevent environmental damage.
The government should provide incentives to private industry for the development of
improved technologies as well as providing quality educational opportunities to
increase awareness of our responsibilities to our environment. The more fortunate
among us must assume the proportionately larger share of the cost, short term, in
order to raise the economic level of the entire human community.
Sincerely,
anne E. Coghlan, acting President of the College
Members of the Simmons College Alumnae College on the Environment
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 6, 1992
Dear Ms. Coghlan:
Thank you for your letter to President Bush regarding the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), recently held in Rio
de Janeiro, and related issues. The President appreciates your comments and
suggestions.
As the President stated in Rio, the United States has a good, strong
environmental record, one that clearly reflects our Nation's commitment to
wise stewardship of our planet's natural resources. America has spent $800
billion in the past ten years to clean up the environment, and no other nation
has done more to protect its air, land, and water through the development of
advanced technologies that promise cleaner production and growth.
The environment and development -- the two subjects of UNCED - are, in the
President's view, compatible. President Bush made it clear that he is fully
determined to address concerns involving both issues; he also made it clear
that he would not jeopardize American jobs or further burden American
taxpayers by making unbalanced agreements that would hinder our economic
growth.
Working with representatives from 170 countries at UNCED, the United
States advanced the environmental cause by negotiating new commitments on
oceans, population, public participation, and pollution control. The President
also proposed to double worldwide funding for forests and, as a down
payment, announced that the United States will provide $150 million in new
assistance for bilateral forest conservation.
The Administration also forged and won approval of a responsible
Convention on Climate Change. This landmark agreement is a major step
forward by the international community to address global climate change.
It requires countries to formulate, implement, and publish national action
plans for mitigating climate change by limiting net emissions of greenhouse
gases.
President Bush also encouraged other industrialized nations to join the
United States in a "prompt start" on implementing the Climate Change
Convention. He proposed that signatory countries meet by January 1 to
present their action plans.
Page 2 - - Ms. Coghlan
The United States also has an impressive record of protecting various species
of plants and animals -- a record ignored by those who criticized the
Administration's stand against the Biodiversity Convention. Despite its noble
intent, that accord contained serious flaws that rendered it unacceptable to
the Administration. For example, some provisions of the Convention would
not only have put American patent and other intellectual property rights at
risk but also threatened our exports of biotechnology products. By treating
technological innovations as "common property," even though they are
developed at great cost by private American companies and workers, the
agreement would have reduced the incentives for such firms to engage in
research and development activities, thereby resulting in fewer technological
advances to protect our planet.
The Convention also has a financing mechanism in which developed nations
such as the United States provide the resources while developing nations
control how those resources will be spent. While the United States did not
sign the Convention on Biodiversity, the United States issued a draft
discussion paper in Rio to accelerate the worldwide collection and
classification of data on plants and animals as part of a global effort to
preserve biodiversity.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Ms. Anne E. Coghlan
Acting President of Simmons College
Alumnae Association of Simmons College
300 The Fenway
Boston, Massachussetts 02115
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STATUS I
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FROM:
SCHLICKEISEN, Rodger et al: DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
TO:
PRESIDENT BUSH
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/05/92
SUBJECT: THEY ARE WRITING TO URGE THE PRESIDENT TO RECONSIDER
HIS DECISION NOT TO SIGN THE CONVENTION ON
BIODIVERSITY.
DIRECTORATE
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Defenders of Wildlife
World Wildlife Fund
1244 19th st., N.W.
1250 24th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Washington, D.C. 20037
OSTP
92 JUN II All : 50
OSTP
MAIL ROOM
June 5, 1992
The Honorable George Bush
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
We are writing to urge you to reconsider your decision not
to sign the Convention on Biological Diversity during your trip
to the Earth Summit in Rio.
The Biodiversity Convention is one of the most important
potential accomplishments of the Earth Summit. It sets up a
framework for the preservation of biological resources that are
threatened by habitat destruction and pollution and by
unsustainable exploitation of certain species. With the
extinction rate estimated already to have reached one-half of one
percent of the world's species, we should not underestimate the
importance of this Convention and abdicate our world leadership
position in preserving biological diversity.
Mr. President, in light of its importance to the global
environment, as well as to the perception of the United States in
the world community, we urge you in the strongest possible terms
to sign the Biodiversity Convention. If you feel compelled to
include a statement of interpretation, that would be preferable
to not signing at all.
Sincerely,
Rodger Schlickeisen
JonBarry Don Barry
President
Vice President
Defenders of Wildlife
World Wildlife Fund
Peter A.A. Berle
George George T. Thrangth Frampton, Jr. fr.
President
President
National Audubon Society
The Wilderness Society
The Honorable George Bush
June 5, 1992
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Fred Kups Fred Krupp
Michael Traynor
Executive Director
President
Environmental Defense Fund
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund
Bric Paul Pritchard Satet Frances Blesed Beinecke
President
Deputy Executive Director
National Parks and Conservation
Natural Resources Defense
Association
Council, Inc.
Susan Weber
Brut Brent Blackwelder Blackolder
Executive Director
Vice President for Policy
Zero Population Growth
Friends of the Earth
Michael Choliter L. Fischer
Sharon L. Camp, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Senior Vice President
Sierra Club
Population Crisis Committee
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URGES THE PRESIDENT TO SUPPORT A STRONG
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY TREATY WHICH IS TO BE
SIGNED BY CONTRACTING PARTIES AT THE UNCED
"EARTH SUMMIT" IN BRAZIL, JUN 92
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COMMENTS ADDITIONAL JUN 5 92 LTR. REC'D FROM MR.
SCHLICKEISEN REGARDING SAME BUT ALSO SIGNED
BY PETER BERLE (NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY),
DON BARRY (WORLD WILDLIFE FUND), GEORGE T.
FRAMPTON (WILDERNESS SOCIETY), FRED KRUPP
(ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND), PAUL PRITCHARD
(NATIONAL PARKS & CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION),
SUSAN WEBER (ZERO POPULATION GROWTH), MICHAEL
L. FISHER (SIERRA CLUB) HOWARD RIS (UNION
OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS), MICHAEL TRAYNOR
(SIERRA CLUB LEGAL DEFENSE FUND), FRANCES
BEINECKE (NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL),
BRENT BLACKWELDER (FRIENDS OF THE EARTH),
SHARON L. CAMP (POPULATION CRISIS COMMITTEE)
AND JACK LORENZ (IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF
AMERICA) - SENT TO OSTP
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PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY
DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9202134
ORIGINATOR: 02
STATUS I
DIRECTORATE STATUS
FROM:
SWINTON, Naomi et al: A SEED
TO:
PRESIDENT BUSH
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/03/92
SUBJECT: SHE IS WRITING CRITICIZING THE U.S. POLICY TOWARDS
THE UNCED CONFERENCE AND INFORMS THE PRESIDENT OF
THEIR PLANS FOR A DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE THE U.S.
DELEGATION HEADQUARTERS IN BRAZIL.
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED: ENVIRONMENT
ASSIGNED:
ACTION
STAFF
REQUIRED:
FOR DAB'S SIGNATURE
ACTION:
SENDER'S DUE DATE:
OSTP DUE DATE:
06/25/92
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FILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY
CENTRAL FILES:
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 7, 1992
Dear Ms. Swinton:
Thank you for your letter to President Bush regarding the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), recently held in Rio
de Janeiro, and related issues. The President appreciates your comments and
suggestions.
As the President stated in Rio, the United States has a good, strong
environmental record, one that clearly reflects our Nation's commitment to
wise stewardship of our planet's natural resources. America has spent $800
billion in the past ten years to clean up the environment, and no other nation
has done more to protect its air, land, and water through the development of
advanced technologies that promise cleaner production and growth.
The environment and development -- the two subjects of UNCED -- are, in the
President's view, compatible. President Bush made it clear that he is fully
determined to address concerns involving both issues; he also made it clear
that he would not jeopardize American jobs or further burden American
taxpayers by making unbalanced agreements that would hinder our economic
growth.
Working with representatives from 170 countries at UNCED, the United
States advanced the environmental cause by negotiating new commitments on
oceans, population, public participation, and pollution control. The President
also proposed to double worldwide funding for forests and, as a down
payment, announced that the United States will provide $150 million in new
assistance for bilateral forest conservation.
The Administration also forged and won approval of a responsible
Convention on Climate Change. This landmark agreement is a major step
forward by the international community to address global climate change.
It requires countries to formulate, implement, and publish national action
plans for mitigating climate change by limiting net emissions of greenhouse
gases.
President Bush also encouraged other industrialized nations to join the
United States in a "prompt start" on implementing the Climate Change
Convention. He proposed that signatory countries meet by January 1 to
present their action plans.
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The United States also has an impressive record of protecting various species
of plants and animals -- a record ignored by those who criticized the
Administration's stand against the Biodiversity Convention. Despite its noble
intent, that accord contained serious flaws that rendered it unacceptable to
the Administration. For example, some provisions of the Convention would
not only have put American patent and other intellectual property rights at
risk but also threatened our exports of biotechnology products. By treating
technological innovations as "common property," even though they are
developed at great cost by private American companies and workers, the
agreement would have reduced the incentives for such firms to engage in
research and development activities, thereby resulting in fewer technological
advances to protect our planet.
The Convention also has a financing mechanism in which developed nations
such as the United States provide the resources while developing nations
control how those resources will be spent. While the United States did not
sign the Convention on Biodiversity, the United States issued a draft
discussion paper in Rio to accelerate the worldwide collection and
classification of data on plants and animals as part of a global effort to
preserve biodiversity.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Ms. Naomi Swinton
UNCED Youth
c/o Cool it!
1400 16th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20036-6642
JUN-04-'92 12:38 ID:NATIONAL WILDLIFE DC TEL NO: 917034427332
#948 P02
2134
Action for
UNCED Youth
Solidarity
c/o Cool it!
Equality
1400 16th St. NW
RECEIVED
Environment and
Washington, D.C. 20036-6642
Development
797-6642
92 JUN 12 A10 00
OSTP
OSTP
3 June 1992
Dear Mr. President:
MAIL ROOM
We are outraged at the positions you have taken in the negotiations leading to the United Nations Conference
on Environment and Development. UNCED had the potential for progressive change in the interaction of nations with
the earth; that potential was disabled under your direction. You instructed our delegation to resist broad vision in favor
of the short-term economic interests of large American businesses. As you observed in the 1992 State of the Union
Address, the U.S. now enjoys undisputed global hegemony; accordingly, the potential for constructive change at
UNCED is unacceptably low.
The U.S. UNCED policy has been unconscionable; it serves neither the interests of the world at large nor of
the majority of the American people. It mirrors the domestic environmental choices you have made, favoring oil,
automobile, mining and timber interests over the health of the planet and of the U.S. economy. You have pursued this
policy in contempt of the will of the American people vis-a-vis back-room machinations that subvert the principle of
democracy. You have prevented the U.S. from developing an energy-efficient economy, poisoning the planet and
sacrificing U.S. competitiveness.
You have insisted on retaining the right to export hazardous wastes - the production of which is harmful to the
U.S. economy - to poor nations. You have resisted the adoption of a meaningful treaty to reverse the artificial trend
of global warming. You have refused to act to preserve the biodiversity essential to the survival of the world's
ecosystems.
In response, students around the world have organized to expose the hypocrisy that now pervades UNCED.
In the U.S., students from Action for Solidarity, Equality, Environment and Development (A SEED) are leading a vigil
at the U.S. delegation's headquarters from June 6-13. At the same time, thousands of students will attend A SEED-
sponsored gatherings Rio de Janeiro, Germany, and through-out Asia to monitor UNCED proceedings and to protest
the failure of U.S. and other government delegations to act in the best interests of the planet, its people, and its future.
The youth of the world is watching you.
You have recognized UNCED as a lucrative "photo-op" and attended the summit; students around the nation
and world recognize your concession, and it is insufficient. We demand that you adopt sound and sustainable policies
to protect the planet, the impoverished, and the economy. Specifically, we demand that:
the U.S. adopt a binding treaty mandating the reduction of CO2 emissions to 1985 levels by 2000;
the U.S. adopt a binding treaty prohibiting the export of hazardous wastes, especially to
"third world" nations;
you support a Federal budget that reflects changing global priorities and promotes
peaceful, sustainable, and equitable social order;
you give American A SEED leaders a full hearing, in good faith, and address the concerns of
students and youth, for whose future you will be held accountable.
We invite you to reverse the damage you have caused our nation, our people, and our world.
On behalf of A SEED International,
nami N. swintor
Daron Wi R
Chi Kist
NAOMI SWINTON
DERON LOVAAS
MIKE LIVINGSTON
CHAD KISTER
University of Chicago
University of Virginia
Guilford College
Ohio University
c/o COOL IT! FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY
JUN-04-'92 12:38 ID:NATIONAL WILDLIFE DC TEL NO:917034427332
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UNCED Youth / A SEED
FAX COVER SHEET
To: President Bush
Date: 6/3
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