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Document No. 010976
MASTER I
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 02/24/89
C.O.B. Tuesday 02/28
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE NO comment
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER late 3/2am
DARMAN
STUDDERT Late3/, am
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
WINSTON
CARD
PINKERTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
GRAHAM
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to the
Speechwriters (Rm. 122, x2930) with an info copy to my office
by close of business on Tuesday, 02/28. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Klugmann)
February 24,2,1989
draft
2>
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
Thank you very much, and welcome to the White House. It's a
pleasure to have you here You know, I'm reminded of something
President Kennedy once said: With all you remarkable young
scientists here, there hasn't been such an assemblage of talent
in the White House since Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
What all of you have accomplished is something to be very
proud of. Not only is it a great achievement, but you really
earned it. Thomas Edison said that genius is one-tenth percent
ninetyinine percent
inspiration and nine tenths perspiration. And each of you, with
your academic diligence, your intellect, and a lot of hard work,
have won the oldest and largest national high school competition
in the country.
Past winners of the Westinghouse Science Talent Search have
distinguished themselves in every field of science and
mathematics. Your predecessors have received every major award
the National Medal of Science and the
in their fields, including five Nobel prizes. And twenty-seven
former Westinghouse winners have been elected as members of the
National Academy of Sciences.
And what you have done is important for America. As a
Nation we have no natural resource more precious than our
thanks to
intellectual resources. In fact, it is only through human
are considered
knowledge that petroleum or copper or methanol is a resources,
something that we have a use for and know how to produce And
and which have
- 2 -
scientific knowledge must be renewed and expanded in each
generation. For America to maintain it technological and
scientific excellence no investment in machines or laboratories,
as vital as that is, will by itself be sufficient; there have to
be the people who have the knowledge and the commitment. And
that will be men and women like yourselves who will lead America
into the next century.
You know, by one estimate, it takes 10,000 high school
students expressing an interest in a science or engineering major
to assure us of 20 men and women who will go on to receive
doctorates. I hope that each student in this room gets a
doctorate, and that some of you consider returning to the
classroom as teachers to inspire a new generation of scientists
for the future.
The fruits of investing in science and scientists
human intelligence has explored from the vastness ofthe galaxy to are the particles of
evident: ^ Diseases have been cured, knowledge has been harnessed
an atom
energy
I was going to say that energy has been created, but let's
just call it a wash and say that energy has neither been created
nor destroyed.
But we truly have seen the scientific knowledge developed in
the United States vastly improve the lives of our citizens and of
people around the world. And today, scientists and science
students from around the world are coming here to America, to do
research, to study, and to teach; and this is something that our
country greatly benefits from.
Yet, still, as a Nation, we need to do better. We're not
producing enough scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, only
about 70,000 a year at the undergraduate level. That's about the
- 3 -
same number that Japan produces with a total population only half
the size of ours.
Initiatives from Washington are important here. But they're
will determine
not enough. It is up to students and parents and teachers what
the direction our young people take and, ultimately, what direction
our country takes. And there is only one goal that is worthy of
us as Americans. And that is to be the very best in the world;
to be number one. That is our history, but it is also, I
believe, our destiny. Our national qualities of intellectual
curiosity and innovation, our frontiersman spirit and our habit
of problem-solving, all uniquely equip America for the great
technological age that is dawning.
To help us move in that direction, the Federal budget I
proposed would increase funding for NASA by 22 percent, and would
also advance us toward our goal of doubling the budget for the
National Science Foundation by 1993. I also propose full funding
for the Superconducting Super Collider, and, as an incentive for
private industry, a permanent Research and Engineering Experimentation tax
credit.
But one of the most important investments that I want us to
make is in science education. So I have proposed a National
Science Scholars Program upto that would provide 570 scholarships each
year. These would be for $10,000 a year, renewable for four
years. This program would be based on merit and it would draw al at least, of
young scientist from every Congressional district in the Nation,
providing local inspiration and national direction for the study
of science. I think no one proves better than all of you just
how much our students are capable of and how important it is to
provide the encouragement and resources that you need.
- 4 -
So let me congratulate all of you again. And now, I'm going
to have a chance here to look at some of your award-winning
exhibits. If I don't understand everything the first time, just
stay with me and I'll get it.
Thank you very much and God bless you all.
WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUILDING
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND
TO HAVE THIS CHANCE TO SEE SO MANY OF YOUR REMARKABLE
SCIENCE PROJECTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE IN
EXPLAINING SOME OF THESE EXHIBITS TO ME. I'M NOT SAYING
THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING, BUT I JUST WANT TO
SAY: I HOPE THERE'S NO TEST AFTERWARDS.
2
REALLY, WHAT ALL OF YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IS
SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF. NOT ONLY IS IT A GREAT
ACHIEVEMENT, BUT YOU REALLY EARNED IT. THOMAS EDISON SAID
THAT GENIUS IS ONE PERCENT INSPIRATION AND NINETY-NINE
PERCENT PERSPIRATION. AND EACH OF YOU, WITH YOUR ACADEMIC
DILIGENCE, YOUR INTELLECT, AND A LOT OF HARD WORK, HAVE
WON THE OLDEST AND LARGEST NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
COMPETITION IN THE COUNTRY.
3
PAST WINNERS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE TALENT
SEARCH HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN EVERY FIELD OF
SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS. YOUR PREDECESSORS HAVE RECEIVED
EVERY MAJOR HONOR AND AWARD IN THEIR FIELDS, INCLUDING THE
NOBEL PRIZE AND THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE.
3.1
AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IS IMPORTANT FOR AMERICA.
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
AT THE VERY HEART OF OUR NATION'S PIONEER SPIRIT, PUSHING
THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, CREATING ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY, AND INCREASING OUR STANDARD OF LIVING, AND
MAKING THIS A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD IN WHICH TO LIVE.
IT IS SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS THAT MADE US AWARE OF THE
DAMAGE TO OUR EARTH'S PROTECTIVE OZONE LAYER, AND THE NEED
TO REDUCE CFC's THAT DEPLETE OUR PRECIOUS UPPER
ATMOSPHERIC RESOURCES.
3.2
As A RESULT OF THESE ADVANCEMENTS, THE UNITED STATES
AND OTHER NATIONS HAVE LED THE WAY THROUGH THE MONTREAL
PROTOCOL TOWARDS REDUCTIONS OF CFC's. THAT PROTOCOL WILL
REDUCE CFC's TO 50 PERCENT OF 1986 LEVELS BY THE YEAR 1998.
HOWEVER, RECENT STUDIES INDICATE THAT THIS 50 PERCENT
REDUCTION MAY NOT BE ENOUGH.
3.3
THAT'S WHY I HAVE TODAY DIRECTED BILL REILLY, OUR EPA
ADMINISTRATOR, TO JOIN WITH OTHER NATIONS THIS WEEKEND IN
SUPPORTING THE CALL FOR ELIMINATING CFC's BY THE YEAR
2000, PROVIDED THAT SAFE SUBSTITUTES ARE AVAILABLE. OF
COURSE, SUCH A PHASE-OUT MUST BE GUIDED BY THE SCIENTIFIC,
ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS UNDER THE PROTOCOL.
4
As A NATION WE HAVE NO NATURAL RESOURCE MORE PRECIOUS
THAN OUR INTELLECTUAL RESOURCES. IN FACT, IT IS ONLY
THANKS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE AND INGENUITY THAT CRUDE OIL
BECOMES A VALUABLE FUEL, THAT FIELDS OF GRAIN BECOME
METHANOL, OR THAT GRAINS OF SAND BECOME SILICON CHIPS.
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE MUST BE RENEWED AND EXPANDED IN
EACH GENERATION. MANY OF THE MIRACLES WE TAKE FOR GRANTED
IN EVERYDAY LIFE ORIGINATED IN DEFENSE AND SPACE RESEARCH.
5
THIS INVESTMENT IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW PLANT AND
EQUIPMENT HELPS EXPAND OUR COMPETITIVE EDGE, THEREBY
ASSURING FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICA'S NEXT
GENERATION IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND MANUFACTURING.
BUT FOR AMERICA TO MAINTAIN ITS TECHNOLOGICAL AND
SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE, NO INVESTMENT IN MACHINES OR
LABORATORIES, AS VITAL AS THAT IS, WILL BY ITSELF BE
SUFFICIENT; THERE HAVE TO BE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE
KNOWLEDGE AND THE COMMITMENT.
6
AND THAT WILL BE MEN AND WOMEN LIKE YOURSELVES WHO WILL
LEAD AMERICA INTO THE NEXT CENTURY.
You KNOW, BY ONE ESTIMATE, IT TAKES 10,000 HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS EXPRESSING AN INTEREST IN A SCIENCE OR
ENGINEERING MAJOR TO ASSURE US OF 20 MEN AND WOMEN WHO
WILL GO ON TO RECEIVE DOCTORATES. I HOPE THAT EACH
STUDENT IN THIS ROOM GETS A DOCTORATE, OR PURSUES A CAREER
IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AND THAT SOME OF YOU CONSIDER
RETURNING TO THE CLASSROOM AS TEACHERS TO INSPIRE A NEW
GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS FOR THE FUTURE.
9
AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES CONFER ONLY ABOUT 77,000
ENGINEERING DEGREES A YEAR AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL.
THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER THAT JAPAN PRODUCES WITH A
TOTAL POPULATION ONLY HALF THE SIZE OF OURS.
INITIATIVES FROM WASHINGTON ARE IMPORTANT HERE. BUT
THEY'RE NOT ENOUGH. STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND TEACHERS
WILL DETERMINE THE DIRECTION OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TAKE AND,
ULTIMATELY, WHAT DIRECTION OUR COUNTRY TAKES. AND THERE
IS ONLY ONE GOAL THAT IS WORTHY OF US AS AMERICANS.
10
AND THAT IS TO BE THE VERY BEST IN THE WORLD; TO BE NUMBER
ONE. THAT IS OUR HISTORY, BUT IT IS ALSO, I BELIEVE, OUR
DESTINY. OUR NATIONAL QUALITIES OF INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY
AND INNOVATION, OUR FRONTIER SPIRIT AND OUR HABIT OF
PROBLEM-SOLVING, ALL UNIQUELY EQUIP AMERICA FOR THE GREAT
TECHNOLOGICAL AGE THAT IS DAWNING.
To HELP US MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION, THE FEDERAL BUDGET
I PROPOSED WOULD INCREASE FUNDING FOR NASA BY 22 PERCENT,
AND WOULD ALSO ADVANCE US TOWARD OUR GOAL OF DOUBLING THE
BUDGET FOR THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION BY 1993.
11
I ALSO PROPOSED FULL FUNDING FOR THE SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER
COLLIDER, AND, AS AN INCENTIVE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY, A
PERMANENT RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION TAX CREDIT.
BUT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS THAT I WANT
US TO MAKE IS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION. So I HAVE PROPOSED A
NATIONAL SCIENCE SCHOLARS PROGRAM THAT WOULD PROVIDE 570
SCHOLARSHIPS EACH YEAR. THESE WOULD BE FOR UP TO $10,000
A YEAR, FOR FOUR YEARS.
12
THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE BASED ON MERIT AND IT WOULD DRAW AT
LEAST ONE YOUNG SCIENTIST FROM EVERY CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT IN THE NATION, PROVIDING LOCAL INSPIRATION AND
NATIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR THE STUDY OF SCIENCE. I THINK NO
ONE PROVES BETTER THAN ALL OF YOU JUST HOW MUCH OUR
STUDENTS ARE CAPABLE OF AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO PROVIDE
THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED.
So LET ME CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU AGAIN. I THINK YOU
ARE ALL DESTINED FOR GREAT THINGS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
3A
3B
Language for the President's Science Speech on 3/3/89
Scientific and technological advancement have always been at the
very heart of our Nation's pioneer spirit, pushing the boundaries
of our knowledge, creating economic opportunity, increasing our
standard of living, and making this a healthier and safer world
in which to live. It is scientific advancements that made us
aware of the damage to our Earth's protective ozone layer, and
the need to reduce "CFCs" (chlorofluorocarbons) that deplete our
precious upper atmospheric resources.
As a result of these advancements, the United States and other
nations have led the way through the Montreal Protocol towards
reductions of CFCs. That Protocol will reduce CFCs to 50 percent
of 1986 levels by the year 1998. However, recent studies
indicate that this 50 percent reduction may not be enough.
That's why
today
Thus, I have directed Bill Reilly, our EPA Administrator, to join
with other nations this weekend in supporting the call for
eliminating CFCs by the year 2000 provided that safe substitutes
are available. Of course, such a phase-out must be guided by the
scientific, economic and technological assessments under the
Protocol.
FINAL
(Klugmann)
March 2, 1989
9:00 a.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUILDING
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
Thank you very much. It's a pleasure to be here and to have
this chance to see so many of your remarkable science projects.
Thank you for your patience in explaining some of these exhibits
to me. I'm not saying that I didn't understand everything, but I
just want to say: I hope there's no test afterwards.
Really, what all of you have accomplished is something to be
very proud of. Not only is it a great achievement, but you
really earned it. Thomas Edison said that genius is one percent
inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. And each of
you, with your academic diligence, your intellect, and a lot of
hard work, have won the oldest and largest national high school
competition in the country.
Past winners of the Westinghouse Science Talent Search have
distinguished themselves in every field of science and
mathematics. Your predecessors have received every major honor
and award in their fields, including the Nobel prize and the
National Medal of Science.
And what you have done is important for America. Scientific
and technological advancement have always been at the very heart
of our Nation's pioneer spirit, pushing the boundaries of our
knowledge, creating economic opportunity, and increasing our
standard of living.
- 2 -
As a Nation we have no natural resource more precious than
our intellectual resources. In fact, it is only thanks to human
knowledge and ingenuity that crude oil becomes a valuable fuel,
that fields of grain become methanol, or that grains of sand
become silicon chips.
Scientific knowledge must be renewed and expanded in each
generation. Many of the miracles we take for granted in everyday
life originated in defense and space research. This investment
in new technologies and new plant and equipment helps expand our
competitive edge, thereby assuring future opportunities for
America's next generation in science, engineering, and
manufacturing. But for America to maintain its technological and
scientific excellence, no investment in machines or laboratories,
as vital as that is, will by itself be sufficient; there have to
be the people who have the knowledge and the commitment. And
that will be men and women like yourselves who will lead America
into the next century.
You know, by one estimate, it takes 10,000 high school
students expressing an interest in a science or engineering major
to assure us of 20 men and women who will go on to receive
doctorates. I hope that each student in this room gets a
doctorate, or pursues a career in science and technology, and
that some of you consider returning to the classroom as teachers
to inspire a new generation of scientists for the future.
The fruits of investing in science and scientists are
evident: Human intelligence has explored the vastness of outer
space and the inner frontiers of the particles of the atom;
diseases have been cured, knowledge has been harnessed -- ((and
energy
I was going to say that energy has been created, but
- 3 -
then I remembered the laws of thermodynamics. So let's just call
it a wash and say that energy has neither been created nor
destroyed. ))
But we truly have seen the scientific knowledge developed in
the United States vastly improve the lives of our citizens and of
people around the world. And today, international scientists and
science students are coming here to America, to do research, to
study, and to teach; and this is something that our country
greatly benefits from.
Yet, still, as a Nation, we need to do better. We're not
producing enough scientists, mathematicians, and engineers.
American universities confer only about 77,000 engineering
degrees a year at the undergraduate level. That's about the same
number that Japan produces with a total population only half the
size of ours.
Initiatives from Washington are important here. But they're
not enough. Students and parents and teachers will determine the
direction our young people take and, ultimately, what direction
our country takes. And there is only one goal that is worthy of
us as Americans. And that is to be the very best in the world;
to be number one. That is our history, but it is also, I
believe, our destiny. Our national qualities of intellectual
curiosity and innovation, our frontier spirit and our habit of
problem-solving, all uniquely equip America for the great
technological age that is dawning.
To help us move in that direction, the Federal budget I
proposed would increase funding for NASA by 22 percent, and would
also advance us toward our goal of doubling the budget for the
National Science Foundation by 1993. I also proposed full
- 4 -
funding for the Superconducting Super Collider, and, as an
incentive for private industry, a permanent Research and
Experimentation tax credit.
But one of the most important investments that I want us to
make is in science education. So I have proposed a National
Science Scholars Program that would provide 570 scholarships each
year. These would be for up to $10,000 a year, for four years.
This program would be based on merit and it would draw at least
one young scientist from every Congressional district in the
Nation, providing local inspiration and national leadership for
the study of science. I think no one proves better than all of
you just how much our students are capable of and how important
it is to provide the encouragement and resources that you need.
So let me congratulate all of you again. I think you are
all destined for great things.
Thank you very much and God bless you all.
###
(Klugmann)
March 2, 1989
9:00 a.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUILDING
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
Thank you very much. It's a pleasure to be here and to have
this chance to see so many of your remarkable science projects.
Thank you for your patience in explaining some of these exhibits
to me. I'm not saying that I didn't understand everything, but I
just want to say: I hope there's no test afterwards.
Really, what all of you have accomplished is something to be
very proud of. Not only is it a great achievement, but you
really earned it. Thomas Edison said that genius is one percent
inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. And each of
you, with your academic diligence, your intellect, and a lot of
hard work, have won the oldest and largest national high school
competition in the country.
Past winners of the Westinghouse Science Talent Search have
distinguished themselves in every field of science and
mathematics. Your predecessors have received every major honor
and award in their fields, including the Nobel prize and the
National Medal of Science.
And what you have done is important for America. Scientific
and technological advancement have always been at the very heart
of our Nation's pioneer spirit, pushing the boundaries of our
knowledge, creating economic opportunity, and increasing our
standard of living.
- 2 -
As a Nation we have no natural resource more precious than
our intellectual resources. In fact, it is only thanks to human
knowledge and ingenuity that crude oil becomes a valuable fuel,
that fields of grain become methanol, or that grains of sand
become silicon chips.
Scientific knowledge must be renewed and expanded in each
generation. Many of the miracles we take for granted in everyday
life originated in defense and space research. This investment
in new technologies and new plant and equipment helps expand our
competitive edge, thereby assuring future opportunities for
America's next generation in science, engineering, and
manufacturing. But for America to maintain its technological and
scientific excellence, no investment in machines or laboratories,
as vital as that is, will by itself be sufficient; there have to
be the people who have the knowledge and the commitment. And
that will be men and women like yourselves who will lead America
into the next century.
You know, by one estimate, it takes 10,000 high school
students expressing an interest in a science or engineering major
to assure us of 20 men and women who will go on to receive
doctorates. I hope that each student in this room gets a
doctorate, or pursues a career in science and technology, and
that some of you consider returning to the classroom as teachers
to inspire a new generation of scientists for the future.
The fruits of investing in science and scientists are
evident: Human intelligence has explored the vastness of outer
space and the inner frontiers of the particles of the atom;
diseases have been cured, knowledge has been harnessed -- ( (and
energy
I was going to say that energy has been created, but
- 3 -
then I remembered the laws of thermodynamics. So let's just call
it a wash and say that energy has neither been created nor
destroyed. ))
But we truly have seen the scientific knowledge developed in
the United States vastly improve the lives of our citizens and of
people around the world. And today, international scientists and
science students are coming here to America, to do research, to
study, and to teach; and this is something that our country
greatly benefits from.
Yet, still, as a Nation, we need to do better. We're not
producing enough scientists, mathematicians, and engineers.
American universities confer only about 77,000 engineering
degrees a year at the undergraduate level. That's about the same
number that Japan produces with a total population only half the
size of ours.
Initiatives from Washington are important here. But they're
not enough. Students and parents and teachers will determine the
direction our young people take and, ultimately, what direction
our country takes. And there is only one goal that is worthy of
us as Americans. And that is to be the very best in the world;
to be number one. That is our history, but it is also, I
believe, our destiny. Our national qualities of intellectual
curiosity and innovation, our frontier spirit and our habit of
problem-solving, all uniquely equip America for the great
technological age that is dawning.
To help us move in that direction, the Federal budget I
proposed would increase funding for NASA by 22 percent, and would
also advance us toward our goal of doubling the budget for the
National Science Foundation by 1993. I also proposed full
- 4 -
funding for the Superconducting Super Collider, and, as an
incentive for private industry, a permanent Research and
Experimentation tax credit.
But one of the most important investments that I want us to
make is in science education. So I have proposed a National
Science Scholars Program that would provide 570 scholarships each
year. These would be for up to $10,000 a year, for four years.
This program would be based on merit and it would draw at least
one young scientist from every Congressional district in the
Nation, providing local inspiration and national leadership for
the study of science. I think no one proves better than all of
you just how much our students are capable of and how important
it is to provide the encouragement and resources that you need.
So let me congratulate all of you again. I think you are
all destined for great things.
Thank you very much and God bless you all.
# # #
national meane
(Klugmann)
March 1, 1989
8:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUILDING
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
Thank you very much. It's a pleasure to be here and to have
this chance to see so many of your remarkable science projects.
Thank you for your patience in explaining some of these exhibits
to me. I'm not saying that I didn't understand everything, but I
just want to say: I hope there's no test afterwards.
Really, what all of you have accomplished is something to be
very proud of. Not only is it a great achievement, but you
really earned it. Thomas Edison said that genius is one percent
inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. And each of
you, with your academic diligence, your intellect, and a lot of
hard work, have won the oldest and largest national high school
competition in the country.
Past winners of the Westinghouse Science Talent Search have
distinguished themselves in every field of science and
mathematics. Your predecessors have received every major honor
and award in their fields, including the Nobel prize and the
National Science Medal
And what you have done is important for America. Scientific
and technological advancement have always been at the very heart
of our Nation's pioneer spirit, pushing the boundaries of our
knowledge, creating economic opportunity, and increasing our
standard of living.
- 2 -
As a Nation we have no natural resource more precious than
our intellectual resources. In fact, it is only thanks to human
knowledge and ingenuity that crude oil becomes a valuable fuel,
that fields of grain become methanol, or that grains of sand
become silicon chips.
Scientific knowledge must be renewed and expanded in each
generation. Many of the miracles we take for granted in everyday
life originated in defense and space research. This investment
in new technologies and new plant and equipment helps expand our
competitive edge, thereby assuring future opportunities for
America's next generation in science, engineering, and
manufacturing. But for America to maintain its technological and
scientific excellence, no investment in machines or laboratories,
as vital as that is, will by itself be sufficient; there have to
be the people who have the knowledge and the commitment. And
that will be men and women like yourselves who will lead America
into the next century.
You know, by one estimate, it takes 10,000 high school
students expressing an interest in a science or engineering major
to assure us of 20 men and women who will go on to receive
doctorates. I hope that each student in this room gets a
or pursues a Career in science and technology.
doctorate. and that some of you consider returning to the
classroom as teachers to inspire a new generation of scientists
for the future.
The fruits of investing in science and scientists are
evident: Human intelligence has explored the vastness of outer
space and the inner frontiers of the particles of the atom;
diseases have been cured, knowledge has been harnessed -- ( (and
energy
I was going to say that energy has been created, but
- 3 -
then I remembered the laws of thermodynamics. So let's just call
it a wash and say that energy has neither been created nor
destroyed. ))
But we truly have seen the scientific knowledge developed in
the United States vastly improve the lives of our citizens and of
people around the world. And today, international scientists and
science students are coming here to America, to do research, to
study, and to teach; and this is something that our country
greatly benefits from.
Yet, still, as a Nation, we need to do better. We're not
producing enough scientists, mathematicians, and engineers.
American universities confer only about 77,000 engineering
degrees a year at the undergraduate level. That's about the same
number that Japan produces with a total population only half the
size of ours.
Initiatives from Washington are important here. But they're
not enough. Students and parents and teachers will determine the
direction our young people take and, ultimately, what direction
our country takes. And there is only one goal that is worthy of
us as Americans. And that is to be the very best in the world;
to be number one. That is our history, but it is also, I
believe, our destiny. Our national qualities of intellectual
curiosity and innovation, our frontier spirit and our habit of
problem-solving, all uniquely equip America for the great
technological age that is dawning.
To help us move in that direction, the Federal budget I
proposed would increase funding for NASA by 22 percent, and would
also advance us toward our goal of doubling the budget for the
National Science Foundation by 1993. I also proposed full
- 4 -
funding for the Superconducting Super Collider, and, as an
incentive for private industry, a permanent Research and
Experimentation tax credit.
But one of the most important investments that I want us to
make is in science education. So I have proposed a National
Science Scholars Program that would provide 570 scholarships each
year. These would be for up to $10,000 a year, for four years.
This program would be based on merit and it would draw at least
one young scientist from every Congressional district in the
Nation, providing local inspiration and national leadership for
the study of science. I think no one proves better than all of
you just how much our students are capable of and how important
it is to provide the encouragement and resources that you need.
So let me congratulate all of you again. I think you are
all destined for great things.
Thank you very much and God bless you all.
# # #
(Klugmann)
March 1, 1989
2:30 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUILDING
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
Thank you very much. It's a pleasure to be here and to have
this chance to see so many of your remarkable science projects.
Thank you for your patience in explaining some of these exhibits
to me. I'm not saying that I didn't understand everything, but I
say I hope theres no test afterword.
just want to knowx Is this going to be on the test?
Really, what all of you have accomplished is something to be
very proud of. Not only is it a great achievement, but you
really earned it. Thomas Edison said that genius is one percent
inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. And each of
you, with your academic diligence, your intellect, and a lot of
hard work, have won the oldest and largest national high school
competition in the country.
Past winners of the Westinghouse Science Talent Search have
distinguished themselves in every field of science and
mathematics. Your predecessors have received every major honor
and award in their fields, including the Nobel prize and the
National Science Medal.
And what you have done is important for America. Scientific
and technological advancement have always been at the very heart
of our Nation's pioneer spirit, pushing the boundaries of our
knowledge, creating economic opportunity, and increasing our
standard of living.
crude grams and finds are of 50nd becomes of grain become for veome Bulmon 2 from clups
As a Nation we have no natural resource more precious than
our intellectual resources. In fact, it is only thanks to human
the polutical and values
resources She
5 6
others
knowledge and ingenuity that petroleum or copper or methanol came
7
have been realize 21
to be resources, things that we have a use for, know how to
produce, and which have an economic value.
Scientific knowledge must be renewed and expanded in each
And
generation For America to maintain its technological and
scientific excellence, no investment in machines or laboratories,
as vital as that is, will by itself be sufficient; there have to
be the people who have the knowledge and the commitment. And
that will be men and women like yourselves who will lead America
into the next century.
You know, by one estimate, it takes 10,000 high school
students expressing an interest in a science or engineering major
to assure us of 20 men and women who will go on to receive
doctorates. I hope that each student in this room gets a
doctorate, and that some of you consider returning to the
classroom as teachers to inspire a new generation of scientists
for the future.
The fruits of investing in science and scientists are
evident: Human intelligence has explored the vastness of outer
space and the inner frontiers of the particles of the atom;
diseases have been cured, knowledge has been harnessed
--
(
and
energy
I was going to say that energy has been created, but
then I remembered the laws of thermodynamics,
2
So let's just call it a wash and say that energy has neither been
created nor destroyed. ))
3
But we truly have seen the scientific knowledge developed in
the United States vastly improve the lives of our citizens and of
people around the world. And today, international scientists and science
students from around the world are coming here to America, to do
research, to study, and to teach; and this is something that our
country greatly benefits from.
Yet, still, as a Nation, we need to do better. We're not
producing enough scientists, mathematicians, and engineers.
American universities confer only about 77,000 engineering
degrees a year at the undergraduate level. That's about the same
number that Japan produces with a total population only half the
size of ours.
Initiatives from Washington are important here. But they're
not enough. Students and parents and teachers will determine the
direction our young people take and, ultimately, what direction
our country takes. And there is only one goal that is worthy of
us as Americans. And that is to be the very best in the world;
to be number one. That is our history, but it is also, I
believe, our destiny. Our national qualities of intellectual
curiosity and innovation, our frontiers spirit and our habit
of problem-solving, all uniquely equip America for the great
technological age that is dawning.
To help us move in that direction, the Federal budget I
proposed would increase funding for NASA by 22 percent, and would
also advance us toward our goal of doubling the budget for the
National Science Foundation by 1993. I also propose full funding
for the Superconducting Super Collider, and, as an incentive for
4
private industry, a permanent Research and Experimentation tax
credit.
But one of the most important investments that I want us to
make is in science education. So I have proposed a National
Science Scholars Program that would provide 570 scholarships each
year. These would be for up to $10,000 a year, for four years.
This program would be based on merit and it would draw at least
one young scientist from every Congressional district in the
Nation, providing local inspiration and national leadership for
the study of science. I think no one proves better than all of
you just how much our students are capable of and how important
it is to provide the encouragement and resources that you need.
So let me congratulate all of you again. I think you are
all destined for great things.
Thank you very much and God bless you all.
We are committed to supporting the network of liberty through balanced
daring
.
prolonged
~
a
regional or bilateral alliances with nations sharing our values in all parts of
pay for the strategic sealift capability we require. We can do this by
the world, especially our neighbors in Central America. The Republican
ensuring that the needed ships are built and by helping to sustain the ships
Party reiterates its support of the people of Central America in their quest
and their crews is commercial operation. We must return this nation to its
for freedom and democracy in their countries.
foremost place among the world maritime powers through a com-
prehensive maritime policy.
We are proud of the great economic and democratic progress throughout
the world during the Reagan-Bush Administration, and we are committed
Last year Congress slashed the Administration's budget request for the
to strengthening the defensive ties that have thwarted Soviet expansion in
Coast Guard. We urge Congress to adjust the budget process to protect the
the past seven years.
Coast Guard appropriation, thereby removing the temptation to siphon its
Published by THE BUREAU OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS. INC., Washington, D.C.
funds and personnel into other programs and ensuring improved coordina-
Keeping the Sea Lanes Free
tion of government agencies in our nation's war against drugs.
The United States has always been a maritime nation. We have rebuilt
Our Nation's Technology Base
our Navy to permit continued freedom of the seas. Our focus has correctly
been on the fighting ships our Navy would use in the event of a conflict.
Science and technology are the keys to a better future for all Many of the
Our successful peace mission in the Persian Gulf is eloquent testimony to
miracles we take for granted in everyday life originated in defense and
the benefits of a blue water Navy.
space-research. They have not only helped preserve the peace, but also
have made America's standard of living the envy of the world.
To protect American interests in remote areas of the world, we require a
600-ship navy with 15 aircraft carrier battle groups. This number enables
Because of advances in science and technology, our defense budget
us to operate in areas where we lack the infrastructure of bases we enjoy in
today is actually one-third lower, as a fraction of the gross national
Western Europe and the western Pacific. A force of this size will enable us
product, than it was a generation ago.
to meet both our security interests and commitments into the 21st century.
Republicans are also committed to the strategic homeporting of our forces
Today, national security and technological superiority are increasingly
throughout the United States. Notwithstanding the Democrat nominee's
linked by the relationship between technology and key strategies of cred-
claim to support conventional arms improvements, U.S. security interests
ible and flexible deterrence, defenses against bellistic missiles, and space
are jeopardized by his proposal to cancel two aircraft carriers previously
pre-eminence.
authorized and funded by Congress.
Investment in defense research and development must be maintained at a
Providing new policies for the maritime industry is crucial to this
level commensarate with the Reagan-Bush years. This investment should
be Focused on efficient and effective areas such as ballistic missile de-
nation's defense capability and its economic strength. These policies must
help make the industries competitive through reform
fense, space, coramand and control, and "smart" munitions.
ms, aggressive efforts to remove barriers to the U.S.
We support a defense budget with the necessary funds and incentives for
and a commitment to cooperate with the industries
industry to invest in new technologies and new-plant and equipment: This
IC their efficiency, productivity, and competitive
is needed to preserve expand our competitive edge, thereby assuring
future opportunities for America's next generation in science, engineer-
nent to revitalize the commercial shipbuilding in-
ing, and manufacturing.
country. Shipyards and the supplier base for marine
Our nation will benefit greatly from patent royalties and technological
97
Republican Party Platfarm Text:
- Section on Defend
Appendix VI
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 28, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR KRISTEN GEAR
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Westinghouse Science
Winners
The draft remarks are well written and appropriately
laudatory for this important event. We approve of the draft in
its present form and do not recommend any changes.
CC: James W. Cicconi
Document No. 010976
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 02/24/89
C.O.B. Tuesday 02/28
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
WINSTON
CARD
PINKERTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
GRAHAM
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to the
Speechwriters (Rm. 122, x2930) with an info copy to my office
by close of business on Tuesday, 02/28. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Klugmann)
February 24,2,1989
draft
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
Thank you very much, and welcome to the White House. It's a
pleasure to have you here. You know, I'm reminded of something
President Kennedy once said: With all you remarkable young
scientists here, there hasn't been such an assemblage of talent
in the White House since Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
What all of you have accomplished is something to be very
proud of. Not only is it a great achievement, but you really
earned it. Thomas Edison said that genius is one-tenth
inspiration and nine-tenths perspiration. And each of you, with
your academic diligence, your intellect, and a lot of hard work,
have won the oldest and largest national high school competition
in the country.
Past winners of the Westinghouse Science Talent Search have
distinguished themselves in every field of science and
mathematics. Your predecessors have received every major award
in their fields, including five Nobel prizes. And twenty-seven
former Westinghouse winners have been elected as members of the
National Academy of Sciences.
And what you have done is important for America. As a
Nation we have no natural resource more precious than our
intellectual resources. In fact, it is only through human
knowledge that petroleum or copper or methanol is a resource,
something that we have a use for and know how to produce. And
- 2 -
scientific knowledge must be renewed and expanded in each
generation. For America to maintain it's technological and
scientific excellence no investment in machines or laboratories,
as vital as that is, will by itself be sufficient; there have to
be the people who have the knowledge and the commitment. And
that will be men and women like yourselves who will lead America
into the next century.
You know, by one estimate, it takes 10,000 high school
students expressing an interest in a science or engineering major
to assure us of 20 men and women who will go on to receive
doctorates. I hope that each student in this room gets a
doctorate, and that some of you consider returning to the
classroom as teachers to inspire a new generation of scientists
for the future.
The fruits of investing in science and scientists are
evident: Diseases have been cured, knowledge has been harnessed
-- I was going to say that energy has been created, but let's
just call it a wash and say that energy has neither been created
nor destroyed.
But we truly have seen the scientific knowledge developed in
the United States vastly improve the lives of our citizens and of
people around the world. And today, scientists and science
students from around the world are coming here to America, to do
research, to study, and to teach; and this is something that our
country greatly benefits from.
Yet, still, as a Nation, we need to do better. We're not
producing enough scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, only
about 70,000 a year at the undergraduate level. That's about the
- 3 -
same number that Japan produces with a total population only half
the size of ours.
Initiatives from Washington are important here. But they're
not enough. It is up to students and parents and teachers what
direction our young people take and, ultimately, what direction
our country takes. And there is only one goal that is worthy of
us as Americans. And that is to be the very best in the world;
to be number one. That is our history, but it is also, I
believe, our destiny. Our national qualities of intellectual
curiosity and innovation, our frontiersman spirit and our habit
of problem-solving, all uniquely equip America for the great
technological age that is dawning.
To help us move in that direction, the Federal budget I
proposed would increase funding for NASA by 22 percent, and would
also advance us toward our goal of doubling the budget for the
National Science Foundation by 1993. I also propose full funding
for the Superconducting Super Collider, and, as an incentive for
private industry, a permanent Research and Engineering tax
credit.
But one of the most important investments that I want us to
make is in science education. So I have proposed a National
Science Scholars Program that would provide 570 scholarships each
year. These would be for $10,000 a year, renewable for four
years. This program would be based on merit and it would draw a
young scientist from every Congressional district in the Nation,
providing local inspiration and national direction for the study
of science. I think no one proves better than all of you just
how much our students are capable of and how important it is to
provide the encouragement and resources that you need.
- 4 -
So let me congratulate all of you again. And now, I'm going
to have a chance here to look at some of your award-winning
exhibits. If I don't understand everything the first time, just
stay with me and I'll get it.
Thank you very much and God bless you all.
Chus Winston
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WASHINGTON
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Document No. 010976
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 02/24/89
C.O.B. Tuesday 02/28
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
WINSTON
CARD
PINKERTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
GRAHAM
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to the
Speechwriters (Rm. 122, x2930) with an info copy to my office
by close of business on Tuesday, 02/28. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Klugmann)
February 24,21989
draft
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
Thank you very much, and welcome to the White House. It's a
pleasure to have you here. You know, I'm reminded of something
President Kennedy once said: With all you remarkable young
scientists here, there hasn't been such an assemblage of talent
in the White House since Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
What all of you have accomplished is something to be very
proud of. Not only is it a great achievement, but you really
earned it. Thomas Edison said that genius is one-tenth
inspiration and nine-tenths perspiration. And each of you, with
your academic diligence, your intellect, and a lot of hard work,
have won the oldest and largest national high school competition
in the country.
Past winners of the Westinghouse Science Talent Search have
distinguished themselves in every field of science and
mathematics. Your predecessors have received every major award
in their fields, including five Nobel prizes. And twenty-seven
former Westinghouse winners have been elected as members of the
National Academy of Sciences.
And what you have done is important for America. As a
Nation we have no natural resource more precious than our
intellectual resources. In fact, it is only through human
knowledge that petroleum or copper or methanol is a resource,
something that we have a use for and know how to produce. And
- 2 -
scientific knowledge must be renewed and expanded in each
generation. For America to maintain it's technological and
scientific excellence no investment in machines or laboratories,
as vital as that is, will by itself be sufficient; there have to
be the people who have the knowledge and the commitment. And
that will be men and women like yourselves who will lead America
into the next century.
You know, by one estimate, it takes 10,000 high school
students expressing an interest in a science or engineering major
to assure us of 20 men and women who will go on to receive
doctorates. I hope that each student in this room gets a
doctorate, and that some of you consider returning to the
classroom as teachers to inspire a new generation of scientists
for the future.
The fruits of investing in science and scientists are
expanded for
evident: Diseases have been cured, knowledge has been harnessed
the small pieces of an atom to the fartherest reaches of the universe
-- I was going to say that energy has been created, but let's
just call it a wash and say that energy has neither been created
nor destroyed.
But we truly have seen the scientific knowledge developed in
the United States vastly improve the lives of our citizens and of
people around the world. And today, scientists and science
students from around the world are coming here to America, to do
research, to study, and to teach; and this is something that our
country greatly benefits from.
Yet, still, as a Nation, we need to do better. We're not
producing enough scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, only
about 70,000 a year at the undergraduate level. That's about the
- 3 -
same number that Japan produces with a total population only half
the size of ours.
Initiatives from Washington are important here. But they're
will deter
not enough. It is up to Students and parents and teachers what
the
direction our young people take and, ultimately, what direction
our country takes. And there is only one goal that is worthy of
us as Americans. And that is to be the very best in the world;
to be number one. That is our history, but it is also, I
believe, our destiny. Our national qualities of intellectual
curiosity and innovation, our frontiersman spirit and our habit
of problem-solving, all uniquely equip America for the great
technological age that is dawning.
To help us move in that direction, the Federal budget I
proposed would increase funding for NASA by 22 percent, and would
also advance us toward our goal of doubling the budget for the
National Science Foundation by 1993. I also propose full funding
for the Superconducting Super Collider, and, as an incentive for
private industry, a permanent Research and Engineering tax
credit.
But one of the most important investments that I want us to
make is in science education. So I have proposed a National
Science Scholars Program that would provide 570 scholarships each
year. These would be for $10,000 a year, renewable for four
years. This program would be based on merit and it would draw a
young scientist from every Congressional district in the Nation,
providing local inspiration and national direction for the study
of science. I think no one proves better than all of you just
how much our students are capable of and how important it is to
provide the encouragement and resources that you need.
- 4 -
So let me congratulate all of you again. And now, I'm going
to have a chance here to look at some of your award-winning
exhibits. If I don't understand everything the first time, just
stay with me and I'll get it.
Thank you very much and God bless you all.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 28, 1989
Memorandum to Chriss Winston
From:
Jim Pinkerton
Re:
Comments on the NEH, Westinghouse, and Thornburgh drafts
Welcome back!
I have a few specific comments, which reflect the input of
Roger Porter and Bill Roper. I also have a general comment, which
is this: these speeches are well-written and flow well enough,
but they tend to lack a specific hook. I realize that Tower could
well be all the news the President will make this week, no matter
what else he says, but it seems to Roger, Bill, and myself that
we ought to strive to have one clearcut line or graf that punches
through and makes reporters take notice. I know we won't neces-
sarily achieve that goal in every speech, and that some speeches
provide more obvious opportunities than others. Nevertheless,
these comments represent our best effort at helping you in this
effort.
NEH
Page 1, para 4 Please change "Peking" to "Beijing."
P3,p1 This is a confusing graf, that doesn't really advance
the speech, and which hints at a degree of self-doubt that the
President does not suffer from. I think the best course is to
simply delete it.
P3,p2 The emerging "rap" on the Administration is that
our budget proposal offers little more for education than "the
bully pulpit." Therefore I'd add a second clause to the third
sentence, e.g. "even as I make a renewed push for a shift in
some of our priorities to concentrate resources on those who
need help the most." That's not the most felicitous phrase, but
I do think we should avoid setting ourselves up as being, as it
were, all hat and no cattle.
P3,p3 While it is quite proper to praise our ancestors
for building a "national public education system from scratch,"
we should not leave it there, neglecting private education. I
suspect that many of the NEH scholars come from private schools.
P4, bottom of page Having restated some of our key proposals
from the 2/9 speech, I think we need to bring out our real point,
which would be something like this: "During the coming weeks, I
2-2-2
will transmit comprehensive legislation to the Congress detailing
our proposals and asking for their help in strengthening American
education."
P5,p1, last two lines I don't think this last sentence
captures the President's idealism and sense of service at all.
I would completely rewrite to something like this. "Teachers
do not choose their profession because of its financial rewards.
There are too many other ways to make a living, even a better
living. However, teachers enjoy the immense satisfaction of
raising the sights of the next generation. Their work makes
our horizons longer and our futures brighter." Something like
that. Then, having listed all the satisfactions they gain from
teaching, I would mention society's effort to honor teachers.
Then, and only then would I slip in a reference to money as an
additional incentive. Again, the logic is the reverse of what
the draft reads at present.
P6,p1, line 3 I don't think this accurately captures the
thrust of Lynn Cheney's book. The real point of the book was
to alert Americans to the underachievement problem. The pre-
scription about "administrative impediments" is one of many
cited. I would delete.
P7,p3+4 In the name of being extra-careful, are we sure
that we're safe in citing this particular project. I take it
from the text that this is a proposal, as opposed to a finished
project. Even so, do we know anything about Barbara Whittaker
and what she is likely to say when reporters swarm around her
after the President's remarks? At an absolute minimum, we recom-
mend that we downgrade the reference to just the title of the
project, as opposed to the project itself. That gives us some
cover, in case the project turns out to be something unseemly.
However, we think we are on safer ground if we look into this
matter more deeply or just delete it completely.
Westinghouse
P1,p1, line 4 I know the Jefferson reference is intended
to be humorous, but I think it will come across as snotty.
P3,p3, line 6 It's a "Research and Experimentation tax
credit.
Thornburgh
P1, Given where we are in terms of Senate confirmation, I'd
say, in the third line " and the man I hope Congress will soon
confirm
"
P3p1, line 1 Let's personalize it more. "Dick will tell these
three governments that I am committed to a tough zero tolerance
3-3-3
policy and that the American people join with me
"
I think
that we should seize every opportunity to emphasize the President's
personal involvement in this effort.
Thanks for taking the time to wade through all these kibitzes!
#
CC: Roger Porter
Bill Roper
Document No. 010976
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
02/24/89
C.O.B. Tuesday 02/28
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
WINSTON
CARD
PINKERTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
GRAHAM
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to the
Speechwriters (Rm. 122, x2930) with an info copy to my office
by close of business on Tuesday, 02/28. Thanks.
RESPONSE: section #B of Building A Better America contains in budget reveral mkts
period, suggest closer tie to section Saus
excellent quotes. In as much as #B we theme. are a
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Klugmann)
February 24 1989
draft
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
Whydo
Thank you very much, and welcome to the White House. It's a
have
pleasure to have you here. You know, I'm reminded of something
we
Kennedy? quote
President Kennedy once said: With all you remarkable young
scientists here, there hasn't been such an assemblage of talent
in the White House since Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
Why not
What all of you have accomplished is something to be very
Ike Thange! for a
proud of. Not only is it a great achievement, but you really
earned it. Thomas Edison said that genius is one-tenth
inspiration and nine-tenths perspiration. And each of you, with
your academic diligence, your intellect, and a lot of hard work,
have won the oldest and largest national high school competition
in the country.
Past winners of the Westinghouse Science Talent Search have
distinguished themselves in every field of science and
mathematics. Your predecessors have received every major award
in their fields, including five Nobel prizes. And twenty-seven
former Westinghouse winners have been elected as members of the
National Academy of Sciences.
And what you have done is important for America. As a
Nation we have no natural resource more precious than our
intellectual resources. In fact, it is only through human
Huh?
knowledge that petroleum or copper or methanol is a resource,
something that we have a use for and know how to produce. And
- 2 -
scientific knowledge must be renewed and expanded in each
generation. For America to maintain it's technological and
scientific excellence no investment in machines or laboratories,
as vital as that is, will by itself be sufficient; there have to
be the people who have the knowledge and the commitment. And
that will be men and women like yourselves who will lead America
into the next century.
You know, by one estimate, it takes 10,000 high school
students expressing an interest in a science or engineering major
to assure us of 20 men and women who will go on to receive
doctorates. I hope that each student in this room gets a
doctorate, and that some of you consider returning to the
classroom as teachers to inspire a new generation of scientists
for the future.
The fruits of investing in science and scientists are
evident: Diseases have been cured, knowledge has been harnessed
[
I was going to say that energy has been created, but let's
very
weak
just call it a wash and say that energy has neither been created
nor destroyed.
lives have been saved, the heavens have been explored.
New frontiers have been conquered.
But we truly have seen the scientific knowledge developed in
the United States vastly improve the lives of our citizens and of
people around the world. And today, scientists and science
students from around the world are coming here to America, to do
research, to study, and to teach; and this is something that our
country greatly benefits from. (we're exporting Our technological advantage ??)
Yet, still, as a Nation, we need to do better. We're not
producing enough scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, only
about 70,000 a year at the undergraduate level. That's about the
- 3 -
same number that Japan produces with a total population only half
the size of ours.
Initiatives from Washington are important here. But they're
not enough. It is up to students and parents and teachers what
direction our young people take and, ultimately, what direction
our country takes. And there is only one goal that is worthy of
us as Americans. And that is to be the very best in the world;
to be number one. That is our history, but it is also, I
believe, our destiny. Our national qualities of intellectual
curiosity and innovation, our frontiersman spirit and our habit
of problem-solving, all uniquely equip America for the great
technological age that is dawning.
To help us move in that direction, the Federal budget I
proposed would increase funding for NASA by 22 percent, and would
also advance us toward our goal of doubling the budget for the
National Science Foundation by 1993. I also propose full funding
for the Superconducting Super Collider, and, as an incentive for
message lanquape budget
private industry, a permanent Research and Engineering tax
credit.
But one of the most important investments that I want us to
make is in science education. So I have proposed a National
stronger.
Science Scholars Program that would provide 570 scholarships each
year. These would be for $10,000 a year, renewable for four
years. This program would be based on merit and it would draw a
young scientist from every Congressional district in the Nation,
providing local inspiration and national direction for the study
of science. I think no one proves better than all of you just
how much our students are capable of and how important it is to
provide the encouragement and resources that you need.
- 4 -
So let me congratulate all of you again. And now, I'm going
to have a chance here to look at some of your award-winning
exhibits. If I don't understand everything the first time, just
stay with me and I'll get it.
Thank you very much and God bless you all.
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James W. Cicconi
esistant to the President
and Deputy to
of of Staff
Ext. 2.
(Klugmann)
February 24,2,1989
draft
7:27
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
Thank you very much, and welcome to the White House. It's a
pleasure to have you here. You know, I'm reminded of something
President Kennedy once said: With all you remarkable young
scientists here, there hasn't been such an assemblage of talent
in the White House since Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
What all of you have accomplished is something to be very
proud of. Not only is it a great achievement, but you really
earned it. Thomas Edison said that genius is one-tenth
inspiration and nine-tenths perspiration. And each of you, with
your academic diligence, your intellect, and a lot of hard work,
have won the oldest and largest national high school competition
in the country.
Past winners of the Westinghouse Science Talent Search have
distinguished themselves in every field of science and
mathematics. Your predecessors have received every major award
in their fields, including five Nobel prizes. And twenty-seven
former Westinghouse winners have been elected as members of the
National Academy of Sciences.
And what you have done is important for America. As a
Nation we have no natural resource more precious than our
intellectual resources. In fact, it is only through human
knowledge that petroleum or copper or methanol is a resource,
something that we have a use f
to produce. And
- 2 -
scientific knowledge must be renewed and expanded in each
generation. For America to maintain it's technological and
scientific excellence no investment in machines or laboratories,
as vital as that is, will by itself be sufficient; there have to
be the people who have the knowledge and the commitment. And
that will be men and women like yourselves who will lead America
into the next century.
You know, by one estimate, it takes 10,000 high school
students expressing an interest in a science or engineering major
to assure us of 20 men and women who will go on to receive
doctorates. I hope that each student in this room gets a
doctorate, and that some of you consider returning to the
classroom as teachers to inspire a new generation of scientists
for the future.
The fruits of investing in science and scientists are
evident: Diseases have been cured, knowledge has been harnessed
-- I was going to say that energy has been created, but let's
just call it a wash and say that energy has neither been created
nor destroyed.
But we truly have seen the scientific knowledge developed in
the United States vastly improve the lives of our citizens and of
people around the world. And today, scientists and science
students from around the world are coming here to America, to do
research, to study, and to teach; and this is something that our
country greatly benefits from.
Yet, still, as a Nation, we need to do better. We're not
producing enough scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, only
about 70,000 a year he undergraduate
That's about the
- 3 -
same number that Japan produces with a total population only half
the size of ours.
Initiatives from Washington are important here. But they're
not enough. It is up to students and parents and teachers what
direction our young people take and, ultimately, what direction
our country takes. And there is only one goal that is worthy of
us as Americans. And that is to be the very best in the world;
to be number one. That is our history, but it is also, I
believe, our destiny. Our national qualities of intellectual
curiosity and innovation, our frontiersman spirit and our habit
of problem-solving, all uniquely equip America for the great
technological age that is dawning.
To help us move in that direction, the Federal budget I
proposed would increase funding for NASA by 22 percent, and would
also advance us toward our goal of doubling the budget for the
National Science Foundation by 1993. I also propose full funding
for the Superconducting Super Collider, and, as an incentive for
Experimentation
private industry, a permanent Research and Engineering tax
Edilab 3080
credit.
But one of the most important investments that I want us to
make is in science education. So I have proposed a National
Science Scholars Program that would provide 570 scholarships each
upto
year. These would be for $10,000 a year, renewable for four
years. This program would be based on merit and it would draw at
least
one young scientist from every Congressional district in the Nation,
providing local inspiration and national direction for the study
of science. I think no one proves better than all of you just
how much our students are
e of and how in
is
provide the encouragement and resources that you need.
- 4 -
So let me congratulate all of you again. And now, I'm going
to have a chance here to look at some of your award-winning
exhibits. If I don't understand everything the first time, just
stay with me and I'll get it.
Thank you very much and God bless you all.
Document No. 010976
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 02/24/89
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SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
ACTION FYI
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VICE PRESIDENT
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PORTER
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BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
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>
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See suggestion on page na 2. (M.C. English for Dr. Graham)
We suggest mentioning the National Medal of Science since
it is "the President sown" and an extremely
James W. Cicconi
high honor. ruce
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Klugmann)
February 24 1989
draft
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
Thank you very much, and welcome to the White House. It's a
pleasure to have you here. You know, I'm reminded of something
President Kennedy once said: With all you remarkable young
scientists here, there hasn't been such an assemblage of talent
in the White House since Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
What all of you have accomplished is something to be very
proud of. Not only is it a great achievement, but you really
earned it. Thomas Edison said that genius is one-tenth
inspiration and nine-tenths perspiration. And each of you, with
your academic diligence, your intellect, and a lot of hard work,
have won the oldest and largest national high school competition
in the country.
Past winners of the Westinghouse Science Talent Search have
distinguished themselves in every field of science and
mathematics. Your predecessors have received every major award
several have won the National Medal of Science;
in their fields: including five Nobel prizes. And twenty-seven
?
have won
former Westinghouse winners have been elected as members of the
National Academy of Sciences.
And what you have done is important for America. As a
Nation we have no natural resource more precious than our
intellectual resources. In fact, it is only through human
knowledge that petroleum or copper or methanol is a resource,
something that we have a use for and know how to produce. And
- 2 -
scientific knowledge must be renewed and expanded in each
generation. For America to maintain it's technological and
scientific excellence no investment in machines or laboratories,
as vital as that is, will by itself be sufficient; there have to
be the people who have the knowledge and the commitment. And
that will be men and women like yourselves who will lead America
into the next century.
You know, by one estimate, it takes 10,000 high school
students expressing an interest in a science or engineering major
to assure us of 20 men and women who will go on to receive
doctorates. I hope that each student in this room gets a
doctorate, and that some of you consider returning to the
classroom as teachers to inspire a new generation of scientists
for the future.
The fruits of investing in science and scientists are
evident: Diseases have been cured, knowledge has been harnessed
-- I was going to say that energy has been created, but let's
just call it a wash and say that energy has neither been created
nor destroyed
just changedrinto more useful forms.
But we truly have seen the scientific knowledge developed in
the United States vastly improve the lives of our citizens and of
people around the world. And today, scientists and science
students from around the world are coming here to America, to do
research, to study, and to teach; and this is something that our
country greatly benefits from.
Yet, still, as a Nation, we need to do better. We're not
producing enough scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, only
about 70,000 a year at the undergraduate level. That's about the
- 3 -
same number that Japan produces with a total population only half
the size of ours.
Initiatives from Washington are important here. But they're
not enough. It is up to students and parents and teachers what
direction our young people take and, ultimately, what direction
our country takes. And there is only one goal that is worthy of
us as Americans. And that is to be the very best in the world;
to be number one. That is our history, but it is also, I
believe, our destiny. Our national qualities of intellectual
curiosity and innovation, our frontiersman spirit and our habit
of problem-solving, all uniquely equip America for the great
technological age that is dawning.
To help us move in that direction, the Federal budget I
proposed would increase funding for NASA by 22 percent, and would
also advance us toward our goal of doubling the budget for the
National Science Foundation by 1993. I also propose full funding
for the Superconducting Super Collider, and, as an incentive for
private industry, a permanent Research and Engineering tax
credit.
But one of the most important investments that I want us to
make is in science education. So I have proposed a National
Science Scholars Program that would provide 570 scholarships each
year. These would be for $10,000 a year, renewable for four
years. This program would be based on merit and it would draw a
young scientist from every Congressional district in the Nation,
providing local inspiration and national direction for the study
of science. I think no one proves better than all of you just
how much our students are capable of and how important it is to
provide the encouragement and resources that you need.
- 4 -
So let me congratulate all of you again. And now, I'm going
to have a chance here to look at some of your award-winning
exhibits. If I don't understand everything the first time, just
stay with me and I'll get it.
Thank you very much and God bless you all.
Document No. 010976
1178
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 02/24/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
C.O.B. Tuesday 02/28
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
>
WINSTON
CARD
PINKERTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
GRAHAM
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to the
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February 28, 1989
TO: DAVID F. DEMAREST, JR.
NSC concurs with changes noted.
Brent O Scowcroft
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
CC: James W. Cicconi
Ext. 2702
(Klugmann)
February 24 1989
draft
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
See Batlett's attached Edison quote from
Thank you very much, and welcome to the White House. It's a
pleasure to have you here. You know, I'm reminded of something
President Kennedy once said: With all you remarkable young
scientists here, there hasn't been such an assemblage of talent
in the White House since Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
What all of you have accomplished is something to be very
proud of. Not only is it a great achievement, but you really
earned it. Thomas Edison said that genius is one tenth one percent
inspiration and nine tenths perspiration. And each of you, with
ninety nine percent
your academic diligence, your intellect, and a lot of hard work,
have won the oldest and largest national high school competition
in the country.
Past winners of the Westinghouse Science Talent Search have
distinguished themselves in every field of science and
mathematics. Your predecessors have received every major award
in their fields, including five Nobel prizes. And twenty-seven
former Westinghouse winners have been elected as members of the
National Academy of Sciences.
And what you have done is important for America. As a
Nation we have no natural resource more precious than our
intellectual resources. In fact, it is only through human
oil
sand are natural resources
knowledge that petroleum or copper or methanol is a resource,
something we have a use for and know how to produce. And
that are vital to our economic well-bing
Such
of course,
- 2 -
scientific knowledge must be renewed and expanded in each
to
generation. For America to maintain it's technological and
scientific excellence no investment in machines or laboratories, -
must he
as vital as that is, will by itself be sufficient; there have to
be a dynamic the people group who have of people the knowledge within our and population the commitment. dedicated And to creating
the new knowledge which we will need.
that will be men and women like yourselves who will lead America
into the next century.
You know, by one estimate, it takes 10,000 high school
students expressing an interest in a science or engineering major
to assure us of 20 men and women who will go on to receive
doctorates. I hope that each student in this room gets a
or pursues a career in science and technology.
doctorate, and that some of you consider returning to the
I hope too that will
classroom as teachers to inspire a new generation of scientists
for the future.
The fruits of investing in science and scientists are
d
evident: Diseases have been cured, knowledge has been harnessed
-- I was going to say that energy has been created, but let's
just call it a wash and say that energy has neither been created
nor destroyed.
But we truly have seen the scientific knowledge developed in
the United States vastly improve the lives of our citizens and of
people around the world. And today, scientists and science
come
from all around
students from around the world are coming here to America to do the
-
research, to study, and to teach and this is something that our
globe
country greatly benefits from.
Yet, still, as a Nation, we need to do better. We're not
producing enough scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, only
about 70,000 a year at the undergraduate level. That's about the
- 3 -
same number that Japan produces with a total population only half
the size of ours.
in tacking this problem
Initiatives from Washington are important here. But they're
not enough. It is up to students and parents and teachers what
direction our young people take and, ultimately, what direction
our country takes. And there is only one goal that is worthy of
us as Americans: And that is to be the very best in the world
-
to be number one. That is our history, but it is also, I
believe, our destiny. Our national qualities of intellectual
curiosity and innovation, our frontiersman spirit and our habit
of problem-solving, all uniquely equip America for the great
technological age that is dawning.
To help us move in that direction, the Federal budget I
proposed would increase funding for NASA by 22 percent, and would
also advance us toward our goal of doubling the budget for the
National Science Foundation by 1993. I also propose full funding
for the Superconducting Super Collider, and, as an incentive for
private industry, a permanent Research and Engineering tax
credit.
But one of the most important investments that I want us to
make is in science education. So I have therefore proposed a National
however,
Science Scholars Program that would provide 570 scholarships each
scholarships
year. These would be for $10,000 a year, renewable for four
years. This program would be based on merit and it would draw a
n
young scientist from every Congressional district in the Nation,
providing local inspiration and national direction for the study
of science. I think no one proves better than all of you just
how much our students are capable of and how important it is to
provide the encouragement and resources that you need.
- 4 -
So let me congratulate all of you again. And now, I'm going
to have a chance here to look at some of your award-winning
exhibits. If I don't understand everything the first time, just
stay with me and I'll get it.
Thank you very much and God bless you all.
Familiar Quotations John Bartlett
eton - Blake
Bloy - Cheney
661
Stubbs
Léon Bloy
9
Genius is one percent inspiration and nine-
1846-1917
ty-nine percent perspiration.
Ib.
ence
1
Suffering is an auxiliary of creation.
r me.¹
Pages de Léon Bloy, Choisies par
John Locke
uture Judgment
Raïssa Maritain [1951]
1847-1889
[1876]
2
When you ask God to send you trials, you
10 O Ireland, isn't it grand you look-
may be sure your prayer will be granted.
Like a bride in her rich adornin?
Tabb
Ib. Pensées Détachées
And with all the pent-up love of my heart
I bid you the top o' the mornin'!
The Exile's Return (Th' an'am an
Daniel Hudson Burnham
Dhia: My Soul to God), st. I
1846-1912
3
Make no little plans; they have no magic to
Alice Meynell
stir men's blood.
Attributed¹
1847-1922
11 She walks-the lady of my delight-
Evolution
Joseph Ignatius Constantine Clarke
A shepherdess of sheep.
1846-1925
The Shepherdess, st. I
4
"Well, here's to good honest fighting blood!"
Said Kelly and Burke and Shea.
Julia A. Moore⁴
ut to marry.-
The Fighting Race, st. 4
1847-1920
VIII, p. I [1845]
12 Leave off the agony, leave off style,
d you takes your
Charles Prestwick Scott
Unless you've got money by you all the while.
X, 16 [1846]
1846-1932
Leave Off the Agony in Style
: mind.
ter.
5 The primary office of a newspaper is the
XXIX, I9 [1855]
gathering of news
comment is free, but
Milton Nobles
facts are sacred.
1847-1924
urts 'un, it's the
In the Manchester Guardian
along the 'ard 'igh
[May 6, 1926]²
13 The villain still pursued her.
XXX, 218 [1856]
The Phoenix [1875], act I, SC. iii
1 in an oak,
SS he spoke;
Edward Noyes Westcott
George Robert Sims
re he heard,
1846-1898
1847-1922
at wise bird!
6
The' ain't nothin' truer in the Bible 'n that
XVIII, I55 [1875]
14 It was Christmas Day in the workhouse.
sayin' thet them that has gits.
Christmas Day in the Workhouse,
ly dear, it's vulgar.
David Harum [1898], ch. 35
st. I
Almanac [1876]
ith-ah-in that
XCVII, 38 [1884]
Alexander Graham Bell
Arthur James Balfour
1847-1922
ad egg, Mr. Jones.
1848-1930
7
you! Parts of it are
Mr. Watson, come here, I want you. 3
15
Biography should be written by an acute
CIX, 222 [1895]
To his assistant [March 10, 1876]
enemy.
Quoted by S. K. RATCLIFFE in
the London Observer [January 30,
e Blake
Thomas Alva Edison
1927]
3
1847-1931
There is no substitute for hard work.
ee top,
cradle will rock,
Life [1932], ch. 24
John Vance Cheney
he cradle will fall,
'This quotation is now doubted. See HENRY M. SAYLOR,
1848-1922
7, cradle and all.
'Make No Little Plans': Daniel Burnham Thought It but
16 Who drives the horses of the sun
Attributed
Did He Say It?," Journal of the American Institute of
Architects, 27 [1957]: 3.
Shall lord it but a day.
enson, 668:22.
2Its one hundredth anniversary.
The Happiest Heart, st. I
³The first intelligible words transmitted by telephone.
"The Sweet Singer of Michigan."
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SUNUNU
NEWMAN
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WINSTON
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RESPONSE: on gzw
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Klugmann)
February 24,2,1989
draft
2>
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
Thank you very much, and welcome to the White House. It's a
pleasure to have you here. You know, I'm reminded of something
President Kennedy once said: With all you remarkable young
scientists here, there hasn't been such an assemblage of talent
in the White House since Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
What all of you have accomplished is something to be very
proud of. Not only is it a great achievement, but you really
earned it. Thomas Edison said that genius is one-tenth
inspiration and nine-tenths perspiration. And each of you, with
your academic diligence, your intellect, and a lot of hard work,
have won the oldest and largest national high school competition
in the country.
Past winners of the Westinghouse Science Talent Search have
distinguished themselves in every field of science and
mathematics. Your predecessors have received every major award
in their fields, including five Nobel prizes. And twenty-seven
former Westinghouse winners have been elected as members of the
National Academy of Sciences.
And what you have done is important for America. As a
Nation we have no natural resource more precious than our
intellectual resources. In fact, it is only through human
knowledge that petroleum or copper or methanol is a resource,
something that we have a use for and know how to produce. And
- 2 -
scientific knowledge must be renewed and expanded in each
generation. For America to maintain it's technological and
scientific excellence no investment in machines or laboratories,
as vital as that is, will by itself be sufficient; there have to
be the people who have the knowledge and the commitment. And
that will be men and women like yourselves who will lead America
into the next century.
You know, by one estimate, it takes 10,000 high school
students expressing an interest in a science or engineering major
to assure us of 20 men and women who will go on to receive
doctorates. I hope that each student in this room gets a
doctorate, and that some of you consider returning to the
classroom as teachers to inspire a new generation of scientists
for the future.
The fruits of investing in science and scientists are
evident: Diseases have been cured, knowledge has been harnessed
-- I was going to say that energy has been created, but let's
just call it a wash and say that energy has neither been created
nor destroyed.
But we truly have seen the scientific knowledge developed in
the United States vastly improve the lives of our citizens and of
people around the world. And today, scientists and science
students from around the world are coming here to America, to do
research, to study, and to teach; and this is something that our
country greatly benefits from.
Yet, still, as a Nation, we need to do better. We're not
producing enough scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, only
about 70,000 a year at the undergraduate level. That's about the
- 3 -
same number that Japan produces with a total population only half
the size of ours.
Initiatives from Washington are important here. But they're
not enough. It is up to students and parents and teachers what
direction our young people take and, ultimately, what direction
our country takes. And there is only one goal that is worthy of
us as Americans. And that is to be the very best in the world;
to be number one. That is our history, but it is also, I
believe, our destiny. Our national qualities of intellectual
curiosity and innovation, our frontiersman spirit and our habit
of problem-solving, all uniquely equip America for the great
technological age that is dawning.
To help us move in that direction, the Federal budget I
proposed would increase funding for NASA by 22 percent, and would
also advance us toward our goal of doubling the budget for the
National Science Foundation by 1993. I also propose full funding
for the Superconducting Super Collider, and, as an incentive for
private industry, a permanent Research and Engineering tax
credit.
But one of the most important investments that I want us to
make is in science education. So I have proposed a National
Science Scholars Program that would provide 570 scholarships each
year. These would be for $10,000 a year, renewable for four
years. This program would be based on merit and it would draw a
young scientist from every Congressional district in the Nation,
providing local inspiration and national direction for the study
of science. I think no one proves better than all of you just
how much our students are capable of and how important it is to
provide the encouragement and resources that you need.
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So let me congratulate all of you again. And now, I'm going
to have a chance here to look at some of your award-winning
exhibits. If I don't understand everything the first time, just
stay with me and I'll get it.
Thank you very much and God bless you all.
staffed
(Klugmann)
February 24, 1989
draft
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
Thank you very much, and welcome to the White House. It's a
pleasure to have you here. You know, I'm reminded of something
President Kennedy once said: With all you remarkable young
scientists here, there hasn't been such an assemblage of talent
in the White House since Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
What all of you have accomplished is something to be very
proud of. Not only is it a great achievement, but you really
earned it. Thomas Edison said that genius is one-tenth
inspiration and nine-tenths perspiration. And each of you, with
your academic diligence, your intellect, and a lot of hard work,
have won the oldest and largest national high school competition
in the country.
Past winners. of the Westinghouse Science Talent Search have
distinguished themselves in every field of science and
mathematics. Your predecessors have received every major award
in their fields, including five Nobel prizes. And twenty-seven
former Westinghouse winners have been elected as members of the
National Academy of Sciences.
And what you have done is important for America. As a
Nation we have no natural resource more precious than our
intellectual resources. In fact, it is only through human
knowledge that petroleum or copper or methanol is a resource,
something that we have a use for and know how to produce. And
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scientific knowledge must be renewed and expanded in each
generation. For America to maintain it's technological and
scientific excellence no investment in machines or laboratories,
as vital as that is, will by itself be sufficient; there have to
be the people who have the knowledge and the commitment. And
that will be men and women like yourselves who will lead America
into the next century.
You know, by one estimate, it takes 10,000 high school
students expressing an interest in a science or engineering major
to assure us of 20 men and women who will go on to receive
doctorates. I hope that each student in this room gets a
doctorate, and that some of you consider returning to the
classroom as teachers to inspire a new generation of scientists
for the future.
The fruits of investing in science and scientists are
evident: Diseases have been cured, knowledge has been harnessed
-- I was going to say that energy has been created, but let's
just call it a wash and say that energy has neither been created
nor destroyed.
But we truly have seen the scientific knowledge developed in
the United States vastly improve the lives of our citizens and of
people around the world. And today, scientists and science
students from around the world are coming here to America, to do
research, to study, and to teach; and this is something that our
country greatly benefits from.
Yet, still, as a Nation, we need to do better. We're not
producing enough scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, only
about 70,000 a year at the undergraduate level. That's about the
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same number that Japan produces with a total population only half
the size of ours.
Initiatives from Washington are important here. But they're
not enough. It is up to students and parents and teachers what
direction our young people take and, ultimately, what direction
our country takes. And there is only one goal that is worthy of
us as Americans. And that is to be the very best in the world;
to be number one. That is our history, but it is also, I
believe, our destiny. Our national qualities of intellectual
curiosity and innovation, our frontiersman spirit and our habit
of problem-solving, all uniquely equip America for the great
technological age that is dawning.
To help us move in that direction, the Federal budget I
proposed would increase funding for NASA by 22 percent, and would
also advance us toward our goal of doubling the budget for the
National Science Foundation by 1993. I also propose full funding
for the Superconducting Super Collider, and, as an incentive for
private industry, a permanent Research and Engineering tax
credit.
But one of the most important investments that I want us to
make is in science education. So I have proposed a National
Science Scholars Program that would provide 570 scholarships each
year. These would be for $10,000 a year, renewable for four
years. This program would be based on merit and it would draw a
young scientist from every Congressional district in the Nation,
providing local inspiration and national direction for the study
of science. I think no one proves better than all of you just
how much our students are capable of and how important it is to
provide the encouragement and resources that you need.
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So let me congratulate all of you again. And now, I'm going
to have a chance here to look at some of your award-winning
exhibits. If I don't understand everything the first time, just
stay with me and I'll get it.
Thank you very much and God bless you all.
MASTER II
Document No. 010976
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
3/2/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE TALENT AWARD WINNERS
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
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VICE PRESIDENT
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PORTER
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UNTERMEYER
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CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
GRAHAM
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
FYI.
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
* President had no changes 3/2/89 3:00pm
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James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
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(Klugmann)
March 2, 1989
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07
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WINNERS
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUILDING
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
Thank you very much. It's a pleasure to be here and to have
this chance to see so many of your remarkable science projects.
Thank you for your patience in explaining some of these exhibits
to me. I'm not saying that I didn't understand everything, but I
just want to say: I hope there's no test afterwards.
Really, what all of you have accomplished is something to be
very proud of. Not only is it a great achievement, but you
really earned it. Thomas Edison said that genius is one percent
inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. And each of
you, with your academic diligence, your intellect, and a lot of
hard work, have won the oldest and largest national high school
competition in the country.
Past winners of the Westinghouse Science Talent Search have
distinguished themselves in every field of science and
mathematics. Your predecessors have received every major honor
and award in their fields, including the Nobel prize and the
National Medal of Science.
And what you have done is important for America. Scientific
and technological advancement have always been at the very heart
of our Nation's pioneer spirit, pushing the boundaries of our
knowledge, creating economic opportunity, and increasing our
standard of living.
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As a Nation we have no natural resource more precious than
our intellectual resources. In fact, it is only thanks to human
knowledge and ingenuity that crude oil becomes a valuable fuel,
that fields of grain become methanol, or that grains of sand
become silicon chips.
Scientific knowledge must be renewed and expanded in each
generation. Many of the miracles we take for granted in everyday
life originated in defense and space research. This investment
in new technologies and new plant and equipment helps expand our
competitive edge, thereby assuring future opportunities for
America's next generation in science, engineering, and
manufacturing. But for America to maintain its technological and
scientific excellence, no investment in machines or laboratories,
as vital as that is, will by itself be sufficient; there have to
be the people who have the knowledge and the commitment. And
that will be men and women like yourselves who will lead America
into the next century.
You know, by one estimate, it takes 10,000 high school
students expressing an interest in a science or engineering major
to assure us of 20 men and women who will go on to receive
doctorates. I hope that each student in this room gets a
doctorate, or pursues a career in science and technology, and
that some of you consider returning to the classroom as teachers
to inspire a new generation of scientists for the future.
The fruits of investing in science and scientists are
evident: Human intelligence has explored the vastness of outer
space and the inner frontiers of the particles of the atom;
diseases have been cured, knowledge has been harnessed -- ( (and
energy
I was going to say that energy has been created, but
- 3 -
then I remembered the laws of thermodynamics. So let's just call
it a wash and say that energy has neither been created nor
destroyed. ))
But we truly have seen the scientific knowledge developed in
the United States vastly improve the lives of our citizens and of
people around the world. And today, international scientists and
science students are coming here to America, to do research, to
study, and to teach; and this is something that our country
greatly benefits from.
Yet, still, as a Nation, we need to do better. We're not
producing enough scientists, mathematicians, and engineers.
American universities confer only about 77,000 engineering,
degrees a year at the undergraduate level. That's about the same
number that Japan produces with a total population only half the
size of ours.
Initiatives from Washington are important here. But they're
not enough. Students and parents and teachers will determine the
direction our young people take and, ultimately, what direction
our country takes. And there is only one goal that is worthy of
us as Americans. And that is to be the very best in the world;
to be number one. That is our history, but it is also, I
believe, our destiny. Our national qualities of intellectual
curiosity and innovation, our frontier spirit and our habit of
problem-solving, all uniquely equip America for the great
technological age that is dawning.
To help us move in that direction, the Federal budget I
proposed would increase funding for NASA by 22 percent, and would
also advance us toward our goal of doubling the budget for the
National Science Foundation by 1993. I also proposed full
- 4 -
funding for the Superconducting Super Collider, and, as an
incentive for private industry, a permanent Research and
Experimentation tax credit.
But one of the most important investments that I want us to
make is in science education. So I have proposed a National
Science Scholars Program that would provide 570 scholarships each
year. These would be for up to $10,000 a year, for four years.
This program would be based on merit and it would draw at least
one young scientist from every Congressional district in the
Nation, providing local inspiration and national leadership for
the study of science. I think no one proves better than all of
you just how much our students are capable of and how important
it is to provide the encouragement and resources that you need.
So let me congratulate all of you again. I think you are
all destined for great things.
Thank you very much and God bless you all.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
March 3, 1989
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO WINNERS OF
WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH
The National Academy of Sciences Building
Washington, D.C.
2:20 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr.
Marous, and all of what you at Westinghouse do for this outstanding
concept. Doctor Press -- last time I saw Frank Press -- maybe it
wasn't the last time, but he'd just received an honorary degree at a
graduation ceremony where there were 50,000 people present at Ohio
State University -- well-deserved honor, that he well-deserved, as a
matter of fact, for prestige he's given to science in this country.
And when he salutes a group like this, why, it makes a big impression
on me as well.
I want to thank you all -- Dr. Seaborg, whose reputation
is well-known to everybody here; and John as well, for explaining
some of the exhibits to me. (Laughter.) I had done a lot in the
field of the viability of MVM Parvo Virus. (Laughter.) And then at
night I like to curl up with a book on mapping mutants. (Laughter.)
And every once in a while, when I have some spare time, Barbara and I
read aloud about the behavior of the inhibitions of sialidases.
(Laughter.)
So we have a lot in common with these researchers here.
(Laughter.) But I'll tell you, I'm glad there's no quiz.
(Laughter.) And I am so impressed and I expect everybody here has
had a chance to look at these studies. And I'll tell you, it just
reaffirms your basic faith in the young people of this country and in
the -- I'd say also, in the academic process. Yesterday we saluted
some teachers over at the White House and, boy, I wish I'd seen this
before I'd had -- before I'd been over there to pay my respects to
the teachers who help these young minds.
But really, what all of you have accomplished is really
something to be proud of. Not only is it a great achievement, but
you really earned these honors. Thomas Edison said that genius is
one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. Well, each of
you, with your academic diligence and your intellect and a lot of
hard work, have won the oldest and largest national high school
competition in the entire country.
And past winners of the Westinghouse Talent Search have
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As a result of these advances, the United States and other nations
have led the way through the Montreal Protocol, through -- towards
reductions of CFCs. And that Protocol will reduce CFCs to 50 percent
of 1986 levels by the year 1998. But recent studies indicate that
this 50-percent reduction may not be enough. And that's -- I thought
some of you interested in that field might like to know that I today
asked Bill Reilly, our new EPA Administrator, to join with other
nations this weekend as he goes abroad in supporting the call for the
elimination of CFCs by the year 2000, provided the safe substitutes
are available. And, of course, such a phaseout must be guided by the
scientific, economic, and technological assessments under the
Protocol.
As a nation, we have no natural resource more precious
than our intellectual resources. In fact, it's only thanks to human
knowledge and ingenuity that crude oil became a valuable fuel and
that fields of grain become methanol, or that grains of sand become
silicon chips.
Scientific knowledge must be renewed and expanded in each
generation. Many of the miracles that we take for granted in
everyday life originated in defense and space research. This
investment in new technologies and new plant and equipment helps
expand our competitive edge as a nation, and thereby assuring future
opportunities for America's next generation in science, engineering,
and manufacturing. But for our country to maintain its technological
and scientific excellence, no investment in machines or laboratories,
as vital as that may be, will, by itself, be sufficient. There have
to be the people who have the knowledge and the commitment. And that
will be men and women like yourselves who will lead America into the
next century.
You know, by one estimate, it takes 10, high school
students expressing an interest in a science or engineering major to
assure us of 20 men and women who will go on to receive doctorate
degrees. And I hope that each student in this room gets a doctorate,
or pursues a career of one kind or another in science and technology,
and that some of you consider returning to the classroom as teachers
to inspire a new generation of scientists for the future.
The fruits of investing in science and scientists are
evident. Human intelligence has explored the vastness of outer space
and the inner frontiers of the particles of the atom; diseases have
been cured, knowledge has been harnessed and energy -- I was going to
say that energy has been created, but then I remembered the laws of
thermodynamics. So let's just call it a wash -- (laughter) -- and
say that energy has neither been created nor destroyed. (Laughter.)
And please don't debate me on that, Glenn. (Laughter.)
But we truly have seen the scientific knowledge developed
in the United States vastly improve the lives of our citizens and of
people around the world. And today, international scientists and
science students are coming here to America, to do research, to
study, to teach; and this is something that our country greatly
benefits from.
Yet. still. as a nation. let's face it. we've aot to do
- 3 -
curiosity and innovation, our frontier spirit and our habit of
problem-solving all uniquely equip America for the great
technological age that is dawning.
To help us move in that direction, the federal budget I
propose would, as Frank said, increase funding for -- maybe he didn't
cover this point -- but for NASA by 22 percent, would also advance us
toward our goal of doubling the budget for the National Science
Foundation by 1993. I also proposed full funding for the
Superconducting Super Collider, and even though I'm from Texas,
people seem to understand. (Laughter.) And as an incentive for
private industry, a permanent research and experimentation tax
credit.
But one of the most important investments that I want us
to make is in science education. So I have proposed a National
Science Scholars Program that would provide 570 scholarships a year.
And these would be for up to $10,000 a year, for four years. And
this program would be based on merit and it would draw at least one
young scientist from every district, every congressional district --
435 across the entire United States -- providing local inspiration
and national leadership for the study of science. And I think no one
proves better than all of you just how much our students are capable
of and how important it is to provide the encouragement and resources
that you need. And when you couple this modest federal effort with
what Westinghouse and others are doing in this area across the
country, we do have something significant and I'd say unique in our
country.
So I came over here to congratulate the sponsors, to
congratulate the scientists who have given their blessing to this
innovative program and especially, to congratulate all of you
achievers. I think all of you are destined for great things. And if
you've got any skeptics out in the audience, go next door and take a
look and you'll see exactly what I mean.
Thank you and God bless all of you. (Applause.)
END
2:31 P.M. EST