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Document No.
033378SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5/4/89
5/5/89 10:00 AM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
\
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm.
122, x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Friday, May 5, 1989,
with an info copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
sur
James W, Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty
May 4, 1989
4:45 pm
Draft 1
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS
THE WHITE HOUSE
MAY 8, 1989
1:30 pm
I want to welcome Susan Engeleiter, Administrator of the
SBA, as well as all the state small business people and their
families who have come here today.
I've participated in these ceremonies before, and I'm
especially pleased to present these awards today. As you
probably know, I was a small businessman myself. I know the
worries late at night, the "what ifs" when you're the one in
charge -- and I know how it feels to start from scratch, take and
an idea and turn it into a real, thriving enterprise.
Success goes to those who work hard, refuse to give up --
and learn from their mistakes. There's a saying: "If I had to
live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes -- only sooner."
Those are words a small businessman can live by.
You don't have to sell me on the value of small business.
The work you do is vital to this nation's economic well-being --
and I've brought along some statistics to back that up.
Small businesses employ 55 percent of the America's private
sector workforce.
Small businesses account for 38 percent of our gross
national product.
And I've saved the best statistic for last: during the past
decade, small businesses have created two of every three new jobs
in our economy.
For me, that's the bottom line: small business is on the
business-end of growth -- and at the leading edge of the economic
expansion that's 77 months old and going strong, and just this
weekend reached a major milestone: the 20 millionth new job.
Ceremonies like this one are important because they honor
the individuals behind the statistics -- the small business
people who conceive the idea, take the chance, and make it work.
Today, we recognize the best small business has to offer -- and
I'll turn to the awards now.
This year, there is no fourth place finisher. Instead, we
have a tie for third place. I'll start with Chad Olson of Utah.
Chad produces a highly-successful line of professional and
collegiate sports merchandise. He's marketed franchises in 40
states already, and I understand he's got his eye on all 50.
Chad's got a international ambitions as well, with franchises
planned for Canada, and U.S. military bases overseas.
Sharing this third place award with Chad is Carolyn Stradley
of Georgia. Carolyn started out as a bookkeeper for a paving
company -- and left that company to start her own. Carolyn used
a loan from her brother to buy her truck, and built her business
by taking the small jobs that no one else thought worthwhile.
Today, she's a success -- and, equally important, an inspiration
to businesswomen everywhere.
The winner of this year's second place award comes from
Kansas, Richard Barlow. Dick is well-known to gourmet cookie
makers as the manufacturer of REMA insulated bakeware. Dick
started his business with a family friend six years ago, selling
his cookie sheets in Oklahoma and Kansas. Today, REMA bakeware
is sold in all 50 states and Japan.
And now the 1989 winner, this year's Small Business Person
of the year: Tad Bretting of Wisconsin.
Tad's got business in his blood. His family has been in the
machinery business for three generations, almost 100 years.
Tad joined the family business in 1958. Those 30 years have
seen the Bretting Company grow and prosper -- from 11 employees
back in 1958 to 260 today; from $120,000 dollars in sales each
year to $30 million.
Today Tad Bretting's company is the world's leading producer
of high-tech, custom designed machinery for making paper
products. And the secret of Tad's success is the one small
businesspeople know so well. It all comes down to "taking good
care of customers."
Tad, Dick, Carolyn and Chad, my congratulations to you all.
This room is full of success stories today. It's in this
nation's small businesses that the American entrepreneurial
spirit takes root, and grows. Our nation needs you -- your
drive, your dynamism
Your creativity and your can-do
attitude.
Now, I'll present our distinguished winners with their
awards.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 5, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
DAN MCGROARTY Dave.
THROUGH: CHRISS WINSTON CW
RE:
SMALL BUSINESS PERSONS OF THE YEAR AWARDS
I. SUMMARY
At 1:30 p.m., on Monday, May 8, you will present the Small
Business Person of the Year Awards in the East Room. The
audience will be Small Business Persons from each state, their
families, and 40 corporate sponsors -- about 100 people in all.
II. DISCUSSION
This event provides an opportunity to highlight the dynamism
of small business and recognize the men and women who are small
business' biggest success stories. These remarks also outline
your approach to child care as one small business can and should
support. The child care section may change pending review by OMB
Director Darman.
McGroarty
May 5, 1989
3:50 pm
Draft 3
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS
THE WHITE HOUSE
MAY 8, 1989
1:30 pm
I want to welcome Susan Engeleiter, Administrator of the
SBA, as well as all the state small business people and their
families who have come here today.
I've participated in these ceremonies before, and I'm
especially pleased to present these awards today. As you
probably know, I was a small businessman myself. I know the
worries late at night, the "what ifs" when you're the one in
charge -- and I know how it feels to start from scratch, take an
idea and turn it into a real, thriving enterprise.
Success goes to those who work hard, refuse to give up _1
and learn from their mistakes. There's a saying: "If I had to
live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes -- only sooner."
Those are words a small businessman or woman can understand.
You don't have to sell me on the value of small business.
The work you do is vital to this nation's economic well-being --
and I've brought along some statistics to back that up.
Small businesses employ more than half of America's private
sector workforce.
Small businesses account for over a third of our gross
national product.
2
And I've saved the best statistic for last: during the past
decade, small businesses have created two of every three new jobs
in our economy.
For me, that's the bottom line: small business is on the
business-end of growth -- and at the cutting edge of the economic
expansion that's 77 months old and going strong.
Let me take a moment here to mention an issue that should be
on the top of the list for all small business people -- the
question of child care. As you know so well, you're more likely
to find small business owners sitting around a kitchen table,
than in a corporate boardroom. A small business is less a
corporation than a family. And like a family, people engaged in
a small business enterprise share common aims, a common outlook
and interest -- and that's the perfect workplace environment for
innovative approaches to meet the concerns and needs of
employees. I urge America's small businesses to take the lead in
developing creative solutions in child care.
But let me make another thing equally clear: I oppose
schemes that impose benefits by government mandate, and leave it
to the employer to cope with the costs.
"not a mandated benefits
Right now up on Capitol Hill, there are a number of child
care proposals that do just that -- that increase government
intervention and crowd out parental choice.
The child care initiatives I've proposed don't involve
building another government bureacuracy to tell business and
parents what to do. My plan is to put the choice on child care
child carecern
3
re
child is caret all ax credit,
in the hands of parents -- to give low-income families a tax
childstax Credit
credit for child care expenses, and let them decide what's best
raising
for their children. As small business people, you know the value
out Business
People
of freedom and flexibility. Let's work together to preserve that
freedom in child care, and on other issues that affect the way we
live and work.
A moment ago, I cited some statistics on the large impact of
small business in the American economy. Ceremonies like this one
are important because they honor the individuals behind the
statistics -- the small business people who conceive the idea,
take the chance, and make it work. Today, we recognize the best
small business has to offer -- and I'll turn to the awards now.
This year, there is no fourth place finisher. Instead, we
have a tie for third place. I'll start with Chad Olson of Utah.
Chad produces a highly-successful line of professional and
collegiate sports merchandise. He's marketed franchises in 40
states already, and I understand he's got his eye on all 50.
Chad's got a international ambitions as well, with franchises
planned for Canada, and U.S. military bases overseas.
Sharing this third place award with Chad is Carolyn Stradley
of Georgia. Carolyn started out as a bookkeeper for a paving
company -- and left that company to start her own. Carolyn used
a loan from her brother to buy her truck, and built her business
by taking the small jobs that no one else thought worthwhile.
Today, she's a success -- and, equally important, an inspiration
to businesswomen everywhere.
4
The winner of this year's second place award comes from
Kansas, Richard Barlow. Dick is well-known to gourmet cookie
makers as the manufacturer of REMA insulated bakeware. Dick
started his business with a family friend six years ago, selling
his cookie sheets in Oklahoma and Kansas. Today, REMA bakeware
is sold in all 50 states and Japan.
And now the 1989 winner, this year's Small Business Person
of the year: Tad Bretting of Wisconsin.
Tad's got business in his blood. His family has been in the
machinery business for three generations, almost 100 years.
Tad joined the family business in 1958. Those 30 years have
seen the Bretting Company grow and prosper -- from 11 employees
back in 1958 to 260 today; from $120,000 dollars in sales each
year to $30 million.
Today Tad Bretting's company is the world's leading producer
of high-tech, custom designed machinery for making paper
products. And the secret of Tad's success is the one small
businesspeople know so well. It all comes down to "taking good
care of customers."
Tad, Dick, Carolyn and Chad, my congratulations to you all.
This room is full of success stories today. It's in this
nation's small businesses that the American entrepreneurial
spirit takes root, and grows. Our nation needs you -- your
drive, your dynamism
Your creativity and your can-do
attitude.
5
Now, I'll present our distinguished winners with their
awards.
Document No.
033378SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5/4/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
5/5/89 10:00 AM
DATE:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm.
122, x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Friday, May 5, 1989,
with an info copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W, Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty
May 4, 1989
4:45 pm
Draft 1
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS
THE WHITE HOUSE
MAY 8, 1989
1:30 pm
I want to welcome Susan Engeleiter, Administrator of the
SBA, as well as all the state small business people and their
families who have come here today.
I've participated in these ceremonies before, and I'm
especially pleased to present these awards today. As you
probably know, I was a small businessman myself. I know the
worries late at night, the "what ifs" when you're the one in
charge -- and I know how it feels to start from scratch, take and
an idea and turn it into a real, thriving enterprise.
Success goes to those who work hard, refuse to give up --
and learn from their mistakes. There's a saying: "If I had to
live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes -- only sooner."
Those are words a small businessman can live by.
You don't have to sell me on the value of small business.
The work you do is vital to this nation's economic well-being --
and I've brought along some statistics to back that up.
Small businesses employ 55 percent of the America's private
sector workforce.
Small businesses account for 38 percent of our gross
national product.
And I've saved the best statistic for last: during the past
decade, small businesses have created two of every three new jobs
in our economy.
For me, that's the bottom line: small business is on the
business-end of growth -- and at the leading edge of the economic
expansion that's 77 months old and going strong, and just this
weekend reached a major milestone: the 20 millionth new job.
Ceremonies like this one are important because they honor
the individuals behind the statistics -- the small business
people who conceive the idea, take the chance, and make it work.
Today, we recognize the best small business has to offer -- and
I'll turn to the awards now.
This year, there is no fourth place finisher. Instead, we
have a tie for third place. I'll start with Chad Olson of Utah.
Chad produces a highly-successful line of professional and
collegiate sports merchandise. He's marketed franchises in 40
states already, and I understand he's got his eye on all 50.
Chad's got a international ambitions as well, with franchises
planned for Canada, and U.S. military bases overseas.
Sharing this third place award with Chad is Carolyn Stradley
of Georgia. Carolyn started out as a bookkeeper for a paving
company -- and left that company to start her own. Carolyn used
a loan from her brother to buy her truck, and built her business
by taking the small jobs that no one else thought worthwhile.
Today, she's a success -- and, equally important, an inspiration
to businesswomen everywhere.
The winner of this year's second place award comes from
Kansas, Richard Barlow. Dick is well-known to gourmet cookie
makers as the manufacturer of REMA insulated bakeware. Dick
started his business with a family friend six years ago, selling
his cookie sheets in Oklahoma and Kansas. Today, REMA bakeware
is sold in all 50 states and Japan.
And now the 1989 winner, this year's Small Business Person
of the year: Tad Bretting of Wisconsin.
Tad's got business in his blood. His family has been in the
machinery business for three generations, almost 100 years.
Tad joined the family business in 1958. Those 30 years have
seen the Bretting Company grow and prosper -- from 11 employees
back in 1958 to 260 today; from $120,000 dollars in sales each
year to $30 million.
Today Tad Bretting's company is the world's leading producer
of high-tech, custom designed machinery for making paper
products. And the secret of Tad's success is the one small
businesspeople know so well. It all comes down to "taking good
care of customers."
Tad, Dick, Carolyn and Chad, my congratulations to you all.
This room is full of success stories today. It's in this
nation's small businesses that the American entrepreneurial
spirit takes root, and grows. Our nation needs you -- your
drive, your dynamism
Your creativity and your can-do
attitude.
Now, I'll present our distinguished winners with their
awards.
Chriss - pls. see
Child Care section pp.2-3,
McGroarty
May 5, 1989
Thanks
!
10:45 pm
Draft 2
Dan
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS
THE WHITE HOUSE
MAY 8, 1989
1:30 pm
I want to welcome Susan Engeleiter, Administrator of the
SBA, as well as all the state small business people and their
families who have come here today.
I've participated in these ceremonies before, and I'm
especially pleased to present these awards today. As you
probably know, I was a small businessman myself. I know the
worries late at night, the "what ifs" when you're the one in
charge -- and I know how it feels to start from scratch, take and
an idea and turn it into a real, thriving enterprise.
Success goes to those who work hard, refuse to give up --
and learn from their mistakes. There's a saying: "If I had to
live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes -- only sooner."
Those are words a small businessman can live by.
You don't have to sell me on the value of small business.
The work you do is vital to this nation's economic well-being --
and I've brought along some statistics to back that up.
Small businesses employ 55 percent of the America's private
sector workforce.
Small businesses account for 38 percent of our gross
national product.
And I've saved the best statistic for last: during the past
decade, small businesses have created two of every three new jobs
in our economy.
For me, that's the bottom line: small business is on the
business-end of growth -- and at the leading edge of the economic
expansion that's 77 months old and going strong, and just this
weekend reached a major milestone: the 20 millionth new job.
Let me take a moment here to mention an issue that should be
on the top of the list for all small business people -- the
question of child care. Small businesses often have there's lot in
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and that's the perfect workplace environment for innovative
approaches to meet the concerns and needs of employees. I urge
America's small businesses to take the lead in developing
creative solutions in child care.
But let me make another thing equally clear: I oppose
impose
schemes that grant benefits by government mandate, and leave it
to the employer to cope with the costs.
Right now up on Capitol Hill, there are a number of child
care proposals that do just that -- that increase government
intervention and crowd out parental choice.
The child care initiatives I've proposed don't involve
building another government bureacuracy to tell business and
parents what to do. My plan is to put the choice on child care
in the hands of parents -- to give low-income families a tax
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for their children. As small business people, you know the value
of freedom and flexibility. Let's work together to preserve that
freedom in child care, and on other issues that affect the way we
live and work.
A moment ago, I cited some statistics on the large impact of
small business in the American economy. Ceremonies like this one
are important because they honor the individuals behind the
statistics -- the small business people who conceive the idea,
take the chance, and make it work. Today, we recognize the best
small business has to offer -- and I'll turn to the awards now.
This year, there is no fourth place finisher. Instead, we
have a tie for third place. I'll start with Chad Olson of Utah.
Chad produces a highly-successful line of professional and
collegiate sports merchandise. He's marketed franchises in 40
states already, and I understand he's got his eye on all 50.
Chad's got a international ambitions as well, with franchises
planned for Canada, and U.S. military bases overseas.
Sharing this third place award with Chad is Carolyn Stradley
of Georgia. Carolyn started out as a bookkeeper for a paving
company -- and left that company to start her own. Carolyn used
a loan from her brother to buy her truck, and built her business
by taking the small jobs that no one else thought worthwhile.
Today, she's a success -- and, equally important, an inspiration
to businesswomen everywhere.
The winner of this year's second place award comes from
Kansas, Richard Barlow. Dick is well-known to gourmet cookie
makers as the manufacturer of REMA insulated bakeware. Dick
started his business with a family friend six years ago, selling
his cookie sheets in Oklahoma and Kansas. Today, REMA bakeware
is sold in all 50 states and Japan.
And now the 1989 winner, this year's Small Business Person
of the year: Tad Bretting of Wisconsin.
Tad's got business in his blood. His family has been in the
machinery business for three generations, almost 100 years.
Tad joined the family business in 1958. Those 30 years have
seen the Bretting Company grow and prosper -- from 11 employees
back in 1958 to 260 today; from $120,000 dollars in sales each
year to $30 million.
Today Tad Bretting's company is the world's leading producer
of high-tech, custom designed machinery for making paper
products. And the secret of Tad's success is the one small
businesspeople know so well. It all comes down to "taking good
care of customers."
Tad, Dick, Carolyn and Chad, my congratulations to you all.
This room is full of success stories today. It's in this
nation's small businesses that the American entrepreneurial
spirit takes root, and grows. Our nation needs you -- your
drive, your dynamism
Your creativity and your can-do
attitude.
Now, I'll present our distinguished winners with their
awards.
And I've saved the best statistic for last: during the past
decade, small businesses have created two of every three new jobs
in our economy.
For me, that's the bottom line: small business is on the
business-end of growth -- and at the leading edge of the economic
expansion that's 77 months old and going strong, and just this
weekend reached a major milestone: the 20 millionth new job.
Let me take a moment here to mention an issue that should be
on the top of the list for all small business people -- the
question of child care. As small businesses people, you know sowell,
5mmil
you're more likely to find the business owners sitting around a
kitchen table, than in a corporate boradroom. A small business
is less a corporation than a family. And like a family, people
engaged in a small business enterprise share common aims, a
common outlook and interest -- and that's the perfect workplace
environment for innovative approaches to meet the concerns and
needs of employees. I urge America's small businesses to take
the lead in developing creative solutions in child care.
But let me make another thing equally clear: I oppose
schemes that impose benefits by government mandate, and leave it
to the employer to cope with the costs.
Right now up on Capitol Hill, there are a number of child
care proposals that do just that -- that increase government
intervention and crowd out parental choice.
The child care initiatives I've proposed don't involve
building another government bureacuracy to tell business and
parents what to do. My plan is to put the choice on child care
1. Child care excerpt 02
2. Do not mention company names. -councel
McGroarty
May 4, 1989
4:45 pm
Draft 1
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS
THE WHITE HOUSE
MAY 8, 1989
1:30 pm
?D2
I want to welcome Susan Engeleiter, Administrator of the
SBA, as well as all the state small business people and their
families who have come here today.
I've participated in these ceremonies before, and I'm
especially pleased to present these awards today. As you
probably know, I was a small businessman myself. I know the
worries late at night, the "what ifs" when you're the one in
charge -- and I know how it feels to start from scratch, take and
Darman
an idea and turn it into a real, thriving enterprise.
Success goes to those who work hard, refuse to give up --
and learn from their mistakes. There's a saying: "If I had to
live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes -- only sooner. "
or woman understand
Those are words a small businessman can live by. pink
You don't have to sell me on the value of small business.
The work you do is vital to this nation's economic well-being --
and I've brought along some statistics to back that up.
more than half 2
Small businesses employ 55 percent of the America's private
sector workforce.
over a third
Small businesses account for 38 percent of our gross
national product.
And I've saved the best statistic for last: during the past
decade, small businesses have created two of every three new jobs
in our economy.
For me, that's the bottom line: small business is on the
business-end of growth -- and at the cutting leading edge of the economic
expansion that's 77 months old and going strong, and just this
weekend reached a major milestone: the 20 millionth new job. D²
Ceremonies like this one are important because they honor
men and women
the individuals behind the statistics -- the small business
D²
people who conceive the idea, take the chance, and make it work.
Today, we recognize the best small business has to offer -- and
I'll turn to the awards now.
This year, there is no fourth place finisher. Instead, we
have a tie for third place. I'll start with Chad Olson of Utah.
Chad produces a highly-successful line of professional and
collegiate sports merchandise. He's marketed franchises in 40
states already, and I understand he's got his eye on all 50.
Chad's got a international ambitions as well, with franchises
planned for Canada, and U.S. military bases overseas.
Sharing this third place award with Chad is Carolyn Stradley
of Georgia. Carolyn started out as a bookkeeper for a paving
company -- and left that company to start her own. Carolyn used
a loan from her brother to buy her truck, and built her business
by taking the small jobs that no one else thought worthwhile.
Today, she's a success -- and, equally important, an inspiration
to businesswomen everywhere.
The winner of this year's second place award comes from
Kansas, Richard Barlow. Dick is well-known to gourmet cookie
makers as the manufacturer of REMA insulated bakeware. Dick
started his business with a family friend six years ago, selling
his cookie sheets in Oklahoma and Kansas. Today, REMA bakeware
is sold in all 50 states and Japan.
And now the 1989 winner, this year's Small Business Person
of the year: Tad Bretting of Wisconsin.
Tad's got business in his blood. His family has been in the
machinery business for three generations, almost 100 years.
Tad joined the family business in 1958. Those 30 years have
seen the Bretting Company grow and prosper -- from 11 employees
back in 1958 to 260 today; from $120,000 dollars in sales each
year to $30 million.
Today Tad Bretting's company is the world's leading producer
of high-tech, custom designed machinery for making paper
products. And the secret of Tad's success is the one small
businesspeople know SO well. It all comes down to "taking good
care of customers."
Tad, Dick, Carolyn and Chad, my congratulations to you all.
This room is full of success stories today. It's in this
nation's small businesses that the American entrepreneurial
spirit takes root, and grows. Our nation needs you -- your
drive, your dynamism
Your creativity and your can-do
attitude.
Now, I'll present our distinguished winners with their
awards.
Document No.
033378SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5/4/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
5/5/89 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT N/C Pplione
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
\
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
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122, x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Friday, May 5, 1989,
with an info copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
See change on page /
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Document No.
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5/4/89
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DATE:
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SUBJECT:
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ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
\
HAGIN
REMARKS:
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with an info copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
See change on page /
James W, Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty
May 4, 1989
4:45 pm
Draft 1
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS
THE WHITE HOUSE
MAY 8, 1989
1:30 pm
I want to welcome Susan Engeleiter, Administrator of the
SBA, as well as all the state small business people and their
families who have come here today.
I've participated in these ceremonies before, and I'm
especially pleased to present these awards today. As you
probably know, I was a small businessman myself. I know the
worries late at night, the "what ifs" when you're the one in
charge -- and I know how it feels to start from scratch, take and
an idea and turn it into a real, thriving enterprise.
Success goes to those who work hard, refuse to give up --
and learn from their mistakes. There's a saying: "If I had to
live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes -- only sooner."
Those are words a small businessman can live by.
You don't have to sell me on the value of small business.
The work you do is vital to this nation's economic well-being --
and I've brought along some statistics to back that up.
Small businesses employ 55 percent of the America's private
sector workforce.
Small businesses account for 38 percent of our gross
national product.
And I've saved the best statistic for last: during the past
decade, small businesses have created two of every three new jobs
in our economy.
For me, that's the bottom line: small business is on the
business-end of growth -- and at the leading edge of the economic
expansion that's 77 months old and going strong, and just this
weekend reached a major milestone: the 20 millionth new job.
Ceremonies like this one are important because they honor
the individuals behind the statistics -- the small business
people who conceive the idea, take the chance, and make it work.
Today, we recognize the best small business has to offer -- and
I'll turn to the awards now.
This year, there is no fourth place finisher. Instead, we
have a tie for third place. I'll start with Chad Olson of Utah.
Chad produces a highly-successful line of professional and
collegiate sports merchandise. He's marketed franchises in 40
states already, and I understand he's got his eye on all 50.
Chad's got a international ambitions as well, with franchises
planned for Canada, and U.S. military bases overseas.
Sharing this third place award with Chad is Carolyn Stradley
of Georgia. Carolyn started out as a bookkeeper for a paving
company -- and left that company to start her own. Carolyn used
a loan from her brother to buy her truck, and built her business
by taking the small jobs that no one else thought worthwhile.
Today, she's a success -- and, equally important, an inspiration
to businesswomen everywhere.
The winner of this year's second place award comes from
Kansas, Richard Barlow. Dick is well-known to gourmet cookie
makers as the manufacturer of REMA insulated bakeware. Dick
started his business with a family friend six years ago, selling
his cookie sheets in Oklahoma and Kansas. Today, REMA bakeware
is sold in all 50 states and Japan.
And now the 1989 winner, this year's Small Business Person
of the year: Tad Bretting of Wisconsin.
Tad's got business in his blood. His family has been in the
machinery business for three generations, almost 100 years.
Tad joined the family business in 1958. Those 30 years have
seen the Bretting Company grow and prosper -- from 11 employees
back in 1958 to 260 today; from $120,000 dollars in sales each
year to $30 million.
Today Tad Bretting's company is the world's leading producer
of high-tech, custom designed machinery for making paper
products. And the secret of Tad's success is the one small
businesspeople know so well. It all comes down to "taking good
care of customers."
Tad, Dick, Carolyn and Chad, my congratulations to you all.
This room is full of success stories today. It's in this
nation's small businesses that the American entrepreneurial
spirit takes root, and grows. Our nation needs you -- your
drive, your dynamism
Your creativity and your can-do
attitude.
Now, I'll present our distinguished winners with their
awards.
Document No.
033378SS
147
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5/4/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
5/5/89 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm.
122, x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Friday, May 5, 1989,
with an info copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty
May 4, 1989
4:45 pm
Draft 1
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS
THE WHITE HOUSE
MAY 8, 1989
1:30 pm
I want to welcome Susan Engeleiter, Administrator of the
SBA, as well as all the state small business people and their
families who have come here today.
I've participated in these ceremonies before, and I'm
especially pleased to present these awards today. As you
probably know, I was a small businessman myself. I know the
worries late at night, the "what ifs" when you're the one in
charge -- and I know how it feels to start from scratch, take and
an idea and turn it into a real, thriving enterprise.
Success goes to those who work hard, refuse to give up --
and learn from their mistakes. There's a saying: "If I had to
live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes -- only sooner."
Those are words a small businessman can live by undustand
You don't have to sell me on the value of small business.
The work you do is vital to this nation's economic well-being --
and I've brought along some statistics to back that up.
Small businesses employ 55 percent of the America's private
sector workforce.
Small businesses account for 38 percent of our gross
national product.
And I've saved the best statistic for last: during the past
decade, small businesses have created two of every three new jobs
in our economy.
For me, that's the bottom line: small business is on the
business-end of growth -- and at the leading edge of the economic
expansion that's 77 months old and going strong, and just this
weekend reached a major milestone: the 20 millionth new job.
Ceremonies like this one are important because they honor
the individuals behind the statistics -- the small business
people who conceive the idea, take the chance, and make it work.
Today, we recognize the best small business has to offer -- and
I'll turn to the awards now.
This year, there is no fourth place finisher. Instead, we
have a tie for third place. I'll start with Chad Olson of Utah.
Chad produces a highly-successful line of professional and
collegiate sports merchandise. He's marketed franchises in 40
states already, and I understand he's got his eye on all 50.
Chad's got a international ambitions as well, with franchises
planned for Canada, and U.S. military bases overseas.
Sharing this third place award with Chad is Carolyn Stradley
of Georgia. Carolyn started out as a bookkeeper for a paving
company -- and left that company to start her own. Carolyn used
a loan from her brother to buy her truck, and built her business
by taking the small jobs that no one else thought worthwhile.
Today, she's a success -- and, equally important, an inspiration
to businesswomen everywhere.
The winner of this year's second place award comes from
Kansas, Richard Barlow. Dick is well-known to gourmet cookie
makers as the manufacturer of REMA insulated bakeware. Dick
started his business with a family friend six years ago, selling
his cookie sheets in Oklahoma and Kansas. Today, REMA bakeware
is sold in all 50 states and Japan.
And now the 1989 winner, this year's Small Business Person
of the year: Tad Bretting of Wisconsin.
Tad's got business in his blood. His family has been in the
machinery business for three generations, almost 100 years.
Tad joined the family business in 1958. Those 30 years have
seen the Bretting Company grow and prosper -- from 1,1 employees
back in 1958 to 260 today; from $120,000 dollars in sales each
year to $30 million.
Today Tad Bretting's company is the world's leading producer
of high-tech, custom designed machinery for making paper
products. And the secret of Tad's success is the one small
businesspeople know so well. It all comes down to "taking good
care of customers."
Tad, Dick, Carolyn and Chad, my congratulations to you all.
This room is full of success stories today. It's in this
nation's small businesses that the American entrepreneurial
spirit takes root, and grows. Our nation needs you -- your
drive, your dynamism
Your creativity and your can-do
attitude.
Now, I'll present our distinguished winners with their
awards.
Document No.
033378SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5/4/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
5/5/89 10:00 AM
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm.
122, x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Friday, May 5, 1989,
with an info copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE: oh
GBW
5/5
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Document No.
033378SS
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5/4/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
5/5/89 10:00 AM
DATE:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm.
122, x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Friday, May 5, 1989,
with an info copy to my office. Thank you.
there needs to be a
short section or our
RESPONSE:
opposition to and man our dated instructure benef to or
choice in child care
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty
May 4, 1989
4:45 pm
Draft 1
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS
THE WHITE HOUSE
MAY 8, 1989
1:30 pm
is
I want to welcome Susan Engeleiter, Administrator of the
SBA, as well as all the state small business people and their
families who have come here today.
I've participated in these ceremonies before, and I'm
especially pleased to present these awards today. As you
probably know, I was a small businessman myself. I know the
worries late at night, the "what ifs" when you're the one in
charge -- and I know how it feels to start from scratch, take and
an idea and turn it into a real, thriving enterprise.
Success goes to those who work hard, refuse to give up --
and learn from their mistakes. There's a saying: "If I had to
live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes -- only sooner." "
Those are words a small businessman can live by.
You don't have to sell me on the value of small business.
The work you do is vital to this nation's economic well-being --
and I've brought along some statistics to back that up.
more than half
Small businesses employ 55 percent of the America's private
sector workforce.
overathid
a
Small businesses account for 38 percent of our gross
national product.
And I've saved the best statistic for last: during the past
decade, small businesses have created two of every three new jobs
in our economy.
For me, that's the bottom line: small business is on the
business-end of growth -- and at the leading cutting edge of the economic
expansion that's 77 months old and going strong, and just this
weekend reached a major milestone: the 20 millionth new job.
Ceremonies like this one are important because they honor
and
the individuals behind the statistics -- the small business
people who conceive the idea, take the chance, and make it work.
Today, we recognize the best small business has to offer -- and
I'll turn to the awards now.
This year, there is no fourth place finisher. Instead, we
have a tie for third place. I'll start with Chad Olson of Utah.
Chad produces a highly-successful line of professional and
collegiate sports merchandise. He's marketed franchises in 40
states already, and I understand he's got his eye on all 50.
Chad's got a international ambitions as well, with franchises
planned for Canada, and U.S. military bases overseas.
Sharing this third place award with Chad is Carolyn Stradley
of Georgia. Carolyn started out as a bookkeeper for a paving
company -- and left that company to start her own. Carolyn used
a loan from her brother to buy her truck, and built her business
by taking the small jobs that no one else thought worthwhile.
Today, she's a success -- and, equally important, an inspiration
to businesswomen everywhere.
The winner of this year's second place award comes from
Kansas, Richard Barlow. Dick is well-known to gourmet cookie
makers as the manufacturer of REMA insulated bakeware. Dick
started his business with a family friend six years ago, selling
his cookie sheets in Oklahoma and Kansas. Today, REMA bakeware
is sold in all 50 states and Japan.
And now the 1989 winner, this year's Small Business Person
of the year: Tad Bretting of Wisconsin.
Tad's got business in his blood. His family has been in the
machinery business for three generations, almost 100 years.
Tad joined the family business in 1958. Those 30 years have
seen the Bretting Company grow and prosper -- from 11 employees
back in 1958 to 260 today; from $120,000 dollars in sales each
year to $30 million.
Today Tad Bretting's company is the world's leading producer
of high-tech, custom designed machinery for making paper
products. And the secret of Tad's success is the one small
businesspeople know so well. It all comes down to "taking good
care of customers."
Tad, Dick, Carolyn and Chad, my congratulations to you all.
This room is full of success stories today. It's in this
nation's small businesses that the American entrepreneurial
spirit takes root, and grows. Our nation needs you -- your
drive, your dynamism
Your creativity and your can-do
attitude.
Now, I'll present our distinguished winners with their
awards.
THE WHITE HOUSE
washington
Counsel's Comments:
Pat Bryan
on 1st + 2nd place winners
do not mention company's
name.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 5, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR COMMUNICATIONS
FROM:
PATRICIA MACK BRYAN NPMB
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Small Business Person
of The Year
Pursuant to James W. Cicconi's staffing memorandum of May 4,
1989, Counsel's Office has reviewed the above-referenced
Presidential remarks. Given that the occasion for these remarks
is the Small Business Person of the Year Awards, our usual policy
against commercial endorsements must be (and appropriately can
be) muted somewhat. Nonetheless, we note that the remarks on the
third place winners do not mention their companies by name, while
the remarks on the second and first place winners do. If
possible, we recommend following the approach taken with respect
to the third place winners. Subject to this comment, Counsel's
Office has no objection to these remarks.
CC: James W. Cicconi
033378SS
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DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMAL BUSINESS PERSONS OF THE YEAR
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
James W, Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
1000
MAY
May 5, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
DAN MCGROARTY Dave.
THROUGH: CHRISS WINSTON CW
RE:
SMALL BUSINESS PERSONS OF THE YEAR AWARDS
I. SUMMARY
At 1:30 p.m., on Monday, May 8, you will present the Small
Business Person of the Year Awards in the East Room. The
audience will be Small Business Persons from each state, their
families, and 40 corporate sponsors -- about 100 people in all.
II. DISCUSSION
This event provides an opportunity to highlight the dynamism
of small business and recognize the men and women who are small
business' biggest success stories. These remarks also outline
your approach to child care as one small business can and should
support. The child care section may change pending review by OMB
Director Darman.
McGroarty
May 5, 1989
3:50 pm
Draft 3
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS
THE WHITE HOUSE
MAY 8, 1989
1:30 pm
I want to welcome Susan Engeleiter, Administrator of the
SBA, as well as all the state small business people and their
families who have come here today.
I've participated in these ceremonies before, and I'm
especially pleased to present these awards today. As you
probably know, I was a small businessman myself. I know the
worries late at night, the "what ifs" when you're the one in
charge -- and I know how it feels to start from scratch, take an
idea and turn it into a real, thriving enterprise.
Success goes to those who work hard, refuse to give up --
and learn from their mistakes. There's a saying: "If I had to
live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes -- only sooner." "
Those are words a small businessman or woman can understand.
You don't have to sell me on the value of small business.
The work you do is vital to this nation's economic well-being --
and I've brought along some statistics to back that up.
Small businesses employ more than half of America's private
sector workforce.
Small businesses account for over a third of our gross
national product.
2
And I've saved the best statistic for last: during the past
decade, small businesses have created two of every three new jobs
in our economy.
For me, that's the bottom line: small business is on the
business-end of growth -- and at the cutting edge of the economic
expansion that's 77 months old and going strong.
Let me take a moment here to mention an issue that should be
on the top of the list for all small business people -- the
question of child care. As you know so well, you're more likely
to find small business owners sitting around a kitchen table,
than in a corporate boardroom. A small business is less a
corporation than a family. And like a family, people engaged in
a small business enterprise share common aims, a common outlook
and interest -- and that's the perfect workplace environment for
innovative approaches to meet the concerns and needs of
employees. I urge America's small businesses to take the lead in
developing creative solutions in child care.
But let me make another thing equally clear: I oppose
schemes that impose benefits by government mandate, and leave it
to the employer to cope with the costs.
Right now up on Capitol Hill, there are a number of child
care proposals that do just that -- that increase government
intervention and crowd out parental choice.
The child care initiatives I've proposed don't involve
building another government bureacuracy to tell business and
parents what to do. My plan is to put the choice on child care
3
in the hands of parents -- to give low-income families a tax
credit for child care expenses, and let them decide what's best
for their children. As small business people, you know the value
of freedom and flexibility. Let's work together to preserve that
freedom in child care, and on other issues that affect the way we
live and work.
A moment ago, I cited some statistics on the large impact of
small business in the American economy. Ceremonies like this one
are important because they honor the individuals behind the
statistics -- the small business people who conceive the idea,
take the chance, and make it work. Today, we recognize the best
small business has to offer -- and I'll turn to the awards now.
This year, there is no fourth place finisher. Instead, we
have a tie for third place. I'll start with Chad Olson of Utah.
Chad produces a highly-successful line of professional and
collegiate sports merchandise. He's marketed franchises in 40
states already, and I understand he's got his eye on all 50.
Chad's got a international ambitions as well, with franchises
planned for Canada, and U.S. military bases overseas.
Sharing this third place award with Chad is Carolyn Stradley
of Georgia. Carolyn started out as a bookkeeper for a paving
company -- and left that company to start her own. Carolyn used
a loan from her brother to buy her truck, and built her business
by taking the small jobs that no one else thought worthwhile.
Today, she's a success -- and, equally important, an inspiration
to businesswomen everywhere.
4
The winner of this year's second place award comes from
Kansas, Richard Barlow. Dick is well-known to gourmet cookie
makers as the manufacturer of REMA insulated bakeware. Dick
started his business with a family friend six years ago, selling
his cookie sheets in Oklahoma and Kansas. Today, REMA bakeware
is sold in all 50 states and Japan.
And now the 1989 winner, this year's Small Business Person
of the year: Tad Bretting of Wisconsin.
Tad's got business in his blood. His family has been in the
machinery business for three generations, almost 100 years.
Tad joined the family business in 1958. Those 30 years have
seen the Bretting Company grow and prosper -- from 11 employees
back in 1958 to 260 today; from $120,000 dollars in sales each
year to $30 million.
Today Tad Bretting's company is the world's leading producer
of high-tech, custom designed machinery for making paper
products. And the secret of Tad's success is the one small
businesspeople know so well. It all comes down to "taking good
care of customers."
Tad, Dick, Carolyn and Chad, my congratulations to you all.
This room is full of success stories today. It's in this
nation's small businesses that the American entrepreneurial
spirit takes root, and grows. Our nation needs you -- your
drive, your dynamism
Your creativity and your can-do
attitude.
5
Now, I'll present our distinguished winners with their
awards.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
May 8, 1989
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
DURING CEREMONY HONORING
SMALL BUSINESS PERSON
OF THE YEAR
The East Room
1:40 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. To the Members of
Congress here and all the distinguished guests, first let me welcome
Susan Engeleiter, the Administrator of SBA, as well as all the state
small business people and their families who came here today. I've
participated in these ceremonies before, and I'm especially pleased
and honored to present these awards today.
As you probably know, I, long ago, was a small
businessman myself, and I think, therefore I know some of the worries
that you share, the what-ifs when you're the one in charge, and I
know how it feels to start something from scratch, work with it day
and night, and hopefully see it succeed.
Success goes to those who work hard, refuse to give up,
and learn from their mistakes. And there's a saying: If I had my
life to live again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
(Laughter.) I think small businessmen and women can understand those
words. You don't have to sell me on the value of small business.
The work you do is vital to this nation's economic well-being. And I
brought along some statistics to back that up. Small businesses
employ more than half of America's private sector work force. Small
businesses account for over a third of our gross national product.
And I've saved the best statistics for last.
During the past decade, small businesses have created two
out of every three new jobs in our economy. And for me, that's the
bottom line. Small business is on the business end of growth and at
the cutting edge of the economic expansion that's 77 months old and
still going strong.
Let me take a moment right here to mention an issue that
should be on the top of the list for all small business people -- the
question of child care. As you know SO well, you're more likely to
find small business owners sitting around a kitchen table than in a
big corporate boardroom someplace. A small business is less a
corporation than a family. And like a family, people engaged in a
small business enterprise share common aims, a common outlook, and
certainly have common interests. And that's the perfect workplace
environment for innovative approaches to meet the concerns and needs
of employees.
I urge America's small businesses to take the lead in
developing creative solutions in child care. I think, for example,
of pioneers like Gerald Tsai, Jr., or Jenlan Gee and others who we
honored out there today, Asians who have a strong bearing and support
in their families for child care. I will do nothing as President of
the United States, absolutely nothing, that weakens our family
structure. And I encourage small businesses to do everything they
can to strengthen the family structure by getting together in a
cooperative fashion.
My child care tax credit program is going to benefit
small businesses, I believe. I do not believe in these mandated
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- 2 -
government benefits. I think it has to be decided by the federal
government making as flexible as possible the use of child care tax
credits. So I wanted to take this opportunity, a little off the
beaten path, you might say, of honoring these honorees today, but it
is very, very important that all of you who are out there trying to
produce at competitive rates, competitive ways, help as best you can.
You know the value of freedom and flexibility. And so, I just want
to see us work together to preserve that freedom in child care and in
other issues that affect the way we live and work.
A moment ago, I cited some statistics on the large impact
of small business in the American economy. Ceremonies like this one
are important because they honor the individuals behind the
statistics the small business people who concieve the idea, take
the chance, and make it work. So today we recognize the best that
small business has to offer.
And I want to turn now to the awards. This year there is
no fourth place finisher. Instead, we have a tie for third place.
And I'll start with Chad Olson of Utah. Chad produces a highly
successful line of professional and collegiate sports merchandise.
He's marketed franchises in 40 states already. And I understand he's
got his eye on all 50. He's got international ambitions as well,
with franchise plans for Canada and U.S. military bases overseas.
Now, do we do this right now? All right. Chad? (Applause.) Well
done.
And sharing this third place award with Chad is Carolyn
Stradley of Georgia. She started out as a bookkeeper for a paving
company and left that company to do what many here have done -- start
out on her own. She used a loan from her brother to buy her truck,
built her business by taking the small jobs that no one else thought
worthwhile, and today she's a success -- and equally important -- an
inspiration to business women everywhere. And so, congratulations to
you. (Applause.)
The winner of this year's second place award comes from
Kansas, Richard Barlow. Dick is well known to gourmet cookie makers
as the manufacturer of REMA insulated bakeware. He started his
business with a family friend just six years ago selling these cookie
sheets in Oklahoma in Kansas. And today REMA bakeware is sold in all
50 states and Japan. And so congratulations to you, Richard.
(Applause.) Well done.
And now the 1989 winner, this year's Small Business
Person of the Year, Tad Bretting of Wisconsin. I wondered why
Senator Kasten was over here. (Laughter.) Tad's got business in his
blood. His family has been in the machinery business for three
generations almost 100 years. He joined the family business in
1958. And those 30 years have seen the Bretting Company grow and
prosper from 11 employees back in 1958 to 260 today, from $120, in
sales each year to $30 million. And today his company is the world's
leading producer of high tech custom designed machinery for making
paper products. And the secret of Tad's success is the one small
business people know so well it all comes down to taking good care
of customers.
And so, congratulations to you, Tad. (Applause.)
So there you have our four winners. This room, though,
is full of success stories today. It's in this nation's small
businesses that the American spirit, entrepreneurial spirit. takes
root and grows. And so our nation needs you your drive, your
dynamism, your creativity, and your can-do attitude.
Congratulations to all of you, and especially, to you
winners with us here today. Thank you all very much. (Applause.)
END
1:48 P.M. EDT
May 5, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM;
DENISE SCHWARZ
OFFICE OF CABINET AFFAIRS
SUBJECT;
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS; SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF
THE YEAR
We have reviewed the attached and have incorporated our
comments.
Attachment
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5/4/89
5/5/89 10:00 AM
DATE:
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REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm.
122, x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Friday, May 5, 1989,
with an info copy to my office. Thank you.
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James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty
May 4, 1989
4:45 pm
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS
THE WHITE HOUSE
MAY 8, 1989
1:30 pm
I want to welcome Susan Engeleiter, Administrator of the
SBA, as well as all the state small business people and their
families who have come here today.
I've participated in these ceremonies before, and I'm
especially pleased to present these awards today. As you
probably know, I was a small businessman myself. I know the
worries late at night, the "what ifs" when you're the one in
charge -- and I know how it feels to start from scratch, take and
an idea and turn it into a real, thriving enterprise.
Success goes to those who work hard, refuse to give up --
and learn from their mistakes. There's a saying: "If I had to
live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes -- only sooner."
Those are words a small businessman can live by.
You don't have to sell me on the value of small business.
The work you do is vital to this nation's economic well-being --
and I've brought along some statistics to back that up.
Small businesses employ 55 percent of the America's private
sector workforce.
Small businesses account for 38 percent of our gross
national product.
And I've saved the best statistic for last: during the past
decade, small businesses have created two of every three new jobs
in our economy.
For me, that's the bottom line: small business is on the
business-end of growth -- and at the leading edge of the economic
expansion that's 77 months old and going strong. and just this
check
weekend reached a major milestone: the 20 millionth new job.
Ceremonies like this one are important because they honor
Boskin clarification. for
the individuals behind the statistics -- the small business
people who conceive the idea, take the chance, and make it work.
Today, we recognize the best small business has to offer -- and
I'll turn to the awards now.
This year, there is no fourth place finisher. Instead, we
have a tie for third place. I'll start with Chad Olson of Utah.
Chad produces a highly-successful line of professional and
collegiate sports merchandise. He's marketed franchises in 40
states already, and I understand he's got his eye on all 50.
has
Chad.
international ambitions as well, with franchises
planned for Canada, and U.S. military bases overseas.
Sharing this third place award with Chad is Carolyn Stradley
of Georgia. Carolyn started out as a bookkeeper for a paving
company -- and left that company to start her own. Carolyn used
a loan from her brother to buy her truck, and built her business
by taking the small jobs that no one else thought worthwhile.
Today, she's a success -- and, equally important, an inspiration
to businesswomen everywhere.
The winner of this year's second place award comes from
Kansas, Richard Barlow. Dick is well-known to gourmet cookie
makers as the manufacturer of REMA insulated bakeware. Dick
started his business with a family friend six years ago, selling
his cookie sheets in Oklahoma and Kansas. Today, REMA bakeware
is sold in all 50 states and Japan.
And now the 1989 winner, this year's Small Business Person
of the year: Tad Bretting of Wisconsin.
Tad's got business in his blood. His family has been in the
machinery business for three generations, almost 100 years.
Tad joined the family business in 1958. Those 30 years have
seen the Bretting Company grow and prosper -- from 11 employees
back in 1958 to 260 today; from $120,000 dollars in sales each
year to $30 million.
Today Tad Bretting's company is the world's leading producer
of high-tech, custom designed machinery for making paper
products. And the secret of Tad's success is the one small
businesspeople know so well. It all comes down to "taking good
care of customers."
Tad, Dick, Carolyn and Chad, my congratulations to you all.
This room is full of success stories today. It's in this
nation's small businesses that the American entrepreneurial
spirit takes root, and grows. Our nation needs you -- your
drive, your dynamism
Your creativity and your can-do
attitude.
Now, I'll present our distinguished winners with their
awards.