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McGroarty/Dooley
September 13, 1989
RESEARCH
3:00 p.m.
[MONTANA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CENTENNIAL OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
HELENA, MONTANA
SEPTEMBER 18, 1989
X
2:00 P.M. 1:20 PM
Thank you. [Introductory acknowledgements.] Governor Stan
Stephens, Senators Baucus and Burns, Congressmen Marlenee and
Williams. Mayor Ritter. And let me say to everyone gathered
here and to all the people of Montana, it's a pleasure to be back
in this great state. Happy Birthday!
And you're certainly celebrating your 100th in style. I
have to tell you I was impressed with your Centennial cattle
+
drive. Nearly 13000 cattle, 60 miles in 6 days
From Roundup to
Billings without a hitch. You know, there were a few cynics back
XX
East -- maybe you read some of the stories story in a paper published
back there by the name of the The Wall Street Journal -- who said
it couldn't be done. [[Pause]] Well, you proved them wrong. I
hope they've learned their lesson back on Wall Street: when it
comes to Bull Markets -- no one knows more than Montana.
[[Pause]]
And I have a special message to my friends in Billings,
where all those cattle ended up: If you think the cattle were
2
bunched close together, you should see the Washington beltway
during rush-hour. [[Pause]]
This is my first visit to Montana since the campaign -- and
since I started my new job. November 8th was a big day for me in
1988 -- and I know it's the big day for all Montanans in 1989.
a fewmiles from
It's good to be back under the Big Sky. Here between the
Last Chance Gulch, looking out at
Scratchgravel hills and the Sleeping Giant, with your historic
statehouse -- a marvel of Montana granite, limestone sandstone and copper -
- standing at my back. You can feel the history of Montana --
its land and its people.
And I've heard there's a 9-pound trout waiting for me up in
the Bob {local name for the Bob Marshall Wilderness preserve}. I
don't know whether you've heard about the fish shortage up in
Maine this summer. [[Pause]] Anyway, it's not a problem here,
since I hear Montana's got 896 "catchable" fish per square mile.
[ [Pause] ] Now I know why I had so much trouble catching a fish
up in Kennebunkport. They're all in Montana. [Pause] ]
Montana's contributed a great deal in the hundred years
since it became a state: along with its gold, copper and ore --
Montana's given our nation a sense of its own pioneering destiny.
There's something about spaces so vast you can see the curve of
3
the Earth that encourages us to see the future as an unlimited
horizon.
I spent this morning in your neighbor state of South Dakota,
which is celebrating its own centennial this year. You've got a
lot in common out in this part of the country. A can-do
attitude, a faith in hard work -- and a straight-forward love of
nature and the land we live in.
I spoke in Sioux Falls about a common concern of all of
ours: the environment. I spoke about all that we're doing to
improve our environment -- all that we must do to awaken a new
spirit of environmentalism across America.
Here in Montana, I know that spirit exists. This great
state was once the scene of an epic battle -- man against nature.
The only question that mattered was what man could take from the
earth -- not how we left it, or what we put back. Montana's
great natural wealth was something to extract, to exploit. The
greater riches we value today went unnoticed -- neglected.
Well, no more. Times have changed. Environmentalism runs
deep here. In the past two decades, Montana has enacted some of
the most advanced environmental statutes in all of the 50 states.
The citizens of the Big Sky state understand it's not man against
nature -- it's man and nature. Montanans have made a decision
4
never to let environmental exploitation go unchecked. The nation
and the world -- can learn from your example.
And we must learn. The single most significant word
today in the language of all environmentalists is:
interdependence.
That's a fact all Montanans should find it easy to
appreciate. Not so many miles from where we stand is a spot
called the Triple Divide, where the waters begin their separate
journeys to the Pacific, to the Gulf of Mexico, to the Hudson Bay
and the Arctic beyond -- the earth's own geography lesson in
global interdependence.
The plain fact is this: Pollution can't be contained by
lines drawn on a map. The actions we take can have consequences
felt the world over. The destruction of the rainforests in
Brazil. The ravages of acid rain, that threaten not just our
country but all of North America -- and not just the East but the
lakes and forests of the West as well. The billions of tons of
airborne pollutants carried across the continents, and the threat
of global warming: we know now that protecting the environment
is a global issue. The nations of the world must make common
cause in defense of our environment. And I promise you: this
nation will take the lead.
5
Here in Montana, you're already taking the lead with your
commitment to the environment -- led by every schoolchild in this
/ helped
state who planted a Ponderosa Pine to commemorate 100 years of
history. In just a few minutes, I'll be planting a tree of my
own -- and let me say from the heart: there's no finer symbol of
the love each one of us feels for this land than a tree growing
up in Montana's good earth. [[Pause] ]
We're working hard to clean up America. But we can't stop
there. We've got to work with the rest of the world to preserve
the planet.
We're already taking action. To preserve the ozone layer,
we're going to ban all release of CFCs into the atmosphere by the
year 2000. To prevent pollution of the world's oceans, we're
going to end all ocean dumping of sewage and industrial wastes by
1991.
And we're going to join forces with other nations as well.
In February, the United States will host the plenary meeting of
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In July, when I
visited Poland and Hungary, I pledged America's help in tackling
the increasingly serious pollution problems those two nations
face. At the Paris Economic Summit, we helped the environment
achieve the status it deserves -- at the top of the agenda for
6
the seven major industrial democracies. And I mean to keep it
there.
America spends more than any other nation in the world on
environmental research. We're going to continue this pioneering
effort to protect the environment -- and put that environmental
expertise to work in the developing world as well. We can't
pollute today and postpone the clean-up until tomorrow. We've
got to make pollution prevention our aim -- and sharing our
expertise with the world is one way to do it.
Today, I want to announce a new environmental intiative --
one that will bring the Environmental Protection Agency and the
Peace Corps together in a joint venture in the service of the
global environment. Beginning in 1990, as part of their standard
preparation for duty, Peace Corps volunteers will be trained by
the EPA to deal with a full range of environmental challenges:
Water pollution prevention. Waste disposal. Reforestation.
Pesticide management.
Armed with greater knowledge about our environment, our
Peace Corps volunteers are going to help spread the word in the
developing world. They'll work to stop pollution before it
starts -- and ensure that economic development and environmental
stewardship go hand in hand.
7
And Montanans know more than most how much that means. How
vital it is for us to accept our responsibilities -- our
stewardship -- of the environment. In Montana, across America
and around the world: we hold this land in trust for the
generations that come after. The air and the earth are riches we
simply cannot squander.
One hundred years ago, Montana was a land where man sought
the treasure that lay beneath the earth. Today, it's the land
itself we treasure -- a living legacy we must preserve, and pass
along. One hundred years from now, on the bicentennial of this
great state, we want our childrens' great grand-children to enjoy
the natural wonders that abound across Montana today -- from
Glacier down to Yellowstone and out to the great plains. We want
to know that -- one hundred years from now -- the legacy will
live on.
Thank you all for coming out to give me such a warm welcome.
God bless you. And may God bless the state of Montana, and bring
it another hundred years of happiness.
# # #
Document No.
072359SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
9/13/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
9/14/89 NOON
DATE:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CENTENNIAL OF MONTANA
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
WINSTON
CARD
PINKERTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm.
122, x2930, no later than NOON, Thursday, September 14, with
a copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
82:28 pl
Comments 9/14/89
See
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
September 13, 1989
3:00 p.m.
39 SEP 13 P4: 35
[MONTANA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CENTENNIAL OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
HELENA, MONTANA
SEPTEMBER 18, 1989
2:00 P.M.
Thank you. [Introductory acknowledgements.] Governor Stan
Stephens, Senators Baucus and Burns, Congressmen Marlenee and
Williams. Mayor Ritter. And let me say to everyone gathered
here and to all the people of Montana, it's a pleasure to be back
in this great state. Happy Birthday!
And you're certainly celebrating your 100th in style. I
have to tell you I was impressed with your Centennial cattle
drive. 3000 cattle, 60 miles in 6 days
From Roundup to
Billings without a hitch. You know, there were a few cynics back
East -- maybe you read some of the stories in a paper published
back there by the name of the The Wall Street Journal -- who said
it couldn't be done. [[Pause]] Well, you proved them wrong. I
hope they've learned their lesson back on Wall Street: when it
comes to Bull Markets -- no one knows more than Montana.
[[Pause]]
And I have a special message to my friends in Billings,
where all those cattle ended up: If you think the cattle were
2
bunched close together, you should see the Washington beltway
during rush-hour. [ [[Pause] ]
This is my first visit to Montana since the campaign -- and
since I started my new job. November 8th was a big day for me in
1988 -- and I know it's the big day for all Montanans in 1989.
It's good to be back under the Big Sky. Here between the
Scratchgravel hills and the Sleeping Giant, with your historic
statehouse -- a marvel of Montana granite, limestone and copper -
- standing at my back. You can feel the history of Montana --
its land and its people.
And I've heard there's a 9-pound trout waiting for me up in
the Bob {local name for the Bob Marshall Wilderness preserve}. I
don't know whether you've heard about the fish shortage up in
Maine this summer. [[Pause] ] Anyway, it's not a problem here,
since I hear Montana's got 896 "catchable" fish per square mile.
[ [Pause] ] Now I know why I had so much trouble catching a fish
up in Kennebunkport. They're all in Montana. [ [Pause]
Montana's contributed a great deal in the hundred years
since it became a state: along with its gold, copper and ore --
Montana's given our nation a sense of its own pioneering destiny.
There's something about spaces so vast you can see the curve of
3
the Earth that encourages us to see the future as an unlimited
horizon.
I spent this morning in your neighbor state of South Dakota,
which is celebrating its own centennial this year. You've got a
lot in common out in this part of the country. A can-do
attitude, a faith in hard work -- and a straight-forward love of
nature and the land we live in.
I spoke in Sioux Falls about a common concern of all of
ours: the environment. I spoke about all that we're doing to
improve our environment -- all that we must do to awaken a new
spirit of environmentalism across America.
Here in Montana, I know that spirit exists. This great
state was once the scene of an epic battle -- man against nature.
The only question that mattered was what man could take from the
earth -- not how we left it, or what we put back. Montana's
great natural wealth was something to extract, to exploit. The
greater riches we value today went unnoticed -- neglected.
Well, no more. Times have changed. Environmentalism runs
deep here. In the past two decades, Montana has enacted some of
the most advanced environmental statutes in all of the 50 states.
The citizens of the Big Sky state understand it's not man against
nature -- it's man and nature. Montanans have made a decision
4
never to let environmental exploitation go unchecked. The nation
-- and the world -- can learn from your example.
And we must learn. The single most significant word
today in the language of all environmentalists is:
interdependence.
That's a fact all Montanans should find it easy to
appreciate. Not so many miles from where we stand is a spot
called the Triple Divide, where the waters begin their separate
journeys to the Pacific, to the Gulf of Mexico, to the Hudson Bay
and the Arctic beyond -- the earth's own geography lesson in
global interdependence.
The plain fact is this: Pollution can't be contained by
lines drawn on a map. The actions we take can have consequences
felt the world over. The destruction of the rainforests in
Brazil. The ravages of acid rain, that threaten not just our
country but all of North America -- and not just the East but the
lakes and forests of the West as well. The billions m of tons of
airborne pollutants carried across the continents, and the threat
of global warming: we know now that protecting the environment
is a global issue. The nations of the world must make common
cause in defense of our environment. And I promise you: this
nation will take the lead.
5
Here in Montana, you're already taking the lead with your
commitment to the environment -- led by every schoolchild in this
state who's planted a Ponderosa Pine to commemorate 100 years of
history. In just a few minutes, I'll be planting a tree of my
own -- and let me say from the heart: there's no finer symbol of
the love each one of us feels for this land than a tree growing
up in Montana's good earth. [ [Pause] ]
We're working hard to clean up America. But we can't stop
there. We've got to work with the rest of the world to preserve
the planet.
We're already taking action. To preserve the ozone layer,
we're going to ban all release of CFCs into the atmosphere by the
$
year 2000. To prevent pollution of the world's oceans, we're
virtually
going to end all ocean dumping of sewage and industrial wastes by
1991. anyone who does dupup after 1991 will have to
pay a Stiff fine.
And we're going to join forces with other nations as well.
In February, the United States will host the plenary meeting of
check
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In July, when I
visited Poland and Hungary, I pledged America's help in tackling
the increasingly serious pollution problems those two nations
face. At the Paris Economic Summit, we helped the environment
achieve the status it deserves -- at the top of the agenda for
6
the seven major industrial democracies. And I mean to keep it
there.
America spends more than any other nation in the world on
environmental research. We're going to continue this pioneering
effort to protect the environment -- and put that environmental
expertise to work in the developing world as well. We can't
pollute today and postpone the clean-up until tomorrow. We've
got to make pollution prevention our aim -- and sharing our
expertise with the world is one way to do it.
Today, I want to announce a new environmental intiative --
one that will bring the Environmental Protection Agency and the
Peace Corps together in a joint venture in the service of the
global environment. Beginning in 1990, as part of their standard
preparation for duty, Peace Corps volunteers will be trained by
the EPA to deal with a full range of environmental challenges:
Water pollution prevention. Waste disposal. Reforestation.
Pesticide management.
Armed with greater knowledge about our environment, our
Peace Corps volunteers are going to help spread the word in the
developing world. They'll work to stop pollution before it
starts -- and ensure that economic development and environmental
stewardship go hand in hand.
7
And Montanans know more than most how much that means. How
vital it is for us to accept our responsibilities -- our
stewardship -- of the environment. In Montana, across America
and around the world: we hold this land in trust for the
generations that come after. The air and the earth are riches we
simply cannot squander.
One hundred years ago, Montana was a land where man sought
the treasure that lay beneath the earth. Today, it's the land
itself we treasure -- a living legacy we must preserve, and pass
along. One hundred years from now, on the bicentennial of this
great state, we want our childrens' great grand-children to enjoy
the natural wonders that abound across Montana today -- from
Glacier down to Yellowstone and out to the great plains. We want
to know that -- one hundred years from now -- the legacy will
live on.
Thank you all for coming out to give me such a warm welcome.
God bless you. And may God bless the state of Montana, and bring
it another hundred years of happiness.
# # #
89. 09/14 11:21 P02 DEPT OF INTERIOR
OF THE INTERIOR
United States Department of the Interior
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
HA99
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240
September 14, 1989
MEMORANDUM
TO:
DENISE SCHWARZ
CABINET AFFAIRS
THE WHITE HOUSE
FROM:
TOM WEIMER
Tom Weimer
CHIEF OF STAFF
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The following are our comments on the draft speech to the
Centennial of the State of Montana, Helena, September 18.
First, and most importantly, Helena is an old mining
community, and more industry/development related than many
other areas of Montana. Therefore, throughout the speech I
would strongly suggest that the emphasis be on balance
between economic development and environmental sensitivity.
For example, on page three, the second full paragraph could
include a reference to improving the environment while, at
the same time, retaining our commitment to economic growth
and stability. Throughout the speech, this kind of balance
between discussing environmental issues yet maintaining
economic goals as well should be maintained.
Secondly, specific comments:
1. On page 3, the last paragraph, change the third sentence
to read, "The conservation ethic runs deep here." In the
same paragraph, at the top of page four, the sentence should
be changed to read, "Montanans have made a decision never to
let environmental exploitation go unchecked, because
environmentally sensitive development can occur.
2. On page 6, the second full paragraph, you may want to
include a reference to "the ugly American" concept -- e.g.,
that that is an image that used to be prevalent in foreign
countries, and we still need to work to make sure people
don't see us that way.
If we can be of further help, give me a call at 343-4203.
89. 09/14 11:15 P04 < DEPT F INTERIOR
Mr. James W. Brennan
2
The SUMMARY further states that more turtles will be saved with this rule.
It is not clear what comparison is being made. Without Turtle Excluder
Devices (TEDs), over 11,000 federally listed sea turtles will die each year
as a result of shrimp trawling (data from NOAA Fisheries). The Service has
closely examined data from NOAA Fisheries related to tow times and turtle
mortality. Using NOAA Fisheries data on turtles captured in trawls,
mortality ranges from an estimated minimum of 8,000 to over 11,000 depending
on how the statistical tow time data are analyzed. Therefore, even if it
was assumed that there was 100 percent compliance, 105-minute tow times
(equals 90-minute net or trawl bottom time plus 15-minute haul time) would
be of no additional benefit to our threatened and endangered sea turtle
resources.
NOAA Fisheries data analyses on tow time mortality excluded those turtles
that were comatose and resuscitated. Resuscitation is not to be expected
under real world conditions and comatose turtles should have been counted
as dead, further increasing the mortality rates. Up to 20 hours are
required by the animal to recover from the physiological stress of forced
submergence of less than 90 minutes. The higher the water temperatures,
the greater the chance of death or physiological damage.
On the other hand, use of TEDs would result in an estimate of fewer than
350 dead turtles per year, of which approximately 23 would be the critically
endangered Kemp's ridley, and importantly, it would conform to the intent
and requirements of the Endangered Species Act (the Act).
The 90-minute tow time was offered to shrimpers during TED negotiations
prior to publication of the final rule as a method of reducing impacts on
smaller (<25 feet), mostly inshore, trawlers where TEDs had not been
adequately tested. It was an additional conservation measure aimed at
reducing sea turtle mortalities and was suggested only in the framework of
TED compliance in the primary fishery. It was never meant to be a
substitute for TED use.
Amendments to the Act in 1988 stated that the TED regulations of June 29,
1987, were to be effective on May 1, 1989, for offshore waters, and May 1,
1990, for inshore waters. No authority was given the Department of Commerce
of sea turtles.
to modify these regulations in a way that would not advance the conservation
The fourth paragraph of the Background section, under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION, states that the Secretary of Commerce advised Congress on
July 20 that he intended to "increase a captive breeding program." We
point out that there is no recognized or federally permitted breeding
program for sea turtles in the United States, and furthermore, this is not
a recognized nor endorsed management technique. In the opinion of the
Service, which has jurisdiction over such programs, such a project has no
practical management value to solving the question at hand.
TO: KRISTEN GEAR (CONT'D)
Dan
HELENA, MONTANA (Sept 18)
- 2,
I HAVE TO TELL YOU I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THAT CATTLE DRIVE. I HAVEN'T HEARD OF
ANYTHING LIKE THAT SINCE THE LAST TIME OUR HOUSE WHIP, BOB MICHAEL, HERDED
THE MEMBERS IN FOR A VOTE.
IF YOU THINK THE CATTLE WERE BUNCHED CLOSE TOGETHER ON THEIR 60 MILE TREK,
YOU SHOULD SEE THE WASHINGTON BELTWAY DURING RUSH HOUR.
I HEARD A RUMOR THAT SOME ENTERPRISING FELLOW TRAILED ALONG BEHIND THE CATTLE
AND CLEANED UP AFTER THEM AS THEY WENT ALONG. HE'LL TRY TO SELL WHAT HE'S GOT
TO POLITICIANS FOR THEIR SPEECHES.
I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD ENTER A LITTLE SOMETHING IN YOUR COWBOY POETRY CONTEST:
I WANTED TO BE A COWBOY
1
BUT THEY THOUGHT I WAS KIND OF STRANGE
WHEN I CLIMBED UP ON TOP OF THE STOVE
AND SAID I WAS RIDING THE RANGE
ANY STATE THAT HAS 896 CATCHABLE FISH PER SQUARE MILE IS ALRIGHT WITH ME.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THE PEOPLE OF KENNEBUNKPORT WERE TOO CONFIDENT THAT
I'D CATCH A FISH ON MY VACATION. ON THE LAST DAY, A LITTLE MARKET ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN PUT UP A SIGN THAT SAID "MR. PRESIDENT -- LAST FISH BEFORE FREEWAY."
Document No.
072359SS
V
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
9/13/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
9/14/89 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CENTENNIAL OF MONTANA
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
d
WINSTON
CARD
PINKERTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm.
122, x2930, no later than NOON, Thursday, September 14, with
a copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
21 minn pl Univerts
SEP
68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
September 13, 1989
3:00 p.m.
39 SEP 13 P4: 35
[MONTANA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
CENTENNIAL OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
HELENA, MONTANA
SEPTEMBER 18, 1989
2:00 P.M.
Thank you. [Introductory acknowledgements.) Governor Stan
Stephens, Senators Baucus and Burns, Congressmen Marlenee and
Williams. Mayor Ritter. And let me say to everyone gathered
here and to all the people of Montana, it's a pleasure to be back
in this great state. Happy Birthday!
And you're certainly celebrating your 100th in style. I
have to tell you I was impressed with your Centennial cattle
drive. 3000 cattle, 60 miles in 6 days
From Roundup to
Billings without a hitch. You know, there were a few cynics back
East -- maybe you read some of the stories in a paper published
back there by the name of the The Wall Street Journal -- who said
it couldn't be done. [ [Pause] ] Well, you proved them wrong. I
hope they've learned their lesson back on Wall Street: when
it
comes to Bull Markets no one knows more than Montana.
[ [Pause ]]
And I have a special message to my friends in Billings,
where all those cattle ended up: If you think the cattle were
weak joke
2
bunched close together, you should see the Washington beltway
during
when rush-hour. Congress [Pause]] lets out ? - goes oA recess?
This is my first visit to Montana since the campaign -- and
since I started my new job. November 8th was a big day for me in
1988 -- and I know it's the big day for all Montanans in 1989.
It's good to be back under the Big Sky. Here between the
Scratchgravel hills and the Sleeping Giant, with your historic
statehouse -- a marvel of Montana granite, limestone and copper -
- standing at my back. You can feel the history of Montana --
its land and its people.
And I've heard there's a 9-pound trout waiting for me up in
the Bob {local name for the Bob Marshall Wilderness preserve}. I
don't know whether you've heard about the fish shortage up in
Maine this summer. [ [Pause] ] Anyway, it's not a problem here,
since I hear Montana's got 896 "catchable" fish per square mile.
[[Pause] ] Now I know why I had so much trouble catching a fish
up in Kennebunkport. They're all in Montana. [ [Pause] ]
Montana's contributed a great deal in the hundred years
since it became a state: along with its gold, copper and ore --
Montana's given our nation a sense of its own pioneering destiny.
There's something about spaces so vast you can see the curve of
what
ment
* gives
it gives
the Earth that encourages us to see the future as an unlimited
horizon.
I spent this morning in your neighbor state of South Dakota,
which is celebrating its own centennial this year. You've got a
lot in common out in this part of the country. A can-do
attitude, a faith in hard work -- and a straight-forward love of
nature and the land we live in.
I spoke in Sioux Falls about a common concern of all of
ours: the environment. I spoke about all that we're doing to
improve our environment -- all that we must do to awaken a new
spirit of environmentalism across America.
Here in Montana, I know that spirit exists. This great
state was once the scene of an epic battle -- man against nature.
The only question that mattered was what man could take from the
earth -- not how we left it, or what we put back. Montana's
great natural wealth was something to extract, to exploit. The
greater riches we value today went unnoticed -- neglected.
Well, no more. Times have changed. Environmentalism runs
deep here. In the past two decades, Montana has enacted some of
the most advanced environmental statutes in all of the 50 states.
The citizens of the Big Sky state understand it's not man against
nature -- it's man and nature. Montanans have made a decision
4
never to let environmental exploitation go unchecked. The nation
-- and the world -- can learn from your example.
And we must learn. The single most significant word
today in the language of all environmentalists is:
interdependence.
That's a fact all Montanans should find it easy to
appreciate. Not SO many miles from where we stand is a spot
called the Triple Divide, where the waters begin their separate
journeys to the Pacific, to the Gulf of Mexico, to the Hudson Bay
and the Arctic beyond -- the earth's own geography lesson in
global interdependence.
The plain fact is this: Pollution can't be contained by
lines drawn on a map. The actions we take can have consequences
felt the world over. The destruction of the rainforests in
Brazil. The ravages of acid rain, that threaten not just our
country but all of North America -- and not just the East but the
lakes and forests of the West as well. The billions of tons of
airborne pollutants carried across the continents, and the threat
of global warming: we know now that protecting the environment
is a global issue. The nations of the world must make common
cause in defense of our environment. And I promise you: this
nation will take the lead.
5
Here in Montana, you're already taking the lead with your
commitment to the environment -- led by every schoolchild in this
state who's planted a Ponderosa Pine to commemorate 100 years of
history. In just a few minutes, I'll be planting a tree of my
own -- and let me say from the heart: there's no finer symbol of
the love each one of us feels for this land than a tree growing
up in Montana's good earth. [[Pause]]
We're working hard to clean up America. But we can't stop
there. We've got to work with the rest of the world to preserve
the planet.
We're already taking action. To preserve the ozone layer,
we're going to ban all release of CFCs into the atmosphere by the
year 2000. To prevent pollution of the world's oceans, we're
going to end all ocean dumping of sewage and industrial wastes by
1991.
And we're going to join forces with other nations as well.
In February, the United States will host the plenary meeting of
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In July, when I
visited Poland and Hungary, I pledged America's help in tackling
the increasingly serious pollution problems those two nations
face. At the Paris Economic Summit, we helped the environment
achieve the status it deserves -- at the top of the agenda for
6
the seven major industrial democracies. And I mean to keep it
there.
America spends more than any other nation in the world on
environmental research. We're going to continue this pioneering
effort to protect the environment -- and put that environmental
expertise to work in the developing world as well. We can't
pollute today and postpone the clean-up until tomorrow. We've
got to make pollution prevention our aim -- and sharing our
expertise with the world is one way to do it.
Today, I want to announce a new environmental intiative --
one that will bring the Environmental Protection Agency and the
Peace Corps together in a joint venture in the service of the
global environment. Beginning in 1990, as part of their standard
preparation for duty, Peace Corps volunteers will be trained by
the EPA to deal with a full range of environmental challenges:
Water pollution prevention. Waste disposal. Reforestation.
Pesticide management.
Armed with greater knowledge about our environment, our
Peace Corps volunteers are going to help spread the word in the
developing world. They'll work to stop pollution before it
starts -- and ensure that economic development and environmental
stewardship go hand in hand.
7
And Montanans know more than most how much that means. How
vital it is for us to accept our responsibilities -- our
stewardship -- of the environment. In Montana, across America
and around the world: we hold this land in trust for the
generations that come after. The air and the earth are riches we
simply cannot squander.
One hundred years ago, Montana was a land where man sought
the treasure that lay beneath the earth. Today, it's the land
itself we treasure -- a living legacy we must preserve, and pass
along. One hundred years from now, on the bicentennial of this
great state, we want our childrens' great grand-children to enjoy
the natural wonders that abound across Montana today -- from
Glacier down to Yellowstone and out to the great plains. We want
to know that -- one hundred years from now -- the legacy will
live on.
Thank you all for coming out to give me such a warm welcome.
God bless you. And may God bless the state of Montana, and bring
it another hundred years of happiness.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 14, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Montana Speech
Good speech. I have only one change on page 4, paragraph 3,
line 5 "all of North America" might be an overstatement. I
suggest changing language to "our neighbors to the North."
Attachment
21 11d SEPTAL pl 68
Document No.
072359SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
9/13/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
9/14/89 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CENTENNIAL OF MONTANA
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
PINKERTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm.
122, x2930, no later than NOON, Thursday, September 14, with
a copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
September 13, 1989
3:00 p.m.
09 SEP 13 P4: 35
[MONTANA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
CENTENNIAL OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
HELENA, MONTANA
SEPTEMBER 18, 1989
2:00 P.M.
Thank you. [Introductory acknowledgements.] Governor Stan
Stephens, Senators Baucus and Burns, Congressmen Marlenee and
Williams. Mayor Ritter. And let me say to everyone gathered
here and to all the people of Montana, it's a pleasure to be back
in this great state. Happy Birthday!
And you're certainly celebrating your 100th in style. I
have to tell you I was impressed with your Centennial cattle
drive. 3000 cattle, 60 miles in 6 days
From Roundup to
Billings without a hitch. You know, there were a few cynics back
East -- maybe you read some of the stories in a paper published
back there by the name of the The Wall Street Journal -- who said
it couldn't be done. [[Pause]] Well, you proved them wrong. I
hope they've learned their lesson back on Wall Street: when it
comes to Bull Markets -- no one knows more than Montana.
[[Pause]]
And I have a special message to my friends in Billings,
where all those cattle ended up: If you think the cattle were
2
bunched close together, you should see the Washington beltway
during rush-hour. [[Pause]]
This is my first visit to Montana since the campaign -- and
since I started my new job. November 8th was a big day for me in
1988 -- and I know it's the big day for all Montanans in 1989.
It's good to be back under the Big Sky. Here between the
Scratchgravel hills and the Sleeping Giant, with your historic
statehouse -- a marvel of Montana granite, limestone and copper -
- standing at my back. You can feel the history of Montana --
its land and its people.
And I've heard there's a 9-pound trout waiting for me up in
the Bob {local name for the Bob Marshall Wilderness preserve}. I
don't know whether you've heard about the fish shortage up in
Maine this summer. [[Pause] Anyway, it's not a problem here,
since I hear Montana's got 896 "catchable" fish per square mile.
[ [Pause] ] Now I know why I had so much trouble catching a fish
up in Kennebunkport. They're all in Montana. [[Pause]]
Montana's contributed a great deal in the hundred years
since it became a state: along with its gold, copper and ore --
Montana's given our nation a sense of its own pioneering destiny.
There's something about spaces so vast you can see the curve of
3
the Earth that encourages us to see the future as an unlimited
horizon.
I spent this morning in your neighbor state of South Dakota,
which is celebrating its own centennial this year. You've got a
lot in common out in this part of the country. A can-do
attitude, a faith in hard work -- and a straight-forward love of
nature and the land we live in.
I spoke in Sioux Falls about a common concern of all of
ours: the environment. I spoke about all that we're doing to
improve our environment -- all that we must do to awaken a new
spirit of environmentalism across America.
Here in Montana, I know that spirit exists. This great
state was once the scene of an epic battle -- man against nature.
The only question that mattered was what man could take from the
earth -- not how we left it, or what we put back. Montana's
great natural wealth was something to extract, to exploit. The
greater riches we value today went unnoticed -- neglected.
Well, no more. Times have changed. Environmentalism runs
deep here. In the past two decades, Montana has enacted some of
the most advanced environmental statutes in all of the 50 states.
The citizens of the Big Sky state understand it's not man against
nature -- it's man and nature. Montanans have made a decision
4
never to let environmental exploitation go unchecked. The nation
-- and the world -- can learn from your example.
And we must learn. The single most significant word
today in the language of all environmentalists is:
interdependence.
That's a fact all Montanans should find it easy to
appreciate. Not so many miles from where we stand is a spot
called the Triple Divide, where the waters begin their separate
journeys to the Pacific, to the Gulf of Mexico, to the Hudson Bay
and the Arctic beyond -- the earth's own geography lesson in
global interdependence.
The plain fact is this: Pollution can't be contained by
lines drawn on a map. The actions we take can have consequences
felt the world over. The destruction of the rainforests in
Brazil. The ravages of acid rain, that threaten not just our
our nughbors to the north
country but all of North America -- and not just the East but the
lakes and forests of the West as well. The billions of tons of
airborne pollutants carried across the continents, and the threat
of global warming: we know now that protecting the environment
is a global issue. The nations of the world must make common
cause in defense of our environment. And I promise you: this
nation will take the lead.
5
Here in Montana, you're already taking the lead with your
commitment to the environment -- led by every schoolchild in this
state who's planted a Ponderosa Pine to commemorate 100 years of
history. In just a few minutes, I'll be planting a tree of my
own -- and let me say from the heart: there's no finer symbol of
the love each one of us feels for this land than a tree growing
up in Montana's good earth. [[Pause]]
We're working hard to clean up America. But we can't stop
there. We've got to work with the rest of the world to preserve
the planet.
We're already taking action. To preserve the ozone layer,
we're going to ban all release of CFCs into the atmosphere by the
year 2000. To prevent pollution of the world's oceans, we're
going to end all ocean dumping of sewage and industrial wastes by
1991.
And we're going to join forces with other nations as well.
In February, the United States will host the plenary meeting of
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In July, when I
visited Poland and Hungary, I pledged America's help in tackling
the increasingly serious pollution problems those two nations
face. At the Paris Economic Summit, we helped the environment
achieve the status it deserves -- at the top of the agenda for
6
the seven major industrial democracies. And I mean to keep it
there.
America spends more than any other nation in the world on
environmental research. We're going to continue this pioneering
effort to protect the environment -- and put that environmental
expertise to work in the developing world as well. We can't
pollute today and postpone the clean-up until tomorrow. We've
got to make pollution prevention our aim -- and sharing our
expertise with the world is one way to do it.
Today, I want to announce a new environmental intiative --
one that will bring the Environmental Protection Agency and the
Peace Corps together in a joint venture in the service of the
global environment. Beginning in 1990, as part of their standard
preparation for duty, Peace Corps volunteers will be trained by
the EPA to deal with a full range of environmental challenges:
Water pollution prevention. Waste disposal. Reforestation.
Pesticide management.
Armed with greater knowledge about our environment, our
Peace Corps volunteers are going to help spread the word in the
developing world. They'll work to stop pollution before it
starts -- and ensure that economic development and environmental
stewardship go hand in hand.
7
And Montanans know more than most how much that means. How
vital it is for us to accept our responsibilities -- our
stewardship -- of the environment. In Montana, across America
and around the world: we hold this land in trust for the
generations that come after. The air and the earth are riches we
simply cannot squander.
One hundred years ago, Montana was a land where man sought
the treasure that lay beneath the earth. Today, it's the land
itself we treasure -- a living legacy we must preserve, and pass
along. One hundred years from now, on the bicentennial of this
great state, we want our childrens' great grand-children to enjoy
the natural wonders that abound across Montana today -- from
Glacier down to Yellowstone and out to the great plains. We want
to know that -- one hundred years from now -- the legacy will
live on.
Thank you all for coming out to give me such a warm welcome.
God bless you. And may God bless the state of Montana, and bring
it another hundred years of happiness.
# # #
Document No.
072359SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
9/13/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
9/14/89 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CENTENNIAL OF MONTANA
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
WINSTON
CARD
PINKERTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm.
122, x2930, no later than NOON, Thursday, September 14, with
a copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
No comments. Note: /Obviorsly, the intro. may have to be changed
ALL because all members of the
-Rob Partnan 9/14/89
Montana delegation James W. Cicconi may not be
Assistant to the President present.
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff see mere
Ext. 2702
suggestionson
P.2
McGroarty/Dooley
September 13, 1989
3:00 p.m.
09 SEP 13 P4: 35
[MONTANA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CENTENNIAL OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
HELENA, MONTANA
SEPTEMBER 18, 1989
2:00 P.M.
Thank you. [Introductory acknowledgements.] Governor Stan
Stephens, Senators Baucus and Burns, Congressmen Marlenee and
Williams. Mayor Ritter. And let me say to everyone gathered
here and to all the people of Montana, it's a pleasure to be back
in this great state. Happy Birthday!
And you're certainly celebrating your 100th in style. I
have to tell you I was impressed with your Centennial cattle
drive. 3000 cattle, 60 miles in 6 days
From Roundup to
Billings without a hitch. You know, there were a few cynics back
East -- maybe you read some of the stories in a paper published
back there by the name of the The Wall Street Journal -- who said
it couldn't be done. [ [Pause] ] Well, you proved them wrong. I
hope they've learned their lesson back on Wall Street: when it
comes to Bull Markets -- no one knows more than Montana.
?
[[Pause]]
And I have a special message to my friends in Billings,
where all those cattle ended up: If you think the cattle were
2
bunched close together, you should see the Washington beltway
?
during rush-hour. [[Pause]]
This is my first visit to Montana since the campaign -- and
since I started my new job. November 8th was a big day for me in
1988 -- and I know it's the big day for all Montanans in 1989.
It's good to be back under the Big Sky. Here between the
Scratchgravel hills and the Sleeping Giant, with your historic
statehouse -- a marvel of Montana granite, limestone and copper -
- standing at my back. You can feel the history of Montana
would be
its land and its people.
Manshall
5 bettn (Even miracle this 1)
And I've heard there's a 9 -pound trout waiting for me up in
?
the Bob {local name for the Bob Marshall Wilderness preserve}. I
don't know whether you've heard about the fish shortage up in
Maine this summer. [[Pause] ] Anyway, it's not a problem here,
throut
since I hear Montana's got 896 "catchable" fish per square mile.
xxx
[ [Pause ]] Now I know why I had so much trouble catching a fish
yis
up in Kennebunkport. They're all in Montana. [ [Pause]]
Montana's contributed a great deal in the hundred years
since it became a state: along with its gold, copper and ore --
Montana's given our nation a sense of its own pioneering destiny.
There's something about spaces so vast you can see the curve of
3
the Earth that encourages us to see the future as an unlimited
horizon.
I spent this morning in your neighbor state of South Dakota,
which is celebrating its own centennial this year. You've got a
lot in common out in this part of the country. A can-do
attitude, a faith in hard work -- and a straight-forward love of
nature and the land we live in.
I spoke in Sioux Falls about a common concern of all of
ours: the environment. I spoke about all that we're doing to
improve our environment -- all that we must do to awaken a new
spirit of environmentalism across America.
Here in Montana, I know that spirit exists. This great
state was once the scene of an epic battle -- man against nature.
The only question that mattered was what man could take from the
earth -- not how we left it, or what we put back. Montana's
great natural wealth was something to extract, to exploit. The
greater riches we value today went unnoticed -- neglected.
Well, no more. Times have changed. Environmentalism runs
deep here. In the past two decades, Montana has enacted some of
the most advanced environmental statutes in all of the 50 states.
The citizens of the Big Sky state understand it's not man against
nature -- it's man and nature. Montanans have made a decision
4
never to let environmental exploitation go unchecked. The nation
-- and the world -- can learn from your example.
And we must learn. The single most significant word
today in the language of all environmentalists is:
interdependence.
That's a fact all Montanans should find it easy to
appreciate. Not so many miles from where we stand is a spot
called the Triple Divide, where the waters begin their separate
journeys to the Pacific, to the Gulf of Mexico, to the Hudson Bay
and the Arctic beyond -- the earth's own geography lesson in
global interdependence.
The plain fact is this: Pollution can't be contained by
lines drawn on a map. The actions we take can have consequences
felt the world over. The destruction of the rainforests in
Brazil. The ravages of acid rain, that threaten not just our
country but all of North America -- and not just the East but the
lakes and forests of the West as well. The billions of tons of
airborne pollutants carried across the continents, and the threat
of global warming: we know now that protecting the environment
is a global issue. The nations of the world must make common
cause in defense of our environment. And I promise you: this
nation will take the lead.
5
Here in Montana, you're already taking the lead with your
commitment to the environment -- led by every schoolchild in this
state who's planted a Ponderosa Pine to commemorate 100 years of
history. In just a few minutes, I'll be planting a tree of my
own -- and let me say from the heart: there's no finer symbol of
the love each one of us feels for this land than a tree growing
up in Montana's good earth. [[Pause]]
We're working hard to clean up America. But we can't stop
there. We've got to work with the rest of the world to preserve
the planet.
We're already taking action. To preserve the ozone layer,
we're going to ban all release of CFCs into the atmosphere by the
year 2000. To prevent pollution of the world's oceans, we're
going to end all ocean dumping of sewage and industrial wastes by
1991.
And we're going to join forces with other nations as well.
In February, the United States will host the plenary meeting of
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In July, when I
visited Poland and Hungary, I pledged America's help in tackling
the increasingly serious pollution problems those two nations
face. At the Paris Economic Summit, we helped the environment
achieve the status it deserves -- at the top of the agenda for
6
the seven major industrial democracies. And I mean to keep it
there.
America spends more than any other nation in the world on
environmental research. We're going to continue this pioneering
effort to protect the environment -- and put that environmental
expertise to work in the developing world as well. We can't
pollute today and postpone the clean-up until tomorrow. We've
got to make pollution prevention our aim -- and sharing our
expertise with the world is one way to do it.
Today, I want to announce a new environmental intiative --
one that will bring the Environmental Protection Agency and the
Peace Corps together in a joint venture in the service of the
global environment. Beginning in 1990, as part of their standard
preparation for duty, Peace Corps volunteers will be trained by
the EPA to deal with a full range of environmental challenges:
Water pollution prevention. Waste disposal. Reforestation.
Pesticide management.
Armed with greater knowledge about our environment, our
Peace Corps volunteers are going to help spread the word in the
developing world. They'll work to stop pollution before it
starts -- and ensure that èconomic development and environmental
stewardship go hand in hand.
THE WHITE HOUSE
montana Speech file
WASHINGTON
September 14, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
NANCY A. MALOLEY
nam
SUBJECT:
Montana Wilderness Bill
I talked to Roger concerning your question about a Montana
Wilderness bill.
There was a very controversial Montana Wilderness bill last
year, sponsored by both Senators Baucus and Melcher. It was
vetoed by President Reagan. It was a highly factional product,
with the timber industry on one side, and environmentalists on
the other.
Senator Baucus has not introduced a bill this year. Senator
Burn and Baucus are conversing, but are world's apart on any
wilderness bill at this time.
If asked, a suggested response for the President would be
"the ball is in the Congress' court, and when they come up with a
proposal, we will be happy to look at it."
CC: Roger B. Porter
LO : Sd 121 d3S 68
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 14, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
BRENT O. HATCH Bett
Associate Counsel to the President
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks -- Centennial of Montana
Counsel's office has reviewed the above-referenced remarks. We
have no legal objections.
Thank you for the opportunity to review this matter.
CC: James W. Cicconi
11 : IIV PI PEP 68
Document No.
072359SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
9/13/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
9/14/89 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CENTENNIAL OF MONTANA
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
PINKERTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm.
122, x2930, no later than NOON, Thursday, September 14, with
a copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Date:
9/13
TO:
Chriss
FROM:
JOHN S. GARDNER
Special Assistant to the President
and Assistant Staff Secretary
d thought these were both great!
The minor comment on p. 3 of
Montana.
06:00 pl des 68
Thanks,
Jr
McGroarty/Dooley
September 13, 1989
89 SEP 13 P4: 35
3:00 p.m.
[MONTANA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CENTENNIAL OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
HELENA, MONTANA
SEPTEMBER 18, 1989
2:00 P.M.
Thank you. [Introductory acknowledgements. ] Governor Stan
Stephens, Senators Baucus and Burns, Congressmen Marlenee and
Williams. Mayor Ritter. And let me say to everyone gathered
here and to all the people of Montana, it's a pleasure to be back
in this great state. Happy Birthday!
And you're certainly celebrating your 100th in style. I
have to tell you I was impressed with your Centennial cattle
drive. 3000 cattle, 60 miles in 6 days
From Roundup to
Billings without a hitch. You know, there were a few cynics back
East -- maybe you read some of the stories in a paper published
back there by the name of the The Wall Street Journal -- who said
it couldn't be done. [[Pause]] Well, you proved them wrong. I
hope they've learned their lesson back on Wall Street: when it
comes to Bull Markets -- no one knows more than Montana.
[[Pause]]
And I have a special message to my friends in Billings,
where all those cattle ended up: If you think the cattle were
2
bunched close together, you should see the Washington beltway
during rush-hour. [Pause]]
This is my first visit to Montana since the campaign -- and
since I started my new job. November 8th was a big day for me in
1988 -- and I know it's the big day for all Montanans in 1989.
It's good to be back under the Big Sky. Here between the
Scratchgravel hills and the Sleeping Giant, with your historic
statehouse -- a marvel of Montana granite, limestone and copper -
- standing at my back. You can feel the history of Montana --
its land and its people.
And I've heard there's a 9-pound trout waiting for me up in
the Bob {local name for the Bob Marshall Wilderness preserve}. I
don't know whether you've heard about the fish shortage up in
Maine this summer. [[Pause]] Anyway, it's not a problem here,
since I hear Montana's got 896 "catchable" fish per square mile.
[ [Pause]] Now I know why I had so much trouble catching a fish
up in Kennebunkport. They're all in Montana. [[Pause]]
Montana's contributed a great deal in the hundred years
since it became a state: along with its gold, copper and ore --
Montana's given our nation a sense of its own pioneering destiny.
There's something about spaces so vast you can see the curve of
Where? ? From a plane ? (mely not human eye at
3
gound level !)
the Earth that encourages us to see the future as an unlimited
horizon.
I spent this morning in your neighbor state of South Dakota,
which is celebrating its own centennial this year. You've got a
lot in common out in this part of the country. A can-do
attitude, a faith in hard work -- and a straight-forward love of
nature and the land we live in.
I spoke in Sioux Falls about a common concern of all of
ours: the environment. I spoke about all that we're doing to
improve our environment -- all that we must do to awaken a new
spirit of environmentalism across America.
Here in Montana, I know that spirit exists. This great
state was once the scene of an epic battle -- man against nature.
The only question that mattered was what man could take from the
earth -- not how we left it, or what we put back. Montana's
great natural wealth was something to extract, to exploit. The
greater riches we value today went unnoticed -- neglected.
Well, no more. Times have changed. Environmentalism runs
deep here. In the past two decades, Montana has enacted some of
the most advanced environmental statutes in all of the 50 states.
The citizens of the Big Sky state understand it's not man against
nature -- it's man and nature. Montanans have made a decision
4
never to let environmental exploitation go unchecked. The nation
-- and the world -- can learn from your example.
And we must learn. The single most significant word
today in the language of all environmentalists is:
interdependence.
That's a fact all Montanans should find it easy to
appreciate. Not so many miles from where we stand is a spot
called the Triple Divide, where the waters begin their separate
journeys to the Pacific, to the Gulf of Mexico, to the Hudson Bay
and the Arctic beyond -- the earth's own geography lesson in
global interdependence.
The plain fact is this: Pollution can't be contained by
lines drawn on a map. The actions we take can have consequences
felt the world over. The destruction of the rainforests in
Brazil. The ravages of acid rain, that threaten not just our
country but all of North America -- and not just the East but the
lakes and forests of the West as well. The billions of tons of
airborne pollutants carried across the continents, and the threat
of global warming: we know now that protecting the environment
is a global issue. The nations of the world must make common
cause in defense of our environment. And I promise you: this
nation will take the lead.
5
Here in Montana, you're already taking the lead with your
commitment to the environment -- led by every schoolchild in this
state who's planted a Ponderosa Pine to commemorate 100 years of
history. In just a few minutes, I'll be planting a tree of my
own -- and let me say from the heart: there's no finer symbol of
the love each one of us feels for this land than a tree growing
up in Montana's good earth. [[Pause]]
We're working hard to clean up America. But we can't stop
there. We've got to work with the rest of the world to preserve
the planet.
We're already taking action. To preserve the ozone layer,
we're going to ban all release of CFCs into the atmosphere by the
year 2000. To prevent pollution of the world's oceans, we're
going to end all ocean dumping of sewage and industrial wastes by
1991.
And we're going to join forces with other nations as well.
In February, the United States will host the plenary meeting of
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In July, when I
visited Poland and Hungary, I pledged America's help in tackling
the increasingly serious pollution problems those two nations
face. At the Paris Economic Summit, we helped the environment
achieve the status it deserves -- at the top of the agenda for
6
the seven major industrial democracies. And I mean to keep it
there.
America spends more than any other nation in the world on
environmental research. We're going to continue this pioneering
effort to protect the environment -- and put that environmental
expertise to work in the developing world as well. We can't
pollute today and postpone the clean-up until tomorrow. We've
got to make pollution prevention our aim -- and sharing our
expertise with the world is one way to do it.
Today, I want to announce a new environmental intiative --
one that will bring the Environmental Protection Agency and the
Peace Corps together in a joint venture in the service of the
global environment. Beginning in 1990, as part of their standard
preparation for duty, Peace Corps volunteers will be trained by
the EPA to deal with a full range of environmental challenges:
Water pollution prevention. Waste disposal. Reforestation.
Pesticide management.
Armed with greater knowledge about our environment, our
Peace Corps volunteers are going to help spread the word in the
developing world. They'll work to stop pollution before it
starts -- and ensure that economic development and environmental
stewardship go hand in hand.
7
And Montanans know more than most how much that means. How
vital it is for us to accept our responsibilities -- our
stewardship -- of the environment. In Montana, across America
and around the world: we hold this land in trust for the
generations that come after. The air and the earth are riches we
simply cannot squander.
One hundred years ago, Montana was a land where man sought
the treasure that lay beneath the earth. Today, it's the land
itself we treasure -- a living legacy we must preserve, and pass
along. One hundred years from now, on the bicentennial of this
great state, we want our childrens' great grand-children to enjoy
the natural wonders that abound across Montana today -- from
Glacier down to Yellowstone and out to the great plains. We want
to know that -- one hundred years from now -- the legacy will
live on.
Thank you all for coming out to give me such a warm welcome.
God bless you. And may God bless the state of Montana, and bring
it another hundred years of happiness.
# # #
Mentana Will Drive
Catle Down U.S. 87
Montana Plans to Mark Centennial
To Mark Centennial
With a Cattle Drive Down U.S. 87
* * *
It Will Be Like Old Times,
Continued From First Page
State Hopes but Some
early this month when the project's hired
more-that is, if the cattle don't stampede.
director, Daniel Lee, who had been a White
"We're dealing with a total unknown here;
See Disaster in the Making
House staffer during the Carter adminis-
no one has ever done anything like this be-
tration, abruptly quit. Mr. Lee's departure
fore," says Musselshell County Sheriff
Brian Neidhardt. The sheriff and his staff
left the project's planning a shambles.
By BILL RICHARDS
Latigo officials argue that Mr. Lee
of six patrolmen are charged with policing
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
didn't understand "the cowboy mystique"
the first half of the drive's route, where it
BILLINGS, Mont. years ago, it
traverses the rolling Bull Mountains and
of Montanans and tried to organize the
seemed like a cowboy's dream: To cap
spills out onto flat, open range.
drive as if it were a political campaign.
Montana's centennial celebration, a band
"He was a guy from Georgia trying to tell
Party Animals
of 100 or SO horsemen would drive 10,000
Montana ranchers how to handle cows,"
cattle down the 60-mile trail from Roundup
Sheriff Neidhardt has deputized 20
says Kim Kuzara, Mr. Lee's replacement.
into Billings.
helpers and lined up empty jail space in
(Mr. Lee was somewhere on the road be-
But Montana's Centennial Cattle Drive
surrounding counties in case trouble fills
tween Billings and Georgia, according to
is generating enough problems here to
Musselshell County's 14 cells. But he says
his mother, and couldn't be reached for
make even a John Wayne blanch.
that, while he worries about range fires
comment.)
For one thing, the first half of the
and drunken crowds getting in the way of
So it has fallen to Mr. Kuzara, a 41-
planned route runs down heavily traveled
emergency vehicles, he is most leery of the
year-old reporter for the Roundup Record-
U.S. Highway 87. For another, the entou-
drovers' plan to start the drive by running
Tribune; to press on doggedly with the
more than 100 longhorn cattle down
rage expected to show up on Labor Day to
project. Groggy after a stretch of 18-hour
join the five-day drive now includes 3,000
Roundup's five-block main drag. He shud-
days, Mr. Kuzara and his small volunteer
mounted celebrators (some on rented
ders as he conjures up visions of skittish
staff have been laboring in Latigo's make-
horses) from as far away as Japan, nearly
longhorns stampeding through the town's
shift headquarters in a former department
storefronts, with television crews from as
300 antique wagons, 400 reporters from
store here, trying to locate, among other
around the world, a bunch of big-name
far away as Moscow and Tokyo recording
items, 650 tons of hay and 200,000 gallons of
the chaos.
country-music performers and a sponsor
water. Such supplies will have to be
that plans to distribute beer along the way.
trucked in for the drive's two- and four-
"People," he notes, "keep saying, 'It'll
That's not to mention spectators-150,000
lègged participants, who will be traveling
work out. Just think of all the publicity.'
of them, according to some forecasts.
through near-desert conditions.
Roundup will be known for years, all right,
Around these parts, people have begun
but maybe not the way we'd like to be."
Mr. Kuzara is also struggling to get the
referring nervously to the drive as the
event's finances under control. The organi-
Here in Billings, where the drive will
Cowboy Woodstock."
zers estimate that the drive's cost, origi-
finish up by coming down the city's busiest
Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'
nally figured at under $500,000, has bal-
thoroughfare, officials are also bracing
"This thing has begun to roll awfully
looned to more than $1 million. "We're
themselves. "We haven't had a cattle drive
fast," says Stan Lynde, a Billings cartoon-
using a dynamic budget," says Mr. Ku-
here for 100 years," says the city's police
zara. "It changes from day to day."
chief, Ellis E. Kaiser, whose 100-member
ist who dreamed up the event with a friend
Then there is the cattle problem. Latigo
force will be on full alert for the drive's ar-
as a way to publicize the state's 100th anni-
officials scaled back the size of the herd to
rival. "The only thing know about cows is
versary this year. The 58-year-old Mr.
3,500 to make it more manageable. But Mr.
that you get milk and steaks from them.
Lynde says the idea came from reading
"Lonesome Dove," Larry McMurtry's
Kuzara still isn't certain how much room it
Latigo officials dismiss the worries. "I
best-seller about a fictional cattle drive
will take up on Highway 87, which is only
don't know of anybody who doesn't want
n
from Texas to Montana.
21 feet wide in some spots.
this to happen," says James Scott, a Bill-
Of course, in "Lonesome Dove" the
Punching a series of figures into his cal-
ings banker who heads Latigo's board.
V
cowboys are attacked by Indians. Latigo
culator, Mr. Kuzara figures that a single
"Like at Woodstock," he adds, "everybody
e
animal will occupy a space four feet by
will just have to work together."
eight feet. Multiplying that by 3,500, he ar-
Beer for the Masses
rives at an estimate that the herd will take
MONTANA
up about eight-tenths of a mile of road.
Mr. Scott says Latigo has rounded up
"Obviously," he says, "those cows aren't
100 professional cowboys from across the
going to line up like soldiers. This would be
state to move the cattle and recently
a
humorous if it wasn't serious."
signed on several national sponsors to ease
Miles
the project's cash crunch. One of them,
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State and local officials say they expect
ASSEMBLY
Anheuser-Busch Cos., will have a "beer
Roundupe
the drive to stretch over seven miles or
POINT
wagon" rolling right next to the drive's
chuck wagon and will distribute its brew
CORRECTIONS
from large tents at each night's campsite.
In the interest of safety, Latigo
& AMPLIFICATIONS
scrapped a plan to have the cattle ford the
87
Yellowstone River, which is high for this
TRAIL
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEC-
River
time of year. Officials also plan to hand
yellowstone
TION AGENCY said it has proposed bar-
out rules to riders (each of whom is paying
ring- Big Apple Wrecking Corp., Bronx,
94
$40 for the privilege of taking part), warn-
N.Y., and J.Y. Arnold & Associates, Cen-
ing that they will be tossed off the trail for
tral City, Ky., from receiving federal
Billings
drinking before 5 p.m., using profanity or
90
loans, contracts or grants. Previously., the
carrying guns.
Laurel
EPA said the two companies were being
Mr. Scott acknowledges, however, that
barred, and it didn't explain that the com-
his group won't have any control over
panies can request a hearing and can ap-
Corp., the nonprofit concern that is staging
spectators. Nor, he concedes, does anyone
peal before they are barred.
the cattle drive here, hasn't encountered
really know how many people will show up
*
for the extravaganza.
that problem yet. But it has certainly run
SALES OF DOMESTIC-MADE CARS
into a swarm of others.
Out on the trail, William Kramer, who
and trucks rose 2.6% in mid-August from
grazes a small herd of his own Angus cat-
The drive is being openly derided by
the year-ago period, and sales of domestic-
tle near Highway 87, snorts with laughter
some Billings residents, who'see it as a
made cars alone increased 5.4%. An ear-
when a visitor stops to ask about the drive.
throwback to: the cow-town past of Mon-
lier edition incorrectly reported the figures
"It's one of the dumbest things I've ever
tana's largest city. Edgy ranchers have re-
fused to let the drive cross their land after
because of an error in tabulating Chrysler
heard of," says the 71-year-old stockman.
it leaves Highway 87, forcing last-minute
Corp.'s domestic car sales. They increased
"Those cows ain't just going to pussyfoot
6% instead of declining, as was incorrectly
down that highway. They're going to run.
S
route shifts. The organizers also had to
make a hasty change in their destination
reported. A corrected sales table appears
And I'm going to sit here and watch and
y
on Page C9).
laugh.
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when they discovered that the cattle, cow-
e
boys and the rest would end up at the same
n
park where a group of Montana Indians
had a permit to conduct a tribal art show
and business fair.
Latigo nearly scrubbed the whole event
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
09 SEP14 P7:09 09
September 14, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH: CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
DANIEL McGROARTY Amy
SUBJECT: REMARKS AT MONTANA STATE CENTENNIAL
I. SUMMARY
On September 18, following your visit to South Dakota, you
will travel to Helena, Montana, which also celebrates its
centennial in 1989. You will speak in front of the Montana
Statehouse at 1:20 p.m. As in South Dakota, a brief tree
planting ceremony follows your remarks.
II. DISCUSSION
Montana, with its natural riches and in recent decades its
new-found environmental ethic, is a unique setting for an address
that focuses on protecting the environment. This address is
intended to complement your earlier speech in South Dakota by
concentrating on our international environment efforts.
The highlight of Montana's Centennial ceremonies has been
the successful Roundup-to-Billings cattle drive, referred to in
your remarks.
Several additional notes on "local color" in the speech:
Last Chance Gulch is Helena's "Main Street." "The Sleeping
Giant" is the local name given to a mountain formation visible in
the distance from where you speak, and the Bob Marshall
Wilderness is referred to by Montanans as "the Bob." Montana's
Centennial occurs November 8, the anniversary of your election to
the Presidency.
McGroarty/Dooley
September 14, 1989
6:30 p.m.
[MONTANA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CENTENNIAL OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
HELENA, MONTANA
SEPTEMBER 18, 1989
1:20 P.M.
Thank you. [Introductory acknowledgements.] Governor Stan
Stephens, Lt. Governor Kolstad. [Congressional delegation, Mayor
of Helena.] And let me say to everyone gathered here and to all
the people of Montana, it's a pleasure to be back in this great
state. Happy Birthday!
And you're certainly celebrating your 100th in style. I
have to tell you I was impressed with your Centennial cattle
drive. Nearly 3000 cattle, 60 miles in 6 days
Maybe I can
get a few drovers to come back with me to Washington. There's a
herd back on Capitol Hill I'd like to move in my direction.
[[Pause]]
This is my first visit to Montana since the campaign -- and
since I started my new job. November 8th was a big day for me in
1988 -- and I know it's the big day for all Montanans in 1989.
You know, I've come a long way today from Pennsylvania
Avenue. But here I am -- standing on Capitol Hill -- just a mile
2
away from Last Chance Gulch. [[Pause]] Maybe I haven't left
home after all.
But it is good to be back under the Big Sky. Looking out at
the Sleeping Giant, with your historic statehouse -- a marvel of
Montana granite, sandstone and copper -- standing at my back.
You can feel the history of Montana -- its land and its people.
And I've heard there's a 5-pound trout waiting for me up in
the Bob {local name for the Bob Marshall Wilderness preserve). I
don't know whether you've heard about the fish shortage up in
Maine this summer. [[Pause]] Anyway, it's not a problem here,
since I hear Montana's got 896 "catchable" fish per square mile.
[[Pause] Now I know why I had so much trouble catching a fish
up in Kennebunkport. They're all in Montana. [[Pause]]
Montana's contributed a great deal in the hundred years
since it became a state: along with its gold, copper and ore --
Montana's given our nation a sense of its own pioneering destiny.
There's something about spaces so vast you can see the curve of
the Earth. What encouragement it gives us to see the future as an
unlimited horizon.
I spent this morning in your neighbor state of South Dakota,
which is celebrating its own centennial this year. You've got a
lot in common out in this part of the country. A can-do
3
attitude, a faith in hard work -- and a straight-forward love of
nature and the land we live in.
This morning, I spoke in Sioux Falls about a common concern
of all of ours: the environment -- about the need to awaken a
new spirit of environmentalism across America.
Here in Montana, I know that spirit exists. This great
state was once the scene of an epic battle -- man against nature.
Too often, the only question that mattered was what man could
take from the earth -- not how we left it, or what we put back.
Well, no more. Times have changed. The conservation ethic
runs deep here. In the past two decades, Montana has enacted
some of the most advanced environmental statutes in all of the 50
states. The citizens of the Big Sky state understand it's not man
against nature -- it's man and nature. Montanans have made a
decision never to let environmental exploitation go unchecked.
We can have a sound ecology and a strong economy.
The nation -- and the world -- can learn from your example.
And we must learn. The single most significant word
today in the language of all environmentalists is:
interdependence.
4
That's a fact all Montanans should find it easy to
appreciate. Not so many miles from where we stand is a spot
called the Triple Divide, where the waters begin their separate
journeys to the Pacific, to the Gulf of Mexico, to the Hudson Bay
and the Arctic beyond -- the earth's own geography lesson in
global interdependence.
The plain fact is this: Pollution can't be contained by
lines drawn on a map. The actions we take can have consequences
felt the world over. The destruction of the rainforests in
Brazil. The ravages of acid rain, that threaten not just our
country but our neighbors to the North -- and not just the East
but the lakes and forests of the West as well. The millions of
tons of airborne pollutants carried across the continents, and
the threat of global warming: we know now that protecting the
environment is a global issue. The nations of the world must
make common cause in defense of our environment. And I promise
you: this nation will take the lead.
Here in Montana, you're already taking the lead with your
commitment to the environment -- led by every schoolchild in this
state who's planted a Ponderosa Pine to commemorate 100 years of
history. In just a few minutes, I'll be planting a tree of my
own -- and let me say from the heart: there's no finer symbol of
the love each one of us feels for this land than a tree growing
up in Montana's good earth. [[Pause]]
5
We're working hard to clean up America. But we can't stop
there. We've got to work with the rest of the world to preserve
the planet.
We're already taking action. To preserve the ozone layer,
we're going to ban all release of CFCs into the atmosphere by the
year 2000. To prevent pollution of the world's oceans, we're
going to end virtually all ocean dumping of sewage and industrial
wastes by 1991. After that, anyone who continues to pollute is
going to pay for it -- with stiff fines.
And we're going to join forces with other nations as well.
In February, the United States will host the plenary meeting of
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In July, when I
visited Poland and Hungary, I pledged America's help in tackling
the increasingly serious pollution problems those two nations
face. At the Paris Economic Summit, we helped the environment
achieve the status it deserves -- at the top of the agenda for
the seven major industrial democracies. And I mean to keep it
there.
America spends more than any other nation in the world on
environmental research. We're going to continue this pioneering
effort to protect the environment -- and put that environmental
expertise to work in the developing world as well. We can't
6
pollute today and postpone the clean-up until tomorrow. We've
got to make pollution prevention our aim -- and sharing our
expertise with the world is one way to do it.
Today, I want to announce a new environmental intiative --
one that will bring the Environmental Protection Agency and the
Peace Corps together in a joint venture in the service of the
global environment. Beginning in 1990, as part of their standard
preparation for duty, Peace Corps volunteers will be trained by
the EPA to deal with a full range of environmental challenges:
Water pollution prevention. Waste disposal. Reforestation.
Pesticide management.
Armed with greater knowledge about our environment, our
Peace Corps volunteers are going to help spread the word in the
developing world. They'll work to stop pollution before it
starts -- and ensure that economic development and environmental
stewardship go hand in hand.
And Montanans know more than most how much that means. How
vital it is for us to accept our responsibilities -- our
stewardship -- of the environment. In Montana, across America
and around the world: we hold this land in trust for the
generations that come after. The air and the earth are riches we
simply cannot squander.
7
One hundred years ago, Montana was a land where man sought
the treasure that lay beneath the earth. Today, it's the land
itself we treasure -- a living legacy we must preserve, and pass
along. One hundred years from now, on the bicentennial of this
great state, we want our childrens' great grand-children to enjoy
the natural wonders that abound across Montana today -- from
Glacier down to Yellowstone and out to the great plains. We want
to know that -- one hundred years from now -- the legacy will
live on.
Thank you all for coming out to give me such a warm welcome.
God bless you. And may God bless the state of Montana, and bring
it another hundred years of happiness.
# # #
REMARKS: CENTENNIAL OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
HELENA, MONTANA
SEPTEMBER 18, 1989
1:20 P.M.
THANK YOU. GOVERNOR STAN STEPHENS FOR THAT KIND
INTRODUCTION, AND THANK YOU LT. GOVERNOR KOLSTAD AND
MAYOR RITTER FOR YOUR WARM WELCOME. ITS WONDERFUL TO
SEE so MANY GOOD FRIENDS LIKE YOUR GREAT SENATOR CONRAD
BURNS, FLOYD MARTEN, CHUCK HERINGER, AND BARBARA
CAMPBELL. AND, OF COURSE, OUR OUTSTANDING EPA
ADMINISTRATOR BILL REILLY. AND LET ME SAY TO EVERYONE
GATHERED HERE AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF MONTANA, IT'S A
PLEASURE TO BE BACK IN THIS GREAT STATE. HAPPY
BIRTHDAY!
AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY CELEBRATING YOUR 100TH IN
STYLE. I HAVE TO TELL YOU I WAS IMPRESSED WITH YOUR
CENTENNIAL CATTLE DRIVE. NEARLY 3000 CATTLE, 60 MILES
IN 6 DAYS....
MAYBE I CAN GET A FEW DROVERS TO COME
BACK WITH ME TO WASHINGTON. THERE'S A HERD BACK ON
CAPITOL HILL I'D LIKE TO MOVE IN MY DIRECTION.
[[PAUSE]]
- 2 -
THIS IS MY FIRST VISIT TO MONTANA SINCE THE
CAMPAIGN - AND SINCE I STARTED MY NEW JOB. NOVEMBER
8TH WAS A BIG DAY FOR ME IN 1988 -- AND I KNOW IT'S THE
BIG DAY FOR ALL MONTANANS IN 1989.
YOU KNOW, I'VE COME A LONG WAY TODAY FROM
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. BUT HERE I AM - - STANDING ON
CAPITOL HILL - -- JUST A MILE AWAY FROM LAST CHANCE
GULCH. [[PAUSE]] MAYBE I HAVEN'T LEFT HOME AFTER ALL.
BUT IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK UNDER THE BIG SKY.
LOOKING OUT AT THE SLEEPING GIANT, WITH YOUR HISTORIC
STATEHOUSE - A MARVEL OF MONTANA GRANITE, SANDSTONE
AND COPPER - STANDING AT MY BACK. YOU CAN FEEL THE
HISTORY OF MONTANA - ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE.
AND I'VE HEARD THERE'S A 5-POUND TROUT WAITING FOR
ME UP IN THE BOB. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'VE HEARD
ABOUT THE FISH SHORTAGE UP IN MAINE THIS SUMMER.
[[PAUSE]] ANYWAY, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM HERE, SINCE I
HEAR MONTANA'S GOT 896 "CATCHABLE" FISH PER SQUARE
MILE. [[PAUSE]] NOW I KNOW WHY I HAD so MUCH TROUBLE
CATCHING A FISH UP IN KENNEBUNKPORT. THEY'RE ALL IN
MONTANA. [[PAUSE]]
- 3 -
MONTANA'S CONTRIBUTED A GREAT DEAL IN THE HUNDRED
YEARS SINCE IT BECAME A STATE: ALONG WITH ITS GOLD,
COPPER AND ORE -- MONTANA'S GIVEN OUR NATION A SENSE OF
ITS OWN PIONEERING DESTINY. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
SPACES so VAST YOU CAN SEE THE CURVE OF THE EARTH. WHAT
ENCOURAGEMENT IT GIVES US TO SEE THE FUTURE AS AN
UNLIMITED HORIZON.
I SPENT THIS MORNING IN YOUR NEIGHBOR STATE OF
SOUTH DAKOTA, WHICH IS CELEBRATING ITS OWN CENTENNIAL
THIS YEAR. YOU'VE GOT A LOT IN COMMON OUT IN THIS PART
OF THE COUNTRY. A CAN-DO ATTITUDE, A FAITH IN HARD
WORK -- AND A STRAIGHT-FORWARD LOVE OF NATURE AND THE
LAND WE LIVE IN.
THIS MORNING, I SPOKE IN SIOUX FALLS ABOUT A
COMMON CONCERN OF ALL OF OURS: THE ENVIRONMENT --
ABOUT THE NEED TO AWAKEN A NEW SPIRIT OF
ENVIRONMENTALISM ACROSS AMERICA.
- 4 -
HERE IN MONTANA, I KNOW THAT SPIRIT EXISTS. THIS
GREAT STATE WAS ONCE THE SCENE OF AN EPIC BATTLE -- MAN
AGAINST NATURE. TOO OFTEN, THE ONLY QUESTION THAT
MATTERED WAS WHAT MAN COULD TAKE FROM THE EARTH -- NOT
HOW WE LEFT IT, OR WHAT WE PUT BACK.
WELL, NO MORE. TIMES HAVE CHANGED. THE
CONSERVATION ETHIC RUNS DEEP HERE. IN THE PAST TWO
DECADES, MONTANA HAS ENACTED SOME OF THE MOST ADVANCED
ENVIRONMENTAL STATUTES IN ALL OF THE 50 STATES. THE
CITIZENS OF THE BIG SKY STATE UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT MAN
AGAINST NATURE -- IT'S MAN AND NATURE. MONTANANS HAVE
MADE A DECISION NEVER TO LET ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION
GO UNCHECKED. WE CAN HAVE A SOUND ECOLOGY AND A STRONG
ECONOMY.
THE NATION - AND THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM YOUR
EXAMPLE. AND WE MUST LEARN. THE SINGLE MOST
SIGNIFICANT WORD TODAY IN THE LANGUAGE OF ALL
ENVIRONMENTALISTS IS: INTERDEPENDENCE.
- 5 -
THAT'S A FACT ALL MONTANANS SHOULD FIND IT EASY TO
APPRECIATE. NOT SO MANY MILES FROM WHERE WE STAND IS A
SPOT CALLED THE TRIPLE DIVIDE, WHERE THE WATERS BEGIN
THEIR SEPARATE JOURNEYS TO THE PACIFIC, TO THE GULF OF
MEXICO, TO THE HUDSON BAY AND THE ARCTIC BEYOND -- THE
EARTH'S OWN GEOGRAPHY LESSON IN GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE.
THE PLAIN FACT IS THIS: POLLUTION CAN'T BE
CONTAINED BY LINES DRAWN ON A MAP. THE ACTIONS WE TAKE
CAN HAVE CONSEQUENCES FELT THE WORLD OVER. THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE RAINFORESTS IN BRAZIL. THE RAVAGES
OF ACID RAIN, THAT THREATEN NOT JUST OUR COUNTRY BUT
OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH -- AND NOT JUST THE EAST BUT
THE LAKES AND FORESTS OF THE WEST AS WELL. THE
MILLIONS OF TONS OF AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS CARRIED ACROSS
THE CONTINENTS, AND THE THREAT OF GLOBAL WARMING: WE
KNOW NOW THAT PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT IS A GLOBAL
ISSUE. THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD MUST MAKE COMMON CAUSE
IN DEFENSE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT. AND I PROMISE YOU:
THIS NATION WILL TAKE THE LEAD.
- 6 -
HERE IN MONTANA, YOU'RE ALREADY TAKING THE LEAD
WITH YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT -- LED BY EVERY
SCHOOLCHILD IN THIS STATE WHO'S PLANTED A PONDEROSA
PINE TO COMMEMORATE 100 YEARS OF HISTORY. IN JUST A
FEW MINUTES, I'LL BE PLANTING A TREE OF MY OWN -- AND
LET ME SAY FROM THE HEART: THERE'S NO FINER SYMBOL OF
THE LOVE EACH ONE OF US FEELS FOR THIS LAND THAN A TREE
GROWING UP IN MONTANA'S GOOD EARTH. [[PAUSE]]
WE'RE WORKING HARD TO CLEAN UP AMERICA. BUT WE
CAN'T STOP THERE. WE'VE GOT TO WORK WITH THE REST OF
THE WORLD TO PRESERVE THE PLANET.
WE'RE ALREADY TAKING ACTION. TO PRESERVE THE
OZONE LAYER, WE'RE GOING TO BAN ALL RELEASE OF CFCS
INTO THE ATMOSPHERE BY THE YEAR 2000. TO PREVENT
POLLUTION OF THE WORLD'S OCEANS, WE'RE GOING TO END
VIRTUALLY ALL OCEAN DUMPING OF SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL
WASTES BY 1991. AFTER THAT, ANYONE WHO CONTINUES TO
POLLUTE IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT -- WITH STIFF FINES.
- 7 -
AND WE'RE GOING TO JOIN FORCES WITH OTHER NATIONS
AS WELL. IN FEBRUARY, THE UNITED STATES WILL HOST THE
PLENARY MEETING OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON
CLIMATE CHANGE. IN JULY, WHEN I VISITED POLAND AND
HUNGARY, I PLEDGED AMERICA'S HELP IN TACKLING THE
INCREASINGLY SERIOUS POLLUTION PROBLEMS THOSE TWO
NATIONS FACE. AT THE PARIS ECONOMIC SUMMIT, WE HELPED
THE ENVIRONMENT ACHIEVE THE STATUS IT DESERVES -- AT
THE TOP OF THE AGENDA FOR THE SEVEN MAJOR INDUSTRIAL
DEMOCRACIES. AND I MEAN TO KEEP IT THERE.
AMERICA SPENDS MORE THAN ANY OTHER NATION IN THE
WORLD ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE THIS PIONEERING EFFORT TO PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT -- AND PUT THAT ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTISE TO
WORK IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD AS WELL. WE CAN'T POLLUTE
TODAY AND POSTPONE THE CLEAN-UP UNTIL TOMORROW. WE'VE
GOT TO MAKE POLLUTION PREVENTION OUR AIM -- AND SHARING
OUR EXPERTISE WITH THE WORLD IS ONE WAY TO DO IT.
- 8 -
TODAY, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL
INTIATIVE --ONE THAT WILL BRING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE PEACE CORPS TOGETHER IN A
JOINT VENTURE IN THE SERVICE OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT.
BEGINNING IN 1990, AS PART OF THEIR STANDARD
PREPARATION FOR DUTY, PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS WILL BE
TRAINED BY THE EPA TO DEAL WITH A FULL RANGE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES: WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION.
WASTE DISPOSAL. REFORESTATION. PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT.
ARMED WITH GREATER KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUR
ENVIRONMENT, OUR PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS ARE GOING TO
HELP SPREAD THE WORD IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD. THEY'LL
WORK TO STOP POLLUTION BEFORE IT STARTS -- AND ENSURE
THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
GO HAND IN HAND.
AND MONTANANS KNOW MORE THAN MOST HOW MUCH THAT
MEANS. HOW VITAL IT IS FOR US TO ACCEPT OUR
RESPONSIBILITIES -- OUR STEWARDSHIP -- OF THE
ENVIRONMENT. IN MONTANA, ACROSS AMERICA AND AROUND THE
WORLD: WE HOLD THIS LAND IN TRUST FOR THE GENERATIONS
THAT COME AFTER. THE AIR AND THE EARTH ARE RICHES WE
SIMPLY CANNOT SQUANDER.
- 9 -
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, MONTANA WAS A LAND WHERE
MAN SOUGHT THE TREASURE THAT LAY BENEATH THE EARTH.
TODAY, IT'S THE LAND ITSELF WE TREASURE -- A LIVING
LEGACY WE MUST PRESERVE, AND PASS ALONG. ONE HUNDRED
YEARS FROM NOW, ON THE BICENTENNIAL OF THIS GREAT
STATE, WE WANT OUR CHILDRENS' GREAT GRAND-CHILDREN TO
ENJOY THE NATURAL WONDERS THAT ABOUND ACROSS MONTANA
TODAY -- FROM GLACIER DOWN TO YELLOWSTONE AND OUT TO
THE GREAT PLAINS. WE WANT TO KNOW THAT -- ONE HUNDRED
YEARS FROM NOW -- THE LEGACY WILL LIVE ON.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TO GIVE ME SUCH A
WARM WELCOME. GOD BLESS YOU. AND MAY GOD BLESS THE
STATE OF MONTANA, AND BRING IT ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS OF
HAPPINESS.
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REMARKS: CENTENNIAL OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
HELENA, MONTANA
SEPTEMBER 18, 1989\ 1:20 P.M.
THANK YOU GOVERNOR STAN STEPHENS FOR THAT KIND
INTRODUCTION, AND THANK YOU LT. GOVERNOR KOLSTAD AND
MAYOR RITTER FOR YOUR WARM WELCOME. ITS WONDERFUL TO
SEE so MANY GOOD FRIENDS LIKE YOUR GREAT SENATOR CONRAD
BURNS, FLOYD MARTEN, CHUCK HERINGER, AND BARBARA
CAMPBELL.
2 I a
AND, OF COURSE, OUR OUTSTANDING EPA ADMINSTRATOR BILL
REILLY. AND LET ME SAY TO EVERYONE GATHERED HERE AND
TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF MONTANA, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE
BACK IN THIS GREAT STATE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
- 3 -
AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY CELEBRATING YOUR 100TH IN
STYLE. I HAVE TO TELL YOU I WAS IMPRESSED WITH YOUR
CENTENNIAL CATTLE DRIVE. NEARLY 3000 CATTLE, 60 MILES
IN 6 DAYS
MAYBE I CAN GET A FEW DROVERS TO COME
BACK WITH ME TO WASHINGTON. THERE'S A HERD BACK ON
CAPITOL HILL I'D LIKE TO MOVE IN MY DIRECTION.
[[PAUSE]]
4 I Il
THIS IS MY FIRST VISIT TO MONTANA SINCE THE
CAMPAIGN -- AND SINCE I STARTED MY NEW JOB. NOVEMBER
8TH WAS A BIG DAY FOR ME IN 1988 -- AND I KNOW IT'S THE
BIG DAY FOR ALL MONTANANS IN 1989.
You KNOW, I'VE COME A LONG WAY TODAY FROM
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. BUT HERE I AM -- STANDING ON
CAPITOL HILL -- JUST A MILE AWAY FROM LAST CHANCE
GULCH. [[PAUSE]] MAYBE I HAVEN'T LEFT HOME AFTER ALL.
- 5 -
BUT IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK UNDER THE BIG SKY.
LOOKING OUT AT THE SLEEPING GIANT, WITH YOUR HISTORIC
STATEHOUSE -- A MARVEL OF MONTANA GRANITE, SANDSTONE
AND COPPER -- STANDING AT MY BACK. You CAN FEEL THE
HISTORY OF MONTANA -- ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE.
- 6 -
AND I'VE HEARD THERE'S A 5-POUND TROUT WAITING FOR
ME UP IN THE BoB {LOCAL NAME FOR THE BoB MARSHALL
WILDERNESS PRESERVE}. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'VE
HEARD ABOUT THE FISH SHORTAGE UP IN MAINE THIS SUMMER.
[[PAUSE]] ANYWAY, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM HERE, SINCE I
HEAR MONTANA'S GOT 896 "CATCHABLE" FISH PER SQUARE
MILE. [[PAUSE]] Now I KNOW WHY I HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE
CATCHING A FISH UP IN KENNEBUNKPORT. THEY'RE ALL IN
MONTANA. [[PAUSE]]
- 7 -
MONTANA'S CONTRIBUTED A GREAT DEAL IN THE HUNDRED
YEARS SINCE IT BECAME A STATE: ALONG WITH ITS GOLD,
COPPER AND ORE -- MONTANA'S GIVEN OUR NATION A SENSE OF
ITS OWN PIONEERING DESTINY. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
SPACES SO VAST YOU CAN SEE THE CURVE OF THE EARTH. WHAT
ENCOURAGEMENT IT GIVES US TO SEE THE FUTURE AS AN
UNLIMITED HORIZON.
- 8 -
I SPENT THIS MORNING IN YOUR NEIGHBOR STATE OF
SOUTH DAKOTA, WHICH IS CELEBRATING ITS OWN CENTENNIAL
THIS YEAR. YOU'VE GOT A LOT IN COMMON OUT IN THIS PART
OF THE COUNTRY. A CAN-DO ATTITUDE, A FAITH IN HARD
WORK --- AND A STRAIGHT-FORWARD LOVE OF NATURE AND THE
LAND WE LIVE IN.
- 9 -
THIS MORNING, I SPOKE IN SIOUX FALLS ABOUT A COMMON
CONCERN OF ALL OF OURS: THE ENVIRONMENT -- ABOUT THE
NEED TO AWAKEN A NEW SPIRIT OF ENVIRONMENTALISM ACROSS
AMERICA.
HERE IN MONTANA, I KNOW THAT SPIRIT EXISTS. THIS
GREAT STATE WAS ONCE THE SCENE OF AN EPIC BATTLE -- MAN
AGAINST NATURE. Too OFTEN, THE ONLY QUESTION THAT
MATTERED WAS WHAT MAN COULD TAKE FROM THE EARTH -- NOT
HOW WE LEFT IT, OR WHAT WE PUT BACK.
- 10 -
WELL, NO MORE. TIMES HAVE CHANGED. THE
CONSERVATION ETHIC RUNS DEEP HERE. IN THE PAST TWO
DECADES, MONTANA HAS ENACTED SOME OF THE MOST ADVANCED
ENVIRONMENTAL STATUTES IN ALL OF THE 50 STATES. THE
CITIZENS OF THE BIG SKY STATE UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT MAN
AGAINST NATURE -- IT'S MAN AND NATURE. MONTANANS HAVE
MADE A DECISION NEVER TO LET ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION
GO UNCHECKED. WE CAN HAVE A SOUND ECOLOGY AND A STRONG
ECONOMY.
- 11 -
THE NATION -- AND THE WORLD -- CAN LEARN FROM YOUR
EXAMPLE. AND WE MUST LEARN. THE SINGLE MOST
SIGNIFICANT WORD TODAY IN THE LANGUAGE OF ALL
ENVIRONMENTALISTS IS: INTERDEPENDENCE.
- 12 -
THAT'S A FACT ALL MONTANANS SHOULD FIND IT EASY TO
APPRECIATE. NOT so MANY MILES FROM WHERE WE STAND IS A
SPOT CALLED THE TRIPLE DIVIDE, WHERE THE WATERS BEGIN
THEIR SEPARATE JOURNEYS TO THE PACIFIC, TO THE GULF OF
MEXICO, TO THE HUDSON BAY AND THE ARCTIC BEYOND -- THE
EARTH'S OWN GEOGRAPHY LESSON IN GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE.
THE PLAIN FACT IS THIS: POLLUTION CAN'T BE
CONTAINED BY LINES DRAWN ON A MAP. THE ACTIONS WE TAKE
CAN HAVE CONSEQUENCES FELT THE WORLD OVER.
- 13 -
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RAINFORESTS IN BRAZIL. THE
RAVAGES OF ACID RAIN, THAT THREATEN NOT JUST OUR
COUNTRY BUT OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH -- AND NOT JUST
THE EAST BUT THE LAKES AND FORESTS OF THE WEST AS WELL.
B 14 -
THE MILLIONS OF TONS OF AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS CARRIED
ACROSS THE CONTINENTS, AND THE THREAT OF GLOBAL
WARMING: WE KNOW NOW THAT PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
IS A GLOBAL ISSUE. THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD MUST MAKE
COMMON CAUSE IN DEFENSE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT. AND I
PROMISE YOU: THIS NATION WILL TAKE THE LEAD.
- 15 -
HERE IN MONTANA, YOU'RE ALREADY TAKING THE LEAD
WITH YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT -- LED BY EVERY
SCHOOLCHILD IN THIS STATE WHO'S PLANTED A PONDEROSA
PINE TO COMMEMORATE 100 YEARS OF HISTORY. IN JUST A
FEW MINUTES, I'LL BE PLANTING A TREE OF MY OWN -- AND
LET ME SAY FROM THE HEART: THERE'S NO FINER SYMBOL OF
THE LOVE EACH ONE OF US FEELS FOR THIS LAND THAN A TREE
GROWING UP IN MONTANA'S GOOD EARTH. [[PAUSE]]
- 16 -
WE'RE WORKING HARD TO CLEAN UP AMERICA. BUT WE
CAN'T STOP THERE. WE'VE GOT TO WORK WITH THE REST OF
THE WORLD TO PRESERVE THE PLANET.
WE'RE ALREADY TAKING ACTION. To PRESERVE THE OZONE
LAYER, WE'RE GOING TO BAN ALL RELEASE OF CFCs INTO THE
ATMOSPHERE BY THE YEAR 2000. To PREVENT POLLUTION OF
THE WORLD'S OCEANS, WE'RE GOING TO END VIRTUALLY ALL
OCEAN DUMPING OF SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES BY 1991.
- 17 -
AFTER THAT, ANYONE WHO CONTINUES TO POLLUTE IS GOING TO
PAY FOR IT -- WITH STIFF FINES.
AND WE'RE GOING TO JOIN FORCES WITH OTHER NATIONS
AS WELL. IN FEBRUARY, THE UNITED STATES WILL HOST THE
PLENARY MEETING OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON
CLIMATE CHANGE. IN JULY, WHEN I VISITED POLAND AND
HUNGARY, I PLEDGED AMERICA'S HELP IN TACKLING THE
INCREASINGLY SERIOUS POLLUTION PROBLEMS THOSE TWO
NATIONS FACE.
- 18 -
AT THE PARIS ECONOMIC SUMMIT, WE HELPED THE ENVIRONMENT
ACHIEVE THE STATUS IT DESERVES -- AT THE TOP OF THE
AGENDA FOR THE SEVEN MAJOR INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACIES. AND
I MEAN TO KEEP IT THERE.
AMERICA SPENDS MORE THAN ANY OTHER NATION IN THE
WORLD ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE THIS PIONEERING EFFORT TO PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT -- AND PUT THAT ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTISE TO
WORK IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD AS WELL.
- 19 -
WE CAN'T POLLUTE TODAY AND POSTPONE THE CLEAN-UP UNTIL
TOMORROW. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE POLLUTION PREVENTION OUR
AIM -- AND SHARING OUR EXPERTISE WITH THE WORLD IS ONE
WAY TO DO IT.
TODAY, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL
INTIATIVE --ONE THAT WILL BRING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE PEACE CORPS TOGETHER IN A
JOINT VENTURE IN THE SERVICE OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT.
- 20 -
BEGINNING IN 1990, AS PART OF THEIR STANDARD
PREPARATION FOR DUTY, PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS WILL BE
TRAINED BY THE EPA TO DEAL WITH A FULL RANGE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES: WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION.
WASTE DISPOSAL. REFORESTATION. PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT.
ARMED WITH GREATER KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT,
OUR PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS ARE GOING TO HELP SPREAD THE
WORD IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD.
- 21 -
THEY'LL WORK TO STOP POLLUTION BEFORE IT STARTS -- AND
ENSURE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL
STEWARDSHIP GO HAND IN HAND.
AND MONTANANS KNOW MORE THAN MOST HOW MUCH THAT
MEANS. How VITAL IT IS FOR US TO ACCEPT OUR
RESPONSIBILITIES --- OUR STEWARDSHIP -- OF THE
ENVIRONMENT.
- 22 -
IN MONTANA, ACROSS AMERICA AND AROUND THE WORLD: WE
HOLD THIS LAND IN TRUST FOR THE GENERATIONS THAT COME
AFTER. THE AIR AND THE EARTH ARE RICHES WE SIMPLY
CANNOT SQUANDER.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, MONTANA WAS A LAND WHERE MAN
SOUGHT THE TREASURE THAT LAY BENEATH THE EARTH. TODAY,
IT'S THE LAND ITSELF WE TREASURE -- A LIVING LEGACY WE
MUST PRESERVE, AND PASS ALONG.
- 23 -
ONE HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW, ON THE BICENTENNIAL OF THIS
GREAT STATE, WE WANT OUR CHILDRENS' GREAT GRAND
CHILDREN TO ENJOY THE NATURAL WONDERS THAT ABOUND
ACROSS MONTANA TODAY -- FROM GLACIER DOWN TO
YELLOWSTONE AND OUT TO THE GREAT PLAINS. WE WANT TO
KNOW THAT -- ONE HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW -- THE LEGACY
WILL LIVE ON.
- 24 -
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TO GIVE ME SUCH A WARM
WELCOME. GOD BLESS YOU. AND MAY GOD BLESS THE STATE
OF MONTANA, AND BRING IT ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS OF
HAPPINESS.
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