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ALL-STAR GALA / FORD'S THEATER
SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1990 / 9:40 P.M.
ON BARBARA'S BEHALF, Too, LET ME THANK YOU FOR A
STAR-SPANGLED PROGRAM. //
TONIGHT, WE SALUTE THE FOURTH OF JULY -- FREEDOM'S
STAR-SPANGLED BIRTHDAY. A DAY JOHN ADAMS SAID SHOULD
BE MARKED "WITH POMP AND PARADE FROM ONE END OF THIS
CONTINENT TO ANOTHER, FROM THIS TIME FORWARD EVERMORE."
WELL, THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY OF TELEVISION, THIS
SHOW HAS INDEED BEEN SEEN ACROSS THE CONTINENT. //
- 2 -
JUST AS EXACTLY 125 YEARS AGO, ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST
FAMOUS INAUGURAL ADDRESSES ECHOED ACROSS A CONTINENT
TORN IN TWO. //
I REFER TO LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURAL THAT URGED
"WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE, WITH CHARITY FOR ALL." ONE
CANNOT FORGET THOSE WORDS. // NOR CAN ONE FORGET THAT
TERRIBLE DAY LINCOLN WAS SHOT IN THIS THEATER. // BUT
WE ARE ALSO REMINDED OF A HAPPIER FACT ABOUT THE GREAT
EMANCIPATOR -- THAT HE LOVED ENTERTAINMENT.
- 3 -
IT WAS ENTERTAINMENT, AFTER ALL, THAT OFTEN BROUGHT HIM
HERE. AND HOW HE WOULD HAVE ENJOYED THIS PROGRAM.
LINCOLN'S FRIENDS OFTEN TOLD OF A PRESIDENT WHO
CHERISHED MUSIC. ((BELIEVE ME, I KNOW HOW HE FELT.
You KNOW, I HAVE TWO HOTLINES IN THE OVAL OFFICE: ONE
IS A DIRECT HOTLINE To Moscow. // THE OTHER IS A
DIRECT HOTLINE TO NASHVILLE TO KEEP ME UP TO DATE ON
THE LATEST COUNTRY AND WESTERN HITS.)) //
I
- 4 -
WE WON'T SOON FORGET TONIGHT'S MUSIC -- COUNTRY AND
OTHERWISE. NOR ITS HUMOR -- THAT, Too, LINCOLN WOULD
HAVE APPRECIATED. ONCE, HE OBSERVED THAT IF HE
COULDN'T TELL STORIES, HE FELT HIS HEART WOULD
BREAK. // LIKE A STORY HE WAS FOND OF -- AND WHICH
CIRCULATED DURING THE CIVIL WAR. //
Two LADIES WERE DISCUSSING THE MERITS OF LINCOLN
AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY, JEFFERSON DAVIS.
- 5 -
THE FIRST SAID, "I THINK JEFFERSON WILL SUCCEED BECAUSE
HE IS A PRAYING MAN." THE SECOND ANSWERED, "BUT so IS
ABRAHAM A PRAYING MAN." // "Yes," REPLIED THE FIRST
LADY, "BUT THE LORD WILL THINK ABRAHAM IS JOKING." //
LINCOLN WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS EVENING'S COMEDY:
IT'S PRODUCED MORE LAUGHS THAN MY LAST FISHING
TRIP. // INDEED, ALL OF YOU HAVE SHOWN WHY FORD'S
THEATER IS A NATIONAL TREASURE.
T.
- 6 -
AND WHY AMERICA HAS MARVELED AT ITS NATIONALLY
TELEVISED GALAS SINCE THE RESTORED THEATER REOPENED IN
1968. EVENTS WHICH PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO
KEEP FORD'S OPEN AS A LIVING THEATER.
LET ME ESPECIALLY THANK THOSE WHO MADE THIS PROGRAM
POSSIBLE. THE PERFORMERS, OF COURSE. EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER FRANKIE HEWITT. TONIGHT'S CHAIRWOMEN -- ANN
SIMPSON, PEATSY HOLLINGS, AND MARY JANE WICK. // AND,
YES, ITS HONORARY CHAIRWOMAN -- THE LADY AT MY SIDE.
- 7 -
ALL OF THEM -- AND YOU LISTENING AT HOME -- ARE
INHERITORS OF LINCOLN'S LOVE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS.
AND HIS ABIDING BELIEF IN THE TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN
SPIRIT. // THIS EVENING'S PROGRAMMING EMBODIES THAT
BELIEF. AND THE FREEDOM IT HAS CARRIED TO EVERY CORNER
OF THE WORLD.
FOR EVERY PERSON WHO CHERISHES FREEDOM, LET ME
THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL PROGRAM. GOD BLESS OUR
BELOVED LAND -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 21, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
CURT SMITH 0
SUBJECT:
ALL-STAR GALA AT FORD'S THEATER
I. SUMMARY
On Sunday, March 25, after the All-Star Gala at Ford's
Theater you have been asked to make brief remarks thanking the
cast and producers. The entire performance will be broadcast
July 4, 1990.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks (4 minutes, speechcards) applaud the talent
in the variety show, and note the history of the theater and your
respect for President who was shot there.
(Smith/Blessey)
12 P.M.
March 21, 1990
ALL-STAR
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ALL-STAR GALA
FORD'S THEATER
SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1990
9:40 P.M.
On Barbara's behalf, let me thank you for a Star-Spangled
program. // Being surrounded by so many wonderful performers
makes me realize how Ed Sullivan must have felt. //
Tonight, we salute the Fourth of July -- freedom's Star-
Spangled birthday. A day John Adams said should be marked "with
pomp and parade from one end of this continent to another, from
this time forward evermore."
Well, through the technology of television, this show has
indeed been seen across the continent. // Just as exactly 125
years ago, one of America's most famous Inaugural Addresses
echoed across a continent torn in two. //
I refer to Lincoln's second Inaugural that urged "with
malice toward none, with charity for all." One cannot forget
those words. // Nor can one forget that terrible day Lincoln
lost his life in this theater. // But we are also reminded of a
happier fact about the Great Emancipator -- that he loved
entertainment. It was entertainment, after all, that often
brought him here. And how he would have enjoyed this program.
Lincoln's friends often told of a President who cherished
music. ((Believe me, I know how he felt. You know, I have two
hotlines in the Oval Office: One is a direct hotline to Moscow.
// The other is a direct hotline to Nashville to keep me up to
date on the latest country and western hits.) ) //
We won't soon forget tonight's music -- country and
otherwise. Nor its humor -- that, too, Lincoln would have
appreciated. Once, he observed that if he couldn't tell stories,
he felt his heart would break. // Like a story he was fond of
-- and which circulated during the Civil War. //
Two ladies were discussing the merits of Lincoln and the
president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. The first said,
"I think Jefferson will succeed because he is a praying man."
The second answered, "But so is Abraham a praying man. " //
"Yes," replied the first lady, "but the Lord will think Abraham
is joking.' //
Lincoln would have loved this evening's comedy: It's
produced more laughs than my last fishing trip. // Indeed, all
of you have shown why Ford's Theater is a national treasure. And
why America has marveled at its nationally televised galas since
the restored Theater reopened in 1968. Events which provide the
financial support to keep Ford's open as a living theater.
Let me especially thank those who made this program
possible. The performers, of course. Executive producer Frankie
Hewitt. Tonight's chairwomen -- Ann Simpson, Peatsy Hollings,
and Mary Jane Wick. // And, yes, its honorary chairwoman -- the
lady at my side.
All of them -- and you listening at home -- are inheritors
of Lincoln's love of the performing arts. And his abiding belief
in the triumph of the human spirit. // This evening's
programming embodies that belief. And the freedom it has carried
to every corner of the world.
For every person who cherishes freedom, let me thank you for
this wonderful program. God bless our beloved land -- the United
States of America.
# # #
Document No. 124172
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
03/19/90
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 4:00 p.m. Tuesday 03/20
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ALL-STAR GALA
(03/19 3:00 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
P
DEMAREST
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
WINSTON
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston Thanks. by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 03/20, with a copy to my office.
RESPONSE:
Please see suggestions.
3/20/90
£6:60 12 MAR 06
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Blessey)
3 P.M.
1990 MAR 19 PM 3.56
March 19, 1990
ALL-STAR
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ALL-STAR GALA
FORD'S THEATRE
SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1990
behalf of
me,
On Barbara' $ behalf, let me thank you for a Star-Spangled
program. // Being surrounded by so many wonderful performers
makes me realize a little how Ed Sullivan must have felt. //
Tonight we salute the Fourth of July -- freeedom's Star-
Spangled birthday. A day John Adams said should be marked "with
pomp and parade from one end of this continent to another, from
this time forward evermore."
thanks to
Well, through the technology of television, this show has
indeed been seen across the continent. And in a year which marks
the 125th anniversary of the second Inaugural of Abraham Lincoln
-- perhaps America's greatest freedom-fighter of all.
I have often talked of every President's kinship with the
121 years ago
man who was shot a in this Lvery theatre. For it was Lincoln who
abolished slavery and saved the union. And who, incidentally, loved good
would have loved this program.
entertainment
and
Diaries of Lincoln's friends tell of a President who
cherished music. ( (Believe me, I know how he feels. You know, I
have two hotlines in the Oval Office: One is a direct hotline to
Moscow. // The other is a direct line to Nashville to keep me
up to date on the latest country and western hits.) //
2
We won't soon forget tonight's music -- country and
otherwise. Nor its humor -- that, too, Lincoln would have
enjoyed. Once, he observed that if he couldn't tell stories, he
felt his heart would break. // Like a story he was fond of --
and which circulated during the Civil War. //
Two ladies were discussing the merits of Lincoln and the
president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. The first said,
"I think Jefferson will succeed because he is a praying man. " The
second answered, "But so is Abraham a praying man." // "Yes,"
replied the first lady, "but the Lord will think that Abraham is
joking." //
Abraham would have loved this evening's comedy: It's
produced more laughs than at any time since my last fishing trip.
// Indeed, all of you have shown why Ford's Theatre is a
national treasure. And why America has marveled at its
nationally televised galas since the restored Theatre reopened in
1968. Events which provide the financial support which keeps it
open as a living theatre.
This marks the first gala televised by Turner Broadcasting.
// Ted, thank you. // And let me especially thank its
executive producer, Frankie Hewitt. And tonight's chairwomen --
Ann Simpson, Peatsy Hollings, and Mary Jane Wick. // And, yes,
7
at
its honorary chairwoman -- the lady to my side. //
All of them -- and you listening at home -- are inheritors
of Lincoln's love of the performing arts. And his abiding belief
in the triumph of the human spirit. // This evening's
3
programming embodies that belief. And the freedom it has carried
to every corner of the world.
For every person who cherishes freedom, let me thank you for
this wonderful variety show. God bless you, and God bless our
beloved land -- the United States of America.
# # #
Document No. 124172
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
03/19/90
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 4:00 p.m. Tuesday 03/20
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ALL-STAR GALA
(03/19 3:00 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
P
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
d
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
A
CICCONI
PINKERTON
P
DEMAREST N/C
PORTER ROSE
P
FITZWATER
WINSTON
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston Thanks. by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 03/20, with a copy to my office.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Blessey)
3 P.M.
1990 MAR 19 PM 3.56
March 19, 1990
ALL-STAR
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ALL-STAR GALA
FORD'S THEATRE
SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1990
On Barbara's behalf, let me thank you for a Star-Spangled
program. // Being surrounded by so many wonderful performers
makes me realize a little how Ed Sullivan must have felt. //
Tonight we salute the Fourth of July -- freeedom's Star-
Spangled birthday. A day John Adams said should be marked "with
pomp and parade from one end of this continent to another, from
this time forward evermore."
Well, through the technology of television, this show has
indeed been seen across the continent. And in a year which marks
the 125th anniversary of the second Inaugural of Abraham Lincoln
- - perhaps America's greatest freedom-fighter of all.
insert
I have often talked of every President's kinship with the
A &B
man who was shot in this theatre. For it was Lincoln who
abolished slavery and saved the union. And who, incidentally,
would have loved this program.
Diaries of Lincoln's friends tell of a President who
felt.
cherished music. ( (Believe me, I know how he feels. You know, I
have two hotlines in the Oval Office: One is a direct hotline to
Moscow. // The other is a direct line to Nashville to keep me
up to date on the latest country and western hits.) ) //
2
We won't soon forget tonight's music -- country and
otherwise. Nor its humor -- that, too, Lincoln would have
enjoyed. Once, he observed that if he couldn't tell stories, he
felt his heart would break. // Like a story he was fond of --
and which circulated during the Civil War. //
Two ladies were discussing the merits of Lincoln and the
president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. The first said,
"I think Jefferson will succeed because he is a praying man." The
second answered, "But so is Abraham a praying man." // "Yes,"
replied the first lady, "but the Lord will think that Abraham is
joking." //
Lincoln
Abraham would have loved this evening's comedy: It's
produced more laughs than at any time since my last fishing trip.
// Indeed, all of you have shown why Ford's Theatre is a
national treasure. And why America has marveled at its
nationally televised galas since the restored Theatre reopened in
to
Fords
1968. Events which provide the financial support which keeps it
open as a living theatre.
This marks the first gala televised by Turner Broadcasting.
11 Ted, thank you. // And let me especially thank its
the gaeas
executive producer, Frankie Hewitt. And tonight's chairwomen --
Ann Simpson, Peatsy Hollings, and Mary Jane Wick. // And, yes,
its honorary chairwoman -- the lady to my side. //
All of them -- and you listening at home -- are inheritors
of Lincoln's love of the performing arts. And his abiding belief
in the triumph of the human spirit. // This evening's
3
programming embodies that belief. And the freedom it has carried
to every corner of the world.
For every person who cherishes freedom, let me thank you for
this wonderful variety show. God bless you, and God bless our
beloved land -- the United States of America.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 20, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
JIM PINKERTON
SUBJECT:
All-Star Gala Draft Presidential Remarks
pg. 1, para. 3, line 2
"
this show has indeed been
seen across the continent. And in a year which marks the
125th anniversary of the second Inaugural of Abraham
Lincoln "
For most people, including the majority who do not know
or have forgotten that Lincoln's Second Inaugural is the
famous "with malice toward none, with charity toward all"
speech, this line will seem as if the President has
scraped the barrel for a Lincoln-related anniversary. To
make it seem less contrived, we suggest easing into the
Lincoln reference by saying, e.g.,
"
this show has indeed been seen across the continent.
125 years ago -- or, as he might have said, six score and
five years ago - - President Lincoln's Second Inaugural
Address echoed across a continent torn in two. But even
the rancor of the Civil War could not prevent our nation's
leader from speaking, in kinder, gentler terms, the truth
that sets men free. You can find those words carved in
the marble wall of the Lincoln Memorial: [suitable, very
short excerpt from the Second Inaugural here].
1,4,1 "I have often talked of every President's kinship
with the man who was shot in this theatre. For it was
Lincoln who abolished slavery and saved the union. And
who, incidentally, would have loved this program. "
Like the Second Inaugural reference, this reference to
Lincoln being shot in the theatre comes a little too
abruptly. The connection between the idea of kinship and
"a man who was shot" seems strange and vaguely morbid.
And we know that Lincoln abolished slavery and saved the
union. (Also: we suggest using the more common spelling:
"theater")
(more)
2
Again, we suggest easing into the point of the graf
(itself a bit of a stretch) that Lincoln would have loved
the program. E.g.,
"It is impossible to come to Ford's Theatre without
thinking of Lincoln and that terrible day he lost his
life. But we are also reminded of the happier fact about
the Great Emancipator, that he loved music, jokes, and
good stories -- the stuff of entertainment. It was
entertainment, after all, that brought him often to this
theatre. And he would have loved tonight's program. "
2,3,6 "Events which provide the financial support which
keeps it open as a living theater."
We suggest replacing the second "which" with the
restrictive pronoun, "that."
# #
Document No.
FYI
for the files.
MEMORANDUM
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IENT DUE BY: 4:00 p.m. Tuesday 03/20
SB
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p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
>
MCCLURE
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SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
>
PINKERTON
P
DEMAREST
PORTER ROSE
P
FITZWATER
d
WINSTON
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston Thanks. by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 03/20, with a copy to my office.
RESPONSE:
NC
95 : 6 V 22 MAR 06
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Blessey)
3 P.M.
1990 MAR 19 PM 3. 56
March 19, 1990
ALL-STAR
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ALL-STAR GALA
FORD'S THEATRE
SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1990
On Barbara's behalf, let me thank you for a Star-Spangled
program. // Being surrounded by SO many wonderful performers
makes me realize a little how Ed Sullivan must have felt. //
Tonight we salute the Fourth of July -- freeedom's Star-
Spangled birthday. A day John Adams said should be marked "with
pomp and parade from one end of this continent to another, from
this time forward evermore."
Well, through the technology of television, this show has
indeed been seen across the continent. And in a year which marks
the 125th anniversary of the second Inaugural of Abraham Lincoln
-- perhaps America's greatest freedom-fighter of all.
I have often talked of every President's kinship with the
man who was shot in this theatre. For it was Lincoln who
abolished slavery and saved the union. And who, incidentally,
would have loved this program.
Diaries of Lincoln's friends tell of a President who
cherished music. ( (Believe me, I know how he feels. You know, I
have two hotlines in the Oval Office: One is a direct hotline to
Moscow. 11 The other is a direct line to Nashville to keep me
up to date on the latest country and western hits.) ) //
2
We won't soon forget tonight's music -- country and
otherwise. Nor its humor -- that, too, Lincoln would have
enjoyed. Once, he observed that if he couldn't tell stories, he
felt his heart would break. // Like a story he was fond of --
and which circulated during the Civil War. //
Two ladies were discussing the merits of Lincoln and the
president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. The first said,
"I think Jefferson will succeed because he is a praying man." The
second answered, "But so is Abraham a praying man." 11 "Yes,"
replied the first lady, "but the Lord will think that Abraham is
joking." //
Abraham would have loved this evening's comedy: It's
produced more laughs than at any time since my last fishing trip.
// Indeed, all of you have shown why Ford's Theatre is a
national treasure. And why America has marveled at its
nationally televised galas since the restored Theatre reopened in
1968. Events which provide the financial support which keeps it
open as a living theatre.
This marks the first gala televised by Turner Broadcasting.
11 Ted, thank you. // And let me especially thank its
executive producer, Frankie Hewitt. And tonight's chairwomen --
Ann Simpson, Peatsy Hollings, and Mary Jane Wick. // And, yes,
its honorary chairwoman -- the lady to my side. 11
All of them -- and you listening at home -- are inheritors
of Lincoln's love of the performing arts. And his abiding belief
in the triumph of the human spirit. // This evening's
3
programming embodies that belief. And the freedom it has carried
to every corner of the world.
For every person who cherishes freedom, let me thank you for
this wonderful variety show. God bless you, and God bless our
beloved land -- the United States of America.
# # #
DUE AT 4pm TODAY
(Smith/Blessey)
3 P.M.
1990 MAR 19 PM 3. 56
March 19, 1990
ALL-STAR
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ALL-STAR GALA
FORD'S THEATRE
SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1990
On Barbara's behalf, let me thank you for a Star-Spangled
program. // Being surrounded by so many wonderful performers
makes me realize a little how Ed Sullivan must have felt. //
Tonight we salute the Fourth of July -- freeedom's Star-
Spangled birthday, A day John Adams said should be marked "with
pomp and parade from one end of this continent to another, from
this time forward evermore."
Well, through the technology of television, this show has
indeed been seen across the continent. And in a year which marks
the 125th anniversary of the second Inaugural of Abraham Lincoln
-- perhaps America's greatest freedom-fighter of all.
(h)
I have often talked of every President's kinship with the
man who was shot in this theatre. / For it was Lincoln who
?
abolished slavery and saved the union.
And who, incidentally,
would have loved this program.
Diaries of Lincoln's friends tell of a President who
cherished music. ( (Believe me, I know how he feels. You know, I
have two hotlines in the Oval Office: One is a direct hotline to
Moscow. // The other is a direct line to Nashville to keep me
up to date on the latest country and western hits. )) //
2
We won't soon forget tonight's music -- country and
otherwise. Nor its humor -- that, too, Lincoln would have
enjoyed. Once, he observed that if he couldn't tell stories, he
felt his heart would break. // Like a story he was fond of --
and which circulated during the Civil War. //
Two ladies were discussing the merits of Lincoln and the
president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. The first said,
"I think Jefferson will succeed because he is a praying man. " The
second answered, "But so is Abraham a praying man." // "Yes,"
replied the first lady, "but the Lord will think that Abraham is
joking." //
Abraham would have loved this evening's comedy: It's
produced more laughs than time since my last fishing trip.
// Indeed, all of you have shown why Ford's Theatre is a
national treasure. And why America has marveled at its
nationally televised galas since the restored Theatre reopened in
1968. Events which provide the financial support which to keeps it
Fords
open as a living theatre.
This marks the first gala televised by Turner Broadcasting.
// Ted, thank you. // And let me especially thank its
executive producer, Frankie Hewitt. And tonight's chairwomen --
Ann Simpson, Peatsy Hollings, and Mary Jane Wick. // And, yes,
its honorary chairwoman -- the lady to my side. //
All of them -- and you listening at home -- are inheritors
of Lincoln's love of the performing arts. And his abiding belief
in the triumph of the human spirit. // This evening's
3
programming embodies that belief. And the freedom it has carried
to every corner of the world.
toughts For every person who cherishes freedom, let me thank you for
this wonderful progrom. variety show. God bless you, and God bless our
beloved land -- the United States of America.
# # #
PORTER
(Smith/Blessey)
3 P.M.
March 19, 1990
ALL-STAR
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ALL-STAR GALA
FORD'S THEATRE
SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1990
On Barbara's behalf, let me thank you for a Star-Spangled
program. // Being surrounded by so many wonderful performers
makes me realize a little how Ed Sullivan must have felt. //
Tonight we salute the Fourth of July -- freeedom's Star-
Spangled birthday. A day John Adams said should be marked "with
pomp and parade from one end of this continent to another, from
this time forward evermore."
Well, through the technology of television, this show has
indeed been seen across the continent. And in a year which marks
the 125th anniversary of the second Inaugural of Abraham Lincoln
-- perhaps America's greatest freedom-fighter of all.
I have often talked of every President's kinship with the
man who was shot in this theatre. For it was Lincoln who
abolished slavery and saved the union. And who, incidentally,
would have loved this program.
Diaries of Lincoln's friends tell of a President who
cherished music. ( (Believe me, I know how he felt feels. You know, I
have two hotlines in the Oval Office: One is a direct hotline to
Moscow. // The other is a direct line to Nashville to keep me
up to date on the latest country and western hits.) ) //
2
We won't soon forget tonight's music -- country and
otherwise. Nor its humor -- that, too, Lincoln would have
enjoyed. Once, he observed that if he couldn't tell stories, he
felt his heart would break. // Like a story he was fond of --
and which circulated during the Civil War. //
Two ladies were discussing the merits of Lincoln and the
president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. The first said,
"I think Jefferson will succeed because he is a praying man. " The
second answered, "But so is Abraham a praying man." // "Yes,"
replied the first lady, "but the Lord will think that Abraham is
joking." //
Abraham would have loved this evening's comedy: It's
produced more laughs than at any time since my last fishing trip.
// Indeed, all of you have shown why Ford's Theatre is a
national treasure. And why America has marveled at its
nationally televised galas since the restored Theatre reopened in
1968. Events which provide the financial support which keeps it
open as a living theatre.
This marks the first gala televised by Turner Broadcasting.
11 Ted, thank you. // And let me especially thank its
executive producer, Frankie Hewitt. And tonight's chairwomen --
Ann Simpson, Peatsy Hollings, and Mary Jane Wick. // And, yes,
its honorary chairwoman -- the lady to my side. //
All of them -- and you listening at home -- are inheritors
of Lincoln's love of the performing arts. And his abiding belief
in the triumph of the human spirit. // This evening's
3
programming embodies that belief. And the freedom it has carried
to every corner of the world.
For every person who cherishes freedom, let me thank you for
this wonderful variety show. God bless you, and God bless our
beloved land -- the United States of America.
# # #
Document No. 124172
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
03/19/90
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 4:00 p.m. Tuesday 03/20
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ALL-STAR GALA
(03/19 3:00 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
F
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
Y
CICCONI
PINKERTON
P
DEMAREST
PORTER ROSE
P
FITZWATER
WINSTON
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston Thanks. by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 03/20, with a copy to my office.
RESPONSE:
S.R. Risk
00 MAR 20 30 P4:30
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Blessey)
3 P.M.
1990 MAR 19 PM 3. 56
March 19, 1990
ALL-STAR
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ALL-STAR GALA
FORD'S THEATRE
SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1990
On Barbara's behalf, let me thank you for a Star-Spangled
program. // Being surrounded by so many wonderful performers
makes me realize a little how Ed Sullivan must have felt. //
Tonight we salute the Fourth of July -- freeedom's Star-
Spangled birthday. A day John Adams said should be marked "with
pomp and parade from one end of this continent to another, from
this time forward evermore."
Well, through the technology of television, this show has
indeed been seen across the continent. And in a year which marks
the 125th anniversary of the second Inaugural of Abraham Lincoln
-- perhaps America's greatest freedom-fighter of all.
I have often talked of every President's kinship with the
man who was shot in this theatre. For it was Lincoln who
abolished slavery and saved the union. And who, incidentally,
would have loved this program.
Diaries of Lincoln's friends tell of a President who
cherished music. ( (Believe me, I know how he feels. You know, I
have two hotlines in the Oval Office: One is a direct hotline to
Moscow. // The other is a direct line to Nashville to keep me
up to date on the latest country and western hits.) ) //
2
We won't soon forget tonight's music -- country and
otherwise. Nor its humor -- that, too, Lincoln would have
enjoyed. Once, he observed that if he couldn't tell stories, he
felt his heart would break. // Like a story he was fond of --
and which circulated during the Civil War. //
Two ladies were discussing the merits of Lincoln and the
president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. The first said,
"I think Jefferson will succeed because he is a praying man. " The
second answered, "But so is Abraham a praying man." // "Yes,"
replied the first. lady, "but the Lord will think that Abraham is
joking." //
Abraham would have loved this evening's comedy: It's
produced more laughs than at any time since my last fishing trip.
// Indeed, all of you have shown why Ford's Theatre is a
national treasure. And why America has marveled at its
nationally televised galas since the restored Theatre reopened in
1968. Events which provide the financial support which keeps it
open as a living theatre.
This marks the first gala televised by Turner Broadcasting.
// Ted, thank you. // And let me especially thank its
executive producer, Frankie Hewitt. And tonight's chairwomen --
Ann Simpson, Peatsy Hollings, and Mary Jane Wick. // And, yes,
its honorary chairwoman -- the lady to my side. //
All of them -- and you listening at home -- are inheritors
of Lincoln's love of the performing arts. And his abiding belief
in the triumph of the human spirit. // This evening's
3
programming embodies that belief. And the freedom it has carried
to every corner of the world.
For every person who cherishes freedom, let me thank you for
this wonderful variety show. God bless you, and God bless our
beloved land -- the United States of America.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 20, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR COMMUNICATIONS
FROM:
FREDERICK D. NELSON FDN.
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
All Star Gala
Consistent with the general philosophy underlying the White House
policy against making commercial endorsements, Counsel's Office
recommends deletion of the page 2 acknowledgement of Turner
Broadcasting and Ted Turner. We raise no other objections to
this draft.
Thank you for the opportunity to review this matter.
CC: James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President and
Deputy to the Chief of Staff
10 : Id 02 MAR 06
Document No. 124172
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
03/19/90
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 4:00 p.m. Tuesday 03/20-
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ALL-STAR GALA
(03/19 3:00 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
У
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
d
CICCONI
PINKERTON
P
DEMAREST
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
WINSTON
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston Thanks. by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 03/20, with a copy to my office.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Blessey)
3 P.M.
1990 MAR 19 PM 3. 56
March 19, 1990
ALL-STAR
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ALL-STAR GALA
FORD'S THEATRE
SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1990
On Barbara's behalf, let me thank you for a Star-Spangled
program. 11 Being surrounded by so many wonderful performers
makes me realize a little how Ed Sullivan must have felt. //
Tonight we salute the Fourth of July -- freeedom's Star-
Spangled birthday. A day John Adams said should be marked "with
pomp and parade from one end of this continent to another, from
this time forward evermore."
Well, through the technology of television, this show has
indeed been seen across the continent. And in a year which marks
the 125th anniversary of the second Inaugural of Abraham Lincoln
-- perhaps America's greatest freedom-fighter of all.
I have often talked of every President's kinship with the
man who was shot in this theatre. For it was Lincoln who
abolished slavery and saved the union. And who, incidentally,
would have loved this program.
Diaries of Lincoln's friends tell of a President who
cherished music. ( (Believe me, I know how he feels. You know, I
have two hotlines in the Oval Office: One is a direct hotline to
Moscow. // The other is a direct line to Nashville to keep me
up to date on the latest country and western hits. )) //
2
We won't soon forget tonight's music -- country and
otherwise. Nor its humor -- that, too, Lincoln would have
enjoyed. Once, he observed that if he couldn't tell stories, he
felt his heart would break. // Like a story he was fond of --
and which circulated during the Civil War. //
Two ladies were discussing the merits of Lincoln and the
president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. The first said,
"I think Jefferson will succeed because he is a praying man. " The
second answered, "But SO is Abraham a praying man." // "Yes,"
replied the first lady, "but the Lord will think that Abraham is
joking." //
Abraham would have loved this evening's comedy: It's
produced more laughs than at any time since my last fishing trip.
// Indeed, all of you have shown why Ford's Theatre is a
national treasure. And why America has marveled at its
nationally televised galas since the restored Theatre reopened in
1968. Events which provide the financial support which keeps it
open as a living theatre.
This marks the first gala televised by Turner Broadcasting.
11 Ted, thank you. // And let me especially thank its
executive producer, Frankie Hewitt. And tonight's chairwomen --
Ann Simpson, Peatsy Hollings, and Mary Jane Wick. // And, yes,
its honorary chairwoman -- the lady to my side. //
All of them -- and you listening at home -- are inheritors
of Lincoln's love of the performing arts. And his abiding belief
in the triumph of the human spirit. // This evening's
3
programming embodies that belief. And the freedom it has carried
to every corner of the world.
For every person who cherishes freedom, let me thank you for
this wonderful variety show. God bless you, and God bless our
beloved land -- the United States of America.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
WASHINGTON
1990 MAR 21 PH 23
March 21, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
cw
FROM:
CURT SMITH 0
01/68
SUBJECT:
ALL-STAR GALA AT FORD'S THEATER
I. SUMMARY
On Sunday, March 25, after the All-Star Gala at Ford's
Theater you have been asked to make brief remarks thanking the
3-21
cast and producers. The entire performance will be broadcast
July 4, 1990.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks (4 minutes, speechcards) applaud the talent
in the variety show, and note the history of the theater and your
respect for President who was shot there.
(Smith/Blessey)
12 P.M.
March 21, 1990
ALL-STAR
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ALL-STAR GALA
FORD'S THEATER
SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1990
9:40 P.M.
too,
On Barbara's behalf, let me thank you for a Star-Spangled
program. // Being surrounded by so many wonderful performers
makes me realize how Ed Sullivan must have felt. //
Tonight, we salute the Fourth of July -- freedom's Star-
Spangled birthday. A day John Adams said should be marked "with
pomp and parade from one end of this continent to another, from
this time forward evermore."
Well, through the technology of television, this show has
indeed been seen across the continent. // Just as exactly 125
years ago, one of America's most famous Inaugural Addresses
echoed across a continent torn in two. //
I refer to Lincoln's second Inaugural that urged "with
malice toward none, with charity for all." One cannot forget
those words. // Nor can one forget that terrible day Lincoln
lost his life in this theater. // But we are also reminded of a
happier fact about the Great Emancipator -- that he loved
entertainment. It was entertainment, after all, that often
brought him here. And how he would have enjoyed this program.
Lincoln's friends often told of a President who cherished
music. ((Believe me, I know how he felt. You know, I have two
hotlines in the Oval Office: One is a direct hotline to Moscow.
// The other is a direct hotline to Nashville to keep me up to
date on the latest country and western hits.) ) //
We won't soon forget tonight's music -- country and
otherwise. Nor its humor -- that, too, Lincoln would have
appreciated. Once, he observed that if he couldn't tell stories,
he felt his heart would break. // Like a story he was fond of
-- and which circulated during the Civil War. //
Two ladies were discussing the merits of Lincoln and the
president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. The first said,
"I think Jefferson will succeed because he is a praying man." If
The second answered, "But so is Abraham a praying man. " //
"Yes," replied the first lady, "but the Lord will think Abraham
is joking." //
Lincoln would have loved this evening's comedy: It's
produced more laughs than my last fishing trip. // Indeed, all
of you have shown why Ford's Theater is a national treasure. And
why America has marveled at its nationally televised galas since
the restored Theater reopened in 1968. Events which provide the
financial support to keep Ford's open as a living theater.
Let me especially thank those who made this program
possible. The performers, of course. Executive producer Frankie
Hewitt. Tonight's chairwomen -- Ann Simpson, Peatsy Hollings,
and Mary Jane Wick. // And, yes, its honorary chairwoman -- the
lady at my side.
All of them -- and you listening at home -- are inheritors
of Lincoln's love of the performing arts. And his abiding belief
in the triumph of the human spirit. // This evening's
programming embodies that belief. And the freedom it has carried
to every corner of the world.
For every person who cherishes freedom, let me thank you for
this wonderful program. God bless our beloved land -- the United
States of America.
# # #