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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Portland, Oregon)
For Immediate Release
May 21, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT DAVID FROHNMAYER FOR GOVERNOR
FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
Grand Ballroom
Portland Hilton Hotel
Portland, Oregon
8:00 A.M. PDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very, very much, Dave, for that
wonderful introduction. It's great to be here this morning. It's
good to see you, my old friend, Governor Vic Atiyeh. And, of course,
Representative Danny Smith, one of our anticrime leaders in the
United States Congress.
Lynn -- to Lynn Frohnmayer, Dave's strong right hand. I
know she's one of the mainstays of this campaign. I had my picture
taken with her family. I think half the audience -- this half -- is
all Frohnmayers. (Laughter.) But nevertheless, that's okay. We
Bushes understand that. (Laughter.) Thank you, Lynn, for all you do
in this cause.
Oregonians have a wonderful way of making you feel at
home. I just had -- we had a receiving line for some who have done
an extraordinary amount for this successful event. I said to one
most attractive young couple, I said, "Where are you all from" He
said, "Well, we're from eastern Oregon. We're on the frozen
vegetable business, but we don't do broccoli." (Laughter.) So I was
very grateful for that -- (laughter) -- sensitivity there.
I did want to single out the man who's doing so much to
lead the crusade, the fight against narcotics -- Bill Bennett. We
had a marvelous event yesterday where we were both privileged to
honor the police in Portland. Sometimes, we take for granted their
service to communities like Portland, their law enforcement people.
So Bill Bennett was with me, and you should know of the confidence I
have in him and the gratitude I feel for him every day for leading
this all-important national fight against narcotics. (Applause.)
And, of course, it's always a pleasure to join your
dynamic Republican leadership. My old friend, Craig Berkman, the
Chairman; and Marilyn Shannon; Don Wyant. Frohnmayer Finance
Chairman, always dependable, Claris Poppert; Colonel Morelock and, of
course, I want to congratulate and pay my respects to, and once again
say hello to Norma -- Norma Paulus -- congratulations on your great
victory. (Applause.) And I know Norma Paulus will be an outstanding
superintendent of public instruction. When it comes to education, I
believe you'll make a great team with the next governor of Oregon,
Dave Frohnmayer. I think it's going to be good for this state.
(Applause.)
You know, Dave is a Texan. If I was wearing that hat,
I'd take it off to the Blazers. Couldn't go home to Texas if I did,
but nevertheless, I want to salute them: (Applause.) And really, it
is great to be back here in Oregon, and a beautiful state So much
to do outdoors. I'd love to get in some fishing while I'm here. The
way I fish, we don't have three weeks to spare, however
(laughter.) But I do remember my last trip with some wonderful
adventure, going down one of your most beautiful rivers. But I'm not
here today to tell fish stories. I'm here to talk for. a few minutes
about the future of this state, the future of our great country.
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This November, there's going to be an election to decide
what kind of governor will lead Oregon into the 1990s. And I can
tell you one thing -- Oregon doesn't need a governor who needs
on-the-job training. Oregonians want Dave Frohnmayer, and I'm
encouraged by the strong surveys and by the spirit of his campaign.
Dave's a family man. In fact, as I said, I just met
three of his five kids -- Katie, Mark and Kirsten; and, believe me, I
know campaigners when I see them. One of them -- Kirsten -- is even
one step ahead of her old man -- her father. (Laughter.) She was
just elected president of her high school student body. And I know
how proud Dave is of her and of all of his children.
Dave is a family man and more. A native Oregonian.
Rhodes Scholar. Degrees from Harvard, Oxford and Berkeley. Awesome
combination there. Professor of law. Forty-nine years old. Six
years in the State House of Representatives, and now in his 10th year
as Attorney General of this state.
In 1988, he was reelected with no opposition and both
parties' nominations, setting the record as the largest vote-getter
in Oregon state history by winning nearly a million votes. And all
this before breakfast. (Laughter.) I wish I could stick around and
see what's next.
We all have an idea of what's next. After a decade as a
law professor, another decade in public life, Dave has emerged as a
leader in educational excellence. Now, the time has come for us to
support him, to help him become and education governor. Like Dave,
our administration has made excellence in education one of the top
priorities.
Back in September, the nation's governors joined me at an
education summit in Charlottesville, Virginia, to set new education
goals for America. Not to dictate to the states, but to set
educational goals for America. In my State of the Union address, I
announced those goals: To better assess students' performance,
increase our graduation rate, produce a nation of literate adults,
and make our schools drug-free; assure that all children start school
ready to learn through programs like Head Start and ensure that by
the year 2000 our students are first in the world in math and science
achievement.
The author, John Ruskin once wrote: "Education is
leading human souls to what is best and making what is best out of
them." By teaching our young people well, we ensure a bright future
for them in commerce or public service or medicine, high-tech
industries. We make the best out of America and we build a better
America. This is our legacy of freedom to future generations. And
it is one that is very important to me as President.
Part of protecting this legacy -- part of protecting this
legacy also means keeping America safe. Dave has served this state
as Attorney General, protecting our schools and streets from the
violence of drugs and crime. During that time, he's won six out of
seven cases that he's argued before the United States Supreme Court
-- the best record of any Attorney General in the country.
(Applause.)
Simply put, Dave Frohnmayer is the only candidate running
with the experience and the determination to stand up and fight the
drug dealers and violent criminals that are threatening our
neighborhoods. We need Dave's take-charge attitude to take back the
streets of America.
But we will also need a strategy that involves both the
state and the federal levels. So I've asked Congress to pass tougher
laws, stiffer penalties and increase prosecutorial powers in the
Violent Crime Control Act. The U.S. Senate will take up these
proposals this afternoon. So let us call on the Senate to take the
next step and protect Americans with tougher laws. (Applause.)
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Just last week my administration also sent to the Hill
new proposals to stop drugs and drug smugglers from breaching our
borders, to stop them cold. We've called for more border patrol
agents, extending general arrest authority so they can enforce our
drug laws. We're also proposing legislation that will permit federal
judges to more swiftly deport criminal aliens convicted of drug
felonies. And we will also seek the power to order airborne planes
suspected of drug smuggling to land. So our message to those who
traffic in human misery is clear: Keep out of America.
To those who ask if our measures are too harsh, I say
that the threat to many Americans, especially those living in the
inner city, is too great. Or as Benjamin Rush, a signer of the
Declaration of Independence, wrote: "There are two doors to the
temple of tyranny. One is government so strong that it can do
whatever it pleases without regard to justice. And the other is
government so weak that it cannot protect the public from the worst
among themselves."
But there is another side to the drug problem, a personal
side; and so that is why Dave seeks the same approach for Oregon that
I seek for all of America -- to expand the drug treatment programs.
Since I took office, my administration has proposed a 68
percent increase in drug treatment funding. And now we're asking
Congress, through our new legislation, to help make those dollars
work better. And we want the states to develop drug treatment plans
so that the right kind of treatment reaches the people who need it --
especially pregnant women and drug-affected newborns.
But it's going to take a coordinated effort by our state
leaders across the country to free our citizens of the revolving door
approach to criminal law. A comprehensive approach to fighting drugs
and crime in this state. And that's another reason why I need Dave
Frohnmayer as Oregon's next governor.
Oregonians also want a governor who understands this
beautiful state. From the Snake River to the Pacific Coast. Dave
knows and loves Oregon. Knows and loves its precious environment.
As an outdoorsman, he's deeply concerned, as I am, about preserving
and protecting our environment. It's going to take a lot of work to
protect this great planet and its wildlife without throwing
hard-working citizens out of a job.
I reject those who would ignore -- totally ignore the
economic consequences on the Spotted Owl decision. (Applause.) The
jobs of many thousands of people -- it's a human equation -- the jobs
of many thousands of Oregonians and whole communities are at stake.
But I also think that we ought to reject those who don't recognize
their obligation to protect our delicate ecosystem.
Common sense tells us to find a needed balance. And
together, I am convinced that we can work to find that balance.
We also need to find a balance when it comes to clean
air. I am committed to a cleaner environment. And that's why I've
proposed the first major revisions in the Clean Air Act in more than
a decade. I want Congress to pass a bill that will sharply cut acid
rain, smog, toxic pollutants. But Congress has got to respect
another kind of delicate ecology -- that of jobs and opportunity. So
I call on the House not to keep America waiting for cleaner air to
pass a reasonable clean air bill in line with the compromise that we
hammered out with those Senate leaders -- both sides of the aisle.
Not another bill that consumers and workers cannot afford.
Here in Oregon, you have a strong Republican team that we
need to send back to the United States Capitol. I just can't tell
you how much I enjoy working with your friend and mine, Senator Mark
Hatfield -- very important that he be reelected. And the Smith duo,
Bob and Denny. Denny, who is with us here this morning, is a key
member of our administration's efforts on Capitol Hill. All of these
leaders, along with our own Bob Packwood, are tackling the problems
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of crime and drugs, the environment and education. But this great
team really needs a governor back home to get the job done right.
You know, at my invitation, Dave came to the White House
last fall to talk about these issues and other issues. Maybe he
popped in to see his brother. And I might say, I am very proud of
John Frohnmayer and what he's trying to do for this country.
(Applause.)
But anyway, Dave's a forceful and passionate spokesman
for the people of this great state. I can tell you -- he's a
fighter. He believes in the people of Oregon. He believes in the
principles this state has stood for since Thomas Jefferson sent
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their noble expedition across
the unknown wilderness. They spent the winter of 1805 near the mouth
of the great Columbia River, where a memorial still stands in their
honor. And it was 87 years ago today that another great leader and
outdoorsman, President Theodore Roosevelt, laid the cornerstone of
that memorial and spoke to the people of Oregon. "Let us carry on
the task that our forefathers have entrusted to our hands, and let us
resolve that we shall leave to our children and our children's
children an even mightier heritage than we received in our turn."
Those are the words of one of the great -- conservation President.
Well, Dave Frohnmayer is a man of integrity,
achievement and honor. A man who will leave Oregon an even mightier
heritage than the one left to him. I'm proud to say that he's got a
good friend in Washington pulling for him on election night. So
let's keep Oregon great, let's keep it Republican; and this November,
let's make Dave Frohnmayer the next governor of this great state.
Thank you all, and God bless you. And now, you can have
your Dreakfast. Thank you very much. (Applause.)
END
8:15 A.M. PDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 19, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
ew
FROM:
MARK DAVIS MD
SUBJECT:
FROHNMAYER REVISION
I. SUMMARY
This is a revision of your remarks at the David Frohnmayer
fundraising breakfast, which will be held on Monday, May 21, at
7:45 a.m., at the Portland Hilton. There will be an audience of
about 800. Your remarks will be on teleprompter.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks have been revised to put the emphasis on
Administration goals. The " 'Blazers" reference at the beginning
of the speech refers to the local basketball team -- the
Trailblazers -- who just beat San Antonio and Dallas. Later that
day, they will go to the Western division play-offs against
Phoenix.
Grant/Cawley
May 18, 1990
Draft Seven
A:OREGON
REMARKS: DAVID FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1990
7:45 A.M.
It's great to be here this morning. Good to see you,
Governor Vic Atiyeh ((a-TEE-yuh)), Representative Denny Smith,
one of our anti-crime leaders in the U.S. Congress. Norma
Paulus, congratulations on your recent election as Superintendent
of Public Instruction. When it comes to education, you'll make a
great team with the next Governor of Oregon, Dave Frohnmayer.
((You know Dave, as a Texan, if I was wearing a hat, I'd
have to take it off to those 'Blazers. Course, I couldn't go
home again. ))
It's great to be here in Oregon, a beautiful state with so
much to do outdoors. (( I'd love to get some fishing in while
we're here, but the way I fish, we don't have three weeks to
spare. ))
But I'm not here today to tell fish stories. I'm here to
talk to you about the future of this great state and this great
country. This November, there will be an election to decide what
kind of governor will lead Oregon into the '90s. Well, I can
tell you one thing. Oregonians want a Governor who doesn't need
on-the-job training -- Oregonians want Dave Frohnmayer. \\\
Dave's a family man. Native Oregonian. Rhodes Scholar.
Degrees from Harvard, Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor of Law.
2
49 years old. Six years in the State House of Representatives.
In his tenth year as Attorney General. In 1988, he was reelected
with no opposition and both parties' nominations, setting the
record as the largest vote-getter in Oregon state history by
winning nearly a million votes. And all this before breakfast?
I wish I could stick around for lunch and see what's next.
Well, we all have an idea of what's next. After a decade as
a law professor, another decade in public life, Dave has emerged
as a leader in educational excellence. And now the time has come
for us to support Dave -- to help him become an education
Governor.
Like Dave, our Administration has made excellence in
education one of our top priorities. Back in September, the
Nation's governors joined me at the Education Summit in Virginia
to set new education goals for America. And, in my State of the
Union address, I announced those goals: to better assess
students' performance, increase our graduation rate, produce a
nation of literate adults, make our schools drug-free, assure
that all children start school ready to learn through programs
like Head Start, and ensure that by the year 2000 our students
are the first in the world in math and science achievement.
The author John Ruskin wrote, "Education is leading human
souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them."
By teaching our young people well, we ensure a bright future for
them in commerce, public service, medicine, high-tech industries
3
-- we make the best out of America, we build a better America.
This is our legacy of freedom to future generations. And it is
one that is very important to me as President.
Part of protecting this legacy also means keeping America
safe. Dave has served Oregon as Attorney General, protecting our
schools and streets from the violence of drugs and crime. During
that time, he's won six out of seven cases he's argued before the
U.S. Supreme Court -- the best record of any Attorney General in
the country. Simply put, Dave Frohnmayer is the only
candidate running with the experience and the determination to
stand up and fight the drug dealers and violent criminals
threatening our neighborhoods.
We need Dave's take-charge attitude to take back the streets
of America.
But we will also need a strategy that involves both the
Federal and state levels. So, I've asked Congress to pass
tougher laws, stiffer penalties and increased prosecutorial
powers in the Violent Crime Control Act. They take up these
proposals in the U.S. Senate tomorrow. So let us call on the
Senate to take the next step -- and protect Americans with
tougher laws.
Just last week, my Administration also sent to the Hill new
proposals to stop drugs and drug smugglers from breaching our
borders -- to stop them cold. We have called for more border
patrol agents, extending general arrest authority so they can
enforce our drug laws. We are also proposing legislation that
4
will permit federal judges to more swiftly deport criminal aliens
convicted of drug felonies and we will also seek the power to
order airborne planes suspected of drug smuggling to land. So
our message to those who traffick in human misery is clear --
keep out of America.
To those who ask if our measures are too harsh, I say that
the threat to many Americans -- especially those living in the
inner-city -- is too great. Or, as Benjamin Rush, a signer of
the Declaration of Independence, wrote: "There are two doors to
the temple of tyranny. One is government so strong that it can
do whatever it pleases without regard to justice. The other is
government so weak that it cannot protect the public from the
worst among themselves."
But there is another side to the drug problem, a personal
side; and so that is why Dave seeks the same approach for Oregon
that I seek for all of America -- to expand drug treatment
programs.
Since I took office, my Administration has proposed a 68%
increase in drug treatment funding. Now we're asking Congress,
through our new legislation, to help make those dollars work
better. We want the states to develop drug treatment plans so
that the right kind of treatment reaches the people who need it -
- especially pregnant women and drug-affected newborns.
But it's going to take a coordinated effort by our state
leaders across the country to free our citizens of the revolving-
door approach to criminal law. A comprehensive approach to
5
fighting drugs and crime in this state -- that's another reason
why I need Dave Frohnmayer at the Governor's desk.
Oregonians also want a Governor who understands this
beautiful state, from the Snake River to the Pacific coast.
Dave knows and loves Oregon and its precious environment.
As an outdoorsman, he is deeply concerned, as I am, about
preserving and protecting our environment. It's going to take a
lot of work to protect this great planet and its wildlife,
without throwing hard-working citizens out of a job. I reject
those who would ignore the economic consequences of the Spotted
Owl decision. The jobs of many thousands of Oregonians are at
stake. But I also reject those in industry who do not recognize
their obligation to protect our delicate ecosystem.
Common sense tells us to find a needed balance. Together,
we will work to find that balance.
We also need to find a balance when it comes to clean air.
I am committed to a cleaner environment, and that is why I have
proposed the first major revisions to the Clean Air Act in more
than a decade.
I want Congress to pass a bill that will sharply cut acid
rain, smog and toxic pollutants. But Congress has got to respect
another kind of delicate ecology -- that of jobs and opportunity.
So I call on the House not to keep America waiting for cleaner
air, to pass a reasonable Clean Air bill in line with the
compromise we reached with Senate leaders, not another bill
consumers and workers cannot afford.
6
Here in Oregon, you have a strong Republican team that we
need to send back to the U.S. Capitol -- your friend and mine,
Senator Mark Hatfield -- and the Smith duo, Bob and Denny.
Denny, who is here with us this morning, is a key member of our
Administration's efforts on Capitol Hill. All of these leaders,
along with the great Senator Bob Packwood, are tackling the
problems of crime and drugs, the environment and education.
But this great team needs a great governor back home to get
the job done right. You know, at my invitation, Dave came to the
White House last fall to talk about these and other issues. He
is a forceful and passionate spokesman for the people of this
wonderful state.
I can tell you, Dave Frohnmayer is a fighter.\ He believes
in the people of Oregon. He believes in the principles this
state has stood for since the day President Thomas Jefferson sent
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their noble expedition
across the unknown wilderness. They spent the winter of 1805
near the mouth of the great Columbia River, where a memorial
still stands in their honor. And it was 87 years ago today, that
another great leader and outdoorsman, President Theodore
Roosevelt, laid the cornerstone of that memorial and spoke to the
people of Oregon:
"Let us
carry on the task that our forefathers have
entrusted to our hands; and let us resolve that we shall leave to
our children and our children's children an even mightier
heritage than we received in our turn."
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Dave Frohnmayer is a man of integrity, achievement and
honor, a man who will leave Oregon an even mightier heritage than
the one left to him. I'm proud to say that he's got a good
friend in Washington pulling for him on election night. So let's
keep Oregon great. Let's keep it Republican. And this November,
let's make it "Governor Dave Frohnmayer." III
Thank you and God bless you.
DAVID FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1990
7:45 A.M.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE THIS MORNING. GOOD TO SEE
YOU, GOVERNOR VIC ATIYEH ((A-TEE-YUH), REPRESENTATIVE
DENNY SMITH, ONE OF OUR ANTI-CRIME LEADERS IN THE U.S.
CONGRESS. LYNN FROHNMAYER, DAVE'S STRONG RIGHT HAND
WHO I KNOW IS ONE OF THE MAINSTAYS OF THIS CAMPAIGN:
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
AND IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO JOIN YOUR DYNAMIC
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP: CRAIG BERKMAN, MARILYN SHANNON,
AND DON WYANT. FROHNMAYER FINANCE CHAIRMAN, CLARIS
POPPERT, COLONEL MORELOCK AND, OF COURSE, I WANT TO SAY
HELLO TO NORMA PAULUS. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
TREMENDOUS VICTORY. I KNOW YOU WILL BE AN OUTSTANDING
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. WHEN IT COMES TO
EDUCATION, YOU'LL MAKE A GREAT TEAM WITH THE NEXT
GOVERNOR OF OREGON, DAVE FROHNMAYER. 111
((YOU KNOW DAVE, AS A TEXAN, IF I WAS WEARING A
HAT, I'D HAVE TO TAKE IT OFF TO THOSE 'BLAZERS. 11
COURSE, I COULDN'T GO HOME AGAIN.))\\\
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IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE IN OREGON, A BEAUTIFUL STATE
WITH SO MUCH TO DO OUTDOORS. (( I'D LOVE TO GET SOME
FISHING IN WHILE WE'RE HERE, BUT THE WAY I FISH, WE
DON'T HAVE THREE WEEKS TO SPARE.) 11
BUT I'M NOT HERE TODAY TO TELL FISH STORIES. I'M
HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS GREAT
STATE AND THIS GREAT COUNTRY. THIS NOVEMBER, THERE
WILL BE AN ELECTION TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF GOVERNOR
WILL LEAD OREGON INTO THE '90S. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU
ONE THING. OREGONIANS WANT A GOVERNOR WHO DOESN'T NEED
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING -- OREGONIANS WANT DAVE
FROHNMAYER. III
DAVE'S A FAMILY MAN. IN FACT, I JUST MET THREE OF
HIS FIVE GREAT KIDS A FEW MINUTES AGO -- KATIE, MARK
AND KIRSTEN; AND, BELIEVE ME, I KNOW CAMPAIGNERS WHEN I
SEE THEM. ONE OF THEM -- KIRSTEN -- IS EVEN ONE STEP
AHEAD OF HER FATHER. SHE WAS JUST ELECTED PRESIDENT OF
HER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BODY AND I KNOW HOW PROUD DAVE
IS OF HER AND ALL HIS CHILDREN.
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DAVE IS A FAMILY MAN AND MORE. A NATIVE
OREGONIAN. RHODES SCHOLAR. DEGREES FROM HARVARD,
OXFORD, AND BERKELEY. PROFESSOR OF LAW. 49 YEARS OLD.
SIX YEARS IN THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. NOW,
IN HIS TENTH YEAR AS ATTORNEY GENERAL. IN 1988, HE WAS
REELECTED WITH NO OPPOSITION AND BOTH PARTIES'
NOMINATIONS, SETTING THE RECORD AS THE LARGEST
VOTE-GETTER IN OREGON STATE HISTORY BY WINNING NEARLY A
MILLION VOTES. AND ALL THIS BEFORE BREAKFAST? III I
WISH I COULD STICK AROUND FOR LUNCH AND SEE WHAT'S
NEXT. III
WELL, WE ALL HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S NEXT. AFTER A
DECADE AS A LAW PROFESSOR, ANOTHER DECADE IN PUBLIC
LIFE, DAVE HAS EMERGED AS A LEADER IN EDUCATIONAL
EXCELLENCE. AND NOW THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO
SUPPORT DAVE -- TO HELP HIM BECOME AN EDUCATION
GOVERNOR. III
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LIKE DAVE, OUR ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE EXCELLENCE
IN EDUCATION ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES. BACK IN
SEPTEMBER, THE NATION'S GOVERNORS JOINED ME AT THE
EDUCATION SUMMIT IN VIRGINIA TO SET NEW EDUCATION GOALS
FOR AMERICA. AND, IN MY STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, I
ANNOUNCED THOSE GOALS: TO BETTER ASSESS STUDENTS'
PERFORMANCE, INCREASE OUR GRADUATION RATE, PRODUCE A
NATION OF LITERATE ADULTS, MAKE OUR SCHOOLS DRUG-FREE,
ASSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN START SCHOOL READY TO LEARN
THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE HEAD START, AND ENSURE THAT, BY
THE YEAR 2000, OUR STUDENTS ARE FIRST IN THE WORLD IN
MATH AND SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT.
THE AUTHOR, JOHN RUSKIN ONCE WROTE, "EDUCATION IS
LEADING HUMAN SOULS TO WHAT IS BEST, AND MAKING WHAT IS
BEST OUT OF THEM." BY TEACHING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WELL,
WE ENSURE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR THEM IN COMMERCE, PUBLIC
SERVICE, MEDICINE, HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES -- WE MAKE THE
BEST OUT OF AMERICA, AND WE BUILD A BETTER AMERICA.
THIS IS OUR LEGACY OF FREEDOM TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.
AND IT IS ONE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AS
PRESIDENT.
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PART OF PROTECTING THIS LEGACY ALSO MEANS KEEPING
AMERICA SAFE. DAVE HAS SERVED OREGON AS ATTORNEY
GENERAL, PROTECTING OUR SCHOOLS AND STREETS FROM THE
VIOLENCE OF DRUGS AND CRIME. DURING THAT TIME, HE'S
WON SIX OUT OF SEVEN CASES HE'S ARGUED BEFORE THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT -- THE BEST RECORD OF ANY ATTORNEY
GENERAL IN THE COUNTRY. III SIMPLY PUT, DAVE
FROHNMAYER IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE RUNNING WITH THE
EXPERIENCE AND THE DETERMINATION TO STAND UP AND FIGHT
THE DRUG DEALERS AND VIOLENT CRIMINALS THREATENING OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS. III
WE NEED DAVE'S TAKE-CHARGE ATTITUDE TO TAKE BACK
THE STREETS OF AMERICA. III
BUT WE WILL ALSO NEED A STRATEGY THAT INVOLVES
BOTH THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVELS. so, I'VE ASKED
CONGRESS TO PASS TOUGHER LAWS, STIFFER PENALTIES AND
INCREASED PROSECUTORIAL POWERS IN THE VIOLENT CRIME
CONTROL ACT. THE U.S. SENATE WILL TAKE UP THESE
PROPOSALS THIS AFTERNOON. SO LET US CALL ON THE SENATE
TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP -- AND PROTECT AMERICANS WITH
TOUGHER LAWS.
- 6 -
JUST LAST WEEK, MY ADMINISTRATION ALSO SENT TO THE
HILL NEW PROPOSALS TO STOP DRUGS AND DRUG SMUGGLERS
FROM BREACHING OUR BORDERS -- TO STOP THEM COLD. WE
HAVE CALLED FOR MORE BORDER PATROL AGENTS, EXTENDING
GENERAL ARREST AUTHORITY so THEY CAN ENFORCE OUR DRUG
LAWS. WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING LEGISLATION THAT WILL
PERMIT FEDERAL JUDGES TO MORE SWIFTLY DEPORT CRIMINAL
ALIENS CONVICTED OF DRUG FELONIES, AND WE WILL ALSO
SEEK THE POWER TO ORDER AIRBORNE PLANES, SUSPECTED OF
DRUG SMUGGLING, TO LAND. SO OUR MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO
TRAFFICK IN HUMAN MISERY IS CLEAR -- KEEP OUT OF
AMERICA. III
TO THOSE WHO ASK IF OUR MEASURES ARE TOO HARSH, I
SAY THAT THE THREAT TO MANY AMERICANS -- ESPECIALLY
THOSE LIVING IN THE INNER-CITY -- IS TOO GREAT. OR, AS
BENJAMIN RUSH, A SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE, WROTE: "THERE ARE TWO DOORS TO THE TEMPLE
OF TYRANNY. ONE IS GOVERNMENT so STRONG THAT IT CAN DO
WHATEVER IT PLEASES WITHOUT REGARD TO JUSTICE. THE
OTHER IS GOVERNMENT so WEAK THAT IT CANNOT PROTECT THE
PUBLIC FROM THE WORST AMONG THEMSELVES."
- 7 -
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE TO THE DRUG PROBLEM, A
PERSONAL SIDE; AND SO THAT IS WHY DAVE SEEKS THE SAME
APPROACH FOR OREGON THAT I SEEK FOR ALL OF AMERICA --
TO EXPAND DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS.
SINCE I TOOK OFFICE, MY ADMINISTRATION HAS
PROPOSED A 68% INCREASE IN DRUG TREATMENT FUNDING.
NOW WE'RE ASKING CONGRESS, THROUGH OUR NEW LEGISLATION,
TO HELP MAKE THOSE DOLLARS WORK BETTER. WE WANT THE
STATES TO DEVELOP DRUG TREATMENT PLANS SO THAT THE
RIGHT KIND OF TREATMENT REACHES THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT
-- ESPECIALLY PREGNANT WOMEN AND DRUG-AFFECTED
NEWBORNS.
BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COORDINATED EFFORT BY OUR
STATE LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO FREE OUR CITIZENS
OF THE REVOLVING-DOOR APPROACH TO CRIMINAL LAW. A
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO FIGHTING DRUGS AND CRIME IN
THIS STATE -- THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I NEED DAVE
FROHNMAYER AT THE GOVERNOR'S DESK.
- 8 -
OREGONIANS ALSO WANT A GOVERNOR WHO UNDERSTANDS
THIS BEAUTIFUL STATE, FROM THE SNAKE RIVER TO THE
PACIFIC COAST. DAVE KNOWS AND LOVES OREGON AND ITS
PRECIOUS ENVIRONMENT.
AS AN OUTDOORSMAN, HE IS DEEPLY CONCERNED, AS I
AM, ABOUT PRESERVING AND PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK TO PROTECT THIS GREAT
PLANET AND ITS WILDLIFE, WITHOUT THROWING HARD-WORKING
CITIZENS OUT OF A JOB. I REJECT THOSE WHO WOULD IGNORE
THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE SPOTTED OWL DECISION.
THE JOBS OF MANY THOUSANDS OF OREGONIANS AND WHOLE
COMMUNITIES ARE AT STAKE. BUT I ALSO REJECT THOSE WHO
DO NOT RECOGNIZE THEIR OBLIGATION TO PROTECT OUR
DELICATE ECOSYSTEM.
COMMON SENSE TELLS US TO FIND A NEEDED BALANCE.
TOGETHER, WE WILL WORK TO FIND THAT BALANCE.
WE ALSO NEED TO FIND A BALANCE WHEN IT COMES TO
CLEAN AIR. I AM COMMITTED TO A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT,
AND THAT IS WHY I HAVE PROPOSED THE FIRST MAJOR
REVISIONS TO THE CLEAN AIR ACT IN MORE THAN A DECADE.
- 9 -
I WANT CONGRESS TO PASS A BILL THAT WILL SHARPLY
CUT ACID RAIN, SMOG AND TOXIC POLLUTANTS. BUT CONGRESS
HAS GOT TO RESPECT ANOTHER KIND OF DELICATE ECOLOGY --
THAT OF JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY. SO I CALL ON THE HOUSE
NOT TO KEEP AMERICA WAITING FOR CLEANER AIR, TO PASS A
REASONABLE CLEAN AIR BILL IN LINE WITH THE COMPROMISE
WE REACHED WITH SENATE LEADERS, NOT ANOTHER BILL
CONSUMERS AND WORKERS CANNOT AFFORD.
HERE IN OREGON, YOU HAVE A STRONG REPUBLICAN TEAM
THAT WE NEED TO SEND BACK TO THE U.S. CAPITOL -- YOUR
FRIEND AND MINE, SENATOR MARK HATFIELD -- AND THE SMITH
DUO, BOB AND DENNY. DENNY, WHO IS HERE WITH US THIS
MORNING, IS A KEY MEMBER OF OUR ADMINISTRATION'S
EFFORTS ON CAPITOL HILL. ALL OF THESE LEADERS, ALONG
WITH THE GREAT SENATOR BOB PACKWOOD, ARE TACKLING THE
PROBLEMS OF CRIME AND DRUGS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND
EDUCATION.
- 10 -
BUT THIS GREAT TEAM NEEDS A GREAT GOVERNOR BACK
HOME TO GET THE JOB DONE RIGHT. YOU KNOW, AT MY
INVITATION, DAVE CAME TO THE WHITE HOUSE LAST FALL TO
TALK ABOUT THESE AND OTHER ISSUES. HE IS A FORCEFUL
AND PASSIONATE SPOKESMAN FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS
WONDERFUL STATE.
I CAN TELL YOU, DAVE FROHNMAYER IS A FIGHTER. 11
HE BELIEVES IN THE PEOPLE OF OREGON. HE BELIEVES IN
THE PRINCIPLES THIS STATE HAS STOOD FOR SINCE THE DAY
PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON SENT MERIWETHER LEWIS AND
WILLIAM CLARK ON THEIR NOBLE EXPEDITION ACROSS THE
UNKNOWN WILDERNESS. THEY SPENT THE WINTER OF 1805 NEAR
THE MOUTH OF THE GREAT COLUMBIA RIVER, WHERE A MEMORIAL
STILL STANDS IN THEIR HONOR. AND IT WAS 87 YEARS AGO
TODAY, THAT ANOTHER GREAT LEADER AND OUTDOORSMAN,
PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT, LAID THE CORNERSTONE OF
THAT MEMORIAL AND SPOKE TO THE PEOPLE OF OREGON:
"LET US
CARRY ON THE TASK THAT OUR
FOREFATHERS HAVE ENTRUSTED TO OUR HANDS; AND LET US
RESOLVE THAT WE SHALL LEAVE TO OUR CHILDREN AND OUR
CHILDREN'S CHILDREN AN EVEN MIGHTIER HERITAGE THAN WE
RECEIVED IN OUR TURN."
- 11 -
DAVE FROHNMAYER IS A MAN OF INTEGRITY, ACHIEVEMENT
AND HONOR, A MAN WHO WILL LEAVE OREGON AN EVEN MIGHTIER
HERITAGE THAN THE ONE LEFT TO HIM. I'M PROUD TO SAY
THAT HE'S GOT A GOOD FRIEND IN WASHINGTON PULLING FOR
HIM ON ELECTION NIGHT. SO LET'S KEEP OREGON GREAT.
LET'S KEEP IT REPUBLICAN. AND THIS NOVEMBER, LET'S
MAKE IT "GOVERNOR DAVE FROHNMAYER." 111
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
###
Document No. 14145755
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5/16/90
DATE:
5/17/90 10:00 AM
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
DELAND
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Thursday, May 17, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
See comments
or : Olv LI MAY 06
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Grant/Cawley
1990 MAY 16 PM 1: 13
May 16, 1990
Draft four
A:OREGON
REMARKS: DAVID FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1990
7:45 A.M.
((Acknowledgements))
...
And of course, the next Governor of
Oregon, Dave Frohnmayer.
It's great to be here in Oregon, beautiful state with so
much to do outdoors. I'd love to get some fishing in while we're
here, but the way I fish, we don't have three weeks to spare. 11
I had such little success fishing in Maine last summer, I
would have been better off fishing for compliments from the
Washington Post.
But I'm not here today to tell fish stories. I'm here to
talk to you about the future of this great state and this great
country. Next November, there will be an election to decide what
kind of governor will lead Oregon into the '90's. Well, I can
tell you one thing. Oregonians want a Governor who doesn't need
on-the-job training -- Oregonians want Dave Frohnmayer. Family
man. Native Oregonian. Rhodes Scholar. Degrees from Harvard,
Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor of Law. 49 years old. 6 years
in the State House of Representatives. In his tenth year as
Attorney General. In 1988, he was reelected with no opposition
and both parties' nominations, setting the record as the largest
vote-getter in Oregon state history by winning nearly a million
2
votes. And all this before breakfast? III Gee, I wish I could
stick around for lunch and see what's next. III
Let me tell you a short story. As a ten year-old boy, Dave
went on a school field trip to Salem, and got his first look at
the State Capitol building. He stood on the steps in awe,
looking up at that golden Pioneer on top, and decided then and
there that he would enter public service. He began that public
service as a teacher, spending ten years as a law professor at
the University of Oregon. He's seen miracles occur right in his
own classroom, he's summoned young minds to greatness -- just as
exceptionals
every teachers in America does every day of the year. After his
decade as a teacher, he made a commitment to excellence for
American students in the decades to come. And now the time has
come for us to send him back to the State Capitol as Governor. III
Like Dave, our Administration has made excellence in
education one of our top priorities. Back in September, the
Nation's governors joined me at the Education Summit in Virginia
to set new education goals for America. And, in my State of the
assurdia
the
Union address, I announced those goals: goals that dealt with
increasing
academic
all childre
assessing students' performance, increasing our graduation rate, start scho
ready to
producing a nation of literate adults, making our schools drug-
learn,
free, and ensuring that by the year 2000, our students are the
scally
+5178
first in the world in math and science achievement.
"Education is leading human souls to what is best, and
making what is best out of them," writes the author John Ruskin,
for "the training which makes men happiest in themselves also
3
makes them most serviceable to others." We entrust America's
education system with the minds of our children, so we must
support our teachers as they face the daily challenge of "making
what is best" out of these children. As a democratic nation, the
Founders recognized the importance of an educated citizenry. By
teaching our young people well, we ensure a bright future for
them in commerce, public service, medicine, high-tech industries
-- we build a better America. This is our legacy of freedom to
future generations. And it is one that is very important to me
as President.
Dave Frohnmayer has made education a top priority as
Governor. And that's why I need Dave Frohnmayer as the next
Governor of Oregon.\ ((And with your newly elected
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Norma Paulus 111 Norma,
glad to see you back in public service 11 with this team,
Oregon's children come out the winners.))
Dave's also spent a decade of his life protecting our
schools and streets from the violence of drugs and crime, serving
Oregon as Attorney General. During that time, he's won six out
of seven cases he's argued before the U.S. Supreme Court -- the
best record of any Attorney General in the country. III
Among the many pieces of anti-crime legislation that he's
written, Dave authored and vigorously enforced a 1981 anti-
racketeering act that so far has recovered more than $2 million
from white collar criminals, organized crime, drug manufacturers
and dealers, illicit gamblers and con artists. He chairs the
4
Governor's Commission on Organized Crime and founded the Criminal
Intelligence Unit. Simply put, Dave Frohnmayer is the only
candidate running with the experience and the determination to
stand up and fight the drug dealers and violent criminals
threatening our neighborhoods.
Dave's take-charge attitude is the kind we need if we are to
break the back of crime in this country -- a strategy that
involves both the Federal and state levels. We've proposed
tougher laws, stiffer penalties and increased prosecutorial
powers in the Violent Crime Control Act we've sent to the
Congress. But it's going to take a coordinated effort by our
state leaders across the country to free our citizens of the
revolving-door approach to criminal law. A comprehensive
approach to fighting drugs and crime in this state -- that's
another reason why I need Dave Frohnmayer at the Governors'
desk. 11
Oregonians also want a Governor who understands this
beautiful state, from the Snake River to the Pacific coast.
Dave knows and loves Oregon and its precious environment.
((In
fact, he loves the Oregon outdoors so much that he's become quite
a fan of white-water rafting. Apparently, he'd been trying for
years to get Lynne to go over Martin Rapids on the McKenzie
River.
Finally, he told her, "C'mon Lynne, anybody can do it." At
that, his mother-in-law and the kids became interested, so she
went after all. Raft number one: half of the kids, Dave 11 and
5
one mother-in-law in a showercap to protect her new hairdo.
Raft number two: Lynne and the rest of the kids. And when they
hit Martin's Rapids, Lynne made it through without even a splash.
III Raft number one: right into the drink.) )
((I'd always heard Dave had a rapid rise to the top, now I
know where the story came from ...))
Dave is a great outdoorsman, a man who is deeply concerned,
as I am, about preserving and protecting our environment. It's
going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet and its
wildlife, without throwing hard-working citizens out of a job.
inserte
reject the extremists in the environmental movement who would
of cause,
ignore the economic consequences of the Spotted Owl decision
we must
are at stake.
the jobs of nearly 18,000 Oregonians and I reject those in
do what
industry who do not recognize their obligation to protect our
we canto
delicate ecosystem. Common sense tells us to find a needed
balance. Together, we will find that balance.
endangered protect
[* PROPOSED INSERT BELOW.]
Dave came to the White House recently to tell us how
B A species. we
concerned he is about the situation facing Oregon's timber
must do
industry. He let me know how strongly he's battling for the
50 in
people of this great state. Dave Frohnmayer is a fighter. 11
He believes in the people of Oregon. He believes in the
a that way
principles this state has stood for since the day President
allows
Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their
people
noble expedition across the unknown wilderness. They spent the
to
continue
winter of 1805 near the mouth of the great Columbia River, where
&
a memorial still stands in their honor. And it was 87 years ago
earn
[*
Proposal Insertb Let me mention one small step we can take in this area.
Right now, the export of raw logs from Federal lands is banned.
a
environment. In light of the pending decision on the spotted owl, I believe we
That produces both fiber ad idas for American industry and prote ats the
living.
Srady 14844
should cansider it least n soutial ban on vaw loa exports from state lands. It will ue good for subsicoment. the
6
today, that another great outdoorsman and educator, President
Theodore Roosevelt, laid the cornerstone of that memorial and
spoke to the people of Oregon:
"Let us ... carry on the task that our forefathers have
entrusted to our hands; and let us resolve that we shall leave to
our children and our children's children an even mightier
heritage than we received in our turn."
Dave Frohnmayer is a man of integrity, achievement and
honor, a man who will leave Oregon an even mightier heritage to
our children than the one left to him. I'm proud to say that
he's got a good friend in Washington pulling for him on election
night. So let's keep Oregon great. Let's keep it Republican.
And next November, let's make it "Governor Dave Frohnmayer." III
Thank you and God bless you.
# # #
Document No. 14145755
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5/16/90
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
5/17/90 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
DELAND
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Thursday, May 17, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
See Comments. Thanks
Holls williamson
60 : 11v LI MAYY 06
5-17-90
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Grant/Cawley
May 16, 1990
1990 MAY 16 PM 1: 13
Draft four
A:OREGON
REMARKS: DAVID FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1990
7:45 A.M.
((Acknowledgements))
And of course, the next Governor of
Oregon, Dave Frohnmayer. 11
It's great to be here in Oregon, beautiful state with so
much to do outdoors. I'd love to get some fishing in while we're
here, but the way I fish, we don't have three weeks to spare. 11
I had such little success fishing in Maine last summer, I
would have been better off fishing for compliments from the
Washington Post.
But I'm not here today to tell fish stories. I'm here to
talk to you about the future of this great state and this great
In
country. Next November, there will be an election to decide what
kind of governor will lead Oregon into the '90's. Well, I can
tell you one thing. Oregonians want a Governor who doesn't need
on-the-job training -- Oregonians want Dave Frohnmayer. Family
man. Native Oregonian. Rhodes Scholar. Degrees from Harvard,
Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor of Law. 49 years old. 6 years
in the State House of Representatives. In his tenth year as
Attorney General. In 1988, he was reelected with no opposition
and both parties' nominations, setting the record as the largest
vote-getter in Oregon state history by winning nearly a million
2
need
votes. And all this before breakfast? III Gee, I wish I could
to
try
stick around for lunch and see what's next. III
Let me tell you a short story. As a ten year-old boy, Dave
new joke.
went on a school field trip to Salem, and got his first look at
the State Capitol building. He stood on the steps in awe,
looking up at that golden Pioneer on top, and decided then and
there that he would enter public service. He began that public
service as a teacher, spending ten years as a law professor at
the University of Oregon. He's seen miracles occur right in his
own classroom, he's summoned young minds to greatness -- just as
every teacher in America does every day of the year. After his
decade as a teacher, he made a commitment to excellence for
American students in the decades to come. And now the time has
so that he can fultill that
come for us to send him back to the State Capitol/\as Governor. III commit-
ment
Like Dave, our Administration has made excellence in
education one of our top priorities. Back in September, the
Nation's governors joined me at the Education Summit in Virginia
to set new education goals for America. And, in my State of the
Union address, I announced those goals: goals that dealt with
better
Massessing students' performance, increasing our graduation rate,
producing a nation of literate adults, making our schools drug-
free, and ensuring that by the year 2000, our students are the
first in the world in math and science achievement.
"Education is leading human souls to what is best, and
making what is best out of them," writes the author John Ruskin,
for "the training which makes men happiest in themselves also
present or past fense
3
makes them most serviceable to others." We entrust America's
education system with the minds of our children, so we must
support our teachers as they face the daily challenge of "making
what is best" out of these children. As a democratic nation, the
Founders recognized the importance of an educated citizenry. By
teaching our young people well, we ensure a bright future for
them in commerce, public service, medicine, high-tech industries
-- we build a better America. This is our legacy of freedom to
future generations. And it is one that is very important to me
as President.
Dave Frohnmayer has made education a top priority as
Governor. And that's why I need Dave Frohnmayer as the next
Governor of Oregon.\ ( (And with your newly elected
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Norma Paulus III Norma,
glad to see you back in public service 11 with this team,
Oregon's children come out the winners.)
Dave's also spent a decade of his life protecting our
schools and streets from the violence of drugs and crime, serving
Oregon as Attorney General. During that time, he's won six out
of seven cases he's argued before the U.S. Supreme Court -- the
best record of any Attorney General in the country. III
Among the many pieces of anti-crime legislation that he's
written, Dave authored and vigorously enforced a 1981 anti-
racketeering act that so far has recovered more than $2 million
from white collar criminals, organized crime, drug manufacturers
and dealers, illicit gamblers and con artists. He chairs the
4
Governor's Commission on Organized Crime and founded the Criminal
Intelligence Unit. Simply put, Dave Frohnmayer is the only
candidate running with the experience and the determination to
stand up and fight the drug dealers and violent criminals
threatening our neighborhoods.
Dave's take-charge attitude is the kind we need if we are to
break the back of crime in this country -- a strategy that
involves both the Federal and state levels. We've proposed
tougher laws, stiffer penalties and increased prosecutorial
powers in the Violent Crime Control Act we've sent to the
Congress. But it's going to take a coordinated effort by our
state leaders across the country to free our citizens of the
revolving-door approach to criminal law. A comprehensive
approach to fighting drugs and crime in this state -- that's
another reason why I need Dave Frohnmayer at the Governors'
desk. 11
Oregonians also want a Governor who understands this
beautiful state, from the Snake River to the Pacific coast.
Dave knows and loves Oregon and its precious environment.
((In
fact, he loves the Oregon outdoors so much that he's become quite
a fan of white-water rafting. Apparently, he'd been trying for
years to get Lynne to go over Martin Rapids on the McKenzie
River.
Finally, he told her, "C'mon Lynne, anybody can do it." At
that, his mother-in-law and the kids became interested, so she
went after all. Raft number one: half of the kids, Dave 11 and
David
5
HollyWilliamse
one mother-in-law in a showercap to protect her new hairdo.
Raft number two: Lynne and the rest of the kids. And when they
hit Martin's Rapids, Lynne made it through without even a splash.
\\\ Raft number one: right into the drink. ))
((I'd always heard Dave had a rapid rise to the top, now I
know where the story came from ...))
Dave is a great outdoorsman, a man who is deeply concerned,
as I am, about preserving and protecting our environment. It's
uninsture
to take a lot of work to protect this great planet and its
cartioned we think
wildlife, without throwing hard-working citizens out of a job. I
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it's ok.
reject the extremists in the environmental movement who would
ignore the economic consequences of the Spotted Owl decision --
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disputed.
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talking about.
people of this great state. Dave Frohnmayer is a fighter. 11
He believes in the people of Oregon. He believes in the
principles this state has stood for since the day President
Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their
hoble expedition across the unknown wilderness. They spent the
vinter of 1805 near the mouth of the great Columbia River, where
1 memorial still stands in their honor. And it was 87 years ago
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here. Please call me it this changes much - Michael
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6
today, that another great outdoorsman and educator, President
Theodore Roosevelt, laid the cornerstone of that memorial and
spoke to the people of Oregon:
"Let us ... carry on the task that our forefathers have
entrusted to our hands; and let us resolve that we shall leave to
our children and our children's children an even mightier
heritage than we received in our turn."
Dave Frohnmayer is a man of integrity, achievement and
honor, a man who will leave Oregon an even mightier heritage to
our children than the one left to him. I'm proud to say that
he's got a good friend in Washington pulling for him on election
night. So let's keep Oregon great. Let's keep it Republican.
And next November, let's make it "Governor Dave Frohnmayer." 111
Thank you and God bless you.
# # #
1. Groual John comment: Frohnmager, chairman of theNEA +
was brother to Dave F., omitted intentionally? mentioned
He probably chould at least he --
he will probably be there.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
1990 MAY 18 PM 1:0,
May 17, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON w
FROM:
MARY KATE GRANT mkg
SUBJECT:
DAVE FROHNMAYER FOR GOVERNOR FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
I. SUMMARY
Attached for your review are draft remarks for the Dave
Frohnmayer for Governor fundraising breakfast, which will be held
on Monday, May 21, at 7:45 a.m. at the Portland, Oregon Hilton.
There will be approximately 800 people present, and you will be
introduced by the candidate.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (12 minutes/teleprompted) endorse Frohnmayer's
bid for the governorship and address the Administration's
positions on crime, education and the environment. There are two
paragraphs on the spotted owl, which will be the news for us.
Grant/Cawley
May 18, 1990
Draft six
A:OREGON
REMARKS: DAVID FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1990
7:45 A.M.
It's great\ to be here this morning. Good to see you,
Governor Vic Atiyeh ((a-TEE-yuh)), and Denny Smith, one of our
anti-crime leaders in the U.S. Congress. And of course, the next
Governor of Oregon, Dave Frohnmayer. 11
It's great to be here in Oregon, a beautiful state with so
much to do outdoors. I'd love to get some fishing in while we're
here, but the way I fish, we don't have three weeks to spare.
I had such little success fishing in Maine last summer, I
would have been better off fishing for compliments from the
Washington Post
But I'm not here today to tell fish stories. I'm here to
talk to you about the future of this great state and this great
country. This November, there will be an election to decide what
kind of governor will lead Oregon into the '90's. Well, I can
tell you one thing. Oregonians want a Governor who doesn't need
on-the-job training -- Oregonians want Dave Frohnmayer. Family
man. Native Oregonian. Rhodes Scholar. Degrees from Harvard,
Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor of Law. 49 years old. Six
years in the State House of Representatives. In his tenth year
as Attorney General. In 1988, he was reelected with no
opposition and both parties' nominations, setting the record as
2
the largest vote-getter in Oregon state history by winning nearly
a million votes. And all this before breakfast? III I wish I
could stick around for lunch and see what's next. III
Let me tell you a short story. As a ten year-old boy, Dave
went on a school field trip to Salem, and got his first look at
the State Capitol building. He stood on the steps in awe,
looking up at that golden Pioneer on top, and decided then and
there that he would enter public service. He began that public
service as a teacher, spending ten years as a law professor at
the University of Oregon. He's seen miracles occur right in his
own classroom, he's summoned young minds to greatness -- just as
exceptional teachers in America do every day of the year. After
his decade as a teacher, he made a new commitment to educational
excellence. And now the time has come for us to send him back to
the State Capitol so that he can fulfill that commitment as
Governor.
And he'll be joined this year by a strong Republican team
that we need to send back to the U.S. Capitol -- your friend and
mine, Senator Mark Hatfield -- and the Smith duo, Bob and Denny.
Denny, who is here with us this morning, is a key member of our
our Administration's efforts on Capitol Hill. All of these
leaders, along with the great Senator Bob Packwood, are tackling
the problems of crime and drugs, the environment and education.
Like Dave, our Administration -- with the help of all of
these men -- has made excellence in education one of our top
priorities. Back in September, the Nation's governors joined me
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3
at the Education Summit in Virginia to set new education goals
for America. And, in my State of the Union address, I announced
those goals: goals that deal with better assessing students'
performance, increasing our graduation rate, producing a nation
of literate adults, making our schools drug-free, assuring that
all children start school ready to learn through programs like
Head Start and ensuring that by the year 2000, our students are
the first in the world in math and science achievement.
The author John Ruskin wrote, "Education is leading human
souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them."
We entrust America's education system with the minds of our
children, so we must support our teachers as they face the daily
challenge of "making what is best" out of these children. As a
democratic nation, the Founders recognized the importance of an
educated citizenry. By teaching our young people well, we ensure
a bright future for them in commerce, public service, medicine,
high-tech industries -- we build a better America. This is our
legacy of freedom to future generations. And it is one that is
very important to me as President.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction, Norma Paulus 111 with this
team, Oregon's children come out the winners. "
Dave's also spent a decade of his life protecting our
schools and streets from the violence of drugs and crime, serving
4
Oregon as Attorney General. During that time, he's won six out
of seven cases he's argued before the U.S. Supreme Court -- the
best record of any Attorney General in the country. III
Among the many pieces of anti-crime legislation that he's
written, Dave authored and vigorously enforced a 1981 anti-
racketeering act that so far has recovered more than $2 million
from white collar criminals, organized crime, drug manufacturers
and dealers, illicit gamblers and con artists. He chairs the
Governor's Commission on Organized Crime and founded the Criminal
Intelligence Unit. Simply put, Dave Frohnmayer is the only
candidate running with the experience and the determination to
stand up and fight the drug dealers and violent criminals
threatening our neighborhoods.
Dave's take-charge attitude is the kind we need if we are to
break the back of crime in this country. But to take back the
streets of America, we will need a strategy that involves both
the Federal and state levels. So, we've proposed tougher laws,
stiffer penalties and increased prosecutorial powers in the
Violent Crime Control Act we've sent to the Congress. But it's
going to take a coordinated effort by our state leaders across
the country to free our citizens of the revolving-door approach
to criminal law. A comprehensive approach to fighting drugs and
crime in this state -- that's another reason why I need Dave
Frohnmayer at the Governor's desk.
DRUGS!
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Oregonians also want a Governor who understands this
beautiful state, from the Snake River to the Pacific coast.
balance
5
Dave knows and loves Oregon and its precious environment.
( (In
fact, he loves the Oregon outdoors so much that he's become quite
a fan of white-water rafting. Apparently, he'd been trying for
years to get Lynn to go over Martin Rapids on the McKenzie River.
Finally, he told her, "C'mon Lynn, anybody can do it." At
that, his mother-in-law and the kids became interested, so she
lose
went after all. Raft number one: half of the kids, Dave and
one mother-in-law in a showercap to protect her new hairdo.
Raft number two: Lynn and the rest of the kids. And when they
hit Martin's Rapids, Lynn made it straight through, dry as a
bone. But what do you suppose happened to Dave, his mother-in-
law and the kids? Well, their raft was doing an undersea
adventure worthy of The Hunt For Red October.
((I'd always heard Dave had a rapid rise to the top, now I
know where the story came from ...))
Dave is a great outdoorsman, a man who is deeply concerned,
as I am, about preserving and protecting our environment. It's
going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet and its
wildlife, without throwing hard-working citizens out of a job. I
reject those who would ignore the economic consequences of the
Spotted Owl decision. The jobs of many thousands of Oregonians
are at stake. But I also reject those in industry who do not
recognize their obligation to protect our delicate ecosystem.
Common sense tells us to find a needed balance. Together,
we will work to find that balance.
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At my invitation, ) Dave came to the White House last fall to
talk about these and other issues. He is a forceful and
passionate spokesman for the people of this great state.
Dave Frohnmayer is a fighter. 11 He believes in the people
of Oregon. He believes in the principles this state has stood
for since the day President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark on their noble expedition across the
unknown wilderness. They spent the winter of 1805 near the mouth
of the great Columbia River, where a memorial still stands in
their honor. And it was 87 years ago today, that another great
leader and outdoorsman, President Theodore Roosevelt, laid the
cornerstone of that memorial and spoke to the people of Oregon:
"Let us
...
carry on the task that our forefathers have
entrusted to our hands; and let us resolve that we shall leave to
our children and our children's children an even mightier
heritage than we received in our turn.' "
Dave Frohnmayer is a man of integrity, achievement and
honor, a man who will leave Oregon an even mightier heritage than
the one left to him. I'm proud to say that he's got a good
friend in Washington pulling for him on election night. So let's
keep Oregon great. Let's keep it Republican. And this November,
let's make it "Governor Dave Frohnmayer." 111
Thank you and God bless you.
# # #
141457SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5/19/90 21 A8:34 34
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DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DAVID FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
PORTLAND, OREGON
SUBJECT:
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1990
7:45 AM
(5/18 - draft six)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
WINSTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
WRAY
FITZWATER
DELAND
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
25 12 NAY 06
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 17, 1990
1930 MAY 18 PM 1:0,
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON w
FROM:
MARY KATE GRANT mkg
SUBJECT:
DAVE FROHNMAYER FOR GOVERNOR FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
I. SUMMARY
Attached for your review are draft remarks for the Dave
Frohnmayer for Governor fundraising breakfast, which will be held
on Monday, May 21, at 7:45 a.m. at the Portland, Oregon Hilton.
There will be approximately 800 people present, and you will be
introduced by the candidate.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (12 minutes/teleprompted) endorse Frohnmayer's
bid for the governorship and address the Administration's
positions on crime, education and the environment. There are two
paragraphs on the spotted owl, which will be the news for us.
Grant/Cawley
May 18, 1990
Draft six
A:OREGON
REMARKS: DAVID FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1990
7:45 A.M.
It's great to be here this morning. Good to see you,
Governor Vic Atiyeh ((a-TEE-yuh)), and Denny Smith, one of our
anti-crime leaders in the U.S. Congress. And of course, the next
Governor of Oregon, Dave Frohnmayer. 11
It's great to be here in Oregon, a beautiful state with so
much to do outdoors. I'd love to get some fishing in while we're
here, but the way I fish, we don't have three weeks to spare.
I had such little success fishing in Maine last summer, I
would have been better off fishing for compliments from the
Washington Post.
But I'm not here today to tell fish stories. I'm here to
talk to you about the future of this great state and this great
country. This November, there will be an election to decide what
kind of governor will lead Oregon into the '90's. Well, I can
tell you one thing. Oregonians want a Governor who doesn't need
on-the-job training -- Oregonians want Dave Frohnmayer. Family
man. Native Oregonian. Rhodes Scholar. Degrees from Harvard,
Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor of Law. 49 years old. Six
years in the State House of Representatives. In his tenth year
as Attorney General. In 1988, he was reelected with no
opposition and both parties' nominations, setting the record as
2
the largest vote-getter in Oregon state history by winning nearly
a million votes. And all this before breakfast? I wish I
could stick around for lunch and see what's next. 111
Let me tell you a short story. As a ten year-old boy, Dave
went on a school field trip to Salem, and got his first look at
the State Capitol building. He stood on the steps in awe,
looking up at that golden Pioneer on top, and decided then and
there that he would enter public service. He began that public
service as a teacher, spending ten years as a law professor at
the University of Oregon. He's seen miracles occur right in his
own classroom, he's summoned young minds to greatness -- just as
exceptional teachers in America do every day of the year. After
his decade as a teacher, he made a new commitment to educational
excellence. And now the time has come for us to send him back to
the State Capitol so that he can fulfill that commitment as
Governor.
And he'll be joined this year by a strong Republican team
that we need to send back to the U.S. Capitol -- your friend and
mine, Senator Mark Hatfield -- and the Smith duo, Bob and Denny.
Denny, who is here with us this morning, is a key member of our
our Administration's efforts on Capitol Hill. All of these
leaders, along with the great Senator Bob Packwood, are tackling
the problems of crime and drugs, the environment and education.
Like Dave, our Administration -- with the help of all of
these men -- has made excellence in education one of our top
priorities. Back in September, the Nation's governors joined me
3
at the Education Summit in Virginia to set new education goals
for America. And, in my State of the Union address, I announced
those goals: goals that deal with better assessing students'
performance, increasing our graduation rate, producing a nation
of literate adults, making our schools drug-free, assuring that
all children start school ready to learn through programs like
Head Start and ensuring that by the year 2000, our students are
the first in the world in math and science achievement.
The author John Ruskin wrote, "Education is leading human
souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them."
We entrust America's education system with the minds of our
children, so we must support our teachers as they face the daily
challenge of "making what is best" out of these children. As a
democratic nation, the Founders recognized the importance of an
educated citizenry. By teaching our young people well, we ensure
a bright future for them in commerce, public service, medicine,
high-tech industries -- we build a better America. This is our
legacy of freedom to future generations. And it is one that is
very important to me as President.
Dave Frohnmayer has made education a top priority as
Governor. And that's why I need Dave Frohnmayer as the next
Governor of Oregon.\ ( (And with your newly-elected
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Norma Paulus III with this
team, Oregon's children come out the winners.)
Dave's also spent a decade of his life protecting our
schools and streets from the violence of drugs and crime, serving
4
Oregon as Attorney General. During that time, he's won six out
of seven cases he's argued before the U.S. Supreme Court -- the
best record of any Attorney General in the country. 111
Among the many pieces of anti-crime legislation that he's
written, Dave authored and vigorously enforced a 1981 anti-
racketeering act that so far has recovered more than $2 million
from white collar criminals, organized crime, drug manufacturers
and dealers, illicit gamblers and con artists. He chairs the
Governor's Commission on Organized Crime and founded the Criminal
Intelligence Unit. Simply put, Dave Frohnmayer is the only
candidate running with the experience and the determination to
stand up and fight the drug dealers and violent criminals
threatening our neighborhoods.
Dave's take-charge attitude is the kind we need if we are to
break the back of crime in this country. But to take back the
streets of America, we will need a strategy that involves both
the Federal and state levels. So, we've proposed tougher laws,
stiffer penalties and increased prosecutorial powers in the
Violent Crime Control Act we've sent to the Congress. But it's
going to take a coordinated effort by our state leaders across
the country to free our citizens of the revolving-door approach
to criminal law. A comprehensive approach to fighting drugs and
crime in this state -- that's another reason why I need Dave
Frohnmayer at the Governor's desk. 11
Oregonians also want a Governor who understands this
beautiful state, from the Snake River to the Pacific coast.
5
Dave knows and loves Oregon and its precious environment.
((In
fact, he loves the Oregon outdoors so much that he's become quite
a fan of white-water rafting. Apparently, he'd been trying for
years to get Lynn to go over Martin Rapids on the McKenzie River.
Finally, he told her, "C'mon Lynn, anybody can do it." At
that, his mother-in-law and the kids became interested, so she
went after all. Raft number one: half of the kids, Dave 11 and
one mother-in-law 11 in a showercap to protect her new hairdo.
Raft number two: Lynn and the rest of the kids. And when they
hit Martin's Rapids, Lynn made it straight through, dry as a
bone. But what do you suppose happened to Dave, his mother-in-
law and the kids? 11 Well, their raft was doing an undersea
adventure worthy of The Hunt For Red October.
((I'd always heard Dave had a rapid rise to the top, now I
know where the story came from ...))
Dave is a great outdoorsman, a man who is deeply concerned,
as I am, about preserving and protecting our environment. It's
going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet and its
wildlife, without throwing hard-working citizens out of a job. I
reject those who would ignore the economic consequences of the
Spotted Owl decision. The jobs of many thousands of Oregonians
are at stake. But I also reject those in industry who do not
recognize their obligation to protect our delicate ecosystem.
Common sense tells us to find a needed balance. Together,
we will work to find that balance. 11
6
At my invitation, Dave came to the White House last fall to
talk about these and other issues. He is a forceful and
passionate spokesman for the people of this great state.
Dave Frohnmayer is a fighter. 11 He believes in the people
of Oregon. He believes in the principles this state has stood
for since the day President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark on their noble expedition across the
unknown wilderness. They spent the winter of 1805 near the mouth
of the great Columbia River, where a memorial still stands in
their honor. And it was 87 years ago today, that another great
leader and outdoorsman, President Theodore Roosevelt, laid the
cornerstone of that memorial and spoke to the people of Oregon:
"Let us
carry on the task that our forefathers have
entrusted to our hands; and let us resolve that we shall leave to
our children and our children's children an even mightier
heritage than we received in our turn."
Dave Frohnmayer is a man of integrity, achievement and
honor, a man who will leave Oregon an even mightier heritage than
the one left to him. I'm proud to say that he's got a good
friend in Washington pulling for him on election night. So let's
keep Oregon great. Let's keep it Republican. And this November,
let's make it "Governor Dave Frohnmayer." III
Thank you and God bless you.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 17, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
w
FROM:
MARY KATE GRANT mkg
SUBJECT:
DAVE FROHNMAYER FOR GOVERNOR FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
I. SUMMARY
Attached for your review are draft remarks for the Dave
Frohnmayer for Governor fundraising breakfast, which will be held
on Monday, May 21, at 7:45 a.m. at the Portland, Oregon Hilton.
There will be approximately 800 people present, and you will be
introduced by the candidate.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (12 minutes/teleprompted) endorse Frohnmayer's
bid for the governorship and address the Administration's
positions on crime, education and the environment. There are two
paragraphs on the spotted owl, which will be the news for us.
Grant/Cawley
May 18, 1990
Draft six
A:OREGON
REMARKS: DAVID FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1990
7:45 A.M.
It's great to be here this morning. Good to see you,
Governor Vic Atiyeh ((a-TEE-yuh)), and Denny Smith, one of our
anti-crime leaders in the U.S. Congress. And of course, the next
Governor of Oregon, Dave Frohnmayer. 11
It's great to be here in Oregon, a beautiful state with so
much to do outdoors. I'd love to get some fishing in while we're
here, but the way I fish, we don't have three weeks to spare. 11
I had such little success fishing in Maine last summer, I
would have been better off fishing for compliments from the
Washington Post. 11
But I'm not here today to tell fish stories. I'm here to
talk to you about the future of this great state and this great
country. This November, there will be an election to decide what
kind of governor will lead Oregon into the '90's. Well, I can
tell you one thing. Oregonians want a Governor who doesn't need
on-the-job training -- Oregonians want Dave Frohnmayer. Family
man. Native Oregonian. Rhodes Scholar. Degrees from Harvard,
Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor of Law. 49 years old. Six
years in the State House of Representatives. In his tenth year
as Attorney General. In 1988, he was reelected with no
opposition and both parties' nominations, setting the record as
2
the largest vote-getter in Oregon state history by winning nearly
a million votes. And all this before breakfast? I wish I
could stick around for lunch and see what's next.
Let me tell you a short story. As a ten year-old boy, Dave
went on a school field trip to Salem, and got his first look at
the State Capitol building. He stood on the steps in awe,
looking up at that golden Pioneer on top, and decided then and
there that he would enter public service. He began that public
service as a teacher, spending ten years as a law professor at
the University of Oregon. He's seen miracles occur right in his
own classroom, he's summoned young minds to greatness -- just as
exceptional teachers in America do every day of the year. After
his decade as a teacher, he made a new commitment to educational
excellence. And now the time has come for us to send him back to
the State Capitol so that he can fulfill that commitment as
Governor.
And he'll be joined this year by a strong Republican team
that we need to send back to the U.S. Capitol -- your friend and
mine, Senator Mark Hatfield -- and the Smith duo, Bob and Denny.
Denny, who is here with us this morning, is a key member of our
our Administration's efforts on Capitol Hill. All of these
leaders, along with the great Senator Bob Packwood, are tackling
the problems of crime and drugs, the environment and education.
Like Dave, our Administration -- with the help of all of
these men -- has made excellence in education one of our top
priorities. Back in September, the Nation's governors joined me
3
at the Education Summit in Virginia to set new education goals
for America. And, in my State of the Union address, I announced
those goals: goals that deal with better assessing students'
performance, increasing our graduation rate, producing a nation
of literate adults, making our schools drug-free, assuring that
all children start school ready to learn through programs like
Head Start and ensuring that by the year 2000, our students are
the first in the world in math and science achievement.
The author John Ruskin wrote, "Education is leading human
souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them."
We entrust America's education system with the minds of our
children, so we must support our teachers as they face the daily
challenge of "making what is best" out of these children. As a
democratic nation, the Founders recognized the importance of an
educated citizenry. By teaching our young people well, we ensure
a bright future for them in commerce, public service, medicine,
high-tech industries -- we build a better America. This is our
legacy of freedom to future generations. And it is one that is
very important to me as President.
Dave Frohnmayer has made education a top priority as
Governor. And that's why I need Dave Frohnmayer as the next
Governor of Oregon.\ ( (And with your newly-elected
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Norma Paulus III with this
team, Oregon's children come out the winners.)
Dave's also spent a decade of his life protecting our
schools and streets from the violence of drugs and crime, serving
4
Oregon as Attorney General. During that time, he's won six out
of seven cases he's argued before the U.S. Supreme Court -- the
best record of any Attorney General in the country. III
Among the many pieces of anti-crime legislation that he's
written, Dave authored and vigorously enforced a 1981 anti-
racketeering act that so far has recovered more than $2 million
from white collar criminals, organized crime, drug manufacturers
and dealers, illicit gamblers and con artists. He chairs the
Governor's Commission on Organized Crime and founded the Criminal
Intelligence Unit. Simply put, Dave Frohnmayer is the only
candidate running with the experience and the determination to
stand up and fight the drug dealers and violent criminals
threatening our neighborhoods.
Dave's take-charge attitude is the kind we need if we are to
break the back of crime in this country. But to take back the
streets of America, we will need a strategy that involves both
the Federal and state levels. So, we've proposed tougher laws,
stiffer penalties and increased prosecutorial powers in the
Violent Crime Control Act we've sent to the Congress. But it's
going to take a coordinated effort by our state leaders across
the country to free our citizens of the revolving-door approach
to criminal law. A comprehensive approach to fighting drugs and
crime in this state -- that's another reason why I need Dave
Frohnmayer at the Governor's desk.
Oregonians also want a Governor who understands this
beautiful state, from the Snake River to the Pacific coast.
5
Dave knows and loves Oregon and its precious environment.
((In
fact, he loves the Oregon outdoors so much that he's become quite
a fan of white-water rafting. Apparently, he'd been trying for
years to get Lynn to go over Martin Rapids on the McKenzie River.
Finally, he told her, "C'mon Lynn, anybody can do it." At
that, his mother-in-law and the kids became interested, so she
went after all. Raft number one: half of the kids, Dave and
one mother-in-law 11 in a showercap to protect her new hairdo.
Raft number two: Lynn and the rest of the kids. And when they
hit Martin's Rapids, Lynn made it straight through, dry as a
bone. But what do you suppose happened to Dave, his mother-in-
law and the kids? 11 Well, their raft was doing an undersea
adventure worthy of The Hunt For Red October.
((I'd always heard Dave had a rapid rise to the top, now I
know where the story came from ...))
Dave is a great outdoorsman, a man who is deeply concerned,
as I am, about preserving and protecting our environment. It's
going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet and its
wildlife, without throwing hard-working citizens out of a job. I
reject those who would ignore the economic consequences of the
Spotted Owl decision. The jobs of many thousands of Oregonians
are at stake. But I also reject those in industry who do not
recognize their obligation to protect our delicate ecosystem.
Common sense tells us to find a needed balance. Together,
we will work to find that balance.
6
At my invitation, Dave came to the White House last fall to
talk about these and other issues. He is a forceful and
passionate spokesman for the people of this great state.
Dave Frohnmayer is a fighter. He believes in the people
of Oregon. He believes in the principles this state has stood
for since the day President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark on their noble expedition across the
unknown wilderness. They spent the winter of 1805 near the mouth
of the great Columbia River, where a memorial still stands in
their honor. And it was 87 years ago today, that another great
leader and outdoorsman, President Theodore Roosevelt, laid the
cornerstone of that memorial and spoke to the people of Oregon:
"Let us
... carry on the task that our forefathers have
entrusted to our hands; and let us resolve that we shall leave to
our children and our children's children an even mightier
heritage than we received in our turn."
Dave Frohnmayer is a man of integrity, achievement and
honor, a man who will leave Oregon an even mightier heritage than
the one left to him. I'm proud to say that he's got a good
friend in Washington pulling for him on election night. So let's
keep Oregon great. Let's keep it Republican. And this November,
let's make it "Governor Dave Frohnmayer." 111
Thank you and God bless you.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 17, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON w
FROM:
MARY KATE GRANT mkg
SUBJECT:
DAVE FROHNMAYER FOR GOVERNOR FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
I. SUMMARY
Attached for your review are draft remarks for the Dave
Frohnmayer for Governor fundraising breakfast, which will be held
on Monday, May 21, at 7:45 a.m. at the Portland, Oregon Hilton.
There will be approximately 800 people present, and you will be
introduced by the candidate.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (12 minutes/teleprompted) endorse Frohnmayer's
bid for the governorship and address the Administration's
positions on crime, education and the environment. There are two
paragraphs on the spotted owl, which will be the news for us.
Grant/Cawley
May 18, 1990
Draft six
A:OREGON
REMARKS: DAVID FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1990
7:45 A.M.
It's great to be here this morning. Good to see you,
Governor Vic Atiyeh ((a-TEE-yuh)), and Denny Smith, one of our
anti-crime leaders in the U.S. Congress. And of course, the next
Governor of Oregon, Dave Frohnmayer. 11
It's great to be here in Oregon, a beautiful state with so
much to do outdoors. I'd love to get some fishing in while we're
here, but the way I fish, we don't have three weeks to spare.
I had such little success fishing in Maine last summer, I
would have been better off fishing for compliments from the
Washington Post.
But I'm not here today to tell fish stories. I'm here to
talk to you about the future of this great state and this great
country. This November, there will be an election to decide what
kind of governor will lead Oregon into the '90's. Well, I can
tell you one thing. Oregonians want a Governor who doesn't need
on-the-job training -- Oregonians want Dave Frohnmayer. Family
man. Native Oregonian. Rhodes Scholar. Degrees from Harvard,
Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor of Law. 49 years old. Six
years in the State House of Representatives. In his tenth year
as Attorney General. In 1988, he was reelected with no
opposition and both parties' nominations, setting the record as
2
the largest vote-getter in Oregon state history by winning nearly
a million votes. And all this before breakfast? I wish I
could stick around for lunch and see what's next. 111
Let me tell you a short story. As a ten year-old boy, Dave
went on a school field trip to Salem, and got his first look at
the State Capitol building. He stood on the steps in awe,
looking up at that golden Pioneer on top, and decided then and
there that he would enter public service. He began that public
service as a teacher, spending ten years as a law professor at
the University of Oregon. He's seen miracles occur right in his
own classroom, he's summoned young minds to greatness -- just as
exceptional teachers in America do every day of the year. After
his decade as a teacher, he made a new commitment to educational
excellence. And now the time has come for us to send him back to
the State Capitol so that he can fulfill that commitment as
Governor.
And he'll be joined this year by a strong Republican team
that we need to send back to the U.S. Capitol -- your friend and
mine, Senator Mark Hatfield -- and the Smith duo, Bob and Denny.
Denny, who is here with us this morning, is a key member of our
our Administration's efforts on Capitol Hill. All of these
leaders, along with the great Senator Bob Packwood, are tackling
the problems of crime and drugs, the environment and education.\
Like Dave, our Administration -- with the help of all of
these men -- has made excellence in education one of our top
priorities. Back in September, the Nation's governors joined me
3
at the Education Summit in Virginia to set new education goals
for America. And, in my State of the Union address, I announced
those goals: goals that deal with better assessing students'
performance, increasing our graduation rate, producing a nation
of literate adults, making our schools drug-free, assuring that
all children start school ready to learn through programs like
Head Start and ensuring that by the year 2000, our students are
the first in the world in math and science achievement.
The author John Ruskin wrote, "Education is leading human
souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them."
We entrust America's education system with the minds of our
children, so we must support our teachers as they face the daily
challenge of "making what is best" out of these children. As a
democratic nation, the Founders recognized the importance of an
educated citizenry. By teaching our young people well, we ensure
a bright future for them in commerce, public service, medicine,
high-tech industries -- we build a better America. This is our
legacy of freedom to future generations. And it is one that is
very important to me as President.
Dave Frohnmayer has made education a top priority as
Governor. And that's why I need Dave Frohnmayer as the next
Governor of Oregon. ( (And with your newly-elected
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Norma Paulus 111 with this
team, Oregon's children come out the winners.)
Dave's also spent a decade of his life protecting our
schools and streets from the violence of drugs and crime, serving
4
Oregon as Attorney General. During that time, he's won six out
of seven cases he's argued before the U.S. Supreme Court -- the
best record of any Attorney General in the country. III
Among the many pieces of anti-crime legislation that he's
written, Dave authored and vigorously enforced a 1981 anti-
racketeering act that so far has recovered more than $2 million
from white collar criminals, organized crime, drug manufacturers
and dealers, illicit gamblers and con artists. He chairs the
Governor's Commission on Organized Crime and founded the Criminal
Intelligence Unit. Simply put, Dave Frohnmayer is the only
candidate running with the experience and the determination to
stand up and fight the drug dealers and violent criminals
threatening our neighborhoods.
Dave's take-charge attitude is the kind we need if we are to
break the back of crime in this country. But to take back the
streets of America, we will need a strategy that involves both
the Federal and state levels. So, we've proposed tougher laws,
stiffer penalties and increased prosecutorial powers in the
Violent Crime Control Act we've sent to the Congress. But it's
going to take a coordinated effort by our state leaders across
the country to free our citizens of the revolving-door approach
to criminal law. A comprehensive approach to fighting drugs and
crime in this state -- that's another reason why I need Dave
Frohnmayer at the Governor's desk. 11
Oregonians also want a Governor who understands this
beautiful state, from the Snake River to the Pacific coast.
5
Dave knows and loves Oregon and its precious environment.
((In
fact, he loves the Oregon outdoors so much that he's become quite
a fan of white-water rafting. Apparently, he'd been trying for
years to get Lynn to go over Martin Rapids on the McKenzie River.
Finally, he told her, "C'mon Lynn, anybody can do it." At
that, his mother-in-law and the kids became interested, so she
went after all. Raft number one: half of the kids, Dave 11 and
one mother-in-law 11 in a showercap to protect her new hairdo.
Raft number two: Lynn and the rest of the kids. And when they
hit Martin's Rapids, Lynn made it straight through, dry as a
bone. But what do you suppose happened to Dave, his mother-in-
law and the kids? 11 Well, their raft was doing an undersea
adventure worthy of The Hunt For Red October.
((I'd always heard Dave had a rapid rise to the top, now I
know where the story came from ...))
Dave is a great outdoorsman, a man who is deeply concerned,
as I am, about preserving and protecting our environment. It's
going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet and its
wildlife, without throwing hard-working citizens out of a job. I
reject those who would ignore the economic consequences of the
Spotted Owl decision. The jobs of many thousands of Oregonians
are at stake. But I also reject those in industry who do not
recognize their obligation to protect our delicate ecosystem.
Common sense tells us to find a needed balance. Together,
we will work to find that balance. 11
6
At my invitation, Dave came to the White House last fall to
talk about these and other issues. He is a forceful and
passionate spokesman for the people of this great state.
Dave Frohnmayer is a fighter. 11 He believes in the people
of Oregon. He believes in the principles this state has stood
for since the day President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark on their noble expedition across the
unknown wilderness. They spent the winter of 1805 near the mouth
of the great Columbia River, where a memorial still stands in
their honor. And it was 87 years ago today, that another great
leader and outdoorsman, President Theodore Roosevelt, laid the
cornerstone of that memorial and spoke to the people of Oregon:
"Let us
...
carry on the task that our forefathers have
entrusted to our hands; and let us resolve that we shall leave to
our children and our children's children an even mightier
heritage than we received in our turn." "
Dave Frohnmayer is a man of integrity, achievement and
honor, a man who will leave Oregon an even mightier heritage than
the one left to him. I'm proud to say that he's got a good
friend in Washington pulling for him on election night. So let's
keep Oregon great. Let's keep it Republican. And this November,
let's make it "Governor Dave Frohnmayer."
Thank you and God bless you.
# # #
Grant/Cawley
May 17, 1990
Draft five
A:OREGON
REMARKS: DAVID FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1990
7:45 A.M.
It's great to be here this morning. Good to see you,
Governor Vic Atiyeh ((a-TEE-yuh)), and Denny Smith, one of our
anti-crime leaders in the U.S. Congress. And of course, the next
Governor of Oregon, Dave Frohnmayer.
It's great to be here in Oregon, beautiful state with so
much to do outdoors. I'd love to get some fishing in while we're
here, but the way I fish, we don't have three weeks to spare. 11
I had such little success fishing in Maine last summer, I
would have been better off fishing for compliments from the
Washington Post.
But I'm not here today to tell fish stories. I'm here to
talk to you about the future of this great state and this great
country. This November, there will be an election to decide what
kind of governor will lead Oregon into the '90's. Well, I can
tell you one thing. Oregonians want a Governor who doesn't need
on-the-job training -- Oregonians want Dave Frohnmayer. Family
man. Native Oregonian. Rhodes Scholar. Degrees from Harvard,
Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor of Law. 49 years old. 6 years
in the State House of Representatives. In his tenth year as
Attorney General. In 1988, he was reelected with no opposition
and both parties' nominations, setting the record as the largest
2
vote-getter in Oregon state history by winning nearly a million
votes. And all this before breakfast? I wish I could stick
around for lunch and see what's next. 111
Let me tell you a short story. As a ten year-old boy, Dave
went on a school field trip to Salem, and got his first look at
the State Capitol building. He stood on the steps in awe,
looking up at that golden Pioneer on top, and decided then and
there that he would enter public service. He began that public
service as a teacher, spending ten years as a law professor at
the University of Oregon. He's seen miracles occur right in his
own classroom, he's summoned young minds to greatness -- just as
do
exceptional teacher S in America every day of the year. After
new
educational
his decade as a teacher, he made a, commitment to excellence for
Ame ican students in the decades to come And now the time has
come for us to send him back to the State Capitol so that he can
fulfill that commitment as Governor.
And he'll be joined this year by a strong Republican team
that we need to send back to the U.S. Capitol -- your friend and
mine, Senator Mark Hatfield -- and the Smith team, Bob and Denny.
Denny, who is here with us this morning, is a key member of our
solid and hardworking team on Capitol Hill, 11 and augo, the environment
tacklary the problems 0 creme
and education,
Like Dave, our Administration with the help of all of
these men has made excellence in education one of our top
priorities. Back in September, the Nation's governors joined me
at the Education Summit in Virginia to set new education goals
for America. And, in my State of the Union address, I announced
3
those goals: goals that dealt with better assessing students'
performance, increasing our graduation rate, producing a nation
of literate adults, making our schools drug-free, assuring that
all children start school ready to learn through programs like
Head Start and ensuring that by the year 2000, our students are
the first in the world in math and science achievement.
"Education is leading human souls to what is best, and
wrote,
making what is best out of them," writes the author John Ruskin,
for "the training which makes men happiest in themselves also
makes them most serviceable to others. We entrust America's
education system with the minds of our children, so we must
support our teachers as they face the daily challenge of "making
what is best" out of these children. As a democratic nation, the
Founders recognized the importance of an educated citizenry. By
teaching our young people well, we ensure a bright future for
them in commerce, public service, medicine, high-tech industries
-- we build a better America. This is our legacy of freedom to
future generations. And it is one that is very important to me
as President.
Dave Frohnmayer has made education a top priority as
Governor. And that's why I need Dave Frohnmayer as the next
Governor of Oregon. ((And with your newly-elected
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Norma Paulus 111 Norma,
glad to see you back in public service 11 with this team,
Oregon's children come out the winners.)
4
Dave's also spent a decade of his life protecting our
schools and streets from the violence of drugs and crime, serving
Oregon as Attorney General. During that time, he's won six out
of seven cases he's argued before the U.S. Supreme Court -- the
best record of any Attorney General in the country. 111
Among the many pieces of anti-crime legislation that he's
written, Dave authored and vigorously enforced a 1981 anti-
racketeering act that so far has recovered more than $2 million
from white collar criminals, organized crime, drug manufacturers
and dealers, illicit gamblers and con artists. He chairs the
Governor's Commission on Organized Crime and founded the Criminal
Intelligence Unit. Simply put, Dave Frohnmayer is the only
candidate running with the experience and the determination to
stand up and fight the drug dealers and violent criminals
threatening our neighborhoods.
Dave's take-charge attitude is the kind we need if we are to
But to take back the sheets of
break the back of crime in this country, 'AA a strategy that
america,
So,
we will
involves both the Federal and state levels. We've proposed
need
tougher laws, stiffer penalties and increased prosecutorial
powers in the Violent Crime Control Act we've sent to the
Congress. But it's going to take a coordinated effort by our
state leaders across the country to free our citizens of the
revolving-door approach to criminal law. A comprehensive
approach to fighting drugs and crime in this state -- that's
another reason why I need Dave Frohnmayer at the Governors'
desk.
5
Oregonians also want a Governor who understands this
beautiful state, from the Snake River to the Pacific coast.
Dave knows and loves Oregon and its precious environment.
((In
fact, he loves the Oregon outdoors so much that he's become quite
a fan of white-water rafting. Apparently, he'd been trying for
years to get Lynne to go over Martin Rapids on the McKenzie
River.
Finally, he told her, "C'mon Lynne, anybody can do it." At
that, his mother-in-law and the kids became interested, so she
went after all. Raft number one: half of the kids, Dave and
one mother-in-law 11 in a showercap to protect her new hairdo.
Raft number two: Lynne and the rest of the kids. And when they
hit Martin's Rapids, Lynne made it straight through, dry as a
bone. But what do you suppose happened to Dave, his mother-in-
law and the kids? Well, their raft was doing an undersea
adventure worthy of The Hunt For Red October.
((I'd always heard Dave had a rapid rise to the top, now I
know where the story came from ...))
Dave is a great outdoorsman, a man who is deeply concerned,
as I am, about preserving and protecting our environment. It's
going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet and its
wildlife, without throwing hard-working citizens out of a job. I
reject those who would ignore the economic consequences of the
Spotted Owl decision. The jobs of many thousands of Oregonians
are at stake. But I also reject those in industry who do not
recognize their obligation to protect our delicate ecosystem.
6
Common sense tells us to find a needed balance. Together,
we will work to find that balance.
At my invitation, Dave came to the White House last fall to
talk about these and other issues. He is a forceful and
passionate spokesman for the people of this great state.
Dave Frohnmayer is a fighter. 11 He believes in the people
of Oregon. He believes in the principles this state has stood
for since the day President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark on their noble expedition across the
unknown wilderness. They spent the winter of 1805 near the mouth
of the great Columbia River, where a memorial still stands in
their honor. And it was 87 years ago today, that another great
leader and
outdoorsman and educator, President Theodore Roosevelt, laid the
cornerstone of that memorial and spoke to the people of Oregon:
"Let us
...
carry on the task that our forefathers have
entrusted to our hands; and let us resolve that we shall leave to
our children and our children's children an even mightier
heritage than we received in our turn."
Dave Frohnmayer is a man of integrity, achievement and
honor, a man who will leave Oregon an even mightier heritage
our children than the one left to him. I'm proud to say that
he's got a good friend in Washington pulling for him on election
night. So let's keep Oregon great. Let's keep it Republican.
this
And next November, let's make it "Governor Dave Frohnmayer." III
Thank you and God bless you.
# # #
Document No. 14145755V
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
- Weary
- Carney
- Collins
5/16/90
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
5/17/90 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
DELAND
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Thursday, May 17, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
5/16 OK you
5/16 Please add substantre mention ad
Corgressmon Deny Swith who MAY 06 will be they
LI
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
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May 16, 1990
Draft four
A:OREGON
REMARKS: DAVID FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1990
7:45 A.M.
((Acknowledgements))
...
And of course, the next Governor of
Oregon, Dave Frohnmayer.
It's great to be here in Oregon, beautiful state with so
much to do outdoors. I'd love to get some fishing in while we're
here, but the way I fish, we don't have three weeks to spare. 11
I had such little success fishing in Maine last summer,
I
weay
would have been better off fishing for compliments from the
Washington Post.
But I'm not here today to tell fish stories. I'm here to
talk to you about the future of this great state and this great
This
country. Next November, there will be an election to decide what
kind of governor will lead Oregon into the '90's. Well, I can
tell you one thing. Oregonians want a Governor who doesn't need
on-the-job training -- Oregonians want Dave Frohnmayer. Family
man. Native Oregonian. Rhodes Scholar. Degrees from Harvard,
Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor of Law. 49 years old. 6 years
in the State House of Representatives. In his tenth year as
Attorney General. In 1988, he was reelected with no opposition
and both parties' nominations, setting the record as the largest
vote-getter in Oregon state history by winning nearly a million
2
votes. And all this before breakfast? 111 Gee, I wish I could
stick around for lunch and see what's next.
Let me tell you a short story. As a ten year-old boy, Dave
went on a school field trip to Salem, and got his first look at
the State Capitol building. He stood on the steps in awe,
looking up at that golden Pioneer on top, and decided then and
there that he would enter public service. He began that public
service as a teacher, spending ten years as a law professor at
the University of Oregon. He's seen miracles occur right in his
own classroom, he's summoned young minds to greatness -- just as
every teacher in America does every day of the year. After his
decade as a teacher, he made a commitment to excellence for
American students in the decades to come. And now the time has
come for us to send him back to the State Capitol as Governor.
Like Dave, our Administration has made excellence in
education one of our top priorities. Back in September, the
Nation's governors joined me at the Education Summit in Virginia
to set new education goals for America. And, in my State of the
Union address, I announced those goals: goals that dealt with
assessing students' performance, increasing our graduation rate,
producing a nation of literate adults, making our schools drug-
free, and ensuring that by the year 2000, our students are the
first in the world in math and science achievement.
"Education is leading human souls to what is best, and
making what is best out of them," writes the author John Ruskin,
for "the training which makes men happiest in themselves also
3
makes them most serviceable to others." We entrust America's
education system with the minds of our children, so we must
support our teachers as they face the daily challenge of "making
what is best" out of these children. As a democratic nation, the
Founders recognized the importance of an educated citizenry. By
teaching our young people well, we ensure a bright future for
them in commerce, public service, medicine, high-tech industries
-- we build a better America. This is our legacy of freedom to
future generations. And it is one that is very important to me
as President.
will make
Dave Frohnmayer has made education a top priority as
Governor. And that's why I need Dave Frohnmayer as the next
Governor of Oregon.\ (And with your newly elected
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Norma Paulus III Norma,
glad to see you back in public service 11 with this team,
Oregon's children come out the winners.) "
Dave's also spent a decade of his life protecting our
schools and streets from the violence of drugs and crime, serving
Oregon as Attorney General. During that time, he's won six out
of seven cases he's argued before the U.S. Supreme Court -- the
best record of any Attorney General in the country. III
Among the many pieces of anti-crime legislation that he's
written, Dave authored and vigorously enforced a 1981 anti-
racketeering act that so far has recovered more than $2 million
from white collar criminals, organized crime, drug manufacturers
and dealers, illicit gamblers and con artists. He chairs the
4
Governor's Commission on Organized Crime and founded the Criminal
Intelligence Unit. Simply put, Dave Frohnmayer is the only
candidate running with the experience and the determination to
stand up and fight the drug dealers and violent criminals
threatening our neighborhoods.
Dave's take-charge attitude is the kind we need if we are to
break the back of crime in this country -- a strategy that
involves both the Federal and state levels. We've proposed
tougher laws, stiffer penalties and increased prosecutorial
powers in the Violent Crime Control Act we've sent to the
Congress. But it's going to take a coordinated effort by our
state leaders across the country to free our citizens of the
revolving-door approach to criminal law. A comprehensive
approach to fighting drugs and crime in this state -- that's
another reason why I need Dave Frohnmayer at the Governors'
desk. 11
Oregonians also want a Governor who understands this
beautiful state, from the Snake River to the Pacific coast.
Dave knows and loves Oregon and its precious environment. ((In
fact, he loves the Oregon outdoors so much that he's become quite
a fan of white-water rafting. Apparently, he'd been trying for
years to get Lynne to go over Martin Rapids on the McKenzie
River.
Finally, he told her, "C'mon Lynne, anybody can do it." At
that, his mother-in-law and the kids became interested, so she
went after all. Raft number one: half of the kids, Dave 11 and
5
one mother-in-law in a showercap to protect her new hairdo.
Raft number two: Lynne and the rest of the kids. And when they
hit Martin's Rapids, Lynne made it through without even a splash.
111 Raft number one: right into the drink.)
((I'd always heard Dave had a rapid rise to the top, now I
know where the story came from ))
Dave is a great outdoorsman, a man who is deeply concerned,
as I am, about preserving and protecting our environment. It's
going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet and its
wildlife, without throwing hard-working citizens out of a job. I
reject the extremists in the environmental movement who would
ignore the economic consequences of the Spotted Owl decision --
the jobs of nearly 18,000 Oregonians -- and I reject those in
industry who do not recognize their obligation to protect our
delicate ecosystem. Common sense tells us to find a needed
balance. Together, we will find that balance. 11
Dave came to the White House recently to tell us how
concerned he is about the situation facing Oregon's timber
industry. He let me know how strongly he's battling for the
people of this great state. Dave Frohnmayer is a fighter. 11
He believes in the people of Oregon. He believes in the
principles this state has stood for since the day President
Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their
noble expedition across the unknown wilderness. They spent the
winter of 1805 near the mouth of the great Columbia River, where
a memorial still stands in their honor. And it was 87 years ago
6
today, that another great outdoorsman and educator, President
Theodore Roosevelt, laid the cornerstone of that memorial and
spoke to the people of Oregon:
"Let us
... carry on the task that our forefathers have
entrusted to our hands; and let us resolve that we shall leave to
our children and our children's children an even mightier
heritage than we received in our turn."
Dave Frohnmayer is a man of integrity, achievement and
honor, a man who will leave Oregon an even mightier heritage to
our children than the one left to him. I'm proud to say that
he's got a good friend in Washington pulling for him on election
night. So let's keep Oregon great. Let's keep it Republican.
And next November, let's make it "Governor Dave Frohnmayer." 111
Thank you and God bless you.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 17, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
JIM PINKERTON Q
SUBJECT:
Frohnmayer Fundraiser Draft
pg. 1, para. 3., line 1
"
I would have been better
off fishing for compliments from the Washington Post. "
This sounds a bit thin-skinned. In any case, few in the
audience and Oregon generally are concerned about the
Post.
1,4,7 "Degrees from Harvard, Oxford, and Berkeley."
Because these institutions, fairly or unfairly are
associated in the popular mind with elitism, we suggest
deleting them. (There seems to be no so such stigma
attached to being a Rhodes Scholar, however.)
2,4,2 " writes the author John Ruskin
"
We suggest "wrote" instead of "writes," given that
Ruskin has long been dead.
4,2,10 " I need Dave Frohnmayer at the Governor's desk. "
"At the Governor's desk" sounds a little odd. We
suggest something like in "I need Dave Frohnmayer in
Salem."
5,1,1 "And when they hit Martin's Rapids, Lynne made it
through without even a splash. Raft number one: right
into the drink."
This story does not have a whole lot to it and is not
terribly funny but, for what it's worth, it does have the
merit of being believable. At the least, therefore, we
suggest making the connection stronger between Mrs.
Frohnmayer's reluctance and the other Frohnmayer's
eagerness and the fact that the reluctant boat emerges
unscathed while the eager boat goes under.
old Ll 00
2-2-2
It could be stated more clearly that Mr. Frohnmayer's
raft goes under or flips over -- "right into the drink"
could be taken to mean that it is simply on the water.
And the audience may forget that Raft Number One is Mr.
Frohnmayer/Mother-In-Law boat.
E.g.
"And when they hit Martin's Rapids, Lynne made it
straight through, dry as bone. But what do you suppose
happened to Dave, his mother-in-law and the kids? Well,
their raft was doing an undersea adventure worthy of The
Hunt For Red October."
5,3,4 "I reject the extremists in the environmental
movement who would ignore the economic consequences of the
Spotted Owl decision
"
We suggest omitting the word "extremists," which is an
epithet and thus an unnecessary characterization, in favor
of saying simply "I reject those who would ignore
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DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
DELAND
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Thursday, May 17, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
David
W.
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A:OREGON
REMARKS: DAVID FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1990
7:45 A.M.
((Acknowledgements))
And of course, the next Governor of
Oregon, Dave Frohnmayer.
It's great to be here in Oregon, beautiful state with so
much to do outdoors. I'd love to get some fishing in while we're
here, but the way I fish, we don't have three weeks to spare.
I had such little success fishing in Maine last summer, I
would have been better off fishing for compliments from the
Washington Post.\\
But I'm not here today to tell fish stories. I'm here to
talk to you about the future of this great state and this great
country. Next November, there will be an election to decide what
kind of governor will lead Oregon into the '90's. Well, I can
tell you one thing. Oregonians want a Governor who doesn't need
on-the-job training -- Oregonians want Dave Frohnmayer. Family
man. Native Oregonian. Rhodes Scholar. Degrees from Harvard,
Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor of Law. 49 years old. 6 years
in the State House of Representatives. In his tenth year as
Attorney General. In 1988, he was reelected with no opposition
and both parties' nominations, setting the record as the largest
vote-getter in Oregon state history by winning nearly a million
SENT BY:CEQ
; 5-17-90 :11:25AM ;
CEQ->
20245662181# 4
2
votes. And all this before breakfast? III Ges, I wish I could
stick around for lunch and see what's next. III
Let me tell you a short story. As a ten year-old boy, Dave
went on a school field trip to Salem, and got his first look at
the State Capitol building. He stood on the steps in awe,
looking up at that golden Pioneer on top, and decided then and
there that he would enter public service. He began that public
service as a teacher, spending ten years as a law professor at
the University of Oregon. He's seen miracles occur right in his
own classroom, he's summoned young minds to greatness -- just as
every teacher in America does every day of the year. After his
decade as a teacher, he made a commitment to excellence for
American students in the decades to come. And now the time has
come for us to send him back to the State Capitol as Governor. III
Like Dave, our Administration has made excellence in
education one of our top priorities. Back in September, the
Nation's governors joined me at the Education Summit in Virginia
to set new education goals for America. And, in my State of the
Union address, I announced those goals: goals that dealt with
assessing students' performance, increasing our graduation rate,
producing a nation of literate adults, making our schools drug-
free, and ensuring that by the year 2000, our students are the
first in the world in math and science achievement.
"Education is leading human souls to what is best, and
making what is best out of them," writes the author John Ruskin,
for "the training which makes men happiest in themselves also
SENT BY:CEQ
; 5-17-90 :11:25AM ;
CEQ->
2024566218:# 5
3
makes them most serviceable to others." We entrust America's
education system with the minds of our children, so we must
support our teachers as they face the daily challenge of "making
what is best" out of these children. As a democratic nation, the
Founders recognized the importance of an educated citizenry. By
teaching our young people well, we ensure a bright future for
them in commerce, public service, medicine, high-tech industries
- we build a better America. This is our legacy of freedom to
future generations. And it is one that is very important to me
as President.
Dave Frohnmayer has made education a top priority as
Governor. And that's why I need Dave Frohnmaver as the next
Governor of Oregon.\\ ((And with your newly elected
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Norma Paulus 111 Morma,
glad to see you back in public service 11 with this team,
Oregon's children come out the winners.)
Dave's also spent a decade of his life protecting our
schools and streets from the violence of drugs and crime, serving
Oregon as Attorney General. During that time, he's won six out
of seven cases he's argued before the U.S. Supreme Court -- the
best record of any Attorney General in the country. III
Among the many pieces of anti-crime legislation that he's
written, Dave authored and vigorously enforced a 1981 anti-
racketeering act that so far has recovered more than $2 million
from white collar criminals, organized crime, drug manufacturers
and dealers, illicit gamblers and con artists. He chairs the
SENT BY:CEQ
; 5-17-90 :11:26AM ;
CEQ+
2024566218:# 6
4
Governor's Commission on Organized Crime and founded the Criminal
Intelligence Unit. Simply put, Dave Frohnmayer is the only
candidate running with the experience and the determination to
stand up and fight the drug dealers and violent criminals
threatening our neighborhoods.
Dave's take-charge attitude is the kind we need if we are to
break the back of crime in this country -- a strategy that
involves both the Federal and state levels. We've proposed
tougher laws, stiffer penalties and increased prosecutorial
powers in the Violent Crime Control Act we've sent to the
Congress. But it's going to take a coordinated effort by our
state leaders across the country to free our citizens of the
revolving-door approach to criminal law. A comprehensive
approach to fighting drugs and crime in this state -- that's
another reason why I need Dave Frohnmayer at the Governors'
desk.\
Oregonians also want a Governor who understands this
beautiful state, from the Snake River to the Pacific coast.
Dave knows and loves Oregon and its precious environment. ((In
fact, he loves the Oregon outdoors SO much that he's become quite
a fan of white-water rafting. Apparently, he'd been trying for
years to get Lynne to go over Martin Rapids on the McKenzie
River.
Finally, he told her, "C'mon Lynne, anybody can do it." At
that, his mother-in-law and the kids became interested, so she
went after all. Raft number one: half of the kids, Dave 11 and
SENT BY:CEQ
; 5-17-90 11:26AM ;
CEQ->
2024566218:# 7
5
one mother-in-law 11 in a showercap to protect her new hairdo.
Raft number two: Lynne and the rest of the kids. And when they
hit Martin's Rapids, Lynne made it through without even a splash.
111 Raft number one: right into the drink.))
((I'd always heard Dave had a rapid rise to the top, now I
know where the story came from ...))
Dave is a great outdoorsman, a man who is deeply concerned,
as I am, about preserving and protecting our environment. It's
going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet and its
wildlife, without throwing hard-working citizens out of a job. I
reject the extremists in the environmental movement who would
ignore the economic consequences of the Spotted Owl decision --
the jobs of nearly 18,000 Oregonians -- and I reject those in
industry who do not recognize their obligation to protect our
delicate ecosystem. Common sense tells us to find a needed
balance. Together, we will find that balance.
Dave came to the White House recently to tell us how
concerned he is about the situation facing Oregon's timber
industry. He let me know how strongly he's battling for the
people of this great state. Dave Frohnmayer is a fighter. 11
He believes in the people of Oregon. He believes in the
principles this state has stood for since the day President
Thomas Jefferson sent Mariwether Lewis and William Clark on their
noble expedition across the unknown wilderness. They spent the
winter of 1805 near the mouth of the great Columbia River, where
a memorial still stands in their honor. And it was 87 years ago
SENT BY:CEQ
; 5-17-90 :11:27AM ;
CEQ->
2024566218:# 8
6
today, that another great outdoorsman and educator, President
Theodore Roosevelt, laid the cornerstone of that memorial and
spoke to the people of Oregon:
"Let us ... carry on the task that our forefathers have
entrusted to our hands; and let us resolve that we shall leave to
our children and our children's children an even mightier
heritage than we received in our turn."
Dave Frohnmayer is a man of integrity, achievement and
honor, a man who will leave Oregon an even mightier heritage to
our children than the one left to him. I'm proud to say that
he's got a good friend in Washington pulling for him on election
night. So let's keep Oregon great. Let's keep it Republican.
And next November, let's make it "Governor Dave Frohnmayer." 111
Thank you and God bless you.
###
Document No. 14145755
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5/16/90
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
5/17/90 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
DELAND
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Thursday, May 17, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
OK.S.R
22 : ALO 06 Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Grant/Cawley
May 16, 1990
1990 MAY 16 PM 1: 13
Draft four
A:OREGON
REMARKS: DAVID FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1990
7:45 A.M.
((Acknowledgements))
...
And of course, the next Governor of
Oregon, Dave Frohnmayer.
It's great to be here in Oregon, beautiful state with so
much to do outdoors. I'd love to get some fishing in while we're
here, but the way I fish, we don't have three weeks to spare. 11
I had such little success fishing in Maine last summer, I
would have been better off fishing for compliments from the
Washington Post.
But I'm not here today to tell fish stories. I'm here to
talk to you about the future of this great state and this great
country. Next November, there will be an election to decide what
kind of governor will lead Oregon into the '90's. Well, I can
tell you one thing. Oregonians want a Governor who doesn't need
on-the-job training -- Oregonians want Dave Frohnmayer. Family
man. Native Oregonian. Rhodes Scholar. Degrees from Harvard,
Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor of Law. 49 years old. 6 years
in the State House of Representatives. In his tenth year as
Attorney General. In 1988, he was reelected with no opposition
and both parties' nominations, setting the record as the largest
vote-getter in Oregon state history by winning nearly a million
2
votes. And all this before breakfast? III Gee, I wish I could
stick around for lunch and see what's next. III
Let me tell you a short story. As a ten year-old boy, Dave
went on a school field trip to Salem, and got his first look at
the State Capitol building. He stood on the steps in awe,
looking up at that golden Pioneer on top, and decided then and
there that he would enter public service. He began that public
service as a teacher, spending ten years as a law professor at
the University of Oregon. He's seen miracles occur right in his
own classroom, he's summoned young minds to greatness -- just as
every teacher in America does every day of the year. After his
decade as a teacher, he made a commitment to excellence for
American students in the decades to come. And now the time has
come for us to send him back to the State Capitol as Governor. III
Like Dave, our Administration has made excellence in
education one of our top priorities. Back in September, the
Nation's governors joined me at the Education Summit in Virginia
to set new education goals for America. And, in my State of the
Union address, I announced those goals: goals that dealt with
assessing students' performance, increasing our graduation rate,
producing a nation of literate adults, making our schools drug-
free, and ensuring that by the year 2000, our students are the
first in the world in math and science achievement.
"Education is leading human souls to what is best, and
making what is best out of them," writes the author John Ruskin,
for "the training which makes men happiest in themselves also
3
makes them most serviceable to others." We entrust America's
education system with the minds of our children, so we must
support our teachers as they face the daily challenge of "making
what is best" out of these children. As a democratic nation, the
Founders recognized the importance of an educated citizenry. By
teaching our young people well, we ensure a bright future for
them in commerce, public service, medicine, high-tech industries
-- we build a better America. This is our legacy of freedom to
future generations. And it is one that is very important to me
as President.
Dave Frohnmayer has made education a top priority as
Governor. And that's why I need Dave Frohnmayer as the next
Governor of Oregon.\ ((And with your newly elected
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Norma Paulus Norma,
glad to see you back in public service 11 with this team,
Oregon's children come out the winners.)
Dave's also spent a decade of his life protecting our
schools and streets from the violence of drugs and crime, serving
Oregon as Attorney General. During that time, he's won six out
of seven cases he's argued before the U.S. Supreme Court -- the
best record of any Attorney General in the country. III
Among the many pieces of anti-crime legislation that he's
written, Dave authored and vigorously enforced a 1981 anti-
racketeering act that so far has recovered more than $2 million
from white collar criminals, organized crime, drug manufacturers
and dealers, illicit gamblers and con artists. He chairs the
4
Governor's Commission on Organized Crime and founded the Criminal
Intelligence Unit. Simply put, Dave Frohnmayer is the only
candidate running with the experience and the determination to
stand up and fight the drug dealers and violent criminals
threatening our neighborhoods.
Dave's take-charge attitude is the kind we need if we are to
break the back of crime in this country -- a strategy that
involves both the Federal and state levels. We've proposed
tougher laws, stiffer penalties and increased prosecutorial
powers in the Violent Crime Control Act we've sent to the
Congress. But it's going to take a coordinated effort by our
state leaders across the country to free our citizens of the
revolving-door approach to criminal law. A comprehensive
approach to fighting drugs and crime in this state -- that's
another reason why I need Dave Frohnmayer at the Governors'
desk.
Oregonians also want a Governor who understands this
beautiful state, from the Snake River to the Pacific coast.
Dave knows and loves Oregon and its precious environment.
((In
fact, he loves the Oregon outdoors so much that he's become quite
a fan of white-water rafting. Apparently, he'd been trying for
years to get Lynne to go over Martin Rapids on the McKenzie
River.
Finally, he told her, "C'mon Lynne, anybody can do it." At
that, his mother-in-law and the kids became interested, so she
went after all. Raft number one: half of the kids, Dave 11 and
1
5
one mother-in-law 11 in a showercap to protect her new hairdo.
Raft number two: Lynne and the rest of the kids. And when they
hit Martin's Rapids, Lynne made it through without even a splash.
III Raft number one: right into the drink.) )
((I'd always heard Dave had a rapid rise to the top, now I
know where the story came from ...))
Dave is a great outdoorsman, a man who is deeply concerned,
as I am, about preserving and protecting our environment. It's
going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet and its
wildlife, without throwing hard-working citizens out of a job. I
reject the extremists in the environmental movement who would
ignore the economic consequences of the Spotted Owl decision --
the jobs of nearly 18,000 Oregonians -- and I reject those in
industry who do not recognize their obligation to protect our
delicate ecosystem. Common sense tells us to find a needed
balance. Together, we will find that balance. 11
Dave came to the White House recently to tell us how
concerned he is about the situation facing Oregon's timber
industry. He let me know how strongly he's battling for the
people of this great state. Dave Frohnmayer is a fighter. 11
He believes in the people of Oregon. He believes in the
principles this state has stood for since the day President
Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their
noble expedition across the unknown wilderness. They spent the
winter of 1805 near the mouth of the great Columbia River, where
a memorial still stands in their honor. And it was 87 years ago
6
today, that another great outdoorsman and educator, President
Theodore Roosevelt, laid the cornerstone of that memorial and
spoke to the people of Oregon:
"Let us
...
carry on the task that our forefathers have
entrusted to our hands; and let us resolve that we shall leave to
our children and our children's children an even mightier
heritage than we received in our turn." "
Dave Frohnmayer is a man of integrity, achievement and
honor, a man who will leave Oregon an even mightier heritage to
our children than the one left to him. I'm proud to say that
he's got a good friend in Washington pulling for him on election
night. So let's keep Oregon great. Let's keep it Republican.
And next November, let's make it "Governor Dave Frohnmayer." 111
Thank you and God bless you.
# # #
Grant/Cawley
May 16, 1990
Draft four
A:OREGON
REMARKS: DAVID FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1990
7:45 A.M.
(Acknowledgements)
And of course, the next Governor of
Oregon, Dave Frohnmayer.
It's great to be here in Oregon, beautiful state with so
much to do outdoors. I'd love to get some fishing in while we're
here, but the way I fish, we don't have three weeks to spare.
I had such little success fishing in Maine last summer, I
would have been better off fishing for compliments from the
Washington Post.
But I'm not here today to tell fish stories. I'm here to
talk to you about the future of this great state and this great
country. Next November, there will be an election to decide what
kind of governor will lead Oregon into the '90's. Well, I can
tell you one thing. Oregonians want a Governor who doesn't need
on-the-job training -- Oregonians want Dave Frohnmayer. Family
man. Native Oregonian. Rhodes Scholar. Degrees from Harvard,
Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor of Law. 49 years old. 6 years
in the State House of Representatives. In his tenth year as
Attorney General. In 1988, he was reelected with no opposition
and both parties' nominations, setting the record as the largest
vote-getter in Oregon state history by winning nearly a million
2
votes. And all this before breakfast? III Gee, I wish I could
stick around for lunch and see what's next. III
Let me tell you a short story. As a ten year-old boy, Dave
went on a school field trip to Salem, and got his first look at
the State Capitol building. He stood on the steps in awe,
looking up at that golden Pioneer on top, and decided then and
there that he would enter public service. He began that public
service as a teacher, spending ten years as a law professor at
the University of Oregon. He's seen miracles occur right in his
own classroom, he's summoned young minds to greatness -- just as
every teacher in America does every day of the year. After his
decade as a teacher, he made a commitment to excellence for
American students in the decades to come. And now the time has
come for us to send him back to the State Capitol as Governor.
Like Dave, our Administration has made excellence in
education one of our top priorities. Back in September, the
Nation's governors joined me at the Education Summit in Virginia
to set new education goals for America. And, in my State of the
Union address, I announced those goals: goals that dealt with
assessing students' performance, increasing our graduation rate,
producing a nation of literate adults, making our schools drug-
free, and ensuring that by the year 2000, our students are the
first in the world in math and science achievement.
"Education is leading human souls to what is best, and
making what is best out of them," writes the author John Ruskin,
for "the training which makes men happiest in themselves also
3
makes them most serviceable to others." II We entrust America's
education system with the minds of our children, so we must
support our teachers as they face the daily challenge of "making
what is best" out of these children. As a democratic nation, the
Founders recognized the importance of an educated citizenry. By
teaching our young people well, we ensure a bright future for
them in commerce, public service, medicine, high-tech industries
-- we build a better America. This is our legacy of freedom to
future generations. And it is one that is very important to me
as President.
Dave Frohnmayer has made education a top priority as
Governor. And that's why I need Dave Frohnmayer as the next
Governor of Oregon.\ ((And with your newly elected
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Norma Paulus 111 Norma,
glad to see you back in public service 11 with this team,
Oregon's children come out the winners.))
Dave's also spent a decade of his life protecting our
schools and streets from the violence of drugs and crime, serving
Oregon as Attorney General. During that time, he's won six out
of seven cases he's argued before the U.S. Supreme Court -- the
best record of any Attorney General in the country. III
Among the many pieces of anti-crime legislation that he's
written, Dave authored and vigorously enforced a 1981 anti-
racketeering act that so far has recovered more than $2 million
from white collar criminals, organized crime, drug manufacturers
and dealers, illicit gamblers and con artists. He chairs the
4
Governor's Commission on Organized Crime and founded the Criminal
Intelligence Unit. Simply put, Dave Frohnmayer is the only
candidate running with the experience and the determination to
stand up and fight the drug dealers and violent criminals
threatening our neighborhoods.
Dave's take-charge attitude is the kind we need if we are to
break the back of crime in this country -- a strategy that
involves both the Federal and state levels. We've proposed
tougher laws, stiffer penalties and increased prosecutorial
powers in the Violent Crime Control Act we've sent to the
Congress. But it's going to take a coordinated effort by our
state leaders across the country to free our citizens of the
revolving-door approach to criminal law. A comprehensive
approach to fighting drugs and crime in this state -- that's
another reason why I need Dave Frohnmayer at the Governors'
desk. 11
Oregonians also want a Governor who understands this
beautiful state, from the Snake River to the Pacific coast.
Dave knows and loves Oregon and its precious environment.
((In
fact, he loves the Oregon outdoors so much that he's become quite
a fan of white-water rafting. Apparently, he'd been trying for
years to get Lynne to go over Martin Rapids on the McKenzie
River.
Finally, he told her, "C'mon Lynne, anybody can do it." " At
that, his mother-in-law and the kids became interested, so she
went after all. Raft number one: half of the kids, Dave 11 and
5
one mother-in-law in a showercap to protect her new hairdo.
Raft number two: Lynne and the rest of the kids. And when they
hit Martin's Rapids, Lynne made it through without even a splash.
111 Raft number one: right into the drink.) )
((I'd always heard Dave had a rapid rise to the top, now I
know where the story came from ...))
Dave is a great outdoorsman, a man who is deeply concerned,
as I am, about preserving and protecting our environment. It's
going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet and its
wildlife, without throwing hard-working citizens out of a job. I
reject the extremists in the environmental movement who would
ignore the economic consequences of the Spotted Owl decision --
the jobs of nearly 18,000 Oregonians -- and I reject those in
industry who do not recognize their obligation to protect our
delicate ecosystem. Common sense tells us to find a needed
balance. Together, we will find that balance.
Dave came to the White House recently to tell us how
concerned he is about the situation facing Oregon's timber
industry. He let me know how strongly he's battling for the
people of this great state. Dave Frohnmayer is a fighter. 11
He believes in the people of Oregon. He believes in the
principles this state has stood for since the day President
Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their
noble expedition across the unknown wilderness. They spent the
winter of 1805 near the mouth of the great Columbia River, where
a memorial still stands in their honor. And it was 87 years ago
6
today, that another great outdoorsman and educator, President
Theodore Roosevelt, laid the cornerstone of that memorial and
spoke to the people of Oregon:
"Let us
carry on the task that our forefathers have
entrusted to our hands; and let us resolve that we shall leave to
our children and our children's children an even mightier
heritage than we received in our turn.' "
Dave Frohnmayer is a man of integrity, achievement and
honor, a man who will leave Oregon an even mightier heritage to
our children than the one left to him. I'm proud to say that
he's got a good friend in Washington pulling for him on election
night. So let's keep Oregon great. Let's keep it Republican.
And next November, let's make it "Governor Dave Frohnmayer." III
Thank you and God bless you.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 16, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
Deputy Assistant to the President for
Communications
FROM:
BRENT O. HATCH Bat
Associate Counsel to the President
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks - Frohnmayer Fundraising
Breakfast
Counsel's office has reviewed the above-referenced Presidential
remarks. We have no legal objections.
Thank you for the opportunity to review this matter.
CC: James W. Cicconi
21 : t'd 91 AMY 06
Document No. 14145755
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
5/16/90
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
5/17/90 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
Y
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
DELAND
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Thursday, May 17, 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
Grant/Cawley
1990 MAY 16 PM 1: 13
May 16, 1990
Draft four
A:OREGON
REMARKS: DAVID FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1990
7:45 A.M.
((Acknowledgements)) ... And of course, the next Governor of
Oregon, Dave Frohnmayer.
It's great to be here in Oregon, beautiful state with so
much to do outdoors. I'd love to get some fishing in while we're
here, but the way I fish, we don't have three weeks to spare. 11
I had such little success fishing in Maine last summer, I
would have been better off fishing for compliments from the
Washington Post. 11
But I'm not here today to tell fish stories. I'm here to
talk to you about the future of this great state and this great
country. Next November, there will be an election to decide what
kind of governor will lead Oregon into the '90's. Well, I can
tell you one thing. Oregonians want a Governor who doesn't need
on-the-job training -- Oregonians want Dave Frohnmayer. Family
man. Native Oregonian. Rhodes Scholar. Degrees from Harvard,
Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor of Law. 49 years old. 6 years
in the State House of Representatives. In his tenth year as
Attorney General. In 1988, he was reelected with no opposition
and both parties' nominations, setting the record as the largest
vote-getter in Oregon state history by winning nearly a million
2
votes. And all this before breakfast? 111 Gee, I wish I could
stick around for lunch and see what's next. 111
Let me tell you a short story. As a ten year-old boy, Dave
went on a school field trip to Salem, and got his first look at
the State Capitol building. He stood on the steps in awe,
looking up at that golden Pioneer on top, and decided then and
there that he would enter public service. He began that public
service as a teacher, spending ten years as a law professor at
the University of Oregon. He's seen miracles occur right in his
own classroom, he's summoned young minds to greatness -- just as
every teacher in America does every day of the year. After his
decade as a teacher, he made a commitment to excellence for
American students in the decades to come. And now the time has
come for us to send him back to the State Capitol as Governor. 111
Like Dave, our Administration has made excellence in
education one of our top priorities. Back in September, the
Nation's governors joined me at the Education Summit in Virginia
to set new education goals for America. And, in my State of the
Union address, I announced those goals: goals that dealt with
assessing students' performance, increasing our graduation rate,
producing a nation of literate adults, making our schools drug-
free, and ensuring that by the year 2000, our students are the
first in the world in math and science achievement.
"Education is leading human souls to what is best, and
making what is best out of them," writes the author John Ruskin,
for "the training which makes men happiest in themselves also
3
makes them most serviceable to others." We entrust America's
education system with the minds of our children, so we must
support our teachers as they face the daily challenge of "making
what is best" out of these children. As a democratic nation, the
Founders recognized the importance of an educated citizenry. By
teaching our young people well, we ensure a bright future for
them in commerce, public service, medicine, high-tech industries
-- we build a better America. This is our legacy of freedom to
future generations. And it is one that is very important to me
as President.
Dave Frohnmayer has made education a top priority as
Governor. And that's why I need Dave Frohnmayer as the next
Governor of Oregon.\ ( (And with your newly elected
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Norma Paulus 111 Norma,
glad to see you back in public service 11 with this team,
Oregon's children come out the winners. "
Dave's also spent a decade of his life protecting our
schools and streets from the violence of drugs and crime, serving
Oregon as Attorney General. During that time, he's won six out
of seven cases he's argued before the U.S. Supreme Court -- the
best record of any Attorney General in the country. III
Among the many pieces of anti-crime legislation that he's
written, Dave authored and vigorously enforced a 1981 anti-
racketeering act that so far has recovered more than $2 million
from white collar criminals, organized crime, drug manufacturers
and dealers, illicit gamblers and con artists. He chairs the
4
Governor's Commission on Organized Crime and founded the Criminal
Intelligence Unit. Simply put, Dave Frohnmayer is the only
candidate running with the experience and the determination to
stand up and fight the drug dealers and violent criminals
threatening our neighborhoods.
Dave's take-charge attitude is the kind we need if we are to
break the back of crime in this country -- a strategy that
involves both the Federal and state levels. We've proposed
tougher laws, stiffer penalties and increased prosecutorial
powers in the Violent Crime Control Act we've sent to the
Congress. But it's going to take a coordinated effort by our
state leaders across the country to free our citizens of the
revolving-door approach to criminal law. A comprehensive
approach to fighting drugs and crime in this state -- that's
another reason why I need Dave Frohnmayer at the Governors'
desk. 11
Oregonians also want a Governor who understands this
beautiful state, from the Snake River to the Pacific coast.
Dave knows and loves Oregon and its precious environment.
((In
fact, he loves the Oregon outdoors so much that he's become quite
a fan of white-water rafting. Apparently, he'd been trying for
years to get Lynne to go over Martin Rapids on the McKenzie
River.
Finally, he told her, "C'mon Lynne, anybody can do it. " At
that, his mother-in-law and the kids became interested, so she
went after all. Raft number one: half of the kids, Dave 11 and
5
one mother-in-law 11 in a showercap to protect her new hairdo.
Raft number two: Lynne and the rest of the kids. And when they
hit Martin's Rapids, Lynne made it through without even a splash.
111 Raft number one: right into the drink.) )
((I'd always heard Dave had a rapid rise to the top, now I
know where the story came from ...))
Dave is a great outdoorsman, a man who is deeply concerned,
as I am, about preserving and protecting our environment. It's
going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet and its
wildlife, without throwing hard-working citizens out of a job. I
reject the extremists in the environmental movement who would
ignore the economic consequences of the Spotted Owl decision --
the jobs of nearly 18,000 Oregonians -- and I reject those in
industry who do not recognize their obligation to protect our
delicate ecosystem. Common sense tells us to find a needed
balance. Together, we will find that balance. 11
Dave came to the White House recently to tell us how
concerned he is about the situation facing Oregon's timber
industry. He let me know how strongly he's battling for the
people of this great state. Dave Frohnmayer is a fighter. 11
He believes in the people of Oregon. He believes in the
principles this state has stood for since the day President
Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their
noble expedition across the unknown wilderness. They spent the
winter of 1805 near the mouth of the great Columbia River, where
a memorial still stands in their honor. And it was 87 years ago
6
today, that another great outdoorsman and educator, President
Theodore Roosevelt, laid the cornerstone of that memorial and
spoke to the people of Oregon:
"Let us
carry on the task that our forefathers have
entrusted to our hands; and let us resolve that we shall leave to
our children and our children's children an even mightier
heritage than we received in our turn."
Dave Frohnmayer is a man of integrity, achievement and
honor, a man who will leave Oregon an even mightier heritage to
our children than the one left to him. I'm proud to say that
he's got a good friend in Washington pulling for him on election
night. So let's keep Oregon great. Let's keep it Republican.
And next November, let's make it "Governor Dave Frohnmayer." 111
Thank you and God bless you.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 17, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
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FROM:
MARY KATE GRANT mkg
SUBJECT:
DAVE FROHNMAYER FOR GOVERNOR FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
I. SUMMARY
Attached for your review are draft remarks for the Dave
Frohnmayer for Governor fundraising breakfast, which will be held
on Monday, May 21, at 7:45 a.m. at the Portland, Oregon Hilton.
There will be approximately 800 people present, and you will be
introduced by the candidate.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (12 minutes/teleprompted) endorse Frohnmayer's
bid for the governorship and address the Administration's
positions on crime, education and the environment. There are two
paragraphs on the spotted owl, which will be the news for us.
Grant/Cawley
May 18, 1990
Draft six
A:OREGON
REMARKS: DAVID FROHNMAYER FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1990
7:45 A.M.
It's great to be here this morning. Good to see you,
Governor Vic Atiyeh ((a-TEE-yuh)), and Denny Smith, one of our
anti-crime leaders in the U.S. Congress. And of course, the next
Governor of Oregon, Dave Frohnmayer. 11
It's great to be here in Oregon, a beautiful state with so
much to do outdoors. I'd love to get some fishing in while we're
here, but the way I fish, we don't have three weeks to spare.
I had such little success fishing in Maine last summer, I
would have been better off fishing for compliments from the
Washington Post.
But I'm not here today to tell fish stories. I'm here to
talk to you about the future of this great state and this great
country. This November, there will be an election to decide what
kind of governor will lead Oregon into the '90's. Well, I can
tell you one thing. Oregonians want a Governor who doesn't need
on-the-job training -- Oregonians want Dave Frohnmayer. Family
man. Native Oregonian. Rhodes Scholar. Degrees from Harvard,
Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor of Law. 49 years old. Six
years in the State House of Representatives. In his tenth year
as Attorney General. In 1988, he was reelected with no
opposition and both parties' nominations, setting the record as
2
the largest vote-getter in Oregon state history by winning nearly
a million votes. And all this before breakfast? 111 I wish I
could stick around for lunch and see what's next. III
Let me tell you a short story. As a ten year-old boy, Dave
went on a school field trip to Salem, and got his first look at
the State Capitol building. He stood on the steps in awe,
looking up at that golden Pioneer on top, and decided then and
there that he would enter public service. He began that public
service as a teacher, spending ten years as a law professor at
the University of Oregon. He's seen miracles occur right in his
own classroom, he's summoned young minds to greatness -- just as
exceptional teachers in America do every day of the year. After
his decade as a teacher, he made a new commitment to educational
excellence. And now the time has come for us to send him back to
the State Capitol so that he can fulfill that commitment as
Governor.
And he'll be joined this year by a strong Republican team
that we need to send back to the U.S. Capitol -- your friend and
mine, Senator Mark Hatfield -- and the Smith duo, Bob and Denny.
Denny, who is here with us this morning, is a key member of our
our Administration's efforts on Capitol Hill. All of these
leaders, along with the great Senator Bob Packwood, are tackling
the problems of crime and drugs, the environment and education.
Like Dave, our Administration -- with the help of all of
these men -- has made excellence in education one of our top
priorities. Back in September, the Nation's governors joined me
3
at the Education Summit in Virginia to set new education goals
for America. And, in my State of the Union address, I announced
those goals: goals that deal with better assessing students'
performance, increasing our graduation rate, producing a nation
of literate adults, making our schools drug-free, assuring that
all children start school ready to learn through programs like
Head Start and ensuring that by the year 2000, our students are
the first in the world in math and science achievement.
The author John Ruskin wrote, "Education is leading human
souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them."
We entrust America's education system with the minds of our
children, so we must support our teachers as they face the daily
challenge of "making what is best" out of these children. As a
democratic nation, the Founders recognized the importance of an
educated citizenry. By teaching our young people well, we ensure
a bright future for them in commerce, public service, medicine,
high-tech industries -- we build a better America. This is our
legacy of freedom to future generations. And it is one that is
very important to me as President.
Dave Frohnmayer has made education a top priority as
Governor. And that's why I need Dave Frohnmayer as the next
Governor of Oregon.\ ( (And with your newly-elected
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Norma Paulus III with this
team, Oregon's children come out the winners.))
Dave's also spent a decade of his life protecting our
schools and streets from the violence of drugs and crime, serving
4
Oregon as Attorney General. During that time, he's won six out
of seven cases he's argued before the U.S. Supreme Court -- the
best record of any Attorney General in the country. III
Among the many pieces of anti-crime legislation that he's
written, Dave authored and vigorously enforced a 1981 anti-
racketeering act that so far has recovered more than $2 million
from white collar criminals, organized crime, drug manufacturers
and dealers, illicit gamblers and con artists. He chairs the
Governor's Commission on Organized Crime and founded the Criminal
Intelligence Unit. Simply put, Dave Frohnmayer is the only
candidate running with the experience and the determination to
stand up and fight the drug dealers and violent criminals
threatening our neighborhoods.
Dave's take-charge attitude is the kind we need if we are to
break the back of crime in this country. But to take back the
streets of America, we will need a strategy that involves both
the Federal and state levels. So, we've proposed tougher laws,
stiffer penalties and increased prosecutorial powers in the
Violent Crime Control Act we've sent to the Congress. But it's
going to take a coordinated effort by our state leaders across
the country to free our citizens of the revolving-door approach
to criminal law. A comprehensive approach to fighting drugs and
crime in this state -- that's another reason why I need Dave
Frohnmayer at the Governor's desk. 11
Oregonians also want a Governor who understands this
beautiful state, from the Snake River to the Pacific coast.
5
Dave knows and loves Oregon and its precious environment.
((In
fact, he loves the Oregon outdoors so much that he's become quite
a fan of white-water rafting. Apparently, he'd been trying for
years to get Lynn to go over Martin Rapids on the McKenzie River.
Finally, he told her, "C'mon Lynn, anybody can do it." At
that, his mother-in-law and the kids became interested, so she
went after all. Raft number one: half of the kids, Dave 11 and
one mother-in-law 11 in a showercap to protect her new hairdo.
Raft number two: Lynn and the rest of the kids. And when they
hit Martin's Rapids, Lynn made it straight through, dry as a
bone. But what do you suppose happened to Dave, his mother-in-
law and the kids? 11 Well, their raft was doing an undersea
adventure worthy of The Hunt For Red October.
((I'd always heard Dave had a rapid rise to the top, now I
know where the story came from ...))
Dave is a great outdoorsman, a man who is deeply concerned,
as I am, about preserving and protecting our environment. It's
going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet and its
wildlife, without throwing hard-working citizens out of a job. I
reject those who would ignore the economic consequences of the
Spotted Owl decision. The jobs of many thousands of Oregonians
are at stake. But I also reject those in industry who do not
recognize their obligation to protect our delicate ecosystem.
Common sense tells us to find a needed balance. Together,
we will work to find that balance.
6
At my invitation, Dave came to the White House last fall to
talk about these and other issues. He is a forceful and
passionate spokesman for the people of this great state.
Dave Frohnmayer is a fighter. 11 He believes in the people
of Oregon. He believes in the principles this state has stood
for since the day President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark on their noble expedition across the
unknown wilderness. They spent the winter of 1805 near the mouth
of the great Columbia River, where a memorial still stands in
their honor. And it was 87 years ago today, that another great
leader and outdoorsman, President Theodore Roosevelt, laid the
cornerstone of that memorial and spoke to the people of Oregon:
"Let us
... carry on the task that our forefathers have
entrusted to our hands; and let us resolve that we shall leave to
our children and our children's children an even mightier
heritage than we received in our turn."
Dave Frohnmayer is a man of integrity, achievement and
honor, a man who will leave Oregon an even mightier heritage than
the one left to him. I'm proud to say that he's got a good
friend in Washington pulling for him on election night. So let's
keep Oregon great. Let's keep it Republican. And this November,
let's make it "Governor Dave Frohnmayer." 111
Thank you and God bless you.
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