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GOVERNOR THOMPSON FUNDRAISER
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
JUNE 7, 1990
12:00 NOON
THANK YOU, TOMMY. I'M PLEASED TO BE JOINED TODAY
BY MY VERY ABLE CHIEF OF THE SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION -- SUSAN ENGELEITER. / BY THE MAN WHO
LED THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOR SO MANY YEARS -- THE FELLOW
WITH THE SOFT SHOOTING TOUCH AND SIZE-19 SHOES -- BOB
LANIER. AND so MANY OF THE WISCONSIN REPUBLICAN
PARTY'S LEADING LIGHTS. / A SPECIAL WELCOME TO YOUR
NEXT SECRETARY OF STATE, BOB THOMPSON --WHO MADE THE
SWITCH TO THE GOP JUST LAST WEEK. /
AND OF COURSE, IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO SHOW MY
SUPPORT FOR THE HARDEST WORKING MAN IN WISCONSIN:
GOVERNOR TOMMY THOMPSON.
- 2 -
[CHARDEST WORKING -- AND BEST KNOWN. I HEAR
THERE'S A POLL OUT THAT SHOWS TOMMY'S BETTER KNOWN THAN
ANYONE IN THE STATE. EVEN AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP ON YOUR
TOUGH BREWERS TEAM -- ROBIN YOUNT. I GUESS THAT PUTS
TOMMY IN A LEAGUE BY HIMSELF. ]]
WE'VE SEEN A WORLD OF CHANGE THIS PAST YEAR.
UNFORGETTABLE IMAGES OF WHAT I CALL THE REVOLUTION OF
'89. / AND NOW -- IN 1990 -- WE'VE ENTERED A NEW
PERIOD OF DEMOCRACY-BUILDING -- A RENAISSANCE OF
FREEDOM. / LET ME SHARE A STORY -- ABOUT AN AMERICAN
VISITOR ON A RECENT TRIP TO ROMANIA, WHO ASKED THE
PEOPLE SHE MET WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT NOW -- WHAT THEY
NEEDED MOST. LISTEN TO ONE SURPRISING ANSWER: IN A
COUNTRY WHERE FOOD IS IN SHORT SUPPLY, WHERE THE
STREETS ARE DARK AT NIGHT, AND THE HOMES LACK HEAT --
ONE ROMANIAN WOMAN PULLED FROM HER PURSE A WORN COPY OF
AN AMERICAN MAGAZINE -- A THREE YEAR OLD ISSUE, WITH A
SPECIAL BICENTENNIAL COPY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
AND SHE TOLD THE AMERICAN: "WHAT WE NEED NOW -- IS
MORE OF THESE."
- 3 -
THINK ABOUT THAT ANSWER -- AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR
AMERICA --FOR THE MORAL EXAMPLE WE OWE THE WORLD. FOR
THE MATERIAL HELP WE MUST PROVIDE -- NOT JUST AMERICAN
AID, BUT EXPERTISE -- TO PEOPLE THE WORLD OVER WHO SEEK
ONLY TO HAVE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES THE
FREEDOMS WE ENJOY. //
AND WE'RE ENTERING A NEW ERA IN U.S. -SOVIET
RELATIONS AS WELL. JUST THIS PAST SUNDAY, PRESIDENT
GORBACHEV PAID A VISIT TO YOUR NEIGHBORS IN MINNESOTA.
I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY IN THE GREAT STATE OF
WISCONSIN -- PLEASED TO SHARE WITH YOU MY THOUGHTS ON
WHAT I BELIEVE WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE WASHINGTON
SUMMIT. /
- 4 -
WE SIGNED A NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS. DEEP REDUCTIONS
IN OUR CHEMICAL WEAPONS ARSENALS. AGREEMENT ON
REACHING RAPID CLOSURE ON MAJOR OUTSTANDING ISSUES
GOVERNING A START TREATY. PROTOCOLS ON NUCLEAR
TESTING. AGREEMENTS ON TRADE AND GRAIN SALES. BUT
PERHAPS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE AGREEMENTS WE
SIGNED IS THE PROGRESS WE MADE IN UNDERSTANDING THE
GREAT POLITICAL CHALLENGES WE FACE. A UNITED GERMANY
IN NATO -- THE FUTURE OF THE BALTICS -- REGIONAL
PROBLEMS: THESE AREN'T QUESTIONS THAT CAN BE SOLVED
SIMPLY, OR IN A SINGLE SUMMIT. BUT WE MAKE PROGRESS ON
THESE DIFFICULT ISSUES, WHENEVER WE SPEAK WITH CANDOR
-- AND WITHOUT ANIMOSITY -- ABOUT OUR AIMS AND
INTERESTS. I'M GRATEFUL TO MR. GORBACHEV FOR THE
FORTHRIGHT SPIRIT IN WHICH HE ADDRESSED EVERY ISSUE ON
THE TABLE -- AND I TAKE IT AS PROOF THAT WE HAVE INDEED
ENTERED A NEW ERA IN OUR RELATIONS WITH THE USSR. //
- 5 -
OF COURSE, WE HAVE DIFFERENCES. I WANT TO SEE
LITHUANIA HAVE ITS FREEDOM. ALTHOUGH I AM PLEASED THAT
THE EMIGRATION OF SOVIET JEWS IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH, I
WANT TO SEE UNFETTERED EMIGRATION. WE DIFFER ON CUBA,
AND, FOR NOW, ON A UNITED GERMANY IN NATO -- AND ON
MANY OTHER ISSUES AS WELL. BUT AS I CHATTED INFORMALLY
WITH PRESIDENT GORBACHEV AT CAMP DAVID, I KEPT THINKING
THAT THIS NEW SOVIET LEADER -- COMMITTED TO REFORM AND
OPENNESS - -- IS INDEED A REMARKABLE MAN. IT WAS A GOOD
SUMMIT. //
TODAY, I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE NEW ERA WE'RE
ENTERING HERE AT HOME -- ON THE CHALLENGES THAT WILL
COMMAND OUR ATTENTION IN THE DECADE AHEAD. // YOU ALL
KNOW THE THREE R'S -- WELL, TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE THREE E'S: THE ECONOMY, EDUCATION AND THE
ENVIRONMENT. THREE AREAS GOVERNOR THOMPSON AND I AGREE
ARE CRUCIAL TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS STATE -- AND EVERY
STATE.
- 6 -
LET ME START WITH THE ECONOMY -- AMERICA'S GREAT
ENGINE OF PROGRESS -- AND LET'S START RIGHT HERE WITH
WISCONSIN. THINK ABOUT THE TURNAROUND SINCE TOMMY
THOMPSON'S BEEN IN OFFICE. UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN, INCOME
UP -- RISING FASTER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. /
200,000 NEW JOBS IN THE FIRST THOMPSON TERM -- AND
TOMMY'S PLEDGED 200,000 MORE THE SECOND TIME AROUND.
//
WE'RE WORKING TO DO THE SAME NATIONALLY. TO
MAINTAIN A BUSINESS CLIMATE CONDUCIVE TO GROWTH. ONE
THAT OPENS THE DOOR TO ENTREPRENEURS -- THE SMALL
BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN -- WHO ARE AMERICA'S GREAT JOBS
MACHINE. AND I AM COMMITTED TO TAKING DECISIVE ACTION
AGAINST THE DEFICIT -- TO KEEP OUR RECORD 91-MONTH
ECONOMIC RECOVERY GOING STRONG. 11
- 7 -
WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S
COMPETITIVE EDGE ABROAD. MY ADMINISTRATION'S TOP TRADE
PRIORITY IS TO LOWER BARRIERS TO FREE AND FAIR TRADE
THE WORLD OVER -- TO BRING THE URUGUAY ROUND TRADE
TALKS TO A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION BY THE END OF THIS
YEAR. AND LET ME TELL YOU: ANY TRADE AGREEMENT WE
SIGN WILL BE AN AGREEMENT THAT'S GOOD FOR THE AMERICAN
FARMER. //
EVERY STATE, CITY, AND TOWN IN AMERICA IS GOING TO
FEEL THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL MARKET. GOVERNOR
THOMPSON KNOWS THAT WELL, AND THAT'S WHY HE'S WORKED TO
OPEN WISCONSIN INDUSTRY TO THE WORLD. TO EXPAND
BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS CONTACTS WITH JAPAN AND SOUTH
KOREA -- AND ESTABLISH EXPORT MARKETS. [ CAND HE
DOESN'T MISS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FARMERS OF THIS
STATE, EITHER. TOMMY WAS THE ONLY GOVERNOR AT LAST
WEEK'S STATE DINNER AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESIDENT
GORBACHEV. // ACTUALLY, TOMMY'S WIFE SUE ANN HAD THE
BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE -- RIGHT NEXT TO PRESIDENT
GORBACHEV. / TOMMY HAD TO SETTLE FOR A SEAT NEXT TO
SECRETARY BAKER. // SO I GUESS IF THE SOVIETS START
IMPORTING WISCONSIN CHEDDAR -- YOU MIGHT HAVE TO THANK
SUE ANN.]]
- 8 -
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LONG-TERM ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY, EDUCATION IS KEY. AMONG THE AGREEMENTS WE
SIGNED AT THE SUMMIT WAS ONE EXPANDING U.S.-SOVIET
EDUCATION EXCHANGES. EXCHANGES THAT WILL ALLOW
AMERICAN AND SOVIET STUDENTS TO LIVE AND LEARN IN ONE
ANOTHER'S LANDS -- so THAT THE FOREIGN BECOMES THE
FAMILIAR.
THOSE EDUCATION EXCHANGES ARE IN KEEPING WITH THE
CRUSADE FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION NOW GAINING
MOMENTUM ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. / IT'S NO SURPRISE TO
ME THAT WISCONSIN IS THE SCENE OF ONE OF THE MOST
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS IN EDUCATION REFORM -- OR THAT
TOMMY THOMPSON'S THE CATALYST FOR CHANGE. / TOMMY'S
TOLD ME ABOUT THE MILWAUKEE CHOICE PROGRAM. STARTING
NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, NEARLY 1000 UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS FROM
MILWAUKEE'S INNER CITY SCHOOLS ARE GOING To HAVE A
CHANCE TO ATTEND THE PRIVATE, NON-SECTARIAN SCHOOL OF
THEIR CHOICE -- WITH THE STATE SUPPLYING THEIR SHARE OF
TAX DOLLARS FOR TUITION. // AND I THINK WE ALL SEE
THAT WHEN SCHOOLS COMPETE TO ATTRACT STUDENTS -- THAT
CAN'T HELP BUT RAISE THE OVERALL LEVEL OF EDUCATION.
- 9 -
TOMMY FOUND AN ALLY IN HIS FIGHT FOR MILWAUKEE
CHOICE IN A FORMER WELFARE MOTHER -- AND DEMOCRAT --
NAMED POLLY WILLIAMS, A WOMAN WHO'D HEARD A LIFETIME'S
WORTH OF WORN-OUT EXCUSES ON WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR
SCHOOLS.
NOW, SOME MIGHT SAY THAT'S AN UNLIKELY ALLIANCE.
NOT IF THEY KNOW TOMMY THOMPSON. WHAT MATTERS TO HIM
IS WHAT WORKS -- FORGING CONSENSUS WITH PEOPLE WHO
SHARE HIS BURNING DESIRE TO GET THE JOB DONE. IN
EDUCATION REFORM, THAT MEANS PARENTS -- PARENTS WHO ARE
TIRED OF WAITING FOR THE SYSTEM TO WORK FOR THEM.
PARENTS WHO ARE READY TO REFORM THE SYSTEM -- READY TO
MAKE IT WORK.
I'M COUNTING ON MY FRIEND TOMMY TO SPREAD THE WORD
THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO DO ITS PART TO
HELP MAKE OUR SCHOOLS BETTER. OVER A YEAR AGO, I SENT
CONGRESS AN EDUCATION BILL -- A 7-POINT PLAN FOR SCHOOL
REFORM, BUILT ON THE BEDROCK CONCEPTS OF PARENTAL
CHOICE, FLEXIBILITY AND INNOVATION. INITIATIVES AIMED
AT ENCOURAGING EXCELLENCE -- BY REWARDING OUR TEACHERS,
OUR STUDENTS, OUR SCHOOLS FOR WHAT WORKS.
- 10 -
IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR -- AND STILL I'M WAITING FOR
A BILL TO SIGN INTO LAW. WHERE'S CONGRESS WHEN OUR
SCHOOLS NEED HELP? / IT'S TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT
OUR SCHOOLS -- AND TAKE SOME COMMON-SENSE STEPS TO MAKE
THEM BETTER. //
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMY, AND EDUCATION.
NOW, TODAY'S THIRD E -- THE ENVIRONMENT. HERE AGAIN --
AN ISSUE WITH INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS. / LAST WEEK
AT THE SUMMIT, WE ESTABLISHED A U.S.-SOVIET BERING SEA
PARK -- TO PRESERVE THE UNIQUE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN
THAT STRING OF ISLANDS THAT MARK THE BORDER BETWEEN OUR
TWO NATIONS. 11
- 11 -
RIGHT HERE IN WISCONSIN, I KNOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL
ETHIC IS STRONG. TOMMY'S PLEDGED TO PLANT 110 MILLION
TREES BY THE YEAR 2000. THAT FITS RIGHT IN WITH MY
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL INITIATIVE -- TO PLANT ONE
BILLION TREES A YEAR FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. I SUPPORT
ALL WISCONSIN'S DOING TO PRESERVE OUR PRECIOUS NATURAL
HERITAGE -- AND I ASK YOUR HELP: WORK WITH ME TO KEEP
THE PRESSURE ON IN WASHINGTON. SEND CONGRESS A SIGNAL
TO PASS A SOUND AND SENSIBLE CLEAN AIR PACKAGE -- AND
PASS IT SOON. IT'S BEEN 13 LONG YEARS SINCE WE LAST
STRENGTHENED THE CLEAN AIR ACT. LET'S MAKE 1990 THE
YEAR WE TAKE ACTION ON THE ENVIRONMENT. //
IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO COME TO WISCONSIN TODAY,
AND SPEAK WITH ALL OF YOU. [[YOU KNOW, RIGHT HERE IN
THE AUDITORIUM, ALMOST 80 YEARS AGO, TEDDY ROOSEVELT
CAME TO MEET WITH THE CITIZENS OF MILWAUKEE. HIS
SPEECH THAT DAY SAVED HIS LIFE -- LITERALLY. TEDDY
ROOSEVELT WAS SHOT BY A DERANGED ASSASSIN WHILE ON HIS
WAY HERE. TR HAD HIS DRAFT SPEECH FOLDED UP IN HIS
JACKET POCKET, WHERE IT HELPED BLUNT THE BULLET. TOUGH
GUY -- T.R. HE DELIVERED THE SPEECH ANYWAY. / BUT
THE MORAL IS, IT'S NOT WHETHER A SPEECH IS LONG OR
SHORT. WHAT MATTERS MOST IS HOW THICK IT IS.]]
- 12 -
LET ME THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THIS WARM WISCONSIN
WELCOME -- AND COMMEND YOU ON ALL WISCONSIN HAS TO BE
PROUD OF. AS OTHER STATES SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS TO
TODAY'S CHALLENGES, YOU CAN SAY: TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
WORKS. TAKE A LOOK AT WISCONSIN. //
AND TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT STATE, WHO WILL
GO TO THE POLLS IN NOVEMBER TO CHOOSE A GOVERNOR, I
SAY: TAKE A LOOK AT TOMMY THOMPSON -- AT ALL HE'S DONE
TO. TURN THIS STATE AROUND -- AND ALL HE'LL DO THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS WORKING HARD FOR WISCONSIN.
GOD BLESS YOU -- AND MAY GOD BLESS THIS GREAT
STATE.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL SHEET
NUMBER OF AGES INCLUDING COVER
13
DATE 6/6
TO Dave Fuzie
FAX NUMBER
OFFICE NUMBER
COMMENTS
FROM S. Landner
OFFICE NUMBER x2930
6
I'm counting on my friend Tommy to spread the word that the
federal government will also do its part to help make our schools
better. Over a year ago, I sent Congress an education bill -- a
7-point plan for school reform, built on the bedrock concepts of
parental choice, flexibility and innovation. Initiatives aimed
at encouraging excellence -- by rewarding our teachers, our
students, our schools for what works.
It's been over a year -- and still I'm waiting for a bill to
sign into law. Where's Congress when our schools need help? /
It's time to get serious about our schools -- and take some
common-sense steps to make them better. //
We've talked about the economy, and education. Now, today's
third E -- the environment. Here again -- an issue with
international dimensions. / Last week at the Summit, we
established a U.S.-Soviet Bering Sea Park -- to preserve the
unique natural environment in that string of islands that mark
the border between our two nations. //
Right here in Wisconsin, I know the environmental ethic is
strong. Tommy's pledged to plant 110 million trees by the year
2000. That fits right in with my America the Beautiful
initiative -- to plant one billion trees a year for the next ten
years. I support all Wisconsin's doing to preserve our precious
natural heritage -- and I ask your help: work with me to keep
the pressure on in Washington. Send Congress a signal to pass a
sound and sensible Clean Air package -- and pass it soon. It's
Please put in
put an ally in his fight for Milwaukee Choice in a
other --- and Democrat - named Polly Williams, a
woman who'd heard a lifetime's worth of worn-out excuses on
what's wrong with our schools.
Now, some might say that's an unlikely alliance. Not if
they know Tommy Thompson. What matters to him is what works - -
forging consensus with people who share his burning desire to get
the job done. In education reform, that means parents -- parents
who are tired of waiting for the system to work for them.
Parents who are ready to reform the system - ready to make it
work.
You ve seen what Tommy Thompson S done for Wisconsin. The
honest, hard-working ethic he's brought to the State House ---- and
the difference the Thompson trademark has made for the people of
this state.
GOVERNOR THOMPSON FUNDRAISER
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
JUNE 7, 1990
12:00 NOON
THANK YOU, TOMMY. I'M PLEASED TO BE JOINED TODAY
BY MY VERY ABLE CHIEF OF THE SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION -- SUSAN ENGELEITER. / BY THE MAN WHO
LED THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOR so MANY YEARS -- THE FELLOW
WITH THE SOFT SHOOTING TOUCH AND SIZE-19 SHOES -- BOB
LANIER. AND so MANY OF THE WISCONSIN REPUBLICAN
PARTY'S LEADING LIGHTS. / A SPECIAL WELCOME TO YOUR
NEXT SECRETARY OF STATE, BOB THOMPSON --WHO MADE THE
SWITCH TO THE GOP JUST LAST WEEK. /
AND OF COURSE, IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO SHOW MY
SUPPORT FOR THE HARDEST WORKING MAN IN WISCONSIN:
GOVERNOR TOMMY THOMPSON.
- 2 -
[ CHARDEST WORKING -- AND BEST KNOWN. I HEAR
THERE'S A POLL OUT THAT SHOWS TOMMY'S BETTER KNOWN THAN
ANYONE IN THE STATE. EVEN AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP ON YOUR
TOUGH BREWERS TEAM -- ROBIN YOUNT. I GUESS THAT PUTS
TOMMY IN A LEAGUE BY HIMSELF. ]]
WE'VE SEEN A WORLD OF CHANGE THIS PAST YEAR.
UNFORGETTABLE IMAGES OF WHAT I CALL THE REVOLUTION OF
'89. / AND NOW -- IN 1990 -- WE'VE ENTERED A NEW
PERIOD OF DEMOCRACY-BUILDING -- A RENAISSANCE OF
FREEDOM. / LET ME SHARE A STORY -- ABOUT AN AMERICAN
VISITOR ON A RECENT TRIP TO ROMANIA, WHO ASKED THE
PEOPLE SHE MET WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT NOW -- WHAT THEY
NEEDED MOST. LISTEN TO ONE SURPRISING ANSWER: IN A
COUNTRY WHERE FOOD IS IN SHORT SUPPLY, WHERE THE
STREETS ARE DARK AT NIGHT, AND THE HOMES LACK HEAT --
ONE ROMANIAN WOMAN PULLED FROM HER PURSE A WORN COPY OF
AN AMERICAN MAGAZINE -- A THREE YEAR OLD ISSUE, WITH A
SPECIAL BICENTENNIAL COPY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
AND SHE TOLD THE AMERICAN: "WHAT WE NEED NOW -- IS
MORE OF THESE."
- 3 -
THINK ABOUT THAT ANSWER -- AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR
AMERICA --FOR - THE MORAL EXAMPLE WE OWE THE WORLD. FOR
THE MATERIAL HELP WE MUST PROVIDE -- NOT JUST AMERICAN
AID, BUT EXPERTISE -- TO PEOPLE THE WORLD OVER WHO SEEK
ONLY TO HAVE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES THE
FREEDOMS WE ENJOY. //
AND WE'RE ENTERING A NEW ERA IN U.S.-SOVIET
RELATIONS AS WELL. JUST THIS PAST SUNDAY, PRESIDENT
GORBACHEV PAID A VISIT TO YOUR NEIGHBORS IN MINNESOTA.
I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY IN THE GREAT STATE OF
WISCONSIN -- PLEASED TO SHARE WITH YOU MY THOUGHTS ON
WHAT I BELIEVE WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE WASHINGTON
SUMMIT. /
- 4 -
WE SIGNED A NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS. DEEP REDUCTIONS
IN OUR CHEMICAL WEAPONS ARSENALS. AGREEMENT ON
REACHING RAPID CLOSURE ON MAJOR OUTSTANDING ISSUES
GOVERNING A START TREATY. PROTOCOLS ON NUCLEAR
TESTING. AGREEMENTS ON TRADE AND GRAIN SALES. BUT
PERHAPS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE AGREEMENTS WE
SIGNED IS THE PROGRESS WE MADE IN UNDERSTANDING THE
GREAT POLITICAL CHALLENGES WE FACE. A UNITED GERMANY
IN NATO -- THE FUTURE OF THE BALTICS -- REGIONAL
PROBLEMS: THESE AREN'T QUESTIONS THAT CAN BE SOLVED
SIMPLY, OR IN A SINGLE SUMMIT. BUT WE MAKE PROGRESS ON
THESE DIFFICULT ISSUES, WHENEVER WE SPEAK WITH CANDOR
-- AND WITHOUT ANIMOSITY -- ABOUT OUR AIMS AND
INTERESTS. I'M GRATEFUL TO MR. GORBACHEV FOR THE
FORTHRIGHT SPIRIT IN WHICH HE ADDRESSED EVERY ISSUE ON
THE TABLE -- AND I TAKE IT AS PROOF THAT WE HAVE INDEED
ENTERED A NEW ERA IN OUR RELATIONS WITH THE USSR. //
- 5 -
OF COURSE, WE HAVE DIFFERENCES. I WANT TO SEE
LITHUANIA HAVE ITS FREEDOM. ALTHOUGH I AM PLEASED THAT
THE EMIGRATION OF SOVIET JEWS IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH, I
WANT TO SEE UNFETTERED EMIGRATION. WE DIFFER ON CUBA,
AND, FOR NOW, ON A UNITED GERMANY IN NATO -- AND ON
MANY OTHER ISSUES AS WELL. BUT AS I CHATTED INFORMALLY
WITH PRESIDENT GORBACHEV AT CAMP DAVID, I KEPT THINKING
THAT THIS NEW SOVIET LEADER -- COMMITTED TO REFORM AND
OPENNESS - -- IS INDEED A REMARKABLE MAN. IT WAS A GOOD
SUMMIT. //
TODAY, I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE NEW ERA WE'RE
ENTERING HERE AT HOME -- ON THE CHALLENGES THAT WILL
COMMAND OUR ATTENTION IN THE DECADE AHEAD. // YOU ALL
KNOW THE THREE R'S -- WELL, TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE THREE E'S: THE ECONOMY, EDUCATION AND THE
ENVIRONMENT. THREE AREAS GOVERNOR THOMPSON AND I AGREE
ARE CRUCIAL TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS STATE -- AND EVERY
STATE.
- 6 -
LET ME START WITH THE ECONOMY -- AMERICA'S GREAT
ENGINE OF PROGRESS -- AND LET'S START RIGHT HERE WITH
WISCONSIN. THINK ABOUT THE TURNAROUND SINCE TOMMY
THOMPSON'S BEEN IN OFFICE. UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN, INCOME
UP -- RISING FASTER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. /
200,000 NEW JOBS IN THE FIRST THOMPSON TERM -- AND
TOMMY'S PLEDGED 200,000 MORE THE SECOND TIME AROUND.
//
WE'RE WORKING TO DO THE SAME NATIONALLY. TO
MAINTAIN A BUSINESS CLIMATE CONDUCIVE TO GROWTH. ONE
THAT OPENS THE DOOR TO ENTREPRENEURS -- THE SMALL
BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN -- WHO ARE AMERICA'S GREAT JOBS
MACHINE. AND I AM COMMITTED TO TAKING DECISIVE ACTION
AGAINST THE DEFICIT -- TO KEEP OUR RECORD 91-MONTH
ECONOMIC RECOVERY GOING STRONG. //
- 7 -
WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S
COMPETITIVE EDGE ABROAD. MY ADMINISTRATION'S TOP TRADE
PRIORITY IS TO LOWER BARRIERS TO FREE AND FAIR TRADE
THE WORLD OVER -- TO BRING THE URUGUAY ROUND TRADE
TALKS TO A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION BY THE END OF THIS
YEAR. AND LET ME TELL YOU: ANY TRADE AGREEMENT WE
SIGN WILL BE AN AGREEMENT THAT'S GOOD FOR THE AMERICAN
FARMER. //
EVERY STATE, CITY, AND TOWN IN AMERICA IS GOING TO
FEEL THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL MARKET. GOVERNOR
THOMPSON KNOWS THAT WELL, AND THAT'S WHY HE'S WORKED TO
OPEN WISCONSIN INDUSTRY TO THE WORLD. TO EXPAND
BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS CONTACTS WITH JAPAN AND SOUTH
KOREA -- AND ESTABLISH EXPORT MARKETS. [CAND HE
DOESN'T MISS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FARMERS OF THIS
STATE, EITHER. TOMMY WAS THE ONLY GOVERNOR AT LAST
WEEK'S STATE DINNER AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESIDENT
GORBACHEV. // ACTUALLY, TOMMY'S WIFE SUE ANN HAD THE
BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE -- RIGHT NEXT TO PRESIDENT
GORBACHEV. / TOMMY HAD TO SETTLE FOR A SEAT NEXT TO
SECRETARY BAKER. // SO I GUESS IF THE SOVIETS START
IMPORTING WISCONSIN CHEDDAR -- YOU MIGHT HAVE TO THANK
SUE ANN.]]
- 8 -
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LONG-TERM ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY, EDUCATION IS KEY. AMONG THE AGREEMENTS WE
SIGNED AT THE SUMMIT WAS ONE EXPANDING U.S.-SOVIET
EDUCATION EXCHANGES. EXCHANGES THAT WILL ALLOW
AMERICAN AND SOVIET STUDENTS TO LIVE AND LEARN IN ONE
ANOTHER'S LANDS -- so THAT THE FOREIGN BECOMES THE
FAMILIAR.
THOSE EDUCATION EXCHANGES ARE IN KEEPING WITH THE
CRUSADE FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION NOW GAINING
MOMENTUM ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. / IT'S NO SURPRISE TO
ME THAT WISCONSIN IS THE SCENE OF ONE OF THE MOST
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS IN EDUCATION REFORM -- OR THAT
TOMMY THOMPSON'S THE CATALYST FOR CHANGE. / TOMMY'S
TOLD ME ABOUT THE MILWAUKEE CHOICE PROGRAM. STARTING
NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, NEARLY 1000 UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS FROM
MILWAUKEE'S INNER CITY SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO HAVE A
CHANCE TO ATTEND THE PRIVATE, NON-SECTARIAN SCHOOL OF
THEIR CHOICE WITH THE STATE SUPPLYING THEIR SHARE OF
TAX DOLLARS FOR TUITION. 11 AND I THINK WE ALL SEE
THAT WHEN SCHOOLS COMPETE TO ATTRACT STUDENTS -- THAT
CAN'T HELP BUT RAISE THE OVERALL LEVEL OF EDUCATION.
- 9 -
TOMMY FOUND AN ALLY IN HIS FIGHT FOR MILWAUKEE
CHOICE IN A FORMER WELFARE MOTHER -- AND DEMOCRAT --
NAMED POLLY WILLIAMS, A WOMAN WHO'D HEARD A LIFETIME'S
WORTH OF WORN-OUT EXCUSES ON WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR
SCHOOLS.
NOW, SOME MIGHT SAY THAT'S AN UNLIKELY ALLIANCE.
NOT IF THEY KNOW TOMMY THOMPSON. WHAT MATTERS TO HIM
IS WHAT WORKS -- FORGING CONSENSUS WITH PEOPLE WHO
SHARE HIS BURNING DESIRE TO GET THE JOB DONE. IN
EDUCATION REFORM, THAT MEANS PARENTS PARENTS WHO ARE
TIRED OF WAITING FOR THE SYSTEM TO WORK FOR THEM.
PARENTS WHO ARE READY TO REFORM THE SYSTEM -- READY TO
MAKE IT WORK.
I'M COUNTING ON MY FRIEND TOMMY TO SPREAD THE WORD
THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO DO ITS PART TO
HELP MAKE OUR SCHOOLS BETTER. OVER A YEAR AGO, I SENT
CONGRESS AN EDUCATION BILL -- A 7-POINT PLAN FOR SCHOOL
REFORM, BUILT ON THE BEDROCK CONCEPTS OF PARENTAL
CHOICE, FLEXIBILITY AND INNOVATION. INITIATIVES AIMED
AT ENCOURAGING EXCELLENCE -- BY REWARDING OUR TEACHERS,
OUR STUDENTS, OUR SCHOOLS FOR WHAT WORKS.
- 10 -
IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR -- AND STILL I'M WAITING FOR
A BILL TO SIGN INTO LAW. WHERE'S CONGRESS WHEN OUR
SCHOOLS NEED HELP? / IT'S TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT
OUR SCHOOLS -- AND TAKE SOME COMMON-SENSE STEPS TO MAKE
THEM BETTER. //
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMY, AND EDUCATION.
NOW, TODAY'S THIRD E -- THE ENVIRONMENT. HERE AGAIN --
AN ISSUE WITH INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS. / LAST WEEK
AT THE SUMMIT, WE ESTABLISHED A U.S.-SOVIET BERING SEA
PARK -- TO PRESERVE THE UNIQUE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN
THAT STRING OF ISLANDS THAT MARK THE BORDER BETWEEN OUR
TWO NATIONS. 11
- 11 -
RIGHT HERE IN WISCONSIN, I KNOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL
ETHIC IS STRONG. TOMMY'S PLEDGED TO PLANT 110 MILLION
TREES BY THE YEAR 2000. THAT FITS RIGHT IN WITH MY
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL INITIATIVE - TO PLANT ONE
BILLION TREES A YEAR FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. I SUPPORT
ALL WISCONSIN'S DOING TO PRESERVE OUR PRECIOUS NATURAL
HERITAGE - AND I ASK YOUR HELP: WORK WITH ME TO KEEP
THE PRESSURE ON IN WASHINGTON. SEND CONGRESS A SIGNAL
TO PASS A SOUND AND SENSIBLE CLEAN AIR PACKAGE -- AND
PASS IT SOON. IT'S BEEN 13 LONG YEARS SINCE WE LAST
STRENGTHENED THE CLEAN AIR ACT. LET'S MAKE 1990 THE
YEAR WE TAKE ACTION ON THE ENVIRONMENT. //
IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO COME TO WISCONSIN TODAY,
AND SPEAK WITH ALL OF YOU. [[YOU KNOW, RIGHT HERE IN
THE AUDITORIUM, ALMOST 80 YEARS AGO, TEDDY ROOSEVELT
CAME TO MEET WITH THE CITIZENS OF MILWAUKEE. HIS
SPEECH THAT DAY SAVED HIS LIFE -- LITERALLY. TEDDY
ROOSEVELT WAS SHOT BY A DERANGED ASSASSIN WHILE ON HIS
WAY HERE. TR HAD HIS DRAFT SPEECH FOLDED UP IN HIS
JACKET POCKET, WHERE IT HELPED BLUNT THE BULLET. TOUGH
GUY -- T.R. HE DELIVERED THE SPEECH ANYWAY. / BUT
THE MORAL IS, IT'S NOT WHETHER A SPEECH IS LONG OR
SHORT. WHAT MATTERS MOST IS HOW THICK IT IS.]]
- 12 -
LET ME THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THIS WARM WISCONSIN
WELCOME AND COMMEND YOU ON ALL WISCONSIN HAS TO BE
PROUD OF. AS OTHER STATES SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS TO
TODAY'S CHALLENGES, YOU CAN SAY: TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
WORKS. TAKE A LOOK AT WISCONSIN. //
AND TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT STATE, WHO WILL
GO TO THE POLLS IN NOVEMBER TO CHOOSE A GOVERNOR, I
SAY: TAKE A LOOK AT TOMMY THOMPSON -- AT ALL HE'S DONE
TO TURN THIS STATE AROUND -- AND ALL HE'LL DO THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS WORKING HARD FOR WISCONSIN.
GOD BLESS YOU -- AND MAY GOD BLESS THIS GREAT
STATE.
# # #
Document No. 146182SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
00 MAY 5 ALL:
6/5/90
----
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMEN DUE BY:
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GOVERNOR TOMMY THOMPSON FUNDRAISER
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
ANDERSON
HAGIN
BOSKIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
0
any
4
June 4, 1990
₽7
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
and
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
FROM:
DAN MCGROARTY DMcr
SUBJECT:
GOVERNOR TOMMY THOMPSON FUNDRAISER
I. SUMMARY
On Thursday, June 7, at noon you will address a
fundraiser for Governor Tommy Thompson at the MECCA
Convention Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. About 4000
people will be there, including members of the Wisconsin
Congressional delegation, and the entire Republican state
ticket. Bob Lanier, retired Milwaukee Bucks center, will
also be there.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks discuss last week's summit, and the new
world situation facing us today. They also talk about the
progress that Wisconsin has made since Governor Thompson
took office, and the development and growth the state can
expect during a second Thompson term.
###
McGroarty/Dooley
June 5, 1990
9:00 a.m.
[THOMPSON]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
GOVERNOR THOMPSON FUNDRAISER
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
JUNE 7, 1990
12:00 NOON
Thank you, Tommy. I'm pleased to be joined today by my very
able chief of the Small Business Administration -- Susan
Engeleiter. / By Wisconsin's senior Senator, a real leader
who's there when I need him, on issues as diverse as untangling
the federal budget to protecting our environment -- Bob Kasten.
[Members of Wisconsin Congressional delegation.] / By the man
who led the Milwaukee Bucks for so many years -- the fellow with
the soft shooting touch and size-19 shoes -- Bob Lanier. And so
many of the Wisconsin Republican Party's leading lights. / A
special welcome to your next Secretary of State, Bob Thompson --
who made the switch to the GOP just last week. /
And of course, it's my great pleasure to show my support for
the hardest working man in Wisconsin: Governor Tommy Thompson.
[ [Hardest working -- and best known. I hear there's a poll
out that shows Tommy's better known than anyone in the state.
Even Robin Yount -- American League MVP on your first-place
Brewers team. I guess that puts Tommy in a league by himself. ]]
We've seen a world of change this past year. Unforgettable
images of what I call the Revolution of '89. / And now -- in
1990 -- we've entered a new period of democracy-building -- a
renaissance of freedom. / Let me share a story -- about an
2
American visitor on a recent trip to Romania, who asked the
people she met what was most important now -- what they needed
most. Listen to one surprising answer: In a country where food
is in short supply, where the streets are dark at night, and the
homes lack heat -- one Romanian woman pulled from her purse a
worn copy of an American magazine -- a three year old issue, with
a special bicentennial copy of the U.S. Constitution. And she
told the American: "What we need now -- is more of these."
Think about that answer -- and what it means for America --
for the moral example we owe the world. For the material help we
must provide -- not just American aid, but expertise -- to people
the world over who seek only to have for themselves and their
families the freedoms we enjoy. 11
And we're entering a new era in U.S.-Soviet relations as
well. Just this past Sunday, President Gorbachev paid a visit to
your neighbors in Minnesota. I'm pleased to be here today in the
great state of Wisconsin -- pleased to share with you my thoughts
on what I believe was a very productive Washington Summit. /
We signed a number of agreements. Deep reductions in our
chemical weapons arsenals. Agreement on reaching rapid closure
on major outstanding issues governing a START treaty. Protocols
on nuclear testing. Agreements on trade and grain sales. But
perhaps even more important than the agreements we signed is the
progress we made in understanding the great political challenges
we face. A united Germany in NATO -- the future of the Baltics -
- regional problems: These aren't questions that can be solved
3
simply, or in a single summit. But we make progress on these
difficult issues, whenever we speak with candor -- and without
animosity -- about our aims and interests. I'm grateful to Mr.
Gorbachev for the forthright spirit in which he addressed every
issue on the table -- and I take it as proof that we have indeed
entered a new era in our relations with the USSR. //
Today, I want to focus on the new era we're entering here at
home -- on the challenges that will command our attention in the
decade ahead. // You all know the three R's -- well, today I
want to talk about the three E's: the economy, education and the
environment. Three areas Governor Thompson and I agree are
crucial to the citizens of this state -- and every state.
Let me start with the economy -- America's great engine of
progress -- and let's start right here with Wisconsin. Think
about the turnaround since Tommy Thompson's been in office.
Unemployment down, income up -- rising faster than the national
average. / 200,000 new jobs in the first Thompson term -- and
Tommy's pledged 200,000 more the second time around. //
We're working to do the same nationally. To maintain a
business climate conducive to growth. One that opens the door to
entrepreneurs -- the small businessmen and women -- who are
America's great jobs machine. And I am committed to taking
decisive action against the deficit -- to keep our record 91-
month economic recovery going strong. 11
We're also working to strengthen America's competitive edge
abroad. My Administration's top trade priority is to lower
4
barriers to free and fair trade the world over -- to bring the
Uruguay Round trade talks to a successful completion by the end
of this year. And let me tell you: any trade agreement we sign
will be an agreement that's good for the American farmer. //
Every state, city, and town in America is going to feel the
impact of the global market. Governor Thompson knows that well,
and that's why he's worked to open Wisconsin industry to the
world. To expand business-to-business contacts with Japan and
South Korea -- and establish export markets. [[And he doesn't
miss an opportunity for the farmers of this state, either. Tommy
was the only Governor at last week's State dinner at the White
House for President Gorbachev. // Actually, Tommy's wife Sue
Ann had the best seat in the house -- right next to President
Gorbachev. / Tommy had to settle for a seat next to Secretary
Baker. // So I guess if the Soviets start importing Wisconsin
cheddar -- you might have to thank Sue Ann. ]]
But when it comes to long-term economic opportunity,
education is key. Among the agreements we signed at the Summit
was one expanding U.S.-Soviet education exchanges. Exchanges
that will allow American and Soviet students to live and learn in
one another's lands -- so that the foreign becomes the familiar.
Those education exchanges are in keeping with the crusade
for excellence in education now gaining momentum across this
country. / It's no surprise to me that Wisconsin is the scene
of one of the most interesting experiments in education reform -
- or that Tommy Thompson's the catalyst for change. / Tommy's
5
told me about the Milwaukee Choice Program. Starting next school
year, nearly 1000 underprivileged kids from Milwaukee's inner
city schools are going to have a chance to attend the private,
non-sectarian school of their choice -- with the state supplying
their share of tax dollars for tuition. // And I think we all
see that when schools compete to attract students -- that can't
help but raise the overall level of education.
I'm counting on my friend Tommy to spread the word that the
federal government will also do its part to help make our schools
better. Over a year ago, I sent Congress an education bill -- a
7-point plan for school reform, built on the bedrock concepts of
parental choice, flexibility and innovation. Initiatives aimed
at encouraging excellence -- by rewarding our teachers, our
students, our schools for what works.
It's been over a year -- and still I'm waiting for a bill to
sign into law. Where's Congress when our schools need help? /
It's time to get serious about our schools -- and take some
common-sense steps to make them better. //
We've talked about the economy, and education. Now, today's
third E -- the environment. Here again -- an issue with
international dimensions. / Last week at the Summit, we
established a U.S.-Soviet Bering Sea Park -- to preserve the
unique natural environment in that string of islands that mark
the border between our two nations. //
Right here in Wisconsin, I know the environmental ethic is
strong. Tommy's pledged to plant 110 million trees by the year
6
2000. That fits right in with my America the Beautiful
initiative -- to plant one billion trees a year for the next ten
years. I support all Wisconsin's doing to preserve our precious
natural heritage -- and I ask your help: work with me to keep
the pressure on in Washington. Send Congress a signal to pass a
sound and sensible Clean Air package -- and pass it soon. It's
been 13 long years since we last strengthened the Clean Air Act.
Let's make 1990 the year we take action on the environment. //
It's been my pleasure to come to Wisconsin today, and speak
with all of you. [[You know, right across the street, almost 80
years ago, Teddy Roosevelt came to meet with the citizens of
Milwaukee. His speech that day saved his life -- literally.
Teddy Roosevelt was shot by a deranged assassin while on his way
here. TR had his draft speech folded up in his jacket pocket,
where it helped blunt the bullet. Tough guy -- TR. He delivered
the speech anyway. / But the moral is, it's not whether a
speech is long or short. What matters most is how thick it is.
Let me thank all of you for this warm Wisconsin welcome --
and commend you on all Wisconsin has to be proud of. As other
states search for solutions to today's challenges, you can say:
Take a look at what works. Take a look at Wisconsin. 11
And to the citizens of this great state, who will go to the
polls in November to choose a Governor, I say: Take a look at
Tommy Thompson -- at all he's done to turn this state around --
and all he'll do the next four years working hard for Wisconsin.
God bless you -- and may God bless this great state.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 4, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
as
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
FROM:
DAN MCGROARTY DMcr
SUBJECT:
GOVERNOR TOMMY THOMPSON FUNDRAISER
I. SUMMARY
On Thursday, June 7, at noon you will address a
fundraiser for Governor Tommy Thompson at the MECCA
Convention Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. About 4000
people will be there, including members of the Wisconsin
Congressional delegation, and the entire Republican state
ticket. Bob Lanier, retired Milwaukee Bucks center, will
also be there.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks discuss last week's summit, and the new
world situation facing us today. They also talk about the
progress that Wisconsin has made since Governor Thompson
took office, and the development and growth the state can
expect during a second Thompson term.
###
McGroarty/Dooley
June 5, 1990
9:00 a.m.
[THOMPSON]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GOVERNOR THOMPSON FUNDRAISER
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
JUNE 7, 1990
12:00 NOON
Thank you, Tommy. I'm pleased to be joined today by my very
able chief of the Small Business Administration -- Susan
Engeleiter. / By Wisconsin's senior Senator, a real leader
who's there when I need him, on issues as diverse as untangling
the federal budget to protecting our environment -- Bob Kasten.
[Members of Wisconsin Congressional delegation.] / By the man
who led the Milwaukee Bucks for so many years -- the fellow with
the soft shooting touch and size-19 shoes -- Bob Lanier. And so
many of the Wisconsin Republican Party's leading lights. / A
special welcome to your next Secretary of State, Bob Thompson --
who made the switch to the GOP just last week. /
And of course, it's my great pleasure to show my support for
the hardest working man in Wisconsin: Governor Tommy Thompson.
[ [Hardest working -- and best known. I hear there's a poll
out that shows Tommy's better known than anyone in the state.
Even Robin Yount -- American League MVP on your first-place
Brewers team. I guess that puts Tommy in a league by himself. ]]
We've seen a world of change this past year. Unforgettable
images of what I call the Revolution of '89. / And now -- in
1990 -- we've entered a new period of democracy-building -- a
renaissance of freedom. / Let me share a story -- about an
2
American visitor on a recent trip to Romania, who asked the
people she met what was most important now -- what they needed
most. Listen to one surprising answer: In a country where food
is in short supply, where the streets are dark at night, and the
homes lack heat -- one Romanian woman pulled from her purse a
worn copy of an American magazine -- a three year old issue, with
a special bicentennial copy of the U.S. Constitution. And she
told the American: "What we need now -- is more of these. "
Think about that answer -- and what it means for America --
for the moral example we owe the world. For the material help we
must provide -- not just American aid, but expertise -- to people
the world over who seek only to have for themselves and their
families the freedoms we enjoy. 11
And we're entering a new era in U.S. -Soviet relations as
well. Just this past Sunday, President Gorbachev paid a visit to
your neighbors in Minnesota. I'm pleased to be here today in the
great state of Wisconsin -- pleased to share with you my thoughts
on what I believe was a very productive Washington Summit. /
We signed a number of agreements. Deep reductions in our
chemical weapons arsenals. Agreement on reaching rapid closure
on major outstanding issues governing a START treaty. Protocols
on nuclear testing. Agreements on trade and grain sales. But
perhaps even more important than the agreements we signed is the
progress we made in understanding the great political challenges
we face. A united Germany in NATO -- the future of the Baltics -
- regional problems: These aren't questions that can be solved
3
simply, or in a single summit. But we make progress on these
difficult issues, whenever we speak with candor -- and without
animosity -- about our aims and interests. I'm grateful to Mr.
Gorbachev for the forthright spirit in which he addressed every
issue on the table -- and I take it as proof that we have indeed
entered a new era in our relations with the USSR. 11
Today, I want to focus on the new era we're entering here at
home -- on the challenges that will command our attention in the
decade ahead. // You all know the three R's -- well, today I
want to talk about the three E's: the economy, education and the
environment. Three areas Governor Thompson and I agree are
crucial to the citizens of this state -- and every state.
Let me start with the economy -- America's great engine of
progress -- and let's start right here with Wisconsin. Think
about the turnaround since Tommy Thompson's been in office.
Unemployment down, income up -- rising faster than the national
average. / 200,000 new jobs in the first Thompson term -- and
Tommy's pledged 200,000 more the second time around. //
We're working to do the same nationally. To maintain a
business climate conducive to growth. One that opens the door to
entrepreneurs -- the small businessmen and women -- who are
America's great jobs machine. And I am committed to taking
decisive action against the deficit -- to keep our record 91-
month economic recovery going strong. 11
We're also working to strengthen America's competitive edge
abroad. My Administration's top trade priority is to lower
4
barriers to free and fair trade the world over -- to bring the
Uruguay Round trade talks to a successful completion by the end
of this year. And let me tell you: any trade agreement we sign
will be an agreement that's good for the American farmer. //
Every state, city, and town in America is going to feel the
impact of the global market. Governor Thompson knows that well,
and that's why he's worked to open Wisconsin industry to the
world. To expand business-to-business contacts with Japan and
South Korea -- and establish export markets. [[And he doesn't
miss an opportunity for the farmers of this state, either. Tommy
was the only Governor at last week's State dinner at the White
House for President Gorbachev. // Actually, Tommy's wife Sue
Ann had the best seat in the house -- right next to President
Gorbachev. / Tommy had to settle for a seat next to Secretary
Baker. // So I guess if the Soviets start importing Wisconsin
cheddar -- you might have to thank Sue Ann.]]
But when it comes to long-term economic opportunity,
education is key. Among the agreements we signed at the Summit
was one expanding U.S.-Soviet education exchanges. Exchanges
that will allow American and Soviet students to live and learn in
one another's lands -- so that the foreign becomes the familiar.
Those education exchanges are in keeping with the crusade
for excellence in education now gaining momentum across this
country. / It's no surprise to me that Wisconsin is the scene
of one of the most interesting experiments in education reform -
- or that Tommy Thompson's the catalyst for change. / Tommy's
5
told me about the Milwaukee Choice Program. Starting next school
year, nearly 1000 underprivileged kids from Milwaukee's inner
city schools are going to have a chance to attend the private,
non-sectarian school of their choice -- with the state supplying
their share of tax dollars for tuition. // And I think we all
see that when schools compete to attract students -- that can't
help but raise the overall level of education.
I'm counting on my friend Tommy to spread the word that the
federal government will also do its part to help make our schools
better. Over a year ago, I sent Congress an education bill -- a
7-point plan for school reform, built on the bedrock concepts of
parental choice, flexibility and innovation. Initiatives aimed
at encouraging excellence -- by rewarding our teachers, our
students, our schools for what works.
It's been over a year -- and still I'm waiting for a bill to
sign into law. Where's Congress when our schools need help? /
It's time to get serious about our schools -- and take some
common-sense steps to make them better. //
We've talked about the economy, and education. Now, today's
third E -- the environment. Here again -- an issue with
international dimensions. / Last week at the Summit, we
established a U.S.-Soviet Bering Sea Park -- to preserve the
unique natural environment in that string of islands that mark
the border between our two nations. //
Right here in Wisconsin, I know the environmental ethic is
strong. Tommy's pledged to plant 110 million trees by the year
6
2000. That fits right in with my America the Beautiful
initiative -- to plant one billion trees a year for the next ten
years. I support all Wisconsin's doing to preserve our precious
natural heritage -- and I ask your help: work with me to keep
the pressure on in Washington. Send Congress a signal to pass a
sound and sensible Clean Air package -- and pass it soon. It's
been 13 long years since we last strengthened the Clean Air Act.
Let's make 1990 the year we take action on the environment. //
It's been my pleasure to come to Wisconsin today, and speak
with all of you. [[You know, right across the street, almost 80
years ago, Teddy Roosevelt came to meet with the citizens of
Milwaukee. His speech that day saved his life -- literally.
Teddy Roosevelt was shot by a deranged assassin while on his way
here. TR had his draft speech folded up in his jacket pocket,
where it helped blunt the bullet. Tough guy -- TR. He delivered
the speech anyway. / But the moral is, it's not whether a
speech is long or short. What matters most is how thick it is. ]]
Let me thank all of you for this warm Wisconsin welcome --
and commend you on all Wisconsin has to be proud of. As other
states search for solutions to today's challenges, you can say:
Take a look at what works. Take a look at Wisconsin. 11
And to the citizens of this great state, who will go to the
polls in November to choose a Governor, I say: Take a look at
Tommy Thompson -- at all he's done to turn this state around --
and all he'll do the next four years working hard for Wisconsin.
God bless you -- and may God bless this great state.
Document No. 146182
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 MAY 5 A9: 58
DATE: 06/01/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 p.m. Monday 06/04
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GOVERNOR THOMPSON FUNDRAISER, MILWAUKEE, WI
(06/01 6:15 p.m.)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WINSTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
ANDERSON
HAGIN
BOSKIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston Thanks. by 3:00 p.m. on Monday, 06/04, with a copy to my office.
RESPONSE:
OR-
OKS.R
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
June 1, 1990
6:15 p.m.
00 JUN I P8:1
[THOMPSON]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GOVERNOR THOMPSON FUNDRAISER
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
JUNE 7, 1990
12:00 NOON
Thank you, Tommy. [Acknowledgements. Members of
Administration/Wisconsin Congressional delegation.] I'm pleased
to be joined today by Wisconsin's senior Senator, a leader I rely
on up on Capitol Hill -- Bob Kasten. / By the man who led the
Milwaukee Bucks here in the Mecca for so many years -- the man
with the soft-shooting touch and size-22 shoes -- Bob Lanier. /
By so many of the Wisconsin Republican Party's leading lights. /
A special welcome to your next Secretary of State, Bob Thompson -
- who made the switch to the GOP just last week. //
And of course, it's my great pleasure to be here to show my
support for the hardest working man in Wisconsin: Governor Tommy
Thompson. //
[ [Hardest working -- and best known. I hear there's a poll
out that shows Tommy's better known than anyone in the state.
That's right, even Robin Yount -- American League MVP on your
first-place Brewers team. I guess that puts Tommy Thompson in a
league by himself. ]]
Just this past weekend, President Gorbachev and I completed
our Summit -- and just this past Monday, President Gorbachev paid
a visit to your neighboring state, Minnesota. I'm pleased to be
here in the great state of Wisconsin -- and I thought I'd begin
2
today by sharing with you my thoughts on what I believe were a
series of very productive Summit meetings. /
As you know, we signed a number of agreements -- protocols
on nuclear testing. Deep reductions in our chemical weapons
arsenals. Agreements on the many of the essential elements of a
START treaty. But perhaps even more important than the
agreements we signed is the progress we made in making our views
known on the great political challenges we face. A united
Germany -- the future of the Baltics: These aren't questions
that can be solved simply, or in a single summit. But we make
progress on these difficult issues, whenever we speak with candor
-- and without animosity -- about our aims and interests. I'm
grateful to Mr. Gorbachev for the forthright spirit in which he
addressed every issue on the table -- and I take it as a sign
that we have entered a new era in our relations with the USSR. / /
Today, I want to focus on the new era we're entering here at
home -- on the challenges that will command our attention in the
decade ahead. // You all know the three R's -- well, today I
want to talk about the three E's: the economy, education and the
environment. Three areas Governor Thompson and I agree are
crucial to the citizens of this state -- and every state.
Let me start with the economy -- America's great engine of
progress -- and let's start right here with Wisconsin. Think
about the turnaround since Tommy Thompson's been in office.
Unemployment down, income up -- well above the national average.
3
/ 200,000 new jobs in the first Thompson term -- and Tommy's
pledged 200,000 more the second time around. //
We're working to do the same in Washington. To maintain a
business climate conducive to growth. One that opens the door to
entrepreneurs -- the small businessmen and women -- who are
America's great jobs machine. And I am committed to taking
decisive action against the deficit -- to keep this record 91-
month economic recovery going strong. 11
And we're working to strengthen America's competitive edge
abroad. My Administration's top trade priority is to lower
barriers to free and fair trade the world over -- to bring the
Uruguay Round trade talks to a successful completion by the end
of this year. Our goal is simple: open markets and free trade.
And let me tell you: any trade agreement we sign will be an
agreement that's good for the American farmer. / There's no
turning back from the global economy -- and I'm confident
American business can out-think, out-produce and out-work any
competitors, from any country. //
There's not a state, city, or town in America that won't
feel the impact of the global market. Governor Thompson knows
that well, and that's why he's worked to open Wisconsin industry
to the world. To expand business-to-business contacts with
Japan, and South Korea -- and establish export markets. [[And he
doesn't miss an opportunity for the farmers of this state,
either. Tommy was the only Governor at last week's State dinner
4
at the White House for President Gorbachev. // Turns out
there's a milk shortage in the Soviet Union. ]] //
Tommy Thompson's led the way to expand economic opportunity.
With Workfare -- with Learnfare -- programs designed to help
Wisconsin's least fortunate up and out of the poverty trap -- for
good. It's a tough approach -- but necessary. Because Tommy
Thompson knows that if you help someone get an education -- hold
a job -- you've done more than just help him. You've helped that
individual help himself.
And education is key. / Among the agreements we signed at
the Summit was one expanding U.S.-Soviet education exchanges.
Exchanges that will build links between our great universities -
- allow teachers in our two countries to share their expertise -
- allow our students to live and learn in one anothers lands --
so that the foreign becomes the familiar. //
And those education exchanges are in keeping with the
crusade for excellence in education now gaining momentum in every
city and state across this country. / It's no surprise to me
that Wisconsin is the scene of one of the most interesting
experiments in education reform -- or that Tommy Thompson's the
catalyst for change. / Tommy's told me about the Milwaukee
Choice Program. Starting next school year, nearly 1000
underprivileged kids from Milwaukee's inner city schools are
going to have a chance to attend the private, non-sectarian
school of their choice -- with the state supplying their share of
tax dollars for tuition. // And I think we all see that when
5
schools compete to attract students that can't help but raise the
overall level of education.
And I'm counting on my friend Tommy to spread the word that
the time has come for the federal government to do its part to
make our schools better. Over a year ago, I sent Congress an
education bill -- a 7-point plan for school reform, built on the
bedrock concepts of parental choice, flexibility and innovation.
Initiatives aimed at encouraging excellence -- by rewarding our
teachers, our students, our schools for what works.
It's been over a year -- and still I'm waiting for a bill to
sign into law. Where's Congress when our schools need help? /
It's time to get serious about our schools -- and take some
common-sense steps to make them better. 11
We've talked about the economy, and education. Now, today's
third E -- the environment. Here again is an issue with
international dimensions. An issue that's going to take a truly
international effort to safeguard our air, land and water. Last
week at the Summit, we established a U.S.-Soviet Bering Sea Park
-- to preserve the unique natural environment in that string of
islands that mark the border between our two nations. //
Right here in Wisconsin, I know the environmental ethic is
strong. I was especially pleased to hear about Tommy's pledge to
plant 110 million trees a year. / I support all Wisconsin's
doing to preserve our precious environmental legacy -- and I ask
your help: work with me to keep the pressure on in Washington,
to send Congress a signal to pass a sound and sensible Clean Air
6
package -- and pass it soon. // It's been 13 long years since
we last strengthened our federal Clean Air Act. Let's make 1990
the year we take action on the environment. ///
It's been my pleasure to come to Wisconsin today, and speak
with all of you. [[You know, right here in the Mecca, almost 80
years ago, Teddy Roosevelt came to meet with the citizens of
Milwaukee. His speech that day saved his life -- literally.
Teddy Roosevelt was shot by a deranged assassin while on his way
here. TR had his draft speech folded up in his jacket pocket,
where it helped blunt the bullet. Tough guy -- TR. He delivered
the speech anyway. / But the moral is, it's not whether a
speech is long or short. What matters most is how thick it is. ]]
Well, I've just about said my piece. Let me say before I
step down how very much Wisconsin has to be proud of. As other
states search for solutions to today's challenges, you can say:
Take a look at what works. Take a look at Wisconsin. //
And to the citizens of this great state, who will go to the
polls in November to choose a Governor -- to choose a leader, I
say: Take a look at Tommy Thompson -- at all he's done to turn
this state around -- and all he'll do the next four years working
hard for Wisconsin. //
Once again, I thank all of you for this warm Wisconsin
welcome. God bless you -- and may God bless this great state.
# # #
action: Bill Washer
Document No. 146182
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 06/01/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 p.m. Monday 06/04
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GOVERNOR THOMPSON FUNDRAISER, MILWAUKEE, WI
(06/01 6:15 p.m.)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WINSTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
ANDERSON
HAGIN
BOSKIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston Thanks. by 3:00 p.m. on Monday, 06/04, with a copy to my office.
RESPONSE:
Pase 2 bottom line,
Per capita income in Wisconsinwas below the national
averagein 1989.
22 Ed to MAY 06
(See attached table)
James W. Cicconi
O, do you mea- that is rose by more
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
then the national average
Ext. 2702
(which would be true ??
McGroarty/Dooley
June 1, 1990
6:15 p.m.
0 JUN I P8:1
[THOMPSON]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
GOVERNOR THOMPSON FUNDRAISER
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
JUNE 7, 1990
12:00 NOON
Thank you, Tommy. [Acknowledgements. Members of
Administration/Wisconsin Congressional delegation.] I'm pleased
to be joined today by Wisconsin's senior Senator, a leader I rely
on up on Capitol Hill -- Bob Kasten. / By the man who led the
Milwaukee Bucks here in the Mecca for so many years -- the man
with the soft-shooting touch and size-22 shoes -- Bob Lanier. /
By SO many of the Wisconsin Republican Party's leading lights. /
A special welcome to your next Secretary of State, Bob Thompson -
- who made the switch to the GOP just last week. 11
And of course, it's my great pleasure to be here to show my
support for the hardest working man in Wisconsin: Governor Tommy
Thompson. //
[ [Hardest working -- and best known. I hear there's a poll
out that shows Tommy's better known than anyone in the state.
That's right, even Robin Yount -- American League MVP on your
first-place Brewers team. I guess that puts Tommy Thompson in a
league by himself. ]]
Just this past weekend, President Gorbachev and I completed
our Summit -- and just this past Monday, President Gorbachev paid
a visit to your neighboring state, Minnesota. I'm pleased to be
here in the great state of Wisconsin -- and I thought I'd begin
2
today by sharing with you my thoughts on what I believe were a
series of very productive Summit meetings. /
As you know, we signed a number of agreements -- protocols
on nuclear testing. Deep reductions in our chemical weapons
arsenals. Agreements on the many of the essential elements of a
START treaty. But perhaps even more important than the
agreements we signed is the progress we made in making our views
known on the great political challenges we face. A united
Germany -- the future of the Baltics: These aren't questions
that can be solved simply, or in a single summit. But we make
progress on these difficult issues, whenever we speak with candor
-- and without animosity -- about our aims and interests. I'm
grateful to Mr. Gorbachev for the forthright spirit in which he
addressed every issue on the table -- and I take it as a sign
that we have entered a new era in our relations with the USSR. //
Today, I want to focus on the new era we're entering here at
home -- on the challenges that will command our attention in the
decade ahead. // You all know the three R's -- well, today I
want to talk about the three E's: the economy, education and the
environment. Three areas Governor Thompson and I agree are
crucial to the citizens of this state -- and every state.
Let me start with the economy -- America's great engine of
progress -- and let's start right here with Wisconsin. Think
about the turnaround since Tommy Thompson's been in office.
Unemployment down, income up -- well above the national average.
?
3
/ 200,000 new jobs in the first Thompson term -- and Tommy's
pledged 200,000 more the second time around. //
We're working to do the same in Washington. To maintain a
business climate conducive to growth. One that opens the door to
entrepreneurs -- the small businessmen and women -- who are
America's great jobs machine. And I am committed to taking
decisive action against the deficit -- to keep this record 91-
month economic recovery going strong. 11
And we're working to strengthen America's competitive edge
abroad. My Administration's top trade priority is to lower
barriers to free and fair trade the world over -- to bring the
Uruguay Round trade talks to a successful completion by the end
of this year. Our goal is simple: open markets and free trade.
And let me tell you: any trade agreement we sign will be an
agreement that's good for the American farmer. / There's no
turning back from the global economy -- and I'm confident
American business can out-think, out-produce and out-work any
competitors, from any country. //
There's not a state, city, or town in America that won't
feel the impact of the global market. Governor Thompson knows
that well, and that's why he's worked to open Wisconsin industry
to the world. To expand business-to-business contacts with
Japan, and South Korea -- and establish export markets. [[And he
doesn't miss an opportunity for the farmers of this state,
either. Tommy was the only Governor at last week's State dinner
4
at the White House for President Gorbachev. // Turns out
there's a milk shortage in the Soviet Union. ]] //
Tommy Thompson's led the way to expand economic opportunity.
With Workfare -- with Learnfare -- programs designed to help
Wisconsin's least fortunate up and out of the poverty trap -- for
good. It's a tough approach -- but necessary. Because Tommy
Thompson knows that if you help someone get an education -- hold
a job -- you've done more than just help him. You've helped that
individual help himself.
And education is key. / Among the agreements we signed at
the Summit was one expanding U.S.-Soviet education exchanges.
Exchanges that will build links between our great universities -
- allow teachers in our two countries to share their expertise -
- allow our students to live and learn in one anothers lands --
so that the foreign becomes the familiar. //
And those education exchanges are in keeping with the
crusade for excellence in education now gaining momentum in every
city and state across this country. / It's no surprise to me
that Wisconsin is the scene of one of the most interesting
experiments in education reform -- or that Tommy Thompson's the
catalyst for change. / Tommy's told me about the Milwaukee
Choice Program. Starting next school year, nearly 1000
underprivileged kids from Milwaukee's inner city schools are
going to have a chance to attend the private, non-sectarian
school of their choice -- with the state supplying their share of
tax dollars for tuition. // And I think we all see that when
5
schools compete to attract students that can't help but raise the
overall level of education.
And I'm counting on my friend Tommy to spread the word that
the time has come for the federal government to do its part to
make our schools better. Over a year ago, I sent Congress an
education bill -- a 7-point plan for school reform, built on the
bedrock concepts of parental choice, flexibility and innovation.
Initiatives aimed at encouraging excellence -- by rewarding our
teachers, our students, our schools for what works.
It's been over a year -- and still I'm waiting for a bill to
sign into law. Where's Congress when our schools need help? /
It's time to get serious about our schools -- and take some
common-sense steps to make them better. 11
We've talked about the economy, and education. Now, today's
third E -- the environment. Here again is an issue with
international dimensions. An issue that's going to take a truly
international effort to safeguard our air, land and water. Last
week at the Summit, we established a U.S.-Soviet Bering Sea Park
-- to preserve the unique natural environment in that string of
islands that mark the border between our two nations. //
Right here in Wisconsin, I know the environmental ethic is
strong. I was especially pleased to hear about Tommy's pledge to
plant 110 million trees a year. / I support all Wisconsin's
doing to preserve our precious environmental legacy -- and I ask
your help: work with me to keep the pressure on in Washington,
to send Congress a signal to pass a sound and sensible Clean Air
6
package -- and pass it soon. 11 It's been 13 long years since
we last strengthened our federal Clean Air Act. Let's make 1990
the year we take action on the environment. ///
It's been my pleasure to come to Wisconsin today, and speak
with all of you. [[You know, right here in the Mecca, almost 80
years ago, Teddy Roosevelt came to meet with the citizens of
Milwaukee. His speech that day saved his life -- literally.
Teddy Roosevelt was shot by a deranged assassin while on his way
here. TR had his draft speech folded up in his jacket pocket,
where it helped blunt the bullet. Tough guy -- TR. He delivered
the speech anyway. / But the moral is, it's not whether a
speech is long or short. What matters most is how thick it is.]]
Well, I've just about said my piece. Let me say before I
step down how very much Wisconsin has to be proud of. As other
states search for solutions to today's challenges, you can say:
Take a look at what works. Take a look at Wisconsin. //
And to the citizens of this great state, who will go to the
polls in November to choose a Governor -- to choose a leader, I
say: Take a look at Tommy Thompson -- at all he's done to turn
this state around -- and all he'll do the next four years working
hard for Wisconsin. 11
Once again, I thank all of you for this warm Wisconsin
welcome. God bless you -- and may God bless this great state.
# # #
Table
1. Per Capita Personal Income, by State and Region, 1989
Dollar
Percent of
difference
Rank
Percent
Dollars
national
from national
in
change
average
average
U.S.
1988-89
United States
17,567
100
0
6.5
New England
Connecticut
24,604
140
7,037
1
6.8
Massachusetts
22,196
126
4,629
3
6.5
New Hampshire
20,251
115
2,684
7
Rhode Island
5.3
18,061
103
494
14
Vermont
7.2
16,399
93
-1,168
24
7.2
Maine
16,310
93
-1,257
25
8.1
Mideast
New Jersey
23,764
135
6,197
2
7.3
District of Columbia
23,436
133
5,869
Maryland
9.2
21,020
120
3,453
20,540
117
2,973
5
7.4
New York
6.6
Delaware
19,116
109
1,549
9
8.0
Pennsylvania
17,422
99
-145
20
7.4
Great Lakes
Illinois
18,858
107
1,291
11
7.2
Michigan
17,745
101
178
16
Wisconsin
7.3
16,759
95
-808
21
7.3
Ohio
16,499
94
-1,068
22
Indiana
6.2
16,005
91
-1,562
28
7.7
Plains
Minnesota
17,746
101
179
15
6.6
Missouri
16,431
94
-1,136
23
6.3
Kansas
16,182
92
-1,385
27
2.8
Iowa
15,524
88
-2,043
31
Nebraska
5.7
15,360
87
-2,207
33
3.9
North Dakota
13,261
75
-4,306
43
South Dakota
3.9
13,244
75
-4,323
44
3.9
Southeast
Virginia
18,970
108
1,403
10
Florida
7.4
17,694
101
127
17
Georgia
6.6
16,188
92
-1,379
26
North Carolina
6.0
15,221
87
Tennessee
-2,346
34
6.5
14,765
84
-2,802
35
Kentucky
6.5
13,777
78
Alabama
-3,790
39
7.4
13,679
78
-3,888
41
South Carolina
6.5
13,616
78
-3,951
42
Louisiana
5.3
13,041
74
-4,526
46
Arkansas
6.0
12,984
74
-4,583
48
West Virginia
6.3
12,529
71
-5,038
49
Mississippi
7.1
11,835
67
-5,732
50
6.4
Southwest
Arizona
15,881
90
-1,686
29
Texas
5.9
15,483
88
Oklahoma
-2,084
32
6.1
14,151
81
New Mexico
-3,416
36
13,191
75
-4,376
45
8.8
6.0
5.8
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
17,494
100
-73
19
Wyoming
6.2
14,135
80
-3,432
37
Montana
13,852
3.7
79
-3,715
Idaho
38
7.4
13,762
78
-3,805
40
Utah
9.3
13,027
74
-4,540
47
7.0
Far West
California
19,740
112
2,173
8
Nevada
5.2
18,827
107
1,260
12
Washington
7.5
17,640
100
Oregon
73
18
7.2
15,785
90
-1,782
30
6.1
Alaska
21,173
121
Hawaii
3,606
4
11.2
18,306
104
739
13
9.1
BEA regions
New England
21,509
122
3,942
Mideast
1
6.6
20,321
116
Far West
2,754
2
7.1
19,153
109
Great Lakes
1,586
3
17,387
5.6
99
-180
Plains
4
7.0
16,231
92
-1,336
5.
Southeast
5.5
15,423
88
Rocky Mountain
-2,144
6
6.7
15,316
87
Southwest
-2,251
7
6.7
15,231
87
-2,336
8
6.1
Note. -- States are listed in each region based on their per capita personal income in 1989.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 p.m. Monday 06/04
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GOVERNOR THOMPSON FUNDRAISER, MILWAUKEE, WI
(06/01 6:15 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WINSTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
ANDERSON
HAGIN
BOSKIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston Thanks. by 3:00 p.m. on Monday, 06/04, with a copy to my office.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
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6:15 p.m.
0 JUN 1 P8:1
[THOMPSON]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GOVERNOR THOMPSON FUNDRAISER
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
JUNE 7, 1990
12:00 NOON
Thank you, Tommy. [Acknowledgements. Members of
Administration/Wisconsin Congressional delegation.] I'm pleased
to be joined today by Wisconsin's senior Senator, a leader I rely
on up on Capitol Hill -- Bob Kasten. / By the man who led the
Milwaukee Bucks here in the Mecca for so many years -- the man
with the soft-shooting touch and size-22 shoes -- Bob Lanier. /
By BO many of the Wisconsin Republican Party's leading lighte. /
A special welcome to your next Secretary of State, Bob Thompson -
- who made the switch to the GOP just last week. 11
And of course, it's my great pleasure to be here to show my
support for the hardest working man in Wisconsin: Governor Tennny
Thompson. 11
[[Hardest working -- and best known. I hear there's a poll
out that shows Tommy's better known than anyone in the state.
That's right, even Robin Yount -- American League MVP on your
first-place Brewers team. I guess that puts Tommy Thompson in a
league by himself.]]
Just this past weekend, President Gorbachev and I completed
our Summit -- and just this past Monday, President Gorbachev paid
a visit to your neighboring state, Minnesota. I'm pleased to be
here in the great state of Wisconsin -- and I thought I'd begin
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2
today by sharing with you my thoughts on what I believe were a
series of very productive Summit meetings. /
As you know, we signed a number of agreements -- protocols
on nuclear testing. Deep reductions in our chemical weapons
arsenals. Agreements on the many of the essential elements of a
START treaty. But perhaps even more important than the
agreements we signed is the progress we made in making our views
known on the great political challenges we face. A united
Germany -- the future of the Baltics: These aren't questions
that can be solved simply, or in a single summit. But we make
progress on these difficult issues, whenever we speak with candor
- and without animosity -- about our aims and interests. I'm
grateful to Mr. Gorbachev for the forthright spirit in which he
addressed every issue on the table -- and I take it as a sign
that we have entered a new eza in our relations with the USSR. 11
Today, I want to focus on the new era we're entering here at
home -- on the challenges that will command our attention in the
decade ahead. // You all know the three R's -- well, today I
want to talk about the three E's: the economy, education and the
environment. Three areas Governor Thompson and I agree are
crucial to the citizens of this state -- and every state.
Let me start with the economy -- America's great engine of
progress -- and let's start right here with Wisconsin. Think
about the turnaround since Tommy Thompson's been in office.
Unemployment down, income up -- well above the national average.
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3
/ 200,000 new jobs in the first Thompson term -- and Tommy's
pledged 200,000 more the second time around. 11
We're working to do the same in Washington. To maintain a
business climate conducive to growth. One that opens the door to
entrepreneurs -- the small businessmen and women -- who are
America's great jobs machine. And I am committed to taking
OUR
decisive action against the deficit -- to keep-this record 91-
month economic recovery going strong. 11
And we're working to strengthen America's competitive edge
abroad. My Administration's top trade priority is to lower
barriers to free and fair trade the world over -- to bring the
Uruguay Round trade talks to a successful completion by the end
of this year. Our goal is simple: open markets and free trade.
And let me tell you: any trade agreement we sign will be an
agreement that's good for the American farmer. / There's no
turning back from the global economy -- and I'm confident
American business can out-think, out-produce and out-work any
competitors, from any country. 11
There's not a state, city, or town in America that won't
feel the impact of the global market. Governor Thompson knows
that well, and that's why he's worked to open Wisconsin industry
to the world. To expand business-to-business contacts with
Japan, and South Korea -- and establish export markets. [[And he
doesn't miss an opportunity for the farmers of this state,
either. Tommy was the only Governor at last week's State dinner
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4
at the White House for President Gorbachev. 11 Turns out
there's a milk shortage in the Soviet Union.] 11
Tommy Thompson's led the way to expand economic opportunity.
x
With Workfare with Learnfore -- programs designed to help
Wisconsin's least fortunate up and out of the poverty trap -- for
good. It's a tough approach - but necessary. Because Tommy
Thompson knows that if you help someone get an education -- hold
a job -- you've done more than just help him. You've helped that
individual help himself.
And education is key. / Among the agreements we signed at
the Summit was one expanding U.S.-Soviet education exchanges.
Exchanges that will build links between our great universities -
- allow teachers in our two countries to share their expertise -
- allow our students to live and learn in one anothers lands --
so that the foreign becomes the familiar. 11
And those education exchanges are in keeping with the
crusade for excellence in education now gaining momentum in every
city and state across this country. / It's no surprise to me
that Wisconsin is the scene of one of the most interesting
experiments in education reform -- or that Tommy Thompson's the
catalyst for change. / Tommy's told me about the Milwaukee
Choice Program. Starting next school year, nearly 1000
underprivileged kids from Milwaukee's inner city schools are
going to have a chance to attend the private, non-sectarian
school of their choice -- with the state supplying their share of
tax dollars for tuition. // And I think we all see that when
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for all students.
5
schools compete to attract students that can't help but raise the
overall level of education.
And I'm counting on my friend Tommy to spread the word that
will also
the time has come for the federal government to do its part to help
make our schools better. Over a year ago, I sent Congress an
education bill -- a 7-point plan for school reform, built on the
bedrock concepts of parental choice, flexibility and innovation.
ano SUCCESS
Initiatives aimed at encouraging excellences- by rewarding our
teachers, our students, our schools for what works.
It's been over a year -- and still I'm waiting for a bill to
sign into law. Where's Congress when our schools need help? /
It's time to get serious about our schools -- and take some
common-sense steps to make them better. 11
We've talked about the economy, and education. Now, today's
third E -- the environment. Here again is an issue with
international dimensions. An issue that's going to take a truly
international effort to safeguard our air, land and water. Last
week at the Summit, we established a U.S.-Soviet Bering Sea Park
-- to preserve the unique natural environment in that string of
islands that mark the border between our two nations. 11
Right here in Wisconsin, I know the environmental ethic is
strong. I was especially pleased to hear about Tommy's pledge to
plant 110 million trees a year. / I support all Wisconsin's
doing to preserve our precious environmental legacy -- and I ask
your help: work with me to keep the pressure on in Washington,
to send Congress a signal to pass a sound and sensible Clean Air
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6
package -- and pass it soon. 11 It's been 13 long years since
we last strengthened our federal Clean Air Act. Let's make 1990
the year we take action on the environment. 111
It's been my pleasure to come to Wisconsin today, and speak
with all of you. [[You know, right here in the Mecca, almost 80
years ago, Teddy Roosevelt came to meet with the citizens of
Milwaukee. His speech that day saved his life -- literally.
Teddy Roosevelt was shot by a deranged assassin while on his way
here. TR had his draft speech folded up in his jacket pocket,
where it helped blunt the bullet. Tough guy -- TR. He delivered
the speech anyway. / But the moral is, it's not whether a
speech is long or short. What matters most is how thick it is.]]
Well, I've just about said my piece. Let me say before I
step down how very much Wisconsin has to be proud of. As other
states search for solutions to today's challenges, you can say:
Take & look at what works. Take a look at Wisconsin. 11
And to the citizens of this great state, who will go to the
polls in November to choose & Governor -- to choose a leader, I
say: Take a look at Tommy Thompson -- at all he's done to turn
this state around -- and all he'll do the next four years working
hard for Wisconsin. 11
Once again, I thank all of you for this warm Wisconsin
welcome. God bless you -- and may God bless this great state.
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DATE: 06/01/90
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SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GOVERNOR THOMPSON FUNDRAISER, MILWAUKEE, WI
(06/01 6:15 P.M.)
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ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
X
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
>
DEMAREST
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GRAY
ANDERSON
HAGIN
BOSKIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 3:00 p.m. on Monday, 06/04, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
Please are comments.
6/4/90
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
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on up on Capitol Hill Bob Kasten. / A By the man who led the
Milwaukee Bucks here in the Mecca for so many years -- the man
with the soft-shooting touch and size-22 shoes -- Bob Lanier. / And
By so many of the Wisconsin Republican Party's leading lights. /
A special welcome to your next Secretary of State, Bob Thempson -
- who made the switch to the GOP just last week. 11
And of course, it's my great pleasure to be here to show my
support for the hardest working man in Wisconsin: Governor Tommy
Thompson. "
[[Hardest working -- and best known. I hear there's a poll
out that shows Tommy's better known than anyone in the state.
That's right, even Robin Yount -- American League MVP on your
first-place Brewers team. I guess that puts Tommy Thompson in a
league by himself. 1]
Just this past weekend, President Gorbachev and I completed
our Summit -- and just this past Monday, President Gorbachev paid
in
a visit to your neighbori Minnesota. I'm pleased to be
here in the great state of Wisconsin -- and I thought I'd begin
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2
today by sharing with you my thoughts on what I believe were a
series of very productive Summit meetings. /
As you know, we signed a number of agreements -- protocols
on nuclear testing. Deep reductions in our chemical weapons
arsenals. Agreements on the many of the essential elements of a
START treaty. But perhaps even more important than the
agreements we signed is the progress we made in making our views
known on the great political challenges we face. A united
Germany -- the future of the Baltics: These aren't questions
that can be solved simply, or in a single summit. But we make
progress on these difficult issues, whenever we speak with candor
-- and without animosity -- about our aims and interests. I'm
grateful to Mr. Gorbachev for the forthright spirit in which he
addressed every issue on the table -- and I take it as a sign
that we have entered a new era in our relations with the USSR. 11
Today, I want to focus on the new era we're entering here at
home -- on the challenges that will command our attention in the
decade ahead. 11 You all know the three R's -- well, today I
want to talk about the three E's: the economy, education and the
environment. Three areas Governor Thompson and I agree are
crucial to the citizens of this state -- and every state.
Let me start with the economy -- America's great engine of
progress -- and let's start right here with Wisconsin. Think
about the turnaround since Tommy Thompson's been in office.
Unemployment down, income up -- well above the national average.
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3
/ 200,000 new jobs in the first Thompson term -- and Tommy's
pledged 200,000 more the second time around. 11
We're working to do the same in Washington. To maintain a
business climate conducive to growth. One that opens the door to
entrepreneurs -- the small businessmen and women -- who are
America's great jobs machine. And I am committed to taking
decisive action against the deficit -- to keep this record 91-
month sconomic recovery going strong. "
And we're working to strengthen America's competitive edge
abroad. My Administration's top trade priority is to lower
barriers to free and fair trade the world over -- to bring the
Uruguay Round trade talks to a successful completion by the end
of this year. Our goal is simple: open markets and free trade.
And let me tell you: any trade agreement we sign will be an
agreement that's good for the American farmer. / There's no
turning back from the global economy -- and I'm confident
American business can out-think, out-produce and out-work any
competitors, from any country. 11
There's not a state, city, or town in America that won't
feel the impact of the global market. Governor Thompson knows
that well, and that's why he's worked to open Wisconsin industry
to the world. To expand business-to-business contacts with
Japan, and South Korea -- and establish export markets. [[And he
doesn't miss an opportunity for the farmers of this state,
either. Tommy was the only Governor at last week's State dinner
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4
at the White House for President Gorbachev. 11 Turns out
there's a milk shortage in the Soviet Union. 11
Tommy Thompson's led the way to expand economic opportunity.
With Workfare -- with Learnfare -- programs designed to help
Wisconsin's least fortunate up and out of the poverty trap -- for
good. It's a tough approach -- but necessary. Because Tommy
Thompson knows that if you help someone get an education -- hold
a job -- you've done more than just help him. You've helped that
individual help himself.
And education is key. / Among the agreements we signed at
the Summit was one expanding U.S.-Soviet education exchanges.
Exchanges that will build links between our great universities -
- allow teachers in our two countries to share their expertise -
- allow our students to live and learn in one anothers lands -
so that the foreign becomes the familiar. 11
And those education exchanges are in keeping with the
crusade for excellence in education now gaining momentum in every
city and state across this country. / It's no surprise to me
that Wisconsin is the scene of one of the most interesting
experiments in education reform -- or that Tommy Thompson's the
catalyst for change. / Tommy's told me about the Milwaukee
Choice Program. Starting next school year, nearly 1000
underprivileged kids from Milwaukee's inner city schools are
going to have a chance to attend the private, non-sectarian
school of their choice -- with the state supplying their share of
tax dollars for tuition. 11 And I think we all see that when
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5
schools compete to attract students that can't help but raise the
overall level of education.
And I'm counting on my friend Tommy to spread the word that
the time has come for the federal government to do its part to
make our schools better. Over a year ago, I sent Congress an
education bill -- a 7-point plan for school reform, built on the
bedrock concepts of parental choice, flexibility and innovation.
Initiatives aimed at encouraging excellence -- by rewarding our
teachers, our students, our schools for what works.
It's been over a year -- and still I'm waiting for a bill to
sign into law. Where's Congress when our schools need help? /
It's time to get serious about our schools -- and take some
common-sense steps to make them better. 11
We've talked about the economy, and education. Now, today's
third E -- the environment. Here again is an issue with
international dimensions. An issue that's going to take a truly
international effort to safeguard our air, land and water. Last
week at the Summit, we established a U.S.-Soviet Bering Sea Park
-- to preserve the unique natural environment in that string of
islands that mark the border between our two nations. 11
Right here in Wisconsin, I know the environmental ethic is
strong. I was especially pleased to hear about Tommy's pledge to
plant 110 million trees a year. / I support all Wisconsin's
doing to preserve our precious environmental legacy -- and I ask
your help: work with me to keep the pressure on in Washington,
to send Congress a signal to pass a sound and sensible Clean Air
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package -- and pass it soon. 11 It's been 13 long years since
we last strengthened our federal Clean Air Act. Let's make 1990
the year we take action on the environment. 111
It's been my pleasure to come to Wisconsin today, and speak
with all of you. [[You know, right here in the Mecca, almost 80
years ago, Teddy Roosevelt came to meet with the citizens of
Milwaukee. His speech that day saved his life -- literally.
Teddy Roosevelt was shot by a deranged assassin while on his way
here. TR had his draft speech folded up in his jacket pocket,
where it helped blunt the bullet. Tough guy -- TR. He delivered
the speech anyway. / But the moral is, it's not whether a
speech is long or short. What matters most is how thick it is.]]
Well, I've just about said my piece. Let me say before I
step down how very much Wisconsin has to be proud of. As other
states search for solutions to today's challenges, you can say:
Take a look at what works. Take a look at Wisconsin. 11
And to the citizens of this great state, who will go to the
polls in November to choose a Governor -- to choose a leader, I
say: Take a look at Tommy Thompson -- at all he's done to turn
this state around -- and all he'll do the next four years working
hard for Wisconsin. 11
Once again, I thank all of you for this warm Wisconsin
welcome. God bless you -- and may God bless this great state.
# # #
Document No. 146182
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 MAY 4 A7:54
DATE: 06/01/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 p.m. Monday 06/04
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GOVERNOR THOMPSON FUNDRAISER, MILWAUKEE, WI
(06/01 6:15 p.m.)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN n/c
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
N/C
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
CARD
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WINSTON
FITZWATER
GRAY
ANDERSON N/C
HAGIN
BOSKIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 3:00 p.m. on Monday, 06/04, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
DD's MASTER A's ALL BUT NSC.
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
June 1, 1990
6:15 p.m.
00 JUN I P8:1
[THOMPSON]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GOVERNOR THOMPSON FUNDRAISER
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
JUNE 7, 1990
12:00 NOON
Susan Engleiter?
Thank you, Tommy. [Acknowledgements. Members of
Administration/Wisconsin Congressional delegation.] I'm pleased
real
who's there
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A special welcome to your next Secretary of State, Bob Thompson
budget ectins to
- who made the switch to the GOP just last week. //
And of course, it's my great pleasure to be here to show my
support for the hardest working man in Wisconsin: Governor Tommy
Thompson. //
[ [Hardest working -- and best known. I hear there's a poll
out that shows Tommy's better known than anyone in the state.
That's right, even Robin Yount -- American League MVP on your
first-place Brewers team. I guess that puts Tommy Thompson in a
league by himself. ]]
Just this past weekend, President Gorbachev and I completed
our Summit -- and just this past Monday, President Gorbachev paid
a visit to your neighboring S state, Minnesota. I'm pleased to be
in
here in the great state of Wisconsin -- and I thought I'd begin
2
today by sharing with you my thoughts on what I believe were a
series of very productive Summit meetings. /
As you know, we signed a number of agreements.
protocols
on nuclear testing
Deep reductions in our chemical weapons
reading rapid closure on major outstanding issues
arsenals. Agreement, on the many of the essential elements of a governing
Agreements on trade and srainsales.
START treaty. But perhaps even more important than the
agreements we signed is the progress we made in making understanding our views
known on the great political challenges we face. A united
in Nato
,regional problems
Germany -- the future of the Baltics: A These aren't questions
that can be solved simply, or in a single summit. But we make
progress on these difficult issues, whenever we speak with candor
-- and without animosity -- about our aims and interests. I'm
grateful to Mr. Gorbachev for the forthright spirit in which he
addressed every undeed issue on the table -- and I take it as proof sign
that we have entered a new era in our relations with the USSR. 11
Today, I want to focus on the new era we're entering here at
home -- on the challenges that will command our attention in the
decade ahead. // You all know the three R's -- well, today I
want to talk about the three E's: the economy, education and the
environment. Three areas Governor Thompson and I agree are
crucial to the citizens of this state -- and every state.
Let me start with the economy -- America's great engine of
progress -- and let's start right here with Wisconsin. Think
about the turnaround since Tommy Thompson's been in office.
rising faster than
Unemployment down, income up -- well above the national average.
3
/ 200,000 new jobs in the first Thompson term -- and Tommy's
pledged 200,000 more the second time around. //
nationally
We're working to do the same in Washington. To maintain a
business climate conducive to growth. One that opens the door to
entrepreneurs -- the small businessmen and women -- who are
America's great jobs machine. And I am committed to taking
decisive action against the deficit -- to keep this record 91-
month economic recovery going strong. 11
And we're working to strengthen America's competitive edge
abroad. My Administration's top trade priority is to lower
barriers to free and fair trade the world over -- to bring the
Uruguay Round trade talks to a successful completion by the end
of this year. Our goal is simple: open markets and free trade.
And let me tell you: any trade agreement we sign will be an
agreement that's good for the American farmer. / There's no
turning back from the global economy -- and I'm confident
American business can out-think, out-produce and out-work any
competitors, from any country. //
There's not a state, city, or town in America that won't
feel the impact of the global market. Governor Thompson knows
that well, and that's why he's worked to open Wisconsin industry
to the world. To expand business-to-business contacts with
Japan, and South Korea -- and establish export markets. [[And he
doesn't miss an opportunity for the farmers of this state,
either. Tommy was the only Governor at last week's State dinner
4
at the White House for President Gorbachev. // Turns out
there's a milk shortage in the Soviet Union. ]] //
Through welfare reform
Tommy Thompson's led the way to expand economic opportunity.
with Workfare -- with Learnfare -- programs designed to help
Wisconsin's least fortunate up and out of the poverty trap -- for
good. It's a tough approach -- but necessary. Because Tommy
Thompson knows that if you help someone get an education -- hold
a job -- you've done more than just help him. You've helped that
individual help himself.
And education is key. / Among the agreements we signed at
the Summit was one expanding U.S.-Soviet education exchanges.
Exchanges that will build links between our great universities -
- allow teachers in our two countries to share their expertise -
- allow our students to live and learn in one anothers lands --
so that the foreign becomes the familiar. //
And those education exchanges are in keeping with the
crusade for excellence in education now gaining momentum in every
city and state across this country. / It's no surprise to me
that Wisconsin is the scene of one of the most interesting
experiments in education reform -- or that Tommy Thompson's the
catalyst for change. / Tommy's told me about the Milwaukee
Choice Program. Starting next school year, nearly 1000
underprivileged kids from Milwaukee's inner city schools are
going to have a chance to attend the private, non-sectarian
school of their choice -- with the state supplying their share of
tax dollars for tuition. // And I think we all see that when
5
schools compete to attract students that can't help but raise the
overall level of education.
And I'm counting on my friend Tommy to spread the word that
the time has come for the federal government to do its part to
make our schools better. Over a year ago, I sent Congress an
education bill -- a 7-point plan for school reform, built on the
bedrock concepts of parental choice, flexibility and innovation.
Initiatives aimed at encouraging excellence -- by rewarding our
teachers, our students, our schools for what works.
It's been over a year -- and still I'm waiting for a bill to
sign into law. Where's Congress when our schools need help? /
It's time to get serious about our schools -- and take some
common-sense steps to make them better. 11
We've talked about the economy, and education. Now, today's
third E -- the environment. Here again is an issue with
international dimensions. An issue that's going to take a truly
international effort to safeguard our air, land and water. Last
week at the Summit, we established a U.S.-Soviet Bering Sea Park
-- to preserve the unique natural environment in that string of
islands that mark the border between our two nations. //
Right here in Wisconsin, I know the environmental ethic is
strong. I was especially pleased to hear about. Tommy's pledge to
F itsw/Our tree initiative to dont -
plant 110 million trees a year. / I support all Wisconsin's
doing to preserve our precious environmental legacy -- and I ask
your help: work with me to keep the pressure on in Washington,
to send Congress a signal to pass a sound and sensible Clean Air
6
package -- and pass it soon. 11 It's been 13 long years since
we last strengthened our federal Clean Air Act. Let's make 1990
the year we take action on the environment. ///
It's been my pleasure to come to Wisconsin today, and speak
with all of you. [[You know, right here in the Mecca, almost 80
years ago, Teddy Roosevelt came to meet with the citizens of
Milwaukee. His speech that day saved his life -- literally.
Teddy Roosevelt was shot by a deranged assassin while on his way
here. TR had his draft speech folded up in his jacket pocket,
where it helped blunt the bullet. Tough guy -- -- TR. He delivered
the speech anyway. / But the moral is, it's not whether a
speech is long or short. What matters most is how thick it is. ]]
Well, I've just about said my piece. Let me say before I
step down how very much Wisconsin has to be proud of. As other
states search for solutions to today's challenges, you can say:
Take a look at what works. Take a look at Wisconsin. 11
And to the citizens of this great state, who will go to the
polls in November to choose a Governor -- to choose a leader, I
say: Take a look at Tommy Thompson -- at all he's done to turn
this state around -- and all he'll do the next four years working
hard for Wisconsin. 11
Once again, I thank all of you for this warm Wisconsin
welcome. God bless you -- and may God bless this great state.
# # #
Document No. 146182
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
06/01/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 p.m. Monday 06/04
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GOVERNOR THOMPSON FUNDRAISER, MILWAUKEE, WI
(06/01 6:15 p.m.)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
CARD
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WINSTON
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
ANDERSON
HAGIN
BOSKIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 3:00 p.m. on Monday, 06/04, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
FAXED
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
June 1, 1990
6:15 p.m.
0 JUN I P8: I
[THOMPSON]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GOVERNOR THOMPSON FUNDRAISER
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
JUNE 7, 1990
12:00 NOON
Thank you, Tommy. [Acknowledgements. Members of
Administration/Wisconsin Congressional delegation.] I'm pleased
to be joined today by Wisconsin's senior Senator, a leader I rely
on up on Capitol Hill -- Bob Kasten. / By the man who led the
Milwaukee Bucks here in the Mecca for so many years -- the man
with the soft-shooting touch and size-22 shoes -- Bob Lanier. /
By so many of the Wisconsin Republican Party's leading lights. /
A special welcome to your next Secretary of State, Bob Thompson -
- who made the switch to the GOP just last week. //
And of course, it's my great pleasure to be here to show my
support for the hardest working man in Wisconsin: Governor Tommy
Thompson. 11
[[Hardest working -- and best known. I hear there's a poll
out that shows Tommy's better known than anyone in the state.
That's right, even Robin Yount -- American League MVP on your
first-place Brewers team. I guess that puts Tommy Thompson in a
league by himself. ]]
Just this past weekend, President Gorbachev and I completed
our Summit -- and just this past Monday, President Gorbachev paid
a visit to your neighboring state, Minnesota. I'm pleased to be
here in the great state of Wisconsin -- and I thought I'd begin
2
today by sharing with you my thoughts on what I believe were a
series of very productive Summit meetings. /
As you know, we signed a number of agreements -- protocols
on nuclear testing. Deep reductions in our chemical weapons
arsenals. Agreements on the many of the essential elements of a
START treaty. But perhaps even more important than the
agreements we signed is the progress we made in making our views
known on the great political challenges we face. A united
Germany -- the future of the Baltics: These aren't questions
that can be solved simply, or in a single summit. But we make
progress on these difficult issues, whenever we speak with candor
-- and without animosity -- about our aims and interests. I'm
grateful to Mr. Gorbachev for the forthright spirit in which he
addressed every issue on the table -- and I take it as a sign
that we have entered a new era in our relations with the USSR. //
Today, I want to focus on the new era we're entering here at
home -- on the challenges that will command our attention in the
decade ahead. // You all know the three R's -- well, today I
want to talk about the three E's: the economy, education and the
environment. Three areas Governor Thompson and I agree are
crucial to the citizens of this state -- and every state.
Let me start with the economy -- America's great engine of
progress -- and let's start right here with Wisconsin. Think
about the turnaround since Tommy Thompson's been in office.
Unemployment down, income up -- well above the national average.
3
/ 200,000 new jobs in the first Thompson term -- and Tommy's
pledged 200,000 more the second time around. //
We're working to do the same in Washington. To maintain a
business climate conducive to growth. One that opens the door to
entrepreneurs -- the small businessmen and women -- who are
America's great jobs machine. And I am committed to taking
ar
decisive action against the deficit -- to keep-this record 91-
month economic recovery going strong. //
And we're working to strengthen America's competitive edge
abroad. My Administration's top trade priority is to lower
barriers to free and fair trade the world over -- to bring the
Uruguay Round trade talks to a successful completion by the end
of this year. Our goal is simple: open markets and free trade.
And let me tell you: any trade agreement we sign will be an
agreement that's good for the American farmer. / There's no
turning back from the global economy -- and I'm confident
American business can out-think, out-produce and out-work any
competitors, from any country. //
There's not a state, city, or town in America that won't
feel the impact of the global market. Governor Thompson knows
that well, and that's why he's worked to open Wisconsin industry
to the world. To expand business-to-business contacts with
Japan, and South Korea -- and establish export markets. [[And he
doesn't miss an opportunity for the farmers of this state,
either. Tommy was the only Governor at last week's State dinner
4
at the White House for President Gorbachev. // Turns out
there's a milk shortage in the Soviet Union. ]] //
Tommy Thompson's led the way A to expand economic opportunity.
With Workfare with Learnfare -- programs designed to help
Wisconsin's least fortunate up and out of the poverty trap -- for
good. It's a tough approach -- but necessary. Because Tommy
Thompson knows that if you help someone get an education -- hold
a job -- you've done more than just help him. You've helped that
individual help himself.
And education is key. / Among the agreements we signed at
the Summit was one expanding U.S.-Soviet education exchanges.
Exchanges that will build links between our great universities -
- allow teachers in our two countries to share their expertise -
- allow our students to live and learn in one anothers lands --
so that the foreign becomes the familiar. //
And those education exchanges are in keeping with the
crusade for excellence in education now gaining momentum in every
city and state across this country. / It's no surprise to me
that Wisconsin is the scene of one of the most interesting
experiments in education reform -- or that Tommy Thompson's the
catalyst for change. / Tommy's told me about the Milwaukee
Choice Program. Starting next school year, nearly 1000
underprivileged kids from Milwaukee's inner city schools are
going to have a chance to attend the private, non-sectarian
school of their choice -- with the state supplying their share of
tax dollars for tuition. // And I think we all see that when
for all students.
5
schools compete to attract students that can't help but raise the
overall level of education.
And I'm counting on my friend Tommy to spread the word that
will also
the time has come for the federal government to do its part to help
make our schools better. Over a year ago, I sent Congress an
education bill -- a 7-point plan for school reform, built on the
bedrock concepts of parental choice, flexibility and innovation.
ano SUCCESS
Initiatives aimed at encouraging excellence by rewarding our
teachers, our students, our schools for what works.
It's been over a year -- and still I'm waiting for a bill to
sign into law. Where's Congress when our schools need help? /
It's time to get serious about our schools -- and take some
common-sense steps to make them better. //
We've talked about the economy, and education. Now, today's
third E -- the environment. Here again is an issue with
international dimensions. An issue that's going to take a truly
international effort to safeguard our air, land and water. Last
week at the Summit, we established a U.S.-Soviet Bering Sea Park
-- to preserve the unique natural environment in that string of
islands that mark the border between our two nations. //
Right here in Wisconsin, I know the environmental ethic is
strong. I was especially pleased to hear about Tommy's pledge to
plant 110 million trees a year. / I support all Wisconsin's
doing to preserve our precious environmental legacy -- and I ask
your help: work with me to keep the pressure on in Washington,
to send Congress a signal to pass a sound and sensible Clean Air
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package -- and pass it soon. // It's been 13 long years since
we last strengthened our federal Clean Air Act. Let's make 1990
the year we take action on the environment. ///
It's been my pleasure to come to Wisconsin today, and speak
with all of you. [[You know, right here in the Mecca, almost 80
years ago, Teddy Roosevelt came to meet with the citizens of
Milwaukee. His speech that day saved his life -- literally.
Teddy Roosevelt was shot by a deranged assassin while on his way
here. TR had his draft speech folded up in his jacket pocket,
where it helped blunt the bullet. Tough guy -- TR. He delivered
the speech anyway. / But the moral is, it's not whether a
speech is long or short. What matters most is how thick it is.]]
Well, I've just about said my piece. Let me say before I
step down how very much Wisconsin has to be proud of. As other
states search for solutions to today's challenges, you can say:
Take a look at what works. Take a look at Wisconsin. 11
And to the citizens of this great state, who will go to the
polls in November to choose a Governor -- to choose a leader, I
say: Take a look at Tommy Thompson -- at all he's done to turn
this state around -- and all he'll do the next four years working
hard for Wisconsin. 11
Once again, I thank all of you for this warm Wisconsin
welcome. God bless you -- and may God bless this great state.
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