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Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
91 OCT 3 P6:23
DATE: 10/3/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN
SUBJECT:
FOUNDATION GALA DINNER
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
PORTER ROSE
DEMAREST
SNOW
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
31OCT 3 P5: 10
October 3, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
TONY SNOW TS
FROM:
DAN McGROARTY their
SUBJECT:
REMARKS FOR THE NATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN
FOUNDATION GALA DINNER
I. SUMMARY
On Saturday, October 5th at 9:35 p.m., you will deliver
remarks to an audience of 2,500 at the National Italian American
Foundation Gala Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Barbara
Bush will receive an award for her literacy efforts.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks, (8 minutes/cards) highlight Italy's and
America's shared values of family, faith, and freedom and mention
the 1992 celebration marking the 500th anniversary of Columbus'
voyage.
We have bracketed the page 2 humorous reference to Sonny
Bono's run for the Senate seat vacated by Sen. Cranston. Should
you think the reference constitutes a premature endorsement over
other Republican candidates, we will delete it.
McGroarty/Bunton
October 3, 1991
4:30 pm
[ITALIAN]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA
WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 5, 1991
9:35 P.M.
Thank you, Frank [Stella], for those kind words -- and
thanks, all of you, for this warm welcome. My apologies for our
late arrival. As I told Barbara on the way over, of all the
evenings to miss dinner
// I can't help but think of what
we've missed: The red sauce, the white sauce -- and no sign at
all of a certain green vegetable. //
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Let me salute tonight's
emcee: Jack Valenti -- and the leadership of this fine
foundation: Frank Stella, Jeno Paulucci [POW-loo-chi] and Arthur
Gajarsa [Guy-AR-suh]. // It's great to see members here from
all three branches of the federal government. And of course, a
special welcome to our distinguished guests who came from Italy
to join us this evening. Let me single out one of the many:
Foreign Minister de Michelis, honored here tonight for his strong
support through the days and nights of Desert Storm. //
Let me salute another of tonight's honorees: Paul
Tagliabue, NFL Commissioner -- the man who helps give us so many
memorable Sunday afternoons in front of the TV when we should be
out cutting the grass. / And if you'll pardon a proud husband,
2
let me say how delighted I am to see Barbara Bush honored here
tonight. //
We share the spotlight tonight with celebrities like Oscar
winner Ernest Borgnine, of movie and McHale's Navy fame. / With
two fellows who give Michelangelo's David a run for his money:
Sly Stallone and Joe Piscopo -- and that monument to Momma's
cooking, Dom DeLuise. / Finally, a fellow ready to trade a star
on Hollywood Boulevard for a seat in the Senate: Mayor of Palm
Springs Sonny Bono. [[I just have one question. What makes
Sonny think someone from the California entertainment industry
can succeed in national politics?]
Every member of this organization knows what it means to
trace your roots to Italy: To feel that special pride in your
heritage -- mixed with profound compassion for all of us who can
never be Italian. [[We Bushes go back a long way. We've
searched -- but we can't claim a single ancestor on the Nina, the
Pinta, or the Santa Maria. //]]
I think it says something special about our nation that we
can combine such reverence for the land of our ancestors with an
unshakable patriotism for this country we call home. Our America
is confident -- open hearted: a place where our differences
don't detract -- but make us all richer. //
We can all feel the special bond that links so many millions
of Americans to the "Old Country." At the center of it all, as
Barbara mentioned: family -- a word that inspires us in any
language. The place where our reverence for the past meets our
3
hopes for the future. / If America is, as I believe, the most
fortunate country on Earth -- we owe it to the values the Italian
American community calls its own: values of family, faith and
freedom. //
We must strengthen those living values in everything we do.
Think of your parents and their parents -- the people whose hands
and hearts, sweat and sacrifice made this country what it is
today. We must seek a society worthy of them -- a place where
our sons and daughters can raise a family, build a future --
better, brighter than the one before. //
As you know, Barbara and I are regulars at this event, but
this year's gathering is special. Tonight, you kick off a year
of celebration marking the 500th anniversary of Columbus' famous
voyage. I want to mention this foundation's special role as
coordinator of this great celebration, under the able leadership
of my friend Frank Donatelli. //
1992 gives us a chance to reach back into history, to make
this celebration a time of renewal. From Columbus' voyage -- to
the settlers at Plymouth Rock -- to pilgrims bearing steamer
trunks and filing through the portals at Ellis Island: America
has always been the new world. //
Luigi Barzini, the Italian-born author whose family came to
this country when he was a boy, wrote that immigrants from Italy
and from all lands came to America because it was -- and I quote
-- "nothing more than the sum of all their different and
sometimes impossible hopes. "
4
What a wonderful definition of America: a land of
impossible hopes made real -- a country where one generation's
dreams become the next generation's destiny. //
So as we celebrate five centuries since Columbus' epic
voyage, let us also celebrate the many contributions Americans of
Italian heritage have made -- and will make -- to this proud
country we share. //
Once again, my thanks to you for this special evening -- and
may God bless the United States of America.
# # #
ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA \ WASHINGTON HILTON
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1991 \ 9:35 P.M.
THANK YOU, FRANK [STELLA], FOR THOSE KIND WORDS --
AND THANKS, ALL OF YOU, FOR THIS WARM WELCOME. MY
APOLOGIES FOR OUR LATE ARRIVAL. As I TOLD BARBARA ON
THE WAY OVER, OF ALL THE EVENINGS To MISS DINNER....
// I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK OF WHAT WE'VE MISSED: THE
RED SAUCE, THE WHITE SAUCE -- AND NO SIGN AT ALL OF A
CERTAIN GREEN VEGETABLE. //
- 2 -
LET ME SALUTE TONIGHT'S EMCEE: JACK VALENTI -- AND
THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS FINE FOUNDATION: FRANK STELLA,
JENO PAULUCCI [Pow-LOO-CHI] AND ARTHUR GAJARSA [Guy-
AR-SUH]. // It's GREAT TO SEE MEMBERS HERE FROM ALL
THREE BRANCHES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND OF
COURSE, A SPECIAL WELCOME TO OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
WHO CAME FROM ITALY TO JOIN US THIS EVENING.
- 3 -
LET ME SINGLE OUT ONE OF THE MANY: FOREIGN MINISTER DE
MICHELIS, HONORED HERE TONIGHT FOR HIS STRONG SUPPORT
THROUGH THE DAYS AND NIGHTS OF DESERT STORM. //
IN MY VIEW, RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND ITALY
HAVE NEVER BEEN BETTER. To ITALY'S NEW AMBASSADOR,
BORIS BIANCHERI [BEE-ON-KER-EE]: A WARM WELCOME TO
YOU, SIR -- AND A PLEDGE FOR ALL IN OUR ADMINISTRATION
TO WORK CLOSELY WITH YOU To KEEP THINGS ON TRACK. //
- 4 -
LET ME SALUTE ANOTHER OF TONIGHT'S HONOREES: PAUL
TAGLIABUE, NFL COMMISSIONER -- THE MAN WHO HELPS GIVE
US so MANY MEMORABLE SUNDAY AFTERNOONS IN FRONT OF THE
TV WHEN WE SHOULD BE OUT CUTTING THE GRASS. / AND IF
YOU'LL PARDON A PROUD HUSBAND, LET ME SAY HOW DELIGHTED
I AM TO SEE BARBARA BUSH HONORED HERE TONIGHT. //
WE SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT WITH CELEBRITIES
LIKE OSCAR WINNER ERNEST BORGNINE, OF MOVIE AND
MCHALE'S NAVY FAME. /
- 5 -
WITH TWO FELLOWS WHO GIVE MICHELANGELO'S DAVID A RUN
FOR HIS MONEY: SLY STALLONE AND JOE PISCOPO -- AND
THAT MONUMENT TO MOMMA'S COOKING, DOM DELUISE. /
FINALLY, A FELLOW WHO WANTS To TRADE A STAR ON
HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD FOR A SEAT IN THE SENATE: MAYOR OF
PALM SPRINGS SONNY BONO. [[I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
WHAT MAKES SONNY THINK SOMEONE FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY CAN SUCCEED IN NATIONAL
POLITICS?]]
- 6 -
EVERY MEMBER OF THIS ORGANIZATION KNOWS WHAT IT
MEANS TO TRACE YOUR ROOTS To ITALY: To FEEL THAT
SPECIAL PRIDE IN YOUR HERITAGE -- MIXED WITH PROFOUND
COMPASSION FOR ALL OF US WHO CAN NEVER BE ITALIAN.
[[WE BUSHES GO BACK A LONG WAY. WE'VE SEARCHED -- BUT
WE CAN'T CLAIM A SINGLE ANCESTOR ON THE NINA, THE
PINTA, OR THE SANTA MARIA. //]]
- 7 -
I THINK IT SAYS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT OUR NATION
THAT WE CAN COMBINE SUCH REVERENCE FOR THE LAND OF OUR
ANCESTORS WITH AN UNSHAKABLE PATRIOTISM FOR THIS
COUNTRY WE CALL HOME. OUR AMERICA IS CONFIDENT -- OPEN
HEARTED: A PLACE WHERE OUR DIFFERENCES DON'T DETRACT
-- BUT MAKE US ALL RICHER. //
WE CAN ALL FEEL THE SPECIAL BOND THAT LINKS so MANY
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS To THE "OLD COUNTRY." /
- 8 -
IF AMERICA IS, AS I BELIEVE, THE MOST FORTUNATE COUNTRY
ON EARTH -- WE OWE IT TO THE VALUES THE ITALIAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY CALLS ITS OWN: VALUES OF FAMILY,
FAITH AND FREEDOM. //
WE MUST STRENGTHEN THOSE LIVING VALUES IN
EVERYTHING WE DO. THINK OF YOUR PARENTS AND THEIR
PARENTS -- THE PEOPLE WHOSE HANDS AND HEARTS, SWEAT AND
SACRIFICE MADE THIS COUNTRY WHAT IT IS TODAY.
- 9 -
WE MUST SEEK A SOCIETY WORTHY OF THEM -- A PLACE WHERE
OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS CAN RAISE A FAMILY, BUILD A
FUTURE -- BETTER, BRIGHTER THAN THE ONE BEFORE. //
TONIGHT'S GATHERING IS SPECIAL. You KICK OFF A
YEAR OF CELEBRATION MARKING THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF
COLUMBUS' FAMOUS VOYAGE. I WANT TO MENTION THIS
FOUNDATION'S SPECIAL ROLE AS COORDINATOR OF THIS GREAT
CELEBRATION, UNDER THE ABLE LEADERSHIP OF MY FRIEND
FRANK DONATELLI. //
- 10 -
1992 GIVES US A CHANCE TO REACH BACK INTO HISTORY,
TO MAKE THIS CELEBRATION A TIME OF RENEWAL. FROM
COLUMBUS' VOYAGE -- To THE SETTLERS AT PLYMOUTH Rock
-- TO PILGRIMS BEARING STEAMER TRUNKS AND FILING
THROUGH THE PORTALS AT ELLIS ISLAND: AMERICA HAS
ALWAYS BEEN THE NEW WORLD. //
- 11 -
LUIGI BARZINI, THE ITALIAN-BORN AUTHOR WHOSE FAMILY
CAME TO THIS COUNTRY WHEN HE WAS A BOY, WROTE THAT
IMMIGRANTS FROM ITALY AND FROM ALL LANDS CAME TO
AMERICA BECAUSE IT WAS -- AND I QUOTE -- "NOTHING MORE
THAN THE SUM OF ALL THEIR DIFFERENT AND SOMETIMES
IMPOSSIBLE HOPES."
- 12 -
WHAT A WONDERFUL DEFINITION OF AMERICA: A LAND OF
IMPOSSIBLE HOPES MADE REAL -- A COUNTRY WHERE ONE
GENERATION'S DREAMS BECOME THE NEXT GENERATION'S
DESTINY. //
So AS WE CELEBRATE FIVE CENTURIES SINCE COLUMBUS'
EPIC VOYAGE, LET US ALSO CELEBRATE THE MANY
CONTRIBUTIONS AMERICANS OF ITALIAN HERITAGE HAVE MADE
-- AND WILL MAKE -- TO THIS PROUD COUNTRY WE SHARE. //
- 13 -
ONCE AGAIN, MY THANKS To YOU FOR THIS SPECIAL
EVENING -- AND MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
# # #
ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA \ WASHINGTON HILTON
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1991 \ 9:35 P.M.
THANK YOU, FRANK [STELLA], FOR THOSE KIND WORDS --
AND THANKS, ALL OF YOU, FOR THIS WARM WELCOME. MY
APOLOGIES FOR OUR LATE ARRIVAL. As I TOLD BARBARA ON
THE WAY OVER, OF ALL THE EVENINGS To MISS DINNER.
// I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK OF WHAT WE'VE MISSED: THE
RED SAUCE, THE WHITE SAUCE -- AND NO SIGN AT ALL OF A
CERTAIN GREEN VEGETABLE. //
- 2 -
LET ME SALUTE TONIGHT'S EMCEE: JACK VALENTI -- AND
THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS FINE FOUNDATION: FRANK STELLA,
JENO PAULUCCI [Pow-L00-CHI] AND ARTHUR GAJARSA [Guy-
AR-suH]. // It's GREAT TO SEE MEMBERS HERE FROM ALL
THREE BRANCHES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND OF
COURSE, A SPECIAL WELCOME TO OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
WHO CAME FROM ITALY TO JOIN US THIS EVENING.
- 3 -
LET ME SINGLE OUT ONE OF THE MANY: FOREIGN MINISTER DE
MICHELIS, HONORED HERE TONIGHT FOR HIS STRONG SUPPORT
THROUGH THE DAYS AND NIGHTS OF DESERT STORM. //
IN MY VIEW, RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND ITALY
HAVE NEVER BEEN BETTER. To ITALY'S NEW AMBASSADOR,
BORIS BIANCHERI [BEE-ON-KER-EE]: A WARM WELCOME TO
YOU, SIR -- AND A PLEDGE FOR ALL IN OUR ADMINISTRATION
TO WORK CLOSELY WITH YOU To KEEP THINGS ON TRACK. //
- 4 -
LET ME SALUTE ANOTHER OF TONIGHT'S HONOREES: PAUL
TAGLIABUE, NFL COMMISSIONER -- THE MAN WHO HELPS GIVE
US so MANY MEMORABLE SUNDAY AFTERNOONS IN FRONT OF THE
TV WHEN WE SHOULD BE OUT CUTTING THE GRASS. / AND IF
YOU'LL PARDON A PROUD HUSBAND, LET ME SAY HOW DELIGHTED
I AM TO SEE BARBARA BUSH HONORED HERE TONIGHT. //
WE SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT WITH CELEBRITIES
LIKE OSCAR WINNER ERNEST BORGNINE, OF MOVIE AND
MCHALE'S NAVY FAME. /
- 5 -
WITH TWO FELLOWS WHO GIVE MICHELANGELO'S DAVID A RUN
FOR HIS MONEY: SLY STALLONE AND JOE PISCOPO -- AND
THAT MONUMENT TO MOMMA'S COOKING, DOM DELUISE. /
FINALLY, A FELLOW WHO WANTS TO TRADE A STAR ON
HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD FOR A SEAT IN THE SENATE: MAYOR OF
PALM SPRINGS SONNY BONO. [[I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
WHAT MAKES SONNY THINK SOMEONE FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY CAN SUCCEED IN NATIONAL
POLITICS?]]
- 6 -
EVERY MEMBER OF THIS ORGANIZATION KNOWS WHAT IT
MEANS TO TRACE YOUR ROOTS TO ITALY: To FEEL THAT
SPECIAL PRIDE IN YOUR HERITAGE -- MIXED WITH PROFOUND
COMPASSION FOR ALL OF US WHO CAN NEVER BE ITALIAN.
[[WE BUSHES GO BACK A LONG WAY. WE'VE SEARCHED -- BUT
WE CAN'T CLAIM A SINGLE ANCESTOR ON THE NINA, THE
PINTA, OR THE SANTA MARIA. //1]
- 7 -
I THINK IT SAYS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT OUR NATION
THAT WE CAN COMBINE SUCH REVERENCE FOR THE LAND OF OUR
ANCESTORS WITH AN UNSHAKABLE PATRIOTISM FOR THIS
COUNTRY WE CALL HOME. OUR AMERICA IS CONFIDENT -- OPEN
HEARTED: A PLACE WHERE OUR DIFFERENCES DON'T DETRACT
-- BUT MAKE US ALL RICHER. //
WE CAN ALL FEEL THE SPECIAL BOND THAT LINKS so MANY
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TO THE "OLD COUNTRY." /
- 8 -
IF AMERICA IS, AS I BELIEVE, THE MOST FORTUNATE COUNTRY
ON EARTH -- WE OWE IT TO THE VALUES THE ITALIAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY CALLS ITS OWN: VALUES OF FAMILY,
FAITH AND FREEDOM. //
WE MUST STRENGTHEN THOSE LIVING VALUES IN
EVERYTHING WE DO. THINK OF YOUR PARENTS AND THEIR
PARENTS -- THE PEOPLE WHOSE HANDS AND HEARTS, SWEAT AND
SACRIFICE MADE THIS COUNTRY WHAT IT IS TODAY.
- 9 -
WE MUST SEEK A SOCIETY WORTHY OF THEM -- A PLACE WHERE
OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS CAN RAISE A FAMILY, BUILD A
FUTURE -- BETTER, BRIGHTER THAN THE ONE BEFORE. //
TONIGHT'S GATHERING IS SPECIAL. You KICK OFF A
YEAR OF CELEBRATION MARKING THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF
COLUMBUS' FAMOUS VOYAGE. I WANT TO MENTION THIS
FOUNDATION'S SPECIAL ROLE AS COORDINATOR OF THIS GREAT
CELEBRATION, UNDER THE ABLE LEADERSHIP OF MY FRIEND
FRANK DONATELLI. //
- 10 -
1992 GIVES US A CHANCE TO REACH BACK INTO HISTORY,
TO MAKE THIS CELEBRATION A TIME OF RENEWAL. FROM
COLUMBUS' VOYAGE -- To THE SETTLERS AT PLYMOUTH Rock
-- TO PILGRIMS BEARING STEAMER TRUNKS AND FILING
THROUGH THE PORTALS AT ELLIS ISLAND: AMERICA HAS
ALWAYS BEEN THE NEW WORLD. //
- 11 -
LUIGI BARZINI, THE ITALIAN-BORN AUTHOR WHOSE FAMILY
CAME TO THIS COUNTRY WHEN HE WAS A BOY, WROTE THAT
IMMIGRANTS FROM ITALY AND FROM ALL LANDS CAME TO
AMERICA BECAUSE IT WAS -- AND I QUOTE -- "NOTHING MORE
THAN THE SUM OF ALL THEIR DIFFERENT AND SOMETIMES
IMPOSSIBLE HOPES."
- 12 -
WHAT A WONDERFUL DEFINITION OF AMERICA: A LAND OF
IMPOSSIBLE HOPES MADE REAL -- A COUNTRY WHERE ONE
GENERATION'S DREAMS BECOME THE NEXT GENERATION'S
DESTINY. //
So AS WE CELEBRATE FIVE CENTURIES SINCE COLUMBUS'
EPIC VOYAGE, LET US ALSO CELEBRATE THE MANY
CONTRIBUTIONS AMERICANS OF ITALIAN HERITAGE HAVE MADE
-- AND WILL MAKE -- TO THIS PROUD COUNTRY WE SHARE. //
- 13 -
ONCE AGAIN, MY THANKS TO YOU FOR THIS SPECIAL
EVENING -- AND MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
# # #
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
91 OCT 3 A8: 37
DATE: 10/02/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. 10/03
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA/OCTOBER 5th
(10/02 4:30 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
f
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN N/V
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH N/C tele
)
end!
BROMLEY
SMITH N/C
SNOW
CARD
DEMAREST
\
Porter Rese
FITZWATER
GRAY Paoletta
HOLIDAY N/C
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than 2:00 p.m.
on Thursday, 10/03, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
MOLTO BENE!
RESPONSE:
- MASTER-
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
1
I
McGroarty/Bunton
October 2, 1991
4:30 pm
01 OCT 2 P4: 55
[ITALIAN]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA
WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 5, 1991
9:35 P.M.
Thank you, Frank [Stella], for those kind words -- and
thanks, all of you, for this warm welcome. My apologies for our
late arrival. As I told Barbara on the way over, of all the
evenings to miss dinner
// I can't help but think of what
we've missed: The red sauce, the white sauce -- and no sign at :
all of a certain green vegetable. //
[Introductory acknowledgements. ] Let me salute tonight's
emcee: Jack Valenti -- and the leadership of this fine
-PHONETIC-
foundation: Frank Stella, Jeno Paulucci 1 and Arthur Gajarsa [Guy-
AR-suh]. // It's great to see members here from all three
branches of the federal government. And of course, a special
came (Porter)
welcome to our distinguished guests who come to us tonight from
Italy. Let me single out one of the many: Foreign Minister de
to Join US this evening. (Porter)
Michelis, honored here tonight for his standing steadfast and strong support
through the days and nights of Desert Storm. //
Let me salute another of tonight's honorees: Paul
Tagliabue, NFL Commissioner -- the man who helps give us so many
memorable Sunday afternoons in front of the TV when we should be
out cutting the grass. / And if you'll pardon a proud husband,
2
let me say how delighted I am to see Barbara Bush honored here
tonight. //
We share the spotlight tonight with celebrities like Ernest
OSCAR WINNER
Borgnine of movie and McHale's Navy fame. / With two fellows
who give Michelangelo's David a run for his money: Sly Stallone
and Joe Piscopo -- and that monument to Momma's cooking, Dom
DeLuise. / Finally, a fellow ready to trade a star on Hollywood
Boulevard for a seat in the Senate: Mayor of Palm Springs Sonny
Bono. [ [Sonny, I just can't resist: we got you, babe. //]]
thought for he
[[It's interesting to see Sonny running for the Senate, but
I isn't going for
have one question. What makes him think someone from the
that
California entertainment industry can succeed in national
reason.
politics? ]]
(NSC)
Every member of this organization knows what it means to
trace your roots to Italy: To feel that special pride in your
heritage -- mixed with profound compassion for all of us who can
never be Italian. [ [ We Bushes go back a long way. We've
searched -- but we can't claim a single ancestor on the Nina, the
Pinta,
or the Santa Maria. //]] spanish ships; not italian (Porter)
I think it says something special about our nation that we
can combine such reverence for the land of our ancestors with an
unshakable patriotism for this country we call home. Our America
is confident -- open hearted: a place where our differences
don't detract -- but make us all richer. //
We can all feel the special bond that links so many millions
AS BARBARA SAID A
of Americans to the "Old Country." At the center of it alli
FEW
MINUTES
AGO:
3
family -- a word that inspires us in any language. The place
where our reverence for the past meets our hopes for the future.
/ If America is, as I believe, the most fortunate country on
Earth -- we owe it to the values the Italian American community
calls its own: values of family, faith and freedom. //
We must strengthen those living values in everything we do.
Think of your parents and their parents -- the people whose hands
and hearts, sweat and sacrifice made this country what it is
today. We must seek a society worthy of them -- a place where
our sons and daughters can raise a family, build a future --
better, brighter than the one before. //
not true (D2)
As you know, Barbara and I are regulars at this event, but
this year's gathering is special. Tonight, you kick off a year
of celebration marking the 500th anniversary of Columbus' famous
voyage. I want to mention this foundation's special role as
coordinator of this great celebration, under the able leadership
of my friend Frank Donatelli. //
1992 gives us a chance to reach back into history, to make
this celebration a time of renewal. From Columbus' day to the
voyage (Porter)
settlers at Plymouth Rock -- to pilgrims bearing steamer trunks
and filing through the portals at Ellis Island: America has
always been the new world. //
Luigi Barzini, the Italian-born author whose family came to
this country when he was a boy, wrote that immigrants from Italy
and from all lands came to America because it was -- and I quote
4
-- "nothing more than the sum of all their different and
sometimes impossible hopes."
What a wonderful definition of America: a land of
impossible hopes made real -- a country where one generation's
dreams become the next generation's destiny. //
So as we celebrate five centuries since Columbus' epic
voyage, let us also celebrate the many contributions Americans of
Italian heritage have made -- and will make -- to this proud
country we share. //
Once again, my thanks to you for this special evening -- and
may God bless the United States of America.
# # #
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
91 OCT 3 P5: 25
DATE: 10/02/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. 10/03
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA/OCTOBER 5th
(10/02 4:30 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
1
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
SNOW
CARD
DEMAREST
\
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than 2:00 p.m.
on Thursday, 10/03, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
no comment
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Bunton
October 2, 1991
4:30 pm
01 OCT 2 P4: 55
[ITALIAN]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA
WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 5, 1991
9:35 P.M.
Thank you, Frank [Stella], for those kind words -- and
thanks, all of you, for this warm welcome. My apologies for our
late arrival. As I told Barbara on the way over, of all the
evenings to miss dinner
// I can't help but think of what
we've missed: The red sauce, the white sauce -- and no sign at ÷
all of a certain green vegetable. //
[Introductory acknowledgements.| Let me salute tonight's
emcee: Jack Valenti -- and the leadership of this fine
foundation: Frank Stella, Jeno Paulucci and Arthur Gajarsa [Guy-
AR-suh]. // It's great to see members here from all three
branches of the federal government. And of course, a special
welcome to our distinguished guests who come to us tonight from
Italy. Let me single out one of the many: Foreign Minister de
Michelis, honored here tonight for standing steadfast and strong
through the days and nights of Desert Storm. //
Let me salute another of tonight's honorees: Paul
Tagliabue, NFL Commissioner -- the man who helps give us so many
memorable Sunday afternoons in front of the TV when we should be
out cutting the grass. / And if you'll pardon a proud husband,
2
let me say how delighted I am to see Barbara Bush honored here
tonight. //
We share the spotlight tonight with celebrities like Ernest
Borgnine -- of movie and McHale's Navy fame. / With two fellows
who give Michelangelo's David a run for his money: Sly Stallone
and Joe Piscopo -- and that monument to Momma's cooking, Dom
DeLuise. / Finally, a fellow ready to trade a star on Hollywood
Boulevard for a seat in the Senate: Mayor of Palm Springs Sonny
Bono. [ [Sonny, I just can't resist: we got you, babe. //]]
[[It's interesting to see Sonny running for the Senate, but
I have one question. What makes him think someone from the
California entertainment industry can succeed in national
politics?]]
Every member of this organization knows what it means to
trace your roots to Italy: To feel that special pride in your
heritage -- mixed with profound compassion for all of us who can
never be Italian. [ [We Bushes go back a long way. We've
searched -- but we can't claim a single ancestor on the Nina, the
Pinta, or the Santa Maria. //]]
I think it says something special about our nation that we
can combine such reverence for the land of our ancestors with an
unshakable patriotism for this country we call home. Our America
is confident -- open hearted: a place where our differences
don't detract -- but make us all richer. //
We can all feel the special bond that links so many millions
of Americans to the "Old Country." At the center of it all:
3
family -- a word that inspires us in any language. The place
where our reverence for the past meets our hopes for the future.
/ If America is, as I believe, the most fortunate country on
Earth -- we owe it to the values the Italian American community
calls its own: values of family, faith and freedom. //
We must strengthen those living values in everything we do.
Think of your parents and their parents -- the people whose hands
and hearts, sweat and sacrifice made this country what it is
today. We must seek a society worthy of them -- a place where
our sons and daughters can raise a family, build a future --
better, brighter than the one before. //
As you know, Barbara and I are regulars at this event, but
this year's gathering is special. Tonight, you kick off a year
of celebration marking the 500th anniversary of Columbus' famous
voyage. I want to mention this foundation's special role as
coordinator of this great celebration, under the able leadership
of my friend Frank Donatelli. //
1992 gives us a chance to reach back into history, to make
this celebration a time of renewal. From Columbus' day -- to the
settlers at Plymouth Rock -- to pilgrims bearing steamer trunks
and filing through the portals at Ellis Island: America has
always been the new world. //
Luigi Barzini, the Italian-born author whose family came to
this country when he was a boy, wrote that immigrants from Italy
and from all lands came to America because it was -- and I quote
4
-- "nothing more than the sum of all their different and
sometimes impossible hopes. If
What a wonderful definition of America: a land of
impossible hopes made real -- a country where one generation's
dreams become the next generation's destiny. //
So as we celebrate five centuries since Columbus' epic
voyage, let us also celebrate the many contributions Americans of
Italian heritage have made -- and will make -- to this proud
country we share. //
Once again, my thanks to you for this special evening -- and
may God bless the United States of America.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
91 OCT 3 P4: 00
October 3, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Italian American
Foundation Gala
We have reviewed the attached remarks and have noted
several suggested changes on the draft.
Please let us know if you have any questions or if we may
help in any other way.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/02/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. 10/03
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA/OCTOBER 5th
(10/02 4:30 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
1
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
)
BROMLEY
SMITH
SNOW
CARD
DEMAREST
\
FITZWATER
>
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than 2:00 p.m.
on Thursday, 10/03, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Bunton
October 2, 1991
4:30 pm
01 OCT 2 P4: 55
[ITALIAN]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA
WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 5, 1991
9:35 P.M.
Thank you, Frank [Stella], for those kind words -- and
thanks, all of you, for this warm welcome. My apologies for our
late arrival. As I told Barbara on the way over, of all the
evenings to miss dinner
....
// I can't help but think of what
we've missed: The red sauce, the white sauce -- and no sign at
its
all of a certain green vegetable. //
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Let me salute tonight's
emcee: Jack Valenti -- and the leadership of this fine
foundation: Frank Stella, Jeno Paulucci and Arthur Gajarsa [Guy-
AR-suh]. // It's great to see members here from all three
branches of the federal government. And of course, a special
CAME
welcome to our distinguished quests who come to us tonight from
TO JOIN US THIS EVENING.
Italy! Let me single out one of the many: Foreign Minister de
Michelis, honored here tonight for standing steadfast and strong
through the days and nights of Desert Storm. //
Let me salute another of tonight's honorees: Paul
Tagliabue, NFL Commissioner -- the man who helps give us so many
memorable Sunday afternoons in front of the TV when we should be
out cutting the grass. / And if you'll pardon a proud husband,
2
let me say how delighted I am to see Barbara Bush honored here
tonight. //
We share the spotlight tonight with celebrities like Ernest
Borgnine -- of movie and McHale's Navy fame. / With two fellows
who give Michelangelo's David a run for his money: Sly Stallone
and Joe Piscopo -- and that monument to Momma's cooking, Dom
DeLuise. / Finally, a fellow ready to trade a star on Hollywood
Boulevard for a seat in the Senate: Mayor of Palm Springs Sonny
Bono. [ [Sonny, I just can't resist: we got you, babe. //]]
[[It's interesting to see Sonny running for the Senate, but
I have one question. What makes him think someone from the
California entertainment industry can succeed in national
politics?]]
Every member of this organization knows what it means to
trace your roots to Italy: To feel that special pride in your
heritage -- mixed with profound compassion for all of us who can
never be Italian. [[We Bushes go back a long way We 've
SPANISH
searched but we can't claim a single ancestor on the Nina, the
SHIPS
NOT
Pinta, or the Santa Maria. //]]
ITALIAN,
I think it says something special about our nation that we
can combine such reverence for the land of our ancestors with an
unshakable patriotism for this country we call home. Our America
is confident -- open hearted: a place where our differences
don't detract -- but make us all richer. //
We can all feel the special bond that links so many millions
of Americans to the "Old Country." At the center of it all:
3
family -- a word that inspires us in any language. The place
where our reverence for the past meets our hopes for the future.
/ If America is, as I believe, the most fortunate country on
Earth -- we owe it to the values the Italian American community
calls its own: values of family, faith and freedom. //
We must strengthen those living values in everything we do.
Think of your parents and their parents -- the people whose hands
and hearts, sweat and sacrifice made this country what it is
today. We must seek a society worthy of them -- a place where
our sons and daughters can raise a family, build a future --
better, brighter than the one before. //
As you know, Barbara and I are regulars at this event, but
this year's gathering is special. Tonight, you kick off a year
of celebration marking the 500th anniversary of Columbus' famous
voyage. I want to mention this foundation's special role as
coordinator of this great celebration, under the able leadership
of my friend Frank Donatelli. //
1992 gives us a chance to reach back into history, to make
this celebration a time of renewal. From Columbus' VOYAGE day -- to the
settlers at Plymouth Rock -- to pilgrims bearing steamer trunks
and filing through the portals at Ellis Island: America has
always been the new world. //
Luigi Barzini, the Italian-born author whose family came to
this country when he was a boy, wrote that immigrants from Italy
and from all lands came to America because it was -- and I quote
4
-- "nothing more than the sum of all their different and
sometimes impossible hopes. If
What a wonderful definition of America: a land of
impossible hopes made real -- a country where one generation's
dreams become the next generation's destiny. //
So as we celebrate five centuries since Columbus' epic
voyage, let us also celebrate the many contributions Americans of
Italian heritage have made -- and will make -- to this proud
country we share. //
Once again, my thanks to you for this special evening -- and
may God bless the United States of America.
# # #
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
91 OCT 3 All: 35
DATE: 10/02/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. 10/03
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA/OCTOBER 5th
(10/02 4:30 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
\
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
1
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
\
ROGICH
)
BROMLEY
SMITH
SNOW
CARD
DEMAREST
\
FITZWATER
>
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than 2:00 p.m.
on Thursday, 10/03, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Bunton
October 2, 1991
4:30 pm
01 OCT 2 P4: 55
[ITALIAN]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA
WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 5, 1991
9:35 P.M.
Thank you, Frank [Stella], for those kind words -- and
thanks, all of you, for this warm welcome. My apologies for our
late arrival. As I told Barbara on the way over, of all the
evenings to miss dinner
// I can't help but think of what
we've missed: The red sauce, the white sauce -- and no sign at d:
all of a certain green vegetable. //
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Let me salute tonight's
emcee: Jack Valenti -- and the leadership of this fine
foundation: Frank Stella, Jeno Paulucci and Arthur Gajarsa [Guy-
AR-suh]. // It's great to see members here from all three
branches of the federal government. And of course, a special
welcome to our distinguished guests who come to us tonight from
Italy. Let me single out one of the many: Foreign Minister de
Michelis, honored here tonight for standing steadfast and strong
through the days and nights of Desert Storm. //
Let me salute another of tonight's honorees: Paul
Tagliabue, NFL Commissioner -- the man who helps give us so many
memorable Sunday afternoons in front of the TV when we should be
out cutting the grass. / And if you'll pardon a proud husband,
2
let me say how delighted I am to see Barbara Bush honored here
tonight. //
We share the spotlight tonight with celebrities like Ernest
Borgnine -- of movie and McHale's Navy fame. / With two fellows
who give Michelangelo's David a run for his money: Sly Stallone
and Joe Piscopo -- and that monument to Momma's cooking, Dom
DeLuise. / Finally, a fellow ready to trade a star on Hollywood
Boulevard for a seat in the Senate: Mayor of Palm Springs Sonny
Bono. [ [Sonny, I just can't resist: we got you, babe. //]]
[[It's interesting to see Sonny running for the Senate, but
I have one question. What makes him think someone from the
California entertainment industry can succeed in national
politics?]]
Every member of this organization knows what it means to
trace your roots to Italy: To feel that special pride in your
heritage -- mixed with profound compassion for all of us who can
never be Italian. [[We Bushes go back a long way. We've
searched -- but we can't claim a single ancestor on the Nina, the
Pinta, or the Santa Maria. //]]
I think it says something special about our nation that we
can combine such reverence for the land of our ancestors with an
unshakable patriotism for this country we call home. Our America
is confident -- open hearted: a place where our differences
don't detract -- but make us all richer. //
We can all feel the special bond that links so many millions
of Americans to the "Old Country." If At the center of it all:
3
family -- a word that inspires us in any language. The place
where our reverence for the past meets our hopes for the future.
/ If America is, as I believe, the most fortunate country on
Earth -- we owe it to the values the Italian American community
calls its own: values of family, faith and freedom. //
We must strengthen those living values in everything we do.
Think of your parents and their parents -- the people whose hands
and hearts, sweat and sacrifice made this country what it is
today. We must seek a society worthy of them -- a place where
our sons and daughters can raise a family, build a future --
better, brighter than the one before. //
As you know, Barbara and I are regulars at this event, but
this year's gathering is special. Tonight, you kick off a year
of celebration marking the 500th anniversary of Columbus' famous
voyage. I want to mention this foundation's special role as
coordinator of this great celebration, under the able leadership
of my friend Frank Donatelli. //
1992 gives us a chance to reach back into history, to make
this celebration a time of renewal. From Columbus' day -- to the
settlers at Plymouth Rock -- to pilgrims bearing steamer trunks
and filing through the portals at Ellis Island: America has
always been the new world. //
Luigi Barzini, the Italian-born author whose family came to
this country when he was a boy, wrote that immigrants from Italy
and from all lands came to America because it was -- and I quote
4
-- "nothing more than the sum of all their different and
sometimes impossible hopes. "
What a wonderful definition of America: a land of
impossible hopes made real -- a country where one generation's
dreams become the next generation's destiny. //
So as we celebrate five centuries since Columbus' epic
voyage, let us also celebrate the many contributions Americans of
Italian heritage have made -- and will make -- to this proud
country we share. //
Once again, my thanks to you for this special evening -- and
may God bless the United States of America.
# # #
7516
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/02/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. 10/03
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA/OCTOBER 5th
(10/02 4:30 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
-
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
)
BROMLEY
SMITH
SNOW
CARD
DEMAREST
\
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than 2:00 p.m.
on Thursday, 10/03, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
MEMORANDUM FOR ROBERT A. SNOW
October 3, 1991
The NSC concurs on the Presidential Remarks with
changes as marked.
B
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
Brent Scowcroft
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Bunton
October 2, 1991
4:30 pm
01 OCT 2 P4: 55
[ITALIAN]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA
WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 5, 1991
9:35 P.M.
Thank you, Frank [Stella], for those kind words -- and
thanks, all of you, for this warm welcome. My apologies for our
late arrival. As I told Barbara on the way over, of all the
evenings to miss dinner
// I can't help but think of what
we've missed: The red sauce, the white sauce -- and no sign at
all of a certain green vegetable. //
[Introductory acknowledgements. ] Let me salute tonight's
emcee: Jack Valenti -- and the leadership of this fine
foundation: Frank Stella, Jeno Paulucci and Arthur Gajarsa [Guy-
AR-suh]. // It's great to see members here from all three
branches of the federal government. And of course, a special
welcome to our distinguished quests who come to us tonight from
Italy. Let me single out one of the many: Foreign Minister de
Michelis, honored here tonight for standing his steadfast and strong $ apport
through the days and nights of Desert Storm. //
Let me salute another of tonight's honorees: Paul
Tagliabue, NFL Commissioner -- the man who helps give us so many
memorable Sunday afternoons in front of the TV when we should be
out cutting the grass. / And if you'll pardon a proud husband,
2
let me say how delighted I am to see Barbara Bush honored here
tonight. //
We share the spotlight tonight with celebrities like Ernest
Borgnine -- of movie and McHale's Navy fame. / With two fellows
who give Michelangelo's David a run for his money: Sly Stallone
and Joe Piscopo -- and that monument to Momma's cooking, Dom
DeLuise. / Finally, a fellow ready to trade a star on Hollywood
Boulevard for a seat in the Senate: Mayor of Palm Springs Sonny
Bono. [Sonny, I just can't resist: we got you, babe. //]]
Thought
[[It's interesting to see Sonny running for the Senate, but
di
Heard Goung
I have one question. What makes him think someone from the
California entertainment industry can succeed in national
politics?]
Every member of this organization knows what it means to
trace your roots to Italy: To feel that special pride in your
heritage -- mixed with profound compassion for all of us who can
never be Italian. [[We Bushes go back a long way. We've
searched -- but we can't claim a single ancestor on the Nina, the
Pinta, or the Santa Maria. //]]
I think it says something special about our nation that we
can combine such reverence for the land of our ancestors with an
unshakable patriotism for this country we call home. Our America
is confident -- open hearted: a place where our differences
don't detract -- but make us all richer. //
We can all feel the special bond that links so many millions
of Americans to the "Old Country." At the center of it all:
3
family -- a word that inspires us in any language. The place
where our reverence for the past meets our hopes for the future.
/ If America is, as I believe, the most fortunate country on
Earth -- we owe it to the values the Italian American community
calls its own: values of family, faith and freedom. //
We must strengthen those living values in everything we do.
Think of your parents and their parents -- the people whose hands
and hearts, sweat and sacrifice made this country what it is
today. We must seek a society worthy of them -- a place where
our sons and daughters can raise a family, build a future --
better, brighter than the one before. 11
As you know, Barbara and I are regulars at this event, but
this year's gathering is special. Tonight, you kick off a year
of celebration marking the 500th anniversary of Columbus' famous
voyage. I want to mention this foundation's special role as
coordinator of this great celebration, under the able leadership
of my friend Frank Donatelli. //
1992 gives us a chance to reach back into history, to make
this celebration a time of renewal. From Columbus' day -- to the
settlers at Plymouth Rock -- to pilgrims bearing steamer trunks
and filing through the portals at Ellis Island: America has
always been the new world. //
Luigi Barzini, the Italian-born author whose family came to
this country when he was a boy, wrote that immigrants from Italy
and from all lands came to America because it was -- and I quote
4
-- "nothing more than the sum of all their different and
sometimes impossible hopes. "
What a wonderful definition of America: a land of
impossible hopes made real -- a country where one generation's
dreams become the next generation's destiny. //
So as we celebrate five centuries since Columbus' epic
voyage, let us also celebrate the many contributions Americans of
Italian heritage have made -- and will make -- to this proud
country we share. //
Once again, my thanks to you for this special evening -- and
may God bless the United States of America.
# # #
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DATE:
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MRS. BUSH'S DRAFT REMARKS AT THE NATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN
FOUNDATION DINNER, 7:00 P.M., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1991,
WASHINGTON HILTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, D.C.
THANK YOU, CONGRESSWOMAN [NANCY] PELOSI. THANK YOU ALL.
MULTO GRAZIE. IN THE WORDS OF ANOTHER REMARKABLE ITALIAN
AMERICAN, LAWRENCE "YOGI" BERRA, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO
MADE THIS DAY NECESSARY.
THIS REALLY IS AN ENORMOUS THRILL -- TO BE HONORED BY A
GROUP GEORGE AND I HAVE ESTEEMED FOR YEARS. AND JUST LOOK AT THE
COMPANY I'M IN: SYLVESTER STALLONE ... PAUL TAGLIABUE ["TAG-
lee-ah-boo"] ... FOREIGN MINISTER GIANNI DEMICHELIS ["Gee-AH-nee
Dee-Mick-ELLIS"] ... AND THAT'S JUST THIS YEAR'S HONOREES -- THE
PAST LIST OF NAMES READS LIKE A WHO'S WHO OF THE ARTS, AND
SPORTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT, AND BUSINESS -- OF AMERICAN LIFE AT
ITS BEST. MR. TAGLIABUE, I AM DEFINITELY OUT OF MY LEAGUE
TONIGHT.
IT'S SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL, TO BE GIVEN AN AWARD FOR
HUMANITARIAN SERVICE BY A GROUP OF AMERICANS WHO KNOW so MUCH
ABOUT HUMANITY -- AND WHO HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT FOR so LONG.
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ITALIAN AMERICANS HAVE BROUGHT INCREDIBLY RICH GIFTS TO OUR
CULTURE -- THE KIND OF GIFTS THAT KEEP ON GIVING, BECAUSE THEY
HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH CHERISHING PEOPLE AND LIVING LIFE
FULLY.
THAT'S WHY I LOVED THE MOVIE "MOONSTRUCK" -- BOTH TIMES.
WHAT I LOVED MOST, BOTH TIMES, WAS THE LAST SCENE, WHERE EVERYONE
SAT AROUND THE TABLE AND DRANK A TOAST "A LA FAMIGLIA" ["Fah-
MILL-ya" -- TO THE FAMILY]. THAT'S THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL --
THE TRIUMPHANT, INDOMITABLE LOVE OF FAMILY.
I KNOW THAT'S WHAT'S AT THE HEART OF ALL THE WONDERFUL
PROGRAMS SPONSORED BY THE N.I.A.F. -- EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL,
POLITICAL ... EVERY ONE OF THEM -- Y BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT GIVES
YOU YOUR GREATEST POWER AND YOUR GREATEST JOY, -- AND GEORGE AND
I ARE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY.
A LA FAMIGLIA! THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Document No.
P
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
91 OCT 3
DATE: 10/02/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. 10/03
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA/OCTOBER 5th
(10/02 4:30 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
\
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
1
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
>
ROGICH
)
BROMLEY
SMITH
SNOW
CARD
DEMAREST
\
>
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than 2:00 p.m.
on Thursday, 10/03, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE: No comment. Thanks.
PK
Faul Kortonta
10/03/91
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Document No. 27540
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
91 OCT 3 P | : 5
DATE: 10/02/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. 10/03
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA/OCTOBER 5th
(10/02 4:30 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
1
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
\
ROGICH
)
BROMLEY
SMITH
SNOW
CARD
DEMAREST
>
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than 2:00 p.m.
on Thursday, 10/03, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
nicl
RESPONSE:
9
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Bunton
October 2, 1991
4:30 pm
01 OCT 2 P4: 55
[ITALIAN]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA
WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 5, 1991
9:35 P.M.
Thank you, Frank [Stella], for those kind words -- and
thanks, all of you, for this warm welcome. My apologies for our
late arrival. As I told Barbara on the way over, of all the
evenings to miss dinner
// I can't help but think of what
we've missed: The red sauce, the white sauce -- and no sign at :
all of a certain green vegetable. //
[Introductory acknowledgements. ] Let me salute tonight's
emcee: Jack Valenti -- and the leadership of this fine
foundation: Frank Stella, Jeno Paulucci [phonetic] and Arthur Gajarsa [Guy-
AR-suh]. // It's great to see members here from all three
branches of the federal government. And of course, a special
welcome to our distinguished guests who come to us tonight from
Italy. Let me single out one of the many: Foreign Minister de
Michelis, honored here tonight for standing steadfast and strong
through the days and nights of Desert Storm. //
Let me salute another of tonight's honorees: Paul
Tagliabue, NFL Commissioner -- the man who helps give us so many
memorable Sunday afternoons in front of the TV when we should be
out cutting the grass. / And if you'll pardon a proud husband,
2
let me say how delighted I am to see Barbara Bush honored here
tonight. //
We share the spotlight tonight with celebrities like Ernest
Borgnine -- of movie and McHale's Navy fame. / With two fellows
who give Michelangelo's David a run for his money: Sly Stallone
and Joe Piscopo -- and that monument to Momma's cooking, Dom
DeLuise. / Finally, a fellow ready to trade a star on Hollywood
Boulevard for a seat in the Senate: Mayor of Palm Springs Sonny
Bono. [Sonny, I just can't resist: we got you, babe. //]]
[[It's interesting to see Sonny running for the Senate, but
I have one question. What makes him think someone from the
California entertainment industry can succeed in national
politics?] ]
Every member of this organization knows what it means to
trace your roots to Italy: To feel that special pride in your
heritage -- mixed with profound compassion for all of us who can
never be Italian. [[We Bushes go back a long way. We've
searched -- but we can't claim a single ancestor on the Nina, the
Pinta, or the Santa Maria. //]]
I think it says something special about our nation that we
can combine such reverence for the land of our ancestors with an
unshakable patriotism for this country we call home. Our America
is confident -- open hearted: a place where our differences
don't detract -- but make us all richer. //
We can all feel the special bond that links so many millions
of Americans to the "Old Country." At the center of it all:
3
family -- a word that inspires us in any language. The place
where our reverence for the past meets our hopes for the future.
/ If America is, as I believe, the most fortunate country on
Earth -- we owe it to the values the Italian American community
calls its own: values of family, faith and freedom. //
We must strengthen those living values in everything we do.
Think of your parents and their parents -- the people whose hands
and hearts, sweat and sacrifice made this country what it is
today. We must seek a society worthy of them -- a place where
our sons and daughters can raise a family, build a future --
better, brighter than the one before.
true
As you know, Barbara and I are regulars at this event, but
this year's gathering is special. Tonight, you kick off a year
of celebration marking the 500th anniversary of Columbus' famous
voyage. I want to mention this foundation's special role as
coordinator of this great celebration, under the able leadership
of my friend Frank Donatelli. //
1992 gives us a chance to reach back into history, to make
this celebration a time of renewal. From Columbus' day -- to the
settlers at Plymouth Rock -- to pilgrims bearing steamer trunks
and filing through the portals at Ellis Island: America has
always been the new world. //
Luigi Barzini, the Italian-born author whose family came to
this country when he was a boy, wrote that immigrants from Italy
and from all lands came to America because it was -- and I quote
4
-- "nothing more than the sum of all their different and
sometimes impossible hopes. "
What a wonderful definition of America: a land of
impossible hopes made real -- a country where one generation's
dreams become the next generation's destiny. //
So as we celebrate five centuries since Columbus' epic
voyage, let us also celebrate the many contributions Americans of
Italian heritage have made -- and will make -- to this proud
country we share. //
Once again, my thanks to you for this special evening -- and
may God bless the United States of America.
# # #
mclures 91 OCT
comments McGroarty/Bunton October
2, 1991
4:30 pm
3
[ITALIAN]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA
WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 5, 1991
9:35 P.M.
Thank you, Frank [Stella], for those kind words -- and
thanks, all of you, for this warm welcome. My apologies for our
late arrival. As I told Barbara on the way over, of all the
evenings to miss dinner
// I can't help but think of what
we've missed: The red sauce, the white sauce -- and no sign at
all of a certain green vegetable. //
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Let me salute tonight's
emcee: Jack Valenti -- and the leadership of this fine
foundation: Frank Stella, Jeno Paulucci and Arthur Gajarsa [Guy-
AR-suh]. // It's great to see members here from all three
branches of the federal government. And of course, a special
welcome to our distinguished guests who come to us tonight from
Italy. Let me single out one of the many: Foreign Minister de
Michelis, honored here tonight for standing steadfast and strong
through the days and nights of Desert Storm. //
Let me salute another of tonight's honorees: Paul
Tagliabue, NFL Commissioner -- the man who helps give us so many
memorable Sunday afternoons in front of the TV when we should be
out cutting the grass. / And if you'll pardon a proud husband,
2
let me say how delighted I am to see Barbara Bush honored here
tonight. //
We share the spotlight tonight with celebrities like Ernest
Borgnine -- of movie and McHale's Navy fame. / With two fellows
who give Michelangelo's David a run for his money: Sly Stallone
and Joe Piscopo -- and that monument to Momma's cooking, Dom
DeLuise. / Finally, a fellow ready to trade a star on Hollywood
Boulevard for a seat in the Senate: Mayor of Palm Springs Sonny Please
Bono. [ [Sonny, I just can't resist: we got you, babe.
run by
//]]
Political to
[[It's interesting to see Sonny running for the Senate, but
it make sure
I have one question. What makes him think someone from the
California entertainment industry can succeed in national
seymour.
politics?]
Every member of this organization knows what it means to
trace your roots to Italy: To feel that special pride in your
heritage -- mixed with profound compassion for all of us who can
never be Italian. [[We Bushes go back a long way. We've
searched -- but we can't claim a single ancestor on the Nina, the
Pinta, or the Santa Maria. //]]
I think it says something special about our nation that we
can combine such reverence for the land of our ancestors with an
unshakable patriotism for this country we call home. Our America
is confident -- open hearted: a place where our differences
don't detract -- but make us all richer. //
We can all feel the special bond that links so many millions
of Americans to the "Old Country." At the center of it all:
3
family -- a word that inspires us in any language. The place
where our reverence for the past meets our hopes for the future.
/ If America is, as I believe, the most fortunate country on
Earth -- we owe it to the values the Italian American community
calls its own: values of family, faith and freedom. //
We must strengthen those living values in everything we do.
Think of your parents and their parents -- the people whose hands
and hearts, sweat and sacrifice made this country what it is
today. We must seek a society worthy of them -- a place where
our sons and daughters can raise a family, build a future --
better, brighter than the one before.
//
As you know, Barbara and I are regulars at this event, but
this year's gathering is special. Tonight, you kick off a year
of celebration marking the 500th anniversary of Columbus' famous
voyage. I want to mention this foundation's special role as
coordinator of this great celebration, under the able leadership
of my friend Frank Donatelli. //
1992 gives us a chance to reach back into history, to make
this celebration a time of renewal. From Columbus' day -- to the
settlers at Plymouth Rock -- to pilgrims bearing steamer trunks
and filing through the portals at Ellis Island: America has
always been the new world. //
Luigi Barzini, the Italian-born author whose family came to
this country when he was a boy, wrote that immigrants from Italy
and from all lands came to America because it was -- and I quote
4
-- "nothing more than the sum of all their different and
sometimes impossible hopes. II
What a wonderful definition of America: a land of
impossible hopes made real -- a country where one generation's
dreams become the next generation's destiny. //
So as we celebrate five centuries since Columbus' epic
voyage, let us also celebrate the many contributions Americans of
Italian heritage have made -- and will make -- to this proud
country we share. //
Once again, my thanks to you for this special evening -- and
may God bless the United States of America.
# # #
Bootag- 91 OCT
McGroarty/Bunton
October 2, 1991
4:30 pm
09
[ITALIAN]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA
WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 5, 1991
9:35 P.M.
Thank you, Frank [Stella], for those kind words -- and
thanks, all of you, for this warm welcome. My apologies for our
late arrival. As I told Barbara on the way over, of all the
evenings to miss dinner // I can't help but think of what
we've missed: The red sauce, the white sauce -- and no sign at
all of a certain green vegetable. //
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Let me salute tonight's
emcee: Jack Valenti -- and the leadership of this fine
foundation: Frank Stella, Jeno Paulucci and Arthur Gajarsa [Guy-
AR-suh]. // It's great to see members here from all three
branches of the federal government. And of course, a special
welcome to our distinguished guests who come to us tonight from
Italy. Let me single out one of the many: Foreign Minister de
his
Michelis, honored here tonight for standing steadfast and strong support
through the days and nights of Desert Storm. //
Let me salute another of tonight's honorees: Paul
Tagliabue, NFL Commissioner -- the man who helps give us so many
memorable Sunday afternoons in front of the TV when we should be
out cutting the grass. / And if you'll pardon a proud husband,
2
let me say how delighted I am to see Barbara Bush honored here
tonight. //
We share the spotlight tonight with celebrities like Ernest
Borgnine -- of movie and McHale's Navy fame. / With two fellows
who give Michelangelo's David a run for his money: Sly Stallone
and Joe Piscopo -- and that monument to Momma's cooking, Dom
DeLuise. / Finally, a fellow ready to trade a star on Hollywood
Boulevard for a seat in the Senate: Mayor of Palm Springs Sonny
running
status
Bono. [ [Sonny, I just can't resist: we got you, babe. //]]
[[It's interesting to see Sonny running for the Senate, but
I have one question. What makes him think someone from the
California entertainment industry can succeed in national
politics?]
Every member of this organization knows what it means to
trace your roots to Italy: To feel that special pride in your
heritage -- mixed with profound compassion for all of us who can
never be Italian. [[We Bushes go back a long way. We've
searched -- but we can't claim a single ancestor on the Nina, the
Pinta, or the Santa Maria. //]]
I think it says something special about our nation that we
can combine such reverence for the land of our ancestors with an
unshakable patriotism for this country we call home. Our America
is confident -- open hearted: a place where our differences
don't detract -- but make us all richer. //
We can all feel the special bond that links so many millions
of Americans to the "Old Country." At the center of it all:
3
family -- a word that inspires us in any language. The place
where our reverence for the past meets our hopes for the future.
/ If America is, as I believe, the most fortunate country on
Earth -- we owe it to the values the Italian American community
calls its own: values of family, faith and freedom. //
We must strengthen those living values in everything we do.
Think of your parents and their parents -- the people whose hands
and hearts, sweat and sacrifice made this country what it is
today. We must seek a society worthy of them -- a place where
our sons and daughters can raise a family, build a future --
better, brighter than the one before.
//
As you know, Barbara and I are regulars at this event, but
this year's gathering is special. Tonight, you kick off a year
of celebration marking the 500th anniversary of Columbus' famous
voyage. I want to mention this foundation's special role as
coordinator of this great celebration, under the able leadership
of my friend Frank Donatelli. //
1992 gives us a chance to reach back into history, to make
this celebration a time of renewal. From Columbus' day -- to the
settlers at Plymouth Rock -- to pilgrims bearing steamer trunks
and filing through the portals at Ellis Island: America has
always been the new world. //
Luigi Barzini, the Italian-born author whose family came to
this country when he was a boy, wrote that immigrants from Italy
and from all lands came to America because it was -- and I quote
4
-- "nothing more than the sum of all their different and
sometimes impossible hopes. "
What a wonderful definition of America: a land of
impossible hopes made real -- a country where one generation's
dreams become the next generation's destiny. //
So as we celebrate five centuries since Columbus' epic
voyage, let us also celebrate the many contributions Americans of
Italian heritage have made -- and will make -- to this proud
country we share. //
Once again, my thanks to you for this special evening -- and
may God bless the United States of America.
# # #
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Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
91 OCT 3 P4: 00
DATE: 10/02/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. 10/03
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA/OCTOBER 5th
(10/02 4:30 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
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PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
SNOW
CARD
DEMAREST
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FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than 2:00 p.m.
on Thursday, 10/03, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
Very good.
BT for SR)
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Bunton
October 2, 1991
4:30 pm
01 OCT 2 P4: 55
[ITALIAN]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA
WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 5, 1991
9:35 P.M.
Thank you, Frank [Stella], for those kind words -- and
thanks, all of you, for this warm welcome. My apologies for our
late arrival. As I told Barbara on the way over, of all the
evenings to miss dinner
// I can't help but think of what
we've missed: The red sauce, the white sauce -- and no sign at E
all of a certain green vegetable. //
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Let me salute tonight's
emcee: Jack Valenti -- and the leadership of this fine
foundation: Frank Stella, Jeno Paulucci and Arthur Gajarsa [Guy-
AR-suh]. // It's great to see members here from all three
branches of the federal government. And of course, a special
welcome to our distinguished guests who come to us tonight from
Italy. Let me single out one of the many: Foreign Minister de
Michelis, honored here tonight for standing steadfast and strong
through the days and nights of Desert Storm. //
Let me salute another of tonight's honorees: Paul
Tagliabue, NFL Commissioner -- the man who helps give us so many
memorable Sunday afternoons in front of the TV when we should be
out cutting the grass. / And if you'll pardon a proud husband,
2
let me say how delighted I am to see Barbara Bush honored here
tonight. //
We share the spotlight tonight with celebrities like Ernest
Borgnine -- of movie and McHale's Navy fame. / With two fellows
who give Michelangelo's David a run for his money: Sly Stallone
and Joe Piscopo -- and that monument to Momma's cooking, Dom
DeLuise. / Finally, a fellow ready to trade a star on Hollywood
Boulevard for a seat in the Senate: Mayor of Palm Springs Sonny
Bono. [Sonny, I just can't resist: we got you, babe. //]]
[[It's interesting to see Sonny running for the Senate, but
I have one question. What makes him think someone from the
California entertainment industry can succeed in national
politics?]]
Every member of this organization knows what it means to
trace your roots to Italy: To feel that special pride in your
heritage -- mixed with profound compassion for all of us who can
never be Italian. [[We Bushes go back a long way. We've
searched -- but we can't claim a single ancestor on the Nina, the
Pinta, or the Santa Maria. //]]
I think it says something special about our nation that we
can combine such reverence for the land of our ancestors with an
unshakable patriotism for this country we call home. Our America
is confident -- open hearted: a place where our differences
don't detract -- but make us all richer. //
We can all feel the special bond that links so many millions
of Americans to the "Old Country." At the center of it all:
3
family -- a word that inspires us in any language. The place
where our reverence for the past meets our hopes for the future.
/ If America is, as I believe, the most fortunate country on
Earth -- we owe it to the values the Italian American community
calls its own: values of family, faith and freedom. //
We must strengthen those living values in everything we do.
Think of your parents and their parents -- the people whose hands
and hearts, sweat and sacrifice made this country what it is
today. We must seek a society worthy of them -- a place where
our sons and daughters can raise a family, build a future --
better, brighter than the one before. //
As you know, Barbara and I are regulars at this event, but
this year's gathering is special. Tonight, you kick off a year
of celebration marking the 500th anniversary of Columbus' famous
voyage. I want to mention this foundation's special role as
coordinator of this great celebration, under the able leadership
of my friend Frank Donatelli. //
1992 gives us a chance to reach back into history, to make
this celebration a time of renewal. From Columbus' day -- to the
settlers at Plymouth Rock -- to pilgrims bearing steamer trunks
and filing through the portals at Ellis Island: America has
always been the new world. //
Luigi Barzini, the Italian-born author whose family came to
this country when he was a boy, wrote that immigrants from Italy
and from all lands came to America because it was -- and I quote
4
-- "nothing more than the sum of all their different and
sometimes impossible hopes.' "
What a wonderful definition of America: a land of
impossible hopes made real -- a country where one generation's
dreams become the next generation's destiny. //
So as we celebrate five centuries since Columbus' epic
voyage, let us also celebrate the many contributions Americans of
Italian heritage have made -- and will make -- to this proud
country we share. //
Once again, my thanks to you for this special evening -- and
may God bless the United States of America.
# # #