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LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION \ JUDICIARY SQUARE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991 \ 2:45 P.M.
THANK YOU, SEN. D'AMATO AND CRAIG FLOYD. I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE SEN. PELL AND SEN. THURMOND AND THE OTHER
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HERE TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO SALUTE
ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR AND FORMER ATTORNEY
GENERAL ED MEESE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 11
THIS NATION HAS ERECTED MANY MONUMENTS TO GENERALS
AND ADMIRALS, TO PRIVATES AND SEAMEN, WHO DEFENDED OUR
NATION'S FREEDOM AGAINST TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION.
199
- 2 -
WE GATHER HERE TODAY TO DEDICATE THIS MEMORIAL TO
UNIFORMED HEROES OF ANOTHER SORT: THOSE WHO ENFORCE
THE LAW AND KEEP US SECURE HERE AT HOME.
FOR TOO LONG, AMERICA'S LAWMEN AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN
THE FORGOTTEN HEROES -- FORGOTTEN UNTIL THERE'S
TROUBLE, UNTIL WE'RE STRANDED ON THE ROAD, OR
FRANTICALLY DIALING NINE-ONE-ONE AT HOME.
- 3 -
TODAY WE REMEMBER THESE HEROES AND HEROINES. "Now
THE REAL HEALING CAN START," SAYS VIVIAN ENEY [EE-NEE],
WHO so MANY OF YOU KNOW. "WHEN THE GRAVE DOESN'T LOOK
NEW ANYMORE, WHEN THE GRASS HAS GROWN OVER IT," SHE
SAYS, "THIS WILL BE THE PLACE TO COME, To SEE THE NAMES
-- TO TOUCH THE NAMES."
VISITORS WILL COME HERE. SOME WILL BE CHILDREN,
PERHAPS LOOKING FOR A FATHER OR MOTHER THEY NEVER
REALLY KNEW.
- 4 -
WHO WERE THESE PEOPLE? THEY WILL ASK. \ THEY WERE
POLICEMEN AND POLICEWOMEN, MARSHALS AND SHERIFFS, STATE
TROOPERS AND SPECIAL AGENTS. THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE LINE OF DUTY. THEY WERE YOUNG AND OLD, RANGING
FROM 19 To 81. THEY HAD NAMES AS DIVERSE AS AMERICA
ITSELF: DONALD KOWALSKI, PATRICK O'MALLEY, FREDDIE LEE
JACKSON, TOMMY DELAROSA, JOSÉ GONZALES, DONNA MILLER.
THEY HAD WIVES AND HUSBANDS, MOTHERS AND FATHERS,
AND so MANY YOUNG CHILDREN.
- 5 -
MOST OF ALL THEY HAD LOVE -- LOVE FOR THEIR PROFESSION;
LOVE FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES; LOVE FOR THEIR FAMILIES;
LOVE THAT CAN STILL BE FELT 11 IN THIS SPECIAL PLACE 11
RIGHT HERE TODAY.
11 THEY DEVOTED THEMSELVES TO THE TIMELESS VALUES
THAT SOCIETY SHARES. THEY VALUED THE LAW. THEY VALUED
PEACE -- THE PEACE OF A CIVILIZED COMMUNITY THAT
PROTECTS CHILDREN AT PLAY, FAMILIES AT HOME, AND
STOREKEEPERS AT WORK.
- 6 -
THEY VALUED HUMAN LIFE -- so MUCH THAT THEY WERE
PREPARED TO GIVE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT IT.
THEY GAVE MUCH, AND ASKED LITTLE. THEY DESERVE OUR
REMEMBRANCE. HERE IN AMERICA'S CAPITAL, FOR AS LONG AS
THESE WALLS STAND, THEY WILL BE REMEMBERED. NOT FOR
THE WAY THEY DIED, BUT FOR HOW THEY LIVED.
THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR HONORS, THOUGH HONOR THEM WE
WILL. WE HONOR THEM WITH THESE WALLS -- WITH THESE
TREES AND GRASS AND QUIET POOL OF WATER.
- 7 -
BUT WE CAN HONOR THEM IN A MORE PROFOUND WAY -- A MORE
LASTING WAY -- BY STRENGTHENING THE LAWS THEY SWORE TO
UPHOLD.
SINCE 1989, ON A RAINY SPRING DAY I KNOW MANY OF
YOU REMEMBER, I HAVE TRIED To PERSUADE CONGRESS THAT
OUR POLICE NEED HELP. Too MANY TIMES, IN TOO MANY
CASES, TOO MANY CRIMINALS GO FREE BECAUSE THE SCALES OF
JUSTICE ARE UNFAIRLY TIPPED AGAINST DEDICATED LAWMEN
AND WOMEN LIKE YOU. WITH YOUR HELP, THAT WILL CHANGE.
- 8 -
WE NEED A CRIME BILL THAT WILL STOP THE ENDLESS,
FRIVOLOUS HABEUS CORPUS APPEALS THAT WASTE TIME
PROSECUTORS COULD BE SPENDING ON NEW CASES. WE NEED A
CRIME BILL THAT SAYS TO POLICE, IF YOU ACT IN GOOD
FAITH, EVIDENCE WILL NOT BE SUPPRESSED IN COURT BASED
ON NEEDLESS TECHNICALITIES. WE NEED A CRIME BILL WITH
TOUGH PENALTIES -- SUCH AS A 10-YEAR MINIMUM SENTENCE
TO ANYONE USING A SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPON IN A VIOLENT OR
DRUG-RELATED CRIME -- WITH NO PLEA BARGAINS AND NO
PAROLE.
- 9 -
AND WE NEED A CRIME BILL THAT WARNS WOULD-BE KILLERS
OUT THERE: BE PREPARED TO PAY WITH YOUR OWN LIFE. I
ASKED CONGRESS TO PASS THESE PROPOSALS MORE THAN TWO
YEARS AGO. I'VE GOTTEN ONLY A PIECEMEAL RESPONSE.
THIS WEEK, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS VOTING ON A
CRIME BILL. BUT FOR THAT BILL TO BE WORTH ANYTHING, IT
MUST CONTAIN THE CRUCIAL ELEMENTS I'VE CITED --
ELEMENTS THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE REFUSED TO
INCLUDE IN THE BILL.
- 10 -
CONGRESS IS ONLY A FEW BLOCKS AWAY. THEY'VE HEARD FROM
ME; THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU.
THERE'S A WAR GOING ON OUT THERE -- A WAR BETWEEN
CRIMINALS AND A GOOD SOCIETY. WE KNOW THAT WAR WILL
NOT END, AS LONG AS EVIL DWELLS IN MEN'S SOULS. BUT WE
CAN WORK TO LOCK UP THOSE WHO ARE TOO VIOLENT To LIVE
IN CIVILIZED SOCIETY. WE CAN SUPPORT THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINES DAY
AFTER DAY.
- 11 -
AND WE CAN PUT NEW LAWS ON THE BOOKS TO KEEP NEW NAMES
OFF THESE WALLS.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE TOLD US, "THE NATION WHICH
FORGETS ITS DEFENDERS WILL ITSELF BE FORGOTTEN." \ WE
WILL NOT FORGET. AMERICA \ WILL NOT FORGET. WE WILL
NOT FORGET THOSE WHO HAVE DIED. AND WE WILL NOT FORGET
THOSE WHO PROTECT AND SERVE EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. 111
IN THE OVAL OFFICE, MANY IMPORTANT PAPERS AND
DOCUMENTS CROSS MY DESK EACH DAY.
- 12 -
MOST OF THEM STAY THERE BUT A DAY OR TWO. BUT INSIDE
THE DRAWER, ONE THING STAYS: A NEW YORK CITY
PATROLMAN'S BADGE -- NUMBER 14072. IT BELONGED TO
EDDIE BYRNE, A ROOKIE COP WHO WAS GUARDING A WITNESS
WHEN HE WAS GUNNED DOWN ON THE ORDERS OF A DRUG DEALER
IN JAIL. EDDIE'S FATHER ASKED ME TO KEEP THAT BADGE AS
A "REMINDER OF ALL THE BRAVE POLICE OFFICERS WHO PUT
THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR US EVERY SINGLE DAY." 11
WELL, I'VE KEPT IT.
- 13 -
I HAVE IT WITH ME HERE TODAY, AND I WILL ALWAYS KEEP
IT. 11
WHEN SOCIETY ASKS SOMEONE TO PUT ON A BADGE AND
PLACE IT OVER THEIR HEART, WE MAKE A SACRED COVENANT
-- A COVENANT THAT SAYS: "WE AS A SOCIETY STAND BEHIND
THOSE WHO ENFORCE THE LAW AGAINST THOSE WHO BREAK THE
LAW." THAT'S WHAT EDDIE BYRNE'S BADGE MEANS TO ME.
- 14 -
THIS MEMORIAL GIVES MEANING TO THAT COVENANT, GIVES
MEANING TO THESE LIVES, GIVES MEANING To THE LAW AND
WHAT IT STANDS FOR. No NUMBER OF WORDS OR WREATHS, NO
AMOUNT OF MUSIC OR MEMORIALIZING, WILL DO JUSTICE HERE
TODAY, BUT WE HAVE BEGUN THE REMEMBRANCE, AND BEGUN THE
HEALING.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME To SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH
YOU. AND MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA'S LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 10, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Law Enforcement Memorial
Dedication
We have reviewed the attached remarks and have noted one
suggested change on page three of 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. 276872ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/8/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 10/10/91 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
JUDICIARY SQUARE - TUES. 10/15/91
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
>
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
MCBRIDE
CARD
SNOW
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
>
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than NOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
2
as diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,
Freddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.
They had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so
many young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their
profession; love for their communities; love for their families;
love that can still be felt in this special place right
here today.
They devoted themselves to the timeless values that
society shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the
peace of a civilized community that protects children at play,
families at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human
life -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to
protect it.
They gave much, and asked little. They deserve our
remembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these
walls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,
but for how they lived.
They didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We
honor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and
quiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound
way -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore
to uphold.
Since 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you
remember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need
help. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go
free because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against
3
dedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will
change.
We need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous
appeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new
cases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a
10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon
in a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and
no parole. And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers
out there: be prepared to pay with your own life.
I asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years
ago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week,] the
House of Representatives is voting on my crime bill. But for
that bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial
elements I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee has
Refused to include iN
tried to strip from the bill. Congress is only a few blocks
away. They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.
There's a war going on out there -- a war against crime. We
know that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's
souls. But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to
live in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement
officers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can
put new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.
President Coolidge told us, "The nation which forgets its
defenders will itself be forgotten." " We will not forget.
America will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.
4
And we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and
year out. III
In the Oval Office, many important papers and documents
cross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or
two. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City
patrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a
rookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on
the orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to
keep that badge as a "reminder of all the brave police officers
who put their lives on the line for us every single day."
Well, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will
always keep it.
When society asks someone to put on a badge and place it
over their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that
says: "We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law
against those who break the law." That's what Eddie Byrne's
badge means to me. III
This memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning
to these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.
No number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or
memorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the
remembrance, and begun the healing.
Thank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.
And may God bless America's law enforcement officers.
# # #
Document No. 276872ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/8/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 10/10/91 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
SUBJECT:
JUDICIARY SQUARE - TUES. 10/15/91
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
N/C
MCBRIDE
CARD
SNOW
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than NOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
- MAST
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Simon
Oct. 8, 1991
Draft 3
01 OCT 8 P6: 16
POLICE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
JUDICIARY SQUARE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991
2:00 p.m.
Thank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and
Gentlemen. [other acknowledgements]
This city has erected many monuments to generals and
enlisted nen (BT) no
Nation's (BT) yes
admirals, privates and seamen, who defended our/freedom
against tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to dedicate
this memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort: those who
enforce the law and keep us secure here at home.
For too long, America's lawmen and women have been the
forgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're
stranded on the road, or frantically dialing 911 at home. Today
we remember these heroes and heroines.
"Now the real healing can start," says Vivian Eney, who so
many of you know. "When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when
the grass has grown over it," she says, "This will be the place
to come, to see the names -- to touch the names."
Visitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps
looking for a father or mother they never really knew.
They will ^ Who ask were (BT) these people? they will ask. aske) \ The They answer were is that 40
no policemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers
and special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.
They were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names
2
as diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,
Freddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.
They had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so
many young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their
profession; love for their communities; love for their families;
love that can still be felt in this special place right
here today.
They devoted themselves to the timeless values that
society shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the
peace of a civilized community that protects children at play,
families at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human
life -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to
protect it.
They gave much, and asked little. They deserve our
remembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these
walls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,
but for how they lived.
They didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We
honor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and
quiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound
way -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore
to uphold.
Since 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you
remember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need
help. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go
free because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against
We need a crime bill that says to police,
if you act in good faith, evidence
will not be suppressed in Count based
on needless 3 technicalities. (DOJ)
dedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will
change
We need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous
habeas
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appeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new
(DOJ)
cases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a
10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon
in a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and
CSP (DOS)
no parole And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers
out there: be prepared to pay with your own life.)
I asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years
ago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week, the
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souls. CBD30 But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to
live in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement
officers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can
will they
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President Coolidge told us, "The nation which forgets its
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4
And we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and
year out.
In the Oval- Office, many important papers and documents
cross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or
two. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City
patrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a
rookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on
the orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to
keep that badge as a "reminder of all the brave police officers
who put their lives on the line for us every single day."
Well, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will
always keep it.
When society asks someone to put on a badge and place it
over their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that
says: "We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law
against those who break the law." That's what Eddie Byrne's
badge means to me.
This memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning
to these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.
No number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or
memorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the
remembrance, and begun the healing.
Thank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.
And may God bless America's law enforcement officers.
# # #
Document No. 276872ss
91 OCT 10 P3: 43
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/8/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 10/10/91 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
JUDICIARY SQUARE - TUES. 10/15/91
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
>
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
MCBRIDE
CARD
SNOW
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than NOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
See comments
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Simon
Oct. 8, 1991
Draft 3
31 OCT 8 P6: 16
POLICE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
JUDICIARY SQUARE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991
2:00 p.m.
Thank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and
Gentlemen. [other acknowledgements]
This city has erected many monuments to generals and
admirals, to privates and seamen, who defended our freedom
against tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to dedicate
this memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort: those who
enforce the law and keep us secure here at home.
For too long, America's lawmen and women have been the
forgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're
stranded on the road, or frantically dialing 911 at home. Today
we remember these heroes and heroines.
"Now the real healing can start," says Vivian Eney, who so
many of you know. "When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when
the grass has grown over it," she says, "This will be the place
to come, to see the names -- to touch the names."
Visitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps
looking for a father or mother they never really knew.
Who were these people? they will ask. \ They were
policemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers
and special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.
They were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names
2
as diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,
Freddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.
They had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so
many young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their
profession; love for their communities; love for their families;
love that can still be felt in this special place right
here today.
They devoted themselves to the timeless values that
society shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the
peace of a civilized community that protects children at play,
families at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human
life -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to
protect it.
They gave much, and asked little. They deserve our
remembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these
walls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,
but for how they lived.
They didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We
honor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and
quiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound
way -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore
to uphold.
Since 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you
remember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need
help. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go
free because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against
3
dedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will
change.
We need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous
appeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new
cases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a
10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon
in a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and
no parole. And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers
out there: be prepared to pay with your own life.
I asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years
ago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week,] the
? may
not happer
House of Representatives is voting on my crime bill. But for
this week
that bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial
Hale
43121
elements I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee has
tried to strip from the bill. Congress is only a few blocks
away. They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.
There's a war going on out there -- a war against crime. We
know that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's
souls. But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to
live in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement
officers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can
put new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.
President Coolidge told us, "The nation which forgets its
defenders will itself be forgotten." We will not forget.
America will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.
4
And we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and
year out. III
In the Oval Office, many important papers and documents
cross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or
two. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City
patrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a
rookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on
the orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to
keep that badge as a "reminder of all the brave police officers
who put their lives on the line for us every single day."
Well, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will
always keep it.
When society asks someone to put on a badge and place it
over their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that
says: "We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law
against those who break the law." That's what Eddie Byrne's
badge means to me. III
This memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning
to these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.
No number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or
memorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the
remembrance, and begun the healing.
Thank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.
And may God bless America's law enforcement officers.
# # #
Document No. 276872ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/8/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 10/10/91 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
SUBJECT:
JUDICIARY SQUARE TUES. 10/15/91
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
MCBRIDE
CARD
SNOW
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than NOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
good work DD
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Simon
Oct. 8, 1991
Draft 3
31 OCT 8 P6: 16
POLICE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
JUDICIARY SQUARE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991
2:00 p.m.
Thank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and
Gentlemen. [other acknowledgements]
This city has erected many monuments to generals and
admirals, to privates and seamen, who defended our freedom
against tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to dedicate
this memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort: those who
enforce the law and keep us secure here at home.
For too long, America's lawmen and women have been the
forgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're
stranded on the road, or frantically dialing 911 at home. Today
we remember these heroes and heroines.
"Now the real healing can start," says Vivian Eney, who so
many of you know. "When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when
the grass has grown over it," she says, "This will be the place
to come, to see the names -- to touch the names."
Visitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps
looking for a father or mother they never really knew.
Who were these people? they will ask. \ They were
policemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers
and special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.
They were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names
2
as diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,
Freddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.
They had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so
many young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their
profession; love for their communities; love for their families;
love that can still be felt in this special place right
here today.
\\ They devoted themselves to the timeless values that
society shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the
peace of a civilized community that protects children at play,
families at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human
life -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to
protect it.
They gave much, and asked little. They deserve our
remembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these
walls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,
but for how they lived.
They didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We
honor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and
quiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound
way -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore
to uphold.
Since 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you
remember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need
help. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go
free because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against
3
dedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will
change.
We need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous
appeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new
cases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a
10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon
in a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and
no parole. And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers
out there: be prepared to pay with your own life.
I asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years
ago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week, ] the
House of Representatives is voting on my crime bill. But for
that bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial
elements I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee has
tried to strip from the bill. Congress is only a few blocks
away. They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.
between cummits
There's a war going on out there -- a war against crime We
good
know that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's
said;
souls. But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to
live in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement
officers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can
put new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.
President Coolidge told us, "The nation which forgets its
defenders will itself be forgotten." We will not forget.
America will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.
4
And we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and
year out. 111
In the Oval Office, many important papers and documents
cross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or
two. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City
patrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a
rookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on
the orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to
keep that badge as a "reminder of all the brave police officers
who put their lives on the line for us every single day. "
Well, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will
always keep it.
When society asks someone to put on a badge and place it
over their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that
says: "We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law
against those who break the law." That's what Eddie Byrne's
badge means to me. III
This memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning
to these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.
No number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or
memorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the
remembrance, and begun the healing.
Thank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.
And may God bless America's law enforcement officers.
# # #
meclure'sments
CT 10 AID: 11
Simon
Oct. 8, 1991
Draft 3
01 OCT 8 P6: 16
POLICE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
JUDICIARY SQUARE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991
2:00 p.m.
Thank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and
Gentlemen. [other acknowledgements]
This city has erected many monuments to generals and
admirals, to privates and seamen, who defended our freedom
against tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to dedicate
this memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort: those who
enforce the law and keep us secure here at home.
For too long, America's lawmen and women have been the
forgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're
stranded on the road, or frantically dialing 911 at home. Today
we remember these heroes and heroines.
"Now the real healing can start," says Vivian Eney, who so
many of you know. "When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when
the grass has grown over it," she says, "This will be the place
to come, to see the names -- to touch the names."
Visitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps
looking for a father or mother they never really knew.
Who were these people? they will ask. \ They were
policemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers
and special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.
They were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names
2
as diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,
Freddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.
They had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so
many young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their
profession; love for their communities; love for their families;
love that can still be felt in this special place \\ right
here today.
They devoted themselves to the timeless values that
society shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the
peace of a civilized community that protects children at play,
families at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human
life -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to
protect it.
They gave much, and asked little. They deserve our
remembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these
walls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,
but for how they lived.
They didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We
honor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and
quiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound
way -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore
to uphold.
Since 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you
remember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need
help. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go
free because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against
3
dedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will
change.
We need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous
appeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new
cases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a
10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon
in a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and
no parole. And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers
out there: be prepared to pay with your own life.
I asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years
ago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week,] the
House of Representatives is voting on my crime bill. But for
that bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial
elements I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee has
rejected from the bill Congress is only a few blocks
away. They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.
There's a war going on out there -- a war against crime. We
know that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's
souls. But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to
live in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement
officers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can
put new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.
President Coolidge told us, "The nation which forgets its
defenders will itself be forgotten." We will not forget.
America will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.
4
And we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and
year out. III
In the Oval Office, many important papers and documents
cross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or
two. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City
patrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a
rookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on
the orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to
keep that badge as a "reminder of all the brave police officers
who put their lives on the line for us every single day."
Well, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will
always keep it.
When society asks someone to put on a badge and place it
over their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that
says: "We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law
against those who break the law." That's what Eddie Byrne's
badge means to me. III
This memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning
to these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.
No number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or
memorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the
remembrance, and begun the healing.
Thank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.
And may God bless America's law enforcement officers.
# # #
Document No. 276872ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
JI OCT 10 All:31
DATE: 10/8/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 10/10/91 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
JUDICIARY SQUARE - TUES. 10/15/91
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
MCBRIDE
CARD
SNOW
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than NOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Good- 9 few thoughts.
PHILLIP D. BRADY
B5 for SR
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Simon
Oct. 8, 1991
Draft 3
01 OCT 8 P6: 16
POLICE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
JUDICIARY SQUARE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991
2:00 p.m.
Thank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and
Gentlemen. [other acknowledgements]
Nation's
This city has erected many monuments to generals and
admirals, to enlistelmen privates and seamen, who defended our freedom
against tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to dedicate
this memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort: those who
enforce the law and keep us secure here at home.
For too long, America's lawmen and women have been the
forgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're
stranded on the road, or frantically dialing 911 at home. Today
we remember these heroes and heroines.
"Now the real healing can start," says Vivian Eney, who so
many of you know. "When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when
the grass has grown over it," she says, "This will be the place
to come, to see the names -- to touch the names."
Visitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps
looking for a father or mother they never really
The knew. ans is that
Thillash,
Who were these people?
They were
policemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers
and special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.
They were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names
2
as diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,
Freddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.
They had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so
many young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their
profession; love for their communities; love for their families;
love that can still be felt in this special place right
here today.
They devoted themselves to the timeless values that
society shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the
peace of a civilized community that protects children at play,
families at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human
life -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to
protect it.
They gave much, and asked little. They deserve our
remembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these
walls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,
but for how they lived.
They didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We
honor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and
quiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound
way -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore
to uphold.
Since 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you
remember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need
help. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go
free because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against
3
dedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will
change.
We need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous
appeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new
cases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a
10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon
in a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and
no parole. And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers
out there: be prepared to pay with your own life.
I asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years
ago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week, ] the
House of Representatives is voting on my crime bill. But for
that bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial
elements I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee has
tried to strip from the bill. Congress is only a few blocks
away. They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.
There's a war going on out there -- a war against crime. We
know that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's
souls But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to
live in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement
officers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can will the
put new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.
add new
President Coolidge told us, "The nation which forgets its names?
defenders will itself be forgotten." We will not forget.
America will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.
4
And we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and
year out.
In the Oval Office, many important papers and documents
cross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or
two. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City
patrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a
rookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on
the orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to
keep that badge as a "reminder of all the brave police officers
who put their lives on the line for us every single day." \\
Well, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will
always keep it.
\\
When society asks someone to put on a badge and place it
over their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that
says: "We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law
against those who break the law." That's what Eddie Byrne's
badge means to me.
This memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning
to these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.
No number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or
memorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the
remembrance, and begun the healing.
Thank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.
And may God bless America's law enforcement officers.
# # #
Document No. 276872ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
JI OCT 10 A9: 41
DATE: 10/8/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 10/10/91 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
JUDICIARY SQUARE - TUES. 10/15/91
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
MCBRIDE
CARD
SNOW
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than NOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Comments from Cabinet Affairs are attached.
Thanks,
E
Elizabeth Luttig
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Simon
Oct. 8, 1991
Draft 3
91 OCT 8 P6: 16
POLICE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
JUDICIARY SQUARE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991
2:00 p.m.
Thank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and
Gentlemen. [other acknowledgements]
This city has erected many monuments to generals and
admirals, to privates and seamen, who defended our freedom
against tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to dedicate
this memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort: those who
enforce the law and keep us secure here at home.
For too long, America's lawmen and women have been the
forgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're
stranded on the road, or frantically dialing 911 at home. Today
we remember these heroes and heroines.
"Now the real healing can start," says Vivian Eney, who so
many of you know. "When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when
the grass has grown over it," she says, "This will be the place
to come, to see the names -- to touch the names."
Visitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps
looking for a father or mother they never really knew.
Who were these people? they will ask. \ They were
policemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers
and special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.
They were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names
2
as diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,
Freddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.
They had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so
many young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their
profession; love for their communities; love for their families;
love that can still be felt in this special place right
here today.
They devoted themselves to the timeless values that
society shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the
peace of a civilized community that protects children at play,
families at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human
life -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to
protect it.
They gave much, and asked little. They deserve our
remembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these
walls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,
but for how they lived.
They didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We
honor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and
quiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound
way -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore
to uphold.
Since 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you
remember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need
help. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go
free because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against
3
dedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will
change.
We need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous
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10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon
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There's a war going on out there -- a war against crime. We
know that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's
souls. But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to
live in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement
officers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can
put new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.
President Coolidge told us, "The nation which forgets its
defenders will itself be forgotten." We will not forget.
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And we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and
year out. III
In the Oval Office, many important papers and documents
cross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or
two. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City
patrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a
rookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on
the orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to
keep that badge as a "reminder of all the brave police officers
who put their lives on the line for us every single day."
Well, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will
always keep it.
When society asks someone to put on a badge and place it
over their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that
says: "We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law
against those who break the law." That's what Eddie Byrne's
badge means to me.
This memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning
to these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.
No number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or
memorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the
remembrance, and begun the healing.
Thank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.
And may God bless America's law enforcement officers.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
91 OCT 10 A8:20
WASHINGTON
October 9, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR ROBERT ANTHONY SNOW
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR
COMMUNICATIONS AND DIRECTOR OF SPEECHWRITING
FROM:
CHESTER PAUL BEACH JR.
Chester Paul Beach, ):
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Law Enforcement Memorial
Dedication Judiciary Square
Counsel's Office has no legal objection to the Presidential
remarks referenced above.
Thank you for the opportunity to review this matter.
Attachment
CC: Phillip D. Brady
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Document No. 276872ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/8/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 10/10/91 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
SUBJECT:
JUDICIARY SQUARE - TUES. 10/15/91
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
MCBRIDE
CARD
SNOW
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than NOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Simon
Oct. 8, 1991
Draft 3
01 OCT 8 P6: 16
POLICE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
JUDICIARY SQUARE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991
2:00 p.m.
Thank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and
Gentlemen. [other acknowledgements]
This city has erected many monuments to generals and
admirals, to privates and seamen, who defended our freedom
against tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to dedicate
this memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort: those who
enforce the law and keep us secure here at home.
For too long, America's lawmen and women have been the
forgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're
stranded on the road, or frantically dialing 911 at home. Today
we remember these heroes and heroines.
"Now the real healing can start," says Vivian Eney, who so
many of you know. "When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when
the grass has grown over it," she says, "This will be the place
to come, to see the names -- to touch the names."
Visitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps
looking for a father or mother they never really knew.
Who were these people? they will ask. \ They were
policemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers
and special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.
They were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names
2
as diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,
Freddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.
They had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so
many young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their
profession; love for their communities; love for their families;
love that can still be felt \\ in this special place right
here today.
11 They devoted themselves to the timeless values that
society shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the
peace of a civilized community that protects children at play,
families at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human
life -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to
protect it.
They gave much, and asked little. They deserve our
remembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these
walls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,
but for how they lived.
They didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We
honor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and
quiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound
way -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore
to uphold.
Since 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you
remember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need
help. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go
free because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against
3
dedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will
change.
We need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous
appeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new
cases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a
10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon
in a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and
no parole. And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers
out there: be prepared to pay with your own life.
I asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years
ago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week,] the
House of Representatives is voting on my crime bill. But for
that bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial
elements I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee has
tried to strip from the bill. Congress is only a few blocks
away. They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.
There's a war going on out there -- a war against crime. We
know that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's
souls. But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to
live in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement
officers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can
put new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.
President Coolidge told us, "The nation which forgets its
defenders will itself be forgotten."
We will not forget.
America will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.
4
And we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and
year out. III
In the Oval Office, many important papers and documents
cross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or
two. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City
patrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a
rookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on
the orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to
keep that badge as a "reminder of all the brave police officers
who put their lives on the line for us every single day." "
Well, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will
always keep it.
When society asks someone to put on a badge and place it
over their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that
says: "We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law
against those who break the law." That's what Eddie Byrne's
badge means to me. III
This memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning
to these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.
No number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or
memorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the
remembrance, and begun the healing.
Thank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.
And may God bless America's law enforcement officers.
# # #
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Document No. 276872ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
P6: 28
DATE: 10/8/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 10/10/91 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
JUDICIARY SQUARE TUES. 10/15/91
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMIT
MCBRIDE
CARD
SNOW
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than NOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Shy
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Simon
Oct. 8, 1991
Draft 3
POLICE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
JUDICIARY SQUARE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991
2:00 p.m.
Thank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and
Gentlemen. [other acknowledgements]
This city has erected many monuments to generals and
admirals, to privates and seamen, who defended our freedom
against tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to dedicate
this memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort: those who
enforce the law and keep us secure here at home.
For too long, America's lawmen and women have been the
forgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're
stranded on the road, or frantically dialing 911 at home. Today
we remember these heroes and heroines.
"Now the real healing can start," says Vivian Eney, who SO
many of you know. "When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when
the grass has grown over it," she says, "This will be the place
to come, to see the names -- to touch the names."
Visitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps
looking for a father or mother they never really knew.
Who were these people? they will ask. \ They were
policemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers
and special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.
They were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names
2
as diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,
Freddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.
They had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so
many young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their
profession; love for their communities; love for their families;
love that can still be felt in this special place right
here today.
They devoted themselves to the timeless values that
society shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the
peace of a civilized community that protects children at play,
families at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human
life -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to
protect it.
They gave much, and asked little. They deserve our
remembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these
walls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,
but for how they lived.
They didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We
honor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and
quiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound
way -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore
to uphold.
Since 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you
remember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need
help. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go
free because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against
3
dedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will
change.
We need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous
appeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new
cases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a
10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon
in a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and
no parole. And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers
out there: be prepared to pay with your own life.
I asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years
ago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week,] the
House of Representatives is voting on my crime bill. But for
that bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial
elements I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee has
tried to strip from the bill. Congress is only a few blocks
away. They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.
There's a war going on out there -- a war against crime. We
know that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's
souls. But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to
live in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement
officers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can
put new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.
President Coolidge told us, "The nation which forgets its
defenders will itself be forgotten." We will not forget.
America will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.
4
And we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and
year out.
In the Oval Office, many important papers and documents
cross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or
two. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City
patrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a
rookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on
the orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to
keep that badge as a "reminder of all the brave police officers
who put their lives on the line for us every single day."
Well, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will
always keep it.
When society asks someone to put on a badge and place it
over their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that
says: "We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law
against those who break the law." That's what Eddie Byrne's
badge means to me.
This memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning
to these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.
No number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or
memorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the
remembrance, and begun the healing.
Thank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.
And may God bless America's law enforcement officers.
# # #
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
THE WHITE HOUSE
st
WASHINGTON
91 OCT 10 P2: 36
October 10, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
TONY SNOW TS
Veryice
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FROM:
ROBERT SIMONS
SUBJECT:
NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
10-"
I. SUMMARY
On Tuesday, October 15, at 2:00 p.m., you will dedicate
the National Law Enforcement Memorial at Judiciary Square.
An audience of 9,000 police officers and survivors is
expected.
II. DISCUSSION
The memorial contains the names of all 12,500 officers
killed in the line of duty since the U.S. was founded. You
broke ground at the site on October 30, 1989. A quotation
from that speech is now on the memorial.
The remarks (8 minutes, on cards) pay tribute to these
fallen officers and calls on Congress to pass the crime
bill.
Simon
Oct. 10, 1991
Draft 4 / POLICE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
JUDICIARY SQUARE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991
2:00 p.m.
Thank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and
Gentlemen. [other acknowledgements]
This city has erected many monuments to generals and
admirals, to privates and seamen, who defended our nation's
freedom against tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to
dedicate this memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort:
those who enforce the law and keep us secure here at home.
For too long, America's lawmen and women have been the
forgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're
stranded on the road, or frantically dialing nine-one-one at
home.
Today we remember these heroes and heroines. "Now the real
healing can start," says Vivian Eney [EE-nee], who so many of you
know. "When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when the grass
has grown over it," she says, "This will be the place to come, to
see the names -- to touch the names."
Visitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps
looking for a father or mother they never really knew.
Who were these people? they will ask.
They were
policemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers
and special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.
They were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names
2
as diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,
Freddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.
They had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so
many young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their
profession; love for their communities; love for their families;
love that can still be felt in this special place right
here today.
11 They devoted themselves to the timeless values that
society shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the
peace of a civilized community that protects children at play,
families at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human
life -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to
protect it.
They gave much, and asked little. They deserve our
remembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these
walls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,
but for how they lived.
They didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We
honor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and
quiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound
way -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore
to uphold.
Since 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you
remember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need
help. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go
free because the scales of justice are unfairly tipped against
3
dedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will
change.
We need a crimettill that will stop the endless, frivolous
habeus corpus appeals that waste time prosecutors could be
spending on new cases We need a crime bill with tough penalties
-- such as a 10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-
automatic weapon in a violent or drug-related crime -- with no
plea bargains and no parole. We need a crime bill that says to
police, if you act in good faith, evidence will not be suppressed
in court based on needless technicalities. And we need a crime
bill that warns would-be killers out there: be prepared to pay
with your own life.
I asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years
ago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week,] the
House of Representatives is voting on a crime bill. But for that
bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial elements
I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee refused to
include in the bill. Congress is only a few blocks away.
They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.
There's a war going on out there -- a war between criminals
and a good society. We know that war will not end, as long as
evil dwells in men's souls. But we can work to lock up those who
are too violent to live in civilized society. We can support the
law enforcement officers who are on the front lines day after
day. And we can put new laws on the books to keep new names off
these walls.
4
President Coolidge told us, "The nation which forgets its
defenders will itself be forgotten." \ We will not forget.
America \ will not forget. We will not forget those who have
died. And we will not forget those who protect and serve every
day of the year. III
In the Oval Office, many important papers and documents
cross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or
two. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City
patrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a
rookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on
the orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to
keep that badge as a "reminder of all the brave police officers
who put their lives on the line for us every single day." 11
Well, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will
always keep it. 11
When society asks someone to put on a badge and place it
over their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that
says: "We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law
against those who break the law." That's what Eddie Byrne's
badge means to me. III
This memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning
to these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.
No number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or
memorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the
remembrance, and begun the healing.
5
Thank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.
And may God bless America's law enforcement officers.
# # #
Document No.
WITTE P5:20
HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
10/10/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
---
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
>
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
MCBRIDE
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
01 OCT 10 P2: 36
October 10, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
TONY SNOW TS
FROM:
ROBERT SIMON
SUBJECT:
NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
I. SUMMARY
On Tuesday, October 15, at 2:00 p.m., you will dedicate
the National Law Enforcement Memorial at Judiciary Square.
An audience of 9,000 police officers and survivors is
expected.
II. DISCUSSION
The memorial contains the names of all 12,500 officers
killed in the line of duty since the U.S. was founded. You
broke ground at the site on October 30, 1989. A quotation
from that speech is now on the memorial.
The remarks (8 minutes, on cards) pay tribute to these
bill. fallen officers and calls on Congress to pass the crime
Simon
Oct. 10, 1991
Draft 4 / POLICE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
JUDICIARY SQUARE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991
2:00 p.m.
Thank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and
Gentlemen. [other acknowledgements]
This city has erected many monuments to generals and
admirals, to privates and seamen, who defended our nation's
freedom against tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to
dedicate this memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort:
those who enforce the law and keep us secure here at home.
For too long, America's lawmen and women have been the
forgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're
stranded on the road, or frantically dialing nine-one-one at
home.
Today we remember these heroes and heroines. "Now the real
healing can start," says Vivian Eney [EE-nee], who so many of you
know. "When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when the grass
has grown over it," she says, "This will be the place to come, to
see the names -- to touch the names."
Visitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps
looking for a father or mother they never really knew.
Who were these people? they will ask. \ They were
policemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers
and special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.
They were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names
2
as diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,
Freddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.
They had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so
many young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their
profession; love for their communities; love for their families;
love that can still be felt in this special place right
here today.
11 They devoted themselves to the timeless values that
society shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the
peace of a civilized community that protects children at play,
families at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human
life -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to
protect it.
They gave much, and asked little. They deserve our
remembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these
walls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,
but for how they lived.
They didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We
honor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and
quiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound
way -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore
to uphold.
Since 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you
remember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need
help. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go
free because the scales of justice are unfairly tipped against
3
dedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will
change.
We need a crime bill that will stop the endless, frivolous
habeus corpus appeals that waste time prosecutors could be
spending on new cases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties
-- such as a 10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-
automatic weapon in a violent or drug-related crime -- with no
plea bargains and no parole. We need a crime bill that says to
police, if you act in good faith, evidence will not be suppressed
in court based on needless technicalities. And we need a crime
bill that warns would-be killers out there: be prepared to pay
with your own life.
I asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years
ago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week,] the
House of Representatives is voting on a crime bill. But for that
bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial elements
I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee refused to
include in the bill. Congress is only a few blocks away.
They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.
There's a war going on out there -- a war between criminals
and a good society. We know that war will not end, as long as
evil dwells in men's souls. But we can work to lock up those who
are too violent to live in civilized society. We can support the
law enforcement officers who are on the front lines day after
day. And we can put new laws on the books to keep new names off
these walls.
4
President Coolidge told us, "The nation which forgets its
defenders will itself be forgotten." \ We will not forget.
America \ will not forget. We will not forget those who have
died. And we will not forget those who protect and serve every
day of the year. III
In the Oval Office, many important papers and documents
cross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or
two. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City
patrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a
rookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on
the orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to
keep that badge as a "reminder of all the brave police officers
who put their lives on the line for us every single day."
Well, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will
always keep it. 11
When society asks someone to put on a badge and place it
over their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that
says: "We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law
against 1, those who break the law. " That's what Eddie Byrne's
badge means to me. III
This memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning
to these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.
No number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or
memorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the
remembrance, and begun the healing.
5
Thank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.
And may God bless America's law enforcement officers.
# # #