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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
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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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appeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new
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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
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live in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement
officers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can
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President Coolidge told us, "The nation which forgets its
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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.
America will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.
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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.
# # #
as al H
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
CA
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.
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 11\nTHIS NATION HAS ERECTED MANY MONUMENTS TO GENERALS\nAND ADMIRALS, TO PRIVATES AND SEAMEN, WHO DEFENDED OUR\nNATION'S FREEDOM AGAINST TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION.\n199\n- 2 -\nWE GATHER HERE TODAY TO DEDICATE THIS MEMORIAL TO\nUNIFORMED HEROES OF ANOTHER SORT: THOSE WHO ENFORCE\nTHE LAW AND KEEP US SECURE HERE AT HOME.\nFOR TOO LONG, AMERICA'S LAWMEN AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN\nTHE FORGOTTEN HEROES -- FORGOTTEN UNTIL THERE'S\nTROUBLE, UNTIL WE'RE STRANDED ON THE ROAD, OR\nFRANTICALLY DIALING NINE-ONE-ONE AT HOME.\n- 3 -\nTODAY WE REMEMBER THESE HEROES AND HEROINES. \"Now\nTHE REAL HEALING CAN START,\" SAYS VIVIAN ENEY [EE-NEE],\nWHO so MANY OF YOU KNOW. \"WHEN THE GRAVE DOESN'T LOOK\nNEW ANYMORE, WHEN THE GRASS HAS GROWN OVER IT,\" SHE\nSAYS, \"THIS WILL BE THE PLACE TO COME, To SEE THE NAMES\n-- TO TOUCH THE NAMES.\"\nVISITORS WILL COME HERE. SOME WILL BE CHILDREN,\nPERHAPS LOOKING FOR A FATHER OR MOTHER THEY NEVER\nREALLY KNEW.\n- 4 -\nWHO WERE THESE PEOPLE? THEY WILL ASK. \\ THEY WERE\nPOLICEMEN AND POLICEWOMEN, MARSHALS AND SHERIFFS, STATE\nTROOPERS AND SPECIAL AGENTS. THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES IN\nTHE LINE OF DUTY. THEY WERE YOUNG AND OLD, RANGING\nFROM 19 To 81. THEY HAD NAMES AS DIVERSE AS AMERICA\nITSELF: DONALD KOWALSKI, PATRICK O'MALLEY, FREDDIE LEE\nJACKSON, TOMMY DELAROSA, JOSÉ GONZALES, DONNA MILLER.\nTHEY HAD WIVES AND HUSBANDS, MOTHERS AND FATHERS,\nAND so MANY YOUNG CHILDREN.\n- 5 -\nMOST OF ALL THEY HAD LOVE -- LOVE FOR THEIR PROFESSION;\nLOVE FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES; LOVE FOR THEIR FAMILIES;\nLOVE THAT CAN STILL BE FELT 11 IN THIS SPECIAL PLACE 11\nRIGHT HERE TODAY.\n11 THEY DEVOTED THEMSELVES TO THE TIMELESS VALUES\nTHAT SOCIETY SHARES. THEY VALUED THE LAW. THEY VALUED\nPEACE -- THE PEACE OF A CIVILIZED COMMUNITY THAT\nPROTECTS CHILDREN AT PLAY, FAMILIES AT HOME, AND\nSTOREKEEPERS AT WORK.\n- 6 -\nTHEY VALUED HUMAN LIFE -- so MUCH THAT THEY WERE\nPREPARED TO GIVE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT IT.\nTHEY GAVE MUCH, AND ASKED LITTLE. THEY DESERVE OUR\nREMEMBRANCE. HERE IN AMERICA'S CAPITAL, FOR AS LONG AS\nTHESE WALLS STAND, THEY WILL BE REMEMBERED. NOT FOR\nTHE WAY THEY DIED, BUT FOR HOW THEY LIVED.\nTHEY DIDN'T ASK FOR HONORS, THOUGH HONOR THEM WE\nWILL. WE HONOR THEM WITH THESE WALLS -- WITH THESE\nTREES AND GRASS AND QUIET POOL OF WATER.\n- 7 -\nBUT WE CAN HONOR THEM IN A MORE PROFOUND WAY -- A MORE\nLASTING WAY -- BY STRENGTHENING THE LAWS THEY SWORE TO\nUPHOLD.\nSINCE 1989, ON A RAINY SPRING DAY I KNOW MANY OF\nYOU REMEMBER, I HAVE TRIED To PERSUADE CONGRESS THAT\nOUR POLICE NEED HELP. Too MANY TIMES, IN TOO MANY\nCASES, TOO MANY CRIMINALS GO FREE BECAUSE THE SCALES OF\nJUSTICE ARE UNFAIRLY TIPPED AGAINST DEDICATED LAWMEN\nAND WOMEN LIKE YOU. WITH YOUR HELP, THAT WILL CHANGE.\n- 8 -\nWE NEED A CRIME BILL THAT WILL STOP THE ENDLESS,\nFRIVOLOUS HABEUS CORPUS APPEALS THAT WASTE TIME\nPROSECUTORS COULD BE SPENDING ON NEW CASES. WE NEED A\nCRIME BILL THAT SAYS TO POLICE, IF YOU ACT IN GOOD\nFAITH, EVIDENCE WILL NOT BE SUPPRESSED IN COURT BASED\nON NEEDLESS TECHNICALITIES. WE NEED A CRIME BILL WITH\nTOUGH PENALTIES -- SUCH AS A 10-YEAR MINIMUM SENTENCE\nTO ANYONE USING A SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPON IN A VIOLENT OR\nDRUG-RELATED CRIME -- WITH NO PLEA BARGAINS AND NO\nPAROLE.\n- 9 -\nAND WE NEED A CRIME BILL THAT WARNS WOULD-BE KILLERS\nOUT THERE: BE PREPARED TO PAY WITH YOUR OWN LIFE. I\nASKED CONGRESS TO PASS THESE PROPOSALS MORE THAN TWO\nYEARS AGO. I'VE GOTTEN ONLY A PIECEMEAL RESPONSE.\nTHIS WEEK, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS VOTING ON A\nCRIME BILL. BUT FOR THAT BILL TO BE WORTH ANYTHING, IT\nMUST CONTAIN THE CRUCIAL ELEMENTS I'VE CITED --\nELEMENTS THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE REFUSED TO\nINCLUDE IN THE BILL.\n- 10 -\nCONGRESS IS ONLY A FEW BLOCKS AWAY. THEY'VE HEARD FROM\nME; THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU.\nTHERE'S A WAR GOING ON OUT THERE -- A WAR BETWEEN\nCRIMINALS AND A GOOD SOCIETY. WE KNOW THAT WAR WILL\nNOT END, AS LONG AS EVIL DWELLS IN MEN'S SOULS. BUT WE\nCAN WORK TO LOCK UP THOSE WHO ARE TOO VIOLENT To LIVE\nIN CIVILIZED SOCIETY. WE CAN SUPPORT THE LAW\nENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINES DAY\nAFTER DAY.\n- 11 -\nAND WE CAN PUT NEW LAWS ON THE BOOKS TO KEEP NEW NAMES\nOFF THESE WALLS.\nPRESIDENT COOLIDGE TOLD US, \"THE NATION WHICH\nFORGETS ITS DEFENDERS WILL ITSELF BE FORGOTTEN.\" \\ WE\nWILL NOT FORGET. AMERICA \\ WILL NOT FORGET. WE WILL\nNOT FORGET THOSE WHO HAVE DIED. AND WE WILL NOT FORGET\nTHOSE WHO PROTECT AND SERVE EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. 111\nIN THE OVAL OFFICE, MANY IMPORTANT PAPERS AND\nDOCUMENTS CROSS MY DESK EACH DAY.\n- 12 -\nMOST OF THEM STAY THERE BUT A DAY OR TWO. BUT INSIDE\nTHE DRAWER, ONE THING STAYS: A NEW YORK CITY\nPATROLMAN'S BADGE -- NUMBER 14072. IT BELONGED TO\nEDDIE BYRNE, A ROOKIE COP WHO WAS GUARDING A WITNESS\nWHEN HE WAS GUNNED DOWN ON THE ORDERS OF A DRUG DEALER\nIN JAIL. EDDIE'S FATHER ASKED ME TO KEEP THAT BADGE AS\nA \"REMINDER OF ALL THE BRAVE POLICE OFFICERS WHO PUT\nTHEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR US EVERY SINGLE DAY.\" 11\nWELL, I'VE KEPT IT.\n- 13 -\nI HAVE IT WITH ME HERE TODAY, AND I WILL ALWAYS KEEP\nIT. 11\nWHEN SOCIETY ASKS SOMEONE TO PUT ON A BADGE AND\nPLACE IT OVER THEIR HEART, WE MAKE A SACRED COVENANT\n-- A COVENANT THAT SAYS: \"WE AS A SOCIETY STAND BEHIND\nTHOSE WHO ENFORCE THE LAW AGAINST THOSE WHO BREAK THE\nLAW.\" THAT'S WHAT EDDIE BYRNE'S BADGE MEANS TO ME.\n- 14 -\nTHIS MEMORIAL GIVES MEANING TO THAT COVENANT, GIVES\nMEANING TO THESE LIVES, GIVES MEANING To THE LAW AND\nWHAT IT STANDS FOR. No NUMBER OF WORDS OR WREATHS, NO\nAMOUNT OF MUSIC OR MEMORIALIZING, WILL DO JUSTICE HERE\nTODAY, BUT WE HAVE BEGUN THE REMEMBRANCE, AND BEGUN THE\nHEALING.\nTHANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME To SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH\nYOU. AND MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA'S LAW ENFORCEMENT\nOFFICERS.\n#\n#\n#\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 10, 1991\nMEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW\nFROM:\nROGER B. PORTER RBP\nSUBJECT:\nPresidential Remarks: Law Enforcement Memorial\nDedication\nWe have reviewed the attached remarks and have noted one\nsuggested change on page three of the draft.\nPlease let us know if you have any questions or if we may\nhelp in any other way.\nCC: Phillip D. Brady\nDocument No. 276872ss\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nDATE: 10/8/91\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 10/10/91 NOON\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nJUDICIARY SQUARE - TUES. 10/15/91\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\n>\nHORNER\nSUNUNU\nMCCLURE\nSCOWCROFT\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMITH\nMCBRIDE\nCARD\nSNOW\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\n>\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than NOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, with a copy to this office.\nThank you.\nRESPONSE:\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nExt. 2702\n2\nas diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,\nFreddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.\nThey had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so\nmany young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their\nprofession; love for their communities; love for their families;\nlove that can still be felt in this special place right\nhere today.\nThey devoted themselves to the timeless values that\nsociety shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the\npeace of a civilized community that protects children at play,\nfamilies at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human\nlife -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to\nprotect it.\nThey gave much, and asked little. They deserve our\nremembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these\nwalls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,\nbut for how they lived.\nThey didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We\nhonor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and\nquiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound\nway -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore\nto uphold.\nSince 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you\nremember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need\nhelp. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go\nfree because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against\n3\ndedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will\nchange.\nWe need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous\nappeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new\ncases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a\n10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon\nin a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and\nno parole. And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers\nout there: be prepared to pay with your own life.\nI asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years\nago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week,] the\nHouse of Representatives is voting on my crime bill. But for\nthat bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial\nelements I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee has\nRefused to include iN\ntried to strip from the bill. Congress is only a few blocks\naway. They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.\nThere's a war going on out there -- a war against crime. We\nknow that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's\nsouls. But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to\nlive in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement\nofficers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can\nput new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.\nPresident Coolidge told us, \"The nation which forgets its\ndefenders will itself be forgotten.\" \" We will not forget.\nAmerica will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.\n4\nAnd we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and\nyear out. III\nIn the Oval Office, many important papers and documents\ncross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or\ntwo. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City\npatrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a\nrookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on\nthe orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to\nkeep that badge as a \"reminder of all the brave police officers\nwho put their lives on the line for us every single day.\"\nWell, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will\nalways keep it.\nWhen society asks someone to put on a badge and place it\nover their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that\nsays: \"We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law\nagainst those who break the law.\" That's what Eddie Byrne's\nbadge means to me. III\nThis memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning\nto these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.\nNo number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or\nmemorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the\nremembrance, and begun the healing.\nThank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.\nAnd may God bless America's law enforcement officers.\n# # #\nDocument No. 276872ss\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nDATE: 10/8/91\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 10/10/91 NOON\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nSUBJECT:\nJUDICIARY SQUARE - TUES. 10/15/91\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nHORNER\nSUNUNU\nMCCLURE\nSCOWCROFT\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMITH\nN/C\nMCBRIDE\nCARD\nSNOW\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than NOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, with a copy to this office.\nThank you.\nRESPONSE:\n- MAST\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nExt. 2702\nSimon\nOct. 8, 1991\nDraft 3\n01 OCT 8 P6: 16\nPOLICE\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nJUDICIARY SQUARE\nTUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991\n2:00 p.m.\nThank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and\nGentlemen. [other acknowledgements]\nThis city has erected many monuments to generals and\nenlisted nen (BT) no\nNation's (BT) yes\nadmirals, privates and seamen, who defended our/freedom\nagainst tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to dedicate\nthis memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort: those who\nenforce the law and keep us secure here at home.\nFor too long, America's lawmen and women have been the\nforgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're\nstranded on the road, or frantically dialing 911 at home. Today\nwe remember these heroes and heroines.\n\"Now the real healing can start,\" says Vivian Eney, who so\nmany of you know. \"When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when\nthe grass has grown over it,\" she says, \"This will be the place\nto come, to see the names -- to touch the names.\"\nVisitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps\nlooking for a father or mother they never really knew.\nThey will ^ Who ask were (BT) these people? they will ask. aske) \\ The They answer were is that 40\nno policemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers\nand special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.\nThey were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names\n2\nas diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,\nFreddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.\nThey had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so\nmany young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their\nprofession; love for their communities; love for their families;\nlove that can still be felt in this special place right\nhere today.\nThey devoted themselves to the timeless values that\nsociety shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the\npeace of a civilized community that protects children at play,\nfamilies at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human\nlife -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to\nprotect it.\nThey gave much, and asked little. They deserve our\nremembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these\nwalls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,\nbut for how they lived.\nThey didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We\nhonor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and\nquiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound\nway -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore\nto uphold.\nSince 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you\nremember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need\nhelp. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go\nfree because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against\nWe need a crime bill that says to police,\nif you act in good faith, evidence\nwill not be suppressed in Count based\non needless 3 technicalities. (DOJ)\ndedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will\nchange\nWe need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous\nhabeas\nCorples\nappeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new\n(DOJ)\ncases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a\n10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon\nin a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and\nCSP (DOS)\nno parole And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers\nout there: be prepared to pay with your own life.)\nI asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years\nago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week, the\na (Porter)\nHouse of Representatives is voting on my crime bill. But for\nThe Dill sent out by committee is\nmore a criminal prolection act\nthan anticrimenture (D05)\nthat bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial\nelements I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee has\ntried to strip from the bill. Congress is only @ few blocks\nrefused to includein (Porter) or rejected (mcclure)\naway. They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.\nbetween criminals of a\nThere's a war going on out there -- a war against crime. We good\nknow that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's\nsociety\n(D2)\nsouls. CBD30 But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to\nlive in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement\nofficers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can\nwill they\nput new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.\nan\naddams? new\nPresident Coolidge told us, \"The nation which forgets its\ndefenders will itself be forgotten.\"\nWe will not forget.\nAmerica will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.\nmy crime bill provides for the\ndeath penalty for the killing of\nno\nany 'aw enforcement officer or\ncny state or Bear officer working w/fed. off. (DOT)\n4\nAnd we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and\nyear out.\nIn the Oval- Office, many important papers and documents\ncross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or\ntwo. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City\npatrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a\nrookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on\nthe orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to\nkeep that badge as a \"reminder of all the brave police officers\nwho put their lives on the line for us every single day.\"\nWell, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will\nalways keep it.\nWhen society asks someone to put on a badge and place it\nover their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that\nsays: \"We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law\nagainst those who break the law.\" That's what Eddie Byrne's\nbadge means to me.\nThis memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning\nto these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.\nNo number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or\nmemorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the\nremembrance, and begun the healing.\nThank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.\nAnd may God bless America's law enforcement officers.\n# # #\nDocument No. 276872ss\n91 OCT 10 P3: 43\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nDATE: 10/8/91\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 10/10/91 NOON\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nJUDICIARY SQUARE - TUES. 10/15/91\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\n>\nHORNER\nSUNUNU\nMCCLURE\nSCOWCROFT\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMITH\nMCBRIDE\nCARD\nSNOW\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than NOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, with a copy to this office.\nThank you.\nRESPONSE:\nSee comments\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nExt. 2702\nSimon\nOct. 8, 1991\nDraft 3\n31 OCT 8 P6: 16\nPOLICE\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nJUDICIARY SQUARE\nTUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991\n2:00 p.m.\nThank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and\nGentlemen. [other acknowledgements]\nThis city has erected many monuments to generals and\nadmirals, to privates and seamen, who defended our freedom\nagainst tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to dedicate\nthis memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort: those who\nenforce the law and keep us secure here at home.\nFor too long, America's lawmen and women have been the\nforgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're\nstranded on the road, or frantically dialing 911 at home. Today\nwe remember these heroes and heroines.\n\"Now the real healing can start,\" says Vivian Eney, who so\nmany of you know. \"When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when\nthe grass has grown over it,\" she says, \"This will be the place\nto come, to see the names -- to touch the names.\"\nVisitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps\nlooking for a father or mother they never really knew.\nWho were these people? they will ask. \\ They were\npolicemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers\nand special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.\nThey were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names\n2\nas diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,\nFreddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.\nThey had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so\nmany young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their\nprofession; love for their communities; love for their families;\nlove that can still be felt in this special place right\nhere today.\nThey devoted themselves to the timeless values that\nsociety shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the\npeace of a civilized community that protects children at play,\nfamilies at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human\nlife -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to\nprotect it.\nThey gave much, and asked little. They deserve our\nremembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these\nwalls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,\nbut for how they lived.\nThey didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We\nhonor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and\nquiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound\nway -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore\nto uphold.\nSince 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you\nremember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need\nhelp. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go\nfree because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against\n3\ndedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will\nchange.\nWe need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous\nappeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new\ncases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a\n10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon\nin a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and\nno parole. And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers\nout there: be prepared to pay with your own life.\nI asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years\nago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week,] the\n? may\nnot happer\nHouse of Representatives is voting on my crime bill. But for\nthis week\nthat bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial\nHale\n43121\nelements I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee has\ntried to strip from the bill. Congress is only a few blocks\naway. They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.\nThere's a war going on out there -- a war against crime. We\nknow that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's\nsouls. But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to\nlive in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement\nofficers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can\nput new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.\nPresident Coolidge told us, \"The nation which forgets its\ndefenders will itself be forgotten.\" We will not forget.\nAmerica will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.\n4\nAnd we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and\nyear out. III\nIn the Oval Office, many important papers and documents\ncross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or\ntwo. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City\npatrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a\nrookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on\nthe orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to\nkeep that badge as a \"reminder of all the brave police officers\nwho put their lives on the line for us every single day.\"\nWell, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will\nalways keep it.\nWhen society asks someone to put on a badge and place it\nover their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that\nsays: \"We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law\nagainst those who break the law.\" That's what Eddie Byrne's\nbadge means to me. III\nThis memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning\nto these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.\nNo number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or\nmemorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the\nremembrance, and begun the healing.\nThank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.\nAnd may God bless America's law enforcement officers.\n# # #\nDocument No. 276872ss\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nDATE: 10/8/91\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 10/10/91 NOON\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nSUBJECT:\nJUDICIARY SQUARE TUES. 10/15/91\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nHORNER\nSUNUNU\nMCCLURE\nSCOWCROFT\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMITH\nMCBRIDE\nCARD\nSNOW\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than NOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, with a copy to this office.\nThank you.\nRESPONSE:\ngood work DD\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nExt. 2702\nSimon\nOct. 8, 1991\nDraft 3\n31 OCT 8 P6: 16\nPOLICE\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nJUDICIARY SQUARE\nTUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991\n2:00 p.m.\nThank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and\nGentlemen. [other acknowledgements]\nThis city has erected many monuments to generals and\nadmirals, to privates and seamen, who defended our freedom\nagainst tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to dedicate\nthis memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort: those who\nenforce the law and keep us secure here at home.\nFor too long, America's lawmen and women have been the\nforgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're\nstranded on the road, or frantically dialing 911 at home. Today\nwe remember these heroes and heroines.\n\"Now the real healing can start,\" says Vivian Eney, who so\nmany of you know. \"When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when\nthe grass has grown over it,\" she says, \"This will be the place\nto come, to see the names -- to touch the names.\"\nVisitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps\nlooking for a father or mother they never really knew.\nWho were these people? they will ask. \\ They were\npolicemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers\nand special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.\nThey were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names\n2\nas diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,\nFreddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.\nThey had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so\nmany young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their\nprofession; love for their communities; love for their families;\nlove that can still be felt in this special place right\nhere today.\n\\\\ They devoted themselves to the timeless values that\nsociety shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the\npeace of a civilized community that protects children at play,\nfamilies at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human\nlife -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to\nprotect it.\nThey gave much, and asked little. They deserve our\nremembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these\nwalls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,\nbut for how they lived.\nThey didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We\nhonor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and\nquiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound\nway -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore\nto uphold.\nSince 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you\nremember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need\nhelp. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go\nfree because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against\n3\ndedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will\nchange.\nWe need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous\nappeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new\ncases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a\n10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon\nin a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and\nno parole. And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers\nout there: be prepared to pay with your own life.\nI asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years\nago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week, ] the\nHouse of Representatives is voting on my crime bill. But for\nthat bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial\nelements I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee has\ntried to strip from the bill. Congress is only a few blocks\naway. They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.\nbetween cummits\nThere's a war going on out there -- a war against crime We\ngood\nknow that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's\nsaid;\nsouls. But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to\nlive in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement\nofficers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can\nput new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.\nPresident Coolidge told us, \"The nation which forgets its\ndefenders will itself be forgotten.\" We will not forget.\nAmerica will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.\n4\nAnd we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and\nyear out. 111\nIn the Oval Office, many important papers and documents\ncross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or\ntwo. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City\npatrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a\nrookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on\nthe orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to\nkeep that badge as a \"reminder of all the brave police officers\nwho put their lives on the line for us every single day. \"\nWell, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will\nalways keep it.\nWhen society asks someone to put on a badge and place it\nover their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that\nsays: \"We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law\nagainst those who break the law.\" That's what Eddie Byrne's\nbadge means to me. III\nThis memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning\nto these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.\nNo number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or\nmemorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the\nremembrance, and begun the healing.\nThank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.\nAnd may God bless America's law enforcement officers.\n# # #\nmeclure'sments\nCT 10 AID: 11\nSimon\nOct. 8, 1991\nDraft 3\n01 OCT 8 P6: 16\nPOLICE\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nJUDICIARY SQUARE\nTUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991\n2:00 p.m.\nThank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and\nGentlemen. [other acknowledgements]\nThis city has erected many monuments to generals and\nadmirals, to privates and seamen, who defended our freedom\nagainst tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to dedicate\nthis memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort: those who\nenforce the law and keep us secure here at home.\nFor too long, America's lawmen and women have been the\nforgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're\nstranded on the road, or frantically dialing 911 at home. Today\nwe remember these heroes and heroines.\n\"Now the real healing can start,\" says Vivian Eney, who so\nmany of you know. \"When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when\nthe grass has grown over it,\" she says, \"This will be the place\nto come, to see the names -- to touch the names.\"\nVisitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps\nlooking for a father or mother they never really knew.\nWho were these people? they will ask. \\ They were\npolicemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers\nand special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.\nThey were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names\n2\nas diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,\nFreddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.\nThey had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so\nmany young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their\nprofession; love for their communities; love for their families;\nlove that can still be felt in this special place \\\\ right\nhere today.\nThey devoted themselves to the timeless values that\nsociety shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the\npeace of a civilized community that protects children at play,\nfamilies at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human\nlife -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to\nprotect it.\nThey gave much, and asked little. They deserve our\nremembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these\nwalls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,\nbut for how they lived.\nThey didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We\nhonor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and\nquiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound\nway -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore\nto uphold.\nSince 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you\nremember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need\nhelp. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go\nfree because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against\n3\ndedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will\nchange.\nWe need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous\nappeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new\ncases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a\n10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon\nin a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and\nno parole. And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers\nout there: be prepared to pay with your own life.\nI asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years\nago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week,] the\nHouse of Representatives is voting on my crime bill. But for\nthat bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial\nelements I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee has\nrejected from the bill Congress is only a few blocks\naway. They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.\nThere's a war going on out there -- a war against crime. We\nknow that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's\nsouls. But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to\nlive in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement\nofficers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can\nput new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.\nPresident Coolidge told us, \"The nation which forgets its\ndefenders will itself be forgotten.\" We will not forget.\nAmerica will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.\n4\nAnd we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and\nyear out. III\nIn the Oval Office, many important papers and documents\ncross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or\ntwo. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City\npatrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a\nrookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on\nthe orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to\nkeep that badge as a \"reminder of all the brave police officers\nwho put their lives on the line for us every single day.\"\nWell, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will\nalways keep it.\nWhen society asks someone to put on a badge and place it\nover their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that\nsays: \"We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law\nagainst those who break the law.\" That's what Eddie Byrne's\nbadge means to me. III\nThis memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning\nto these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.\nNo number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or\nmemorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the\nremembrance, and begun the healing.\nThank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.\nAnd may God bless America's law enforcement officers.\n# # #\nDocument No. 276872ss\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nJI OCT 10 All:31\nDATE: 10/8/91\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 10/10/91 NOON\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nJUDICIARY SQUARE - TUES. 10/15/91\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nHORNER\nSUNUNU\nMCCLURE\nSCOWCROFT\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMITH\nMCBRIDE\nCARD\nSNOW\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than NOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, with a copy to this office.\nThank you.\nRESPONSE:\nGood- 9 few thoughts.\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nB5 for SR\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nExt. 2702\nSimon\nOct. 8, 1991\nDraft 3\n01 OCT 8 P6: 16\nPOLICE\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nJUDICIARY SQUARE\nTUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991\n2:00 p.m.\nThank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and\nGentlemen. [other acknowledgements]\nNation's\nThis city has erected many monuments to generals and\nadmirals, to enlistelmen privates and seamen, who defended our freedom\nagainst tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to dedicate\nthis memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort: those who\nenforce the law and keep us secure here at home.\nFor too long, America's lawmen and women have been the\nforgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're\nstranded on the road, or frantically dialing 911 at home. Today\nwe remember these heroes and heroines.\n\"Now the real healing can start,\" says Vivian Eney, who so\nmany of you know. \"When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when\nthe grass has grown over it,\" she says, \"This will be the place\nto come, to see the names -- to touch the names.\"\nVisitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps\nlooking for a father or mother they never really\nThe knew. ans is that\nThillash,\nWho were these people?\nThey were\npolicemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers\nand special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.\nThey were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names\n2\nas diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,\nFreddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.\nThey had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so\nmany young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their\nprofession; love for their communities; love for their families;\nlove that can still be felt in this special place right\nhere today.\nThey devoted themselves to the timeless values that\nsociety shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the\npeace of a civilized community that protects children at play,\nfamilies at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human\nlife -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to\nprotect it.\nThey gave much, and asked little. They deserve our\nremembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these\nwalls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,\nbut for how they lived.\nThey didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We\nhonor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and\nquiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound\nway -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore\nto uphold.\nSince 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you\nremember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need\nhelp. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go\nfree because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against\n3\ndedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will\nchange.\nWe need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous\nappeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new\ncases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a\n10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon\nin a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and\nno parole. And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers\nout there: be prepared to pay with your own life.\nI asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years\nago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week, ] the\nHouse of Representatives is voting on my crime bill. But for\nthat bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial\nelements I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee has\ntried to strip from the bill. Congress is only a few blocks\naway. They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.\nThere's a war going on out there -- a war against crime. We\nknow that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's\nsouls But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to\nlive in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement\nofficers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can will the\nput new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.\nadd new\nPresident Coolidge told us, \"The nation which forgets its names?\ndefenders will itself be forgotten.\" We will not forget.\nAmerica will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.\n4\nAnd we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and\nyear out.\nIn the Oval Office, many important papers and documents\ncross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or\ntwo. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City\npatrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a\nrookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on\nthe orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to\nkeep that badge as a \"reminder of all the brave police officers\nwho put their lives on the line for us every single day.\" \\\\\nWell, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will\nalways keep it.\n\\\\\nWhen society asks someone to put on a badge and place it\nover their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that\nsays: \"We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law\nagainst those who break the law.\" That's what Eddie Byrne's\nbadge means to me.\nThis memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning\nto these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.\nNo number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or\nmemorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the\nremembrance, and begun the healing.\nThank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.\nAnd may God bless America's law enforcement officers.\n# # #\nDocument No. 276872ss\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nJI OCT 10 A9: 41\nDATE: 10/8/91\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 10/10/91 NOON\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nJUDICIARY SQUARE - TUES. 10/15/91\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nHORNER\nSUNUNU\nMCCLURE\nSCOWCROFT\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMITH\nMCBRIDE\nCARD\nSNOW\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than NOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, with a copy to this office.\nThank you.\nRESPONSE:\nComments from Cabinet Affairs are attached.\nThanks,\nE\nElizabeth Luttig\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nExt. 2702\nSimon\nOct. 8, 1991\nDraft 3\n91 OCT 8 P6: 16\nPOLICE\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nJUDICIARY SQUARE\nTUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991\n2:00 p.m.\nThank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and\nGentlemen. [other acknowledgements]\nThis city has erected many monuments to generals and\nadmirals, to privates and seamen, who defended our freedom\nagainst tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to dedicate\nthis memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort: those who\nenforce the law and keep us secure here at home.\nFor too long, America's lawmen and women have been the\nforgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're\nstranded on the road, or frantically dialing 911 at home. Today\nwe remember these heroes and heroines.\n\"Now the real healing can start,\" says Vivian Eney, who so\nmany of you know. \"When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when\nthe grass has grown over it,\" she says, \"This will be the place\nto come, to see the names -- to touch the names.\"\nVisitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps\nlooking for a father or mother they never really knew.\nWho were these people? they will ask. \\ They were\npolicemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers\nand special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.\nThey were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names\n2\nas diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,\nFreddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.\nThey had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so\nmany young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their\nprofession; love for their communities; love for their families;\nlove that can still be felt in this special place right\nhere today.\nThey devoted themselves to the timeless values that\nsociety shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the\npeace of a civilized community that protects children at play,\nfamilies at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human\nlife -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to\nprotect it.\nThey gave much, and asked little. They deserve our\nremembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these\nwalls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,\nbut for how they lived.\nThey didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We\nhonor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and\nquiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound\nway -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore\nto uphold.\nSince 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you\nremember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need\nhelp. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go\nfree because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against\n3\ndedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will\nchange.\nWe need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous\n\"colpush habeas appeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new\n(Justice) cases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a\n10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon\nin a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and\nwe Need a Give bill that says to police, if you act in good faith evidence will Not be suppressed in\nno parole. And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers\ncourt bas\ncop (Justice)\non Needle\nout there: be prepared to pay with your own life.\ntechnicalities\nMy crime bill provides for the death penalty for the killing of any federal How inforcement\nI asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years\nJustice)\nago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week, the\nofficer or\nsee insert\nHouse of Representatives is voting on my crime bill. A But for\nany State\nor local\nthat bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial\nofficer workin\nwith Federal\nelements I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee has\nofficers.\ntried to strip from the bill. Congress is only a few blocks\n(Jusice)\naway. They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.\nThere's a war going on out there -- a war against crime. We\nknow that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's\nsouls. But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to\nlive in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement\nofficers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can\nput new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.\nPresident Coolidge told us, \"The nation which forgets its\ndefenders will itself be forgotten.\" We will not forget.\nAmerica will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.\nThe bill sent out by Committee is Nore a ciminal protection act than\nan anticrine measure. (Justice)\n4\nAnd we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and\nyear out. III\nIn the Oval Office, many important papers and documents\ncross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or\ntwo. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City\npatrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a\nrookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on\nthe orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to\nkeep that badge as a \"reminder of all the brave police officers\nwho put their lives on the line for us every single day.\"\nWell, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will\nalways keep it.\nWhen society asks someone to put on a badge and place it\nover their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that\nsays: \"We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law\nagainst those who break the law.\" That's what Eddie Byrne's\nbadge means to me.\nThis memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning\nto these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.\nNo number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or\nmemorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the\nremembrance, and begun the healing.\nThank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.\nAnd may God bless America's law enforcement officers.\n# # #\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\n91 OCT 10 A8:20\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 9, 1991\nMEMORANDUM FOR ROBERT ANTHONY SNOW\nDEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR\nCOMMUNICATIONS AND DIRECTOR OF SPEECHWRITING\nFROM:\nCHESTER PAUL BEACH JR.\nChester Paul Beach, ):\nASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT\nSUBJECT:\nPresidential Remarks: Law Enforcement Memorial\nDedication Judiciary Square\nCounsel's Office has no legal objection to the Presidential\nremarks referenced above.\nThank you for the opportunity to review this matter.\nAttachment\nCC: Phillip D. Brady\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nDocument No. 276872ss\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nDATE: 10/8/91\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 10/10/91 NOON\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nSUBJECT:\nJUDICIARY SQUARE - TUES. 10/15/91\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nHORNER\nSUNUNU\nMCCLURE\nSCOWCROFT\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMITH\nMCBRIDE\nCARD\nSNOW\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than NOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, with a copy to this office.\nThank you.\nRESPONSE:\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nExt. 2702\nSimon\nOct. 8, 1991\nDraft 3\n01 OCT 8 P6: 16\nPOLICE\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nJUDICIARY SQUARE\nTUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991\n2:00 p.m.\nThank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and\nGentlemen. [other acknowledgements]\nThis city has erected many monuments to generals and\nadmirals, to privates and seamen, who defended our freedom\nagainst tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to dedicate\nthis memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort: those who\nenforce the law and keep us secure here at home.\nFor too long, America's lawmen and women have been the\nforgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're\nstranded on the road, or frantically dialing 911 at home. Today\nwe remember these heroes and heroines.\n\"Now the real healing can start,\" says Vivian Eney, who so\nmany of you know. \"When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when\nthe grass has grown over it,\" she says, \"This will be the place\nto come, to see the names -- to touch the names.\"\nVisitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps\nlooking for a father or mother they never really knew.\nWho were these people? they will ask. \\ They were\npolicemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers\nand special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.\nThey were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names\n2\nas diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,\nFreddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.\nThey had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so\nmany young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their\nprofession; love for their communities; love for their families;\nlove that can still be felt \\\\ in this special place right\nhere today.\n11 They devoted themselves to the timeless values that\nsociety shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the\npeace of a civilized community that protects children at play,\nfamilies at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human\nlife -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to\nprotect it.\nThey gave much, and asked little. They deserve our\nremembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these\nwalls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,\nbut for how they lived.\nThey didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We\nhonor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and\nquiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound\nway -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore\nto uphold.\nSince 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you\nremember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need\nhelp. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go\nfree because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against\n3\ndedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will\nchange.\nWe need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous\nappeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new\ncases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a\n10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon\nin a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and\nno parole. And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers\nout there: be prepared to pay with your own life.\nI asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years\nago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week,] the\nHouse of Representatives is voting on my crime bill. But for\nthat bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial\nelements I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee has\ntried to strip from the bill. Congress is only a few blocks\naway. They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.\nThere's a war going on out there -- a war against crime. We\nknow that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's\nsouls. But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to\nlive in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement\nofficers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can\nput new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.\nPresident Coolidge told us, \"The nation which forgets its\ndefenders will itself be forgotten.\"\nWe will not forget.\nAmerica will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.\n4\nAnd we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and\nyear out. III\nIn the Oval Office, many important papers and documents\ncross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or\ntwo. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City\npatrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a\nrookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on\nthe orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to\nkeep that badge as a \"reminder of all the brave police officers\nwho put their lives on the line for us every single day.\" \"\nWell, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will\nalways keep it.\nWhen society asks someone to put on a badge and place it\nover their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that\nsays: \"We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law\nagainst those who break the law.\" That's what Eddie Byrne's\nbadge means to me. III\nThis memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning\nto these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.\nNo number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or\nmemorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the\nremembrance, and begun the healing.\nThank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.\nAnd may God bless America's law enforcement officers.\n# # #\nas al H\nDocument No. 276872ss\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nP6: 28\nDATE: 10/8/91\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 10/10/91 NOON\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nJUDICIARY SQUARE TUES. 10/15/91\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nHORNER\nSUNUNU\nMCCLURE\nSCOWCROFT\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMIT\nMCBRIDE\nCARD\nSNOW\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,\nno later than NOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, with a copy to this office.\nThank you.\nRESPONSE:\nShy\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nExt. 2702\nSimon\nOct. 8, 1991\nDraft 3\nPOLICE\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nJUDICIARY SQUARE\nTUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991\n2:00 p.m.\nThank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and\nGentlemen. [other acknowledgements]\nThis city has erected many monuments to generals and\nadmirals, to privates and seamen, who defended our freedom\nagainst tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to dedicate\nthis memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort: those who\nenforce the law and keep us secure here at home.\nFor too long, America's lawmen and women have been the\nforgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're\nstranded on the road, or frantically dialing 911 at home. Today\nwe remember these heroes and heroines.\n\"Now the real healing can start,\" says Vivian Eney, who SO\nmany of you know. \"When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when\nthe grass has grown over it,\" she says, \"This will be the place\nto come, to see the names -- to touch the names.\"\nVisitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps\nlooking for a father or mother they never really knew.\nWho were these people? they will ask. \\ They were\npolicemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers\nand special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.\nThey were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names\n2\nas diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,\nFreddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.\nThey had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so\nmany young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their\nprofession; love for their communities; love for their families;\nlove that can still be felt in this special place right\nhere today.\nThey devoted themselves to the timeless values that\nsociety shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the\npeace of a civilized community that protects children at play,\nfamilies at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human\nlife -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to\nprotect it.\nThey gave much, and asked little. They deserve our\nremembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these\nwalls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,\nbut for how they lived.\nThey didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We\nhonor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and\nquiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound\nway -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore\nto uphold.\nSince 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you\nremember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need\nhelp. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go\nfree because the scales of justice are unfairly loaded against\n3\ndedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will\nchange.\nWe need a crime bill that will the stop endless, frivolous\nappeals that waste time prosecutors could be spending on new\ncases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties -- such as a\n10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-automatic weapon\nin a violent or drug-related crime -- with no plea bargains and\nno parole. And we need a crime bill that warns would-be killers\nout there: be prepared to pay with your own life.\nI asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years\nago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week,] the\nHouse of Representatives is voting on my crime bill. But for\nthat bill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial\nelements I've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee has\ntried to strip from the bill. Congress is only a few blocks\naway. They've heard from me; they need to hear from you.\nThere's a war going on out there -- a war against crime. We\nknow that war will not end, as long as evil dwells in men's\nsouls. But we can work to lock up those who are too violent to\nlive in civilized society. We can support the law enforcement\nofficers who are on the front lines day after day. And we can\nput new laws on the books to keep new names off these walls.\nPresident Coolidge told us, \"The nation which forgets its\ndefenders will itself be forgotten.\" We will not forget.\nAmerica will not forget. We will not forget those who have died.\n4\nAnd we will not forget those who protect and serve year in and\nyear out.\nIn the Oval Office, many important papers and documents\ncross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or\ntwo. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City\npatrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a\nrookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on\nthe orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to\nkeep that badge as a \"reminder of all the brave police officers\nwho put their lives on the line for us every single day.\"\nWell, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will\nalways keep it.\nWhen society asks someone to put on a badge and place it\nover their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that\nsays: \"We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law\nagainst those who break the law.\" That's what Eddie Byrne's\nbadge means to me.\nThis memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning\nto these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.\nNo number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or\nmemorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the\nremembrance, and begun the healing.\nThank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.\nAnd may God bless America's law enforcement officers.\n# # #\nTHE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nst\nWASHINGTON\n91 OCT 10 P2: 36\nOctober 10, 1991\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nTHROUGH:\nDAVID DEMAREST\nTONY SNOW TS\nVeryice\nCA\nFROM:\nROBERT SIMONS\nSUBJECT:\nNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\n10-\"\nI. SUMMARY\nOn Tuesday, October 15, at 2:00 p.m., you will dedicate\nthe National Law Enforcement Memorial at Judiciary Square.\nAn audience of 9,000 police officers and survivors is\nexpected.\nII. DISCUSSION\nThe memorial contains the names of all 12,500 officers\nkilled in the line of duty since the U.S. was founded. You\nbroke ground at the site on October 30, 1989. A quotation\nfrom that speech is now on the memorial.\nThe remarks (8 minutes, on cards) pay tribute to these\nfallen officers and calls on Congress to pass the crime\nbill.\nSimon\nOct. 10, 1991\nDraft 4 / POLICE\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nJUDICIARY SQUARE\nTUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991\n2:00 p.m.\nThank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and\nGentlemen. [other acknowledgements]\nThis city has erected many monuments to generals and\nadmirals, to privates and seamen, who defended our nation's\nfreedom against tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to\ndedicate this memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort:\nthose who enforce the law and keep us secure here at home.\nFor too long, America's lawmen and women have been the\nforgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're\nstranded on the road, or frantically dialing nine-one-one at\nhome.\nToday we remember these heroes and heroines. \"Now the real\nhealing can start,\" says Vivian Eney [EE-nee], who so many of you\nknow. \"When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when the grass\nhas grown over it,\" she says, \"This will be the place to come, to\nsee the names -- to touch the names.\"\nVisitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps\nlooking for a father or mother they never really knew.\nWho were these people? they will ask.\nThey were\npolicemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers\nand special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.\nThey were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names\n2\nas diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,\nFreddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.\nThey had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so\nmany young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their\nprofession; love for their communities; love for their families;\nlove that can still be felt in this special place right\nhere today.\n11 They devoted themselves to the timeless values that\nsociety shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the\npeace of a civilized community that protects children at play,\nfamilies at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human\nlife -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to\nprotect it.\nThey gave much, and asked little. They deserve our\nremembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these\nwalls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,\nbut for how they lived.\nThey didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We\nhonor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and\nquiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound\nway -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore\nto uphold.\nSince 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you\nremember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need\nhelp. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go\nfree because the scales of justice are unfairly tipped against\n3\ndedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will\nchange.\nWe need a crimettill that will stop the endless, frivolous\nhabeus corpus appeals that waste time prosecutors could be\nspending on new cases We need a crime bill with tough penalties\n-- such as a 10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-\nautomatic weapon in a violent or drug-related crime -- with no\nplea bargains and no parole. We need a crime bill that says to\npolice, if you act in good faith, evidence will not be suppressed\nin court based on needless technicalities. And we need a crime\nbill that warns would-be killers out there: be prepared to pay\nwith your own life.\nI asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years\nago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week,] the\nHouse of Representatives is voting on a crime bill. But for that\nbill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial elements\nI've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee refused to\ninclude in the bill. Congress is only a few blocks away.\nThey've heard from me; they need to hear from you.\nThere's a war going on out there -- a war between criminals\nand a good society. We know that war will not end, as long as\nevil dwells in men's souls. But we can work to lock up those who\nare too violent to live in civilized society. We can support the\nlaw enforcement officers who are on the front lines day after\nday. And we can put new laws on the books to keep new names off\nthese walls.\n4\nPresident Coolidge told us, \"The nation which forgets its\ndefenders will itself be forgotten.\" \\ We will not forget.\nAmerica \\ will not forget. We will not forget those who have\ndied. And we will not forget those who protect and serve every\nday of the year. III\nIn the Oval Office, many important papers and documents\ncross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or\ntwo. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City\npatrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a\nrookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on\nthe orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to\nkeep that badge as a \"reminder of all the brave police officers\nwho put their lives on the line for us every single day.\" 11\nWell, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will\nalways keep it. 11\nWhen society asks someone to put on a badge and place it\nover their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that\nsays: \"We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law\nagainst those who break the law.\" That's what Eddie Byrne's\nbadge means to me. III\nThis memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning\nto these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.\nNo number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or\nmemorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the\nremembrance, and begun the healing.\n5\nThank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.\nAnd may God bless America's law enforcement officers.\n# # #\nDocument No.\nWITTE P5:20\nHOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nDATE:\n10/10/91\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:\n---\nSUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nHORNER\nSUNUNU\nMCCLURE\n>\nSCOWCROFT\nPETERSMEYER\nDARMAN\nPORTER\nBRADY\nROGICH\nBROMLEY\nSMITH\nCARD\nMCBRIDE\nDEMAREST\nSNOW\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHOLIDAY\nREMARKS:\nThe attached has been forwarded to the President.\nRESPONSE:\nPHILLIP D. BRADY\nAssistant to the President\nand Staff Secretary\nExt. 2702\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\n01 OCT 10 P2: 36\nOctober 10, 1991\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nTHROUGH:\nDAVID DEMAREST\nTONY SNOW TS\nFROM:\nROBERT SIMON\nSUBJECT:\nNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nI. SUMMARY\nOn Tuesday, October 15, at 2:00 p.m., you will dedicate\nthe National Law Enforcement Memorial at Judiciary Square.\nAn audience of 9,000 police officers and survivors is\nexpected.\nII. DISCUSSION\nThe memorial contains the names of all 12,500 officers\nkilled in the line of duty since the U.S. was founded. You\nbroke ground at the site on October 30, 1989. A quotation\nfrom that speech is now on the memorial.\nThe remarks (8 minutes, on cards) pay tribute to these\nbill. fallen officers and calls on Congress to pass the crime\nSimon\nOct. 10, 1991\nDraft 4 / POLICE\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL DEDICATION\nJUDICIARY SQUARE\nTUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991\n2:00 p.m.\nThank you, Craig [Floyd]. Members of Congress. Ladies and\nGentlemen. [other acknowledgements]\nThis city has erected many monuments to generals and\nadmirals, to privates and seamen, who defended our nation's\nfreedom against tyranny and oppression. We gather here today to\ndedicate this memorial to uniformed heroes of another sort:\nthose who enforce the law and keep us secure here at home.\nFor too long, America's lawmen and women have been the\nforgotten heroes -- forgotten until there's trouble, until we're\nstranded on the road, or frantically dialing nine-one-one at\nhome.\nToday we remember these heroes and heroines. \"Now the real\nhealing can start,\" says Vivian Eney [EE-nee], who so many of you\nknow. \"When the grave doesn't look new anymore, when the grass\nhas grown over it,\" she says, \"This will be the place to come, to\nsee the names -- to touch the names.\"\nVisitors will come here. Some will be children, perhaps\nlooking for a father or mother they never really knew.\nWho were these people? they will ask. \\ They were\npolicemen and policewomen, marshals and sheriffs, state troopers\nand special agents. They gave their lives in the line of duty.\nThey were young and old, ranging from 19 to 81. They had names\n2\nas diverse as America itself: Donald Kowalski, Patrick O'Malley,\nFreddie Lee Jackson, Tommy DeLaRosa, Jose Gonzales, Donna Miller.\nThey had wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, and so\nmany young children. Most of all they had love -- love for their\nprofession; love for their communities; love for their families;\nlove that can still be felt in this special place right\nhere today.\n11 They devoted themselves to the timeless values that\nsociety shares. They valued the law. They valued peace -- the\npeace of a civilized community that protects children at play,\nfamilies at home, and storekeepers at work. They valued human\nlife -- so much that they were prepared to give their lives to\nprotect it.\nThey gave much, and asked little. They deserve our\nremembrance. Here in America's capital, for as long as these\nwalls stand, they will be remembered. Not for the way they died,\nbut for how they lived.\nThey didn't ask for honors, though honor them we will. We\nhonor them with these walls -- with these trees and grass and\nquiet pool of water. But we can honor them in a more profound\nway -- a more lasting way -- by strengthening the laws they swore\nto uphold.\nSince 1989, on a rainy spring day I know many of you\nremember, I have tried to persuade Congress that our police need\nhelp. Too many times, in too many cases, too many criminals go\nfree because the scales of justice are unfairly tipped against\n3\ndedicated lawmen and women like you. With your help, that will\nchange.\nWe need a crime bill that will stop the endless, frivolous\nhabeus corpus appeals that waste time prosecutors could be\nspending on new cases. We need a crime bill with tough penalties\n-- such as a 10-year minimum sentence to anyone using a semi-\nautomatic weapon in a violent or drug-related crime -- with no\nplea bargains and no parole. We need a crime bill that says to\npolice, if you act in good faith, evidence will not be suppressed\nin court based on needless technicalities. And we need a crime\nbill that warns would-be killers out there: be prepared to pay\nwith your own life.\nI asked Congress to pass these proposals more than two years\nago. I've gotten only a piecemeal response. [This week,] the\nHouse of Representatives is voting on a crime bill. But for that\nbill to be worth anything, it must contain the crucial elements\nI've cited -- elements the House Judiciary Committee refused to\ninclude in the bill. Congress is only a few blocks away.\nThey've heard from me; they need to hear from you.\nThere's a war going on out there -- a war between criminals\nand a good society. We know that war will not end, as long as\nevil dwells in men's souls. But we can work to lock up those who\nare too violent to live in civilized society. We can support the\nlaw enforcement officers who are on the front lines day after\nday. And we can put new laws on the books to keep new names off\nthese walls.\n4\nPresident Coolidge told us, \"The nation which forgets its\ndefenders will itself be forgotten.\" \\ We will not forget.\nAmerica \\ will not forget. We will not forget those who have\ndied. And we will not forget those who protect and serve every\nday of the year. III\nIn the Oval Office, many important papers and documents\ncross my desk each day. Most of them stay there but a day or\ntwo. But inside the drawer, one thing stays: a New York City\npatrolman's badge -- Number 14072. It belonged to Eddie Byrne, a\nrookie cop who was guarding a witness when he was gunned down on\nthe orders of a drug dealer in jail. Eddie's father asked me to\nkeep that badge as a \"reminder of all the brave police officers\nwho put their lives on the line for us every single day.\"\nWell, I've kept it. I have it with me here today, and I will\nalways keep it. 11\nWhen society asks someone to put on a badge and place it\nover their heart, we make a sacred covenant -- a covenant that\nsays: \"We as a society stand behind those who enforce the law\nagainst 1, those who break the law. \" That's what Eddie Byrne's\nbadge means to me. III\nThis memorial gives meaning to that covenant, gives meaning\nto these lives, gives meaning to the law and what it stands for.\nNo number of words or wreaths, no amount of music or\nmemorializing, will do justice here today, but we have begun the\nremembrance, and begun the healing.\n5\nThank you for allowing me to share this moment with you.\nAnd may God bless America's law enforcement officers.\n# # #"
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